The Rickety Rocket

The Rickety Rocket
Author: James Titmas
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2022-07-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1662422792

During a “show and tell” presentation by one of their classmates, two children hear about a trip to a space camp. They learn about budgets and how to manage with what they have. There is a teaching on the merits of forgiveness and how to accept forgiveness and learn humility when they make a mistake. They learn that if they want to buy something, they need to earn the money. Working with their extended families, they gain insights about rocket building and rocket science from their parents and grandparents. They learn about preparing a fabrication design drawing, a plan. The children and their families create their own space camp. They are made aware they can try and learn by doing. They learn about setting goals and setting objectives step-by-step.

Riding The Rocket: How To Manage Your Modern Career

Riding The Rocket: How To Manage Your Modern Career
Author: Richard Maun
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2013-09-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9814484830

Riding the Rocket means managing your Modern Career. This is the only book in this genre that uses the unique concept of a Modern Career to guide people. It s a practical how to book, giving people the tools and motivation to create opportunities for themselves. People need to self-manage their career in order to keep working and this book is here to enable them to do so. Like rockets, careers can be unpredictable, require fine tuning, need maintenance and above all need someone to control their direction and speed. We have to be to be proactive, resilient and adaptable and manage our career so that it works for us and gives us the working life that we want. The working world is full of risk, change and uncertainty ...and also opportunity. Compared to the static career-ladder approach of the post-war era, we now live in a Modern Career world where technology, globalisation and economic rebuilding are giving people the opportunity to create and manage a flexible career for themselves. We can all choose to retrain, change industries, set up our own business, work as a consultant or create a portfolio lifestyle

Rickety Rocket

Rickety Rocket
Author: Alice Hemming
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-10-20
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781848862302

Meet Spacey Stacey and her band of fun friends! There is never a dull day on Planet Fiveways, where Stacey and her friends live. From space races to jetpack missions to outwitting pesky space bunnies, there is always a new adventure to be had. Hop into Stacey's Rickety Rocket and blast off!?A collection of three stories, including: Rickety Rocket, Jetpack Jelly and Picnic Planet.

The Best of the Harveyville Fun Times!

The Best of the Harveyville Fun Times!
Author: Mark Arnold
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2006-10
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1847283683

(Paperback Edition) A sampling of the best material from the long-running "Harveyville Fun Times!" fanzine featuring articles about various Harvey Comics characters such as Casper, Richie Rich, Hot Stuff and Sad Sack. Edited by Mark Arnold.

Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists

Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
Author: Sacha Jenkins
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2014-03-25
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1466866977

Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists is more popular than racism! Hip hop is huge, and it's time someone wrote it all down. And got it all right. With over 25 aggregate years of interviews, and virtually every hip hop single, remix and album ever recorded at their disposal, the highly respected Ego Trip staff are the ones to do it. The Book of Rap Lists runs the gamut of hip hop information. This is an exhaustive, indispensable and completely irreverent bible of true hip hip knowledge.

And Then It Was Now

And Then It Was Now
Author: Christopher Guard
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2023-02-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1837911576

Since his highly-praised first appearance on TV at the age of twelve as a young David Copperfield in the BBC's 1966 serialisation of the Dickens novel, Christopher Guard has been an ever-present fixture on our screens. Highlights from his illustrious career include voicing Frodo in the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, playing Bellboy in Doctor Who, narrating twenty-five episodes of Jackanory and showing off his singing talents alongside Elizabeth Taylor in 1977's A Little Night Music. In addition to his work on-screen, Christopher is also a highly-respected artist and musician, having played at venues such as the Troubadour and Ronnie Scott's. An avid songwriter, his work has been featured in both television and film. In this candid autobiography, Christopher invites us into his unique world, sharing a smorgasbord of witty (and revelatory) memories of his adventures growing up in a family of actors and writers. Having known and worked with a veritable Who's Who of stars, his memoir boasts anecdotes featuring an impressive cast list, including Sir John Gielgud, Jenny Agutter, Hugh Grant, Mel Smith, Sir Elton John and many more. Perfect for fans of British TV, this is an absolute must-have addition to any bookshelf.

The Game Maker's Apprentice

The Game Maker's Apprentice
Author: Jacob Habgood
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2006-12-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430201592

The Game Maker's Apprentice shows you how to create nine exciting games using the wildly popular Game Maker game creation tool. This book covers a range of genres, including action, adventure, and puzzle games--complete with professional quality sound effects and visuals. It discusses game design theory and features practical examples of how this can be applied to making games that are more fun to play. Game Maker allows games to be created using a simple drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to have any prior coding experience. It includes an optional programming language for adding advanced features to your games, when you feel ready to do so. You can obtain more information by visiting book.gamemaker.nl. The authors include the creator of the Game Maker tool and a former professional game programmer, so you'll glean understanding from their expertise.

Alfie Explores A to Z

Alfie Explores A to Z
Author: Jeff Drew
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2024-11-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593813111

Join Alfie the bookworm as he travels through the alphabet from A to Z in this interactive seek-and-find picture book adventure. Meet Alfie the friendly bookworm and his pet dust bunny, Betty! When Betty runs off, Alfie travels through each letter in the alphabet searching for her—and finds much more along the way. From An Awesome Assembly of Animals to a Zamboni Ride Through the Zoo, follow Alfie and discover all the wild wonders of the alphabet—like a bobcat barber blindly buzzing a baboon, and a unicorn on a unicycle playing ukulele! What else can you spot? Part Where's Waldo, part I-Spy, this is an ABCs book unlike any other. Each letter of the alphabet is its own unique destination, with a richly illustrated scene full of creatures, objects, and actions that begin with the corresponding letter, a rhymed poem, and a guide to help young readers decode each scene! Whether reading alone or with the whole family, Alfie's A to Z delivers endless hours of entertainment, and children will love following along with the adorable characters as they learn the alphabet!

Vandals of the Void

Vandals of the Void
Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Spatterlight Press
Total Pages: 197
Release: 1953
Genre: Science fiction
ISBN: 1619470063