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Just as a compass provides direction for an explorer, so does motivation provide direction for characters in fiction. The "compass" of character motivation is composed of four points: Lack, Yearning, Resistance, and Desire. In The Compass of Character you'll learn to deeply consider the...

Contained here in this volume are two of the most influential works of philosophy ever written, Descartes' "Discourse on Method" and "Meditations on First Philosophy." First published in 1637, "Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking for Truth in the...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the public use of museums, The Value of Museums: Enhancing Societal Well-Being provides a timely and compelling way for museum professionals to better understand and explain the benefits created by museum experiences. The key insight...

Decolonizing German and European History at the Museum examines efforts by European museums to investigate colonialism as part of an unprocessed past, confront its presence, and urge repair. A flurry of exhibitions and the overhaul of numerous large museums in the last decade signal...

Understanding the Old Testament: An Introductory Atlas to the Hebrew Bible provides a well-structured, comprehensive framework for the Hebrew Bible that places biblical events and persons within a concrete historical and geographical context.This composite introduction to the Hebrew Bible comes with illuminating texts, maps,...

An updated version of the popular book based on the "How to Live in Denmark" podcast, with 8 new chapters. In this fun, easy-to-read book, Kay draws on her own experience as a foreigner in Denmark when it comes to learning Danish, trying to...

They can be swift, silent, and deadly. That's why armed guerrillas are feared by even the largest, best-equipped fighting forces. No tank, rocket-propelled grenade, or infantry battalion can match the guerrilla team's ability to exact brutality with precision, instill fear in enemy hearts, and...

Author: Budge E. a. Wallis Budge, E. a. Wallis BudgeISBN-10: 1594625115ISBN-13: 9781594625114Publisher: Book JungleLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/08/2007Pages: 536Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.07lbsSize: 9.24h x 7.48w x 1.16d

Acknowledged as the nation's foremost expert on audience development involving America's growing multicultural population by the Arts and Business Council, Donna Walker-Kuhne has now written the first book describing her strategies and methods to engage diverse communities as participants for arts and culture. By...

The most revealing way to begin to understand who or what Ras Tafari is, is to read and study the Selected Speeches of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie First. These speeches portray the breadth of the Emperor's vision. They detail the persistence, the determination...

North Carolina Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in North Carolina's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general...

In this bold and provocative work, French philosopher Alain Badiou proposes a startling reinterpretation of St. Paul. For Badiou, Paul is neither the venerable saint embalmed by Christian tradition, nor the venomous priest execrated by philosophers like Nietzsche: he is instead a profoundly original...

Before any lights, camera, or action, there's the script -- arguably the most important single element in filmmaking, and Screenwriters on Screen-Writing introduces the men and women responsible for the screenplays that have produced some of the most successful and acclaimed films in Hollywood...

The most comprehensive and up-to-date field guide to Borneo's mammals This is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and easily accessible field guide to the mammals of Borneo--the ideal travel companion for anyone visiting this region of the world. Covering Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Kalimantan, the...

Ed Lantzer, a once-homeless misfit, brain damaged by scarlet fever as a child, suddenly has a vision from God of an enormous task he must complete. It involves the art of marquetry, a skill he learned from his father, where he cuts small diamond...

Attractive sourcebook of old-fashioned typefaces - mostly tall, fat and bold! Each font has uppercase alphabet; many have numerals, lowercase alphabets, more.Author: Dan X. SoloISBN-10: 0486261557ISBN-13: 9780486261553Publisher: Dover PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1989Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 10.95h x 8.36w x 0.36d

A book about spirit, creativity, and the inner life of the writer Certain writing books go beyond questions of craft and art to explore the deepest sources of the creative impulse. Writing from the Body is not a head book; it is a heart...

Damn good fiction is dramatic fiction, Frey insists, whether it is by Hemingway or Grisham, Le Carre or Ludlum, Austen or Dickens. Despite their differences, these authors' works share common elements: strong narrative lines, fascinating characters, steadily building conflicts, and satisfying conclusions. Frey's How...

Featuring essays by leading historians, including Carol Berkin, Andrew Heinze, Earl Lewis, and Mai M. Ngai, Race and Ethnicity in America is a timely introduction to the interrelated themes of race, ethnicity, and immigration in American history and a first-stop resource for students and...

Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will prosper in the 21st century and...

God has been engaged in a deadly conflict against the satanic influence of the fallen world ever since Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and brought sin and death into the world and into the lives of every person since then. The essence of the...

2021 Reprint of the 1913 Edition. Friedrich Nietzsche claimed that the purpose of On the Genealogy of Morals was to call attention to his previous writings. But in fact, the book does much more than that, elucidating and expanding on the cryptic aphorisms of...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

There are countless books on men and relationships that analyze and interpret men's feelings about intimacy from a clinical or therapeutic approach. However, there are few books that actually highlight Black men's points of view on intimacy in a raw, impactful and inspiring way....

Designing Museum Experiences is a "how-to" book for creating visitor-centered museums that emotionally and intellectually connect with museum visitors, stakeholders, and donors.Museums are changing from static, monolithic, and encyclopedic institutions to institutions that are visitor-centric, with shared authority that allows museum and visitors to...

Author: Nancy GriffinISBN-10: 1927097312ISBN-13: 9781927097311Publisher: MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2019Pages: 245Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d

Useful Objects examines the history of American museums during the nineteenth century through the eyes of visitors, writers, and collectors. Museums of this period included a wide range of objects, from botanical and zoological specimens to antiquarian artifacts and technological models. Intended to promote...

Prepare for your wilderness adventure as you learn to positively identify the plants along your way. Not only will you be able to recognize these beauties of the wilderness, but with this illustrated guide you'll learn which plants can safely be used for food...

Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth is considered 'the father of American beekeeping.' The claim is probably too modest. His design for a beehive is used to this day around the world and is still called the "Langstroth hive." Langstroth's innovations allowed beekeepers to manage their bees...

Collection Conundrums: Solving Museum Registration Mysteries provides guidelines for investigating the oddities found in every museum collection - objects without record, identification or sometimes even a location - and determining what to do. Written by registrars Rebecca Buck and Jean A. Gilmore, editors of...

"The Compleat Angler" by Isaak Walton is quirky and eccentric enough to be a 21st century book, but full of wit, wisdom, quotes, songs. It is loved as much for its angling lore as for its spiritual insights.Author: Izaak WaltonISBN-10: 1849029717ISBN-13: 9781849029711Publisher: Benediction ClassicsLanguage:...

Paul Dickson's Rising to the Occasion is the ideal pocket reference for any moment when one might need to raise a glass. Organized by category, it contains sayings famous and profound, suitable and sentimental, created by the likes of Groucho Marx, Mark Twain, and...

Designed by Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Saturn V rocket represents the pinnacle of 20th Century technological achievement. The only launch vehicle in history to transport astronauts beyond Low Earth Orbit, the Saturn V delivered 24...

Designed by Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Saturn V rocket represents the pinnacle of 20th Century technological achievement. The only launch vehicle in history to transport astronauts beyond Low Earth Orbit, the Saturn V delivered 24...

Many salespeople can line up prospects, recite the benefits of their product or service, and stir the interest of their client. But when it comes to actually closing the deal, they fail and the sale falls apart. That's where sales guru Stephan Schiffman comes...

6-page laminated guide includes: -general terms -lines -line segments -rays -angles -transversal line angles -polygons -circles -theorems & relationships -postulates -geometric formulas Author: S. B. KizlikISBN-10: 1572229098ISBN-13: 9781572229099Publisher: Quickstudy Reference GuidesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2005Pages: 6Format: OtherWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 11.30h x 8.30w x 0.08d

A complete quick reference guide for all aspects of Linear Algebra. Author: S. B. KizlikISBN-10: 1572228679ISBN-13: 9781572228672Publisher: Quickstudy Reference GuidesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/18/2005Pages: 6Format: OtherWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 11.35h x 8.60w x 0.05d

A comprehensive guide to the gods and goddesses in Greek and Roman mythology. Great companion for any mythology-related courses or the mythology buff. Author: Steven M. BernerISBN-10: 157222326XISBN-13: 9781572223264Publisher: Quickstudy Reference GuidesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/03/2001Pages: 4Format: OtherWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 11.35h x 8.60w x 0.05d

This book was designed to ease the mind for pipefitters and welders and to simplify the layout of offsets and angles for the beginner as well as the novice. This book will help you understand how easy it is to layout offsets and angles....

Become a woodworking master with this all-encompassing reference This practical manual, both for the person who is attracted to the subject of workshop carpentry and for someone beginning in this subject, is the essential reference for learning and honing your woodworking and carpentry skills....

This book is a necessary read both for persons who see a living through scamming and for persons who want to avoid scammers. Failure to read this book is failure to get rich quick or avoid scammers. This is a book for educational purpose....

With God's wisdom, His spirit living inside us teaches us how to operate and represent Him in the mystery of chaos. We have to open our mouths speaking the right words and not just in defense-controlling mode everywhere we go. We tend to look...

The Book That Makes Dying by Heart Attack Seem Downright Boring Simply by living a normal life, you have an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the list of leading causes of death. But Buck Tilton prefers to ponder the alternatives. In...

This filmography covers more than 300 horror films released from 1990 through 1999. The horror genre's trends and cliches are connected to social and cultural phenomena, such as Y2K fears and the Los Angeles riots. Popular films were about serial killers, aliens, conspiracies, and...

This vintage book contains a complete guide to taxidermy, with information on skinning, stuffing, mounting, and preserving a variety of mammals and birds. Written in simple, pain language and profusely illustrated, this timeless handbook is ideal for the novice and would make for a...

Imagine an urban oasis with hundreds of thousands of trees and whose mayor wants to plant a million more. That sylvan place is New York City, and this is a guide to the diverse trees that line its streets.Field Guide to the Street Trees...

Thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition of this acclaimed and best-selling guide offers a rich blend of practical advice and real-life examples. The authors draw on fifty years of experience, providing detailed step-by-step guidance designed to help students and researchers write and present...

Revised and updated edition of the invaluable tool for Burmese language learnersAuthor: Anna Allott, John OkellISBN-10: 0991878450ISBN-13: 9780991878451Publisher: Pansodan BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2017Pages: 454Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.01d

"Stuck in Dysfunction-ville? Are your meetings inefficient, frustrating and possibly not legal? Democratic Rules of Order is a small, brilliant book that can make a world of difference. Buy everyone a copy - it will be one of the best investments you've ever made."-...