David Corbett: 12 books

Book cover of The Art of Character

The Art of Character

Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV

by David Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013

Former private investigator and New York Times notable author David Corbett offers a unique and indispensable toolkit for creating characters that come vividly to life on the page and linger in memory. Corbett provides an inventive, inspiring, and vastly entertaining blueprint to all the elements...
Book cover of San Francisco Noir
by Robert Mailer Anderson, Will Christopher Baer, Kate Braverman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005

Brand new stories by: Domenic Stansberry, Barry Gifford, Eddie Muller, Robert Mailer Anderson, Michelle Tea, Peter Plate, Kate Braverman, David Corbett, Alejandro Murguía, Sin Soracco, Alvin Lu, Jon Longhi, Will Christopher Baer, Jim Nesbit, and David Henry Sterry. San Francisco Noir lashes...
Book cover of Thirteen Confessions
by David Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016

Thirteen beautifully wrought tales of crime, passion, and people on the brink of disaster Marybeth met Jamie at the Horn & Whistle, a neighborhood pub warm enough to keep out the chill on a bleak January day. Over a pint of stout, he won her heart with bad jokes and cynical Irish charm....
Book cover of Killing Yourself to Survive
by David Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012

Seven stories of desperation and death from a master of crime fiction Sterling Associates recruited Satcher in the killing fields of Iraq. A marine who learned the brutalities and frustrations of war in Fallujah, Satcher was ideal for Sterling, a shadowy corporation whose business is to kill...
Book cover of Do They Know I'm Running?
by David Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012

Caught up in a scheme to smuggle his deported uncle back across the border, a young American must fight to save his family, himself, and the woman he loves At eighteen, Roque Montalvo is a gifted guitarist and a hit with women, but the rest of his life is a struggle. Orphaned at birth and scraping...
Book cover of Done for a Dime

Done for a Dime

A Novel

by David Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012

A saxophonist’s murder is only the first shot fired in a citywide war All great blues musicians chase something. Raymond “Strong” Carlisle calls it “the deep sweet”—that perfect note that always seems to sit just out of reach. For decades he has made crowds swing, made women smile,...
Book cover of The Devil's Redhead
by David Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012

An ex-con risks his freedom and his life to rekindle an old love affair They call him Bad Dan, the Man Who Can. A talented photographer who makes his living smuggling premium Thai marijuana into the States, he meets Shel at a Las Vegas blackjack table, and falls instantly in love. After two...
Book cover of The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday
by David Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2018

The most notorious love letters in American history—supposedly destroyed a century ago—mysteriously reappear, and become the coveted prize in a fierce battle for possession that brings back to life the lawless world evoked in the letters themselves. Lisa Balamaro is an ambitious arts lawyer...
Book cover of Dunmore's New World

Dunmore's New World

The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America--with Jacobites, Counterfeiters, Land Schemes, Shipwrecks, Scalping, Indian Politics, Runaway Slaves, and Two Illegal Royal Weddings

by James Corbett David
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013

Dunmore's New World tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Lord Dunmore, the last royal governor of Virginia, whose long-neglected life boasts a measure of scandal and intrigue rare in the annals of the colonial world. Dunmore not only issued the first formal proclamation of emancipation in American...
Book cover of A Good Marine's Murder
by David C. Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018

Colonel Jack Adams crashes an AV-8B, Harrier in the middle of a North Carolina Bean field. The task of sorting out the cause of his friend’s accident falls to Colonel Dan Breakheart, the Second Marine Air Wing’s Safety Officer. Within days of the start of his investigation, Breakheart realizes...
Book cover of Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada
by Donald Alexander, Kirstine Baccar, Michael Barr
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016

Rural communities, often the first indicators of economic downturns, play an important role in planning for development and sustainability. Increasingly, these communities are compelled to reimagine the paths that lead not only to economic success, but also to the cultural, social, environmental,...
Book cover of Portfolio Life

Portfolio Life

The New Path to Work, Purpose, and Passion After 50

by David D. Corbett
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011

Praise for Portfolio Life "Dave Corbett's book turns two simple ideas into a program for life-enrichment, that you can create a life expressly for yourself and that the so-called retirement years are the best time to do it. Drawing on a lifetime of work with people who were rethinking...
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