More Splash Than Cash Decorating Ideas
Author : Donna Babylon
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,28 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Interior decoration
ISBN : 9780739404041
A Mindset of the Moon
Author : ThisLion CahTame
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 28,29 MB
Release : 2018-01-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781981612451
Book Description
Poetry, which is often seen as feminine and passive, is generally not a go-to form of artistic expression for Caribbean men. In the hills of Gonzales, Belmont, and Laventille, Trinidad & Tobago, where Lion was raised, this is perhaps truer. The home of the steel pan, Laventille is no novice to creating beauty but such creativity is invariably steeped in machismo. It is an environment that may seem more conducive to the hammering of steel pans than the writing of poems. Yet it is in this setting that Lion carved a personal space for introspection and found his way to poetry. By putting pen to paper he began to unearth beauty beneath considerable pain and heartbreak. Writing became therapy for him, enabling him to transform undesirable circumstances into words that would help him heal. As he shared his musings on social media, it became clear that his words resonated with others especially women. His piece "Knowing How To Touch Her Without Touching Her Really Touches Her" garnered praise among many women for giving voice to things they wished men would see. The support that has continued to burgeon for Lion's work echoes the pleasure of seeing a man so comfortable with expressing gentleness, acknowledging beauty, and celebrating women. This collection "A Mindset of the Moon" explores these topics but it also shows how even in our most challenging moments, we carry light.
Sexing the Body
Author : Anne Fausto-Sterling
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1541672909
Book Description
Now updated with groundbreaking research, this award-winning classic examines the construction of sexual identity in biology, society, and history. Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex is shaped by the culture in which scientific knowledge is produced. Drawing on astonishing real-life cases and a probing analysis of centuries of scientific research, Fausto-Sterling demonstrates how scientists have historically politicized the body. In lively and impassioned prose, she breaks down three key dualisms -- sex/gender, nature/nurture, and real/constructed -- and asserts that individuals born as mixtures of male and female exist as one of five natural human variants and, as such, should not be forced to compromise their differences to fit a flawed societal definition of normality.
Programming Game AI by Example
Author : Mat Buckland
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 25,62 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781556220784
Book Description
This book describes in detail many of the AI techniques used in modern computer games, explicity shows how to implement these practical techniques within the framework of several game developers with a practical foundation to game AI.
Snowmen All Year Board Book
Author : Caralyn Buehner
Publisher : Dial Books
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 22,3 MB
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0803739052
Book Description
A child imagines what it would be like if a snowman, made of magical snow, could be a companion throughout the year.
Guideline for Salinity Assessment, Mitigation and Adaptation Using Nuclear and Related Techniques
Author : Mohammad Zaman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 31,26 MB
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 331996190X
Book Description
This open access book is an outcome of the collaboration between the Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, and Dr. Shabbir A Shahid, Senior Salinity Management Expert, Freelancer based in United Arab Emirates.The objective of this book is to develop protocols for salinity and sodicity assessment and develop mitigation and adaptation measures to use saline and sodic soils sustainably. The focus is on important issues related to salinity and sodicity and to describe these in an easy and user friendly way. The information has been compiled from the latest published literature and from the authors’ publications specific to the subject matter. The book consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the terms salinity and sodicity and describes various salinity classification systems commonly used around the world. Chapter 2 reviews global distribution of salinization and socioeconomic aspects related to salinity and crop production. Chapters 3 covers comprehensively salinity and sodicity adaptation and mitigation options including physical, chemical, hydrological and biological methods. Chapter 4 discusses the efforts that have been made to demonstrate the development of soil salinity zones under different irrigation systems. Chapter 5 discusses the quality of irrigation water, boron toxicity and relative tolerance to boron, the effects of chlorides on crops. Chapter 6 introduces the role of nuclear techniques in saline agriculture.
Valda's Spire of Secrets
Author : Michael Holik
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2022-06-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781735707914
Book Description
In his extraplanar tower, the devious lich Valda has started a grim collection: heroes of every stripe from across the world, petrified in marble and arranged by speciality. The mad lich has nearly cracked it: twenty-two types of adventurer and counting.Arrayed within this book is the greatest expansion of rules and character options ever brought to 5th Edition D&D. Build never-before-seen characters with new races, classes, feats and more, appropriate for any setting and any story.Whether you're the Game Master or a player looking for new options, this book is a must-haveat your table. It includes: ? 5 brand new races? 59 new feats? 137 new spells? Exotic weapons and magic items? Brand new familiars
Shadow of a Bull
Author : Maia Wojciechowska
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 144246593X
Book Description
Maia Wojciechowska's 1965 Newbery Medal winner about a young boy struggling with his father's legacy. Manolo was only three when his father, the great bullfighter Juan Olivar, died. But Juan is never far from Manolo's consciousness--how could he be, with the entire town of Arcangel waiting for the day Manolo will fulfill his father's legacy? But Manolo has a secret he dares to share with no one--he is a coward, without afición, the love of the sport that enables a bullfighter to rise above his fear and face a raging bull. As the day when he must enter the ring approaches, Manolo finds himself questioning which requires more courage: to follow in his father's legendary footsteps or to pursue his own destiny?
The Great Leveller
Author : Joe Abercrombie
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 1595 pages
File Size : 47,69 MB
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473212650
Book Description
Collected together for the first time, here are the three hard-hitting standalone novels set in the world of Joe Abercrombie's bestselling FIRST LAW trilogy. BEST SERVED COLD: War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die. THE HEROES: Over three bloody days of battle, the fate of the North will be decided. But with both sides riddled by intrigues, follies, feuds and petty jealousies, it is unlikely to be the noblest hearts, or even the strongest arms that prevail. Three men. One battle. No Heroes. RED COUNTRY: Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she'll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she's not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit off her family's killers with only a pair of oxen and her cowardly old stepfather Lamb for company. But it turns out Lamb's buried a bloody past of his own, and out in the lawless Far Country, the past never stays buried.
Inhumans
Author : Charles Soule
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 34,46 MB
Release : 2016-01-27
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1302482890
