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[ "Books", "Self-Help", "Spiritual" ]

[ "Automotive Chassis System, 6/e", "is organized around the ASE automobile test content area for Brakes (A5) and Suspension and Steering (A4). Featuring complete coverage of parts, operation, design, and troubleshooting techniques, it correlates material to task lists specified by ASE and NATEF and emphasizes a diagnostic approach throughout. Chapter features include Tech Tips, Diagnostic Stories, High-Performance Tips, Frequently Asked Questions and more.", "This book is part of the Pearson Automotive Professional Technician Series, which provides full-color, media-integrated solutions for today’s students and instructors covering all eight areas of ASE certification, plus additional titles covering common courses. Peer reviewed for technical accuracy, the series and the books in it represent the future of automotive textbooks." ]

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[ "Books", "Crafts, Hobbies & Home", "Home Improvement & Design" ]

[ "Let the creativity flow with this Anime Dreams notebook. Ideal for anyone who loves anime and Japanese comics. 120 lined pages for note taking, random thoughts, scratch paper, dream log, drawing etc. Great as a gift or back to school bling." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Essays & Correspondence" ]

[ "\"A smart, even sly, tale of relics and rituals, truth and lies, prophecy and forgery that will keep you turning pages late into the night.\" - Leslie Budewitz, two-time Agatha Award-Winning Author of the Seattle Spice Shop Mysteries \"It's a pleasure to see Shelley Costa, master of the taut, evocative short story, expand her range with this complex, multi-layered thriller.\" - Linda Landrigan, Editor Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine A fascinating, if sobering look into the world of stolen antiquities, a black market that makes billions of dollars every year, and that many have indeed killed for.\" - For the Love of Books \"In this edgy first in a new cozy series from Costa, Val Cameron, a senior editor at a New York publishing company, travels to the tiny town of Wendaban, Ontario...A strong plot and engaging characters make for a well-crafted mystery, and Val's humorous attempts to cope with the wilderness do much to lighten the tension. The core of the story is Val's discovery of her own self-worth.\" - Publishers Weekly (on Practical Sins for Cold Climates) \"If you want to read a beautifully written story with a twisting and turning plot, this book is for you. Five stars out of five.\" - Examiner.com (on Practical Sins for Cold Climates) Senior Editor Val Cameron is back at her desk in New York. When her curator best friend returns from an abbey in England, she invites Val to see a priceless relic that has mysteriously found its way into her carry-on. But by the time Val arrives at the museum, her friend has been murdered-and the relic is gone. Val soon learns that a young monk at the abbey has also been murdered. Is there a single killer at work? What dark purpose is attached to the relic that's led to two murders? When Val discovers her apartment has been broken into, her native New York feels like a place she no longer knows. Now she has to unmask a killer who will stops at nothing to fulfill an ambitious plan-and Val Cameron is just the latest person to stand in the way. Related subjects include: cozy mysteries, women sleuths, murder mystery series, whodunit mysteries (whodunnit), book club recommendations, amateur sleuth books. Books in the Val Cameron Mystery Series: -PRACTICAL SINS FOR COLD CLIMATES (#1) -A KILLER'S GUIDE TO GOOD WORKS (#2) Part of the Henery Press Mystery Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all... Author Bio: An Edgar nominee for Best Short Story, Shelley Costa is the author of You Cannoli Die Once (Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel) and Basil Instinct. Practical Sins For Cold Climates is the first book in her exciting new mystery series. Shelley's mystery stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Blood on Their Hands, The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, and Crimewave (UK). She teaches creative writing at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Visit her at www.shelleycosta.com." ]

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[ "Books", "Mystery, Thriller & Suspense", "Mystery" ]

[ "National Parenting Product Award", "This spooky collection of haunting stories from the \"Queen of Cold Blooded Tales\", Roberta Simpson Brown, may well be The Scariest Stories Ever Told. These chilling tales are filled with familiar themes to make anyone feel safe - the grouchy old teacher, a family telling one another ghost stories in an old cabin, well meaning yet clueless parents - but jam packed with enough ghouls, ghosts, and menacing spirits to give anyone the chills.", "The Scariest Stories Ever Told includes over 13 contemporary tales featuring children tackling (and sometimes getting tackled by) their fears. Meet sinister characters like the stick man, the shadows and the feathered thing. Take a peak at the haunted well, check out the school locker portal to the \"other side\" and buck up your courage to visit the creepy costume party. Children will love seeing characters their age confront sinister creatures and work up the courage to explore supernatural occurrences in everyday life.", "No one is safe when the \"Queen of Cold Blooded Tales\" is around so be advised to make sure the lights are on and the doors are locked before opening this book. These stories about cemeteries, full moons, and scary farmhouses will teach readers the importance of courage, resourcefulness and responsibility." ]

[ "About the Author", "Roberta Simpson Brown Bio:", "Known as the \"Queen of Cold Blooded Tales,\" Roberta has told her stories from coast to coast, including performances on National Public Radio, Voice of America and TV's Lifetimes Beyond Chance. Brown is the author of 10 books, and this is her fourth scary story collection from August House. Her chilling stories are set in familiar, contemporary settings like: schools, family rooms, farms, and even campgrounds that create an undercurrent of something very, very scary pulling the reader into the undertow of terror. Roberta grew up on a farm near Russell Springs, Kentucky, at the edge of Appalachia and she graduated from Berea College before pursuing a career in education and becoming a writer. She is married to Lonnie E. Brown, who has co-authored 4 books with her. The two of them currently live in Middletown, Kentucky and enjoy ghost hunting with their friends. In their spare time, Roberta and Lonnie also perform ghost stories at schools and libraries and conduct paranormal investigations with the Louisville Ghost Hunters and The American Ghost Society." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Literature & Fiction" ]

[ "\"", "The Endless Summer", "by Madame Nielsen is my literary discovery of the year.\" ―Sjón", "\"Once in a while, after you've finished a book and put it down, you wish that the author was a good friend and you could call her whenever you felt sad. It's not something that happens often. But it does when you read Karen Blixen and Marguerite Duras and Virginia Woolf. And Madame Nielsen.\"―Christian Kracht", "A passionate love story about a Danish woman and a much younger Portuguese artist,", "The Endless Summer", "confronts ideas of time, sexuality, and tragedy in a style reminiscent of both Marcel Proust and Lars Von Trier.", "Emotional and visceral, the novel drifts through time and space, relating the lives, loves, and dissolutions of everyone who surrounds this unexpected couple: the woman's former husband, who holds the family at gunpoint; her daughter and her lovers, who include a boy who finds himself and his true sexual identity in America; and the young boy who \"is perhaps a girl, but does not yet know it,\" who narrates everyone's stories.", "Propelled by a captivating story, the real charm of the novel resides in its impeccable style and atmosphere, which gathers a sense of longing, a slight nostalgia for times that ache with possibility, while knowing that even the endless summer doesn't last forever.", "An actor, musician, and novelist,", "Madame Nielsen", "is novelist, artist, performer, stage director and world history enactor, composer, chanteuse, and multi-gendered. Madame Nielsen is the author of numerous literary works, including a trilogy―", "The Suicide Mission", ",", "The Sovereign", ", and", "Fall of the Great Satan", "―and most recently,", "The Endless Summer", ", the \"Bildungsroman\"", "The Invasion", ", and", "The Supreme Being.", "Madame Nielsen is translated into nine languages and has received several literary prizes. The autobiographical novel", "My Encounters with The Great Authors of our Nation", "was published in 2013 under her boy's-name, Claus Beck-Nielsen, and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2014.", "Gaye Kynoch", "is the translator of a book about Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) and", "Lime's Photograph", "by Leif Davidsen." ]

[ "Review", "\"", "The Endless Summer", "by Madame Nielsen is my literary discovery of the year.\" ―Sjón", "\"Once in a while, after you've finished a book and put it down, you wish that the author was a good friend and you could call her whenever you felt sad. It's not something that happens often. But it does when you read Karen Blixen and Marguerite Duras and Virginia Woolf. And Madame Nielsen.\"―Christian Kracht", "About the Author", "Madame Nielsen", "is novelist, artist, performer, stage director and world history enactor, composer, chanteuse, and multi-gendered. Madame Nielsen is the author of numerous literary works, including a trilogy―", "The Suicide Mission", ",", "The Sovereign", ", and", "Fall of the Great Satan", "―and most recently,", "The Endless Summer", ", the \"Bildungsroman\"", "The Invasion", ", and", "The Supreme Being.", "Madame Nielsen is translated into nine languages and has received several literary prizes. The autobiographical novel", "My Encounters with The Great Authors of our Nation", "was published in 2013 under her boy's-name, Claus Beck-Nielsen, and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2014.", "Gaye Kynoch", "is a freelance translator of Danish into English, specializing in books and essays on various aspects of the arts, together with plays and works of fiction." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Women's Fiction" ]

[ "Peter is the story of a young boy who grows into a young man during the years preceding Hitler's rule in Germany. His insights and adventures give us an intimate look into the life and times of that unforgettable era." ]

[ "About the Author", "Dr. Reimann came to this country in 1961 upon invitation by the United States Government to be a scientist in the bio-medical field where he experimented with the electron microscope. He has written some fifty publications regarding his research before retiring to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. He has written a second novel, Hans, that will be published in late 2011. He remembers with vivid detail the circumstances of his youth that are mirrored in his stories. Fact and fiction are interwoven to weave remarkable tales from an unusual perspective. He is currently writing several short stories that reflect his years as a pilot, doctor, scientist, naturalist, and now enthusiast of all that exists in this amazing world of the 21st Century." ]

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[ "Sometimes the traits and behaviors that seem most frustrating and annoying in our children are indicators of positive strengths and future success. Stubbornness can be steadfastness. A strong will may exhibit leadership material. Arguing may indicate negotiating skills. When we identify the behavior in each child and see beyond it to the positive strength it contains, we will then be able to help him succeed by working with his learning style." ]

[ "About the Author", "Cynthia Ulrich Tobias", "is founder, manager, and CEO of Apple St. (Applied Learning Styles). She is the best selling author or eight books, including", "I Hate School", ". A popular presenter at workshops, classes and seminars, Cynthia is known throughout the United States and internationally for her entertaining, practical and life-changing presentations. She lives in Washington State with her husband and twin sons." ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Christian Living" ]

[ "The town of Foster has always existed under a shroud of mystery and suspicion, relegated to the depths of local superstitions and legend. What could have happened to the close-knit religious community. Did they all decide at once, to simply leave the town behind? Were they the victims of some kind of foul play, or worse?Many years later, one man becomes increasingly obsessed with the town of Foster and with the fate of its occupants. What could have happened and who or what might be responsible? Even he is powerless to stop his slow descent into madness in his pursuit of answers to questions that may well be left buried." ]

[ "About the Author", "Chad A. Clark is an author of dark fictional explorations. He has published several books, collections and short stories. His passion for horror and science fiction continues to inform his narrative sensabilities to this day. For more info on him and his books, head over to his official website, cclarkfiction.net. There, you can sign up for his mailing list and get a free eBook in the process. You can also follow Chad A. Clark on Faceboook." ]

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[ "Bodett captures the essence of life in America--especially Homer, Alaska, where the keys are left in the snowplow in case someone gets stuck after hours. 2 cassettes." ]

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[ "Demonstrates the features of the most recent upgrade to the Java programming language, covering topics including core language and library features, networking, XML, advanced GUI components, JavaBeans, security, and RMI and Web services." ]

[ "About the Author", "Cay S. Horstmann", "is also coauthor of", "Core JavaServer Faces, Second Edition", "(Prentice Hall, 2007). Cay is a professor of computer science at San Jose State University, a Java Champion, and a frequent speaker at computer industry conferences.", "Gary Cornell", "has been writing and teaching programming professionals for more than twenty years and is the cofounder of Apress. He has written numerous best-selling books for programming professionals, was a cofinalist for a Jolt Award, and won the Readers' Choice award from", "Visual Basic Magazine", ".", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "To the Reader", "The book you have in your hands is the second volume of the eighth edition of", "Core Java", "™", ",", "fully updated for Java SE 6. The first volume covers the essential features of the language; this volume covers the advanced topics that a programmer will need to know for professional software development. Thus, as with the first volume and the previous editions of this book, we are still targeting programmers who want to put Java technology to work on real projects.", "Please note: If you are an experienced developer who is comfortable with advanced language features such as inner classes and generics, you need not have read the first volume in order to benefit from this volume. While we do refer to sections of the previous volume when appropriate (and, of course, hope you will buy or have bought Volume I), you can find the needed background material in any comprehensive introductory book about the Java platform.", "Finally, when any book is being written, errors and inaccuracies are inevitable. We would very much like to hear about them should you find any in this book. Of course, we would prefer to hear about them only once. For this reason, we have put up a web site at http://horstmann.com/corejava with an FAQ, bug fixes, and workarounds. Strategically placed at the end of the bug report web page (to encourage you to read the previous reports) is a form that you can use to report bugs or problems and to send suggestions for improvements to future editions.", "About This Book", "The chapters in this book are, for the most part, independent of each other. You should be able to delve into whatever topic interests you the most and read the chapters in any order.", "The topic of", "Chapter 1", "is input and output handling. In Java, all I/O is handled through so-called", "streams", ". Streams let you deal, in a uniform manner, with communications among various sources of data, such as files, network connections, or memory blocks. We include detailed coverage of the reader and writer classes, which make it easy to deal with Unicode. We show you what goes on under the hood when you use the object serialization mechanism, which makes saving and loading objects easy and convenient. Finally, we cover the “new I/O” classes (which were new when they were added to Java SE 1.4) that support efficient file operations, and the regular expression library.", "Chapter 2", "covers XML. We show you how to parse XML files, how to generate XML, and how to use XSL transformations. As a useful example, we show you how to specify the layout of a Swing form in XML. This chapter has been updated to include the XPath API, which makes “finding needles in XML haystacks” much easier.", "Chapter 3", "covers the networking API. Java makes it phenomenally easy to do complex network programming. We show you how to make network connections to servers, how to implement your own servers, and how to make HTTP connections.", "Chapter 4", "covers database programming. The main focus is on JDBC, the Java database connectivity API that lets Java programs connect to relational databases. We show you how to write useful programs to handle realistic database chores, using a core subset of the JDBC API. (A complete treatment of the JDBC API would require a book almost as long as this one.) We finish the chapter with a brief introduction into hierarchical databases and discuss JNDI (the Java Naming and Directory Interface) and LDAP (the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol).", "Chapter 5", "discusses a feature that we believe can only grow in importance—internationalization. The Java programming language is one of the few languages designed from the start to handle Unicode, but the internationalization support in the Java platform goes much further. As a result, you can internationalize Java applications so that they not only cross platforms but cross country boundaries as well. For example, we show you how to write a retirement calculator applet that uses either English, German, or Chinese languages—depending on the locale of the browser.", "Chapter 6", "contains all the Swing material that didn’t make it into Volume I, especially the important but complex tree and table components. We show the basic uses of editor panes, the Java implementation of a “multiple document” interface, progress indicators that you use in multithreaded programs, and “desktop integration features” such as splash screens and support for the system tray. Again, we focus on the most useful constructs that you are likely to encounter in practical programming because an encyclopedic coverage of the entire Swing library would fill several volumes and would only be of interest to dedicated taxonomists.", "Chapter 7", "covers the Java 2D API, which you can use to create realistic drawings and special effects. The chapter also covers some advanced features of the AWT (Abstract Windowing Toolkit) that seemed too specialized for coverage in Volume I but are, nonetheless, techniques that should be part of every programmer’s toolkit. These features include printing and the APIs for cut-and-paste and drag-and-drop.", "Chapter 8", "shows you what you need to know about the component API for the Java platform—JavaBeans. We show you how to write your own beans that other programmers can manipulate in integrated builder environments. We conclude this chapter by showing you how you can use JavaBeans persistence to store your own data in a format that—unlike object serialization—is suitable for long-term storage.", "Chapter 9", "takes up the Java security model. The Java platform was designed from the ground up to be secure, and this chapter takes you under the hood to see how this design is implemented. We show you how to write your own class loaders and security managers for special-purpose applications. Then, we take up the security API that allows for such important features as message and code signing, authorization and authentication, and encryption. We conclude with examples that use the AES and RSA encryption algorithms.", "Chapter 10", "covers distributed objects. We cover RMI (Remote Method Invocation) in detail. This API lets you work with Java objects that are distributed over multiple machines. We then briefly discuss web services and show you an example in which a Java program communicates with the Amazon Web Service.", "Chapter 11", "discusses three techniques for processing code. The scripting and compiler APIs, introduced in Java SE 6, allow your program to call code in scripting languages such as JavaScript or Groovy, and to compile Java code. Annotations allow you to add arbitrary information (sometimes called metadata) to a Java program. We show you how annotation processors can harvest these annotations at the source or class file level, and how annotations can be used to influence the behavior of classes at runtime. Annotations are only useful with tools, and we hope that our discussion will help you select useful annotation processing tools for your needs.", "Chapter 12", "takes up native methods, which let you call methods written for a specific machine such as the Microsoft Windows API. Obviously, this feature is controversial: Use native methods, and the cross-platform nature of the Java platform vanishes. Nonetheless, every serious programmer writing Java applications for specific platforms needs to know these techniques. At times, you need to turn to the operating system’s API for your target platform when you interact with a device or service that is not supported by the Java platform. We illustrate this by showing you how to access the registry API in Windows from a Java program.", "As always, all chapters have been completely revised for the latest version of Java. Outdated material has been removed, and the new APIs of Java SE 6 are covered in detail." ]

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[ "Books", "Computers & Technology", "Programming Languages" ]

[ "The perfect gift for every overthinker in your life! This beautiful, 100-page, college-lined, journal, will help any overthinker overanalyze and hyper-fixate on the small things. If you sweat the small stuff, this is for you!" ]

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[ "The Birthday Train is magical and appears to children in need. Only those invited, ride the Birthday Train. It comes to random wishers and no one knows when it will appear. The train is not about the presents, but it is about life lessons and knowing right from wrong. The characters on the train each offer a special gift to teach. In Book 1, Katie wants a pony. And when she did not get one last year, she grew really angry. She did not care if she hurt anyone's feelings. When the Birthday Train appears to Katie, she meets those aboard the train who help guide her on her journey. Katie learns many things from those she meets aboard the train and her life is forever changed. The Birthday Train brings exciting stories to inspire with full color illustrations for children. The Birthday Train Book Series will follow new adventures and unique journeys aboard the Birthday Train. Watch for more exciting Birthday Train adventures such as The Bully, Baseball Bobby and more. Along with the train is the Copyrighted Personalized Birthday Train Tablecloth.          ( available soon)" ]

[ "About the Author", "The Birthday Train was originally created as handpainted personalized tablecloths for my children, family and friends in 1982. The current cast of characters was completed in 2013. Donna Rosciti lives on a small horse farm in Rhode Island, where she also raises corgis and writes. The_Birthday_Train.com" ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Action & Adventure" ]

[ "(Piano Solo Composer Collection). 32 selections from Beautiful America, Music of Hope and other releases from this new age pianist: Canyon Winds * Echo Lake * Far and Beyond * For Only a Moment * Harvest Moon * Light on the Moon * The Sea on Every Side * Swept Across Forever * and more." ]

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[ "Books", "Arts & Photography", "Music" ]

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[ "Regardless of breed, your flock can earn more money. See how today's shepherds are getting six times the usual net returns by using long-established but not widely known strategies for breeding, growing and selling." ]

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[ "From", "New York Times", "–bestselling author Andy Griffiths, full of zany illustrations and slapstick humor, this paperback boxed set includes the first three books in the hilarious Treehouse chapter book series.", "Andy and Terry live in a treehouse. But it's not just any old treehouse, it's the most amazing treehouse in the world!", "This treehouse starts with thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, and a secret underground laboratory. And it keeps getting bigger! Soon the treehouse has twenty-six stories, then thirty-nine as Andy and Terry keep adding more levels and rooms, including a skate ramp, anti-gravity chamber, an active volcano, a chocolate waterfall and more!", "This boxed set includes", "The 13-Story Treehouse", ",", "The 26-Story Treehouse", ", and", "The 39-Story Treehouse", ".", "The 13-Story Treehouse", "\"Anarchic absurdity at its best.\" ―", "Publishers Weekly", ",", "starred review", "\"Will appeal to fans of Jeff Kinney and Dav Pilkey. . . . The wonderfully random slapstick humor is tailor-made for reluctant readers... A treat for all.\" ―", "Booklist" ]

[ "Review", "The 13-Story Treehouse", "\"Anarchic absurdity at its best.\" ―", "Publishers Weekly", ",", "starred review", "\"Will appeal to fans of Jeff Kinney and Dav Pilkey. . . . The wonderfully random slapstick humor is tailor-made for reluctant readers... A treat for all.\" ―", "Booklist", "The 26-Story Treehouse", "\"Twice the treehouse, twice the fun? You bet . . . Kids should be flipping pages faster than a pair of inflatable underpants can skyrocket the young heroes to safety.\" ―", "Publishers Weekly,", "starred review", "About the Author", "New York Times", "–bestselling author", "Andy Griffiths,", "who wrote the Treehouse series,", "Killer Koalas From Outer Space, The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow", ",", "The Cat on the Mat Is Flat,", "and", "The Day My Butt Went Psycho!", "is at his best in these wild storytelling adventures, perfect for readers of all ages.", "Terry Denton", "has worked with Andy on many books, including the Treehouse series and", "Killer Koalas From Outer Space", ". He lives in Australia with his wife and three kids." ]

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[ "Books", "Boxed Sets", "Children's Books" ]

[ "Expanding the the classic American pioneer saga from the award-winning Little House series, this prequel follows Laura's great-grandmother, Martha", ". This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. It’s a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom.", "It’s 1788, and six-year-old Martha lives in a little stone house in Glencaraid, Scotland. Martha’s father is Laird Glencaraid, and the life of a laird’s daughter is not always easy for a lively girl like Martha. She would rather be running barefoot through the fields of heather than acting like a proper lady! But between lessons, Martha always finds time to play on the rolling Scottish hills." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "It's 1788 and Martha lives in a little stone house in Glencaraid, Scotland. Her father is Laird Glencaraid, which means Martha must behave like a young lady even when she would much rather run around the Scottish hillside!", "About the Author", "Melissa Wiley, the author of the Charlotte Years and the Martha Years series, has done extensive research on early-nineteenth-century New England life. She lives in Virginia with her husband, Scott, and her daughters, Kate, Erin, and Eileen.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Little House in the Highlands", "By Melissa Wiley", "HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.", "Copyright © 2007", "Melissa WileyAll right reserved.", "ISBN: 9780061148170", "Chapter One", "The Friendly Valley", "Loch Caraid was a small blue lake tucked into a Scottish mountain valley. On its shore were a half dozen cottages that had no names and one stately house that did. It was called the Stone House, and a little girl named Martha Morse lived there with her family many, many years ago.", "The name of the valley was Glencaraid. That meant \"Friendly Valley,\" and Loch Caraid meant \"Friendly Lake.\" The people who lived in the valley had a story about those names. One summer evening, when it was just cool enough for a fire made of peat grass to flicker on the hearth, Martha heard the story from her mother.", "Martha's three brothers and her one sister were downstairs in the kitchen begging plums from the cook. Her father was busy at his writing table. Father was laird of the estate of Glencaraid, and he had important letters to write. So just for now, Martha had Mum all to herself in the cozy corner beside the hearth of Mum and Father's big bedroom. The scratching of Father's feather pen was a pleasant accompaniment to Mum's story and the soft whirring of her spinning wheel.", "\"It was many hundreds of years ago,\" Mum was saying, \"that a man named Edward MacNab caught his first glimpse of the loch from high above on the mountainside.\"", "\"MacNab!\" Martha said. \"But we're MacNabs!\"", "\"Aye.\" Mum nodded. \"That we are. You have MacNab blood on both sides, for your father's grandfather married a MacNab girl, and my own mother was of that clan. Although your name be Morse, my lass, you're more MacNab than aught else.\"", "\"Is your mother in the story?\" Martha wanted to know.", "Mum laughed. \"Och, nay! This happened long years before my mother was even dreamed of, or her mother, or", "her", "mother. Now--shall I go on?\"", "\"Aye!\" Martha nodded, her long red curls bouncing on her shoulders. She scooted her stool closer to Mum so that she could hear better above the spinning wheel's hum. Beneath Mum's fingers golden-brown flax fibers twisted into one long, spider-thin thread. The peat fire glowed and crackled. Even though it was summer, the mountain wind carried a chill to the valley at night.", "Mum's tale spun out above the thread. Edward MacNab, she told Martha, had been traveling for a very long time. He was bone-tired and hoped to see the smoke of a chimney in the valley below, for he had a longing to spend the night in a warm bed.", "But the evening was misty and dim. All Edward could see of the valley was the dark water of the lake at the foot of the mountains. In the gloomy light it looked exactly like a mouth waiting to swallow anyone who dared climb down. Not far from the lake were two little ponds that looked just like two angry, staring eyes. Edward MacNab shuddered and gave a low whistle.", "\"'Tis no a friendly sort of a place, that!\" he said. He spoke aloud, for he thought there was no one around to hear. But he was wrong. He was not alone.", "A water fairy lived in the lake, and she had wandered onto the mountain that evening to gather mist from the rocky crags. When she saw Edward, she wrapped some shreds of mist around her so she wouldn't be seen. And she would have stayed hidden, if only he had spoken more wisely--or not at all.", "\"But it is ever the gift and the curse of a MacNab to speak the thoughts that pop into his mind,\" Mum told Martha. \"Your father has it, and so do you, my bold wee lass. As soon as you could speak, you were saying things aloud that others would only dare to think. Never will I forget the first time you met auld Laird Alroch. Marched right up to him, you did, and asked if it was true he was bald as an egg under his wig!\"", "\"But what about the water fairy?\" Martha said impatiently. She had already heard the story of what she had once said to the kind old gentleman who lived on the other side of the mountains. Fairies were much more interesting.", "\"Well,\" Mum went on, \"it did not sit well with the fairy to hear this stranger speaking of her loch in that way. She crept up to Edward and laid one pale hand on his shoulder. Quick as a wink she turned him to stone.", "\"'Not friendly, is it?' she said to Edward--for though his body was frozen in rock, he had yet the senses of a man and could hear her. Edward stared at the water fairy with his stone eyes that could not blink.", "\"Her skin was whiter than new-bleached linen. Her hair was the pale green of a spring leaf just opening on the twig, and it fell in ripples all the way to her feet. She had slanting green eyes and a little pointed chin. Edward MacNab thought he had never seen aught so lovely.\"", "Martha thought to herself that the fairy must have looked like Mum, except Mum's eyes were blue and her hair was a rich golden brown instead of pale green. She wore it piled high on her head in a mass of shining waves. Her blue eyes always had a laugh peeking out of them, even now when her brows were drawn together fiercely in imitation of the water fairy's anger.", "Mum's lilting voice grew cold and furious as she spoke the fairy's words. \"'Who are you to judge this loch?' the water fairy said. 'You who set eyes on it for the first time not five minutes ago? I'll not have you speaking ill of my home!' Her eyes blazed like two coals burning through a white sheet. Inside his stone skin Edward MacNab quaked. He wondered if he would spend the rest of his days as a boulder on this mountain.\"", "Continues...", "Excerpted from", "Little House in the Highlands", "by", "Melissa Wiley", "Copyright © 2007 by Melissa Wiley. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2016 and video instruction is written to assist students, designers, engineers and professionals. The book provides a solid foundation in SOLIDWORKS by utilizing projects with step-by-step instructions for the beginner to intermediate SOLIDWORKS user. Explore the user interface, CommandManager, menus, toolbars and modeling techniques to create parts, assemblies and drawings in an engineering environment.", "Follow the step-by-step instructions and develop multiple parts and assemblies that combine machined, plastic and sheet metal components. Formulate the skills to create, modify and edit sketches and solid features.", "Learn the techniques to reuse features, parts and assemblies through symmetry, patterns, copied components, Design Tables, Bills of Materials, Custom Properties and Configurations. Address various SOLIDWORKS analysis tools and Intelligent Modeling techniques along with Additive Manufacturing (3D printing). Learn by doing not just by reading.", "Desired outcomes and usage competencies are listed for each project. Know your objective up front. Follow the steps in Project 1 - 9 to achieve the design goals.", "Review Project 10 on Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) and its benefits and features. Understand the terms and technology used in low cost 3D printers.", "Work between multiple documents, features, commands and custom properties that represent how engineers and designers utilize SOLIDWORKS in industry.", "Review individual features, commands and tools with the video instruction. The projects contain exercises. The exercises analyze and examine usage competencies. Collaborate with leading industry suppliers such as SMC Corporation of America, Boston Gear and 80/20 Inc.", "Collaborative information translates into numerous formats such as paper drawings, electronic files, rendered images and animations. On-line intelligent catalogs guide designers to the product that meets both their geometric requirements and performance functionality.", "The author developed the industry scenarios by combining his own industry experience with the knowledge of engineers, department managers, vendors and manufacturers. These professionals are directly involved with SolidWorks every day. Their responsibilities go far beyond the creation of just a 3D model.", "The book is designed to complement the SolidWorks Tutorials contained in SOLIDWORKS 2016." ]

[ "About the Author", "David Planchard is the founder of D&M Education LLC. Before starting D&M Education, he spent over 27 years in industry and academia holding various engineering, marketing, and teaching positions. He holds five U.S. patents. He has published and authored numerous papers on Machine Design, Product Design, Mechanics of Materials, and Solid Modeling. He is an active member of the SOLIDWORKS Users Group and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). David holds a BSME, MSM with the following professional certifications: CCAI, CCNP, CSDA, CSWSA-FEA, CSWP, CSWP-DRWT and SOLIDWORKS Accredited Educator. David is a SOLIDWORKS Solution Partner, an Adjunct Faculty member and the SAE advisor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the Mechanical Engineering department. In 2012, David s senior Major Qualifying Project team (senior capstone) won first place in the Mechanical Engineering department at WPI. In 2014 and 2015, David s senior Major Qualifying Project team won the Provost award in Mechanical Engineering for design excellence.", "David Planchard is the author of the following books:", "SOLIDWORKS 2016 Reference Guide with Video Instruction, 2015, 2014 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008", "SOLIDWORKS 2016 Reference Guide with Video Instruction, 2015, 2014 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008", "Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2016 and Video Instruction, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001Plus, 2001 and 1999", "Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS 2016 and Video Instruction, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001Plus, 2001 and 1999", "Engineering Graphics with SOLIDWORKS 2016 and Video Instruction, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010", "Engineering Graphics with SOLIDWORKS 2016 and Video Instruction, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010", "SOLIDWORKS 2016 in 5 Hours with Video Instruction, 2015, 2014", "SOLIDWORKS 2016 in 5 Hours with Video Instruction, 2015, 2014", "SOLIDWORKS 2016 Tutorial with Video Instruction, 2015,2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2001/2001Plus", "SOLIDWORKS 2016 Tutorial with Video Instruction, 2015,2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2001/2001Plus", "Drawing and Detailing with SOLIDWORKS 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001/2001Plus", "Drawing and Detailing with SOLIDWORKS 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001/2001Plus", "Official Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP) Certification Guide with Video Instruction, Version 3: 2014-2012 Version 2, 2013-2012; Version 1, 2011, 2010", "Official Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP) Certification Guide with Video Instruction, Version 3: 2014-2012 Version 2, 2013-2012; Version 1, 2011, 2010", "Official Guide to Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exams: CSWA, CSDA, CSWSA-FEA Version 2: 2015 - 2012, Version 1: 2013, 2012", "Official Guide to Certified SOLIDWORKS Associate Exams: CSWA, CSDA, CSWSA-FEA Version 2: 2015 - 2012, Version 1: 2013, 2012", "Assembly Modeling with SOLIDWORKS 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005-2004, 2003 and 2001Plus", "Assembly Modeling with SOLIDWORKS 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005-2004, 2003 and 2001Plus", "Applications in Sheet Metal Using Pro/SHEETMETAL & Pro/ENGINEER", "Applications in Sheet Metal Using Pro/SHEETMETAL & Pro/ENGINEER" ]

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[ "Despite its venerated place atop American law and politics, our written Constitution does not enumerate all of the rules and rights, principles and procedures that actually govern modern America. The document makes no explicit mention of cherished concepts like the separation of powers and the rule of law. On some issues, the plain meaning of the text misleads. For example, the text seems to say that the vice president presides over his own impeachment trial -- but surely this cannot be right. As esteemed legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar explains in", "America's Unwritten Constitution", ", the solution to many constitutional puzzles lies not solely within the written document, but beyond it -- in the vast trove of values, precedents, and practices that complement and complete the terse text. In this sequel to", "America's Constitution: A Biography", ", Amar takes readers on a tour of our nation's", "unwritten", "Constitution, showing how America's foundational document cannot be understood in textual isolation. Proper constitutional interpretation depends on a variety of factors, such as the precedents set by early presidents and Congresses; common practices of modern American citizens; venerable judicial decisions; and particularly privileged sources of inspiration and guidance, including the", "Federalist", "papers, William Blackstone's", "Commentaries on the Laws of England", ", the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech. These diverse supplements are indispensible instruments for making sense of the written Constitution. When used correctly, these extra-textual aids support and enrich the written document without supplanting it. An authoritative work by one of America's preeminent legal scholars,", "America's Unwritten Constitution", "presents a bold new vision of the American constitutional system, showing how the complementary relationship between the Constitution's written and unwritten components is one of America's greatest and most enduring strengths." ]

[ "Review", "\"Akhil Amar's splendid new book,", "America's Unwritten Constitution", ", combines an unmatched eye for detail with a unique capacity for overarching perspective and masterfully elegant synthesis. It is a wonderfully readable companion to Amar's unparalleled earlier volume,", "America's Constitution: A Biography", ". Together, these two works convey as little else can the majesty and sweep of America's constitutional project.\"―", "Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School", "\"In", "America's Unwritten Constitution", ", Professor Amar adds to his already masterful bibliography what will instantly become a classic examination of constitutional law. As the Constitution itself stood in need of a seminal biography, so too the vast and varied domain of our Nation's constitutional law cried out for a guidebook. Professor Amar has now brilliantly provided both.\" ―", "Ken Starr, President of Baylor University; Solicitor General of the United States, 1989-1993; Independent Counsel, 1994-1999", "\"In", "America's Unwritten Constitution", ", Akhil Reed Amar aims high and has produced a masterful, readable book that constitutes one of the best, most creative treatments of the U.S. Constitution in decades.... [The book] is filled with thought-provoking material and fun vignettes, suitable for a wide audience.... Amar's approach is refreshing.... Amar makes a creative case that America's written Constitution and its unwritten Constitution, since the beginning of the nation, have fit snugly together to form a single, more perfect union.\"―", "Washington Post", "\"Akhil Reed Amar is a rarity: a progressive law professor who is unafraid of the text of the Constitution.... In his ambitious new book,", "America's Unwritten Constitution", ", he examines the paradox of needing to go beyond the text in order to faithfully follow the text.... His is a 'holistic' interpretation, one that rejects reading passages or clauses of the text in isolation from the document as a whole. He is masterfully creative in finding overarching themes that tie the disparate clauses together in novel and sometimes counterintuitive ways.... A highly engaging and thought-provoking book.\"―", "Wall Street Journal", "\"In", "America's Unwritten Constitution", ", Akhil Reed Amar, a commendably unorthodox and, in some ways, iconoclastic constitutional scholar at Yale Law School, bucks dominant opinions on both sides of the political spectrum. He contends that the written Constitution points to an unwritten one, and he argues that we can interpret with both intellectual honesty and analytical rigor.\"―", "New York Times Book Review", "\"The Constitution has been described as both binding law and aspirational treatise.... Akhil Amar, a Yale law professor and one of contemporary America's most brilliant constitutional scholars, [suggests] in his latest, and best, book,", "America's Unwritten Constitution", ", that the issue is not an 'either-or' question.... As a lawyer and constitutional rights activist, I cannot imagine how anybody who cares about the law, and justice, which are not always the same thing, could fail to place this important book at the very top of the must-read list. It's a gem.\"―", "Boston Globe", "\"", "America's Unwritten Constitution", "is full of fascinating history, as well as novel and often persuasive analysis.... An ambitious book, and an impressive one. It tackles many of the most important and controversial issues in constitutional law. Amar's arguments are uniformly informative and ingenious.... This book demonstrates with force and clarity that the relation between authoritative written texts of the past and conceptions and practices that have developed over time is a central concern not only of religious doctrine but also of secular law.\"―", "Commonweal", "\"[An] ambitious work.... Amar's great contribution is to relate some of the great thematic developments of constitutional history to the words of the Constitution itself....", "America's Unwritten Constitution", "is not a treatise intended to guide legal practitioners or political scientists. Its aim is the more majestic one of articulating some of the grand underlying themes of American constitutional law and grounding them in the constitutional text. It aspires to be what Thucydides called 'a possession for all time,' and it succeeds. Readers today, as well as those of future generations, will read it to their profit.\"―", "The Federal Lawyer", "\"Akhil Amar brings the patience of a historian, the ardor of a lover, and (yes, sometimes) the panache of a conjurer to America's unwritten Constitution. If you want to argue with him, you will have to summon all these qualities yourself. This is a serious and provocative book.\"―", "Richard Brookhiser, author of James Madison", "\"This book is brilliant, creative, ambitious, comprehensive, imaginative, and thought-provoking. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Constitutional Law.\"―", "Steven G. Calabresi, Class of 1940 Research Professor, Northwestern University School of Law; Co-Founder of the Federalist Society", "\"This is an engrossing, epic work of enduring importance--not only a treasure trove for scholars of American law, history, and politics, but also an inspiring, empowering guidebook for activists. It compellingly demonstrates how to harness the Constitution's full meaning in order to promote its thrilling vision of liberty and justice for all. No matter what your prior knowledge of this field, and no matter what your ideological perspective, this magnificent book will enhance your understanding and appreciation of our cherished Constitution. If I had to choose a single work to recommend to either my constitutional law students or my civil libertarian colleagues, this would be it.\"―", "Nadine Strossen, former president, American Civil Liberties Union; professor, New York Law School", "About the Author", "Akhil Reed Amar", "is the Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. The author of several books, including America's Unwritten Constitution, and the winner of awards from both the American Bar Association and the Federalist Society, Amar lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut." ]

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[ "A practical resource for novice iPhone programmers furnishes complete coverage of the latest iPhone SDK and how to use it, explains how to develop native applications to run on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and how to build and test applications, with helpful code recipes that can be used for a reader's own applications. (Beginner)" ]

[ "Review", "About the Author", "Erica Sadun", "has written, coauthored, and contributed to about three dozen books about technology, particularly in the areas of programming, digital video, and digital photography. An unrepentant geek, Sadun has never met a gadget she didn’t need. Her checkered past includes run-ins with NeXT, Newton, iPhone, and myriad successful and unsuccessful technologies. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three adorable geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Preface", "Preface", "Few platforms match the iPhone’s unique developer technologies. It combines OS X-based mobile computing with an innovative multitouch screen, location awareness, an onboard accelerometer, and more. When Apple introduced the iPhone Cocoa Touch SDK beta in early March 2008, developers responded in numbers that brought Apple’s servers to its knees. Apple delivered more than one hundred thousand SDK downloads in less than one week. The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook was written to address this demand, providing an accessible resource for those new to iPhone programming.", "Who This Book Is For", "This book is written for new iPhone developers with projects to get done and a new unfamiliar SDK in their hands. Although each programmer brings different goals and experiences to the table, most developers end up solving similar tasks in their development work: “How do I build a table?”; “How do I create a secure keychain entry?”; “How do I search the Address Book?”; “How do I move between views?”; and “How do I use Core Location?”", "The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook is aimed squarely at anyone just getting started with iPhone programming. With its clear, fully documented examples, it will get you up to speed and working productively. It presents already tested ready-to-use solutions, letting programmers focus on the specifics of their application rather than on boilerplate tasks.", "How This Book Is Structured", "This book offers single-task recipes for the most common issues new iPhone developers face: laying out interface elements, responding to users, accessing local data sources, and connecting to the Internet. The cookbook approach delivers cut-and-paste convenience. Programmers can add source recipes into their projects and then customize them to their needs. Each chapter groups related tasks together. Readers can jump directly to the kind of solution they’re looking for without having to decide which class or framework best matches that problem.", "Here’s a rundown of what you’ll find in this book’s chapters:", "Chapter 1: Getting Started with the iPhone SDKChapter 1 introduces the iPhone SDK and explores the iPhone as a delivery platform, limitations and all. It explains the breakdown of the standard iPhone application and enables you to build your first Hello World style samples.", "Chapter 1: Getting Started with the iPhone SDK", "Chapter 1 introduces the iPhone SDK and explores the iPhone as a delivery platform, limitations and all. It explains the breakdown of the standard iPhone application and enables you to build your first Hello World style samples.", "Chapter 2: ViewsChapter 2 introduces iPhone views, objects that live on your screen. You see how to lay out, create, and order your views to create backbones for your iPhone applications. You read about view hierarchies, geometries, and animations as well as how users can interact with views through touch.", "Chapter 2: Views", "Chapter 2 introduces iPhone views, objects that live on your screen. You see how to lay out, create, and order your views to create backbones for your iPhone applications. You read about view hierarchies, geometries, and animations as well as how users can interact with views through touch.", "Chapter 3: View ControllersThe iPhone paradigm in a nutshell is this: small screen, big virtual worlds. In Chapter 3, you discover the various UIViewController classes that enable you to enlarge and order the virtual spaces your users interact with. You learn how to let these powerful objects perform all the heavy lifting when navigating between iPhone application screens.", "Chapter 3: View Controllers", "The iPhone paradigm in a nutshell is this: small screen, big virtual worlds. In Chapter 3, you discover the various UIViewController classes that enable you to enlarge and order the virtual spaces your users interact with. You learn how to let these powerful objects perform all the heavy lifting when navigating between iPhone application screens.", "Chapter 4: Alerting UsersThe iPhone offers many ways to provide users with a heads up, from pop-up dialogs and progress bars to audio pings and status bar updates. Chapter 4 shows how to build these indications into your applications and expand your user-alert vocabulary.", "Chapter 4: Alerting Users", "The iPhone offers many ways to provide users with a heads up, from pop-up dialogs and progress bars to audio pings and status bar updates. Chapter 4 shows how to build these indications into your applications and expand your user-alert vocabulary.", "Chapter 5: Basic TablesTables provide an interaction class that works particularly well on a small, cramped device. Many, if not most, apps that ship with the iPhone and iPod touch center on tables, including Settings, YouTube, Stocks, and Weather. Chapter 5 shows how iPhone tables work, what kinds of tables are available to you as a developer, and how you can use table features in your own programs.", "Chapter 5: Basic Tables", "Tables provide an interaction class that works particularly well on a small, cramped device. Many, if not most, apps that ship with the iPhone and iPod touch center on tables, including Settings, YouTube, Stocks, and Weather. Chapter 5 shows how iPhone tables work, what kinds of tables are available to you as a developer, and how you can use table features in your own programs.", "Chapter 6: Advanced TablesiPhone tables do not begin and end with simple scrolling lists. You can build tables with titled sections, with multiple scrolling columns, and more. You can add controls such as switches, create translucent cell backgrounds, and include custom fonts. Chapter 6 starts from where “Basic Tables” left off. It introduces advanced table recipes for you to use in your iPhone programs.", "Chapter 6: Advanced Tables", "iPhone tables do not begin and end with simple scrolling lists. You can build tables with titled sections, with multiple scrolling columns, and more. You can add controls such as switches, create translucent cell backgrounds, and include custom fonts. Chapter 6 starts from where “Basic Tables” left off. It introduces advanced table recipes for you to use in your iPhone programs.", "Chapter 7: MediaAs you’d expect, the iPhone can load and display media from a wide variety of formats. It does music; it does movies. It handles images and Web pages. You can present PDF documents and photo albums and more. Chapter 7 shows way after way that you can import or download data into your program and display that data using the iPhone’s multitouch interface.", "Chapter 7: Media", "As you’d expect, the iPhone can load and display media from a wide variety of formats. It does music; it does movies. It handles images and Web pages. You can present PDF documents and photo albums and more. Chapter 7 shows way after way that you can import or download data into your program and display that data using the iPhone’s multitouch interface.", "Chapter 8: ControlThe UIControl class provides the basis for many iPhones interactive elements, including buttons, text fields, sliders, and switches. Chapter 8 introduces controls and their use, both through well-documented SDK calls and through less-­documented ones.", "Chapter 8: Control", "The UIControl class provides the basis for many iPhones interactive elements, including buttons, text fields, sliders, and switches. Chapter 8 introduces controls and their use, both through well-documented SDK calls and through less-­documented ones.", "Chapter 9: People, Places, and ThingsIn addition to standard user interface controls and media components that you’d see on any computer, the iPhone SDK provides a number of tightly focused developer solutions specific to iPhone and iPod touch delivery. Chapter 9 introduces the most useful of these, including Address Book access (“people”), core location (“places”), and sensors (“things”).", "Chapter 9: People, Places, and Things", "In addition to standard user interface controls and media components that you’d see on any computer, the iPhone SDK provides a number of tightly focused developer solutions specific to iPhone and iPod touch delivery. Chapter 9 introduces the most useful of these, including Address Book access (“people”), core location (“places”), and sensors (“things”).", "Chapter 10: Connecting to ServicesAs an Internet-connected device, the iPhone is particularly suited to subscribing to Web-based services. Apple has lavished the platform with a solid grounding in all kinds of network computing services and their supporting technologies. The iPhone SDK handles sockets, password keychains, SQL access, XML processing, and more. Chapter 10 surveys common techniques for network computing and offering recipes that simplify day-to-day tasks.", "Chapter 10: Connecting to Services", "As an Internet-connected device, the iPhone is particularly suited to subscribing to Web-based services. Apple has lavished the platform with a solid grounding in all kinds of network computing services and their supporting technologies. The iPhone SDK handles sockets, password keychains, SQL access, XML processing, and more. Chapter 10 surveys common techniques for network computing and offering recipes that simplify day-to-day tasks.", "Chapter 11: One More Thing: Programming Cover Flow Although Cover Flow is not officially included in the iPhone SDK, it offers one of the nicest and most beautiful features of the iPhone experience. With Cover Flow, you can offer your users a gorgeously intense visual selection experience that puts standard scrolling lists to shame. Chapter 11 introduces Cover Flow and shows how you can use it in your applications.", "Chapter 11: One More Thing: Programming Cover Flow", "Although Cover Flow is not officially included in the iPhone SDK, it offers one of the nicest and most beautiful features of the iPhone experience. With Cover Flow, you can offer your users a gorgeously intense visual selection experience that puts standard scrolling lists to shame. Chapter 11 introduces Cover Flow and shows how you can use it in your applications.", "Prerequisites", "Here are basics you need on hand to begin programming for the iPhone or iPod touch:", "A copy of Apple’s iPhone SDK. Download your copy of the iPhone SDK from Apple’s iPhone Dev Center (http://developer.apple.com/iphone/). You must join Apple’s (free) developer program before you download.", "A copy of Apple’s iPhone SDK. Download your copy of the iPhone SDK from Apple’s iPhone Dev Center (http://developer.apple.com/iphone/). You must join Apple’s (free) developer program before you download.", "An iPhone or iPod touch. Although Apple supplies a simulator as part of its SDK, you really do need to have an actual unit to test on if you’re going to develop any serious software. You’ll be able to use the cable that shipped with your iPhone or iPod touch to tether your unit to the computer and install the software you’ve built.", "An iPhone or iPod touch. Although Apple supplies a simulator as part of its SDK, you really do need to have an actual unit to test on if you’re going to develop any serious software. You’ll be able to use the cable that shipped with your iPhone or iPod touch to tether your unit to the computer and install the software you’ve built.", "An Apple iPhone Developer License. You will not be able to test your software on an actual iPhone or iPod touch until you join Apple’s iPhone Developer program (http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program). Members receive a certificate that allows them to sign their applications and download them to the platforms in question for testing and debugging. The program costs $99/year for individuals and companies, $299/year for in-house enterprise development.", "An Apple iPhone Developer License. You will not be able to test your software on an actual iPhone or iPod touch until you join Apple’s iPhone Developer program (http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program). Members receive a certificate that allows them to sign their applications and download them to the platforms in question for testing and debugging. The program costs $99/year for individuals and companies, $299/year for in-house enterprise development.", "An Intel-based Macintosh running Leopard. The SDK requires a Macintosh running Leopard OS X 10.5.3 or later. Apple requires an Intel-based computer in 32-bit mode. Many features do not work properly on PPC-based Macs or Intel Macs in 64-bit mode. Reserve plenty of disk space and at least 1GB of RAM.", "An Intel-based Macintosh running Leopard. The SDK requires a Macintosh running Leopard OS X 10.5.3 or later. Apple requires an Intel-based computer in 32-bit mode. Many features do not work properly on PPC-based Macs or Intel Macs in 64-bit mode. Reserve plenty of disk space and at least 1GB of RAM.", "At least one available USB 2.0 port. This enables you to tether your development iPhone or iPod touch to your computer for file transfer and testing.", "At least one available USB 2.0 port. This enables you to tether your development iPhone or iPod touch to your computer for file transfer and testing.", "An Internet connection. This connection enables you to test your programs with a live WiFi connection as well as with EDGE.", "An Internet connection. This connection enables you to test your programs with a live WiFi connection as well as with EDGE.", "Familiarity with Objective-C. The SDK is built around Objective-C 2.0. The language is based on standard C with object-oriented extensions. If you have any object-oriented and C background, making the move to Objective-C is both quick and simple. Consult any Objective-C/Cocoa reference book to get up to speed.", "Familiarity with Objective-C. The SDK is built around Objective-C 2.0. The language is based on standard C with object-oriented extensions. If you have any object-oriented and C background, making the move to Objective-C is both quick and simple. Consult any Objective-C/Cocoa reference book to get up to speed.", "Note -", "Although the SDK supports development for the iPhone and iPod touch, as well as possible yet-to-be-announced platforms, this book refers to the target platform as iPhone for the sake of simplicity. When developing for the touch, most material is applicable. This excludes certain obvious features such as telephony and onboard speakers. This book attempts to note such exceptions in the manuscript.", "Contacting the Author", "If you have any comments or questions about this book, please drop me an e-mail ­message at erica@ericasadun.com or stop by http://www.ericasadun.com. My Web site hosts many of the applications discussed in this book. Please feel free to visit, download ­software, read documentation, and leave your comments.", "© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Willow's your basic potty-mouth Mormon hippie with anger issues. Despite her parents constant fighting, her life is seemingly perfect. She has lots of friends, little responsibility and a stunning collection of sequined pillows. But everything changes when she and her best friend fall for the same guy. River is sexy, mysterious, and likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. But there is something more behind his troubled jade eyes that draws Willow in. Relationships are tested and Willow ends up friendless and alone as she navigates the rough waters of a fiery first love. Soon, the illusions of her perfect world crumble and Willow must reexamine the beliefs that once built her rocky foundation. This quirky coming of age story follows Willow and River’s unlikely romance as they battle their own inner demons and struggle to find themselves and their place in the adult world. \"Snowflake Obsidian’s\" raw and honest story telling captures the reader, invoking laughter and tears in this impressive page-turner. Willow’s intelligent and humorous voice bluntly shares her story of first love and self-discovery with the perfect blend of cynical optimism and nostalgia in this ridiculously funny memoir about life, love, and learning." ]

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[ "Amazing animal reusable puzzle stickers!", "Play and learn with these precut, reusable puzzle stickers!Children have to look carefully at the gray squares, pay attention to their positions, and find the correct stickers to put on the square. So they discover fascinating things about animals." ]

[ "About the Author", "Teora is a children's books publisher." ]

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[ "Present-dat customs of social intercourse with the rules for their correct observance." ]

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[ "Your essential guide to Arabic verbs and verb usage.", "Barron's", "501 Arabic Verbs", "is printed in Arabic script with exemplary sentences in English for each verb. To reflect correct Arabic style, this book has been printed back cover to front and back page to front. Verbs are arranged alphabetically in a table format, one verb per page with English translation, and conjugated in all tenses and forms. The book's additional features include common idioms with example sentences to demonstrate verb usage and a grammar review." ]

[ "About the Author", "Raymond P. Scheindlin earned a M.H.L. in Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Arabic Literature at Columbia University. Dr. Scheindlin served on the faculties of McGill University and Cornell University, and was a professor of medieval Hebrew literature at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York. He has been a visiting professor at the Hochschule für jüdische Studien in Heidelberg, Germny and at Harvard University. He specializes in medieval Hebrew poetry, with a special interest in Spain and other regions of Arabic culture. He is also active as a literary translator of medieval and other Hebrew texts. Dr. Scheindlin is a former Guggenheim and Cullman Fellow, as well as a recipient of the Cultural Achievement Award of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Jewish Research and is on the editorial boards of several academic journals." ]

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[ "Word in the Royal Court has spread that the wild Scottish borders are too unruly. Upon the King's command, John Brunson must return home…", "Once part of a powerful border clan, John has not set eyes on the Brunson stone tower in years. With failure", "never", "an option, he must persuade his family to honor the king's call for peace.To succeed, John knows winning over Cate Gilnock, the daughter of an allied family, holds the key. But this intriguing beauty is beyond the powers of flattery and seduction. Instead, the painful vulnerability hidden behind her spirited eyes calls out to John as he is inexorably drawn back into the warrior Brunson clan…." ]

[ "About the Author", "After years in marketing, Blythe Gifford started writing seriously after a layoff. Ten years and one layoff later, she sold to the Harlequin Historical line. Set in England and Scotland of the 14th to 16th centuries, her books usually include real historical events and characters. The Chicago Tribune called her work “the perfect balance between history and romance.”  Blythe lives in Chicago and welcomes visitors to www.blythegifford.com and www.facebook.com/BlytheGifford", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "The Middle March, Scottish Borders—late summer 1528", "Something was wrong. He could tell, even from this distance, though he could not explain how.John had not set eyes on his family's brooding stone tower in ten years. Not since he'd been sent to the court of the boy king. Now that king was grown and had sent him home with a duty to perform.One he meant to complete quickly, so he could leave this place and never return.A shaft of sunlight cast sharp-edged shadows across the summer-green grass. His horse shifted and so did the wind, bringing with it the sharp, painful wail of keening.That was what he had recognised. Death. Someone had died. Who?He gathered the reins and urged the horse ahead, thinking of the family he had left behind. Father, older brother, younger sister. His mother was dead these twelve months. They had sent him word of that, at least.His sister was the only one he cared to see again. No surety that they mourned a family member. Others were part of the tower's household. But he galloped across the valley as if the time of his arrival might matter.At the gate in the barmkin wall around the tower, he was challenged, as he had expected. The man was not one he recognised.Not one who would recognise him.He removed his polished helmet to show friendly features, glad of cool air on his face again. 'It's John Brunson.", "Sir", "John now, knighted by the king.' He had waited years and miles to say so. 'Tell Geordie the Red his youngest son is home.'", "Tell him I'll not be here long.", "The man leaned back on his pike. 'There'll be no telling of anything to Red Geordie Brunson. He lies dead in his bed.'And John, silent, couldn't summon up even the pretence of sorrow.John or Sir John, there was no convincing the man to let him in. Despite the fact that people were gathering for the wake, they made him wait until they fetched his brother, Rob, to verify his identity. He could not blame them. That was the way of the Borders.In truth, he'd found little more trust in the men surrounding the king. They were just less obvious about their suspicions.Rob, bearded now and taller and broader than John remembered, stood on the wall walk, arms folded in doubt, letting John sweat beneath his full harness of armour. It was as much for his moods as his dark hair that they'd called him Black Rob. Now, new lines scored his brow and John wondered how many of them had deepened since he woke to find himself head man of the riding clan.'You claim to be my brother?' Even Rob could not recognise him with a glance. John had been twelve, only half-grown when he left.'Aye. You're looking at the son of Geordie the Red.''A Storwick could say the same.' His sceptical disdain was everything John had remembered. And hated. 'What brings you here?'He did not ask what brings you", "home,", "as if he would not call Brunson Tower John's home, either.But everything was different now. Instead of begging Rob's permission and asking his help, now John would tell his brother what must be. 'I'm sent of King James, fifth of that name.'His brother snorted. 'That's no talisman of entry.'Ruled by his advisers for the last fifteen years, the young king's name struck no terror on the Borders. But John knew the king well enough to know that it would. And soon.'Look at my eyes and you'll know me.' Johnnie Blunkit they had called him. The only Brunson with blue eyes.'If you're a Brunson, then what's your father's father's father's father's name?'He searched his memory, blank, then tried to summon the ballad of the Brunsons. Only the opening lines sang in his head.", "Silent as moonrise, sure as the stars, Strong as the wind that sweeps Carter's Bar.", "There was little else he remembered of his people. And less that he wanted to.'I may not be able to name my great-great-grandfather, but I remember well enough, Black Rob, how you tried to teach me the sword. Your own blade slipped and I've still a mark on my rib to show for it.'Some of the ladies at court had found the scar quite appealing.Rob's frown did not ease, but he jerked his head to the guards. The gate opened, creaking.John rode in, searching for something he might recognise. Was that the corner where he and Rob had practised with dagger and sword? This the spot where he and his sister had buried their toys? It felt no more familiar than any of the succession of castles he and the king had slept in over the years.And no more welcoming.A slender young woman with flowing red hair stepped into the courtyard. 'Johnnie?' Bessie.His sister, at least, knew him. When he'd left, she had been eight and they had been the youngest together, united against the world.Now, she was a woman grown.He swung off the horse and hugged her, letting her squeeze him back, holding the embrace longer than he would have because it gave him something to do. Time to think. And a moment's illusion that he still belonged here.'Ah, Johnnie, I always told them you would come home.'He held her away so he could see her eyes. Brown, like all the Brunsons except his, but today, red with tears.He shook his head. 'Not for long, Bessie.' Never again. 'I'm Sir John now. I ride beside the king.'Rob, down from the wall, clasped his arm, without warmth.'I must talk to you,' John began. 'The king wants—' 'Whatever the king wants, I'll not hear of it now. It will wait until we've sent Red Geordie to rest with our forefolk.'It was always thus. All work, all life would stop for the 'dead days' before burial.Well, that might be the way of the Borders, but the king had no time to wait.Still, John held his tongue and followed Bessie into the tower. His heavy armour clanked in protest as they climbed the stairs to the central gathering room.'I found him in his bed,' Bessie said, as if she thought John would care, 'when he didn't come to break fast. Died in his sleep he did, with no one to receive his last words.' She whispered, as if to speak aloud would make her cry. 'Snatched away without a moment to say farewell.' Her voice shook. 'Yet peaceful he looked, like he was still asleep.''No death for a fighting man,' Rob muttered behind him.At the door to the gathering hall, Bessie paused. 'I must make his body ready.' She gave John another brief hug, then climbed the stairs to the floor beyond, where his father lay dead, hovering above him like an evil angel.She, at least, mourned Geordie Brunson.They entered a crowded hall, the yawning hearth half filling the outer wall. But instead of sorrowful mourners, he first faced a table surrounded by half a dozen warriors.'This is my brother, John,' Rob announced, with no acknowledgement of his knighthood and no hint that he might have come for any other reason than to mourn his father.One by one, the men rose to greet him. Toughened by war and hard living, wearing vests of quilted wool and boots of well-worn leather, each man took his hand, took him in, and gave him trust because he was a Brunson. No other reason given and none needed.The last one, slender shouldered, sitting with his back turned, rose last. And John saw, astonished, that he faced a woman.Her brown eyes did not meet his with the warmth of the others.'This is Cate,' Rob said. 'These men are hers.' He said the words as if it were no more remarkable than blooming heather.She was tall and spare and blonde as the brown-eyed Viking who, legend said, was the father of all Brunsons. Nose sharp, chin square, cheeks hollow with more than hunger, neither face nor body showed a woman's softness.A woman who refused to be one. How did he treat such a woman?He thrust his hand to shake hers, as he had the others, but she did not reach out, deigning only a curt nod. He returned it, his hand dropping awkwardly to his side as he suppressed his resentment. Then he broke away from her stare, his gaze falling, without deliberate intent, to search for breasts and hips. He found only edges, no curves. No comfort for a man there.And based on the expressions of the other men, none sought.'Are you a Brunson, then?' he asked. She looked like some cousin, long forgotten.She lifted her chin and gave a quick shake of her head, ruffling her cropped hair. 'I'm a Gilnock.'The Gilnock family were distant kin, descended from the same brown-eyed, bloodthirsty Norseman as the Brunsons—and the only family on the Border more unforgiving than his own.'But she's under our roof now,' Rob said. Under Brunson protection, as might happen when a child was orphaned.With a quick motion, she dismissed her men and moved closer to Rob and John.'I must speak with you, Rob,' she said. Her voice surprised John. It was lower than he expected, the words round and deep and shimmering as if she were whispering secrets in the dark. 'Your father died with his word unkept. What happens now?''He was not your father,' John retorted, wondering what had been promised. Yet she seemed more a Brunson than he, as if she had donned men's clothes in order to usurp his place.'He was my headman,' she answered, looking at the new headman when she answered. 'Sworn to protect my family.''A Brunson gave you his word,' Rob said, anger edging his words. 'It will be kept.'On the border, a man's word was good after death. At court, it might not be good after dinner.'When?' she asked.'After he's buried,' Rob answered. 'It must wait.' He looked at John, the glance a warning. 'As must other things.'Cate caught the look and turned to John. 'You do not come because of his death?' Her eyes, assessing him, seemed ready to judge his answer. Not for this woman the warmth he usually felt from her kind. She seemed as cold and fierce as his brother.Rob might want him to wait for the burial, but his father was dead and the king alive. And impatient. 'I bring a summons from the king.''You mean from his uncles or his mother or his stepfather?' Rob looked no more willing to listen than Cate Gilnock.John understood his hesitation. James, six years younger than John, had been king since birth, but he'd been under the control of others for the sixteen years since then. 'From none of those. It's his personal rule, now. No one else's.'They sat, silent, thinking of all this meant.'A man with much to prove, then,' Rob said.Did Rob speak of the king? Or himself?Cate's lips twisted in a smirk. 'So what message is so important that your bairn king would send you here, all dressed in armour, to tell us?'The harness and badge he'd been so proud to wear had impressed the beauties at court. 'He's your king, too.''Is he?' She shrugged dismissal. 'I've never met him, never sworn my allegiance. My family and my own right arm keep me safe, not your king.''But he will.' He fought the tug of her voice, a strange combination of scorn and seduction. 'He commands our men to join him in war against the traitor who has held him captive for the past two years.'The 'traitor' had once been a duly appointed regent, but all things change.Cate, not Rob, jumped in to answer. 'And the wee king sent you to tell us, did he? You might have spared your horse. Brunson men will ride for no king of Fife. They ride to fulfil the promise of Geordie the Red and put Scarred Willie Storwick dead in the ground.'He wondered what the man had done to earn such vengeance, but it mattered not. If that was his father's promise, it would be broken.'The king commands you to fight his enemies, not each other. There'll be no more raiding and reiving and thieving of cattle and sheep. I come to carry out the king's will.'And to earn his place at the king's side, but that would not sway them.'And do you also come to stop the sun from rising of a morning?' The curve at the corner of her mouth was a poor substitute for a smile.If a man had said it, John might have answered with a fist to his gab. 'The king wants—''The king doesn't rule here.' Rob's words were low and hard, his expression the one that had earned him the nickname", "Black. 'We", "do.'", "I", "do, he might have said, for his brother would be the one to say where the Brunsons would ride.Yesterday, the decision would have been his father's.'Surely your loyalty does not rest with the English king?''My family holds my loyalty,' his brother said. 'Who holds yours?'He and his family had parted ways years before. Nothing had made that more clear than returning to them. 'We all owe loyalty to the throne. Scotland must be one country or it will be no country at all.''I owe nothing to your bairn king,' Cate said, heading for the door. 'Go back and tell him to leave us be.'No one followed her.John looked back at Rob, waiting for a decision, but his brother seemed frozen with grief. The son most like his father, Rob had been prepared all his life to lead the family, but uncertainty lay beneath the stubborn set of his jaw.Borderers had long held themselves above the king of either country.No, now was not the moment to force a sorrowing son to choose between his father's promise and the king's command.But if Cate released Rob from his father's promise, then the choice would be easier. John would have to wrestle only with his brother's stubbornness instead of with a dead man's ghost. No, in order for the Brunson men to ride east to meet the king, Cate Gilnock must drop her demands and step aside.So John would persuade her to do exactly that.And quickly. The king was expecting John to deliver Brunson men before the first frost.Brew was served and the sharing of stories began, stories of Geordie the Red at his best. And his worst.Refusing to share in laughter and tears he did not feel, John left Rob and the rest in the hall and went in search of a place to stow his gear and his armour.Avoiding the floor where his father's body lay, he made his way to the open sleeping room on the upper level. He had travelled alone, without even a squire, for speed and secrecy, so he wrestled his armour off by himself.He would certainly not beg his brother for help. Instead, he pondered the problem of Cate Gilnock.For the few days of the wake and burial, he would leave Rob to mourn and turn his charm on the woman. By the time his father was in the ground, he'd have her ready to release Rob from whatever promise she'd been given.She looked and sounded like no woman he had ever met, yet underneath, he had no doubt that she was the same as all the rest. With the right handling, she'd be persuaded to peace.Reason would be useless, of course. Near as useless as, he feared, it would be against his brother. But there were other ways.His family might confound him, but women did not. He knew how to flatter and cajole them, how to overcome their feigned resistance, and how to coax a smile or a kiss. He and the king had shared their fill of women and John had even taught the younger man a thing or two, though in truth, the king needed little teaching in this realm.He headed down the stairs to find her, a smile returning to his face. No doubt Cate Gilnock had never been wooed by a man before, acting as she did. All she needed was a honeyed word and a winning smile and she'd soon be releasing Rob from the daft-headed promise his father had made.And Brunson men would be riding to join their king." ]

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[ "This introduction to the Basque language is designed for the student or traveler seeking an elementary knowledge of Basque grammar and essential vocabulary for visiting the Basque country. Clear grammatical explanations and a focus on the fundamental differences between Basque and English, in combination with practice dialogues, vocabulary, and review exercises, teach the student the basics of the language. A section on Basque culture and history provides an excellent background to one of the most ancient languages of Western Europe. Includes: Introduction to the Basque country; Practice dialogues; Vocabulary and expressions; Comprehensive grammar; Review exercises with answer key; Basque-English glossaries." ]

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[ "The Parachute Manual, A Technical Treatise on Aerodynamic Decelerators by Dan Poynter covers everything there is to know about the parachute: packing, rigging, alterations, design, repairs, materials, regulations, manufacture, specifications, loft layout, rigging tools, all the personnel parachute assemblies and parts with change notices and much, much more. The Manual, known as the Bible to parachute riggers everywhere, is in use by all branches of the US Armed Services, the Forest Service and many foreign governments. Now two volumes are available as a set.", "The Parachute Manual, Volume I, by Dan Poynter. Covers all parachutes through 1984 plus historical information, \"round\" canopies and US military parachutes." ]

[ "Review", "\"The Parachute Manual has already established itself as the ultimate authority on parachute equipment. It is certainly the rigger's Bible. I make no apology for repeating that I believe every club ought to have a copy and that all club members be encouraged to devour its contents.\" --", "British Sport Parachutist magazine", "From the Author", "Dan Poynter, DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com My friends in the parachute industry make the history; I just write it down. Here is everything you could know about the parachute.", "About the Author", "Dan Poynter is past president of the Parachute Industry Association, past Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Parachute Association, an expert parachutist with all the highest licenses and ratings, pilot and a master parachute rigger who has written more books on parachutes and skydiving than any other author. He has made more than 1,200 jumps since 1962. Dan made the North Pole jump in 1994 and directed the International Parachute Symposium in 1997 and 1999.", "Dan is one of sport parachuting's most energetic, experienced and respected leaders.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Ignoring Indian legends that tell of a bizarre creature lurking in the depths of a secluded valley, Nate leads a hunting expedition into the area and pays for his ignorance in blood. Original." ]

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[ "2015 San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention!", "Flying saucers!", "Rampaging monsters!", "Genetically modified super geniuses!", "Forbidden love between a pop singer and her alien romeo!", "It’s Attack of the Vyperians in thrilling 2-D!", "When a race of alien octopuses arrives to \"befriend with benefits\" Earth's women, a motley collection of humans find themselves thrown into a war zone of giant monsters, ancient enemies, and horny interplanetary beings that just can't keep their tentacles to themselves.", "James \"Crash\" Jefferson — Cable TV adventure show host. Egomaniac. Emmy award winner. Irresponsible lover. The only person banned from South Africa for choking a giraffe to death during a Make-A-Wish trip, Crash is his own biggest advocate and worst enemy at the same time. Pulled across the planet by forces he doesn't understand, Crash does what Crash does best — swing hard and let others clean up the mess.", "Jennica! — As a global pop music superstar, Jennica! secretly wishes for nothing more than to wrest control of her own life from those that want only to use her as a pawn to profit from. Unfortunately, the exact opposite happens yet again as she becomes the vessel of choice for the Vyperians' devious plan.", "Dr. Frank Faraday — Pushed from childhood to be the next super-genius scientist extraordinaire, Frank Faraday recieved his first PhD at age 20 and then subsequently suprised everyone around him by disappearing off the grid. For the first time in his life, Dr. Faraday had a taste of freedom as he left the stresses and pressures of his past life behind him. Until, that is, a secret organization made him an offer he should have refused.", "A science fiction comedy born from a love of the golden age of ridiculously awesome monster movies, \"Attack of the Vyperians\" will capture your attention from the first page and keep it all the way to the second. Uh, end. I meant end. How do I go back? How do I edit? Hello?" ]

[ "About the Author", "Tim Savage has been, among other things, a radio personality, a comedian, a performance artist, and a stolen computer chip salesman in Compton. From photos to essays to videos, his creative work has been enjoyed by millions of people worldwide and includes the popular character \"Skweezy,\" the hopeless yet lovable anti-hero. Tim currently lives in Portland." ]

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[ "Andrea's beautiful long red curls make her the center of a lot of admiring but unwanted attention." ]

[ "About the Author", "Elise Feltrin lives in the town of Thornbury on Georgian Bay where she is friends with the butcher, married to the baker, and bought a store from the candlestick maker. Small town life serves as inspiration for her writing, especially as seen through the eyes of her two young daughters. \"That Curly-Haired Girl\" is her first children's book." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Growing Up & Facts of Life" ]

[ "Raised in a convent, Star McFarland is unprepared for the cruelty of her new husband, Charles Bradford" ]

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[ "Books", "Romance", "Historical" ]

[ "When circumstances compel her to start over late in her life, Candida Wilton moves from a beautiful Georgian house in lovely Suffolk to a two-room, walk-up flat in a run-down building in central London--and begins to pour her soul into a diary. Candida is not exactly destitute. So, is the move perversity, she wonders, a survival test, or is she punishing herself? How will she adjust to this shabby, menacing, but curiously appealing city? What can happen, at her age, to change her life? In a voice that is pitch-perfect, Candida describes her health club, her social circle, and her attempts at risk-taking in her new life. She begins friendships of sorts with other women-widowed, divorced, never married, women straddled between generations. And then there is a surprise pension-fund windfall . . . A beautifully rendered story, this is Margaret Drabble at her novelistic best." ]

[ "Review", "PRAISE FOR", "THE PEPPERED MOTH", "\"One of the more absorbing novels I have read in a long time, both for its sheer storytelling ability and for its powers of imaginative conjecture.\"--", "The New York Times Book Review", "\"This book fairly bounces. Its zest derives in large part from the perfectly sustained tone, which expresses humor without poking fun, and deep regret without sentimentality.\"--", "The Atlantic Monthly", "PRAISE FOR", "THE WITCH OF EXMOOR", "\"Part social satire, part thriller, and entirely clever.\"--", "Elle", "\"Part mystery, part fairy tale . . . with a wicked, dead-on wit.\"--", "People", "—", "From the Inside Flap", "From the celebrated author of The Peppered Moth and The Witch of Exmoor, a splendid novel about starting over late in lifeCandida Wilton-a woman recently betrayed, rejected, divorced, and alienated from her three grown daughters-moves from a beautiful Georgian house in lovely Suffolk to a two-room walk-up flat in a run-down building in central London. Candida is not exactly destitute. So is the move perversity, she wonders, a survival test, or is she punishing herself? How will she adjust to this shabby, menacing, but curiously appealing city? What can happen, at her age, to change her life? And yet, as she climbs the dingy communal staircase with her suitcases, she feels both nervous and exhilarated. There is a relationship with a computer to which she now confides her past and her present. And friendships of sorts with other women - widows, divorced, never married, women straddled between generations. And then Candida's surprise inheritance... A beautifully rendered story, this is Margaret Drabble at her novelistic best.", "From the Back Cover", "From the celebrated author of The Peppered Moth and The Witch of Exmoor, a splendid novel about starting over late in lifeCandida Wilton-a woman recently betrayed, rejected, divorced, and alienated from her three grown daughters-moves from a beautiful Georgian house in lovely Suffolk to a two-room walk-up flat in a run-down building in central London. Candida is not exactly destitute. So is the move perversity, she wonders, a survival test, or is she punishing herself? How will she adjust to this shabby, menacing, but curiously appealing city? What can happen, at her age, to change her life? And yet, as she climbs the dingy communal staircase with her suitcases, she feels both nervous and exhilarated. There is a relationship with a computer to which she now confides her past and her present. And friendships of sorts with other women - widows, divorced, never married, women straddled between generations. And then Candida's surprise inheritance... A beautifully rendered story, this is Margaret Drabble at her novelistic best.", "About the Author", "MARGARET DRABBLE is the author of", "The Sea Lady, The Seven Sisters, The Peppered Moth", ", and", "The Needle's Eye", ", among other novels. For her contributions to contemporary English literature, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2008.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "Genre Fiction" ]

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[ "Books", "Arts & Photography", "Music", "Musical Genres", "Ethnic & International", "Ethnomusicology" ]

[ "Pickands helps you to develop your psychic potential with an extensive series of exercises. You'll work with symbolic patterns, whether they be tarot cards, numbers, dreams, and learn how to \"read\" psychic information in a fluent manner. Also includes techniques for communicating with the departed, how to conduct a vision quest, and ethical considerations." ]

[ "From the Inside Flap", "Consise instruction for using tarot, Qabalah, and numerology to develop psychic abilities and acquire psychic understanding.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "About the Author", "Marcia L. Pickands is a remarkably versatile teacher with training in psychology, theology, ceremonial magic, and many other esoteric, metaphysical and magical topics. In addition to her twentynine years experience as a psychic and spiritual adviser, and her twentytwo years as a mother, she has worked as an archaeological technician, an historic artifact analyst, a New Age bookstore owner, a NeoPagan High Priestess, and a martial arts master and teacher. She is one of the two spiritual successors to the late William G. Gray, renowned author of many fine books on magic and the Western Inner Tradition. In addition, Ms. Pickands is the current Senior Master of the Guardians, a WarriorPriest Order dedicated to preserving, protecting, and promoting the Way of Light within this world by doing Good and averting Evil.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "From the Back Cover", "Develop your natural psychic potential . . .", "Marcia L. Pickands, a psychic and spiritual advisor with more than 25 years of experience, believes we can learn to use our inherent psychic capabilities just as we learn how to speak, use a fork, or drive a car. In this book, Pickands shows you how to develop your psychic abilities with a series of practical, clearly-organized exercises for working with tarot and dream symbolism, numerology, vision questing, and communicating with the dead through seance, prayer, and ritual. She explains the importance of developing spiritual integrity along with your psychic abilities and outlines practices for doing just that, so they can be put to best use, whether you want to give readings for others or enhance your personal potential.", "Using intellect combined with your intuition allows a complete view of reality. Practicing the simple exercises in this book will help you hone your physical and analytical abilities, allowing you to open yourself to a world of unlimited possibilities.", "--This text refers to an alternate", "kindle_edition", "edition.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Religion & Spirituality", "Occult & Paranormal" ]

[ "From Rhode Island to Maine―80 locally inspired seafood recipes that honor the coastal traditions of America’s northeast.", "Few dishes conjure as much New England nostalgia as clam chowder. But the northeast coast of America can stir up even more creative soups and stews than this traditional favorite. From forgotten classics like clam chowder’s Portuguese-influenced cousin, and fresh new flavors like Autumn Monkfish Stew, Malty Mussels Soup, and seasonal clam boils, this comprehensive cookbook embraces the locavore movement and sustainable seafood to expand our soup horizons.", "Complete with easy recipes for seafood broths and stocks, 33 native fish and shellfish profiles, and advice on how to befriend your local fisherman,", "New England Soups from the Sea", "will have readers feeling confident in their seafood knowledge and how to invent their own soups from New England’s ocean bounty. Paired with bright photography and the welcoming voice of a local New Englander, food writer Craig Fear boils all the charm of a seaside town into delicious, warming flavors.", "50 color photographs" ]

[ "Review", "\"“New England Seafood Soups from the Sea is a compelling love letter to the tastes and traditions of a unique place. Craig Fear respects history while presenting these recipes with contemporary appeal. I can almost smell sea-fragrant steam rising from these pages like sea smoke rising off a quaint New England harbor.” \" ―", "―Barton Seaver, chef/author of American Seafood", "\"“New England Soups from the Sea is a beautiful representation of what a New England cookbook should be. Understanding and honoring the past of this iconic region's cuisine is vital to its future. Craig does an amazing job of describing the diversity of the New England waters and the cultures that helped shape how we eat on this coast. The book provides the building blocks and steps to make these delicious recipes successful.” \" ―", "―Jeremy Sewall, chef/owner of Row 34, author of The Row 34 Cookbook", "\"“If you want authenticity, New England Soups from the Sea is the cookbook for you, starting with carefully made stocks and broths. This book deserves a place in the collections of all serious cooks and chefs.” \" ―", "―Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, author of Nourishing Broth", "\"“In New England Soups from the Sea, Craig Fear unveils a whole world of new soups, stews, bisques, chowders, and seafood boils. I love that I can find recipes for everything from the traditional New England species I grew up with and love, such as lobster, softshell clams, and haddock, to some of my more recent favorites like skate, black sea bass, squid, Jonah crab, and scup! As someone who eats a lot of seafood, I’m always looking for new ways to enjoy it and the recipes in this book are both delicious and easy to follow. Additionally, as someone who also very much cares about sustainability, I appreciate that the book covers this topic and celebrates New England fisheries that have continued to work hard to protect and preserve our seafood resources while feeding so many people.”\" ―", "―Kate Masury, executive director of Eating with the Ecosysytem, author of Simmering the Sea", "About the Author", "Craig Fear", "is a food writer, blogger, and cookbook author. A certified Nutrition Therapy Practitioner, he shares recipes and health tips on his website, Fearless Eating. Craig lives in Southampton, Massachusetts." ]

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[ "Books", "Cookbooks, Food & Wine", "Regional & International" ]

[ "By a well-known psychic and astrologer, a revealing psychological/astrological exploration of the masks we wear and the many ways our rising signs affect our personalities." ]

[ "From the Publisher", "By a well-known psychic and astrologer, a revealing psychological/astrological exploration of the masks we wear and the many ways our rising signs affect our personalities.", "From the Inside Flap", "By a well-known psychic and astrologer, a revealing psychological/astrological exploration of the masks we wear and the many ways our rising signs affect our personalities.", "From the Back Cover", "own psychic and astrologer, a revealing psychological/astrological exploration of the masks we wear and the many ways our rising signs affect our personalities.", "About the Author", "Jeanne Avery", "is a well-respected regression therapist who has appeared on", "Oprah", ",", "Maury Povich", ", and countless other radio and television shows. Her books have been translated the world over. She lives in Salt Point, New York.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Religion & Spirituality", "New Age & Spirituality" ]

[ "With a focus on birds, reptiles, and mammals, Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging: Avian and Exotic Pets discusses veterinary diagnostic imaging and new technologies for multiple modalities to help you accurately diagnose and pinpoint common injuries and disease. Divided into three sections ― Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles ― each section includes valuable information on positioning for specific structures, imaging findings, and more for each species with a wealth of photographs to provide real-life examples.", "Atlas-sized radiographs allow you to easily visualize the injury or indication of disease.", "Atlas-sized radiographs allow you to easily visualize the injury or indication of disease.", "Comparison radiographs display a normal image with an abnormal image to highlight differences and help you identify abnormalities in practice.", "Comparison radiographs display a normal image with an abnormal image to highlight differences and help you identify abnormalities in practice.", "“Telescopic” images provide close-up views of larger radiographs to help you identify salient points visible in the radiograph.", "“Telescopic” images provide close-up views of larger radiographs to help you identify salient points visible in the radiograph.", "Content tailored to each species highlights the common injuries and diseases for each avian and exotic species.", "Content tailored to each species highlights the common injuries and diseases for each avian and exotic species.", "Discussions of multiple modalities including ultrasound, MRI, and CT provide all the information you need for diagnostic imaging in one resource.", "Discussions of multiple modalities including ultrasound, MRI, and CT provide all the information you need for diagnostic imaging in one resource." ]

[ "Review", "Help diagnose and manage medical and surgical problems of birds, mammals, and reptiles with the latest information on veterinary diagnostic imaging technology" ]

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[ "Books", "Medical Books", "Medicine" ]

[ "The Economics of Health and Medical Care is an introduction to population-based health economics as well as the traditional, market-oriented approach to health care economics. The book examines economics through the lens of descriptive, explanatory, and evaluative economics. The Sixth Edition is an extensive revision that refines its approach to evaluative economics by focusing on the tools and methods used to inform decision making, with a particular emphasis on determining alternative approaches to addressing a problem, issue, or decision and comparing the relative benefits and costs of those approaches. The Sixth Edition also offers: • Expanded material on health insurance, to incorporate more theory regarding insurance markets and also on the substantial implications that insurance has for efficiency in the health care industry. • New coverage of health care reform and its impact on different sectors of the economy and on different individuals in the system. • New coverage of other changes in health policy such as the implications of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act" ]

[ "About the Author", "Lanis L. Hicks, PhD,Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri, School of Medicine, is a health economist. Her research interests are rural health, workforce requirements, and economic evaluations. She has focused on evaluating the cost-effectiveness of technologies in the delivery of health care, evaluating the economic impact of health care policies, and been involved with a multi-disciplinary team identifying and evaluating measures of quality in nursing homes and the relationship between cost and quality. Currently, she is Principle Investigator and Director of the Missouri Health Information Technology Assistance Center, which provides assistance to health care professionals and hospitals to enable them to adopt, implement, and achieve meaningful use of electronic health records. She has been on faculty at the University of Missouri since 1978. In recognition of her contributions, Dr. Hicks was the recipient of the 1999 National Rural Health Association's Distinguished Researcher award." ]

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[ "Books", "New, Used & Rental Textbooks", "Medicine & Health Sciences" ]

[ "The Best Take on What Correlates with Success", "Most Helpful Customer Reviews3 of 3 people found the following review helpful", "By L. Jolly on February 23, 2004", "Cox wrote this great little book well before \"The 7 Habits\" became the 80's Guide to moral- and habit-correlates that are associated with making it in life. Cox studied a lot of successful, achieving people, looked for common traits--and found somewhat different ones than Covey celebrated in \"The 7 Habits.\"Some of that difference comes from the \"eye of the beholder\" effect. Covey is principle-driven; Cox is more secular. Anyway, this is a great counterpoint-read for someone who got useful things from \"7 Habits,\" and deepens the experience of that book signficantly. Also, the book has entirely original insights that are worth the read if you are looking to see either 1) how to make your life work better or 2) how to find your way to satisfaction. Cox has some entirely different and VERY useful thoughts that are bang-on; you'll recognize 'em, both the good and the bad, in yourself and in others. Timing is everything; if Cox had written this a few years later and had had Covey's contacts, this might have been the billion-seller and Covey's book would be in remainders. Highly recommended!_________________________*This book came out before Amazon was really up and running. This review, the only one the book received, appeared nine years after the book was published." ]

[ "Review", "\"Any executive who pays careful heed to the lessons in this provocative and stimulating book will be unlikely to misdirect his or her energies. Allan Cox has given us one of the most valuable works of its kind to be published in many moons.\"", "Los Angeles Times Book Review", "\"Tightly organized.... And his boundless enthusiasm is offset by an emphasis on individual initiative and responsibility: you should apply the book's lessons, not just use it to boost your self-esteem.\"", "Kirkus Reviews", "\"He feels that all too often we are so occupied by our professional and personal lives that virtually no time is left for introspection. Forcing that self-examination is the major benefit of the book.\"", "Forbes", "\"The interactive structure of the book, with quizzes and action plans to back up the thought-provoking essays, means it can be used as an effective personal training progrsm for executive achievement in our complex corporate societies. It's a book I'll go back to . . . \"", "Anne Mollengen Smith", "Editor,", "Working Woman", "From the Author", "This was a fun book to write! I'm very pleased with its reach and depth.", "The Making of the Achiever", "is concerned with measuring, describing and improving the performance of the actual hero who is needed now more than ever in the service of the American Corporation. That hero is the achiever, and while he well may be charismatic, he more often is not; while she is undaunted, she does not necessarily call dramatic attention to herself. Rather, he or she gets the job done in a caring, distinctive way", "From the Inside Flap", "Cox's stated aim is to put the reader on the road to hard mastery of essential soft subjects. He's proved himself more than equal to this formidable undertaking by writing a book that is lucid, wise and workable. It is a must for achievement oriented individuals.", "Irving Margol", "Executive Vice President", "Security Pacific Bank", "A great book! Cox provides superb insight into the nebulous characteristics that spell success in today's complex business climate. Answer his questions correctly, and you'll know you're an achiever! If you can't, he offers an action plan that helps you become one.", "William F. Andrews", "Chairman, President and Chief Executive", "Scovill, Inc.", "From the Back Cover", "This is a no-nonsense book that I would really like to see taken up by our business schools. It shows that achievements can be seen and measured while the meaning of leadership is not necessarily clear. This book being written gives me great hope because I believe it will be read from entry level to CEO, and is a learning experience for the committed.", "John G. Breen,", "Chairman,", "President & CEO,", "The Sherwin-Williams Company", "The actions of achievers create a sense of mission, clarity and confidence among others.", "The Making of the Achiever", "helps the reader cultivator such actions. It is a valuable resource for managers of the future.", "William G. Smithburg, Chairman and CEO,", "The Quaker Oats Company", "About the Author", "Allan Cox (allancox.com) is an author and advisor to CEOs and their top teams. He is founder of Allan Cox & Associates, Inc., and has authored 10 books published by Amazon and others including Simon & Schuster, Doubleday, Amacom, St. Martin's Press and Wiley. The two most recent are: (1) Change the Way You Face the Day, the first in a series of poetry-threaded reflections and questions designed for personal perspective and book discussion in groups of small size. (2) The second is When the Sun Shines Through. Others include the best sellers Confessions of a Corporate Headhunter (the first book ever written about the executive search profession), Inside Corporate America,The Making of the Achiever, and Straight Talk for Monday Morning. Cox has advised CEOs and top management teams of many corporations and not-for-profit organizations, including USG, Walgreens, Quidel, Motorola, Consolidated Communications, Columbus McKinnon, Kraft, Pillsbury, the Minnesota Vikings, Child Welfare League of America, and The Christian Century Magazine. For nine years he was a member of The Visiting Committee of The University of Chicago Divinity School. He also served for five years as Chairman of the Board of Chicago's Center for Ethics and Corporate Policy. He and his wife (Cher) work and live in Chicago.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Business & Money", "Management & Leadership" ]

[ "Unstoppable Gospel Bible Study Book includes a small group experience for six sessions, applicable Scripture, key word study, and a life application section called \"Live It Out.\"", "Some people say they like Jesus but there's no point to the church. As far as they're concerned, the church is a failed institution. However, the church is far from a lost cause! In fact, it's unstoppable. The followers of Christ have been given an unstoppable power-the very Spirit of God. And they have been given an unstoppable mission and message.", "This study journeys through the exciting early days of the church. Discover what made the early church so powerful. As the Book of Acts opens, you'll see a room full of huddled, scared disciples, completely powerless and uncertain of the future. You'll also see these same followers become empowered men and women, advancing throughout the world, proclaiming the unstoppable gospel that turned the world upside down.", "The story of the unstoppable gospel continues today. It is our story. In Christ, we are unstoppable.", "Session titles:Unstoppable Mission-Acts 1:4-8, 12-14Unstoppable Message-Acts 2:22-24, 32-33, 36-38Unstoppable Love-Acts 2:41-47Unstoppable Opportunities-Acts 3:1-10Unstoppable Courage-Acts 4:1-3, 8-12, 19-20Unstoppable Impact-Acts 17:16-18, 22-23, 30-31" ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Bible Study & Reference" ]

[ "The book offers a comprehensive account of how the world evolved to its present state in which humans now exercise a powerful, in many cases dominant, influence for global environmental change. It outlines the history that led to this position of dominance, in particular the role played by our increasing reliance on fossil sources of energy, on coal, oil and natural gas, and the problems that we are now forced to confront as a result of this history. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is greater now than at any time over at least the past 650,000 years with prospects to increase over the next few decades to levels not seen since dinosaurs roamed the Earth 65 million years ago. Comparable changes are evident also for methane and nitrous oxide and for a variety of other constituents of the atmosphere including species such as the ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons for which there are no natural analogues. Increases in the concentrations of so-called greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are responsible for important changes in global and regional climate with consequences for the future of global society which, though difficult to predict in detail, are potentially catastrophic for a world poorly equipped to cope. Changes of climate in the past were repetitively responsible for the demise of important civilizations. These changes, however, were generally natural in origin in contrast to the changes now underway for which humans are directly responsible. The challenge is to transition to a new energy economy in which fossil fuels will play a much smaller role. We need as a matter of urgency to cut back on emissions of climate altering gases such as carbon dioxide while at the same time reducing our dependence on unreliable, potentially disruptive, though currently indispensable, sources of energy such as oil, the lifeblood of the global transportation system. The book concludes with adiscussion of options for a more sustainable energy future, highlighting the potential for contributions from wind, sun, biomass, geothermal and nuclear, supplanting currently unsustainable reliance on coal, oil and natural gas." ]

[ "Review", "\"With scientific depth and beautiful writing, Professor McElroy delivers the benefits of his wide-ranging teaching and research to readers of this book. His lively narrative traces the human uses of energy from early human history to today's dependence on coal, oil, and natural gas. With the help of realistic, telling, and well-chosen examples, he drives home the scale of our current dependence and sketches pathways to the future. A very important and engaging book!\" -- Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences", "\"This is a book that makes it possible for a reader either to drill down in a dozen specialized areas (with never a dry hole), or to look down from 50,000 feet in order to see the grand pattern (without haze). Given the tremendous amount of information presented, it is especially useful that the author pauses repeatedly to summarize. It is also very important (and rare) that he cleanly separates his personal opinions from the factual content. As a result, it is possible to trust this book for the tremendous quality of its information. This is what they used to call a magisterial work. I would call it a grand tour in the company of a learned guide.\" -- Leon Fuerth, former National Security Advisor to Vice President Al Gore and Research Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University", "\"This is a fascinating and beautifully written book on energy, the 'lifeblood of human enterprise.' McElroy has accomplished nothing less than unifying the two cultures of the sciences and the humanities.\" -- Yuk Ling Yung, Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology", "About the Author", "Michael McElroy", "is the Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Science at Harvard University. His research covers topics ranging from planetary atmospheres to more recently extensive studies of the Earth's environment with particular attention to the impact of human activity including options for policy responses." ]

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[ "Books", "Engineering & Transportation", "Engineering" ]

[ "Her mouth should be a dangerous weapon. So should his-but for different reasons. Thrown together by chance-and a pair of handcuffs-they're about to make Hawaii even steamier . . . Never Let Me Go Annie Parks came to Hawaii to gather information and settle a score, not spend time handcuffed to a sexy stranger's bed. Okay, so this particular stranger saved her from drowning after she was pitched overboard by some goons. And he's about six feet of hard, Hawaiian muscle and gorgeous cool that's making forgotten parts of her say, \"A-lo-ha\" She needs to stay focused, but a side dish of Kane Travers is awfully tempting. Kauai Police Chief Kane Travers is not a vacation kind of guy. So it figures that when Internal Affairs suspended him, he'd end up rescuing a sarcastic, dishonest, extremely hot redhead who is clearly hiding something. Amnesia? Yeah, right. Kane's got half a mind to give Miss Whoever She Is something she'll never forget. His cop senses tell him that the lady's in deep and needs his protection. But how can he get her to tell him anything when all he wants is to take her home and do everything?" ]

[ "About the Author", "HelenKay Dimon", "balances her day job as a divorce lawyer with her love of reading and writing romance. She was a two-time finalist in Lori Foster's online Brava Novella Contest and hasn't stopped writing since. HelenKay and her husband, James, live in Maryland." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "United States" ]

[ "Hailee Graham spent most of her life trying to fly under the radar. With bright-orange hair it was difficult, but receiving supernatural gifts on her fourteenth birthday made it impossible. Shortly after moving half-way across the country, Hailee discovers the strange occurrences around her are actually not so unusual in her family. Hailee’s grandma takes her and her new botany loving friend, Sam, along to solve a mystery at a haunted bed and breakfast in Maine. As they grow closer to solving the mystery and helping the spirits in turmoil, Hailee’s rivals close in on them. With help, Hailee finds a way to recover the missing treasure, free trapped spirits of the inn, outsmart malicious adversaries, and find her place in the world." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Science Fiction & Fantasy" ]

[ "Do you want to be a captain, too? If you do, then you need to know the basics first! Learn about the different parts of the sailboat in this fun educational book for kids. There are pictures in every page to not only capture the attention but to make sure a child sees the part being discussed. Secure a copy of this book today!" ]

[ "About the Author", "Left Brain Kids comprise of a vast number of topics from different subjects that will not only educate your kids but entertain them. These books provide knowledge using short yet concise texts and very colorful images that makes it easy for kids to remember. Your child will not get bored browsing through the pages as they learn a new topic each day. Encourange your kids to read and learn with Left Brain Kids Books." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Cars, Trains & Things That Go" ]

[ "The Merino Rose.", "Ted Spencer has a hard enough time believing the celebrated violin really exists. To find it sitting on his coffee table is nothing short of incredible. The stuff of legend, the exquisite Guarnerius has been missing for centuries. But even though the renowned instrument is a violin lover's dream come true, it holds only heartache for Ted. The value of the Merino Rose may be beyond measure, but he has acquired it at too high a cost. Ted found his soul mate when he met Olivia de la Vega his senior year in high school. In the school's production of Camelot, Ted was cast as Lancelot, Olivia as Guenevere. They should have spent their lives together, but strings got in the way: family ties, career objectives, and the tangled web of fate. Will the Merino Rose bring the two star-crossed lovers together at last, or will their love always remain the melancholy sound of distant violins?" ]

[ "Review", "\"Edwards follows two would-be lovers through three decades in this lovely tale of pining and performance...Readers wanting to dwell on the melancholy of ill-timed loved will devour this beautiful novel.\" --", "Publisher's Weekly", "\"Artfully, delicately and precisely executed.\"--", "CleanLit.com", "\"'Strings: A Love Story' by Megan Edwards is a beautiful love story that will absolutely melt the hearts of romance novel devotees. Edwards brings new life to the beloved genre through “Strings,” with one simple tactic: telling the story through Ted’s point of view. Imagine the tenderness, the bittersweet, the pining―all from a man’s point of view – wow! Edwards certainly captures the souls of her characters―they are authentic and relatable, though not all likeable. The writing is absolutely fabulous, and the storyline and characters are captivating and engaging. I highly recommend “Strings: A Love Story” by Megan Edwards for a mesmerizing emotional journey.” ― Sheri Hoyte,", "Reader Views", "\"Teenaged angst and love at first sight mingle with missed chances and more mature obstacles. The love story is literally down to the last page before it gets sorted and there were times when I wondered if I would finish a love story or a bittersweet lost love book. I was swept along and it’s a book that practically reads itself .\" -- Jayne S,", "DearAuthor.com", "\"That someone whose main muse is not music can so completely nail the most important part of every musician's journey is pretty surprising.", "Strings", "is a delightful look--both literal and metaphorical--at the point where we stop worry about playing the notes and start making music.\" -- William Evans,", "SoundProLive", "About the Author", "Megan Edwards is the award-winning author of FULL SERVICE BLONDE, GETTING OFF ON FRANK SINATRA, and STRINGS: A LOVE STORY. All three novels were first-place winners of Benjamin Franklin book awards in 2018. Edwards is also the author of ROADS FROM THE ASHES: AN ODYSSEY IN REAL LIFE ON THE VIRTUAL FRONTIER, a memoir of her five-year adventure living and working on the road during the dawn of the Internet. At home in Las Vegas, Nevada, where there's never a shortage of fascinating material and inspiration, Edwards is working on her next novel.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Chapter 1 The Merino Rose is sitting on my coffee table. I can see it in the lights I left blazing in the practice room, but seeing it doesn't make it any more believable. What's even more incredible is that the Merino Rose, \"the violin of angels\" is actually mine. The Brahms Violin Concerto was played for the first time on this violin. The King of Strings. And it doesn't even exist. The Merino Rose was destroyed in the Trieste Opera fire in 1881. Everybody knows that. If a Guarnerius with inlaid roses around the back edge shows up at auction, it's got to be a fake. Except? maybe not. What keeps those forgeries coming is that no one can prove that the fire destroyed the Merino Rose. No one can even prove the violin was actually in Trieste. It was Vittorio Bonacci who was there. Was the Merino Rose with him? Was he the thief who stole it from Joseph Joachim's Berlin conservatory. The questions don't matter anymore. The violin is real. It's been gone for more than a century, and it vanished before reliable sound Strings recording was invented. Even so, the legend of the Rose's unsurpassed brilliance has lived on. It defies reason, but the world still mourns the loss of a violin no one alive has ever heard. I knew this was the Rose the instant I heard that one note. Yes, I have years of experience playing and appraising stringed instruments, but that knowledge only served to corroborate what I knew the moment I plucked that string. The Merino Rose is more than a haunting memory. The world will soon find out that one of its loveliest treasures still occupies three dimensions. I can already see the cameras, the microphones, the throngs of reporters. When I say the word, they'll be here, each one more eager than the last to hear the edict of Edward Spencer IV. They consider me an undisputed authority, after all, an expert with unimpeachable credentials to give them the answer to the one question they're all dying to ask. Oh, they'll listen in rapt silence while I play the Brahms, and they'll pretend they care when I speak of the Rose's sweet perfection. But that's not what they're really after. All they want is a number. In the end I'll give them exactly that, and they'll go away happy, believing I have priced the priceless. They will never know what it really cost to bring the Merino Rose to my coffee table. Only Olivia knows, and she's not here. I discovered I was a string man when I was eight years old and attending summer camp in Idaho. The music counselor handed me a violin when I arrived, and the moment I felt the smooth wood under my fingers, I was smitten. At first, it was the construction of the thing that captivated me. I come from a manufacturing family. yes, I'm a Spencer from the Spencer Luggage family, and I'd spent my early years hearing about the intricacies of design and fabrication. I'd hung around our factory in Los Angeles every day after school, and I could have constructed a suitcase single-handed by the time I'd finished fourth grade. The violin was far finer than a valise, and its curved surfaces fascinated me. Even the bow seemed like a work of art. If you think it odd that I'd never touched a violin until I was eight, you've never met my father. Edward Spencer III thought music was fine, in its place. He'd sung with the Yale Alley Cats when he was in college, but that was over once the sheepskin traded hands. Singing was just wholesome recreation, the same as summer camp. There was no room for it in real life. Hobbies like building models belonged there, that was practical engineering. But music? Frank Sinatra on the hi-fi while you sipped your pre-dinner Scotch, that was where music belonged. Fathers, however, have always had a hard time stifling their children's infatuations. I was in love with the violin from that first moment of contact, and I spent the summer making it mine. The music counselor, happy to find an avid pupil, spent hours with me, got me excused from canoeing and archery. By the end of the summer, I could play. And play I did. When my parents came to collect me on the last day of camp, I was the star of the talent show, the centerpiece of a group that included the music counselor and two of his friends who were members of the Spokane Symphony. My parents were very proud, and they seemed to listen carefully when the music counselor told them I was a \"natural talent.\" \"He should have lessons,\" Mike said, and he gave them the name of a teacher in Los Angeles. My mother agreed that I should continue studying violin, and she arranged for lessons with Howard Stiles, who had just retired as concertmaster with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mr. Stiles wasn't the name my counselor had suggested. My mother moved in Los Angeles social stratosphere, and if her son was going to study violin, the teacher would have to be Someone.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Ser diestro o zurdo es la consecuencia de un proceso de evolución del sistema nervioso , un proceso que se va produciendo cuando crecemos y que es necesario para elevar el grado de complejidad funcional del cerebro. en diestros predomina el hemisferio izquierdo y en los zurdos el derecho.Escribir este libro permite a padres, maestros, psicólogos, terapeutas del lenguaje, terapeutas ocupacionales y afines encontrar herramientas muy valiosas y bien fundamentadas para abordar con éxito los problemas mas comunes en el desarrollo de los zurdos y, a la vez , conseguir de ellos el desarrollo de su particular potencial." ]

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[ "This book shows writers age 15 and up how to identify and fix fragments, comma splices, run-ons, commas, apostrophes, and other common mistakes using a logical, step-by-step method that always works. Writing correctly is like driving; it s a necessary skill that most people need to learn. But you don't need to rebuild a transmission to be a safe and capable driver. And you don't need to know the difference between a direct object and an indirect object in order to write correctly and well. This book is different from other grammar books in two important ways. First, it starts with vital information and moves toward the less important information. Students can start at the beginning and go as far as they wish. Those who just want to fix their comma mistakes can stop after chapter 4. Those who want to learn more can continue through chapter 10 which covers the intricacies of traditional grammar which are rarely studied anymore, even by college English majors. The second difference is that this book is based on a logical, step-by-step process for analyzing and fixing sentence mistakes. Students who have a natural gift for writing will learn the reasons why the comma goes here not there, and students who are more mathematically inclined can understand grammar at last. This book is very user-friendly with extensive cross-referencing throughout, a detailed Table of Contents and Index, and a Quick Reference Page at the end. The language is comfortable for students and the example sentences are light-hearted for a fun reading experience." ]

[ "Review", "I've always been a good writer, but I make some mistakes with punctuation. This book showed me how to fix them. --Zach Quirk, CaliforniaI really loved the book because it helped me with some things I didn't quite get in high school. Now I'm getting A's on my college papers. --Shenelle Moolenaar, US Virgin IslandsMy students finally understand grammar and punctuation, and now these lessons are so much easier for them and for me. --Darrell Powell, Washington", "About the Author", "Marian Anders has taught English literature, grammar, and composition to college students for the past twenty years. She developed her practical grammar teaching method to make English easier and less miserable for her students. She served as English department chair at Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington, and currently teaches at St. Augustine s College in Raleigh, NC." ]

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[ "Books", "Reference", "Words, Language & Grammar" ]

[ "Young, ambitious and energetic, Brianna Anderson is new to the political scene in crime-infested Rockville, NJ. With an equally talented group of people surrounding her, she embarks on her first campaign - to win a seat on the City Council. Brianna is determined to claim victory over her more experienced and well-connected opponent, Colleen Smith. But Brianna has secrets, and when someone close to her discovers them, loyalty turns into double-dealing and deceit.Colleen Smith will do anything to keep her long-held seat on the City Council. She will use every resource she has to derail Brianna, be it ethical or not. Though Colleen finds a way to exploit Brianna's weaknesses, she learns that her tactics may actually prove detrimental to her own campaign.As Election Day quickly approaches, passions of the heart battles reasoning of the mind. Brianna struggles to keep a lid on her personal life and must find a way to stay in control, or face losing everything." ]

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[ "With their picture perfect West Point weddings behind them, social-climbing sisters Louise and Marynell learn that life beneath the crossed sabers can truly be a double-edged sword" ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Women absorbed in the armed forces, in this case two sisters whose lives are shaped by the evolving careers of their husbands, provide the subject of this uneven novel. Born into a military family, Louise and Marynell dream of West Point weddings. Louise, serious and naive, lands the best catch at the Point, marries early and spends years in wifely devotion and sexual subjugation to her rising-star husband, who eventually becomes a general and superintendent of the Point. For the beautiful Marynell, the dream of a crossed-sabres wedding does not materialize. Although she marries an officer, he is a widower whose ambitions, she is disconcerted to discover, lie outside the military. Wall ( Love and Duty ) follows the sisters through the dislocations of military postings, wartime separations that force them into constrained existences, to their children and their friends, many of whom are involved in anti-Vietnam causes. Although soapy at times, at its best this bulky novel possesses an entertaining immediacy. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From Library Journal", "Vivacious Marynell Rodgers cannot comprehend how her shy, younger sister Louise has managed to attract and marry Franklin Cravens--West Point's top graduate of the Class of 1938. Daughters of an Army medical doctor, Louise and Marynell have grown up on Army bases and never entertained the thought of any other kind of life. After being badly hurt by a man, Marynell eventually marries a gentle, widowed Army captain, and the two sisters settle down to raise their respective families. Through the turmoil of three wars the bonds between the women strengthen, although there are moments of anger, jealousy, and misunderstanding. This is a well-told tale of an extended military family, with finely drawn characters and plausible situations. Recommended as diverting reading.", "- Maria A. Perez-Stable, Western Michigan Univ. Libs., Kalamazoo", "Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc." ]

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[ "In an age when falsehoods are commonly taken as truth, Janice Raymond’s new book illuminates the “doublethink” of a transgender movement that is able to define men as women, women as men, he as she, dissent as heresy, science as sham, and critics as fascists. Meanwhile, trans mobs are treated as gender patriots whose main enemy is feminists and their dissent from gender orthodoxies. The medicalization of gender dissatisfaction depicted by Raymond in her early visionary book, The Transsexual Empire, has today expanded exponentially into the transgender industrial complex built on big medicine, big pharma, big banks, big foundations, big research centers, some attached to big universities. And the current rise of treating young children with puberty blockers and hormones is a widespread scandal that has been named a medical experiment on children. Whereas transsexualism was mainly a male phenomenon in the past with males undertaking cross sex hormones and surgery, today it is notably young women who are self-declaring as men in large numbers. The good news is that these young women who formerly identified as “trans men” or gender non-binary, are now de-transitioning. In this book, they speak movingly about their severances from themselves and other women, their escape from compulsive femininity, their sexual assaults, the misogyny they experienced growing up, and their journeys in recovering their womanhood. Doublethink: A Feminist Challenge to Transgenderism makes us aware of the consequences of a runaway ideology and its costs — among them what is at stake when males are allowed to compete in female sports and when parents are not aware of school curricula that confuse sex with gender and that can facilitate a child’ s hormone treatments without parental consent." ]

[ "Review", "Praise for her book,", "The Transsexual Empire", ": \"Ostensibly, the ‘transsexers’ are curing a disease; actually they engage in the religious and political shaping and controling of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ behavior…Raymond’s development and documentation of this thesis is flawless. Her book is an important achievement.\" —Thomas Szasz, New York Times", "About the Author", "Janice G. Raymond is a longtime feminist activist who works to end violence against women and sexual exploitation, as well as the medical abuse of women. She is the author of five books, one edited volume, and multiple articles translated into several languages on issues ranging from violence against women, women’s health, feminist theory, lesbian feminism, and bio-medicine. She has published numerous articles on prostitution and sex trafficking and lectures internationally on these topics. Janice Raymond is Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies and Medical Ethics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She was a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst from 1978 on." ]

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[ "Books", "Politics & Social Sciences", "Social Sciences" ]

[ "Everything burns.", "Dustin Graves is in danger. The most powerful witch of the century has awakened, roused by the Eldest from her decades of tortured slumber. Odin, the All-Father, has promised his wrath. And the door to the Dark Room is open once more, stirring an inferno of rage in the darkling mage’s heart.", "The Great Beasts, apocalyptic monsters of ancient myth, may hold the key to taming Dustin’s wild magic, and to ending Agatha Black’s reign. Failure means annihilation, whether he’s consumed by fire, or shadows... or the hungering madness that dwells in the corners of the Dark.", "If you like snarky heroes, snappy dialogue, and a bit of grit and gore, you'll love the eighth book in Nazri Noor's series of urban fantasy novels. Explore the Darkling Mage universe and discover", "Soul Fire", "today." ]

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[ "Tinker Bell is back in an all-new adventure! Girls ages 5-8 will love reading this Step 3 reader that retells the latest Disney Fairies movie,", "The Secret of the Wings,", "releasing on DVD and Blu-ray in fall 2012." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Growing Up & Facts of Life" ]

[ "\"These fast-paced poems sting the collection with electricity. They are the quick-fire reports of an ecstatic new voice in contemporary UK poetry.\" -", "LA Review of Books", "Dear Boy", "is the dramatic and inventive debut by Emily Berry. These characterful, intelligent and darkly witty poems explore lives lived strangely in unusual worlds, through a series of deft and seductive soliloquies. In a collection with a taste for ventriloquy and wickedness, and a flair for vocal cross-dressing, the balance of power is always shifting in an unexpected direction - an ingénue masquerades as a femme fatale, a doctor appears more disturbed than his patient, and parents seem more unruly than their children. Eccentric, intimate, arch, anxious, decadent and sometimes mournful, the book's confiding, conversational voices tell stories recognizable and refracted, carried along by the undercurrent on which the collection ebbs and rides: the anguish and energy brought about by a long-distance love affair, which propels and terrorizes and ultimately unites the work.", "Dear Boy", "is an irresistible and enlivening collection by a new poet of startling and various gifts." ]

[ "Review", "\"These fast-paced poems sting the collection with electricity. They are the quick-fire reports of an ecstatic new voice in contemporary UK poetry.\" -", "LA Review of Books", "\"Emily Berry's blazing debut,", "Dear Boy", ", is this month's happy reminder that poetry is where most of the most interesting writing in young Britain is happening now\" -", "Dazed and Confused", "\"Emily Berry's debut is a treat. She is a new yet anything but hesitant voice. What is stimulating is that she approaches poetry as a flexible, permissive, dynamic ally.\" -", "Observer", "\"This noteworthy debut sees Emily Berry making bravura turns again and again, in poems of polished phrase, seductive technique, and, in spite of the smoke and mirrors, genuine feeling.\"-", "Guardian", "About the Author", "Emily Berry", "grew up in London and studied English Literature at Leeds University, and Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College. In 2008 she won an Eric Gregory Award. She is a co-editor of the anthology series", "Stop/Sharpening/Your/Knives", "and a contributor to", "The Breakfast Bible", ", a compendium of breakfasts to be published by Bloomsbury. She works as a freelance writer and editor.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "Our Love Could Spoil Dinner We always breakfast with the biographer. On day one I showed him my grapefruit spoon; it has a serrated edge. My father gave him a Mont Blanc fountain pen as a welcome gift, but I think he was more impressed by the spoon. ‘It’s almost like a knife!’ he said. The biographer is a coffee nut and I use this fact to bond with him. ‘Oh, Robusta,’ I say dramatically when I know he’s listening. ‘You inferior bean.’ When we pass in the hall I fling my arm back and say things like: ‘Am I strung out or what!’ and ‘Time for another caffeine fix, methinks!’ I am not allowed coffee because of my nerves, but the biographer doesn’t know this. Sometimes we sit up in bed comparing moans. Mine are always loudest. The biographer’s are hampered by his boarding-school education and the British flair for embarrassment. Sometimes the publishers call. When he gets on the phone, he sweats; afterwards the right side of his face is damp. I like to monitor these subtle changes. Last night my father found us touching legs. ‘Go to your room!’ he shouted. ‘You shabby daughter.’ ‘You worthless excuse for a story,’ the biographer added. They played cards to settle a debt. That day my mouth felt wetter than usual. I asked the biographer to check. He used his tongue. ‘This may affect the results,’ he said.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Learn How to Count Money Quickly United States Currency Pennies, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, Half Dollars, Dollars Second Grade Level Counting Book: There’s always a better way to teach and There’s always something to learn. Great Summer Reading Study. Learning to count money made easy. A fun way to teach counting U S money." ]

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[ "She lives with no name.", "She has never left her room.", "All she has ever known is pain and abuse.", "Until now.", "Today, she will breathe fresh air for the first time, feel sunshine against her skin and even witness human kindness.", "But she has a point to make – a bleak, violent point – and when she meets her neighbour, Serenity, she finds the perfect pupil.", "Forced to endure a lesson distilled from a nightmarish existence, Serenity must face unflinching evil, witness the unspeakable, and question her most deeply-held views, until at last she has no choice but to fight for her family’s survival." ]

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[ "Out of the rain and fog of the teeming Pacific Northwest he comes - the tough, methodical, incorruptible private eye Harry Nile. He's the foe of corruption, enemy of gangland, and the best friend you'll ever have when you're up against the wall.", "Harry gives as good as he gets in this 8 CD collection of powerful radio adventures, produced, written, and directed by Jim French. Larry Albert takes over the role of Nile from the late Phil Harper, with Pat French back as the detective's assistant Murphy, for sixteen cases of back streets and bad news.", "Episodes Include: This Corpus Ain't Habeas Anymore 01-09-2005; The Line Up 01-30-2005; Mystery of the Galena 02-20-2005; The Scottie Scam 03-13-2005; A Death At The King Neptune 04-17-2005; Silent Witness 05-08-2005; The Judge From Whiskey Dick 06-19-2005; A Season For Killing 07-10-2005; A Bag Of Money 08-14-2005; The Case of The Crying Corpse 09-11-2005; The Nightmares of Melinda Magee 10-09-2005; A Scheduled Murder 11-13-2005; The Unexpected Gift 12-25-2005; Power Play 01-29-2006; The Pink Bicycle 02-19-2006; P.T. Barnum Was Right 03-12-2006; The Case of the Bogus Bettor 04-09-2006; Writing Wrongs 05-14-2006; The Arsonist's Letter 06-25-2006; The Waitress and the Wheelman 07-09-2006; The Dying Game 08-13-2006; A Trail To A Corpse 09-17-2006; The Strange Case of Harvey Flax 10-15-2006" ]

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[ "Divinely sanctioned kingship is found among the ancient civilizations throughout the world. It has been a largely unexplored process in ancient Mesoamerica. Sacred kings, who played key roles in the emergence of complex urban society, first appeared among the Olmec on the Gulf Coast of Mexico around 900 BC, but the full growth of this phenomenon occurred in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and the western Honduras among the most brilliant of the New World civilizations: the Maya. Published to accompany the exhibition at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (September 2005), the Dallas Museum of Art (February 2006) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (June 2006), this superb book documents the development of royal authority among the ancient Maya and their descendants, exploring central historical issues and seminal artworks that exemplify Maya divine kingship." ]

[ "About the Author", "Dorie Reents-Budet is research associate at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History." ]

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[ "Career choices in sports law are divided into two broad categories: professional (sports business management) and amateur (sports coaching and administration).", "Sports Law and Regulation", ", adapted from the authors' top law school text, addresses both roles: professional issues of contracts, torts, agency, labor/employment law, health and safety, and intellectual property rights for marketing as well as amateur issues such as sports regulation in high school, college and Olympic levels, and gender/racial equality (Title VII). The authoritative legal author team has carefully edited and adapted their successful casebook to fit the needs of undergraduate students. Their wealth of sports law experience provides interesting and insightful cases, examples and problems to help students with legal issues they will face in their careers. Terms and legal vocabulary are called out in body of the text and immediately defined for better comprehension. End of chapter questions and assignments enhance student understanding, and helpful Websites are referenced for further research and discussion.", "Features:", "Addresses both broad categories of careers in sports law", "o", "professional", "(sports business management)", "o contracts", "o torts", "o agency", "o labor/employment law", "o health and safety", "o intellectual property rights for marketing", "o", "amateur", "(sports coaching and administration)", "o sports regulation in high school, college and Olympic levels", "o gender and racial equality, Title VII", "Adapted from authors' successful law school casebook", "o authoritative legal team from top law schools", "o carefully edited to fit needs of undergraduates", "Interesting, insightful cases and examples", "from authors' wealth of sports law experience", "Examples, case illustrations, and problems", "identify legal issues students will face in practice", "Terms and legal vocabulary", "o called out in body of the text", "o defined immediately for student comprehension", "End of chapter questions and assignments", "to enhance understanding", "Websites", "for further research and discussion" ]

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[ "1900. Young pianist Catherine Wainwright flees the fashionable town of Dayton, Ohio, in the wake of a terrible scandal. Heartbroken and facing destitution, she finds herself striking up correspondence with a childhood admirer, the recently widowed Oscar Williams. In desperation she agrees to marry him, but when Catherine travels to Oscar's farm on Galveston Island, Texas—a thousand miles from home—she finds she is little prepared for the life that awaits her. The island is remote, the weather sweltering, and Oscar's little boy Andre is grieving hard for his lost mother. And though Oscar tries to please his new wife, the secrets of the past sit uncomfortably between them.", "Meanwhile for Nan Ogden, Oscar’s housekeeper, Catherine’s sudden arrival has come as a great shock. For not only did she promise Oscar’s first wife that she would be the one to take care of little Andre, but she has feelings for Oscar which she is struggling to suppress. And when the worst storm in a generation descends, the women will find themselves tested as never before." ]

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[ "Practically in mint condition, never written in, all pages intact, best quality for a used book. A acting as an intro to psychology and our understanding of the human mind in simple accessible chapters." ]

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[ "Books", "Romance", "Paranormal" ]

[ "The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background.", "The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.", "With", "CliffsNotes on Invisible Man,", "you accompany a young black man in Harlem during his process of self-discovery and individuality. Through a difficult passage into manhood, author Ralph Ellison writes of the alienation of humans in everyday life, yet remains whole and optimistic.", "This concise supplement to Ellison's", "Invisible Man", "helps you understand the overall structure of the novel, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author.", "In addition to chapter-by chapter summaries and commentaries, other features include:", "Character analyses of major players", "Character analyses of major players", "A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters", "A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters", "Critical essays on the novel's symbolism and setting, profiles of leadership, and more", "Critical essays on the novel's symbolism and setting, profiles of leadership, and more", "A review section that tests your knowledge", "A review section that tests your knowledge", "Background of the author, including career highlights and literary influences", "Background of the author, including career highlights and literary influences", "Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides." ]

[ "From the Back Cover", "More New and Revised Titles. The Best Just Got Better! Plus Glossary from Webster's New World", "?", "Dictionary Anthem Atlas Shrugged Beowulf Brave New World The Canterbury Tales The Catcher in the Rye The Contender The Crucible The Fountainhead Frankenstein The Grapes of Wrath Great Expectations The Great Gatsby Hamlet Heart of Darkness & The Secret Sharer Huckleberry Finn The Iliad Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Inherit the Wind Jane Eyre Julius Caesar The Killer Angels King Lear The Lord of the Flies Macbeth 1984 The Odyssey Oedipus Trilogy The Once and Future King Othello The Outsiders Pride and Prejudice The Red Badge of Courage Romeo and Juliet The Scarlet Letter A Separate Peace A Tale of Two Cities To Kill a Mockingbird Wuthering Heights See inside for the complete line-up of available CliffsNotes! Check Out the All-New CliffsNotes Guides To AOL", "®", ", iMac", "?", ", eBay", "?", ", Windows", "®", "98, Investing, Creating Web Pages, and more! More Than Notes! CliffsComplete", "?", "CliffsTestPrep", "?", "CliffsQuickReview", "?", "CliffsAP", "?", "Over 300 CliffsNotes Available @ cliffsnotes.com Downloadable 24 hours a day Free daily e-mail newsletters Free tips, tricks, and trivia Free online CliffsNotes catalog Free self-assessment tools Freeware and shareware downloads", "About the Author", "DURTHY A. WASHINGTON has published numerous articles, essays, and book reviews. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she serves as English Instructor and Writing Center Director at the U.S. Air Force Academy." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "History & Criticism" ]

[ "THE NOBODIES", "Fern Drudger's quirky adventures continue in this delightful sequel to The Anybodies. She goes to Camp Happy Sunshine Good Times and is bombarded by desperate messages from people who call themselves the Nobodies. But who are the Nobodies, and what do they want from Fern?" ]

[ "From School Library Journal", "Grade 5-8- This sequel to", "The Anybodies", "(HarperCollins, 2004) is written in the same vein, with strange talking animals and weird goings-on. The prologue features the \"author,\" N. E. Bode, addressing readers in a distinctly Lemony Snicket-esque tone, even to the extent of repeatedly mentioning attempts on his life due to his knowledge of the events in the two books. Fern briefly summarizes events from the first book, but those who have not read it will still be somewhat confused. Fern is an Anybody, who can transform objects into reality. Her grandmother lives in a house made of books and populated by characters that have fallen out of the pages of these volumes. Howard and Fern, both 11 and uneasily starting a friendship, are to spend the summer at an Anybodies camp called Camp Happy Sunshine Good Times. Of course, a camp with that moniker is bound to be anything but fun. Its administrators seem quite sinister, and include an extremely unpleasant and evil mole. The counselors are obnoxious to the kids during the day but at night are trapped in animal form and try to protect the children from frightening and mysterious events. Will the evil Mole successfully steal Fern's precious book,", "The Art of Being Anybody", ", thereby giving him access to all the secrets therein? And what is the significance of the fizzy drinks that the counselors incessantly drink? The book ends somewhat abruptly, with all questions answered. An enjoyable choice for fans of the first one.", "-B. Allison Gray, John Jermain Library, Sag Harbor, NY", "Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.", "From", "Booklist", "Gr. 5-8. The chatty narrator of", "The Anybodies", "(2004) is back, reporting the latest misadventures of Fern and Howard, swapped at birth, then \"unswapped.\" Here the children are at a summer camp for shape-shifting Anybodies. Though Fern is excited about learning Anybody skills, Howard loathes the idea, and Camp Happy Sunshine Good Times is even worse than he imagined: a blind bus driver-handyman; moldy, spider-infested cabins; mean, creepy counselors; a vicious mole who wants something Fern has; and terrified campers who shun Fern. There are also strange soda-pop bottles containing messages demanding that Fern save someone. It's a dangerous, miserable puzzle, but Bode neatly and cleverly ties up loose ends and, on the last page, produces a nifty surprise that will have readers clamoring for another sequel. Suggest this to teachers looking for an off-the-wall read-aloud or as an excellent example of voice in writing.", "Chris Sherman", "Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved", "Review", "“Rich in mystery, action, and self-discovery.” (Kirkus Reviews)“An off the wall read-aloud. An excellent example of voice in writing.” (Booklist)“An enjoyable choice for fans of the first one.” (School Library Journal)", "About the Author", "The elusive and charming N. E. Bode writes from a secret locale beneath a giant, unmarked tree in the middle of Central Park. Some great works born from this hidden perch include", "The Anybodies", ",", "The Nobodies", ", and", "The Somebodies", ". N. E. Bode would also like to mention the books of Julianna Baggott, trusted friend, who writes novels and poetry for grown-ups and lives in the Florida panhandle.", "Peter Ferguson, who did the illustrations for this book, is a disagreeable young man who lurks in a dusty corner of the hamlet Montreal, not far from the Arctic Circle. His favorite phrase is \"You can't make me.\"", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Growing Up & Facts of Life" ]

[ "An intelligent boy who frequently questions authority is shipped off to the frontier by his family's enemies and trained to be an lancer--a career that results in 50% casualties. 50,000 first printing." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "Once again Modesitt (Colors of Chaos, The Spellsong Cycle series) returns to the fantasy world of his popular Saga of Recluce series, now with the first book in a new story line set in Recluce's past. The only thing standing between the Empire of Cyador and destruction is the power of the Magi'i, who wield the energies of chaos to defend the land against invading barbarians and the ancient dark forces of the Accursed Forest. Lorn, the son of a high-ranking Magi'i, finds the magical order's many rules too constricting and is sent off to join the Lancers and fight Cyador's countless enemies on the borderlands. That distance doesn't remove him from the constant intrigues and power struggles back home in Cyan, however. While Lorn battles to survive barbarian raids and attacks from the Accursed Forest's worst nightmares, his lover, the merchant Ryalth, works to build her business despite threats from unscrupulous rivals. Though Lorn survives and, by the end of the book, manages to take Ryalth as his consort, it's clear that Modesitt has much more in store for his characters. True to form, the author delivers a complex plot wrapped around finely textured settings and intriguing characters. Fans of previous Recluce novels will find this new series darker in tone--and Lorn is quite a bit more ruthless than the usual Modesitt hero--but they won't be disappointed. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From Library Journal", "Judged lacking in the loyalty and dedication necessary for a position as one of the elite mages of Cyador, Lorn receives an assignment to the Mirror Lancers who protect the land of Cyador from the barbarian frontier--a tour of duty that often results in an early death. The latest in Modesitt's popular \"Recluce\" series begins a new cycle in the history of a world based upon the delicate balance of chaos and order. The author's talent for combining large-scale action with the minutiae of his characters' daily lives infuses his story with a veracity often lacking in the genre. A good choice for most fantasy collections, particularly where the series is popular. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From", "Booklist", "Modesitt begins another new saga, a spin-off from his best-selling and magisterial Recluce series. The setting is the empire of Cyador, and the protagonist is Lorn, a talented youth from a magus family who is diligent in his studies but too independent-minded to suit the High Magi'i. So he is commissioned an officer of lancers and sent to fight barbarians on the frontier, which is by no means a sinecure. Much of the rest of the novel is taken up with scene setting; developing Lorn as officer, magus, and lover; introducing people and places in Cyador; and hinting at some of the high-level intrigue going on behind the curtains, so to speak. The ending reeks strongly of cliffhanger, and still the book stands up well enough on its own, especially for readers coming to it from the Recluce saga--a numerous band. Fantasy collections, take note.", "Roland Green", "From Kirkus Reviews", "Tenth installment of Modesitt's huge Saga of Recluce fantasy (Colors of Chaos, 1999, etc.). Recluce is an admittedly superior potboiler series with an exceptionally well worked-out magical backdrop. Its popularity, however (and that of other, similarly endless series), provokes a more general question: do the fans really prefer endless small variations on a single doorstopper theme? Orsince they're easier, cheaper, and more convenient to market than stand-alone books with new settings and ideasdo publishers encourage authors to write them? --", "Copyright ©2000, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.", "About the Author", "L.E. Modesitt, Jr., is the bestselling author of the fantasy series", "The Saga of Recluce", ". His science fiction includes", "Adiamante, the Ecolitan novels,", "and", "Archform: Beauty", ". He lives in Cedar City, Utah.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Science Fiction & Fantasy", "Fantasy" ]

[ "“", "Letters from Mississippi", "gives us a deeply personal look at one of the Civil Rights Movement’s key moments—and reminds us that change happens because regular people have decided they were willing to fight for it.”—Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund", "This expanded edition includes over forty pages of poetry by students in the Freedom Schools of 1964, adding the lively voices of local participants, mostly teenagers, to those of the volunteers from the North. The new edition also includes an additional dozen biographies, resulting in a wider resource for scholarship and for a general understanding of this critical moment in civil rights history." ]

[ "About the Author", "She has published six books and numerous articles on popular struggles in the Americas including De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century. Bond has served four terms on the NAACP National Board and since l998 has been Board Chairman. He was President of the Atlanta NAACP from 1978 until 1989. He is President Emeritus of the Southern Poverty Law Center and currently serves on its Board." ]

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[ "Observing cruelties to an escaped slave girl late one night in a barn in rural New Hampshire, young Ephraim Nute dedicates himself to combatting that scourge. Resisting the wishes of his disapproving father he takes his commitment into the ministry, working with the Underground Railroad and answering a call to be a missionary to the increasingly violent Kansas Territory in 1854. Hoping to help the Territory come into the Union as a Free State, Nute is shot at, imprisoned, and nearly hanged for being an Abolitionist preacher, causing him to question his own pacifism and with increasing encounters with the radical abolitionist John Brown and his family, to run guns and money from the East to Kansas. His complicated friendship with Brown puts him unexpectedly at the attack on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, and he must flee to Europe in the wake of the capture and hanging of Brown. Nute returns to America to enlist as a chaplain in the First Kansas Regiment of the Civil War but soon goes into detached service to supervise Soldier’s Homes for the Union up and down the Mississippi River. His position enables him to run guns behind enemy lines for the Union Army, and move escaping slaves up the Mississippi to Canada. After the Civil War Nute’s marriage crumbles and he turns his back on the church he thought abandoned him in Kansas, remaking his life back East with a literary career, new marriage, and starting a family of his own after the age of 50. Always contentious, Nute’s actions are often unorthodox, skirting the boundaries of legality and putting him at odds with the revered institutions of mainstream government, society, and religion. But his goal is always to reach for Liberty, that evasive muse who inspires him, burns in him, and curses him to a life of adventure and agony. (Based on the true life story, letters, and writings of the author's own great great grandfather. )" ]

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[ "Fate. Hate. Love. Lies.", "Which four letter word will change their lives forever?", "Sydney Paige was never so mortified to hear the words 'wrong number' in her life. She meant to tell off the guy who broke her best friend's heart, but unleashed her anger on a perfect stranger instead. And now her world is turned upside down by the captivating man who wants to keep her on the line.", "Brian Savage is living a life he's quickly come to hate - until Sydney's wild rant has him hooked and hungry for more. Soon the sexy woman on the phone becomes the lover in his bed. But Brian has secrets, and the closer he lets Syd get, the harder it is to shield her from the devastating mistakes of his past . . ." ]

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[ "Bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr's in love—with an exotic Eastern European beauty who shares his obsession with Humphrey Bogart movies. He's in heaven, munching popcorn with his new amour every night at a Bogart Film Festival—until their", "Casablanca", "-esque idyll is cut short by his other secret passion:", "burglary", ".", "When he's hired to pilfer a portfolio of valuable documents from a Park Avenue apartment, Bernie can hardly refuse. But the occupant's early return forces Bernie to flee empty-handed—and he soon finds himself implicated in a murder. Before you can say \"who stole the strawberries?\" he's hunting for a killer, up to his neck in the outrageous intrigues of a tiny Balkan nation . . . and menaced by more sinister fat men and unsavory toadies than the great Bogie himself butted heads with in pursuit of that darn bird!" ]

[ "Review", "“Makes one want to rush to the bookstoer to get Block’s previous book, The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams.” —", "San Francisco Examiner", "About the Author", "Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association—only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler." ]

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[ "Books", "Mystery, Thriller & Suspense", "Thrillers & Suspense" ]

[ "Daniel and Justine have escaped to Delaware only to find they haven’t been able to outrace the undead destruction raging across the land. As they flee through the First State they realize they aren’t as free as they hoped. Justine fights for her humanity as Daniel fights for her freedom. Read the exciting second novel in the Undead-Earth series and find out if Justine and Daniel can survive as the world is consumed around them. “One of the most enjoyable books I’ve read in a long time. I loved the way you reinvented the genre and made it your own.” - T. Smith “A great read.” - P. Calvert “You won't want to put this book down!” - B. Beiner" ]

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[ "Richard Belzer and David Wayne are back to set the record straight after", "Dead Wrong", "; this time they’re going to uncover the truth about the many witness deaths tied to the JFK assassination. For decades, government pundits have dismissed these “coincidental” deaths, even regarding them as “myths” as “urban legends.”Like most people, Richard and David were initially unsure about what to make of these ‘coincidences’. After all, events don’t “consult the odds” prior to happening; they simply", "happen", ". Then someone comes along later and figures out what the odds of it happening were. Some of the deaths seemed purely coincidental; heart attacks, hunting accidents. Others clearly seemed noteworthy; witnesses who", "did", "seem to know something and", "did", "seem to die mysteriously.", "Hit List", "is a fair examination of the evidence of each case, leading to (necessarily) different conclusions. The findings were absolutely staggering; as some cases were clearly linked to a “clean-up operation” after the murder of President Kennedy, while others were the result of ‘other forces’. The impeccable research and writing of Richard Belzer and David Wayne show that if the government is trying to hide anything, they’re the duo who will uncover it." ]

[ "About the Author", "Richard Belzer", "is a stand-up comedian, actor, and author (with David Wayne) of the New York Times bestsellers", "Hit List", "and", "Dead Wrong", ". He splits his time between France and New York City.", "David Wayne", "is the author of five bestselling books, including", "Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-ups", "and", "Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination", "(both written with Richard Belzer). He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii." ]

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[ "Books", "Biographies & Memoirs", "Leaders & Notable People" ]

[ "Professional Certification is today's hottest bookselling market because of the high demand for proven talent in managing mission critical networks. Acting as a universally recognized passport, certification protects employers from letting amateurs loose on their valuable systems and offers systems technicians and administrators an almost instant $10-15,000 salary hike upon accredidation. No wonder that over 100,000 technical managers will seek certification this year--paying up to $7,000 for professional training and exam preparation." ]

[ "Amazon.com Review", "Despite its reputation as the easiest of the MCSE mandatory exams, the Networking Essentials test is not to be sneezed at. Loaded with questions about network topologies, protocols, and security, the test has its share of pitfalls. This book can help you prepare, though you'll find the same information in other books of the same series.", "The authors have organized their book around Microsoft's outline of exam objectives. Early chapters explain what computer networks are and why they're useful to organizations; intermediate chapters explain the OSI network model, topologies, protocols, and network operating systems. The book then progresses into cabling, network interface cards, hubs and repeaters, wide area networks, security, and network management. The coverage provided here is complete and touches on everything in the Microsoft statement of what's on the test. An excellent companion CD-ROM includes a searchable version of the book's text as well as some great test-simulator software.", "From the Back Cover", "Get Certified with the global Knowledge Network Advantage! Global Knowledge Network Study Guides are designed with one goal in mind: to help you pass a specific MCSE exam. no fluff or false promises. Just the most focused and authoritative material available, based on thousands of hours of research and classroom experience-plus more practice exam questions than any other available study guide. Because Global Knowledge Network trains more than 150,000 network professionals each year, they can highlight specific areas in the exam that are the toughest to master, then fine-tune their instruction to match the most recent changes in Microsoft's exam objectives. Curriculum-based, classroom-proven, and exam-tested - the Global Knowledge Network Advantage puts you on the fast track to your valuable MCSE credentials. The closest you can get to actually being in the classroom! EXAM WATCH - Warnings based on thorough post-exam research identifying the most troublesome exam questions - and how to answer them correctly! FROM THE CLASSROOM - Discussions of important issues direct from the classrooms of global Knowledge Network's award -winning instructors. CETIFICATION EXERCISES - Step-by-step exercises that focus on specific skills most likely to be on the exam. TWO-MINUTE DRILL - Quick and concise checklists that summarize a chapter's main points - perfect for last-minute review! CHAPTER SELF TESTS - Reinforce your learning experience with chapter-specific questions similar to those found on the exam. HOW TO TAKE THE EXAM - Key pointers on how to maximize your chances for success on exam day. FREE MEMBERSHIP TO GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE NETWORK'S ACCESS GLOBAL WEB SITE - Get MCSE exam updates, assessment tools and tips for success." ]

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[ "Books", "Computers & Technology", "Certification" ]

[ "Hib Sabin has been creating art since 1957, using juniper wood as his primary medium for the past thirty years. His woodcarvings draw inspiration from number of disciplines and traditions, from the shamanic rituals of American indigenous people to modern poetry by Leonard Cohen and Ted Hughes.", "The Other Side of Silence, the Far Side of Time", "gathers one hundred fifty color photos of Sabin’s singular sculptures, as well as a number of bronze castings created from these carvings. The book’s structure follows the multipart journey of Sabin’s life and art. His early woodwork style referenced the animal-focused implements of First Nations shamanism—healing wands, talking sticks, and masks—before gradually expanding to take in global mythologies and the poetry and philosophy of the twentieth century. An introductory essay from curator Sarra Scherb rounds off this comprehensive showcase of Sabin’s simultaneously ancient and contemporary aesthetic." ]

[ "About the Author", "Hib Sabin", "earned an MFA in art history from the University of Pittsburgh and taught at Franklin and Marshall College and Dickinson College. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.", "Sarra Scherb", "is assistant curator of the Stonington Gallery." ]

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[ "Books", "Arts & Photography", "Sculpture" ]

[ "Follow Will on his first day of school and learn about all the new people he will meet, things he will see and experiences he will have. This book was written by a speech-language pathologist in the hopes that it prepares your little ones for one of their biggest adventures yet... The First Day of School!" ]

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[ "Books", "Education & Teaching", "Schools & Teaching" ]

[ "A unique reference book for all those using electronic media,", "The Cyberspace Lexicon", "provides a much-needed guide through the maze of existing and emerging technologies. From interactive video and multimedia through to hypermedia, arcade games, high-band networks and virtual reality, this book explains all the essential concepts and technical terms.", "Techniques and technologies are defined, key concepts are explained, and 'buzzwords' are clarified. In-depth illustrated features covering major issues complement clear, concise entries designed for quick reference. With numerous colour illustrations showing the latest programs and applications, this is an invaluable sourcebook for any media professional or student." ]

[ "From Library Journal", "Richly illustrated with full-color photographs and computer-generated graphics, this beautifully designed dictionary of electronic multimedia arts lists more than 800 terms and concepts in alphabetical order. It includes a number of in-depth illustrated features that complement the more concise entries intended for quick reference. Multimedia technologies and techniques are clearly defined, and many key concepts are explained in detail, with cross references to related terms. A comprehensive bibliography of more than 140 works is also provided. Cotton and Oliver wrote the popular Understanding Hypermedia (Phaidon, 1993) and will no doubt repeat their success with this work, which is unique among computer dictionaries in its layout and its choice of terms. The timeliness and scope of this lexicon make it a good choice for reference collections in most public and academic libraries.", "Joe Accardi, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago", "Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From", "Booklist", "MIDI", "?", "MPC", "?", "MPEG", "? These are some examples of the specialized vocabulary of multimedia. The more than 800 concise definitions in this book go beyond the limits of most computer dictionaries to explain existing and emerging multimedia technologies, from video games to virtual reality. Terms are defined in language laypeople can understand; for example, \"", "MIDI", "[Musical Instrument Digital Interface]--A standard for music information interchange adopted by the electronic music industry in 1983.\" Longer feature entries for such terms as", "full-motion video", "and", "infotainment and edutainment", "are scattered throughout the book and color illustrations crowd every page. An excellent cross-reference structure links related terms, and a lengthy bibliography ends the volume. The authors are British, but this is such an international industry that the book is appropriate for American audiences. Highly recommended for high-school, public, and academic libraries.", "Sandy Whiteley", "Review", "\"An excellent illustrated dictionary dedicated to technobabble.\"―", "Observer", "\"Nothing else in print will give you such a good idea of multimedia's overall look and feel. Well-conceived and ably written, designed and produced.\"―", "Wired", "\"'This beautifully illustrated paperback is just the thing to help you keep abreast of all those new terms. An essential guide.\"―", "Library Journal", "From the Back Cover", "A unique reference for all those using the new electronic 'multimedia' arts, The Cyberspace Lexicon provides a much-needed guide through the maze of existing and emerging technologies. From arcade games to artificial intelligence, data superhighways to DTP, video graphics to virtual reality, this book explains all the essential concepts and technical terms. Arranged alphabetically, The Cyberspace Lexicon offers a variety of levels of information and access. Technologies are defined; innovatory organizations are profiled; key concepts are explained and 'buzzwords' clarified. Over 800 clear, concise dictionary entries, designed for quick reference, are complemented by illustrated features covering important issues. A comprehensive bibliography is also provided. The latest software and hardware is illustrated by hundreds of colour photographs, many of them appearing in printed form for the first time. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive and 'random access' approach to the new media. Both a cross-disciplinary glossary and an illustrated introduction to the subject, it is an invaluable resource for media professionals, students, and all those affected by the new digital technologies.", "About the Author", "Bob Cotton and Richard Oliver are independent media consultants. They are the authors of", "Understanding Hypermedia", "and", "Understanding Hypermedia 2.0", ", also published by Phaidon.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Computers & Technology", "Web Development & Design" ]

[ "Sherna Saul Lumar, is a native of New Orleans,Louisiana. She has worked with children for many years,in various capacities, and in several school districts.As an educator, she has inspired children, teachers, andparents to use education as a means of upward mobility.As a mentor, and presenter, she has shared informationon classroom management, instructional strategies, andother motivational tips for new and veteran teachers.Her educational experiences, as well as her desireto see teachers experience success has led her to thecompilation of this informational book.Stay on fire. Dare to teach. Dare to touch a life forever." ]

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[ "Books", "Education & Teaching", "Schools & Teaching" ]

[ "A splendid ironic portrayal of literary Paris and of a young writer’s struggles by one of Spain’s most eminent authors.", "This brilliantly ironic novel about literature and writing, in Vila-Matas’s trademark witty and erudite style, is told in the form of a lecture delivered by a novelist clearly a version of the author himself. The “lecturer” tells of his two-year stint living in Marguerite Duras’s garret during the seventies, spending time with writers, intellectuals, and eccentrics, and trying to make it as a creator of literature: “I went to Paris and was very poor and very unhappy.” Encountering such luminaries as Duras, Roland Barthes, Georges Perec, Sergio Pitol, Samuel Beckett, and Juan Marsé, our narrator embarks on a novel whose text will “kill” its readers and put him on a footing with his beloved Hemingway. (", "Never Any End to Pari", "s takes its title from a refrain in", "A Moveable Feast", ".) What emerges is a fabulous portrait of intellectual life in Paris that, with humor and penetrating insight, investigates the role of literature in our lives." ]

[ "Review", "\"Mr. Vila-Matas shows that the reasons for (and the consequences of) not writing fiction can, in a funny way, be almost as rich and complicated as fiction itself.\" ―", "The Economist", "\"Vila-Matas’s touch is light and whimsical, while his allusions encompass a rogue’s gallery of world literature.\" ―", "Time Out New York", "\"I’m reading Vila-Matas’s book like a novel, a very good novel in which the narrator gives us exhaustive information about the protagonist who happens to be himself. I don’t know him personally, nor am I planning to meet him, I prefer to read him and let his literature pervade me.\" ―", "Pedro Almodóvar", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition.", "About the Author", "ENRIQUE VILA-MATAS", "was born in Barcelona. He has received countless prizes and written numerous award-winning novels, including", "Bartleby & Co.", ",", "Montano’s Malady", ",", "Never Any End to Paris", ", and", "Dublinesque", ".", "Anne McLean", "lives in Toronto and has translated the works of authors including Javier Cercas, Julio Cortázar, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Enrique Vila-Matas.", "--This text refers to the", "paperback", "edition." ]

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[ "Books", "Literature & Fiction", "World Literature" ]

[ "“Sometimes Like a Child” is an illustrated book designed for grandmothers to read with their grandchildren. The book is an emotional bridge for child and grandparent using fun family illustrations that will delight readers young and old. You will discover: • A new way to see each other. • How to communicate through drawings. • How to play inside the story. This is the one book that every grandmother and grandchild will need to read together to open the gates to imagine the others feelings and have great fun doing so. If you love \"Love You Forever\" by Robert Munsch, this is the book for you." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Growing Up & Facts of Life" ]

[ "Can one young Princess change her people’s destiny? Or is she doomed, like the rest of the hybrid children?Neala knows she is different. Her tribe will not let her forget it. On her changing day, she learns why. Now she must flee the only home she has ever known or face death. On the run, she meets the most powerful daemon she has ever encountered. She holds the answers that Neala desperately needs, but things are not what they appear.The Hybrid Princess is the first book in Latrisha Holmes’s exciting new young adult series; The Daemon’s Origin. This book will keep you rooting for the underdog.Buy now to submerse yourself in this new world." ]

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[ "Books", "Science Fiction & Fantasy", "Fantasy" ]

[ "Bruce Stockler captures the chaos, joy and challenges of becoming the father of triplets in this hilarious, fast-paced, and refreshingly honest memoir. From the moment Stockler and his wife ,Roni, learn they have hit the fertility jackpot, their lives are turned upside down. The day the babies are born—in an operating room bustling with 30 doctors, nurses and technicians—is the first jolt in a physical and emotional roller-coaster ride. And every day following continues to reveal one unpredictable twist after another. Just going to the supermarket and keeping the kids—and the store—safe from disaster is like an episode from an adventure story. When the triplets start to walk, and explode in three directions at once, they quickly learn to exploit their newfound freedom at every possible turn." ]

[ "From Publishers Weekly", "The stay-at-home dad isn't such an anomaly these days-newspapers run popular-trend features about him, and he himself might write a book about the job (e.g. David Eddie's Housebroken) but the world may have never encountered such a superfather as Stockler seems to be in this parenting memoir. Already an experienced dad-though not an official stay-at-homer, he's the primary caretaker of his two-year-old son Asher (his wife, Roni, is a high-powered New York lawyer)-Stockler nevertheless faces a new and daunting level of responsibility when Roni becomes pregnant with triplets. With keen wit (Stockler has worked as a jokewriter for Jay Leno and writes a humor column for Esquire), he chronicles the difficult pregnancy, offers a dramatic and moving description of the babies' birth, and describes escapade after sleepless escapade with three growing newborns and a toddler. Parents will laugh out loud during the \"Lost in the Supermarket\" chapter, in which Stockler must strategically position his wagonful of children so that it's far from the bagel display without being close to the muffins-\"I made that mistake once and muffins flew through the air like antiaircraft fire\"-as well as try to keep one triplet from licking raw chicken juice, another from launching herself from the wagon, and another from freaking out over breakfast cereal. (Asher, four by this time, charms throughout.) They will also appreciate the sometimes startling honesty with which he describes family relationships and the challenges of parenting. Nevertheless, some will wish the book had a wider scope-it gains depth when it considers larger contexts, like the prejudice Roni faces as a working mother when the family moves to the suburbs, but it does this only rarely and briefly. Also, it suffers from some poor editing-the structure is somewhat loose and repetitions abound. But these flaws ultimately don't detract from this book's overall appeal, which should extend even to those fathers who have just one newborn to contend with. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.", "From", "Booklist", "If you've ever wondered what it might be like to have your family suddenly doubled in size, check out this extremely funny, extremely perceptive memoir by the author of", "Esquire", "'s bimonthly \"Crazy Talk\" column. Already the parents of a three-year-old boy, Stockler and his wife find themselves expecting triplets, and nothing will ever seem quite the same again. The author documents the experience from the get-go (the joyful yet surreal news that they're going to have three little babies), through the months leading up to the birth, and on to the first precious years of the triplets' lives. The book is charming and tender, with moments of outright hilarity (the author is, after all, a humor writer). Stockler's voice is fresh and memorable: it's hard to forget his description of him and his wife, learning of the pregnancy, as confused as \"dogs dropped onto the surface of a strange and dogless planet,\" or as numb and soft as \"frozen sticks of butter defrosting.\" Great fun.", "David Pitt", "Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved", "Review", "\"Bruce Stockler is a very funny guy. He's our Mr. Mom for the new millennium.\"-Jay Leno“Bruce Stockler may not have time to sleep, but he did have time to write a hilarious, smart and touching book. I hope his wife gives birth to quadruplets so there will be a sequel soon.” -A.J. Jacobs,", "Esquire", "magazine\"Bruce Stockler is a very funny guy. He's our Mr. Mom for the new millennium.\" (Jay Leno)\"Bruce Stockler may not have time to sleep, but he did have time to write a hilarious, smart and touching book. (A.J. Jacobs", "Esquire magazine", ")", "About the Author", "Bruce Stockler's humor pieces have appeared in publications including", "The New York Times", ",", "The Los Angeles Times", ",", "The Philadelphia Inquirer", ", and", "The Christian Science Monitor.", "A regular contributor to", "Esquire", ", he has also been a joke writer for Jay Leno. He and his family live in the suburbs of New York City.", "Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.", "From", "I Sleep at Red Lights", ":It is past 10 p.m. now and they show no sign of exhaustion, maniacally trampolining from bed to floor to furniture. I took chemistry in high school and cannot comprehend how their intake of calories supports 12 straight hours of mayhem. Is anyone at the oil companies studying children? The acrobatics are interrupted when Jared notices Hannah using one of his blankets as a parachute. A nasty, screaming, scratching fight breaks out. Each bed has a unique combination of linens. If any blanket or sheet or pillow is mixed up, bedlam ensues. The First Rule of Triplets: Everything must be different. While invisible to the casual observer, to three competitive toddlers such minute differences are crucial. I calm them all down and Barak begs for water. More screaming and wailing erupt as Hannah demands her share. \"It's just water!\" I say. \"Don't fight over water!\" Of course they fight over water. They are 3-1/2 years old. They fight over Styrofoam packing peanuts. Jared asks for seltzer, which sets off another series of frantic negotiations. Volumes of water and seltzer must be analyzed and adjusted. They attack my competence to perform measurements and criticize my methodologies. The Second Rule of Triplets: Everything must be equal. These two directives must balance seamlessly, without canceling one another out. Copyright 2003 by Bruce Stockler.", "Read more" ]

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[ "Books", "Humor & Entertainment", "Humor" ]

[ "In his second volume on the Tudor Navy, naval expert Angus Konstam covers the extraordinary transformation of the Tudor fleet during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. This period witnessed the birth of a whole new breed of warships designed to dominate the seas and expand the corners of the Empire. Detailing warfare during the age of Sea Dogs, such as Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh, and the landmark event of the Spanish Armada, he explains the technological innovations that allowed this small but efficient navy to defeat the larger Spanish fleet.Packed with new research, in-depth analysis, photographs, full-color reconstructions and detailed cutaway artwork, this book is a must for any lover of maritime history and for anyone who wants to understand how Britain came to rule the waves, creating and retaining her supremacy across the seas throughout the age of fighting sail." ]

[ "About the Author", "Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney Islands and is the author of over 20 books for Osprey. Formerly the Curator of Weapons in the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London, he also served as the Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. His maritime titles for Osprey include Elite 67: Pirates 1660-730, Elite 69: Buccaneers 1620-1700 and Elite 70: Elizabethan Sea Dogs 1560-1605. Angus lives in Edinburgh." ]

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[ "Books", "History", "Europe" ]

[ "A textbook collection of the classic modern essays on John from Bultmann to Moore." ]

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[ "Books", "Christian Books & Bibles", "Bible Study & Reference" ]

[ "Join everybody's favorite fanciful friend for some", "ooh la la", "fancy fun in this tale based on the", "Bonjour Butterfly", "episode of the Disney Junior series!", "In the story, Nancy and her best friend Bree rescue a butterfly when her wings get wet in the backyard fountain. But Nancy wants to bring the butterfly indoors to live with her and be her friend. With a little help from Mom, she figures out that her new winged friend has to be able to fly free.", "This read-along storybook and CD features the actual character voices and sound effects from the hit show!", "This read-along storybook and CD features the actual character voices and sound effects from the hit show!", "Disney Junior's Fancy Nancy is based on the New York Times bestselling book series Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser.", "Disney Junior's", "Fancy Nancy", "is based on the New York Times bestselling book series", "Fancy Nancy", "by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser." ]

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[ "Books", "Children's Books", "Growing Up & Facts of Life" ]

[ "The first edition of this classic work was one of the most useful books ever written on the sport of eventing. And now, with updated photos and revisions to the text, it's even better! In Practical Eventing, Sally O'Connor helps every eventer from the lower levels through Preliminary, offering guidance and advice, especially for those without the resources for extensive training with professionals. She leaves nothing unsaid in the way of choice of horse, daily schedule, lungeing, use of gymnastics, and actual riding of competition. Sally O'Connor's first book published with us, Common Sense Dressage, has helped countless riders, especially those who must work on their own most or all of the time- --we have a large file of thank you letters from them. In Practical Eventing, she does the same service for eventers. Practical Eventing is generously illustrated with over 140 photos and 30 illustrations." ]

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[ "Books", "Sports & Outdoors", "Individual Sports" ]

[ "\"Mountaineering is a relentless pursuit. One climbs further and further yet never reaches the destination. Perhaps that is what gives it its own particular charm. One is constantly searching for something never to be found.\" - Hermann Buhl* Co-author Reinhold Messner is himself a legendary climber deeply influenced by Buhl's accomplishments* Draws upon previously unpublished resources and interviews with family and friends* Buhl wrote the classic", "Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage", "Hermann Buhl -- the first man to stand atop Nanga Parbat, and legendary for his will to push himself to the last -- was", "the", "mountaineer of the 1950s. His account,", "Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage,", "has inspired generations of climbers. Yet that classic, shaped and romanticized by a collaborator, does not reveal the man Buhl really was. Now celebrated mountaineer Reinhold Messner and journalist Horst Hofler publish Buhl in his own words, pure and unadorned, in", "Hermann Buhl: Climbing without Compromise.", "Drawing text from Buhl's original climbing diaries, journals, and articles written for mountaineering publications of his time, Messner and Hofler present a portrait of the whole man-strong -- willed, creative, and fragile. A loner, rough-edged in his relations with fellow climbers, Buhl took opposition and disagreements heavily to heart. He was demanding as a father, yet he often sang for his young daughters. Though intense and always pushing his limits on the mountain, he displayed a subtle sense of humor in his journals.", "Climbing without Compromise", "also reveals Buhl as an astonishingly modern mountaineer. Indeed, Buhl was a pioneer looking to the future. Buhl lived, above all, for and through his climbing, at a time when no one dreamed about making a living through top alpine achievements. The Buhl Crack on the Cima Canali demonstrates his style as a free climber; his ascent of Broad Peak gives us a glimpse of the super-alpinism of the future. Had Hermann Buhl been born 40 years later, writes Messner, he would surely have been one of the leading sport climbers, and a classic mountaineer without equal. But the whirlwind of energy that was Hermann Buhl was not destined to live a long life. When a cornice collapsed beneath him on Chogolisa, Buhl became instead a tragic hero of the 20th century." ]

[ "Review", "For those with an even greater interest in the sport, check out Messner's biography on the legendary Hermann Buhl. (", "Valley Advocate (Easthampton, MA)", ")", "About the Author", "REINHOLD MESSNER", "is often called the greatest living mountaineer. He was the first man to summit Everest without supplementary oxygen, the first to solo Everest, and the first to climb all fourteen of the world's 8,000-meter peaks. He is the author of numerous books, including", "The Crystal Horizon", "and", "Antarctica", "." ]

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[ "Books", "Sports & Outdoors", "Mountaineering" ]

[ "Book 4 in the Confessions of a Rogue Hypnotist series is here! This is the book about what THEY definitely don’t want you to know: ‘Forbidden hypnotic secrets!’ You want to know it ALL don’t you! There is a magical allure in the very word ‘secret.’ This may well be THE definitive book on the hitherto mystery of waking hypnosis, authoritarian and indirect; what it is and how to create it at will! The Rogue Hypnotist is giving away more than ever before; and what’s more unlike everyone else he’s doing so for almost nothing! Never had so much been given away for so little! What fantastic enigmas will be unearthed? 1. Amazing methods of how to induce waking (eyes open) hypnosis in absolutely anyone: guaranteed! 2. The forbidden history of hypnosis: the ageless, timeless principles behind all successful hypnosis will be uncovered in rapid detail. 3. A treasure trove of hypnotic pain control secrets for children and adults with or without trance. 4. The Rogue Hypnotist’s advanced NLP and hypnosis tricks that annihilate 99.9% of all anxiety, phobias, self-esteem problems and more in just one session! 5. The siren like hypnotic power and principles of catchy songs revealed! 6. The modus operandi of how to seriously perfect your hypnotic stare. 7. The secret and devastating hypnotic power of psychopaths and how to spot them! 8. The secrets of how to zero in on the best hypnotic subjects: the somnambulists! 9. The idiot proof formula to instant inductions! 10. The secret schema of medical and dental waking hypnosis! 11. Expert level inductions and deepeners never before seen! 12. The true power of evil hypnosis and the voodoo curse! 13. The most guarded secrets of stage and street hypnosis unleashed: learn how to prime, idea seed, juice the imagination and more to get amazing results! 14. The sizzling secrets of emoto-nosis uncovered! 15. The saucy secrets of how hypnotists seduce women with sexual trance stripped bare! 16. The unknown principles for curing skin problems with hypnosis! 17. The secrets of ultra-entrancing environments that create instant waking hypnosis! 18. The mystery of how best-selling romance novels hypnotise women explained! 19. The secrets of the apposition of opposites principle demystified! 20. The subconscious code of hypnotic symbology! 21. The secrets of goal achievement deciphered! 22. The key to communicating with your own subconscious! 23. The privileged processes of cults, brainwashing and so much more! The ‘classified’ techniques of many aspects of hypnosis will be laid bare! No other book on hypnosis has so comprehensively given away such a breath of knowledge, with so many rare scripts on highly effective hypnosis and NLP. Your hypnotic skills and communication abilities will sky-rocket!" ]

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[ "Books", "Health, Fitness & Dieting", "Psychology & Counseling" ]

[ "Whether you are new to the game of Hold'em Poker or a seasoned player, this book can improve your game. The pages are packed with specific ideas you can use each and every time you sit down to play poker.Rick includes dozens of ideas throughout this book, and he has outlined four new concepts for you to improve your chances of success when playing Hold'em Poker: 1) Easily know which cards you should play and how to play them based on your position at the table.2) Learn a simple, creative method to remember your cards, so you will not need to look at them again.3) Learn the Rule of Sixes to reduce your chance of losing when having an ace.4) Understand the Rule of Three to better predict an opponent's play.Plus many concepts to give you a significant advantage at the table over other players." ]

[ "About the Author", "Rick Wilcoxon is an amateur poker player, who for the past 35 years has played a ridiculous amount of Hold'em, and certainly at least as much as most professionals. His specialty is Texas Hold'em and in this book he shares many of the \"recurring\" lessons\" he has learned from hundreds of cash games and tournaments; while playing at dozens of casinos throughout the United States, as well as in many thousands of games online. Within these pages, Rick keeps the concepts simple and direct, with specific details on successful ideas you can use each and every time you sit down to play." ]

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[ "Books", "Humor & Entertainment", "Puzzles & Games" ]

[ "An all-new collection of more than 120 recipes that are so delicious and easy to make, you might forget they’re vegan, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Deceptively Delicious, Double Delicious, The Can’t Cook Book, and Food Swings. Jessica Seinfeld isn’t a committed vegan. Her husband and her children aren’t, either. Instead of convincing you to become vegan or shaming you for eating meat, she simply wants to show you how easy it is to be a vegan, at times, by cooking flavorful, affordable, and robust plant-based meals whenever you want—whether that’s every day, once a week, or just once in a while. With her reassuring and accessible style, Jessica shows you step-by-step recipes for sweet and savory breakfasts, comforting and healthy meals for lunch and dinner, delicious snacks that can be whipped together quickly, and essential sauces and dressings—all tailored to home cooks. She also demonstrates how to create a basic vegan pantry filled with the essential items to keep in stock, explains what kitchen equipment you’ll want to have on hand, gives sample menus for combining recipes, and tells relatable stories from her adventures in vegan cooking with her family. Simple, affordable, and comforting, and infused with Jessica’s “encouraging attitude” (Publishers Weekly), Vegan, at Times is the perfect gateway to a healthier and more balanced you." ]

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[ "This book was written to help young children understand the nature of heaven." ]

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[ "“Grant’s experience as an archeologist makes Grave Danger come alive as the reader digs through rich details and a complex plot. A great discovery!” - Theresa Ragan,", "New York Times", "Bestselling Author", "She’s being stalked…", "After struggling to recover from a career-crippling mistake, archaeologist Libby Maitland has landed the project of her dreams—a data recovery excavation in a picturesque, historic sawmill town. Tasked with digging up secrets of the town’s founding family, Libby soon learns that nothing in Coho, Washington, is as idyllic as it seems. She’s barely settled into her new home when suspicious events make her believe she’s being stalked...", "Or maybe she’s losing her mind.", "Coho Police Chief Mark Colby can’t decide if Libby is crazy or if she has her own twisted agenda, but the deeper he delves into her past, the more intrigued he becomes. Even as he and Libby grow closer, he can’t quite let his initial suspicion go. When Libby’s life is threatened, they must work together to determine if the truth about her stalker is buried in her past, or if the answers can be found in the layers of the excavation." ]

[ "About the Author", "Four-time Golden Heart® finalist Rachel Grant worked for over a decade as a professional archaeologist and mines her experiences for storylines and settings, which are as diverse as excavating a cemetery underneath an historic art museum in San Francisco, survey and excavation of many prehistoric Native American sites in the Pacific Northwest, researching an historic concrete house in Virginia, and mapping a seventeenth century Spanish and Dutch fort on the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and children and can be found on the web at www.Rachel-Grant.net." ]

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[ "Explore planets, stars, and constellations with this “out of this world” educational activity book for kids ages 5−7", "Space is awesome, and we can explore a lot of it from right here on Earth using our eyes, binoculars, and telescopes. In this interactive activity book, kids ages 5−7 get to be astronomers! Former NASA scientist Aurora Lipper leads an exciting journey through space, beginning with a tour of the planets and moons in our solar system. Next, kids visit the constellations and then zoom through the far reaches of the Milky Way galaxy. Along the way, they’ll find amazing facts about the starry skies and get to color and draw, connect dots, find hidden objects, and have fun with word puzzles while improving math and reading skills.", "Astronomy Activity Book for Kids", "features:   •", "90+ educational activities:", "On-page games and cool facts about space allow for fun, independent learning", "•", "Simple stargazing projects:", "Learn how to find the Big Dipper, view meteor showers, and more with just the eyes, binoculars, or a small telescope", "•", "Easy and exciting to read:", "Beautiful space illustrations and simple explanations written for early readers" ]

[ "Review", "“When I was a kid, there were space books and there were activity books. I was a fan of both but would have absolutely loved a space AND activity book like this.”", "—Fraser Cain, publisher of", "Universe Today", "and cohost of", "Astronomy Cast", "“The best thing I can say about this superbly crafted book is that I wish it had been available when my three children were growing up. While it’s a children’s book, parents and teachers will learn as much from its lessons, photographs, and illustrations as the youngsters.”", "—Forrest Mims III, author and one of", "Discover", "magazine’s “50 Best Brains in Science”", "“Aurora Lipper demonstrates her educational prowess in", "Astronomy Activity Book for Kids", "by providing a resource that not only engages the reader but provides easily understandable astronomy facts on every page. This book serves as an invaluable travel guide to children as they explore the universe in which they live.” ­", "—Brian P. Cox, educator, amateur astronomer, and Central Coast Astronomical Society board member", "“The stars, the moon, galaxies, comets, and glowing nebulae are fascinating enough. When your guide, like Aurora, is also excited and enthusiastic (and knowledgeable), wandering around the heavens is all that much better. Jump in on this adventure and enjoy the ride.”", "—Alex McConahay, teacher and Astronomical League Master Observer", "“To a child who has expressed an interest in learning about any of the astronomical objects, this activity book fits the bill. Each page has interesting facts about our solar system and objects in deep space followed by a puzzle, game, or activity. The author’s many years of teaching science to the younger generation comes through vividly throughout the book. By having the reader be an active participant, the author makes learning about astronomy a unique and enjoyable experience.”", "—Dr. Lee Coombs, astro-photographer and professor emeritus of chemistry, California Polytechnic State University", "About the Author", "Former NASA scientist Aurora Lipper is an astronomer, pilot, and busy mom of four. She runs Supercharged Science and teaches thousands of elementary school kids worldwide through her online classes and in-person science workshops. She is also president of the Central Coast Astronomical Society in California and a member of the Society of Women Engineers. Victoria Stebleva is an illustrator from Russia. She graduated from Moscow State University of Printing Arts as a graphic artist and currently lives in Moscow. The variety of her work is quite large, from illustrations for children’s books to editorial illustrations on socially important topics for media. Victoria is fond of motorbike traveling, nonfiction literature, rock music, and cats." ]

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[ "A short story featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly, by John Swartzwelder, the writer of 59 episodes of The Simpsons and author of nine Frank Burly novels." ]

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