Download or read book Ultra Bowl written by I. J. Weinstock and published by Dreamaster. This book was released on 2014-11-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NFL team rescues the future from the tyranny of technology. ULTRA BOWL is an adventure fable about the dangers of our Digital Age and the dystopian future toward which we may be heading. Flying home from the Super Bowl, the New York Knights are "time-napped"-transported 100 years into the future, where the global balance-of-power is decided in a football game played by robots. The Knights have been "drafted" to play for the United States in the Ultra Bowl, unaware that they are expendable pawns in a brilliant technocrat's diabolical plot to rule the world. Despite the insurmountable odds, the Knights embark on this suicide mission for the heart of a beautiful woman, the soul of a young boy and the humanity of an entire world. In this epic struggle between man & machine, a football team from the past valiantly attempts to rescue the future from the tyranny of technology.
Download or read book America Bowl written by Don Steinberg and published by Flash Point. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presidents and Super Bowls. They're the biggest deals we have. Let the game begin--and may the best American institution win! From George Washington, father of the nation, versus Super Bowl I to Barack Obama against Super Bowl XVIV, the comeback win by the Saints over the Colts in 2010: Forty-four matchups, one at a time, one point per match. It's the most fun you can have finding out about America's Presidents and America's Game without having to read two separate books! Based on the blog featured on ESPN Radio, National Public Radio, the BBC World Service, the Economist.com, the New Yorker, and elsewhere.
Download or read book Super Bowl Monday written by Adam Lazarus and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Super Bowl Monday is a thorough retelling of Super Bowl XXV, the epic January 1991 showdown between the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills. Great characters and a gripping finish to the closest episode in Super Bowl history made for a wonderful conclusion to the game's Silver Anniversary. But what establishes that day as a special moment in American sports history was the cloud of war hanging over the game and the nation. Ten days before the Giants defeated the Bills 20-19 in Tampa Stadium, the United States had authorized Operation Desert Storm and begun the Persian Gulf War. The book is entitled Super Bowl Monday because the hundreds of thousands of American soldiers who were able to watch the Giants vs. the Bills did so on Arabic Standard Time, several hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. For those men and women on duty in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq, Super Bowl XXV took place early Monday morning. Super Bowl Monday features original research from newspaper and video archives in addition to lengthy interviews with many of the game's stars.
Download or read book Ultra talk written by David Kirby and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ultra-Talk, David Kirby poses a simple question: What makes a cultural phenomenon truly great? Exploring a wide variety of "king-sized cultural monuments," Kirby argues that one qualification for greatness is that a phenomenon be embraced by both the elite and the general public. Further, he argues, it must be embraced repeatedly over time. Kirby turns his critical eye to subjects that have been studied and written about, sought after avidly, discussed passionately, and even resisted vigorously around the world. Auto racing, Dante, folk music, food, Leonardo da Vinci, films, poetry, religion, striptease, television, and the internet are just some of the topics he examines. In Rome, heads of state kneel before Bernini's statue of Saint Teresa in ecstasy, says Kirby, and so do people who can't read. And everyone watches TV. Ultra-Talk pays homage to the work of two towering writers and critics. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Giacomo Leopardi both stated that a book was valid only if it had been accepted by both an intellectual elite and a vast public. Kirby would have added a second requirement: that the book's--or cultural monument's--popularity must have traction over time. By standing on the shoulders of Goethe and Leopardi, Kirby offers a way to read, see, and savor a post-theoretical worldview that everybody can share.
Download or read book Celebrating the Super Bowl written by Linda K. Fuller and published by Common Ground Research Networks. This book was released on 2024-02-10 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A de facto American national holiday and phenomenon, the Super Bowl claims a spot as one of the most significant sporting events in the world and the most widely celebrated, feasted and feasting event of the year— with $14+ billion at stake, commercials costing $7 million for a 30-second spot, record-setting broadcast ratings, and 113+ million viewers. More avocados (105 million pounds) are consumed, and more beer is drunk (325 million gallons) on the single day of Superbowl Sunday. But there is much more at play than partying at our annual sports extravaganza, as this scholarly researched yet readable volume demonstrates: Here you will read a historical perspective that includes discussions of the meta-event’s economics (stakeholders, host cities, advertising, gambling, and media), fandom, ratings, halftime entertainment, the roles of mythic spectacle and religion, football’s sexist, militaristic language, gender issues like cheerleaders and sex trafficking, the Puppy Bowl, medical concerns like concussions and violence, tailgating and foodie ideas—all along with tidbits about your favorite team(s) and player(s). Touchdown!
Download or read book Super Bowl Fireworks written by James Buckley, Jr. and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Super Bowl fireworks come in all differentstyles: Game-altering tosses. Break-away runs.Bone-jarring sacks. Any or all of these canchange the course of the game and createfireworks on the field.
Download or read book The Rise of the Ultra Runners written by Adharanand Finn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An electrifying look inside the wild world of extreme distance running. Once the reserve of only the most hardcore enthusiasts, ultra running is now a thriving global industry, with hundreds of thousands of competitors each year. But is the rise of this most brutal and challenging sport—with races that extend into hundreds of miles, often in extreme environments—an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness? In The Rise of the Ultra Runners, award-winning author Adharanand Finn travels to the heart of the sport to investigate the reasons behind its rise and discover what it takes to join the ranks of these ultra athletes. Through encounters with the extreme and colorful characters of the ultramarathon world, and his own experiences of running ultras everywhere from the deserts of Oman to the Rocky Mountains, Finn offers a fascinating account of people testing the boundaries of human endeavor.
Download or read book Tom Brady written by David Fischer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by the New England Patriots as the 199th overall pick in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft, Tom Brady is arguably the greatest quarterback in pro football history. He has seven Super Bowl rings, five Super Bowl MVP awards, and has won NFL MVP honors three times. He is one of only two starting quarterbacks to have won Super Bowls with two different teams and is the first NFL player to win titles in three different decades. Having completed his 21st NFL season, Brady holds more than 50 NFL records and is one of the longest-tenured players in league history. After leading the Patriots through two decades of dominance, Brady cemented his GOAT status by taking the Buccaneers to a title in his first season in Tampa. This fully illustrated book celebrates Brady’s career with passionate and vivid prose, supreme photographic images, and call-out quotes. In addition, dozens of personal anecdotes and recollections about Brady from prominent members of the NFL community enhance this nostalgic experience.
Download or read book Listen First written by Stephen D. Rappaport and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LISTEN FIRST! Shhh... Listen. Hear that? That's the sound of your business. The conversations taking place online and in the marketplace tell you nearly everything you need to know about your company and your customers what people are saying about you, how they use your products, whether they'll buy or recommend your product, and how they respond to your marketing and advertising. Listening provides unrivaled insight. If you do it right, you'll have a decisive edge over your competition as you adapt faster to customer needs and market changes. Listening is ultimately about gaining business advantage. Based on authoritative research from the Adver-tising Research Foundation, Listen First! delivers a playbook for marketing and advertising success-fully in our conversational era. This book explains what listening is, how to do it, how it's used, and where it's headed. Done well, social media listening uncovers pivotal insights that guide marketing as well as product development, customer service, and just about all business functions that touch customers and other stakeholders. You'll learn the tools, winning plays, and proven tactics for listening so that you can: Understand what customers are thinking, feeling, and doing in their lives that affect demand and interest in your products or services Identify threats to your reputation See how customers position competing brands in their minds, not as advertisers position them Sense market shifts that threaten existing business or present new opportunities Develop new products or refine your current lineup by bringing customer voices into R&D, innovation, and concept testing Make your messages more relevant and sharpen targeting by directing messages to people according to their conversational interests Keep sales humming, even when business conditions might be unfavorable or better predict short-term sales based on the volume and specifics of conversational activity Determine competitors' strengths and weaknesses Plan and buy advertising based on where conversations are happening Organize your company to maximize listening's value across all its departments Listen First! gives you evidence, research, and expert viewpoints that will enable you to take advantage of listening and build your business over the short term and for the long haul. If you want your company to have a sustainable business advantage in an uncertain world, it is time to start and act on listening.
Download or read book Sanity Rising Unnecessary Evil written by John F Nienstedt and published by Author House. This book was released on 2000-12-07 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanity Rising is a myth-shattering book in two parts. The first part, Unnecessary Evil, focuses on society as the foremost cause for evil in the world. There are societies that focus on elitism, societies that encourage fooling one another for profit, and societies that restrict individual thinking. As ethical freethinking societies emerge, unnecessary evil will become pass. Part two of Sanity Rising addresses Excelling in The 21st Century. One example of part two's unique chapters is the one on charisma. Possibly for the first time ever, charisma has been quantified. By following three simple steps any reader can now become charismatic. Two parts of Sanity Rising combine for a refreshing blend of philosophy and self-help. They trumpet the simple truths for creating a better world, and provide guidance for becoming rich and famous in the new century.
Download or read book Cincinnati Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cincinnati Magazine taps into the DNA of the city, exploring shopping, dining, living, and culture and giving readers a ringside seat on the issues shaping the region.
Download or read book Sociology For Dummies written by Jay Gabler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand how society works—and how to make it better It’s impossible to exist in the contemporary world without being aware that powerful social forces, ideas, and movements—#MeToo, climate change, and Black Lives Matter to name just a few—are having far-reaching impacts on how we think and live. But why are they happening? And what are their likely effects? The new edition of Sociology For Dummies gives you the tools to step back from your personal experience and study these questions objectively, testing the observable phenomena of the human world against established theories and making usable sense of the results. In a friendly, jargon-free style, sociologist and broadcaster Jay Gabler introduces you to sociology’s history and basic methods, and—once you have your sociological lens adjusted—makes it clear how to survey the big questions of culture, gender, ethnicity, religion, politics, and crime with new eyes. You’ll find everything you need to succeed in an introductory sociology class, as well as to apply sociological ideas to give you extra insight into your personal and professional life. Get a working knowledge of Sociology 101 Understand how human communities work Engage more deeply with debates on social justice, healthcare, and more Interpret and use sociological methods and research Whether you’re studying sociology at school or just want to gain deeper insight into our collective life, Sociology For Dummies gives you the tools to understand the mechanisms of the human world—and the knowledge to influence how they work for the better.
Download or read book Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
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Download or read book Roy Lichtenstein written by Julie Wolfe and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length study to examine the materials and techniques used in the fabrication and painting of the American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s outdoor sculpture. Vibrant color was essential to the paintings of the American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), and when he began exploring the creation of outdoor sculpture in the late 1970s, vivid hues remained an important part of his artistic vocabulary. Today, preserving these remarkable works after they have endured decades in outdoor environments around the world is an issue of pressing concern. This abundantly illustrated volume is based on extensive archival research of Lichtenstein’s studio materials, interviews with his assistants, and a thorough technical analysis of the sculpture Three Brushstrokes. The book concludes with a chapter showing various options for the care, conservation, and restoration of his sculptural works, making this an essential resource for conservators, curators, and others interested both in the iconic artist and modern sculpture in general.
Download or read book My Body written by Emily Ratajkowski and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "My Body offers a lucid examination of the mirrors in which its author has seen herself, and her indoctrination into the cult of beauty as defined by powerful men. In its more transcendent passages . . . the author steps beyond the reach of any 'Pygmalion' and becomes a more dangerous kind of beautiful. She becomes a kind of god in her own right: an artist." —Melissa Febos, The New York Times Book Review A "MOST ANTICIPATED" AND "BEST OF FALL 2021" BOOK FOR * VOGUE * TIME * ESQUIRE * PEOPLE * USA TODAY * CHICAGO TRIBUNE * LOS ANGELES TIMES * SHONDALAND * ALMA * THRILLEST * NYLON * FORTUNE A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidable entrepreneur, a global social media phenomenon, and now, a writer. Rocketing to world fame at age twenty-one, Ratajkowski sparked both praise and furor with the provocative display of her body as an unapologetic statement of feminist empowerment. The subsequent evolution in her thinking about our culture’s commodification of women is the subject of this book. My Body is a profoundly personal exploration of feminism, sexuality, and power, of men's treatment of women and women's rationalizations for accepting that treatment. These essays chronicle moments from Ratajkowski’s life while investigating the culture’s fetishization of girls and female beauty, its obsession with and contempt for women’s sexuality, the perverse dynamics of the fashion and film industries, and the gray area between consent and abuse. Nuanced, fierce, and incisive, My Body marks the debut of a writer brimming with courage and intelligence.
Download or read book Doyle Brunson s Super System 2 written by Doyle Brunson and published by Cardoza Publishing. This book was released on with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Super System 2 gathers together the greatest players, theorists, and world champions. This new edition expands upon the original with more games, new authors, and most importantly, more professional secrets from the best in the business!Learn From Poker's Greatest Players This superstar lineup is led by the greatest poker player of all time, the legendary Doyle Brunson, two-time main event champion, and 10-time WSOP bracelet winner. Doyles hand-picked roster of expert collaborators includes: Phil Hellmuth Jr., 11-time WSOP gold bracelet winner and 1989 World Series of Poker Champion; Daniel Negreanu, winner of more than $10 million in tournament earnings and 2004 Poker Player of the Year; Johnny Chan, two-time Main Event Champion and 10-time WSOP gold bracelet winner; Lyle Berman, three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner, World Poker Tour founder and super-high stakes player; Bobby Baldwin, 1978 World Poker Champion; Crandell Addington, a no-limit hold'em legend and Hall of Famer; Jennifer Harman, the best female poker player in history; Todd Brunson, superstar cash-game player; and Mike Caro, pokers greatest researcher, theorist, and instructor. 704 pages
