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1	Your College Experience: Strategies for Success more books like this by John N Gardner add to wishlist This thoroughly updated edition of a pioneering classic combines proven material on timeless issues such as learning strategies, critical thinking, time management, relationships, and personal health with new information on cutting-edge trends, topics, and technology important to today's students. The text reflects a stronger focus on purpose, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Grendel more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist A retelling of the Beowulf mythology from the perspective of Grendel, the monster who preys upon the Anglo-Saxons of Hrothgar's tribe. Grendel is a nihilist who opposes the rationalism and self-abnegation of human beings and fears the advent of the society they are attempting to construct. He is defeated by Beowulf in the end. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Step by Step to College and Career Success more books like this by John N Gardner add to wishlist Pioneers in the field of student success research, Gardner and his team have produced a concise, data-driven sequel to their highly successful first edition. "Step by Step to College and Career Success "rests on the idea that all beginning students have a better chance of collegiate success if they are comprehensively prepared for the challenges ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.14! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers more books like this by John Gardner, J Laslocky (Editor) add to wishlist Gardner's practical, inspiring, and rigorous guide to writing fiction has become a classic. "For better or worse," he says, "the practice of fiction changes a person." He not only offers down-to-earth tips for beginning writers but draws heavily on his own experience to provide a context for his remarks. He also includes grammatical information, ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $6.42! \| first editions \| SVS
5	On Leadership more books like this by John William Gardner add to wishlist Drawing on an intensive five-year field study of organizations and hundreds of interviews with contemporary leaders, the author of Excellence presents a brilliant examination of leadership as it is practiced--or malpracticed--in America today. Gardner has served seven presidents in various leadership capacities. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Top Secret more books like this by John Reynold Gardiner add to wishlist When nine-year-old Allen discovers a way to turn sunlight into food, no one believes him...except the President of the United States. Illustrated with b&w drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	On becoming a novelist more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist Gardner evokes the reality of the life of a working novelist in this opinionated, witty, and useful book that includes such indispensible parts of the writer's life as working with an agent, selling one's book, and simply getting going every day. Gardner taught writing himself for over two decades, and manages to survey the subject of writing--and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Moriarty more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist Having survived the struggle with Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls, Professor James Moriarty is alive and well and about to realize his plans to establish crime syndicates in the United States. Suddenly he is called back to London, where his vast criminal society has been overrun by a rival, the shadowy Sir Jordan Jack Idell. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.63! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Gilgamesh more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist Critics acclaim the poetic richness of John Gardner's translation of this ancient epic poem (originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets in c. 1000 B.C.). The poem tells the story of a vast flood and the ark that saved mankind, and of Gilgamesh, the ruler of the walled Babylonian city of Uruk who, with his friend Enkidu, a wild man of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Art of Fiction more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist Gardner's practical, inspiring, and rigorous guide to writing fiction has become a classic. "For better or worse," he says, "the practice of fiction changes a person." He not only offers down-to-earth tips for beginning writers but draws heavily on his own experience to provide a context for his remarks. He also includes grammatical information, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.45! \| first editions \| SVS
11	On Moral Fiction more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist Gardner's controversial book, first published in 1978, tackles the question of morality in fiction, and pleads for a more compassionate and meaningful engagement on the part of writers. Art, he claims, should serve a moral purpose. He takes to task writers who he categorizes as either "nihilistic existentialists" (e. g. William Gass) who refuse to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Seafire more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist As weapons quartermaster to world class terrorist groups, Tarn's vast trail of arms leads Bond and Freddie on a treacherous journey through Spain and the Middle East to his top-secret floating laboratory in the Caribbean and a deadly scheme which will prove the immense power he holds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	Nobody Lives Forever more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist Agent 007 has a price on his head, put there by a diabolical madman who wants to prove that nobody lives forever--not even James Bond. This latest fast-paced Bond bestseller moves along winding Alpine roads across the Atlantic to a shark-defended island off Key West. Bond titles are proven bestsellers. (Be sure to check your weekly Ingram ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	For Special Services more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist Bond is back on secret loan to the US government and primed to confront an old and deadly adversary which now has a sinister new leader and a devastating operation underway. In partnership with the daughter of his old friend Felix Leiter, Bond experiences the deadly force of SPECTRE's new power. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Building Classic Small Craft: Complete Plans and Instructions for 47 Boats more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist 'Gardner's work has engaged and inspired more individuals connected with traditional small craft than will ever be counted' - "WoodenBoat". 'Ought to be considered the Bible on the subject' - "Cruising World". As Associate Curator of Small Craft at Mystic Seaport Museum from 1969 to 1995, John Gardner sought out the best examples of classic wooden ... see all copies from $21.59! new only from $21.59! \| SVS
16 view cover	Cold Fall more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist No one claims responsibility after a British jetliner is blown apart as it approaches Washington's Dulles Airport, but James Bond makes it his mission to discover who targeted 439 people for obliteration, and why. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.81! \| first editions
17 view cover	Sunlight Dialogues more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist This mock 19th-century novel is about the struggle between the sheriff of a small town and a mad magician known as the Sunlight Man. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Genetics: Laboratory Investigations more books like this by Thomas Robert Mertens add to wishlist For laboratory study in introductory genetics courses found in biology, Botany and Zoology departments.Designed to be used with any textbook in the field, this manual offers a broad and inclusive array of self-contained, open-ended laboratory investigations in both classical and molecular genetics. Exceptionally student-oriented, it leads students ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.64! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Your College Experience, Concise Edition: Strategies for Success more books like this by John N Gardner, A Jerome Jewler, Betsy Barefoot add to wishlist The strategies for your academic and personal success in college are all at your fingertips in "Your College Experience: Strategies for Success, Concise Seventh Edition". You'll learn to take charge of your learning; sharpen your skills in note taking, reading, memory, writing, and test-taking; enhance your social relationships; get to know ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.50!
20 view cover	Icebreaker more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist James Bond is posted to the north of Finland and is obliged to collaborate with the KGB, CIA and Mossad to eradicate a secret terrorist group. John Gardner has been commissioned to continue the world famous Bond series, and "License Renewed" was an immediate success. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Brokenclaw more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist As James Bond clashes with Brokenclaw--the villainous leader of the underworld in San Francisco's Chinatown--he must decide how much he is willing to risk to help save his partner and romantic interest, Chi-Chi. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Death is Forever more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist The agents of the Cabal used to be the West's most effective means of infiltrating the Cold War barriers surrounding East Berlin. With the Berlin Wall down, the agents' lives are now in grave danger. James Bond and CIA operative "Easy" St. John are enlisted to find out why. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation: Individuals more books like this by Thomas R Pope, Kenneth E Anderson, John L Kramer add to wishlist For any first course in Federal Taxation at the undergraduate or MBA level. The Pope/Anderson/Kramer series is unsurpassed in blending the technical content of the most recent federal taxation mandates with the highest level of readability and relevancy for students. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.95! \| SVS
24 view cover	Confessor more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist An international thriller featuring intelligence chief Big Herbie Kruger. His friend and colleague Gus Keene, the best interrogator in the business but a man of mystery, has been murdered by a terrorist bomb. Kruger, crushed by self-pity and drowning in alcohol, is summoned to investigate. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Man from Barbarossa more books like this by John Gardner add to wishlist A deadly case of mistaken identities places 007 in direct conflict with a new breed of international terrorists in this Bond thriller. The author also wrote "The Dancing Dodo", "The Quiet Dogs", "The Werewolf Trace", "The Garden of Weapons" and "The Nostradamus Traitor". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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