The Impossible Box

Author : Kristen B. Hubler
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781662929038

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The Impossible Box by Kristen B. Hubler Pdf

I used to think I would never be able to run a marathon as 26.2 miles was an impossible distance. When I envisioned marathon runners, they were a separate category of humans. Occasionally though, just for a moment, I would imagine how great it would feel to cross that finish line. What an accomplishment! Just as quickly as the thought entered, I would laugh and shake it out. Nope, not possible. Just like that, it went into storage; a place in the back of my mind I call the impossible box because once a dream was closed inside I wouldn’t even try. It would sit there next to the other things I thought I could never do or the goals I would accomplish someday. Can you relate? If you do, this book is for you. Not just inspirational, it explains methodologies to enact behavior changes to help you dream big, set goals, and follow through. By the time you get to the end of this book you will have the tools and motivation you need to succeed. Throw out your impossible box. Take the steps that will move you in the direction you want to go and don't stop until you get there.

Author : Homaro Cantu
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780316285346

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Moto by Homaro Cantu Pdf

A masterwork of culinary genius: inside the kitchen at "trailblazing" (Eater) chef Homaro Cantu's Moto--one of the most innovative restaurants in history. One of the Food Network's Best Books to Gift this Year! At Chicago's world-renowned, Michelin-starred restaurant Moto, Homaro Cantu pushed the limits of cuisine to deliver an unforgettable experience at the intersection of food, art, and science. Each meal reimagined what cooking could be: edible menus imbued with the flavors of the dishes to follow, carbonated fruit that fizzed when bitten, a transparent box that cooked fish in front of your eyes. Chef Cantu's work in the kitchen continues to captivate the imagination, delight the palate, and articulate how futuristic food can help solve global ills like hunger, poverty, and environmental destruction. From his "zero food mile" kitchen garden to experiments with miracle berries to end our reliance on sugar, Cantu's mission was to serve dinner with a side of changing the world. Featuring hundreds of stunning photographs, MOTO: The Cookbook is a living record of a restaurant and a chef who defined modernist cuisine. It reveals the inspiration and groundbreaking techniques behind 100 of Cantu's most influential and extraordinary dishes, and traces his development from a young chef to a mind on the cutting edge of American food. MOTO: The Cookbook will inspire cooks of all abilities.

Author : John H. Frykman,Thorana Nelson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780595297122

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Making the Impossible Difficult by John H. Frykman,Thorana Nelson Pdf

When we get in a problem situation, we often keep making the same mistake over and over again. Sometimes, the problem itself is repeating a remedy that never works. It's a broken record or a hamster running in a wheel that keeps going around and around and gets nowhere. This book is about ways to change the game, to get on track and unstuck. William Glasser, Phoebe Prosky, David Baum, Joan Barth, Michael Hoyt, airline pilot Doug Doherty and about thirty others share their lives and experiences in Making the Impossible Difficult: Tools for Getting Unstuck . The editors and writers invite you to share their struggles, triumphs, and experiences in this anthology of poems, illustrations, stories, and essays. Some are short, some long; some require thinking, others are for drinking in. Here there are examples of tools for getting unstuck from the troubles that beset us all.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1486 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular Drama Films Based on Actual Events by Wikipedia contributors Pdf

Author : Clay Risen
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781614289487

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The Impossible Collection of Whiskey by Clay Risen Pdf

In The Impossible Collection of Whiskey, bestselling spirits writer Clay Risen unpacks the history of this storied drink, inviting the reader to tour some of the world’s most famed distilleries and their finest bottles. From the best Scotch of the Scottish Highlands to Kentucky’s finest Bourbon, Risen’s selection of 100 unparalleled whiskeys come from age-old makers as well as trailblazers of the craft distilling movement that has swept across the globe. Here are whiskeys selected not only for their exquisite flavor but also for rarity, age, flavor, and innovation. Bottles from countries with nascent whiskey markets, such as India and the Czech Republic, sit beside old American classics like Pappy Van Winkle and some of the rarest, most coveted bottles on the market. Risen marvels at bottles like Ireland’s Midleton Very Rare 45 Year Old, the oldest, most expensive Irish whiskey in the world. Together, these 100 bottles comprise a collection of whiskeys so exclusive that no one could ever assemble them all under one roof. A must-have for the library of any true whiskey connoisseur, The Impossible Collection of Whiskey is a carefully crafted homage to a liquor long revered as the “water of life.”

Author : James Anders Banks
Publisher : Admission Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781838473969

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The Unchronologist at the End of the Universe by James Anders Banks Pdf

Super powers. A time machine. What could possibly go wrong? (The third book in the Space and Time series: first read The Cowboy, the Empathy Kitten and the Cube) The universe is under threat from a killer robot arm from outer space. It seems everyone is after that arm, including Britain's MI7, Russia's KGB2, the Intergalactic Bureau of Investigation (known as the Men in Tweed) and the terrifying Space Police in their size 23 razorboots. If anyone can save the day, it's the Companions in Space and Time. But just as the team get on top of the situation, Area 51 scientist Isaac Dewey Thinker reveals the truth: the robot, hellbent on destroying every living thing in the universe, can be destroyed only when fully assembled. A dark yet playfully comic science fiction adventure for those up for a wild ride through space and time.

Author : Chris Pallant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781441150462

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Demystifying Disney by Chris Pallant Pdf

Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation provides a comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date examination of the Disney studio's evolution through its animated films. In addition to challenging certain misconceptions concerning the studio's development, the study also brings scholarly definition to hitherto neglected aspects of contemporary Disney. Through a combination of economic, cultural, historical, textual, and technological approaches, this book provides a discriminating analysis of Disney authorship, and the authorial claims of others working within the studio; conceptual and theoretical engagement with the constructions of 'Classic' Disney, the Disney Renaissance, and Neo-Disney; Disney's relationship with other studios; how certain Disney animations problematise a homogeneous reading of the studio's output; and how the studio's animation has changed as a consequence of new digital technologies. For all those interested in gaining a better understanding of one of cinema's most popular and innovative studios, this will be an invaluable addition to the existing literature.

Author : Bennett L. Schwartz,John H. Krantz
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1214 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781506383897

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Sensation and Perception by Bennett L. Schwartz,John H. Krantz Pdf

The highly accessible Sensation and Perception presents a current and accurate account of modern sensation and perception from both a cognitive and neurocognitive perspective. To show students the relevance of the material to their everyday lives and future careers, authors Bennett L. Schwartz and John H. Krantz connect concepts to real-world applications, such as driving cars, playing sports, and evaluating risk in the military. Interactive Sensation Laboratory Exercises (ISLE) provide simulations of experiments and neurological processes to engage readers with the phenomena covered in the text and give them a deeper understanding of key concepts. The Second Edition includes a revamped version of the In Depth feature from the previous edition in new Exploration sections that invite readers to learn more about exciting developments in the field. Additionally, new Ponder Further sections prompt students to practice their critical thinking skills with chapter topics.

Author : Carl Granrud
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780805807066

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Visual Perception and Cognition in Infancy by Carl Granrud Pdf

The chapters in this book are based on papers presented at the 23rd Carnegie Mellon Symposia on Cognition. At this exciting event, speaker after speaker presented new discoveries about infants' visual perception in areas ranging from sensory processes to visual cognition. The field continues to make significant progress in understanding the infant's perceptual world. Several advances have come from the development of new methods for exploring infant perception and cognition that have brought new empirical findings. Advances have also been made in understanding the mechanisms underlying perceptual development. Outstanding examples of this ongoing progress can be seen in the chapters of this volume.

Author : Usha Goswami
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317774648

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Cognition In Children by Usha Goswami Pdf

This textbook aims to provide a selective, but representative, review of work in cognitive development, grouped around themes that are familiar from textbooks of adult cognition. The book focuses on the question of what develops, rather than on why it develops. The findings of a given experimental study what develops are generally fixed, but the interpretation of what particular findings mean why is fluid. Some of the experiments discussed in this book have alternative explanations, and every student interested in children's cognition is invited to develop their own ideas about what different studies mean.

Author : David F. Bjorklund,Kayla B. Causey
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781506334349

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Children's Thinking by David F. Bjorklund,Kayla B. Causey Pdf

The Sixth Edition of David F. Bjorklund and Kayla B. Causey’s topically organized Children’s Thinking presents a current, comprehensive, and dynamic examination of cognitive development. The book covers individual children and their developmental journeys while also following the general paths of overall cognitive development in children. This unique and effective approach gives readers a holistic view of children’s cognitive development, acknowledging that while no two children are exactly alike, they tend to follow similar developmental patterns. Supported by the latest research studies and data, the Sixth Edition provides valuable insights for readers to better understand and work with children.

Author : John Helyar
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307801425

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The Lords of the Realm by John Helyar Pdf

"The ultimate chronicle of the games behind the game."—The New York Times Book Review Baseball has always inspired rhapsodic elegies on the glory of man and golden memories of wonderful times. But what you see on the field is only half the game. In this fascinating, colorful chronicle—based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging—John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994. Witness zealous Judge Landis banish eight players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, after the infamous "Black Sox" scandal; the flamboyant A's owner Charlie Finley wheel and deal his star players, Vida Blue and Rollie Fingers, like a deck of cards; the hysterical bidding war of coveted free agent Catfish Hunter; the chain-smoking romantic, A. Bartlett Giamatti, locking horns with Pete Rose during his gambling days of summer; and much more. Praise for The Lords of the Realm "A must-read for baseball fans . . . reads like a suspense novel."—Kirkus Reviews "Refreshingly hard-headed . . . the only book you'll need to read on the subject."—Newsday "Lots of stories . . . well told, amusing . . . edifying."—The Washington Post

Author : Aaron Sigmond
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
Page : 3 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781614287841

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The Impossible Collection of Cigars by Aaron Sigmond Pdf

In the highly anticipated new volume in Assouline’s bestselling Ultimate Collection, The Impossible Collection of Cigars envisions the ultimate humidor brimming with the most remarkable cigars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from the most prestigious makers. Like the pop of the Champagne cork, the flick of the lighter or the strike of the match and the first draw of the smoke are synonymous with celebration, relaxation, and comradery. A luxurious pause from the world around, an exceptional, hand-rolled cigar has cemented itself as a civilized passion and genteel hobby over the course of centuries.

Author : Denis Mareschal,Sylvain Sirois,Gert Westermann,Mark H. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780191660849

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Neuroconstructivism - II by Denis Mareschal,Sylvain Sirois,Gert Westermann,Mark H. Johnson Pdf

What are the processes, from conception to adulthood, that enable a single cell to grow into a sentient adult? The processes that occur along the way are so complex that any attempt to understand development necessitates a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating data from cognitive studies, computational work, and neuroimaging - an approach till now seldom taken in the study of child development. Neuroconstructivism is a major new 2 volume publication that seeks to redress this balance, presenting an integrative new framework for considering development. Computer and robotic models provide concrete tools for investigating the processes and mechanisms involved in learning and development. Volume 2 illustrates the principles of Neuroconstructivist development, with contributions from 9 different labs across the world. Each of the contributions illustrates how models play a central role in understanding development. The models presented include standard connectionist neural network models as well as multi-agent models. Also included are robotic models emphasizing the need to take embodiment and brain-system interactions seriously. A model of Autism and one of Specific Language Impairment also illustrate how atypical development can be understood in terms of the typical processes of development but operating under restricted conditions. This volume complements Volume 1 by providing concrete examples of how the Neuroconstructivist principles can be grounded within a diverse range of domains, thereby shaping the research agenda in those domains.

Author : Mark Chironna
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780768496550

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Live Your Dream by Mark Chironna Pdf

LiveYour Dream is an inspiring and practical handbook for no-holds-barred strategic living. In-depth and energizing, it revives the aspirations while it fuels purpose-driven living and lifelong learning. In one easy-to-read volume, Dr. Mark Chironna uncorks the power of a dream...the hope of new beginnings...and the promise of God s plan...not as theory, but as real-life portals to all the Creator calls possible.Thought-provoking incites, essential truths, relevant anecdotes, and engaging interactives help readers tap the life-stream of potential handwritten into their DNA by God and become partners with Him in drafting a clear blueprint for destiny fulfillment.