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Hack: Stories from a Chicago Cab (Chicago Visions and Revisions)
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Hack: Stories from a Chicago Cab (Chicago Visions and Revisions)Hack: Stories from a Chicago Cab (Chicago Visions and Revisions)

Cabdrivers and their yellow taxis are as much a part of the cityscape as the high-rise buildings and the subway. We hail them without thought after a wearying day at the office or an exuberant night on the town. And, undoubtedly, taxi drivers have stories to tell—of farcical local politics, of colorful passengers, of changing neighborhoods and clandestine shortcuts. No one knows a city’s streets—and thus its heart—better than its cabdrivers. And from behind the wheel of his taxi, Dmitry Samarov has seen more of Chicago than most Chicagoans will hope to experience in a lifetime.
 
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Tags: Chicago, Revisions, Stories, Visions, shortcuts
Novel Shortcuts - Ten Techniques that Ensure a Great First Draft
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Novel Shortcuts - Ten Techniques that Ensure a Great First DraftNovel Shortcuts - Ten Techniques that Ensure a Great First Draft

Proven techniques for writing a high-quality first draft fast! Novel Shortcuts shows you how to quickly write a first draft that's also rich and engrossing. (It's really possible!) Through detailed instruction and valuable exercises, award-winning novelist Laura Whitcomb addresses everything from premise development to foreshadowing to tone and beyond. 
 
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Tags: Novel, Shortcuts, first, draft, everything, First
Leap Before You Look: Shortcuts for Getting Out of Your Mind and into the Moment
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Leap Before You Look: Shortcuts for Getting Out of Your Mind and into the MomentLeap Before You Look: Shortcuts for Getting Out of Your Mind and into the Moment

Do you sense that you are overflowing with gifts you don't know how to express? Have too many opportunities passed you by? Maybe it's time to "leap before you look," suggests Arjuna Ardagh. "Simply begin," he teaches. "Don't wait for the perfect time and place, or until you've accumulated the right amount of knowledge."
 
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Tags: accumulated, right, until, place, perfect, Before, Getting, Moment, Shortcuts
How to Become an Expert on Anything in Two Hours
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How to Become an Expert on Anything in Two HoursHow to Become an Expert on Anything in Two Hours

In almost any field, the ability to connect with others immediately through knowledge of a particular subject area is vital to gaining trust, solidifying rela­tion­ships, and getting ideas across. Convincing others that you "know what you're talking about" can help win clients, gain allies, make sales, and much more...but tricks and shortcuts like peppering conversation with jargon or ran­dom facts can seem transparent at best, and often work against your intent.
 
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Tags: others, peppering, conversation, jargon, shortcuts, Become, others, Hours, Expert, Anything
Mathematical Fun, Games and Puzzles
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Mathematical Fun, Games and PuzzlesMathematical Fun, Games and Puzzles

Following the content of the standard school curriculum, this book presents in 418 problems and diversions the basic ideas of arithmetic. Averages, fractions, decimals, percent, powers and roots, etc. Shortcuts, checking methods, also introduced in this enjoyable format. 120 illustrations.

 
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Tags: checking, methods, Shortcuts, roots, powers, Mathematical, Puzzles, Games