Author : Walter Dean Myers
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 19,13 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780590486682
Sixtee-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
Author : Ann M. Martin
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1453298037
Anna is desperate to be popular, but the key to being cool has devastating consequences About to start her freshman year of high school, Anna wants more than anything to be popular. At a family reunion, her cousin describes a secret “slam book”—a notebook kids use to write all kinds of comments about one another. Anna decides this may be her key to success. Anna’s friends Paige, Randy, and Jessie quickly jump in on the nasty fun and before long, Anna has realized her dreams of popularity. But the slam book keeps getting meaner, and Paige and Anna start using the book to fight with each other. Soon, Anna comes up with the ultimate prank, using lonely and insecure Cheryl as her means to pull it off. But Anna’s vicious trick may lead to tragic consequences. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author’s collection.
Author : David Mansour
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 14,93 MB
Release : 2005-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 0740751182
A compilation of memories for anyone born in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s features more than three thousande references on everything from television shows to dolls, and features such entertaining lists as "best toys" and "all-time coolest singers." Original.
Author : Donald J. Meyer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,21 MB
Release : 2004-11-15
Category : Brothers and sisters
ISBN : 9781890627522
Siblings of special-needs children discuss hopes, fears, frustrations, resentment, and triumphs regarding their life with their siblings.
Author : Xiang Gao
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 39,67 MB
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9811649391
This book offers a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the visual simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) technology, which is a fundamental and essential component for many applications in robotics, wearable devices, and autonomous driving vehicles. The book starts from very basic mathematic background knowledge such as 3D rigid body geometry, the pinhole camera projection model, and nonlinear optimization techniques, before introducing readers to traditional computer vision topics like feature matching, optical flow, and bundle adjustment. The book employs a light writing style, instead of the rigorous yet dry approach that is common in academic literature. In addition, it includes a wealth of executable source code with increasing difficulty to help readers understand and use the practical techniques. The book can be used as a textbook for senior undergraduate or graduate students, or as reference material for researchers and engineers in related areas.
Author : Nick Hornby
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 19,7 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0241950287
'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.' Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone. Alicia. Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?
Author : Nick Hornby
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780399250484
At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend Alicia gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically, so Sam turns to Hawk's autobiography for answers.
Author : Susan Somers-Willett
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,20 MB
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0472050591
How do slam poets and their audiences reflect the politics of difference?
Author : Richard H. Stratton
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 22,33 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780802135759
A 1998 Sundance Film Festival winner, "Slam"--set in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City and in the infamous Washington, D.C., city jail--presents a gritty, inspiring portrait of urban poverty and the redemptive power of art. The book includes the full screenplay, poetry from the film, behind-the-scenes diaries, and more.
Author : Dave Scheidt
Publisher : Oni Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 38,94 MB
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781637150221
DING DING DING! Enter the wrestling ring in this all-new graphic novel from Wrapped Up creators Dave Scheidt and Scoot McMahon! The Agents of S.L.A.M. aren’t your average professional wrestlers. They’re led by the fearless and famous Bruno Bravado and work for the president of the United States to protect people from all kinds of threats—both on Earth and in space! And they’ve just been joined by their newest recruit, Katie Jones, a twelve-year-old wrestling vlogger who just might know more about wrestling than the wrestlers themselves. S.L.A.M. will need Katie’s knowledge and skills if they’re going to keep protecting Earth, especially when their toughest rival challenges them!
