Twine Loft's sayings and stories date back as far as the 1950s, when the author was growing up in Tack’s Beach, Placentia Bay, in the days before resettlement. There, words spoken caught his ear, as have other colourful phrases since. Some stories highlight what life was like in them days and, also, what life became after relocation. All tellings are based upon recollections, as factual as human memory allows. The stories are vignettes of a lifetime spent amongst diverse authors and artist...

La légende de Pantera est née au Texas, entre les mains de passionnés de musique blues et de Heavy Metal qui écumaient inlassablement les clubs de la région en espérant un jour remplir des stades. Rex Brown, bassiste surdoué et fondateur du groupe avec les frères Abbott, a été au cœur de leur ascension vertigineuse vers les cimes de la gloire. Il a tout connu : l’argent, les jets privés, les chambres de palaces saccagées, l’alcool, la dépendance, la chute, la rédemption. Pantera ne se conform...

“But I think I have told you a love story. Is there any other word for it? “Sense of place” doesn’t seem to quite cut it for Tack’s Beach and me. I hope that in my flick around Tack’s Beach harbour in the 1950s, I have shed a bit of light upon where we hail from, we Newfoundlanders and Labradorians of the outports—some of us resettled, all of us clinging to every morsel of this place, Newfoundland and Labrador.” Out from the Harbour is a long-awaited treat for readers young and old. It is ...

"A tell-all history of the band. . .The most comprehensive insider account of Pantera's rise and fall."― Houston Press"A behind the scenes look at the events that led to the downfall of one of America's greatest rock bands. It's full of conflict, raw emotion and backstage antics." ― Dallas ObserverFew heavy metal acts survived the turmoil of the early 1990s music scene. Pantera was differe...

The Art and Science of Making Up Your Mind presents basic decision-making principles and tools to help the reader respond efficiently and wisely to everyday dilemmas.Although most decisions are made informally (whether intuitively without deliberate thought, or based on careful reflection), over the centuries people have tried to develop systematic, scientific and structured ways in which to make decisions. Using qualitative counterparts to quantitative models, Rex Brown t...

From his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873–1963), spending most of it searching for fossils—and sometimes oil—in every corner of the globe. One of the most famous scientists in the world during the middle of the twentieth century, Brown—who lived fast, dressed to the nines, gambled, drank, smoked, and was known as a ladies’ man—became as legendary as...

The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos SantanaIn the realm of guitar gods, Santana stands alone for what's come to be called his "universal tone"-both the fact that you can recognize a Santana song from just one note and the fact that Santana is well known to believe music and soul are interconnected.In the category of major rock memoirs yet undone, this is at the top-a big autobiography by one of the most mysterious and influential mu...

A passionate, detailed, quantified argument for state-level tax reformAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States explains why eliminating or lowering tax burdens at the state level leads to economic growth and wealth creation. A passionate argument for tax reform, the book shows that even states with small populations can benefit enormously with the right policies. The authors’ detailed exposition evaluates the impact state and local gov...

El símbolo perdido, la sensacional continuación de El código Da Vinci, es un golpe maestro de la narrativa: una carrera mortal a través de un auténtico laberinto compuesto por códigos y verdades ocultas, bajo la mirada vigilante de un ser villano aterrador. La acción de El símbolo perdido, que tiene lugar en el interior de una serie de túneles y templos ocultos de Washington, cobra ritmo a través de un asombroso paisaje hacia un final inimaginable.Robert ...

This wet, wild, and hilariously illustrated story from a New York Times bestselling author takes readers on a wacky adventure that spirals out of control as soon as our pet hero discovers a narwhal hanging out in his bedroom.Rex Dexter is cursed . . . with brains . . . and daring . . . and more than his fair share of devilish good looks. But also with an actual curse: dead animals keep showing up in his bedroom, wanting him to solve their murders....

This is the Story of Five Marriages and One GunA British couple wonders at the unknowable city beyond their guarded compound while building walls between themselves.An American suspects his new home is having an insidious effect on his Zimbabwean wife and their young daughter.An enthusiastic young intellectual follows his wife to the city and finds only danger and disillusion.An intelligence officer loses a crucial piece of evidence. It will cost him his mar...

Love & Profanity features more than forty brief, brilliant, and unforgettable true stories from writers both renowned and on the rise. Discover strange and surprising scenes of people coming of age amidst the everyday intensity of teenage life. Witness transformative moments arising from the mundane. Behold the young adult in full splendor and horror, bursting with love and profanity.