Download or read book And the Stars Were Burning Brightly written by Danielle Jawando and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary novel about loss, understanding and the importance of speaking up when all you want to do is shut down. From a multi-award-winning author, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Gayle Foreman, Jennifer Niven and Nikesh Shukla. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize Shortlisted for the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award ​Longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal When fifteen-year-old Nathan discovers that his older brother Al, has taken his own life, his whole world is torn apart. Al was special. Al was talented. Al had so many dreams ... so why did he do it? Convinced that his brother was in trouble, Nathan decides to retrace Al’s footsteps. As he does, he meets Megan, Al's former classmate, who is as determined as Nathan to keep Al's memory alive. Together they start seeking answers, but will either of them be able to handle the truth about Al’s death when they eventually discover what happened? #BurnBright Praise for And the Stars Were Burning Brightly: ‘Jawando’s writing is incredibly raw and real; I felt completely immersed’ Alice Oseman 'An outstanding and compassionate debut' Patrice Lawrence 'One of the brightest up and coming stars of the YA world' Alex Wheatle ‘An utter page turner from a storming new talent. Passionate, committed and shines a ray of light into the darkest places - the YA novel of 2020!’ Melvin Burgess Warning - this novel contains themes that some readers may find upsetting, including suicide and intense bullying.

Download or read book Welcome to Shirley written by Kelly McMasters and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2008-01-11 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shirley seemed to be doomed from the beginning. Founded by a Vaudevillian huckster who touted it as a seaside haven despite the sand bar that blocks access to the shore, the town has been plagued by one disaster after another—a UFO, a childhood cancer cluster, and a mysterious federal nuclear laboratory in nearby Brookhaven that leaked toxic nuclear and chemical waste into the aquifer from which the residents unknowingly drew their well water. This is Kelly McMasters' account of growing up in a cursed town and loving it anyway, and of a girl's awakening to tragedy and to a sense of mission. Told in a deliciously engaging voice, Welcome to Shirley balances the bitter with the sweet, the funny with the infuriating, in an unforgettable story of working class Long Island.

Download or read book Kelly s Bullet Journal written by Penelope Pewter and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gift She Will Never Forget | A Gift That Keeps On Giving Kelly, your name is beautiful. It may be the sweetest sound you''ll ever hear. It''s your identity, it says to the world - This Is Who I Am! Used correctly, it can give others power over you. Some fantasy stories tell of someone gaining power over another by finding their true name. Do you remember a time when that special someone said ''Kelly'' in that certain tone and your whole world changed. You may have felt chill, a tingling sensation or an uncontrollable urge to smile. That''s power! Likewise, when you say your name - you demand and take power for yourself. Like a lioness in the safari letting out a powerful roar. Saying your own name sets the stage for everything to come and causes people to pay attention. Because Kelly''s Bullet Journal has your name in bright bold letters, you''ll take hold of your power each time you use it. Others who see your bullet journal will hear your roar and take notice. Whether you''re looking for a great gift for someone named Kelly or searching for a cute and versatile journal for yourself, you need Kelly''s Bullet Journal. Because bullet journals have an efficient design, you''ll be more creative and productive. In addition, the cover is sure to be a crowd pleaser & conversation starter. How many compliments will you get from friends, classmates, or coworkers when they see Kelly''s Bullet Journal! Buy Now & Enjoy: * Your Name on the cover * Organization & fun with stickers and washi tape * Portable size and convenient soft cover * Hours of organization, mindfulness, relaxation, and journaling! Get More Out Of Life Memorialize achievements with your hobbies, fitness, and other life goals. Look back and feel good about yourself and your progress. Use journaling to celebrate your goals, dreams and to track important tasks. Just write all this in Kelly''s Bullet Journal and take charge of your life. Increase Creativity, Memory, and Intelligence Studies show writing by hand boosts creativity, memory and intelligence. Journaling gives your creative juices more punch so you can quickly and easily come up with amazing ideas. Imagine having more creativity in your life. Your next great idea may be at your fingertips waiting to be written in the pages of Kelly''s Bullet Journal. Use As A: ° A Monthly, Weekly, or Day Planner ° Gratitude Journal to lift your mood ° Collections Journal for your life lists and dreams ° Quote book filled with inspirational quotes and song lyrics ° Scrapbook, memory journal, bucket list, book log...and much more Many Uses This cute notebook has many uses. Store a teensy bit of yourself in it by using it as a memory journal or scrapbook. Use it as a gratitude journal. Simply writing down a few happy thoughts every night can have you waking up refreshed and uplifted in the morning. Use this inspiring notebook to make lists of places you''d like to visit or as a travel journal when you get there. Where will Kelly''s Bullet Journal take you?

Download or read book Isometric Notebook Isometric Graph Paper Notebook written by Isometric Journals and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ”>UPDATED: Line Thickness Reduced for Finer Work ““b>Isometric Notebook: Isometric Graph Paper Notebook (1/4 Inch Equilateral Triangle | 125 Pages | 8.5 x 11)

Download or read book My Life as a Book written by Janet Tashjian and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summer's finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Derek's dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since he's been labeled a "reluctant reader," his mom has pushed him to read "real" books-something other than his beloved Calvin & Hobbes. As Derek forges unexpected friendships and uncovers a family secret involving himself (in diapers! no less), he realizes that adventures and surprises are around the corner, complete with curve balls. My Life as a Book is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Download or read book The Art of Brush Lettering written by Kelly Klapstein and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Brush Lettering offers a meditative approach to learning all the facets of lettering with brush pens.

Download or read book The Bullet Journal Method written by Ryder Carroll and published by Fourth Estate. This book was released on 2021-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Transform your life using the Bullet Journal Method, the revolutionary organisational system and worldwide phenomenon. The Bullet Journal Method will undoubtedly transform your life, in more ways than you can imagine' Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning In his long-awaited first book, Ryder Carroll, the creator of the enormously popular Bullet Journal organisational system, explains how to use his method to: * TRACK YOUR PAST: using nothing more than a pen and paper, create a clear, comprehensive, and organised record of your thoughts and goals. * ORDER YOUR PRESENT: find daily calm by prioritising and minimising your workload and tackling your to-do list in a more mindful and productive way. * PLAN YOUR FUTURE: establish and appraise your short-term and long-term goals, plan more complex projects simply and effectively, and live your life with meaning and purpose. Like many of us, Ryder Carroll tried everything to get organised - countless apps, systems, planners, you name it. Nothing really worked. Then he invented his own simple system that required only pen and paper, which he found both effective and calming. He shared his method with a few friends, and before long he had a worldwide viral movement. The system combines elements of a wishlist, a to-do list, and a diary. It helps you identify what matters and set goals accordingly. By breaking long-term goals into small actionable steps, users map out an approachable path towards continual improvement, allowing them to stay focused despite the crush of incoming demands. But this is much more than a time management book. It's also a manifesto for what Ryder calls "intentional living": making sure that your beliefs and actions align. Even if you already use a Bullet Journal, this book gives you new exercises to become more calm and focused, new insights on how to prioritise well, and a new awareness of the power of analogue tools in a digital world. *** This book has been printed with three different colour designs, black, Nordic blue and emerald. We are unable to accept requests for a specific cover. The different covers will be assigned to orders at random. ***

Download or read book Modern Calligraphy written by Molly Suber Thorpe and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect gift for anyone who wants to learn the "write" way to craft calligraphy. Calligraphy is about creating something uniquely beautiful, whether to celebrate a special occasion like marriage or to use every day in the form of stationery. Author Molly Suber Thorpe, an award-winning wedding invitation designer and calligrapher based in Los Angeles, works closely with her international clients to give them the distinctive products they're looking for. In Modern Calligraphy, you can learn from this experienced expert how to master this fresh modern lettering style. The first book to teach this bold new style breaks the calligraphy process down into simple steps so anyone can learn to create their own stunning wedding invitations, thank you cards, gift tags, and more. Starting with an overview of the supplies—from paper to ink to pens—you will learn how to form letters, words, and then phrases by following Molly's clear step-by-step instructions, and by practicing with the provided templates. After mastering letter forms using a pointed pen and ink you can take it to the next level by learning how to use watercolor and gouache, or how to digitize your calligraphy. The twenty projects in the book provide lots of inspiration for making your own and are grouped into three sections: weddings, entertainment, and personal stationery. With loads of ideas, practice exercises, and helpful tips, soon you will be turning out gorgeous script calligraphy pieces like the ones featured in wedding magazines and popular websites like Pinterest.

Download or read book The Art of Watercolor Lettering written by Kelly Klapstein and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to master the medium—and how to go with the watercolor flow—to create one-of-a-kind lettered art and calligraphy that reflect your personal style. In this stunning follow-up to her highly praised and influential first book, The Art of Brush Lettering, lettering expert and workshop instructor Kelly Klapstein (popular on Instagram as @kellycreates) shares her secrets for mastering the essential techniques for creating lovely modern lettering and calligraphy with watercolor. Start with the basics, from choosing paints, brushes, and other supplies to preparing your paper for painting. Learn to handle watercolor paints with essential strokes and warm-ups. Explore painting letterforms in a variety of styles, from traditional to modern. Try a range of creative techniques, including blending ombrés and rainbows, creating pictorial letterforms, and combining watercolor with other mediums. Enhance your lettering with special touches by complementing it with handpainted backgrounds and simple illustrations. “Plenty of beautiful examples are included and they are really easy to re-create just by following the instructions which are always clear and concise. The letters with the beautiful colour transitions look so good. This is a very hands-on and practical book that I can easily recommend to beginners.” —Parka Blogs

Download or read book The Energy Switch written by Peter Kelly-Detwiler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The energy industry is changing, and it’s far more than just solar panels. Electric vehicles look to overtake gasoline-powered cars within our lifetimes, wind farms are popping up in unlikely places, traders are transforming energy into a commodity, and supercomputers are crunching vast amounts of data in nanoseconds while helping to keep our energy grids secure from hackers. The way humans produce, distribute and consume power will be cleaner, cheaper, and infinitely more complex within the next decade. In The Energy Switch, leading energy industry expert Peter Kelly-Detwilerlooks at all aspects of the transformation: how we got here, where we are going, and the implications for all of us in our daily lives. Kelly-Detwiler takes readers to the frontlines of the energy revolution. Meet Steve Collins, an executive from Commercial Development Corporation, the company that blew up two $570-million-dollar concrete cooling towers to create a staging ground for the new $70 billion U.S. offshore wind industry; Rob Threlkeld, a General Motors executive who convinced the auto giant to sign multiple 20-year renewable energy contracts worth hundreds of millions; Kevin McAlpin, a Texas homeowner who buys the power for his home on the electricity spot market – where prices can soar from less than one cent a kilowatthour to $9.00 over the course of a single day; Dr. Kristin Persson, who oversees a supercomputer that can process data at 30 quadrillion calculations per second, in the quest for better renewable energy and battery technologies; and John Davis, a Texas rancher who can keep his land intact, with help from the royalty payments from seven turbines spinning on his range. Energy creation and distribution has driven society’s progress for centuries. Today, people are increasingly aware that it is imperative that humans move towards a cleaner, digitized, and democratized energy economy. The Energy Switch is about that multi-trillion dollar transformation, told from the perspective of those leading us to that bright future.

Download or read book How to Bullet Plan written by Rachel Wilkerson Miller and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So what is a bullet journal? It’s a planner, to-do list and diary that will help you get your life together! This fun, practical guide shows you how to start and keep a bullet journal: a single notebook in which you write down all the things that you want to remember, or need to do, or you’ve already done – from every aspect of your life: work, home, relationships and hobbies. With colourful illustrations and easy tips to get you started, early adopter Rachel Wilkerson Miller explains how to make a bullet journal work for you – whether you want to create something simple or elaborate. Ideas for content include: - Lists of your to-dos and to-don’ts - Symbols that will make your lists efficient and effective - Calendars to plan your day, week, month or year - Trackers for your habits and goals (think health, money, travel) - Stationery such as washi tape, book darts and more! The phenomenon that is bullet journaling has led to thousands of journalers sharing their work on Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook. In How to Bullet Plan, Buzzfeed editor Rachel Wilkerson Miller tells you everything you need to know to start your own.

Download or read book A Day Like This written by Kelley McNeil and published by Lake Union Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if everything you've ever loved, ever known, ever believed to be true...just disappeared? Annie Beyers has everything--a beautiful house, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. It's a day like any other when she takes Hannah to the pediatrician...until she wakes hours later from a car accident. When she asks for her daughter, confused doctors tell Annie that Hannah never existed. In fact, nothing after waking from the crash is the same as Annie remembers. Five happy years of her life apparently never happened. Annie's marriage is coming to an end. Now a successful artist living in Manhattan, she's no longer home in their beloved upstate farmhouse. Her long-estranged sister is more like a best friend, and her recently deceased dog is alive and well. With each passing day, Annie's remembered past and unfamiliar present begin to blur. Haunted by visions of Hannah, and with knowledge of things she can't explain, Annie wonders...is everyone lying to her? The search for answers leads Annie down an illuminating path far from home, to reconcile the memories with reality and to discover the truth about the life she's living.

Download or read book Vanishing Asia written by Kevin Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a 3-volume set of oversize books that span the continent of Asia. Ancient and beautiful traditions in Asia that are rapidly disappearing are recorded here in 9,000 images on 1,000 pages. The author has visited 35 countries in Asia and has travelled to the end of the road in its most remote places to capture the costumes, architecture, festivals, and lifestyles that are vanishing. The diverse cultures range from Turkey in the west to Japan in the east, from Siberia in the north to Indonesia in the south, and everything in between. Volume 1 covers West Asia, Volume 2 Central Asia, and Volume 3 East Asia. Every one of its 1,000 pages is uniquely designed, and every one of its 9,000 images is captioned. This is an ambitious and extreme passion project that the author/photographer has worked on for 49 years. Many of the scenes depicted in the book are now gone from the world, and others are becoming rarer by the day. There is no other book like it.

Download or read book Little Paper Planes written by Kelly Lynn Jones and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An awesome celebration of a timeless pastime, this book collects constructible paper airplanes—and a few other airplane-inspired crafts—created by some of today's hottest artists. Featuring work from rising stars and indie darlings from the aptly named artists' collective littlepaperplanes.com, including Gemma Correll, Michael Hsiung, Julia Rothman, Alyson Fox, and Lisa Congdon, these patterns take the paper plane to a whole new level. Printed on perforated pages for easy removal and assembly, the planes are accompanied by instructions, artist interviews, and loads of cool visuals. From paper doll planes and shark planes to plane mobiles and mix-and-match gliders, this delightful collection is jam-packed with creative ideas sure to launch the imagination into flight.

Download or read book Don t Ever Stop Keep Going If You Want a Taste of Freedom Keep Going written by Sarah Cullen and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This notebook features a quote by Harriet Tubman, the famed conductor on the Underground Railroad. Adorned with a BoHo-inspired cover the journal has dot grid paper, which is a popular background for doodling and journaling.

Download or read book Margie Kelly Breaks the Dress Code written by Bridget Farr and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and thought-provoking novel about one girl's fight against gender inequality at her middle school and the lessons about her own privilege she learns along the way. Margie Kelly's perfect skirt was dress coded on her very first day of middle school. Upset and embarrassed, Margie spends the whole day wearing oversized gym shorts. So much for starting sixth grade with confidence! But when Margie realizes that the dress code is only applied to the female students and not the boys, Margie gets mad. Really mad. The dress code is keeping girls stuck in detention all day and away from learning. The boys act like they own the school. And the teachers turn a blind eye to the hypocrisies taking place in the halls, classrooms, and clubs. Something has to change! And Margie knows just how to do it. She'll plan a school-wide protest with her best friend, Daniela, and fellow classmates Jamiya and Gloria. But as Margie moves forward with her plans, she comes to realize some hard truths about herself. Will Margie recognize her own privilege and make meaningful change for all students?

Download or read book Analytics and Intuition in the Process of Selecting Talent written by Jürgen Deters and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human decisions, especially in management and personnel selection, are based on making judgments about people analytically and intuitively. Yet in business and scientific contexts, judgments are expected to be based on a rational analysis rather than intuitions or emotions. Intuition is often seen as something mystical that should not be trusted and thus eliminated from human decision-making. Our empirical and theoretical research shows that this is impossible when people are dealing with people. Instead, intuitions and emotions have significant power in the decision-making process. Neuroscience even shows that humans are incapable of switching off their emotions or intuitions when making decisions. Therefore, intuition and emotions as evolutionary achievements of human beings should be looked at more closely to use the wisdom they offer. This book provides an insight into the current state of research on rational-analytical procedures in personnel selection and complements this with research on intuitions and emotions in personnel diagnostics. By integrating scientifically verifiable rational-analytical decision-making procedures with the inner experiential knowledge of people, this book bridges two complementary ways of recognizing and making good decisions. It demonstrates how intuitions are developed and used in different fields of practice and cultures and how scientific research results from rational-analytical and intuitive-emotional selection procedures are successfully integrated by practitioners.