Provides information on the principles of aerodynamics, suggestions for designing airplanes, and instructions for folding paper planes and doing stunts and playing games with them.
It's the all you need resources for beginners and experienced paper airplane fliers alike with a total of 20 models and 112 flyers, ready to pull out and fold. But the planes are just the beginning. The book features an improved and expanded text section with more photos and tons of cool information on aerodynamics, competitions, and designing ...
As a follow up to his popular THINK, Blackburn narrows his philosophical lens on ethics. He discusses ethical problems, the modern capacity for ethics, and fundamental ethical theories offered by thinkers such as Kant and Aristotle.
This best-selling dictionary is written by one of the most famous philosophers of our time, and it is widely recognized as the best dictionary of its kind. Comprehensive and authoritative, it covers every aspect of philosophy from Aristotle to Zen. With clear and concise definitions, it provides lively and accessible coverage of not only Western ...
Blackburn, author of the OXFORD DICTIONARY OF PHILOSOPHY, provides the curious with an accessible and intelligent introduction to the major issues of philosophy and how they have been addressed.
The Children of Now is a groundbreaking work that shows that a large number of kids come into the world bearing inherent gifts that are beyond strangethey are telepathic, understand subtle energies, and/or have amazing psychic abilities.
Lust, says Simon Blackburn, is furtive, headlong, always sizing up opportunities. It is a trail of clothing in the hallway, the trashy cousin of love. But be that as it may, the aim of this delightful book is to rescue lust "from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from the pallid and envious confessor and the stocks and ...
This book presents a superb synthesis of research from physiology and the clinical sciences that describes normal physiology of pregnancy, the fetus and the newborn. The new edition of "Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology" continues to be a comprehensive, detailed, well illustrated and exhaustively referenced, it consistently identifies ...
A comprehensive introduction to the materials, tools, equipment, and techniques used to make unique beads with a variety of shapes, colors, and finishes. The straightforward instructions discuss topics that include conditioning raw clay and making simple shapes; producing more complex shapes, such as rounds, canes, and spirals; decorating the ...
The highly acclaimed author of "Daisy Bates in the Desert" and "With Billie" presents the story of her own difficult coming of age, and of the intricate tangle of her relationship with her parents. of b&w illustrations.
A creative and experimental biography in which Julia Blackburn tells the fascinating story of Daisy Bates, an Irishwoman who lived among the Aborigines in the Australian outback. Told in Bates's voice, this 'biography' challenges the conventional form.
Dr. Blackburn offers an easy-to-understand, scientifically based approach to help dieters lose those final pounds and inches by overcoming weight-loss plateaus and lose the weight for good.
Taken from published reviews: " Dr Blackburn has written a remarkably good book; indeed, the best book on the topic from either side of the Atlantic I have read. the breadth of the author's knowledge is nothing short of encyclopaedic. Not only psychology developmental and social, as well as clinical but also psychiatry, biology, philosophy, and ...
Blackburn offers a tour de force exploration of what he calls "the most exciting and engaging issue in the whole of philosophy"--the age-old war over truth. Among the questions Blackburn considers are: Is science mere opinion, can historians understand another historical period, and indeed can one culture ever truly understand another?
The author of the highly popular book "Think" illuminates "the most exciting and engaging issue in the whole of philosophy"--the age-old war over truth.
A multidisciplinary resource that combines the latest research with the best practices for working with older adults, "The Handbook of Gerontology: Evidence Based Approaches to Theory, Practice, and Policy" provides an essential source of important theoretical and applied information on gerontology for all mental health professionals interested in ...
"The Sustainability Handbook" covers all the challenges, complexities and benefits of sustainability for businesses, governments and organizations. It provides a blueprint for how organizations can reach or exceed economic, social and environmental excellence. It offers a host of practical approaches and tools including a model sustainability ...
Kelly Blackburn is a fitness consultant and personal trainer to PGA Tour professionals. Here, she offers a guide to help golfers improve their flexibility for increased range of motion and strength for greater hitting distance and accuracy, as well as a "Fitness Analyzer".
Designed with original full-colour graphics, this pocket book features 12 lilliputian-size models for a total of 74 planes. There are easy folding instructions for each one, as well as special tips on how to fly smaller aircraft.
Miters, clamps, squares, bevels, gauges, handsaws, backsaws, planes of a dozen kinds, adzes, hatchets, scrapers, chisels, chamfering devices, boring and threading tools, and striking tools of all kinds -- these handtools traditionally have been the base upon which all craftsmanship was built. These tools for shaping and joining wood were handmade ...
Self-depreciating and bitingly smart, Delia is a recovering addict who forges her own brand of hard won wisdom on her journey in sobriety. When Delia entered treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at seventeen, her life changed forever. She believed she could make it through anything without backsliding - until she receives a phone call from her ...
"Bill Vaughn and Peter Blackburn have created a masterful work of Reporting Services documentation, which includes tips, tricks, and product insights that you just won't find anywhere else." --Bryan Keller, Programmer-Writer, SQL Server Reporting Services, Microsoft Corporation "An insightful, informative, and sometimes irreverent look into the ...
This how-to reference for home carpenters provides easy-to-follow instructions for interior and exterior jobs: constructing and installing doors, laying down floors, even building an entire house quickly and efficiently.
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