Original bestselling biography of the original band by former Creem editor and "World's Leading Authority on the Rock Group Kiss" Robert Duncan. Revealing encounters with Gene, Paul, Peter and Ace. Heroic tales of the hungry years. Handwriting analysis. Even comedy. Said a topknot-scratching Gene: "Robert really worked the strange stuff." First published in 1978, this unauthorized bio sold 400,000 copies around the world. Out-of-print for 25 years, and now a collectible, Robert Duncan's KISS is reissued here, with a new intro by the author, in print and, for the first time, e-book.
Unwittingly involved with rogue CIA agents and a woman bent on revenge, Alex Seacourt finds himself involved in a plot that threatens the world with a new deadly form of an AIDS virus.
This is a book about history, the media, and the history of the media.In four parts this book will go through how the past operates as an undercurrent in the present, analyze the operation of the media by specific case studies, outline a particular discipline; the history of the book, which provides a historical dimension to media studies, and lastly, to move outward from those considerations to a broad discussion of history itself and of history's neighbors within the human sciences.
Kiss & Sell- Writing for Advertising (Redesigned & Rekissed) is an exploration of all aspects of copywriting. The book discusses different subjects and media, from print and broadcast to interactive media, as well as tactics and strategies employed by copywriters. The text is supported by insightful interviews with leading practitioners and a wide variety of some of the most successful advertising copy ever produced. Kiss & Sell does not judge the work it uses to illustrate its various points. There are no right and wrong examples. Instead, the book helps students as well as professionals to distinguish between their tastes or preferences and an objective or critical reading of the examples.
ATF Agent Jack Donovan has two ambitions: take down cult leader Alex Gunderson after years of violent mayhem, and reconnect with his daughter Jessie, who has somehow managed to slip from his life. But, none of Jack's experience as a stellar cop or an absent father has prepared him for the unthinkable way these two parts of his life are about to collide.
Tiffany and Mark meet at a business dinner and immediately fall in love. After a whirl-wind romance and fairy tale wedding they start a family. After two children their family life is picture perfect. However, what should be an exciting and wonderful time becomes a nightmare. Someone is trying to kill them. Suddenly their friends begin to be murdered. One evening, Mark Jr. sees something that will change their lives forever, if anyone believes him. Could one of his own family members actually be an alien? Tiffany also begins having nightmares about things that could not have possibly happened to her body, or could they. She goes through hypnosis and discovers things too terrible to accept. Mark, acting on Mark Jr's information and Tiffany's hypnotic revelations, contacts the Air Force and convinces them of his theory. As they get closer to discovering the truth, they may have wished they never started investigating. Attempts on their lives becoming more frequent until no one can be trusted. How many of these genetically altered aliens exist, and who are they? Will mankind survive? Could the Air Force be involved, leading to a military cover-up and eliminating any substantial proof? Or is the Air Force actually trying to resolve this national threat? Who would you trust?
A simple, engaging, and eminently practical guide to overcoming your weaknesses—your "Buts"—to achieve the career and personal relationships you want Imagine a workplace where all the employees are aware of the things they do—or fail to do—that prevent them from being more productive and valuable. Imagine a company where everyone speaks openly and honestly about his or her weaknesses and is committed to strengthening and overcoming them. Imagine an environment where colleagues help one another become more efficient and less disruptive by speaking the truth about what detracts from the team's efforts and objectives. Imagine a place where the firm's most talented employees know exactly what they need to do to attain a leadership position. This is no fantasy workplace: it can be your business if you listen to Joe Azelby and Bob Azelby, brothers and successful executives in their own right. Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye will help all professionals find their individual BUT—whether it's a lack of skills, a distracting behavior, or a personality quirk that interferes with achieving success. Using road-tested techniques, Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye helps you examine your BUT, understand it, manage it, cover it, and most important, shrink it. It also enables managers to help their employees discover personal weaknesses and to learn how to deliver the direct, honest feedback every worker needs and deserves. Finding your BUT can be tough medicine, but the Azelbys deliver it with a tasty spoonful of sugar. Get ready for success . . . get ready to Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye.
Galectins are glycan-binding proteins implicated in intracellular signaling, cell–cell communication, cellular proliferation and survival. These endogenous lectins have emerged as key players in the tumor microenvironment. They are expressed and released by different cell types, including tumor, stromal, endothelial and immune cells. Galectins critically influence tumor progression by modulating tumor cell migration, invasiveness, angiogenesis and antitumor immune responses. Intracellularly, galectins modulate survival and proliferation and they interact with a variety of signaling pathways. Given these extracellular and intracellular functions and their regulated expression at sites of tumor growth and metastasis, galectins have stimulated great interest as relevant biomarkers and novel targets in cancer therapy.
Kiss & Sell: Writing for Advertising discusses different subjects and media, from print and broadcast to interactive media, as well as tactics and strategies employed by copywriters. Commentary, example and advice from leading players in the advertising world offer the aspiring professional important insight and meaningful guidance. Detailed explanations outline the aims of various work and how it was achieved. As a copywriter, your job is not to amuse or entertain, but rather to sell products. By examining the campaigns here, youll see why writing copy is as much a craft as it is an art, and, along the way, you'll learn how to succeed in this glamorous but cutthroat industry.
Original bestselling biography of the original band by former Creem editor and "World's Leading Authority on the Rock Group Kiss" Robert Duncan. Revealing encounters with Gene, Paul, Peter and Ace. Heroic tales of the hungry years. Handwriting analysis. Even comedy. Said a topknot-scratching Gene: "Robert really worked the strange stuff." First published in 1978, this unauthorized bio sold 400,000 copies around the world. Out-of-print for 25 years, and now a collectible, Robert Duncan's KISS is reissued here, with a new intro by the author, in print and, for the first time, e-book.
Based on true events, this is a story about a backpack trip taken on a whim. Sitting on a train preparing to leave Poland, the imagery and adventures of the journey are overlaid on the faces of two strangers standing on the platform saying goodbye. The tears, the miles and the forgotten are recounted amid some awkward situations and gentle reflection that end with The Kiss.
This book, along with Gospel Music Performance Practice and Technique Volume 1, is now being used in colleges, universities, and high schools and by educators worldwide as the primary required text book pertaining to the stylistic practices and techniques of Gospel Music.
This is Robert M. Chute's latest book of poems wherein he reflects through verse his current awareness of sexual physicality against a background of sixty-six years of family life, begun with a marriage at age twenty-one. Robert M. Chute is a native of Naples, Maine and was educated, according to Chute, with varying degrees of success, at Fryeburg Academy, the University of Maine, and Johns Hopkins University. He served in the U.S. Air Force in WWII. In 1962 at Bates College he was Chairman of the Biology Department. Wearing his scientific hat, he wrote Introduction to Biology and Environmental Insight both published by Harper and Row. During the 1960s he produced and edited a mimeograph poetry magazine, The Small Pond. Research in and Professing of Biology supported his poetry habit until retirement from Bates College in 1993. He received the Rhine Humanities Council chapbook award for Samuel Sewall Sails for Home and the Beloit Poetry Journal's Chad Walsh Award for the poem, "Heat Wave in Concord." Chute was awarded the 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. During the Vietnam War he ran as an independent protest candidate for the U. S. House and continues as an active supporter of Veterans for Peace.
Universal Studios created the first cinematic universe of monsters--Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy and others became household names during the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1950s, more modern monsters were created for the Atomic Age, including one-eyed globs from outer space, mutants from the planet Metaluna, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the 100-foot high horror known as Tarantula. This over-the-top history is the definitive retrospective on Universal's horror and science fiction movies of 1951-1955. Standing as a sequel to Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas and John Brunas's Universal Horrors (Second Edition, 2007), it covers eight films: The Strange Door, The Black Castle, It Came from Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, Cult of the Cobra and Tarantula. Each receives a richly detailed critical analysis, day-by-day production history, interviews with filmmakers, release information, an essay on the score, and many photographs, including rare behind-the-scenes shots.
Two young friends are separated by a tragic crossed spell, and with war looming, will they be able to find each other again? The rebels have amassed in the ancient Phaer city of Ulde. Amongst the throngs of seasoned warriors and new recruits, young Xemion is at a crossroads. He believes in the cause of his people, and his dream of being a swordfighter is now within reach, but without his warrior beloved, Saheli, by his side, he’s incomplete. The two young friends have been caught up in a tragic crossed spell — with one destined to always remember and the other to forget. But in the end jealousy, anger, and betrayal may decide the fate of the two friends. Can Xemion find Saheli before she’s lost to him forever?
This book contains proven approaches, ideas and schemes that come from attending many coaching clinics and from years of coaching experience. My intentions are to help you prepare your team in a positive and simplistic manner. In my book, you will complete a tried and proven system to attack and control the defense. These basic tools will help you prepare your players for success, regardless of your level of experiences as a coach or that of your athletes as less experienced players. Numbers, letters, and code-words are used throughout the book in order to facilitate communication between players and to their coaches. Always keep in mind that "If you fail to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Coach Robert "Bob" Gavette
A narrative poem about exile written on an epic scale and composed to describe the injustices that have been foisted upon millions of people across Europe over many generations.
This book contains proven approaches, ideas, and schemes that come from attending many coaching clinics and from years of coaching experience. My intentions are to help you prepare your team in a positive and simplistic manner. In my book, you will complete a tried and proven system to attack and control the defense. These basic tools will help you prepare your players for success, regardless of your level of experience as a coach or that of your athletes as less experienced players. Numbers, letters, and code words are used throughout the book in order to facilitate communication between players and to their coaches. Always keep in mind that if you fail to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
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