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5-Star Baby Name Advisor
by Bruce LanskyName Your Baby The Smart Way! You use star ratings to select restaurants, hotels, movies, and mutual funds. Now Bruce Lansky's 5-Star Baby Name Advisor gives you an objective way to select thousands of baby names. In this unique book, Lansky rates 1,800 popular and unique names and provides more helpful information and advice about each name than you'll find in any other book. In addition to meaning, origin, and common variations, each name's profile includes: STAR RATING (What is the name's overall appeal?), GENDER CLARITY (Is the name for a boy or girl? Will it be confusing?), EASE OF SPELLING (will the name be misspelled?), VERSATILITY (Will the name work for a variety of formal and informal occasions?), FIRST IMPRESSION (What will people think of when they hear the name?), POPULARITY AND TREND (How popular is the name? Is it too popular?), EASE OF PRONUNCIATION (Will the name be mispronounced?), and CONCISE ADVICE (What should you consider before selecting the name?). This book can help you pick a name that will give your child a head start in life! 5-Star Baby Name Advisor is a Mom's Choice Award Silver Award Winner! SAMPLE: Mia (4 Stars): (Italian) mine. First Impression: Mia is pictured as a fascinating original. Gender Association: Used for girls. Popularity and Trend: #13 (#94 in 2000). Risk of Misspelling: Fairly Low. Risk of Mispronunciation: Average. Famous Namesakes: Actress Mia Farrow, soccer player Mia Hamm, model Mia Taylor. Common Nicknames: None. Common Variations: Miah. Consider This: This name is pronounced "MEE-ah," but some may mistake it for "MY-ah."
5 People Who Died During Sex: And 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists
by Karl ShawAll in perfectly bad taste. Prepare to be amazed, appalled, disgusted, and hugely entertained by this compendium of indelicate oddities. Nothing is too inane, too insane, too bizarre, or too distasteful for this incredible, seemingly impossible, but absolutely true collection of facts from across the ages and around the world. Did you know... ...that Pope Benedict XII was such a hardened boozer that he inspired the expression "drunk as a pope"? (From "10 Historic Drunks") ...that as a special honeymoon treat, Prince Charles read Princess Diana passages from the works of Carl Jung and Laurens van der Post? (From "History's 10 Least Romantic Honeymoons") ...that the best-dressed gentlemen in medieval England exposed their genitals below a short-fitting tunic? (From "History's 10 Greatest Fashion Mistakes") ...that Alfred Hitchcock suffered from ovophobia--fear of eggs? (From "10 Phobias of the Famous") ...that King Louis XIV only took three baths in his lifetime, each of them under protest? (From "10 Great Unwashed") ...that in 1930, Sears customers became enraged when the catalog was first printed on glossy, non-absorbent paper? (From "12 Magical Moments in Toilet Paper History").
5-Minute Hairstyles
by Jenny StrebeFabulous hair in five minutes!A comprehensive, full-color collection of easy, stylish ponytails, braids, and buns to quickly set you up for day and night, work and play.Whether you're heading to work, a party, or a date, hairstylist Jenny Strebe has the perfect do for you--and all it takes to look great is five minutes! Featuring fifty pretty styles in a handy pocket-sized guide, 5-Minute Hairstyles includes classic and modern styles to match every look, including a retro bouffant ponytail, stacked side braid, and the perfect messy bun. A must for busy women everywhere, 5-Minute Hairstyles makes changing your look simple and fun, with easy-to-follow instructions, gorgeous step-by-step photographs, and handy timesaving tips and tricks from the professionals. With plenty of options for all hair types and lengths, it has never been so easy to look fabulous in five minutes!
5-Ingredient Vegan: 175 Simple, Plant-Based Recipes for Delicious, Healthy Meals in Minutes
by Nava Atlas“The queen of fuss-free vegan cooking delivers 175 easy recipes to get healthy and delicious food on the table fast.” (Robin Robertson, author of Vegan Planet and Vegan Mac & Cheese)Make fast, fun, and delicious vegan meals at home—using just five ingredients per dish! Solve the daily dilemma of planning meals that are healthy, tasty, and ready to eat in half an hour or less. Vegan expert Nava Atlas has created super-simple, plant-based recipes that incorporate fresh produce, good quality canned and frozen foods, whole grains, and timesaving off-the-shelf prepared sauces. With dishes like Scallion Pancakes, Baked Polenta Fries, Coconut Sweet Potato Bisque, Spinach Pesto Pasta, Salsa Verde Bean Burritos, and Chocolate Granola Clusters, this collection is a vegan feast!“The five-ingredient brilliance of Nava Atlas’s recipes—tasty, creative, quick, practical, and elegant—shine forth in this beautifully designed and illustrated book.” —Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat and Burger “[A] winner. . . . 5-Ingredient Vegan makes it easy for anyone, full-on vegans or aspiring plant-based eaters, to enjoy fast, tasty meals at home every day.” —Fran Costigan, author of Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy Free Desserts“Nava proves that eating and cooking vegan is accessible, delicious, and for everyone.” —JL Fields, author of Vegan Meal Prep and Vegan Pressure Cooking “Vegan visionary Nava Atlas offers fabulousness without the fuss.” —Ellen Kanner, Huffington Post’s Meatless Mondays columnist and author of Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith and What to Eat for Dinner
The 5-Ingredient College Cookbook: Easy, Healthy Recipes for the Next Four Years & Beyond
by Pamela EllgenMore than 100 tasty and affordable 5-ingredient recipes for busy college studentsCollege students don't typically have a lot of time, money, or kitchen space to get fancy with their meals—which means good and cheap is the name of the game. This college cookbook makes it easy for students to prepare fresh, balanced meals for themselves on a budget, with more than 100 recipes that only take 30 minutes to throw together, and only require 5 main ingredients.Upgrade from fast food and microwave dinners with a cookbook for college students that features:5 ingredients, 30 minutes—Learn simple and fast ways to throw together favorites like Classic French Toast, Vegan Enchiladas, Greek Pita Sandwiches, Thai Chicken Ramen, and more.Kitchen basics—Brush up on fundamental cooking skills with easy recipes for college students that include tips for everything from using knives to storing veggies.A wide variety—Most of these student-approved recipes also include 3 alternate versions to keep things interesting and accommodate every taste!Equip students with an easy, 5-ingredient cookbook that makes it fun and accessible to cook fresh food for themselves—in college and for life.
499 Words Every College Student Should Know: A Professor's Handbook on Words Essential to Great Writing & Better Grades
by Stephen SpignesiWords equal credibility. The more articulate a person is, the more seriously they will be taken?by everyone.On any given day, you might read ?abrogate” used in a USA Today article; or ?demagogue” or ?fiduciary” used on CNN. You might hear ?ensorcelled” and ?torpor” in a TV drama; you’ll hear a political candidate described as ?truculent.” You may hear ?pedantic” used in a movie. How many of these words are part of most college students’ ?arsenal of words”? Hopefully all of them, but if not, 499 Words Every College Student Should Know will provide them with what they need to become more articulate in their speaking and writing. It will also enhance their comprehension in their reading, ultimately culminating in what every student aspires to: earning better grades!499 Words Every College Student Should Know teaches truly important vocabulary words and focuses on Professor Spignesi’s classroom-tested Trinity of Vocabulary Use. For each word, the vocabulary-enriched and educated student will be able to:Understand the word in their readingUse the word in their speakingMake good use of the word in their writingUsing easy-to-understand, informative, and often humorous explanations of every word, 499 Words Every College Student Should Know also explores how to use the words in sentences, and in proper context. The majority of these words were individually chosen because they are fairly commonplace in media, books, online, and elsewhere, and students need to be able to understand them. Knowing them ? in fact, using the words and making them part of their everyday language ? will make any college student or those soon-to-be, more credible.
499 Facts about Hip-Hop Hamilton and the Rest of America's Founding Fathers: 499 Facts About Hop-Hop Hamilton and America?'s First Leaders
by Stephen SpignesiYou want a revolution? So did Alexander Hamilton and the Founding Fathers!America has fallen in love again with Alexander Hamilton and the Founding Fathers. Here is a popping fresh collection of facts and forgotten trivia surrounding the American Revolution and our forefathers - from those you'd expect (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and Hamilton, of course) to those you may never have heard of, but you probably should have (who the heck was Rufus King?):Alexander Hamilton was born on foreign soil and became an American hero - the founder of the U.S. Mint and the U.S. Coast Guard. The naval communication book he wrote was still being used by the US Navy and Coast Guard through the Cuban Missile Crisis.Roger Sherman (of Connecticut) was one of only two Founding Fathers who signed the three bulwark documents of our republic: The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of the Confederation, and the Constitution. (Give props to this guy.)By the time he was thirty, George Washington had had smallpox, pleurisy, dysentery, and malaria.Readers will be left with a greater appreciation and deeper respect for these human beings who were just trying to accomplish the incredible: create the greatest nation in history.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct
by Kitty Flanagan&“Rule no. 1: Buy this book, laugh out loud, become a better person.&” —Jason Alexander 488 Rules for Life is not a self-help book, because it&’s not you who needs help—it&’s other people. Whether they&’re walking and texting, asphyxiating you on public transport with their noxious perfume cloud, or leaving one useless square of toilet paper on the roll, people just don&’t know the rules. But now, thanks to Australian comedian Kitty Flanagan&’s comprehensive guide to modern behavior, our world will soon be a much better place. A place where people don&’t ruin the fruit salad by putting banana in it . . . where your co-workers refrain from reheating their fish curry in the office microwave . . . where middle-aged men don&’t have ponytails. What started as a joke on Kitty Flanagan&’s popular segment on ABC-TV&’s The Weekly is now a quintessential reference book with the power to change society. (Or, at least, make it a bit less irritating.)
488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct
by Kitty Flanagan&“Rule no. 1: Buy this book, laugh out loud, become a better person.&” —Jason Alexander 488 Rules for Life is not a self-help book, because it&’s not you who needs help—it&’s other people. Whether they&’re walking and texting, asphyxiating you on public transport with their noxious perfume cloud, or leaving one useless square of toilet paper on the roll, people just don&’t know the rules. But now, thanks to Australian comedian Kitty Flanagan&’s comprehensive guide to modern behavior, our world will soon be a much better place. A place where people don&’t ruin the fruit salad by putting banana in it . . . where your co-workers refrain from reheating their fish curry in the office microwave . . . where middle-aged men don&’t have ponytails. What started as a joke on Kitty Flanagan&’s popular segment on ABC-TV&’s The Weekly is now a quintessential reference book with the power to change society. (Or, at least, make it a bit less irritating.)
45 Master Characters: Mythic Models For Creating Original Characters
by Victoria SchmidtCreate unforgettable characters your readers will love! 45 Master Characterswill make your characters and their stories more compelling, complex and original than ever before. You'll explore the most common male and female archetypes#151;the mythic, cross-cultural models from which all characters originate#151;and learn how to use them as foundations for your own unique characters. Examples culled from literature, television and film illustrate just how memorable and effective these archetypes can be#151;from "Gladiators" and "Kings" like Rocky Balboa and Captain Ahab to "Amazons" and "Maidens" like Xena and Guinevere. The mythic journeys of heroes and heroines#151;the progression of events upon which each archetype's character arc develops#151;are also examined. Building such a "journey" into your character's story will enable you to stop worrying about what happens next and get on with telling your tale. It's a power-packed method for creating characters that stand the test of time!
42 Reasons to Hate the Universe: (And One Reason Not To)
by Chris Ferrie Wade David Fairclough Byrne LaGinestraIf you've always suspected the universe was out to get you… you were right!Yes, the universe we live in is cosmically beautiful and mysterious and all that crap. But it's also a bit of an asshole. After all, remember that you are just a group of atoms structured in a specific way for barely long enough to try to understand this thing we call existence. Those atoms could just have easily been used to make the dog shit you're cleaning off your shoe or the mold that grows on your bread! The fact is, when you zoom out to look at the universe and how it functions, you'll see that it's usually not in our favor, and many of the laws of physics are actively working against our survival. In this book, you'll discover why:You're an aging mutantInvisible rays are melting our genetic codeThe Earth is covered in explosive pimplesLiterally everything is poisonousAnd more true and terrifying scientific facts!But don't worry! While it's true that there are (at least) forty-two grudges to hold against the universe, the good news is that there is also one very good reason to forgive them all and embrace the wild, improbable fact that we are alive (for now) and we should take advantage of it while we can. 42 Reasons to Hate the Universe (And One Reason Not To) is a hilarious, no-holds-barred exploration of all the reasons we shouldn't exist—but somehow do anyway. Rooted in scientific research but written simply so that evolved apes such as ourselves can understand where the heck we came from and where we're likely going, this book is for all the nerds and nihilists who know they're going down in the end but want to enjoy the rollercoaster ride of existence on the way.
400 Ways to Make a Sandwich: The Handy 1909 Guide
by Eva Greene FullerCare for a Tutti-Frutti Sandwich? How about some Lobster Canapes? Anyone looking for new, easy ways to jazz up lunch will appreciate this eminently useful casual cookbook. Dating from the early 20th century, the vintage collection presents 400 tasty recipes based on common, easily obtained fixings. No skill is required for following the recipes, which are organized by main ingredient and offer brief, to-the-point directions. Categories include fish, egg, salad, meat, cheese, nut, sweet, miscellaneous, and canapes. A brief Foreword offers serving suggestions.
400 Flat-Tummy Recipes & Tips: A Cookbook (Good Housekeeping Cookbooks #5)
by Good Housekeeping Susan WestmorelandFrom the test kitchen of America&’s iconic lifestyle magazine, recipes and tips and guidance to help you trim your waistline—includes photos. Everyone wants a flat tummy—and this entry in Good Housekeeping&’s popular 400-recipe series is the go-to book for anyone trying to slim down or stay slim. All these recipes focus on complex grains, lean meats, fish, fruit, and veggies, while cutting out white refined starch such as bread and pasta and many processed foods. From Huevos Rancheros and Autumn Squash Salad to Mussels in Saffron-Tomato Broth and Beef Burgundy, these dishes make looking good very tasty! And in addition to the delicious recipes, you&’ll get helpful strategies for losing the belly fat . . . and keeping if off, forever.
400 Calorie Vegetarian: Easy Mix-and-Match Recipes for a Skinnier You! (Good Housekeeping Cookbooks)
by Good HousekeepingLow-calorie, plant-based recipes—with photos—from an iconic lifestyle brand, “all the titles in this series help families plan easy, healthful meals.” (Library Journal)A vegetarian diet can keep us healthy—but can it also keep us fit while tasting great and satisfying our appetites? Absolutely. The delicious dishes in 400 Calorie Vegetarian will please your palate as well as your waistline. Dig in and savor a Chiles Relleños Casserole, Butternut Squash and Sage Lasagna, and Winter Vegetable Chowder. And don't forget a guilt-free sweet and fruity dessert! Includes vegan dishes as well.
400 Calorie Italian: Easy Mix-and-Match Recipes for a Skinnier You! (Good Housekeeping Cookbooks)
by Good HousekeepingLow-calorie Italian recipes—with photos—from an iconic lifestyle brand, “all the titles in this series help families plan easy, healthful meals.” (Library Journal)Pizza, pasta, Parmesan: Italian food is so good. But can you eat these foods and lose weight? Yes—with Good Housekeeping's luscious 400-calorie variations. They feature the flavorful use of wholesome veggies and grains, lowfat meats and seafood, and heart-healthy olive oil, all foods that distinguish the Mediterranean diet. With such dishes as Veal Parmigiana, Trattoria-Style Shrimp Fettucine, Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Panini, you won't even feel like you're dieting!
400 Calorie Comfort Food: Easy Mix-and-Match Recipes for a Skinnier You! (Good Housekeeping Cookbooks)
by Good HousekeepingFrom an iconic lifestyle brand, “all the titles in this series help families plan easy, healthful meals,” even low-calorie comfort food—includes photos. (Library Journal)Comfort food may sound fattening, but Good Housekeeping's soul-satisfying dishes all come in at 400 calories or less! Thanks to these smart recipes, you can feel indulgent and still lose weight. Enjoy such usually off-limits treats as Bacon-Wrapped Scallops, Steak and Oven Fries, Healthy Makeover Macaroni and Cheese, and even desserts. These family-friendly favorites will satisfy your cravings and make mealtime fun again.
400 Calorie Chicken: Easy Mix-and-Match Recipes for a Skinnier You! (Good Housekeeping Cookbooks)
by Good HousekeepingFrom America’s iconic lifestyle magazine, “this handy . . . collection of chicken recipes focuses on quick meal solutions for calorie-counting cooks.” (Library Journal)Chicken remains the most popular dish on the menu and the perfect food when you're going low calorie. Here are recipes that will satisfy your appetite without expanding your waistline: quick, easy-to-make, and flavorful stir-fries, stews, grills, roasts, salads, and sandwiches, along with inspiring mix-and-match sides (even desserts). Try favorites like Chicken Tortilla Soup, Barbecue Chicken Cutlets with Citrus Slaw, and Healthy Makeover Chicken and Dumplings! Everything tastes so good you won't believe they're under 400 calories! “All of the titles in this series can help families plan easy, healthful meals.” —Library Journal
40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology
by Jane E. AaronIn response to requests from instructors and students for shorter and less expensive composition readers, this is "40 Model Essays" -- featuring material adapted from the successful "The Compact Reader".
40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology
by Jane E. Aaron Ellen Kuhl RepettoAt about half the price of other rhetorically arranged readers,40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthologycombines concise but thorough instruction in the methods of development with a well-chosen selection of classic and contemporary model readings for writers. The second edition features a fresh mix of new and current selections to complement class-proven favorites; new advice on forming a thesis statement; and a wealth of captivating new writing topics. This volume in the popular Bedford/St. Martin's series of Portable Anthologies and Guides offers a trademark combination of high quality and great value.
40 Days of Farming: Unlock the Secret to Real Estate Success and Personal Fulfillment
by John McMonigleMost real estate agents fail in their first five years on the job—but 40 Days of Farming gives you the skills to not only beat those odds, but also to build a thriving and successful real estate career.Eighty-seven percent of real estate agents fail within their first five years in the industry. John McMonigle, founder of Agentinc.—named the Top Real Estate Team five years in a row by The Wall Street Journal—has made history by selling properties totaling more than $7.5 billion. He&’s written 40 Days of Farming to share with you how geographic farming, a proven system of generating lead productivity based on love and community stewardship, has been the key to his success and can unlock your full potential. The secret to successful geographic farming—and, indeed, to succeeding in today&’s highly competitive real estate industry—is having spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, relational, financial, and vocational health. John leads you on a guided, forty-day journey to cultivate each of those areas in your life to make way for exponential growth. Utilizing a combination of experience, networking, faith, and scripture, John has transformed the art of geographic real estate farming into a lucrative and time-tested system designed to generate personal and financial success. To that end, in 40 Days of Farming, John applies the over 7,000 promises of Scripture to your career and includes a life-plan handed down by God, along with a proven business plan culled from his decades-long career as a leader in the industry. As a real estate agent, you&’re in the business of changing lives for the better. The journey you take in 40 Days of Farming will lead you closer to career success and deeper fulfillment in your spiritual life.
4,000 Questions for Getting to Know Anyone and Everyone, 2nd Edition
by Barbara Ann Kipfer4,000 ways to achieve instant intimacy. With new and updated questions!What, more than anything, makes you angry?Who were your childhood idols?What kind of leader are you most inclined to follow?What has happened to the art of conversation? In the age of the Internet, speed dating, and frantic text messaging, have we forgotten how to meaningfully connect? This book of 4,000 provocative questions will help you get to know anyone and everyone in every social situation. Use it to go beyond small talk at parties, networking events, dates, dinner tables, and road trips. It's for getting to know someone you just met and learning a lot more about someone you thought you already knew (who may be yourself).·A perfect social tool for the Internet generation·Features thematic sections on lifestyle choices, pastimes, politics, family, and more·A resource for self-discovery and for journalists and writers doing interviews and developing characters, plots, and story lines
4,000 Questions for Getting to Know Anyone and Everyone
by Barbara Ann Kipfer4,000 ways to achieve instant intimacy What, more than anything, makes you angry? Who were your childhood idols? What kind of leader are you most inclined to follow? What has happened to the art of conversation? In the age of Internet chat rooms, speed dating, and frantic text messaging, have we forgotten how to meaningfully connect? This book of 4,000 provocative questions will help you get to know anyone and everyone in every social situation. Use it to go beyond small talk at parties, networking events, dates, dinner tables, and road trips. It's for getting to know someone you just met and learning a lot more about someone you thought you already knew (who may be yourself). A perfect social tool for the Internet generation Features thematic sections on lifestyle choices, pastimes, politics, family, and more. A resource for self-discovery and for journalists and writers doing interviews and developing characters, plots, and story lines
3D Printing for Product Designers: Innovative Strategies Using Additive Manufacturing
by Jennifer Loy James Novak Olaf Diegel3D Printing for Product Designers closes the gap between the rhetoric of 3D printing in manufacturing and the reality for product designers. It provides practical strategies to support the adoption and integration of 3D printing into professional practice. 3D printing has evolved over the last decade into a practical proposition for manufacturing, opening up innovative opportunities for product designers. From its foundations in rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing has developed into a range of technologies suitable for end-use products. This book shows you how to evaluate and sensitively understand people, process, and products and demonstrates how solutions for working with additive manufacturing can be developed in context. It includes a practical, step-by-step plan for product designers and CEOs aimed at supporting the successful implementation of 3D printing by stakeholders at all levels of a manufacturing facility, tailored to their stage of technology integration and business readiness. It features a wide range of real-world examples of practice illustrated in full colour, across industries such as healthcare, construction, and film, aligning with the strategic approach outlined in the book. The book can be followed chronologically to guide you to transform your process for a company, to meet the unique needs of a specific client, or to be used as a starting point for the product design entrepreneur. Written by experienced industry professionals and academics, this is a fundamental reference for product designers, industrial designers, design engineers, CEOs, consultants, and makers.
3D Origami Fun!: 25 Fantastic, Foldable Paper Projects
by Stephanie MartynImaginative 3D origami projects that anyone can make!Do you love the art of paper folding? Well, your favorite pastime goes 3D in this origami guide! Inspired by the kawaii style everyone loves, 3D Origami Fun! shows you how to up your paper-folding game with twenty-five spectacular projects. From cupcakes to butterflies to sea turtles, each page features detailed explanations and step-by-step photos for constructing eye-catching sculptures using basic folds and origami pieces. Whether you're new to paper crafts or a seasoned pro, this book will teach you how to build a variety of impressive 3D origami projects.So take out your paper, flex your fingers, and get ready to create dozens of fun origami projects you won't find anywhere else!
3D Engine Design for Virtual Globes
by Patrick Cozzi Kevin RingSupported with code examples and the authors’ real-world experience, this book offers the first guide to engine design and rendering algorithms for virtual globe applications like Google Earth and NASA World Wind. The content is also useful for general graphics and games, especially planet and massive-world engines. With pragmatic advice throughout, it is essential reading for practitioners, researchers, and hobbyists in these areas, and can be used as a text for a special topics course in computer graphics. Topics covered include: Rendering globes, planet-sized terrain, and vector data; Multithread resource management; Out-of-core algorithms; Shader-based renderer design.