Download or read book Rocket Out of the Park written by Andrea Cascardi and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s time for Dot and her friends to build rockets at the Creative Fair, where the sky’s the limit for ingenuity. Dot is at the Creative Fair, where everyone’s excited about making fizz-powered rockets. “Make your rocket ship your own!” says Dot’s mom. Dot is keen on making the fastest rocket of them all, with no decorations to weigh it down. When it’s time for liftoff, Dot’s rocket soars out of sight, while Ruby’s snows down glitter, Nev and Dev’s sprays out shaving cream, and Hal’s makes a huge noise. Everyone’s rockets are totally different, and it turns out they’re all the best!
Download or read book Just a Walk in the Park written by Tom Nolan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new novel by a noted author of science, philosophy and religion with its subplot set in first century China when massive walls were built for protection against Mongolian hordes and alliances were sought with the mushrooming Roman Empire far to the west. An ancient legend suggested the abduction of the Christ child by an ambitious Chinese ambassador, an early traveler, who replaced him in the manger with his own twin son. Influenced by the messianic prophesy, his mission was to return to China with the secret of Roman success and the potential for Chinese superiority. Following his brother's crucifixion and burial, the second twin was mistaken for resurrection. With similar previously undisclosed events in first century Judaea an historical account was contained in the controversial Book of Chan, hidden in the Great Wall for two thousand years. The location was inscribed in a set of Chinese seals with sculptured ivory handles since scattered among world collectors of sigillography. Two Harvard and Oxford professors, meeting on an Oriental cruise, teamed up in search of the legendary book but encountered very rough competition from religious agents determined to prevent disclosure. Amidst touches of romance they uncovered a unique culture at the conflux of the Great Wall and Silk Road. Finding a number of the ancient seals, including several that later had been carried to Venice by the Marco Polo entourage, the academic couple succeeded in computer analysis producing a usable matrix map. Written in the genre of The DaVinci Code, the book includes an important philosophical addendum on the search for greater realism in biblical understanding that strongly influenced the creation of this unique and somewhat controversial story. Proof readers see it as a best seller and the next major "Hollywod Project".
Download or read book Riding Rockets written by Mike Mullane and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected as a Mission Specialist in 1978 in the first group of shuttle astronauts, Mike Mullane completed three missions and logged 356 hours aboard the Discovery and Atlantis shuttles. It was a dream come true. As a boy, Mullane could only read about space travel in science fiction, but the launch of Sputnik changed all that. Space flight became a possible dream and Mike Mullane set out to make it come true. In this absorbing memoir, Mullane gives the first-ever look into the often hilarious, sometime volatile dynamics of space shuttle astronauts - a class that included Vietnam War veterans, feminists, and propeller-headed scientists. With unprecedented candour, Mullane describes the chilling fear and unparalleled joy of space flight. As his career centred around the Challenger disaster, Mullane also recounts the heartache of burying his friends and colleagues. And he pulls no punches as he reveals the ins and outs of NASA, frank in his criticisms of the agency. A blast from start to finish, Riding Rockets is a straight-from-the-gut account of what it means to be an astronaut, just in time for this latest generation of stargazers.
Download or read book Baseball For Dummies written by Joe Morgan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play, watch, and understand America's favorite pastime Baseball continues to be a popular game both as a spectator sport and as a pastime. Since the publication of Baseball For Dummies, 3rd Edition, baseball teams have changed, new MLB stadiums have been built, and rules have been updated. This updated 4th Edition brings you the latest information on the players, the places, and above all, the game. Baseball For Dummies is for baseball fans at all levels, from players and coaches to spectators who love the game. Baseball Hall of Fame player Joe Morgan explains baseball with remarkable insight, using down-to-earth language so everyone from the casual observer to the die-hard fan can gain a fuller appreciation of the sport. Improve your hitting, pitching, and fielding Find a baseball team to play on, from Little League on up Evaluate stats, players, and records Coach baseball or umpire effectively Get more out of a trip to the ballpark The latest on baseball stats and sabermetrics Complete with Morgan's personal lists of top-ten toughest pitchers, smartest players, and most strategic managers, Baseball For Dummies gives you all the inside tips, facts, and stats so you can have Major League fun!
Download or read book Angus and the Hidden Fort written by Steven A. Corirossi and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-04-21 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chase was on! The dark-haired young man ran fast and furious through the dense forest, leaping over rocks and bushes, and ripping through branches and leaves. In the gloomy shadows of the trees, he frantically searched for a place to hide. Behind him, two bare-chested Indians were gaining ground. Suddenly, the young man tripped on a rock near the edge of a steep cliff, and down he went--his life in more danger than before. Did the young man survive his treacherous fall? Who is he and what is he doing in the forest? For nine-year-old Angus McBride and his best friend, Andrew Sills, the one hundred and fifty year-old mystery is about to be uncovered. While exploring in their favorite place, Black Hawk Park, the boys unearth something mysterious, something very special from a long time ago. Could their discovery lead them to the identity of the mystery man? As fate would have it, their adventure begins with a horrific fall down a hillside...inspiring a journey of curiosity, disaster and secrets that haunt the Great Forest of Life.
Download or read book Logical Hierarchy written by and published by Greg Glaser. This book was released on with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book You Can Do It Rocket Persistence Pays Off written by Mike Kesterke and published by Mission Point Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English Springer Spaniel named Rocket is playing fetch with some kids at the neighborhood park. Suddenly, he sees a group of unsuspecting squirrels in the distance. Chaos ensues!
Download or read book Girl Hiking with 4 Dogs written by Sandra MacKenzie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-03 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures and challenges a young woman faces as she hikes 2181 miles while thru-hiking on the Appalachian Trail with her four dogs.
Download or read book The Truth written by Carl J. Crawford and published by SterlingHouse Publisher. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The truth is the shocking true story of a life that could have been better lived. Nathan Chapman killed someone. But it wasn't murder. It was an accident. No malice, no forethought, just a horrible misfortune. Why then did he plead guilty to first degree murder? He didn't. The attorney who Chapman met fifteen minutes before the trial, did. Why? Simple. No one's going to believe it was an accident, his lawyer said regarding his black client's explanation.
Download or read book The 8 50 Ballers written by Laticha P. James and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 850 Ballers - Come travel with Raphael, Biskit, Jessie, and Ronald. These fifth graders from a neighborhood basketball team will come to remember one special week. As they undergo the victory and the agony of defeat on the basketball court. Experience their first kiss, learn how to hustle for money, and even survive a drive-by. Growing up in South Central Los Angeles can be hard. Yet, even a stranger can become a Hero!
Download or read book Roving Mars written by Steven Squyres and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2005-08-03 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million payload. He has gained a rare inside look at what it took for rovers Spirit and Opportunity to land on the red planet in January 2004--and knows firsthand their findings.
Download or read book American Pastimes The Very Best of Red Smith The Library of America written by Red Smith and published by Library of America. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith was the most widely read sportswriter of the last century and the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. From the 1940s to the 1980s, his nationally syndicated columns for the New York Herald Tribune and later for The New York Times traversed the world of sports with literary panache and wry humor. “I’ve always had the notion,” Smith once said, “that people go to spectator sports to have fun and then they grab the paper to read about it and have fun again.” Now, writer and editor (and inventor of Rotisserie League Baseball) Daniel Okrent presents the best of Smith’s inimitable columns—miniature masterpieces that remain the gold standard in sportswriting. Here are Smith’s indelible profiles of sports luminaries, which show his gift for distilling a career’s essence in a single column. Unforgettable accounts of historic occasions—Bobby Thompson’s Shot Heard ’Round the World, Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series, the first Ali-Frazier fight—are joined by more offbeat stories that display Smith’s unmistakable wit, intelligence, and breadth of feeling. Here, too, are more personal glimpses into Smith’s life and work, revealed in stories about his lifelong passion for fishing and in “My Press-Box Memoirs,” a 1975 reminiscence for Esquire collected here for the first time. A Special Publication of The Library of America.
Download or read book Eye for Talent written by P.J. Dragseth and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball scouts are often unseen, seldom recognized, and usually underappreciated by fans, but they have contributed enormously to the development and evolution of baseball at all levels, from the players they signed to the changes in the business climate of the game. This book presents original interviews with 19 baseball scouts. In many cases, these veterans are a vanishing breed; among the most respected baseball men in the business, most have a minimum of forty years' experience in scouting. They share their experiences as players, their development as scouts while the business and the game continually evolved, the players they signed and the ones that got away. Along with each interview is a list of the scout's signed players who made it to the major leagues.
Download or read book The Rocket s Red Glare written by Kent A. Messer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-11-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1982 a high school shooting shook the community of Sabreton, Pennsylvania. A year later signs of the shooting had been swept clean and students seemed to take events in stride. For Gary, an insecure 1983 Sabreton freshman, this only added to his anxiety as he began what promised to be a humiliating year of school. The Rocket’s Red Glare is a story of the friendships that sustained, inspired and ultimately carried Gary through those turbulent years. He and his friends were, for the most part, middle class kids who were drawn to the New Wave and Punk music popular at that time. For them, drinking, dancing, and loving it all seemed so right but ended so badly. Five years after high school Gary is now on his own. He is an aspiring artist balancing a hatred for his corporate day job with his live-in girlfriend’s desire for stability. But soon his world will change when he receives a call from an old friend. An impromptu road trip across America, a tape of a long forgotten band and a suicide force him to face the question of whether he has really survived anything.
Download or read book Dark Deity written by David Longhorn and published by Scare Street. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some spirits never rest in peace… Paul Mahan escaped the terrifying evil that dwelled in the Rookwood Apartments. But others have not been so lucky. Young Ella Cotter, an innocent child, finds herself tormented by a ghost Paul unwittingly freed when he escaped the building's haunted grounds. As Paul attempts to use hypnosis to separate the child from the tortured entity that clings to her soul, blood runs in the streets. A series of mysterious killings rocks the nearby city of Tynecastle. And Paul is convinced the violent incidents are linked to Dr. Palmer, a sadistic wraith, who once turned Rookwood into an asylum of horrors. Working with the local police, and a rare book dealer with an interest in the occult, Paul and his allies soon find themselves face to face with an enemy unlike anything they have ever imagined. This terrifying evil force grows more powerful with each victim it kills. And the only way to stop it may cost Paul his mortal soul…
Download or read book This Is the Day written by Tim Tebow and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ECPA BESTSELLER • The New York Times best-selling sports star and media icon motivates readers to stop postponing dreams and start making them happen now because—this is the day. Beyond Tim Tebow's exploits as a Heisman-winning football player, he is widely known and respected for his exemplary character and personal excellence, which have made him a role model for millions. When Tim interacts with the public, he often encounters people who feel “stuck”—unable to take action on matters ranging from daily life to pursuing lifelong dreams. In response, Tim often identifies a crippling fear or lack of courage, to which he advises: “now is the time to take some risks, to quiet the voices of defeat, to step forward and make a mark, because this is the day.” In this inspiring, motivational book, readers will receive the advice and encouragement to daily move from “pause” to “play” in finding deeper meaning and success. Tim illustrates the book's themes with stories from his personal life that will delight all readers, including his an update on his dream pursuit of a baseball career.
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