Impulse

Author : Ellen Hopkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781416974871

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Impulse by Ellen Hopkins Pdf

From the bestselling author of Crank, the story of three kids whose lives collide at a mental hospital after each attempts suicide. Sometimes you don't wake up. But if you happen to, you know things will never be the same. Three lives, three different paths to the same destination: Aspen Springs, a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act—suicide. Vanessa is beautiful and smart, but her secrets keep her answering the call of the blade. Tony, after suffering a painful childhood, can only find peace through pills. And Conner, outwardly, has the perfect life. But dig a little deeper and find a boy who is in constant battle with his parents, his life, himself. In one instant each of these young people decided enough was enough. They grabbed the blade, the bottle, the gun—and tried to end it all. Now they have a second chance, and just maybe, with each other's help, they can find their way to a better life—but only if they're strong and can fight the demons that brought them here in the first place.

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781448106769

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Impulse by David Lewis Pdf

When you make a decision or form an opinion, you think you know why. But you’re wrong. The truth is that most of our mental activity actually happens below the level of conscious thought. In this groundbreaking book, Dr David Lewis, director of the cutting-edge research agency Mindlab International, explores this incredible phenomenon. Delving into the mysteries of the ‘zombie brain’ that each of us possesses, he demonstrates how unconscious neurological processes underpin every aspect of our lives, from whether or not we find someone sexually attractive to how we resist (or give in to) temptation. In the process he shows how finger length is a reliable predictor of risk-taking behaviour, how seeing the logos of fast food chains can make you more impatient, and how holding a warm drink makes you find strangers more likeable. Above all, he reveals the practical applications of this emerging field of research, giving us insights into such diverse areas as child development, anti-social activities like rioting, successful dieting, and even the ways that supermarkets make us spend more. We may not be conscious of our impulses but it is clear that we can no longer afford to be ignorant of them.

Author : Cara Haycak
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101032879

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Living on Impulse by Cara Haycak Pdf

Mia Morrow is impulsive, plain and simple. While her friends are concerned with grades and colleges, Mia would rather focus on the things that make her happy— like chasing boys or snatching something off a department store shelf. No big deal, right? But then Mia gets caught shoplifting, and her thoughtless behavior doesn’t just push her friends away, it gets her into a lot of trouble, too. In this eye-opening tale of friendships, family, and negative impulses, Cara Haycak subtly shows that the power to heal is within all of us, and it almost always starts with forgiveness.

Author : Steven Gould
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429987547

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Impulse by Steven Gould Pdf

Steven Gould returns to the world of his classic novel Jumper in the thrilling sequel Impulse. Cent has a secret. She lives in isolation, with her parents, hiding from the people who took her father captive and tortured him to gain control over his ability to teleport, and from the government agencies who want to use his talent. Cent has seen the world, but only from the safety of her parents' arms. She's teleported more than anyone on Earth, except for her mother and father, but she's never been able to do it herself. Her life has never been in danger. Until the day when she went snowboarding without permission and triggered an avalanche. When the snow and ice thundered down on her, she suddenly found herself in her own bedroom. That was the first time. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Vasily Y. Ushakov,V. F. Klimkin,S. M. Korobeynikov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540727606

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Impulse Breakdown of Liquids by Vasily Y. Ushakov,V. F. Klimkin,S. M. Korobeynikov Pdf

The book describes the main physical processes and phenomena in pulsed electric breakdown. The knowledge and the control of the electric breakdown of liquids is important not only for the insulation inside power systems but it is also used for the creation and information of high voltage and high current pulses. Such high-voltage micro- and nanosecond pulses find wide application in experimental physics, electro discharge technology, physics of dielectrics, radar detection and ranging, high-speed photography.

Author : Ellen Hopkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416983255

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Perfect by Ellen Hopkins Pdf

In this riveting and startling companion to "Impulse," northern Nevada teenagers Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre, tell in their own voices of their very different paths toward perfection and how their goals change when tragedy strikes.

Author : Rudolf Steiner
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Anthroposophy
ISBN : 9781855844063

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The Christ Impulse by Rudolf Steiner Pdf

‘Christ will reappear but in a higher reality than the physical one – in a reality which we will only see if we have first acquired a sense and understanding of spiritual life. Inscribe in your hearts what anthroposophy should be: a preparation for the great epoch of humanity which lies ahead of us.’ Rudolf Steiner’s teachings of Christ – and in particular what he refers to as the ‘Christ impulse’ – are unique. Christ, he says, is an objective universal force, existing independently of Christian churches and confessions, and working for the whole of humanity. The impulse that Christ brought to earth acts for the advancement of all people, irrespective of religion, creed or race. Speaking in Berlin whilst still a representative of the largely eastern-oriented Theosophical Society, Rudolf Steiner presents multifaceted perspectives on the Christ impulse, based on his independent spiritual research: from the vast cycles of time preceding Christ’s incarnation and the preparation for his coming, to the actual physical embodiment of Christ in Palestine, in Jesus of Nazareth, some two thousand years ago. Steiner also describes how Christ will influence the future development of the earth and humanity. In his opening lecture, Rudolf Steiner discusses the nature of the Bodhisattvas and their role in relation to Christ and human evolution. The Bodhisattvas are the great teachers of humanity, incarnating in human form during their passage through the various cycles of cultural development, and are intimately involved in preparing the work of the Christ impulse. In other lectures Steiner addresses subjects as diverse as the Sermon on the Mount in relation to the development of the faculty of conscience, and the current duality of male and female (microcosm) and its correspondence in the cosmos (macrocosm). The latter phenomenon is related to initiation within the Germanic and Egyptian mysteries, which reach their higher unity in Christian initiation. Among the myriad other themes that emerge here are: the introduction of the ‘I’ (or self) in human development and its essential connection to Christ; the preparation of the Christ impulse through the Jahveh religion and the law of Moses; the meaning of the Ten Commandments; and the new clairvoyance in relation to the appearance of Christ in the etheric.

Author : Dr. Komaldeep Kaur Randhawa
Publisher : Shashwat Publication
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789393557704

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MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTS OF VISUAL MERCHANDISING ON CONSUMER IMPULSE BUYING BEHAVIOUR WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO APPARELS IN PUNJAB by Dr. Komaldeep Kaur Randhawa Pdf

Visual merchandizing is a vital tool to draw the customers, towards the displayed merchandise and also enhances the shopping experience for customers by conveying the exact message about the merchandize and also presenting it in an exceptional manner with efficient creative quotient. Therefore ardor for design and creativity are crucial to be a good visual merchandiser.This book is an effort to shed light on the effects of visual merchandising on consumer impulse buying behaviour with specific reference to apparel’s in Punjab.

Author : Robert B. Merrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Space vehicles
ISBN : UIUC:30112101601117

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On-board Calculations of a Two-impulse Abort to a Preselected Landing Site by Robert B. Merrick Pdf

Author : Xun Wang
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783832536305

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Model Based Signal Enhancement for Impulse Response Measurement by Xun Wang Pdf

Impulse response measurements that are performed outdoors are highly susceptible to the uncertainties caused by the non-perfect measurement setup, the presence of background noise, and fluctuations in media such as wind and temperature drift. This work concentrates on two scenarios: the measurement of reflection coefficients of noise barriers and the influence of temperature variances in machinery cavities. Regarding the sound barrier measurement outdoors, a linear four-microphone array can be used to separate direct sound and reflected sound if the sound barrier does not include complicated scattering structures. With regard to the impulse response of an air-borne sound measurement for a machine monitoring system, a time-warping model for inter-period and intra-period temperature variances is investigated.

Author : Jon E. Grant,Marc N. Potenza
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780195389715

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The Oxford Handbook of Impulse Control Disorders by Jon E. Grant,Marc N. Potenza Pdf

Research in the area of impulse control disorders has expanded exponentially. The Oxford Handbook of Impulse Control Disorders provides researchers and clinicians with a clear understanding of the developmental, biological, and phenomenological features of a range of impulse control disorders, as well as detailed approaches to their treatment.

Author : Charles Justiz
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781936236602

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Specific Impulse by Charles Justiz Pdf

Specific Impulse is a Clarion Book of the Year Award Finalist. Great energy a fun and engaging read! DR. BONNIE DUNBAR, FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT AND CEO OF SEATTLE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT Space scientist Carin Gonzales and former submarine commander Jake Sabio are two strangers drifting separately through life when a thunderous explosion above the giant Barringer Meteor Crater inexplicably brings them together, transforming both in unpredictable ways. Now able to see and smell more precisely and move in ways that are clearly impossible, Gonzales and Sabio soon realize that these kinds of life-changing alterations do not come without a price. Worse yet, they soon notice that others who witnessed the explosion are now dead from a seemingly incurable infection. The CDC wants nothing more than to lock them up in a lab for study. Special Agent Will Greenfield wants them for questioning. Contract killer Antonio Crubari would be happy if they would just hurry up and die, but he is willing to speed up the process if need be. Time is running out for Gonzales and Sabio. But even as they struggle to survive and find a cure for the deadly infection, they uncover a secret of monumental proportions that changes everythingincluding the future.

Author : Magali Cornier Michael,Margaret Atwood
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791430154

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Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse by Magali Cornier Michael,Margaret Atwood Pdf

Michael analyzes the intersections between feminist politics and postmodern aesthetics as demonstrated in recent Anglo-American fiction. While much has been written on various aspects of postmodernism and postmodern fiction and of feminism and feminist fiction, very little attention has been given to the postmodern aesthetic strategies that surface in post-World War II feminist fiction. Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse examines ways in which many widely read and acclaimed novels with feminist impulses engage and transform subversive aesthetic strategies usually associated with postmodern fiction to strengthen their feminist political edge. The author discusses many examples of recent feminist-postmodern fiction, and explores in greater depth Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, and Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus. She shows that feminist-postmodern fiction's emphasis on the material historical situation--the link to activist politics and commitment to enacting concrete changes in the world, and thus the need to reach a large reading public--often results in a blending and transformation of postmodern and realist aesthetic forms. Moreover, feminist fiction uses deconstructive strategies not only to disrupt the status quo but also to create a space for reconstruction, particularly of recreating new forms of female subjectivities and feminist aesthetics.

Author : John Gillett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781408147740

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Acting on Impulse: reclaiming the Stanislavski approach by John Gillett Pdf

"A manual full of enabling, easing exercises - it will enable you to analyse any scene. The cry of the actor at sea `I don't know what I'm doing' should, with this book, become a thing of the past' Sam West "I'd recommend this book to anyone wanting an introduction to Stanislavksi or Michael Chekhov or acting in general." Matt Peover, LAMDA trainer and theatre director. "Contains all the important things that need to be said about learning to act...in an extremely logical and sensible manner." Simon Dunmore, Editor Actor's Yearbook An inspiring and technically thorough practical book for actors that sets down a systematic and coherent process for organic (from the `inside-out'/experienced emotion) acting. The author offers a step-by-step, Stanislavski-based approach to text, role and performance to be used in everyday work and gathers together in one volume, the essential tools that serve to recreate human experience. A nuts-and-bolts practical guide with exercises for the actor to work through sequentially. Contains a Foreword by Sam West. John Gillett builds on his experience of teaching at drama school level as well as 30 years of acting. For those acting students and professional actors who have become mystified and frustrated with trying to understand Stanislavski's approach, this book is an accessible guide to inspire a truly real and audience-captivating performance.

Author : Barnaby B. Barratt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317360346

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Psychoanalysis and the Postmodern Impulse by Barnaby B. Barratt Pdf

According to the author, psychoanalytic theory and practice – which discloses ‘the interminable falsity of the human subject’s belief in the mastery of its own mental life’ – is in part responsible for the coming of the postmodern era. In this title, originally published in 1993, Barratt examines the role of psychoanalysis in what he sees as the crisis of modernism, shows why the modernist position – what he calls the ‘modern episteme’ – is failing, and proposes that psychoanalysis should redefine itself as a postmodern method. In Barratt’s innovative account of psychoanalysis, which focuses on the significance of the free-associative process, Freud’s discovery of the repressed unconscious leads to a claim that is basic to postmodern ideas: ‘that all thinking and speaking, the production and reproduction of psychic reality, is inherently dynamic, polysemous, and contradictorious .’ He argues that subsequent attempts to ‘normalize and systematize’ psychoanalysis are reactionary and antipsychoanalytic efforts to salvage the modern episteme that psychoanalysis itself calls into question.