Steven Carter: 20 books

Part Great Gatsby, part This Is Spinal Tap, Steven Carter's hilarious debut paints a fictional portrait of a biographer, his notorious subject, and the illusions we hold about fame and fortune. Howard Hughes embodied the American dream: envied by powerful men, desired by beautiful women, Hughes lived...

Rihanna is one of the most popular and commercially successful music artists in the world today. Rihanna used singing as a way to cope with the turmoil of a rocky family life. On the advice of her then record producer, Rihanna moved to the United States at age sixteen to pursue a career as a singer....

She has been named country music's Most Beautiful Women. She is Shania Twain, a great Canadian country pop singer.   This talented musician received 5 Grammy Awards for her contribution in country music. Her third album “Come On Over” is the best-selling album of all time...

Pelé is considered as one of the greatest football players of all time. The IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) named him Football Player of the Century, after a vote in 1999. Also in 1999 Pelé was named the "Athlete of the Century" by the International...

Eschewing old clunkers like 'military intelligence' and 'student-athlete,' this volume features well over 200 fresh and original oxymorons with commentaries-all with a satirical twist. As a satire, Little House of Oxymorons complements Steven Carter's The New Devil's Dictionary, a two-volume 'sequel'...

  Scotland welcomes the world for the Year of Homecoming Scotland 2014.   Packed with brilliant moments, Homecoming Scotland 2014 will serve up a year-long mix of events and festivals that celebrates the very best of Scotland: our breathtaking scenery, our mouthwatering...

Collected aphorisms of Montaigne Medal wining US author Steven Carter

In After Aesop: Improvisations on Aesop's Fables, Steven Carter adds parody to his wide-ranging repertoire of literary genres. Aesop, perhaps the world's best-known author, produced hundreds of fables that have been re-told countless times, but rarely parodied on a one-to-one basis. By turns hilarious,...

New Aphorisms & Reflections: Third Series, the sixth volume in a sequence which began with 222: Aphorisms & Reflections, features more than 450 entries, some of which are autobiographical. Like its predecessors, New Aphorisms & Reflections includes a sampling of 'meetings of the minds'-dialogues...

Sales training is something that you need. Opening the classified ads for jobs will tell you just how many positions there are in the sales world. Experienced sales individuals can make quite a bit of money. But, how can you get the training that you need to be in those ranks? Nothing is more frustrating...

When Beverly Hills High School welcomed a skinny boy from the other side of the tracks, no one knew just how life-changing the decision would be, not just for Carter Paysinger but for all of Beverly Hills. Carter grew up hearing his parents say, “Don’t just strive to be good. Always strive...

The latest volume of Fiction River Presents makes the heart race. From one woman’s desperate attempts to escape her kidnappers to another woman’s attempts to escape a doomed space station, this volume takes off at a pulse-pounding pace and refuses to let go until the very end. Including a short...

While the rise of the charmingly simple, brilliantly evocative haiku is often associated with the seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, the form had already flourished for more than four hundred years before Basho even began to write. These early poems, known as hokku, are identical to haiku...

Written by a team of business and fi nance experts, Starting & Running a Business All-In-One For Dummies is a complete guide to every aspect of setting up and growing a successful business. Featuring straight-talking advice on everything from business planning and marketing, managing staff and...