Download or read book The World of Words written by Margaret Ann Richek and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Regal Theater and Black Culture written by C. Semmes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-04-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling over forty years of changes in African-American popular culture, the Regal Theatre (1928-1968) was the largest movie-stage-show venue ever constructed for a Black community. Semmes reveals the political, economic and business realities of cultural production and the institutional inequalities that circumscribed Black life.

Download or read book How to Teach Programming and Other Things written by Greg Wilson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a brief introduction to modern evidence-based teaching practices and how to use them to teach programming to free-range learners. It cover: how people's thinking changes as they go from being novices to competent practitioners and then to being experts ; how to tell if your learners are keeping up with you, and what to do or say when they're not ; how to design and improve lessons efficiently and collaboratively ; how and why live coding (i.e., writing programs step by step in front of learners) is a better way to teach programming than lectures or self-directed practice ; and how insights and techniques borrowed from the performing arts can make you a better teacher."-- Publisher's website.

Download or read book The Age of Addiction written by David T. Courtwright and published by Belknap Press. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A mind-blowing tour de force that unwraps the myriad objects of addiction that surround us...Intelligent, incisive, and sometimes grimly entertaining.” —Rod Phillips, author of Alcohol: A History “A fascinating history of corporate America’s efforts to shape our habits and desires.” —Vox We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. Sugar can be as habit-forming as cocaine, researchers tell us, and social media apps are deliberately hooking our kids. But what can we do to resist temptations that insidiously rewire our brains? A renowned expert on addiction, David Courtwright reveals how global enterprises have both created and catered to our addictions. The Age of Addiction chronicles the triumph of what he calls “limbic capitalism,” the growing network of competitive businesses targeting the brain pathways responsible for feeling, motivation, and long-term memory. “Compulsively readable...In crisp and playful prose and with plenty of needed humor, Courtwright has written a fascinating history of what we like and why we like it, from the first taste of beer in the ancient Middle East to opioids in West Virginia.” —American Conservative “A sweeping, ambitious account of the evolution of addiction...This bold, thought-provoking synthesis will appeal to fans of ‘big history’ in the tradition of Guns, Germs, and Steel.” —Publishers Weekly

Download or read book Duck for Turkey Day written by Jacqueline Jules and published by Weigl Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's almost Thanksgiving, and Tuyet is excited about the holiday and the vacation from school. There's just one problem: her Vietnamese American family is having duck for Thanksgiving dinner—not turkey! Nobody has duck for Thanksgiving. What will her teacher and the other kids think? To her surprise, Tuyet enjoys her yummy thanksgiving dinner anyhow, and an even bigger surprise is waiting for her at school on Monday. Dinners from roast beef to lamb to enchiladas adorned the Thanksgiving tables of her classmates, but they all had something in common—family! Kids from families with different traditions will enjoy this warm story about "the right way" to celebrate an American holiday.

Download or read book Fear Less Live More written by Aimee Fuller and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Full of wisdom' - Dr Xand van Tulleken Harness your fears and supercharge your life with this inspirational guide from two-time snowboarding Olympian, Aimee Fuller. For many of us, fear is something best avoided. But as professional snowboarder Aimee Fuller knows well, fear can also be a catalyst for growth - and the true magic happens when you take your fear and turn it into fire. In this bright and insightful book, Aimee draws from her personal experience to show you how to get to know fear without letting it hold you back, how to learn from failure, and help you reframe fear as your most powerful ally. Brave, honest and inspiring, Fear Less Live More will help you overcome fear and find what drives you - so you can start living life with purpose, maintain that focus, and enjoy the ride. 'Real, raw, relatable' - Wayne Bridge 'A must-read' - Jade Jones OBE

Download or read book The Dinosaur Lords written by Victor Milán and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A world made by the Eight Creators on which to play out their games of passion and power, Paradise is a sprawling, diverse, often brutal place. Men and women live on Paradise as do dogs, cats, ferrets, goats, and horses. But dinosaurs predominate: wildlife, monsters, beasts of burden--and of war"--Amazon.com.

Download or read book Super Thinking written by Gabriel Weinberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER! "You can't really know anything if you just remember isolated facts. If the facts don't hang together on a latticework of theory, you don't have them in a usable form. You've got to have models in your head." - Charlie Munger, investor, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway The world's greatest problem-solvers, forecasters, and decision-makers all rely on a set of frameworks and shortcuts that help them cut through complexity and separate good ideas from bad ones. They're called mental models, and you can find them in dense textbooks on psychology, physics, economics, and more. Or, you can just read Super Thinking, a fun, illustrated guide to every mental model you could possibly need. How can mental models help you? Well, here are just a few examples... • If you've ever been overwhelmed by a to-do list that's grown too long, maybe you need the Eisenhower Decision Matrix to help you prioritize. • Use the 5 Whys model to better understand people's motivations or get to the root cause of a problem. • Before concluding that your colleague who messes up your projects is out to sabotage you, consider Hanlon's Razor for an alternative explanation. • Ever sat through a bad movie just because you paid a lot for the ticket? You might be falling prey to Sunk Cost Fallacy. • Set up Forcing Functions, like standing meeting or deadlines, to help grease the wheels for changes you want to occur. So, the next time you find yourself faced with a difficult decision or just trying to understand a complex situation, let Super Thinking upgrade your brain with mental models.

Download or read book The Red Flag written by Julia Maiola and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Stephen Boswell sails under the red flag, a symbol of no mercy. It's the only reason he has lived this long. The only reason the navy has not found him yet. But they are closing in. And if they catch him, they will execute him for piracy. Ten-year-old Alice Bradford doesn't know why she is alive. When Captain Boswell found her hiding on his ship, she expected him to kill her, and it seemed his own crew had expected likewise. But now she is his prisoner and she fears that she will be forever. Somehow, though, it seems that the captain might be more afraid of the navy than she is of him. Something from his past has him ill at ease, Alice realizes. Even if the navy cannot bring him to his knees, his own paranoia will.

Download or read book The Black Dancing Body written by B. Gottschild and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the essence of black dance in America? To answer that question, Brenda Dixon Gottschild maps an unorthodox 'geography', the geography of the black dancing body, to show the central place black dance has in American culture. From the feet to the butt, to hair to skin/face, and beyond to the soul/spirit, Brenda Dixon Gottschild talks to some of the greatest choreographers of our day including Garth Fagan, Francesca Harper, Meredith Monk, Brenda Buffalino, Doug Elkins, Ralph Lemon, Fernando Bujones, Bill T. Jones, Trisha Brown, Jawole Zollar, Bebe Miller, Sean Curran and Shelly Washington to look at the evolution of black dance and it's importance to American culture. This is a groundbreaking piece of work by one of the foremost African-American dance critics of our day.

Download or read book I Was a Teenage Weredeer written by C. T. Phipps and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***2019 Independent Audiobooks Award Winner*** Jane Doe is a weredeer, the least-threatening shapechanger species in the world. Blessed with the ability to turn furry at will and psychically read objects, Jane has done her best to live a normal life working as a waitress at the Deerlightful Diner. She has big dreams of escaping life in the supernatural-filled town of Bright Falls, Michigan, and her eighteenth birthday promises the beginning of her teenage dreams coming true. Unfortunately, her birthday is ruined by the sudden murder of her best friend's sister in an apparent occult killing. Oh, and her brother is the primary suspect. Allying with an eccentric FBI agent, the local crime lord, and a snarky werecrow, Jane has her work cut out for her in turning her big day around. Thankfully, she's game. Set in the same world as Straight Outta Fangton. "I can't recommend it highly enough." - The Bookwyrm Speaks "It’s a weird, eccentric, quirky tale that often manages to be funny and horrifying at the same time – and completely pulls it off." - Beauty in Ruins

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Philippines written by Artemio R. Guillermo and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of the Philippines, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries.

Download or read book The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean written by A. Bernard Knapp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 1677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean offers new insights into the material and social practices of many different Mediterranean peoples during the Bronze and Iron Ages, presenting in particular those features that both connect and distinguish them. Contributors discuss in depth a range of topics that motivate and structure Mediterranean archaeology today, including insularity and connectivity; mobility, migration, and colonization; hybridization and cultural encounters; materiality, memory, and identity; community and household; life and death; and ritual and ideology. The volume's broad coverage of different approaches and contemporary archaeological practices will help practitioners of Mediterranean archaeology to move the subject forward in new and dynamic ways. Together, the essays in this volume shed new light on the people, ideas, and materials that make up the world of Mediterranean archaeology today, beyond the borders that separate Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Download or read book How I Paid for College written by Marc Acito and published by Crown. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deliciously funny romp of a novel about one overly theatrical and sexually confused New Jersey teenager’s larcenous quest for his acting school tuition It’s 1983 in Wallingford, New Jersey, a sleepy bedroom community outside of Manhattan. Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni, a feckless Ferris Bueller–type, is Peter Panning his way through a carefree summer of magic and mischief. The fun comes to a halt, however, when Edward’s father remarries and refuses to pay for Edward to study acting at Juilliard. Edward’s truly in a bind. He’s ineligible for scholarships because his father earns too much. He’s unable to contact his mother because she’s somewhere in Peru trying to commune with Incan spirits. And, as a sure sign he’s destined for a life in the arts, Edward’s incapable of holding down a job. So he turns to his loyal (but immoral) misfit friends to help him steal the tuition money from his father, all the while practicing for his high school performance of Grease. Disguising themselves as nuns and priests, they merrily scheme their way through embezzlement, money laundering, identity theft, forgery, and blackmail. But, along the way, Edward also learns the value of friendship, hard work, and how you’re not really a man until you can beat up your father—metaphorically, that is. How I Paid for College is a farcical coming-of-age story that combines the first-person tone of David Sedaris with the byzantine plot twists of Armistead Maupin. It is a novel for anyone who has ever had a dream or a scheme, and it marks the introduction to an original and audacious talent.

Download or read book Winning Minds written by Simon Lancaster and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shhh . Did you know there is a secret Language of Leadership: a timeless set of cues and signals that still determines who reaches the top in politics and business today. The ancient Greeks were the first to study the art of communication 2,500 years ago. It is only now, with recent breakthroughs in neuroscience, that we can say for sure what works and how. In Winning Minds, top speechwriter Simon Lancaster blends ancient rhetoric and neuroscience to create the definitive guide to the Language of Leadership. With trust in business and political leaders at record lows, there's never been a better time for a fresh perspective on communication. Winning Minds is packed with insights into the effects of metaphors, stories, and sound bites on the brain. We know what the brain looks like on heroin. This book shows the brain on Branson, Obama, and Boris.

Download or read book My Baby Book written by Jenn Foster and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby's First Year and More (It's a Girl) It's the perfect for Mom or Dad to write and document their baby's journey and milestones to remember for years to come! Special Questions, Photo and Journaling areas and so much more Our Family Tree, All about My Parents The Day I Arrived My First Day, Immunizations, Dr Visits, Dentist Visits, My Firsts, 1st - 5th Birthdays, Holidays Special pages provided to paste pictures or to write love letters to your little one. Perfect for a baby shower gift. Add photos and write a few words to remember all the important moments from your child's first year. Paperback book on white paper, Small 5 x 8 inch size. 135 pages. Keepsake Journal & Baby Book to write in. *This e-book is for preview with questions only. To write in this journal please purchase the paperback version. Check out all our other wonderful journals and guestbooks on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2h6Fy2X

Download or read book Alexandrea Ad Aegyptum written by Rogério Sousa and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: