From his early days videotaping crazy skateboard stunts to starring in the Jackass movies, there was little that the comedic reality TV star wouldn't do.Whether it was stapling his nutsack to his leg or diving into a pool full of elephant crap, almost nothing was out of bounds for Stephen "Steve-O" Glover. As the stunts got crazier, his life kept pace. He developed a crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol, and an obses...

Nearly a hundred years after its debut in 1897, Dracula is still one of the most popular of all Gothic narratives, always in print and continually adapted for stage and screen. Paradoxically, David Glover suggests, this very success has obscured the historical conditions and authorial circumstances of the novel’s production. By way of a long overdue return to the novels, short stories, essays, journalism, and correspondence of Bram Stoker, Vampires, Mummies, and Liberals ...

Cocktail Conversations is one of the most relevant books coming out since the Bible. You will be hard pressed to find a book that everyone can identify with when it involves relationships, friendships, family, work, health, education, loyalty, mistrust, child drama, and the dating game. This book will address seventy-seven scenarios and much feedback given back from followers of Cocktail Conversations; these perspectives are very diverse, and they force you to see different viewpoints to t...

This book for advanced readers covers everything you need to know about the science of flight and all the different ways to fly. Diagrams, fun fact boxes, timelines, and photographs bring the subject to life, while a glossary, an index, and discussion questions aid in reading comprehension.Grade: 6Subject: Physical ScienceGenre: Informational TextComprehension Skill/Strategy: Use Graphic Source...

In "Bygone Scotland: Historical and Social," David Maxwell intricately weaves a tapestry of Scotland's past, blending meticulous historical research with a narrative style that is both scholarly and engaging. This work encapsulates Scotland's rich social fabric from ancient times through the modern era, providing readers with a comprehensive analysis of its cultural evolution. Maxwell's adept use of primary sources, alongside his vivid storytelling, immerses readers in the lived experience...

The 1905 Aliens Act was the first modern law to restrict immigration to British shores. In this book, David Glover asks how it was possible for Britain, a nation that had prided itself on offering asylum to refugees, to pass such legislation. Tracing the ways that the legal notion of the 'alien' became a national-racist epithet indistinguishable from the figure of 'the Jew', Glover argues that the literary and popular entertainments of fin de siècle Britain perpetuated a culture of xenopho...

The concept of gender continues to be a central issue in literary and cultural studies, with a significance that crosses disciplinary boundaries and provokes lively debate. In this fully revised and updated second edition, David Glover and Cora Kaplan offer a lucid and illuminating introduction to ’gender’ and its implications, including:an overview of the critical language and concepts surrounding gender from their historical inception to contemporary debatesdiscus...

After hearing these fateful words, "I am sorry, but you have cancer," young Navy officer David Glover turned to triathlon to prove to himself that although he had cancer, cancer did not have him.In Full Time & Sub-Nine, David shares his stories about growing up, attending the Naval Academy, his battle with cancer, becoming a triathlete and the winning strategies that earned him his first four overall wins and a sub-nine hour performance at the IRONMAN® distance while working a full...

This advanced textbook on modeling, data analysis and numerical techniques for marine science has been developed from a course taught by the authors for many years at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The first part covers statistics: singular value decomposition, error propagation, least squares regression, principal component analysis, time series analysis and objective interpolation. The second part deals with modeling techniques: finite differences, stability analysis and optimiz...

**Stephen "Steve-O" Glover—social media icon, comedy-touring stalwart, and star of Jackass—delivers a hilarious and practical guide to recovery, relationships, career, and how to keep thriving long after you should be dead.“I read this book all in one sitting. I am first of all blown away by Steve-O’s continued sobriety and also his honesty and complete transparency in writing this wonderful book. Eternally proud of my brother.” ―Johnny Knoxville, co-creator and star of