The Mind Pool

Author : Charles Sheffield
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575084889

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The Mind Pool by Charles Sheffield Pdf

In the 23rd Century, out of all the races of the galaxy, only humanity has discovered the secret of travel between the stars - not so much because we're smart, but because we are incredibly gadget-orientated. We are also, compared to the galaxy's highest sophisticated norms, very, very tough, which most of the time does nothing for our social acceptability. But when a threat to all life in the galaxy arises from non-living biological constructs, suddenly the peculiar human virtues of valor and stubbornness make us the sword-wielding saviours of All...

Author : Charles Sheffield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017032637

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The Mind Pool by Charles Sheffield Pdf

In the 23rd century, out of all the races of the galaxy, only humanity has discovered the secret of travel between the stars. When a threat to all life arises from non-living cyborgs, suddenly the peculiar human virtues of valor and stubbornness make the despised Earthlings the saviors of all.

Author : Philip B. Capelle
Publisher : Billards Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999-05
Category : Pool (Game)
ISBN : 0964920417

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A Mind for Pool by Philip B. Capelle Pdf

Pool is largely a mental game. So if you want to realise your full potential, you have got to eliminate the mental mistakes that are holding you back. A Mind for Pool will show you how to think pool like a champion. In the process you will learn how to: play under pressure; handle troublesome opponents; concentrate fully on every shot; overcome anger; adapt to the playing conditions; complete successfully in leagues, tournaments, and money games; evaluate and improve your game have much more fun; experience a quantum leap in your game.

Author : Madeleine Wickham
Publisher : Random House
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446423998

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Swimming Pool Sunday by Madeleine Wickham Pdf

The perfect summer read from the international bestselling author of the Shopaholic novels. On a shimmeringly hot Sunday in May, Louise is at a neighbour's pool with her daughters - and glaring at her resentfully is her estranged husband Barnaby. While the children splash and shriek in the cool blue waters, she lies blissfully back in the sun and dreams of Cassian, the charismatic new lawyer in her life. The day seems perfect. But suddenly the bliss is shattered. The consequences of a terrible accident develop into a drama of recriminations, jealousy and legal power-play. Friendships crumble, the village is split, and the needs of a child become secondary to the dangerous contest in which the grown-ups are engaged.

Author : Wil Mara
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781978595279

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A Pool of Deathly Blue by Wil Mara Pdf

Twins Madison and Mason Page have everything two kids could ever want, but they don't seem to appreciate any of it. One day, they dive into their luxurious swimming pool and surface in a very different place. They emerge into another town, long since abandoned. Trapped in this new world, they venture forth, finding evidence that the town's former residents must have suffered some sort of horrible fate before disappearing. Then it hits them. They have somehow been transported to the ghost town of Pripyat, which has stood empty since the local power station exploded many years earlier, a nuclear plant known as Chernobyl.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788184754551

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The Hidden Pool by Ruskin Bond Pdf

Ruskin Bond's first novel for children in a whole new look! Laurie, an English boy in a small hill town in India, strikes up an unlikely friendship with Anil, the son of a local cloth merchant, and Kamal, an orphan who sells buttons and shoelaces but dreams of going to college. One day the three discover a secret pool on the mountainside, and it is there that they plan their greatest escapade yet—a trek to the Pindari Glacier, where no one from their town has gone before. This newly illustrated edition of Bond’s magical tale of camaraderie and adventure is sure to win over yet another generation of readers.

Author : Rebecca Watson
Publisher : Strange Light
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771005848

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little scratch by Rebecca Watson Pdf

In the formally innovative tradition of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Ducks, Newburyport comes a dazzlingly original, shot-in-the-arm of a debut that reveals a young woman's every thought over the course of one deceptively ordinary day. She wakes up, goes to work. Watches the clock and checks her phone. But underneath this monotony there's something else going on: something under her skin. Relayed in interweaving columns that chart the feedback loop of memory, the senses, and modern distractions with wit and precision, our narrator becomes increasingly anxious as the day moves on: Is she overusing the heart emoji? Isn't drinking eight glasses of water a day supposed to fix everything? Why is the etiquette of the women's bathroom so fraught? How does she define rape? And why can't she stop scratching? Fiercely moving and slyly profound, little scratch is a defiantly playful look at how our minds function in--and survive--the darkest moments.

Author : Harold N. Boris
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1993-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780814712047

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Passions of the Mind by Harold N. Boris Pdf

Boris (psychoanalysis, Harvard Medical School) says that while we are going about our personal concerns, pursuing pleasure and ego gratification, we are also being influenced by a force that causes us to identify with the aims of the Group, even if it means we individually fail to thrive, or even die. He synthesizes three approaches: classical psychology; recent interpersonal and object-relations psychology; and current selectivistic evolutionary biology. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Samuel Manning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Bible
ISBN : PRNC:32101073587907

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Those Holy Fields by Samuel Manning Pdf

Author : Thomas GOYDER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023835457

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Spiritual reflections for every day in the year. With morning and evening prayers. By the Revs. Thomas and David G. Goyder by Thomas GOYDER Pdf

Author : Victor López
Publisher : Victor D. Lopez
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781463691158

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Book of Dreams: Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories by Victor López Pdf

What price would you pay to revisit a crossroad in your life when you had made a terrible, life altering mistake? Would you give up an unfulfilled life for the chance of virtual happiness in a computer-generated alternate reality? Would you sacrifice everything if you could attain absolute knowledge? If so, could you live with the knowledge you attained? It is said that no person is an island, but what if even the least among us is a god in his/her own right? If an alien visitor offered you a lifetime of health and the gift of telepathy in exchange for a small service, would you be quick to accept? And if consciousness utilizes only a small portion of our brain, what function does the larger, presumably unused portion actually serve? These are some of the questions explored in this collection of science fiction and speculative fiction short stories that probes the interrelationship between dreams and reality, the nature of reality itself, and the dangers attendant to the single-minded pursuit of wish fulfillment with its attendant unexpected and unwanted consequences. Most of the short stories published here were written and revised over a period of more than thirty years (1977- 2011) and, with the exception of "To Sleep, Perchance to Dream" have not been previously published. The author is an Associate Professor of Legal Studies at Hofstra University's Frank G. Zarb School of Business and has previously published seven non-fiction books through traditional publishers. His business law and legal environment textbooks have been used in colleges and universities throughout the United States since 1993. This is his first fiction collection.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021939230

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A Commentary on the Authorized English Version of the Gospel According to St. John; Compared with the Sinaitic, Vatican, and Alexandrine Manuscripts, and Also with Dean Alford's Revised Translation by the Rev. Francis Henry Dunwell. [With the Text.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780847864300

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Splash by Anonim Pdf

Splash provides the inspiration for anyone designing, or dreaming about, their own pool. This celebration of the style, design, and joy that pools bring to us brims with over 200 glamorous photographs. It is organized by swimming pool design--from glimmering infinity pools with a view of the ocean to dramatic cascading waterfall pools and those in lush garden settings. Ranging from beautifully landscaped backyards to dramatic beaches and tropical paradise surroundings, the stunning pool locales show creative examples of pools as architecture and organic forms. In the mix are seductive pools owned by such celebrities as Cher and Dianne Keaton and leading designers Bunny Williams and Carolyne Roehm, as well as masterpieces by famed architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, and Luis Barragán. Splash concludes with a section on poolside elements, from tiled steps, patterned surfaces, and Jacuzzis to pool houses with outdoor showers, landscaping, furnishings, and much more. Every example evokes the enduring and irresistible appeal of the swimming pool.

Author : Robert Byrne
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:49015002279504

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Byrne's Book of Great Pool Stories by Robert Byrne Pdf

Thirty-one stories on pool and billiards written over the past 150 years. The authors range from Pushkin to Vachss, the stories from Wallace Stegner's The Blue-Winged Teal, on competition between a father and a son, to Bill Pronzini's science fiction story, The Hungarian Cinch.

Author : Charles Sheffield
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0671655825

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The Nimrod Hunt by Charles Sheffield Pdf

The appearance of non-living biological constructs threatens all life in the galaxy, and only the human of Earth stand between the galaxy and total annihilation