Books with author R Chandler

If you could choose one person to bring back to life, who would it be?Seventeen-year-old Lake Deveraux is the survivor of a car crash that killed her best friend and boyfriend. Now she faces an impossible choice. Resurrection technology changed the world, but strict laws allow just one resurrection per citizen, to be used on your eighteenth birthday or lost forever.You only have days to decide.For each grieving family, Lake is the best chance to bring back their child.For Lake, it's the only way to reclaim a piece of happiness after her own family fell apart.And Lake must also grapple with a secret--and illegal--vow she made years ago to resurrect someone else. Someone who's not even dead yet.Who do you need most?As Lake's eighteenth birthday nears, secrets and betrayals new and old threaten to eclipse her cherished memories. Lake has one chance to save a life...but can she live with her choice?

This is a collection of early short stories and an essay which gave the book its name. The latter is fairly short and its main idea is an argument for the virtues of a noir mystery as opposed to a traditional British one. Considering the fact that this comes from a guy who became a classic of the former even before his death and that he picked up some below the average examples of the latter, I agree.The stories themselves left me out cold for the most part. I can actually describe the plot in practically all of them at once. A trouble starts involving a damsel in distress. A tough guy emerges (usually a PI or a good cop) who gets involved, gets knocked out, and shot at. It turns out the damsel in distress is a minor culprit which makes her a femme fatale. Everybody and their brother meet at the main villain place, a big shootout is insured. Everybody dies except for the tough guy with a heard of gold and the femme fatale who emerge unscratched; the latter escapes. The end.

***** #1 Best Seller in Introductory & Beginning Programming and Children's Computer Programming ***** Ever use that free calculator application on your computer? Probably, but chances are it was such an unmemorable experience that you couldn't say for sure whether you have or not. What if that calculator knew your name? What if it carried on a conversation with you, and asked you questions? You'd probably remember it a little better! Maybe even make a point of using it whenever you needed to crack an equation! But you know what? You could build your own one-of-a-kind calculator. All you need is Java. Java is a very powerful, yet easy to learn language. It's absolutely FREE and it's EVERYWHERE - on your phone, on your computer, and on many other devices all around you every day, and in "Java Programming for Kids: Learn Java Step By Step and Build Your Own Interactive Calculator for Fun!" bestselling author R. Chandler Thompson will start you on your path as a Java programmer! In this tutorial you will learn: * How to set up the basic Java development environment and start developing any application you can imagine * How to create programs that interact with the people using them * Learn quick and easy ways to do math using Java * Exactly how a Java program works * How to make your programs reusable and structured with the help of methods * How to create a number of specific Java programs * How to develop a cool Talking Calculator Learning is not complete until we can apply what we have learned to our own lives. In case of programming, your learning will only be a success when are able to use your own knowledge of Java programming to create something brand new. Java programming is a language, sure, but it's also an art - just like music composition. In "Java Programming for Kids: Learn Java Step By Step and Build Your Own Interactive Calculator for Fun!" You will quickly and effectively learn the language you need to create something fun, exciting, and awesome! Don't wait, scroll up and get your copy today!

Chandler, Raymond (1950). Trouble is My Business. Vintage Books, 1988.Chandler, Raymond (1962). Raymond Chandler Speaking. Dorothy Gardiner and Kathrine Sorley Walker, eds. Houghton Mifflin. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-520-20835-3.Chandler, Raymond, (1969). Forward by Powell, Lawrence Clark. The Raymond Chandler Omnibus, Borzoi Books.Day, Barry, (2015). "The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words". Vintage Books.Hiney, Tom (1997). Raymond Chandler: A Biography. Grove Press.Pronzini, Bill; Jack Adrian (eds). (1995). Hard-Boiled, An Anthology of American Crime Stories, Oxford University Press.In his introduction to Trouble Is My Business (1950), a collection of four of his short stories, Chandler provided insight on the formula for the detective story and how the pulp magazines differed from previous detective stories:The emotional basis of the standard detective story was and had always been that murder will out and justice will be done. Its technical basis was the relative insignificance of everything except the final denouement. What led up to that was more or less passage work. The denouement would justify everything. The technical basis of the Black Mask type of story on the other hand was that the scene outranked the plot, in the sense that a good plot was one which made good scenes. The ideal mystery was one you would read if the end was missing. We who tried to write it had the same point of view as the film makers. When I first went to Hollywood a very intelligent producer told me that you couldn't make a successful motion picture from a mystery story, because the whole point was a disclosure that took a few seconds of screen time while the audience was reaching for its hat. He was wrong, but only because he was thinking of the wrong kind of mystery.Chandler also described the struggle that writers of pulp fiction had in following the formula demanded by the editors of the pulp magazines:As I look back on my stories it would be absurd if I did not wish they had been better. But if they had been much better they would not have been published. If the formula had been a little less rigid, more of the writing of that time might have survived. Some of us tried pretty hard to break out of the formula, but we usually got caught and sent back. To exceed the limits of a formula without destroying it is the dream of every magazine writer who is not a hopeless hack.[21]Critics and writers, including W. H. Auden, Evelyn Waugh and Ian Fleming, greatly admired Chandler's prose.[8] In a radio discussion with Chandler, Fleming said that Chandler offered "some of the finest dialogue written in any prose today".[22] Contemporary mystery writer Paul Levine has described Chandler's style as the "literary equivalent of a quick punch to the gut."[23] Chandler's swift-moving, hardboiled style was inspired mostly by Dashiell Hammett, but his sharp and lyrical similes are original: "The muzzle of the Luger looked like the mouth of the Second Street tunnel"; "He had a heart as big as one of Mae West's hips"; "Dead men are heavier than broken hearts"; "I went back to the seasteps and moved down them as cautiously as a cat on a wet floor." Chandler's writing redefined the private eye fiction genre, led to the coining of the adjective "Chandleresque," and inevitably became the subject of parody and pastiche. Yet the detective Philip Marlowe is not a stereotypical tough guy, but a complex, sometimes sentimental man with few friends, who attended university, who speaks some Spanish and sometimes admires Mexicans, and who is a student of chess and classical music. He is a man who refuses a prospective client's fee for a job he considers unethical.The high regard in which Chandler is generally held today is in contrast to the critical sniping that stung the author during his lifetime. In a March 1942 letter to Blanche Knopf, published in Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler, he wrote, "The thing that rather gets me.

Annie Bloom and Lexi Vanderkamp are out for a night of drinking beer and having fun in Annie’s Camaro when Lexi, who is driving, makes a fatal mistake. Annie is left to deal with the consequences of her best friend’s death. Problem is, Annie has a drinking problem, and the more she blames herself for Lexi’s death, the more she drinks to forget. Unable to deal with the growing guilt over her part in the accident, Annie breaks up with her all-star boyfriend, Adam, and takes up with a guy called Raunch, who more than lives up to his nickname. Raunch seduces Annie with his penetrating blue eyes and easy access to the best alcohol she’s ever had. Together, they embark on a series of drunken adventures that eventually threaten Annie’s life. But it’s the journey that Annie takes alone, after hours of relentless drinking, that ultimately alters who she is and everything she believes in.

James had a unique earthly relationship with Jesus; after all, he was His half-brother. And, after Jesus' death, James went on to be one of the primary leaders in the early Church. His letter to primarily Jewish Christians clarifies what a godly life should look like for us all. The Book of James is filled with practical wisdom for Christians, calling us to live out genuine faith through good works, but it is also rooted in deep faith and rich theology. Perhaps more than any other book in the New Testament, James emphasizes the application of Christian belief that flows out a love for God and a understanding of the one true gospel. Session topics:Brother / ServantTrials / TemptationsHearer / DoerJudgment / MercyFaith / WorksBlessings / CursesFalse Wisdom / True WisdomWorldliness / GodlinessArrogance / HumilityOppressor / LaborerSuffering / ComfortFaithful / FaithlessWanderer / Restorer The Bible Study Book includes a small-group experience for 13 small group sessions, individual study opportunities for each day of the week, applicable Scripture, “How To Use This Study,” leader guide, and a group discussion guide. Also available in a digital (ePub) format. The Leader Kit (sold separately) is available both in print and digital formats, and contains one Bible Study Book two DVD-ROMs. The DVDs include 13 video teaching sessions (20-25 minutes each), promotional materials, additional sessions featuring author Matt Chandler, and other resources. -- MATT CHANDLER serves as the lead pastor of teaching at The Village Church, a multi-campus congregation based out of Flower Mound, Texas. He came to The Village in December 2002 and describes his tenure as a replanting effort to change the theological and philosophical culture of the congregation. Alongside his current role as lead pastor, Matt is involved in church-planting efforts both locally and internationally through The Village, as well as in various strategic partnerships. Matt is the author of Take Heart; To Live Is Christ, to Die Is Gain; Mingling of Souls; The Explicit Gospel Bible study (LifeWay, 2012); and The Apostles’ Creed Bible study (LifeWay, 2017). He’s also a coauthor of Creature of the Word (LifeWay, 2012). Other than knowing Jesus, Matt’s greatest joy is being married to Lauren and being the dad to their three children: Audrey, Reid, and Norah.

Are you tired of trying time and time again to successfully, write, market, and publish a book and not being successful? Are you looking for a map that will take you from blank page to published author as quick as possible? In this conversational and action-oriented book, Chandler Bolt presents a simple solution to the writing, marketing, and publishing process through a tried, tested, and proven book launch formula: The SPS 90-Day Way. In Published. you will find: -A step-by-step guide for the entire writing process -Four different book marketing and publishing methods that will best fit your personal situation -Inspirational Interludes from various best-selling authors around the world -Best-Selling Author Tips to ensure nothing slips through the cracks -A fresh, new mindset towards authorship paired with the foundation to make real life changes Published. brings to light one of Chandler’s largest core values: providing people with the ability to choose unlimited possibilities for their life, no matter their dreams. Published. equips readers with the key to unlock the story that has been burning inside them, calling them to share their wisdom with the world. Published. turns writers into authors. Don’t wait. Read this book and unlock the benefits of being an author today.

Praise for THE QUEST FOR TINN-PHUT:"The Quest for Tinn-Phut hooks you from the first page and does not let go… a spellbinding fantasy novel, rivaling the works of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien. Read this book." -- Joyce Carol Thomas, National Book Award winning author of Marked by Fire"R. Dale Chandler has created a wonderful story of magic and heroism that not only teaches valuable lessons, it's fun too." -- Steve Zell, author of WiZrdEnter the world of Arrowhead! After his father disappears while serving overseas, Sheldon Thorpe becomes a lonely, cynical boy. To lift his spirits, his mother sends him to Camp Arrowhead, where a mythical giant is whispered to roam the forests. One night a strange boy enters Sheldon’s cabin and takes his pocketknife, a gift from his father and his most prized possession. Sheldon chases him into a mysterious fog at the edge of camp and enters the war-torn world of Arrowhead, where the demon-bear Karr-Tan and his minions conspire to enslave all of the tribes. With the help of an escaped slave girl, a platoon of combat-hardened holy men, and a shiny magic staff, Sheldon embarks on an epic quest to find the orphan boy prophesied to become the giant warrior, Tinn-Phut. Only he can defeat Karr-Tan, bringing peace to the land. And he alone can show Sheldon the way home. THE QUEST FOR TINN-PHUT is based upon the legend of Ten Foot, which has been enjoyed by thousands of young people around countless council fires at Camp Arrowhead, North Carolina. You too will enjoy this action-packed adventure tale and its messages of faith and courage.