Author: Beatrice Sparks
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062012657
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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Who in his right mind wants to talk to a shrink? I don't want to talk about anything. I don't want to feel anything, taste anything ... or anything. The lyrics "just dying to die" run around in my brain day and night... Fifteen-year-old Sam is in pain. He comes to the therapist's office unwillingly, angry, depressed, and filled with guilt over his own self-destructive behavior. He is being drawn deeper and deeper into a black hole of despair from which he sees no way out. The Road Back This is the Real-life story of Sam's Recovery, told from tapes of his therapy sessions. It tells what drove him to leave home, how he survived on the street, and why he was desperate to escape from the brutality of the gang that had become his "family" and from the torment of his own self-loathing. For every teen who has experienced the pain and loneliness of a no-way-out darkness, and for all those who love them, here is the light that can lead the way back.
Author: John G. Fuller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Author: Emily Freidenrich
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 145217024X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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This book is a celebration of tactile beauty and a tribute to human ingenuity. In-depth profiles tell the stories of 20 artisans who have devoted their lives to preserving traditional techniques. Gorgeous photographs reveal these craftspeople's studios, from Oaxaca to Kyoto and from Milan to Tennessee. Two essays explore the challenges and rewards of engaging deeply with the past. With an elegant three-piece case and foil stamping, this rich volume will be an inspiration to makers, collectors, and history lovers.
Author: Paul Erickson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022604677X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. Its home was the human sciences—psychology, sociology, political science, and economics, among others—and its participants enlisted in an intellectual campaign to figure out what rationality should mean and how it could be deployed. How Reason Almost Lost Its Mind brings to life the people—Herbert Simon, Oskar Morgenstern, Herman Kahn, Anatol Rapoport, Thomas Schelling, and many others—and places, including the RAND Corporation, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Cowles Commission for Research and Economics, and the Council on Foreign Relations, that played a key role in putting forth a “Cold War rationality.” Decision makers harnessed this picture of rationality—optimizing, formal, algorithmic, and mechanical—in their quest to understand phenomena as diverse as economic transactions, biological evolution, political elections, international relations, and military strategy. The authors chronicle and illuminate what it meant to be rational in the age of nuclear brinkmanship.
Author: Ian McLaren
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456895907
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Author: Vickie Spring
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463445717
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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When Vickie Spring promised her dad who had served in both WWII and the Korean War, that she would one day write his story and the others with whom he served, she never imagined the challenges that lay ahead of her. After months of searching, thirteen men were found that had fought in Korea alongside her dad. Vickie has compiled these brave and noble men's personal accounts of their experiences during the Korean War. Their stories are heartfelt and compelling. Each story will be given to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. for generations to experience each man's laughter, pain, and suffering. Here are their stories...
Author: Lon R. Maisttison
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557414857
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Lon Maisttison released his second action-adventure novel about the exploits of Air Rescue Special Forces Commando Jimmy West known as 'the stealth warrior" for his nighttime rescue tactics. Titled "The Girlfriend I Almost Lost,", is an Air Rescue story about a commando mission to Columbian, South America to rescue a airplane load of passangers including his girlfriend, kidnapped by Drug Lord DeCruz for a 5 billion dollar ranson.
Author: Suvadip Chakraborty
Publisher: White Falcon Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
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In a bizarre turn of events, Ishir, a taxi driver in Bangalore, lands up with a 'Data Scientist' interview at a premier firm. Ishir, obviously clueless about the role, is offered the prestigious job due to an HR goof-up. Feeling like a fish out of water, Ishir meets Aarna in the office. However, Ishir is no ordinary taxi driver, and Aarna is no ordinary girl. Together, they ride a roller-coaster of artificial intelligence and natural emotions. All that remains to be seen - Can Ishir's human learning survive in the cosmos of machine learning? Can Ishir and Aarna's journey of regression help them deal with their past, to forecast a future together?
Author: Blake Pierce
Publisher: Blake Pierce
ISBN: 109431076X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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“When you think that life cannot get better, Blake Pierce comes up with another masterpiece of thriller and mystery! This book is full of twists and the end brings a surprising revelation. I strongly recommend this book to the permanent library of any reader that enjoys a very well written thriller.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Almost Gone) ALMOST LOST is book #2 in a new psychological thriller series by USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose #1 bestseller Once Gone (Book #1) (a free download) has received over 1,000 five star reviews. When a divorcee vacationing in the British countryside puts out an ad for an au pair, Cassandra Vale, 23, broke, still reeling from the ruins of her last placement in France, takes the job without hesitation. Wealthy, handsome and generous, with two sweet children, she feels nothing can go wrong. But can it? Treated to the best England has to offer, and with France out of sight, Cassandra dares to believe she finally has a moment to catch her breath—until a startling revelation forces her to question the truths of her tumultuous past, her employer, and her very own sanity. A riveting mystery replete with complex characters, layers of secrets, dramatic twists and turns and heart-pounding suspense, ALMOST LOST is book #2 in a psychological suspense series that will have you turning pages late into the night. Book #3 in the series--ALMOST DEAD—is also available!
Author: Cindy Olnick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997825138
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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What's your favorite Los Angeles landmark? Does it still stand, or is it just a memory? From famous icons to hidden gems, Los Angeles has amazing architecture as diverse as the city itself. But L.A.'s long tradition of reinvention has left beloved landmarks in its wake. This book highlights just a few of the many great buildings that fell to the wrecking ball, as well as some that narrowly escaped. The landmarks we almost lost might surprise you, and their survival offers hope for a future that celebrates our past.
