London exchange student Serena didnt expect to be attracted to the hosts son, the sizzling hotter than thou Cruz Elliot. Not only was Cruz the hottest thing Serena had ever set her eyes upon, but he was also about to be engaged. Stuck in between the intense pull of temptation and doing the right thing, she decided to ignore her feelings, merely leading her on a tumultuous ride of emotions. Views: 73
Based on Cartwright'¬"s ill-fated expedition in search of the Beothuk.Jonah Squibb and his Royal Navy companions are tasked with making the first peaceful contact with the Beothuk in more than a century and a half. Conspiring against them are the unforgiving wilderness, unscrupulous merchants and politicians, and the Beothuk'¬"s mistrust of the party'¬"s motives.Greed and compassion collide in this robust and spirited novel that recreates the epic 1768 Cartwright mission to right the wrongs of a bloody past. The novel breathes new life to events that sealed the fate of the Beothuk and etched the very soul of Newfoundland. Views: 73
Welcome to Juliet, Saskatchewan. A blink and you'll miss it kind of town where nothing much happens, until one day ... secrets are revealed, marriages tested and a life ended. Views: 73
The fun, wacky series is back and middle schoolers will love the third zany installment!Steve Sneeze" Wyatt is back and muddling through typical middle school experiences in an entirely atypical way. Between dodging the meathead golf team bully and puzzling out why girls have him and his friends acting so odd, everyone struggles through the throes of friendship and first love with a distinctly Cyrano de Bergerac spin. With a hilarious ensemble cast, plenty of zingy banter, and just the right amount of gross-outs, this latest in the 101 Ways series delivers exactly what fans want, and is sure to earn new ones too. Views: 73
The history of the vocoder: how popular music hijacked the Pentagon's speech scrambling weaponThe vocoder, invented by Bell Labs in 1928, once guarded phones from eavesdroppers during World War II; by the Vietnam War, it was repurposed as a voice-altering tool for musicians, and is now the ubiquitous voice of popular music.In How to Wreck a Nice Beach--from a mis-hearing of the vocoder-rendered phrase "how to recognize speech"--music journalist Dave Tompkins traces the history of electronic voices from Nazi research labs to Stalin's gulags, from the 1939 World's Fair to Hiroshima, from artificial larynges to Auto-Tune. We see the vocoder brush up against FDR, JFK, Stanley Kubrick, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Kraftwerk, the Cylons, Henry Kissinger, and Winston Churchill, who boomed, when vocoderized on V-E Day, "We must go off!" And now vocoder technology is a cell phone standard, allowing a digital replica of your voice to sound human.... Views: 73
This stunning and complex novel continues the story of the ultimate general, the penultimate killing machine, searching for the son he's never known. But the son--now a general himself--is mobilizing forces for a preemptive strike...against his own father. Views: 73
"The Boy Aviators’ Flight for a Fortune" from John Henry Goldfrap. North American journalist and author of boys\' books (1879-1917).
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Views: 73
