Download or read book The Magical Wonky Universe written by Montgomery Plum and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-05-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Universe can be a curious place, often confounding to ordinary minds. But not to Silicent Fogg’s brilliant mathematical brain. As a magical mathematician, he thrives on the Universe’s befuddlements, claiming he can calculate everything out with his own special brand of magical math. So when Mr. P wakes convinced the whole Universe is out of whack, Silicent jumps at the chance to take the case and raise money to buy his granddaughter a new dress. Now he just needs to factor every possible outcome in a lopsided battle where success is, at best, improbable. Cue a silly vengeance scheme, the Universe’s most ruthless assassins, giant killer butterflies, a train heist, a rabbit costume, and a storyline too absurd to be anything but real. Well, real in the sense that it’s likely implausible, if you catch my drift.
Download or read book Magic Universe written by Nigel Calder and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-10-13 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a marvellously engaging tour covering the whole of modern science, from transgenic crops to quantum tangles. Written by one of the most experienced and well-known names in science writing, it is also assuredly reliable science. Although arranged for convenience and quick reference as a collection of topics in alphabetical order, it is very different from any conventional encyclopedia. Each topic tells a story, making the book eminently browsable. Packed with information, yet carrying its immense learning lightly, this is a book that would appeal to anyone with the slightest interest in how the world works.
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Radio and Podcast Studies written by Mia Lindgren and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive companion is a much-needed reference source for the expanding field of radio, audio, and podcast study, taking readers through a diverse range of essays examining the core questions and key debates surrounding radio practices, technologies, industries, policies, resources, histories, and relationships with audiences. Drawing together original essays from well-established and emerging scholars to conceptualize this multidisciplinary field, this book’s global perspective acknowledges radio’s enduring affinity with the local, historical relationship to the national, and its unpredictably transnational reach. In its capacious understanding of what constitutes radio, this collection also recognizes the latent time-and-space shifting possibilities of radio broadcasting, and of the myriad ways for audio to come to us 'live.' Chapters on terrestrial radio mingle with studies of podcasts and streaming audio, emphasizing continuities and innovations in form and content, delivery and reception, production cultures and aesthetics, reminding us that neither 'radio' nor 'podcasting' should be approached as static objects of analysis but rather as mutually constituting cultural forms. This cutting-edge and vibrant companion provides a rich resource for scholars and students of history, art theory, industry studies, journalism, media and communication, cultural studies, feminist analysis, and postcolonial studies. Chapter 42 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Download or read book Podcasting as an Intimate Medium written by Alyn Euritt and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-18 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves into the notion of intimacy as a defining feature of podcasting, examining the concept of intimacy itself and how the public sphere explores the relationships created and maintained through podcasts. The book situates textual analysis of specific American podcasts within podcast criticism, monetization, and production advice. Through analysis of these sources' self-descriptions, the text builds a podcasting-specific framework for intimacy and uses that framework to interpret how podcasting imagines the connections it forms within communities. Instead of intimacy being inherent, the book argues that podcasting constructs intimacy and uses it to define the quality of its own mediation. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of New and Digital Media, Media Studies, Communication Studies, Journalism, Literature, Cultural Studies, and American Studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a CreativeCommons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Download or read book Sword and Shield RPG written by Ronnie Forschen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-05-25 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This role playing game takes the players in to the exciting dystopian comic book world of "Sword and shield: It's about time". The players create the characters that will help either save the world or dominate it as a villain.
Download or read book The Invisible Universe written by Matthew Bothwell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic ‘prehistory’, Bothwell shows us the Universe as we’ve never seen it before – literally. Since the dawn of our species, people all over the world have gazed in awe at the night sky. But for all the beauty and wonder of the stars, when we look with just our eyes we are seeing and appreciating only a tiny fraction of the Universe. What does the cosmos have in store for us beyond the phenomena we can see, from black holes to supernovas? How different does the invisible Universe look from the home we thought we knew? Dr Matt Bothwell takes us on a journey through the full spectrum of light and beyond, revealing what we have learned about the mysteries of the Universe. This book is a guide to the ninety-nine per cent of cosmic reality we can’t see – the Universe that is hidden, right in front of our eyes. It is also the endpoint of a scientific detective story thousands of years in the telling. It is a tour through our Invisible Universe.
Download or read book Beyond Believing Be Living in a Wonderful World Gone Wonky written by Brian Shoemaker and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world gone wonky, people are looking for a system of belief that can offer them hope. This book offers the reader more than just believing in “something.” It is about BE-Living through cultivating a deeper awareness of the presence of God in one’s everyday life.
Download or read book A Wrinkle in Time written by Madeleine L'Engle and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM DISNEY Read the ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic that has delighted children for over 60 years! "A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so often, I know it by heart." —Meg Cabot Late one night, three otherworldly creatures appear and sweep Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe away on a mission to save Mr. Murray, who has gone missing while doing top-secret work for the government. They travel via tesseract--a wrinkle that transports one across space and time--to the planet Camazotz, where Mr. Murray is being held captive. There they discover a dark force that threatens not only Mr. Murray but the safety of the whole universe. A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet.
Download or read book Through the Eyes of Darwin and Genesis written by Bill Nielsen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Darwin replaced traditional creation stories with a rational approach to human origins, we have lost touch with spiritual meanings of the ancient myths. These unscientific messages are vibrant and alive and deserve a voice in the modern consciousness. By exploring the historical details of the Genesis/Darwin debate, we can appreciate the insights and limitations of both world views.
Download or read book Wizard s Creed The Complete Series An Urban Fantasy Omnibus written by N.P. Martin and published by Dark World Press. This book was released on with total page 1253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a town where magic festers beneath the surface and monsters stalk the shadows, someone has to fight for the innocent. They call him wizard, fixer, finder, but mostly they call him Creed. Hexed by a witch? Stalked by a werewolf? Haunted by a crazy ghost? Creed's the one you call to get his hands dirty, so you don’t have to... Snark meets magic, and Creed is born. Meet at your own risk. If you like snarky heroes, lots of action, and a healthy dose of grit and gore, you’ll love N.P. Martin’s series of urban fantasy/occult suspense novels. Explore the Wizard’s Creed universe today. Buy the boxset to get five books you won’t want to put down!
Download or read book Breakfast of Champions written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York Times In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows is murderously funny satire, as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth. “Free-wheeling, wild and great . . . uniquely Vonnegut.”—Publishers Weekly
Download or read book The 80 20 Individual written by Richard Koch and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful sequel to his classic bestseller The 80/20 Principle, Richard Koch uniquely makes the connection between the rise of the individual and the 80/20 principle -- achieving more with less to create great new wealth. From big business to small, from Hollywood to sport, Richard Koch demonstrates how the innovative individual now has the competitive advantage. The 80/20 Principle showed how individuals could improve their personal lives -- but not their professional lives. The 80/20 Individual is different. Koch reveals how innovative individuals are taking over the world and how you can join in the revolution -- creating new wealth and wellbeing in a twenty-first century individualism The 80/20 principle enables anyone who is determined, bright or shrewd to stamp their footprint on the world, to become an 80/20 person. 80/20 people cut across all established fields and all walks of life: politics, business, social work and not-for-profits, sports, entertainment and the media.
Download or read book The Transformational Truth of YOU written by Tiffany Crosara and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the award-winning Transformational Truth series by Tiffany Crosara. The Transformational Truth of You! is a prominent message about how to work with karma to transform it into blessings. A powerful and relevant message for the current times; times of searching for our purpose in order to do ourselves and the world justice. Through archetypal storytelling and true-life stories, the author demonstrates the power of love and loss, trial and tribulation, and the incredible transformative magic contained within them. The book contains channelled information on current personal and worldly shifts and how to develop grace, humility and non-judgment: three key ingredients that help grow the ability to open up and listen to the messages of wisdom contained in the universe, and develop trust in the grand master plan. Find out why the Law of Attraction may not be working for you. Discover the key to your destiny held within your own personal karma and how to transform it into a magical blessing by delving into you and your 'Youinverse!'
Download or read book Steven Universe written by Scholastic Australia and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stevens mother, Rose Quartz, was a member of the powerful Crystal Gems. She passed along some of her magic to her son when he was born, but because his father is an ordinary human, Steven has trouble accessing his magical abilities. Help Steven discover his powersand learn about some of your own hidden strengthsin this colorful journal and activity book!
Download or read book Sunshine and Shadows written by Sunny Eppler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-10-28 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunny Marie Eppler known to her family as "Rie," is a well, happy, and bright 17 year-old with a wonderful future ahead of her. In less than a few months, her once safe world falls apart and her family is suddenly faced with a crisis so great that it threatens to tear them apart.Never asking "Why Me?" Rie prepares her family for her death with courage and a faith so strong that it forces everyone around her to grow beyond their years.From Sunshine to Shadows, Sunny Marie and her family experience the different stages of dealing with a malignant brain tumor, death, and beyond. It is a true story of love, Earth Angels, God's intervention, His healing power, and His miracles.In this powerfully moving book, God proves that death need not be an ending, but only a beginning, demonstrating how He can turn tragedy into triumph.
Download or read book Crooked Castle written by A. J. Vanderhorst and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Brook, an orphan with a knack for survival, is dumped on a deadly island--by a beast that shouldn't exist--all she knows is she's far from her group home in Weed, California. And haunted by a past that stays just out of reach.
Download or read book The Lost Book of the White written by Cassandra Clare and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series and a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood, for whom a death-defying mission into the heart of evil is not just a job, it’s also a romantic getaway. The Lost Book of the White is a Shadowhunters novel. Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. They’re living together in a fabulous loft, their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet—as peaceful and quiet as they ever are, anyway. Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus’s apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to get it back. They need to follow the thieves to Shanghai, they need to call some backup to accompany them, and they need a babysitter. Also, someone has stabbed Magnus with a strange magical weapon and the wound is glowing, so they have that to worry about too. Fortunately, their backup consists of Clary, Jace, Isabelle, and newly minted Shadowhunter Simon. In Shanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them. Magnus’s magic is growing unstable, and if they can’t stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have to follow them all the way back to the source—the realm of the dead. Can they stop the threat to the world? Will they make it back home before their kid completely wears out Alec’s mom?
