Accidents May Happen

Author : Charlotte Foltz Jones
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0307554120
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accidents May Happen written by Charlotte Foltz Jones and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Wheaties to telephones, microwave ovens to yo-yos, here are the inspiring and often funny stories of 50 mistakes and misunderstandings that helped bring about life as we know it. With hilarious cartoons and wacky facts, this fascinating compendium illustrates the adage "If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them."

Author : Charlotte Foltz Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780605005259
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accidents May Happen Fifty Inventions Discovered by Mistake written by Charlotte Foltz Jones and published by . This book was released on 1996-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louise Millar
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145165670X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accidents Happen written by Louise Millar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On edge because of the accidental deaths of her parents and the murder of her husband, Kate Parker fears for the well-being of herself and her son, and even after she meets Jago, her unease does not abate for long.

Author : Chuck Wendig
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473586828
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Accidents written by Chuck Wendig and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Move over King, Chuck Wendig is the new voice of modern American horror' Adam Christopher 'A rich, rewarding tale' The Guardian ____________________________________________________________________________ A family returns to their hometown - and to the dark past that haunts them still - in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers When Nate's father dies, he leaves behind a final gift for his son: his childhood home. Married now, Nate decides to move in with his wife, Maddie, and their son, Oliver, seeking peace from the chaos of the city. But it doesn't take long before things get strange in the night and even stranger by day. Because Nate was a child being abused by his father, and has never told his family. Because Maddie was a little girl who saw something she shouldn't have. Because something sinister, something hungry, walks in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of this town in rural Pennsylvania... And now, what happened all those years ago is happening again, and this time, it is happening to Oliver. When he meets a strange boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic, he has no idea that what comes next will put his family at the heart of a battle of good versus evil. ____________________________________________________________________________ 'The dread, the scope, the pacing, the turns-I haven't felt all this so intensely since The Shining' - Stephen Graham Jones 'Universally horrifying and viscerally intimate, Wendig brilliantly uses The Book of Accidents to explore a painful truth: in the end, we all haunt ourselves' - Kiersten White

Author : Morton A. Meyers
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611451620
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happy Accidents written by Morton A. Meyers and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and highly accessible look at the surprising role serendipity has played in some of the most important medical discoveries in the twentieth century.

Author : Steve Casner
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399574115
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Careful written by Steve Casner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gripping, page-turning material . . . a new way of thinking about survival in a world filled with hazards and distractions.” —Charles Duhigg, author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit A safety expert reveals why few of us are as careful as we think we are, and what we can do about it. As doctors and medical researchers work busily to extend our lives, more people each year are figuring out ways to cut them short. In fact, after a hundred years of steady decline, the rate at which people are being injured (or worse) in everyday accidents is increasing. Blame car crashes, pedestrian fatalities, home-improvement projects gone wrong, medical mistakes, home fires—not to mention all the crazy things that kids are into these days. And the problem seems to be spinning out of control. Steve Casner has devoted his career to studying the psychology of safety, and he knows there’s not a safety warning we won’t ignore or a foolproof device we can’t turn into an implement of disaster. Casner details the psychological traps that prevent us from being more careful. They’re the same whether you’re a pilot, a Hollywood stuntwoman, a parent, or the owner of a clogged dishwasher you’re trying to fix with a screwdriver. Then he shows us gripping real examples of how and when injuries happen, so we know exactly what we should really be worrying about. Careful arms readers with the latest science on how our sometimes fallible minds work, with countless takeaways to incorporate at home, at work, and everywhere in between. This book will help us keep our fingers attached in the kitchen, our kids afloat at the pool, and our teens safe behind the wheel, and demonstrates the many other ways we can maximize our chances of getting through the day in one piece.

Author : Marc S. Gerstein
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1402776799
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flirting with Disaster written by Marc S. Gerstein and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2009-10-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of catastrophes provides a pathway for those who want to foster truthtelling in their organization and head off disasters in the making. We tend to think of disasters as uncontrollable acts of nature or inevitable accidents. But are such incidents unavoidable or ever truly accidental? The authors of this remarkable book say we actually do have the power to prevent tragedies such as the flooding from Hurricane Katrina, the death toll from dangerous medicines like Vioxx, and the explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Marc Gerstein and Michael Ellsberg insist that disasters need not be inevitable if we learn from history, prepare carefully for the worst case, and speak out when we see danger looming. This revelation makes their compelling study extremely valuable for readers in business, government, medicine, academia—indeed all walks of life. Flirting with Disaster will do for catastrophe what Blink did for intuition, and The Black Swan did for probability: provide a popular audience with an engaging, in-depth view of a complex and important topic. Gerstein and Ellsberg examine the culture of institutions: why even people of good will and inside knowledge underestimate risk; feel psychologically incapable of averting tragedy and unable to pick up the pieces afterward; and don’t come forward forcefully enough to head off catastrophe. They also celebrate those who go beyond the call of duty to save others, including Dr. David Graham of the FDA who courageously stood up to reveal Vioxx’s deadly effects. One such whistleblower contributes both a foreword and an afterword: Daniel Ellsberg, renowned for releasing the Pentagon Papers.

Author : Harriet McBryde Johnson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805076344
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accidents of Nature written by Harriet McBryde Johnson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having always prided herself on blending in with "normal" people despite her cerebral palsy, seventeen-year-old Jean begins to question her role in the world while attending a summer camp for children with disabilities.

Author : Simon Wood
Publisher : Leisure Books
ISBN 13 : 9780843958300
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accidents Waiting to Happen written by Simon Wood and published by Leisure Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josh Michaels doesn't know it, but he's worth more dead than alive. A firm has bought his life insurance policy and they want to collect on it--even if it means killing Josh.

Author : Charlotte Foltz Jones
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606131094
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accidents May Happen written by Charlotte Foltz Jones and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1998-03-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how a wide variety of things such as nursery rhymes, the national anthem, anesthesia, cellophane, raisins, and dynamite came into being.