The Creek Bed Footprints


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In 1965, changes to a heavily traveled steel town, disrupt the habitat of large bipedal creatures living near a secluded farm outside Coatesville. Trouble ensues as locals mount up an extended search in hopes of capturing the elusive beasts. Two boys on a secret quest find footprints by a fast-moving watershed. Find out what happens as you flip the pages of The Creek Bed Footprints.




Advances in Manufacturing III


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This book reports on innovative strategies for quality control, risk assessment and sustainable development in production processes, in the era of industry 4.0. Based on peer-reviewed contributions to the 7th International Scientific-Technical Conference MANUFACTURING 2022, held on May 16–19, 2022, in Poznan, Poland, the chapters cover important topics relating to the use of quality management strategies in different stages of the production processes. They report on methods for statistical process control, vision control and inspection of machines, on the application of machine learning methods in quality control and/or risk assessment, on issues relating to digital transformation, and on methods to improve occupational safety. Besides industrial applications, the book also discusses the use quality management tools for educational purposes. By bridging between concepts in quality engineering, ergonomics, digitalization and industry 4.0, this book offers an authoritative source of information for researchers, engineers and managers.







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Adventures of Timmy and Cheri


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From author Eric Arden Berry comes Adventures of Timmy and Cheri: Book 2 Losing Their Seeds, an engaging read that follows Timmy, Cheri, and friends as they embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world's plant life. Someone or something has stolen the Secret Sacred Magic Seeds that control the world's plant life and if they are not found and returned to the keepers by sunset, the entire world's plant will die forever and ever. Will they be able to fulfill this important mission? Readers can find out in this fanciful mystery-adventure thriller. It begins in a dream where Lola, the Angel of Marbles, and Lolo, the Angel of grapes, have tasked Timmy with the search for the missing seeds. The angels have given Timmy the gift of language again, allowing him to talk with and understand all life on Earth, to aid him in the search. Timmy, his sister Cheri, and his cousin Caleb, known as the "Force of Cousins," team up with a colorful array of pets and wildlife to find the seeds. As they search throughout the day, Earth's plant life gradually begins to die off, causing great confusion around the world. Can the Force of Cousins and friends find the seeds in time to save the world's plant life? A unique, fast-paced mystery adventure thriller, Adventures of Timmy and Cheri: Book 2 Losing Their Seeds will keep readers guessing all the way to sunset stirring their imagination and interest. Book I Adventures of Timmy and Cheri




Radical Simplicity


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Imagine you are first in line at a potluck buffet. The spread includes not just food and water, but all the materials needed for shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education. How do you know how much to take? How much is enough to leave for your neighbors behind you - not just the six billion people, but the wildlife, and the as-yet-unborn? In the face of looming ecological disaster, many people feel the need to change their own lifestyles as a tangible way of transforming our unsustainable culture. Radical Simplicity is the first book that guides the reader to a personal sustainability goal, then offers a process to monitor progress to a lifestyle that is equitable amongst all people, species, and generations. It employs three tools to help readers begin their customized journey to simplicity: It builds on steps from Your Money or Your Life so readers can design their own personal economics to save money, get free of debt, and align their work with their values. It uses refined tools from Our Ecological Footprint so readers can measure how much nature is needed to supply all they consume and absorb their waste. And by advocating time alone in wild nature, it opens readers to another reality with humanity as one species among many on a complex and inter-related planet. Combining lyrical narrative, compassionate advocacy and absorbing science, Radical Simplicity is a practical, personal answer to 21st century challenges that will appeal as much to Cultural Creatives and students as to spiritual seekers, policy makers and sustainability professionals.




Desserts Illustrated


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Finesse the final course with confidence using this must-have companion for making dessert magic with 91 types of sweets and 600+ foolproof recipes. Part cookbook, part handbook, Desserts Illustrated is the last word on the last (but definitely not least) course. In it, America's Test Kitchen far expands on previous explorations of the world of sweets, teaching all types of candies, custards, frozen treats, and fruit desserts in addition to a bounty of baked goods, and upping the ante on flavor. With 600+ recipes, you'll find modern desserts for bakers and nonbakers like Pear Crisp with Miso and Almonds and Ginger-Turmeric Frozen Yogurt living next to the classics like Shortbread and Sour Cream Coffee Cake. An innovative book structure organizes desserts within a tasty taxonomy: Find 91 types of desserts. Discover what ingredients and mixing methods turn out all your favorite subcategories of sweets like Chewy versus Crispy versus Cakey Drop Cookies. Take a deep dive into desserts you may not know like Pudding Cakes. See how the stages of caramel turn into soft Pralines to crunchy Chocolate-Toffee Bark. Learning transferable techniques makes you feel like a pastry chef: Once you’ve tempered eggs you can make any custard, pudding, or cream pie. Manipulate brownie batter for chewy, fudgy, or cakey squares—whatever you like. The only dessert book you'll ever need: This modern classic incorporates in-depth info on techniques new and timeless, lots of stunning dessert photos and informative illustrations, tutorials to make more challenging recipes easy to follow, and new recipes with fantastic flavor. With this forever dessert companion, you can impress for company—or quickly whip up something to satisfy a Tuesday sweet tooth.




Phunny Stuph


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Your students will really pay attention when you use Phunny Stuph. Jokes and humorous urban legends make up all 100 proofreading exercises in this useful book. Use the exercises as a class warm-up, or photocopy them to pass out to your students. The errors include a little bit of everything—missing punctuation, spelling mistakes, errors in usage, sentence fragments, and more. Each exercise includes teaching notes and an example showing possible corrections. Most of the exercises are short—just right for quick, frequent lessons that will really help your students improve their skills. Phunny Stuph helps students sharpen their skills at recognizing and correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure, and usage. Grades 7-12




Book Review Index


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Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.




Stalk, Don't Run


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Nancy and her friends are astonished when the Casabian sisters announce that they will be filming their reality show in River Heights, a production that catapults the town into a maelstrom of midnight calls and threats by a menacing stalker.