English Storytelling

🌿✨ Step into a world where magic lingers in the mist, the kettle is always warm, and the forest whispers its ancient secrets. ✨🌿 Nestled deep in the woods, a cozy cabin awaits—a place where the scent of herbal tea mingles with the stories of the trees. In this collection of gentle, enchanting tales, you’ll find: 🍵 A tea shop where the brews whisper forgotten memories. 🌙 A hidden glade where fireflies carry the wishes of the lost. 🍄 A wandering fox with a lantern, guiding those who need it most. 📖 A book that only appears during the first snowfall of winter. Perfect...

An internationally bestselling novelist, Matthew Dicks has also spent ten years consulting with individual clients and organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. In Stories Sell, Dicks shows people in business how to get their message across without relying on cookie-cutter presentations or stodgy case studies

Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda, and violent threats have evolved from military weapons deployed against foreign adversaries into tools in domestic culture wars. Newitz delves into America's deep-rooted history with psychological operations, beginning with Benjamin Franklin's Revolutionary War-era fake newspaper and nineteenth-century wars on Indigenous nations, and reaching its apotheosis with the Cold War and twenty-first-century influence campaigns online.

The hardest yet most essential element of writing great fiction is character—specifically, creating a central hero who is relatable, compelling, and worth the audience's precious time. In this entertaining and practical guide, popular blogger, writing coach and screenwriter Matt Bird breaks down what makes characters embraceable and unforgettable, and presents insider tips and tricks for writers of all levels and genres.

This edition brings together some of Ephron’s most famous writing on a generation of women (and men) who helped shape the way we live now, and on events ranging from the Watergate scandal to the Pillsbury Bake-Off. In these sharp, hilariously entertaining, and vividly observed pieces, Ephron illuminates an era with wicked honesty and insight. From the famous "A Few Words About Breasts" to important pieces on her time working for the New York Post and Gourmet Magazine, these essays show Ephron at her very best.

In today's connection economy, the most successful leaders inspire their people with purpose and meaning. Powerful corporate storytelling can mobilise people around an organisational objective in a way that a focus on market share never will. Be it a digital transformation or a diversity and inclusion initiative, corporate change needs the support of the people in that organisation in order to stick. Yet, while all stories can move people to take action, storytelling isn't a one size fits all.

Juliette has always longed for everything she experiences in her beloved books—grand adventures, heroic deeds, passionate love, and making a meaningful difference. She wants it all. Yet, despite her found family, her dream bookshop, and a burgeoning connection with a sweet man, chronic anxiety keeps her tethered to a safe and predictable routine. Until her life is upended when an unexpected magical ability surfaces. Now gifted with the power to locate lost things, Juliette's world becomes a blend of wonder and anxiety.

If you’ve ever said, “I can’t make content—I don’t have the money,” this book is your permission slip to shut up and create. Zero-Budget TV by Emmanuel Simms is the ultimate survival guide for creators, filmmakers, influencers, and dreamers who want to tell powerful stories—without waiting on a budget, crew, or Hollywood miracle. Packed with practical tips, hilarious behind-the-scenes hacks, and real-life case studies, this book proves that creativity doesn’t come from money—it comes from you. Whether you’re filming on your phone, recording a podcast in your closet, or ...

Three complete stories in one collection! Includes The Radio Mystery, The Mystery of the Runaway Ghost, and The Finders Keepers Mystery.

Harness the Power of AI and Chatbots in Data Storytelling: A Pioneering Approach to Transform Your Charts into Compelling Narratives With his expertise in strategy and analytics, Sam Schreim introduces an innovative framework that marries the precision of AI and the adaptability of chatbots with the art of storytelling. In an era where data is abundant but often underutilized, Sam's approach is not just timely, it's vital. He unveils the secrets to turning cold, hard facts into stories that resonate, inspire, and drive action. This book is a beacon for anyone looking to make their data not ...

This is the third episode of the popular Baumgartner & Momsen mystery series for German learners. In a seedy internet café, the dead body of a teenager is found. What caused his death? Did he die from exhaustion, or was it murder? Help Kommissar Baumgartner and his colleague, Katharina Momsen, unravel this mystery and improve your vocabulary along the way! Why brood over grammar sheets and lifeless workbooks when you can be entertained and learn natural German along the way?

How to Tell a Story is the guide you need! We will teach you how to tell a story in seven easy steps. This guide is designed to provide you with all the tools you need in a concise, easy-to-understand format that will answer all your burning questions and get you on your way to successful storytelling.

I killed three men as a child and earned the name Bloodletter. Then I set fire to the fabled Ashram. I've been a bird and robbed a merchant king of a ransom of gold. And I have crossed desert sands and cutthroat alleys to repay my debt. I’ve stood before the eyes of god, faced his judgement, and cast aside the thousand arrows that came with it. And I have passed through the Doors of Midnight and lived to tell the tale.

Navajo Tainted Beliefs is a fictional novelette exploring the similarities and differences between the Bible and Navajo stories regarding the creation of the earth and mankind. Chile Charlie and Dolly Sweet Thompson interview a shaman to obtain the facts regarding these concepts. These side-by-side comparisons are well-written and easy to understand. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will wonder why as you listen.

SOCIOLINGUISTICS IN THE DIGITAL ERA --- This book offers a comprehensive breakdown of the dynamic relationship between language and digital technology, examining how digital communication platforms catalyze linguistic evolution and identity formation. Anchoring its analysis in sociolinguistics, the book gets into the phenomenon of online code-switching, revealing its implications for language fluidity and cultural hybridity. This book carefully examines the impact of social media on language norms, unpacking how these platforms both reflect and shape linguistic trends. A significant focus ...

Three complete stories in one collection! Includes The Mystery at the Crooked House, The Hockey Mystery, and The Mystery of the Midnight Dog.

Whoever you are, whatever you love, there’s a podcast audience waiting for you, and in today’s booming audio storytelling landscape, it’s never been easier to share your voice with the world. But while the barrier to entry for podcast production is relatively low, the learning curve is steep - and quality matters. That’s where NPR comes in. In NPR’s Podcast Start Up Guide, Glen Weldon draws on NPR’s extensive educational materials and army of talent to guide aspiring podcasters through the conception, creation, and launch of a podcast.

Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the men in the White House - complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts.

Many people say that they have at least one novel inside them - it's on a lot of bucket lists - but most will never come up with the goods. For one thing, you need an awesome stubbornness, an absolute unwillingness to give in, if you're going to succeed. Perhaps that can't be taught, but fortunately there are a few things that can be. In this short guide to the essentials of writing novels, author Joe Morello draws on more than thirty years of experience in the writing of both fiction and non-fiction to offer you some very practical advice on how to go about being one of those people who ...

Craig Ferguson has defied the odds his entire life. He has failed when he should have succeeded and succeeded when he should have failed. The fact that he is neither dead nor in a locked facility (at the time of printing) is something of a miracle in itself. In Craig’s candid and revealing memoir, listeners will get a look into the mind and recollections of the unique and twisted Scottish American who became a national hero for pioneering the world’s first TV robot skeleton sidekick and reviving two dudes in a horse suit dancing as a form of entertainment.