Superstar male model Lucky Blue Smith, described as “the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Justin Bieber rolled into one” by the New York Times, brings us an intimate, fully illustrated behind-the-scenes peek into his world.With over 2.3 million Instagram followers and accolades like Male Model of the Year (Elle Style Awards), Lucky Blue Smith is the biggest male model on the planet.Now journey into the heart of Lucky’s universe with this collectible gift book. Feat...

While most kids my age were sitting in English class waiting for the bell to ring, I was thrown into the deep end of the fashion and modeling pool. From sixteen to eighteen years old, I was circling the globe and doing things I had never before imagined. I broke the rules and shattered expectations of what a normal male model could do. I wanted to write this book to connect more with my friends and fans, to share experiences, and to pass on a few things I have learned along the way. I ...

Is the past ever truly forgotten?Fiona Truscott has spent twenty years avoiding the truth about her family’s past. But when new evidence surfaces suggesting that her Great-Grandfather Finn Beckett was wrongfully accused of serious crimes in South Africa, she can no longer turn away. With her husband Karl by her side, she embarks on a perilous journey to the heart of Africa, determined to uncover the truth about her ancestors—and about her own parents’ mysterious deaths.Hunt...

Just after the close of World War II, America's political and scientific leaders reached an informal consensus on how science could best serve the nation and how government might best support science. The consensus lasted a generation before it broke under the pressures created by the Vietnam War. Since then the nation has struggled to reestablish shared beliefs about the means and goals of science policy. In American Science Policy Since World War II, author Bruce L. R. Smith makes sense ...

Bigger, better and ideal for all models of the Raspberry Pi! The ultimate guide to learning assembly language on your Pi.“This edition is the most complete and the only one a reader needs to purchase. It is a very good tutorial textbook...”Covers use of the new Raspberry Pi Operating System including the GPIO port, the VFP and Neon coprocessors. Based on the best selling Raspbian edition, now even better!Tried and tested examples. Book enhanced by ...

If you are tired of sinning and repenting but finding yourself back in that same sin, there is help for you. There is a place in God where a Christian can live free of sin on a regular basis. It is not easily or casually found. It takes diligence and determination on the part of the Christian who wants to live free of sin. It is therefore necessary to find this place, to experience freedom and be at peace with God.As a Christian who truly loves his God, I was not able to live this ...

“There are two schools: one that sings the sheen and hues, the necessary pigments and frankincense while the world dries and the other voice like water that seeks to saturate, erode, and boil . . . It ruins everything you have ever saved.”Spill is a book in contradictions, embodying helplessness in the face of our dual citizenship in the realms of trauma and gratitude, artistic aspiration and political reality. The centerpiece of this collection is a lyrical essay that reca...

Our Father is a compelling memoir by Bruce Smith chronicling his life as a fatherless boy growing up in segregated Texas and his rise to fame and fortune as a star professional football player and real estate mogul. As his story unfolds, ghosts from his past and the lingering effects of being raised without a stable father figure, haunt him. Throughout the book, Smith takes the reader on an emotional, sometimes funny, at times painful journey, illustrating how the power of personal redempt...

It would be realy swell if those ascending to power were good, trustworthy, and capable leaders. Theyre not. Power doesnt corrupt; people corrupt everything. That includes the Allied Nations, an amalgam of the worlds governments. What about those anthropomorphic mechs from Infitech that eventually found their way into every household? Corrupted. Topping this list are four superhuman terrorists who are labeled Wielders. The Wielders control temperature, electricity, luminous energy, and geo...

Is the past ever truly forgotten?Fiona Truscott has spent twenty years avoiding the truth about her family's past. But when new evidence surfaces suggesting that her great-grandfather, Finn Beckett, was wrongfully accused of serious crimes in South Africa, she can no longer turn away. With her husband, Karl, by her side, she embarks on a perilous journey to the heart of Africa, determined to uncover the truth about her ancestors—and about her own parents' mysterious deaths...

Garson and Buddy are bound by the prophecy of looming peril foretold in an ancient legend. But a boy and a mountain goat's unlikely friendship and determination are not enough to halt the return of the Great Warming. In this fast-paced and inspiring final book of the Legend Keepers eco-adventure, each must overcome personal challenges and enlist the help of others to safeguard Buddy's home on Shining Mountain. Despite the odds, Garson and Buddy prove that no one is too small or or...

A behind-the-scenes account of American foreign policymaking in the late twentieth centuryTom Hughes, assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, made an ominous prediction in 1965. In a seminal but less well-known document of the Vietnam War, Hughes predicted that the Democratic Party and the national consensus underlying the nation's foreign policy would break apart if the war escalated.Hughes drafted the memo for his friend and fellow Minne...