In this explosive and unauthorized must-read for fans of Marvel, Robert Downey Jr., and the Iron Man franchise, veteran celebrity biographer and blogger Brian Daniels delves into never-before-revealed insights and speculation surrounding Downey's hopes for Iron Man 4 and his future involvement in the Marvel Universe.From Downey's potentially unprecedented demands and likely payday, to parallels with Christian Bale's controversial Dark Knight departure, Daniels' fascinating feature-...

Written by the hosts of the wildly popular Deck the Hallmark podcast!Welcome to Greenville, Maine, where all the shop windows are festively decorated, the street lights are magically transformed into candy canes, and the air sounds and smells like the North Pole on Christmas morning.Ellie Holden is back in her hometown of Greenville and surrounded by familiar faces and her favorite traditions. Well, most of them. She’s had a few ...

Written by Brian Daniel, "Headhunter to the Stars," this tell-all guide teaches aspiring and veteran assistants how to find and keep jobs with celebrities and high net worth families. Before establishing The Celebrity Personal Assistant Network, Brian Daniel was a personal assistant to celebrities, billionaires, and even royalty. This book offers a unique insight into the secret world of the rich.

About the BookHow to Select and Manage Your Contractor 101 gives useful advice on how to hire and oversee a contractor when building that dream home or remodeling project correctly from start to finish. The book provides basic building procedures and installation methods regarding fill soils and compaction, footings and foundations, foundation drainage, roof stormwater drainage systems, backfilling, framing, exterior wall and roof sheathing, roofing, interior and exterior concrete s...

A collection of humorous commentaries from New England's "Joe Wright", an ordinary, middle-aged man struggling to understand twenty-first century life.Created for his humor column, author Brian Daniels's Joe Wright is "a clueless, middle-aged, thick-around-the-middle man who is hopelessly stuck in the twentieth century." Thoughts of an Average Joe is the hilarious ramblings of a man whose commentaries voice the confusion and angst of a simple, old dude try...

Following the devastation of the Great War, the Earth lies in ruins. Many of the nations of the world no longer exist. Some have been torn apart, other joined into one new nation. Born out of fears and paranoia, most of the remaining nations as well as the new emerging ones start to pass new rigid laws to ensure the survival of their people. Fifteen year old Alexander Reed falls victim to the now decades old harsh laws of the Northern States of America and is forced into military service. ...

New York Times Bestseller"The ultimate behind-the-scenes account.” —Washington Post“The definitive history of the landmark TV show.” —USA TodayJoin the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: here’s the hilarious and improbable inside story behind the beloved series.Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews, this definitive oral history with the cast and creators is illustrated with 100 behind-the-scenes photographs. Here, at last,...

From the co-creator of the hit children’s show, Dora the Explorer, comes four more hilarious stories about the friendship between Freddie the purple parrot and his loyal butler, Peccary.Return to Rubberwick with this new collection of short stories, full of whimsical illustrations and laugh-out-loud hijinks!These brand new adventures find our favorite duo deciphering morse code, getting into trouble with the town Judge, and even trying a n...

There continues to be much concern about the retention and persistent of men in college, particularly Black, Latinx, and Native American men. In addition, queer and trans* men also have found institutions to be problematic spaces. For those who do persist, we know that men are overrepresented in student conduct cases and engage in risky behaviors around alcohol, drug use, and sexual relationships. Additionally, we know that college men have historically avoided engaging in help-seeking beh...

The king is going to get married. He learns about a problem in his castle and needs help with it before the wedding happens. Unfortunately, the solution he gets leads to another problem, one that is worse than the previous one.

Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists, Eighth Edition provides a concise and balanced overview of MATLAB's functionality, covering both fundamentals and applications. The essentials are illustrated throughout, featuring complete coverage of the software's windows and menus. Program design and algorithm development are presented, along with many examples from a wide range of familiar scientific and engineering areas. This edition has been updated to include the latest MATLAB version...

This text starts by explaining the fundamental goal of good political science research—the ability to answer interesting and important questions by generating valid inferences about political phenomena. Before the text even discusses the process of developing a research question, the authors introduce the reader to what it means to make an inference and the different challenges that social scientists face when confronting this task. Only with this ultimate goal in mind will students be abl...