Amy Wallace Boeken

The book delves into Pixar's remarkable journey in animation, highlighting its groundbreaking films and the creative philosophies that fueled its success. Ed Catmull shares insights from his experiences founding Pixar, emphasizing the importance of fostering a supportive environment for creativity. He outlines key principles, such as valuing great teams over ideas and encouraging risk-taking within a safe framework. Through these lessons, Catmull illustrates how Pixar not only revolutionized animation but also set a standard for innovation and collaboration in the industry.

In 1986, Ed Catmull co-founded Pixar, a modest start-up with an immodest goal: to make the first-ever computer animated movie. Nine years later, Pixar released Toy Story, which went on to revolutionize the industry, gross $360 million, and establish Pixar as one of the most successful, innovative, and emulated companies on earth. This book details how Catmull built an enduring creative culture -- one that doesn't just pay lip service to the importance of things like honesty, communication, and originality, but committed to them, no matter how difficult that often proved to be. As he discovered, pursuing excellence isn't a one-off assignment. It's an ongoing, day-in, day-out, full-time job. And one he was born to do.

In a quiet town with a thriving Mennonite community, police officer Ashley Walters finds her threadbare faith and way of life challenged by the Plain people whose simple dress and welcoming manner open her eyes to a God she left behind. Peace eludes Ashley until she realizes the answers she seeks aren't found in starting over but in returning to the simple truth that it's God who overcomes the world, not her. Written for women who desire action-packed suspense, romance, and an escape into the peaceful world of the Mennonites, Hiding in Plain Sight delves into the painful struggle to fit in and the search for peace that so often eludes our fast-paced lives.

William James Sidis (1898-1944) was born to a psychologist with some unorthodox ideas about child rearing, attended Harvard at an absurdly young age, burned out at 14, and spent most of the rest of his life working menial jobs and living in poverty. Dubbed a ``failed prodigy'' by the popular press, he lived out his years as an eccentric and a recluse. The truth is a lot more complex than this, and the "failure" a matter of perspective, as shown in this remarkable biography.Wallace's book, the only biography of this most enigmatic of prodigies, gives us a balanced look at Sidis' up-bringing and a somewhat revisionist look at his later life. Sidis apparently was hard at work on manuscripts of various sorts even during his later years; this book is to my knowledge the only one that gives an account of that later work, which dealt with American Indians. New manuscripts by Sidis have surfaced since the writing of this book, including a book on traffic accident patterns.

As a young man, Ed Catmull had a dream: to make the world's first computer-animated movie. He nurtured that dream first as a Ph. D. student at the University of Utah, where many computer science pioneers got their start, and then forged an early partnership with George Lucas that led, indirectly, to his founding Pixar with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter in 1986. Nine years later, Toy Story was released, changing animation forever. Since then, Pixar has dominated the world of animation, producing such films as Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Up, and WALL-E, which have gone on to set box-office records and garner twenty-seven Academy Awards. Now, in this book, Catmull reveals the ideals and techniques, honed over years, that have made Pixar so widely admired -- and so profitable. Creativity, Inc. is a book for managers who want to lead their employees to new heights, a manual for anyone who strives for originality, and the first-ever, all-access trip into the nerve center of Pixar Animation Studios -- into the story meetings, the postmortems, and the 'Braintrust' sessions where art is born

The narrative explores the author's encounter with Carlos Castaneda, a prominent figure known for his writings on shamanism and his teachings from the Yaqui Indian teacher, don Juan. It delves into the theme of relinquishing personal power to questionable authority figures, highlighting the risks and consequences of such actions. Through this meeting, the author reflects on the complexities of belief and the importance of maintaining one's autonomy in the face of charismatic influence.

In this classic text with a new introduction by Wallace and Henkin, the authors demystify such processes as grounding, basic psychic meditations, reading auras, understanding the astral body, and performing simple psychic readings and healings. The book is based on the idea that psychic abilities are not just the province of arcane people who study esoteric doctrines, but are the birthright of everyone. Emphasizing practical techniques for self-healing and healing others, Wallace and Henkin share their own experiences with psychic healing and provide clear and straightforward exercises, from beginning to advanced.

This encyclopedia looks at the sexual habits, deviations and quirks of nearly 200 famous people from all walks of life. Each entry describes the subject's fame and achievements, and within this context examines their sexual activities. Entries include Henry VIII, Marilyn Monroe and Mozart.

Gracie Lang hat alles verloren und sucht Rache an dem Autofahrer, der ihre Familie getötet hat. Sie trifft auf den FBI-Agenten Steven Kessler, der eine Entführung aufklären soll. Während sie zusammenarbeiten, wird Gracies Vergangenheit gefährlich und sie muss entscheiden, ob sie ihr altes Leben hinter sich lassen kann.

Clint Rollins hat ein perfektes Leben, bis er als FBI-Agent angeschossen wird und eine erschreckende Diagnose erhält. Seine Frau Sara, eine Onkologin, kämpft mit der Situation und ihren eigenen Überzeugungen. Während Clint trotz seiner Krankheit einen Serienmörder jagt, stellt er sich Fragen über Glauben und Vertrauen.