Best Selling Books by Michael Ross

Action 12 Cinema is a GMless and rules lite storytelling game that uses polyhedral dice, player generated elements, random elements as well as storytelling, improv and role playing filtered loosely through a classic three act structure to create a fun experience that simulates B-grade action movies.

2004 ECPA Gold Medallion winner! Where can teen guys go when they have questions about their life and the changes they''re going through? Boom: a Guy''s Guide to Growing Up uses a low-profile approach to tackle all the issues guys face. They''ll find honest and straightforward answers on sexuality and dating, physical changes, money management, spiritual growth, and more. This book provides the answers guys crave for understanding this crazy time in their lives.

Arnie & Mia want to know who their neighbors are?So they climb aboard a spaceship and blast of to the moon.When they get there, they look back and realize that we all live on the planet Earth, so we must all be neighbors!Let us follow Arnie & Mia on their exciting discovery.This book contains worksheets for children, teachers, and educators.Together we can create a better future for ourselves, our children and our world.

When Monday rolls around you don''t have to leave your faith back in Sunday school or slide toward what''s popular (risking painful regrets). You can build the courage right now to "stay Christian" around your peers--and ultimately lead them to faith in Jesus. This book can help. 10 Reasons to Stay Christian in High School is filled with everything you need to know to survive and thrive ... and LIVE what you believe.

2087. North West England. On a forest hunting trip there appears a column of white light. A portal between Earth and the Elvish dimension of Laniakeea. We explore the relationships between the humans and Elves as they learn to trust each other and then follow them, both at home and to other, dark, and magical dimensions. Ultimately, the protection of the most powerful wand in all the cosmos, Elvina, is of paramount importance. This is where the adventures begin. This is Urban Fantasy at its very best.

The objective of this thesis is to identify the value of geomechanics and engineering geology to mine enterprise value for hardrock underground mines. It was decided that the most effective way to highlight the value of geomechanics and engineering geology was by identifying an increase in expenditure that could be economically justified in the present to mitigate the cost of a future event, thus providing a means for showing the economic value of the work performed. Cost models were generated for several events based on the direct cost, value of ore lost and decline in value of ore due to the event. A cost associated with fatalities was also included. Six rockburst events were developed into cost models from publicly available information. A further 13 were developed from confidential information provided by mining companies, bringing the total number of events analyzed to 19. A probabilistic approach was then taken to identify the probability of a rockburst with a certain magnitude occurring and, if an event occurs, the probability it will cause damage. The former is based on the Gutenberg-Richter Frequency-Magnitude relationship while the latter was derived from Unusual Occurrence Reports provided by the Ontario Ministry of Labour. Three case studies were then developed to show how to use the average cost of a rockburst event in conjunction with the probability analysis to arrive at an increase in expenditure above baseline spending. It was found that the total average cost of a rockburst based on the 19 events analyzed from 13 mines in 4 different countries for events occurring between 1984 and 2009 is $35.4 million (2010 CAD) with a range of $1.1 to $263.5 million (2010 CAD). Using the probabilistic method outlined above and cost models from the specific region involved, the increase in expenditure for the Ontario hard rock underground case study, Mine A and Mine B was found to be $12.1 million (2010 CAD), $5 million (2010 CAD) and $4.0 million (2010 CAD) respectively.

His best-selling one-stop resource is packed with practical advice on how to tackle the basics, such as simple chords and finger-picking, right through to more complex power chords, slurs, bends and slides. It also includes tips on stagecraft and performing live, and step-by-step guitar maintenance. The galleries of guitars and guitarists, the chord dictionary and scales have been comprehensively updated for this edition.