A raucous and surprising novel filled with wonderful details about wine, Rex Pickett's Sideways is also a thought-provoking and funny book about men, women, and human relationships. The basis for the 2004 comedy-drama road movie of the same name starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church. Sideways is the story of two friends-Miles and Jack-going away together for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young and single: pinot, putting, and prowling bars. In the week before Jack plans to marry, the pair heads out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country. For Jack, the tasting tour is Seven Days to D-Day, his final stretch of freedom. For Miles--who has divorced his wife, is facing an uncertain career and has lost his passion for living-the trip is a week long opportunity to evaluate his past, his future and himself.
A revolutionary reimagining of the cities we live in, the air above us, and what goes on in the earth beneath our feet Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map, but must now be understood as a series of vertical strata that reach from the satellites that encircle our planet to the tunnels deep within the ground. In Vertical, Stephen Graham rewrites the city at every level: how the geography of inequality, politics, and identity is determined in terms of above and below. Starting at the edge of earth’s atmosphere and, in a series of riveting studies, descending through each layer, Graham explores the world of drones, the city from the viewpoint of an aerial bomber, the design of sidewalks and the hidden depths of underground bunkers. He asks: why was Dubai built to be seen from Google Earth? How do the super-rich in São Paulo live in their penthouses far above the street? Why do London billionaires build vast subterranean basements? And how do the technology of elevators and subversive urban explorers shape life on the surface and subsurface of the earth? Vertical will make you look at the world around you anew: this is a revolution in understanding your place in the world.
This stunning and original coloring book presents an array of remarkable worlds all presented in a tower of spectacular detail and intricacy. Architecture buffs, city lovers, map enthusiasts, and avid colorists will lose themselves in the Vertical City, where shops perch above parking lots that sit atop skyscrapers. Other realms include the Carnival, the Tree House, the Natural History Museum, the Bazaar, the Train Station, the Hotel, the University, the Music Festival, the Farm, the Cathedral, the Film Studio, the Zoo, the Art Museum, and the Aquarium. The striking cover has gold foil stamping, and each piece of art inside is completely hand-drawn with masterful precision.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A breathless read” (USA Today) featuring “some of the most ingenious military-techno twists this side of Tom Clancy” (San Francisco Chronicle). David Elliot is about to have a very bad day at the office. Each morning in his forty-fifth floor executive suite, David savors the quiet moments before the workday begins. Until today, when his boss walks in and aims a gun at him, murder glinting in his eye. For the rest of the day, David will be trapped in a midtown tower with a team of ruthless and professional mercenaries. Everyone he meets—and knows—will try to kill him. They expect him to be dead by lunchtime. But they’re wrong. This is the “killer” workday redefined, a high-stakes and whiplash-paced drama that plays out with an electrifying intensity. You’ll never see the office the same way again.
Social media has always been the first choice of marketers to promote businesses, especially eCommerce businesses. If you've been working on your marketing strategies then you should not leave platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, Snapchat, Tik Tok. If you want to take your ROI to the next level and dominate social media platforms, then make sure to download this guide for more insights and knowledge. Are you looking to utilize vertical video option? You should be! The short-form video format helped numerous small creators break out and reach a massive audience. We present you with a fantastic opportunity to get started with Vertical Video and gain expertise on it. Vertical video ads get a 150% higher click-through rate than horizontal ones. The number of vertical videos uploaded to social media will reach 2 billion by year end. The new Vertical Video has become a goldmine for businesses and brands to reach wider audiences and grow globally. More than ever before, internet users are looking for quickly consumable information and entertainment that can be accessed across various devices. It is, therefore, no surprise that Vertical Video is a growing trend in the online world. The popular short-form content platforms such as Snapchat Stories, TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts has created a vertical revolution. Now the creators who create these videos on various platforms are rewarded for their work. All these platforms have been monetized. With hundreds of thousands of creators and artists already on all these platforms, creating daily a backlog of millions of videos with 500+ hours of new content being uploaded every minute, there's plenty of reason to believe vertical videos has the headstart its competitors never did. If you are a business owner, you must think of new and innovative ways to make people take notice of your products and services. So, here we are with our Awesome course --Vertical Video Income Stream Training Guide This guide will educate you about steps to create vertical videos, upload them analyze them, content creation strategy, ways to promote and boost your ecommerce business, common mistakes marketers make and so much more. This course covers: 1. A basic overview of vertical videos platform and features 2. A step by step guide on how to create vertical videos 3. Ways to promote your business using vertical videos 4. Content creation strategy guide with latest vertical video ideas 5. A guide on how to share vertical videos There is no doubt that consumer behaviour is shifting towards convenient content experiences. Vertical Videos provide a strong, well-established platform with vast audiences and an accessible content creation tool. With thousands of eCommerce websites available on the net, you'll want to have some exclusive engagement to stand out and captivate your shoppers. And, Vertical Video for eCommerce allows you to do just that. As per the statistics, - 90% of Twitter video views come from mobile devices -- take this figure into account if you want to reach more Twitter users with video marketing. - Vertical videos also have 13.8x more visibility on Facebook, and 90% more visibility compared to a post with an image. - Vertical videos on Snapchat are watched to the end 9 times more often than horizontal ones. This makes video content highly desirable for brands as it can directly affect the path-to-purchase journey. It is time that your business should have an effective Vertical Short Video strategy. Just use the tips and information we covered to get started. So, consider getting our comprehensive and up-to-date guide jam-loaded with the latest and best-in-the-industry knowledge about Vertical Video marketing strategy.
Vertical gardening is the process of gardening that is done vertically or upward. While the traditional gardening process is gardening with plots on the ground, vertical gardening is a different approach to gardening as it aims to plant crops in a vertical position or standing position. This can either be done through hanging plots or with frameworks as long as plants are not planted on the ground like in traditional gardening. There are several advantages of vertical gardening. One, vertical gardening is a great space saver. Since your garden is positioned vertically, it does not take up too much space in your backyard, giving room to more plants to be planted. Two, vertical gardening is a very flexible type of gardening because it allows you to plant or to build a garden even in an area with limited space. For instance, if you are only gardening on your rooftop or you only a have a very small backyard, it is possible for you to plant many crops through vertical gardening even with that limited space you have. If you want to build a vertical garden, there are several things you need to be aware of. First, you need to how to know how to build one, you need to know how to prepare the soil for a vertical garden, you need to know how to maintain your vertical garden, and you need to know how to control pests and keep them from destroying your plants. This way, the time, money and effort you invested in building this garden won't be in vain. This book will discuss and reveal some of these helpful vertical gardening tips you need.
Few things suggest rugged individualism as powerfully as the solitary mountaineer testing his or her mettle in the rough country. Yet the long history of wilderness sport complicates this image. In this surprising story of the premier rock-climbing venue in the United States, Pilgrims of the Vertical offers insight into the nature of wilderness adventure. From the founding era of mountain climbing in Victorian Europe to present-day climbing gyms, Pilgrims of the Vertical shows how ever-changing alignments of nature, technology, gender, sport, and consumer culture have shaped climbers’ relations to nature and to each other. Even in Yosemite Valley, a premier site for sporting and environmental culture since the 1800s, elite athletes cannot be entirely disentangled from the many men and women seeking recreation and camaraderie. Following these climbers through time, Joseph Taylor uncovers lessons about the relationship of individuals to groups, sport to society, and nature to culture. He also shows how social and historical contexts influenced adventurers’ choices and experiences, and why some became leading environmental activists—including John Muir, David Brower, and Yvon Chouinard. In a world in which wild nature is increasingly associated with play, and virtuous play with environmental values, Pilgrims of the Vertical explains when and how these ideas developed, and why they became intimately linked to consumerism.
In 1998, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE). These grants were designed for institutions with PhD-granting departments in the mathematical sciences, for the purpose of developing high-quality education programs, at all levels, that are vertically integrated with the research activities of these departments. To date, more than 50 departments at 40 institutions have received VIGRE awards. As requested by NSF, the present volume reviews the goals of the VIGRE program and evaluates how well the program is designed to address those goals. The book considers past and current practices for assessing the VIGRE program; draws tentative conclusions about the program's achievements based on the data collected to date; and evaluates NSF's plans for future data-driven assessments. In addition, critical policy and programmatic changes for the program are identified, with recommendations for how to address these changes.
