Download or read book Silent Answers written by Sebastian Costard and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of short stories is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. Sebastian Costard's Silent Answers is a box of chocolates. I didn't read Costard's stories in the order you see here; I chose them randomly. It doesn't matter; each one was a new experience. I read The Triangle first and felt like a voyeur when a quirky woman entered the story and the life of a stressed attorney. Costard's twists and turns brought Kate Chopin's tales to mind. A story of coming to terms with death and lost friendships in Costard's Sarah's Folly might feel way too familiar for some readers. But the sweetness in this story gives hope to all who have gone through this kind of suffering. In his stories I traveled from France to Latvia to London to China to California to South Carolina and Georgia, Florida, and farther. It's a pleasure to read of places I've visited - or may never visit - and feel as though I were there. Costard has done the traveling for all of us and became steeped in the varied cultures. And because of his writing, I became engulfed in those same cultures as I immersed myself in each story. It's not only the traveling that drew me in. Each character was totally different from others I met throughout the book. Obviously Costard observes and understands human nature. Real people, real problems, but not so real solutions. Just like a box of chocolates, I never knew what I was going to get, but I knew from the first story I would be entertained. The next best thing to being entertained? Learning something. Hostile takeovers, Jewish religious holidays, American Indian history, French wine, Chinese culture, the goodness of caring neighbors - this and more I found inSebastian Costard's Silent Answers. Forrest Gump, your momma was a wise woman. Susan Polonus Mucha Author of Deadly Deception

Download or read book A Is the Engine written by Bill Gathen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-12-30 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haikus about nature, life, death, childhood, love, and poetry.Steam from the teapothangs in front of you ' a scroll of silk between us

Download or read book Beginning Database Design Solutions written by Rod Stephens and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast majority of software applications use relational databases that virtually every application developer must work with. This book introduces you to database design, whether you're a DBA or database developer. You'll discover what databases are, their goals, and why proper design is necessary to achieve those goals. Additionally, you'll master how to structure the database so it gives good performance while minimizing the chance for error. You will learn how to decide what should be in a database to meet the application's requirements.

Download or read book In the Country of Country written by Nicholas Dawidoff and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the bestselling The Catcher Was a Spy comes an exhilarating exploration of the performers, places, and experiences which form country music--a genre which is uniquely and authentically American. 40 photos.

Download or read book The Bostons written by Carolyn Cooke and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As featured in "The Best American Short Stories" and "Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards", these lively works depict people struggling within the constraints of history, society and the divisions of class.

Download or read book Dark Spirits written by A.J. Rathbun and published by Harvard Common Press. This book was released on 2009-10-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of 200 cocktail recipes featuring bourbon, brandy, Scotch, whiskey, rum, and other dark spirits"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book The Thriver s Toolbox written by Isaac J. Kassin and published by Bookclick 360 Wordeee. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thriver's Toolbox is a practical set of tools to help readers understand what it takes and what it means to be a ‘Thriver.’ Part 1 of this ground-breaking series, The Thriver’s Toolbox, acquaints us with the steps that are necessary on our way to becoming the best versions of ourselves. The author emphasizes that to thrive, one must do so through both the positive and the challenging aspects of life. Based on the teachings of life coach Ralph Sarway, Isaac J. Kassin convincingly out-lines a set of 10 powerful tools and techniques that enable us to grow in life and business. By understanding and implementing these principles, anyone can learn to recognize their unrealized greatness and change the way they live life forever. The Thriver's Toolbox is an enjoyable and useful read for those looking to up their game—and thrive—through practical and accessible wisdom.

Download or read book The art of Tim Burton written by Leah Gallo and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assemblages of Violence in Education written by Boni Wozolek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assemblages of Violence: Everyday Trajectories of Oppression brings together fields including new materialisms, anthropology, curriculum theory, and educational foundations to examine how violence is intertwined with everyday events and ideas. Artfully weaving participant narratives in two contexts that exist a literal world apart—queer middle school youth of color in an urban context and Indian women who have survived domestic violence—Assemblages of Violence conceptualizes how social justice functions in opposition to normalized aggressions. Often overlooked, these deeply significant connections document how multiplicities of aggression operate as business-as-usual in a variety of spaces and places, including those that are often thought of as helpful. To these ends, this book introduces pathologies to theoretically and methodologically trace affects in order to more clearly perceive both where and how violence is embedded in and between sociopolitical and cultural ways of being, knowing, and doing. In so doing, Assemblages of Violence argues that pathologizing trajectories of violence can provide theoretical and methodological tools for those seeking to engage in a pedagogy of equity, access, and care to help people and communities in ways they wish to be helped. 2021 Winner of the AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award.

Download or read book Why I m an Only Child and Other Slightly Naughty Plains Folktales written by Roger L. Welsch and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Nebraska Book Award Nonfiction: Folklore One day Roger Welsch ventured to ask his father a delicate personal question: "Why am I an only child?" His father's answer is one of many examples of the delightful and laughter-inducing ribald tales Welsch has compiled from a lifetime of listening to and sharing the folklore of the Plains. More narrative than simple jokes, and the product of multiple retellings, these coarse tales were even delivered by such prudish sources as Welsch's stern and fearsome German great-aunts. Speaking of cucumbers and sausages in a toast to a newly married couple, the prim and proper women of Welsch's memory voice the obscene and unspeakable in stories fit for general company. Why I'm an Only Child and Other Slightly Naughty Plains Folktales is Welsch's celebration of the gentle and evocative bits of humor reflecting the personality of the people of the Plains.

Download or read book Vectorworks for Entertainment Design written by Kevin Lee Allen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vectorworks for Entertainment Design covers the complete design process for using Vectorworks in entertainment industry from developing ideas, visualizing ideas, and evolving them for execution. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated, covering the most current details of the Vectorworks software for scenery, lighting, sound, and rigging; real and virtually. With a focused look at the production process from ideation to development to documentation required for proper execution, the book encourages readers to better create their own processes and workflows through exercises that build on one another. This new edition introduces Braceworks, SubDivision modeling, and scripting using the Marionette tool, and covers new tools such as Video Camera, Deform Tool, Camera Match, Schematic Views, and Object Styles. Fully illustrated with step-by-step instructions, this volume contains inspirational and aspirational work from Broadway, Concerts, Regional Theatre, Dance, and Experiential Entertainment. Exploring both the technical how-to and the art of design, this book provides Theatre Designers and Technicians with the tools to learn about the application and use it professionally. Vectorworks for Entertainment Design also includes access to downloadable resources such as exercise files and images to accompany projects discussed within the book.

Download or read book Cognition Emotion and Aesthetics in Contemporary Serial Television written by Ted Nannicelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book posits an interconnection between the ways in which contemporary television serials cue cognitive operations, solicit emotional responses, and elicit aesthetic appreciation. The chapters explore a number of questions including: How do the particularities of form and style in contemporary serial television engage us cognitively, emotionally, and aesthetically? How do they foster cognitive and emotional effects such as feeling suspense, anticipation, surprise, satisfaction, and disappointment? Why and how do we value some serials while disliking others? What is it about the particularities of serial television form and style, in conjunction with our common cognitive, emotional, and aesthetic capacities, that accounts for serial television’s cognitive, socio-political, and aesthetic value and its current ubiquity in popular culture? This book will appeal to postgraduates and scholars working in television studies as well as film studies, cognitive media theory, media psychology, and the philosophy of art.

Download or read book Destination written by Bill Fitzpatrick and published by Bill Fitzpatrick. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distant and Mysterious India is made less so, as Bill Fitzpatrick and Roopal Jain explain what is "Beyond the Taj and Behind the Symbols," in their thoughtful, humorous, and often touching three-week journey. While historical figures such as Akbar, Shah Jahan, and Saint Francis Xavier are described, and the vexing symbols of India explained, the strength of Destination: India, Destiny: Unknown is in the graceful manner the authors encounter, and the describe, the surprising heart of India.

Download or read book Men Vs Women written by Thomas F. Shubnell and published by Thomas F. Shubnell. This book was released on 2008-02-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains hundreds of lists showing the hilarious differences between men and women. Covers dating, drinking, marriage, and more. A humorous look from both points of view from the silly to the serious. A must read for the curious, confused, or those who need a good laugh.

Download or read book Mind Hacking written by John Hargrave and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a twenty-one-day, three-step training program to achieve healthier thought patterns for a better quality of life by using the repetitive steps of analyzing, imagining, and reprogramming to help break down the barriers, including negative thought loops and mental roadblocks.

Download or read book Undercover Sex Signals written by Leil Lowndes and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leil Lowndes offers a new way to look at male-female communication offering straightforward advice in a relaxed no-nonsense style on how to recognise and read the 26 most common female sex signals. Bestselling author and communications expert Leil Lowndes literally shows men what sex signals to look for with dozens of photos that illustrate women's non-verbal body language. Full of foolproof dating advice on everything from the best activity for a first date to how a guy should dress to impress, UNdercover Sex Signals can help even the most clueless men to dating success.

Download or read book Omaha Food written by Rachel P. Grace and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without its once-booming livestock industry, Omaha would be a very different place. Although it was originally known for its legendary steakhouses, today's eateries exceed the influence of cattle. Out of a rich foundation of traditions like steaks with hash browns and mostaccioli, Reubens and South O dive bars grew a creative culinary community with a fiercely loyal following. Today, Omaha is a platform for nationally recognized chefs. Home to one of America's greenest restaurants and the recent birthplace of the Rounder, the story of Omaha food is ripe for the telling. Author Rachel P. Grace celebrates the scene in this unapologetically witty culinary adventure.