It's 2002 in Silicon Valley. 9/11's still fresh, the dot-com bubble has burst, and holy calamity is raining down on 14-year-old Chad Loudermilk. His father is about to lose his job, his mother isn't the same since Chad's grandma died, and as one of the few black kids at tony Palo Alto High School, Chad's starting to wonder about his birth parents. Next door lives dot-com mogul Scot MacAvoy, with his luxury SUV and his gardeners and his beautiful wife and his time to play video games with Chad, all making the Loudermilk family's struggle to stay afloat seem that much harder. It's going to be a tough year for the Loudermilks.THE PLACE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LAUGH is wise and witty novel about the Silicon Valley that's not covered in the fawning features in The New York Times. It's a place where the working class, blended Loudermilk family grapple with issues of race and inequality, all while trying to keep a smile on their faces. In the spirit of the works of Celeste Ng and Angela Flournoy, this is a big-hearted page-turner that will make you laugh, cry, and think all at once.
Integrated Mechanics Knowledge Essential for Any EngineerIntroduction to Engineering Mechanics: A Continuum Approach, Second Edition uses continuum mechanics to showcase the connections between engineering structure and design and between solids and fluids and helps readers learn how to predict the effects of forces, stresses, and strains. The authors’ "continuum checklist" provides a framework for a wide variety of problems in solid and fluid mechanics. The essence of continuum mechanics, the internal response of materials to external loading, is often obscured by the complex mathematics of its formulation. By gradually building the formulations from one-dimensional to two- and three-dimensional, the authors help students develop a physical intuition for solid and fluid behavior and for the very interesting behavior of those materials including many biomaterials, between these extremes. This text is an accessible first introduction to the mechanics of all engineering materials, and incorporates a wide range of case studies highlighting the relevance of the technical content in societal, historical, ethical, and global contexts. It also offers a useful perspective for engineers concerned with biomedical, civil, chemical, mechanical, or other applications.New in the Second Edition: The latest edition contains significantly more examples, problems, and case studies than the first edition.The 22 chapters in this text: Define and present the template for the continuum approachIntroduce strain and stress in one dimension, develop a constitutive law, and apply these concepts to the simple case of an axially loaded barExtend the concepts to higher dimensions by introducing the Poisson’s ratio and strain and stress tensorsApply the continuum sense of solid mechanics to problems including torsion, pressure vessels, beams, and columnsMake connections between solid and fluid mechanics, introducing properties of fluids and strain rate tensorAddress fluid staticsConsider applications in fluid mechanicsDevelop the governing equations in both control volume and differential formsEmphasize real-world design applicationsIntroduction to Engineering Mechanics: A Continuum Approach, Second Edition provides a thorough understanding of how materials respond to loading: how solids deform and incur stress and how fluids flow. It introduces the fundamentals of solid and fluid mechanics, illustrates the mathematical connections between these fields, and emphasizes their diverse real-life applications. The authors also provide historical context for the ideas they describe and offer hints for future use.
A bestselling textbook in its first three editions, Continuum Mechanics for Engineers, Fourth Edition provides engineering students with a complete, concise, and accessible introduction to advanced engineering mechanics. It provides information that is useful in emerging engineering areas, such as micro-mechanics and biomechanics. Through a mastery of this volume’s contents and additional rigorous finite element training, readers will develop the mechanics foundation necessary to skillfully use modern, advanced design tools.Features: Provides a basic, understandable approach to the concepts, mathematics, and engineering applications of continuum mechanics Updated throughout, and adds a new chapter on plasticity Features an expanded coverage of fluids Includes numerous all new end-of-chapter problemsWith an abundance of worked examples and chapter problems, it carefully explains necessary mathematics and presents numerous illustrations, giving students and practicing professionals an excellent self-study guide to enhance their skills.
Heridat the Jenn must avenge the death of his father and carry on the work his father began in an attempt to save the world of Galn from a dread illness. Arle, Ashtu and their companions must find the criminals responsible and bring them to justice.
Heridat the Jenn must avenge the death of his father at the hands of the assassin Stas. Arle and Ashtu must hold together a nation while seeking the killer of their friend. The fifth book in the Helioseed Chronicles Series brings the Jenn to the forefront and opens Storbusal to the world of Galn.
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She ran, with her baby cradled to her chest, through a thick forest. Heavy mist, like clouds, rose from the ground, obscuring the forest floor covered with thick vines making her stumble every now and then. Merciless branches, with their thorns, snagged at her clothes and tore open her skin. She absorbed every cry of pain, for the baby she held in her arms. Three days ago, she'd been a happy mother. Everything was right with the world till the darkness had descended from the skies. It had enveloped everything like a thick blanket, suffocating the life under it. Amidst that darkness, the glow from the baby's chest had kept her and her husband safe. It had pushed away the darkness but had alerted the unseen forces that breathed in it. ...Read more inside...
Jenn stood in solitude on the grand balcony, liberated from the usual retinue of chaperons and the vigilant gaze of her personal guards. Her eyes were fixed on the sky, where wispy cirrus clouds made a feeble attempt to obstruct the warm rays of the summer sun. A dark celestial body glided towards the sun, and she recognized it as the harbinger of an impending solar eclipse. In a matter of moments, the moon would position itself, shrouding their world in an indeterminate period of darkness-whether for minutes or hours.Throughout her existence in the Kingdom of Literra, Jenn had not borne witness to a solar eclipse, and the same held true for her fellow citizens. The sight of the moon, ominous and black against the sky, had incited widespread panic. The kingdom's streets were now filled with agitated crowds, fervently demanding the revocation of Jenn Lynn's recently acquired title, a mere three days after her union with the Crown Prince of Literra. The king's soldiers labored to restore order, grappling with the impassioned masses clamoring for change.
Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at East High's production of High School Musical with Miss Jenn's Script Book.In addition to the production script for the show, marked with Miss Jenn's staging notes, the fun book includes: Audition applications marked with Miss Jenn's candid notesCast photos The show's final casting listRehearsal commentary ...And more
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La historia jam s contada del cono musical, Jenni Rivera, relatada a trav s de la perspectiva de dos exm nagers, Pete Salgado y Gabriel Vazquez, y es la base para la serie de televisi n transmitida en Univision. Este libro nos lleva al ojo del hurac n y ofrece una perspectiva a las estrategias y momentos que llevaron a Jenni a los titulares nacionales. Pete Salgado fue un apoyo fundamental en la carrera de Jenni, y lo considerado como su quinto hermano. Salgado trabaj con ella casi una d cada y ayud a negociar muchos de sus contratos. Jenni comparti cosas con l, que no comparti con nadie m s, y lleg a conocerla en formas que nadie m s lo hizo. Los meses previos a la muerte de Jenni estuvieron llenos de traiciones y desilusiones de las personas que ella m s amaba y en quienes confiaba. Salgado aborda el tema y lleva a los lectores a descifrar algunos de los tuits publicados por Jenni, as como tambi n esclarece asuntos tales como: Chiquis tuvo un romance con el esposo de Jenni, Esteban? Qui n era realmente El Pel n, acerca del que Jenni tuiteaba y qu significaba para ella? Estuvo Jenni involucrada con el cartel de la droga? El narco llamado El Barbie la maltrataba? Iba Jenni a comprar un avi n? Fue la muerte de Jenni realmente un accidente? Este libro describe todo lo que pas hasta ese momento final y, por primera vez, ofrece detalles sobre la belleza, el amor, la complejidad y el dolor de la relaci n de Jenni con Chiquis, la cual fue muy diferente y mucho m s all de la relaci n tradicional de madre e hija. Salgado comparte qui n era Dolores realmente, la que sus seguidores no conoc an y nunca vieron en el escenario... Salgado y Vazquez ofrecen una mejor perspectiva de la vida de «la diva de la banda por las dos personas involucradas m s profundamente en su carrera y que la conoc an como nadie m s.
Do you want to pray with power... and see results? Readers of Activating God's Power by Michelle Leslie will learn what to pray and to confidently claim answers to prayer. This personalized book is a guide to praying according to God's Word You will discover hundreds of Scripture-based prayers for all of life's situations: from finding your identity in Christ, to awakening God's favor in your life, to overcoming the trials of life with spiritual warfare. When we meditate on the word and speak it, we are activating God's power. God's word brings life and creates a spiritual mindset that changes us and the world around us (Romans 12:2). As you put these mighty, scriptural prayers to work in your own life and in the lives of those around you, you will see God moving and activating his Word. You no longer need to feel helpless in the face of difficult or painful circumstances. You no longer need to miss God's blessings for you and your loved ones. You can pray with power Nothing is more powerful than God. With Activating God's Power we are praying God's Word to overcome and bring us the freedom only found in Christ. Activating God's Power is a must-read for anyone who wants to pray with strength and purpose. The faith produced from this book will lead to results, not just for ourselves but for the lives around us.
