Author: James Gearheart
Publisher: James Gearheart
ISBN: 1983460451
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
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The maniacal debut novel by James Gearheart is a wild ride of sex drugs and philosophy. It details Michael Jackson's role in the Apocalypse and it destroys and recreates reality through the use of magic words and ice cream. Storyline: It is October 1999, and Cyrus Dresden is an unemployed philosophy professor who was recently released from the state mental facility. He is desperate to win back the love and respect of his ex-fiancé, Sara Lundy when he receives a call from an old friend, Adam Butcher, who needs his help. Adam’s girlfriend, the brilliant and beautiful mathematician, Amanda Tavaras, has created a predictive model that identifies the date and time of the Apocalypse as midnight on the millennial New Year’s Eve. Amanda has also awoken with a vision where she realizes that mankind has been involved in a supernatural game that ends at the same time as her predicted Apocalyptic timeline. Cyrus leads the trio on a philosophical and scientific quest to understand our place in the universe before the strike of midnight on the millennial New Year’s Eve. However, the trio does not realize that their combined destinies have been prophesized in secret church documents written decades before they were born. To prevent the prophecies from being realized, Cardinal Francisco Allemande captures Sara Lundy and plans to hold her hostage in his private office in the Vatican until after the New Year. Cyrus must embark on the hero’s journey and lead a group of friends with the help of an army of Michael Jackson impersonators to rescue Sara from the Vatican and discover the clues to winning the most critical game in human history before time runs out
Author: Tom Dalzell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486121623
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Entertaining, highly readable book pulses with the vernacular of young Americans from the end of the 19th century to the present. Alphabetical listings for each decade, plus fascinating sidebars about language and culture.
Author: Michele Gelfand
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1501152947
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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A celebrated social psychologist offers a radical new perspective on cultural differences that reveals why some countries, cultures, and individuals take rules more seriously and how following the rules influences the way we think and act. In Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, Michele Gelfand, “an engaging writer with intellectual range” (The New York Times Book Review), takes us on an epic journey through human cultures, offering a startling new view of the world and ourselves. With a mix of brilliantly conceived studies and surprising on-the-ground discoveries, she shows that much of the diversity in the way we think and act derives from a key difference—how tightly or loosely we adhere to social norms. Just as DNA affects everything from eye color to height, our tight-loose social coding influences much of what we do. Why are clocks in Germany so accurate while those in Brazil are frequently wrong? Why do New Zealand’s women have the highest number of sexual partners? Why are red and blue states really so divided? Why was the Daimler-Chrysler merger ill-fated from the start? Why is the driver of a Jaguar more likely to run a red light than the driver of a plumber’s van? Why does one spouse prize running a tight ship while the other refuses to sweat the small stuff? In search of a common answer, Gelfand spent two decades conducting research in more than fifty countries. Across all age groups, family variations, social classes, businesses, states, and nationalities, she has identified a primal pattern that can trigger cooperation or conflict. Her fascinating conclusion: behavior is highly influenced by the perception of threat. “A useful and engaging take on human behavior” (Kirkus Reviews) with an approach that is consistently riveting, Rule Makers, Ruler Breakers thrusts many of the puzzling attitudes and actions we observe into sudden and surprising clarity.
Author: Sarah Veblen
Publisher: Creative Publishing international
ISBN: 1610581776
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 227
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The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting is the ultimate reference for fitting test garments and transferring accurate adjustments to patterns. No matter what size or shape you are, wearing garments that fit perfectly makes you look and feel better. Rather than making commonly accepted changes to a commercial pattern, the method presented in this guide focuses on the way a test garment fits the body. The fabric is manipulated to improve the fit, and then those specific changes are made to the pattern. The result: patterns that fit perfectly! With The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting, you'll learn: The importance of a fitting axis and how to use it during a fitting How to recognize fitting issues, such as drag lines and folds How to manipulate fabric to solve common and unusual fitting problems How to transfer the fitting changes to your pattern easily Basic pattern-making skills to ensure accurate alterations See the fitting process from start to finish on basic garments, fitted on real people. Then follow fitting solutions on different body types. Hundreds of large color photos illustrate the techniques and concepts in simple step-by-step instructions. With these lessons, you will get the perfect fit for any body.
Author: Laticia Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781546455424
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Have you bought into the myth that African American women shouldn't lift weights? Do you want to tight and toned your curves by weight training but you don't know where or how to start?Do you desire to lose weight and have more energy and feel great in your clothes?Are you ready to feel more empowered and unstoppable by becoming the fittest version of yourself? If you answered yes, I have good news for you! African American women do lift weights and in this fitness training book you will learn how to get into the best shape of your life without the threat of looking or feeling bulky or manly! On the following pages you will learn: How to identify your unique body type and how it responds to exerciseHow to set realistic fitness goals for your body typeand how to transform your body and look amazingHow to tone your most stubborn body parts without gaining excess muscle massHow to evenly burn body fat including stubborn abdominal fat Challenging yet easy to follow exercises based on your fitness level for your entire body that can be done at home or the gym!What to eat before, during and after your workout for maximum results and so much more!
Author: Benjamin Homer Hall
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Author: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
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Author: Thomas Snyder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985009434
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Art of Puzzles is a collection of mental masterpieces from the world's most talented puzzle designers. With ten genres of logic puzzles and over 270 puzzles in total, this book has a great mix of challenges including shading puzzles (Tapa and Nurikabe), loop puzzles (Masyu and Slitherlink), number placement puzzles (Skyscrapers and TomTom), object placement puzzles (Star Battle and Battleships), and region division puzzles (Cave and Fillomino). Each section has a mix of very easy to fiendishly hard puzzles, with hints for every puzzle to help you to become a better logic puzzler.
Author: Fred Herbert Colvin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mechanical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Author: Thomas Snyder
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402765025
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Run for cover, because Mutant Sudoku is on the loose! Thomas Snyder and Wei-Hwa Huang are both U.S. Sudoku Champions, and they’ll have you filling in grids of all shapes and sizes, testing parts of your logical mind that have never been tested before. You will marvel at the ingenuity within these pages, and after experiencing the power of these Mutant Sudoku, normal 9 x 9 puzzles will never seem the same again.
