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This out-of-this-world kit for sci-fi lovers is loaded with special effects! It includes: -3-inch diameter spaceship, equipped with a hinged cockpit dome from which a curious alien peers, and featuring multiple light and sound effects: - By opening the cockpit dome and pressing the alien's head, sound of spaceship engine plays, followed by eerie pre-abduction music. Six blue lights around the spaceship flash in rotation. Additionally, two bright LED lights beneath the ship glow, casting a beam of light in search of a specimen to abduct. - When the spaceship is hovered in close proximity to the cow, a magnetically powered "abduction" occurs which simultaneously prompts new light and sound effects. Lights beneath the ship flash and music changes to a pulsating sound with intermittent cow mooing. - When cow is abducted and alien head is pressed again, sound of the spaceship flying away plays, concluding your invasion and shutting off the spaceship. - Miniature cow and faux grass mound - Transparent display stand to hover spaceship over cow when not invading the countryside - 32-page book, The Cow Abduction Chronicles, featuring full-color illustrations Autorid: Matt Smiriglio

The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious thriller, by the international bestselling author of The Rabbit Factor and The Man Who Died NOW A NETFLIX MOVIE! 'With moral dilemmas, plenty of action, and the author's trademark mixture of humour and melancholy, this is Tuomainen's best yet' Guardian 'Scandinavia's answer to Carl Hiaasen delivers another hectically silly crime caper involving a military chaplain, a suicidal rally driver and a very expensive meteorite' The Times 'Finnish criminal chucklemeister Tuomainen is channelling Carl Hiaasen in this hilarious novel' Sunday Times ***The Times BOOK OF THE YEAR*** ***Shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award*** ***Shortlisted for the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger*** ***WINNER of the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Fiction*** _________________ A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland, when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed in a neighbourhood museum, under the watchful eye of a priest named Joel. But Joel has a lot more on his mind than simply protecting the riches that have apparently rained down from heaven. His wife has just revealed that she is pregnant. Unfortunately, Joel has strong reason to think the baby isn't his. As Joel tries to fend off repeated and bungled attempts to steal the meteorite, he must also come to terms with his own situation, and discover who the father of the baby really is. Transporting the reader to the culture, landscape and mores of northern Finland Little Siberia is both a crime novel and a hilarious, blacker-than-black comedy about faith and disbelief, love and death, and what to do when bolts from the blue both literal and figurative turn your life upside down. _________________ 'Tuomainen is the funniest writer in Europe' The Times 'By no means Nordic noir of the familiar variety, this is eccentric, humorous fare, reminiscent of nothing so much as a Coen Brothers movie' Financial Times 'Tuomainen continues to carve out his own niche in the chilly tundras of northern Finland in this poignant, gripping and hilarious tale' Daily Express 'While the plots of many Nordic noir writers are turning ever more grim, Finland's Antti Tuomainen opts these days for a wittier, lighter touch quite the ride' Observer 'The biting cold of Northern Finland is only matched by the cutting dark wit and compelling plot on this must-read crime novel' Denzil Meyrick 'A brilliantly inventive and gloriously funny novel from Finland's greatest export' MJ Arlidge 'Told in a darkly funny, deadpan style The result is a rollercoaster read' Guardian 'Right up there with the best' TLS 'Through it all, Tuomainen maintains his singular tone, which mixes black humour with genuine, sometimes biting, sympathy for desperate people, provided that none take their needfulness too far Little Siberia is a gripping thriller whose complications pile to precarious, intoxicating heights' Foreword Reviews 'Tuomainen also persuades readers how hard life makes it to do the right thing in a universe that too often feels like a profound personal insult. Fans of Scandinavian noir will relish this one' Publishers Weekly 'You don't expect to laugh when you're reading about terrible crimes, but that's what you'll do when you pick up one of Tuomainen's decidedly quirky thrillers' New York Times Autorid: Antti Tuomainen, David Hackston

In this fascinating book Stephen Dalton takes the reader on a journey, recounting how he started in photography and how he became fascinated with the idea of photographing insects and birds in flight. When Dalton started to combine his interests in nature and photography, no photographer had succeeded in capturing on film a focused image of an animal in midair. There were no digital cameras, no high-speed film, only primitive flash units powered by a heavy car battery. Color film took a week or more to be sent away and processed, too late for Dalton to make adjustments to his camera and flash set-up. There were also no publications to learn from. Dalton describes how persistence, hard work and sheer faith that it could be done pushed him to experiment with a variety of methods. Two years of repeated attempts, an understanding of flight mechanics and insight into the art of photography brought success: he captured a sharply focused image of a barn owl leaving its nest. Dalton had created the art of motion photography. Capturing Motion: My Life in High Speed Nature Photography is part memoir, part adventure story and part scientific explanation, illustrated throughout with Dalton's pioneering photographs. Dalton explains how the photographic equipment of the time worked and takes the reader on his journeys into the English countryside in the 1960s as he searched for subjects. Each attempt could be long and frustrating but success finally came with his image of a barn owl in flight: We employed two cameras set-up side by side in the hide, one containing color film that had to be sent away to Kodak for processing, which took a week, while the other was loaded with black and white film. When the owl took off both cameras recorded two almost identical images. More often than not the negatives revealed that at least one of the flash heads failed to fire, ruining the chance of obtaining the lighting so carefully planned. Even when we managed to obtain an image, the chances were that the wings were not in an attractive position. By now, after three weeks our patience was running thin. Although we had managed to obtain a few indifferent pictures, none of them did justice to the bird and the setting. I decided to struggle on for a few more days. A couple of evenings had passed when out of the blue everything jelled - next morning from out of the developing tank I withdrew a strip of dripping negatives that held the image that had been in my mind's eye for weeks - all four flash lamps had fired and the owl's wings were perfect. Capturing Motion follows the incredible journey of a highly skilled and creative nature photographer inventing an entirely new method. All photographers will enjoy reading about the determination and skill that went into creating a method they use every day in their craft. Autorid: Stephen Dalton

A naturopathic medical doctor and New York Times bestselling author of The Adrenal Reset Diet turns his attention to hormones, providing recipes. Photos and dietary solutions geared to alleviating the top five symptoms of hormone imbalance?—?weight gain, fatigue, hot flashes, brain fog and insomnia. Original. Illustrations. "Discover cutting-edge dietary solutions to hormone imbalances with 80 recipes to help reverse hormonal weight gain, fatigue, insomnia and more, from the integrative physician and New York Times bestselling author of The Adrenal Reset Diet"-- Discover cutting-edge dietary solutions to hormone imbalances with 80 recipes to help reverse hormonal weight gain, fatigue, insomnia, and more, from the integrative physician and New York Times bestselling author of The Adrenal Reset Diet.Much of our everyday well-being is contingent on our hormones. As hormones change from lifestyle, diseases, and aging, so too does quality of life. The top five symptoms of hormone imbalance include weight gain, fatigue, hot flashes, brain fog, and insomnia. Thankfully, the right foods can help regulate and heal your hormones. With eighty recipes, photos, and dietary solutions geared towards alleviating these symptoms along with boosting your metabolism, The Hormone Healing Cookbook will help you choose the best foods for you, returning your body to a state of balance. Learn which foods to incorporate into your diet to fight:Insomnia: Mushrooms, walnuts, and black rice Brain fog: Oats, blueberries, leafy greens, and basil Fatigue: Beets, ginger, pumpkin, and navy beans Hot flashes: Broccoli, soy, figs, and flax Weight gain: Potatoes, yogurt, fish, and onion Dr. Christianson will help you tailor the best meal plan for your body and hormone levels so that you can start feeling better in just a few weeks. Autorid: Dr. Alan Christianson

‘Did you ever wonder why I chose you all those years ago? I wanted to see the universe, so I stole a Time Lord and I ran away...’The Doctor has a unique bond with their TARDIS. They’ve always loved the ‘old girl’ for the way she’s gone looking for trouble anywhere in the universe. The Doctor says they stole the TARDIS from Gallifrey. The TARDIS disagrees… she stole them. She hasn’t always taken them where they want to go, but she’s made sure to take them where they needed to be. For the TARDIS is far more than just a time machine crossed with a spaceship. Her life reflects the Doctor’s life – a shared wanderlust and longing to explore. Now you can revisit the Doctor’s adventures as seen through the eyes – or the flashing rooftop light, at least – of the TARDIS. From the time the Doctor stole her from Gallifrey to her latest adventures with the Fifteenth Doctor, the TARDIS reflects wittily on her epic, incredible history – past, present and future! Autorid: Steve Cole

In Tokyo, murder’s easy to hide.Detective Hiroshi Shimizu investigates white collar crime in Tokyo. When an American businessman turns up dead, his mentor Takamatsu calls him out to the site of a grisly murder. A glimpse from a security camera video suggests the killer might be a woman. Hiroshi quickly learns how close homicide and suicide can appear in a city full of high-speed trains just a step—or a push—away.How do you find one woman in the biggest city in the world?Takamatsu drags Hiroshi out to the hostess clubs and skyscraper offices of Tokyo in search of the killer. Hiroshi goes deeper and deeper into Tokyo’s intricate, perilous market for buying and selling the most expensive land in the world. He teams up with ex-sumo wrestler Sakaguchi to scour Tokyo’s sacred temples, corporate offices and industrial wastelands to find out why one woman was driven to murder.“A terrific thriller.” Blue Ink Review“An absorbing investigation.” Kirkus Reviews“Gripping and suspenseful.” Booklife“An utterly, page-turning adventure,” Forward ReviewsAfter years in America and lost in neat, clean spreadsheets, Hiroshi confronts the stark realities of the biggest city in the world, where inside information can travel in a flash from the insiders at top investment firms to street-level punks and teenage hostesses, everyone scrambling for their cut of Tokyo’s lucrative land deals. Hiroshi’s determined to cut through Japan’s ambiguities—and dangers—to find the murdering ex-hostess before she extracts her final revenge—which just might be him. Autorid: Michael Pronko

Milt Grabaur has left his life, home, and teaching career in Ohio to start anew. The Summer Winds trailer park in Palm Springs, butted up against the San Jacinto mountain range, seems the perfect place to forget the pain of nursing his beloved husband through Alzheimer's and seeing him off on his final passage. Billy Blue is a sexy California surfer-type who once dreamed of being a singer but now works at Trader Joe’s and lives in his own trailer at Summer Winds. He’s focused on recovery from the alcoholism that put his dreams on hold. When his new neighbor moves in, Billy falls for the gray-eyed man. His sadness and loneliness awaken something Billy’s never felt before—real love. When a summer storm and flash flood jeopardize Milt's home, Billy comes to the rescue, hoping the two men might get better acquainted…and maybe begin a new romance. But Milt's devotion to his late husband is strong, and he worries that acting on his attraction will be a betrayal. Can they lay down their baggage and find out how redemptive love can be? Autorid: Rick R Reed

More than the lifeblood of our natural world, Texas rivers have nourished the human spirit for as long as people have gathered on their banks. A living bond has flowed between Texas writers and rivers ever since the 1960 publication of John Graves&;s classic journey along the Brazos, Goodbye to a River.Many of Texas&; leading writers have had their hearts captured by a river, and they have created sparkling accounts of the waterways they love. Now, editors Steven L. Davis and Sam L. Pfiester have assembled the best of those works into a revelatory collection of diverse literary voices.Ranging from the desert canyonlands of the Rio Grande to the swampy Big Thicket, from crystal clear Hill Country streams to the Red River&;s treacherous quicksand, Viva Texas Rivers! showcases many classic writings along with brand new essays written for this volume. The literary nonfiction is complemented by flashes of poetry that brilliantly reflect these curving ribbons of light.Authoritative and expertly edited, Viva Texas Rivers! offers shimmering accounts of hidden paradises, as well as searing exposés of abuse and despoliation. Yet even in the bleakest times, as these writers have found, Texas rivers can bestow a sacred grace &;and unexpected redemption.Viva Texas Rivers! brings you as close to the living nirvana of a Texas River as you can get without launching yourself into a canoe and following a great blue heron as it glides just above the breaking rapids, leading you around the bend as the river flows onward toward the best places in our hearts. Autorid: Andrew Sansom, Sam L. Pfiester, Steven L. Davis

"Else Bostelmann donned a red swimsuit and a copper diving helmet and, with paints and brushes in hand, descended into the choppy turquoise sea off the coast of Bermuda. It was 1930, and few had ventured deep into the sea before. She discovered a fairyland six fathoms below the surface-fantastic coral castles, glittering sunbeams, swaying sea plumes, and schools of fish. Deep under the water, Else painted these never-before-seen deep-sea creatures. Back on land, Else worked with world-renowned scientist William Beebe to re-create the fascinating world that existed underneath the waves. It was a daring and glamorous adventure, and a dream come true for Else, who shared this new, unfathomable world with humankind"-- This breathtaking poetic picture book combines themes of art and science to follow Else Bostelmann, who, in 1930, ventured deep beneath the sea to paint what she saw with her own eyes, sharing this new, unfathomable world with humankind. Illustrations. Else B. in the Sea is a poetic picture book biography about a daring and pioneering woman artist that combines themes of art and science from author Jeanne Walker Harveyand illustratorMelodie Stacey. Else Bostelmann donned a red swimsuit and a copper diving helmet and, with paints and brushes in hand, descended into the choppy turquoise sea off the coast of Bermuda. It was 1930, and few had ventured deep into the sea before. She discovered a fairyland six fathoms below the surface—fantastic coral castles, glittering sunbeams, swaying sea plumes, and slender purple sea fans. And fish! Flashy silverfish, puckering blue parrotfish, iridescent jellyfish. Else painted under the sea! She painted what she saw with her own eyes, and, back on land, she painted the never-before-seen deep-sea creatures described by world-renowned scientist William Beebe on his momentous 1930s bathysphere expeditions for the New York Zoological Society’s Department of Tropical Research. It was a daring and glamorous adventure and a dream come true for Else B., who shared this new, unfathomable world with humankind. Autorid: Jeanne Walker Harvey, Melodie Stacey

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary. Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1–6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.A girl and her mum are waiting on a platform for the train to arrive. But what is that flash of fur, and is it getting on the train too? This wonderful story was written by Becca Heddle.Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.This book focuses on adjacent consonants with long vowel phonemes.Pages 14 and 15 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall.Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover. Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1–6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary. Autorid: Becca Heddle, Omar Aranda, Collins Big Cat

Little Blue Truck and good friend Toad are out for a drive when a flash of red whizzes by, and when Racer Red challenges Blue to a race, Blue knows that win or lose, it’s fun to try. Illustrations. "Little Blue Truck and good friend Toad are out for a drive when a flash of red whizzes by--then whizzes back to stop and say hi. Sleek and low, Racer Red is made for speed and loves to go fast! When she challenges Blue to a race, Blue knows that win or lose, it's fun to try! Beep! Beep! Zooooom!"-- The #1 bestselling Little Blue Truck meets a zippy red race car with a need for speed.Little Blue Truck and good friend Toad are out for a drive when a flash of red whizzes by—then whizzes back to stop and say hi. Sleek and low, Racer Red is made for speed and loves to go fast! When she challenges Blue to a race, Blue knows that win or lose, it’s fun to try! Beep! Beep! Zooooom! Autorid: Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry

Roaring Twenties New York society is set ablaze when a working-class black woman marries the son of a wealthy, prominent family and makes international headlines after he sues for annulment accusing her of hiding her “Negro blood.” 60,000 first printing. In a novel based on a real-life case, 1920s New York society is set ablaze when Alice Jones, a working-class woman with at least one black parent, marries Leonard "Kip" Rhinelander, the son of a wealthy, prominent family, who makes international headlines after he sues for annulment, accusing her of hiding her "Negro blood." “Gripping courtroom drama and social commentary . . . the story flows well . . . (the author is] masterful in building suspense.”—Kirkus ReviewsSet in 1920s New York, an addictively readable, thoroughly entertaining historical novel involving sex and secrets, race and redemption, and power and privilege—based on a sensational real-life case that made international headlines—in which the marriage between a working-class black woman and the scion of one of America’s most powerful white families ends in a scandalous annulment lawsuit.When Alice Jones, a blue-color woman with at least one Black parent marries Leonard “Kip” Rhinelander, the son of one of New York’s most prominent society families, the scandal rocks high society—and eventually sets the city afire when Kip later sues for an annulment, accusing Alice of having hidden her “Negro blood” and intentionally deceiving him that she was white.While New York society in the Roaring Twenties witnessed more than a few scandals, the real-life Rhinelander case set tongues wagging and became perhaps the most examined interracial relationship in American history. In Defending Alice, Richard Stratton reimagines this remarkable story, from the couple’s courtship through their controversial marriage to their shocking divorce trial and its aftermath. Chronicled by Alice’s attorney, brilliant trial lawyer Lee Parsons Davis, and told in flashbacks and entries from Alice and Kip’s fictional personal diaries, this epic page-turner vividly brings to life the New York of a century ago—a world seemingly far removed yet tragically familiar to our own.Stratton brilliantly evokes this dazzling era in all its glamour and excess, and in retelling the Rhinelander story, explores issues of sex, race, class, prejudice, and justice that are as relevant today as they were a century ago when this headline-making trial took place. Autorid: Richard Stratton

This is a dark romance/horror erotica. Please check the trigger warnings at the beginning of the book before you start by following the link to my website. This story is dark, with horror and gore, extremely explicit content, and unsettling situations/flashbacks. Readers are warned to read at their own risk. (18+ Only)Fifteen years locked in Sacred Heights Asylum for brutally butchering my parents, and they actually believe I'm cured. Fucking fixed. But I wasn't-just waiting, biding my time, preparing to unleash the chaos I've perfected for years on a world that made me this way. But just before my release, she walks in-Raven. A new student therapist. Pure. Innocent. The exact opposite of the monster lurking inside me. She's a light, and I'm a hungry shadow, ready to swallow her whole.Her piercing blue eyes and delicate freckled kitten nose ignite something dark in me, something more than just an obsession. It's a craving. Watching her from afar isn't enough anymore-I need her. So I take her. I drag her into the nightmare of my mind, where terror and lust bleed together.She thinks she can heal me. She thinks she can manipulate me. They always do, but soon she'll understand the truth-my truth. She'll see the world through my eyes, drenched in blood and madness. I don't just want to ruin her; I want her to notice the rot hiding beneath the surface, to feel the sharp edges of reality slice through her delusions. Life is cruelty, wrapped in pretty fucking packaging, and I'll be the one to rip it open for her. She'll watch as I axe my vengeance into the flesh of those who took everything from me, and by then, she'll know there's no escape. Not from me. Not from the hell I'm about to rain down on them all.But as time seems to pass, secrets are unravelled and we both become trapped in a sinister web, sinking into a darkness that runs far deeper than I ever imagined.

From the bestselling author of THE LOUDNESS OF UNSAID THINGS comes a compelling new novel that illuminates the joys and sorrows of an ordinary life and delivers profound insights into human nature. 'She glanced back at the sleeping boy on the back seat and flashing blue and red lights caught her eye in the rear vision mirror. A police car pulled up behind her. There was nowhere to go. What had she done?' Rose knows that she should be happy. She has a thoughtful son, a kind boss and a dream box full of savings for a rainy day. But sometimes the brick in her chest gets so heavy that it's all she can do to simply watch the minutes tick by on the oven clock. Things change when a stranger arrives. Rose can't believe that someone like Ellie would want to be her friend. Ellie always knows what to do. She is bright and shiny and so caring. With Ellie by her side, things feel possible again, and Rose starts to remember who she is. Soon, she can't imagine how it was without Ellie there. Sometimes, all you need is one friend to change your life. Because the best things in life are free. Aren't they? A novel about discovering that what you need is often right in front of you. And that friendship can hide many truths. 'In her third novel, Hilde Hinton delicately confronts the complexities of motherhood and friendships . . . (Her] strength lies in her ability to create characters who feel remarkably familiar, holding up a mirror to the reader and telling us something about ourselves. Fans of Kim Lock's The Other Side of Beautiful will enjoy this important story about finding your way back to yourself.' BOOKS+PUBLISHING 'Hilde Hinton has written another gentle and perceptive look at the travails of life' THE BOOKLIST 'A delight . . . Hinton again demonstrates her talent for exposing her characters' emotions and vulnerability' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A big-hearted novel about friendship and the devastation of betrayal' THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY Autorid: Hilde Hinton

Caleb Roehrig, author of Last Seen Leaving, delivers another spellbinding young adult murder mystery in White Rabbit.Rufus Holt is having the worst night of his life. It begins with the reappearance of his ex-boyfriend, Sebastian-the guy who stomped his heart out like a spent cigarette. Just as Rufus is getting ready to move on, Sebastian turns up out of the blue, saying they need to "talk." Things couldn't get worse, right?Then Rufus gets a call from his sister April, begging for help. He and Sebastian find her, drenched in blood and holding a knife beside the dead body of her boyfriend, Fox Whitney.April swears she didn't kill Fox. Rufus knows her too well to believe she's telling him the whole truth, but April has something he needs. Her price is his help. Now, with no one to trust but the boy he wants to hate yet can't stop loving, Rufus has one night to clear his sister's name . . . or die trying.Praise for White Rabbit:"Twisty plotting, suspenseful pacing, and vivid characters add up to a heart-pounding page turner that you'll stay up way too late to finish." -Karen M. McManus, New York Times-bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying."An emerging talent, Caleb Roehrig gives us another exciting, addictive YA thriller with his second novel, White Rabbit. Roehrig kept me guessing until the very end. I can't wait to see what he does next!" -Kristin Cast, #1 New York Times-bestselling co-author of The House of Night series"Cinematic, nail-biting, and so much freaking fun-destined to be a gay YA classic." -Cale Dietrich, author of The Love Interest"In this thrilling sophomore outing from Roehrig (Last Seen Leaving), 16-year-old Rufus Holt sets out with his ex, Sebastian, after getting a phone call from his half-sister April, who is at a party, begging for help. . . . Roehrig. . . nails the angst of spending time with an ex that you can't help but love, as well as the heartache and confusion of coming out." -Publishers Weekly"Roehrig deftly weaves together thrills, intrigue, and fast-paced action in this delectable murder mystery. The novel is unapologetically queer, allowing Rufus and Sebastian to explore their complicated relationship, even against the backdrop of the intensely emotional and melodramatic family dynamics. . . . Roehrig's narrative is deliciously sensational on the surface but sensitive and heartfelt at its core. -Booklist"This excellent mystery has strong and believable characters. . . . Brief flashbacks of Rufus and Sebastian's story help give context to and propel current action that unfolds in a well-timed manner. Their relationship is the core of this tale, and it's portrayed intelligently and realistically with appropriate depth and compassion." -School Library Journal"Readers up for a sexy, gory, swoony, suspenseful murder mystery/romance mashup will enjoy this." -The Bulletin, recommended title

From celebrated business school professor and author of Edge, a research-backed framework for honing and harnessing your intuition to make the right decisions and attain greater levels of achievement.What sets the most successful people apart? You may think that the correct answer is hard work (and it’s certainly part of it), but in her interviews of the most accomplished individuals—from entrepreneurs and investors to Olympic athletes and Pulitzer Prize winners—Distinguished Professor of Management Laura Huang discovered that what they called their gut feel, the product of their intuition, played the most important role.We all have intuition, our brain's intelligent synthesis of external data and the entirety of our personal experiences. As such, it draws from what we already know and what we didn’t even realize we knew. This culminates in a gut feel that manifests as a eureka moment, a Spidey sense, or a jolt that changes how we see things and compels us to act. Most people experience these flashes of clarity passively, as random occurrences that come out of the blue.In You Already Know, Laura Huang scientifically breaks down what happens during the intuiting process and details the personified, physical, emotional, and cognitive components of the gut feel that results. Along the way, she provides valuable exercises to help you recognize, understand, and strengthen your intuition. Purposeful practice enables you to: take it from passive and accidental to active and intentional develop it to deliver increasingly reliable signals heighten your own sensitivity to the signals it sends Drawing on Huang’s pioneering research on individual judgments and decision-making, organizational psychology, and behavioral economics, as well as hundreds of interviews,You Already Knowoffers a highly practical model that equips you to leverage your most powerful and underutilized resource to make better decisions, take swift action, and accomplish your most ambitious goals.As the external world gets ever noisier, often, the smartest thing you can do is turn your focus inward and trust your gut to guide you in the right direction.

'Wonderfully authentic, electrifying' Clare ChambersTwo couples. Twenty years. One unforgettable story.Dylan, Stevie and Ben have been inseparable since their days at Trinity, when life pulsed with possibility. A single glance can still summon their younger selves: dancing beneath flashing lights, salt on their skin after swims in Dublin Bay.Two decades later, their dreams have faltered. Dylan, once a rugby star, is stranded on the sofa, tended by his wife, Rachel. Across town, in their new build, Stevie and Ben's relationship has settled into an airless routine. Then, after countless auditions, Ben lands a role in Pinter's Betrayal.As rehearsals unfold, the play's shifting loyalties seep into reality, stirring old jealousies and awakening forbidden longings, as each must confront how far they are willing to go in pursuit of desire.Wry, sexy and deftly observed, Little Vanities is a novel about the perilous thrill of stepping outside the roles we've been given-and the distance between the lives we imagined and the ones we find ourselves living.'Messy, complicated, compelling' Emilie Pine, author of Ruth & Pen'A riveting tale of emotional infidelity' Aingeala Flannery, author of The Amusements'Scrupulous and elegant' Kathleen MacMahon, author of Nothing But Blue Sky'Fantastic at examining the tussles between people in relationships' The Times'Acutely observed, beautifully written' Joseph O'Connor, author of Star of the Sea'A natural writer' Anne Enright, author of The Wren, The Wren Autorid: Sarah Gilmartin

Tornadoes are the most violent, magnificent, and utterly unpredictable storms on earth, reaching estimated wind speeds of 300 mph and leaving swathes of destruction in their wake. In Tornado Alley, Howard Bluestein draws on two decades of experience chasing and photographing tornadoes across the American Plains to present a historical account of the study of tornadoes and the great thunderstorms that spawn them. A century ago, tornado warnings were so unreliable that they usually went unreported. Today, despite cutting-edge Doppler radar technology and computer simulation, these storms remain remarkably difficult to study. Leading scientists still conduct much of their research from the inside of a speeding truck, and often contend with jammed cameras, flash floods, and windshields smashed by hailstones and flying debris. Using over a hundred diagrams, models, and his own spectacular color photographs, Bluestein documents the exhilaration of hair-raising encounters with as many as nine tornadoes in one day, as well as the crushing disappointment of failed expeditions and ruined equipment.Most of all, he recreates the sense of beauty, mystery, and power felt by the scientists who risk their lives to study violent storms. For scientists, amateur weather enthusiasts, or anyone who's ever been intrigued or terrified by a darkening sky, Tornado Alley provides not only a history of tornado research but a vivid look into the origin and effects of nature's most dramatic phenomena.

Have you ever heard the story of the tornado that lifted a man s wallet right from his pants pocket? What about the myth of the Min-Min light in Australia? Do you have a story about seeing the Green Flash or want an explanation of the mysterious Sun Dogs?§Weird Weather: Tales of Astronomical and Atmospheric Anomalies is about the strange, unusual, and inexplicable events that take place in the air and sky. These include meteors that appear inside a darkened house, ghost lights that follow lone travelers, lightning emerging from patches of fog, and much more. Many of these climatic brainteasers occur within Earth s skies, but there are parallel curiosities on other worlds, including; lightning on Venus, methane spouts on Titan, thunderstorms twice the size of Earth on Saturn, whirlwinds and dust storms on Mars , and auroras on Jupiter!§Just as atmosphere and outer space are not separated by a sharp boundary, so the subject of this book is not confined to the skies. Earth is the way it is because of its location in the wider universe. Weird Weather: Tales of Astronomical and Atmospheric Anomalies is for those who are fascinated by the spectacular effects of climate and weather on other worlds and our own endlessly fasincating blue planet in the Solar System.

Fifty-four divine tales of Shiva in ancient India Throbbing with non-stop excitement, Shiva in the City of Nectar sweeps across Heaven, Earth and the Underworld, narrating the exploits of the mysterious and powerful blue-throated god. One after another, the tales unfold the follies of ancient devas, asuras, sages, men and mythical beasts. And through them all, Shiva blithely takes on the guise of beggar, saint, monarch, merchant, fisherman, hunter, warrior and woodcutter; walking through the three worlds to slay rampaging demons, perform his Dance of Bliss and embrace good and bad alike. Shiva is portrayed in all his multi-faceted mystique - the tender lover who woos and weds Goddess Meenakshi; the eternal Guru who dispenses wisdom; the fierce avenger whose third eye flashes fire; the generous benefactor who showers blessings on his devotees; and, above all, the gentle prankster who embodies the essence of Vedic faith.

top Copying Code. Start Engineering.Are you ready to graduate from the limitations of Arduino and 8-bit microcontrollers? Do you want to master the industry-standard STM32 platform but feel overwhelmed by 1,000-page datasheets and cryptic registers?The Modern STM32 Handbook is your bridge from hobbyist tinkering to professional firmware engineering.Written for students, hardware engineers, and ambitious makers, this comprehensive guide cuts through the noise of the complex Arm Cortex-M ecosystem. It doesn't just show you how to write the code-it explains why the hardware behaves the way it does.Forget the dry, academic textbooks that leave you stranded when things go wrong. This book reads like a mentorship session with a senior engineer, guiding you through the friction points of 32-bit development with clarity, depth, and precision.Inside, you will learn how to:Master the Toolchain: Navigate STM32CubeIDE and CubeMX to configure complex clock trees and peripherals in minutes, not days.Go Beyond the Super-Loop: Architect responsive, multitasking systems using FreeRTOS. Learn to manage Tasks, Queues, Mutexes, and Semaphores to build firmware that never freezes.Unlock High-Performance I/O: Stop wasting CPU cycles. Master Direct Memory Access (DMA) for high-speed UART, ADC scanning, and memory-to-memory transfers.Debug Like a Pro: Move beyond printf. Utilize the Serial Wire Viewer (SWV) for real-time variable tracing and learn the forensic art of Hard Fault Analysis to fix crashes in minutes.Build Robust Interfaces: Deep dive into I2C, SPI, and UART protocols. Learn to handle race conditions, bus arbitration, and display drivers with professional reliability.Design for the Real World: Implement Watchdogs, Low-Power Modes (Sleep/Stop/Standby), and Flash memory storage to create devices that are field-ready and battery-efficient.The Final Project: The journey culminates in a complete, production-grade Smart Environmental Monitor. You will build a device that reads sensors, visualizes data on an OLED, and streams telemetry via UART-all orchestrated by a real-time operating system.Who is this book for?Arduino users ready to level up to 32-bit performance.Electrical Engineering students seeking practical, job-ready skills.Professional engineers migrating from legacy 8-bit/16-bit architectures.Developers who want to understand the "Black Box" of the HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer).Includes a Migration Cheat Sheet (Arduino vs. STM32) and pinout references for the Nucleo-F446RE and Blue Pill boards.Don't let the learning curve stop you. Take control of the silicon.Scroll up and grab your copy of The Modern STM32 Handbook today.

If youve always wanted to animate your own characters, this is where you start. The Animators Blueprint: The Beginners Guide to Mastering Moho walks you step by step through how to design, rig, and animate using Mohos professional tools and workflows. Whether youre brand new to animation or a seasoned animator exploring Moho for the first time, youll gain real confidence as you master Mohos core tools to create your own characters and bring them to life on screen. Youll learn by doing, following a guided project that takes you from your first design to a finished animated scene. Written by McCoy Buck, creator of Mohos official tutorials and a Moho instructor for over 12 years, and Chris Georgenes, a 25-year animation veteran with credits including Adult Swim, Nick Jr., and FX, this book delivers practical instruction, workflow tips, and professional insights to save you months of trial and error. By the end, you wont just understand Moho; youll have the foundation and essentials to bring your stories to life through animation. Chris Georgenes has worked as an animator and designer for Adult Swim, Nick Jr., FX, and Soup2Nuts Studio, among others. A sought-after industry expert, he has been a featured presenter at conferences all over the world including the popular Adobe MAX. A go-to subject matter expert for the Adobe Creative Channel, and a live tutorial and demo host for Adobe Animate, Chris has also served as an Adobe Community Expert for over a decade. Chris was on the front lines of Macromedia Flash when it revolutionized the web browser landscape. He developed studio workflows using Flash for television broadcast before learning the benefits of Flash for the internet. Chris went on to write over ½ dozen books on designing and animating with Flash/Adobe Animate and became well known for his home-grown techniques and use of the software. McCoy Buck is an animator, instructor, and author recognized for his expertise in Moho (formerly Anime Studio) and his decade-long contribution to the 2D animation community. In 2014, he launched his YouTube channel (McCoy Buck), dedicated entirely to Moho, which now serves over 22,000 subscribers with free courses, tutorials, and live streams. That same year, he founded the second-largest Moho community online, fostering collaboration and learning among animators worldwide. McCoy has also developed several in-depth Moho courses on design, rigging, and animation, enrolling thousands of students seeking professional-level guidance. In 2019, McCoy created the official tutorials for the launch of Moho 13. Beyond his educational content, McCoy trains animation studios and mentors animators of all levels, from those just starting out and passionate hobbyists to established creators with millions of followers, helping them transition to Moho and refine their production pipelines. Through his teaching, mentorship, and community leadership, McCoy helps aspiring and experienced animators alike connect with the same passion for animation and Moho that drives his work. Autorid: Chris Georgenes, McCoy Buck