Download or read book Heritage of Conflict written by Fyl Frazee and published by Rogue Bard Media LLC. This book was released on 2024-06-17 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 42 drifts through space in her sister's damaged ship when the infamous Death's Shadow responds to her distress signal. Her hopes of rescue evaporate when a case of mistaken identity causes Captain Gant to lock her in the brig so he can collect the bounty on her sister's head. Trapped inside a series of bizarre virtual worlds 42 experiences life as a magical girl, a coffee shop alternate reality, and a business trip with an annoying coworker where she's forced to share a hotel room with only a single bed. Only the secrets of the mythical Empok Anima can free her from the clutches of Captain Gant so 42 can stop her sister's evil scheme. Little does 42 know the legends of the Empok Animna have more to do with her hidden past than she ever imagined.
Download or read book First Cause written by Paul West and published by Paul West. This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A week after a battery of worldwide explosions, journalist Adam Grey wakes up in the hospital. He pieces together the events leading to his injury, involving a woman named Angela. Confronted with the truth behind the attacks, they–along with the world at large–are forced to reconsider conventional assumptions about human nature and possibility.
Download or read book The Tortilla Curtain written by T. C. Boyle and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-07-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Delaney Mossbacher knocks down a Mexican pedestrian, he neither reports the accident nor takes his victim to hospital. Instead the man accepts $20 and limps back to poverty and his pregnant 17-year-old wife, leaving Delaney to return to his privileged life in California. But these two men are fated against each other, as Delaney attempts to clear the land of the illegal immigrants who he thinks are turning his state park into a ghetto, and a boiling pot of racism and prejudice threatens to spill over.
Download or read book Drop City written by T. C. Boyle and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the seventies, at the height of flower power. Star has just joined Drop City, a hippie commune in sunny California living the simple, natural life. But underneath the drugs, music and transcendent bliss, she slowly discovers tensions and sexual rivalries that threaten to split the community apart. A world away in Boynton, a tiny town in the interior of Alaska, Sess Harder, a pioneer who actually does live off the land, hunting, trapping and fishing, yearns for someone to share the harsh winters with him. When the authorities threaten to close down Drop City, the hippies abandon camp and head up north to Alaska, the last frontier. But neither they nor the inhabitants of Boynton are completely prepared for each other - and as the two communities collide, unexpected friendships and dangerous enmities are born.
Download or read book The Oracle Rift written by Fyl Frazee and published by Rogue Bard Media LLC. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Android 42 heads deep into the unexplored sector 7G to return her new Terranaut friends to their homeworld Terra. There she meets the leader of their government, the Holy Mother who looks exactly like 42, and a sect of Terranauts who view 42 as a messiah. She must navigate acting as an intermediary between the Terranauts and the rest of the known galaxy, try to learn the secrets of the Holy Mother, and avoid becoming a religious leader that brings discord to Terra.
Download or read book The Oldest Cure in the World written by Steve Hendricks and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An illuminating exploration of the rich and varied history—and myriad health benefits—of fasting.” —Wall Street Journal When should we eat, and when shouldn’t we? The answers to these simple questions are not what you might expect. As Steve Hendricks shows in The Oldest Cure in the World, stop eating long enough, and you’ll set in motion cellular repairs that can slow aging and prevent and reverse diseases like diabetes and hypertension. Fasting has improved the lives of people with epilepsy, asthma, and arthritis, and has even protected patients from the worst of chemotherapy’s side effects. But for such an elegant and effective treatment, fasting has had a surprisingly long and fraught history. From the earliest days of humanity and the Greek fathers of medicine through Christianity’s “fasting saints” and a 19th-century doctor whose stupendous 40-day fast on a New York City stage inaugurated the modern era of therapeutic fasting, Hendricks takes readers on a rich and comprehensive tour. Threaded throughout are Hendricks’s own adventures in fasting, including a stay at a luxurious fasting clinic in Germany and in a more spartan one closer to home in Northern California. This is a playful, insightful, and persuasive exploration of our bodies and when we should—and should not—feed them.
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Download or read book Anomalies written by Christopher Allen Guidry and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, strangely gifted humans encounter unbelievable experiences and a scientist begins building an army of cybernetic organisms as the foundation of his planned empire. In a world exactly like ours, a species of extraordinary humans exists. They are called Anomalies; they evolved from Gods and possess amazing gifts. For countless millennia, Anomalies and Gods have lived peacefully alongside humans. But as the twentieth century arrives, all of that is about to change. At the turn of the century, some Anomalies have grown tired of hiding in the shadows; in response, the government, armed with knowledge of the other species, creates organizations to deal with terroristic threats the Anomalies pose. Several decades later, Russian scientist Dimitri Gustav, building on Hitler's ideas, begins a campaign of world domination through science and technology. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, he has created numerous cybernetic organisms and genetically engineered creatures. He begins to form his own army, intent on building an empire. Now, as a series of events begins to unravel, new enemies arise, threatening the anonymity and balance of society the government has accomplished and possibly preparing to cause a revelation and expose a secret that has been so desperately hidden.
Download or read book The Last of the Live Nude Girls written by Sheila McClear and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “eye-opening, gritty, and compelling” memoir by one of New York City’s last Times Square peep show girls (The Paris Review Online). In 2006, Gotham City Video was among the last of its kind where, breathing in a cocktail of Pine-Sol and Windex, a man paid $40 to watch a girl strip naked behind glass. These fantasy lands, left over from the days when 42nd Street was the center of vice, eventually disappeared from the rapidly gentrifying city, their stories lost forever. Not those of tenderloin grinder, Sheila McCelar. Pulling back the curtain on the little-documented world of the peeps, her “ribald . . . memorable and highly relevant” (The Daily Beast) reflection is “both a eulogy and a paean to the freaks and misfits who have long given their souls to the city” (Matthew Gallaway, author of The Metropolis Case). A late bloomer from small-town Michigan, Sheila arrived in New York as a struggling actress and soon found herself adrift. Borderline homeless, and crashing with friends, she finally got steady work that paid the rent—as a stripper along the triple-x stretch of Eighth Avenue. When Times Square seeped into her blood, she ended up staying much longer than she imagined. The story she tells is not just of her own coming-of-age, it’s a “sharp, sweetly personal . . . fascinating and honest” narrative of modern life on the fringes of society in New York City (Mark Jacobson, author of Pale Horse Rider).
Download or read book The Biolab Book written by Lundy Pentz and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1989-02 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's enthusiasm, imagination, and talent shine through on every page, setting The Biolab Book far above conventional lab manuals.
Download or read book Asian Countries That Live The Longest written by Susan Zeppieri and published by Susan Zeppieri . This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are three sections to this book: First, look at how Asians' lifespans have altered since the 1980s. b) Secondly, Asian nations have a higher life expectancy than the rest of the world due to their lifestyle choices. 3) How can someone who lives outside the blue zone live longer? The life expectancy, variations in life expectancy around the world, and changes in Asia's life expectancy are all covered in the first chapter. Asia's survival rate is discussed in the second chapter, along with how their health altered and the contributing variables. What age is discussed in the third chapter? How is lifespan determined? Moreover, how does growth compare to life expectancy? What elements are discussed in the fourth chapter as the basis for life expectancy? Why do Asians live longer, then? The fifth chapter details which Asian nations have the highest and lowest life expectancy rates. Chapter six focuses on China, a way of life, and the differences between eastern and western ideologies. Chapter 7 discusses Japan, its cuisine, and its well-kept secrets to long life. Hunza, a stunning region in Pakistan, and its long life-expectancy secrets are discussed in Chapter 8. The ninth chapter is on South Korea and its diet-related fitness motivations. And how they shed the pounds to lead healthy lives. The longevity concept and community interaction in Singapore are discussed in chapter 10. The lifespan options for those who don't reside in a "blue zone" are discussed in chapter eleven. It is about how they can live longer by simply maintaining a healthy diet. Chapter 12 anti-aging solution. It provides information on protein requirements and amounts. The health advantages of beverages, including tea, coffee, and others, are discussed in chapter thirteen. Chapter fifteen offers succinct answers if you do not live in a blue zone, whereas Chapter fourteen discusses food that could be utilized as medicine.
Download or read book Dangerous Visions written by Harlan Ellison and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlan Ellison’s Dangerous Visions made history on its release, receiving a special citation at the World Science Fiction Convention as that year’s “most significant and controversial SF book published.” A landmark short story collection that put New Wave Science Fiction on the literary map, Dangerous Visions won several prestigious awards and was nominated for many others. This now-classic anthology includes thirty-three stories by thirty-two award-winning authors, over half of whom have won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards. Contributing authors include: Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Theodore Sturgeon, J.G. Ballard, Samuel R. Delany, and Ellison himself. As relevant now as it was when first published, Dangerous Visions is a phenomenal collection that deserves a place on every bookshelf.
Download or read book Dreams of Unicorn and Electric Sleep written by Fyl Frazee and published by Rogue Bard Media LLC. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Captain 42 as she careens from crisis to crisis as she journeys to discover the secrets of her past and earn enough platinum to keep her ship, the Jumpin’ Jack, from running out of fuel reserves. 42 picks up the last healthy herd of unicorn in the galaxy and doesn't even make it out of orbit before a poacher attacks her ship. Quick thinking leads her from one space port to another as the poacher, Teef Arnell, schemes to steal the unicorns from her. When that job ends on shaky ground, she gets roped into a conflict between two diminutive crime families fighting over electric sheep. When that situation explodes in her face, she retreats to the home of her old friend… But a dangerous, never seen before alien creature stalks the corridors with unclear motives and razor-sharp fangs. Captain 42 must face off with this new species to protect her friends and uncover where it came from.
Download or read book The Wandering Earth written by Cixin Liu and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu, The Wandering Earth is a science fiction short story collection featuring the title tale--the basis for the blockbuster international film, now streaming on Netflix. These ten stories, including five Chinese Galaxy Award-winners, are a blazingly original ode to planet Earth, its pasts, and its futures. Liu's fiction takes the reader to the edge of the universe and the end of time, to meet stranger fates than we could have ever imagined. With a melancholic and keen understanding of human nature, Liu's stories show humanity's attempts to reason, navigate, and above all, survive in a desolate cosmos. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Space Invaders written by Davy Ocean and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Hammer and Rick Reef travel to the mysterious surface world of Earth in this final Shark School (mis)adventure. Harry Hammer’s latest hero ‘Terranaut’ Buzz Sharkfin is planning a mission to ‘outer space,’ which to a shark is planet Earth! Harry can’t wait to be part of Buzz Sharkfin’s awesome adventure. But when his arch-rival and life-long nemesis Rick Reef, is chosen for the mission, too, it’s anything but smooth sailing. Once out of the deep blue sea, Harry and Rick discover a strange and dangerous new world with dogs and cars and humans, and they realize there’s no place like home!
Download or read book Understanding Physical Development in the Early Years written by Anne O'Connor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Physical Development in the Early Years provides an accessible introduction to the current research and thinking in this area alongside descriptions of everyday practice. It explores the kinds of activities and experiences that promote physical development and offers practical guidance on how these can be facilitated. Physical development plays a crucial role in young children’s learning, behaviour and emotional health and is now recognised as a prime area in the revised Early Years Foundation Stage. It is therefore essential that those working in the early years sector provide children with a wide range of opportunities for movement and sensory experiences. Drawing on current legislation and the requirements of the EYFS, the book covers all aspects of physical development and includes: • reflection tasks, summaries and impact on practice sections; • guidance on issues that can cause concern such as health and safety, rough and tumble play, gender and the effective use of indoor and outdoor space; • advice on the role of the practitioner and ideas for working with parents and families; • information on the different stages of physical development. Written by leading consultants, this book will be essential reading for early years students and practitioners that want to fully understand young children’s physical development and provide opportunities that nourish children’s overall learning and physical and emotional wellbeing.
Download or read book The University of Arizona written by Gregory McNamee and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The University of Arizona: A History in 100 Stories is a celebration of the people, ideas, inventions, teaching, and structures that have been part of the school's evolution from a small land-grant institution to an internationally renowned research institution. Drawing on half a century of connection with the University of Arizona as a student, staff member, and faculty member, Gregory McNamee presents a history through the lens of a hundred subjects. That story begins in 1885, with the establishment of the school, which quickly proved itself to be a powerhouse in its foundational "four pillars" agriculture and earth sciences, followed by astronomy and anthropology. In the years following World War II, those four pillars became ever more important to the University, even as countless other fields of study gained prominence: optical sciences, women's studies, the humanities, mathematics, and more. This phenomenal institution has as its setting the Sonoran Desert, and, closer to home, to a built environment that is widely considered among the most scenic in the country, from the Historic District with its buildings that are more than a century old to the latest steel-and-glass constructions on the edges of the ever-expanding campus. McNamee relates this history in an entertaining manner, peppering discussion of serious intellectual and institutional themes with lighter moments--the origins of the university's rivalry with Arizona State, the ghosts that are said to lurk about campus, and more. Wildcats everywhere will delight in McNamee's celebration of the people, places, learning, books, and pastimes that have distinguished our school.
