Cracking Open

Cracking Open a Coffin (John Coffin Mysteries)
$19.99
With his position as Chief Commander in question, John Coffin's latest case, which involves two missing students, forces him to investigate his own personality and career and to reflect on his own life, loves, and betrayals.

Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft
$17.00
As always, an engaging work of nonfiction because she includes so many personal anecdotes and sensory details from her own life. Because her writing is so beautiful and clear, it makes for a fast, effortless read. No question that she is an immensely gifted writer. Its midlife perspective made the book intriguing: she's about 56 years old now and seems simultaneously more relaxed with, and less inclined to romanticize, the writing life. She does push her reading audience (and her students) to publish with no real attempt to address how hard that is these days. The beginning really caught my attention with her informal poll of all her writer friends: none of them could truly call themselves happy. They were writers but it never brought them happiness. Her point seemed to be that it won't bring you happiness, but it's still a worthy practice. A part near the end grabbed my attention: about earth-shattering events in a writer's life that can make them find their "voice." For her, it was discovering Zen Buddhism. For Paul Monette, it was losing his true love to AIDs and knowing he was next. At times she seems a little too enamored of playing annoying Zen master to her worshipful writing-workshop students, but I guess that's a small price for the reader to pay for some good insights.

Seagull Cracking open a Clam Canvas Print - Canvas Art

This is a beautiful stretched-canvas art print wrapped on 2.5" thick stretcher bars. The print is professionally printed, assembled, and shipped within 2 - 3 business days from our production facility in North Carolina and arrives ready-to-hang on your wall. FineArtAmerica.com is home to more than 20,000 artists from all over the world who entrust us to fulfill their print orders online. We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee on every print that we sell and look forward to helping you select your next piece.

Cracking Open A New Century
$0.89