Download or read book Marcelo in the Real World written by Francisco X. Stork and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcelo Sandoval, a 17-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
Download or read book Stork Reality written by Peter Morris and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Morris wanted a lot of things in his life, but a child was never one of them. Then one night after too many martinis, he accidentally created one. Nine months later, the world was turned upside down when his son was born and this new father realized he had no idea what he was doing. In his collection of humorous anecdotes, Morris recounts what happens when people who once shunned children ignore their instincts and give birth to one. From drinking too many martinis on the night of conception to dealing with the anxiety of waiting for an unplanned child to the cutthroat world of preschool enrollment, Morris shares a father's perspective into the funny, sometimes painful, and often hilarious moments during his journey through the overwhelming world of birth and child rearing. While offering his take on breast-feeding support groups and the battles of sleep deprivation, Morris encourages other new fathers to find the humor in every aspect of parenting. Stork Reality shares one man's roller-coaster journey as he unwittingly transforms from a happy-go-lucky bachelor to a proud dad who happily flies through fatherhood by the seat of his pants.
Download or read book HAL s Legacy written by David G. Stork and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How science fiction's most famous computer has influenced the research and design of intelligent machines.
Download or read book Stork Naked written by Piers Anthony and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brand-new tale set in the land of Xanth--the 30th in the series--is a rollicking and revealing new fantasy adventure, lusciously laced with dozens of dangers and delights, and lovingly fashioned with all of Piers Anthonys celebrated storytelling skills.
Download or read book Marabou Stork Nightmares written by Irvine Welsh and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While lying in a coma in an Edinburgh hospital, Roy Strang experiences strange hallucinatory adventures that recount how he came to be in his current state, from his struggles with his disturbed family to a bizarre quest in Africa.
Download or read book Stork Mountain written by Miroslav Penkov and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stork Mountain tells the story of a young Bulgarian immigrant who, in an attempt to escape his mediocre life in America, returns to the country of his birth. Retracing the steps of his estranged grandfather, a man who suddenly and inexplicably cut all contact with the family three years prior, the boy finds himself on the border of Bulgaria and Turkey, a stone's throw away from Greece, high up in the Strandja Mountains. It is a place of pagan mysteries and black storks nesting in giant oaks; a place where every spring, possessed by Christian saints, men and women dance barefoot across live coals in search of rebirth. Here in the mountains, the boy reunites with his grandfather. Here in the mountain, he falls in love with an unobtainable Muslim girl. Old ghosts come back to life and forgotten conflicts, in the name of faith and doctrine, blaze anew. Stork Mountain is an enormously charming, slyly brilliant debut novel from an internationally celebrated writer. It is a novel that will undoubtedly find a home in many readers' hearts.
Download or read book Story Plays Old and New written by Alice Sumner Varney and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Song of the Stork written by Stephan Collishaw and published by Legend Press Ltd. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Jewish girl finds refuge with a village outcast during WWII in this “elegantly crafted, beautifully written novel about love, survival and hope” (William Ryan). In a small Eastern European village, fifteen-year-old Yael is on the run from Nazi invaders. The so-called village idiot, Aleksei is a solitary mute who does not want for company. But as the brutal winter advances, he reluctantly takes Yael in. As she begins to win his trust, a delicate relationship develops between them. But beyond Aleksei’s remote homestead, the war rages on, and Yael cannot hide forever. A Jewish partisan group is organizing in the woods to mount a counterattack. Torn between her love and her need to fight, Yael must find her voice as the voices around her are being extinguished.
Download or read book Making Sense of Reality written by Tia DeNora and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is reality and how do we make sense of it in everyday life? Why do some realities seem more real than others, and what of seemingly contradictory and multiple realities? This book considers reality as we represent, perceive and experience it. It suggests that the realities we take as ‘real’ are the result of real-time, situated practices that draw on and draw together many things - technologies and objects, people, gestures, meanings and media. Examining these practices illuminates reality (or rather our sense of it) as always ‘virtually real’, that is simplified and artfully produced. This examination also shows us how the sense of reality that we make is nonetheless real in its consequences. Making Sense of Reality offers students and educators a guide to analysing social life. It develops a performance-based perspective (‘doing things with’) that highlights the ever-revised dimension of realities and links this perspective to a focus on object-relations and an ecological model of culture-in-action.
Download or read book Ethics at the Beginning of Life written by James Mumford and published by Oxford Studies in Theological. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many declare the debate about abortion to be hopelessly polarised, between conservatives and liberals, between forces religious and secular. In this book Mumford upends this received wisdom and challenges consensus, arguing that many dominant attitudes and argument fail to take into account the particular way human beings 'emerge' in the world.
Download or read book Stork Naked written by Piers Anthony and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his 30th rollicking chronicle of the enchanted land of Xanth, Piers Anthony reveals unexplored new dimensions of his magical realm. Stork Naked tells the tale of Surprise Golem, an expectant mother who has just lost her brand-new baby! For in Xanth, little ones are actually delivered by storks! And the Stork assigned to deliver Surprise's eagerly awaited Bundle of Joy has inexplicably refused to surrender it, flying off instead through a hole in the fabric of reality. Now, to track down her offspring, Surprise must lead an ill-assorted assemblage of confederates on a desperate quest through dozens of different Xanths. But sinister, unseen forces are determined to stop her. And in order to find her child, Surprise may have to lose her heart.
Download or read book The Bizarre World of Reality Television written by Stuart Lenig and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do reality television programs shape our view of the world and what we perceive as real and normal? This book explores the bizarre and highly controversial world of reality television, including its early history, wide variety of subject matter, and social implications. In recent decades, reality television shows ranging from Keeping up with the Kardashians to Duck Dynasty have become increasingly popular. Why are these "unscripted" programs irresistible to millions of viewers? And what does the nearly universal success of reality shows say about American culture? This book covers more than 100 major and influential reality programs past and present, discussing the origins and past of reality programming, the contemporary social and economic conditions that led to the rise of reality shows, and the ways in which the most successful shows achieve popularity with both male and female demographics or appeal to specific, targeted niche audiences. The text addresses reality TV within five, easy-to-identify content categories: competition shows, relationship/love-interest shows, real people or alternative lifestyle and culture shows, transformation shows, and international programming. By examining modern reality television, a topic of great interest for a wide variety of readers, this book also discusses cultural and social norms in the United States, including materialism, unrealistic beauty ideals, gender roles and stereotypes in society, dynamics of personal relationships, teenage lifestyles and issues, and the branding of people for financial gain and wider viewership.
Download or read book Keeper written by Mal Peet and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling story of a poor and gawky kid who mysteriously becomes the world's greatest goalkeeper — a seamless blend of magic realism and exhilarating soccer action. "And you found it, this thing you were looking for?" It was darker now, and the city below Faustino's office was a jazzy dance of neon signs and traffic. The big man went to the window and looked down at it all, spreading his large hands on the glass. "No," he said. "It found me." When Paul Faustino of LA NACION flips on his tape recorder for an exclusive interview with El Gato — the phenomenal goalkeeper who single-handedly brought his team the World Cup — the seasoned reporter quickly learns that this will be no ordinary story. Instead, the legendary El Gato ("The Cat") quietly narrates a spellbinding tale that begins in a mythic corner of the South American rain forest, where a ghostly but very real mentor, the Keeper, emerges to teach the gangly boy the most thrilling secrets of the game. Combining vivid imagery and heart-stopping action, this evocative, strikingly ethereal novel about loyalty, passion, and magic will haunt readers, regardless of their love for soccer, long after the story is ended.
Download or read book Transformations of Social Ecological Systems written by Tetsu Sato and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-08 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through this book, readers will gain a comprehensive overview of transdisciplinary knowledge co-production in local contexts as an issue-driven and solution-oriented process, and will come to understand its relationship to societal transformation processes toward sustainability. In a single volume, the theory, approaches and academic implications of this novel type of knowledge production are addressed, together with its societal impacts. In the midst of global anthropogenic impacts that affect various environments, over the past few decades we have observed autonomous initiatives in local communities around the world to tackle these environmental challenges. It is vital that such local actions be scaled up to achieve sustainable societies, which requires societal transformation on larger scales. Thanks to numerous collaborative actions in local communities, transdisciplinary knowledge co-production among diverse stakeholders has successfully been mobilized, resulting in the development of Integrated Local Environmental Knowledge (ILEK); knowledge that can inform and support decisions and actions promoting the sustainable transformation of society. This book uses comparative case studies in communities around the world to illuminate and clarify processes and factors promoting the co-production and utilization of ILEK to facilitate decision-making. In addition, readers will gain deeper insights into the science-society interactions that can contribute to finding collaborative solutions to a wide range of critical environmental problems. Though the book is ideally suited for researchers and students, it also offers a valuable resource for practitioners, government agencies, and stakeholder agencies.
Download or read book Akimbo 2 written by Kim Parrish and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second book in the Akimbo series recounts the remarkable life of Kim Parrish, a retired Canadian teacher looking back on his life through snippets of poetry and salutes to his travels, taking him to the far corners of the world. A hockey and football player in his youth, the author once had a pet crocodile. Having survived a stroke and a heart attack, this inspiring journey is a salute to his enduring efforts to beat the odds and live life on his own terms. After finding love and marriage in China, the author now splits his time between China and Vancouver, British Columbia. Thought of you, again, last night And nothing but you, today; I could feel you there in my heart ... so warm And me, a thousand miles away. Thought of you again, last night, And how I looked when I heard your words from a thousand miles away. Akimbo 2: A Sowbug’s Life (cont’d) provides an eclectic assortment of pleasurable reading.
Download or read book Clone Being written by Stephen E. Levick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people think the risks of reproductive cloning are so high as to make trying to clone a person immoral. Even if the medical risks could be reduced greatly, many believe a clone would still risk great psychological harm, and that the practice of reproductive cloning would also be detrimental to society. Others dismiss these concerns as speculative, and point to the possible good they believe it could do. But we need not wait for the first clone to be born to systematically consider the possible psychological and social ramifications of cloning. Marshalling psychological and sociological theory and research, and drawing upon extensive clinical experiences as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Levick explores the various dimensions of cloning. Clone Being attempts to anticipate possible consequences for a clone, his or her 'parents' and family, and society. Psychotherapy case material enlivens and illustrates the book and the reader is helped to identify 'clone-like' aspects of his or her own experience and mental life, and of contemporary life. Through this process, the book comes to important conclusions about human nature, including the crucial roles of intimacy, sex, and sexuality for society. The clinical and scientifically grounded insights of this book should help inform the reader's ethical judgments and attitudes about cloning people.
Download or read book The Real Werewives of Colorado Box Set Vol 2 Books 4 6 written by Kristen Strassel and published by Kristen Strassel. This book was released on with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join The Real Werewives for this fun and STEAMY season on Colorado Ranch and follow each couple as they find true love after forty. Meet the contestants: Instant Mate Hi, I’m Blaire. I’ve never shied away from a challenge, so when my sister suggests I apply for The Real Werewives, I send in an audition video. What are my chances of getting picked? I’m forty and a former racecar driver with a taste for controversy. But a wolf on Colorado Ranch actually chose me as his forever mate. Austin’s got a competitive streak that gets my motor running. We dare each other to see who can come up with the best date, but soon I learn this sexy cowboy had his former life ripped away from him. I’m determined to help him heal his wounds because our over-the-top dates might be the only thing that can save Colorado Ranch. This is one challenge I absolutely can’t refuse. Rebel Mate Hi, I’m Roxy. Everyone assumes I applied to The Real Werewives to find the love of my life, but I came to tell my side of the story--it's time my voice is heard. At one time, I was America’s Sweetheart. I starred in movie after movie and won major awards all before the age of ten. Everyone thought my life was perfect. That was until I emancipated from my parents and woke up in Vegas married to the world’s most notorious rock star wolf. We weren’t in love, and it didn’t last. It was a cry for help. The scandal got attention—the wrong kind. Directors refused to return my phone calls, and the press went from Princess Roxy to Poor Roxy overnight. It’s been almost twenty-five years since my fall from grace, and I want to set the record straight. Turns out, there’s been a sweet cowboy wolf waiting for me on Colorado Ranch all this time. He says he’s always known I was his mate, and he wants to give me the home and family that's become my dream. Hollywood? I don’t need them anymore. But that rock star from my past? He just might get the last word. Surprise Mate Hi, I’m Tina. I came to The Real Werewives to help the wolf get the girl. But I never planned to be that girl. Taking this job was risky. From the start, it was more than another gig. I had something to prove as much as the wolves on Colorado Ranch—that a pack could take human mates and make it last forever. My plan was to produce the shows, and never let any of them know why this meant so much to me before I went onto the next job. Now we’re on the last episode. Sterling is one confused wolf. He’s brought many Werewives to the ranch, and now he’s decided I’m his mate. There’s no way I can be. Or can I? This wild wolf wants to break down the walls I’ve built around my heart and teach me a thing or two about myself. But there’s a reason I’ve been running, and I can’t fall for him. If history repeats itself, I could be the downfall of this pack.
