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This hands-on guide treats model yacht sailing as a serious craft, not a toy, and promises the knowledge needed to build a self-acting yacht that truly performs on the water. Drawing on deliberate experiments with yachts of equal length but different beam, rig, and ballast, the author shows why model vessels must be designed differently from full-sized ships, and why speed, balance, and automatic steering depend on practical testing rather than ornament. Beginning with the 3-foot model yac...

THE PERFECT QUIZ BOOK FOR BOOKWORMS!Which Haruki Murakami novel shares its title with a Beatles song?In Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is Charlie's surname?What is heavy-drinking Rachel Watson known as in the title of a 21st-century bestseller?And what do you get if you add the number of Bennet sisters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to the ...

This vintage book is a complete guide to building, rigging, and sailing self-acting model yachts. With simple, step-by-step instructions and a wealth of useful tips, this profusely illustrated handbook constitutes a must-have for the novice enthusiast, and would make for a fantastic addition collections of allied literature. Contents include: “Principles of Self-Acting Model Yacht Building”, “How to make the Hull”, “How to Make the Deck Fittings, Rudders, &c.”, “How to Make the Sails and S...

This vintage book is a complete guide to build, rig, and sail self-acting model yachts. With simple, step-by-step instructions and a wealth of handy tips, this profusely illustrated handbook constitutes a must-have for the novice enthusiast and would make for a fantastic addition collection of allied literature. Contents include: “Principles of Self-Acting Model Yacht Building”, “How to make the Hull”, “How to Make the Deck Fittings, Rudders, etc.”, “How to Make the Sails and Set”, “How to...

A masterful collection of mindboggling questions guaranteed to have bibliophiles wracking their brains.This engaging and stimulating book of quizzes will test readers' knowledge of classic and contemporary literature. From Charlotte Brontë to Chinua Achebe, hidden double entendres to famous opening lines, Who Killed Iago? runs the gamut and challenges even the most avid readers.Readers can flex their literary muscle with questions such as:?...

The history of mission has often focused on foreign missionaries with little acknowledgement of the important role of indigenous people. In this book, Dr. James Kweku Gyekye Walton highlights the role of indigenous lay agents in the leadership structure of Ghana Methodism between 1835 and 1950 with a particular focus on catechists, the professional non-ordained assistant ministers. As he outlines the formation of the Methodist Church Ghana, Walton rigorously engages in archival research, l...

This book tells the story of how I grew up in a Wilburite Quaker family in Ohio and attended Scattergood Friends School in Iowa. I give an overview of Quakers who originated as the The Religious Society of Friends in seventeenth-century England. I tell about Wilburite Friends, which are much different from most Quakers. Their practices are close to early English Friends. I tell how the Blackburn Family lived out Quaker beliefs. I tell about Scattergood Friends School in Iowa. I present my ...

Highlights from the light-hearted literary quiz chaired by James WaltonThe Write Stuff is the book-based panel show that takes a witty and whimsical look at well-known authors and their work. Host James Walton challenges the erudite contestants with tricky literary teasers, which they endeavour to answer using a combination of knowledge and guesswork.Each episode is themed around an ‘Author of the Week’, who is the subject of the introductory round...

Dr. James E. Walton offers to tools and techniques to help men move forward from a broken heart and get beyond the pain of a relationship loss, while life advice expert Suzannah Galland offers affirmations for how to set the stage to not only attract love into your life, but to be love personified in mind, body and soul!

Anger is the emotion that we are least likely to let go of. Anger is a signal that something is wrong with your environment. Often, it’s a sign that your boundaries have been crossed and you need to fix it. Anger can be an attempt to control others and compensate for feelings of helplessness or disconnect. Through practical advice and affirmations, Dr. James E. Walton helps you harness that energy by turning the anger around so that it has a positive effect on your interpersonal relationsh...

Discover the unique mind and humane vision of an under-recognized American author. Encompassing themes of race, education, fame, law, and America’s past and future, these essays are James Alan McPherson at his most prescient and invaluable.Born in segregated 1940s Georgia, McPherson graduated from Harvard Law School only to give up law and become a writer. In 1978, he became the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But all the while, McPherson ...

Anger is expressed in a myriad of ways, but one of the most dangerous is road rage, because it has the potential to be fatal to the perpetrator, the target, and even innocent bystanders. Let Dr. James E. Walton help you get the upper hand on anger behind the wheel, while life advice expert Suzannah Galland offers affirmations for gaining self-control with the goal of improving your life and connectedness to others.