Smoke Dreams

Smoke Dreams

Author: Michael D. Chavez

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2017-11-10

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1496986083

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Sitting at the campfire and burning pages from a diary given to him by an aged Chinese traveler, a story of their travels appears before him in the depths of a golden and yellow fire. Mustaches travels through Northern Arizona had become legendary in the cattlemens association. But as always, time marches on and life continues to change. But the chance encounter with a mystic blessed book given to two Chinese travelers will forever change the life of this aging cowboy.


Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Author: Laini Taylor

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0316192147

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The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?


Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Author: Laini Taylor

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 539

ISBN-13: 031628016X

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Two worlds threaten to crumble in the face of a common enemy in the epic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy -- now with a gorgeous new package! What power can bruise the sky? Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her. When the brutal angel emperor brings his army to the human world, Karou and Akiva are finally reunited -- not in love, but in tentative alliance against their common enemy. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people. And, perhaps, for themselves. But with even bigger threats on the horizon, are Karou and Akiva strong enough to stand among the gods and monsters? The New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy comes to a stunning conclusion as -- from the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond -- humans, chimaera, and seraphim strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy.


Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals

Author: Martin A. Lee

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-08-13

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 1439102619

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In this book the author, an investigative journalist, traces the social history of marijuana from its origins to its emergence in the 1960s as a defining force in an ongoing culture war. He describes how the illicit marijuana subculture overcame government opposition and morphed into a multibillion-dollar industry. In 1996, Californians voted to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. Similar laws have followed in several other states, but not without antagonistic responses from federal, state, and local law enforcement. The author draws attention to underreported scientific breakthroughs that are reshaping the therapeutic landscape: medical researchers have developed promising treatments for cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, diabetes, chronic pain, and many other conditions that are beyond the reach of conventional cures. This book is an examination of the medical, recreational, scientific, and economic dimensions of the world's most controversial plant.


Dreaming In Smoke

Dreaming In Smoke

Author: Tricia Sullivan

Publisher: Gateway

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1473200768

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Kalypso Deed is a shotgun, riding the interface between the AI Ganesh and human scientists who solve problems through cyberassisted Dreams. But she's young and a little careless; she'd rather mix drinks and play jazz. Azamat Marcsson is a colorless statistician: middle-aged, boring, and obsessed with microorganisms. A first-class nonentity - until one of his Dreams implodes, taking Kalypso with it. Now Ganesh is crashing, and nothing could be worse. For on the planet T'nane, it is the AI alone that keeps the colonists alive, eking out a grim existence in an environment inimical to human life. To save the colony, Kalypso must persuade Marcsson to finish the Dream that is destroying Ganesh. But Marcsson has gone mad, and T'nane itself has plans for them both that will alter their minds-and their world - forever.


Smoke and Mirrors

Smoke and Mirrors

Author: Hoxton Mini Press

Publisher: Particular Books

Published: 2020-10

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781846149443

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Car photography often evokes the same recycled tropes. Predictably slick, hi-spec images on the front pages of glossy magazines, or huge blow-ups on giant billboards which have one designed aim: to sell a lifestyle. But our relationship to cars is so much more meaningful than these images might suggest. Like the camera, the car has changed the way we explore the world. With cars came road trips, and with road trips came some of the most important photographic documentaries of our time. A car is a vehicle not just for transport but for our hopes, desires, and even values. In Really Good Car Photography, a selection of world-renowned and up-and-coming photographers come together to pay tribute to the car from the 60s to the present day. From images of lonely car parks and cars 'sleeping' at night under tarpaulins, moody shots from New York City in the 70s to witty close-ups of badly-repaired cars and painterly landscapes shot through wet windscreens, these photographs display cars at their most playful, introspective and meaningful, reminding us that there is more to them than just metal and machinery - for cars are emotionally intertwined with the lives we live.Moving away from the one-dimensional imagery that has become synonymous with car photography and offering a selection of penetrating, unusual and poignant pictures in return, Really Good Car Photography is an utterly iconoclastic look at cars that reinvents what is possible for the genre.


The Freedom to Smoke

The Freedom to Smoke

Author: Jarrett Rudy

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780773529113

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A social and cultural history of the rise of the cigarette and the way smoking rituals in Montreal were shaped by gender, class, and race.


Natural Mental Health

Natural Mental Health

Author: Carla Wills-Brandom, Ph.D.

Publisher: Hay House, Inc

Published: 2000-11-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1401936601

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Natural Mental Health provides you, the seeker, with true, holistic methods of resolution to mental health issues. It will enable you to take responsibility for your own emotional healing, from a "whole person" point of view. Emotional concerns are explored from a psychological, emotional, and spiritual perspective, utilizing experiential therapeutic techniques (which, for the most part, can be used without the aid of a therapist), life style changes, nutritional education, and information on beneficial herbs. In language that is easy to understand and practical for everyday living, this guide presents a number of simple solutions to numerous, specific mental health concerns. Topics covered in this work range from depression, self-esteem, and sexuality; to addictions, anxiety states, and even divorce. With just a bit of willingness, anyone looking for concrete answers to the mental health dilemma can begin the road toward a more healthy sense of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.