Download or read book Secretly Brilliant written by David K Yong and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I founded Four Seasons based on similar principles." Isadore Sharp, Founder & Chairman, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts. "If you are looking for a good start, this is a really good place to start." Eugene Peterson, Translator of The Message. The much overlooked ancient Wisdom-from-Above holds powerful secrets in prospering our lives. People today are knowledgeable about many things but lack good wisdom. Many are bogged down by greater stress, worries, and fears. What insights and good wisdom are we missing to truly live well and prosperously? How does understanding the Wisdom-from-Above help us? Find out Warren Buffetts biggest life lesson that is aligned with the Wisdom-from-Above. David Yong draws from his experiences working with hundreds of people in his companies and clients companies. His observations on the differences between human wisdom and the Wisdom-from-Above are refreshing. This eye-opening book about the Wisdom-from-Above is practical and inspirational and can help you transform your life into one that is dynamic and prosperous.
Download or read book The Secret World of Renaldo Kuhler written by Brett Ingram and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sumptuous monograph presenting for the first time the extraordinarily imaginative and delightful work of visionary artist Renaldo Kuhler (American, 1931-2013). The Secret World of Renaldo Kuhler catapults a thrilling new discovery into the pantheon of the most accomplished visionary--or "outsider"--artists. Like Henry Darger, Howard Finster, George Widener, and Adolf Wölfli, Renaldo Kuhler was an exceptionally gifted artist and possessed an imagination all his own. By day Kuhler was a self-taught scientific illustrator under the employ of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, for which he created thousands of wonderfully precise illustrations of myriad natural history specimens--reptiles, fish, turtles, and the like. Renaldo Kuhler was an unusual individual, as was instantly clear from his appearance alone. Six-foot-four, with a white beard and ponytail, he wore a custom-tailored uniform consisting of a sleeveless Kelly green suit jacket with wide, black, notched lapels, epaulets, and brass buttons, a matching suit vest, yellow flannel dress shirt, a fleur-de-lis Boy Scout neckerchief, and tight-fitting knee-length shorts ("cotton-blend lederhosen"). However, unbeknownst even to family, friends, andcoworkers, Kuhler was more than an eccentric, gifted scientific illustrator. He was a prolific visionary artist, who, as a teenager in the late 1940s, invented an imaginary country he named Rocaterrania--after Rockland County, New York, where he had lived as a child. For the next sixty years, in secret, he illustrated the nation''s entire history and the prominent characters of its populace. Rocaterrania is a fantastical world, a richly illustrated amalgam of Kuhler''s personal cultural and aesthetic fascinations. Situated just north of the Adirondacks in New York, at the Canada-United States border, Rocaterrania is a sovereign nation of immigrants, from Scandinavia to Eastern Europe. Kuhler invented a complete world populated by a royal family and a succession of leaders resembling historical Russian figures, Women reminiscent of Marlene Dietrich and Janet Leigh play important roles as do bearded men of a seeming Hasidic Jewish heritage, men bearing curious physical similarities to American presidents, and neutants--individuals neither male nor female. Amid forests, mountains, lakes, and rivers, Kuhler''s imaginary country is made up of provinces and cities filled with distinctive Rocaterranian architecture and well-planned railroad and metro systems. Its government is unique, and it has its own religion, Ojallism, and its own evolving language and alphabet. With an organized labor service, a prison system (modeled after a New Jersey state penitentiary), a university system, a Rocaterranian Olympics, and an independent movie industry, Rocaterrania is a nation bustling with dozens of characters and their intrigues.Initially meant to be an escape, Kuhler''s Rocaterrania became a secret lifelong obsession, an intricately coded, metaphorical account through Rocaterrania''s tumultuous history, which dovetailed with Kuhler''s own struggles for independence and freedom.Renaldo was the son of the German-born industrial designer Otto Kuhler, renowned for his Art Deco-era streamlined trains; his Belgian mother had little patience for her son, who was ostracized and bullied throughout his life for being "different." The Kuhler family moved in 1948 from Rockland County, New York, to a remote cattle ranch in the Colorado Rockies--an unbearably isolated environment for the teenaged Renaldo. Retreating to his sketchbooks, journals, and watercolors to invent his imaginary nation of Rocaterrania, young Kuhler wrote, "The ability to fantasize is the ability to survive." The Secret World of Renaldo Kuhler is filled with more than 400 illustrations in pencil, ink, acrylic, oil, gouache, watercolor, colored pencils, and markers, demonstrating Kuhler''s phenomenal draftsmanship and wide range of style--from delicately shaded graphite works to comic-book ink drawings. Complementing Kuhler''s impressive artistry is his gift for analogical thinking, which flowered in his appropriation and reimagining of personalities, places, and events from world history to form a cohesive and fully imagined world. After decades of secrecy, Kuhler eventually first shared his work and the story of his imaginary country with filmmaker Brett Ingram, whom he met by chance in the mid-1990s. In 2009 Ingram released Rocaterrania, a feature-length documentary with prized footage of Kuhler at home and at work, and talking about his creation. WithThe Secret World of Renaldo Kuhler Ingram has written the complete story of Rocaterrania as relayed to him over time by Kuhler, resulting in a fascinating, highly entertaining first and major book about this rare, newly discovered, full-blown visionary outsider artist.
Download or read book Welcome to Our Nightmares written by Jason Norman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Amy Adams, Tom Hanks--many of today's most celebrated actors began their careers on the sets of horror movies. However, the majority of performers in even the most popular horror films remain relatively unknown. This engaging collection of profiles introduces many of the actors behind the heroes, heroines, monsters and villains who have terrified and fascinated moviegoers around the world. From Michelle Argyris, who embodied a possessed college student in Devil Seed (2012), to Ian Whyte, the 7 foot tall former basketball player who portrayed one of cinema's most iconic monsters in Aliens vs. Predator (2004), the profiles offer insight into how the actors prepared for and performed their roles. Longer essays explore the casts of renowned horror series, including Saw, Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th, providing a window into the world of horror filmmaking.
Download or read book Movies And Other Things written by Shea Serrano and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 867 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER BARNES & NOBLE BESTSELLER AMAZON BESTSELLER "Paging through Serrano's Movies (and Other Things) is like taking a long drive at night with a friend; there's that warmth and familiarity where the chat is more important than the fastest route from Point A to Point B...It's like a textbook gone right; your attention couldn't wander if it tried." -- Elisabeth Egan, New York Times Book Review Shea Serrano is back, and his new book, Movies (And Other Things),combines the fury of a John Wick shootout, the sly brilliance of Regina George holding court at a cafeteria table, and the sheer power of a Denzel monologue, all into one. Movies (And Other Things) is a book about, quite frankly, movies (and other things). One of the chapters, for example, answers which race Kevin Costner was able to white savior the best, because did you know that he white saviors Mexicans in McFarland, USA, and white saviors Native Americans in Dances with Wolves, and white saviors Black people in Black or White, and white saviors the Cleveland Browns in Draft Day? Another of the chapters, for a second example, answers what other high school movie characters would be in Regina George's circle of friends if we opened up the Mean Girls universe to include other movies (Johnny Lawrence is temporarily in, Claire from The Breakfast Club is in, Ferris Bueller is out, Isis from Bring It On is out...). Another of the chapters, for a third example, creates a special version of the Academy Awards specifically for rom-coms, the most underrated movie genre of all. And another of the chapters, for a final example, is actually a triple chapter that serves as an NBA-style draft of the very best and most memorable moments in gangster movies. Many, many things happen in Movies (And Other Things), some of which funny, others of which are sad, a few of which are insightful, and all of which are handled with the type of care and dedication to the smallest details and pockets of pop culture that only a book by Shea Serrano can provide.
Download or read book Stickmen s Guide to Math written by John Farndon and published by Hungry Tomato ®. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how number systems and measurements allow us to make sense of the world. Discover how important addition and subtraction are and look at cell division with illustrated spreads designed to give readers fast, digestible facts that keep them engaged.
Download or read book zONE written by Philip Blood and published by Smashwords. This book was released on 2014-02-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: rofessor Hamilton wakes up in a hospital, wondering if he has had an illegal brain smear, since he is now missing parts of his memory. He must go on a journey of discovery to find out why he is the most wanted man on the planet, and the most wanted Pirate in the Zones. He must enter a series of virtual reality worlds that are based on the great works of entertainment, art and literature. His adventures alternate between an Earth ruled by the iron fist of a totalitarian government, whose agents are nicknamed ‘Zombies’, and the Zones, where he travels through different virtual reality worlds, like: Deathworld, Wonderland, Hyperborea, Trekkie space, and many other famous stories. While in the Zones Thorten is hunted by the faceless Dragoon squads of Zcerebral Incorporated. To survive he must find the secret Pirate stronghold, gain his own amazing Pirate Ship, and use it to set sail across the various Zones to discover the true nature of these strange worlds and how the Zones started. He must face the dark powers that control everything, and while doing so, discover the truth about his life. This is a story of adventure, mystery, romance, science fiction and pirates, all set in the future, taking place inside many of the famous stories we all love and cherish. Come join ‘Z’ as he jumps down the rabbit hole, literally, with his trusty Steward Loki, and his Pirate companion, Mary Read, on an adventure as crazy as Alice in Wonderland mixed with Star Wars and Captain Blood.
Download or read book Secretly Smitten written by Stephie Klaire and published by The SSK Group. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pine Valley spells “small-town charm” with a capital G-O-S-S-I-P. Beating the town busybody at her own game is playing with fire... especially when the new girl in town gets caught sleuthing around town with a sizzling firefighter. Spunky bookshop owner Molly Sexton loves a good story as much as the next person, but this time the story is about her. The local gossip queen has gone too far and Molly has made it her mission to bring the cranky spinster down. When she enlists the help of hometown hero, Seth Spangler, Molly has no idea that he’s crushing on her or that spending hours playing detective will sweeten things up between them. Rumor has it, there might be more to this relationship than just friendship... and it’s spreading like wildfire.
Download or read book The Baltimore Ph nix Budget written by and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever written by Julia Quinn and published by Avon. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2 March 1810 . . . Today, I fell in love. At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her—until the afternoon when Nigel Bevelstoke, the handsome and dashing Viscount Turner, solemnly kissed her hand and promised her that one day she would grow into herself, that one day she would be as beautiful as she already was smart. And even at ten, Miranda knew she would love him forever. But the years that followed were as cruel to Turner as they were kind to Miranda. She is as intriguing as the viscount boldly predicted on that memorable day—while he is a lonely, bitter man, crushed by a devastating loss. But Miranda has never forgotten the truth she set down on paper all those years earlier—and she will not allow the love that is her destiny to slip lightly through her fingers . . .
Download or read book The Secret World written by Christopher Andrew and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 1019 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A comprehensive exploration of spying in its myriad forms from the Bible to the present day . . . Easy to dip into, and surprisingly funny.” —Ben Macintyre in The New York Times Book Review The history of espionage is far older than any of today’s intelligence agencies, yet largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful WWII intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and those of Spain before the Spanish Armada. Those who do not understand past mistakes are likely to repeat them. Intelligence is a prime example. At the outbreak of WWI, the grasp of intelligence shown by US President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was not in the same class as that of George Washington during the Revolutionary War and eighteenth-century British statesmen. In the first global history of espionage ever written, distinguished historian and New York Times–bestselling author Christopher Andrew recovers much of the lost intelligence history of the past three millennia—and shows us its continuing relevance. “Accurate, comprehensive, digestible and startling . . . a stellar achievement.” —Edward Lucas, The Times “For anyone with a taste for wide-ranging and shrewdly gossipy history—or, for that matter, for anyone with a taste for spy stories—Andrew’s is one of the most entertaining books of the past few years.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Remarkable for its scope and delightful for its unpredictable comparisons . . . there are important lessons for spymasters everywhere in this breathtaking and brilliant book.” —Richard J. Aldrich, Times Literary Supplement “Fans of Fleming and Furst will delight in this skillfully related true-fact side of the story.” —Kirkus Reviews “A crowning triumph of one of the most adventurous scholars of the security world.” —Financial Times Includes illustrations
Download or read book The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov Diary Letters Reminiscences and Biography Unabridged written by Anton Chekhov and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anton Chekhov (1860 -1904) was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them.
Download or read book Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life written by John Ames Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twin Genius written by Patricia Rice and published by Book View Cafe. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Genius written by Theodore Dreiser and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Genius III written by Dreiser T. and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The «Genius» is Theodore Dreiser’s autobiographical novel about the turn-of-the-century art scene. It explores the multiple con licts between art and business, art and marriage, and between traditional and modern views of sexual morality. The «Genius» was deemed so shocking that its sale was immediately prohibited by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.
