The Shoulders of Giants

The Shoulders of Giants Review

Jake Abraham is 28, and he’s just fulfilled an ambition. After three years of grunt work for a detective agency, he’s finally got his private investigator’s license, and set up on his own. Jake is a child of the eighties, brought up by Jim Rockford, Thomas Magnum, and three beautiful girls who worked for a man named Charlie, so he thinks he knows what to expect. His first case even seems like an easy one. All he has to do is find a missing girl.

Chicago Police Detective Scott Bales picked up the phone when a city broker was found dead in his car at eight in the morning. It means he’s in charge when, one by one, eight more bodies show up, all of whom died by the same hands. One of the bodies belongs to Susan Patterson, the daughter of a disgraced former Police Captain who just happens to be Jake’s client.

Inexperienced, determined and resourceful, Jake is convinced he has what it takes to bring the killer to justice.

Deja Blue: The New York Giants' 2011 Championship Season

Deja Blue: The New York Giants' 2011 Championship Season Review

This commemorative book on the Super Bowl XLVI champions provides a visual look at the New York Giants’ road to glory and their 21–17 victory over the New England Patriots. Packed with stunning action photography, stories, and analysis from the New York Post, the celebratory account takes readers from the season opener on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the Giants’ overtime win in San Francisco that clinched the NFC title to Mario Manningham’s fourth-quarter catch to set up the game-winning score in the Super Bowl. In-depth profiles of Giants stars, including quarterback Eli Manning, defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, and receiver Victor Cruz, make this keepsake book an essential part of any fan’s collection.

The Ninth Generation: Surviving The Giants Of The Pre-Flood Earth

The Ninth Generation: Surviving The Giants Of The Pre-Flood Earth Review

The warning cry of a ram's horn pierces the stillness of a tree village but it comes too late. A daughter is missing and giant human-like tracks point south to a mysterious island, land of the Nephilim. Prepare to be catapulted into a romantically beautiful but evil antediluvian world. Journey with Methuselah's 112-yr-old son as he enters the lair of a supernatural adversary on a desperate rescue attempt. Winged hunters, behemoths and the river monster Leviathan await. The ancient world is on the edge of genetic destruction. Who are these strange occupants of an earth headed toward a watery cataclysm? Is it the end or is it the dawn of legends? Grippingly entertaining, edifying, and revealing - a supernatural adventure novel based on the Genesis record.

The Giants and the Joneses

The Giants and the Joneses Review

“All wet!” said Poppy.
“Yuk!” said Stephen. “Was that a kiss?”
Before Colette could answer, it was her turn. She was lifted up and brought toward the shining pink lips. She closed her eyes. The next second she felt a dampness all over her cheek and an explosion in her ear.
She dared herself to open her eyes, and caught a glimpse of a hairy nostril before she was lowered again and pushed through a door.

Tiny people and a GIANT adventure!

Jumbeelia the young giantess loves to hear the old story about the iggly plop who climbed up the bimplestonk to the giants’ land of Groil. Then, one day, she throws a bimple over the edge of Groil.

Down, down, down Jumbeelia climbs—right down into the land of the iggly plops, where she discovers Colette, Poppy, and Stephen Jones; puts them into her canvas bag; and carries them back to Groil.

Soon the children find themselves shut in her dollhouse, with no visible means of escape. With danger surrounding them at every turn, the children must use all their wits to survive and figure out a way to get back home . . .

The Book of Giants: The Fallen Angels and Their Giant Sons

The Book of Giants: The Fallen Angels and Their Giant Sons Review

Before the great flood described in the Old Testament, there was a race of giants called Nephilim inhabiting the earth. One of the giants – Ogias – fought a great dragon. An apocryphal expansion of an obscure verse in Genesis, “The Book of Giants: The Fallen Angels and Their Giant Sons” was composed prior to the 2nd century BCE.

Giants (Lost Civilizations: 1)

Giants (Lost Civilizations: 1) Review

The Nephilim had a plan. They would storm Eden, defeat the guardian Cherub with his flaming sword and eat from the Tree of Life. Then they would rule the Earth as immortal gods.

First, they needed armor to resist the flaming sword. Second, they needed a weapon to kill an angel. And third, they had to forge a champion capable of this feat. Their quest could unleash terrible forces upon the Elder Earth, but they were the sons of fallen angels and they would trample anyone who dared to stand in their way.

GIANTS is the start of Lost Civilizations. It tells of the war between Nephilim and men in the days before the oceans overran the Pre-Cataclysmic World. GIANTS is a fantasy novel by bestselling author Vaughn Heppner.

A Tale of Two Giants (Rymadoon)

A Tale of Two Giants (Rymadoon) Review

You don't have to be tall to be a giant.

They meet on a rainy night, penniless and alone, both of them without a friend in the world. He's a disgraced, down-on-his luck giant, short for his kind, banished forever from his tribe. He just wants to be left alone -- and pity the poor person who annoys him.

She's a stubborn human girl whose mother has been kidnapped by a evil dictator -- and she's determined to get her back. No matter how long it takes. No matter who gets in her way.

Together they take on an empire.

*****

Grade 4-9; In this intriguing fantasy about two outcasts on a remarkable journey, Carter offers up a riveting adventure that should appeal to fans of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series or Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books. Although this book stands on its own, readers may want also want to try Carter's first foray into his Lost Lands of Rymadoon series, Drawing a Dark Way.

SCOTT WILLIAM CARTER's first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, was hailed by Publishers Weekly as a "touching and impressive debut" and won the prestigious 2011 Oregon Book Award for Young Adult Literature. His fantasy from Simon and Schuster, Wooden Bones, chronicling the untold story of Pinocchio, is due out in the summer of 2012. His short stories have appeared in dozens of popular magazines and anthologies. Find out more about his books for young readers (or the young at heart) at rymadoon.com.

Praise for Other Works by Scott William Carter:

"...touching and impressive...Carter's writing is on target."-- Publishers Weekly


"...compelling...good choice for reluctant readers..."-- School Library Journal

Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie (Perennial Classics)

Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie (Perennial Classics) Review

The classic story of a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America.

When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin

When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin Review

The first significant fresh reporting on the legendary band in twenty years, built on interviews with all surviving band members and revealing a never-before-seen side of the genius and debauchery that defined their heyday.

Veteran rock journalist Mick Wall unflinchingly tells the story of the band that pushed the envelope on both creativity and excess, even by rock ‘n’ roll standards.  Led Zeppelin was the last great band of the 1960s and the first great band of the 1970s—and When Giants Walked the Earth is the full, enthralling story of Zep from the inside, written by a former confidante of both Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Rich and revealing, it bores into not only the disaster, addiction and death that haunted the band but also into the real relationship between Page and Plant, including how it was influenced by Page’s interest in the occult.  Comprehensive and yet intimately detailed, When Giants Walked the Earth literally gets into the principals’ heads to bring to life both an unforgettable band and an unrepeatable slice of rock history.

The Giant's House: A Romance

The Giant's House: A Romance Review

The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James Carlson Sweatt–the “over-tall” eleven-year-old boy who’s the talk of the town–walks into her library and changes her life forever. Two misfits whose lonely paths cross at the circulation desk, Peggy and James are odd candidates for friendship, but nevertheless they soon find their lives entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted. In James, Peggy discovers the one person who’s ever really understood her, and as he grows–six foot five at age twelve, then seven feet, then eight–so does her heart and their most singular romance.

Grunch of Giants

Grunch of Giants Review

Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee.

A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants

A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants Review

The 2010 San Francisco Giants were the most unlikely World Series champions of all time. Sure, they had some quality pitchers, but the Giants roster consisted of a rag-tag group of castoffs, oddballs, rookies, and old-timers who seemed a lot more entertaining off the field than on it. After 53 years of futility, San Francisco was hungry for a baseball championship...but the 2010 Giants? Then, as the season waned, some type of magic descended on the Bay Area and enveloped the club, leading them to the most miraculous of championships. How the Giants came together as a team and shocked the country all the while, doing things in their own offbeat fashion is one of baseball s all-time great stories.

In Band of Misfits, Andrew Baggarly longtime Giants beat writer for the San Jose Mercury News shines a light on the colorful characters (lovingly labeled the Dirty Dozen by manager Bruce Bochy) who became stars during San Francisco s crazy ride to the top, including Aubrey Huff and his now-legendary Rally Thong; clean-cut rookie extraordinaire Buster Posey; and laissez faire Tim Lincecum, whose laid-back personality is a perfect fit for the City by the Bay. Behind every madcap misadventure there was also an unquenchable drive to succeed and prove the naysayers wrong. Too young, too old, not good enough? This team never bought into those excuses. Every baseball fan will love Baggarly's inside stories of The Misfits run to the title.

Inside Nature's Giants (Channel 4)

Inside Nature's Giants (Channel 4) Review

With a foreword by Richard Dawkins, and based on the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 TV series, Inside Nature's Giants gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet. See them as you've never seen them before -- from the inside out. Inside Nature's Giants explores the anatomy of the largest animals on the planet to reveal how these amazing creatures really work. Rather than simply telling you how an animal behaves, the book features dissection, CGI and wildlife photography to show how millions of years of evolution have enabled animals to thrive across the world. This is natural history as you've never seen it before -- from the inside out. Join the Inside Nature's Giants team of scientists and anatomical experts, including, among others, veterinary scientist Mark Evans, enthusiastic, scalpel-wielding anatomist Joy Reidenberg, science presenter Simon Watt and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, as they unlock the secrets behind some of nature's most extraordinary beasts. Why doesn't a giraffe keel over and faint, when its head is so far above its heart? Why are crocodiles hopeless at chewing, when they have the strongest bite of all animals, and why does a giant squid have three hearts and pass food through its brain? By rolling up their sleeves to delve into these animals the team discover the answers to these, and many other fascinating, questions, revealing how evolution by natural selection is responsible for the bizarre biology of elephants, sharks, giraffes, big cats, hippos, crocodiles, camels, whales, kangaroos, giant squids and more. Using an interactive approach, Inside Nature's Giants offers an exciting, alternative take on natural history. By opening the single- and double-page gatefolds readers can go beneath the skins of the animals to experience for themselves how evolution has shaped the anatomy of some of nature's most magnificent animals.

On The Shoulders Of Giants

On The Shoulders Of Giants Review

On The Shoulders Of Giants Feature

• Science, Physics and Astronomy

World-renowned physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking presents a revolutionary look at the momentous discoveries that changed our perception of the world with this first-ever compilation of seven classic works on physics and astronomy. His choice of landmark writings by some of the world's great thinkers traces the brilliant evolution of modern science and shows how each figure built upon the genius of his predecessors. On the Shoulders of Giants includes, in their entirety, On the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus; Principia by Sir Isaac Newton; The Principle of Relativity by Albert Einstein; Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences by Galileo Galilei with Alfonso De Salvio; plus Mystery of the Cosmos, Harmony of the World, and Rudolphine Tables by Johannes Kepler. It also includes five critical essays and a biography of each featured physicist, written by Hawking himself.

Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln Review

Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning HarvardUniversity scholar John Stauffer describes the transformations in the lives of these two giants during a major shift in cultural history, when men rejected the status quo and embraced new ideals of personal liberty. As Douglass and Lincoln reinvented themselves and ultimately became friends, they transformed America.


Lincoln was born dirt poor, had less than one year of formal schooling, and became the nation's greatest president. Douglass spent the first twenty years of his life as a slave, had no formal schooling-in fact, his masters forbade him to read or write-and became one of the nation's greatest writers and activists, as well as a spellbinding orator and messenger of audacious hope, the pioneer who blazed the path traveled by future African-American leaders.


At a time when most whites would not let a black man cross their threshold, Lincoln invited Douglass into the White House. Lincoln recognized that he needed Douglass to help him destroy the Confederacy and preserve the Union; Douglass realized that Lincoln's shrewd sense of public opinion would serve his own goal of freeing the nation's blacks. Their relationship shifted in response to the country's debate over slavery, abolition, and emancipation.


Both were ambitious men. They had great faith in the moral and technological progress of their nation. And they were not always consistent in their views. John Stauffer describes their personal and political struggles with a keen understanding of the dilemmas Douglass and Lincoln confronted and the social context in which they occurred. What emerges is a brilliant portrait of how two of America's greatest leaders lived.

Sports Illustrated Presents The Giants: A Season to Belive - Commemorative Issue Deluxe Edition

Sports Illustrated Presents The Giants: A Season to Belive - Commemorative Issue Deluxe Edition Review

The New York Giants` road to Super Bowl XLII was filled with twists and turns. From coach Tom Coughlin`s karmic transformation to quarterback Eli Manning`s sudden maturity, from a much-maligned collection of coaches and players hobbled by injuries to an inspired team that was lifted by contributions from talented rookies, from an 0-2 start to a world championship. Follow the journey as the Giants, and their fans, ascend to Big Blue Heaven.

WHEN GIANTS RULED EARTH (ATLANTIUM)

WHEN GIANTS RULED EARTH (ATLANTIUM) Review

ATLANTIUM Episode XIV WHEN GIANTS RULED EARTH Did the Ancient Nephlim Giants roam the Earth? Ancient texts and fossil remains point to the existence of a Giant Race of Humanoids that walked the entire planet years ago.

ATLANTIUM the serialized book by ROC HATFIELD looks into new discoveries that are pointing to questions that mainstream science does not want to hear. Are you ready to know?

ENIGMAS WRAPPED IN MYSTERIES PACKAGED IN QUESTIONS.
Explore the ancient world of Atlantium. Science is discovering artifacts and connections to ancient advanced empires that existed 15,000 to 50,000 years ago. Who were these people? Are we descended from them? How advanced were they? Were they beings from a distant star system? All of these questions are powerful and the answers may be to intense for some people to handle. Make up your own mind…ATLANTIUM