<p>In the early 20th century, in the English-speaking world, Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini were two of the most feted and famous men alive. And their relationship is extraordinary: As strange as it may seem Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the ultra-rational detective Sherlock Holmes, was a believer in Spiritualism. He came to his belief, that one could communicate with the dead, after his son was killed in World War I, and became an expert in the field. Harry Houdini, the world's foremost magician, was a friend of Conan Doyle's, but was sceptical of his belief in the supernatural. Houdini took every opportunity to use his knowledge of illusion to expose psychics who he thought were fakes, particularly incensed by their exploitation of grief and insecurity. Based on original research, this sensational dual biography of two popular geniuses conjures up the early 20th century and the fame, personality and competing beliefs.</p>

Houdini Conan Doyle

Biographies & Memoirs

SANFORD, CHRISTOPHER

Arts & Literature

TEXAS BOOK

A young intern tries to balance the crushing responsibilities of his job with a burgeoning romance with one of the other interns whose competitive nature could spell the end of their relationship

Sutures

Literature & Fiction

Soho Pr Inc

<p>Twenty years ago I had never heard of Reminiscence Writing. The dean at a North Carolina community college where I was teaching called me in, showed me a newspaper clipping about a class in Oregon, and asked, "Could we do this here?" I foolishly said yes. He asked, "How about working up a syllabus?" So I did-heaven only knows what I wrote! We offered it, and a dozen people showed up. And we were off and running. Now I've taught Reminiscence Writing a dozen times, as a course of six weeks or a semester-at that same community college, in Duke University's Institute for Learning in Retirement (four times, a record in a program where classes are normally offered only once), in a retirement program at North Carolina State University, and even at a local retirement community.I teach my students a lot. And they respond by teaching me even more. Everything in Tell Your Story has come out of experiences in these many reminiscence writing classes.The message for you: You have a story to tell-even if you don't think you have ever done anything interesting. "Interesting" comes from how you tell your story, not what you have done or seen. It is important for you, and your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, to preserve your stories-interestingly and readably. If you don't, something valuable has been lost. You're not a writer? No matter. If you can write a postcard (or, today, an e-mail), you can tell your stories.This book will show you how. One step at a time, you'll write down the interesting stories of your life-and they will be interesting, because of the way you will tell them. You'll accumulate lots of stories-more than you would have imagined. You'll compile them into a slim, but growing, volume. And you'll have them printed (affordably!) to share with family and even with the wider world. For an excerpt, please see www.csanford.comIn this book I've included some of my favorite reminiscences. Now let's get started on yours.</p>

Tell Your Story: How to Write for Your Grandchildren

AuthorHouse

If¿ You are years beyond being a kid or teenager and ¿ You are single - divorced, widowed, separated, never married - and¿ You would like to be in a relationship - but only if it can be a good one -- and¿ You are floundering, not sure how to find a partner, or start a relationship, or keep it going, or keep it happy Then this book is for you.

You & Me: A Book About Relationships

Parenting & Relationships

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Houdini Conan Doyle

Sutures

Tell Your Story: How to Write for Your Grandchildren

You & Me: A Book About Relationships