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Michael Rowley

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Reference, Fitness & Health, Comics & Graphic Novels

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I'm into health, fitness, graphic design, illustration, environmental and social justice, and writing. I often have dozens of books from the library and read multiple titles at once — many I don't finish.

Author of educational books with visual mnemonics to learn Japanese and U.S. Geography: Kanji Pictographix and Fifty States of Mind.

New books in the works for learning the times tables and learning to recite the alphabet backwards.

CreativeKi.com is my design studio for books, covers, packaging, logos, and branding. I work with authors to design and produce titles. ...more

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	Kanji Pict-O-Graphix: Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics 3.81 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 1992 — 8 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
	Kana Pict-o-Graphix: Mnemonics for Japanese Hiragana and Katakana 4.05 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	KanjiPictoGraphix Dragon Book: Blood, Fire, and Spirit 4.38 avg rating — 8 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
	Remembering Agnes 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
	Fifty States of Mind: Learn US States, Capitals, Great Lakes, and American History with Geography Memory Maps it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	100 Must-Read Graphic Novels 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	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 Magic of Asking Questions Relationship Based Sales: How To Help Your Customers Purchase Timeshare 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Kanji Pictográfico. Dicionário Ilustrado Mnemônico Japonês/Português 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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The Pigman (The Pigman, #1)

by Paul Zindel

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Wires and Nerve (Wires and Nerve, #1)

by Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)

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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey

by Jill Bolte Taylor

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Michael Rowley liked Marcie's review of Outside the Box: A Book of Poems: "I wanted to like this as much as "What's the Weather Inside?" But for some reason the illustrations distracted from the poems. Also, maybe my mood when I read it, but I really only found one or two I wanted to share aloud. When reading they seemed to" Read more of this review »
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Karma Wilson aims to emulate Shel Silverstein, but this collection lacks the punch and edge of Shel's work. At first glance, the title, cover design, and typography led me to believe it was a Silverstein book. Wilson's rhythms are immature, and the r ...more
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“If you can't make it good, make it big.”
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“If you can't make it good, make it big.”
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“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”
― John Lennon

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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Michael, I just took a quick look at papernapkin.com and think it is marvelous. Fifty States of Mind is the most exciting approach to U.S. geography I've ever seen. Congratulations!

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