Download or read book Planet Panic written by Pam Pastor and published by Anvil Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crazy things keep happening to Pam Pastor and she is left with no choice but to chronicle them. In this second collection of stories, she tells us: How Pong Pagong ended her shot at stardom; Why her grandma burned all her trolls when she was in sixth grade; How she terrorized her brother on Facebook; Why she became a flower girl at 31; How a New York socialite almost kidnapped her; How she learned survival skills from Bear Grylls; and Why taxi drivers think she’s the white lady of Balete Drive. There are also tales about dead rabbits, Potato Corner, thirty bras, hospitals, a missing terrarium, New Kids on the Block, beer, and balikbayan boxes. Fun for the whole family.

Download or read book False Alarm written by Bjorn Lomborg and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “essential” (Times UK) and “meticulously researched” (Forbes) book by “the skeptical environmentalist” argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world. Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education. False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong -- and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.

Download or read book Planet Panic written by Pam Pastor and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rely On Me written by M.J. Penn and published by Maia Farkas. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tessa Dalca has the odds stacked against her: she’s attending college on an academic scholarship while holding down three part-time jobs, she owes an astronomical amount of money for medical bills, and her father is barely able to take care of himself. The financial and emotional burden she caused her family years ago still haunts her—and it makes things even worse that her mother is no longer around for Tessa to prove her worth to. But her father is, and earning his unconditional love is all that matters. When the captain of the university’s football team, Logan Hamilton, asks Tessa to assist him in a fundraising project, she can’t afford to turn down another paying job, despite knowing that being in close proximity to a player—in every sense of the word—is walking a dangerous line. Despite Tessa’s refusal to date Logan, no matter how often he asks, he soon proves himself to be more than the Golden Boy player everyone says he is. He works hard for what he believes in, is loyal and charming, and above all, he shows Tessa what unconditional support and love really mean. But to Tessa, love feels like the ultimate concoction of being powerful and powerless all at the same time, and she’s not sure if she can trust herself—or him—enough to place this power in Logan’s hands. With every scorching touch and lustful kiss, Logan devours her will to resist. When Tessa’s dad makes a decision that could break them both, Tessa blames herself for being distracted from her goal of paying the debt—financial and emotional—she owes to her father. But there’s one major problem: in this pursuit, Tessa begins to lose sight of what really matters. And if she’s not careful, she might lose everyone who is important to her, including herself.

Download or read book DeathWorld written by Mads Aggerholm and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spaceship 'Gateway' is heading for an earth-like planet, which Earthlings have given the working title of ‘New Earth One’. Initially people thought it was an uninhabited world (apart from any possible wildlife), which the billions of people on Earth could take over. So they start to plan an expedition, which will determine whether this planet is suitable for colonisation. But, while studying the planet, they become aware that it has intelligent life and even a modern civilisation. So the purpose of the expedition changes from being a pure takeover to creating contact with the indigenous population and initiating trade cooperation. Jack Lee is a moderately alcoholic psychologist-cum-anthropologist on the expedition. His task is to analyse the social and societal conditions of the people. What Jack finds is an almost paradisiacal world populated by young, healthy and beautiful people, and a society where crime, greed and selfishness do not exist. But as Jack’s investigation uncovers more and more of how the system works, he discovers that the truth is very different. Someone is clearly trying to kill off the entire planet’s population by means of an unimaginable hoax that has already been going on for centuries. But why? Jack and his friend, Boris the computer expert, suddenly have a pretty big job on their hands. And it doesn’t get any easier for them as it gradually dawns on them that the expedition’s real purpose is not quite what they thought...

Download or read book Airspaces written by David Pascoe and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As mass air transport shrinks the world and requires airport complexes large enough to be regarded as self-contained cities, this book argues that airspace – that transitional area stretching from terminal to terminal, across time zones or between the check-in desk and the baggage carousel – must be regarded as a discrete destination on any map of our age. At the hub of this exclusive enclave, which rises from the runway to an altitude of several thousand feet and which calmly accommodates the dangers of take-off and landing procedures, lies the airport – the concrete manifestation of airspace. The airport is a locale of anxiety and chance where, in order to expedite air traffic, authority is absolute, time is relative and liberties are always taken. David Pascoe's wide-ranging book blends personal observation with detailed discussions of social history, air accidents, landscape, architecture, politics, aesthetics, literature and film to provide a striking account of the airport as a unique space and singular form of modernity, a place fundamental to any accurate sense of what we are now, and where we are going. "eclectic and intelligent ... a thought-provoking analysis"—Financial Times "the scope of Mr Pascoe’s rumination is impressive"—The Economist

Download or read book The Message on My Arm written by HERMANELI TORREVILLAS and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book sheds light on the existence of Extraterrestrial Beings. Author H. Torrevillas, M.D., invites readers to embark on a fascinating journey to unlock some of lifes greatest mysteries. The author shares his many encounters that made him lean towards the study of intuitive feelings as well as psychic phenomena that relate to the mystifying world of the unknown. From the cradle to the grave, our parents, peers, institutions and society form our values and behavior, but this process has been hijacked. This book opens our minds to the fact that, unknown to us, for generations, we have allowed dictators, power brokers and corporate puppeteers to profit from our ignorance and enslavement. From the anvil of compulsory schooling to media and entertainment, we are being kept in bondage to ideas that shape our actions. But the author is optimistic that we can overcome negative forces that control our minds and those of our leaders. He had been in a quandary in his early years regarding paranormal happenings in his life. Rather than ignore them as skeptics are inclined to do, Dr/ Torrevillas regarded them as significant in his life.

Download or read book A Memory Called Empire written by Arkady Martine and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel A Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019 An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 An Esquire Best Sci-Fi Book of All Time A Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and “Not the Booker Prize” Nominee A Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Choice Awards Nominee "A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. All around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."—Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident—or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court. Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue herself, and save her Station from Teixcalaan's unceasing expansion—all while navigating an alien culture that is all too seductive, engaging in intrigues of her own, and hiding a deadly technological secret—one that might spell the end of her Station and her way of life—or rescue it from annihilation. Arkady Martine's debut novel A Memory Called Empire is a fascinating space opera and an interstellar mystery adventure. "The most thrilling ride ever. This book has everything I love."—Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky Also by Arkady Martine: A Desolation Called Peace Rose/House At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Plastic Panic written by Robin Twiddy and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How big of a problem is plastic pollution? Essential answers are found in this inventive volume which tells the tale of Terry, who received a message from the future from a man claiming to be the last surviving human in a world ravaged by plastic pollution. Young Terry learns why plastic waste became such a serious issue and how to stop such a bleak future from coming true. This lively narrative includes essential concepts from the elementary science curriculum as well as vivid, action-packed supporting photographs.

Download or read book How to Become a Planet written by Nicole Melleby and published by Algonquin Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Pluto, summer has always started with a trip to the planetarium. It’s the launch to her favorite season, which also includes visits to the boardwalk arcade, working in her mom’s pizzeria, and her best friend Meredith’s birthday party. But this summer, none of that feels possible. A month before the end of the school year, Pluto’s frightened mom broke down Pluto’s bedroom door. What came next were doctor’s appointments, a diagnosis of depression, and a big black hole that still sits on Pluto’s chest, making it too hard to do anything. Pluto can’t explain to her mom why she can’t do the things she used to love. And it isn’t until Pluto’s dad threatens to make her move with him to the city—where he believes his money, in particular, could help—that Pluto becomes desperate enough to do whatever it takes to be the old Pluto again. She develops a plan and a checklist: If she takes her medication, if she goes to the planetarium with her mom for her birthday, if she successfully finishes her summer school work with her tutor, if she goes to Meredith’s birthday party . . . if she does all the things that “normal” Pluto would do, she can stay with her mom in Jersey. But it takes a new therapist, a new tutor, and a new (and cute) friend with a checklist and plan of her own for Pluto to learn that there is no old and new Pluto. There’s just her.

Download or read book British Fiction Today written by Rod Mengham and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-11-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Fiction Today provides students and readers with a critical introduction to key authors and novels since 1990 and provides the latest critical perspectives on current British fiction. It offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of a broad range of selected contemporary authors, drawing together both established and emerging literary voices reflecting the scope of the new British writing. The book is organised around common themes - Modern Lives, Contemporary Living; Dreamtime; States of Identity and Histories. Each section begins with a short introductory essay and ends with a guide to further reading. Introducing key works, writers and major themes including post-colonialism, pluralism, gender and history, this book is the ideal guide to British fiction today. Includes discussion of Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Jonathan Coe, Alan Hollinghurst, Peter Ackroyd, Jenny Diski, Ben Okri, Salman Rushdie, Toby Litt, Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, Jeanetter Winterson, Pat Barker, A S Byatt, Adam Thorpe and Sarah Waters.

Download or read book The Great Depression written by David Downing and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the economic and political events leading up to the stock market crash of 1929, the effects of the resulting depression on the United States and world economies, and the consequences and legacies of the Great Depression.

Download or read book Falling Through the Black written by E. A. Hendryx and published by Pine Mountain Publishing. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Skyward and The Illuminae Files, Falling Through the Black is a gender swapped Aladdinmeets Doctor Who in a fast-paced and swoony, no spice YA Science Fantasy space adventure. SHE SURVIVED THE DESERT. HE’S REENTERED THE FIGHT. AND THE REBELLION IS RISING THROUGH IT ALL. Leef Verus is back in the fight and on his way to the planet Neba to carry out the next part of his mission, but the clock is ticking. With Dot still in pieces and Talie out of commission, the next stage of the plan rests heavily on a young woman once thought lost to the desert. Merritt fought the arid wastelands of Neba and survived, winning a place for herself in a ragtag family of misfits that have healed a part of her broken heart. Her life as a thief and part-time Rising supporter is enough for her, but all of that is put to the test when a roguish young man bursts in to shatter the tentative peace she’s come to expect. With an increased military presence enforced by High King Praxin, tensions in the galaxy are high and the disparity between the wealthy and the working class continues to grow. The Soldier finds himself in the midst of progressively difficult operations where not only are his skills tested, but his loyalties as well. Through it all, the Rising, the underground rebel force, seeks to arrange the pieces of a complex puzzle of power. Their aim to overthrow King Praxin rests solely on self-sacrifice and the belief in their plans for peace, but is it enough? Put to the test, Leef and Merritt must face the space-cold truth of where their loyalties lie, and if love really can conquer all. --- Falling Through the Black is the second book in the award-winning Xerus Galaxy Saga. It’s a no spice romantic space opera perfect for fans of The Skyward series, The Lunar Chronicles, and Firefly. (Recommended for 13+) Advanced praise for Falling Through the Black: “Leef and Merritt just might be my new favorite couple.” —BARBARA KLOSS, author of Gods of Men “…a story about found family, friendship, and the deep love that fuels sacrifice, but there’s also no shortage of explosions, subterfuge, and swoony romance.” —KARYNE NORTON, author of Blood of the Stars Praise for Suspended in the Stars: "A planet-sized journey through the galaxy!" — TOSCA LEE, New York Times bestselling author "E. A. Hendryx pulls no punches (and spares no kisses!) in this galaxy-worthy sci-fi romance." —NADINE BRANDES, award-winning author of Wishtress and Romanov The Xerus Galaxy Saga: Book 1: Suspended in the Stars (out now) **2024 Realm Award Winner in Debut and YA** Book 2: Falling Through the Black (coming 11.12.24) Book 3: Rising From the Galaxy (coming fall 2025)

Download or read book Mutiny on the Enterprise written by Robert E. Vardeman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-09-22 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mutiny On The Enterprise The ship is crippled in orbit around a dangerous, living, breathing planet, and a desperate peace mission to the Orion Arm is stalled. Kirk has never needed his crew more. But a lithe, alien women is casting a spell of pacifism -- and now mutiny -- over the crew. Suddenly Captain Kirk's journey for peace has turned into terrifying war--to retake command of his ship!

Download or read book Under His Skin written by Stacey O'Neale and published by Entangled: Covet. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paranormal category romance from Entangled's Covet imprint... Earth girls are never easy. But they're worth it. Bakery owner Annabelle Sparks' business is booming ever since she won reality TV's Cupcake Wars. The one thing deflating her happy soufflé? The extremely sexy Kaden Chance only sees her as a best friend-and Annabelle wants so much more. After waiting a year for him recognize their chemistry, she's giving up and dating other people. What she doesn't know is Kaden's heart doesn't actually beat. He's not human. Heck, he's not even from Earth. To retain his intergalactic immunity, no one can ever know he is an extraterrestrial. But when Annabelle starts dating, something strange happens to Kaden's unmoved heart: it begins to beat. Now he faces an impossible choice-tell Annabelle the truth and be deported-or lose his last chance at love.

Download or read book How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds Or Less written by Nicholas Boothman and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to read body language and synchronize behavior in order to establish a positive rapport.

Download or read book In A Twisted Mind A Collection of Short Stories written by Larry R. Liberty and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A farm family in northern New Jersey is constantly shaken by a new airport. Supernatural activity, noise, and fear forces the family to relocate their farm to rural Northeastern Pennsylvania. An ironic and twisted ending. People in northern Montana are disappearing, especially when those lights appear in the "Big Sky." An investigative reporter discovers it's happening in every state. He then discovers a government conspiracy and a secret ancient society. The rest is yummy, but not for him. An archeologist in Tibet discovers a new species of terrestrial worm averaging 20 feet in length and 2 feet in diameter. He collects some eggs and returns to his home on the Palisades in Alpine New Jersey. He buries the eggs along the Palisades and is soon overrun with these giant worms, so he harvests them for a fishermen's bait and becomes very wealthy with a chain of bait stores. Later his worms are found to be very intelligent and have an agenda. In a humorous twist, the worm meat is found to cure insanity and Washington D.C. has an epiphany. What's with the cartons of Pall Mall cigarettes piled high? The children in ancient Egypt are stricken with a flue like virus. The following generations of boys started wearing skirts and have no interest in girls. Soon the great dynasty went into decline as the population decreased. Other empires suffered the same fate until modern science explained the reason, and embraced the virus for population control. A humorous and outrageous take on homosexuality. A glitch in software at a dictionary publisher turns out a prototype copy with half the words given the wrong definitions. The one defective copy is accidentally placed in a child's backpack. While on vacation in the South Pacific the editor and his young sons are marooned on an uncharted island when their high speed boat crashes into a rocky beach. The editor suffers a head injury and his young sons must fend for themselves. The only source of education is the defective dictionary in the child's backpack. They are rescued after 10 years and return to the United States, the boys are teens, and dad lost most of his marbles. They become wards of their uncle, and when they enter society, their scrambled words make for a hilarious chain of events. Unending, with a twist.