John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel. Cammie McGovern’s insightful young adult debut is a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about how we can all feel lost until we find someone who loves us because of our faults, not in spite of them.
Have you ever wanted to recreate your favorite cocktail at home? Now you can! “The Ultimate Cocktail Encyclopedia” has over 5,000 recipes for everything from cobblers to shots and shooters. Whether you’re having a party or just looking for a refreshing drink, this encyclopedia is organized to help you choose the perfect cocktail for the right occasion. Complete with cocktail classics, summer specials, holiday drinks, and drinking games, “The Ultimate Cocktail Encyclopedia” gets everyone in the spirit for the perfect libation.
Paper is the ideal medium to experiment with because of its versatility and availability. This craftbook explores and explains all the principal papercraft techniques including papier mache, decoupage and origami.’
IQ tests are commonplace in both the educational system and in recruitment and selection procedures. Tests and Assess Your IQ contains over 400 questions typical of those found on such tests. Organized into 10 timed tests of 40 questions, it provides ample opportunity for anyone to improve their verbal, numerical, and spatial reasoning skills. Whether practicing for an IQ test or simply for pleasure, Test and Assess Your IQ offers plenty of challenging questions.
Every cook needs an arsenal of staples, whether for the perfect dinner party entrée to wow a crowd, or throw-it-together lunches for lazy afternoons…but we all know that the real fun comes in making basic recipes your own. The Kitchy Kitchen is tastemaker Claire Thomas’s solution for amping up your everyday culinary routine, introducing her approach to her own kitchen: loose, personal, unfussy, and most of all, fun.
An excellent bridge for students who want to develop their English beyond the picture-dictionary or phrase-book stage, this text helps beginning students gain basic fluency in using the language. There are sixty units that cover approximately 1,200 new vocabulary items. Firmly based on current vocabulary acquisition theory, Basic Vocabulary in Use promotes good learning habits and teaches students how to discover rules for using vocabulary correctly.
When Marsellus in the film Pulp Fiction asserts, “I’m gonna git medieval on your ass,” we know that he is about to bring down a fierce and exacting punishment. Yet is the violence of the Middle Ages that far removed from our modern society? Suspended Animation argues that not only is the stereotype of uncontrolled violence in the Middle Ages historically misleading, the gulf between modern society and the medieval era is not as immense as we might think. In fact, both medievals and moderns live within a social tension of “suspended animation” engendered by images and acts of violence.
Top photographer Rick Sammon shares his greatest HDR tips and tricks. High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is a process in which a photographer shoots multiple shots of the same subject at varying exposure settings and then “stitches” the images together with photo-editing software into a single photo that presents sharper color and focus than a single image. World-renowned digital photographer and Canon Explorer of Light Rick Sammon reveals his most amazing HDR tips, tricks, and techniques for creating the best possible HDR images.
The Olympus E-5 is one of the most exciting compact interchangeable lens digital cameras on the market. It boasts 12 megapixels of resolution, an array of powerful, versatile lenses, and enough sophisticated features and customization options to please the most dedicated photographer, amateur or professional.
The market leading undergraduate investments textbook, Essentials of Investments, 9e by Bodie, Kane, and Marcus, emphasizes asset allocation while presenting the practical applications of investment theory. The authors have eliminated unnecessary mathematical detail and concentrate on the intuition and insights that will be useful to practitioners throughout their careers as new ideas and challenges emerge from the financial marketplace. The Ninth Edition includes increased attention to changes in market structure and trading technology, while continuing to be organized around one basic theme – that security markets are nearly efficient.
Muscle and Fitness is the essential magazine for people who make nutrition and working out a way of life. This monthly publication provides information and advice on how to strengthen your body inside and out, head to toe. The content in Muscle and Fitness has a mainstream appeal, making it useful and enjoyable for those who are just taking an interest in a healthier lifestyle and for those who are already invested. Every issue includes detailed articles and features on subject matters such as getting/staying in shape, diet, stamina, work out routines, physical appearance, and more. The covers and feature stories of Muscle and Fitness present its readers with recognizable faces and names, including bodybuilders, athletes, and actors as well. If you are a female interested in the contents of this magazine, don’t shy away! Muscle and Fitness Hers, oriented towards the publication’s female readership, is added on in conjunction with the magazine every month.
Gain lean muscle, burn belly fat, and build a strong functional body with the virtual guidance of your very own professional fitness specialist as you begin phase 1 of the 5 Muscle Mass in 5 Weeks program.
Nationally accredited functional fitness and sport performance coach, John Kempf, will be your virtual personal trainer as he takes you through his highly-structured workouts designed to build muscle and burn fat to give you a strong, balanced physique that is free of injury.
These are the very same methods and workouts he has used with himself as a competitive bodybuilder and professionally with his clients for over 9 years, ranging from college and professional athletes, to fitness competitors, to hundreds of regular folks.
