When did dinosaurs roam the earth? How did they live, and what happened to them? This great book and puzzle kit contains a 24-page paperback that explains all about these fascinating beasts: when they lived, how they evolved, their different types and habitats, and how they became extinct. T. Rex, the most famous dinosaur of all, is featured in the truly monster-size jigsaw puzzle that extends nearly four feet in length. Kids will learn everything they want to know about these prehistoric creatures and have loads of fun in the process.
Explore the questions our own human history evokes. Humanity doesn’t know enough about our own history and as a result we are set to fail as a species. We measure our ancestors by our curent understanding of technology. We can’t begin to fathom the feats they were able to accompolish, which far surpassed our own abilites. At first glance we can marvel at how far we’ve come as a species, but have we been paying attention? Have our efforts been in the best interest of all or might our hunger for more be our demise? Take a journey to investigate not only where we’ve been but will also let history serve as a warning to where we are going. Will we be able to survive ourselves and our own technological advancements? Can awareness save us or will it be too late?
For many, T. Rex founder Marc Bolan remains forever frozen in time as the poster boy of glam, the pop-rock genre he effectively launched with his March 1971 Top of the Pops appearance to promote 'Hot Love', the band's first number one single. To see Bolan only in this light is to view him through too narrow a focus. In John's Children he flirted with modernist art-rock. He sang folk songs of an otherworldly England in Tyrannosaurus Rex and became a teen idol while straddling the singles and album charts like a rock colossus and he also experimented with his unique brand of interstellar soul. Finally, he proclaimed himself 'the Godfather of Punk' and became its patron, touring with The Damned and giving several major new wave acts their first television exposure. This book examines all aspects of Bolan's career, from the genre-defying My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... through the transitional A Beard of Stars and T. Rex albums, the misunderstood Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow and the should-have-been comeback Futuristic Dragon. Along the way, it discusses Unicorn, the defining document of the Tyrannosaurus Rex years, and the essential T. Rex trilogy of Electric Warrior, The Slider and Tanx, arguing why they should be regarded as such.
Peter and Pattimari offer you two stories in one book: Johnny Plum Series and The Wizard and his travels where the characters venture out to explore strange and unusual places of the past; time-traveling in Evil Hawk's capsule. The Wizard is always there for people in trouble who need his help with his magical powers.
Toussaint, Montana isn't easily rattled, but an earthquake uncovers an ancient burial ground and the well-preserved bones of a primitive people. When an archeologist is found with a bullet in his back and a dinosaur tooth in his pocket, sometime sleuth Gabriel Du Pré steps in with the wisdom and vision of his Métis ancestors to uncover the answers. But while Indians, archeologists, and entrepreneurs battle for valuable land and the precious remains of a dinosaur, a predator more dangerous than the great T. Rex walks the Montana plains, hungry to strike again...
For homeowners building new decks or upgrading existing ones, or for builders and remodeling contractors looking for new ideas for their clients, this most complete and up-to-date book is packed with more than 300 inspiring photographs along with hundreds of design solutions and topnotch advice to help inform smart decisions.
Tiny T is a little T-rex. Trevor, the biggest and meanest tyrannosaurus bullies him a lot. It is not until Tiny T works together with Trevor to get out the cave that is sealed with falling rocks that Tiny T becomes friends to all the dinos.
Lets you track dinosaurs with the earliest fossil hunters and modern-day geologists. This book helps develop children's reading skills and general knowledge. It also features a rich vocabulary and challenging sentence structure.
For millennia we desired to believe that there was more, and for millennia someone was sure to tell us that yes, there was... but hopeful people had to take these prophets at their word. Their promise of salvation required a leap of faith. Simply Pay Attention offers an alternative to blind faith: humanity has at last shown that it is ready to explore that oft-imagined more, and there is no faith required to take that first step toward transcendence. Instead, salvation, eternal life, perfect joy, and all those other long-anticipated post-human events lie within reach of any person willing to do two simple things: pay attention, and be nice to each other. There is much to learn about the true creator of our universe, the power of thought energy, the true nature of our immortal souls. Simply Pay Attention opens the door to these, and more. There is so much more to being human than simply making it through each day. Simply Pay Attention shows you where to look for your more... the rest is up to you! 2nd Edition.
Wise, challenging and offering some unexpected laughter in the dark, this is a rational and insightful account of the sixth great extinction event. Peter Marren is a brilliant writer and a national treasure.' PATRICK BARKHAM 'Thoughtful, fascinating and very timely.' STEPHEN MOSS 'Important and thought-provoking.' CAROLINE LUCAS, GREEN PARTY MP 'Essential reading. Marren makes a page-turner out of Armageddon.' SIMON BARNES 'In his characteristic style Peter Marren has humanised the story of wildlife losses with humour and wit but also with his enormous knowledge and deep love for the living world.' MARK COCKER We are in the midst of an extinction event: the sixth mass extinction on earth and one entirely caused by mankind. All species become extinct sooner or later, but we have accelerated that natural process several hundredfold and now, it is happening right in front of our eyes. Extinction has a terrifying finality to it. And many species have already been lost to us forever; there is little we can do about that. What we can do, however, is reflect, remember, and ultimately acknowledge the unvarnished truth. We must see the natural world as it is, and not as we might want it to be. Our trajectory is one that has benefited one species alone - humankind. For all other beings, from mammals to fish, from birds to insects and coral, from plants to lichens and fungi, the future, for better or worse, is in our hands.
Donald Quimby is a prosecuting attorney with the Federal Trade Commission. Judged a nincompoop by his colleagues, his quixotic quest in life is to bring big business to heel in a radical restructuring of the American economy. Though longing for a wife and family, he refuses to commit to any woman because of the locker-room concern he has with what he calls his shortcoming. Sandra Panatella is Mr. Quimbys assistant. She is desperately in love with Mr. Quimby and believes he loves her back. Unaware of his psychological hang-up, she cant understand why he refuses to take her in his arms to do a mans business. Arnold Armentrout is a smart, hard-driving CEO of Apple-A-Day Packing, Inc., a fast-growing diversified food company. When the company was in financial peril some years back, he entered a conspiracy with Professor Charles Kozicki to rig the prices paid to the Pacific Northwest apple growers. (Professor Kozicki is an influential consultant to the Pacific Northwest Apple Growers Cooperative, a bargaining association.) Mr. Armentrout owes his position with the company to his marriage to the major stockholders daughter Louise. He is dissatisfied with his marriage in part because of his wifes hearty appetite for no-frills sex. He longs for a love life with greater subtlety, tenderness, and beauty, where, he tells himself one day on the way to work, lovemaking is a bond not a bang. Steven Burt is an ambitious and conniving vice-president of Apple-A-Day Packing. He plots with his wife Peggy to destroy Armentrout and take over the company. The novels characters collide when a corrupt U.S. senator, to placate a right-wing congresswoman from Idaho, with whom hes having an affair, secretly pressures the Federal Trade Commission into filing a complaint charging Apple-A-Day Packing with attempting to monopolize the processed potato business. Donald Quimby is chosen to lead the prosecutorial team because the FTC leadership doubts that any of its other attorneys wold take charge of a case so devoid of merit. (The FTC has no knowledge of Arnold Armentrouts conspiracy to rig prices paid to apple growers.) Arnold Armentrout is both enraged and terrified, enraged because he knows the charge against his company is bogus; terrified on the one-thing-leads-to-another principle. If the FTC prosecutors investigate his companys position in the processed potato business, mightnt they find out about his conspiracy to fix apple prices? Which would likely land him in jail? When Donald Quimby and his team of prosecutors arrive in Seattle to take depositions, the Burts spring their plot to upend Mr. Armentrout. The lives of the novels protagonists are soon strewn with confusion, guilt, broken hearts, and wounded pride. Solemn legal proceedings eventually give way to a comic wrestling match in which Quimby and Armentrout, confused but nonetheless fighting doggedly for the women they love, learn to bear lifes desperation with both a little more understanding and a little less disquiet.
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A sleazy, neon- and grease-stuffed chronicle of London’s rock scene during the pivotal year of 1972—from Marc Bolan to the New York Dolls. Elvis, Eddie, Chuck, Gene, Buddy, and Little Richard were the original rockers. Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones, and the Who formed rock’s second coming. As the 1960s turned into the 1970s, the crucial question was who would lead rock ’n’ roll’s third generation? Pin-Ups 1972 tracks the London music scene during this pivotal year, all Soho sleaze, neon, grease, and leather. It begins with the dissolution of the underground and the chart success of Marc Bolan. T. Rextasy formed the backdrop to Lou Reed and Iggy Pop’s British exile and their collaborations with David Bowie. This was the year Bowie became a star and redefined the teenage wasteland. In his wake followed Roxy Music and the New York Dolls, future-tense rock ’n’ roll revivalists. Bowie, Bolan, Iggy, Lou, Roxy, and the Dolls—pin-ups for a new generation.
This volume builds upon the foundations set in Volumes 1 and 2. Chapter 13 introduces the basic concepts of stochastic control and dynamic programming as the fundamental means of synthesizing optimal stochastic control laws.
As green awareness spreads over middle America, more and more people want to have a fun, environmentally responsible holiday. Green Christmas shows how to enjoy the Christmas season while leaving a smaller carbon footprint. Readers will learn how to do the following: choose between a real tree and an artificial one find alternatives to holiday cards avoid the holiday catalog crunch find or make gifts that are green or teach green have warm, cozy green fires create eco-responsible lighting displays and more! Readers can have a great holiday celebration—while caring for the planet and setting a great example for generations to come.
Now that the Dow-Jones Average has climbed above 12,000, you probably feel a bit better about taking risks. But where should you put your money? Just how safe is aggressive investment, anyway? If you want to rebuild your portfolio after the losses of the past few years, here's your essential guide to investing in high-performance stocks. The authors list detailed information on potentially top-yielding stocks, along with suggestions on how to balance your portfolio to minimize exposure and ensure the best possible returns. Here you'll find information on how to define an aggressive stock, what to watch for in financials, managing risk with a tiered portfolio, how to play tailwinds, and the most important parts of your buying decisions. Today, the market is surging. Investors are watching attentively, ready to jump. Now you can dive in on the next big thing. This book will guide you safely to it.
Professional organizer Peter Walsh presents this witty and enormously practical guide to getting it—and keeping it—all together. With more than 500 easy-to-follow how-to instructions, How to Organize (Just About) Everything is packed with shrewd advice and insider tips to make your home, your workplace—indeed, every imaginable aspect of your life—run more smoothly. Step-by-step solutions help even the most organizationally challenged take on: Kids Schedules Storage Photos Lists Politics Education Remodels Meals Weddings Finances Holidays Parties Vacations Emergencies
The 2020 edition of the 100 Best Stocks series picks the top stocks for you to buy based on authors Peter Sander and Scott Bobo’s value-investing philosophy, the same philosophy followed by Warren Buffett. Even though the economy is in constant flux, there are still plenty of opportunities for smart investors to make a profit. The 100 Best Stocks to Buy in 2020 demonstrates how to protect your money with stock picks that have consistently performed. In their easy-to-understand and highly practical language, authors Peter Sander and Scott Bobo clearly explain their value-investing philosophy, as well as offer low-volatility investing tips and advice to finding stocks that consistently perform and pay dividends. The 100 Best Stocks to Buy in 2020 is an essential guidebook for anyone looking to invest in today’s market providing a proven source of solid, dependable advice you can take to the bank.
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