Slam Dunks and No-Brainers
Language in Your Life, the Media, Business, Politics, and, Like, Whatever
Written by Leslie Savan

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2005
Price: $14.00

A marvelously original and informative book about the ever-changing American language that offers surprising insights into why we talk the way we talk.

With dazzling wit and acuity, three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Leslie Savan dissects contemporary language to discover what our most popular idioms reveal about America today. She traces... Read more >

Send

Written by David Shipley and Will Schwalbe

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 17, 2007
Price: $19.95

When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up?

What is the crucial—and most often overlooked—line in an email?

What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell?

Enter Send. Whether you email just a little or never stop, use a... Read more >

How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead
Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights
Written by Ariel Gore

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $13.95

This may come as a shock, but brilliant writing and clever wordplay do not a published author make. True, you’ll actually have to write if you want to be a writer, but ultimately literary success is about much more than putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys). Before you snap... Read more >

What Would Socrates Say?
Philosophers tackle questions about love, nothingness, and everything else.
Written by Alexander George

Format: eBook
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $19.95

What Would Socrates Say? helps the armchair philosopher solve age-old quandaries and contemporary ethical dilemmas.

- If no one ever loves me during my lifetime—if I don’t have a relationship—will I have not lived a good life?
- Do the advances in the field of biotechnology threaten our moral values?
- Are there... Read more >

If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans

Written by Ann Coulter

Format: eBook
On Sale: October 2, 2007
Price: $13.95

“Uttering lines that send liberals into paroxysms of rage, otherwise known as ‘citing facts,’ is the spice of life. When I see the hot spittle flying from their mouths and the veins bulging and pulsing above their eyes, well, that’s when I feel truly alive.”

So begins If Democrats Had Any Brains... Read more >

Making a Literary Life
Advice for Writers and Other Dreamers
Written by Carolyn See

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95

As Carolyn See says, writing guides are like preachers on Sunday—there may be a lot of them, but you can’t have too many, and there’s always an audience of the faithful. And while Making a Literary Life is ostensibly a book that teaches you how to write, it really teaches you... Read more >

Seven Steps on the Writer's Path
The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment
Written by Nancy Pickard and Lynn Lott

Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95

The blank page, the impossible deadline, the rush of inspiration: There is no profession more maddening or more rewarding than being a writer. Yet surprisingly, all writers pass through the same sequence of stages in the course of their careers. It was this remarkable insight that inspired veteran authors Nancy Pickard... Read more >

The Art of Civilized Conversation
A Guide to Expressing Yourself With Style and Grace
Written by Margaret Shepherd

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00

Say It with Style

In our fast-paced, electronic society, the most basic social interaction—talking face-to-face—can be a challenge for even the most educated and self-assured individuals. And yet making conversation is a highly practical skill: those who do it well shine at networking parties, interviews, and business lunches. Good conversation also opens... Read more >

Get a Freelance Life
mediabistro.com's Insider Guide to Freelance Writing
Written by Margit Feury Ragland
Foreword by Laurel Touby

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.00

Write Your Own Check

Considering a career in freelance writing? Already a freelancer but seeking practical, solid advice on the basics of the business? Get a Freelance Life is the complete guide to all aspects of a freelance writing career, straight from the creators of mediabistro.com—the nation’s most connected, authoritative source for... Read more >

How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
The Secrets of Good Communication
Written by Larry King and Bill Gilbert

Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.95

Some find talking to others uncomfortable, difficult, or intimidating. Here is a way to overcome these communication challenges. HOW TO TALK TO ANYONE, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE is the key to building confidence and improving communication skills. Written by Larry King, this guide provides simple and practical advice to help make communication easier... Read more >