Defending Jacob: A Novel by William Landay l Summary & Study Guide


BookRags - 2013
    This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

The Financial Miracle Prayer


Francis Jonah - 2016
     You will learn how to pray for financial miracles and what to do when the answer is not forthcoming. You must simply read this book to gain a better understanding of prayer for finances.

David Walliams 9 Books Collection: The Midnight Gang / Grandpa's Great Escape / Awful Auntie / Demon Dentist / Ratburger / Gansta Granny / Mr Stink / The Boy in the Dress / Billionaire Boy


David Walliams
    Billionaire Boy, Mr Stink, The Boy in the Dress, Gansta Granny, Rat burger, Demon Dentist, Awful Auntie, Grandpa's Great Escape - Hardback, The Midnight Gang - Hardback

The Lottery of Life and Death


James Schmitt - 2020
    

The Last Kings 2: Long Live The King


C.N. Phillips - 2014
    With a heart black as night and an itching trigger finger she has vowed to make Ray's murderer's blood rain over the city of Detroit. However currently sitting as the new king of the city Khiron is backed by the Dominican Cartel and is proving to be untouchable. Sadie is a secretly relocated to Miami and takes Ray's place as the head of The Last Kings. Recruiting a few new members and making new money the cartel is revived and ready to go up against the worst to reclaim Detroit. In the midst of it all a war is budding between the Italians and Dominicans and Sadie has already chosen her allegiance. The Last Kings is back guns loaded and ready to make one last bloody movie in the streets.

The Story of Us


Tim Urban - 2019
    I’m Tim. I’m a single cell in society’s body. U.S. society, to be specific.So let me explain why we’re here.As a writer and a generally thinky person, I’ve spent a lot of my life thinking about the society I live in, and societies in general. I’ve always imagined society as a kind of giant human—a living organism like each of us, only much bigger.When you’re a single cell in the body of a giant, it’s hard to understand what the giant’s doing, or why it is the way it is, because you can’t really zoom out and look at the whole thing all at once. But we do our best.The thing is, when I’ve recently tried to imagine what society might look like, I haven’t really been picturing this:Giant stick figure: "I am grown up."Based on what I see around me, in person and online, it seems like my society is actually more like this:Giant stick figure throwing a giant tantrum because their chocolate ice cream fell on the ground.Individual humans grow older as they age—but it kind of seems like the giant human I live in has been getting more childish each year that goes by.So I decided to write a blog post about this. But then something else happened.When I told people I was planning to write a post about society, and the way people are acting, and the way the media is acting, and the way the government is acting, and the way everyone else is acting, people kept saying the same thing to me.Don’t do it. Don’t touch it. Write about something else. Anything else. It’s just not worth it.They were right. With so many non-controversial topics to write about, why take on something so loaded and risk alienating a ton of readers? I listened to people’s warnings, and I thought about moving on to something else, but then I was like, “Wait what? I live inside a giant and the giant is having a six-year-old meltdown in the grocery store candy section and that’s a not-okay thing for me to talk about?”It hit me that what I really needed to write about was that—about why it’s perilous to write about society."

How to Destroy the Universe: and 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Physics


Paul Parsons - 2011
    How to Destroy the Universe embraces thirty-five key physics ideas in a way that anyone can understand. Read this book and you will discover how to reverse the effects of global warming and fend off killer asteroids. You'll learn essential survival skills such as how to live through a lightning strike and how to fall into a black hole without being turned into spaghetti. You'll discover how to turn lead into gold, how to travel to the centre of the Earth and how to use physics to predict the stock market. How to Destroy the Universe will make you see the world through fresh eyes.

The British Military Quartet: Let Not The Deep, King’s Shilling, Long Reach and Congo Blue.


Mike Lunnon-Wood - 2019
     This specially-priced boxset includes: BOOK 1: LET NOT THE DEEP A crippled cargo ship drifts helplessly in the face of an oncoming hurricane-force storm. On board, a passenger whose presence means the world is watching. Only the skill, determination and raw courage of a lifeboat crew and the British military forces despatched to save them offer any hope of survival. But set against the savagery of the Atlantic even that might not be enough... BOOK 2: KING'S SHILLING As a powerful insurgent army closes on Liberia’s capital, London is forced to act, and HMS Beaufort is despatched to West Africa to pull British nationals from the teeth of encroaching danger. But when the volatile situation ashore unravels, the frigate’s crew must draw deep on reserves of skill, ingenuity and sheer bloody mindedness to save it. And with time running out Beaufort’s Captain makes the decision to take his ship up river... BOOK 3: LONG REACH When Belize is invaded by a powerful neighbour it’s Britain that must spring to the defence of this old outpost of empire. But intervening in distant Central America will test the limits of the former colonial power. And in the end the outcome will turn on the skill, boldness and heart-bursting bravery of handful of British forces already in country... BOOK 4: CONGO BLUE When a group of missionaries get caught up in bloody African civil war London is forced to act. For the men of 40 Commando, Royal Marines, it should be a quick in and out. A nice clean operation. But what awaits them will test them like never before. And, facing overwhelming odds, this time the skill and raw courage of these legendary fighting men may not be enough.. *Note: Congo Blue was previously published as Heraklion Blue. What everyone is saying about Mike Lunnon-Wood’s books: ‘Mike Lunnon-Wood is a great thriller writer’ -- Rowland White, author of Vulcan 607 ‘Absolutely Magnificent! Never has a book twisted my emotions as much as this book has. What a brilliant author Mike Lunnon-Wood is.' ‘Storytelling at its best. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing.’ ‘I have just finished reading Congo Blue after reading Let Not The Deep, King's Shilling and Long Reach all in sequence and almost without a break. I just could not stop. I see completely why Rowland White praised these books. I recommend anyone to read them all.’ ‘These four books are probably the best series I've read.’ ‘The quality of his writing and the depth of his characters are brilliant.’ ‘I was lost from the world while reading this and books like that don't come along too often.’ Mike Lunnon-Wood’s books are perfect for fans of Red Storm Rising, Sniper One or Bravo Two Zero or movies like Red Dawn, Dunkirk or The Siege of Jadotville.

Royally Unexpected: The Nord Kingdom Accidental Baby Trilogy (Surprise Baby Stories Book 3)


Lilian Monroe - 2021
    

SUMMARY The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson


OneHour Reads - 2018
    His ultimate proposition is that people need to start caring less about everything. Instead, the key to living a good life is in individuals knowing what matters to them and not wasting energy stressing over every little thing. He then proceeds to educate us on how to move forward by going backwards. Manson strongly believes that the endless pursuit of a flawless life, fueled by today's picture-perfect social media standards, is responsible for many of the psychological illnesses that have become rampant. The book culminates in a conclusion that we need to look beyond ourselves, drop the entitled airs, and embrace the ugliness and uncertainties before we can live better lives. This book contains a comprehensive, well detailed summary and key takeaways of the original book by Mark Manson. It summarizes the book in detail, to help people effectively understand, articulate and imbibe the original work by Mark. This book is not meant to replace the original book but to serve as a companion to it Contained is anExecutive Summary of the original book Key Points of each chapter and Brief chapter-by-chapter summaries To get this book, Scroll Up Now and Click on the "Buy now with 1-Click" Button to Download your Copy Right Away! Enjoy this edition instantly on your Kindle device! Now available in paperback and digital editions. Audio book coming soon!! Disclaimer: This is a summary, review of the book "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" and not the original book.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (SparkNotes Literature Guide)


SparkNotes - 2014
    Literature Guides Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis*Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols*A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers

The Top Insults: How to Win Any Argument...While Laughing!


Full Sea Books - 2013
     “You’re about as useful as a windshield wiper on a goat’s butt.” Keep this book handy, someday you’ll be glad you have it. “Let's play horse. I'll be the front end and you just be yourself.” Pick any of the many jaw-dropping insults then laugh at the look on your adversary’s face when you whip one out and use it on them. You’ll leave no doubt in their mind that you are a master of sarcastic insults! ADDED BONUS: In addition to the fresh and hilarious insults in this book, you’ll also find great sarcastic observations about life hidden inside this book’s pages, like… “I think the reason so many people have smart phones is because opposites attract!” You’re no idiot, so you need this book to start your new life as the master of sarcastic insults and put-downs! “Hey! Who left the Idiot Box open? Now they're everywhere!”

Business Mathematics and Statistics


J.K. Thukral - 2014
    

The Best American Science Writing 2007


Gina Kolata - 2007
    Featuring the imprimatur of bestselling author and New York Times reporter Gina Kolata, one of the nation's foremost voices in science and medicine, and with contributions from Atul Gawande, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Oliver Sacks, among others, The Best American Science Writing 2007 is a compelling anthology of our most advanced, and most relevant, scientific inquiries.

Awakened


D.L. Harrison - 2019
    She was heavily malnourished, atrophied to the point she couldn’t walk, and the only survivor of a massacre. She also doesn’t remember a thing about her past.After months of sweat and hard work, she was out on her own. She was able to walk again and independent, and working to regain a life, although the lack of a past haunted her in her dreams and nightmares. Then everything changed one night as she was attacked in an alley. No one was more surprised than Lily, when she wound up being the stronger predator.Join Lily, as she learns of the existence of the supernatural world, and she tries to uncover the truth of her past. Where vampires, shifters, witches and warlocks are nothing like the legends or Hollywood fictions, and she’s stranger than all of them. Author’s note: This is the first book in an urban fantasy trilogy. There will be no major cliffhangers, but there will be several plot threads left unresolved until the final book.