Download or read book Jim Murray s Whisky Bible 2020 written by Jim Murray and published by Dram Good Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched guide to the world’s whiskies ever produced. Honest, forthright and proudly independent, Jim Murray has, for this 17th edition, tasted and rated over 4,500 whiskies, shedding light on more than 1,800 Scottish single malts, nearly 400 blended Scotches and in excess of 900 American whiskies. Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible provides an unrivalled and invaluable source of reference to the consumer, the whisky industry and the drinks trade alike. In terms of whisky, this is the gospel!

Download or read book How to Beat Magnus Carlsen written by Cyrus Lakdawala and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magnus Carlsen is arguably the strongest player of all time. His dominance is such that every loss comes as a shock. They remind us that even he has his weak moments. In fact, identifying the root causes of his losses holds valuable lessons for all players. Cyrus Lakdawala’s search starts with a series of Magnus wins and draws to give the reader a feel for how incredibly difficult it is to beat him. The World Champion’s arsenal is awesome: a superlative ability to concentrate and calculate, near-perfect intuition, probably the best endgame technique ever, a wide and creative opening repertoire, a willingness to unbalance the position almost anytime, and last but not least: his unparalleled will to win. How to Beat Magnus Carlsen has a thematic structure, which, together with Lakdawala’s uniquely accessible style, makes its lessons easy to digest. Sometimes even Magnus gets outplayed, sometimes he over-presses and goes over the cliff’s edge, and sometimes he fails to find the correct plan. And yes, even Magnus Carlsen commits straightforward blunders. Lakdawala explains the how and the why. This fascinating collection includes the game that put an end to the longest non-losing streak in classical games in chess history. It lasted more than two years and 125(!) games, and ended when Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat Magnus Carlsen at the Altibox tournament in Stavanger on October 10, 2020. It’s wonderful to have a World Champion who is not just incredibly strong but who is also happy to experiment and take risks. That’s what makes Magnus Carlsen such a fascinating chess player. And that’s why he is the hero of this book. There is no doubt that Carlsen has examined all his losses under a microscope. If he benefits from this process, then so will we.

Download or read book Nobody Dies Tonight written by Sanjai Banerji and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Nobody Dies Tonight’ is a collection of articles written by the author between May 2020 and April 2021 to serve as a fitness manual created by a runner during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a humble tribute by him to all those who supported and encouraged each other to create a better world during the pandemic. All the articles were related to fitness and running. The author considered with deep conviction in his heart that the one probable reason why he came out a survivor in the pandemic was his penchant for running since 2008 as a 48-year-old. It took a certain amount of courage for the author to wake up early morning and run solo on remote roads, roof-tops, terraces, parking lots and inside his home during the lockdown. The author wrote the articles with three basic aspects in mind. One, to cover the scientific aspects of running, like running posture, running cadence, mechanics of breathing, lactate threshold and maximum oxygen uptake. Second, nutrition was covered under myths on carbohydrates, importance of vitamins and minerals, vegan diet and eating for better performance. Third, being a 60-plus runner, he made sure to include subjects on exercise and longevity, importance of sleep and the older runner. He was also candid enough to give his own interpretation of the pandemic both during 2020 and 2021 separately related to running. There was also a common-sense approach to selecting running shoes, understanding diabetes and a controversial deliberation on blood doping.

Download or read book Party of One written by Chun Han Wong and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on his years of first-hand reporting across China, including insights from scholars and diplomats and analyses of official speeches and documents, a Wall Street Journal correspondent provides a broad, lucid account of China's leader and how he inspires fear and fervor in his Party, his nation and beyond.

Download or read book Report Planet written by Philip Kidd and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2022-05-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Philip Kidd examines the crises of the world in his second Report Planet book. Report Planet comprises a collection of stories around the world, covering topics from royalty to COVID-19 and through many topics in between in a report on the current state of our planet. Work done in the world exists in figures and numbers, and Report Planet translates that work into words. Kidd’s goal with this book is to take work in the world of a boss, statistician, or other expert, information that is muddied by reporter bias and misinformation, and compile it into one source to allow readers to learn what is wrong in the world and how to make it better. “Thank you for the opportunity to give you the important information in a nice way. I know from experience you will be better equipped to find your way around in our precious world.” —Philip Kidd Join Philip Kidd, a boss of the world,as he shares unfiltered stories and insights in Report Planet.

Download or read book Gone Viral written by Justin Hart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data and marketing consultant and statistical sage to presidential candidates, governors, businesses, and the real powers-that-be, epidemiologists, Justin Hart catalogs in a terrifying-but-sprightly manner the folly and psychosis produced by the pandemic and diagnoses the societal destruction that the massive overresponse to the COVID virus has wreaked, as well as what can be done to stop the madness and bring the world back to a modicum of rationality. WORST. DISEASE. EVER. Someone broke America. In this nightmare, neighbors have turned into agoraphobes, teachers fear their students, children are muzzled, citizens are censored, dystopian fictions have become reality, and unelected officials are creating a biometric police state. Oh wait. It’s not a nightmare. It’s our daily lives! In truth, much of this insanity didn’t start with the coronavirus pandemic (it was already latent in big government and big corporations) and it won’t end there. COVID-19’s greatest threat turned out to be . . . mental. All we had to fear was fear itself—and boy did some of us fear! The very idea of the virus weakened the immune system of America and revealed a decaying underbelly of confusion, panic, unease, and cowardice few of the strong ones suspected existed. What a horrible wake-up call! In a spate of anxious dread and gleeful power-grabbing, our health overlords threw away the pandemic response handbook and tried—beyond all reason—to protect, well, everyone. From massive over-testing to universal retail plexiglass to stay-at-home orders to stay-away-from-school orders to masking mandates to vaccine mandates to some of the worst restrictions on civil liberties in American history, this is an epic story that poses big questions about America’s future as a free society. And the odd thing is, as Justin Hart shows, the actual disease was, as pandemics go, not that threatening; most people were at minimal risk. What is really scary is the total overreaction of half the country, many governments, that lost all sense of perspective. Hart offers a hopeful prescription on how we might face the madness down and claw our way back to sanity!

Download or read book Life as a Geographer in India written by Anu Kapur and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book which provides an engaging and insightful narrative on the life of a geographer in India. The author introspects on her own experiences and engagements with the discipline and explores the life and works of twenty-four other geographers from India. The volume documents and acknowledges the commitment of geographers to life, teaching, and the subject of geography. Collectively these provide an insight into the growth and expansion of the discipline in the country. The book offers critical perspectives on the changing disciplinary practices within the field of geography by highlighting the major achievements and teaching methods of geographers. It highlights the diverse interests, themes, and problems in geography which these geographers pursued while also influencing the lives of other researchers and professionals. This book will be of immense interest to students, teachers, and researchers of geography and social anthropology and readers interested in the lives of these influential educators and academicians.

Download or read book My Journey written by Mike Sockol and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-12-19 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many five year olds first step through the door of their kindergarten classroom clutching a favorite toy or squeezing a wedge of their blanket. But not Michael. He strode through the open door carrying a book in his arms for he’d taught himself to read by the age of four. And never did he stop. When he turned ten, I bought Mike a complete set of the World Book Encyclopedia. The day they arrived I found him sitting at the kitchen table with Volume One. It was his intent to read through all 22 volumes until I convinced him that was neither necessary nor their purpose. This was the time before the internet, before when needing to know was but finger tips away. Reading was a key to discovery and learning, and learning was Mike’s life long passion, particularly learning about history.

Download or read book The Beginning of the End written by Dr Terri Bourne and published by Practical Inspiration Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2021 SHORTLISTED TITLE*** It’s never too early to start thinking about how you’re going to exit your business. The Beginning of the End guides you step by step through thinking about your options and preparing both mentally and financially, to setting up your business to sell as simply and profitably as possible. As you discover more about your business’s potential, you may decide to take an alternative route to retirement – fretirement, retiring from your business without selling it. This book helps you to consider all your options. Dr Terri Bourne, entrepreneurship expert and business owner for over 20 years, shares her experience and insights to assist business owners in successful retirement and exit planning.

Download or read book A Life Interrupted Essays in honour of the lives and legacies of Christof Heyns written by Frans Viljoen and published by Pretoria University Law Press. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the publication This volume of essays, A life interrupted: essays in honour of the lives and legacies of Christof Heyns, honours Christof Heyns, renowned human rights lawyer, advocate, activist and educator, but also down-to-earth family man, friend and colleague. Christof’s sudden and most untimely passing on 28 March 2021 deeply saddened those close to him but also evinced an outpouring of grief from the national and international human rights community. His passing brought a deep sense of loss, in part because, at age 62, he was fully engaged in contributing to the betterment of society and still had so much more to give. His is a life interrupted. But at the same time, looking back over the varied lives he lived, he had already left his mark in so many ways. His influences and impacts are manifold and magical. This collection not only testifies to the legacy that he has left us, but also to the ongoing efforts of many to continue building on his legacy. This collection contains two sets of essays by family members, friends, colleagues, collaborators and students. Part A contains essays of a more reflective and personal nature, while the contributions in Part B link to the scholarly or academic themes Christof had worked on and explored, including international human rights systems, international law, the right to life, freedom of association, international humanitarian law, the impact of human rights treaties, constitutionalism and legal philosophy. However, a neat distinction between the personal and professional is not possible in respect of such a warm, generous and enthusiastic person as Christof. Most of the essays in Part A integrate some of Christof’s professional and academic achievements, while many of the essays in Part B also reflect on Christof as a person. The editors, all based at the Faculty of Law, UP, are colleagues and friends who worked closely with Christof. Frans Viljoen succeeded Christof as Director of the Centre for Human Rights. Christof was his doctoral supervisor, mentor and research collaborator. Charles Fombad worked with Christof at ICLA, and took over as ICLA Director after Christof’s passing. Dire Tladi, an ICLA fellow, had his office just across from Christof in ICLA. As member of the International Law Commission, he shared with Christof high level engagement with the UN. While Christof served on the Human Rights Committee, his colleague Ann Skelton serves on the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Magnus Killander worked closely with Christof as co-author and co-editor. Christof was also his doctoral supervisor. The publication date of this book is 10 January 2022, which is the date marking 63 years since Christof’s birth. The publisher is the Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), of which Christof was also a founder.

Download or read book Central Two Zero Seven Nine Out written by Paul Canning and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What sort of a life do you make for yourself when there is no focus? How does your life pan out as you ride the vicissitudes of a dog eat dog, cut throat employment market? How do you chase your dreams into adulthood to find love, happiness and success, when you carry inside yourself a childhood, dejected, insecure, unstable and with what tiny morsel of confidence you possess – in tatters, because you've been at the mercy of a bullying control freak – your own father? I have survived so much mental anguish with confidence renewed following a difficult and painful education in Blackpool. After handwriting 100 letters, I landed my first job - cutting my teeth as a London-based portrait and wedding photographer in early summer 1986. A life on the ocean wave then beckoned, which turned me from nervous novice ship's photographer to expert smudger working aboard cruise liners worldwide. In 1990 I settled down, met the girl of my dreams and landed a fabulous job – Metropolitan Police Service forensic photographer. In the late 1990s I qualified as a Hendon-based instructor, leaving the police in 2004 to set up a business. If that wasn't enough, I then retrained as a medical photographer in 2008 and I'm now a medical photography manager working for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Both journey and path to success have been a miracle in the making.

Download or read book Narrative Fiction and Death written by Sabine Köllmann and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative Fiction and Death: Dying Imagined offers a new perspective on the study of death in literature. It focuses on narrative fiction that conveys the experience of dying from the internal perspective of a dying protagonist. Writers from Victor Hugo in the early 1800s to Elif Shafak in the present day have imagined the unknowable final moments on the threshold to death. This literary study examines the wide range of narrative strategies used to evoke the transition from life to death, and to what effect, revealing not only each writer’s unique way of representing the dying experience; the comparative reading also finds common concerns in these texts and uncovers surprising parallels and unexplored intertextual relations between works across time and space that will interest comparatists as well as specialists in the literatures discussed. Students of individual texts examined here will benefit from detailed analyses of these works. The fictional evocation of dying addresses our basic human fears, offering catharsis, consolation, and a greater cognitive and emotional understanding of that unknowable experience. Presented in an engaging and highly readable manner, this study argues for literature’s potential to challenge our assumptions about the end of life and change our approach to dying, an aspect that will interest students and researchers of the health humanities, palliative caregivers, and all those interested in questions of the end of life.

Download or read book What Do You See Inspirations from the Journey of Life written by Martha Matsvai and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an invitation to the reader to stand back and observe life and all its trappings from a vantage point of faith in the inalienable and unfailing Word of God as seen from the experiences of people who walked with God, with Genesis as the backdrop. The call is to renewed perception that sees the handiwork of God even in the mundane and in the excruciating season of pain and doubt. It reverberates with the salient message that “in this season, God wants to regenerate, revive, and restore us” with the prayer that the Lord God may open our spiritual eyes that we might perceive things from his point of view. This perception keeps the believer buoyant even when one is at dire crossroads like Abraham when he was called to sacrifice his dearly beloved son Isaac who was the crown of all his hopes. Martha extends an invitation to all the readers as she says, “Join me in my journey as you go through these inspirational series which have really made an impact on my life as I was compiling them and hope they will bring inspiration in your life as well.” Dr Paul Matsvai Series Editor

Download or read book The Journey into the Unknown written by Orietta Bosch and published by Europa Edizioni. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this autobiographical novel, Orietta Bosch retraces the salient stages of a life, equally marked by good and evil; she was just a teenager when, driven by curiosity, she entered into the back of the shop where she worked and saw a big black book and two dark eyes staring at her. The young Orietta doesn’t know it yet but that evil look will remain on her for years, hindering and depriving her of the dearest loved ones, until she lost her only son. It seems that the evil wants to drag her into the abyss of the hell, but the Light does not abandon her; she feels always close the presence of her beloved Simon who, like a guardian angel, accompanies her, comforts her, convinces her not to give in to despair, showing the way of salvation and promises her a new rebirth. This book is about positivity, love, courage. It does not intend to convince anyone, just to spread a message of hope for all, keeping an important promise. Whatever the spirit with which you are preparing to read it, there will be deep emotions, amazement, wonder and a sense of sweet abandonment to a loving force, that sees and plans everything, even in the darkest night. Orietta Bosch was born on May 6, 1959 in Mariano del Friuli, a small town in the province of Gorizia. Professional nurse and writer for mission, she published The Journey of Orietta, Flowers on Scorched Earth and The Mountain of Red Stones, a trilogy that tells the adventure of the man and woman of today, struggling to conquer, in one’s life, the dimensions of truth, goodness and beauty.

Download or read book It s All About Attitude Still Sexy at Sixty written by Joni B. Redick-Yundt and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great things come in small packages. This little package in the form of a book(let) is power packed just like the author, who is now just arriving at her sixtieth birthday, though she looks closer to thirty-nine (ha!). This small but intense ride of a book is a good-hearted thumbing of the nose at the big six-o. This book is designed to uplift and motivate the reader to overcome their obstacles and blockages and is an aching this and that for learning how to make their time on this spinning orb as dynamic and full of joy as possible. A perfect tonic for those reaching these vaunted heights in age or those who just want to stay young in spirit, this book has a little bit of everything—from attitude/gratitude workshops to daily practical wellness tips, to visualization, to more helpful versions of the ABCs, to illuminating discussions of the joys (not) of menopause. What more do you need? Enjoy the ride!

Download or read book 20 20 Smart Lists written by Shawn Holley and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 1115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Delisted

Download or read book Bigger Better Braver written by Nancy Pickard and published by Top Reads Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nancy Pickard shows us how to override our fears, bust through our excuses, and go for our dreams. Filled with relatable stories, tried-and-true teachings, tools, tips, as well as useful exercises and meditations, this book supports you in stepping out of your old definition of self and re-thinking your next chapter." - Kelley Kosow, author of The Integrity Advantage In Bigger, Better, Braver, master integrative life coach Nancy Pickard challenges us with life-altering questions: Is there something you’d love to do but haven’t found the courage? Do you want to give yourself over to the fullest possible experience of living? Do you want to take a leap toward a bigger, better, braver life? Bigger Better Braver is a proven, step-by-step guide for executing the vision you have to live the life you are meant to lead. Enhanced with inspirational client and personal stories, it shows you how to get unstuck from old behaviors and take bold steps toward something new and larger in your life. The book is a journey, as Nancy lays out time-tested tools to face and overcome, get free of your comfort zone, cultivate fear as a force for change, and discover courage to take bold steps in the future. She teaches how to be more present, use your intuition, and stop living on autopilot. Chapters include: •Uncover Your Vision •Planning Your Leap •Understand Faith and Fear •Staying the Course, and more. Ms. Pickard proves her methods work. She reinvented herself as a master life coach, and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro at 61- experiences that became her vision for your bigger life. Not everyone must climb a mountain to live larger. Your bigger life can be anything that brings elation, accomplishment, fulfillment, and connection with the spirit of who you are. Bigger Better Braver provides the pathway to uncover your personal vision and opens the door for a major life change. "Nancy’s step-by-step approach to change provides the puzzle pieces that create the inner foundation for successful outer change that is Bigger, Better and Braver. May you use this process to create the better story that your life is asking, and may that new story equip you to serve the world in the way that only you can." - Gail Larsen, author of Transformational Speaking