Download or read book Noki written by Douglas Farrago and published by Authentic Medicine. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a highly skilled boxer with autism wants to take part in the corrupt world of professional fighting, whose decision is it to make? A bankrupt boxing gym, a down-on-his luck drifter, and a desperate father grapple with an opportunity that could solve all their problems, but at a tragic cost. Noki has grown up in his father's gym, around the seedy world of boxing his whole life, the fighters there calling him a "man-child." A young Black man with autism with a penchant for wearing Disney t-shirts, Noki is gifted with incredible boxing skills, considered by his inner circle as unbeatable. But when the unscrupulous boxing bigwigs see dollar signs, his gym family is torn: Are they permitting Noki to pursue his passion or are they taking advantage of someone with a disability. Noki, a new young adult fiction novel by Douglas Farrago, is a masterfully written coming of age story of loyalty, grit, and self-discovery in the most heartbreaking of circumstances. "This is Rocky meets Forrest Gump".
Download or read book Miracles and Extraordinary Experience in Northern Kenya written by Bilinda Straight and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Samburu of northern Kenya struggle to maintain their pastoral way of life as drought and the side effects of globalization threaten both their livestock and their livelihood. Mirroring this divide between survival and ruin are the lines between the self and the other, the living and the dead, "this side" and inia bata, "that side." Cultural anthropologist Bilinda Straight, who has lived with the Samburu for extended periods since the 1990s, bears witness to Samburu life and death in Miracles and Extraordinary Experience in Northern Kenya. Written mostly in the field, Miracles and Extraordinary Experience in Northern Kenya is the first book-length ethnography completely devoted to Samburu divinity and belief. Here, child prophets recount their travels to heaven and back. Others report transformations between persons and inanimate objects. Spirit turns into action and back again. The miraculous is interwoven with the mundane as the Samburu continue their day-to-day twenty-first-century existence. Straight describes these fantastic movements inside the cultural logic that makes them possible; thus she calls into question how we experience, how we feel, and how anthropologists and their readers can best engage with the improbable. In her detailed and precise accounts, Straight writes beyond traditional ethnography, exploring the limits of science and her own limits as a human being, to convey the significance of her time with the Samburu as they recount their fantastic yet authentic experiences in the physical and metaphysical spaces of their culture.
Download or read book Airborne Radiometric Surveys of Mori Canyon Rincon Noki Dome Red House Cliffs and Comb Ridge San Juan County Utah and Apache and Navajo Counties Arizona written by Frederick T. Stehle and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book April Mayes written by Douglas Roff and published by Douglas Roff. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Adam St. James is back, this time in a thriller with his old friend from high school, April Mayes, and new friends helping him unwind a disaster of cosmic proportions. The story opens in the timeline of the Cryptid Trilogy. The Cryptid saga is over, and Adam is weary of the fighting, death and destruction, yet it persists and dogs him relentlessly. More bad news is about to be revealed for which Adam will be blamed, but for which he has no responsibility. A powerful immortal offers Adam, and the family of his choosing, the opportunity to depart Adam’s birth universe for an alternate universe where old struggles and battles do not exist. Catastrophic things are about to unfold over which he has no control. One of his old friends, April Mayes and her parents, do not possess the genetic profile that will allow them to survive the coming catastrophe; Adam chooses to invite them to spare their lives in the alternate universe. The rest of his family and friends will survive the catastrophe, as will an “alt” Adam who remains behind. Adam is warned to be careful about the attributes and items he and his fellow traveler wish to take with them; their wish to leave their home world behind will be granted, but do they understand how any minor tweaks may bend and alter the timeline in their new universe? This novel reimagines old characters in new cosmic circumstances telling a tale of what might happen when mortals mess with the very fabric of reality and existence. Adam, and April Mayes, who is now a famous TV and movie star, make the journey to a new universe together, but with unexpected and unintended altered personalities. What follows is disastrous, and in the end, a journey no one wished to make. How will they change, what are the consequences, and how will this adventure pan out? As usual, where goes Adam St. James also goes murder, intrigue, action and betrayal. Buckle up, readers, the adventure is about to begin!
Download or read book Crissy Chance written by Douglas Roff and published by Douglas Roff. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Crissy Chance is the second book in the Cryptid Trilogy Sequels series that began with the novel, April Mayes. It is set in an alternate universe in a world much like ours, but without the challenges that were present in the birth world of the named characters. Adam has, by now, been reborn hundreds of times into new worlds, the deck of characters he once knew and loved always reshuffled. In this novel, his first love Misti is now a part of the Suarez family along with her new brother Rodrigo, his wife and children, including mom Maria and Pops Agustin. They reside in the background of the story as Misti and friend Noki Lee surface as Adam's two girlfriends. A new girl, Eene Birkenstock, steps up first as a girl in need of rescue by Misti and Adam in their OT Project, then afterward as an integral part of Adam's two new and pressing projects. Immortal spirits Hecate and Hana also appear as the story winds down to its inevitable conclusion. Criminals in the Triads are chasing women for the secrets they know about a fantastic archeological discovery, and new enemies are after Adam too. Edward St. James is no longer a good dad, but a criminal deeply hidden behind a wall of powerful international authorities. Adam's mother survived the gangland shootout in an LA coffee shop, and is now in league with her husband. Both are psychos who now have a new acolyte, Crissy Chance, a tax attorney and adopted daughter who is deeply involved in their criminal and sexual lives. Cousins from Adam's past lives are present in this new life helping Adam as he flees New York for Greece, then flees again for Africa. The names are the same as in past novels, but the characters are different - except Adam. The central driver of action is the discovery of artifacts and grave goods proving that Marco Polo did reach China, and lived out his entire life there with wives, concubines and children. The cache discovered is immense, and incredibly rare and valuable, setting a cast of characters against Adam and his family for control of the Marco Polo cache, and the wealth it represents. But is the cache real? Adam remembers the fraud committed by those behind the "Hitler Diaries" who almost got away with an incredible scam. But what drives all the people involved, as some live, some are murdered, and all are lying about something, or not saying anything at all. As usual in Adam's life, there is betrayal, deception and murder.
Download or read book Basics Fashion Design 01 Research and Design written by Simon Seivewright and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to generate inspired ideas is vital in all creative industries, fashion being no exception. Basics Fashion Design 01: Research and Design (2nd edition) investigates fashion design research and how to use it to develop inspired designs and concepts. This second edition of a best-selling title used on courses throughout the UK and US is revised and updated with a new design scheme and many new visuals from the catwalk, the studio and designers' portfolios. It includes new case studies and eleven interviews with key personnel, plus reflective exercises designed to instruct readers on how to excel in carrying out professional fashion research and design.
Download or read book Gruff Twisted Fate 2nd Edition written by Alexter Albury and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elves and Rebens are locked in an endless battle of bloodshed and sorrow that not only destroys them, but also every soul on Atoria. Death, terror, and anguish ravage every land touched by the claws and fangs of the ruthless Rebens that are led by the ancient demon, Ood-Durak. But all hope is not lost. In the sacred book of the Moa called the Neo-Kindle, a prophecy is told of a mighty warrior that will come to erase the presence of Ood-Durak. This man will be a hybrid of Reben and Elf. He will cleanse Atoria of evil with his twin blades and astonishing strength. Gruff is the embodiment of this prophecy. As the two sides of his persona fight for his soul, Gruff must choose which one he and his devastating swords will follow. On a journey that takes him to foreign lands and against powerful men and savage creatures, Gruff struggles to restrain the red-eyed beast raging inside him.
Download or read book Gruff Rising Sons written by Alexter Albury and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-hundred years after the fall of Loda Durak, a new evil has risen to test the might and authority of Gruff. A warlock empowered by shadow and darkness has come to usher in a new era on Atoria. Through dark magic, demonic soldiers, and the lost technology of an ancient civilization, Lord Shima forces change and terror on Gruff's planet. With the powerful aid of his three sons and the awesome might of a life-altering stranger, Gruff must once again stand against a fearsome adversary. As Gruff races against time and space to save his world, he must also hold together his band of young and impulsive soldiers who are much too eager to prove their worth. Armed with razor-sharp steel, unimaginable armor, and mind-blowing strength, Gruff and his impetuous men slay demons and beasts on their path to Lord Shima's cancerous kingdom of Atlantis.
Download or read book Journal of the National Cancer Institute written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-07 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cryptid Probe written by Douglas Roff and published by Douglas Roff. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book They live among us. Working with his father, renowned archeologist Edward St. James, and his new wife, Misti Alarcon, Adam St. James continues his investigation into the Gens Collective and its rival rebel faction, the Black Shirts. Both factions seek the demise of homo sapiens and have developed the means to destroy humanity in what they call the Great Cull. And they seek to destroy each other. As Adam continues his dialog with Paulo Fortizi, leader of the Gens Collective, he is met with deceit and duplicity at every turn. The Gens Collective desperately seeks to find Adam, whom they call the Human, and recover their lost library. Adam continues to develop extraordinary new mental abilities with a close group of colleagues and finds his new abilities are more powerful and frightening than he could possibly imagine. Can he control his powers, or will they be his undoing? With the addition of the beautiful and mysterious Alana McCarthy, world renowned NSA computer hacker, and the equally mysterious and lethal Nocera “Noki” Lee, Adam confronts his adversaries uncovering the depth and breadth of the plot against humanity. Can they succeed? Only Adam holds the key to prevent unleashing total annihilation. The mysterious Cardinal Bellinelli plots against the Black Shirts, and the Gens Collective to spark a war between the Gens and humanity he believes will eliminate the Gens species on the planet. Does the Vatican hold the answers Adam seeks? Which side will the Vatican choose and why? Murder, treachery, and betrayal combine with unexpected twists and turns, as events pit friend against friend, family against family, and species against species. Nothing is as it appears to be, and new discoveries shed light upon old grievances. The Black Shirts and their charismatic leader, Saldana Ri, develop the means to destroy the rival Gens Collective and humanity, but will they unleash tis devastation? Can they? What explosive secrets does Saldana hide that could destroy her leadership and shift the balance of power back to her rival, Paulo Fortizi of the Gens Collective. With the means of destruction of humanity complete, it is a race against time to prevent genocide on a global scale. Can Adam stop the impending holocaust? Can anyone? With the fate of mankind and the Gens Collective hanging in the balance, forces array against Adam and his teams trying to prevent the conflagration that could signal the demise of intelligent life on the planet. New tech, new weapons, and new adversaries, along with new powers never thought to exist, entertain the reader throughout the novel. New mind journeys and psychic powers begin to reveal themselves as both the savior and destructor of humanity. Cryptid: Probe continues the saga begun in Cryptid: Discovery as the future of mankind teeters on the brink of extinction. Can Adam St. James prevent all-out war and still fulfill his own destiny? Murder, intrigue, deception, treachery, lust, and betrayal all come together in the Cryptid Trilogy as mankind faces off against an unknown species bent on its total destruction as the dominant species on the planet.
Download or read book Cryptid Discovery written by Douglas Roff and published by Douglas Roff. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Adam St. James, software genius and savant Chief Technologist of the massive US federal DataLab Project, had just returned to his home in Barrows Bay, British Columbia from Tucson, Arizona. He had spent the better part of the past month working on a pro bono assignment for his father’s friend Peter Berg, Regional Director of the FBI, working out of the Seattle field office. His favor for the FBI was to secure the mother lode and holy grail of the FBI’s Joint Organized Crime Task Force that Berg believed he had accidentally stumbled upon. Mere fortuity had led him to what he thought was fifty years or more of Mafia financial books and records detailing organized criminality from Seattle to Miami and all points in between. What Adam found was nothing even remotely resembling what Regional Director Berg was looking for. It had been a small clerical error made by a temp transposing a letter or two in a last name that led Adam St. James to his incredible discovery. But this discovery was too incredible, too massive to even contemplate as being authentic. Adam himself did not believe it could be true. Would he be proven correct or was the truth just immeasurably stranger than fiction? If Adam had accidently stumbled upon a great discovery, it would mean that he had fortuitously confirmed the existence of the cryptid of all cryptids. Had Adam found scientific and verifiable proof of the existence of an unknown species of creatures capable of transforming into human form? Or was this some immense practical joke designed to annoy and embarrass him and his father, noted forensic archeologist and author, Edward St. James? They live among us. The journey is fantastic, the discovery, if true, immense. But will Adam and his eclectic family survive this discovery? Will humanity? Murder, intrigue, deception, treachery, lust and betrayal all come together in the Cryptid Trilogy as mankind faces off against an unknown species bent on its total destruction as the dominant species on the planet. Adam reveals his amazing natural abilities as he seeks to understand and control them. How will this saga end?
Download or read book The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Waiting World written by A.R. Fuller and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elsanoka is a part of a community born with the responsibility of maintaining peace between the former gods, known as Eradene, and humanity, whose touch is poisonous to them. She walks the delicate line of living in the past and fighting against humanity's mounting fear of the Eradene, who each control elements ranging from gravity, to time, to even life itself. When a man slays one of these cosmic beings, he gains that being's powers. Esirio Osarius is imprisoned in an oblong box after slaying countless Eradene, and Elsanoka is charged with keeping him there. During Elsanoka's journey, her faith in her community and humanity itself is put to the test. As others join her journey, from a duke to a swordswoman, and even the Eradene of present time, she must open her eyes to the truth lurking in the shadows.
Download or read book Ghetto Bastard The Beginning written by K'WAN and published by Write 2 Eat Concepts, LLC. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens to the children that the world throws away? They become Animals. Tayshawn Torres is a child born in the slums and cursed by the sins of his parents. His mother is a notorious drug addict and whore, more concerned with getting her next high than she is with his well-being. His stepfather hates him so much, that he literally treats him like an animal. Tayshawn is forced to sleep in a cage and scavenge for scraps of food wherever he can find them. Because of his squalid appearance, he is also the object of ridicule by all of the neighborhood kids who have given him the nickname, Animal. The only person to ever show him even the slightest bit of kindness is his older brother, Justice. Justice keeps him out of harm's way the best he can. However, when Justice is taken from his life, Tayshawn finds he is alone in the streets. With his guardian angel gone, he is now at the mercy of the world Justice tried to protect him from. Tayshawn quickly learns that if he is to survive the jungle, he will have to adapt. Love and companionship constantly elude Tayshawn, but death and heartache cling to him like a second skin. Gradually, the layers of the frightened child he had been are stripped away until there is nothing left of Tayshawn, and all that remains is, Animal.
Download or read book Mustang Fever written by Stephen B. Gladish and published by Aisling Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mustang Fever: Run Free with Wild Mustangs. Sequel to Moonlights, Missiles and Moana. While stationed at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, Sixth Weather Squadron Airman Chance Chisholm becomes a protector of an endangered band of wild mustangs. He meets Cheyenne Autumn, a local Paiute woman and part of a family of long-time mustangers. This sets up a page-turning adventure full of surprising twists and turns, fraught with peril and high-stakes rescues, blessed with budding romance and filled with personal revelation?and a shocking visit from Moana, Chance?s love interest from Moonlight, Missiles and Moana, the first book in the ongoing series. From high desert to the Rocking K Ranch, from the Autumn family?s deep Native American traditions to Chance?s growing feelings for Cheyenne, Mustang Fever paints a stunning portrait of the American West and the last remaining examples of its wildness?the mustangs.
Download or read book Journal written by Manchester Geographical Society and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Immortal Red written by Keith Hummel and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immortal Red is the story of Turritopsis dohrnii, a dime-sized jellyfish with a bright red stomach and the gift of immortality. A marine biologist snorkeling off the coast of Cape Fear, North Carolina makes a chance discovery of this unusual creature. At the moment of death due to old age or massive trauma, Turritopsis has the ability to fully rejuvenate and emerge as a young adult. After observing numerous repetitions of this phenomenon in her lab, the scientist nicknames the little invertebrate Immortal Red. A search for funding leads her to the octogenarian head of a shadowy black-ops division of the CIA. A scientific breakthrough, discovery of ulterior motives, and a subsequent attempt to hide success put the scientist and her CIA husband on the black-ops hit list. Fearing the worst, she transfers cryptic clues to the research to her daughter Chloe with disastrous results. Chloe, a graduate student, is now a designated terrorist on the run with her mother's research journal, a large squarish key to God-knows-what, and a twenty-two-year-old Airedale Terrier with more lives than a cat. She finds aegis in the person of Thomas Whitefeather, a retired marine veteran who owns a café in a small North Carolina town. Thomas, a Cape Fear Indian, the last survivor of a tribe that disappeared two centuries ago, is all too familiar with the jellyfish. "If Brooks Brothers sold assassins . . ." Nick Caedwallen, PhD in ancient history and archaeology, took a wrong turn somewhere and became the go-to guy for what the CIA jokingly refers to as the PDD or Plausible Deniability Department, resolving problems that the rest of the clandestine services find "too hot to handle." Nick has been dispatched to recover the research data and deal with the Spencer girl. A revelation regarding his own mortality and the realization that he has strong feelings for his target places him on a collision course with his old boss and the full resources of the black-ops organization.
