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Enlarge Three Lions/Getty Images Today, people easily cross the Atlantic Ocean by plane and cavalierly refer to the great body of water as "the pond."
'Vast Ocean Of Stories' In Biography Of The Atlantic : NPR
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Who are your biggest personal influences? In terms of writers, I definitely have to say I am greatly influenced by writing that I love.
I Dreamed of Africa - Magazine - The Atlantic
Advice to writers: Skip the scenery - Laura Miller - Salon.com
A man consumed with war, words and images, Busch served two combat tours in Iraq.
These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story. If you have a facility for language and imagery and the sound of your voice pleases you, invisibility is not what you are after, and you can skip the rules. Still, you might look them over.
WRITERS ON WRITING; Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle - New York Times
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None of these appear in Téa Obreht’s first novel, “The Tiger’s Wife,” yet in its pages she brings their historic and human context to luminous life. With fables and allegories, as well as events borrowed from the headlines, she illustrates the complexities of Balkan history, unearthing patterns of suspicion, superstition and everyday violence that pervade the region even in times of peace. Reaching back to World War II, and then to wars that came before, she reveals the continuity beneath the clangor.
Book Review - The Tiger’s Wife - By Téa Obreht - NYTimes.com
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home (9780061995033): Dan Ariely: Books
In his latest book, Dan Ariely takes another look at some irrational behavior of humans. I am not sure that there is an upside to all the different irrational behaviors he explores.Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (9780061353246): Dan Ariely: Books
“This is a wonderful, eye-opening book. Deep, readable, and providing refreshing evidence that there are domains and situations in which material incentives work in unexpected ways.
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (9780385528757): Chip Heath, Dan Heath: Books
Switch is a compelling, story-driven narrative the Heaths use to bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can engage our emotions and reason to create real change.
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (9781400064281): Chip Heath, Dan Heath: Books
With an entertaining blend of case studies and startling research, the Heath brothers lay out the critical elements of a sticky idea.
It's been a cliffhanger, but now the final page can be turned.
Audience Picks: Top 100 'Killer Thrillers' : NPR
or what it's worth I always thought In Memoriam concluded with a bit of pre-William James Pragmatism. Is there a life after death? Tennyson asks.