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A mature guide to attraction that is neither insulting to women nor to the intelligence of its readers. While written for a general audience, this text caters especially to those with technical backgrounds. Logically minded individuals, such as engineers and computer programmers, are generally among the most befuddled when it comes to attracting women. While attraction and seduction are more of an art than a science, this text breaks down and delineates the most critical and fundamental concepts.Inside this book you will not find pick-up lines, routines, gimmicks, tricks or manipulative mind games. While other resources provide surface level advice, this book tackles attraction on a first principles basis. By understanding how attraction works on the deepest level, you will learn to address the causes of your issues rather than just how to cover up the symptoms. That is, you will learn to become an attractive man, not just how to act like one.

?Michael Knight is more than a master of the short story. He knows the true pace of life and does not cheat it, all the while offering whopping entertainment.”?Barry HannahLong considered a master of the form and an essential voice in American fiction, Michael Knight’s stories have been lauded by writers such Ann Patchett, Elizabeth Gilbert, Barry Hannah, and Richard Bausch. Now, with Eveningland he returns to the form that launched his career, delivering an arresting collection of interlinked stories set among the ?right kind of Mobile family” in the years preceding a devastating hurricane.Grappling with dramas both epic and personal, from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to the ?unspeakable misgivings of contentment,” Eveningland captures with crystalline poeticism and perfect authenticity of place the ways in which ordinary life astounds us with its complexity. A teenaged girl with a taste for violence holds a burglar hostage in her house on New Year’s Eve; a middle aged couple examines the intricacies of their marriage as they prepare to throw a party; and a real estate mogul in the throes of grief buys up all the property on an island only to be accused of madness by his daughters. These stories, told with economy and precision, infused with humor and pathos, excavate brilliantly the latent desires and motivations that drive life forward.Eveningland is a luminous collection from ?a writer of the first rank.”(Esquire)

A New York Times Editors’ Choice“The spirit of Eudora Welty broods over these adroitly crafted stories set in and around coastal Alabama, evoking a world coiled tight as a conch shell.” —O Magazine“Impressive...Knight pays careful, writerly attention to the details of desperation.”—New York Times Book Review An instant regional bestseller, Eveningland is Alabama-born Michael Knight’s powerful short story cycle whose seven stellar tales illuminate the everyday beauty and heartache of life along the shores of serene, history-haunted Mobile Bay, in the years preceding a devastating hurricane. "A thought-provoking and deeply satisfying reading experience, Eveningland evokes the Old South without sentimentalizing its loss." —Washington Independent Review of Books

A short story collection by the acclaimed author whom Esquire called a "writer of the first rank" finds magic in the lives of an ornithologist, Confederate soldiers, and other ordinary people who populate such tales as "Birdland" and "Killing Stonewall Jackson." Reprint.

?Ten stories cut like gems from American family life . . . [with] a gracious patina and a drawl of violence.” ?Los Angeles Times ?A writer of the first rank. . . . [Knight] writes gently and with great gobs of empathy.”?Esquire ?Wonderfully humane.” ?Playboy A Los Angeles Times Notable Book, Michael Knight’s stunning debut delivers ten tales of ordinary people seized by extraordinary circumstances as their attempts at human connection result in frustrating false starts and ruinous misunderstandings. Knight expertly unveils fragile family ties, secret compulsions, and the nagging doggedness of love as he taps into our collective human experience to remind us, with unerring, piercing insight, of what it means to be alive. By turns unpredictable and wise, sorrowful and triumphant, Dogfight and Other Stories reveals the transformative power of life’s small struggles.

Simultaneously hilarious and heartbreaking, The Holiday Season and its companion piece, Love at the End of the Year are tender ruminations on the nature of family, the power of love, and a particularly complicated time of year. In The Holiday Season, Jeff, Ted, and Frank Posey are still trying to figure out how to be a family three years after the death of the wife and mother who bound them together. As the year winds to a close and the holidays threaten to unearth the usual myriad of emotions and memories, hairline fractures in the Poseys’ relationships finally splinter and crack over what should be, but never are, simple dilemmas: where to spend the holidays and when it is finally time to break with old traditions. The second novella, Love at the End of the Year, is an intoxicating tale that weighs up love in all its many forms over the course of a single, magical Alabama New Year’s Eve.

After the deaths of his parents, Simon Bell returns to his hometown of Sherwood, Alabama, hoping for a simple, quiet existence. But when he meets Delia Holladay one hot, unmoving summer day, latent needs and desires are awakened. Delia is young, beautiful, and married. As their emotions deepen, the affair slips beyond their control, building to a final reckoning that will leave no one untouched. Divining Rod tells a richly layered tale of adultery, love, and murder, as it follows the arc of one fateful romance to its inevitable and heartbreaking conclusion.

Written with the stunning economy of language for which Michael Knight's work has always been praised, The Typist is a rich and powerful work of historical fiction that expertly chronicles both the politics of the Pacific theater of World War II, and the personal relationships borne from the tragedies of warfare. When Francis Vancleave ("Van") joins the army in 1944, he expects his term of service to pass uneventfully. His singular talent-typing ninety-five words a minute-keeps him off the battlefield and in General MacArthur's busy Tokyo headquarters, where his days are filled with paperwork in triplicate and letters of dictation. But little does Van know that the first year of the occupation will prove far more volatile for him than for the U.S. Army. When he's bunked with a troubled combat veteran-cum-black marketer and recruited to babysit MacArthur's eight-year-old son, Van is suddenly tangled in the complex-and risky-personal lives of his compatriots. As he brushes shoulders with panpan girls and Communists on the streets of Tokyo, Van struggles to uphold his convictions in the face of unexpected conflict-especially the startling news from his war bride, a revelation that threatens Van with a kind of war wound he never anticipated.

From the award-winning writer of Eveningland and The Typist, Michael Knight, At Briarwood School for Girls is an incisive, witty, beautifully-written novel set at a boarding school in the Virginia countryside It’s 1994 and Lenore Littlefield is a junior at Briarwood School for Girls. She plays basketball. She hates her roommate. History is her favorite subject. She has told no one that she’s pregnant. Everything, in other words, is under control.Meanwhile, Disney has announced plans to build a new theme park just up the road, a “Technicolor simulacrum of American History” right in the middle of one of the most history-rich regions of the country. If successful, the development will forever alter the character of Prince William County, VA, and have unforeseeable consequences for the school. When the threat of the theme park begins to intrude on the lives of the faculty and students at Briarwood, secrets will be revealed and unexpected alliances will form. Lenore must decide whom she can trust—will it be a middle-aged history teacher struggling to find purpose in his humdrum life? A lonely basketball coach tasked with directing the school play? A reclusive playwright still grappling with her own Briarwood legacy? Or a teenage ghost equally adept at communicating with the living via telephone or Ouija board?Following a cast of memorable characters as they reckon with questions about fate, history, and the possibility of happiness, At Briarwood School for Girls is a stunning and inventive new work from a master storyteller.

There is a growing interest in historical groundwater thinking and use by hydrogeologists, water historians, and others. This book aims to develop a cohesive historical narrative of how many ideas and practices used today had their foundations laid down before the Scientific Revolution. In addition, it re-examines past ideas and practices to see if they can be re-used or adapted today in the light of our climatic difficulties. Archaeologists are also beginning to appreciate the role water has played in past cultures, and this book will further enhance their research.

This geology field guide provides an easy to understand overview of the most relevant and up to date information on how the island of O'ahu formed. It is a rich and engaging tour through the geological story of O'ahu while exploring many off the beaten path important regions. It connects hikers and geology lovers alike with the natural and cultural history of the island by describing the volcanic landforms. It includes a short intro on how Hawaiian hotspot volcanoes form and emerge from the sea floor and provides the most current understanding of how O'ahu formed during the past 5 million years. The guidebook is a travel companion for residents and visitors alike. It can easily be carried while you visit and see first-hand some of the mysteries geologists have uncovered during more than 90 years of studying this magical island. You will see world-class exposures of many different volcanic landforms present at our most informative stops. Following the introduction and description of the volcanic rock types present, the author provides a brief overview of the typical life and demise of a Hawaiian hotspot volcano and how O'ahu's three main shield volcanoes formed.

Designed to help the reader develop his own football philosophy. The Parent Coach, A Guide to Success, is your football/soccer foundation on which to build your own team as you continue to develop on your coaching journey. Although there are many good technical coaching books available written by top academy coaches based around their knowledge and experience, few if any meet the needs of the reader (the parent coach) from the point of view of how to run and coach a team at grass roots level. The author Michael Knight is a parent and F.A. licensed coach with many years of experience. Having coached all age groups at grass roots level through to adults, to coaching u21 at a semi pro club. This guide passes on his experience as a grass roots coach, giving the reader an insight into what a parent/coach/manager of a grass roots football team needs to look out for. With information on: - Dealing with and assessing your players (and parents ) - The structure of a team. - Building a team ethos. - What needs to be done and what to look out for on match day. - Training - Administration - Your club.