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Authenticity in Nature: Making Choices about the Naturalness of Ecosystems
by Nigel DudleyThis book examines the concept of naturalness in ecosystems, discusses its values and considers choices about the level of naturalness in conservation efforts. The author argues that all ecosystems have been modified and the idea of places 'untouched by humans' is a myth. But there are large differences in the degree of modification and levels of naturalness which can be identified. Changes are not always irreversible; some apparent wilderness areas are sites of former civilizations. There is no longer any simple distinction possible between 'natural' and 'cultural' systems. In the future, society will, to some extent, choose the degree of naturalness in land and seascapes. The growth of protected areas is an early sign of this, as are changes in forest management, dam removal and control of invasive species. To make informed choices about these areas, the author shows that we must understand the characteristics and values of naturally regulating ecosystems – their practical benefits, social values and management needs. Authenticity in Nature uses a rigorous definition of authenticity to help in the understanding and measurement of naturalness. It discusses the choices facing us and some of the information we need to make decisions relating to land and water management. Practical issues of management and numerous terrestrial and aquatic examples from around the world are discussed. It is an optimistic and highly original book, aiming to make genuine advances in our understanding and management of natural systems.
Authenticity in North America: Place, Tourism, Heritage, Culture and the Popular Imagination (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility)
by Jane Lovell Sam HitchmoughThis interdisciplinary book addresses the highly relevant debates about authenticity in North America, providing a contemporary re-examination of American culture, tourism and commodification of place. Blending social sciences and humanities research skills, it formulates an examination of the geography of authenticity in North America, and brings together studies of both rurality and urbanity across the country, exposing the many commonalities of these different landscapes. Relph stated that nostalgic places are inauthentic, yet within this work several chapters explore how festivals and visitor attractions, which cultivate place heritage appeal, are authenticated by tourists and communities, creating a shared sense of belonging. In a world of hyperreal simulacra, post-truth and fake news, this book bucks the trend by demonstrating that authenticity can be found everywhere: in a mouthful of food, in a few bars of a Beach Boys song, in a statue of a troll, in a diffuse magical atmosphere, in the weirdness of the ungentrified streets. Written by a range of leading experts, this book offers a contemporary view of American authenticity, tourism, identity and culture. It will be of great interest to upper-level students, researchers and academics in Tourism, Geography, History, Cultural Studies, American Studies and Film Studies.
Authenticity in the Preservation of Historical Wooden Architecture - Problems and Challenges: Case Studies from the American South
by Tomasz TomaszekHistorical wooden architecture is one of the most unique types of heritage built. Built from organic material, wooden buildings remain in harmony with the natural environment and fascinate future generations with its special charm. Because of its uniqueness, wooden buildings reflect the richness of traditional building solutions developed in different parts of the world. At the same time, this type of building contains the spiritual values that were important to those who built these architectural structures. The main topics of 'Authenticity in Preserving Historical Wooden Architecture - Problems and Challenges' are: (i) The method of protection and preservation of wooden buildings as a form of specific historical interpretation; (ii) The question of reconstruction and translocation of a wooden historical building with regard to the level of authenticity; (iii) The analysis of the essence of historical changes and the methods for maintaining and displaying wooden structures in relation to the requirements that determine their historical and architectural authenticity. Showing a variety of aspects of authenticity of wooden buildings, all demonstrated by specific examples (case studies), 'Authenticity in Preserving Historical Wooden Architecture - Problems and Challenges' presents practical implementations of theoretical findings. Hence, the book contributes to the understanding of wooden architectural heritage from a new perspective. The book will be of particular interest to academics and professionals interested in or involved in the preservation of built wooden heritage.
Authenticity in the Psychoanalytic Encounter: The Work of Irma Brenman Pick (The New Library of Psychoanalysis)
by Irma Brenman PickAuthenticity in the Psychoanalytic Encounter brings together Irma Brenman Pick’s original contributions to psychoanalytic technique. Working within the Kleinian tradition, she produces vivid clinical narratives that succeed in shedding a humane light on the struggles that patients – and, indeed, all of us – face in recognising, in an authentic way, our need for, and the contribution of, others in our lives. Brenman Pick is interested in the infantile antecedents of conflict in her patients, and the book demonstrates the attention needed to sense how these may be present in the patient’s clinical material. This involves an ability to understand the complex and sophisticated unconscious phantasies that are alive in the patient’s mind. She combines this with a creative clinical imagination that allows her to address these expertly in the here-and-now of the analytic encounter. A particular feature of this is the way Brenman Pick uses the analyst’s countertransference to bring in ways in which the struggle over authenticity also extends to the analyst. The focus on authenticity runs through the book and brings an interesting and original perspective to the topics discussed, which include adolescence, sexual identity, stealing and its relationship to the acknowledgement of dependency, the experience of uncertainty, concern for the object, destructiveness, creativity and the striving towards integration. These contributions will prove invaluable to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and other mental health professionals interested in deepening their understanding of the complex relationships that can arise in the consulting room.
The Authenticity Industries: Keeping it "Real" in Media, Culture, and Politics
by Michael SerazioIn recent decades, authenticity has become an American obsession. It animates thirty years' worth of reality TV programming and fuels the explosive virality of one hot social media app after another. It characterizes Donald Trump's willful disregard for political correctness (and proofreading) and inspires multinational corporations to stake activist claims in ways that few "woke" brands ever dared before. It buttresses a multibillion-dollar influencer industry of everyday folks shilling their friends with #spon-con and burnishes the street cred of rock stars and rappers alike. But, ironically, authenticity's not actually real: it's as fabricated as it is ubiquitous. In The Authenticity Industries, journalist and scholar Michael Serazio combines eye-opening reporting and lively prose to take readers behind the scenes with those who make "reality"—and the ways it tries to influence us. Drawing upon dozens of rare interviews with campaign consultants, advertising executives, tech company leadership, and entertainment industry gatekeepers, the book slyly investigates the professionals and practices that make people, products, and platforms seem "authentic" in today's media, culture, and politics. The result is a spotlight on the power of authenticity in today's media-saturated world and the strategies to satisfy this widespread yearning. In theory, authenticity might represent the central moral framework of our time: allaying anxieties about self and society, culture and commerce, and technology and humanity. It infects and informs our ideals of celebrity, aesthetics, privacy, nostalgia, and populism. And Serazio reveals how these pretenses are crafted, backstage, for audiences, consumers, and voters.
Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PMR-ART
by Jacob WrenAuthenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART is a compelling hybrid of history, memoir, and performance theory. It tells the story of the interdisciplinary performance group PME-ART and their ongoing endeavour to make a new kind of highly collaborative theatre dedicated to the fragile but essential act of "being yourself in a performance situation."Written, among other things, to celebrate PME-ART's twentieth anniversary, the book begins when Jacob Wren meets Sylvie Lachance and Richard Ducharme, moves from Toronto to Montreal to make just one project, but instead ends up spending the next twenty years creating an eccentric, often bilingual, art. It is a book about being unable to learn French yet nonetheless remaining Co-Artistic Director of a French-speaking performance group, about the Spinal Tap-like adventures of being continuously on tour, about the rewards and difficulties of intensive collaborations, about making performances that break the mold and confronting the repercussions of doing so. A book that aims to change the rules for how interdisciplinary performance can be written about today.When Jacob finished a first draft of the book he sent it to many of those who had co-created or worked on PME-ART projects asking for their comments. Therefore, the book also features contributions from: Caroline Dubois, Richard Ducharme, Claudia Fancello, Marie Claire Forté, Adam Kinner, Sylvie Lachance, Nadia Ross, Yves Sheriff, Kathrin Tiedemann and Ashlea Watkin.
Authenticity, Language and Interaction in Second Language Contexts
by Rémi A. van Compernolle Janice McgregorThis collection addresses issues of authenticity in second language contexts from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches along three principal themes: What is authentic language? Who is an authentic speaker? How is authenticity achieved? The volume responds to these questions by bringing together scholars working in a range of contexts, including with language learners in the classroom and in residence or study abroad, with a variety of second or additional languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. Contributions focus on authenticity as it relates to patterns of language and meaning, and to agency, identity and culture, and serve as an opening to an extended conversation about the nature of authenticity and its development in L2 contexts. This volume is relevant for students and scholars interested in learning about or investigating questions of authenticity and interaction in a wide range of language learning contexts.
Authenticity of Foods of Plant Origin (Food Biology Series)
by Konstantinos KotsanopoulosFood is adulterated to increase profit or due to negligence. Adulteration can compromise food safety and quality, and harm consumers. This may undermine consumer trust and the reputation of the food industry. As such, it is very important to monitor, control and detect adulteration. A number of techniques have been developed for the authentication of food and verifying its quality and associated claims. Foods of plant origin are the source of nutrients for billions of people around the globe. Due to the huge variety of plants, and the lack of visual characteristics as a result of processing, advanced techniques are required to detect adulteration. This book reviews the latest developments in the field of authenticity of foods of plant origin, examining concepts such as traceability, and how they are applied to facilitate the support of claims, as well as legislative requirements in the major economies around the world. The basic techniques used nowadays in verifying authenticity of these types of foods are reviewed and discussed, and their applications are summarized. The book also focuses on categories of foods most prone to adulteration attempts due to their characteristics, properties and production methods commonly followed, thus allowing the reader to more easily identify the chapter that is of interest in each case. The book will be of interest to food industrialists, chemists, quality control scientists and technologists, microbiologists, analytical chemists and food physical chemists within the food industry. It is also aimed at academicians who are interested in the authenticity of foods of plant origin and the advancements in the analytical fields that support relevant legal and marketing requirements.
The Authenticity of the Gospels
by Peter L SimpsonThat the Gospels are the writings of their traditional Apostolic authors was long held to be settled truth. It was also long held that Matthew was first and as early as the 40sAD, followed by Mark and Luke, and lastly by John, and that all were written before about 70AD. These views have been doubted or denied by New Testament scholars from about the end of the 18thCentury. The dominant view is that the Gospels were not written by eyewitnesses, though they depend on material that may go back to eyewitnesses. Mark is said to have been written first and not much before 70AD. Matthew and Luke are later and depend on Mark and some unknown sources. John is last, follows an independent tradition, and could be as late as 100AD.The reason for this change of views is the so-called historical critical method, which claims to be scientific and up to date in literary criticism and the detection of different temporal layers in written texts. The method also assumes that reports of miracles and other supernatural phenomena are not historical but later inventions added for religious purposes.This book shows that the historical critical method is not historical or critical or even a method. For the method assumes but cannot prove that supernatural happenings are unhistorical; it ignores the historical evidence about the origin and authorship of the Gospels; its literary criticism is unimaginative and its application of it to questions of dating arbitrary. There is no reason to accept its results as well founded or even believable. The traditional dating and authorship of the Gospels is the only account that makes sense.Nevertheless, elements of the historical critical method have a legitimate use if they are applied fairly and taken along with the historical evidence and the fact (well established by eyewitnesses) of supernatural realities. When these elements are so used they can be shown to give plausible and defensible accounts of the origin, in particular, of the Gospels of Mark and Luke, which, along with Matthew, show signs of dependence and overlap. If the historical evidence is taken seriously, and if literary criticism is applied fairly, a plausible account can be given of the origin in particular of the Gospel of Mark, of how it arose from the preaching of Peter relative to the older Gospel of Matthew and to the newer Gospel of Luke sponsored by the Apostle Paul.This alternative account of the origins of Mark and Luke is a fine example of how historical evidence and literary criticism can be used to explain otherwise puzzling phenomena. This account is perhaps not the only one to save all the phenomena. But it shows how the traditional authorship and dating of the Gospels, contrary to the historical critical method, make excellent sense of all the phenomena: literary, historical, and rational. The traditional view about the Gospels is the only sensible view to adopt.
Authentisch kommunizieren: Überzeugen mit dem inneren Kern
by Stefan BannwartEs gibt einen entscheidenden Schlüsselfaktor in der Kommunikation, der wichtiger ist als alle anderen: die Authentizität. Wird eine Person als authentisch wahrgenommen, wird alles andere sekundär, und sie wird überzeugen. Dieses Buch legt auf einleuchtende und unterhaltsame Art dar, warum das so ist, und was es braucht, um authentisch zu kommunizieren. Es unterstützt Menschen authentischer zu werden und besser zu kommunizieren. Das Buch vermittelt dem Leser diese Einsichten und Denkansätze mit Hilfe von Geschichten, Beispielen und Analogien und verbindet Abstecher in die europäische Geistesgeschichte mit solchen in die globale Populärkultur, in die Psychologie, die Unternehmenswelt und in die Berufspraxis des Autors. Sei du selbst - der Schlüssel einer guten Kommunikation.
Authentisch leben für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Eva KalbheimEins mit sich selbst Original oder Kopie, selbst- oder fremdbestimmt, wahrhaftig oder angepasst? Wie wollen Sie leben? Und wie haben Sie bisher gelebt? Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie wären eins mit sich selbst, bräuchten keine Eigenheiten, Wünsche oder Bedürfnisse zu verstecken, könnten Ihr Potenzial voll ausleben, Ihre Meinung sagen und konsequent Ihren Werten folgen: Wie würden Sie sich fühlen? Was könnten Sie erreichen und verwirklichen? Dieses Buch hilft Ihnen dabei, sich selbst neu zu entdecken, Ihre Persönlichkeit zu entfalten und Ihren eigenen Weg zu finden und zu gehen. Sie erfahren Wie Sie Beziehungen authentisch leben Wie Sie sich beruflich unverwechselbar positionieren Wie Sie charismatisch kommunizieren Wie Sie Ihr Selbst zum Strahlen bringen.
Authentisch und wertorientiert kommunizieren: Wie Sie Ihre Unternehmenskommunikation an Werten ausrichten (essentials)
by Sandro AbbateSandro Abbate beschreibt die Positionierung, das Formulieren von Visionen und die Ausrichtung der Unternehmenskommunikation an eigenen Werten und veranschaulicht dies an diversen Beispielen. Die Entscheidung für ein Produkt oder eine Dienstleistung hängt heutzutage nicht mehr nur von Qualität und Preis ab, sondern auch von der Haltung eines Unternehmens zu seinen Werten und der Position, die es bezieht. Der Autor erklärt daher fundiert und praxistauglich, wie unternehmenseigene Werte herausgearbeitet werden können, wie authentische und wertorientierte Kommunikation nach innen und außen ein Unternehmen glaubhafter macht und ihm ein Gesicht verleiht. Denn nur so kann Vertrauen bei den immer kritischer werdenden Konsumenten aufgebaut werden, neue Kunden können gewonnen und bestehende Kunden an das Unternehmen gebunden werden.
Authentische Karriereplanung: Mit der Motivanalyse auf Erfolgskurs
by Barbara HaagFür den eigenen Beruf brennen statt auszubrennen - das liegt in Ihrer Hand, denn Motivation ist machbar: Sie stellt sich ein, wenn eine hohe Übereinstimmung zwischen dem persönlichen Motivtyp und dem beruflichen Anforderungsprofil besteht. Mit diesem Buch finden auch Sie heraus, welches der fünf Motive Leistung, Freundschaft, Autonomie, Wettbewerb und Vision bzw. welche Motivkombination Sie antreibt und wie Sie dieses Wissen ganz konkret für mehr Elan, Freude und Erfolg im Beruf nutzen können. Ein unverzichtbarer, psychologisch fundierter Motivations- und Karriereratgeber mit zahlreichen Tipps aus der beruflichen Praxis!
Authentische Karriereplanung: Mit der Motivanalyse auf Erfolgskurs
by Barbara HaagFür den eigenen Beruf brennen statt auszubrennen – das liegt in Ihrer Hand, denn Motivation ist machbar: Sie stellt sich ein, wenn eine hohe Übereinstimmung zwischen dem persönlichen Motivtyp und dem beruflichen Anforderungsprofil besteht. Mit diesem Buch finden auch Sie heraus, welches der fünf Motive Leistung, Freundschaft, Autonomie, Wettbewerb und Vision bzw. welche Motivkombination Sie antreibt und wie Sie dieses Wissen ganz konkret für mehr Elan, Freude und Erfolg im Beruf nutzen können. Die überarbeitete und aktualisierte 2. Auflage wurde unter anderem um die Themen „Herausforderungen im Change“ und „Persönlichkeitsentwicklung“ ergänzt. Ein unverzichtbarer, psychologisch fundierter Motivations- und Karriereratgeber mit zahlreichen Tipps aus der beruflichen Praxis!
Authentocrats: Culture, Politics and the New Seriousness
by Joe Kennedy"The Authentocrats" claim to the be the new voice of common sense that speak for the common man and woman; right-wing, traditional and dangerous, Joe Kennedy argues that they are everything but what they purport to be.In contemporary Britain, a lot has been said about what it is that “real people” want politically. Forgotten by elites and sick of globalisation, so the story goes, they demand patriotism, respect for the military, assurances on defence, and controls on immigration. In trying to meet these supposed wishes, politicians attempt to appear normal, salt-of-the-earth, authentic. Authentocrats examines the function of this “authenticity” in a centrist politics which, paradoxically, often defines itself as cosmopolitan, technocratic and opposed to populism. Casting a doubtful eye over – amongst other things – latter-day James Bond films, contemporary nature writing and stand-up comedy, Authentocrats suggests that the sooner we can break with the sententiousness of a skewed conception of authenticity in aesthetics and politics the better.
Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan
by Salman Rushdie Beowulf SheehanA beautiful and moving collection of photographs by Beowulf Sheehan, whose work captures the essence of 200 of our most prominent writers, historians, journalists, playwrights, and poets. Beowulf Sheehan is considered to be his generation's foremost literary portrait photographer, having made portraits of the literary luminaries of our time across the globe, from Roxane Gay to Masha Gessen, Patti Smith to Zadie Smith, Karl Ove Knausgaard to J.K. Rowling, and Jonathan Franzen to Toni Morrison. In AUTHOR Sheehan presents the most insightful, intimate, and revealing portraits of these artists made in his studio, in their homes, in shopping malls and concert halls, on rooftops and in parking lots, on the beach and among trees, surrounded by flowers and in clock towers. Following an enlightening foreword by Salman Rushdie, Beowulf Sheehan shares an essay offering insights in the poignant and memorable moments he experienced while making these portraits. A treasure gift for readers and lovers of portrait photography, AUTHOR is the only book of its kind to appear in more than a decade.
Author 101: The Insider's Guide to Publishing From Proposal to Bestseller
by Rick Frishman Robyn SpizmanThe Fast Track to Getting published! “Are you ready to get out of the slush piles? With the expert tutelage of Frishman and Spizman, an author can increase his/her chances of publication many times over.” – John Kremer, author, "1001 Ways to Market Your Books" “I’ve got a great idea for a book!”But a great idea is not enough---what you need is a killer book proposal. With publishing gurus Rick Frishman and Robyn Spizman as your guides, you can create a proposal that makes your idea sing---and appeals to the right publishers. And once you secure that coveted book deal, Frishman and Spizman give you all you need to know to conceptualize, write, market, and turn your powerful message into a bestseller. We all need a guide on the journey through the publishing world and these experts take you by the hand and help navigate the hypercompetitive book industry. We all have an amazing message within. Now is the time to share it with the world to change your life and the lives of your audience.
Author 101: Bestselling Book Publicity
by Rick Frishman Robyn Freedman SpizmanPublicizing your book is critical to its success-and with Rick Frishman and Robyn Freedman Spizman as your guides, you'll be a PR whiz in no time. In this groundbreaking third volume of the Author 101 series, they'll share their hard-won secrets, as well as testimonials from publishing insiders and information from media contacts. Whether you're going with an established house or self-publishing, you'll learn how to craft the right promotional campaign for your book-the campaign that will make your book as well-read as it is well-written! Book jacket.
Author 101-Bestselling Book Proposals: The Insider's Guide to Selling Your Work
by Rick Frishman Robyn Freedman Spizman Mark SteiselA step-by-step guide to researching and writing an attention-getting book proposal.
Author and Audience in Latin Literature
by Tony Woodman Jonathan PowellThe relationship between the author and his audience has received much critical attention from scholars in non-classical disciplines yet the nature of much ancient literature and of its 'publication' meant that audiences in ancient times were more immediate to their authors than in the modern world. This book contains essays by distinguished scholars on the various means by which Latin authors communicated effectively with their audiences. The authors and works covered are Cicero, Catullus, Lucretius, Propertius, Horace's Odes, Virgil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Senecan tragedy, Persius, Pliny's letters, Tacitus' Annals and medieval love lyric. Contributors have provided detailed analyses of particular passages in order to throw light on the many different ways in which authors catered for their audiences by fulfilling, manipulating and thwarting their expectations; and in an epilogue the editors have drawn together the issues raised by these contributions and have attempted to place them in an appropriate critical context.
The Author Estate Handbook: How to Organize Your Affairs and Leave a Legacy (Author Level Up #17)
by M.L. RonnThe definitive guide to estate planning for authors—now available in audiobook and large print! If you died tomorrow, would your books survive you? It's so easy to focus on writing and marketing. You’re so busy building a writing business, but you know that if you don’t plan on what will happen after your death, everything you’re building won’t matter. Yet, you probably don’t know where to start. This book will help you get your affairs in order, understand estate planning basics, and make a plan so that you can create a legacy that will continue making money for your family long after you're gone. Get organized once and for all--quickly and painlessly Avoid the top 10 estate-ending mistakes Learn how to gather all your affairs in one place Discover key talking points to bring up with your estate planning attorney that no one else will tell you about From passwords to bank accounts to book retailer accounts, this book will hold your hand through the process of getting your ducks in a row. This book will help you get more organized and help your heirs make more money from your books. It'll give you a fighting chance at preserving the amazing legacy you're already building. V2.0
The Author Heir Handbook: How to Manage an Author Estate (Author Level Up #18)
by M.L. RonnAn author has died. You're responsible for managing their estate, and it's a mess. Are you overwhelmed? Frustrated? You might be feeling that this responsibility the author gave you is more of a burden than a gift. You know that managing the author's books will make money and provide for you and the author's heirs, but you probably have no idea where to start. The Author Heir Handbook is a concise guide for heirs written in PLAIN ENGLISH that will help you understand an author's publishing business, the different components that the deceased author used to create books and income, and how to manage those components. It will save you countless hours by helping you figure out where to spend your time and effort.This book will help you: Avoid making mistakes that could cripple the estate Locate the author's manuscripts Take an inventory of all the author's works (with an easy template to save time) Determine which online accounts the author used (and how to access them) * Manage the money Get hired help when you need it (and how to avoid scams) Keep the author's books relevant for new generations Create income for you and your family, the way the author intended Managing an author estate is hard work, but this book will help simplify the process. You just might even be able to do more with the estate than the author ever could in their lifetime. Purchase your copy today, and don’t do things the hard way! V1.0
Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote
by Craig Fehrman&“One of the best books on the American presidency to appear in recent years.&” —Thomas Mallon, The Wall Street Journal &“Fun and fascinating…It&’s witty, charming, and fantastically learned. I loved it.&” —Rick Perlstein Based on a decade of research and reporting, Author in Chief tells the story of America&’s presidents as authors—and offers a delightful new window into the public and private lives of our highest leaders. Most Americans are familiar with Abraham Lincoln&’s famous words in the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet few can name the work that helped him win the presidency: his published collection of speeches entitled Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln labored in secret to get his book ready for the 1860 election, tracking down newspaper transcripts, editing them carefully for fairness, and hunting for a printer who would meet his specifications. Political Debates sold fifty thousand copies—the rough equivalent of half a million books in today&’s market—and it reveals something about Lincoln&’s presidential ambitions. But it also reveals something about his heart and mind. When voters asked about his beliefs, Lincoln liked to point them to his book. In Craig Fehrman&’s groundbreaking work of history, Author in Chief, the story of America&’s presidents and their books opens a rich new window into presidential biography. From volumes lost to history—Calvin Coolidge&’s Autobiography, which was one of the most widely discussed titles of 1929—to ones we know and love—Barack Obama&’s Dreams from My Father, which was very nearly never published—Fehrman unearths countless insights about the presidents through their literary works. Presidential books have made an enormous impact on American history, catapulting their authors to the national stage and even turning key elections. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson&’s Notes on the State of Virginia, the first presidential book to influence a campaign, and John Adams&’s Autobiography, the first score-settling presidential memoir, Author in Chief draws on newly uncovered information—including never-before-published letters from Andrew Jackson, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan—to cast fresh light on the private drives and self-doubts that fueled our nation&’s leaders. We see Teddy Roosevelt as a vulnerable first-time author, struggling to write the book that would become a classic of American history. We see Reagan painstakingly revising Where&’s the Rest of Me?, a forgotten memoir in which he sharpened his sunny political image. We see Donald Trump negotiating the deal for The Art of the Deal, the volume that made him synonymous with business savvy. Alongside each of these authors, we also glimpse the everyday Americans who read them. Combining the narrative felicity of a journalist with the rigorous scholarship of a historian, Fehrman delivers a feast for history lovers, book lovers, and everybody curious about a behind-the-scenes look at our presidents.
Author In Progress: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published
by Therese Walsh Writer Unboxed Writer UnboxedEmpower your writing through craft and community! Writing can be a lonely profession plagued by blind stumbles, writer's block, and despair--but it doesn't have to be. Written by members of the popular Writer Unboxed website, Author in Progress is filled with practical, candid essays to help you reach the next rung on the publishing ladder. By tracking your creative journey from first draft to completion and beyond, you can improve your craft, find your community, and overcome the mental barriers that stand in the way of success.Author in Progress is the perfect no-nonsense guide for excelling at every step of the novel-writing process, from setting goals, researching, and drafting to giving and receiving critiques, polishing prose, and seeking publication.Featuring essays by best-selling authors, editors, and industry leaders: Porter Anderson Julianna Baggott Brunonia Barry James Scott Bell Tom Bentley Sharon Bially Dan Blank Anne Greenwood Brown Kim Bullock Sarah Callender David Corbett Kathryn Craft Lisa Cron Keith Cronin Margaret Dilloway Jo Eberhardt Anna Elliott Bill Ferris Jane Friedman Tracy Hahn-Burkett Gwen Hernandez Kristan Hoffman Steven James Dave King Jeanne Kisacky Robin LaFevers Allie Larkin Erika Liodice Donald Maass Sophie Masson Greer Macallister Juliet Marillier Julia Munroe Martin Sarah McCoy Kathleen McCleary Jael McHenry Catherine McKenzie Liz Michalski Annie Neugebauer Jan O'Hara Barbara O'Neal Ray Rhamey Erika Robuck M.J. Rose Vaughn Roycroft Lancelot Schaubert Susan Spann Victoria Strauss John Vorhaus Therese Walsh Heather Webb Cathy Yardley "Nourishment for the writer's soul and motivation for the writer's heart." --James Scott Bell, best-selling author and writing instructor
The Author Income Problem: Track Your Sales Without Pulling Your Hair Out (Author Level Up #6)
by M.L. RonnDo you struggle with tracking your author income? It ain’t easy. If you publish your books wide, you might get AT LEAST a dozen sales reports every month. It makes most authors want to pull their hair out!In this guide, prolific author M.L. Ronn walks through the process he used to tame his sales reports. He transformed a 5-hour per month process into a 30-minute effort using the power of technology and automation. This book is a blueprint to how he did it. This book is also a blueprint for entrepreneurs and developers who want to solve this problem. It will show you why the author income problem is so complex and exactly how to solve it. Tracking your income doesn’t have to be hard. All it takes is the right approach. Ready to solve the author income problem once and for all? V1.0