Hit Hard

Life hit Pat and Tammy McLeod hard when their son Zach collapsed on a high school football field; he had sustained a severe brain injury. Facing the devastating possibility that things would never be

Hit So Hard begins in rock drummer Patty Schemel's teenage years with her growing up in the Pacific Northwest, realizing she is gay, and discovering her heavy identification with punk rock--as well as

In 1997, amid Aerosmith's sold-out world tour and number one album release, word about Joey's troubles was reported in the press.Despite the advice he had received to play it down, Joey revealed in an

"I'd played my drums in front of eighty thousand screaming fans and passed out in my own puke. I'd toured in private jets, rode in limos, and had just about any girl, at any time, for any thing. I a

An easy-to-follow method to producing the powerful yet effortless swing that made Boros a two-time U.S. Open Champion.

Twenty-seven years in the making (1940–67), this tapestry of nearly two hundred American popular and protest songs was created by three giants of performance and musical research: Alan Lomax, indefati

The former head of Verizon is talking.Can you afford not to hear what he has to say?"This is an essential read for every manager’s, or aspiring manager's, success for one simple reason: it is all auth

“I hit him so hard, the clash of helmets and pads sounded like a gunshot across the field. I crushed him with the hit, held on to him, and crushed him again when I slammed him into the ground . . . I

This is Mickey's first year at Grandview High. After transferring, all he wants to do is keep his head down, work hard and fit in with the upscale crowd. He is approached, because of his tough reputat

He’s fighting for justice while she fights for her life.With his daughter lying in the hospital, struck down in a reckless hit-and-run, the only thing Jon Reznick can do is wait—and plot h

An offbeat love story / hard-boiled thriller from an award-winning author,featuring a reluctant hitman, hookers galore, pimps, bikers, bandits, an Italian-Welsh rock god, corrupt cops, and creepy gard

As the pitcher on his HS team, Mark lives and breathes baseball. Sure, there's pressure from his coach and his dad, who both push him hard, but it's nothing that time with his buddy, Eddie, or with hi

In his critically acclaimed Rain Fall, Barry Eisler introduced half Japanese-half American freelance hit man John Rain, a "dashing and dangerous hero...as likable as he is lethal."* Now Eisler's back

In this mercilessly compelling thriller, Burke—the private eye, sting artist, and occasional hit man who metes out a cruelly ingenious vengeance on those who victimize children—is up against a soft-sp

The sequel to Flat-Out Sexy, starring a bad boy race car driver hero who's met his match-from a hot USA Today bestselling author. Grad student Imogen Wilson realizes she's hit on the perfect thesis fo

The next graphic novel adaptation of the blockbuster, New York Times bestselling Warriors series covers the first two novels of the second arc, The New Prophecy (Midnight and Moonrise). The wild cats of the forest have lived in peace for many moons--but when Brambleclaw, a warrior of ThunderClan, receives an ominous prophecy from StarClan that speaks of a mysterious danger, he must rally the fiercest warriors from all the Clans to seek answers in the mountains.But the journey is long and hard, and tensions rise back in the forest as Firestar and Leafpaw watch ThunderClan's world crumbling around them. As the questing cats struggle to uncover the meaning of the prophecy, turmoil threatens to overtake the Clans.Ever since the first Warriors book hit shelves, readers have devoured these epic adventures. This stunning adaptation, adapted by Gibson Twist and illustrated by Sammy Savos, retells the first two books in the second arc of the Warriors series as a full-color graphic novel.Hardcov

狗狗專屬豪華飯店沃夫摩爾，水碗總是滿滿、枕頭上還有飼料！這次來訪的是著名鬼故事作家方先生，他想遠離恐怖，享受彩虹與泡泡的假期。可是，沃夫摩爾真的沒有鬼嗎？幽默故事搭配可愛插圖，狗狗迷不容錯過！Return to the luxury hotel for dogs in The Woofmore Is Not Haunted, the second book in the pawsome, full-color chapter book series from authors Donna Gephart and Lori Haskins Houran and illustrator Josh Cleland—now in paperbackWelcome to the Woofmore, where the water bowls are always full and there’s kibble on every pillow! Rufus and his boss, Ms. Coco, work hard to make every guest feel like a VIP (Very Important Pooch).In the second installment of this pawsome series, famous spooky-story writer Silas Fang is coming to stay at the Woofmore. Mr. Fang spends all his time thinking about scary things, so he needs a vacation full of rainbows, unicorns, and bubbles. Rufus is happy to oblige. It should be easy—after all, the Woofmore is not haunted . . . or is it?With adorable illustrations and hilarious text, this early chapter-book series will hit young dog lovers smack in the funny bone!The Woo

歡迎來到狗狗專屬的沃夫摩爾旅館，這裡有滿滿水碗和柔軟枕頭！開幕當天，電影明星葛麗塔入住，魯弗斯和可可小姐全力以赴，想讓旅館一切「汪」美無缺。偏偏狗狗記者來攪局，還出現了奇怪的搔癢麻煩，旅館真的能順利開張嗎？First in a pawsome original full-color chapter book series about a hotel for dogs from authors Donna Gephart and Lori Haskins Houran and illustrator Josh Cleland Welcome to the Woofmore, where the water bowls are always full and there's kibble on every pillow! Rufus and his boss, Ms. Coco, work hard to make every guest feel like a VIP (Very Important Pooch). It's the grand opening of the hotel, and Rufus and Ms. Coco want everything to be pawfect. Especially for their VIP guest, movie star Greta Garbark. But how can Rufus keep the puparazzi from hounding Ms. Garbark? And what will Ms. Coco do when a (very itchy) problem hits the hotel? With adorable illustrations and hilarious text, this new early chapter book series will hit young dog lovers smack in the funny bone! The Woofmore series: Welcome to the Woofmore (#1) The Woofmore is Not Haunted (#2) The Woofmore on Thin Ice (#3)

What if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display? We all have a random collection of the things that made us - photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer. When Jarvis Cocker starts clearing out his loft, he finds a jumble of objects that catalogue his story and ask him some awkward questions: Who do you think you are? Are clothes important? Why are there so many pairs of broken glasses up here? From a Gold Star polycotton shirt to a pack of Wrigley's Extra, from his teenage attempts to write songs to the Sexy Laughs Fantastic Dirty Joke Book, this is the hard evidence of Jarvis's unique life, Pulp, 20th century pop culture, the good times and the mistakes he'd rather forget. And this accumulated debris of a lifetime reveals his creative process - writing and musicianship, performance and ambition, style and stagecraft. This is not a life story. It's a loft story. 'Rummage through its pages - through

本書只有一個目標：練出非常強壯又發達的「六塊肌」「你的腹肌既是武器，又是盔甲，更是力量根源。一旦你領悟到你的腹肌需要的是訓練出最大肌力而非肌耐力，要得到殺手級六塊腹肌，只是順便而已。」●專文導讀：怪獸肌力及體能訓練中心總教練 何立安博士●審定：王啟安老師――台灣大學口筆譯講師，資深肌力與體能教練。●翻譯：陳柏瑋中醫師――中華民國運動教練學會肌力及體能丙級；怪獸訓練肌力及體能B級教練這套訓練法從菁英體操選手的肢體語言逆向設計而來，內含：◤三個殺手級訓練動作◤純粹肌力訓練法◤老派大力士心法◤傳統武術呼吸法高反覆仰臥起坐正是練不出來的原因做一般高反覆仰臥起坐，你感受到的「燃燒」是來自於乳酸堆積，這對於增強肌肉毫無幫助。正確的答案是，增加腹肌張力，同時增加「真正」的肌肉生長。──本書將教你增強肌肉張力的技巧和肌肥大的關鍵知識，聚焦這些地方，幾週就能練出來。硬派呼吸法，必須一起不開玩笑，光是呼吸，就能保護脊椎，再增強訓練效果。這是以一種將內臟壓縮到足以製成鑽石的方式呼吸方式，這種修練法可以追溯到1500年前的達摩祖師，也就是傳說中的東方武術始祖。但更重要的是，這樣的呼吸法得到了俄羅斯頂尖科學家們的認可。──本書將教你這種結合傳統武術精髓的呼吸技巧，並搭配精選訓練，加速練就腹肌。硬派仰臥起坐，保護腰背，優雅練出爆炸腹肌新改良的仰臥起坐來自於菁英體操選手訓練的逆向設計，避開誘發背痛的危險動作，使腹肌的收縮強度更高，平衡髖屈肌群對脊椎的拉力，穩定了脊椎，收縮效果再加成。──本書將教你帕維爾的獨門技巧和解除背痛的關鍵知識，更安全也更有效率。內部等長收縮的祕密，做得少比做得多更重要硬派仰臥起坐是一種刻意練習，而非破紀錄式的肌力測試，你不應該拿自己的成績與他人比較，甚至不該跟自己比較。只有一兩下的徹底執行才是重要，重複次數沒有意義。想要知道練習效果，從其他運動表現的狀況來評估就一目了然。──本書將教你認識肌肉的外部和內部等長收縮的祕密，讓訓練更精簡更集中。硬派懸吊舉腿超級強，5項要領做合格才有效但是，不用想都知道，你不該從這裡開始做。懸吊舉腿對腰部肌群的作用強度太驚人，腹外斜肌的啟動度峰值達到163%，下段腹直肌可達到300%，要獲得這種效果的5項動作要領，你必須先練好硬派呼吸法和硬派仰臥起坐才有可能。──本書將揭開這個終極動作的訓練細節和進階變化版，練出一身如武器般剛勁強健的體魄。經過

The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the most popular sitcom of the last decade, The Big Bang Theory, packed with all-new, exclusive interviews with the producers and entire cast. The Big Bang Theory is a television phenomenon. To the casual viewer, it's a seemingly effortless comedy, with relatable but deeply unique characters tackling real-life issues--a kind of visual comfort food for its millions of dedicated fans. But the behind-the-scenes journey of the show from a failed pilot to a global phenomenon is a riveting story that even the most die-hard fans don't know in its entirety. THE BIG BANG THEORY: THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY is a riveting, entertaining look at the sitcom sensation, with the blessing and participation of co-creator Chuck Lorre and executive producer Steve Molaro, as well as Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, Mayim Bialik, and more. Glamour senior editor Jessica Radloff, who has written over 200 articles on

You can take a witch out of Brooklyn . . . and put her in the woods? As if learning magic wasn't hard enough, now Effie has to go to SUMMER CAMP! The hit middle-grade graphic novel series continues with this new adventure that's filled to the brim with magic and mayhem!School's out, and Effie is ready for SUMMER! Too bad she's being sent off to the wilderness for boring old summer camp. Nothing says "exciting new adventure" like being stuck in nature with mosquitoes. Sure, other witches might be there. And maybe she'll learn some cool new magic.But Effie would rather spend time with the friends she already has. She's always relied on them for help. . . . What will happen when she heads off to camp all by herself?Sophie Escabasse brings us more magic in this new volume of Witches of Brooklyn!

From celebrity author Kevin Hart comes the laugh-out-loud highly illustrated sequel to Marcus Makes a Movie about a young boy who has big Hollywood dreams―and the hustle to make it happen.“Everybody, grab a ticket and run for a front row seat to Marcus Makes a Movie!” ―Judd Winick, New York Times bestselling author of the Hilo series Marcus’s movie, Toothpick vs. the Doom, is a HIT! But the only thing harder than making a movie is making a SECOND one. Marcus needs to come up with another great idea fast. Too bad his film crew (aka friends) are too preoccupied with their MeTube channels to notice. An invite to The Helen Show has Marcus thinking they’ll be back on top, but will nerves, unchecked ambition, and a rivalry between friends shut down this show before it even begins? In the laugh-out-loud sequel, actor and comedian Kevin Hart delivers a message about being creative, working hard, and learning that sometimes the best dreams are the ones you achieve with your friends.

The YA love letter to hip-hop—streaming on Paramount+ September 23, 2022! Starring Sanaa Lathan (in her directorial debut), Jamila C. Gray, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Lil Yachty, Method Man, Mike Epps, GaTa (Davionte Ganter), Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Titus Makin Jr., and Michael Anthony Cooper Jr.#1 New York Times bestseller · Seven starred reviews · Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor BookSixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral . . . for all the wrong reasons.Bri soon finds herself at the center of a controversy, portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. But with an eviction notice staring her fa

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