Books on Writing and other References |
Crime Reference |
| Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons (Howdunit Series) Micheal Newton |
| Police Procedure: A writer's guide to the police and how they work Russell Bintiff |
| Scene of the Crime: A Writer's Guide to Crime-Scene Investigations (Howdunit Series) Anne Wingate |
| Order in the Court : A Writer's Guide to the Legal System (Behind the Scenes) David S. Mullally |
| Code Blue: Including the ER, OR and ICU (Behind the Scenes) Dr. Keith Wilson, David W. Page |
| Lights & Sirens: A Writer's Guide to Emergency Rescue Professions (Behind the Scenes) James Cowan, Lois Cowan |
| Howdunit: How Crimes Are Committed and Solved (Howdunit) John Boertlein (Editor) |
| Rip-Off: A Writer's Guide to Crimes of Deception (Howdunit) Fay Faron |
| Malicious Intent: A Writer's Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists and Other Criminal Think (Howdunit) Sean P. MacTire |
| Modus Operandi: A Writer's Guide to How Criminals Work (Howdunit)) Mauro V. Corvasce, Joseph R. Paglino |
| Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases (Howdunit) Elaine Raco Chase, Anne Wingate (Contributor) |
| Missing Persons: A Writer's Guide to Finding the Lost, the Abducted and the Escaped (Howdunit Series) Fay Faron |
| Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Writer's Guide to Investigators and Investigation Techniques (Howdunit) Greg Fallis |
| The Complete Idiot's Guide to Criminal Investigation Alan Axelrod, Guy Antinozzi |
| The Criminal Mind: A Writer's Guide to Forensic Psychology Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D. |
| FBI Handbook of Crime Scene Forensics FBI |
Fires and Firefighting |
| Principles of Fire Behavior the Science of fire for fire fighters and fire safety students James G. Quintiere |
| Combating Arson-For-Profit: Advanced Techniques for Investigators David J. Icove, Vernon B. Wherry, J. David Schroeder |
| An Introduction to Fire Dynamics the Science of fire for engineers and fire safety students Dougal Drysdale |
| Report From Engine Co. 82 The classic on American firefighting Dennis Smith |
| Blaze: The Forensics of Fire Real world examples of how fires are investigated Nicolas Faith |
| Braving the Flames: Their Toughest Cases In Their Own Words Peter Micheels |
| Firefighters: Their Lives in Their Own Words interviews with the people on the front lines Dennis Smith |
| Heat: Fire C.S.I. and the War on Arson and Murder Peter Micheels |
| The Last Men Out: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Tom Downey |
| Crime Scene Investigations - Arson (Crime Scene Investigations) Juvenile Gail Stewart |
| Crime Scene Investigations - Bombings (Crime Scene Investigations) Juvenile Gail Stewart |
| Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena the Science of fire for engineers and fire safety students James G. Quintiere |
Cause of Death/OCME |
| Body Trauma: A Writer's Guide to Wounds and Injuries David Page |
| Cause of Death : A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder and Forensic Medicine (Howdunit Series) Keith Wilson |
| Deadly Doses : A Writer's Guide to Poisons (Howdunit Series) Serita Deborah Stevens, Anne Klarner |
| Blood on the Table The greatest Cases of NYC's OCME Colin Evans |
| Coroner's Journal Forensics and the art of stalking death Louis Cataldie, M.D. |
| Working Stiff Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner Judy Melinek M.D. |
| Dead Center Behind the scenes at the world's largest Medical Examiner's office Shiya Ribowsky |
| Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office John Temple |
| Dissecting Death: Secrets of a Medical Examiner Frederick Zugibe M.D. & David L. Carroll |
| My Life With Death: Memoirs Of A Journeyman Medical Examiner Gary D. Cumberland M.D. |
Writing in General |
| Plot Ansen Dibell |
| Scene and Structure Jack Bickham |
| Conflict, Action and Suspense William Noble |
| Setting Jack Bickham |
| Beginnings, Middles, and Endings Nancy Kress |
| Dialogue Lewis Turco |
| Creating Unforgettable Characters Linda Seger |
| How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy Orson Scott Card |
| Creating Characters How to Build Story People Dwight V. Swain |
| World Building Steven Gillett |
| Character and Viewpoint Orson Scott Card |
| Character-Naming Sourcebook Kenyan with Blythe & Sweet |
| How to Grow a Novel : The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them Sol Stein |
| Writing the Thriller Trish Macdonald Skillman |
| Writing on Both Sides of the Brain : Breakthrough Techniques for People Who Write Not about the mechanics of writing, but how to get beyond the internal barriers to writing it all down. Henriette Anne Klauser |
| Zen in the Art of Writing Ray Bradbury |
| Zen in the Art of Writing Essays on Creativity Expanded Ray Bradbury |
| The Writer's Guide to Character Traits : Includes Profiles of Human Behaviors and Personality Types Linda N. Edelstein |
Writing Sex |
| The Joy of Writing Sex Elizabeth Benedict |
| Passionate Ink: A Guide to Writing Erotic Romance Angela Knight |
| The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance Alison Kent |
| Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies Leslie Wainger |
| Romance Writer's Phrase Book (Perigee) Jean Kent, Candace Shelton |
| The Joy of Sex: The Ultimate Revised Edition Alex Comfort |
| A Little Bit Kinky: A Couples' Guide to Rediscovering the Thrill of Sex Dr. Natasha Valdez |
| The Joy of Gay Sex, Revised & Expanded Third Edition Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano |
| The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amazing Sex, Third Edition Sari Locker |
Suggestions from the Librarian |
| Spiritual Vampires Marty Raphael |
| The Alphabet Versus the Goddess : The Conflict Between Word and Image Leonard Schlain |
| Art & Physics : Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light Leonard Schlain |
| How We Decide A exploration of the underlying mechanisms of decision making Jonah Lehrer |
| Proust Was a Neuroscientist An exploration of five artists and their discoveries that preceded those of the 'scientists'. Jonah Lehrer |
| The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us Six everyday illusions of perception and thought - what we think we know vs the reality. Christopher Chabris & Daniel Simons |
| On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not An exploration of the inconsistent and sometimes paradoxical relationship between our thoughts and what we actually know. Robert Burton |
| Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error The nature of error - how we view it, how we do it, how it can transform us. Kathryn Schulz |
| Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average The nature of error - a survey of research into why people act the way they do. Joseph T. Hallinan |
| Outliers: The Story of Success Disabusing the popular notion that talent is everything, Gladwell looks at cultural background and expectations as well as the random events that allowed some talented people to flourish and others to languish. Malcolm Gladwell |
| The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Why do some ideas/products take off and others don't? Malcolm Gladwell |
| Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking How do we make snap judgments? And how does that ability lead us astray? Malcolm Gladwell |
| What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures A collection of essays exploring what we think happened and all the other things that went into that happening. Malcolm Gladwell |