“It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course of hundreds of pages without any sort of payoff. That's why writing isn't a one-way street. You have to give something back: an interesting plot, a surprise, a laugh, a moment of tenderness, a mystery for the reader to piece together.” WayWantGivingWritingLittlesMomentsTogetherCoursesInterestingLaughingPiecesMysteryStreetsReaderPagesSurpriseInsightObservationOne WayPlotTendernessPayoff Author:Christopher Bollen
“Absorbing and haunting! BOGEYMAN spills creepily across the page with Steve Jackson's hellacious verve and insight, reminding us there are few better explorers of the American berserk.” PagesInsightHauntingSpillsRemindingExplorersAbsorbingBerserk Author:Ron Franscell
“Nick Yablon ranges widely, from log cabins to skyscrapers and from Tocqueville to pulp fiction. He combines imaginative research with probing interpretation. Untimely Ruins offers fresh and challenging insights about the American built environment on nearly every page.” ChallengesFictionEnvironmentOffersPagesResearchBuiltInsightRuinsRangeInterpretationImaginativeCabinsSkyscraperPulpProbingLog CabinsBuilt Environment Author:T. J. Jackson Lears
“Daniel Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The organized Mind is smart, important, and, as always, exquisitely written.” KnowsMindImportantWrittenPagesSmartInsightOrganizedOrganized Mind Author:Daniel Gilbert
“Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its insights.” BookEyePagesInsightPopsProseVolumeBops Author:Julie Burchill