As Reed and his friends consider revolting to escape the island, a traitor is sharing their plans with Gareth every step of the way. With the walls closing in on them, Reed and his allies must stay alive long enough to put their plan into motion. The War Design is Book #5 from Gladiator Island, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
One of Reed's closest allies has a secret, and it could destroy any chance Reed and his friends have of ever escaping the island. This person hasn't been what they've seemed since the very beginning, and will do anything they can to stop Reed and the others from leaving. The Triangle is Book #4 from Gladiator Island, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
The time for secrets is over as one of Reed's allies is revealed to him as the traitor. Shaken to his core by the betrayal, Reed begins to doubt nearly everyone's true intentions. How will Reed put a stop to the island's evil mastermind once and for all? The Revolt is Book #6 from Gladiator Island, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
Troubled teen Reed Mackenzie embarks on Ship Out, a three-month rehab program on a boat that sails around the world. When the kids are taken to a mysterious island against their will, things take a sinister turn, and Reed wonders if the strange place is part of the Ship Out program at all. The Arrival is Book #1 from Gladiator Island, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
Raised on the island, Chelsea must determine whose side she's on, and whether to join a group planning a daring revolt. As Chelsea tries to decipher who is telling the truth, she learns some of the island's biggest and most frightening secrets. The Creature is Book #3 from Gladiator Island, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
Still reeling from his first fight in the island's gladiator arena, Reed must figure out who he can trust in this nightmarish place. If Reed isn't able to determine a way off the island soon, he knows he'll eventually be pitted against Odin, a physical specimen and expert fighter, who's wanted Reed dead since the moment they met. The Main Event is Book #2 from Gladiator Island, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
Winner of the 2004 Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Social Interaction presented by the Media Ecology Association Drawing upon numerous influential thinkers of the twentieth century, including Heidegger, Bakhtin, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Goffman, Schrag, and Taylor, Selfhood and Authenticity articulates the phenomenological constitution by which social construction is a real possibility. Anton brings phenomenology and existential philosophy to wider audiences and makes complex insights refreshingly lucid by systematically radicalizing and integrating the notions of embodiment, sociality, symbolicity, and temporality.
The evidence pointed at three men, former deputies William McNew, James Gililland, and Oliver Lee. These three men, however, were very close with powerful ex-judge, lawyer, and politician Albert B. Fall. It was even said by some that Fall was the mastermind behind the plot to kill Fountain. Forced to wait two years for a change in the political landscape, Garrett finally presented his evidence to the court and secured indictments against the three suspects." "The trial took place in the secluded town of Hillsboro. The murders of the Fountains became an afterthought as the accused men, defended by their attorney Fall, pleaded innocence. Missing witnesses plagued the prosecution, and armed supporters of the defendants, who packed the courtroom, intimidated others. The verdict: not guilty.".
Today "The New Yorker" is one of a number of general-interest magazines published for a sophisticated audience, but in the post-World War II era the magazine occupied a truly significant niche of cultural authority. A self-selected community of 250,000 readers, who wanted to know how to look and sound cosmopolitan, found in its pages information about night spots and polo teams. They became conversant with English movies, Italian Communism, French wine, the bombing of the Bikini Atoll, pret-a-porter, and Caribbean vacations. A well-known critic lamented that "certain groups have come to communicate almost exclusively in references to the [magazine's] sacred writings." "The World through a Monocle" is a study of these "sacred writings." Mary Corey mines the magazine's editorial voice, journalism, fiction, advertisements, cartoons, and poetry to unearth the preoccupations, values, and conflicts of its readers, editors, and contributors. She delineates the effort to fuse liberal ideals with aspirations to high social status, finds the magazine's blind spots with regard to women and racial and ethnic stereotyping, and explores its abiding concern with elite consumption coupled with a contempt for mass production and popular advertising. Balancing the consumption of goods with a social conscience which prized goodness, the magazine managed to provide readers with what seemed like a coherent and comprehensive value system in an incoherent world. Viewing the world through a monocle, those who created "The New Yorker" and those who believed in it cultivated a uniquely powerful cultural institution serving an influential segment of the population. Corey's work illuminates this extraordinary enterprise in our social history.
Veteran undergraduate text, first published in 1978, for courses in applied psychology and personal development. Updated for the current edition are discussion of cultural and gender issues as they reflect on personal choice and behavior; much new material (AIDS, sexual harassment). Offers tools such as self-inventories, personal reflection sections, activities, and exercises. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Models and experiments for faster, less expensive manufacture of thermoplastic partsFocused on simulating thermal defects in thermoplasticsTechniques for better molds, tooling and equipment Book explains methods and coding to create FEM-based models to optimize process variables and predict dimensional distortions during the manufacture of thermoplastic matrix composite parts. After investigating defects, such as spring-in, caused by thermal inconsistencies during manufacture, the text offers a step-by-step approach to simulating and predicting the magnitude of distortion via readily available FE codes. Models are validated by testing using the example of a multi-staged roll-formed continuous thermoplastic woven laminate, which can be readily extended to a variety of mold geometries. Information in this book is intended to reduce the need for costly and time-consuming re-tooling in thermoplastic parts design.
Extensively illustrated and liberally laced with clinically helpful tools, Clinical Adult Neurology is an affordable reference for all clinicians and residents. With emphasis on diagnostic tools and strategies as well as management pearls and perils, Clinical Adult Neurology will meet the needs of all health care practitioners caring for patients with neurologic disorders. The book is organized into three sections, with Section 1 covering all aspects of neurologic evaluation, Section 2 describing common clinical problems in neurology, and Section 3 discussing all aspects of neurologic diseases. All sections and chapters emphasize the clinical approach to the patient with consistently useful pedagogical tools, including Features tables for diagnostic help with all neurologic diseases, Pearls and Perils boxes that represent pithy distillations of clinical wisdom from leading experts, Key Clinical Questions boxes that help clinicians frame patient diagnosis and management; and annotated bibliographies that highlight the most important references for further study. The book's organization, format, and features all stress the efficient and well-rationed use of medical care for patients with neurologic disease. Succinct content presentations make all information easy to locate and digest. The format will also be a helpful tool for those preparing for examinations. Highlights include: An emphasis on diagnosis, management, and all pertinent clinical issues Heavily illustrated Contributions by the foremost experts on all aspects of neurologic diseases Extensive use of clinically helpful tables, charts, and boxes with practical advice on all aspects of diagnosis and management
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