Sentences with phrase «from nonfiction»

And it's in line with the new Common Core State Standards, which require that by 2014, 70 percent of the texts high school students read come from nonfiction sources.

Discussions of and / or excerpts from nonfiction texts which introduce more in - depth explorations of these same subjects, and those from fiction which delve into more controversial areas of human - animal interaction, such as companion animal symbolism, zoophilia, and animal collecting or hoarding, among others.

As I read their comments and stories, I spent some time visiting their links, where I discovered beautiful author websites, exquisite book covers, and an incredible range of work — from nonfiction to thriller to gay romance and everything in between.

About 22 % of sales come from nonfiction books.

One way to do that is to mention something specific that you liked about the book, or share a tip from a nonfiction book.

Their responses are expansive, touching on the difference between adapted fragments and «a real flash piece;» transitioning from nonfiction and poetry; erotic gapes; Carver, Sarraute, Oulipo, and Joseph Cornell; fast - food literature; guerilla literacy; readers as co-creators, and the future of flash's evolving aesthetics.

Here are three tools that are especially helpful to fiction authors, who often use different tactics from their nonfiction colleagues.

I also wrote a big picture guide to book publishing that offers my lessons from nonfiction experiences from start to finish, including a chapter packed with lessons learned after marketing a bunch of books and working with fellow authors on their marketing campaigns: A Path to Publishing: What I Learned by Publishing a Nonfiction Book.

«I've been editing for a little more than 20 years, gradually making the shift from nonfiction to fiction, which is where my heart really lies.

Capstone is a leading publisher of children's books and digital products and services, offering everything from nonfiction, fiction, and picture books to interactive books, audio books, and literacy programs.

I already knew some of the other basics from my nonfiction writing, such as using strong verbs.

Authors looking for an inspiring case study in leveraging profits from a nonfiction book should visit Jim Horan's One Page Business Plan Company.

The quality and quantity of the research you do at Amazon.com before you start to write plays a major role in your ability to plan, write, promote, and profit from your nonfiction book.

Far more nonfiction gets published than fiction; indeed, the profits from nonfiction help support those far less profitable novels.

Join us to discover how to publish, promote, market and profit from nonfiction books!

The reader is generally motivated to buy the ebook because of entertainment or education — they'll enjoy your novel or they'll learn something from your nonfiction.

By the end of your year - long program, you will have a solid grasp on all aspects of writing, publishing, promoting, and profiting from your nonfiction book (s), and you will have set your goals in motion.

We've raved here on the blog about this genre before, from nonfiction editor Kate's post on The Magician's Book (about C.S. Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia) to web editor Trisha's post on biographies about and fiction inspired by the life of Louisa May Alcott.

My historical fiction readers are a different breed from my nonfiction / Bible study readers.

This weeks top five news items will show you how you stack up with your social media marketing efforts, what benefits can be earned through a flagship series, why novelists face a different dilemma from their nonfiction counterparts, who is rebelling against the latest trademark-gate, and which authors are feeling the heat from Amazon's scam filters.

Whenever I promote my novels, I emphasize the benefits of reading them from a nonfiction perspective.

It was a steep learning curve to move from nonfiction to an illustrated picture book, because the demands of the quality of illustrations, the difference in software for layout, etc..

That may be true for fiction, but that's not how people learn from nonfiction books.

With over thirty years of experience in editing / proofreading, she has edited numerous books in all genres, from nonfiction to children's stories to erotica.

One of their concerns is the standard's requirement that 70 percent of what high school students read come from nonfiction.

And of course a broad and deep base of knowledge doesn't just assist students in reading nonfiction texts: it makes successful readers of fiction too, just as the knowledge that students derive from reading isn't exclusively from nonfiction.

So this recommendation came from my nonfiction friend.

Write a topic sentence from a nonfiction passage in the middle of your screen, and show students how to jot down supporting details in a web radiating from this main idea.

A strenuously sold yet inert string of anecdotes from a nonfiction book about a high - stakes undercover DEA operation, Brad Furman's The Infiltrator is all revving engines and no momentum.

Sterling Publishing has countless titles, from nonfiction to fiction, for kids through adults — even puzzle books, postcards and journals.

Over the course of two years I read 197 books on different topics ranging from business to physics, from nonfiction to fiction and made every second of my days productive.

Not exact matches

Opinions vary on what's the best brain - boosting reading material, with suggestions ranging from developing a daily newspaper habit to picking up a variety of fiction and nonfiction, but everyone seems to agree that quantity is important.

The judges curate and select the best new hardcover titles for members from a broad range of genres and offer a mix of both fiction and nonfiction titles, sure to impress even the pickiest and hard to shop for Moms.

The series has broken a number of network records and its season - four premiere became the most watched nonfiction episode on cable ever with 11.8 million people turning in (half of those viewers came from the advertiser - loving 25 - to 54 - year - old demographic).

They range from great novels to celebrated nonfiction and even classic sources of ancient wisdom:

From inspirational stories to biographies, educational texts, and other nonfiction books, it covers an array of titles that will help you grow personally and professionally.

Each week you'll learn key thoughts and insights from today's best nonfiction authors.

The company lets you read or listen to «the key lessons from 2000 + nonfiction..

I challenge you to read a nonfiction book named A Divine Revelation of Hell by Mary Baxter from front to back.

My parents read too, always nonfiction, anything from building a house to camping and vegetable gardening.

My mother, a nurse, kept a diary; my father, while recuperating from a heart attack, wrote two nonfiction books on police work.

From a professional perspective, I would have been well - advised to follow it with a work of nonfiction of a similar kind.

I want her to know...» If you want a nonfiction account of what happens when fathers encourage daughters to get «in touch» with their sexuality because «it is not so big a deal,» read Hustled: My Journey From Fear to Faith (Westminster / John Knox), Tonya Flynt «Vega's sad tale of what it was like growing up as Larry Flynt's daughter.

Across the Nordic region, Discovery owns and operates SBS Discovery Media, a top - three portfolio of 20 television brands that feature leading nonfiction content, as well as locally produced entertainment programs, sports and the best scripted series and movies from major studios.

Let us pull a nonfiction classic from the shelf: Throneberry lashed a triple off Chicago Cub starter Glen Hobbie in the first inning of a game at the Polo Grounds on June 17.

If you drilled me down, I'd probably say fantasy, but in reality I read from every genre and literary / nonfiction so just the generic «I like to read» is probably more accurate than trying to get specific.

It «intends to translate into Russian science nonfiction books from abroad, including children's literature, publish Russian science authors, and organize science festivals in the hinterlands, far from the science powerhouses of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk.»

Clarke, who suffered from post-polio syndrome and reportedly had trouble breathing before his death on March 18, wrote scores of books, both fiction and nonfiction, and won numerous awards.

Penguin Random House Audio publishes a variety of titles — from bestselling novels to nonfiction books — that can...

This is a nonfiction book about, yup, a zoo keeper's wife who together with her husband helped save over 300 people from Warsaw during World War II by hiding them in their zoo.