Download or read book The Great Facepalm written by Phillip McCarron and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever taken a long, hard look at today's society, slapped your hand over your face, and wondered how we've made it this far as a species? In The Great Facepalm: The Farce of 21st Century Normality, author Phillip McCarron recounts the sordid state of our culture, observing how society has begun to parody its own preposterous stereotypes as it plummets to the same grisly end as the fallen civilizations of yesteryear. Through a blend of brazen humor and philosophical insight, humanity's corrosive tendencies are made readily apparent. On the more superficial matters in life, such as the absurdity of the bar scene, soulless fame-junkies, and our toxic obsession with social media, the author provides an amusing commentary on our deluded self-image and the gross compulsion to over-share our over-hyped achievements. Tackling the more grievous issues plaguing our society, he also weighs in on political dysfunction, the indignity of shameless consumerism, and the growing disconnect between education and employment, providing a stark reminder that the circle-jerk of life is all knuckles and fingernails. This collection of articles offers up the unique perspective of one man's observations, musings, and opinions on the ridiculousness of everyday life. Analyzing hot-button social issues, and exposing the follies of an all-too-familiar cast of characters, it skirts the line between hilarious and grim, as the tragedy of reality is as manic as it is depressing. So prepare to have your belief systems probed, your sense of humor stretched to the limit, and your snow globe smashed with a sledgehammer on an enlightening journey through the world's fractured, collective psyche.

Download or read book The Great Dictionary English Italian written by Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer and published by Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer. This book was released on with total page 5008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary contains around 70,000 English terms with their Italian translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from English to Italian. If you need translations from Italian to English, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary Italian - English is recommended.

Download or read book Coffee with Jesus written by David Wilkie and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of people start each day with a shot of Coffee with Jesus, the enormously popular online comic strip. Irreverent at times, yet always insightful, this volume features classic entries and all new, exclusive material, twelve-panel megastrips and "behind the strip" reflections on life, faith and art.

Download or read book Ashes of Sin and Stardust written by Lindsay Murray and published by Lindsay Murray. This book was released on with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I will destroy you." I have searched for her for over half my life. Every night, I see her face in my dreams. Every morning, I wake to those words seared into my mind. She'll be my everything, the thing I've been searching for, the thing to complete me. The one who will choose to sit at my feet and serve me... the one I will never let go. But when I find her... She's a smart-mouthed, annoying, obnoxious little brat. Alice Benson is nothing but snark, chaos, and glitter, all rolled up into a tattooed curvy little body made to drive me to sin. As hard as I try to avoid her, I can't get her out of my head. I can't stop watching her. I can't stop wanting her. But when she finally opens up to me... I realize destruction never tasted so sweet. This is an interconnected standalone in the AnchorX series. It takes place after Let's Play a Game. This book was originally published under the title How to Tame a Brat. The content of the book has not changed.

Download or read book The Great Dictionary Italian English written by Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer and published by Benjamin Maximilian Eisenhauer. This book was released on with total page 3615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary contains around 60,000 Italian terms with their English translations, making it one of the most comprehensive books of its kind. It offers a wide vocabulary from all areas as well as numerous idioms. The terms are translated from Italian to English. If you need translations from English to Italian, then the companion volume The Great Dictionary English - Italian is recommended.

Download or read book Made in Great Britain written by Aiden Byrne and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - A Michelin-starred and TV chef shares his passion for superb British cooking. - A fascinating look at the motivation, passion, and attitude of Aiden Byrne, a world-class culinary talent. - 150 enticing new recipes. - Shows how to create fantastic dishes reflecting the culinary heritage of Great Britain. - More than just a recipe book—a celebration of British food.

Download or read book Far From You written by Tess Sharpe and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss Tess Sharpe’s new novel, 6 Times We Almost Kissed (and One Time We Did). The truth won't let her go. Sophie Winters nearly died. Twice. The first time, she's fourteen, and escapes a near-fatal car accident with scars, a bum leg, and an addiction to Oxy that'll take years to kick. The second time, she's seventeen, and it's no accident. Sophie and her best friend Mina are confronted by a masked man in the woods. Sophie survives, but Mina is not so lucky. When the cops deem Mina's murder a drug deal gone wrong, casting partial blame on Sophie, no one will believe the truth: Sophie has been clean for months, and it was Mina who led her into the woods that night for a meeting shrouded in mystery. After a forced stint in rehab, Sophie returns home to a chilly new reality. Mina's brother won't speak to her, her parents fear she'll relapse, old friends have become enemies, and Sophie has to learn how to live without her other half. To make matters worse, no one is looking in the right places and Sophie must search for Mina's murderer on her own. But with every step, Sophie comes closer to revealing all: about herself, about Mina---and about the secret they shared.

Download or read book Ape House written by Sara Gruen and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly) novel “full of heart, hope, and compelling questions about who we really are” (Redbook) from the acclaimed author of At the Water’s Edge and Water for Elephants “Terrific: an incisive piece of social commentary.”—The New York Times Book Review Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn’t understand people, but apes she gets—especially the bonobos Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena, who are capable of reason and communication through American Sign Language. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than she’s ever felt among humans—until she meets John Thigpen, a very married reporter writing a human interest feature. But when an explosion rocks the lab, John’s piece turns into the story of a lifetime—and Isabel must connect with her own kind to save her family of apes from a new form of human exploitation.

Download or read book Emergency Contact written by Mary H. K. Choi and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book.” —Rainbow Rowell From debut author Mary H.K. Choi comes a compulsively readable novel that shows young love in all its awkward glory—perfect for fans of Eleanor & Park and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. For Penny Lee, high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she’d somehow landed a boyfriend, they never managed to know much about each other. Now Penny is heading to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer. It’s seventy-nine miles and a zillion light years away from everything she can’t wait to leave behind. Sam’s stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He works at a café and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his life that will serve as inspiration for when he’s a famous movie director but right this second the seventeen bucks in his checking account and his dying laptop are really testing him. When Sam and Penny cross paths it’s less meet-cute and more a collision of unbearable awkwardness. Still, they swap numbers and stay in touch—via text—and soon become digitally inseparable, sharing their deepest anxieties and secret dreams without the humiliating weirdness of having to, you know, see each other.

Download or read book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars written by Michael E. Mann and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A member of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change examines the fossil-fuel industry's public relations campaign to discredit the science of climate change and deny the reality of global warming.

Download or read book The Professor Is In written by Karen Kelsky and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.

Download or read book Fianc Finale written by Angela Ruth Strong and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Newberg is sure about one thing: Nicole Lemaire is the woman God wants him to marry. There's a slight problem, though—he's already left her once. The day before their wedding. To make a documentary. But he's got a plan. The marketing firm she works for is the ideal choice for promoting his new film. Collaborating will give him the perfect chance to propose again, so he conspires with her boss to make sure she runs the campaign for the same kind of documentary Charlie left her—basically at the altar—for. Despite Nicole's resistance, the two work well together. But Charlie's going to need more than teamwork to convince the jilted bride to give him a second chance. In fact, he might need to fall in love in a way he's never really understood.

Download or read book Recording Secrets for the Small Studio written by Mike Senior and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-16 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new edition, discover how to achieve commercial-grade recordings, even in the smallest studios, by applying power-user techniques from the world’s most successful producers. Recording Secrets for the Small Studio is based on the backroom strategies of more than 250 famous names. This thorough and down-to-earth guide leads you through a logical sequence of practical tasks to build your live-room skills progressively from the ground up, with user-friendly explanations that introduce technical concepts on a strictly need-to-know basis. On the way, you’ll unravel the mysteries of many specialist studio tactics and gain the confidence to tackle a full range of real-world recording situations. Specifically designed for small-studio enthusiasts, this book provides an intensive training course for those who want a fast track to releasing quality results, while the chapter summaries, assignments, and extensive online resources are perfect for school and college use. Learn the fundamental principles of mic technique that you can apply in any recording scenario – and how to avoid those rookie mistakes that all too often compromise the sonics of lower-budget productions. Explore advanced techniques which help industry insiders maintain their competitive edge even under the most adverse conditions: creative phase manipulation, improvised acoustics tweaks, inventive monitoring workarounds, and subtle psychological tricks. Find out where you don’t need to spend money, as well as how to make a limited budget really count. Make the best use of limited equipment and session time, especially in situations where you’re engineering and producing single-handed. Pick up tricks and tips from celebrated engineers and producers across the stylistic spectrum, including Steve Albini, Neal Avron, Roy Thomas Baker, Joe Barresi, Howard Benson, Tchad Blake, T-Bone Burnett, Geoff Emerick, Brian Eno, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett, Humberto Gatica, Imogen Heap, Ross Hogarth, Trevor Horn, Rodney Jerkins, Leslie Ann Jones, Eddie Kramer, Jacquire King, Daniel Lanois, Sylvia Massy, Alan Meyerson, Justin Niebank, Gary Paczosa, Tony Platt, Jack Joseph Puig, David Reitzas, Bob Rock, Laura Sisk, Fraser T Smith, Young Guru, and many more. Now extensively expanded and updated, with new sections on contact mics, software instruments, squash mics, and ensemble depth distortion.

Download or read book Writing With Moxie written by Holly Cardamone and published by BookPOD. This book was released on 2023-07-06 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let’s face it –a lot of brand and business writing is bad, excruciatingly so. Rather than attract and compel, it distracts and repels. You know what it’s lacking? Moxie. This book is an entertaining and informative dance across the writing techniques and strategy that Holly Cardamone has cultivated and curated over twenty plus years of writing professionally. Chock-a-block full of Holly’s trademark humour, as well as guiding you through specific writing challenges and obstacles, you’ll learn how to write better, minus the hand-wringing angst.

Download or read book Learning Go written by Jon Bodner and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go is rapidly becoming the preferred language for building web services. While there are plenty of tutorials available that teach Go's syntax to developers with experience in other programming languages, tutorials aren't enough. They don't teach Go's idioms, so developers end up recreating patterns that don't make sense in a Go context. This practical guide provides the essential background you need to write clear and idiomatic Go. No matter your level of experience, you'll learn how to think like a Go developer. Author Jon Bodner introduces the design patterns experienced Go developers have adopted and explores the rationale for using them. You'll also get a preview of Go's upcoming generics support and how it fits into the language. Learn how to write idiomatic code in Go and design a Go project Understand the reasons for the design decisions in Go Set up a Go development environment for a solo developer or team Learn how and when to use reflection, unsafe, and cgo Discover how Go's features allow the language to run efficiently Know which Go features you should use sparingly or not at all

Download or read book Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea written by Elizabeth Suneby and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy, a science project and an answer to a critical problem. During monsoon season in Bangladesh, Iqbal’s mother must cook the family’s meals indoors, over an open fire, even though the smoke makes her and the family sick. So when Iqbal hears that his school’s science fair has the theme of sustainability, he comes up with the perfect idea for his entry: he’ll design a stove that doesn’t produce smoke! Has Iqbal found a way to win first prize in the science fair while providing cleaner air and better health for his family at the same time? Sometimes it takes a kid to imagine a better idea — make that an ingenious one!

Download or read book The Great Tribulation written by Cliff Ball and published by Cliff Ball. This book was released on with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Tribulation, a Christian end times novel, is the third and last novel of the Perilous Times series. The novel goes through the last three and a half years of the seven-year Tribulation Period. The world leader teams up with Lucifer to rise again and become the Anti-Christ. They begin persecuting Israel and believers in Christ as the Bowls of Wrath are poured out and more of God's judgments are unleashed on the unredeemed of Earth. Everything leads up to the final battle between Lucifer's forces and God at Armageddon. keywords: christian fiction, end times fiction, book of revelation, tribulation, dystopian, apocalyptic