Download or read book The Big Book of Mars written by Marc Hartzman and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive look at our relationship with Mars—yesterday, today, and tomorrow—through history, archival images, pop culture ephemera, and interviews with NASA scientists, for fans of Andy Weir and For All Mankind. Mars has been a source of fascination and speculation ever since the ancient Egyptians observed its blood-red hue and named it for their god of war and plague. But it wasn't until the 19th century when “canals” were observed on the surface of the Red Planet, suggesting the presence of water, that scientists, novelists, filmmakers, and entrepreneurs became obsessed with the question of whether there’s life on Mars. Since then, Mars has fully invaded pop culture, inspiring its own day of the week (Tuesday), an iconic Looney Tunes character, and many novels and movies, from Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles to The Martian. It’s this cultural familiarity with the fourth planet that continues to inspire advancements in Mars exploration, from NASA’s launch of the Mars rover Perseverance to Elon Musk’s quest to launch a manned mission to Mars through SpaceX by 2024. Perhaps, one day, we’ll be able to answer the questions our ancestors asked when they looked up at the night sky millennia ago.

Download or read book First Thoughts written by Jayne Hankinson and published by Phoenix Publishing House. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Any Psychoanalyst must find his own way and come upon well-known and well-established theories through experiences of his own realisations.' So says W. R. Bion in his Commentary in Second Thoughts. In First Thoughts, Jayne Hankinson does just this. She presents a personal account of her own 'realisations' and discoveries during an attempt to give thought to 'beginnings'. She explores the meaning and relevance of creation myths, leading to a deep realisation of how they unconsciously represent and shape much of our lives, even today. This exploration meanders through the Garden of Eden, leaving with a realisation that there is an 'Adam' and 'Eve' aspect in dynamic tension within each of our minds. This serpentine journey becomes a 'hermeneutic loop' in which dissatisfaction with parts of psychoanalytic theory leads to an engagement in the phenomena of beginnings and a consequent reappraisal and reinterpretation, via a closer look at Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, and Wilfred Bion to formulate an understanding of what their 'first thoughts' may be. The book ends with the author's own creation myth reshaped and a deeper awareness of how important 'beginnings' are.

Download or read book Memphis written by Tara M. Stringfellow and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change her family’s legacy. “A rhapsodic hymn to Black women.”—The New York Times Book Review “I fell in love with this family, from Joan’s fierce heart to her grandmother Hazel’s determined resilience. Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe, NPR, BuzzFeed, Glamour, PopSugar Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass—only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected. As she grows up, Joan finds relief in her artwork, painting portraits of the community in Memphis. One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who claims to know something about curses, and whose stories about the past help Joan see how her passion, imagination, and relentless hope are, in fact, the continuation of a long matrilineal tradition. Joan begins to understand that her mother, her mother’s mother, and the mothers before them persevered, made impossible choices, and put their dreams on hold so that her life would not have to be defined by loss and anger—that the sole instrument she needs for healing is her paintbrush. Unfolding over seventy years through a chorus of unforgettable voices that move back and forth in time, Memphis paints an indelible portrait of inheritance, celebrating the full complexity of what we pass down, in a family and as a country: brutality and justice, faith and forgiveness, sacrifice and love.

Download or read book About Alice written by Calvin Trillin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Calvin Trillin’s antic tales of family life, she was portrayed as the wife who had “a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day” and the mother who thought that if you didn’t go to every performance of your child’s school play, “the county would come and take the child.” Now, five years after her death, her husband offers this loving portrait of Alice Trillin off the page–his loving portrait of Alice Trillin off the page–an educator who was equally at home teaching at a university or a drug treatment center, a gifted writer, a stunningly beautiful and thoroughly engaged woman who, in the words of a friend, “managed to navigate the tricky waters between living a life you could be proud of and still delighting in the many things there are to take pleasure in.” Though it deals with devastating loss, About Alice is also a love story, chronicling a romance that began at a Manhattan party when Calvin Trillin desperately tried to impress a young woman who “seemed to glow.” “You have never again been as funny as you were that night,” Alice would say, twenty or thirty years later. “You mean I peaked in December of 1963?” “I’m afraid so.” But he never quit trying to impress her. In his writing, she was sometimes his subject and always his muse. The dedication of the first book he published after her death read, “I wrote this for Alice. Actually, I wrote everything for Alice.” In that spirit, Calvin Trillin has, with About Alice, created a gift to the wife he adored and to his readers.

Download or read book On These Courts written by Wayne B. Drash and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the story of "Penny" Hardaway, tracing the injuries that halted his progress as a star athlete and his decision to coach the Lester Middle School basketball team in Memphis, where he helped young players to overcome gang violence and domestic abuse to become state champions.

Download or read book The Diviners written by Libba Bray and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman discovers her mysterious powers could help catch a killer in the first book of The Diviners series--a stunning supernatural historical mystery set in 1920s New York City, from Printz Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray. Evangeline O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and sent off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult. Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. When the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer. As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfurl in the city that never sleeps. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened....

Download or read book From This Moment written by ID Johnson and published by Rogue Wolf Publishing. This book was released on with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women of Charles Town are back... and they're ready to tie the knot! The long awaited continuation of the Heartwarming Holiday's Sweet Romance series is finally here. You met the ladies of Charles Town in Melody's Christmas, Christmas Cocoa, Winter Woods, and all the other novels that make up the popular Christian romance series. Now, come back to Charles Town, West Virginia, and see how Melody and her friends are getting by after Melody's Christmas Wedding. Delaney and Josh are ready to say "I do" but everything seems to be going wrong. No dress, Nana's sick, and Josh's dad is still having memory problems. Will they make it down the aisle? Olivia wants Memphis to ask her to be his forever, but when his ex-girlfriend reappears in his life, will that be trouble for the writer and the cowboy? Alec is ready to ask Valerie to be his Valentine forever. Will she say I do? Based on the Heartwarming Holidays Sweet Romance series, you do not have to have read those books to enjoy this sweet, clean, wholesome, Christiam romance series!

Download or read book Intangible written by A. Samson and published by Avery Samson. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's being held captive. He's the only one who can save her. Thayer Kent was just going to sleep when she was kidnapped and shoved into a cage. She suddenly finds herself at the mercy of men who stole her to extract information from her father, a powerful Senator. At first she doesn't panic; she likes to think she's pretty tough. But when days turn into weeks and no one rushes to her rescue, she begins to give up hope. Memphis Prescott is a simple country veterinarian who keeps his head down, working in the rural farms of the Midwest. But he has a secret. A dangerous one. He thought he put his past behind him until two men show up unannounced: one with a taser, the other with the photo of a missing young woman. Now Memphis is in a race against time to find the one woman who is guaranteed to turn his quiet world into a fight for both of their lives. Using his unique powers to find Thayer was the easy part. Keeping her alive may be impossible.

Download or read book African American Criminological Thought written by Helen Taylor Greene and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark book presents the contributions of African Americans past and present to understanding crime, criminological theory, and the administration of justice. The authors devote individual chapters to African American pioneers Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W. E. B. Du Bois, E. Franklin Frazier, and Monroe N. Work, and contemporary scholars Lee P. Brown, Daniel Georges-Abeyie, Darnell F. Hawkins, Coramae Richey Mann, William Julius Wilson, and Vernetta D. Young. Included for each individual are a biography, information on their contributions to criminological thought, and a list of selected references. A wide range of issues are covered such as lynching, the convict lease system, homicide, female crime and delinquency, terrorism, community policing, the black ethnic monolith paradigm, and explanations of criminality.

Download or read book An Exposition of the Prophecy of Hosea written by Jeremiah Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Women s Political and Social Thought written by Hilda L. Smith and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ..". a wide array of time periods, cultures, and formats... " --Library Journal The first collection of source readings of women's important writings in political and social theory from ancient times to the twentieth century. From Sappho of Lesbos to Mary Wollstonecraft and from Jane Addams to Simone Weil, these works fill a major gap in materials available for teaching the history of political thought and opens paths for exploring the rich and diverse contributions of women as creators of theory.

Download or read book Losing Memphis written by Hannah Gray and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lane Rivers is no stranger to tragic events. To everyone else though, it seems like his biggest issue is who he's bringing home from tonight's party.Inside, he's living in his own personal hell. Each day is a struggle. Booze and women are the only ways he can numb the pain.Memphis Montgomery could be considered the world's most responsible college kid. She has no interest in being wild and careless, like every other coed she sees. That is, until Lane ignites something inside of her she didn't know existed.Lane warns her that getting attached to him is not a good idea. After all, the last thing he wants is to hurt yet another person. But she doesn't take no for an answer. Eventually, his willpower runs out, and he finds himself unable to resist Memphis any longer.It's all fun and games-until it isn't. When push comes to shove, decisions must be made. And just as Lane promised her, someone ends up getting hurt.

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Download or read book Endurance written by Gwen Sutton and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dereka Jones is a beautiful, smart, outgoing young girl leading an ideal life where she's surrounded by the love and nurture of four special women-her mama, Grandma Ruth, Aunt Kenya, and Auntie Jazz. But her blissful world is viciously shattered when a family nemesis from the past abducts Dereka and sells her into child sex slavery. In captivity she is forced to endure the most deplorable and degradable conditions imaginable. Dereka's family is devastated, and tries desperately to find her before it's too late. But it seems their arch enemy, a drug dealer called Memphis, is always one step ahead of them in his quest for revenge. A suspenseful, intriguing, and heart wrenching tale of tragedy and survival, Endurance provides a riveting and realistic look at the atrocity of child sex trafficking. A gripping story that demonstrates one family's capacity to love, hope, pray and endure even in the darkest moments.

Download or read book Santa Fe Blood written by Gloria H. Giroux and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tumultuous 1960s, Santa Fe, New Mexico, is shaken by the arrival of a diabolical killer who preys on young women. One after another, women are found dead, and the killer leaves no trace. As the body count grows, the manhunt begins. The Grayhawk clan is an unusual family who traces their mixed Navajo/Hopi-European roots back hundreds of years. Memphis Grayhawk, a dedicated law student who migrates into private investigation, leads this crime-fighting team. His younger brother, Tucson, is a psychologist in training, while his three youngest siblings provide energy, support, and love. Memphis’s best friend, police detective Sand Hazelwood, and his twin sisters, Snow and Swan, play an integral part in the investigation. Finally, there is Memphis’s cousin, Tansee, a medical student with insight crucial to the case. As these men and women follow the clues, they realize the unfathomable depths of this monster’s motives. Will the killer manage to escape the clutches of justice or get the punishment he deserves? How will these horrific crimes impact those hot on his trail? Will they survive the manhunt or fall into the darkness they pursue?