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How I Became a Famous Novelist

by Steve Hely

Published: 2009-07-08

Paperback: 322 pages

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What Pete Tarslaw wants is simple enough: a realistic amount of fame that will open new avenues of sexual opportunity; the kind of financial comfort that will allow him to spend his life pursuing hobbies such as boating or skeet shooting at his stately home by the ocean or a scenic lake; a...

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How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder: The Shocking Inside Story of Violence, Loyalty, Regret, and Remorse

by Mike Gilbert

Published: 2008-05-12

Hardcover: 320 pages

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You don't know the full truth about O. J. Simpson and the murders that gripped a nation. But Mike Gilbert does, and after nearly two decades of being O. J. Simpson's sports agent, business adviser, and trusted confidant, Gilbert is breaking his silence and telling the full story of the man...

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How I Live Now (Michael L Printz Award Book (Awards))

by Meg Rosoff

Published: 2004-08-24

Hardcover: 194 pages

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“Every war has turning points and every person too.”Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go...

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How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater

by Marc Acito

Published: 2005-08-02

Paperback: 288 pages

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A deliciously funny romp of a novel about one overly theatrical and sexually confused New Jersey teenager’s larcenous quest for his acting school tuition.It’s 1983 in Wallingford, New Jersey, a sleepy bedroom community outside of Manhattan. Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni, a fe...

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How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling

by Frank Bettger

Published: 1992-04-09

Paperback: 192 pages

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A business classic, How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling is for anyone whose job it is to sell. Whether you are selling houses or mutual funds, advertisements or ideas -- or anything else -- this book is for you. When Frank Bettger was twenty-nine he was a failed insuran...

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How I Survived Being a Girl

by Wendelin Van Draanen

Published: 2003-08-19

Paperback: 176 pages

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Carolyn's tips for survival: Keep your hair too short for ribbons.Get a great dog.Avoid girls who wear Mary Janes.Spy on the neighbors.Play in the mud.Carolyn likes to break the rules. To her great surprise, it turns out that's what being a girl is all about....

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How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author

by Janet Evanovich, Ina Yalof

Published: 2006-09-19

Paperback: 240 pages

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How many people would kill to be a bestselling novelist? Especially one like Janet Evanovich.Writers want to know how a bestselling author thinks, writes, plans, and dreams her books. And they are primed for a book from Janet Evanovich that tells, in a witty QA format:#8226; How she comes up with such...

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How It All Began: A Novel

by Penelope Lively

Published: 2012-11-27

Paperback: 240 pages

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A vibrant new novel from Penelope Lively—a wry, wise story about the surprising ways lives intersectLook out for Penelope Lively’s new book, The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories.When Charlotte Rainsford, a retired schoolteacher, is accosted by a petty thief on a London street, the co...

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How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

by Garry Kasparov

Published: 2008-09-30

Paperback: 240 pages

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?One of the most formidable brains of our era?.fast-talking, exuberant, indigant one moment and laughing sardonically the next ? Kasparov clearly relishes the fight.??Washington PostGarry Kasparov was the highest-rated chess player in the world for over twenty years and is widely considere...

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How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas

by Jeff Guinn

Published: 2005-09-15

Hardcover: 320 pages

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In How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas, Jeff Guinn combines solid historical fact with glorious legend to deliver another heartwarming holiday book for the whole family. It's 1620 and Mrs. Claus's dear husband is off in the New World planting the seeds of what will become a glorious Christmas ...