The Juggler's Children

The Juggler's Children
Author: Carolyn Abraham
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0679314601

Carolyn Abraham explores the stunning power and ethical pitfalls of using genetic tests to answer questions of genealogy--by cracking the genome of her own family. Recently, tens of thousands of people have been drawn to mail-order DNA tests to learn about their family roots. Abraham investigates whether this burgeoning new science can help solve 2 mysteries that have haunted her multi-racial family for more than a century. Both hinge on her enigmatic great-grandfathers--a hero who died young and a scoundrel who disappeared. Can the DNA they left behind reveal their stories from beyond the grave?

Juggling - From Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Juggling - From Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Author: Thom Wall
Publisher: Modern Vaudeville Press
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578410845

Juggling is one of the oldest art-forms in the world - perhaps as ancient as music and dance - but little has been written about its history. This book explores material evidence of juggling from around the world, tracing its development in disparate cultures over the course of millennia.

Monsieur Vénus

Monsieur Vénus
Author: Rachilde
Publisher: Modern Language Association
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2015-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1603292551

When the rich and well-connected Raoule de Vénérande becomes enamored of Jacques Silvert, a poor young man who makes artificial flowers for a living, she turns him into her mistress and eventually into her wife. Raoule's suitor, a cigar-smoking former hussar officer, becomes an accomplice in the complications that ensue.

Juggling the Issues

Juggling the Issues
Author: Matthew Kenslow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-06-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781951561321

Living beyond Asperger's Matthew Kenslow was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, which is within the autistic spectrum, when he was six years old. He shares its common symptoms, such as lacking social and conversational skills, and having poor eye contact with others. In school he had difficulty with certain subjects, but others (like math and science) came easily to him. He has the ability to remember a myriad of facts and the events in his life-some he would rather forget! Juggling the Issues: Living With Asperger's Syndrome is a collection of short stories from his life. He describes many of the issues that those with autism and Asperger's face each day. He also talks about some of the positive aspects of having Asperger's as well. What is life like living with Asperger's? Matthew describes it as having "an enhancer" plugged into his brain, which accelerates his thoughts and even his emotions. "Asperger's will deepen everything's significance, causing us to take things to a more intense level," he confides. If you want to better understand those living with Asperger's, you need to read this book. The insights Kenslow shares come from his deep experience of living with it and making the most of life's opportunities.

The Zen of Juggling

The Zen of Juggling
Author: Dave Finnigan
Publisher: Human Kinetics Europe Limited
Total Pages: 111
Release: 1993
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780961552152

The Mathematics of Juggling

The Mathematics of Juggling
Author: Burkard Polster
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2006-05-26
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387227482

As a juggler the author likes to finish his performances with a stunt that combines props and techniques from a variety of juggling disciplines. Imagine him idling on a giraffe unicycle, while balancing a spinning basketball on a mouth stick, and toss-juggling a sword, a toilet plunger, and a rubber chicken. As a mathematician he is also interested in the treasure trove of beautiful mathematics used to model the different activities in a juggler's repertoire. In this book he provides an intellectually stimulating collection of mostly self-contained mathematical essays that introduce the reader to many elegant results and techniques from a wide range of mathematical disciplines such as combinatorics, graph theory, knot theory, mechanics, differential equations, control theory, and robotics. "The Mathematics of Juggling" is the first comprehensive account summarizing and expanding the results in the literature on juggling tricks and skills, as well as the mathematics behind these tricks and skills. Anybody who is not put off by the word "mathematics" in the title of this book should have a good time reading it.

On the Pleasure of Hating

On the Pleasure of Hating
Author: William Hazlitt
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2005-09-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1101651172

William Hazlitt's tough, combative writings on subjects ranging from slavery to the imagination, boxing matches to the monarchy, established him as one of the greatest radicals of his age and have inspired journalists and political satirists ever since.