How Fiction Works: The Last Word on Writing Fiction, from Basics to the Fine PointsIn How Fiction Works, Oakley Hall expands upon and broadens the instruction that made The Art and Craft of Novel Writing so successful. This new book covers all forms and lengths of fiction, probes deeper into every topic, offers new examples and includes exercises and the end of every chapter. He explains the basic and finer points of the fiction-writing process from word choice and imagery to authority and viewpoint.
USA & International Mathematical Olympiads 2003-2004The Mathematical Olympiad examinations, covering the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), have been published annually since 1976 by the MAA American Mathematics Competitions.
Examination Notes in PsychiatryExamination Notes in Psychiatry now in its fourth edition is a text for psychiatry residents, psychiatrists and mental health professionals alike. This new edition maintains the core of valuable information that is required by any-would-be psychiatrist, but has been completely revised and updated. Assessment and diagnosis form the foundation of each section, but are now enhanced by the inclusion of treatment algorithms and evidence based medicine.
Important organs, body areas and systems described in straightforward language for grade school children. Presentation kept interesting by constant reference to puzzling, familiar phenomena—coughing, curly hair, dental cavities, blushing, broken bones, taste areas on the tongue, baldness, puberty, reproduction. Enlivened with simple experiments children can do.
103 projects demonstrate composition of objects, how substances are affected by various forms of energy—heat, light, sound, electricity, mechanical energy, etc. How a thermometer measures heat, how an electric bulb emits light, how shadows are formed, how to make a periscope, how to make a rainbow, etc.
