Author: Steve HarperPublisher:
ISBN: 9781880652947
Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Why Does the Other Line Always Move Faster?
Author: David AndrewsPublisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761181229
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
How we wait, why we wait, what we wait for—waiting in line is a daily indignity that we all experience, usually with a little anxiety thrown in (why is it that the other line always moves faster?!?). This smart, quirky, wide-ranging book (the perfect conversation starter) considers the surprising science and psychology—and the sheer misery—of the well-ordered line. On the way, it takes us from boot camp (where the first lesson is to teach recruits how to stand rigidly in line) to the underground bunker beneath Disneyland’s Cinderella Castle (home of the world’s most advanced, state-of-the-art queue management technologies); from the 2011 riots in London (where rioters were observed patiently taking their turns when looting shops), to the National Voluntary Wait-in-Line days in the People’s Republic of China (to help train their non-queuing populace to wait in line like Westerners in advance of the 2008 Olympics). Citing sources ranging from Harvard Business School professors to Seinfeld, the book comes back to one underlying truth: it’s not about the time you spend waiting, but how the circumstances of the wait affect your perception of time. In other words, the other line always moves faster because you’re not in it.
Verity
Author: Colleen HooverPublisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 153872474X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.
Wait! You're Next in Line!
Author: Willa Dean MontgomeryPublisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098053567
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Wow! The best is yet to come to those who are willing to wait on God's timing!WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING ON GOD FOR A WHILE!WHEN YOUR PRAYERS HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED!YOU JUST WAIT!Author Willa Dean Montgomery shares strategies that will change the way you approach troubles in your life, helping you understand the process of you waiting on the manifestation of God's promises in your life.You need to know these five keys to help you to be successful in your wait:*Everything begins with a process.*God does everything with a purpose in mind.*Your waiting on God is not in vain.*Without faith it is impossible to please God.*God cannot lie.Waiting on God will take faith and patience. But when you wait on God, God is building your character so you can become mature to handle the blessings. All blessings and promotions come from God, and God is preparing you to fulfill your destiny. This book will encourage you to remain faithful to God as you wait on Him no matter what troubles you are facing.WAIT! YOU ARE NEXT IN LINE!
The Dream of America
Author: Cj BeckerPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595824749
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This is the tale of Thomas Jadwin's dream of America. The story occurs during the last half of the reign of England's greatest monarch Elizabeth I and the first decades of her hand-picked successor James I. Thomas' father was a cutler of Welsh ancestry who supplied fine weapons for Nobility. Thomas courts and weds the beautiful and educated fishmonger's daughter, Catherine Pelham. As a wedding gift the Jadwins are given a tenement on the High Street near London Bridge within walking distance of the Bear Baiting Garden and the Globe Theatre. They convert the tenement into a tavern called Saracen's Head. Many of the luminaries of the day, including William Shakespeare, Squanto, and Captain John Smith, come to Saracen's Head to hear the news and raise a tankard of Southwark ale. Inspired by his father's membership in Raleigh's Adventurers for Virginia Thomas buys shares in the company formed to plant the first English colony in America. In this age of famine, plague, war, and the Reformation, Thomas comes to see America as the place where a reconstitution of human society might occur. He actually makes the journey across the Atlantic to the newly founded colony at Jamestown with the Third Supply on the ill-fated Sea Venture.
Author: Waiting in Line
Author: Malcolm J BrooksPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524680478
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
In life, things do not always go to plan. Eva and Joy had very different plans when deciding to use Evas special time-travel powers to return to the year 1967, a time of reputed love, peace and flower-power. However, times were very different for women back in the 1960s, in comparison with the 21st century in which the girls had grown up. Travelling from their home town of Castleford in 2013 to the lovely market town of Beverley where they meet their ghostly helper Alice. With her help, they reach their final destination, the City of Durham in 1967 where they hope the unsuspecting John is waiting. Mixed fortunes beset the two teenagers as they embark on what they hope will be a romantic adventure of a lifetime.
Women Who Don't Wait in Line
Author: Reshma SaujaniPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544027787
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
New York City Deputy Advocate Reshma Saujani asks why women, in an era where they are told they can do anything, still haven't joined the top ranks of corporations or government. Saujani charts the paths of accomplished women, encouraging all women to take risks, compete, embrace failure, and build support through a twenty-first-century sisterhood.
Waiting in Line: A Novelette
Author: M.B.B. WhytePublisher: M.B.B. Whyte
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Summer of 1985 - The year of Bruce Springsteen. This is it, the moment Josie Martin has been waiting for. Bruce Springsteen is coming to town and she must get tickets to see her favorite singer. But what happens when the ticketing system goes down? Will she be able to score the hottest tickets of the year? One thing’s for sure, she's willing to risk it all to make it happen. Follow Josie and her friends as they live their glory days in, Waiting on Line.
Author: Railroad Commission of Texas