Soaked!


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A Hula-Hooping moose, a badger with a bumblebee umbrella, a rabbit in a cashmere sweater, and a very wet bear star in this unpredictable and laugh-out-loud picture book in which having fun gets the best of a grumpy bear. It looks like a wet and dreary day for Bear and his trio of friends. How could he possibly have fun when he is soaked? But Badger, Rabbit, and Moose don't seem to mind. In fact, Moose can still hula hoop! And it looks like so much fun. Might Bear like to try? Here is a story that shows that fun is not dependent on sunshine and blue skies. In fact, it might be more fun to be soaked!




Soak Wash Rinse Spin


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Investigates the creative process of San Francisco-based company Tolleson Design. This involves the textual and graphic layering of information comprising four phases: research (soak); collaboration (wash); visual exploration (rinse); and environment (spin).




Soak


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Soak: Mumbai in an Estuary is a unique way of looking at Mumbai's terrain and the history of its making. It presents an alternative visualisation of MumbaI's landscape with extraordinary' artistic and design expertise. Innovative technique in architectural drawing, rare photo-works, maps and models add to the thought-provoking and exciting insights. Proposes twelve design initiations that work to resolve the problem of flood. Uses approximately 72 historical maps and illustrations and 90 new drawings and photographic works done by the authors themselves. Comes across as a major initiative that will bring awareness of contemporary concerns of cities, using design to create public awareness and involvement. Holds global relevance in the context of sea level rise and climate change. This is a distinctive book in response to the Mumbai flood of 2005. It aspires to address and transform the increasingly shrill language of fear, anxiety and dread that marks our reception of the rains in Mumbai today. The book imagines the sea and the monsoon not as enemies and agents of flood, but as inevitable partners in the shaping of the land and thereby offers a new vocabulary for living with the monsoon and the sea.




Women Living Well


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Women desire to live well. However, living well in this modern world is a challenge. The pace of life, along with the new front porch of social media, has changed the landscape of our lives. Women have been told for far too long that being on the go and accumulating more things will make their lives full. As a result, we grasp for the wrong things in life and come up empty. God created us to walk with him; to know him and to be loved by him. He is our living well and when we drink from the water he continually provides, it will change us. Our marriages, our parenting, and our homemaking will be transformed. Mommy-blogger Courtney Joseph is a cheerful realist. She tackles the challenge of holding onto vintage values in a modern world, starting with the keys to protecting our walk with God. No subject is off-limits as she moves on to marriage, parenting, and household management. Rooted in the Bible, her practical approach includes tons of tips that are perfect for busy moms, including: Simple Solutions for Studying God’s Word How to Handle Marriage, Parenting, and Homemaking in a Digital Age 10 Steps to Completing Your Husband Dealing With Disappointed Expectations in Motherhood Creating Routines that Bring Rest Pursuing the Discipline and Diligence of the Proverbs 31 Woman There is nothing more important than fostering your faith, building your marriage, training your children, and creating a haven for your family. Women Living Well is a clear and personal guide to making the most of these precious responsibilities.




Soak


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In these succinct and eloquent essays Wren Farris portrays the essence of the healing journey that inspired the beautiful creation, Soak on the Sound, a bathhouse on the Olympic Peninsula.




Dancing Through Fields of Color


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They said only men could paint powerful pictures, but Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) splashed her way through the modern art world. Channeling deep emotion, Helen poured paint onto her canvas and danced with the colors to make art unlike anything anyone had ever seen. She used unique tools like mops and squeegees to push the paint around, to dazzling effects. Frankenthaler became an originator of the influential “Color Field” style of abstract expressionist painting with her “soak stain” technique, and her artwork continues to electrify new generations of artists today. Dancing Through Fields of Color discusses Frankenthaler’s early life, how she used colors to express emotion, and how she overcame the male-dominated art world of the 1950s.




Soak (a Navy SEAL Mormon Taboo Romance)


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A good Mormon girl would never do these filthy, forbidden things in the basement of the house of God-as the tabernacle choir sings loudly overhead.But I'm not a good Mormon girl.And Ryder isn't a man used to taking no for an answer.He's my brother's best friend, a fellow Navy SEAL who saved my brother on the battle field. Now he's living with us...a man outside the church sleeping in the attic above my room. What could go wrong?A good Mormon girl also never has sex before marriage.But there are other things we can do, other ways I can feel him inside me, without breaking my chastity.We can use our mouths, our hands, other...places.And if all else fails...We can always try soaking.Soak is a full-length contemporary romance novel. This book contains extremely sexual themes and harsh language that may be offensive to religious readers.




Soak Your Nuts


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Holistic health expert and entrepreneur Karyn Calabrese presents Nature's Healing System, a 28-day program designed to counter the effects of exposure to chemicals, pollution, and stress. Participants have overcome weight issues, skin problems, insomnia, sinusitis, fibromyalgia, and countless other health problems. Readers are guided through a step-by-step course that incorporates a raw diet, juicing, fasting, and internal cleansing to restore the body's balance and revive its ability to rejuvenate naturally.




Whoosh!


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Celebrate the inventor of the Super Soaker in this inspiring picture book biography about Lonnie Johnson, the maker behind one of the world's favorite toys. You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy. A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie Johnson’s life. Growing up in a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence and a passion for problem solving became the cornerstone for a career as an engineer and his work with NASA. But it is his invention of the Super Soaker water gun that has made his most memorable splash with kids and adults.




Development of Rapid Methods of Soaking and Cooking Dry Beans


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As a step toward wider and improved use of an economical, nutritious food, the study reported here was undertaken. The principal objective was to develop basic methods of preparing dry beans that would save time, conserve nutritive value, and yield products of high acceptability. The varieties studied were pea, great northern, large lima, pinto, and red kidney beans.