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Author : Michael Hearst
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452104670
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)
Download or read book Unusual Creatures written by Michael Hearst and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduces the reader to a wealth of extraordinary life forms"-- P. [4] of cover.
Author : Ltd Publications International
Publisher : Publications International, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781450845809
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (458 download)
Download or read book The Book of Unusual Knowledge written by Ltd Publications International and published by Publications International, Limited. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Unusual Knowledge is a mammoth 704-page hardcover book crammed with a cornucopia of information--some useful, others not so much--but all of it completely captivating. It's perfect for anyone with a curious mind and a passion for learning. With quirky illustrations and a vast array of articles, anecdotes, lists, and games, this book will provide hours of fascinating reading. It will also expand your knowledge on a range of topics, including the animal kingdom, art, sports, technology, history, politics, the universe, and much, much more. Sample topics include: * Are plastic bags killing sacred cows in India? * Does NASCAR have roots in bootlegging moonshine? * Did Ronald Reagan see not one--but two--UFOs during his lifetime? Gorgeous leatherette binding with gilded accents makes The Book of Unusual Knowledge a handsome addition to your library.
Author : Colin Dayan
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262260581
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)
Download or read book The Story of Cruel and Unusual written by Colin Dayan and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2007-03-16 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing indictment of the American penal system that finds the roots of the recent prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo in the steady dismantling of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual" punishment. The revelations of prisoner abuse and torture at Abu Ghraib and more recently at Guantánamo were shocking to most Americans. And those who condemned the treatment of prisoners abroad have focused on U.S. military procedures and abuses of executive powers in the war on terror, or, more specifically, on the now-famous White House legal counsel memos on the acceptable limits of torture. But in The Story of Cruel and Unusual, Colin Dayan argues that anyone who has followed U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding the Eighth Amendment prohibition of "cruel and unusual" punishment would recognize the prisoners' treatment at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo as a natural extension of the language of our courts and practices in U.S. prisons. In fact, it was no coincidence that White House legal counsel referred to a series of Supreme Court decisions in the 1980s and 1990s in making its case for torture.Dayan traces the roots of "acceptable" torture to slave codes of the nineteenth century that deeply embedded the dehumanization of the incarcerated in our legal system. Although the Eighth Amendment was interpreted generously during the prisoners' rights movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, this period of judicial concern was an anomaly. Over the last thirty years, Supreme Court decisions have once again dismantled Eighth Amendment protections and rendered such words as "cruel" and "inhuman" meaningless when applied to conditions of confinement and treatment during detention. Prisoners' actual pain and suffering have been explained away in a rhetorical haze—with rationalizations, for example, that measure cruelty not by the pain or suffering inflicted, but by the intent of the person who inflicted it. The Story of Cruel and Unusual is a stunningly original work of legal scholarship, and a searing indictment of the U.S. penal system.
Author : Dennis M. Dailey
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780866567862
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (678 download)
Download or read book The Sexually Unusual written by Dennis M. Dailey and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to shed light on sexually unusual expression, this unique book will assist helping professionals in their treatments and referrals of persons with sexually unusual life styles and behaviors. Based on the premise, “First, do no harm,” The Sexually Unusual is targeted for all helping professionals with little or no academic or clinical training in sexuality, who encounter clients involved in coercive and non-coercive unusual sexual behaviors. The vast majority of helping professionals, from all disciplines, who have had neither academic nor clinical training in addressing sex-related concerns, will find sensible and empathetic approaches to working with the sexually unusual--pedophiles, obscene phone callers, transvestites, transsexuals, exhibitionists, sexual addicts, and more. A historical perspective broadens the reader's view and displays the evolving and unfolding nature of the human condition.
Author : Robin Stevens
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0525582371
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book The Guggenheim Mystery written by Robin Stevens and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventure that began in Siobhan Dowd's popular and acclaimed novel The London Eye Mystery at long last continues with Ted, Kat, and their cousin Salim investigating a theft at the Guggenheim Museum that's been pinned on Salim's mother! When Ted and his big sister, Kat, take a trip to New York to visit their cousin Salim and their aunt Gloria, they think they're prepared for big-city adventures. But when a famous painting is stolen from the Guggenheim Museum, where Aunt Gloria works, the surprises begin to mount faster than they could have anticipated. With the police looking at Aunt Gloria as the prime suspect, Ted, Kat, and Salim become sleuthing partners, following a trail of clues across NYC to prove her innocence--and to pinpoint the real thief. Ultimately, it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery. "Fast-paced, suspenseful, but never scary, a middle-grade mystery with a singular voice and a welcome continuation of the Sparks' adventures." -- Kirkus Reviews "Swift pacing and smartly integrated clues allow readers to make connections along with the characters. Stevens's portrayal of Ted, who is on the autism spectrum, is positive and empowering" -- School Library Journal "A welcome return for this dynamic trio." -- Booklist
Author : Ryan LeStrange
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1629996718
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (299 download)
Download or read book 60 Days of Unusual written by Ryan LeStrange and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM THE AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS BOOKS, INCLUDING SUPERNATURAL ACCESS AND HELL'S TOXIC TRIO God's miracles are often uncommon, unordinary, and unusual. This book will challenge you to let God interrupt the mundane in your life so that you can experience unusual blessings, favor, and more. God wants to do extraordinary things in and through His people. He performed uncommon miracles throughout the Book of Acts, revealing a rare dimension of His power that brought miraculous results, and He wants to do the same today. In this sixty-day journey Ryan LeStrange challenges readers to let God interrupt the mundane patterns in their lives and reveal unusual measures of His power. With revelation from Scripture and confessions to declare each day, this book will help readers prepare their hearts for unusual miracles to become a reality in their lives--unusual blessings, unusual favor, unusual breakthroughs, and more. God's people were not born to live mediocre lives void of the power of God. They were designed to do kingdom exploits. This book is a tool that will help readers break the hold of the average, embrace God's supernatural possibilities, and walk in extraordinary power. Also Available in Spanish ISBN: 978-1-62999-307-2 OTHER BOOKS BY RYAN LESTRANGE: A Higher Dimension (2019) ISBN: 978-1629997032 The Power of the Double (2019) ISBN: 978-1629996639 Hell's Toxic Trio (2018) ISBN: 978-1629994888 Supernatural Access (2017) ISBN: 978-1629991689
Author : John W Kingdon
Publisher : John W. Kingdon (copyright holder)
ISBN 13 : 0312189710
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book America the Unusual written by John W Kingdon and published by John W. Kingdon (copyright holder). This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about why the United States is different from other industrialized countries.
Author : Tracy K. Betsinger
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 1683401409
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (834 download)
Download or read book The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange written by Tracy K. Betsinger and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abnormal burial practices have long been a source of fascination and debate within the fields of mortuary archaeology and bioarchaeology. The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange investigates an unparalleled geographic and temporal range of burials that differ from the usual customs of their broader societies, emphasizing the importance of a holistic, context-driven approach to these intriguing cases. From an Andean burial dating to 3500 BC to mummified bodies interred in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, during the twentieth century, the studies in this volume cross the globe and span millennia. The unusual cases explored here include Native American cemeteries in Illinois, “vampire” burials in medieval Poland, and a mass grave of decapitated soldiers in ancient China. Moving away from the simplistic assumption that these burials represent people who were considered deviant in society, contributors demonstrate the importance of an integrated biocultural approach in determining why an individual was buried in an unusual way. Drawing on historical, sociocultural, archaeological, and biological data, this volume critically evaluates the binary of “typical” versus “atypical” burials. It expands our understanding of the continuum of variation within mortuary practices, helping researchers better interpret burial evidence to learn about the people and cultures of the past. A volume in the series Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, edited by Clark Spencer Larsen
Author : Melvyn Bernard Nathanson
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821827030
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Unusual Applications of Number Theory written by Melvyn Bernard Nathanson and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the proceedings of the workshop held at the DIMACS Center of Rutgers University (Piscataway, NJ) on Unusual Applications of Number Theory. Standard applications of number theory are to computer science and cryptology. In this volume, well-known number theorist, Melvyn B. Nathanson, gathers articles from the workshop on other, less standard applications in number theory, as well as topics in number theory with potential applications in science and engineering. The material is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in number theory and its applications.
Author : Joe R. Eagleman
Publisher : Kindle Direct Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (859 download)
Download or read book Understanding Severe and Unusual Weather written by Joe R. Eagleman and published by Kindle Direct Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An understanding of severe and unusual weather should be a fundamental part of everyone's storehouse of knowledge. We live in a world that is at least occasionally dominated by severe and unusual weather. Many types of severe weather are sufficiently rare that a common defense mechanism of many people is to assume that they will never be directly affected. However, there is hardly a place in the whole world that does not have some peculiar aspect of weather that requires some degree of understanding and preparedness in order to avoid loss of property and, perhaps, even life itself. Fortunately, no particular location has all the different kinds of unusual and severe weather; thus, coastal areas are exposed to the tremendous power of the hurricane that bring high winds and frequently produce flood conditions, while within the interior United States, where hurricanes are not a threat, such severe types of weather as tornadoes, hailstorms, and blizzards are sufficiently frequent that an understanding of these storms is essential when traveling or living in this part of the United States. Although lightning is a greater hazard in some parts of the world than others, there are very few locations, including Alaska and the Desert Southwest, where occasional severe thunderstorms do not develop numerous lightning strokes. A proper understanding is important for flash flooding, derechos, mountainadoes, haboobs and other unusual weather. People have different responses to everyday weather from resistant to feeling dominated by it. You can find your level of response from a self test that is provided.
Author : Gillena Cox
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728385741
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (283 download)
Download or read book Anansi: an Unusual Experience written by Gillena Cox and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is about a Christmas in the Caribbean, specifically Trinidad and Tobago. Readers are guesting with Anansi and his family a second time. Anansi is usually grumpy and selfish if he does not like the weather, but he is puzzled at the same time because he reflects on a puzzling experience that teaches him to consider the real meaning of Christmas.
Author : Wayne Webster
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 3739650842
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Weird and Unusual Weapons written by Wayne Webster and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered: -How much a firearm has influenced the English language?What weapons were sucessful, and what weapons were a total failure?How the modern firearm was developed?This is the book for you!
Author : Kelly Gaffney
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 1491489073
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Unusual Deep-sea Creatures written by Kelly Gaffney and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the many unique creatures that live in the world's oceans.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Fighting miner fatigue on unusual work schedules written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jaclyn Jaycox
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496695356
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (966 download)
Download or read book Unusual Life Cycles of Amphibians written by Jaclyn Jaycox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2021 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever heard of a frog that freezes solid in winter? What about a toad that carries its eggs on its back? Young readers will learn all about wood frogs, suriname toads, and other amphibians with unusual life cycles.
Author : Jaclyn Jaycox
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496695607
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (966 download)
Download or read book Unusual Life Cycles of Mammals written by Jaclyn Jaycox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2021 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever heard of a mammal that lays eggs? What about a mammal that can give birth to 50 babies at once? Young readers learn all about echidnas, Tasmanian devils, and other mammals with unusual life cycles.
Author : Jon Erickson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438109709
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Rock Formations and Unusual Geologic Structures written by Jon Erickson and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines geologic rocks and rocks structures, such as natural bridges, stone pillars, mountains and volcanoes, and their origins.
