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Slugfest

Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1039705650
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book Slugfest written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unteachables comes a hilarious new story about a group of underdogs who come together when they are forced to attend summer school—for failing PE. Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School. So good, in fact, that he’s already been playing on the high school’s JV sports teams. Imagine his shock when he learns that his JV practices have kept him from earning a board-mandated credit for eighth-grade PE. To graduate, he has to take Physical Education Equivalency — PEE — which is also known as “Slugfest,” in summer school. At Slugfest, Yash meets the other students. Kaden is an academic superstar who’s physically hopeless. Twins Sarah and Stuart are too busy trying to kill each other to actually pay attention in class. Jesse is a notorious prankster. Arabella protests just about everything — including mandatory PE. And Cleo is a natural athlete who has sworn off sports. Then there’s their “coach,” Mrs. Tamara Finnerty, a retired teacher whose idea of physical education seems to have frozen in preschool. But Yash doesn’t care — as long as he gets the credit. Too bad one of his fellow “slugs” is determined to blow the lid off a scandal that could make all their time in summer school a waste. And if that weren’t bad enough, Yash is in danger of losing his star spot on the JV football team. So Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him. Spending the summer with the most hapless crew in school can really surprise a person. And their teacher might be hiding the biggest surprise yet . . .

The Minds Behind Sports Games

Author : Patrick Hickey, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476640106
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Minds Behind Sports Games written by Patrick Hickey, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring interviews with the creators of 35 popular video games--including John Madden Football, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, WCW/nWo Revenge, and RBI Baseball--this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of some of the most influential and iconic (and sometimes forgotten) sports video games of all time. Recounting endless hours of painstaking development, the challenges of working with mega-publishers and the uncertainties of public reception, the interviewees reveal the creative processes that produced some of gaming's classic titles.

The Bohemian Connection

Author : Susan Dunlap
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453250603
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The Bohemian Connection written by Susan Dunlap and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the nation’s political elite descends on a small Northern California town, murder follows—and only Vejay Haskell can get to the bottom of the shocking crime Each year the Bohemian Club—a clique of powerful conservatives whose ranks include Nixon, Reagan, and Kissinger—gathers for a confidential meeting in the backwoods town of Henderson, California. Though their activities are shrouded in secrecy, Henderson meter-reader Vejay Haskell is about to get an all-too-close inside look. Searching the countryside for a coworker’s missing niece, she finds the beautiful gymnast lying dead in the bottom of a sewer drain. The sheriff calls it an accident, but Vejay suspects the girl’s death was connected to the Bohemian Club’s unquenchable desire for drugs, booze, and prostitutes. Finding the killer will mean going head to head with the nation’s fiercest politicians. But compared to the Vietnam vets, pot growers, and backcountry crackpots she normally deals with, the Bohemians don’t frighten Vejay one bit. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Susan Dunlap including rare images from the author’s personal collection. The Bohemian Connection is the 2nd book in the Vejay Haskell Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Boys' Life

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boys' Life written by and published by . This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

The N64 Encyclopedia

Author : Chris Scullion
Publisher : White Owl
ISBN 13 : 1526772191
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The N64 Encyclopedia written by Chris Scullion and published by White Owl. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth book in Chris Scullion’s critically acclaimed series of video game encyclopedias, The N64 Encyclopedia is dedicated to the Nintendo 64, one of the most well-loved games consoles ever released. Although the Nintendo 64 didn’t sell as well as some of Nintendo’s other systems, and although it struggled in the shadow of the bold newcomer that was the Sony PlayStation, everyone who owned an N64 was in love with it and the four-player multiplayer it provided as standard. Despite its relatively small library, the Nintendo 64 had a healthy number of groundbreaking titles that would revolutionise the way we played video games. The likes of Super Mario 64, GoldenEye 007, Mario Kart 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remain iconic in the eyes of video game fans 25 years down the line. This book naturally contains those games, but it also contains every other game released for the system, no matter how obscure. It also covers every game released in Japan, including those for the ill-fated Nintendo 64DD add-on which never left the country. With over 400 games covered, screenshots for every title and a light-hearted writing style designed to make reading it a fun experience, the N64 Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to a truly revolutionary gaming system.

Fighting Talk

Author : Bob Jones
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1775534391
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Fighting Talk written by Bob Jones and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 'A Low Blow' to 'Went the Distance', a fascinating and lively examination of the regular use of terms from the boxing ring in our everyday language. Have you ever stopped to notice how often your local newspaper or favourite magazine uses the terms 'On the Ropes', 'The Gloves Are Off' and 'Knockout Punch'? How often TV newsreaders will say that a politician has "Thrown His hat in the Ring', is a 'Big Hitter', is 'Taking it on the Chin', is 'Down for the Count' or has the 'Killer Instinct'? Knight of the realm, leading businessman, colourful and controversial commentator, and boxing aficionado Sir Robert — Bob —Jones certainly has. Over a period of years he made careful note of how often terms cropped up and then retraced their etymological origins in boxing history. The result is a lively, entertaining, and thought-provoking miscellany of boxing terms that are now part of our everyday English language. Some have strayed far from their original meanings, others are more frequently in use now than at any other time. Jones asks why that might be, and his answers are, well, a knockout.

How to Become Famous

Author : Cass R. Sunstein
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 1647825377
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book How to Become Famous written by Cass R. Sunstein and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fame is like lightning. Taylor Swift, Bob Dylan, Leonardo da Vinci, Jane Austen, Oprah Winfrey—all of them were struck. Why? What if they hadn't been? Consider the most famous music group in history. What would the world be like if the Beatles never existed? This was the question posed by the playful, thought-provoking, 2019 film Yesterday, in which a young, completely unknown singer starts performing Beatles hits to a world that has never heard them. Would the Fab Four's songs be as phenomenally popular as they are in our own Beatle-infused world? The movie asserts that they would, but is that true? Was the success of the Beatles inevitable due to their amazing, matchless talent? Maybe. It's hard to imagine our world without its stars, icons, and celebrities. They are part of our culture and history, seeming permanent and preordained. But as Harvard law professor (and passionate Beatles fan) Cass Sunstein shows in this startling book, that is far from the case. Focusing on both famous and forgotten (or simply overlooked) artists and luminaries in music, literature, business, science, politics, and other fields, he explores why some individuals become famous and others don't and offers a new understanding of the roles played by greatness, luck, and contingency in the achievement of fame. Sunstein examines recent research on informational cascades, network effects, and group polarization to probe the question of how people become famous. He explores what ends up in the history books and in the literary canon and how that changes radically over time. He delves into the rich and entertaining stories of a diverse cast of famous characters, from John Keats, William Blake, and Jane Austen to Bob Dylan, Ayn Rand, and Stan Lee—as well as John, Paul, George, and Ringo. How to Become Famous takes you on a fun, captivating, and at times profound journey that will forever change your perspective on the latest celebrity's "fifteen minutes of fame" and on what vaults some to the top—and leaves others in the dust.

Transformers

Author : Mark Bellomo
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 144023924X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Transformers written by Mark Bellomo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-04-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformers: Identification and Price Guide is the ultimate reference for all Generation One (G1) Transformers figures released from 1984 - 1990. Featuring more than 1,200 color photographs, this unparalleled guide presents every character in robot and alternate modes with accessories. Individual character biographies are presented from the original Tech Specs and also include function, personal motto, and ability scores. Notes on character history - as presented in the Sunbow cartoon series and Marvel comic books - are complemented by expert commentary on character attributes and popularity on today's secondary market. Current values for all figures in varying condition grades assist collectors in determining the value of their collections. Collectors, toy dealers, casual fans, and everyone who staged basement battles between the heroic Autobots and the evil Deceptions need an accurate identification and price guide to decipher the more than 300 G1 Transformers toys produced from 1984 - 1993. This is the definitive reference for your favorite "Robots in Disguise!"

Codes and Cheats

Author : Prima Games
Publisher : Prima Games
ISBN 13 : 9780761553366
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Codes and Cheats written by Prima Games and published by Prima Games. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verified Codes! Includes Codes For... -Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -GBA: Fire Emblem, Advanced Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, F-Zero -PSP: Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories, Metal Gear Acid 2, Gretzky NHL 06 -GameCube: Burnout 2: Need for Speed, Animal Crossing, Dragon Ball Z Sagas -PS2: Tomb Raider Legends, NBA Live 06, Guitar Hero -Xbox: Lego Star Wars II, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Madden NFL 07 -Xbox 360: Saint's Row, Call of Duty 2, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Proceedings of the Vth International Congress on Artichoke

Author : F. J. Sanz Villar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Vth International Congress on Artichoke written by F. J. Sanz Villar and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

High-tech Grass Roots

Author : J. Cherie Strachan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742517660
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book High-tech Grass Roots written by J. Cherie Strachan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Election campaigns in small and mid-sized electoral districts have been run from the grass roots from the beginning of the republic. Yard signs, door-to-door canvassing, and soap-box oratory have characterized state and local elections for years, and many predict their persistence into the 21st century. This book looks at new trends in small-town politics, tracking the infiltration of sophisticated communications technology, the use of political consultants, and the increase in fundraising and campaign expenditures. Original surveys, interviews, and in-depth case studies lead the author to conclude that the new tactics are with us to stay, but that their potentially negative effects--rising campaign budgets and diminished citizen participation--may be mitigated by creative approaches to reform. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Why We Need Superheroes

Author : Jeffrey Kahan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476644977
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Why We Need Superheroes written by Jeffrey Kahan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comic books and superhero stories mirror essential societal values and beliefs. We can be Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Black Panther or Rocket Raccoon through our everyday choices. We can't fly, fix hyper drives or hear human heartbeats a mile away, but we can think about what Matt Murdock would do in a conflict, how Superman would respond to natural disasters and how Captain America would handle humanitarian crises. This book analyzes the impact of dozens of comics by examining the noble personalities, traits and actions of the main characters. Chapters detail how superheroes, comic books and other pop culture phenomena offer more than pure entertainment, and how we can better model ourselves after our favorite heroes. Through our good deeds, quick thinking and positive choices, we can become more like superheroes than we ever imagined.

Ringside Reflections

Author : Matthew Hurley
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479754919
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Ringside Reflections written by Matthew Hurley and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inevitability of what was to come hung in the air but the crowd at the outdoor arena at Caesars Palace seemed as dazed as to what was happening as Duran. Hearns, now oozing confidence, approached center ring and again touched gloves with Duran. It would be the last civil thing he did. Gliding around the ring and looking like a demented, black vampire with his goatee and Jeri curls, the "Hit Man", he had reassumed the moniker for the fight, went in for the kill. Pushing Duran backwards he leapt in and clobbered the cowering fighter with a vicious right hand that staggered Duran back into the ropes again. Hearns bounced backwards and then jumped in again with another vicious right hand and began pummeling his prey with a series of punches that kept Duran standing straight up. Roberto tried to move off the ropes, so Hearns lured him out and then pushed him back with two probing left jabs to the chest before dropping the coup de grace. The final right hand that crashed over Duran's guard was so brutal, the impact twisted his head to the side and sucked all the air out of the arena. A collective gasp went up as Roberto Duran fell face forward to the canvas. There would be no count. Duran's corner men jumped into the ring as Hearns leapt onto the shoulders of his handlers. It was the most dramatic knockout of Thomas Hearns' career and upped the ante for his potential challenge of Marvelous Marvin Hagler for the middleweight championship. Hearns would fight one more bout before that showdown, a three round blast out of contender Fred Hutchings, but he would never again be so brilliantly devastating.

'And'

Author : Barry Schein
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262338068
Total Pages : 1040 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book 'And' written by Barry Schein and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold argument that “and” always means “&,” the truth-functional sentential connective. In this book, Barry Schein argues that “and” is always the sentential logical connective with the same, one, meaning. “And” always means “&,” across the varied constructions in which it is tokened in natural language. Schein examines the constructions that challenge his thesis, and shows that the objections disappear when these constructions are translated into Eventish, a neo-Davidsonian event semantics, and, enlarged with Cinerama Semantics, a vocabulary for spatial orientation and navigation. Besides rescuing “and” from ambiguity, Eventish and Cinerama Semantics solve general puzzles of grammar and meaning unrelated to conjunction, revealing the book's central thesis in the process: aspects of meaning mistakenly attributed to “and” are discovered to reflect neighboring structures previously unseen and unacknowledged. Schein argues that Eventish and Cinerama Semantics offer a fundamental revision to clause structure and what aspects of meaning are represented therein. Eventish is distinguished by four features: supermonadicity, which enlarges verbal decomposition so that every argument relates to its own event; descriptive event anaphora, which replaces simple event variables with silent descriptive pronouns; adverbialization, which interposes adverbials derived from the descriptive content of every DP; and AdrPs, which replace all NPs with Address Phrases that locate what nominals denote within scenes or frames of reference. With 'And,' Schein rehabilitates an old rule of transformational, generative grammar, answering the challenges to it exhaustively and meticulously.

The Media and the Mayor's Race

Author : Phyllis C. Kaniss
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253331144
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Media and the Mayor's Race written by Phyllis C. Kaniss and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the way a key group of reporters and their news organizations cover a political campaign in Philadelphia. Three methods were used: participant-observation, content analysis, and interviewing. The ultimate intention was not simply to measure and analyze the news coverage of one particular race but to shed light on the underlying processes and organizational structures that influence news coverage of local elections.

Confessions of a Name Dropper

Author : Les Nichols
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1681625962
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book Confessions of a Name Dropper written by Les Nichols and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confessions of a Name Dropper is an insider's account of some of the most significant men and moments in American history. Veterans will be especially drawn to Nichols' revealing look at the heroic exploits of the 10th Armored Tiger"" Division...from their ""days of white hell"" to the nights in ""bloody Bastogne"" and beyond. Nichols also writes of his contact with notable figures like General Patton, Roy Rogers, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Robinson, and Vice-President Ted Agnew. Contents include a special tribute to the work of organizations like the American Red Cross, the Kentucky Hotel-Motel Association, and the Kentucky Heart Association.""

Ace English Language For Banking and Insurance E-Book

Author : Adda247 Publications
Publisher : Adda247 Publications
ISBN 13 : 8194032628
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Ace English Language For Banking and Insurance E-Book written by Adda247 Publications and published by Adda247 Publications. This book was released on with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eBook on "English Language for Banking & Insurance Exams such as SBI, RBI, IBPS, LIC, & others" ADDA 247 is launching a complete and comprehensive book on "English Language". The ebook is updated as per the latest examination pattern and is suitable for all the Banking & Insurance Examinations such as SBI, RBI, IBPS, LIC, GIC, UIIC & Others. The aim of this ebook is to help students learn and understand the new pattern of recruitment exams which will help them to maximise their scores in the competitive examination. The book has been prepared by experienced faculties, subject-matter experts and with the expertise of Adda247 keeping the new pattern and challenges of competitive exams in mind. Salient Features of the Book -Based on Latest Pattern -3 Level of Exercises -1500+ Multiple Choice Questions with 100% solutions -Includes the Previous Year Questions of all the chapters.