Download or read book Wacky and Dangerous written by Alix Wood and published by Gareth Stevens. This book was released on 2014-08-16 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What could be more fun than jumping off a high platform attached to only a vine? The inspiration for bungee jumping, this strange and dangerous pastime comes from Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Some people get a rush from risking their lives in sport--and readers will, too, just learning about them! Full-color photographs of risky hobbies, rituals, and competitions from around the world augment the real stories about them included in the main content, fact boxes, and sidebars. From extreme caving to walking on hot coals, these wacky sports are sure to fascinate readers, fearless or not.

Download or read book All Creatures Weird and Dangerous written by Timm Otterson and published by Guernica World Editions. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Creatures Weird and Dangerous describes the author's experiences as a veterinarian drawn by chance to care for a variety of cryptozoological creatures. As a practicing veterinarian, the author is called upon, as if by strange forces, to care for a Chupacabra, Sasquatch, Lake Erie's monster Bessie, mermaids and fairies in Newfoundland, and eventually a unicorn in the Highlands of Scotland. Drawing on his experiences as a wildlife rehabilitator and exotic-animal veterinarian, the author cares for these odd creatures, describing his work in accurate medical detail and touching on the importance of compassion and the need to respect all creatures on our planet. An homage to James Herriott's All Creatures Great and Small, while touching on stories equally appropriate for an episode of the X-Files.

Download or read book Crazy Dangerous written by Andrew Klavan and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do right, fear nothing. Sam Hopkins is a good kid who has fallen in with the wrong crowd. Hanging around with car thieves and thugs, Sam knows it’s only a matter of time before he makes one bad decision too many and gets into real trouble. But one day, Sam sees these friends harassing an eccentric schoolmate named Jennifer. Finding the courage to face the bullies down, Sam loses a bad set of friends and acquires a very strange new one. Jennifer is not just eccentric. To Sam, she seems downright crazy. She has terrifying hallucinations involving demons, the devil, and death. And here’s the really crazy part: Sam is beginning to suspect that these visions may actually be prophecies—prophecies of something terrible that’s going to happen very soon. Unless he can stop it. With no one to believe him, with no one to help him, Sam is all alone in a race against time. Finding the truth before disaster strikes is going to be both crazy and very, very dangerous. Thrilling young adult read Stand-alone novel Book length: approximately 75K words Includes discussion questions for book reports

Download or read book Papa s Angels written by Collin Wilcox Paxton and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wacky in the Water written by Alix Wood and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ice swimming sounds uncomfortable. Bog snorkeling seems gross. Log rolling looks dangerous. Yet many people dive into these water sports! Readers are introduced to some strange ways to enjoy the water, such as the cardboard raft race held at Cambridge University in England each year. Fact boxes and sidebars tell the true tales of participants, and colorful photographs show them in action. Through detailed descriptions of each new sport, readers can imagine riding and diving in the waves with the adventurous spirit of kite surfers and Jet Ski freestylers.

Download or read book Genetically Enhanced Organisms written by B. R. Eastman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kids in this book must put up with scheming classmates, a physical education teacher who plays favorites, a football coach and pastor who is willing to cheat to win, and people who spread misinformation on and about the Internet. Small town life is tougher than it seems!

Download or read book The God Gene written by F. Paul Wilson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rick Hayden and Laura Fanning of Panacea return to encounter another mindbending scientific scenario in, The God Gene, the new thriller by F. Paul Wilson. F. Paul Wilson is the winner of the Career Achievement in Thriller Fiction in the 2017 RT Reviewers' Choice Best Book Awards Rick's brother, Keith, a prominent zoologist at NYU, walks out of his office one day and disappears. The only clue they have are his brother's book, which mentions "the God Gene." A million or so years ago, a gene designated hsa-mir-3998 appeared as if by magic from the junk DNA of the hominids who eventually evolved into Homo sapiens. It became a key player in brain development—specifically creativity—and laymen started calling it "the God Gene." Keith had been tracking this gene through the evolutionary tree, and was excited by an odd blue-eyed primate he brought back from East Africa. But immediately after running the creature's genetic code, he destroyed all the results and vanished. Rick and Laura's search takes them to an uncharted island in the Mozambique Channel, home of the dapis—blue-eyed primates whose DNA hides a world-shattering secret. In a globe-spanning mixture of science, mystery and adventure reminiscent of Michael Crichton, The God Gene takes you to the edge of evolutionary theory and beyond...way beyond. The ICE Sequence Series 1. Panacea 2. The God Gene At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Playing with Danger written by Deborah Fletcher Mello and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder on the bayou …forcing rivals to unite. When a young woman is found in a Louisiana swamp, police detective King Randolph finds his investigation hindered by private investigator Lenore Martin. He’s loath to share this murder investigation with such a problematic person. But despite mutual distrust, they forge a combative alliance. Soon, as more bodies drop, heat rises between the partners. And grave danger threatens from every corner of New Orleans. From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama. Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of The Sorority Detectives series: Book 1: Playing with Danger

Download or read book Dangerous Alliance written by Jennieke Cohen and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gentleman’s Guide to Viceand Virtue meets Jane Austen in this witty, winking historical romance with a dash of mystery! Lady Victoria Aston has everything she could want: an older sister happily wed, the future of her family estate secure, and ample opportunity to while her time away in the fields around her home. But now Vicky must marry—or find herself and her family destitute. Armed only with the wisdom she has gained from her beloved novels by Jane Austen, she enters society’s treacherous season. Sadly, Miss Austen has little to say about Vicky’s exact circumstances: whether the roguish Mr. Carmichael is indeed a scoundrel, if her former best friend, Tom Sherborne, is out for her dowry or for her heart, or even how to fend off the attentions of the foppish Mr. Silby, he of the unfortunate fashion sensibility. Most unfortunately of all, Vicky’s books are silent on the topic of the mysterious accidents cropping up around her…ones that could prevent her from surviving until her wedding day.

Download or read book A Queer and Pleasant Danger written by Kate Bornstein and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring true story of a nice Jewish boy who left the Church of Scientology to become the lovely lady she is today In the early 1970s, a boy from a Conservative Jewish family joined the Church of Scientology. In 1981, that boy officially left the movement and ultimately transitioned into a woman. A few years later, she stopped calling herself a woman--and became a famous gender outlaw. Gender theorist, performance artist, and author Kate Bornstein is set to change lives with her stunningly original memoir. Wickedly funny and disarmingly honest, this is Bornstein's most intimate book yet, encompassing her early childhood and adolescence, college at Brown, a life in the theater, three marriages and fatherhood, the Scientology hierarchy, transsexual life, LGBTQ politics, and life on the road as a sought-after speaker.

Download or read book Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World written by Victoria R. Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With hundreds of books dedicated to conventional sports and activities, this encyclopedia on the weirdest and wackiest games offers a fresh and entertaining read for any audience. Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World: From Buzkashi to Zorbing focuses on what many would consider abnormal activities from across the globe. Spanning subjects that include individual games, team sports, games for men and women, and contests involving animal competitors, there is something for every reader. Whether researching a particular country or region's traditions or wanting an interesting read for pleasure, this book offers an array of uses and benefits. Though the book focuses on games and sporting activities, the examination of these topics gives readers insight into unfamiliar places and peoples through their recreation—an essential part of the human experience that occurs in all cultures. Such activities are not only embedded in everyday life but also indelibly interconnected with social customs, war, politics, commerce, education, and national identity, making the whimsical topic of the book an appealing gateway to insightful, highly relevant information.

Download or read book Deadly Cults written by Robert L. Snow and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-11-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a Vampire Cult differ from a Satanic Cult? How do seemingly normal or ordinary citizens suddenly find themselves committed to a group whose leader promotes criminal activities and isolation from families and friends? What should you do if a loved one becomes indoctrinated by a potentially dangerous cult? This book focuses on various cults and their often criminal belief systems. Most readers are shocked by stories of mass suicides and ritualized cult killings, but few understand how such crimes come to be committed. Snow, a seasoned police officer with experience working on cult crimes, examines those cults that commit offenses from murder and fraud to kidnapping and sexual assault. By providing specific accounts of dangerous cults and their destructive acts, Snow illustrates how seemingly innocent groups can turn pernicious when under the sway of a charismatic leader with an agenda, or when members take things too far. He offers advice on how to avoid falling victim to cult indoctrination, concluding with chapters on how to identify cults, how to protect yourself and your family, and what to do if a loved one is ensnared by such a group.

Download or read book The Translocator written by M.G. Herron and published by M.G. Herron. This book was released on with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary quantum teleportation device promises to bring humanity one step closer to the stars. Until it fails. Spectacularly. Archaeologist Eliana Fisk is ripped from Earth while the whole world watches. She lands on a strange new world inhabited by a lost tribe of ancient Mayans. Meeting them, getting first-hand exposure to age-old customs and rituals...it seems like an archaeologist’s dream. But what if their rituals have a darker meaning? What if the god these people pray to is no god at all? And how in the worlds will she ever get back home? Thus begins a pulse-pounding race against time that hurls Eliana into the great unknown, revealing ancient technologies and marvelous mysteries more outlandish than she ever imagined. The Translocator is an action-packed sci-fi thriller perfect for fans of Stargate, The Atlantis Gene, and other archaeology-inspired science fiction adventures. Get it now. Originally published as The Auriga Project, The Alien Element, and The Ares Initiative, this edition brings all three novels together in a single volume. Also available as an audiobook narrated by the wonderful Tess Irondale!

Download or read book Dangerous Animals written by Melvin Berger and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asks readers a true-or-false question about the physical characteristics, diet, or behavior of dangerous animals that the reader can find the answer to by turning the page.

Download or read book Extreme Danger written by Shannon McKenna and published by Brava. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the remote Frakes Island, Becca Cantrell decides to take an innocent, yet illicit, midnight skinnydip in a millionaire's pool, only to be hauled out by a sexy hard-muscled man who embodies her innermost fantasies and who draws her into a world of danger.

Download or read book TLA Film and Video Guide written by David Bleiler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Detailed indexes by star, director, genre, country of origin, and theme *Lavishly illustrated with over 450 photos *Comprehensive selection of international cinema from over 50 countries *Over 9,000 films reviewed *Up-to-date information on video availability and pricing *Appendices with award listings, TLA Bests, and recommended films

Download or read book Gorillatheatre written by Christopher Carter Sanderson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.