Arthur Plotnik
Arthur Plotnik is a versatile author with a distinguished background in editing and publishing. Two of his works have been featured as Book-of-the-Month Club selections: The Elements of Editing and The Elements of Expression. He has written scores of magazine articles and columns, nonfiction books, short stories, and poems. His work has appeared in publications ranging from Playboy to the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
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Better Than Great
- By: Arthur Plotnik
- Narrator: Richard Waterhouse
- Length: 6 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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A veritable ‘TKO of terminology,’ Better Than Great is the essential guide for describing the extraordinary–the must-have reference for anyone wishing to rise above tired superlatives. Deft praise encourages others to feel as we... Read more
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The Elements of Expression, Revised and Expanded Edition
- By: Arthur Plotnik
- Narrator: Richard Waterhouse
- Length: 6 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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A funny and useful grammar book! There are many grammar and usage books that give advice on correct English. This isn’t one of them. The Elements of Expression targets expressiveness as a goal apart from getting it technically right. Imagine... Read more
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Humanocracy
In a world of unrelenting change and unprecedented challenges, we need organizations that are resilient and daring.
Unfortunately, most organizations, overburdened by bureaucracy, are sluggish and timid. In the age of upheaval, top-down power structures and rule-choked management systems are a liability. They crush creativity and stifle initiative. As leaders, employees, investors, and citizens, ...
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The Green Cathedral
Deep in the jungle lies the deadliest kind of beauty.
As a DEA agent caught in an unwinnable drug war, Abel has spent his life with the ugliest side of humanity. It’s no wonder he’s given in to corruption, bribery, and an illegal side-hustle that has him on the run from some of the most dangerous men in South America.
Then he stumbles on a deadly, abandoned alien girl who has made a home ...
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The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir
“Just because the men have gone to war, why do we have to close the choir? And precisely when we need it most!” As England enters World War II’s dark early days, spirited music professor Primrose Trent, recently arrived to the village of Chilbury, emboldens the women of the town to defy the Vicar’s stuffy edict to shutter the church’s choir in the absence of men and instead ...
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The Icarus Hunt
From Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of two landmark Star Wars® series, comes an original new tale featuring a renegade space pilot, his unusual alien partner, and an unknown cargo that can change the course of galactic history.
Jordan McKell has a problem with authority. Unfortunately for him, the iron-fisted authority of the powerful Patthaaunutth ...
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The Survivors
THE SURVIVORS will be the first book in a proposed mystery series featuring Cal Henderson, a Washington D.C. psychologist with a traumatic past of his own: when he was eight years old, his mother killed his father and his two brothers in a murder suicide. As the twenty-fifth anniversary of the event coincides with the arrival of a strange new patient and a drastic increase in Cal’s ...
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Jinx And Tonic
The time has finally arrived! The Trials are in full swing and celebratory parties fill the Isle as Candidates go head-to-head to prove themselves worthy of the coveted Ranger title. Drinks, dances, and masquerade balls set the stage for a glamorous series of events until suddenly, it all changes.The most dangerous criminal on the island escapes from prison. Tragedy strikes. The Isle is thrown ...
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Decision at Sea
From thunderous broadsides traded between wooden sailing ships on Lake Erie, to the carrier battles of World War II, to the devastating high-tech action in the Persian Gulf, here is a gripping history of five key battles that defined the evolution of naval warfare-and the course of the American nation.Acclaimed military historian Craig Symonds offers spellbinding narratives of crucial ...
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The Rose
Bestselling author Tiffany Reisz returns with an imaginative tale of lust and magic, and the dangers unleashed when the two are combined…On the day of Lia’s university graduation party, her parents–wealthy art collectors with friends in high places–gift her a beautiful wine cup, a rare artifact decorated with roses. It’s a stunning gift, and one that August Bowman, a friend of her ...
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Original Sinners
In this vivid new interpretation of Genesis, former Episcopal priest John R. Coats looks at the ancient text and its characters in a new light, as stories about people whose day-to-day concerns, triumphs, and failures are not unlike our own. In fact, understanding the people and stories of Genesis can help you understand your own life, family, and colleagues. In the relationships between Cain and ...
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The Last Good Paradise
On a small, unnamed coral atoll in the South Pacific, a group of troubled dreamers must face the possibility that the hopes they’ve labored after to single-mindedly might not lead lead them to the happiness that feel they were promised. Ann and Richard, an aspiring, Los Angeles power couple, are already sensing the cracks in their version of the American dream when their life unexpectedly ...
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