Wing Nut

Wing Nut
Author: Mary Jane Auch
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2005-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780805075311

"Grady, can you pick up that wing nut for me?" "The what?" "The wing nut I just dropped. It has two little projections on it that look like wings. It fell into that patch of grass." Grady dropped to his knees and felt through the grass until he found it. He couldn't help smiling about the name--wing nut. That was the perfect description of Charlie Fernwald and his crazy attraction to birds. Sometimes "home" is found where you least expect it Grady Flood and his mom, Lila, have been on the road ever since Grady's dad died seven years ago. When their old car breaks down, they find themselves stranded in rural Pennsylvania where Lila gets work as a cook and caretaker. There's nothing out of the ordinary in that, unless you factor in her new employer. Eighty-five-year-old Charlie Fernwald, a skilled mechanic and bird enthusiast, is definitely out of the ordinary. In fact, if Grady's not mistaken, Charlie is a certifiable "wing nut." Grady and Lila plan to leave as soon as they have enough money to repair their car. For the time being, Grady figures, he can help Charlie with his birds and maybe even learn how to fix a car engine. But before he can do either, something goes terribly wrong. In her warm and engaging style, MJ Auch crafts a compelling novel about family, forgiveness, and the true meaning of home.

Nut Country

Nut Country
Author: Edward H. Miller
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2015-09-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 022620538X

If there was a city most likely to host the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Dallas was it. Kennedy himself recognized Dallas's special and extreme nature, saying to Jackie in Fort Worth on the morning of November 22, "We're heading into nut country today." Edward H. Miller makes the persuasive case in this lucid and insightful book that the ultraconservative faction of today's Republican Party is a product specifically of the political climate of Dallas in the 1950s and early 1960s, which was marked by apocalyptic language, conspiracy theories, and absolutist thought and rhetoric. Miller shows not only that the influential ultraconservative figures in Dallas fomented religious and racial extremism but that the arc of politics bent ever rightward, as otherwise moderate local Republicans were pressured to move away from the center. This faction promoted the creation of the national Republican Party's "Southern Strategy," which reversed the party's historical position on civil rights. This strategy, often credited to Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater in the wake of the crises of the 1960s, has its origins instead in the racial and religious beliefs of extremists in this volatile time and place. Dallas is the root of it all.

Wing Nuts

Wing Nuts
Author: Paul B. Janeczko
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780316607315

This hilarious collection of offbeat poetry introduces senryu, a cousin of haiku featuring punchy and punny poems that tackle a range of child-friendly subjects. Full color.

Wingnut's Complete Surfing

Wingnut's Complete Surfing
Author: Robert Weaver
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2009-05-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0071636994

From a world-class expert and one of the sport’s greatest legends comes the only total guide for surfing Surfing is a sport that anyone can pick up and enjoy with the right instruction. Yet many how-to books fail to address crucial basics such as wave dynamics, board design and performance, and strategies for paddling out through the wave breaks. Wingnut’s Complete Surfing covers all this and more, providing you with a complete guide.

The Cymbal Book

The Cymbal Book
Author: Hugo Pinksterboer
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1992
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780793519200

Miscellaneous Percussion Music - Mixed Levels

How to Humble a Wingnut and Other Lessons from Behavioral Economics

How to Humble a Wingnut and Other Lessons from Behavioral Economics
Author: Cass R. Sunstein
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2013-12-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 022614724X

In How to Humble a Wingnut, leading constitutional scholar, behavioral economist, and former Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Cass R. Sunstein examines the unconventional impetuses behind human decision-making. Why it is that people often choose to behave so strangely? Sunstein’s incisive commentaries point to recent empirical findings to demonstrate how and why people convince themselves they are right despite evidence to the contrary; fear dangers they are unlikely to encounter; and ignore real risks. Mining developments in recent behavioral studies for tips on everything from holiday shopping and political biases to staying healthy and clear thinking in general, Sunstein nudges his reader towards that rarest of grounds—understanding.

Wingnut

Wingnut
Author: L.R. Baker
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2011-02-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426956622

At the end of the street lives Wingnut, a ten-year-old boy with ears that stick out and an imagination that takes him to the most exotic places on Earth. His real name is Graham, but no one calls him thatexcept maybe his mom. When Wingnut becomes best friends with the boy next door, the neighborhood will never be the same again. The two embark on a series of adventures, dares, mishaps, and close calls, but they always manage to make it out in one piece, more or less. As long as theyre home for dinner by the end of the day, life is good. When a group of bullies targets the duo and makes life miserable, its time to take a stand. The two decide to implement an elaborate plan that will stop the bullying once and for all. But to do it, theyll have to sneak past the old witch who lives in the spooky house on the other side of the road, creep across Old Man Scotts garden, and get the other neighborhood kids to join the fight. One thing is for sure: theyre about to show these bullies whos the boss! Full of fun and excitement, Wingnut is a delightful tale that celebrates the magic of childhood.

Machinery

Machinery
Author: Lester Gray French
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1276
Release: 1912
Genre: Machine-tools
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