David Sharp: 30 books
Va Va Froome
The Remarkable Rise of Chris Froome
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
On 21 July 2013 Chris Froome made history as the second British cyclist to win the Tour de France - in the 100th edition of the world's most famous bike race - and the first ever African-born rider to wear the coveted maillot jaune on the top step of the podium in Paris. Froome's path into the elite...
Chris Froome
zijn opmerkelijke opkomst
Language: Dutch
Release Date: August 1, 2013
In 2012 werd Chris Froome, als helper van Wiggins, nog tweede in de Tour de France terwijl hij misschien eigenlijk zelf had kunnen winnen. Hij was de beste klimmer. In 2013 werd Froome de eerste in Afrika geboren renner die de gele trui won. Froomes weg naar Tourwinst, via de stoffige wegen in Kenia’s...
by David Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
Wild Boys is a punk fiction western set in a time of high adventure, outlaws, and the way of the gun—with a peculiar twist. Dusty Calhoun is out for revenge after being left for dead and losing all to violence and fire. Vengeance is complicated when he rescues Jake Willowford, a cowboy with a familiar...
by David Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Daniel is young, confident, and fascinated by the wolf, feeling the animal is a reflection of himself. After losing his mate, he craves a new Alpha and finds Patrick, a handsome bartender, who gets him a job at Club Trade. There, his curiosity is peaked when he meets a sly blond, Chad, wearing a red...
Anti-aging Drugs
From Basic Research to Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Aging is a natural phenomenon that is peculiar to all living things. However, accumulating findings indicate that senescence could be postponed or prevented by certain approaches. Substantial evidence has emerged supporting the possibility of radical human health and lifespan extension, in particular...
Water Hammer
Practical Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1995
Water hammer, or the study of fluid transient behaviour, is one of the most common problems in the water engineering community. This book covers the many causes and solutions in a practical way and is an essential reference for all those concerned with the flow of liquids, not just water, in pipe...
by David D Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2013
I'm going to tell about the day I decided to take my own life.The day I gathered every pill I could find and got in the bath.The day an award award-winning, internationally best-selling author appeared in my bathroom.The day everything changed.A rib-tickling, life-affirming...
The CIA's Greatest Covert Operation
Inside the Daring Mission to Recover a Nuclear-Armed Soviet Sub
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
March 1968: three miles below the stormy surface of the North Pacific, a Soviet submarine lay silent as a tomb-its crew dead, its payload of nuclear missiles, once directed toward strategic targets in Hawaii, inoperable. No longer a real threat, the sub still presented an alluring target and it was...
by David D Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
1758 - In the mid-Atlantic, the Windermere, an English merchant vessel sinks in calm waters, on an empty horizon. All hands are lost.1758 - The Windermere, sails safely into harbour in Hudson Bay.Both of these realities are true and false. Being influenced by two, very different, mystical sea...
Debugging Game History
A Critical Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.
Even as the field of game studies has flourished, critical historical studies of games have lagged behind other areas of research. Histories have generally been...
by William S. Dancey, Darlene Applegate, David Pollack
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
This collection provides a comprehensive vocabulary for defining the cultural manifestation of the term “Woodland.”
The Middle Ohio Valley is an archaeologically rich region that stretches from southeastern Indiana, across southern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky, and into northwestern West...
Fun, Taste, & Games
An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Reclaiming fun as a meaningful concept for understanding games and play.
“Fun” is somewhat ambiguous. If something is fun, is it pleasant? Entertaining? Silly? A way to trick students into learning? Fun also has baggage—it seems inconsequential, embarrassing, child's play. In Fun, Taste,...
The Thriving Artist
Saving and Investing for Performers, Artists, and the Stage & Film Industries
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
The old cliché about the "starving" artist may have a basis in reality, but it isn’t set in stone! The Thriving Artist provides valuable advice for the performing artist, whether you’re an actor, dancer, lighting guru, costumer, or stagehand, on investing, saving, and building a diversified...
by Robert Jeschonek, David Estes, Jonathan Moeller
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Fantasy Bridge is thrilled to present its first collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories transport you to new and wondrous worlds. Places where dragons roam free and where magic is as natural as blood. From epic battles to the temptations of demons, the exciting...