Gimmick's Guide to Gadgets

Gimmick's Guide to Gadgets
Author: Mike Mearls
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-01-24
Genre: Adventure games
ISBN: 9781932442267

GIMMICK'S GUIDE TO GADGETS is a whole new world of equipment for your MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS game! This complete guide to gadgets and inventing includes: NEW POWERS! Spontaneous Inventor, Scientific Genius, Weapon Master, and many others help you make your hero an expert in whatever field you want. NEW OPTIONS! Extras, flaws, and stunts for powers like Super-Intelligence and Super-Wisdom let you take you gageteer to the next level. CONSTRUCTS! New rules and new feats for contructs, from robots to cyborgs or mystical golems. Also included are guidelines on how to use them as PCs. COMPUTERS! Expanded rules for computers, vehicles, device building and repair, and more! TECH LEVELS! Rules you can use to customize the technology and devices available in your campaign. ARCHETYPES! Brand new archetypes using these new rules, like the Agent, Cyborg, Inventor, Sniper, and War-machine. PLUS...TOYS! Dozens of new gadgets for your games, including at least one new device for every power in the MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS rulebook! Designed by fan-favorite Mike Mearls and beautifully illustrated by Attilla Adorjany, Dennis Calero, Jonathan Kirtz, Tony Parker, Ramon Perez, and Kevin Stokes, GIMMICK'S GUIDE TO GADGETS adds a whole new dimension to your MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS campaign.

The Thinking Person's Guide to Fitness

The Thinking Person's Guide to Fitness
Author: Jake Nash
Publisher: Jake Nash
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010-10-14
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1453844376

Your Body Will Only Go Where Your Mind Leads it!!! - Are you sick of fad diets? - Frustrated by fitness gurus who don't seem to understand you and your life? - Annoyed that everyone wants your money yet no one provides the promised results? - Are you intelligent enough to know there are no quick fixes to difficult problems? - Would you like to UNDERSTAND how you body works? There is a solution. It doesn't require a degree in exercise science, but it does require a desire to go beyond the quick fixes and gimmicks. The Thinking Person's Guide to Fitness will give just enough knowledge to enable you to understand how you are unique. With this knowledge, you'll be able to setup a diet and fitness plan that works for you, and you'll know the difference between fitness fact and fitness fiction! "(This) book is one I truly enjoy as a trainer ...(Jake has) really done his homework." - Monica Adams - KMOX St. Louis. "Jake Nash has written a book that is easy to read and understand that can help anyone improve his or her fitness regime... Jake obviously has done his research, citing various studies to support his assertions...it is a terrific read for anyone looking to get the most out of their fitness program!" - Dr. Nathan White "Jake Nash speaks realistically.... (he) explains his well-considered concepts in open language that not only reads well as a book, but also makes his input digestible and, more important, workable." - Grady Harp - Amazon Top 10 Reviewer

Insight Guides: Tokyo City Guide

Insight Guides: Tokyo City Guide
Author: Insight Guides
Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2013-10-21
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1780057008

Tokyo is one of the most fastest-paced cities in Asia. Keep up to speed with City Guide Tokyo - a comprehensive guide to getting the most out of this extraordinary city. Experience the mega-wattage of neon lights in Shibuya, take a soothing dip at Odaiba's Oedo Onsen and marvel at the resplendent Senso-ji temple with a guide that explores all these sights and more using detailed, narrative text, easy-to-use maps and stunning full-colour photography. City Guide Tokyo fully explores the history, people and culture of the city, so you can discover everything you need to know to appreciate kabuki theatre, learn the difference between sushi and sashimi and delve into the world of manga and anime. In-depth chapters cover all of Tokyo's wards and suggest excursions to surrounding regions; fashionistas should head for stylish Harajuku, night owls can make a beeline for bustling Roppongi, history and architecture buffs will adore the Old Tokyo of Asakusa, whilst those seeking fresh air and gorgeous scenery will want to explore Mount Fuji. The Best Of section helps you to prioritise what to see and the Travel Tips offer selective listings of where to stay and eat out, plus essential advice on what you need to know before you go and how to get around the city once you are there.

The Ultimate Optics Guide to Rifle Shooting

The Ultimate Optics Guide to Rifle Shooting
Author: CPL. Reginald J.G. Wales
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2015-12-02
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1460273370

The Ultimate Optics Guide to Rifle Shooting walks you through each step of the process on how to use your optical rifle scope to its maximum potential. A complete and comprehensive guide to using your rifle scope in the field or on the range. The optical rifle scope has been in use for more than one hundred years, but it's not until now that a book has come along to teach the shooter how to truly use it. Law Enforcement and Military Snipers, competition shooters and hunters, this book will raise your shooting skills to a whole new level of effectiveness. With illustrations and full description of each facet of the operation of the rifle scope this book is a must for anyone who uses an optic on a firearm. The author speaks to you in a language that every shooter can understand and gives you real world examples of its uses.

Insight Guides City Guide Tokyo (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides City Guide Tokyo (Travel Guide eBook)
Author: Insight Guides
Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1786718553

Tokyo is one of the most fast-paced cities in Asia. Keep up to speed with City Guide Tokyo - a comprehensive guide to getting the most out of this extraordinary city. Experience the mega-wattage of neon lights in Shibuya, take a soothing dip at Odaiba's Oedo Onsen and marvel at the resplendent Senso-ji Temple with a guide that explores all these sights and more using detailed, narrative text, easy-to-use maps and stunning full-colour photography. City Guide Tokyo fully explores the history, people and culture of the city, so you can discover everything you need to know to appreciate kabuki theatre, learn the difference between sushi and sashimi and delve into the world of manga and anime. In-depth chapters cover all of Tokyo's wards and suggest excursions to surrounding regions; fashionistas should head for stylish Harajuku, night owls can make a beeline for bustling Roppongi, history and architecture buffs will adore the Old Tokyo of Asakusa, whilst those seeking fresh air and gorgeous scenery will want to explore Mount Fuji. The Best Of section helps you to prioritise what to see and the Travel Tips offer essential advice on what you need to know before you go and how to get around the city once you are there. Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

A Brief Guide to James Bond

A Brief Guide to James Bond
Author: Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2012-09-20
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1849018294

The world's fascination with Bond is unstoppable. James Bond is the greatest British fictional hero of the post-war era. He also has a huge following in the US - and around the world - as a legendary Cold War warrior, and now as a daredevil able to take on the villains of the post-Cold War world. The Bond books are all in print. Today, Sebastian Faulks is writing new stories while Charlie Higson is writing children's versions. In this comprehensive guide to Ian Fleming, the books, the films and the world that was created out of 007, Nigel Cawthorne uncovers Bond's allure. It comes with special sections on the main characters - Q, M, the Bond Girls, and the women who first inspired them; the cars, and the incomparable baddies. It will be the ideal gift for fans and aficionados alike and will be published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of DOCTOR NO; the new film is scheduled for autumn 2012.

Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things

Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things
Author: Cy Tymony
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2013-07-16
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0740786989

The original, practical guide that offers readers “a chance to become real-life MacGyvers” with “sections on gimmicks, gadgets and survival techniques” (Publishers Weekly). Do you know how to generate battery power with simple household items? Or how to create your own home security system? Science-savvy author Cy Tymony does. And now you can learn how to create these things—and more than 40 other handy gadgets and gizmos—in Sneaky Uses For Everyday Things. More than a simple do-it-yourself guide, this quirky collection teaches you how to transform ordinary objects into the extraordinary just a few minutes. With more than 80 solutions and bonus applications at your disposal, you will be ready for almost any situation. Included are survival, security, self-defense, and silly applications that are just plain fun

Envisioning Eden

Envisioning Eden
Author: Noel B. Salazar
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1845456610

As tourism service standards become more homogeneous, travel destinations worldwide are conforming yet still trying to maintain, or even increase, their distinctiveness. Based on more than two years of fieldwork in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Arusha, Tanzania, this book offers an in-depth investigation of the local-to-global dynamics of contemporary tourism. Each destination offers examples that illustrate how tour guide narratives and practices are informed by widely circulating imaginaries of the past as well as personal imaginings of the future.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beading Basics

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beading Basics
Author: Georgene Lockwood
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2011-10-04
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1101558555

Includes all the fundamentals readers need to know to enjoy the craft and create successful projects. Clear, well-illustrated instructions guide readers through each step of beading for jewelry and home crafts, including choosing a design and beads, selecting clasps and other findings, stringing on different materials, weaving off and on a loom, working with wire, and finishing any project. • Expert advice on mastering stringing and weaving techniques, plus specialty techniques such as beading flowers, beaded embroidery, and various beaded embellishments. • Choose the best color, size, and shape of beads and the right connectors, fasteners, and clasps for any project • Tons of crisp, instructional black-and-white photos and line drawings