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Notice! The Art Of Observation

Joyce Chapman · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 438
Format: Paperback

Notice! The Art Of Observation contains over 400 simple, yet mind-opening statements that anyone can relate to. As you begin the habit of noticing, you may be centered in self-searching. You may want to create a new life for yourself, discover where your true talents lie, change careers,...
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Access 2013 All-in-One For Dummies

Alison Barrows · John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pages: 760
Format: Paperback

Get started with the new Access 2013 with this impressive all-in-one reference! Microsoft Access allows you to store, organize, view, analyze, and share data; the new release enables you to build even more powerful, custom database solutions that integrate with the web and enterprise data...
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The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice

Patricia Bell-Scott · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 454
Format: Print book

Longlisted for the National Book AwardA groundbreaking book - two decades in the works - that tells the story of how a brilliant writer-turned-activist, granddaughter of a mulatto slave, and the first lady of the United States, whose ancestry gave her membership in the Daughters of the American...
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The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps

Edward Brooke-Hitching · Chronicle Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands, invisible mountain ranges, mythical civilizations, ship-wrecking beasts, and other fictitious features introduced on maps and atlases through mistakes, misunderstanding,...
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2017 ASVAB Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Study Guide

SHARON A WYNNE · XAMOnline
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

XAMONLINE'S NEW ASVAB Study Guide covers the ten subtests on the ASVAB: Word Knowledge, Paragraph Comprehension, Arithmetic Reasoning, Mathematics Knowledge, General Science, Mechanical Comprehension, Electronics Information, Shop Information, Auto Information, and Assembling Objects....
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Craig & Fred: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other

CRAIG GROSSI · William Morrow
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America together, "spreading the message of stubborn positivity."In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine...
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The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth

Hugh Aldersey-Williams · W W Norton
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

A rich and sweeping exploration into the science and history behind the most mysterious, primal, and powerful force on earth: the tide.Half of the world's population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a mystery...
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Gem Identification Made Easy, 6th Edition: A Hands-On Guide to More Confident Buying & Selling

Antoinette Leonard Matlins · GemStone Press
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Gem Identification Made Easy is the first and only book that explains in non-technical terms how to identify diamonds and colored gems, and how to separate natural gems from imitations, treated stones, synthetics, and look-alikes. The book's approach is direct and practical, and its style...
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The Secret Language of Cats

Susanne Sch tz · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying? Cats do not meow randomly, nor do they growl or hiss because they have nothing better to do. Cat sounds have a purpose, and they can carry important messages, whether for us or other cats.Susanne Schštz is hard at work on breaking the cat code....
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Photograph

Ringo Starr · Genesis Publications
Format: Hardcover

From behind the drums to behind the lens, in PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr opens his archives to share memories of his childhood, The Beatles and beyond.Rare and unseen photographs taken by Ringo, with others reproduced from his family albums, are showcased here for fans of The Beatles and anyone...
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The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas

Monica Munoz Martinez · Harvard University Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A moving account of a little-known period of state-sponsored racial terror inflicted on ethnic Mexicans in the Texas-Mexico borderlands.Between 1910 and 1920, vigilantes and law enforcement -- including the renowned Texas Rangers -- killed Mexican residents with impunity. The full extent...
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The Romani Gypsies

Yaron Matras · Belknap Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"Gypsies" have lived among Europeans since the Middle Ages. Yet Roms still seem exotic to Westerners, who often rely on fictional depictions for what they know, or think they know, about this much-misunderstood people. The Romani Gypsies challenges stereotypes that have long been...
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The Joy of Signing: A Dictionary of American Signs, 3rd Edition

LottieL. Riekehof · Gospel Publishing House; 3 edition
Format: Hardcover

The Joy of Signing is one of the most comprehensive guides available for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with deaf people in either the word order of the English language or in the American Sign Language pattern. This updated third edition provides the basic vocabulary...
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Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby

Candida R. Moss · Princeton University Press
Pages: 223
Format: Hardcover

How the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make America a "Bible nation"Like many evangelical Christians, the Green family of Oklahoma City believes that America was founded on a "biblical worldview as a Christian nation."...
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The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump

GREGG JARRETT · Broadside Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett reveals the real story behind Hillary Clinton's deep state collaborators in government and exposes their nefarious actions during and after the 2016 election.The Russia Hoax reveals how persons within the FBI and Barack Obama's Justice Department worked...
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