Susan Whitcomb, a brilliant New York trial lawyer, is catapulted into the vicious world of international terrorism when she learns that her father, an Army general, has been assassinated. Suddenly she finds herself a pawn in a deadly game of escalating co
Ben Riller is the most successful producer on Broadway, but his newest production is in danger of closing before it opens. When he turns for advice to his late father, he becomes involved with two generations of wonderful underworld characters who force him to choose between moral and financial ruin.
The Magician is the now famous story of two sixteen-year-old antagonists locked in the crucible of their high school from which neither can escape.
Ed Japhet gives a skillful performance of magic at the school prom. After the prom, Ed and his girlfriend are beset by Urek, the leader of a school gang that extracts extortion money by "renting" kids their own lockers. Ed is the only student who refuses to pay extortion money. Urek's fury at Japhet's defiance results in an attempted murder, a criminal trial, and death, with a shocker of an ending.
Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and widely taught in American schools, this book has sold over a million copies and has been published all over the world, including Britain, France, Germany, and as far away as Russia and Japan.
"This book is phenomenal. I couldn't put it down. It is the story of an adolescent who is exploring his own sexuality and magic. He is caught in a web of legalities and represented by a true magician."-a reader, Amazon.com
Three very different men are in love with the same woman, Francine Widmer. Francine, twenty-seven, beautiful, intelligent, and resourceful, insists on running her own life. Suddenly, control of Francine's life falls apart when she is raped and she finds that the doctors and the police are indifferent to the enormity of the crime. Francine wants revenge, and she selects as her instrument the best criminal lawyer in the country. The result is a triumphant story about the true source of life's problems and opportunities: other people.
The master editor of some of the most successful writers of our century shares his craft techniques and strategies, including how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, and how to create interesting writing in the first place.
"A practical guide for writers by a master editor who has worked with such figures as Dylan Thomas, James Baldwin, and Jack Higgins covers character development, speeding up the pace, applying the Actors Studio Method, and creating suspense and tension."-Ingram
Stein on Writing provides immediately useful advice for writers of fiction and nonfiction, whether newcomers or accomplished professionals. As Sol Stein, renowned editor, author, and instructor, explains, 'This is not a book of theory. It is a book of usable solutions—how to fix writing that is flawed, how to improve writing that is good, how to create interesting writing in the first place.'
With examples from his bestsellers as well as aspiring students' writing, Stein offers detailed sections on characterization, dialogue, pacing, flashbacks, liposuctioning flab, the 'triage' method of revision, using the techniques of fiction to enliven nonfiction, and more. This is an essential guide for writers at every level.
