Best-selling Author Research Articles

On the Intertextuality of English-to-Chinese Literary Translation: A Case Study on the Chinese Translation of Overworld in Flames

This study was composed based on the author’s published translation practice, Overworld in Flames, which, written by the best-selling author with New York Times, Winter Morgan, portrays the course of how Gameknight999 and his companions avert the blazing inferno devouring the whole Overworld against unidentified attackers. Since intertextual references were found ubiquitous in the book, in consonance with the classification by N. Fairclough (1992), the author categorizes its intertextual references into manifest intertextuality and interdiscursivity, and discusses its Chinese translation. This paper demonstrates that intertextuality provides a systematic approach for identifying and handling complex intertextual relationships in literary works, guiding translators to make dynamic choices based on both theory and their own intentions, in the hope to provide some implications for translators to understand intertextual representations in literary translation and to produce better works in the future.

Truth, racial healing, and transforming systems of racism.

This article stemmed from an acceptance speech for the Global Alliances' 2022 Presidential Award made by Dr. Gail Christopher and her daughter, Heather McGhee. Heather McGhee is a New York Times best-selling author of the book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. The history, transformative impact, and importance of the truth, racial healing, and transformation movement in exposing and eradicating the fallacy of a hierarchy of human value are outlined. Dr. Christopher shares insights into the past and provides hope for the future through her Rx Racial Healing model for authentic storytelling and changes in perspective. The article also discusses the momentum of public health jurisdictions declaring racism as a public health crisis and presents a resource, Healing Through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice, that has been developed to assist jurisdictions in related work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Acclaimed Public Interest Lawyer and Best-Selling Author to Present Plenary Address

Acclaimed Public Interest Lawyer and Best-Selling Author to Present Plenary Address

C&EN talks with Kathryn Harkup, science communicator, best-selling author, and goth enthusiast

C&EN talks with Kathryn Harkup, science communicator, best-selling author, and goth enthusiast

L'art de la brièveté au XIXe siècle: les exemples d’Erckmann-Chatrian et de Maupassant

This article focuses on the art of brevity, particularly the short story – tale and novella – and its rise in the nineteenth century, which corresponds to the development of the press. Newspaper editors hire best-selling authors, especially storytellers, who write stories for the front pages of daily newspapers. These writers are constrained by the brevity imposed by the format of the newspaper. We then study two examples of storytellers: Erckmann-Chatrian who enjoyed success under the Second Empire; and Maupassant who wrote under the Third Republic. Erckmann-Chatrian are the authors of fantastic tales with didactic purposes and Émile Erckmann alone composed Alsatian and Vosges fables. Maupassant, for his part, began by writing poems, then tales and short stories, and engaged in frequent rewriting: the tale published in the press is often considered a draft, which will lead to a short story collected in volume.

Driving growth, productivity and engagement through “good jobs strategy”

PurposeAn interview with Zeynep Ton, a professor of practice in the operations management group at MIT Sloan School of Management, about er latest book, The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay & Meaning to Everyone’s Work.Design/methodology/approachShe believes that leaders can either view their employees as a cost to be minimized, invest little in them and operate with high turnover, or they can see them as drivers of profitability and growth—investing heavily in them, designing their work for high productivity and contribution and therefore operating with low turnover.-- “the good jobs strategy.”FindingsThe secret sauce of good jobs strategy is four operational choices—focus and simplify, standardize and empower, cross-train and operate with slack—that improve productivity and contribution and make that higher investment possible.Practical implicationsThe competitive costs of low people investment are even higher than the poor operational execution costs.Originality/valueBy making the work better and increasing pay, companies can better attract and keep their talent and enforce high standards, which improve execution and service, uplifting revenue. Few have examined this important topic more closely than Zeynep Ton, a professor of practice in the operations management group at MIT Sloan School of Management, best-selling author of The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits.

A Critical Comment on T.S. Kuhn’s Views about the So-called Copernican Revolution and Several Current Prejudices – Barriers in Scientific Communities

The article is a case study on the views of the famous T.S. Kuhn about the so-called Copernican revolution. Generally, Kuhn is presented as a very successful historian and philosopher of science: an author of world bestsellers. The division among his supporters, i.e. about so-called left-wing and right-wing Kuhnians, is recalled, and the fact that Kuhn himself vehemently dissociated from a large proportion of his adherents. It is also noted here, that in the last 30 years, in addition to abundant hagiographic literature on T. S. Kuhn, there have also been a few critical studies of Kuhn’s achievements. The rest of the article presents the author’s critical analysis of Kuhn’s views on the so-called Copernican Revolution, which formed the basis of Kuhn’s scheme of scientific development presented in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962); i.e. the world’s most famous monograph in social sciences and humanities so far. The criticism encompasses a genesis, content and reception of Kuhn’s views and the development of his interpretations. The analysis is carried out by the means of methodology of historical sciences and a scientific method, which the author describes as the hypothetico-deductive method of correspondence thinking. The criticism is based on the author’s current publications (developed here further on), which were sadly unnoticed by the researchers, although presented in the world center for the Copernican research, and are available on the Internet freely. This fact leads the author to the assumption that international Kuhnian research is underdeveloped seriously and that strong prejudices – barriers may exist in scientific circles, such as, e.g., primacy of number of citations (and other bibliometric indicators) over content analysis, the Matthew effect, the effect of alleged and actual scientific centers and peripheries, some mental remnants of the Cold War, as well as underdevelopment of scientific communication.

A Digital Music-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Black Americans With Elevated Race-Based Anxiety: A Multiple-Baseline Pilot Study.

Race-based anxiety is a substantial health issue for the Black community. Although mindfulness interventions have demonstrated efficacy for alleviating anxiety, three central barriers prevent Black Americans from accessing existing mindfulness treatments: high costs, excessive time commitments, and limited cultural relevance. There is a need for novel mindfulness interventions for the Black community that can overcome these barriers. The goal of this web-based study was to examine the preliminary efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability of a novel digital music-based mindfulness intervention for middle-to-low-income Black Americans with elevated race-based anxiety. This study used a nonconcurrent multiple-baseline design (n=5). The intervention featured contributions from Lama Rod Owens (a world-renowned meditation teacher and LA Times best-selling author) and Terry Edmonds (the former chief speechwriter for President Bill Clinton). We examined the effect of the intervention on state anxiety and assessed its feasibility and acceptability using quantitative and qualitative measures. Results revealed that administration of the intervention led to significant decreases in state anxiety (Tau-U range -0.75 to -0.38; P values<.001). Virtually all feasibility and acceptability metrics were high (ie, the average likelihood of recommending the intervention was 98 out of 100). This study offers preliminary evidence that a digital music-based mindfulness intervention can decrease race-based anxiety in Black Americans. Future research is needed to replicate these results, test whether the intervention can elicit lasting changes in anxiety, assess mechanisms of change, and explore the efficacy of the intervention in real-world contexts.

Book Review- Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know

Adam Grant is a renowned psychologist, best-selling author, and top-rated professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His books, including “Give and Take”, “Originals”, “Option B”, “Power Moves” and “Think Again” have sold millions of copies, been translated into 45 languages, and earned him the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. As one of TED’s most popular speakers, with over 30 million views, Grant’s insights on work and leadership resonate with audiences worldwide. He is recognized as one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers and has received prestigious awards for his scientific achievements. Adam Grant continues to inspire individuals and organizations to challenge norms and drive positive change.

Reading the Women’s Sentimental Novel: A Romance

In “Reading the Women’s Sentimental Novel: A Romance,” Tabitha Sparks considers a large and diffuse body of mass-market fiction written by and for Victorian women. She argues that the author-focused interpretive approach that underwrites the study of the canon neglects the attraction of formula fiction, and even the robust recovery efforts of Victorian scholars have largely avoided a taxonomic reading of these novels. In an effort to uncover their objectives and appeal, Sparks reads periodical reviews and discussions of the professional woman writer to better understand the commercial – not artistic – standards assigned to the prosaic “lady’s novel.” She examines a subset of novels by Annie S. Swan, Sarah Doudney, Emily Jolly, and Adeline Sergeant to uncover a repeated subplot in which these novels’ heroines become best-selling authors. The complete elision of the content of their best-sellers reveals and confirms the sentimental novel’s self-conscious withdrawal from the literary caste wars of the day.

Truth that Matters

Truth that Matters

APA’s Annnual Meeting and View Program

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Annual MeetingFull AccessAPA’s Annnual Meeting and View ProgramSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:27 Feb 2023https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2023.03.3.90APA’s 2023 Annual Meeting will be held May 20 to 24. Register today at psychiatry.org/annualmeeting and reserve your hotel room. The program offers more than 600 scientific sessions and 20 CME courses; participants can earn up to 43 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Keynote speakers include actor and mental health advocate Ashley Judd and best-selling author Heather McGhee. Sharpen your skills and reconnect with your colleagues in one of this country’s most vibrant cities—San Francisco.Below are links to the scientific program for each day of the meeting.SATURDAY, MAY 20SUNDAY, MAY 21MONDAY, MAY 22TUESDAY, MAY 23WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 ISSUES NewArchived

Register Now for APA’s Annual Meeting and View Program

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Annual MeetingFull AccessRegister Now for APA’s Annual Meeting and View ProgramSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:27 Feb 2023https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2023.03.3.38Register today at psychiatry.org/annualmeeting to take advantage of low advance registration rates and reserve your hotel room. The program offers more than 600 scientific sessions and 20 CME courses. Keynote speakers include actor and mental health advocate Ashley Judd and best-selling author Heather McGhee. Sharpen your skills and reconnect with your colleagues in one of this country’s most vibrant cities—San Francisco.Meeting information and the scientific program. ■ ISSUES NewArchived

Best-Selling Author to Discuss How Psychiatrists Can Help Create More Equitable World

Best-Selling Author to Discuss How Psychiatrists Can Help Create More Equitable World

Owning the Apparatus: Edith Wharton, Racine, and the Fetishization of Pre-Revolutionary France

This essay explores the best-selling American author Edith Wharton’s status as a bibliophile and book collector. It draws comparisons between her tastes as a collector and those of some of her neighbors, especially those residing in the Berkshires area of western Massachusetts around 1900. It focuses, in particular, on a rare, first-edition copy of the play Esther (1689), by Jean Racine; Wharton owned a copy of this book and so did her neighbors, the Choate family. As such, the essay launches an investigation into the value that Racine held as an author for members of Wharton’s milieu in fin-de-siècle America, exposing a set of class-specific beliefs that appear to counter the progressivist and democratic ideologies of that era. It reads Wharton’s and her associates’ interests in Racine as indicative of class-specific ideas regarding cultural inheritance. It argues that Wharton and the Choates, in collecting rare editions of Racine, were doing more than paying homage to literary tradition or enhancing their cultural capital; they were mounting tacit claims for their particular positions within a given social order, inspired in part by romantic visions of pre-revolutionary France.

The Motion-Picture Rights Contract: Legal Foundations and Trade Practices in the Studio Era

ABSTRACT: This article relates the piecemeal history of the motion-picture rights contract—a legal document that emerged following several high-profile court cases that clarified the distinct existence of film rights from other subsidiary rights, including dra matic or theatrical. By delving into negotiations surrounding several film rights contracts between best-selling author Edna Ferber and Warner Bros., I demonstrate the tenuous relationship between the American copyright system and the trade practices developed by lawyers and agents. Without clear guidance on subsidiary rights, motion-picture rights contracts were inherently flexible documents, capable of bending to favor whichever side could leverage the most power.

The Motion-Picture Rights Contract: Legal Foundations and Trade Practices in the Studio Era

ABSTRACT: This article relates the piecemeal history of the motion-picture rights contract—a legal document that emerged following several high-profile court cases that clarified the distinct existence of film rights from other subsidiary rights, including dra matic or theatrical. By delving into negotiations surrounding several film rights contracts between best-selling author Edna Ferber and Warner Bros., I demonstrate the tenuous relationship between the American copyright system and the trade practices developed by lawyers and agents. Without clear guidance on subsidiary rights, motion-picture rights contracts were inherently flexible documents, capable of bending to favor whichever side could leverage the most power.

NARASI KEJIWAAN DALAM PUISI REFLECTION DAN ANXIENTY KARYA LANG LEAV (Psychological Narrative of Lang Leav’s Two Poems Reflection and Anxiety)

Poetry as a literary work may carry various messages of humanity and mental conditions. This study compares two poems entitled Reflection and Anxiety, which are inspired by psychological aspects of human being. The poems were written by Lang Leav, a female writer who gained popularity as International Bestselling Author through her poetry and prose. By applying the descriptive method in literary research, the comparison of the two poems’ narratives resulted in two findings. First, the similarities of the poems can be identified from the psychological themes expressed by distinctive diction, namely suggestive words, the use of parallelism and repetition to strengthen the expression as well as antithesis to delineate the contradictory situation. Second, the difference was identified from the psychological theme showing the feeling established in the poem. The poem “Reflection” shows that when a person can feel calmness, he/she is able to advise himself/herself to face various life’s obstacles. On the other hand, the poem “Anxiety” describes the psychological disorder that often exists and must be faced by compromising the weaknesses and strengths of anxiety.

THE LIGHT WE LOST BY JILL SANTOPOLO: SEMIOTICS STUDY

Semiotics is the study of signs and everything in our life is an indication of a sign according to both the European view represented by Ferdinand de Saussure and the American view represented by Charles Sanders Peirce. Therefore, the researcher studies semiotics in The Light We Lost (2017) for the internationally best-selling author Jill Santopolo. The researcher selects this novel as there is no study has been done so far in analyzing this novel from a semiotics viewpoint. Peirce's triadic theory of icon, index and symbol is selected as a tool in examining the selected novel.

Cicero, Voltaire and the Bible: French Best-Sellers in the Age of Enlightenment?*

Since the early twentieth century, when Daniel Mornet conducted his path-breaking survey of private library catalogues in an attempt to determine what people read during the enlightenment, historians have debated how to identify the best-selling texts in the distant past. Besides library catalogues, scholars of eighteenth-century France have ransacked will inventories, publishers’ archives, print licence registers, book auction records, the titles available in cabinets de lecture, and even the extraordinarily rich records of books stamped in an amnesty for pirated editions in 1777–1781. This article suggests that none of these sources taken in isolation can give us sufficient insight to provide a reliable overview of the book trade and the market for books. Taken together and analysed digitally, however, they give important representative insights into the best-selling texts, genres and authors of the eighteenth century. The article compares and contrasts the findings of several large-scale digital projects to identify and explore the best-selling – or most frequently-encountered-texts across a number of genres including school-books, self-help manuals, popular medical texts, creative literature and religious works. In the process, it will help us to think more critically about what constituted a best-seller in the early modern period. By revealing some broad contours of eighteenth-century print culture, it will also challenge existing narratives of the enlightenment, secularisation, popular literacy and the book trade.