Dangerous Allure

2024-09-10 Fiction

Author : Sara Fields
Release : 2024-09-10
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 013/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Dangerous Allure by : Sara Fields

Download or read book Dangerous Allure written by Sara Fields. This book was released on 2024-09-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two’s company. Three’s a dangerously good time. This deliciously dark collection of stories is flying all the red flags – these men will hunt, stalk, and conquer their prey. And leave them begging for more. Whether working together to claim their prize, or fighting to be the last man standing, it’s only when you find yourself trapped between them that you realize: there’s no way out. And maybe…that’s exactly the way you like it.

Invisible

2015-04-08 History

Author : Philip Ball
Release : 2015-04-08
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 89X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Invisible by : Philip Ball

Download or read book Invisible written by Philip Ball. This book was released on 2015-04-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science is said to be on the verge of achieving the ancient dream of making objects invisible. Invisible is a biography of an idea, tied to the history of science over the "longue duree." Taking in Plato to today s science, Ball shows us that the stories we have told about invisibility are not in fact about technical capability but about power, sex, concealment, morality, and corruption. Precisely because they refer to matters that lie beyond our senses, unseen beings and worlds have long been a repository for hopes, fears, and suppressed desires. Ideas of invisibility are, like all ideas rooted in legend, ultimately parables about our own potential and weaknesses. Invisible presents the first comprehensive survey of the roles that the idea of invisibility has played throughout time and culture. This territory takes us from medieval grimoires to cutting-edge nanotechnology, from fairy tales to telecommunications, from camouflage to early cinematography, and from beliefs about ghosts to the dawn of nuclear physics and the discovery of dark energy. Invisible reveals what our age-old fantasies about what lurks unseen, and whether we can enter that realm ourselves, truly say about us. "

Why Young Men

2019-06-25 Social Science

Author : Jamil Jivani
Release : 2019-06-25
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 905/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Why Young Men written by Jamil Jivani. This book was released on 2019-06-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the world, we see an explosion of unpredictable violence committed by alienated young men. Jamil Jivani recounts his experiences working as a youth activist throughout North America and the Middle East, drawing striking parallels between ISIS recruits, gangbangers, and Neo-Nazis in the West. Having narrowly escaped a descent into crime and gang violence in his native Toronto, Jivani has devoted his life to helping other at-risk youths avoid this fate in cities across North America. After the Paris terrorist attacks of 2016, he traveled to Europe and the Middle East to assist Muslim community outreach groups focused on deterring ISIS recruitment. Why Young Men is the story of Jivani’s education as an activist on the front lines of one of today’s most dangerous and intractable problems: the explosion of violence among angry young men throughout the world. Jivani relates his personal story and describes his entrance into the community outreach movement, his work with disenfranchised people of color in North America and at-risk youth in the Middle East and Africa, and his experiences with the white working class. The reader learns along with him as he profiles a diverse array of young men and interviews those who are trying to help them, drawing parallels between these groups, refuting the popular belief that they are radically different from each other, and offering concrete steps toward countering this global trend.

The High Achiever's Guide

2019-10-15 Self-Help

Author : Maki Moussavi
Release : 2019-10-15
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 224/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The High Achiever's Guide written by Maki Moussavi. This book was released on 2019-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’re successful but feeling stuck, restless, or unfulfilled, this guide can help you figure out what you really want and how to get it. Does your life look great on paper, but it’s just not enough? You’re making money, have a career and lifestyle that you thought you always wanted, but now you’re there and it’s not all you expected it to be. The High Achiever’s Guide shows you how to get that out of that rut, find your purpose, and get that something more that you are searching for. You have the power to rewrite the way you think and operate so that you can pursue what matters most. In this book you will get the tools, techniques, and encouragement needed to create a meaningful life that you love. The High Achiever’s Guide can help you:Discover what isn’t working in your life and define what you truly wantRewrite your mental programming with intentionGo after what you want with confidenceUpdate your mindset model from traditional success to deeply personal fulfillmentExperience authentic happiness A former corporate career professional, Maki Moussavi knows firsthand how it feels to be stuck in the rut of conventional success. Her early life was filled with messages of working hard, chasing the dream, and making money. After creating the “success” that she’d been taught to value, she found herself questioning how she ended up feeling stuck, restless, and unfulfilled. Through a journey of self-examination, she learned how to find her purpose and experience authentic happiness. Readers of books like Authentic Happiness, The Motivation Manifesto, or The Big Leap, will love The High Achiever’s Guide.

Epic Sound

2014-11-27 Performing Arts

Author : Stephen C. Meyer
Release : 2014-11-27
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 59X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Epic Sound written by Stephen C. Meyer. This book was released on 2014-11-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A well-researched and thorough book examining what the author finds to be a unique facet of film music of the late 1940s and early 1950s.” —Soundtrax Lavish musical soundtracks contributed a special grandeur to the new widescreen, stereophonic sound movie experience of postwar biblical epics such as Samson and Delilah, Ben-Hur, and Quo Vadis. In Epic Sound, Stephen C. Meyer shows how music was utilized for various effects, sometimes serving as a vehicle for narrative plot and at times complicating biblical and cinematic interpretation. In this way, the soundscapes of these films reflected the ideological and aesthetic tensions within the genre, and more generally, within postwar American society. By examining key biblical films, Meyer adeptly engages musicology with film studies to explore cinematic interpretations of the Bible during the 1940s through the 1960s. “A major contribution to the field of film music studies and ought to be widely read by musicologists with an interest in film. Really, it ought to be read by film scholars as well: although the depth of Meyer’s engagement with the music is felt on almost every page, this is also a powerfully sustained exploration of the biblical epic as a film genre.” —American Music “Meyer’s clear and articulate study promises to be a welcome addition to the reading list of anyone interested not just in film but in mid-century music history.” —Journal of the Society for American Music “An ambitious and fascinating book.” —James Buhler, The University of Texas at Austin

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