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Family Genealogy Queries: GARNER GARDNER GARLAND (Southern Genealogical Research) by R. Stephen Smith

The family information in this book comes from a genealogy magazine published during the 1990s, now out of print. Contents of this volume include all queries from the magazine mentioning individuals or families surnamed GARNER (with 19 queries total), GARDNER (GARDENER, GARDINER) (17 queries), GARLAND (8 queries), or GARDENHIRE (GARDENSHIRE) (3 queries), as well as GARARD, GARDER, GARMAN, and GARCIA (with 1 query apiece).The focus is on families in the southern United States.Genealogy queries such as these have long been a means for family researchers to share information. Although these queries were written by persons seeking information, the wealth of detail in them could prove valuable to you if you’re working on the same names or lines.Typically, queries include information on births, deaths, marriages, children of a given couple, family migrations, etc. Some trace several generations of one family. Some even include colorful family stories passed down through the years!Note: If you aren’t sure if the information in this book will be useful to your particular family research, why not borrow and read it for free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription?Other surnames occurring incidentally in the queries reproduced in this volume include ANDERSON, ANDREW, ANTHONY, ARMOUR, ASBURY, ASCOUGH, AWBREY, BAILEY, BAKER, BARBEE, BARKER, BARNETT, BASHAM, BIRD, BISHOP, BLACKBURN, BLANTON, BOLEN, BOYD, BRAGG, BRANCH, BRANDON, BRANTLY, BRATTAIN, BRATTON, BREAZEALE, BRIDGES, BROGDON, BROWN, BURGESS, BURGIN, BURNS, BURRESS, BYRON, CALDWELL, CAMP, CAMPBELL, CARLTON, CARTER, CHAPMAN, CHILDRESS, CHISM, CLARK, CLAYTON, COATS, COCHERHAM, COLEMAN, COLLINS, COOPER, COPELAND, COSBY, CREEK, CURRY, DARBY, DASHIELL, DAVENPORT, DAVIS, DEATON, DeMOSS, DEVINE, DIGGS, DIMSDALE, DOZIER, DUKES, DUNCAN, DUNN, DWYER, EATMON, EDMONDS, EDWARDS, ELDERS, ELLICOCK, ELMORE, EVANS, FAGALA, FAIN, FENNELL, FERGUSON, FISHER, FORD, FOSTER, FOWLER, FREE, FREER, FRIDAY, GAINES, GAYLE, GAYLOR, GENTREY, GENTRY, GIBBS, GILLESPIE, GRACEY, GRANGE, GREER, GRIGGS, GUERRA, GULICK, GUTHREY, HALEY, HALL, HAM, HAMILTON, HAMMOCK, HARKEY, HATCHETT, HAYS, HEFNER, HENDRICKS, HIBBS, HILL, HODGE, HOLLOWAY, HOOKS, HOOPER, HORTON, HOUCHIN, HOUGH, HUGHES, HURST, INGO, IVAN, JACKSON, JARVIS, JENKINS, JOHNSON, JONES, KEENE, KELLEY, KENNEDY, KING, KNELLY, LATHAM, LAUGHTER, LAWLEY, LAWTER, LIVERMAN, LIVINGSTONE, LLOYD, LOLLY, LONG, LONGMIRE, LOW, LOWHORN, LOYD, LUCKEY, MACKEY, MARK, MARSHALL, MASON, McCLAIN, McCONEY, McCUTCHEON, McEACHERN, McGHEE, McMULLEN, McNEILL, McPHAUL, McQUEEN, MEADORS, MEADOWS, MIDDLTON, MILAM, MILES, MILLER, MILLS, MITCHELL, MOORE, MORRIS, MORRISON, MORROW, MOTT, MUSE, MYNATT, NANCE, NAYLOR, NEAL, NELSON, NIX, NORRIS, NORTON, NUGENT, OATS, ODY, OVERCASH, OVERTON, OWENS, PAGE, PAINE, PARROTT, PATTON, PECKER, PENNINGTON, PITTS, POWELL, POWERS, PRIETZO, PRYOR, QUINBY, RANDLES, RAWLS, REDD, REECE, REYNOLDS, RICE, RINGGOLD, ROBERTS, ROBESON, ROBINSON, RODGERS, ROGERS, ROUGHTON, RYAN, SAMS, SCHMUTZ, SCOTT, SEARLES, SETTLE, SHEFFIELD, SHIRLEY, SIMPSON, SITTINGDOWN, SKINNER, SMITH, SMITHERMAN, SMOTHERMAN, SOUTH, SPIVEY, STAMPS, STANFORD, STILL, STONE, STOTTS, STRIPLING, SUMMEY, SWEEDEN, SWINDLER, SYDNOR, TAYLER, TAYLOR, TERRY, TOWNSEND, TRANSOU, TULLY, TYNON, WADE, WALKER, WALLACE, WALLIS, WARD, WARE, WARNER, WATSON, WEBB, WEESE, WELCH, WELLS, WETZEL, WICKER, WILLIAMSON, WOODFIN, WOODS, WORLEY, YARBROUGH, YORK, and YOUNGBLOOD.

Author: R. Stephen Smith

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Stephen Curry: A Sharpshooter’s Journey to the NBA & Beyond (Stephen Curry) (Basketball Biographies) by Steve James

“If you don’t fall how are you going to know what getting up is like?”— Stephen Curry
What if you could learn the secrets of Steph Curry?

What if you could learn how to become a great basketball shooter, just by studying how one of the best basketball shooters in the world got to where he is today?

The successes of Stephen Curry are well-known to fans of basketball, but fewer people are aware of the trials and tribulations the world-famous basketball player endured to get to where he is now.

In Stephen Curry, you’ll find out the real story behind the man’s meteoric rise of fame as one of the all-time basketball greats, gaining fans for his technique on the court and his philosophy off it.

Not only does this book open the lid onto the inspiration that drives and motivates Curry, but also reveals the training secrets that have made Curry such a successful player.

Not only will you learn how to shoot with dead-eye precision, you’ll also learn how to emulate Curry’s famous dribbling method and leave your opponents in the dust every time, simply by following the bonus comprehensive workout included in this biography.

From high school to the heights of the NBA, you’ll discover how professionals take what feels like abject failure and remold it into nothing more than a roadblock on the path to enduring success!

Readers will benefit from this book by learning:
• A comprehensive Steph Curry biography, revealing his character and the motivational lessons that can be learned from not just what he does to stay on top, but how he got on top!
• A multitude of Stephen Curry secrets, from how he trains and works out, to what habits he maintains in order to continue improving his game
• What techniques and philosophy Curry brings into the court and whether he has any superstitions
• How to become a shooter like Stephen Curry (including how many shots a day he takes)
• An overview of the biggest successes and failures, and how it have shaped Steph’s life
• What makes Stephen Curry special and sets him apart from other shooters?
• Hidden gems and insider secrets you won’t find in any other Stephen Curry books.

Learn the insider secrets that have dominated Curry’s game and apply them to your own game and life for a disciplined approach that enables you to get ahead and achieve your own life goals!

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Author: Steve James

Rating: Rating: 5.00 / 5
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Fifteen Exercises in Perception: Walking Poems/Standing Photographs, Ways of Observing with your Smartphone, Camera, and Notebook by Alexandria Searls

Details: 112 pages, plus photo inserts for Kindle edition. Text now has pop-up options to view font in larger size while still keeping original layout.
Who says technology can’t bring you closer to nature? With your smartphone or camera, you can learn new ways of observing. “Fifteen Exercises in Perception” is a photography and writing workbook that allows you space in your everyday life to relax and notice the world around you. Instead of getting lost in your smartphone, you can use it to locate your self within the woods, on urban streets, wherever you are.

There are fifteen exercises that play with the way you’re perceiving. Here are brief descriptions of the chapters:

I. Introduction –how to approach the exercises
II. Almost an Island –observing while varying your types of movement
III. Windows –using the windows of your home to learn about perspective
IV. Poem for a Terrace: Words into Photo Maps –thinking spatially about the landscape
V. Oracle –answering inner questions by noticing metaphors in the outside world
VI. Duet –learning from the different vision of a friend
VII. Interpreting Stones –examining an element of the world around us
VIII. Running Poem –experimenting with how speed affects perception
IX. River Hikes –noticing the difference in your perception in a group vs. when you’re alone
X. Urban Wanderer: Twelve Photographs –finding out how limiting the number of pictures you take changes your results—or if it does
XI. Urban Wanderer: No Limits –discovering if taking unlimited photographs alters your themes or results
XII. Photographing Nothing, and Writing Down the Sound Between Words –approaching negative space, and honoring silence and the opportunity to hear
XIII. My Neighborhood –understanding what you think and feel about where you live
XIV. Animal Search –getting to know an animal’s world, which is also your world
XV. Ways of Observing –assessing the exercises

The main purpose of the book to bring you to new ways of observing. You listen as the world speaks, and then you speak back. With the device that’s always with you, your observations can happen within any moment of the day, and in any place.

“Fifteen Exercises in Perception” gives examples of completed projects for each exercises. The book is meant for a variety of audiences, including individual readers and teachers. The exercises were designed for a semester’s worth of assignments at the college level, but can also be adapted for use by younger students.

Alexandria Searls teaches art and the skills of exploration at the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Author: Alexandria Searls

Rating: Rating: 5.00 / 5
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An Introduction to Academic Driving: Stories of Cars and Science – Part One by Ost Neer

What to do if your autonomous car wants to harm you? When owning supercars becomes uncool? How do you earn money on buying and selling future classics? Why does your exhaust pipe sound like planet Jupiter? How to become an automotive journalist? Where did steam engines go? What does it take to live, commute, and survive in the Soviet Union? Who were the biggest nerds in the history of humankind? An Introduction to Academic Driving is a popular science book which answers these and other questions. It is about discoveries, societies, and technologies around you. It speaks in the language of automobiles and entertains you with science trivia, jokes, and original illustrations. Its non-fiction stories are full of educational insights and autobiographical sketches.Above all, the book will be interesting for teens and young adults. However, it will definitely bring tons of amusement to every curious reader. The age doesn’t matter, really. Science matters. Science magic. Ost Neer is a moderate petrolhead and young PhD. For a living, he does some researches and lecturing. For fun, he writes about car and driver.This book opens the Academic Driving series. Download it now and drive on a smart side of the road!

Author: Ost Neer

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One Red Bicycle: Numbers, Colors, and Vehicles in English, Spanish, Chinese & Korean (English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean Multilingual Edition, Simplified … and Traditional Chinese Version Book 1) by David Ming

Introduce your kids to colors, numbers, and vehicles in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.Great for All Ages: Have fun counting from 1 to 10, starting with One Red Bicycle and building up to Ten White Airplanes. Every page pairs colorful artwork with precise translations in all four languages, including both Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters.Thoughtful Translations: The last few pages summarize all colors, numbers, and vehicles, including multiple translations when concepts are known by different words in different countries. Cars, for example, may be called Coches in Mexico or Carros in Venezuela. Likewise, in Mandarin Chinese, there is more than one way to say Bus.Pronunciation Help: Both Chinese Pinyin and Korean Romanization are included to help sound out words using the Latin alphabet.Growing up to be Global Citizens: Inspired by his own multicultural family, David Ming wrote his Bilingual Kids Series to bring together children, parents, and grandparents across cultures and generations. His hope is for multilingual books to make story time more inclusive and fun for everyone. Whether teaching your children to be bilingual or learning a language for the first time, this book is for you.Yeh! Books. Explore Words. Explore Worlds.

Author: David Ming

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What Kind of Thinker and Learner Are You? (Permission Granted Today) by Virginia Reeves

It’s important to continually stretch your mind to move past current limits; it’s worth the effort to learn new strategies. There are 5 primary thinking styles: Synthesist, Idealist, Pragmatist, Analyst, and Realist. It is important to consider your outlook on life. Does it come from a base of “How can I lose” or “How can I win” perspective? Discover several behavior patterns based on your point-of-view.

This short, easy-to-read book offers a variety of suggestions to remind you that lasting brain power seems to lie not in learning a lot of facts but rather in developing the complexity of your thoughts.

The basics learned in classrooms can sometimes be boring but it’s the ability to take that knowledge and apply it elsewhere that is the foundation of a positive and creative experience. People who view learning as being energizing and enlightening are generally very good at seeking alternatives and solutions not only because of how they think (bigger) but also how they live (broadly). In order to nurture creative thinking we need to train people who can think ‘ sideways ‘ (across conventional boundaries and in-between the lines).

The need to continually reinvent and be innovative is imperative for any kind of growth. Initiative and incentive are top qualities of those who enjoy learning. They take pleasure in expanding their own base of skills and talents along with providing the same benefit to others. Learning improves how we lead, govern, interact, teach, and how we live our life overall.

When you squash the incentive to use the imagination you strip away the desire to learn and comprehend what is going on in the world around you. Questioning is what produces new answers and moves a person towards forging into new realms of activity and relationships. Act like a scientist and explorer, think like a child, and enjoy seeking new ways to stimulate your mind and senses by living a life filled with curiosity. Discover 7 basic types of empowering questioning techniques.

Engaging in different types of ‘smart’ learning styles will allow you to have a more productive and effective life. They are: word, logic, picture, body, people, self, music, and nature.

Another chapter lists a wide variety of descriptive words to help you better determine your dominant thinking patterns and outlook on life.

Social intelligence is also discussed because your ability to interact with others influences you a great deal.

A chapter is devoted to developing more intuitive practices.

In the Build a Better Brain and Memory Sharpening Tools sections you receive more tips.

Mental flexibility is critical: you need to forgo automatic perceptions, reactions, attitudes, responses, and opinions. Open-mindedness requires you to take the data you have and inject a variety of possibilities into the equation. When you do so you also step into the realm of attracting ideas and resources you might not have otherwise considered.

Another important element of a creative thinker is to treasure intuition, insights, hunches and a gut feeling. A primary method to changing how you think and act is to visualize what it is you would like to accomplish and who you want to become. There is a theater in your mind and it is on call 24 hours a day. You are the director, producer, and star of your unique life.

This is one of many books in the series Permission Granted Today. All take an in-depth look at a specific topic which gives you an immersion from different perspectives. I hope you enjoy the material and discover additional methods for expanding your thinking and learning capabilities.

Author: Virginia Reeves

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How To Map Who You are? (Ratgeber Karriere) by IntelligentHQ.com

Guide to Personal Leadership. Life is a process of understanding yourself through a permanent quest of opening up, of mapping yourself, which enables you to become more aware of who you are. You can then be the personal leader of yourself. However, as we live in a new world where we process more data than ever in history and where our digital track leaves a permanent digital footprint, to record and map ourselves becomes increasingly challenging. How to do it?

Author: IntelligentHQ.com

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Communication: Communication Skills: Learn Effective Strategies Of Good Communication Skills, Public Speaking, Confidence And Self-Esteem: Relationships, Mate Seeking by Kristina Dawn

Learn Effective Strategies To Improve Your Social Intelligence, Public Speaking, Confidence And Persuasion Skills, Succeed In Business And Personal Life
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This book has actionable effective communication strategies that will help you to improve your social intelligence, public speaking, confidence and persuasion skills that will ultimately help you to succeed in business and personal life.
The secret to excelling in your personal and professional life boils down to one simple thing: Effective communication. To ascertain this, examine successful individuals in the business world, and anyone else you consider personally successful in one way or the other; you shall notice one thing: successful people are effective communicators who clearly articulate their thoughts and ideas. When you are an effective communicator, you effectively communicate your thoughts and ideas to your audience and addressees and easily influence others, which eventually strengthens your personal and professional relationships.
Unfortunately, a majority of us are ineffective communicators whose minds cannot form comprehensive thoughts leave alone orally articulate well thought out ideas. This does not have to be the case, and you do not need to conform to the status quo especially when you have this book. If you act on the information contained in this guide, you will improve your communication skills and become immensely successful.
Created as the complete communication blueprint, the information contained in this book aims to strengthen and enhance your social intelligence, improve your self-confidence, and perk up your public speaking and persuasion skills so you can make the best use of your social networks to influence your success as well as keep your loved ones content and happy.
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Author: Kristina Dawn

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