Download or read book Popcorn Illusions written by Andrew Guenther and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03-02 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printed in black and white, paintings and photographs are paired to create a fever dream narrative. The result is a series of high contrast and highly graphic images that burn into your memory and engage in a sort of sequential slapstick of events. Straight from the artist's mouth: "I'm not ashamed to say that most of my work comes from the gut."

Download or read book Popcorn in Paradise written by John Robert Colombo and published by New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston. This book was released on 1980 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in one glittering volume, replete with tinsel, and dripping with love and venom, is a collection of over 3,000 quotes by some 700 movie personalities--those who have lived and toiled in Hollywood since the birth of the movie industry. In a sense these quotes give the essence and flavor of Hollywood as nothing else can. The cast of characters includes: Greta Garbo, Bob Hope, Elizabeth Taylor, W.C. Fields, Bette Davis, Alfred Hitchcock, Groucho Marx, Cecil B. DeMille, Sammy Davis Jr., Marlene Dietrich, Sir Laurence Olivier, John Wayne, Woody Allen, Laurel and Hardy, and hundreds more. A special chapter is devoted to Sam Goldwyn, Hollywood's leading independent film producer for 35 years. "Popcorn" and "paradise" may seem contradictory, but just as Hollywood ranges from the ridiculous to the sublime, so these two words sum up and typify what Hollywood was, is, and doubtless always will be so long as the silver screen maintains its hold on our lives.

Download or read book Illusion written by Martina Boone and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Barrie must rescue her beloved and her family from evil spirits that cursed Watson Island centuries ago"--

Download or read book Cruel Illusions written by Margie Fuston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen-year-old Ava Perry leaves the safety of her foster care home and joins a troupe of vampire-hunting magicians, believing that she finally has her chance to discover the truth behind her mother's death.

Download or read book Behind Every Illusion written by Christina Harner and published by Christina Harner. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Math Maker Lab written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and engaging STEM activity book for kids that combines creativity and calculations - perfect for budding mathematicians! This is the perfect math exercise book for children interested in the STEM field. Choose between 27 creative projects and experiments that will turn your child into a math whizz! It's the perfect book for curious minds interested in taking the mystery out of math. Explore the exciting world of numbers and math problem-solving! In the pages of this math book for kids you’ll discover: • 27 hands-on creative projects to engage reluctant mathematicians between the ages of 9-12 • Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions will show you how to make each project • All materials used can be easily found around your home with no specialist equipment needed • Every project includes an explanation of how math is involved in creating the project or the results of the experiment • Real-world math projects show that math isn’t just abstract - it has an impact in the real world too! Produced in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, SI Math Maker Lab is designed to appeal to math geeks and those that prefer practical projects. To complete these engaging projects, kids don’t need to be math geniuses or even know how to use a calculator. Each task comes with easy-to-follow instructions, photographs, and illustrations to help whip up super cool mathematics creations! SI Math Maker Lab features interesting activities that cover many aspects of the subject including measurement, geometry, and trigonometry. Kids will combine art and math by learning to draw impossible objects - creating beautiful patterns to make things like a timetable dreamcatcher or perfect the ratio for making refreshing fruit drinks. Each project has an explanatory box that demonstrates how math is applied to the activity to demystify and make math fun!

Download or read book The Self Illusion written by Bruce Hood and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us believe that we are unique and coherent individuals, but are we? The idea of a "self" has existed ever since humans began to live in groups and become sociable. Those who embrace the self as an individual in the West, or a member of the group in the East, feel fulfilled and purposeful. This experience seems incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that this notion of the independent, coherent self is an illusion - it is not what it seems. Reality as we perceive it is not something that objectively exists, but something that our brains construct from moment to moment, interpreting, summarizing, and substituting information along the way. Like a science fiction movie, we are living in a matrix that is our mind. In The Self Illusion, Dr. Bruce Hood reveals how the self emerges during childhood and how the architecture of the developing brain enables us to become social animals dependent on each other. He explains that self is the product of our relationships and interactions with others, and it exists only in our brains. The author argues, however, that though the self is an illusion, it is one that humans cannot live without. But things are changing as our technology develops and shapes society. The social bonds and relationships that used to take time and effort to form are now undergoing a revolution as we start to put our self online. Social networking activities such as blogging, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter threaten to change the way we behave. Social networking is fast becoming socialization on steroids. The speed and ease at which we can form alliances and relationships is outstripping the same selection processes that shaped our self prior to the internet era. This book ventures into unchartered territory to explain how the idea of the self will never be the same again in the online social world.

Download or read book Illusion written by Sunil Doiphode and published by SJ Doiphode. This book was released on 2017-07-08 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for illusion Sunil Doiphode, an eminent modern Marathi writer, is no way different in his attitude towards the treatment of occult from the dramatist William Shakespeare. Sunil is a writer of illusion and supernatural phenomena. He seems to follow the conventions of Shakespearian supernatural treatment. ---- Zeba Mehdi (The Criterion - An International Journal in English, Sept 2012, Vol III, Issue III, ISBN - 0976-8165)

Download or read book Sports Illusion Sports Reality written by Leonard Koppett and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If this isn't the best analysis of the professional sports business ever written, I'd like to see the book that beats it. . . . Should be read by every sports fan or -- for that matter -- social critic." --From a five-star review, West Coast Review of Books. "Explores its subject so thoroughly and demolishes so many commonly held assumptions that after reading it even the most knowledgeable fans (and some journalists) should feel like drunks who have suddenly been forced to sober up." -- Chicago Tribune "Required reading for anyone who calls himself a fan." -- Chicago Sun-Times "An invaluable contribution to sports literature." -- Howard Cosell

Download or read book Illusion of Splendor written by J.D. Easley and published by Waterton Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dregs of poverty, catwalk of opulence, Illusion of Splendor is an epic literary thriller taking the reader on an astonishing journey from the illusion to the heart of splendor. Characters diverse as a West African fisherman, an American college professor, and an Afghan heroin magnate interact in settings as vibrant as Nigeria and Monte-Carlo. The presentation is exotic; the scenes powerful. Driving the story is a turbulent powder-keg of vengeance. Illusion of Splendor begins with the fisherman pursuing terrorists who killed his sister and ends in a spectacular scene of redemption aboard a luxury yacht in Monaco. The story is timely, complex, sophisticated, and thought-provoking; the result of considerable historical research.

Download or read book The Illusion of Voting written by Wanda Young and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens in a city like Philadelphia under pressure? On the surface there had been panic. Underneath it was still business as usually. The Coronavirus had been a prescription for devastation, depression and death. West Philly a black community, survival of the streets has always been a way of life. But a forced lock down for three months changed the structure of households, business and politics. Running for office is still controlled by pay to play. How does a person run for a political office when the deck is stacked? The Trump and Biden election, is the worst political nightmare the United States has ever seen. Black lives matter is a question that remains to be answered. While the black vote is economically a financial gain who really benefits? Our identity information is worth gold. No illusion that for over 400 hundred years a race of people are still asking for equality in employment and education. Why? Is vote by mail, the wisest decision?

Download or read book The Illusion of Simple written by Charles Forrest Jones and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a dry Kansas riverbed, a troop of young girls finds a human hand. This discovery leads Billy Spire, the tough and broken sheriff of Ewing County, to investigate and confront the depths of his community and of himself: the racism, the dying economy, the lies and truths of friendship, grievances of the past and present, and even his own injured marriage. But like any town where people still breathe, there is also love and hope and the possibility of redemption. To flyover folks, Ewing County appears nothing more than a handful of empty streets amid crop circles and the meandering, depleted Arkansas River. But the truth of this place—the interwoven lives and stories—is anything but simple.

Download or read book The Illusion of Choice written by Richard Shotton and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling new book by Richard Shotton, author of The Choice Factory. Every day, people make hundreds of choices. Many of these are commercial: What shampoo to pick? How much to spend on a bottle of wine? Whether to renew a subscription? These choices might appear to be freely made, but psychologists have shown that subtle changes in the way products are positioned, promoted and marketed can radically alter how customers behave. The Illusion of Choice identifies the 16½ most important psychological biases that everyone in business needs to be aware of today – and shows how any business can take advantage of these to win customers, retain customers and sell more. Richard Shotton, author of the acclaimed The Choice Factory, draws on academic research, previous ad campaigns and his own original field studies to create a fascinating and highly practical guide that focuses on the point where marketing meets the mind of the customer. You’ll learn to take advantage of the peak end rule, the power of precision, the wisdom of wit – and much, much more. You simply cannot afford to miss The Illusion of Choice.

Download or read book The Ritual of Illusion written by Richard Christian Matheson and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sinister love letter to the movies, acclaimed author Richard Christian Matheson’s The Ritual of Illusion is a novella of modern fear about where stars truly come from. Oscar-winning film siren, Sephanie Vamore, meteors to iconic fame … but like cinema itself, nothing is as it appears. The fifty witnesses to her mythic ascent and bizarre fate are film royalty … many based on Hollywood glitterati; directors, stars, agents, studio heads, screenwriters, lovers, producers. Widescreen with lies and revelation, Vamore’s story is told Rashomon-style with dialogue alone—each hypnotic character adding poignant or lurid details to the shocking truth of what she really is. Matheson’s insider’s voice is a scathing X-ray that leaves them bloodied, awaiting their close-up.

Download or read book A secret romance Volume I My illusion written by SOFIA MARGOT and published by Sofia Margot. This book was released on 2023-05-20 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vast field of her imagination, Samantha dreamed of building a brilliant writing career, soaring above the clouds with every written word. However, reality posed obstacles and showed her that, in order to survive in this world, she needed to find a well-paying job. Yet, deep in her heart, the dream of being part of the hottest software company in New York intoxicated her with hope. It was there where she imagined her encounter with Leonardo Bigotti, the real-world superstar from the pages of her love book. But twists of fate do not delay to appear, overturning her life with an unforeseen force. In a luxurious restaurant, Samantha accidentally meets Leonardo in an unfortunate collision that causes both of them to lose their balance, and her laptop slips from her hands. Fascinated by him, Samantha follows him, as if under a spell, to his car, without realizing that that day would mark the beginning of a radical transformation. At dawn, Samantha wakes up in her own apartment, but the atmosphere is strange and full of mystery. Her gaze falls upon a man wrapped only in a towel, who seems to be a character straight out of the pages of her book. Delighted and confused at the same time, she discovers that her story has come to life in an unexpected way, and she finds herself in a world where motives are hidden. Here, in this enigmatic-veiled reality, she meets Dante Hastings, the embodiment of the ideal man and the protagonist from her pages. He is the executive director of HBKGroup, the most prestigious IT company, and his appearance is astonishingly similar to that of Leonardo Bigotti. This strange coincidence begins to draw Samantha further into a seductive trap. However, Dante's indifference towards her prompts the young woman to challenge and provoke him in every possible way, hoping to catch his attention and unravel the secret behind their shared appearance. Thus, a love story full of suspense and passion comes to life amidst an uncertain reality.

Download or read book The Illusion Series Box Set written by D. Kelly and published by Dee Kelly . This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worlds collide … Amelia Greyson, author of The O Factor, has been thrust into the fast-paced life of the music industry as the author commissioned to write the story of Bastards and Dangerous, a famous rock band with sexy twin brothers at the helm. Unbeknownst to them, she’s been here before; it’s not her first rodeo. Two guys, one girl … Sawyer and Noah Weston, front men for BAD, have an awful habit of falling for the same girl. When Mel enters their lives, they are spellbound, both vying for her attention. Noah wears his heart on his sleeve, but Sawyer is a master at hiding his feelings—or so he thinks. All’s fair in love and war … Between Noah and Sawyer competing for Amelia’s affection, the stalker set on ruining her life, and turmoil affecting the group as a whole, Amelia is forced to make difficult decisions. Will she throw caution to the wind and give in to the magnetic pull Sawyer has on her, or will Amelia release the demons of her past and allow Noah to own her heart? This box set contains Just an Illusion—Side A and Just and Illusion—The B Side.

Download or read book My Life Is Our Illusion written by Marshall Walker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: