Brush Back

Author: Sara Paretsky
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1444758748
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480

Book Description
The seventeenth V.I. Warshawski thriller from one of America's greatest female crime writers, and winner of Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award 2015. For six stormy weeks in high school, V.I. Warshawski thought she was in love with Frank Guzzo. He broke up with her, she went off to college, he started driving trucks for a living. She forgot about him until the day his mother was arrested for bludgeoning his kid sister Annie to death. Twenty-five years later, Stella is released and Frank comes to V. I., begging the private detective to help find grounds to exonerate his mother from a crime she claims she never committed. V.I. doesn't want to get involved, but life has been hard on Frank. When V.I. agrees to ask a few questions, it's a painful journey to the past for her, to her old neighbourhood and the people she grew up with. And when she gets beaten up after attending a youth-group meeting in her old 'hood, V.I.'s main question becomes whether she will live long enough to find the answers.

Brushback

Author: K. C. Constantine
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780892966462
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Detective Ruggiero Carlucci of Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, investigates the slaying of a baseball player, famous for his aggressive pitching style. Suspects include two ex-wives and a girlfriend, all of whom were at the receiving end of the player's aggressive style at home. By the author of Family Values.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1012

Book Description

Tap Dance for All

Author: Victoria Moore
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476688087
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
The first of its kind, this book focuses on the value of inclusivity in the tap dance studio, instructing on how to bring the rhythmic world of tap dance into the lives of individuals living with disabilities or mobility issues. No longer should those with mobility challenges be denied the opportunity to enjoy the unique delight, challenge and excitement of tap dancing. Based on the author's inclusive program called Tap for All, this book is part inspirational memoir and part instructional manual, detailing how tap dance's enormous cognitive benefits can benefit those living with Alzheimer's, dementia, cerebral palsy, arthritis, traumatic brain injuries and more. The author outlines her experience opening the hearts and minds of other dance instructors and studio owners, showing that shifting their perspective about dance is beneficial to both client and studio. Chapters also instruct on the physiological effects of music and dance, guide the development of dance routines, and outline the author's tap programs for various student skill levels and experiences. Practicing ability inclusion can ensure that everyone, not just those fortunate enough to have a fully functioning physique, can learn and enjoy tap dance.

The Sound of Brushes

Author: Ed Thigpen
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN: 9780769294315
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
"Contains full-size stroke diagrams, exercises for alternative brushes, added strokes and new instruction, swing, bebop, funk, R & B patterns for brushes: every pattern is performed on the CDs with play-along tracks."--Cover

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents

Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1218

Book Description
Prior to 1862, when the Department of Agriculture was established, the report on agriculture was prepared and published by the Commissioner of Patents, and forms volume or part of volume, of his annual reports, the first being that of 1840. Cf. Checklist of public documents ... Washington, 1895, p. 148.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

Author: USA Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1064

Book Description

Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life

Author: James H. Jones
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393327248
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 944

Book Description
James H. Jones reveals in this biography that the public image of disinterested biologist, Alfred Kinsey, was in fact a carefully crafted persona. The Kinsey who emerges in these pages was a social reformer and a zealot, who devoted his every waking hour to the destruction of sexual repression.

Understanding Wood Finishing, 3rd Revised Edition

Author: Bob Flexner
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607658771
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 581

Book Description
Nicknamed the “Bible” of wood finishing, Understanding Wood Finishing is a best-selling, easy-to-understand resource that teaches readers everything they need to know, from preparing and staining wood to different types of wood finishes, coloring techniques, filling pores, removing finishes, and more. This newly updated edition features a collection of published articles written by Bob from the last few years.

Native American Dance Steps

Author: Bessie Evans
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145506
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
This well-researched book provides details of the varied steps Native American groups have used to express ideas — from skips, jumps, and hop steps, to an Indian form of the pas de bourrée.