"Nine all-stars in the field of YA lit contribute stories. . . . An anthology of stand-alone stories that invite — no, demand — a straight read-through." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) Nine of YA literature’s top writers, including Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, Adam Rapp, Joseph Bruchac, and Sharon Flake reveal how it all goes down in a searing collection of short stories, in which each one picks up where the previous one ends. Characters weave in and out of narratives, perspectives change, and emotions play out for a fluid and fast-paced ode to the game of street basketball. Crackling with humor, grit, and streetball philosophy, and featuring poems and photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr., this anthology is a slam dunk.

'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore Leonard In this riveting novel of psychological suspense, Charles Willeford charts a duel trajectory of alcoholic desire and destruction that is at once poignant, terrifying and utterly authentic. Prowling the grimy streets of San Francisco, Helen is a beautiful, sensuous drunk - and a pathetically easy pick-up. Harry just wants to help, but before long they are both adrift in a sea of alcohol - until Harry conceives the ultimate crime.

Illustrations and rhyming text show that a crane can lift anything from a load of steel to a cow.

Meeting a gorgeous guy in a rideshare headed to Lollapalooza is not how Mari expected her Chicago summer to start. She doesn't believe in dating...but TJ may just change her mind. Can an electric, weekend romance turn into more than just a summer fling? When Mari hails a Ryde to a music festival, the last thing she expects is for the car to pick up a gorgeous guy along the way. Mari doesn't believe in dating—it can only end with a broken heart. Besides, she's only staying at her dad's house in Chicago for the weekend. How close can you get to a guy in three days? TJ wants to study art in college, but his family's expectations cast a long shadow over his dreams. When he meets Mari in the back of a rideshare, he feels alive for the first time in a long time. Mari and TJ enter the festival together and share an electric moment but get separated in a crowd with seemingly no way to find each other. When fate reunites them (with a little help from a viral hashtag), they'll have to decide: was it love at first sight, or the start of nothing more than a weekend fling?

Longlisted for the 2002 Booker Prize: the compelling story of a relationship between a young white South African woman and a young Arab man

Unlock the power of a simple phone call to boost your sales with guidance from a world-renowned expert In Pick Up The Phone and Sell: How Proactive Calls To Customers and Prospects Can Double Your Sales, sales expert, consultant, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Alex Goldfayn delivers a comprehensive roadmap to one of the most important weapons in any salesperson’s arsenal: the phone. From the author of Selling Boldly and 5-Minute Selling, the book teaches you techniques to supercharge your sales by making the proactive call the tip of your selling spear. In addition to critical advice on how to call people you don’t know, this timely and important book includes: A thorough introduction to the power of a proactive phone call and links to free call planners and trackers at goldfayn.com Direction on how to use text messaging as an adjunct to phone sales Instructions on the appropriate role of social media, including LinkedIn, in boosting telephone sales Guidance on how to stop being afraid of phone calls and how to effectively warm up any cold call. Perfect for new and experienced salespeople alike, who are more comfortable with email, videoconferencing, social media, and text than they are with the telephone, Pick Up The Phone and Sell is an indispensable guide to one of the most important and lucrative tools in the selling profession.

A tried-and-tested programme to help men become confident and skilled at approaching and talking to any woman. Imagine having the confidence to approach any woman. Imagine knowing exactly what to say to her. Imagine looking forward to a date, rather than it filling you with dread. With Robert King's methods all of this can become a reality. Robert King is an ordinary guy, who has become a master of picking up and dating attractive women and has brought dating success to thousands of men. In The Pick-Up Game he shares his methods. Learn what to say to a woman you like, how to interact socially and how to handle the logistics of approaching and spending time with women. Then learn the Zen way of letting go, especially when under pressure socially, and how not to try too hard to make something work - simply let it all unfold naturally. With Robert's techniques you will gain total confidence in yourself, learn to read and understand women and maximize every date you go on. Whatever your goal - whether it's to have more fun, more sex or a serious relationship - look no further than this invaluable book. You really can become a success with women.Robert King read his first self-help book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, at the age of 19 and this sparked his desire for personal transformation. Naturally shy and reserved, after university Robert discovered the pick-up artist community and soon cultivated a natural style with women. After teaching at other pick-up companies and becoming "wings" with the best pick-up artists in the community he set up his own company www.puamethod.com, which has featured in The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers and on various television programmes. He has taught close to 1,000 students natural pick up.

Want to become a successful pickup artist? Now you can! How to Meet and Pick Up Women is the book you've been looking for. It's the book for the guy who's tired of chasing down the same tired information on the subject and just wants to get it done. It's for the guy who wants to get his game on, but doesn't seem to know how to start. It's for the guy who is done wasting time with plans and programs that don't work. It's for the guy who wants to become a pickup artist in his own right and simply wants to know how. Covering topics as how to meet and talk to women, sex, mingling and how to develop better social skills, How to Meet and Pick Up Women is the most comprehensive guide on the market. This book is about what a pickup artist is, how he operates and how to become one. It is simple, effective and to the point and written from a FYI and/or a DIY perspective. If you've ever wondered if this is the life for you-or you just want to improve your existing game-this is the book that will help you get the job done. So, whether you are one of those guys who wants to get his game on and become a pickup artist or just a guy who wants to learn how to meet and talk to women, How to Meet and Pick Up Women is the book for you.

A quirky, creative companion that offers a pick-me-up on every page On the heels of his internationally successful first book, 1 Page at a Time, graphic designer and illustrator Adam J. Kurtz delivers another intimate and engaging journal for anyone who loves to explore ideas, record thoughts and feelings, and capture those fleeting but amazing moments of everyday life. Unlike a linear journal, this book can be opened up to any page, encouraging and engaging readers time and time again through continued use. Rather than simply complete tasks and turn pages, users are encouraged to leave their mark, and if they land on the same page days or weeks later, they can review, reflect, and revise their previous response. Feeling lonely? Pensive? Peeved? Questioning? This deceptively simple book offers perspective, hope, and a twist of existential metaphor – and is perfect to pick up again and again.

As of January 2014 I am taking this book off of the market forever. I stated when I wrote this that it was not for mass public distribution. This book was always to be limited to under 10,000 copies. Sales have been astounding (far more than I ever imagined) and it is time to let the existing copies wear out, and return this information back to the few people who actually do it well. I have unpublished all digital versions of this book and they will not return either. This book will not be sold again. Thank you to everyone who read--and used it--when you did. That was an interesting period in my life. But that was then, and this is not then.This book takes all of the guesswork out of meeting women. It is not about relationships or raising a family, and it is not another hokey book on how to have some mysterious "secret power" over women. This book teaches you how to get a date tonight-without having to spend any money. Anyone can do this. You will approach women any time, anywhere, instantly getting them interested in knowing you, without feeling nervous or having to resort to pick-up lines. You will know what to say first, what to say after that, how to grab her attention and focus it exclusively on you-and get her number or a date on-the-spot. The first section of this book analyzes every possible way you could approach women. The second section of this book reveals a secret, devious way to pick up almost every woman you meet without her even guessing that you are working your magic on her. Subsequent sections provide help and troubleshooting guides. We won't make you a "guru of getting girls." We will get you "dates." The biggest problem most men have in getting dates is knowing how to approach attractive girls they see every day of the week (at the office, gas station, standing in line anywhere). Too many men rely on nightclubs, bars, and personal ads to get dates, ignoring the women they see e-v-e-r-y d-a-y.