I don' respect Stephen King enough to read his book on writing.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

A Memoir of the Craft

Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. “Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King’s advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999—and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it—fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.

On Writing

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21 short stories to tell around a campfire #paperback #scarystories #storytelling #toreadaloud #youth #youngadult 


Wyoming

Things That Go Bump in the Night

Original and classic stories of adventure, ghosts, and all the things that you must worry about the next time you hear something go bump in the night. Each story has been chosen to be especially easy to tell from memory. A large-print outline follows each story to assist in storytelling.

Campfire Stories

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#paperback #storytelling #journaling #publicspeaking A series of prompts to improve storytelling and public speaking. 

Ohio

For Family and Classroom Storytelling, Public Speaking and Personal Journaling

Telling Your Own Stories is designed for families, teachers, counselors anyone who wants to inspire storytelling either in themselves or in others. Through a series of memory prompts, the user is led through the creation of plots, of place, and of characters.

Telling Your Own Stories

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The book has wear and tear on front and back cover. The front cover is bent. No other rips, dog earred pages and highlighted pages.
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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

101 More Stories of Life, Love and Learning

Offers another collection of inspiring stories to help teenagers take control of their lives, acting as a teacher of the lessons of survival and success, and offering guidance, encouragement, support, and love. Simultaneous. 1,000,000 first printing.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

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Massachusetts

#paperback #nonfiction #juvenilenonfiction #fiction #chickensoup #healing #learning #storytelling 

#paperback #film #documentary #storytelling

Washington

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Documentary In the Digital Age

#hardcover #nonfiction #allthesewonders #storytelling #themoth 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oklahoma

True Stories about Facing the Unknown

-From storytelling [radio hour] The Moth, a collection about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the ... stories .. told on their stages, [featuring] voices both familiar and new. Storytellers include Louis C.K., Tig Notaro, John Turturro, and Meg Wolitzer, as well as a hip hop 'one hit wonder, ' an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, and a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill's 'secret army' during World War II. They share their ventures into uncharted territory--and how their lives were changed forever by what they found there---

The Moth Presents All These Wonders

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Inscription and signed by the author. see photo. 

Wisconsin

GRANDFATHER'S GOOD MEDICINE is a children's book for all ages; that is, a children's book that can be appreciated by adults as well as children. Its message is universal, its stories timeless & timely. It is a profound & poignant trilogy of stories containing an important message concerning man's relationship to his environment as seen through the Native American eye & expressed through the imagination of three non-native children. In each of the three parts, GRANDFATHER tells a story to a young person in modern times that parallels his or her current situation, taking us back to a time when white man was only a rumor & the people still roamed freely over the land. The highly entertaining & thought provoking stories are based on Native American folklore & the MEDICINE WHEEL WAY. Exquisitely illustrated by renowned Navajo artist Tommy Thompson. This is a book to delight all ages. To order contact: THORNE ENTERPRISES, 149 Gambol Lane, Sedona, AZ 86336. (602) 282-7508.

Grandfather's Good Medicine

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This is the amazing story of John who was horrifically burned but still over came the challenge of his life. There are a few spots that are highlighted otherwise this book would be in excellent condition.#nonfiction #selfhelp #nonfiction #hardcover #inspirational #storytelling 

Colorado

The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life

At nine, O'Leary survived a house fire with burns on 100 percent of his body. Doctors didn't expect him to make it through the night. But he made it through five months of healing in the hospital, and years of excruciating rehabilitation as he struggled to regain mobility and control of his body. O'Leary says that it changed him for the better-- and that if he had it to do all over again, he wouldn't change a thing. Now he shares reflections on the seven life-giving choices he made that ensured his survival and his ability to ignite a radically inspired life. -- adapted from jacket

On Fire

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Texas

Greenlights 

Going to dolphin school under the sea is a magical experience for Pearl and her friends!Pearl is a magical dolphin of the Salty Sea, and today is her first day of school. Her classmates Echo and Splash make great new friends! Together they start learning dolphin skills like magic, music, and jumping.But another student, Flip, just won't stop bragging. And when he accepts a dare from an older student, he ends up in terrible danger from a shark! Can Pearl and her friends save him? It's an exciting first day at Dolphin School!

Pearl's Ocean Magic (Dolphin School #1)

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#nonfiction #biography #autobiography #allthesewonders #moth #storytelling #hardcover 

Nevada

#paperback #fiction #meetcute #romance #romcom #storytelling 

Virginia

#1 UK Bestseller "Barnett's enchanting debut imagines three possible lives, three possible love stories--each with its unique joys and sorrows--demonstrating that life has no perfect path." --People "One of the most engrossing novels either of us has read in years." --Richard Madeley, the Richard and Judy Book Club A stunning novel about the ways the smallest decisions give shape to our lives, The Versions of Us charts a relationship through three possible futures. Cambridge, 1958. Late for class, Eva Edelstein swerves to miss a dog and crashes her bike. Jim Lewis hurries to help her. In that brief moment, three outcomes are born for Eva and Jim. As the strands of their lives weave together and apart across the decades from college through wildly different successes and disappointments, seductions and betrayals, births and funerals, joys and sorrows, the only constant is the power of their connection. TheVersions of Us is a tour de force of storytelling that will enthrall readers who loved One Day and Life After Life.

The Versions of Us

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Used book in excellent condition. No damage the physical book. A little bit of a water spill on the jacket, but not visible. No smearing on the pages or the illustrations on the jacket. Book Contains CD inside. 


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Missouri

A Pirate Parent's Favorite Fables with CD


Mama Hook reminisces about her great experiences sailing the Never Sea and the stories she told young James Hook when he was growing up. Written by Sharon Osbourne, the stories are reminiscent of familiar fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," set in Jake and the Never Land Pirates' world of fun pirate playfulness and daring adventures.


Jake and the Never Land Pirates Mama Hook Knows Best

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#hardcover #storytelling #publicspeaking #tedtalks #business 

From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch on and Others Don't

How did a Venice Beach T-shirt vendor become television's most successful producer? How did an entrepreneur who started in a garage create the most iconic product launches in business history? How did a timid pastor's son overcome a paralyzing fear of public speaking to captivate sold-out crowds at Yankee Stadium, twice? How did a human rights attorney earn TED's longest standing ovation, and how did a Facebook executive launch a movement to encourage millions of women to "lean in"?

They told brilliant stories.

In The Storyteller's Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch on and Others Don't, keynote speaker, bestselling author, and communication expert Carmine Gallo reveals the keys to telling powerful stories that inspire, motivate, educate, build brands, launch movements, and change lives. The New York Times has called a well-told story "a strategic tool with irresistible power" - the proof lies in the success stories of 50 icons, leaders, and legends featured in The Storyteller's Secret: entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, Sara Blakely, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and Sheryl Sandberg; spellbinding speakers like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bryan Stevenson, and Malala Yousafzai; and business leaders behind famous brands such as Starbucks, Southwest Airlines, Wynn Resorts, Whole Foods, and Pixar. Whether your goal is to educate, fundraise, inspire teams, build an award-winning culture, or to deliver memorable presentations, a story is your most valuable asset and your competitive advantage.

In The Storyteller's Secret, Gallo explains why the brain is hardwired to love stories - especially rags-to-riches stories - and how the latest science can help you craft a persuasive narrative that wins hearts and minds. "The art of storytelling can be used to drive change," says billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson. And since the next decade will see the most change our civilization has ever known, your story will radically transform your business, your life, and the lives of those you touch. Ideas that catch on are wrapped in story. Your story can change the world. Isn't it time you shared yours?

The Storyteller's Secret

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#paperback #anthology #storytelling #shortstories #literaryfiction #internationalwriters #diverseauthors

Michigan

Earth Stories

"A celebration of both storytelling and translation, Elemental is essential; a gift that opens up the pleasures of new worlds." --Hugh Raffles, author of The Book of Unconformities

A family's heirloom stones unearth a story spanning war, illness, and radioactivity. A pipeline installed to protect a town from flooding results in a howling that disturbs the town's inhabitants. A political prisoner embarks on an epic flight toward freedom, literally blown like a kite in the wind.

A whirlwind of fantastic new writing from Japan, Iran, Norway, Germany, Madagascar, Iraq, Poland, and Israel, this collection of fiction and reportage maps the intimate, ongoing relationship between human civilization and the natural world. Do we set the limits on our existence? Or is it wind, water, fire, and earth that define--even control--us? Borrowing from eco-literature and mythology, Elemental unflinchingly takes up the earth.

Elemental

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#paperback #fiction #humor #storytelling #American
Life

Lake Wobegon Days 

New York

Why those who tell- and live- the best stories will rule the future

Trying to get your message heard? Build an iconic brand?
Welcome to the battlefield.

The story wars are all around us. They are the struggle to be heard in a world of media noise and clamor. Today, most brand messages and mass appeals for causes are drowned out before they even reach us. But a few consistently break through the din, using the only tool that has ever moved minds and changed behavior--great stories.

With insights from mythology, advertising history, evolutionary biology, and psychology, viral storyteller and advertising expert Jonah Sachs takes readers into a fascinating world of seemingly insurmountable challenges and enormous opportunity. You'll discover how:

* Social media tools are driving a return to the oral tradition, in which stories that matter rise above the fray
* Marketers have become today's mythmakers, providing society with explanation, meaning, and ritual
* Memorable stories based on timeless themes build legions of eager evangelists
* Marketers and audiences can work together to create deeper meaning and stronger partnerships in building a better world
* Brands like Old Spice, The Story of Stuff, Nike, the Tea Party, and Occupy Wall Street created and sustained massive viral buzz

Winning the Story Wars is a call to arms for business communicators to cast aside broken traditions and join a revolution to build the iconic brands of the future. It puts marketers in the role of heroes with a chance to transform not just their craft but the enterprises they represent. After all, success in the story wars doesn't come just from telling great stories, but from learning to live them.


Winning the Story Wars

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#hardcover #nonfiction #allthesewonders #themoth #moth #storytelling 

California

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

New Jersey

Charlie Trumper, a poor boy, makes good as a department store tycoon and marries his sweetheart, but he becomes the victim of a nefarious campaign against him conducted by the father of his sweetheart's illegitimate son

As the Crow Flies

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A treasure of great moral stories

A senior editor of National Review and leading conservative spokesperson provides commentary to accompany this anthology of character-building stories from history, the Bible, and such poets as Frost and Angelou. 60,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Tour.

Book of Virtues

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#paperback #meetcute #fiction #romance #romcom #storytelling A dazzling novel about the ways the smallest decisions give shape to our lives, The Versions of Us charts a relationship through three possible futures. Cambridge, 1958. Late for class, Eva Edelstein swerves to miss a dog and crashes her bike. Jim Taylor hurries to help her. In that brief moment, three outcomes are born for Eva and Jim. As the strands of their lives weave together and apart across the decades from college through wildly different successes and disappointments, seductions and betrayals, births and funerals, joys and sorrows, the only constant is the power of their connection. A #1 UK bestseller, The Versions of Us is a tour de force of storytelling.

#witch #storytelling #magic signed author plate inside as well in the back. #hardcover #witches #fiction 

Signed author plate inside its upside down but its there 🤦🏻‍♀️

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe returns to the world of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane with a bewitching story of a New England history professor who must race against time to free her family from a curse Connie Goodwin is an expert on America’s fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she’s earned career success by studying the history of magic in colonial America—especially women’s home recipes and medicines—and by exposing society's threats against women fluent in those skills. But beyond her studies, Connie harbors a secret: She is the direct descendant of a woman tried as a witch in Salem, an ancestor whose abilities were far more magical than the historical record shows. When a hint from her mother and clues from her research lead Connie to the shocking realization that her partner’s life is in danger, she must race to solve the mystery behind a hundreds’-years-long deadly curse. Flashing back through American history to the lives of certain supernaturally gifted women, The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs affectingly reveals not only the special bond that unites one particular matriarchal line, but also explores the many challenges to women’s survival across the decades—and the risks some women are forced to take to protect what they love most.

Stephen King

On Writing

William Forgey

Campfire Stories

Donald Davis

Telling Your Own Stories

Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Kimberly Kirberger

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

Stephen King

On Writing

Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Kimberly Kirberger

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

Maxine Baker

Documentary In the Digital Age

Catherine Burns (Editor); Neil Gaiman (Foreword by)

The Moth Presents All These Wonders

Deborah Walley

Grandfather's Good Medicine

John O'Leary

On Fire

Matthew McConaughey

Greenlights

Catherine Hapka; Hollie Hibbert (Illustrator)

Pearl's Ocean Magic (Dolphin School #1)

Catherine Burns

The Moth Presents All These Wonders

Laura Barnett

The Versions of Us

Sharon Osbourne; Disney Storybook Art Team (Illustrator)

Jake and the Never Land Pirates Mama Hook Knows Best

Carmine Gallo

The Storyteller's Secret

Sarah Coolidge (Editor); Tamar Weiss-Gabbay; Erika Kobayashi; Farkhondeh Aghaei; Andreas Moster; Dorota Brauntsch; Bakhiyar Ali

Elemental

Garrison Keillor

Lake Wobegon Days

Jonah Sachs

Winning the Story Wars

Catherine Burns (Editor); Neil Gaiman (Foreword by)

The Moth Presents All These Wonders

Jeffrey Archer

As the Crow Flies

William J. Bennett; William J. Bennett

Book of Virtues

Laura Barnett

The Versions of Us

Katherine Howe

The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs