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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right is a December 2009 non-fiction book by Atul Gawande. It was released on December 22, 2009, through Metropolitan Books and focuses on the use of checklists in relation to several elements of daily and professional life. [ 1] The book looks at the use of checklists in the business world and the ...
AG106 .I38 2006. The Dangerous Book for Boys, by Conn and Hal Iggulden is a guidebook published by HarperCollins, aimed at boys "from eight to eighty." It covers around eighty topics, including how to build a treehouse, grow a crystal, or tell direction with a watch. Also included are famous quotes, stories, historical battles, and phrases that ...
A song about coming home after being on the road [23] "Bastille Day" Caress of Steel: 1975 Inspired by the storming of the Bastille in French history. "I Think I'm Going Bald" Caress of Steel: 1975 Discusses aging. Neil Peart chose the title of the track based on Alex Lifeson always being worried about his potential hair loss. [24] "Lakeside Park"
Of course, the brief conversation between the two leads prompted die-hard enthusiasts and even the star-studded cast to mark October 3 as Mean Girls Day, a time to honour its impact and standout ...
The Omnibus Book of British and American Hit Singles, 1960-1990. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-71192-180-1. Barron, Lee (2010). "Camp Transitions: Genre Adaptation and the Hi-NRG/Dance Cover Version". In Plasketes, George (ed.). Play it Again: Cover Songs in Popular Music. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-6809-1. Rees, Dafydd; Crampton, Luke (1999).
The series revolves around nine-year-old Allie Finkle, who narrates the stories. She keeps a notebook of tips on what to do and what not to do in the various situations in which she finds herself. Each chapter title is one of the rules she has invented. Allie has three best friends who support her through all her adventures and a beautiful ...
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
Katherine Mangu-Ward of Reason noted that the ALA's list of challenged and banned books "suggests book banners lean right—with an increasing emphasis on books with queer themes or characters, for example—though book challenges come from across the spectrum of political opinion and aesthetic preference.", but added that "It's debatable ...