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9780827608375 | Reprint edition (Jewish Pubn Society, August 1, 2006), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: During summer vacation, twelve-year-old David becomes caught up in the search for a man believed to have died during the Holocaust who is somehow connected to his beloved grandfather Max and his World War II experiences.
9780827603929 | 1st ed. edition (Jewish Pubn Society, August 1, 1988), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: While spending the summer with his grandfather Max and helping him search for a friend believed to have perished in the Holocaust, twelve-year-old David discovers many things about Max's terrible years during World War II and subsequent family relationships.
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9780595174768 | Iuniverse Inc, March 1, 2001, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Burned-out true-crime writer Scotty Scotland has lost his wife, been ordered by his doctor to give up caffeine, and according to his latest review, should stop writing, too.
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9780595174867 | Iuniverse Inc, March 20, 2001, cover price $20.95
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9780898798098 | Writers Digest Books, June 1, 1998, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Examines every facet of storytelling, from narrative hooks to climaxes, to create gripping narratives with strong characters for fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays
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9780425151839 | Berkley Pub Group, February 1, 1996, cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Abandoned by his wife, burned-out true-crime author Scotty Scotland turns sleuth when his best friend, Molly, a nationally syndicated advice columnist, is brutally murdered
Hardcover:
9780525936503 | Truman Talley Books, June 1, 1994, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: An exploration of a revitalized gaming business reveals how Las Vegas changed from a neon world of nonstop gambling, gangsters, sex, and adult entertainment to a clean, attractive, family-oriented resort town
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9780553561173 | Bantam Books, March 1, 1994, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A collection of true stories of citizens who took the law into their own hands features the story of Bernhard Goetz, who shot four teenagers in a subway and the battered wife who hired a hitman to kill her husband.
Product Description: Gary Provost practices what he preaches in Make Your Words Work. He helps you learn to write well by, among other things, writing well himself. His warm, witty, entertaining instruction teams with solid examples as well as exercises...read more
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9780898794182 | Writers Digest Books, October 1, 1990, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Examines the fundamentals of style, character, dialogue, description, and point of view in writing both fiction and nonfiction
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9780898796360 | Reprint edition (Writers Digest Books, February 1, 1994), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Gary Provost practices what he preaches in Make Your Words Work.
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9780671669966 | Pocket Books, December 1, 1989, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: An inside look at a bizarre triangle and the killing that resulted from it examines the murder of wealthy Art Venecia and the relationship between the two people accused of the crime--Allan Bryant, a manipulative young homosexual, and Dee Casteel, a middle-aged, alcoholic waitress
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9780671669973 | Reprint edition (Pocket Books, August 1, 1993), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: An inside look at a bizarre love triangle and the crime that resulted from it examines the murder of wealthy Art Venecia and his two accused murderers--Allan Bryant, a manipulative young homosexual, and Dee Casteel, a middle-aged, alcoholic waitress
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9780671724931 | Pocket Books, December 1, 1991, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Describes the attempted murder of Lisa Fotopoulos by her husband Kosta, which brought to light a series of crimes perpetrated by Kosta and his girlfriend, Dierdre
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9780671724948 | Reprint edition (Pocket Books, October 1, 1992), cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Describes the attempted murder of Lisa Fotopoulos by her husband Kosta, which brought to light a series of crimes perpetrated by Kosta and his girlfriend, Dierdre
Hardcover:
9780756757267 | Diane Pub Co, May 1, 1991, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: In this book, Gary Provost, an established true crime author, explains what a good true crime story is--as well as what it isn't--and how to write a compelling story.
9780898794465 | Writers Digest Books, March 1, 1991, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Tells how to select a story, write a proposal, gather information, handle interviews, create an outline, find an agent, and write a film synopsis, and discusses viewpoint, style, and plot line
Hardcover:
9780517564905 | Crown Pub, May 1, 1988, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A successful private investigator chronicles her newsmaking triumphs, the joyous family reunions she has made possible, the frustrating cases of dead ends and dark disappointments, and her struggles to win acceptance in a male-dominated profession
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9780671683269 | Reprint edition (Pocket Books, July 1, 1990), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: A successful private investigator chronicles her newsmaking triumphs, the frustrating cases of dead ends, and her struggles to win acceptance in a male-dominated profession
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9780027749502 | Atheneum, May 1, 1984, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Despite his busy schedule and preoccupation with basketball, twelve-year-old David Newman must move his Bar Mitzvah up by four months so that his ailing grandfather can live to see it
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9780689713811 | Aladdin Paperbacks, May 1, 1990, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old David, juggling Shrimp League basketball and his upcoming Bar Mitzvah, strives to please Kelly, his dream-girl classmate, as well as his ailing grandfather and traditional parents
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9780671693190 | Pocket Books, October 1, 1989, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: An account of the murders attributed to a santanic cult bordering Texas and Mexico
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9780898793147 | Writers Digest Books, March 1, 1988, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Offers writers advice on style, pace, unity, sound, imagery, identification, credibility, subtlety, tension, form, and viewpoint
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9780027749601 | Atheneum, October 1, 1985, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Three twelve-year-olds work for fame in the pop music world, receiving inspiration from a martial arts teacher.
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9780425088845 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, November 1, 1986), cover price $2.75 | also contains Oncologic Imaging: Urology | About this edition: Three twelve-year-olds work for fame in the pop music world, receiving inspiration from a martial arts teacher.
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9780451624253 | New Amer Library, October 1, 1985, cover price $3.95 | also contains Goodnight Maddy and the Moon, It's Almost Bedtime: Personalized Childrenæs Books, Personalized Gifts, and Bedtime Stories | About this edition: Gives advice on overcoming writer's block, developing a personal style, finding a good opening, improving one's diction, avoiding mistakes in grammar or punctuation, and editing a manuscript
9780451627216 | Reissue edition (Signet, June 1, 1985), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Gives advice on overcoming writer's block, developing a personal style, finding a good opening, improving one's diction, avoiding mistakes in grammar or punctuation, and editing a manuscript
Guidance in the development of a profitable career writing fiction, articles, and books includes discussions of how to prepare the manuscript, literary agents, and conducting research
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9780451623607 | Reissue edition (New Amer Library, September 1, 1984), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Guidance in the development of a profitable career writing fiction, articles, and books includes discussions of how to prepare the manuscript, literary agents, and conducting research
Thirteen-year-old Brian describes life with his young mother and his two brothers in a run-down section of Boston, and his adventures with a young man who seems almost a third brother.
Hardcover:
9780027751802 | Simon & Schuster, November 1, 1982, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: The three Jefferson boys live with their young mother in a run-down section of Boston and with a young man using the alias Currie Witchita
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9780898790405 | Writers Digest Books, October 1, 1980, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Reviews the fundamentals of style, diction, character, dialogue, description, and point of view in writing both fiction and nonfiction
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