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"A pre-modern baseball umpire would have said something like this: 'There's balls, and there's strikes, and I call 'em as they are.' The modernist would have said, 'There's balls, and there's strikes, and I call 'em as I see 'em.' And the postmodernist umpire would say, 'They ain't nothing until...

The national debate over popular music's effect on character is both furious and confused. Conservatives complain primarily about lyrics, appealing to public decency and safety. Liberals, swift to the defense of any self-expression, simultaneously celebrate rock's liberating ethos and deny its cultural influence.

Here's a fact you just can't escape - you need huge reserves of mental toughness in just about every sphere of life to achieve personal and professional goals. This book will guide you through the notion of mental toughness for peak performance. You will learn more of what it takes to rise above adverse situations, unforeseen circumstances and challenges in pursuit of your ambitions.

Carson Cunningham was a top college basketball player for Oregon State and Purdue and a native of Hoosierland Indiana who believed he could one day play in the NBA, but instead wound up in the minor leagues of professional basketball- the storied and now defunct CBA. It’s a league that has turned out a record-setting number of NBA players and coaches, such as Phil Jackson and George Karl, but it wasn’t glamorous

Die Trainees der Sinclair Academy haben einen neuen Auftrag: Ein junges Ehepaar ist während seiner Flitterwochen spurlos verschwunden. Es gibt keine Spuren, doch in der Nähe ihres letzten Aufenthaltsortes häufen sich die Berichte über paranormale Anzeichen. Ihre Nachforschungen führen Jack, Staysy, Hassan und Sachiko in den abgeschiedenen Ort Arbordale: malerische Häuser, freundliche Menschen, spielende Kinder - die perfekte Idylle. Doch hinter all der Harmonie lauert das absolute Grauen.

Dear Reader, In February 2013 I gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Standing a few feet from President Obama, I warned my fellow citizens of the dangers facing our country and called for a return to the principles that made America great. Many Americans heard and responded...

The Newbery Honor author of Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine, weaves a thrilling tale of mystery in this companion to A Tale of Two Castles. Elodie, the dragon detective Meenore, and the kindly ogre Count Jonty Um are all on their way to Elodie’s home island of Lahnt. Elodie has barely set...

The young maiden, Parsley, will eat nothing but parsley, which in Snettering-on-Snoakes grows only in the fairy Bombina's garden. All is well - until Bombina is released from the fairy queen's dungeon. Her crime? Failing to get along with humans. And turning them into toads! Meanwhile, twin princes Randolph and Rudolph are causing trouble at Biddle Castle and pinning everything on their younger brother, Tansy. Prince Tansy cares about Biddle. Randolph and Rudolph don't. But one of the twins will be king, unless Prince Tansy accepts help from a green Biddlebum Toad!

Inspired by his nearly-deaf mother and a father who developed a "visible alphabet" of all the possible sounds a human being can make, Alexander Graham Bell spent the greater part of his life trying to improve the way people communicated with one another. It was this desire that led him to create his most famous invention, the telephone, and turned him into one of the most well-known names of all time.

When homicide detective Jolie Burke awakens to intruders in the dark of night, she's forced to flee. Jolie's nobody's victim, but she cannot fight this faceless enemy alone. She reaches out to Cyril Landry, the ex-Navy SEAL who is long on special-ops skills and short on patience. He suffers no fools - ever. But when Landry rolls into Branch, New Mexico, Jolie is gone, and there's nothing waiting for him but trouble.

Die letzte Nacht des Jahres: Ein paar Jugendliche treffen sich in einem alten, verlassenen Landhaus. Während einer Seánce beschwören sie einen mächtigen Dämon herauf, der sie im Haus einschließt. Als die Trainees der Sinclair Academy zu dem Landhaus gerufen werden, glauben Staysy, Sachiko, Hassan und Jack, einen einfachen Job zu übernehmen: Reingehen. Teenager retten. Fertig. Doch der Dämon führt sie mit all seinen Tricks und seiner Grausamkeit in die Irre.

Der Ex-Soldat Jack Archer lebt zurückgezogen in einem Kloster nahe London. Doch selbst hinter den dicken Mauern lassen ihn die schrecklichen Erlebnisse des Krieges nicht los, verfolgen ihn die Dämonen seiner Vergangenheit. Eines Tages sucht ihn ein Inspektor des Scotland Yard auf. Der Polizist ist überzeugt, dass Jack in Afghanistan nicht nur gegen menschliche Feinde gekämpft hat. Jack begreift nicht und will wissen, mit wem er es zu tun hat.

Trading trends for timeless style, Off the Cuff helps readers abandon the chase for "the newest black" or tomorrow's version of the mandarin collar. Kressley delivers a guide that mines each man's unique personality and physique and lets readers in on his best-kept secret, that the only thing sure to stay in fashion is the man who wears what's right for him.

As Darwin famously observed, the beaks of each generation of Galapagos Island finches change to accommodate shifting food resources, allowing the birds to survive by adapting their capabilities to the new environment. Today's business people should take note: In the post-crisis economy, traditional career strategies spell professional extinction, but the fluid new "gig economy" offers tremendous potential for anyone willing to adapt.

Mick, garçonne passionnée et ambitieuse, erre en solitaire dans les rues du sud profond des États-Unis, happée par la musique qui s'échappe des fenêtres. Au café de Biff, Mick observe John Singer, le fascinant muet au calme olympien. D'autres personnages aussi originaux qu'attachants évoluent autour d'eux, se croisent sans se rencontrer. Ils se regardent avec une curiosité pleine de tendresse face à la cruauté de la vie et à la pauvreté, portés par leurs rêves et leur soif de justice.

Imagine this: Five eminently stylish and hilariously witty gay men -- authoritative experts in food and wine, grooming, decorating, fashion, and culture -- invade your life, assess your strengths and weaknesses, and, in the course of a day, make you better dressed, better groomed, better...

Just A Gem by Elisabeth Carson will be full of educational nuggets to feed your mind. Each different episode will be a different gem that will teach you things ranging from modeling, acting, auditions, culinary arts, real estate, business building, entrepreneurship, holistic healing, modalities, writing, podcasting, and the list goes on. This show will help you to live your best life everyday by creating the life you always dreamed of. IG: @elisabethicarson FB: facebook.com/iamelisabethcarson X: @lis_carson

Politically Pastoral Conversations interrogates faith, politics, & society with a fabulous flair through conversations with people from all walks of life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Wyatt Barton, a retired CIA operative and now civilian surgeon, reluctantly accepts a call to leave retirement and participate in one last Black Ops mission. Meanwhile, a charming and well-respected US defense firm executive hides in plain sight and secretly plots high-tech terror attacks in the sleepy, self-absorbed United States. The overseas mission is compromised, and during the battle, the terrorist leader’s son is killed, and Wyatt is now targeted for assassination by the embedded terrorist organization.

This is the third in a series about the Saddle Boys in western-themed stories. You learned first about the adventures of two inquisitive youths of by-gone days. They are Frank Haywood, only son of rich miner/ranch owner Leonidas Haywood, and Frank’s friend Bob Archer, who hails from Kentucky. They became known far and wide after being seen riding and dashing over the prairies at top-notch speed. They were often confronted by a spoiled young Peg, (nickname for Percy Egbert Grant), whose wealthy father let him get by with more than he should.