Authors:Stephen B. King, Marsha King, William J. Rothwell,
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: based, approach, competency, delivery, guide, training, complete
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2000-11-01
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0814404901
ISBN-13: 9780814404904

Effective training delivery is a critical skill for keeping an organization competitive. This book offers, for the first time, a research-based analysis of the 14 key skills (or "competencies") trainers must master to be effective. It provides trainers with pragmatic ways to apply these competencies in the real world. Some of these skills include how to: Analyze materials and learner information -- Establish credibility -- Create a psychological environment that keeps learners’ interest level high -- Communicate effectively -- Use questioning techniques -- Respond positively to trainees

Author: Stephen King
Publisher: New English Library Ltd
Keywords: writing
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $18.60
ISBN-10: 0340820462
ISBN-13: 9780340820469

Find out what books and films influenced the young writer, his first idea for a story and the true life tale that inspired Carrie. For the first time, here’s an intimate autobiographical portrait of his home life, his family and his traumatic recent accident. Citing examples of his work and those of his contemporaries, King gives an excellent masterclass on writing - how to use the tools of the trade from building characters to pace and plotting as well as practical advice on presentation. And King tells readers how he got to be a No. 1 bestseller for a quarter of a century with fascinat

Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner
Keywords: novel, key, duma
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 2008-01-22
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 1416552510
ISBN-13: 9781416552512

NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE. BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH...A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle’s right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn’t survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else: "Edgar, does anything make you happy?""I used to sketch.""Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges ag

Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Keywords: audiobooks, penguin, redemption, shawshank
Number of Pages: 3
Published: 1995-09-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0140862137
ISBN-13: 9780140862133

Based on a a novella from Different Seasons, this unabridged tale focuses on a man convicted of murder, who finds himself in a prison ruled by a sadistic warden and secretly operated by a clever convict. Read by Frank Muller.

Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Pocket
Keywords: gordon, tom, loved, girl
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2000-02-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0671042858
ISBN-13: 9780671042851

On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself, and then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror. As night falls, Trisha has only her ingenuity as a defense against the elements, and only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting fears. For solace she tunes her Walkman to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox baseball games

Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Keywords: audiobook, novel, key, duma
Published: 2008-01-22
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0743569741
ISBN-13: 9780743569743

NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE. BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH...     A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle’s right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn’t survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else:   "Edgar, does anything make you happy?" "I used to sketch." "Take i

Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Keywords: craft, memoir, writing
Published: 2000-10-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0743506650
ISBN-13: 9780743506656

Short and snappy as it is, Stephen King’s On Writing really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists. The memoir is terrific stuff, a vivid description of how a writer grew out of a misbehaving kid. You’re right there with the young author as he’s tormented by poison ivy, gas-passing babysitters, uptight schoolmarms, and a laundry job nastier than Jack London’s. It’s a ripping yarn that casts a sharp light on his fiction. This was a child who dug Yvette Vickers from Attack of the Giant Leeches, not Sandra D