Author: Sashi Kaufman
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ™
ISBN: 1467724041
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Andrew has seen a flash of his future. (Dad: unfinished PhD. Mom: unfulfilling career. Their marriage: unsuccessful.) Based on what he's seen, he's uninspired to put a foot on the well-worn path to the adulthood everyone expects of him. There must be another way around.After a particularly disastrous Thanksgiving (his cousin wets Andrew's bed; his parents were too chicken to tell him his grandmother died), Andrew accidentally (on purpose) runs away and joins the circus. Kind of.A guy can meet the most interesting people at the Greyhound station at dinnertime on Thanksgiving day. The Freegans are exactly the kinds of friends (living out of an ancient VW camper van, dumpster diving, dressing like clowns and busking for change)who would have Andrew's mom reaching for a third glass of Chardonnay. To Andrew, five teenagers who seem like they've found another way to grow up are a dream come true. But as the VW winds its way across the USA, the future is anything but certain.The path of least resistance is a long, strange trip.
The Other Way Around
Author: Sashi Kaufman
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ™
ISBN: 1467724041
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Andrew has seen a flash of his future. (Dad: unfinished PhD. Mom: unfulfilling career. Their marriage: unsuccessful.) Based on what he's seen, he's uninspired to put a foot on the well-worn path to the adulthood everyone expects of him. There must be another way around.After a particularly disastrous Thanksgiving (his cousin wets Andrew's bed; his parents were too chicken to tell him his grandmother died), Andrew accidentally (on purpose) runs away and joins the circus. Kind of.A guy can meet the most interesting people at the Greyhound station at dinnertime on Thanksgiving day. The Freegans are exactly the kinds of friends (living out of an ancient VW camper van, dumpster diving, dressing like clowns and busking for change)who would have Andrew's mom reaching for a third glass of Chardonnay. To Andrew, five teenagers who seem like they've found another way to grow up are a dream come true. But as the VW winds its way across the USA, the future is anything but certain.The path of least resistance is a long, strange trip.
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ™
ISBN: 1467724041
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Andrew has seen a flash of his future. (Dad: unfinished PhD. Mom: unfulfilling career. Their marriage: unsuccessful.) Based on what he's seen, he's uninspired to put a foot on the well-worn path to the adulthood everyone expects of him. There must be another way around.After a particularly disastrous Thanksgiving (his cousin wets Andrew's bed; his parents were too chicken to tell him his grandmother died), Andrew accidentally (on purpose) runs away and joins the circus. Kind of.A guy can meet the most interesting people at the Greyhound station at dinnertime on Thanksgiving day. The Freegans are exactly the kinds of friends (living out of an ancient VW camper van, dumpster diving, dressing like clowns and busking for change)who would have Andrew's mom reaching for a third glass of Chardonnay. To Andrew, five teenagers who seem like they've found another way to grow up are a dream come true. But as the VW winds its way across the USA, the future is anything but certain.The path of least resistance is a long, strange trip.
Scareforce
Author: Charles Hough
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780446566353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Combines eighteen true cases of paranormal activity as experienced by members of the United States Air Force, from a grounded crew member who shared the same fate as his airborne mates, to UFO sightings by military pilots.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780446566353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Combines eighteen true cases of paranormal activity as experienced by members of the United States Air Force, from a grounded crew member who shared the same fate as his airborne mates, to UFO sightings by military pilots.
Driver
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile drivers
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Other Way round…
Author: Dhaval Dange,
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 9380349785
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
What if... Everything that you Love, Worship, Trust and Belive in, isn’t quite what you think it is? Vishal Rajguru is a PG student, set out on a journey of video-documenting a 14-day spiritual and personality development program, “A Way Around”. In a quest to explore how urban Indians are resorting to workshops that ‘teach’ living with a spiritually developed mind & body he’s confronted with facts that could just shake up his entire belief system. On his mission for documenting what he thinks is just another workshop of some kind, he unravels the hidden truth and revelations that could well jeopardize his documentary mission... and life.
Publisher: Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 9380349785
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
What if... Everything that you Love, Worship, Trust and Belive in, isn’t quite what you think it is? Vishal Rajguru is a PG student, set out on a journey of video-documenting a 14-day spiritual and personality development program, “A Way Around”. In a quest to explore how urban Indians are resorting to workshops that ‘teach’ living with a spiritually developed mind & body he’s confronted with facts that could just shake up his entire belief system. On his mission for documenting what he thinks is just another workshop of some kind, he unravels the hidden truth and revelations that could well jeopardize his documentary mission... and life.
Knowledge, Belief, and Character
Author: Guy Axtell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847696536
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
There have been many books over the past decade, including outstanding collections of essays, on the topic of the ethical virtues and virtue-theoretic approaches in ethics. But the professional journals of philosophy have only recently seen a strong and growing interest in the intellectual virtues and in the development of virtue-theoretic approaches in epistemology. There have been four single-authored book length treatments of issues of virtue epistemology over the last seven years, beginning with Ernest Sosa's Knowledge in Perspective (Cambridge, 1991), and extending to Linda Zabzebski's Virtue of the Mind (Cambridge, 1996). Weighing in with Jonathan Kvanvig's The Intellectual Virtues and the Life of the Mind (1992), and James Montmarquet's Epistemic Virtue and Doxastic Responsibility (1993), Rowman & Littlefield has had a particularly strong interest in the direction and growth of the field. To date, there has been no collection of articles directly devoted to the growing debate over the possibility and potential of a virtue epistemology. This volume exists in the belief that there is now a timely opportunity to gather together the best contributions of the influential authors working in this growing area of epistemological research, and to create a collection of essays as a useful course text and research source. Several of the articles included in the volume are previously unpublished. Several essays discuss the range and general approach of virtue theory in comparison with other general accounts. What advantages are supposed to accrue from a virtue-based account in epistemology, in handling well-known problems such as "Gettier," and "Evil-Genie"-type problems? Can reliabilist virtue epistemology handle skeptical challenges more satisfactorily than non-virtue-centered forms of epistemic reliabilism? Others provide a needed discussion of relevant analogies and disanalogies between ethical and epistemic evaluation. The readings all contribute
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847696536
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
There have been many books over the past decade, including outstanding collections of essays, on the topic of the ethical virtues and virtue-theoretic approaches in ethics. But the professional journals of philosophy have only recently seen a strong and growing interest in the intellectual virtues and in the development of virtue-theoretic approaches in epistemology. There have been four single-authored book length treatments of issues of virtue epistemology over the last seven years, beginning with Ernest Sosa's Knowledge in Perspective (Cambridge, 1991), and extending to Linda Zabzebski's Virtue of the Mind (Cambridge, 1996). Weighing in with Jonathan Kvanvig's The Intellectual Virtues and the Life of the Mind (1992), and James Montmarquet's Epistemic Virtue and Doxastic Responsibility (1993), Rowman & Littlefield has had a particularly strong interest in the direction and growth of the field. To date, there has been no collection of articles directly devoted to the growing debate over the possibility and potential of a virtue epistemology. This volume exists in the belief that there is now a timely opportunity to gather together the best contributions of the influential authors working in this growing area of epistemological research, and to create a collection of essays as a useful course text and research source. Several of the articles included in the volume are previously unpublished. Several essays discuss the range and general approach of virtue theory in comparison with other general accounts. What advantages are supposed to accrue from a virtue-based account in epistemology, in handling well-known problems such as "Gettier," and "Evil-Genie"-type problems? Can reliabilist virtue epistemology handle skeptical challenges more satisfactorily than non-virtue-centered forms of epistemic reliabilism? Others provide a needed discussion of relevant analogies and disanalogies between ethical and epistemic evaluation. The readings all contribute
Meet, Attract & Text Hotter Guys
Author: Woody Miller
Publisher: Woodpecker Media
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
3 GAY DATING GUIDES FOR ONE LOW PRICE!1. MEET Hotter Guys: Wildly clever ways to strike up conversations 2. ATTRACT Hotter Guys: The first body language guide for gay men 3. TEXT Hotter Guys:The only gay texting guide that ensures dates and hookups The Best Selling Gay Dating Guides On Amazon Are Having A Three-Way!Now you can buy the 3-book series for one low price. Written by “The East Coast Dan Savage,” Woody Miller is a gay dating advice columnist and former host of HBO’s The Sex Inspectors. Book #1: MEET HOTTER GUYSThis manual will help you develop rock star confidence. Imagine being able to walk into a room and get noticed right away. You wouldn’t be afraid of rejection. You’d be able to start conversations with anyone anywhere at any time. And those conversations would capture the imagination, stir curiosity and set the stage for a real connection. You’d be able to start a conversation with a good-looking guy who doesn’t look interested and charm him into wanting you. You’d know how to disarm guys who think you may be hitting on them so they’ll relax enough to have a conversation (and give you a chance to see you as a potential partner them). You’d know how to prevent ‘conversation stalling” and awkward silences. Book #2: ATTRACT HOTTER GUYSAre you subconsciously sending “go away” signals to cute guys? Look in the mirror. Your body language may be all wrong. It’s a good bet that half the guys you like are turned off by your body language. This guide will show you how to use seductive body language to make yourself more approachable. You'll learn how to: * Shake hands * Lean in (or away) * Point your feet (yes, feet, long story) * Angle in a certain way during conversations * The direction you approach guys you want to meet * The way you look at guys you're interested in * The way you use your body to catch their attention * The way you use your hands to gesture. Book #3: TEXT HOTTER GUYSHow long should you wait to text? Why is he taking so long to respond? How can you come up with consistently clever texts? How do you amp up the romantic or sexual tension? How do you get shy guys to ask for your number? How do you turn distant guys into passionate dates? How do you get guys to pursue you. The first texting guide for gay men answers all these questions. You'll also learn how to: * Say something clever. * Create attraction. * Turn his texts into calls. * What to say on that first phone call. * Post-date texting that ll heat up the sexual and romantic tension. * What to do if you’re only in it for the sex. Save Money & Improve Your Love Life!Bought separately, these books would cost $23.97 but they're yours for $9.99 as a bundle. Scroll up, click the buy button and enjoy your soup!
Publisher: Woodpecker Media
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
3 GAY DATING GUIDES FOR ONE LOW PRICE!1. MEET Hotter Guys: Wildly clever ways to strike up conversations 2. ATTRACT Hotter Guys: The first body language guide for gay men 3. TEXT Hotter Guys:The only gay texting guide that ensures dates and hookups The Best Selling Gay Dating Guides On Amazon Are Having A Three-Way!Now you can buy the 3-book series for one low price. Written by “The East Coast Dan Savage,” Woody Miller is a gay dating advice columnist and former host of HBO’s The Sex Inspectors. Book #1: MEET HOTTER GUYSThis manual will help you develop rock star confidence. Imagine being able to walk into a room and get noticed right away. You wouldn’t be afraid of rejection. You’d be able to start conversations with anyone anywhere at any time. And those conversations would capture the imagination, stir curiosity and set the stage for a real connection. You’d be able to start a conversation with a good-looking guy who doesn’t look interested and charm him into wanting you. You’d know how to disarm guys who think you may be hitting on them so they’ll relax enough to have a conversation (and give you a chance to see you as a potential partner them). You’d know how to prevent ‘conversation stalling” and awkward silences. Book #2: ATTRACT HOTTER GUYSAre you subconsciously sending “go away” signals to cute guys? Look in the mirror. Your body language may be all wrong. It’s a good bet that half the guys you like are turned off by your body language. This guide will show you how to use seductive body language to make yourself more approachable. You'll learn how to: * Shake hands * Lean in (or away) * Point your feet (yes, feet, long story) * Angle in a certain way during conversations * The direction you approach guys you want to meet * The way you look at guys you're interested in * The way you use your body to catch their attention * The way you use your hands to gesture. Book #3: TEXT HOTTER GUYSHow long should you wait to text? Why is he taking so long to respond? How can you come up with consistently clever texts? How do you amp up the romantic or sexual tension? How do you get shy guys to ask for your number? How do you turn distant guys into passionate dates? How do you get guys to pursue you. The first texting guide for gay men answers all these questions. You'll also learn how to: * Say something clever. * Create attraction. * Turn his texts into calls. * What to say on that first phone call. * Post-date texting that ll heat up the sexual and romantic tension. * What to do if you’re only in it for the sex. Save Money & Improve Your Love Life!Bought separately, these books would cost $23.97 but they're yours for $9.99 as a bundle. Scroll up, click the buy button and enjoy your soup!
The Magicians
Author: Lev Grossman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452296293
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD is out now! The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY “The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” —George R.R. Martin “Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and essential to anyone who cares about modern fantasy.” —Joe Hill “A very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre.” —John Green “The Magicians may just be the most subversive, gripping and enchanting fantasy novel I’ve read this century.” —Cory Doctorow “This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and classic fantasy novels in order to upend them . . . an unexpectedly moving coming-of-age story.” —The New Yorker “The best urban fantasy in years.” —A.V. Club Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a series of children’s fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. . . . The prequel to the New York Times bestselling book The Magician King and the #1 bestseller The Magician's Land, The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. No one who has escaped into the worlds of Narnia and Harry Potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452296293
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD is out now! The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY “The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” —George R.R. Martin “Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and essential to anyone who cares about modern fantasy.” —Joe Hill “A very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre.” —John Green “The Magicians may just be the most subversive, gripping and enchanting fantasy novel I’ve read this century.” —Cory Doctorow “This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and classic fantasy novels in order to upend them . . . an unexpectedly moving coming-of-age story.” —The New Yorker “The best urban fantasy in years.” —A.V. Club Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a series of children’s fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. . . . The prequel to the New York Times bestselling book The Magician King and the #1 bestseller The Magician's Land, The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. No one who has escaped into the worlds of Narnia and Harry Potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination.
Human Rights in Russia Today
Author: United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human rights
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human rights
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Jimmie Dale Collection
Author: Frank L. Packard
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1079
Book Description
"The Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day, but at night he puts on a costume and becomes The Gray Seal, who enters businesses or homes and cracks safes, always leaving a diamond shaped, gray paper "seal" behind to mark his conquest, but never taking anything and just doing it for "the sheer deviltry of it". But he gets caught by a mysterious woman he calls The Tocsin, and she blackmails him to help her in the war with certain crime organizations. "The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – Jimmie Dale wanted to settle with the love of his life, but when she disappears, he is pulled back into the New York's underworld of crooks and crime. "Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue" – Jimmie Dale is back in the underworld of New York, and he is destined to find the criminal known as the Phantom, in order to save the woman he loves. "Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder" – Jimmie Dale tries to protect his friend who received a threat in the form of a mysterious blue envelope, but when the friend is found dead, Jimmie is accused of the murder. To clear himself, Jimmie must resolve the envelope's mystery and find out who stands behind the murder, and he must do it while avoiding the police and his old enemies from the underworld. Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist best known for his Jimmie Dale mystery series. The character Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day and a fearless crime fighter by night. Jimmie Dale novels brought the idea of a costume and mask for hero's secret identity, and also established the concept of a hero's secret hideout or lair.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1079
Book Description
"The Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day, but at night he puts on a costume and becomes The Gray Seal, who enters businesses or homes and cracks safes, always leaving a diamond shaped, gray paper "seal" behind to mark his conquest, but never taking anything and just doing it for "the sheer deviltry of it". But he gets caught by a mysterious woman he calls The Tocsin, and she blackmails him to help her in the war with certain crime organizations. "The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale" – Jimmie Dale wanted to settle with the love of his life, but when she disappears, he is pulled back into the New York's underworld of crooks and crime. "Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue" – Jimmie Dale is back in the underworld of New York, and he is destined to find the criminal known as the Phantom, in order to save the woman he loves. "Jimmie Dale and Blue Envelope Murder" – Jimmie Dale tries to protect his friend who received a threat in the form of a mysterious blue envelope, but when the friend is found dead, Jimmie is accused of the murder. To clear himself, Jimmie must resolve the envelope's mystery and find out who stands behind the murder, and he must do it while avoiding the police and his old enemies from the underworld. Frank Lucius Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist best known for his Jimmie Dale mystery series. The character Jimmie Dale is a wealthy playboy by day and a fearless crime fighter by night. Jimmie Dale novels brought the idea of a costume and mask for hero's secret identity, and also established the concept of a hero's secret hideout or lair.
Translanguaging and the Bilingual Brain
Author: Nina Dumrukcic
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 311075567X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Multilingual classrooms and online communication are becoming increasingly linguistically diverse due to globalization and new discourse patterns are emerging. Many of these patterns include the use of linguistic resources from multiple languages in the same utterance. Translanguaging, a recent theoretical framework, is gaining prominence among scholars interested in studying these multilingual discursive practices and the concept of a unitary language system for lexical processing. The aim of this book is to gain a better understanding of the bilingual brain and how words and sentences that use features from socially distinct languages are processed. Using examples provided by multilingual study participants, a categorization of the various forms of translanguaging is developed to build a translanguaging model. Psycholinguistic methods such as eye tracking are combined with conventional sociolinguistic survey methodology to provide rich qualitative and quantitative data that address the cognitive effects of translanguaging and the underlying structure of translingual word-formations. This monograph shows how language biography, exposure, and attitude towards multilingual discursive practices all affect cognitive processing. It also demonstrates how multilingual speakers are setting the patterns for novel word-formations to be produced, thus having a social, cultural, and cognitive impact on how we communicate.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 311075567X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Multilingual classrooms and online communication are becoming increasingly linguistically diverse due to globalization and new discourse patterns are emerging. Many of these patterns include the use of linguistic resources from multiple languages in the same utterance. Translanguaging, a recent theoretical framework, is gaining prominence among scholars interested in studying these multilingual discursive practices and the concept of a unitary language system for lexical processing. The aim of this book is to gain a better understanding of the bilingual brain and how words and sentences that use features from socially distinct languages are processed. Using examples provided by multilingual study participants, a categorization of the various forms of translanguaging is developed to build a translanguaging model. Psycholinguistic methods such as eye tracking are combined with conventional sociolinguistic survey methodology to provide rich qualitative and quantitative data that address the cognitive effects of translanguaging and the underlying structure of translingual word-formations. This monograph shows how language biography, exposure, and attitude towards multilingual discursive practices all affect cognitive processing. It also demonstrates how multilingual speakers are setting the patterns for novel word-formations to be produced, thus having a social, cultural, and cognitive impact on how we communicate.