In an address by John F Kennedy in September of 1962, he delivered the “We choose to go to the moon” speech and after his assassination, left the job to his vice-president to see it through. LBJ, not satisfied with only fulfilling JFK’s promises, he wanted to secure his own place in the annals of history created a top- secret lab to design a life form that would be able to survive the harsh environment of the moon’s terrain that would be left behind after he returned the astronauts safely ...

A groundbreaking and richly illustrated account of the importance of Manet’s family to his artAll families are complicated, but the family of Édouard Manet (1832–1883) was more complicated than most. The artist married a piano teacher who worked for his wealthy parents. Her son, born out of wedlock, may have been Édouard’s, his father’s, or another man’s. For all its complexities, Manet’s family fueled his creativity. They were his most frequent models, and support...

The Day Satan Called is Bill Scott's account of an excruciating 18-month period in his life.Out of Christian love he and his wife invited a young lady who was demon possessed and the member of an active satanic network into their home. They prayed the sinner's prayer with her and believed that they could help redeem someone who had witnessed and experienced unimaginable rituals and abuses.What happened instead were death threats and the loss of the...

Salina, Kansas, 1876: A young woman is swept into the crosswords of history in the clash of two cultures as one ascends and the other declines. She disappears into the chaos, emerging two years later torn between two worlds—and two men. One clings desperately to the hope that she is alive. The other would have considered her a mortal enemy—until he met her.This is her story.

Want to learn how to create great user experiences on today's Web? In this book, UI experts Bill Scott and Theresa Neil present more than 75 design patterns for building web interfaces that provide rich interaction. Distilled from the authors' years of experience at Sabre, Yahoo!, and Netflix, these best practices are grouped into six key principles to help you take advantage of the web technologies available today. With an entire section devoted to each design principle, Designing Web...