Learn about the human experience of loss of a loved one and coming to terms with the grief. A few years after losing his spouse, Bruce Walker spent the summer of 2012 touring Canada from Nova Scotia right across the country up to Dawson City and Whitehorse, Yukon. From there he traversed British Columbia, including his birthplace on Vancouver Island. With only his trusty Rav4, a foam mattress, his rooftop carrier and many memories, Bruce reconnected with places and people and even family he hadn’t seen in decades. And along the way he reconnected with himself and came to a life-altering realization: he was learning to live with the past rather than living in the past. Come along as Bruce explores Canada, revels in its beauty and finds his place in it as he enters the third act of his life – retirement and travel adventures. Bruce’s bucket list is a long one. And he keeps adding to it. But just maybe, you’ll find some of his destinations landing on your bucket list – like Tofino, Victoria, Nanaimo, Athabaska, Wawa, Thunder Bay, Gaspé, the 1,000 Islands…
The Marcellus Shale has been called the energy play of the century - five hundred trillion cubic feet of natural gas trapped within sixty million invisible acres from upstate New York to West Virginia. But the only way to get at it is via a controversial recovery technique that involves pumping millions of gallons of toxic chemicals into the earth called fracking.
DISCOVER:: How To LEARN Any Skills QUICK Have you ever heard the phrase, “you don’t know what you don’t know”? In school, we were taught to learn this and that. We learn just because we have to. Some of us can learn really quick and some of us aren’t. But it doesn't have to be this way; you can learn how to learn better. There are a variety of ways to do this, and I'll go through it in this guide, which you can apply right away. Start learning smarter, and you'll achieve much more. LEARN:: The Real Way to IMPROVE Your Memory You’ll discover and learn how to implement what is called the Visualization and Association. Have you ever seen “memory performers” on television? These are individuals who entertain – and astound – you with their amazing recall of items, facts, and figures. You’re no doubt watched one of these individuals and lamented you wished you had a memory even half as good. The truth of the matter is that they have done nothing that you can’t do yourself. They weren’t born with that amazing memory, they just learned and perfected the technique called “visualization and association” and very often called visualization. By learning this technique, you’ll be able to greatly accelerate the speed at which you’ll learn, The premise of this method is that the human brain can recall images far better and quicker than any other form of learning. What this book proposes at a surface level may not appear to make an impact in your life. But as you read and apply ideas from this book, you’ll begin to understand how changing the way you learn can change how you approach all problems in your everyday life. Would You Like To Know More? Download and Start Learning how to Learn! Scroll to the top of the page and select the buy button.
Have You Ever Wondered What Separated You From The Highly Successful People? Is it because of their "luck"? or could it be they were in the right place at the right time? While many people believe at least one of those circumstances to be the case, the truth of the matter is that the only difference which separates the highly successful from the rest of us is their daily routine and their mindset. It all can be summed up into one word: Habits Those who are sitting on the top of their game created a routine or a series of habits that nearly ensured their success. Not only that, but in many cases they transformed their bad habits into long-lasting good habits. DISCOVER: The Power of Your Habits Whether you realize it or not, your subconscious mind is always working, creating the world that you're telling it you see for yourself. There are universal laws governing the direction of our actions every day. Those who are attaining their dreams, achieving the success they envision and are experiencing abundance on a daily basis have learned how to make the universe work for them and not against them. With the help of this book, you can take the Universal Laws and align them with your subconscious to discover any series of habits, so you can easily attain your long-held goals. LEARN: Habits of Highly Successful People In this book, inspired and based upon many of the classic self-help books, like "Think and Grow Rich," you'll not only learn the secret habits of the wildly successful, but you'll discover the quickest way to implement them. You'll also learn in the process, what is causing your current situation and how you can begin to change it around immediately.
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on The House of Mirth takes you into the waning years of the Gilded Age and the moral bankruptcy of New York City's elite class. Edith Wharton's story of a woman—whose beauty causes men to desire to possess her and women to be jealous of her—reflects the complicated struggle of the individual against the social strictures of a powerful, and triumphant, moneyed class. This concise supplement to the satirically critical The House of Mirth, helps you understand the overall structure of the novel, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. Features that help you study include Chapter-by-chapter summaries and commentaries A character map that outline key characteristics and relationships Insightful character analyses A critical essay about the opulence and emptiness of the Gilded Age A review section that tests your knowledge Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
Advertising Manager Allan Corbett wants to fire his agency. On the eve of the most important product introduction in the history of pharmaceutical giant Carlton & Paxton -- the launch of a miraculous new anti-obesity drug -- he's decided for a variety of personal and professional reasons to put the billion-dollar assignment up for grabs. However, once he's asked the clowns to dance, his impulsive decision yields disastrous results. The story unfolds over twenty-eight days, propelled forward by the ridiculously tight timetable that the deeply troubled Corbett has imposed on the process. Sharing the same du monde noir as the TV-hit Mad Men, JESTERS' DANCE offers a riveting insider's view as the colorful characters that inhabit three competing agencies pull out all the stops in pursuit of the coveted prize. Steve Holiday leads the team from Lowenstein Holiday, the soon to be deposed incumbent. An immensely talented Creative Director in the twilight of a distinguished career, together with his hyper-aggressive partner Ira, he struggles to come to terms with the unfairness of his client's decision and the undeserved demands that it places on his people and himself. Lane McCarthy is the vivacious head of McCarthy & McCauley Interworld, a once ferociously independent advertising agency that has sold its soul to an international communications conglomerate. With ever increasing pressure to deliver a better bottom line, Lane is forced to take extreme measures in a desperate attempt to win the pitch. Enter Spence Playfair, the new business development officer at the brash young ad boutique, Boom. Corrupt to the core, Playfair is willing to do whatever it takes to elevate his upstart firm and come away with the win. A duplicitous schemer, he forms a manipulative bond with the prospective client that gives his agency an unfair advantage and threatens the integrity of the entire competition. As the novel's indelible characters and dangerous cross currents surge together, the plot takes a series of unexpected twists and turns -- all of which conspire to derail the billion-dollar promise of the amazing wonder drug and reshape the intertwined fates of everyone involved. Humorous, sexy and ghoulishly dark, JESTERS' DANCE is a playful study of the strong personalities, greedy impulses and cynical self-interest that drive the ad world. The themes explored are taken directly from headlines surrounding current problems with obesity in America and the perils of our society's obsession with weight control, dieting and body image.
This book contains an anthology of articles published in The Mainsheet, the newsletter of the Coastal Cruising Club of Australia. Bruce W Walker is a life member of the club, an experienced sailor, who designed and built his yacht, Aragunnu. The articles contain thoughts on yacht design, stories of cruising in the western pacific, book reviews of famous sailors and other thoughts
In the early 1870's, a man named Charley had a gold claim. Wells Fargo tried to buy the claim, but Charley wouldn't sell, so they bought the land around him and cut off his water. Unable to work the claim, Charley wrote to his wife and swore to get even--and he did. Between 1875 and 1883 he robbed Wells Fargo stagecoaches 28 times, as Black Bart.
DISCOVER:: How to ACTIVE Your Creative MindUpdated: 2018 MarchWhat does it mean to be limited to inside the box as opposed to being outside?The key, according to experts on the subject, is to apply creative thinking to your daily life. Perhaps up until this time, you've never really thought yourself a creative person. Many of us go through life thinking that the only people capable of creative thought are artists, writers and others who have been trained to apply this thought process in specific and sporadic circumstances. The truth of the matter is that every single one of us is capable of this type of thought. We've just allowed it to lie fallow, unused. When anything lies unused for so long, it may be difficult to stimulate it back to life.This book can help you to seek out answers to your everyday problems easier. You don't need to be an artist, a business executive or even a physicist or scientist to employ this immensely insightful thought process.LEARN:: The 2 Types of Thinking That will IMPROVE your problem solving skillYou'll discover and learn how to implement the two types of thinking skill that you should be using everyday: critical and lateral -- or out of the box thinking.Far too often we listen to the constraints of the outside world, the social standards of society and fail to use all of our resources to change even the smallest of circumstances in our lives. Now is the time to tackle problems in your life, from lack of space to starting a new career on a small budget or even relative-ship problems.What this book proposes at surface level may not appear to make an impact on your life. As you read it, though, you'll begin to understand how changing the way you view your circumstances can change how you approach all problems in your everyday life.Would You Like To Know More?Download and Start Activating Your Creative Thinking!Scroll to the top of the page and select the buy button.
Set in the tumultuous American Civil War, a young Confederate Naval Officer, John Kirk Fulbright, meets some of the most notable people of the time. With manpower shortages, he finds himself conscripted into service with the Army, where he serves throughout the Atlanta Campaign. As the war winds down, his family scattered across the land and his country is torn asunder, and hanging in the balance is the future of all. It will be up to the survivors to rebuild.
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, you explore Ken Kesey's best-known work, one that challenges the preconceived ideas of what constitutes sanity and insanity. A mistakenly undertaken power struggle in an insane asylum results in a suicide, a murder, and a liberation, and leaves the reader with a paradoxical feeling that both disturbs and pleases. This study guide carefully walks you through the novel by providing summaries and critical analyses of each section. You'll also explore the life and background of the author, Ken Kesey, and gain insight into how he came to write One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays on topics like the role of women and the comparison between the film and novel A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, you explore Ken Kesey's best-known work, one that challenges the preconceived ideas of what constitutes sanity and insanity. A mistakenly undertaken power struggle in an insane asylum results in a suicide, a murder, and a liberation, and leaves the reader with a paradoxical feeling that both disturbs and pleases. This study guide carefully walks you through the novel by providing summaries and critical analyses of each section. You'll also explore the life and background of the author, Ken Kesey, and gain insight into how he came to write One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of major players A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters Critical essays on topics like the role of women and the comparison between the film and novel A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
A comprehensive compilation of research techniques necessary for investigating the virology, immunology and molecular biology of HIV-1. Protocols are also provided which represent state of the art approaches to a wide spectrum of HIV related issues.
An innovative combination that incorporates a compact-sized travel guide with a convenient fold-out map provides in-depth coverage of the great cities of the world, featuring capsule reviews of recommended hotels, restaurants, shops, and nightlife options, as well as handy travel tips, fun facts, the twenty-five best things to see and do, Web sites, service information, and other useful sections.
The evil of Sinisterism, the Secular Religion of the Lie, is incompatible with the Judeo- Christian moral and philosophical system. One consequence of this is that Sinisterists try to persuade us that history shows the wrongness of Judeo-Christianity. In fact, real history, which is often covered by layers of Sinisterist defamation, shows precisely the opposite. Bolshevik Sinisterism, for example, warred against Jews just as Nazi Sinisterism warred against Christianity. Ultimately in this world, we are offered a number of false gods and goddesses-prosperity, health, science and the like-but embracing these leads eventually to the surrender of our world to some incarnation of Sinisterism.
Bruce Walker is a Truth seeker, unconstrained by political correctness and its conventional categories of analysis." Thomas Lifson, Publisher, American Thinker"One can expect three things from a work by Bruce Walker: clear reasoning, impeccable writing, and careful scholarship. Walker rarely disappoints." Larrey Anderson, Author, The Order of the Beloved and Underground: Life and Survival in the Russian Black Market"Luminous.....incandescent.....a stunning, searing indictment of today's politics.....a brilliant, deeply penetrating analysis of our current malaise?ǪA new star is shining in the literary heavens and its name is Walker." Herb Meyer, Former Vice Chairman, CIA National Intelligence Council, Publisher of Storm King Press "Bruce Walker has been, in my eyes, one of the most unswerving defenders and lovers of American freedom that I have ever had the privilege to know. It is, I think, your honor to enter his world." Michael Moriarity, Emmy and Tony award-winning actor "Bruces knowledge of history, his wry and subtle sense of humor, and his laser targeted analysis of the serious issues make this book intellectual candy most delicious." Steve Cates, Editor and Publisher, The Dakota Beacon
The Citypack map covers the city in detail, while the Citypack guide gives you just the information you need to experience the best of Washington, D.C. The city's top attractions and the must-see sights at each Itineraries for walks and excursions The best museums, churches, green spaces, children's activities, views, and more--the authors' top picks Offbeat sights even locals don't know Restaurants, hotels, shopping, and nightlife--an unabashedly opinionated selection, with pithy descriptions of each recommendation Best festivals and events Travel facts and tips on getting the most from your visit "The authors: Bruce Walker, passionate bicycler and restaurant-and-nightlife maven, works on the weekend section of" The Washington Post. "Mary Case writes and consults for the local arts community.
A native of the Oregon coast, Bruce Walker has collected more than 100 picture postcards of Tillamook, Newport, and the surrounding communities from 1905 to 1935. Real picture postcards, RPPC's, recorded both local historical events, like spectacular ship wrecks, and mundane everyday occurrences, like a family on a camping vacation. Only 100 years ago, the fastest mode of travel was horseback. Many communities on the Oregon coast could only be reached by boat. Postcards and letters were used for long-distance communications.Postcards, and the messages on them, which are included in the book, have left a glimpse of life on the Oregon coast at the beginning of the 20th century.During this period, Walker's family arrived in Oregon from Russia. A picture postcard of his mother competing in a Rockaway beauty pageant started his quest to find other images from these years on the Oregon coast.
In a word, Legacy Ridge is paradise. A gated Eden at the bottom of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is home to an assembly of newly minted millionaires and one the most magnificent golf courses ever built. Yet something is terribly rotten in this private preserve of the retired rich. Clayton Palmer Bennett is an unscrupulous real estate developer. Pete Strickland is the disillusioned and dissolute head pro. Arlene Bennett is the manipulative wife who has captured the hearts of both men. When a brilliant young golfer appears on the scene, long- held secrets and deeply buried lies are suddenly thrust into the light. A humorous satire of the gilded lives of the country club set, the story moves between past and present, exploring how interwoven fates can shape unexpected futures and ill-considered choices can have a lifetime of consequences.
Each map and pocket guide in this series provides essential information to get the most of your stay. Each guide lists the Top 25 sights plus a locator map, then takes you through the city, district by district, with localised shopping, entertainment and accommodation listings. Web addresses are given where available.
A pocket-sized city guide with a large-scale street map. AA CityPacks are specially designed for the short break city visitor. Organise your time with recommended day itineraries, walks and excursions. The Top 25 sights, arranged from west to east across the city, are highlighted and give you all the accompanying detail you need such as prices and opening times. The best features of the city are all described - galleries, museums, parks and much more. Information is presented in easy-reference lists - restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes, different types of shop, all kinds of nightlife - concerts, opera, cinemas, theatres, and places to stay to suit all budgets. Every guide comes with a separate street map and a protective plastic wallet.
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