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For fans of Grey's Anatomy and Seven Days in June, this dazzling debut novel by Shirlene Obuobi explores that time in your life when you must decide what you want, how to get it, & who you are, all while navigating love, friendship, and the realization that the path you're traveling is going to be a bumpy ride.--
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This book contains a detailed treatise on the care and management of grasslands, with information on crop rotation, irrigation, and the use of manure on meadows and pastures. Complete with interesting discussions, statistical information, and comparative analyses on the benefits of pastures and grassland, this volume constitutes a valuable resource for those with an interest in the subject and will be of much value to the farmer and agriculturalist....
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Colm Tóibín on Joni Mitchell • James Wood on The Who • Stacey D'Erasmo on Kate Bush • Daniel Handler on Eurythmics • Lisa Dierbeck on the Pretenders • Clifford Chase on the B-52s . . . and other writers on the soundtracks of their lives.
In Heavy Rotation, twenty of our most acclaimed contemporary writers pay homage to the record albums that inspired them. Benjamin Kunkel remembers how the Smiths' Queen Is Dead transformed him into an...
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This antique volume contains a detailed treatise on crop rotation on dry farms. Discussed within this text are such topics as: the importance of rotation in dry areas, methodology, equipment, scientific reasoning, pitfalls, rotation tips, and much more. Although old, most of the information contained herein is timeless, and will be of as much value to the modern farmer as it was to those contemporary with the original publication of this text. The...
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This self-contained text presents a consistent description of the geometric and quaternionic treatment of rotation operators, employing methods that lead to a rigorous formulation and offering complete solutions to many illustrative problems. Geared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, the book begins with chapters covering the fundamentals of symmetries, matrices, and groups, and it presents a primer on rotations and rotation...
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New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter introduces the Original Heartbreakers-beginning with a ruthless businessman about to break his own rules-in this special prequel novella! Rich, powerful and utterly untamable, Dane Michaelson is every woman's darkest fantasy. When he returns to his hometown to witness his father's upcoming nuptials, he is unprepared for the redheaded beauty soon to become his stepsister. He's never wanted anyone more....
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Sam felt fortunate that the police would notify the next of kin.Weekend night shift was a mixed bag. The police would always bring in a few college students who had tried to poison themselves with alcohol. She rarely saw the same students twice, a stomach pump seemed to make an impression on even the most inebriated young person. Then there were the traffic accidents. There were over twenty thousand students at the various centers of higher education...
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Voisin's classic is still in great demand, nearly three-quarters of a century after it was first written and published.
The main point of it, that grass is more productive when shorn and given time to re-grow, is the core base of all the current popular works on rotational and "mob" grazing.
A regular re-study of Voison's work brings new understanding and simplicity to anyone's grazing operation.
The underlying basic to this work is that through...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 I was a third-year medical student on rotation in the emergency room at Riverside Hospital. I was introduced to the doctors' lounge, and saw a film hanging on one of the viewing boxes. It was an X-ray of an abdomen, with a crystal-clear image of a metal flashlight. I had never seen anything like it.
#2 As a third-year med student, I was about to walk into a room and...
11) Rule Breaker
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Commander Asher Rainer is tough as nails. Working with an undercover Black Ops group sanctioned by the U.S. Government-Project R.O.O.T-his team is sent to obtain reconnaissance on a village suspected of illegal activity before the next scheduled United Nation conference. However, the team encounters a soft cell terrorist group hell bent on destruction, and in search of weapons grade uranium. To make matters worse, the terrorists are funded by a U.S....
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"For lovers of Meg Wolitzer, Maria Semple, and Jenny Offill comes this raucous, poignant celebration of life, love, and friendship at its imperfect and radiant best. Edith and Ashley have been best friends for over forty-two years. They've shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick or treating and binge drinking; Gilligan's Island reruns and REM concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children....
13) Why the sun sets
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"Each morning, the sun rises in the east. Each night, the sun sets in the west. You might think the sun orbits Earth. However, Earth actually orbits the sun. The sun looks like it's moving because of the rotation of Earth on its axis. This book helps readers to discover why the sun sets each night. Bright photographs grab readers' attention, while infographics help explain this complex topic. Readers will be able to visualize how Earth's position...
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Softwire volume 2
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On his second rotation of service, Johnny Turnbull uses his ability as a human softwire to communicate with the Samirans and free them from their enslavement.
15) The South Pole
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The South Pole is cold, but there s more to it than that! This book presents the cartography and earth science of this polar region to young readers in an engaging yet informative way. Several spreads are dedicated to the fascinating history of the brave explorers of this icy landscape, a part of history that is sure to impress all elementary readers! The colorful, easily understood maps and vivid photographs of the South Pole will expand reader s...
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The cycle of seasons on Earth is as interesting as it is important to the way we all live. From the cold of winter to warm summer days, it's essential to understand just what's happening and why we always have the same weather at the same time of the year. Readers will learn what the sun's rays are doing to different parts of Earth at different times as well as the importance of Earth's axis, or tilt. With great photographs, diagrams, and detailed...
18) The moon
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Presents an introduction to the Moon, describing its composition, phases, rotation around the Earth, the effect of its gravity on Earth's waters, and the history of space flights to its surface.
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"Passing your Physics I class is totally doable, thanks to Physics I For Dummies. When your teacher's explanations make you go, "Whaaa?" reach for this book, where you'll find clear and entertaining explanations of physics of principles. Gravity and mass? Check. Energy and work? Got it. Thermodynamics? Yup. It's all here, and we've even thrown in some fun facts and theories, just to make life more interesting. Plus, we give you a math refresher, so...
20) Little weirds
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"To see the world through Jenny Slate's eyes is to see it as though for the first time, shimmering with strangeness and possibility. As she will remind you, we live on an ancient ball that rotates around a bigger ball made up of lights and gasses that are science gasses, not farts (don't be immature). Heartbreak, confusion, and misogyny stalk this blue-green sphere, yes, but it is also a place of wild delight and unconstrained vitality, a place where...
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