Now you can see all Wallace & Gromit's cracking contraptions in one book! Featuring everything from the Techno Trousers to the Mind Manipulation-O-Matic, this new paperback edition combines all the content of two previous hardbacks - fabulous cutaway drawings by Graham Bleathman as well as photos and technical descriptions - into a single chunky volume at a great price. This is a book no Wallace & Gromit fan should be without.

Exploring Mathematics gives students experience with doing mathematics - interrogating mathematical claims, exploring definitions, forming conjectures, attempting proofs, and presenting results - and engages them with examples, exercises, and projects that pique their interest. Written with a minimal number of pre-requisites, this text can be used by college students in their first and second years of study, and by independent readers who want an accessible introduction to theoretical mathematics. Core topics include proof techniques, sets, functions, relations, and cardinality, with selected additional topics that provide many possibilities for further exploration. With a problem-based approach to investigating the material, students develop interesting examples and theorems through numerous exercises and projects. In-text exercises, with complete solutions or robust hints included in an appendix, help students explore and master the topics being presented. The end-of-chapter exercises and projects provide students with opportunities to confirm their understanding of core material, learn new concepts, and develop mathematical creativity.

Everyone knows the story of how the Civil War began at Fort Sumter, but what happened to the fort after the first shots were fired there? The North wanted to restore Sumter to its rightful place in the Union and close the vital Confederate supply port of Charleston while the South needed to defend its birthplace and keep the supplies flowing--thus making Fort Sumter one of the most fervently attacked and most tenaciously defended pieces of real estate in the United or Confederate States of America throughout four years of war.

Savannah is one of America's most beautiful and historic cities. Yet underneath the mint juleps, oaks bearded with Spanish moss and the splendor of colonial architecture, there lurks a deadly undercurrent. This is a first-person account of an award-winning newspaper crime reporter's career, covering scores of murders in the Savannah area, including one of the bloodiest eras in the city's history: in 1985, metro Savannah earned notoriety with the nation's highest homicide rate. The author describes a wide range of crimes, including murders over a 14-year-old lover, $4 for hamburgers or a baby carriage; the grisly murders of voodoo priests; bound corpses in the waterways and interstate body dumping grounds; the Scarecrow and "Say Cheese" Killers, serial killer Wade Sheffield; and many more.

July 1, 1863. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee advanced across the Pennsylvania countryside toward the small town of Gettysburg-less than 90 miles from Washington, D.C.--on a collision course with the Union Army of the Potomac. In Lee's ranks were 5,000 South Carolina troops destined to play critical roles in the three days of fighting ahead. From generals to privates, the Palmetto State soldiers were hurled into the Civil War's most famous battle-hundreds were killed, wounded or later suffered as prisoners of war. The life-and-death stories of these South Carolinians are here woven together here with official wartime reports, previously unpublished letters, newspaper accounts, diaries and the author's personal observations from walking the battlefield.

What's a normal girl to do when moments before her planet is destroyed she's yanked to another universe, dropped on a nearly identical eaRth, given a new condo, car, girlfriend, more money than she knows what to do with, and a year off with nothing to do? Probably live in quiet luxury. Luckily for us, Cassandra Matthews is anything but a normal girl. Being fully conscious of the fact she's a character in a book that her author wasn't currently writing, she gets bored, decides to track down her dimensional double in this new universe, and snatch her away from the Department of Defense, all while her author isn't looking. What's a normal author to do when, just as he's starting his new novel, discovers his main character has not only already completed the main goal of the whole story, but isn't happy with anything he's putting her through so far? Probably give up and go write greeting cards. Luckily for us, Cassandra's author, Art, is anything but a normal writer. Being fully conscious of the fact that his main character probably has a better grasp than himself on things going on around her, Art decides to let Cassandra take the reins for a while. Is this a quirky new writing style? Is this the first steps into true madness? Is any universe safe anymore? Is any book safe anymore? These answers and less, may or may not be answered in the collected ramblings now called Cassandras Affect.

A Fantasy, thriller and romance. Cadd thinks he'll spend his life working in the family bakery until the soldiers come for him. The Court Sorceress has foretold that he will escape the siege that tortures the town. Instead, he is captured. A lucky accident saves him from execution and sends him on a perilous mission, where he needs all his resources and the love of a Princess to survive. But that love is based on a lie.

Does the Bible really describe Hell as a place of eternal fire and brimstone? Is it really a place where billions of souls will burn forever? 'HELL IS NOT AS HOT AS YOU THINK' will answer these questions and enable you - likely for the first time - to make a fair and impartial decision based on unbiased biblical fact, instead of the rumors, fables, and myths most have been subjected to in forming their beliefs about Hell. 'HELL IS NOT AS HOT AS YOU THINK' promises to take you on the spiritual ride of your life. This exhaustive, biblical-based journey, which examines every scripture and meaning of the word 'hell', will cause you to examine your beliefs about Hell in a brand new way. After reading 'HELL IS NOT AS HOT AS YOU THINK', you'll never be able to view your thoughts about Hell in the same way again.

Robert Bresson's films are often discussed in terms of their spiritual nature in relation to Bresson's Calvinist upbringing. While this is an effective strategy for interpreting most of his films, a shift in his later work occurs where the absence of God is felt amidst the chaos of the worlds he portrays. While grace was prevalent in the director's earlier films, his later films focus on despair in the face of an inaccessible God, presenting characters that are unable to transcend the material world. This book explores the new role spirituality plays in his final three films and how this reflect a change in his vision of man's relationship to God in the modern world. It examines the ways he continues to work spirituality into these films while portraying world's where the presence of the sacred is increasingly obscured and suppressed. Examining these ideas presents us with the interesting dichotomy of films which contain spirituality within their stylistic and narrative traits yet portray worlds where God is nowhere to be found and aims to shed new light on the oeuvre of a director who still holds a strong influence on modern filmmakers and cinephiles alike.

Do you have a dream? Most everyone does. But amazingly, even though everyone has dreams, few people ever take the necessary steps to actually pursue them. Fewer still ever reach the place in life where their dreams become their reality. Loaded with power-packed, proven success principles, "You're Not Here On Accident, You're Here On Assignment" is the one book that every person who dares to dream absolutely must have. Whether you've become complacent, experienced setbacks, or given up on your dreams altogether, each turn of the page will ignite your spirit, and empower you to shake off the shackles of life in order to pursue the dreams you know you deserve. The world has need of your God-given talents and gifts, and this is the book that will help to ensure that your dreams, your talents, and your gifts become a reality, both for your benefit, and for the world's. Derek Smith is happily married to both the Lord and his wife of nearly four years. He attends Great Faith Ministries International in Detroit, Michigan, where Bishop Wayne T. Jackson and Doctor Beverly Y. Jackson preside. Derek actively serves the Lord and mankind through a variety of ministries and outreach programs. In addition to being a minister and author, Derek is also a Christian motivational speaker. Derek's mission statement for life is, "Living my dreams by helping others achieve theirs." Contact Derek via e-mail at [email protected]. Or visit him on the web at divineconnectionpublishing.com.

Whether you're a mature Christian or a babe in Christ, Get Out of the Way ... You're Blocking Your Blessings is a work that's vital to your Christian life. It contains practical, easy-to-understand dialogue that will greatly benefit you in the implementation of God's Word to your daily life. In it, you'll learn why you were created, why it's important to learn how to come to God on His terms (not yours), and what to do to receive all of the blessings that God has waiting for you. exercise your faith, solidify your relationship with Jesus, and redefine the limits of what you thought you could achieve through God. It's a must read for all who believe that there's more to life than what they're living and who want all that God has waiting for them.