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Nora Barry

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Philadelphia, The United States

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Nora Barry is a writer, story strategist and student of story. She has published numerous articles about story and evolving narratives, and has contributed chapters to books about media and communications.

She has written for and coached executives at top technology and life sciences companies, including Lenovo, Red Hat, Oracle, Ellucian, Astra Zeneca, MDVIP, and Urovant Sciences.

As a freelance journalist she has written for The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Engineering News Record and the Philadelphia Inquirer, among others.

Nora has worked in story for more than 20 years. She launched the first online platform for digital films, “The Bit Screen” in 1998, an innovative and internationally renowned online film site. S ...more

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	The Home Fires Are Burning...My Feet! 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strategy of Story: Why Story Works and How You Can Make It Work for You 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Different Story (The Chess Queen) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Apple a Day it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theresa A Twitter: Fairytales and Finance in France 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Different Story- The Chess Queen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Charms for the Easy Life

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Nora Barry rated a book it was amazing Defectors by Joseph Kanon (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This start slow and really builds beautifully. The story of two brothers in 1961 one on either side of the Iron Curtain. The title is the defectors plural and you are left wondering until the very end which one is defecting and which one is The Defec ...more
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Elegant and elegaic...Max is a complex character-I understand why women fell in love with him. And a surprising and yet somehow perfect ending. Perez Reverte is a superb storyteller.
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Elegant and elegaic...Max is a complex character-I understand why women fell in love with him. And a surprising and yet somehow perfect ending. Perez Reverte is a superb storyteller.
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Well I love this author, but I'm not sure that I love the troubled teenager character in this book. I just didn't think she was worth two books. The other characters are pretty interesting but I lacked empathy for the central character. ...more
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Gorgeously written. It took me a while to read it because I kept stopping and savoring the sentences.
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