Author: Cheyenne McCray
Publisher: Cheyenne McCray LLC
ISBN: 1956103090
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Wild for You Dara Winters has always liked her best friend Bailey’s older brother, but it isn’t until the day Jack walks into her special needs ranch that he starts to steal her heart. Jack McBride lost his wife several years ago, and he hasn’t been ready to meet another woman until Dara. Truth is, she’s always been there. As his younger sister’s best friend, Dara has been around as long as he can remember. So how is he’s just now noticing this beautiful woman with fire, spirit, and a kind heart who attracts him like a magnet? Jack’s daughter wants no part of another woman in his life. He doesn’t know what to do with his daughter’s actions and anger. What he needs to figure out is how to bring together his daughter and the woman he loves. Sold on You Charlee Burke is stuck on a deserted country road as a winter snowstorm sweeps in. The closest person to call is the all-too-sexy-for-his-own-good Ace McBride. When Charlee’s name pops up on his phone, Ace is pleased, but surprised. As much as he teases her, and as mad as she gets at him, he figures she’s got to be pretty desperate. Charlee’s been afraid of relationships since a man ran a con on her to get to her inheritance. She doesn’t believe she’ll ever trust her instincts after that terrible experience. With the storm coming in faster and harder, Charlee’s cabin is the closest shelter. She’s not sure she can survive being trapped in such close quarters with Ace for that long. Alone. Ace is determined to win her heart. Charlee is determined to never go down that path again.
Riding Tall 2 Box Set Volume Two
Author: Cheyenne McCray
Publisher: Cheyenne McCray LLC
ISBN: 1956103090
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Wild for You Dara Winters has always liked her best friend Bailey’s older brother, but it isn’t until the day Jack walks into her special needs ranch that he starts to steal her heart. Jack McBride lost his wife several years ago, and he hasn’t been ready to meet another woman until Dara. Truth is, she’s always been there. As his younger sister’s best friend, Dara has been around as long as he can remember. So how is he’s just now noticing this beautiful woman with fire, spirit, and a kind heart who attracts him like a magnet? Jack’s daughter wants no part of another woman in his life. He doesn’t know what to do with his daughter’s actions and anger. What he needs to figure out is how to bring together his daughter and the woman he loves. Sold on You Charlee Burke is stuck on a deserted country road as a winter snowstorm sweeps in. The closest person to call is the all-too-sexy-for-his-own-good Ace McBride. When Charlee’s name pops up on his phone, Ace is pleased, but surprised. As much as he teases her, and as mad as she gets at him, he figures she’s got to be pretty desperate. Charlee’s been afraid of relationships since a man ran a con on her to get to her inheritance. She doesn’t believe she’ll ever trust her instincts after that terrible experience. With the storm coming in faster and harder, Charlee’s cabin is the closest shelter. She’s not sure she can survive being trapped in such close quarters with Ace for that long. Alone. Ace is determined to win her heart. Charlee is determined to never go down that path again.
Publisher: Cheyenne McCray LLC
ISBN: 1956103090
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Wild for You Dara Winters has always liked her best friend Bailey’s older brother, but it isn’t until the day Jack walks into her special needs ranch that he starts to steal her heart. Jack McBride lost his wife several years ago, and he hasn’t been ready to meet another woman until Dara. Truth is, she’s always been there. As his younger sister’s best friend, Dara has been around as long as he can remember. So how is he’s just now noticing this beautiful woman with fire, spirit, and a kind heart who attracts him like a magnet? Jack’s daughter wants no part of another woman in his life. He doesn’t know what to do with his daughter’s actions and anger. What he needs to figure out is how to bring together his daughter and the woman he loves. Sold on You Charlee Burke is stuck on a deserted country road as a winter snowstorm sweeps in. The closest person to call is the all-too-sexy-for-his-own-good Ace McBride. When Charlee’s name pops up on his phone, Ace is pleased, but surprised. As much as he teases her, and as mad as she gets at him, he figures she’s got to be pretty desperate. Charlee’s been afraid of relationships since a man ran a con on her to get to her inheritance. She doesn’t believe she’ll ever trust her instincts after that terrible experience. With the storm coming in faster and harder, Charlee’s cabin is the closest shelter. She’s not sure she can survive being trapped in such close quarters with Ace for that long. Alone. Ace is determined to win her heart. Charlee is determined to never go down that path again.
Factfulness
Author: Hans Rosling
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 125012381X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates “Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” —Melinda Gates "Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases." - Former U.S. President Barack Obama Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends—what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. --- “This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance...Previously I armed myself with huge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and a Swedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn’t enough. But I hope this book will be.” Hans Rosling, February 2017.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 125012381X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates “Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” —Melinda Gates "Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases." - Former U.S. President Barack Obama Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends—what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. --- “This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance...Previously I armed myself with huge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and a Swedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn’t enough. But I hope this book will be.” Hans Rosling, February 2017.
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Author: Bill Gates
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385546149
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385546149
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.
Long, Tall Texans Collection Volume 2
Author: Diana Palmer
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1488084793
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Long, Tall Texans Collection Volume 2 by Diana Palmer released on Sep 11, 2017 is available now for purchase.
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1488084793
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Long, Tall Texans Collection Volume 2 by Diana Palmer released on Sep 11, 2017 is available now for purchase.
Handbook of Visual Optics, Volume Two
Author: Pablo Artal
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482237938
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Handbook of Visual Optics offers an authoritative overview of encyclopedic knowledge in the field of physiological optics. It builds from fundamental concepts to the science and technology of instruments and practical procedures of vision correction, integrating expert knowledge from physics, medicine, biology, psychology, and engineering. The chapters comprehensively cover all aspects of modern study and practice, from optical principles and optics of the eye and retina to novel ophthalmic tools for imaging and visual testing, devices and techniques for visual correction, and the relationship between ocular optics and visual perception.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482237938
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Handbook of Visual Optics offers an authoritative overview of encyclopedic knowledge in the field of physiological optics. It builds from fundamental concepts to the science and technology of instruments and practical procedures of vision correction, integrating expert knowledge from physics, medicine, biology, psychology, and engineering. The chapters comprehensively cover all aspects of modern study and practice, from optical principles and optics of the eye and retina to novel ophthalmic tools for imaging and visual testing, devices and techniques for visual correction, and the relationship between ocular optics and visual perception.
Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Volume Two
Author: Bela G. Liptak
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420064002
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 2460
Book Description
The latest update to Bela Liptak's acclaimed "bible" of instrument engineering is now available. Retaining the format that made the previous editions bestsellers in their own right, the fourth edition of Process Control and Optimization continues the tradition of providing quick and easy access to highly practical information. The authors are practicing engineers, not theoretical people from academia, and their from-the-trenches advice has been repeatedly tested in real-life applications. Expanded coverage includes descriptions of overseas manufacturer's products and concepts, model-based optimization in control theory, new major inventions and innovations in control valves, and a full chapter devoted to safety. With more than 2000 graphs, figures, and tables, this all-inclusive encyclopedic volume replaces an entire library with one authoritative reference. The fourth edition brings the content of the previous editions completely up to date, incorporates the developments of the last decade, and broadens the horizons of the work from an American to a global perspective. Béla G. Lipták speaks on Post-Oil Energy Technology on the AT&T Tech Channel.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420064002
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 2460
Book Description
The latest update to Bela Liptak's acclaimed "bible" of instrument engineering is now available. Retaining the format that made the previous editions bestsellers in their own right, the fourth edition of Process Control and Optimization continues the tradition of providing quick and easy access to highly practical information. The authors are practicing engineers, not theoretical people from academia, and their from-the-trenches advice has been repeatedly tested in real-life applications. Expanded coverage includes descriptions of overseas manufacturer's products and concepts, model-based optimization in control theory, new major inventions and innovations in control valves, and a full chapter devoted to safety. With more than 2000 graphs, figures, and tables, this all-inclusive encyclopedic volume replaces an entire library with one authoritative reference. The fourth edition brings the content of the previous editions completely up to date, incorporates the developments of the last decade, and broadens the horizons of the work from an American to a global perspective. Béla G. Lipták speaks on Post-Oil Energy Technology on the AT&T Tech Channel.
Katie McGarry Pushing the Limits Collection Volume 2
Author: Katie McGarry
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488023301
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
Book Description
Friendships are forever and love blooms in the most surprising ways in Katie McGarry’s acclaimed Pushing the Limits series. Read three stunning books in this Volume Two collection! TAKE ME ON: Champion kickboxer Haley swore she’d never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can’t stop thinking about accepts a MMA fight in her honor, and suddenly Haley has to train him. West Young is everything Haley promised herself she’d stay away from-but as an unexpected bond forms between them, they’ll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth fighting for. BREAKING THE RULES: For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip with her boyfriend means getting away from it all. And most of all, it means three months alone with Noah Hutchins. But when the source of Echo’s constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants--even as foster kid Noah's search for his last remaining relatives forces them both to confront some serious truths about life, love, and themselves. CHASING IMPOSSIBLE: Tough and independent, seventeen-year-old Abby lets very few people into her inner circle. It's common knowledge in her Kentucky town that she deals drugs, but not even her closest friends know why. But when a deal goes south and Abby's suddenly in danger, she finds herself reluctantly forced to lean on daredevil Logan—a boy whose restless spirit matches her own…
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488023301
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
Book Description
Friendships are forever and love blooms in the most surprising ways in Katie McGarry’s acclaimed Pushing the Limits series. Read three stunning books in this Volume Two collection! TAKE ME ON: Champion kickboxer Haley swore she’d never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can’t stop thinking about accepts a MMA fight in her honor, and suddenly Haley has to train him. West Young is everything Haley promised herself she’d stay away from-but as an unexpected bond forms between them, they’ll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth fighting for. BREAKING THE RULES: For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip with her boyfriend means getting away from it all. And most of all, it means three months alone with Noah Hutchins. But when the source of Echo’s constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants--even as foster kid Noah's search for his last remaining relatives forces them both to confront some serious truths about life, love, and themselves. CHASING IMPOSSIBLE: Tough and independent, seventeen-year-old Abby lets very few people into her inner circle. It's common knowledge in her Kentucky town that she deals drugs, but not even her closest friends know why. But when a deal goes south and Abby's suddenly in danger, she finds herself reluctantly forced to lean on daredevil Logan—a boy whose restless spirit matches her own…
Gyakushu!, Volume 2
Author: Dan Hipp
Publisher: TokyoPop + ORM
ISBN: 1427860963
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
An “original manga . . . story of revenge, brutal and primal” with action scenes “brimming with power and drama” and “striking” characters. (Publishers Weekly) In this land of ice and death . . . where often the only warmth to be found is in the salty splash of blood from your enemy . . . a lone warrior treks across the snow-covered wasteland. His entire body wrapped in bloodstained bandages, at first glance he looks like an escaped nightmare, a macabre creature animated by unnatural means. But this is no walking corpse. Oh, no—a heart beats strong and true within its skeletal cage, and the eyes . . . one look at the piercing eyes of this man, and you know he is more alive than most in this forsaken land. Whatever—whoever—ignited the fire behind his bloodshot eyes will rue the day he crosses their path. Gyakushu! is a glorious lullaby to fans of the blood-soaked samurai story. The Thief, the tragic lead character in this tale, is a bandaged shell of a man whose sole purpose for living is to kill his way to the ones that destroyed all he loved. If revenge is a forest filled with trees—the Thief will not stop until they are all reduced to kindling!
Publisher: TokyoPop + ORM
ISBN: 1427860963
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
An “original manga . . . story of revenge, brutal and primal” with action scenes “brimming with power and drama” and “striking” characters. (Publishers Weekly) In this land of ice and death . . . where often the only warmth to be found is in the salty splash of blood from your enemy . . . a lone warrior treks across the snow-covered wasteland. His entire body wrapped in bloodstained bandages, at first glance he looks like an escaped nightmare, a macabre creature animated by unnatural means. But this is no walking corpse. Oh, no—a heart beats strong and true within its skeletal cage, and the eyes . . . one look at the piercing eyes of this man, and you know he is more alive than most in this forsaken land. Whatever—whoever—ignited the fire behind his bloodshot eyes will rue the day he crosses their path. Gyakushu! is a glorious lullaby to fans of the blood-soaked samurai story. The Thief, the tragic lead character in this tale, is a bandaged shell of a man whose sole purpose for living is to kill his way to the ones that destroyed all he loved. If revenge is a forest filled with trees—the Thief will not stop until they are all reduced to kindling!
Learn Japanese with Manga Volume Two
Author: Marc Bernabe
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462923380
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Learn to speak, read and write Japanese quickly using manga comics strips! If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips that make it easy to learn and remember all the key vocabulary and grammar. The plot picks up where Learn Japanese with Manga Volume 1 left off -- following Nuria, a journalist who is sent to Tokyo to research a news story, where she keeps encountering a mysterious "shadow" or kage. Use your knowledge of hiragana and katakana from Volume 1 to help you decipher hundreds of new kanji vocabulary -- without romanizations! Learn to form complex sentences, with relative clauses, honorific forms and more! Learn hundreds of useful words and phrases -- from how to order food in a restaurant to dealing with unexpected events and emergencies Five manga episodes are woven throughout the book, reinforcing your language skills A bidirectional dictionary and answer keys for all the exercises are included! Learn Japanese with Manga is designed for self-study by adult learners, but is also suitable for classroom use. Audio recordings by Japanese native speakers are available for free online to help you improve your pronunciation and listening skills. With a focus on the casual speech used by young people in Japan today, you'll find yourself speaking and writing Japanese before you know it!
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462923380
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Learn to speak, read and write Japanese quickly using manga comics strips! If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips that make it easy to learn and remember all the key vocabulary and grammar. The plot picks up where Learn Japanese with Manga Volume 1 left off -- following Nuria, a journalist who is sent to Tokyo to research a news story, where she keeps encountering a mysterious "shadow" or kage. Use your knowledge of hiragana and katakana from Volume 1 to help you decipher hundreds of new kanji vocabulary -- without romanizations! Learn to form complex sentences, with relative clauses, honorific forms and more! Learn hundreds of useful words and phrases -- from how to order food in a restaurant to dealing with unexpected events and emergencies Five manga episodes are woven throughout the book, reinforcing your language skills A bidirectional dictionary and answer keys for all the exercises are included! Learn Japanese with Manga is designed for self-study by adult learners, but is also suitable for classroom use. Audio recordings by Japanese native speakers are available for free online to help you improve your pronunciation and listening skills. With a focus on the casual speech used by young people in Japan today, you'll find yourself speaking and writing Japanese before you know it!
Lady Joker, Volume 2
Author: Kaoru Takamura
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1641290307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
“A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts.” —Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police This second half of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes the breathtaking saga introduced in Volume I. Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. As the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are brought to light, the stakes rise, and some of the professionals we have watched try to fight their way through this crisis will lose everything—some even their lives. Will the culprits ever be brought to justice? More importantly—what is justice?
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1641290307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
“A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts.” —Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police This second half of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes the breathtaking saga introduced in Volume I. Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines the circumstances of this watershed episode in modern Japanese history and brings into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. As the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are brought to light, the stakes rise, and some of the professionals we have watched try to fight their way through this crisis will lose everything—some even their lives. Will the culprits ever be brought to justice? More importantly—what is justice?