Author: Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Keywords: friend, happened, stories, true, legends, absolutely, urban
Number of Pages: 688
Published: 2005-03-14
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1579124666
ISBN-13: 9781579124663

Combining Black Dog’s three very successful hardcover collections of “urban legends” (Alligators in the Sewer, The Baby on the Car Roof, and The Cat in the Dryer) into one stupendous volume, Urban Legends is the ultimate collection of those outlandish tales people love to share. With themes that run the gamut from funny to sick, risqué to informative, frightening to disgusting, these fantastic yarns are remarkable for their uncanny ability to travel by word of mouth. We’ve all heard the one about the alligators that roam New York City’s sewers, or how “Mikey” of Life Cereal fame

Author: Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Keywords: friend, stories, happened, true, absolutely, sewer, urban, legends, alligators
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1999-07-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 157912061X
ISBN-13: 9781579120610

Urban Legend (ur/ben lej/end) n. a fictional story, circulated by word-of-mouth, that is perpetuated by the continual assertion of truth. All the rumors that have passed through office e-mail networks, the fantastic stories that have "happened to a friend" and the horrifying tales told around campfires are gathered here for the first time in one fascinating, unbelievable collection. Organized by subject, chapters include: Naked at His Own Surprise Party and Other Sexual Escapades, The Stolen Kidney and Other Medical Disasters, The Gulf War Computer Virus and Other High Tech Scares, Roswe

Author: Harmon Smith
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Keywords: friend, emerson, relationship, thoreau, story
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2001-03-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1558492933
ISBN-13: 9781558492936

Henry David Thoreau was a twenty-year-old scholarship student at Harvard when he met Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837. Emerson, fourteen years Thoreau’s senior and independently wealthy, had recently shaken the intellectual world of New England with the publication of Nature. Despite the disparity in their circumstances, Thoreau and Emerson quickly formed a close relationship that lasted until Thoreau’s death at the age of forty-four. This book tells the story of their friendship. Harmon Smith emphasizes their personal bond, but also shows how their relationship affected their thoug

Authors:P. F. Friend, P. F. Friend, B. P. J. Williams,
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Keywords: society, special, publication, geological, sandstone, perspectives, old, red, new
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2001-03-01
List price: $190.00
ISBN-10: 1862390711
ISBN-13: 9781862390713

From the 1960Â’s onwards, the Old Red Sandstone of both borders of the Atlantic Ocean has acted as a test bed for the development of new ideas on the interpretation of fluvial, lacustrine and aeolian sedimentary rocks, and the investigation of tectonically-active basins. Much of the earlier reconnaissance work is now being reviewed in the light of further detailed field study, along with new developments in the understanding of the biostratigraphy, palaeobiology, geochronolgy, pedogenesis and tectonics. Three general papers review recent work on the stratigraphical and chronological analysi

Author: Edna Ellison
Publisher: New Hope Publishers - Grow
Keywords: friend, ephesians, study, shared, purpose, friendships
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2005-01-06
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 1563099012
ISBN-13: 9781563099014

This six-week interactive study of the Book of Ephesians is designed for two friends to experience together. For those eager for support and fellowship in their Christian lives. Ephesians demonstrates the benefits of the family of God. The Book of Ephesians teaches members of the Christian family about the gifts and heritage God has given His children, and shows how we can "walk worthy of the calling with which you were called." (Ephesians 4:1 NKJV).

Authors:Graham Friend; Stefan Zehle, Graham Friend, Stefan Z
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
Keywords: series, economist, planning, business, guide
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-02
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1861974744
ISBN-13: 9781861974747

To get any new business idea off the ground you must have a plan—and if you need to raise funds to finance the business or get the approval of senior management, it must be a convincing plan. This guide covers every aspect of preparing a business plan including how to analyze the market, how to model the business and financial statements, the analysis of risk and the assessment of both the upside and potential downside, and the all-important executive summary—often the only part of a business plan that is read. Finally, Guide to Business Planning shows how to use a business plan t

Author: Donald Friend
Publisher: Antipodes Books and Beyond, Ltd.
Keywords: friend, donald, diaries
Number of Pages: 752
Published: 2003-10-07
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0642107653
ISBN-13: 9780642107657

Published by the National Library of Australia. Covering the period January 1944 to March 1949, the extraordinary life of Australian artist Donald Friend continues in The Diaries of Donald Friend Volume 2. This is the second of four casebound volumes to be published by the National Library, revealing Friend’s fine powers of observation, his irreverence and wit, his sensitivity and his marvellous eloquence. The diaries speak about art, love, friendship, travel, and much more, making absorbing reading as Friend experiences his final years of war service, both in Brisbane and as an official