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Feeling Machines

Japanese Robotics and the Global Entanglements of More-Than-Human Care

By: Shawn Bender

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Feeling Machines

Japanese Robotics and the Global Entanglements of More-Than-Human Care

By: Shawn Bender

In recent years, debates over healthcare have accompanied rapid advances in technology, from the expansion of telehealth services to artificial intelligence driven diagnostics. In this book, Shawn Bender delves into the world of Japanese robots engineered for care. Care robots (kaigo robotto) emerged early in the 21st century, when roboticists began converting assembly line technologies into responsive machines for older adults and people with disabilities. These robots are meant to be felt and programmed to feel. While some greet them with enthusiasm, others fear that they might replace a fundamentally human task. Based on fieldwork in Japan, Denmark, and Germany, Bender traces the emergence of care robots in Japan and examines their impact on therapeutic practice around the world. Social science scholarship on robotics tends to be either speculative—imagining life together with robots—or experimental—observing robot-human interaction in laboratories or through short-term field studies. Instead, Bender follows roboticists developing technologies in Japan, and travels with the robots themselves into everyday sites of care, tracking the integration of robots into institutional care and the connection of care practice to robotics development. By exploring the application of Japanese robotics across the globe, Feeling Machines highlights the entanglements of therapeutic practice and technological innovation in an age of more-than-human care.

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Stanford University Press

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1503641163

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Taiko Boom

Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion

By: Shawn Bender

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Taiko Boom

Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion

By: Shawn Bender

With its thunderous sounds and dazzling choreography, Japanese taiko drumming has captivated audiences in Japan and across the world, making it one of the most successful performing arts to emerge from Japan in the past century. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted among taiko groups in Japan, Taiko Boom explores the origins of taiko in the early postwar period and its popularization over the following decades of rapid economic growth in Japan’s cities and countryside. Building on the insights of globalization studies, the book argues that taiko developed within and has come to express new forms of communal association in a Japan increasingly engaged with global cultural flows. While its popularity has created new opportunities for Japanese to participate in community life, this study also reveals how the discourses and practices of taiko drummers dramatize tensions inherent in Japanese conceptions of race, the body, gender, authenticity, and locality.

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Univ of California Press

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0520951433

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9780520951433

Connecting the West

Historic Railroad Stops and Stage Stations in Elko County, Nevada

By: Shawn Hall

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Connecting the West

Historic Railroad Stops and Stage Stations in Elko County, Nevada

By: Shawn Hall

Shawn Hall's immensely popular guidebooks to Nevada ghost towns have become essential resources for backcountry explorers and scholars alike. Now Hall returns to Elko County to survey the county's railroad and stage stations, as well as other sites not included in his earlier survey of this colorful section of the state. As in his earlier volumes, Hall includes a history of each site he lists, along with period and contemporary photographs, directions for locating the sites, and an assessment of their present condition. His historical accounts, based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, are both scholarly and engaging, rich in anecdotes and personalities, and in the fascinating minutia of history often ignored by more academic writers. Shawn Hall's dedication to documenting Nevada's thousands of historic sites has enriched our knowledge of the state's relatively brief but very eventful past. Connecting the West is a worthy addition to Hall's remarkable efforts to preserve the state's history.

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University of Nevada Press

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0874175615

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9780874175615

The Street Is Ours

Community, the Car, and the Nature of Public Space in Rio de Janeiro

By: Shawn William Miller

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The Street Is Ours

Community, the Car, and the Nature of Public Space in Rio de Janeiro

By: Shawn William Miller

A compelling history of the impact of automobiles on the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108426972

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Old Heart Of Nevada

Ghost Towns And Mining Camps Of Elko County

By: Shawn Hall

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Old Heart Of Nevada

Ghost Towns And Mining Camps Of Elko County

By: Shawn Hall

Elko County, in the old heart of Nevada, is rich in historic sites, many of them hitherto uncharted and some verging on disappearing. For the first time, historian Shawn Hall identifies and locates the ghost towns and old mining camps of Elko County and recounts their colorful histories. Following a guidebook format, Hall divides the county into five easily accessible regions, then lists the historic sites within each region and provides directions to reach them. He offers a brief history of each site as well as a description of its extant structures and their present condition. The result is a lively compilation of local history and mining and ranching lore that records the dramatic past of Nevada’s northeast corner, its pioneers and prospectors, its towns and mines, its outlaws, ranchers, merchants, mining concerns, and civic leaders. The book offers never-before available information about the old heart of Nevada and the people who settled there. It will be of enduring value to tourists and weekend explorers, historic preservationists, and all those interested in the history and artifacts of this region.

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University of Nevada Press

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0874174090

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9780874174090

The Stories That Make Us

By: Shawn Gale

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The Stories That Make Us

By: Shawn Gale

The Stories That Make Us There is something for everyone in this debut collection of nine compelling short stories. With a myriad of universal themes, Shawn Gale demonstrates that he knows a thing or two—or maybe three or four—about the art of storytelling. Offering a lineup of varied, colourful characters, The Stories That Make Us spans from World War II to the present, from love to hate, and from joy to anguish—and everything in between. In this rare gem of a collection, you feel as if you're living in the skin of its characters. And when the epiphanies come—for better or for worse—they ring like hammer blows upon the forge of life. Gutsy, nuanced, and thought-provoking writing by an author who's been to those dark places from which few seldom return. The Stories That Make Us is literary writing at its finest. It's a contemporary collection sure to become a classic. There is so very much... "Shawn's writing brings the reader into his world substantially and sensually, through his use of lingo, emotions, tangible textures and imagery." -Whistler Independent Book Awards 92/100

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Xlibris Corporation

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151440527X

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9781514405277

Beer Crafts

Making the Most of Your Cans, Bottle Caps, and Labels

By: Shawn Gascoyne-Bowman

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Beer Crafts

Making the Most of Your Cans, Bottle Caps, and Labels

By: Shawn Gascoyne-Bowman

While author and crafter extraordinaire Shawn Bowman would like to think she came up with the idea on her own, inspiration really came from her eight-year-old daughter, who spent a summer obsessed with making jewelry out of her parents' discarded bottle caps. Finding the note on her desk, “My crafting involves you to open a beer,” the author had what can only be called an epiphany: “ALL crafting should involve me opening a beer.” She raised her daughter’s allowance, and set down to writing this book. But first, she opened a beer. Beer Crafts shows you how to repurpose not just the caps but also labels, bottles, and even cans into useful, hip, and quirky items — from attention-getting (if not downright sexy) garter belts to the classic crochet beer can hat, to beer bottle tags, to refrigerator magnets, and more. The projects are super fun, easy to make (even for a first-time crafter), and most of the supplies are things you probably already have on hand or chilling in the fridge. Beer Crafts has jewelry and accessories for guys and gals. From cowboy hats made from beer case boxes and masculine bottle label belt buckles and wallets to flowery bottle top flip-flops and cute-as-a-button beer cap headbands, there’s a little something for everyone — even beer can jackets for the family dog! Beer bottles themselves get dressed up with insulating crochet cozies and fancy charm necklaces, ending all arguments over whose drink is whose, when they’re all clearly marked “mine”! There are even funky home decor projects, including candle holders, patio lanterns, bird feeders, and a memo board. And with plenty of beer quotes and trivia, Beer Crafts is recommended bar reading for those who don't craft. Tie one on — then braid it, glue it, and embellish it — with Beer Crafts.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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1449440800

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9781449440800

20 20 Smart Lists

By: Shawn Holley

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20 20 Smart Lists

By: Shawn Holley

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Page Publishing Inc

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1635684765

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9781635684766

My Pet Virus

The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure

By: Shawn Decker

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My Pet Virus

The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure

By: Shawn Decker

Iwas destined for a life of medical drama from day one," begins this comic memoir with a mission. "I was born in the month of July, and my horoscope sign is a disease (Cancer). The symbol for Cancer? A crab (the sexually transmitted critter). Not only that, my parents named me Shawn Timothy Decker, which makes my initials S.T.D. Shawn Decker isn't quite the All-American boy. Sure, he gets caught shoplifting copies of Penthouse; is crazy about prowrestling, especially "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair; and never has a problem getting dates. But he's also a hemophiliac who discovers, at age eleven, that he has contracted HIV from tainted blood products. Instead of becoming self-pitying and dying (as first predicted), Shawn develops a twisted sense of humor, meets Depeche Mode through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and writes on blogs and in Poz magazine about what it's like being hetero and HIV-positive in rural Virginia. He also turns to gay men for advice on dating women and, almost twenty years after getting HIV, marries Gwenn Barringer, who is HIV-negative and a former competitor for the title of Miss Virginia. Together Shawn and Gwenn travel the country, speaking to high school and college kids about how to live and love with HIV (and how to avoid getting it).

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Penguin

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1585425257

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9781585425259

Psych's Guide to Crime Fighting for the Totally Unqualified

By: Shawn Spencer

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Psych's Guide to Crime Fighting for the Totally Unqualified

By: Shawn Spencer

GOT A MYSTERY TO SOLVE? DON'T GET STUMPED. GET PSYCHED! You've seen him solve unsolvable crimes, stop unstoppable killers, and consume unconsumable breakfast cereals. Now Shawn Spencer, the mastermind from TV's hit show Psych, shows you how to become a fake psychic-and a real detective-using his patented methods of crime-fighting awesomeness. Along the way, he'll help you deal with whiny sidekicks (that means you, Gus), interfering police officers (including but not limited to Chief Vick, Lassiter, Henry, Buzz MacNab, and, ah, Juliet), and flashes of genius (like Evel Knievel's white leather jumpsuit). You'll discover: How to set up a totally bitchin' office, where Wednesday = Ladies Night How to convince your sidekick that he's really your partner How to pick up women at a crime scene Shawn's Stakeout Survival Guide, including sensible snacks Gus's Scream-and-Run Method for confronting criminals Unsolved mysteries like who stole Shawn's Sno-Caps in third grade The ideal sleuth car: Magnum, P.I.'s Ferrari or Knight Rider's K.I.T.T.? Who should play Shawn in the movie of his life: Christian Bale or Don Cheadle? New names for detectives, such as Rico Solvé and Sherlock Homeboy . . . and way more cool stuff. Packed with insane pop quizzes, unbelievable case studies, unflattering photos, and off-the-chart charts, this all-in-one guide will have you solving crimes and catching crooks like a pro-even if you don't have a clue.

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Grand Central Publishing

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1455512850

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Sleep Smarter

21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success

By: Shawn Stevenson

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Sleep Smarter

21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success

By: Shawn Stevenson

When it comes to health, there is one criminally overlooked element: sleep. Good sleep helps you shed fat for good, stave off disease, stay productive, and improve virtually every function of your mind and body. That’s what Shawn Stevenson learned when a degenerative bone disease crushed his dream of becoming a professional athlete. Like many of us, he gave up on his health and his body, until he decided there must be a better way. Through better sleep and optimized nutrition, Stevenson not only healed his body but also achieved fitness and business goals he never thought possible. In Sleep Smarter, Stevenson shares easy tips and tricks to discover the best sleep and best health of your life. With his 14-Day Sleep Makeover, you’ll learn how to create the ideal sleep sanctuary, how to hack sunlight to regulate your circadian rhythms, which clinically proven sleep nutrients and supplements you need, and stress-reduction exercises and fitness tips to keep you mentally and physically sharp. Sleep Smarter is the ultimate guide to sleeping better, feeling refreshed, and achieving a healthier, happier life.

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Rodale Books

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1623367409

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9781623367404

Family Secrets

A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 1

By: Shawn McGuire

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Family Secrets

A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 1

By: Shawn McGuire

Welcome to Whispering Pines, Wisconsin. A place for those who don’t belong. Sixteen years after a family feud drove her from the cozy Northwoods village of Whispering Pines, Wisconsin, former detective Jayne O'Shea returns to prepare her grandparents' lake house for sale. Once there, not only does she find that the house has been trashed, her dog discovers a dead body in the backyard. Jayne intends to stay out of it, but when it becomes obvious the sheriff isn't interested in investigating the death, Jayne can't stop herself. Her list of suspects grows faster than the plants in the commons' pentacle garden. Could it be the local Wiccan green witch with her stash of deadly plants? The shopkeeper who slips into trances and foretells death? The visitor determined to practice black magic? What Jayne knows for sure is that the closer she gets to solving this crime, the more the sheriff wants her to back off. And when a local fortune teller provides a crucial clue, Jayne knows it's up to her to solve this murder.

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Brown Bag Books

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1963255046

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9781963255041

My Five Cents

By: Shawn Richmor

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My Five Cents

By: Shawn Richmor

Ollie’s granny tells him if he uses his five cents wisely, he will be very, very happy. Ollie wants to be happy, and his granny is very smart, so he makes a plan. He takes his five cents to Mr. Rubin’s candy store and buys five candies for one cent each. Then he goes to school, and during playtime, he sells the candies for two cents each. Now he has ten cents instead of five. He has used his five cents wisely. The next day, Ollie uses the money he made to buy ten more candies for one cent each and sells them for two cents each. He makes more and more money every day. And every day he buys more candies and has to work harder to sell them. He doesn’t have any time to play and have fun. Ollie is not very happy. In fact, Ollie is very unhappy. But Granny is very smart, so Ollie keeps doing it. Why has Granny told Ollie that using his five cents wisely would make him very, very happy? Ollie is doing what she said he should do, but he is not happy. Is it possible Granny could be wrong? Will Ollie ever be happy?

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FriesenPress

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1039183182

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Romancing Nevada'S Past

Ghost Towns And Historic Sites Of Eureka, Lander, And White Pine Counties

By: Shawn Hall

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Romancing Nevada'S Past

Ghost Towns And Historic Sites Of Eureka, Lander, And White Pine Counties

By: Shawn Hall

Drawing on county records, newspaper microfilm, personal interviews, and on-site investigation, Hall provides the reader with a history of 175 significant sites, rendering a treasury of interesting facts on every page. This book blends history and old photographs with an update on the present condition of each ghost town or landmark. The sites and towns are arranged alphabetically, county by county, for quick reference.

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University of Nevada Press

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0874170109

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9780874170108

Short Days, Long Nights

By: Shawn Scuefield

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Short Days, Long Nights

By: Shawn Scuefield

What happens when the ordinary clashes with the extraordinary? Or when fear and wonder intersect with the eeriness of the inexplicable? In The Resurrection Man: A strangers visit to a small town turns the lives of its residents upside down as dark days from the past are revisited and suddenly dead no longer really means deadIn Nameless, Faceless: After nightmares begin plaguing Eric Meecham, ruining his relationships and leaving him questioning his sanity, he turns to a beautiful psychiatrist to lead him to the truth behind the dreams, but is he ready to face it? In The Driver: The rocky marriage of Howard and Mora Mitchell has been hanging by a thread for years. Now, after a night of bad decisions it is barreling full speed towards a tragic ending. In The Welcomers: Mia Shaw and David Payne embark upon what was to be an uneventful road trip, until they stop in an obscure town inhabited only by the elderly and an ancient evil that doesnt want them to leaveIn Love thy Neighbor, Or in the Very Least, Pretend: Conman Royal Gaines finds these are words to live by when he discovers the dark secret owned by his latest markIn One Step Forwards, Two Steps Back: Down on his luck Jake McCabe grapples with the revelation that the choices hes made to better his own future, seem to have doomed the future of all mankind. Short Days, Long Nights takes you on a journey through the dark and unknown.

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Archway Publishing

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1480861227

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9781480861220

The Ones Who Hit the Hardest

The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul

By: Chad Millman,Shawn Coyne

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The Ones Who Hit the Hardest

The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul

By: Chad Millman,Shawn Coyne

A stirring portrait of the decade when the Steelers became the greatest team in NFL history, even as Pittsburgh was crumbling around them. In the 1970s, the city of Pittsburgh was in need of heroes. In that decade the steel industry, long the lifeblood of the city, went into massive decline, putting 150,000 steelworkers out of work. And then the unthinkable happened: The Pittsburgh Steelers, perennial also-rans in the NFL, rose up to become the most feared team in the league, dominating opponents with their famed "Steel Curtain" defense, winning four Super Bowls in six years, and lifting the spirits of a city on the brink. In The Ones Who Hit the Hardest, Chad Millman and Shawn Coyne trace the rise of the Steelers amidst the backdrop of the fading city they fought for, bringing to life characters such as: Art Rooney, the owner of the team so beloved by Pittsburgh that he was known simply as "The Chief"; Chuck Noll, the headstrong coach who used the ethos of steelworkers to motivate his players; Terry Bradshaw, the strong-armed and underestimated QB; Joe Green, the defensive tackle whose fighting nature lifted the franchise; and Jack Lambert, the linebacker whose snarling, toothless grin embodied the Pittsburgh defense. Every story needs a villain, and in this one it's played by the Dallas Cowboys. As Pittsburgh rusted, the new and glittering metropolis of Dallas, rich from the capital infusion of oil revenue, signaled the future of America. Indeed, the town brimmed with such confidence that the Cowboys felt comfortable nicknaming themselves "America's Team." Throughout the 1970s, the teams jostled for control of the NFL-the Cowboys doing it with finesse and the Steelers doing it with brawn-culminating in Super Bowl XIII in 1979, when the aging Steelers attempted to hold off the Cowboys one last time. Thoroughly researched and grippingly written, The Ones Who Hit the Hardest is a stirring tribute to a city, a team, and an era.

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110145993X

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Diary of a Serial Killer

By: Shawn William Davis

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Diary of a Serial Killer

By: Shawn William Davis

He looks like the boy next door. He could be the young man dating your daughter or sister. He could be the boy who cuts your lawn. He considers himself an artist, creating twisted art using human canvases. Leaving a trail of once beautiful, but now shattered female bodies in his wake, he always stays one step ahead of the police. He is highly organized. He is highly motivated. He has been operating with impunity for years. He does not believe he can be caught. And the body count is rising...

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FriesenPress

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1460235630

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Whistleblowers: True Patriots of Humanity

By: Shawn Alli

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Whistleblowers: True Patriots of Humanity

By: Shawn Alli

Whistleblowers are the gatekeepers who holds the keys of the kingdom in their pockets, and capable of revolutionizing all of humanity.The idea that patriotism is a concept limited to ones government and implies obedience to them is equal to propaganda on steroids. Generational, societal, political, social and religious conditioning reaches into the minds of whole populations and enslaves them in a dreamlike state. Whistleblowers are paradigm shifters who are capable of waking up the masses. And it’s high time that the masses wake up, take responsibility for their lapse in judgement, and hold corrupt governments/officials accountable for their actions. In Whistleblowers: True Patriots of Humanity, you’ll learn:How to blow the whistle safely with various frameworks and methodologies.How to separate the real whistleblowers from the celebrity ones using the Standard Whistleblowing Criterion.Understand the dynamics of the conspiracy theory movement.Why many Five Eyes government constitutions and oaths of allegiance are invalid.Understand the US and UK government’s war against journalists.How mainstream media and alternative media outlets can redefine themselves in the 21st century.

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Shawn Alli

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0991718275

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9780991718276

The User's Guide to the Human Mind

Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do about It

By: Shawn T. Smith

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The User's Guide to the Human Mind

Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do about It

By: Shawn T. Smith

Your mind is not built to make you happy; it’s built to help you survive. So far, it’s done a great job! But in the process, it may have developed some bad habits, like avoiding new experiences or scrounging around for problems where none exist. Is it any wonder that worry, bad moods, and self-critical thoughts so often get in the way of enjoying life? Based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), The User’s Guide to the Human Mind is a road map to the puzzling inner workings of the human mind, replete with exercises for overriding the mind’s natural impulses toward worry, self-criticism, and fear, and helpful tips for acting in the service of your values and emotional well-being—even when your mind has other plans. •Find out how your mind tries to limit your behavior and your potential •Discover how pessimism functions as your mind’s error management system •Learn why you shouldn’t believe everything you think •Overrule your thoughts and feelings and take charge of your mind and your life

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New Harbinger Publications

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160882604X

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9781608826049

Asleep at Work

Thoughts on Surviving in the Ever-Changing Workplace

By: Shawn P. McCann

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Asleep at Work

Thoughts on Surviving in the Ever-Changing Workplace

By: Shawn P. McCann

Utilize the themes in this book, and the floodgates of peace and understanding can open up to you. You can have peace at work, be happier, calm, and most of all, have a better understanding of why people act the way they do in the workplace. Start reading today. You have nothing to lose and a lifetime of success at work to gain. Heres what others are saying about Asleep at Work: Shawn McCanns ability to identify structural challenges within organizations and applying them to real stories is superb. Wherever you may fall in the organizational chart, Asleep at Work will help with reclaiming your goals, identifying obstacles and challenges to create a better CEO, director, manager and/or employee. Jermaine Alexander, Program Manager, Texas A&M University This book illuminates the simplicity of resolving seemingly complex professional dilemmas by approaching solutions from our personal core values and truths. Monica Smith Baisden, Senior HR/OD Consultant, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Asleep at Work provides a great blend of reality, wit, and encouragement to break through and be true to ourselves. It prods us to wake up and smell the coffee in our work life Felicia Whitford, Director, Recruiting, Hunter and Sage Shawns analysis is insightful and wise. This book will be of value to veterans in the business world as well as to newcomers. His technique of illustrating with personal anecdotes makes the book easy to read and highly effective. Dr. Barbara Huval, Ph.D. Lamar State College

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BalboaPress

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1452563608

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9781452563602

Ready, Steady, Go!

The Smashing Rise and Giddy Fall of Swinging London

By: Shawn Levy

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Ready, Steady, Go!

The Smashing Rise and Giddy Fall of Swinging London

By: Shawn Levy

It’s the summer of 1966... The fundamental old ways: chastity, rationality, harmony, sobriety, even democracy: blasted to nothing or crumbling under siege. The city glows. It echoes. It pulses. It bleeds pastel and fuzzy, spicy, paisley and soft. This is how it's always going to be: smashing clothes, brilliant music, easy sex, eternal youth, the eyes of everybody, everyone's first thought, the top of the world, right here, right now: Swinging London. Shawn Levy has a genius for unearthing the secret history of popular culture. The Los Angeles Times called King of Comedy, his biography of Jerry Lewis, "a model of what a celebrity bio ought to be–smart, knowing, insightful, often funny, full of fascinating insiders' stories," and the Boston Globe declared that Rat Pack Confidential "evokes the time in question with the power of a novel, as well as James Ellroy's American Tabloid and better by far than Don DeLillo's Underworld." In Ready, Steady, Go! Levy captures the spirit of the sixties in all its exuberance. A portrait of London from roughly 1961 to 1969, it chronicles the explosion of creativity–in art, music and fashion–and the revolutions–sexual, social and political–that reshaped the world. Levy deftly blends the enthusiasm of a fan, the discerning eye of a social critic and a historian's objectivity as he re-creates the hectic pace and daring experimentation of the times–from the utter transformation of rock 'n' roll by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to the new aesthetics introduced by fashion designers like Mary Quant, haircutters like Vidal Sassoon, photographers like David Bailey, actors like Michael Caine and Terence Stamp and filmmakers like Richard Lester and Nicolas Roeg to the wild clothing shops and cutting-edge clubs that made Carnaby Street and King's Road the hippest thoroughfares in the world. Spiced with the reminiscences of some of the leading icons of that period, their fans and followers, and featuring a photographic gallery of well-known faces and far-out fashions, Ready, Steady, Go! is an irresistible re-creation of a time and place that seemed almost impossibly fun.

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Crown

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0767905881

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9780767905886

The Old Mr. Hanson Trilogies

And Other Stories

By: Shawn-Paul Allison

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The Old Mr. Hanson Trilogies

And Other Stories

By: Shawn-Paul Allison

As he quietly walked along the pier shortly before sunset, he felt the evening breeze start to pick up and blow the humid air into the palm trees. He could hear the rustle of the wind through the live oaks. His cane steadied him on the uneven planks of the narrow pier as he approached the solitary figure sitting at the end. Meet Mr. Hanson, a spry old codger who has a way of following murder, mayhem, chaos, and affairs of the heart anywhere between Europe and Shea's Cove on the Indian River. Decked out in his red baseball cap with the Gothic H, his brown sweater, and scuffed shoes, Mr. Hanson is ready to travel and enjoy life, but the world always intrudes. This eclectic collection of short stories teases and surprises, but old Mr. Hanson never disappoints. He shuts the doors to his past and forges ahead to a bright future. He even finds dignity lying in the middle of St. Mark's Square after a pigeon attack. And on a snowy Christmas Eve, he helps drive away depression on a tour bus in Salzburg. Come meet this tenacious little man and his friends who never fear what tomorrow might bring!

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Persuasion in Your Life

By: Shawn T. Wahl,Eric Morris

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Persuasion in Your Life

By: Shawn T. Wahl,Eric Morris

Persuasion in Your Life, 2nd Edition speaks directly to the student by focusing on real-life experiences, from critically viewing persuasive public campaigns to making business and health care decisions. This new edition concludes with a new chapter on the assessment of persuasive messages. It also features new chapter-opening vignettes that immediately apply concepts to daily life, as well as "What You’ve Learned" reviews for comprehension. Students and instructors can use the wealth of online resources that accompany this text, including an instructor manual, Power Point slides, test questions, and more. Through its use of rhetoric, criticism, and social scientific research, this book helps readers understand, analyze, and use persuasion in their life and career.

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Shawn Thornton

Fighting My Way To the Top

By: Shawn Thornton,Dale Arnold

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Shawn Thornton

Fighting My Way To the Top

By: Shawn Thornton,Dale Arnold

A refreshing memoir of battles and self-belief from one of the NHL's most revered enforcers Shawn Thornton was an unlikely NHL success, to say the least. The Oshawa, Ontario native was picked late in the OHL and later thought he was being pranked when the Toronto Maple Leafs called him to say he'd been selected in the seventh round of the 1997 NHL draft. After years spent working and maturing in the AHL, Thornton would go on to play 14 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, and Florida Panthers, winning two Stanley Cups along the way. For the first time, in this candid memoir, Thornton opens up about his life in hockey and beyond, from his early days as an unrated prospect to the leadership lessons he learned in the minors, from the most difficult on-ice brawls to the ecstasy of reaching the sport's most celestial heights. Fans will not want to miss this story of perseverance and finding one's own path.

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How to Live a Gem of a Life

By: K. Shawn Gibson

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How to Live a Gem of a Life

By: K. Shawn Gibson

In How to Live a Gem of a Life, K. Shawn Gibson has assembled an easy to read, understand and follow guide to a truly enlightened life. This book will help you identify and prioritize your life goals through easy to follow processes. It will help you to understand how your mind works and how to take control of your life. How to prioritize your goals, eliminate the negativity and fear, take control of your finances, and map a path to a truly successful life. A Gem of a Life!

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Capital Project Delivery

M47

By: Shawn LaBonde

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M47

By: Shawn LaBonde

Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session

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Pynchon and History

Metahistorical Rhetoric and Postmodern Narrative Form in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon

By: Shawn Smith

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Pynchon and History

Metahistorical Rhetoric and Postmodern Narrative Form in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon

By: Shawn Smith

First Published in 2005. While many previous books on Pynchon allude to his fictional engagement with historical events and figures, this book explores Pynchon as a historical novelist and, by extension, historical thinker. The book interprets Pynchon's four major novels V., Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon through the prism of historical interpretation and representation. In doing so, it argues that Pynchon's innovative narrative techniques express his philosophy of history and historical representation through the form of his texts.

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Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome

By: Shawn Levy

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Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome

By: Shawn Levy

“A brisk, frothy narrative . . . informative and fun.” —The Wall Street Journal In the dizzying wake of World War II, Rome skyrocketed to prominence as an epicenter of film, fashion, photography, and boldfaced libertinism. Artists, exiles, and a dazzling array of movie talent rushed to Rome for a chance to thrive in this hotbed of excitement. From the photographers who tailed the stars to the legends who secured their place in cinematic fame, Dolce Vita Confidential resurrects the drama that permeated the streets and screens of Rome.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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Frommer's? Brazil

By: Alexandra de Vries,Shawn Blore

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Frommer's? Brazil

By: Alexandra de Vries,Shawn Blore

Provides description, costs, and contact information on transportation, hotels, restaurants, shopping, beaches, cultural activities, and organized tours.

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Eat Smarter

Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life

By: Shawn Stevenson

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Eat Smarter

Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life

By: Shawn Stevenson

Lose weight, boost your metabolism, and start living a happier life with this transformative 30-day plan for healthy eating from the host of the hit podcast The Model Health Show. Food is complicated. It's a key controller of our state of health or disease. It's a social centerpiece for the most important moments of our lives. It's the building block that creates our brain, enabling us to have thought, feeling, and emotion. It's the very stuff that makes up our bodies and what we see looking back at us in the mirror. Food isn't just food. It's the thing that makes us who we are. So why does figuring out what to eat feel so overwhelming? In Eat Smarter, nutritionist, bestselling author, and #1-ranked podcast host Shawn Stevenson breaks down the science of food with a 30-day program to help you lose weight, reboot your metabolism and hormones, and improve your brain function. Most importantly, he explains how changing what you eat can transform your life by affecting your ability to make money, sleep better, maintain relationships, and be happier. Eat Smarter will empower you and make you feel inspired about your food choices, not just because of the impact they have on your weight, but because the right foods can help make you the best version of yourself.

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Little, Brown Spark

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031653790X

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End of Pawnee Starlight

By: Shawn J. Farritor

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End of Pawnee Starlight

By: Shawn J. Farritor

The Battle of Massacre Canyon occurred in an indistinguishable valley in southwestern Nebraska on August 5, 1873. Fought between a Pawnee hunting expedition and a Sioux war party, the destruction of the Pawnee shocked the nation as a whole and inspired fear and speculation within the young state of a bloody plains war. As the last great confrontation between American Indian tribes on the North American continent the battle was a harbinger of the removal of both tribes from their beloved Nebraska homelands by the end of the decade. In Shawn J Farritors first novel, End of Pawnee Starlight, memorable characters are drawn from the chapters of Nebraska history to create a stirring account of the final years of the Pawnee Nation within the state. The well-meaning but inexperienced trail agent, John Williamson, finds himself engulfed by the deadly responsibility of escorting the Pawnee on their doomed final hunt as he attempts to charm a proud Pawnee girl. The dignified Great Pawnee Chief, Petalasharo, struggles to keep his people on the lands of their ancestors. The formidable warrior Sky Chief leads his people into disaster on their summer buffalo hunt. The hardened arm scout, Frank North, and his more reflective younger brother, Luther North, assist the Pawnee in their terrible warfare with the powerful Sioux. In the end, neither tribe won the Battle of Massacre Canyon. The Pawnee and Sioux were fighting over access to hunting grounds that the American government had recently, and unilaterally, determined were not theirs to claim.

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1462831184

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The Cryosphere

By: Shawn Marshall

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The Cryosphere

By: Shawn Marshall

The cryosphere encompasses the Earth's snow and ice masses. It is a critical part of our planet's climate system, one that is especially at risk from climate change and global warming. The Cryosphere provides an essential introduction to the subject, written by one of the world's leading experts in Earth-system science. In this primer, glaciologist Shawn Marshall introduces readers to the cryosphere and the broader role it plays in our global climate system. After giving a concise overview, he fully explains each component of the cryosphere and how it works--seasonal snow, permafrost, river and lake ice, sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, and ice shelves. Marshall describes how snow and ice interact with our atmosphere and oceans and how they influence climate, sea level, and ocean circulation. He looks at the cryosphere's role in past ice ages and considers the changing cryosphere's future impact on our landscape, oceans, and climate. Accessible and authoritative, this primer also features a glossary of key terms, suggestions for further reading, explanations of equations, and a discussion of open research questions in the field.

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Princeton University Press

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0691145261

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Duplicity

By: Shawn Wilson

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Duplicity

By: Shawn Wilson

This was not the homecoming Brick envisioned After the trauma of his last case, and after three months spent recovering in Ireland, life is looking up for newly retired homicide detective Brian (Brick) Kavanagh. Back home in Washington, D.C., a new job shows promise when he's asked to train criminology students in cold case techniques. Then he's off to a whirlwind weekend in Chicago with Nora, an Aer Lingus flight attendant he'd met in Ireland. There he receives shocking news that his former partner's wife and twin infants have been kidnapped. Brick rushes to D.C. to support Ron, the man who's always had his back—but as days pass, Brick questions how well he really knows this man. Brick's cold case—the unsolved hit-and-run death of a college student—is heating up. Brick finds gaping holes in the original investigation. Is it possible diplomatic immunity granted someone a "get-out-of-jail-free card"? Meanwhile, Ron's family tragedy unfolds in a most bizarre manner, and the escalating cold case points to D.C. corruption at the highest level. Things are getting complicated . . . very complicated . . . and dangerous. Duplicity is perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and Robert Crais While the novels in the Brick Kavanagh Mystery series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is: Relentless Duplicity

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1608095118

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Black Everyday Lives, Material Culture and Narrative

Tings in de House

By: Shawn-Naphtali Sobers

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Black Everyday Lives, Material Culture and Narrative

Tings in de House

By: Shawn-Naphtali Sobers

This book is a ground-breaking exploration of everyday life as experienced through the lens of Black British cultural history and creative practice, through a multiplicity of voices and writing styles. The structure of Black Everyday Lives, Material Culture and Narrative examines life through a personal study of the family home – room by room, object by object – as a portal through which to examine the intricacies and nuances of daily considerations of African heritage people living in Britain in the modern era (post-1950). Using Small Anthropology methodology, this book foregrounds the experiences of Black British lives by bringing the threads of history and culture into the relevancy of the present day and demonstrates how the personal sphere directly links to wider public and political concerns. This book will be of interest to a wide range of disciplines, including Black studies, anthropology, cultural studies, history, visual culture, photography, media communication, sociology, community development, art and design, and by any course that studies ethnographic methodologies, material culture, migration, everyday life, and British society.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000861074

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Strength for Life

The Fitness Plan for the Rest of Your Life

By: Shawn Phillips

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Strength for Life

The Fitness Plan for the Rest of Your Life

By: Shawn Phillips

Shawn Phillips is an internationally respected strength and fitness expert who has helped athletes, celebrities, and tens of thousands of others over the past twenty years. Now he’s sharing his fresh approach to fitness with everyone. Strength for Life is an easy-to-implement program to help you get in fantastic shape, enjoy abundant energy, and maintain a lean, strong physique–not just for 12 weeks but for the rest of your life. Let’s face it, with the demands of family, work, and life, many of us simply don’t have the time to stick to a rigorous workout schedule. Through his own life experience, Shawn Phillips has recognized this challenge and risen to it, literally reinventing fitness with a results-oriented program that you can embrace even with your hectic schedule and do either at home or at the gym. Homing in on the idea of building mental and physical strength rather than just sculpting your body, Shawn has pioneered a technique called Focus Intensity Training ™ (FIT), which uses the mind-body connection to yield incredible results. The program features • a workout plan that can take as little as 35 minutes a day, 3 times a week • illustrated exercises with clear step-by-step instructions • 3 workout phases–a 12-day Base Camp pre-training period, a 12-week Transformation Camp, and a year-round continuation plan geared to keep you going strong and vibrant for the rest of your life • a simple eating plan to fuel your body for optimum energy and performance–one that will free you from dieting forever • goal-setting exercises to help you achieve lasting motivation and reach your loftiest visions It’s never too late to get in shape. If you’re in your twenties or thirties, Strength for Life will show you how to achieve peak levels of fitness year after year. For those forty and beyond, you can look forward to recapturing the energy and vitality you thought you had lost. By following Strength for Life, you will make yourself stronger, leaner, sharper, and more confident. As Shawn writes: “Strength is about being more, doing more, giving more. It’s not just surviving; it’s thriving. And most important, strength is about having a reserve, a deeper, fuller capacity of body, mind, heart, and soul.”

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0345513487

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Green Grass Grace

A Novel

By: Shawn McBride

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Green Grass Grace

A Novel

By: Shawn McBride

Henry "Hank" Toohey, a thirteen-year-old altar boy, is an incessant smart-ass with a deep love of life...and other four-letter words. But with his foul mouth comes a heart of gold, and he's going to need it to get through the last weekend of summer 1984. Everyone up and down St. Patrick Street, Henry's claustrophobic Irish-Catholic block in Philadelphia -- with its seventy-eight row homes, seventy-eight skinny mile-high lawns, seventy-eight statues of saints, and seventy-eight Mondale-Ferraro signs -- knows that the Toohey family is falling apart. Henry's mailman father is having an affair with a neighbor lady right under his mother's nose. His big brother has been a drunken mess since his girlfriend died. And his little sister is counting on him to keep her laughing through it all. But Henry has a plan to pull the family back together: He'll propose to his chain-smoking fourteen-year-old girlfriend, Grace McClain, at a neighborhood wedding. To prepare, he and his ragtag group of friends pinball around the streets, making elaborate plans for his proposal, riding bikes, rating breasts, bothering the local merchants, talking trash about Mike Schmidt and Bob Seger, and kissing behind the seafood-store dumpster. Gritty, giddy, and bursting with Henry's boundless energy, Green Grass Grace is a heart-thumping rocket ride back to adolescence that is riotously funny and tragic at the same time.

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Simon and Schuster

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1416583041

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A Guide to Understanding Dietary Supplements

By: Shawn M Talbott

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A Guide to Understanding Dietary Supplements

By: Shawn M Talbott

Written by one of the foremost experts on sports nutrition and performance, A Guide to Understanding Dietary Supplements takes a critical look at the dietary supplement industry. With an estimated 60 percent of adult Americans using dietary supplements every day, the need for a thorough examination of the hundreds of products on the market is long overdue. This comprehensive guide (Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine) presents straightforward analysis from a consumer's perspective, giving you the facts on more than 140 supplements and information on which supplements work (and which don't!) for a wide range of health conditions—from preventing cancer and heart disease to fighting diabetes and depression. United States Department of Agriculture surveys show that more than 70 percent of Americans fail to achieve daily recommended levels for many vitamins and minerals. With today's emphasis on fitness, millions are investing their money and health in quick-fix solutions-supplements promoted as cure-alls to right nutritional wrongs, lower the likelihood of disease, and work dietary miracles. A Guide to Understanding Dietary Supplements presents a more realistic view of supplements as neither miracle cure nor nutritional sham, but as consumer products to be accepted or rejected based on scientific fact, not fitness fantasy. A Guide to Understanding Dietary Supplements looks at the pros and cons of dietary supplements in the areas of: weight loss bones and joints energy, brain, and mood heart, eye, and gastrointestinal health male and female health cancer, diabetes, and the immune system sports and ergogenic aids In addition, the book presents an overview of the dietary supplement industry and the regulations that govern it and looks at the process for developing new products. Designed to cut through the confusion surrounding dietary supplements, A Guide to Understanding Dietary Supplemens is an invaluable resource for students, educators and professionals who deal with nutrition, exercise, physical education, nursing, and anyone else interested in health and fitness.

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