Author : Amani Willett
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2021-12-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781999446871
"A multi-layered visual work exploring the Black experience of driving in America. Challenging preconceived ideals of the classic road trip, this thought-provoking book layers pages from the historical Negro Motorist Green Book with found images, pictures from the family archives, and new photographs. It questions how long the road will continue to be a site of violence and oppression for Black people in American society." --
Author : Randy Ribay
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1440588155
Four friends from wildly different backgrounds have bonded over Dungeons & Dragons since the sixth grade. Now they're facing senior year and a major shift in their own universes. Math whiz Archie is struggling with his parents' divorce after his dad comes out as gay. Mari is terrified of her adoptive mother's life-altering news. Dante is carrying around a huge secret that is proving impossible to keep hidden. And when Sam gets dumped by the love of his life, everyone is ready to join him on a cross-country quest to win her back. The four quickly discover that the road is not forgiving, and that real life is no game. They must face a test of friendship where the stakes are more than just a roll of the dice--they are life and death.
Author : Ben Mezrich
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,98 MB
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1501135546
A real-life mix of The X-Files and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mezrich “writes vividly and grippingly…A terrific story…[that] will make a heck of a movie” (The Washington Post). Here is the “fascinating” (Publishers Weekly) true story of a computer programmer who tracks paranormal events in remote areas of the western United States and is drawn deeper and deeper into a mysterious conspiracy. Like Agent Mulder of The X-Files, microchip engineer and sheriff’s deputy Chuck Zukowski is obsessed with tracking down UFO reports in Colorado. He even takes the family with him on weekend trips to look for evidence of aliens. But this innocent hobby takes on a sinister urgency when Zukowski learns of mutilated livestock—whose exsanguination is inexplicable by any known human or animal means. Along an expanse of land stretching across the southern borders of Utah, Colorado, and Kansas, Zukowski documents hundreds of bizarre incidences of mutilations, and discovers that they stretch through the heart of America. His pursuit of the truth draws him deeper into a vast conspiracy, and he journeys from Roswell and Area 51 to the Pentagon and beyond; from underground secret military caverns to Native American sacred sites; and to wilderness areas where strange, unexplained lights traverse the sky at extraordinary speeds. Inspiring and terrifying, Mezrich’s “dramatic narrative…connects dots we didn’t even know existed…Something’s clearly happening out there in the high meadows and along desert highways” (Kirkus Reviews). The 37th Parallel will make you, too, wonder if we are really alone.
Author : Bill Gates
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 25,72 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
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Author : Krissy Pozatek
Publisher : Lantern Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,56 MB
Release : 2010-12
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1590562364
For many parents of troubled teenagers, a therapeutic program that takes the child from the home for a period of time offers some respite from the daily tumult of acting out, lies, and tension that has left the family under siege. However, just as the teenager is embarking on a journey of self-discovery, skill-development, and emotional maturation, so parents too need to use this time to recognize that their own patterns may have contributed to their family's downward spiral. This is The Parallel Process. Using case studies garnered from her many years as an adolescent and family therapist, Krissy Pozatek shows parents of pre-teens, adolescents, and young adults how they can help their children by attuning to emotions, setting limits, not rushing to their rescue, and allowing them to take responsibility for their actions, while recognizing their own patterns of emotional withdrawal, workaholism, and of surrendering their lives and personalities to parenting. The Parallel Process is an essential primer for all parents, whether of troubled teens or not, who are seeking to help the family stay and grow together as they negotiate the potentially difficult teenage years.
Author : Paris Marx
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,11 MB
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1839765917
How to build a transportation system to provide mobility for all Road to Nowhere exposes the flaws in Silicon Valley’s vision of the future: ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to take us anywhere; electric cars to make them ‘green’; and automation to ensure transport is cheap and ubiquitous. Such promises are implausible and potentially dangerous. As Paris Marx shows, these technological visions are a threat to our ideas of what a society should be. Electric cars are not a silver bullet for sustainability, and autonomous vehicles won’t guarantee road safety. There will not be underground tunnels to eliminate traffic congestion, and micromobility services will not replace car travel any sooner than we will see the arrival of the long-awaited flying car. In response, Marx offers a vision for a more collective way of organizing transportation systems that considers the needs of poor, marginalized, and vulnerable people. The book argues that rethinking mobility can be the first step in a broader reimagining of how we design and live in our future cities. We must create streets that allow for social interaction and conviviality. We need reasons to get out of our cars and to use public means of transit determined by community needs rather than algorithmic control. Such decisions should be guided by the search for quality of life rather than for profit.
Author : Hank Wysocki
Publisher :
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 40,56 MB
Release : 2019-04-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781093487503
Want to learn how to parallel park quick and easy? Wish you could perform a 3-point turn like a pro? Looking to pass your driver's license road test the first time? The solution to these questions is to find simple, easy to perform methods for almost any driving maneuver that you will encounter during your driving lifetime. And that is why you should read "How to Drive a Car" Parallel Parking and Driving Maneuvers Made Easy." Whether your goal is to pass the drivers license road test or simply improve your driving maneuvering/parking skills "How to Drive a Car" Parallel Parking and Driving Maneuvers" will help you. Heres what you will discover in "How to Drive a Car" Parallel Parking and Driving Maneuvers Made Easy! Two Easy to Perform Methods in Order to Parallel Park Successfully How to execute a 3-Point Turn (K Turn) Learn how to use a Two-Point Turn Perpendicular Parking Skills Parking on a Hill Valuable Road Test Tips You will learn all of these valuable lessons and more from a teacher who has taught thousands of students how to drive in his 37 year career. All of these methods are simple and easy to use. "How to Drive a Car" Parallel Parking and Driving Maneuvers Made Easy" provides you with step by step directions along with clear cut diagrams that can be taken directly to your driving practice site! Be sure to check out these other titles in the "Learn to Drive" Series. "Save Your Teenage Driver's Life" Important Strategies to Teach a New Driver Now" "Teach Your Teenager How to Drive a Car" "Sequential Lessons For New Driver" Also various State Practice Test Questions and Study Guides Good Luck and Safe Driving!
Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Gost Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,81 MB
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781910401224
Photographer Guy Martin investigates the blurred lines between reality and fiction in Turkey.
Author : Dennis Higgins
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : Time travel
ISBN : 9781523691791
Time Travel the Mother Road When the spring of 1946 comes, severe depression causes Katherine Callahan to leave her loving husband and newborn baby to embark upon a journey across the famous Route 66 from Chicago to her sister's home in Burbank. She never arrives. Fast forward to the present, Kevin Callahan, Katherine's grandson, along with his best friend, Cheryl Bachman, traces Grandma Kate's steps along the now decommissioned road to uncover the mystery surrounding her disappearance. They are armed with only a handful of postcards from Katherine and a Victorian secret code involving postage stamps surrounding a mysterious man from her past. This, along with Cheryl's detective skills and an unusual, paranormal connection between Kevin and his grandmother transcends time itself, bringing them closer to the truth as Kevin and Cheryl find themselves back in 1946.
Author : Richard Sexton
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 28,91 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
As the twentieth century draws to a close, the desire for communities that offer an improved quality of life - where the pedestrian is as viable as the motorist; where the architecture is varied, human-scaled, and responsive to its environment; where residents can find privacy yet enjoy the company of their neighbors - has taken on a particularly significant urgency. As Richard Sexton convincingly documents in Parallel Utopias, two special places - The Sea Ranch in Northern California and Seaside in the Florida panhandle - have arrived at two unique solutions in the search for the ideal community. A lively introductory essay outlines the nature of this archetypal quest, followed by an engaging discussion of the philosophy, architecture, history, and character of both communities. Sexton's sumptuous full-color photographs tour each community in detail, from their built environment and the surrounding dramatic coastal landscape to the furnishings residents have chosen for their homes. In their contributing essays, urban sociologist Ray Oldenburg analyzes with piercing clarity the evolution and contradictions of our contemporary communities, and architect William Turnbull, Jr., lucidly examines the role of the architect in shaping viable living spaces.
