Author: Will Swanton
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Keywords: head, team, toughest, australia, murderball
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2009-10-01
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1741756766
ISBN-13: 9781741756760
They call it Murderball. An impossibly brutal game that you can’t believe is a Paralympic sport. Players in reinforced steel chairs smash into each other with deadly intent and animal ferocity. You expect massive casualties in every game. But as one of the players says," What have we got to lose? It’s not like we’re going to break our necks again!" Australian Ryley Batt, a 20-year old who was born with no legs and webbed hands, is considered the world’s best player. He and his colleagues are determined to become the No. 1 Murderball team in the world. And after what the
Author: Isabel Thomas
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree
Keywords: head, animals, rhinoceros, elephant
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-01-15
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 1410923932
ISBN-13: 9781410923936
This book pits enormous elephants against mighty rhinos, awarding points for survival skills such as strength, size, intelligence and defensive ability. At the end of the book, the points are added up to discover the overall winner. But which animal will it be? Read this book to find out!
Author: Isabel Thomas
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree
Keywords: head, animals, tarantula, scorpion
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-01-15
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 1410923967
ISBN-13: 9781410923967
This book pits scary scorpions against terrifying tarantulas, awarding points for survival skills such as strength, size, hunting ability, and camouflage. At the end of the book, the points are added up to discover the overall winner. But which animal will it be? Read this book to find out!
Author: Claudia L. Osborn
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Keywords: head, inside, looking, injury, own, doctor, over, story
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-03-15
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0740705989
ISBN-13: 9780740705984
Locked inside a brain-injured head looking out at a challenging world is the premise of this extraordinary autobiography. Over My Head is an inspiring story of how one woman comes to terms with the loss of her identity and the courageous steps (and hilarious missteps) she takes while learning to rebuild her life. The author, a 45-year-old doctor and clinical professor of medicine, describes the aftermath of a brain injury eleven years ago which stripped her of her beloved profession. For years she was deprived of her intellectual companionship and the ability to handle the simplest undertaking
Author: Michael Milton
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: head, first, spreadsheets, guides, learner, excel, guide
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2010-03-23
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 0596807694
ISBN-13: 9780596807696
Do you use Excel for simple lists, but get confused and frustrated when it comes to actually doing something useful with all that data? Stop tearing your hair out: Head First Excel helps you painlessly move from spreadsheet dabbler to savvy user. Whether you’re completely new to Excel or an experienced user looking to make the program work better for you, this book will help you incorporate Excel into every aspect of your workflow, from a scratch pad for data-based brainstorming to exploratory analysis with PivotTables, optimizing outcomes with Goal Seek, and presenting your conclusions
Author: Brett McLaughlin
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Keywords: head, first, rush, ajax
Number of Pages: 446
Published: 2006-03-28
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0596102259
ISBN-13: 9780596102258
Sick of creating web sites that reload every time a user moves the mouse? Tired of servers that wait around to respond to users’ requests for movie tickets? It sounds like you need a little (or maybe a lot of) Ajax in your life. Asynchronous programming lets you turn your own web sites into smooth, slick, responsive applications that make your users feel like they’re back on the information superhighway, not stuck on a dial-up backroad. But who wants to take on next-generation web programming with the last generation’s instruction book? You need a learning experience
Author: Elaine Landau
Publisher: Benchmark Books (NY)
Keywords: head, health, lice, toe
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-09
List price: $28.50
ISBN-10: 0761435018
ISBN-13: 9780761435013
