“Unique and thorough, Warner’s handbook could turn any determined reader into a regular Malcolm Gladwell.” —Booklist For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom, from the author of Why They Can’t Write After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he’d experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in contemporary composition studies, he devised an innovative new framework: a step-by-step method that moves the student through a series of writing problems, an organic, bottom-up writing process that exposes and acculturates them to the ways writers work in the world. The time is right for this new and groundbreaking approach. The most popular books on composition take a formalistic view, utilizing “templates” in order to mimic the sorts of rhetorical moves academics make. While this is a valuable element of a writing education, there is room for something that speaks more broadly. The Writer’s Practice invites students and novice writers into an intellectually engaging, active learning process that prepares them for a wider range of academic and real-world writing and allows them to become invested and engaged in their own work.

The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing

Reference

Warner, John

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Penguin??Books

Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice

This book provides the first introductory treatment of the design, development, and evaluation processes central to Green Chemistry. A comprehensive textbook, it takes a broad view of the subject and integrates a wide variety of approaches. Topics include alternative feedstocks, environmentally benign syntheses, the design of safer chemical products, new reaction conditions, alternative solvents and catalyst development, and the use of biosynthesis and biomimetic principles. It introduces new evaluation processes that encompass the complete health and environmental impact of a synthesis, from the choice of starting materials to the final product. Throughout, the text provides specific examples which compare the new methods with classical ones.

Science & Math

Anastas, Paul

Chemistry

Oxford University Press

Offers a satirical look into George W. Bush's faux scrapbook that shows Bush how to respond if Cheney has a heart attack and how to handle the media, and reveals his letters to his pen pal Hector, Fidel Castro, and his brother, Jeb.

My First Presidentiary : A Scrapbook by George W. Bush

Humor & Entertainment

Humorist, Modern

Modern Humorist

Guilfoile, Kevin

Humor

Three Rivers Press

Readers of all ages will be astonished and stumped by these interactive mysteries. In brief paragraphs and black-and-white illustrations, award-winning author Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner present 100 puzzles, each with a logical "aha" answer...that may require thinking outside the box. Clues and answers are included in separate sections.
Rex is surprised when the phone rings. He answers it and writes down a message. He doesn't know the person who called or the person being called. He will never meet them. What is going on?
Clue: Rex was working
Clue: He was in a public place
Clue: It wasn't his personal phone
Answer: Rex works for the phone company. He'd just finished repairing a pay phone and it rang. The caller explained her friend was supposed to be there. Rex wrote down the message and left it for the friend to find.
Hours of wholesome entertainment is practically guaranteed!

One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers: Good Clean Puzzles for Kids of All Ages

Silverthorne, Sandy

Puzzles & Games

Harvest House Publishers

Because so many folks enjoyed the first book of mysteries and brain teasers, award-winning author Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner created more (and better!) mysteries for super-sleuths of all ages. It's another book for the whole family.
Each mystery is complete with helpful clues, comic-strip-style illustrations, and solutions. If readers are baffled after reading the first clue, they can read another, one by one until that "a-ha" moment finally arrives. Sure to make folks scratch their heads and think outside the box, this is the perfect book to pass the time or pep up a party--good clean fun for anytime, anywhere, and anyone!

Return of the One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers: More Good Clean Puzzles for All Ages!

More than 100,000 copies of One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers and Return of the One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers have been sold (combined), and now Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner offer an all-new collection of family-friendly lateral thinking puzzles.
Each page includes an unusual scenario that ends with a question for readers to answer as well as a delightful cartoon that depicts a laughably incorrect assumption. To find the one satisfying answer for each puzzle, readers must throw out all preconceived notions and be open-minded, flexible, and creative. Increasingly revealing clues for each puzzle are included in the back of the book, as are the solutions.
These riddles are challenging enough for adults yet appropriate for detectives of all ages. Individual readers, families, and groups can enjoy hours of fun solving them and learning to think outside the box.

Mind-Boggling One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers

Award-winning author Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner’s first collection of one-minute mysteries has sold more than 100,000 copies, and now the two offer more fun thinking puzzles for super-sleuths of all ages. It’s an entertaining book for the whole family.
Each one-page mystery is illustrated with a hilarious cartoon that presents an obvious (and obviously incorrect!) solution. Readers can turn to a page of clues, each one revealing more information until the a-ha! moment finally arrives. Sure to make folks scratch their heads and think outside the box, this is the perfect book to pass the time or pep up a party―good clean fun for anytime, anywhere, and anyone!
Previously released as Return of the One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers.

The Awesome Book of One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers

Readers of all ages will enjoy the challenge of discovering the answers to—or being stumped by—these interactive mysteries. In brief paragraphs and black-and-white illustrations, award-winning author Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner present 70 puzzles, each with a logical "aha" answer that requires thinking outside the box. Clues and answers are included in separate sections.
Mystery: A man is looking at a clock that displays the correct time, but he doesn't know what time it is. Why not?
Clues:
<ul>
<li>The man can see and tell time perfectly well.</li>
<li>The clock is normal and in plain sight.</li>
<li>More than one clock is in the room.</li>
</ul>
Solution: Each clock in the room is displaying a different time, so he doesn't know which one is correct.
Hours of wholesome entertainment is practically guaranteed!

Readers of all ages will enjoy the challenge of discovering the answers to—or being stumped by—these interactive mysteries. In brief paragraphs and black-and-white illustrations, award-winning author Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner present 70 puzzles, each with a logical "aha" answer that requires thinking outside the box. Clues and answers are included in separate sections. 
Mystery: 
A man is looking at a clock that displays the correct time, but he doesn't know what time it is. Why not? 
Clues: The man can see and tell time perfectly well. The clock is normal and in plain sight. More than one clock is in the room. 
Solution: 
Each clock in the room is displaying a different time, so he doesn't know which one is correct. 
Hours of wholesome entertainment is practically guaranteed!

Sharpen Your Sleuthing Skills with These Super Brain-Strainers
Mystery: A burglar robs many homes throughout the day. At the last house, he breaks in through the back door. This house has more valuables than any of the other houses, and nothing is there to stop him from taking them, but he doesn't take anything. How come?
Put on your detective hat and prepare to solve the best mindbenders from the popular puzzle book series One-Minute Mysteries. This collection of crazy conundrums will keep you guessing until the final page and provide hours of entertainment for detectives of all ages. Are you up for the challenge? Let's find out.
Solution: The burglar broke into his own house because he'd accidentally locked himself out.

The Very Best One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers

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Books by Warner, John

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The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing

Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice

My First Presidentiary : A Scrapbook by George W. Bush

One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers: Good Clean Puzzles for Kids of All Ages

Return of the One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers: More Good Clean Puzzles for All Ages!

Mind-Boggling One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers

The Awesome Book of One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers

One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers: Good Clean Puzzles for Kids of All Ages

One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers: Good Clean Puzzles for Kids of All Ages

The Very Best One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers