The Problem: Harry and Horsie want cookies, but the jar is way out of reach. The Solution: Build CookieBot--the most amazing cookie-grabbing robot ever! What could go wrong? Illustrations.
In this riveting novel, beloved international bestselling author Deepak Chopra captures the spellbinding life story of the great and often misunderstood Prophet. Islam was born in a cradle of tribal turmoil, and the arrival of one God who vanquished hundreds of ancient Arabian gods changed the world forever. God reached down into the life of Muhammad, a settled husband and father, and spoke through him. Muhammad's divine and dangerous task was...
What makes a magazine into a design classic? How can timeless ideas be incorporated into an ever-changing contemporary context? This title discusses the design challenges facing art directors today, showcasing the most successful solutions, from modern style to classic techniques.
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Sicher und dennoch zügig unterwegs zu sein ist der Schlüssel zu wahrem Fahrspaß. Fahrinstruktor Ulrich Thomson zeigt in diesem Handbuch, wie man Maschine, Straße und Verkehrssituationen optimal beherrscht.
Von der Auswahl einer Fahrschule, über die Beschreibung der verschiedenen Motorradtypen, der richtigen Ausrüstung und verschiedenen Fahrsituationen, bis hin zu verschiedenen Wetter- und Landschaftsbedingu...
Das Praxishandbuch behandelt die Generalüberholung von Vierzylindermotoren sowie die Optimierung deren wichtigster Bauteile. Alles Wissenswerte über das klassische Motorentuning und wichtige Einstellhinweise.
Als Nachfolger des so genannten 911 "G-Modells" präsentierte Porsche im Jahr 1988 den Typ 964. Der Neue aus Zuffenhausen konnte aber nicht nur mit Neuerungen wie Servolenkung und ABS aufwarten: Erstmals war ein 911 nicht nur mit Heckantrieb, sondern auch als Carrera 4 mit Allradantrieb verfügbar. Das Leistungsangebot reichte von 250 PS bei den Carrera-Modellen bis zu 360 PS bei der Turbo-Version. Egal ob Coupé, Targa, Cabrio oder Turbo, heute ...
In einer Zeit, in der sich die verschiedenen Hersteller und deren Modelle von Laien oftmals nur durch Typenschilder und die jeweiligen Logos der Fabrikate unterscheiden lassen, fallen automobile „Typen“ mit eigenem Gesicht und charakteristischer Linienführung umso mehr ins Auge. Eine derart prägnante Form wie die Trapezlinie des Trabant muss einfach im Gedächtnis bleiben, zumal er gut drei Jahrzehnte so vom Band lief.
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Perfect for Pinkalicious fans of all ages, this coloring book features more than 100 pages of pinktastic pictures for young ones to complete. Includes coloring, drawing, and activities to inspire creativity. Illustrations. Consumable.
With buoyant humor and incisive, cunning prose, Rahul Mehta sets off into uncharted literary territory. The characters in "Quarantine"--openly gay Indian-American men--are Westernized in some ways, with cosmopolitan views on friendship and sex, while struggling to maintain relationships with their families and cultural traditions. Grappling with the issues that concern all gay men--social acceptance, the right to pursue happiness, and the heav...
The perfect book for anyone with a sense of humor: more than fifty of the greatest pieces of comic writing of our time, selected by the incomparable Ian Frazier.
To Butch Karp—a chief assistant district attorney with a formidable reputation as a brilliant and fearless prosecutor—the brutal assassination of Bollano family capo Ed Catalano appears to be a continuation of old-style wars between Mob families. But Willie Lie, leader of a Chinese gang called the White Dragons, insists that he and his cohorts were involved. The case is further complicated by an unscrupulous and ambitious U.S. attorney looking...
We all keep secrets, but what if someone wasn't just stealing our secrets but changing them . . . and our brains?Journalist Nat Idle is nearly gunned down in Golden Gate Park. He quickly learns it was no random attack. Suddenly, in pursuit of the truth, he's running for his life through the shadows of Silicon Valley, a human lab animal caught in a deadly maze of neurotechnology and institutional paranoia. And his survival rests entirely in the...
A classic reference book that has been used by millions all over the world, Roget’s International Thesaurus is the product of more than a century and a half of continual expansion, reorganization, and improvement. Today this book is not only the most time-tested and bestselling thesaurus ever, but, newly revised, it is also the most up-to-date and comprehensive reflection of the English language as it is currently used. The revolutionary achie...
As tall and striking as the Valkyries of legend, Dr. Rain Jordan is proud of her Norse ancestors despite their warlike ways. But she can't believe her eyes when a blow to her head transports her to a nightmarish battlefield of yore—and there standing before her is the barbarian of her dreams.A wild-eyed berserker, Selik can slay a dozen Saxons with a single swing of his deadly sword—yet he can't control a saucy wench from the future. In his ey...
In the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, a young Orthodox Jewish woman in the holy city of Jerusalem is expected to marry and produce many sons to help hasten the Messiah's arrival. While the feisty Esther Kaminsky understands her obligations, her artistic talent inspires her to secretly explore worlds outside her religion, to dream of studying in Paris—and to believe that God has a special destiny for her. When tragedy strikes her family, Es...
Returning to Harvard University after Thanksgiving break, freshman Callie is determined not to make the same mistakes that have alienated her friends and roommates, but secrets soon lead to social drama and heartbreak.
Has this immortal finally met her match?Rogue hunter Drina Argenis (from the Spanish side of the Argeneau family) has been many things in her years as an immortal, but bodyguard/babysitter to a teenage vampire is something new. There's an incentive, however: the other vampsitter, Harper Stoyan, may be Drina's life mate.Trouble is, having just lost a life mate, Harper is resigned to being alone. He's completely unprepared when sexy and unpredic...
He is reckless, bold, dangerous . . .Men envy him, women desire him . . .And one woman wants her revenge.Claire Ashcroft has good reason to despise Viscount Grayson Sutherland. A wildly unpredictable man with a frightening reputation, Sutherland is responsible for a death that deeply pains her. She'd kill him if she could. Instead, she'll employ her feminine wiles to make him pay. And once he's deeply, irreversibly in love with her, she'll sha...
Peter Beinart's provocative account of hubris in the American century describes Washington on the eve of three wars: World War I, Vietnam, and Iraq—three moments when American leaders decided they could remake the world in their image. Each time, leading intellectuals declared that the spread of democracy was inevitable. Each time, a president held the nation in the palm of his hand. And each time, a war conceived in arrogance brought tragedy....
