Frank Birdsong, a popular middle-aged bachelor living in a small gulf-coast town in Florida, finds plans for his predestined marriage to Kitty Montgomery threatened by Kitty's mother, a domineering eccentric obsessed with the past

Birdsong Ascending

Harrison, Sam

Literature & Fiction

Harcourt

Bobby Sauls, an elderly dreamer, lives in quiet isolation with his family on the Florida Gulf Coast until the arrival of Psychic Ike, a charismatic nomadic biker, in a story about how an expectation of the miraculous transforms mundane reality

The Walls of Blue Coquina

Old Bobby Saul's life is transformed forever when a psychic biker announces that his motor court is blessed. Saul begins to live as he never has, in anticipation of a miracle, enhancing the world for himself and those around him. Harrison mesmerizes the reader . . . thoughtful and compelling throughout.-- Publishers Weekly.

Walls of Blue Coquina Wall of Blue Coquina

Grand Central Publishing

Creative Zing!: Spark Your Creativity—And Powerfully Present Your Ideas!

Business & Money

Marketing & Sales

MacHillock Publishing

A five-step process for generating big ideas in business, personal, and professional contexts is outlined in this high-energy guide to the creative process. Real-world anecdotes and inspirational messages complement the straightforward discussions of exploring, being free, pausing, embracing, and enjoying life. These five steps cover issues such as how to use observation to uncover fresh ideas, how potential ideas are stymied, and how incubation allows the subconscious to find solutions. Brainstorming tools, exercises, and action steps illustrate how to put creative tools into practice. The upbeat, conversational style of this guide encourages professionals in all disciplines to develop a competitive edge through creativity.

Zing!: Five Steps and 101 Tips for Creativity On Command

Management & Leadership

Positioning ideas as the fuel of business success and personal fulfillment, this indispensable resource helps readers find creative fuel by helping them discover insights and develop habits that lead to more and better ideas. Written in a punchy style with easily digestible single-page messages, the book inspires creativity simply through the way it looks and feels, but it is also packed with stories, interviews, quotes, tips, exercises, and real-world examples that show readers how to think outside the box—and then throw away the box. With an emphasis on listening and learning, the book demonstrates the importance of stepping outside of daily ruts and showcases the value of exploration though local and long-distance travel. Additional skills covered include the finding of ideas in nature, learning from one's mistakes, digging beneath the surface, and thinking more positively.

IdeaSpotting: How to Find Your Next Great Idea

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

In 1565, a Spanish fleet commanded by Pedro Menendez de Avila moves to dislodge a French settlement in Spanish Florida. The expedition results in the founding of the city of St. Augustine, and the slaughter of the French, under Jean Ribault, at Matanzas Inlet. Told from the point of view of Juan Gonzales, a Spanish government scrivener, drafted into service by Menendez, River of Dolphins is an historically accurate account of these events, brought to life through vivid characterizations and relationships, especially that between Gonzales and a young Frenchman the Spanish capture.

River of Dolphins: A Novel of Early Florida

Genre Fiction

Independently published

A resume is a marketing document. You are the product and the employer is the consumer. Always focus on what the employer is looking for. The objective of a resume is to secure a job interview. Employers use resumes as a process of ruling people in and out of consideration for their job vacancy. Smarter Resumes teaches you the eight essential elements of a resume, as well as the three different styles. It also teaches you what to put in and what to leave out. The focus of Smarter Resumes is to get you a job interview. Smarter Resumes - Navigating Job Searching and Employment after the Global Financial Crisis. Essential resume and job searching tips from highly qualified and experienced employment consultants.

Smarter Resumes: Navigating Job Searching and Employment after the Global Financial Crisis

Human Resources

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

THE NEXT BIG IDEA IS OUT THERE—YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO SPOT IT Creativity is crucial to business and design success. How do you unleash bursts of creativity, increase occurrences of spontaneity and ultimately find great ideas? Through anecdotes, interviews, quotes, tips, creative exercises and success stories from the biggest corporations in the country, author Sam Harrison shows you how to think outside the box—then throw away the box for good. You’ll be encouraged to: *Listen and observe *Step outside your daily routine *Explore through travel *Find ideas in nature *Break out of ruts *Learn from mistakes *Get past the surface *Connect existing ideas Busy professionals CAN learn how to peek under the mundane to find the magical, to find insights rather than information, and to learn what makes their clients laugh, cry, scream—and ultimately buy. "One good idea is all you need to change your life; this book shows you how to find it." —Brian Tracy, author of Getting Rich Your Own Way " If the best way to find a good idea is to find lots of ideas, then here’s the best guidebook I know for your hunt." —Brian Collins, Collins Design "Exercise for the brain is just as important as exercise for the body. In Ideaspotting, Sam Harrison stretches your mental muscles in a way you’ll never forget." —Al Ries, author of The Origin of Brands

Ideaspotting: How to Find Your Next Great Idea

How Design Books

Don't let your creative ideas get picked apart and put down! If you're like most creative people, chances are high that you've had your share of ideas rejected by clients or decision makers. While we sometimes make the mistake of believing ideas should sell themselves, the fact is that the better and bolder the idea, the more it needs selling. This book contains powerful techniques to help you sell your ideas to those with approval power. You'll find tips from designers, writers, marketers and other creative professionals, along with meaty advice from selling and branding gurus. In no time, you'll be able to convince those who hold the purse strings that your ideas are worth pursuing and investing in. "Designers have a little known secret: Designing something is the easy part, getting others, specifically clients, to embrace that design is the real hard part. Harrison has put together dozens of tips that, if applied correctly, independently or in unison, will help you get those great design ideas approved." —Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio, authors of Graphic Design, Referenced

IdeaSelling: Successfully Pitch Your Creative Ideas to Bosses, Clients & other Decision Makers

HOW Books

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