Austin: 1740 books
Prank University
The Ultimate Guide to College's Greatest Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2006
BAD BEHAVIOR 101
Forget about Punk’d. Or any of those other stupid hidden camera shows. Executing the perfect prank is an art that demands deft craftsmanship and sly cunning. Whether you’re talking about a good-natured practical joke between roommates or an elaborate hit against a nosy...
The Saltimbanque Review, Fall 2016
The Saltimbanque Review, #1
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
From Long Island diners to Victorian murderers and small-town French cross-dressers, these writers and poets will transport you as far as the written word can carry you. The Saltimbanque Review: we've been putting the "er" in "literature" since 2016.
Collecting from the Margins
Material Culture in a Latin American Context
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
From the cabinets of wonderof the Renaissance to the souvenir collections of today, selecting, accumulating, and organizing objects are practices that are central to our notions of who we are and what we value. Collecting, both private and institutional, has been instrumental in the consolidation...
by S. Austin
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
The Chinese Tao and the Western Trinity have a fundamental unity of theme: the unity of opposites. Both are connected with problems as broad and diverse as how to describe the entire universe, how a system can talk about itself, the relationship between symbols and realities, and the nature of signs and sacraments.
by Frederic Austin Ogg
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
The fall of Montreal, on September 8, 1760, while the plains about the city were still dotted with the white tents of the victorious English and colonial troops, was indeed an event of the deepest consequence to America and to the world. By the articles of capitulation which were signed by the Marquis...
by Frederic Austin Ogg
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The fall of Montreal, on September 8, 1760, while the plains about the city were still dotted with the white tents of the victorious English and colonial troops, was indeed an event of the deepest consequence to America and to the world. By the articles of capitulation which were signed by the Marquis...
One Peanut at a Time
Autobiography: One Woman’S Trek of Trials and Triumphs
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
One Peanut at a Time is a journey of a lady, an educator, a political activist, and a CEO of the Cleaster Mims College Prep and International Boarding schools. Like a long-distance runner, she learned from her life as a sharecroppers daughter how to plan and reach one goal after the next. Cleaster...
True Tales from the Campaign Trail
Stories Only Political Consultants Can Tell
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
True Tales from the Campaign Trail finds Democratic and Republican political consultants putting aside their differences to offer entertaining and honest insights into the art of the political campaign. First-hand accounts from across the spectrum detail the trials and tribulations of primaries for...
Mito y realidad de Zuyuá
Serpiente emplumada y las transformaciones mesoamericanas del Clásico al Posclásico
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Hay incógnitas históricas que inquietan a los especialistas desde hace décadas; el tema del presente libro es una de ellas: las relaciones políticas, culturales, bélicas y comerciales que surgieron en Mesoamérica tras el colapso de Teotihuacan, sobre todo el hecho de que ciudades muy distantes, Tula y Chichén Itzá, presentaran sorprendentes similitudes.
More Than a Maid
Barboza Brothers: Book Three
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Approximately 450 pages
Book One: Fresh Temptation Book Two: Armando Returns
Ramon Barboza loves two things: his ranch and his freedom. An occasional drunken fling is all he needs to satisfy his desire for a woman.
Marcy Cameron never wanted to be a live-in maid, but...
Technology and Corruption
The Missing and Morbid Links of Development in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Africa is today missing in the technology radar of the world, but very visible in the corruption index. This represents a clear road map to perpetual underdevelopment, subjugation, and perdition. While no country or continent has ever developed without recreating industrial revolution in its own way,...
Halcyon Days
From a Dream to Reality
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2004
This book is a sailing travel-adventure demonstrating how dreams can come true for those who have the desire to accomplish, persistence, a sense of adventure and are willing to take risks in order to make their dreams come true. It is about the pleasures, responsibilities, trials and tribulations that go along with any major change in lifestyles.
Schooling the Child
The Making of Students in Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2005
What is a child?
How is the concept of childhood defined?
This book aims to explore these perennial and complex questions by looking at the way in which society constructs and understands childhood. The authors focus in particular on the school, a key location within which social and cultural notions...
Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 3
Build Siege Weapons of the Dark Ages
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Utilizing easy-to-find and inexpensive materials, this handy resource teaches desktop warriors how to build a multitude of medieval siege weapons for the modern era. Novice combatants will learn to build 35 defense weapons, including a marshmallow catapult, a chopstick bow, a bottle cap crossbow,...