Why Men Skim Stones

Why Men Skim Stones

Author: Chris Windle

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2015-06-04

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1473512468

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Have you ever watched a man angling in the rain, building a shelter when there’s a bed waiting for him at home or peeing as high as he can up a wall? In Why Men Skim Stones, Chris Windle provides an amusing and indispensable insight into why men do the things they do. Here, finally, is a guide that tackles the big questions: why do male friends express their affection by subjecting each other to casual acts of violence? Why is it common for a man to have more of an idea of what he might do in the event of a zombie apocalypse, than what he might buy his mum for Christmas? If you’ve ever been dumbfounded when faced with a man who would rather talk to an inanimate object than read the instruction booklet, this is the book for you. Why Men Skim Stones is a compendium of oddness which, by offering explanations for man’s often bizarre behaviour, seeks to promote tolerance and understanding. This is a book that could save relationships, smooth family life or provide much needed reassurance for any man seeking to better understand his own actions.


Folk Tales of Rock and Stone

Folk Tales of Rock and Stone

Author: Jenny Moon

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2019-10-07

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 075099343X

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From caverns deep underground to sky-high mountains, the rocks and stones all around us are ancient. Greedy oni lurk in a cave in Japan; a stonecutter becomes a mountain; and a story of romance, revenge and tragedy plays out on the face of a plate. Revealing hidden fossils, gemstones, folklore and secrets, storyteller Jenny Moon's tales are interwoven with interesting facts and geological observations that will catch the imagination of readers young and old, making this more than just a book of stories.


The Healer's Flame

The Healer's Flame

Author: Nika Kaitlyn

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2015-03-02

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1503502538

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With final exams creeping up quickly, Imani Shae and friends find themselves using all their free time to study. However, at the park in town, on a day that was supposed to be relaxing, Imani stumbled upon the body of a local girldead. That is when things turn from bad to worse. She tries hard to forget what she saw, but she is still haunted by a ghost who died twenty years before, the ghost of Zoey Bishop. Zoey follows Imani, leaving nothing but cryptic messages and confusion in her wake. Imani is left to decode them before the man who's killing teenage girls strikes again. The man is still on the hunt and won't stop until he has gotten what he's after, but is it too late for Imani when someone really close to her becomes this guy's next target? Will she be able to stop the killer and save his target before her heart gets broken?


The God Function: Deus Ex Grammatica

The God Function: Deus Ex Grammatica

Author: Morgan A. Brown

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-04-10

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 1365883620

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What if Theists and Atheists are both objectively wrong? What if the Agnostics have completely missed the point? THE ARGUMENT FROM GRAMMAR explores the omnipotent and omniscient ""God"" that is justified by reason in philosophy and religion. Brown demonstrates that we can justify this denotation in grammatical terms by recognizing in ""Subjects predicate"" a universally-valid Form of knowledge (""all knowledge"") and action (""all power""). Brown then proceeds to lay out an epistemological foundation for the human sciences, drawing upon a philosophical tradition rooted in the thought of Protagoras, Kant, Schopenhauer, and F.A. Hayek. Brown turns his critique of theism back upon the atheists in order to show how grammatical theory can also answer arguments against the God Thesis. If THE ARGUMENT FROM GRAMMAR can answer the objections of the Atheists while satisfying the Theists, then the future of the debate over the existence of a rationally-justified God shall be a debate over grammar and nothing more.


The Telling

The Telling

Author: Jo Baker

Publisher: Portobello Books

Published: 2012-03-22

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1846274664

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When Rachel sets off alone for her mother's isolated country house, she promises herself that the business of packing up and selling will only take a couple of weeks, and then she'll be home again, and back to normal. But from the moment she steps through the front door, Rachel feels that the house contains more than she had expected: along with the memories of her mother, there is something else, a presence - not quite tangible - trying to make itself felt. As Rachel struggles to put her mother's affairs in order, she grows ever more convinced that the house holds a message for her. Can the ghosts of the past be forcing their way into the present, or is Rachel really beginning to lose her mind?


The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

Author: Günter Grass

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 067972575X

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A dwarf drummer found guilty of a crime he did not commit writes his memoirs from a mental hospital in postwar Germany