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Compression for Great Video and Audio

Master Tips and Common Sense

By: Ben Waggoner

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Compression for Great Video and Audio

Master Tips and Common Sense

By: Ben Waggoner

Learn how to compress video and audio with optimal quality and minimal hassles. Renowned expert Ben Waggoner teaches you to improve the quality of your final content and develop effective workflows. Understand the basic concepts of vision and hearing, apply that knowledge in the context of compression, then move onto practical, applicable information for creating, editing, and compressing the best video and audio, whether you're delivering for the web, DVD, Blu-ray, phones, or beyond. Clear examples of how to make the best choices in real-world projects Covers Mac and Windows products for a complete look at today's compression technologies: all the different tools, codecs, and formats for different kinds of deliverables are described, focusing on how to pick the right options for particular projects, players, and sources Formats Windows Media QuickTime Flash FLV and F4V MPEG-4 and H.264 MPEG-2 Ogg Vorbis and Theora Silverlight and Smooth Streaming Devices iPod and iPhone Zune HD Playstation Portable Playstation 3 Xbox 360 DVD and Blu-ray

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CRC Press

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1136064540

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9781136064548

The Kid

The Immortal Life of Ted Williams

By: Ben Bradlee Jr.

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The Kid

The Immortal Life of Ted Williams

By: Ben Bradlee Jr.

From acclaimed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. comes the epic biography of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams that baseball fans have been waiting for. Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more than 500 home runs has a higher career batting average. Those totals would have been even higher if Williams had not left baseball for nearly five years in the prime of his career to serve as a Marine pilot in WWII and Korea. He hit home runs farther than any player before him -- and traveled a long way himself, as Ben Bradlee, Jr.'s grand biography reveals. Born in 1918 in San Diego, Ted would spend most of his life disguising his Mexican heritage. During his 22 years with the Boston Red Sox, Williams electrified crowds across America -- and shocked them, too: His notorious clashes with the press and fans threatened his reputation. Yet while he was a God in the batter's box, he was profoundly human once he stepped away from the plate. His ferocity came to define his troubled domestic life. While baseball might have been straightforward for Ted Williams, life was not. The Kid is biography of the highest literary order, a thrilling and honest account of a legend in all his glory and human complexity. In his final at-bat, Williams hit a home run. Bradlee's marvelous book clears the fences, too.

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Little, Brown

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0316084484

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9780316084482

Hitting Against the Spin

How Cricket Really Works

By: Nathan Leamon,Ben Jones

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Hitting Against the Spin

How Cricket Really Works

By: Nathan Leamon,Ben Jones

Fascinating and insightful . . . lifts the curtain to reveal the inner workings of international cricket. A must-read for any cricketer, coach or fan' Eoin Morgan 'This path-breaking book should be compulsory reading for commentators and captains - and all cricket fans' Mervyn King 'Clever and original but also wise' Ed Smith How valuable is winning the toss? And how should captains use it to their advantage? Why does a cricket ball swing? Why don't Indians bat left-handed? What is a good length and why? Why are leg-spinners so successful in T20 cricket? Why did England win the World Cup? Why do all Test bowlers bowl at either 55 or 85mph? Why don't they pitch it up? All cricketers long to know the answer to these questions and many more. Only fifteen years ago it would have been difficult to answer them - cricket was guided only by decades-old tradition and received wisdom. Data has changed everything. Today we can track every ball to within millimetres; its release point, speed and bounce point are measured as are how much the ball swings, how much it deviates off the pitch, the exact height and line that it passes the stumps, and multiple other variables. Hitting Against the Spin is the story of that data, and what it can tell us about how cricket really works. Leading cricket thinkers Nathan Leamon and Ben Jones lift the lid on international cricket and explain its hidden workings and dynamics - the forces that shape cricket and, in turn, the cricketers who play it. They analyse the unseen hands that determine which players succeed and which fail, which tactics work and which don't, which teams win and which lose. They also explore the new world of franchise cricket as well as the rapid evolution of the T20 format. Revolutionary in its insights, Hitting Against the Spin takes you on a fascinating whistle-stop tour of modern cricket and sports analytics, bringing cricket firmly into the twenty-first century by revealing its long-kept secrets. This is the most important cricket book in decades.

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Constable

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1472131231

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9781472131232

When Hurt Remains

Relational Perspectives on Therapeutic Failure

By: Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar,Rachel Shalit

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When Hurt Remains

Relational Perspectives on Therapeutic Failure

By: Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar,Rachel Shalit

This book illustrates the myriad of ways in which hurt was created. It presents an integrative picture of relational psychotherapists working analytically, dynamically, and somatically with therapeutic failures.

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Routledge

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0429923910

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9780429923913

Joe DiMaggio

The Hero's Life

By: Richard Ben Cramer

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Joe DiMaggio

The Hero's Life

By: Richard Ben Cramer

Joe DiMaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good. In the hard-knuckled thirties, he was the immigrant boy who made it big—and spurred the New York Yankees to a new era of dynasty. He was Broadway Joe, the icon of elegance, the man who wooed and won Marilyn Monroe—the most beautiful girl America could dream up. Joe DiMaggio was a mirror of our best self. And he was also the loneliest hero we ever had. In this groundbreaking biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer presents a shocking portrait of a complicated, enigmatic life. The story that DiMaggio never wanted told, tells of his grace—and greed; his dignity, pride—and hidden shame. It is a story that sweeps through the twentieth century, bringing to light not just America's national game, but the birth (and the price) of modern national celebrity.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439127980

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9781439127988

Beyond Botox

7 Strategies for Sexy, Ageless Skin Without Needles or Surgery

By: Ben Kaminsky,Howard Kaminsky

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Beyond Botox

7 Strategies for Sexy, Ageless Skin Without Needles or Surgery

By: Ben Kaminsky,Howard Kaminsky

Sexy and ageless skin is possible for a woman at any age--and she doesn't have to resort to invasive treatments like Botox to get it-as long as she cares for her skin properly, says Ben Kaminsky, founder of B. Kamins, Chemist and leading authority in helping women's skin look healthy and beautiful. In Beyond Botox, Kaminsky provides a groundbreaking 7-step plan to help skin look younger and sexier...without Botox or surgical procedures. The book's plan is based in science and targeted specifically to women who are searching for a common-sense alternative to eating fish 6 days a week (a la Perricone). This plan includes scientific secrets on how exercising too vigorously can rob your skin of vitality; how getting 8 hours' sleep for a week will take years off your skin; and how using the right amount of moisturizer (and the right weight of moisturizer) will actually make a difference in how your skin looks and feels. Beyond Botox will not advocate use of only B. Kamins products. Kaminsky will talk about popular products and how to find creams that will make a difference on your skin type. B. Kamins, Chemist has established itself as THE skincare brand for women in midlife, and this book will establish itself as THE book for women who want vital-looking skin in midlife and beyond.

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Grand Central Life & Style

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0446561525

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9780446561525

Nanotechnology Commercialization

Manufacturing Processes and Products

By: Thomas O. Mensah,Ben Wang,Geoffrey Bothun,Jessica Winter,Virginia Davis

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Nanotechnology Commercialization

Manufacturing Processes and Products

By: Thomas O. Mensah,Ben Wang,Geoffrey Bothun,Jessica Winter,Virginia Davis

A fascinating and informative look at state-of-the-art nanotechnology research, worldwide, and its vast commercial potential Nanotechnology Commercialization: Manufacturing Processes and Products presents a detailed look at the state of the art in nanotechnology and explores key issues that must still be addressed in order to successfully commercialize that vital technology. Written by a team of distinguished experts in the field, it covers a range of applications notably: military, space, and commercial transport applications, as well as applications for missiles, aircraft, aerospace, and commercial transport systems. The drive to advance the frontiers of nanotechnology has become a major global initiative with profound economic, military, and environmental implications. Nanotechnology has tremendous commercial and economic implications with a projected $ 1.2 trillion-dollar global market. This book describes current research in the field and details its commercial potential—from work bench to market. Examines the state of the art in nanotechnology and explores key issues surrounding its commercialization Takes a real-world approach, with chapters written from a practical viewpoint, detailing the latest research and considering its potential commercial and defense applications Presents the current research and proposed applications of nanotechnology in such a way as to stimulate further research and development of new applications Written by an all-star team of experts, including pioneer patent-holders and award-winning researchers in nanotechnology The major challenge currently faced by researchers in nanotechnology is successfully transitioning laboratory research into viable commercial products for the 21st century. Written for professionals across an array of research and engineering disciplines, Nanotechnology Commercialization: Manufacturing Processes and Products does much to help them bridge the gap between lab and marketplace.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119371740

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9781119371748

Fringes

Life on the Edge of Professional Rugby

By: Ben Mercer

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Fringes

Life on the Edge of Professional Rugby

By: Ben Mercer

Updated edition of the #1 Amazon Bestseller LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2020 Sports books tend to detail extraordinary achievements, triumphs against the odds or commemorate World Cup winning captains. This book does not do that. For many, playing professional sport is the Dream Job. Few manage it, very few make it to the top and for the rest, life is very different. This is their story. In Fringes, Ben Mercer invites you to witness life at the outer edges of professional rugby. This is a first hand account of what life is like as a journeyman professional athlete. You play, but to the wider public you don't exist. You earn but you don't drive a flash car. You sometimes pack out a stadium but sometimes, you play in a deserted park. This is the story for the majority of sports professionals. Only the minority taste the top, only one person gets to lift the cup or win the medal, only 15 get to play for England at any one time. For the rest, that’s not the case. Ben Mercer is a former professional rugby player who after becoming disillusioned and uninspired plying his trade in the English Second Division, accepted an offer out of the blue to go to France and do something different - help an amateur team turn professional. This is a first hand account of what life is like in the lower reaches of professional sport - where your employment status is as precarious as your health and barely anyone will know your name. It's about how it feels to live year to year, with teammates constantly on the move. It's about how professionalism irreversibly changes the French club Stade Rouennais as they move up the divisions, about the tension between progress and identity in a rugby team. It's also about how it feels to actually be out there on the field, how it feels to occasionally do something extraordinary and how it feels when this is no longer enough for you to make the sacrifices that you need to make to keep playing. There's no ghostwriting, it's an unmitigated meditation on how it feels and what it means to play rugby for a living, to dedicate yourself to an uncompromising but occasionally beautiful game. If you've wanted to know what life is really like as a professional athlete, on the Fringes, away from the glitz and glamour of the international game then look no further.

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Outlier Press

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191500103X

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9781915001030

Macromedia Coldfusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit

By: Ben Forta,Raymond Camden,Angela C. Buraglia,Leon Chalnick

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Macromedia Coldfusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit

By: Ben Forta,Raymond Camden,Angela C. Buraglia,Leon Chalnick

With more than 75 of the Fortune 100 companies using it (and more than 10,000 organizations employing it worldwide), it's pretty much a given that if you're developing applications for the Web, you're going to need to know ColdFusion at some point! Not to worry: Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Web Application Construction Kit provides everything you need to start creating Web-based applications immediately including the latest version of the ColdFusion Web Application Server and development environment. Author and ColdFusion master Ben Forta starts by covering the fundamentals of Web-based database design and then proceeds to show you how to do everything from create data-driven pages to build complete applications, implement security mechanisms, integrate with e-mail, interact with Macromedia Flash, and more. From design and installation to application deployment and troubleshooting, this guide's got ColdFusion covered, including all the features new to the latest version: structured business reports, rich forms, Enterprise Manager (which lets users cluster multiple ColdFusion servers on a single machine), and more!

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Peachpit Press

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0321223675

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9780321223678

LTE-Advanced and Next Generation Wireless Networks

Channel Modelling and Propagation

By: Guillaume de la Roche,Andrés Alayón-Glazunov,Ben Allen

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LTE-Advanced and Next Generation Wireless Networks

Channel Modelling and Propagation

By: Guillaume de la Roche,Andrés Alayón-Glazunov,Ben Allen

LTE- A and Next Generation Wireless Networks: Channel Modeling and Performance describes recent advances in propagation and channel modeling necessary for simulating next generation wireless systems. Due to the radio spectrum scarcity, two fundamental changes are anticipated compared to the current status. Firstly, the strict reservation of a specific band for a unique standard could evolve toward a priority policy allowing the co-existence of secondary users in a band allocated to a primary system. Secondly, a huge increase of the number of cells is expected by combining outdoor base stations with smaller cells such as pico/femto cells and relays. This evolution is accompanied with the emergence of cognitive radio that becomes a reality in terminals together with the development of self-organization capabilities and distributed cooperative behaviors. The book is divided into three parts: Part I addresses the fundamentals (e.g. technologies, channel modeling principles etc.) Part II addresses propagation and modeling discussing topics such as indoor propagation, outdoor propagation, etc. Part III explores system performance and applications (e.g. MIMO Over-the-air testing, electromagnetic safety, etc).

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118411013

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9781118411018

CANCER AND THE FAMILY CAREGIVER

Distress and Coping

By: Ora Gilbar,Hasida Ben-Zur

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CANCER AND THE FAMILY CAREGIVER

Distress and Coping

By: Ora Gilbar,Hasida Ben-Zur

This book is the product of the authors’ research and clinical practice in the field of psycho-oncology, stress, and coping for a period of over twenty years. It fills a gap that exists in the discussion of caregiver distress felt by both cancer researchers and psycho-oncologists in the vital area of predicting, acknowledging, and alleviating the distress of caregivers of cancer patients, and it focuses on the caregivers of cancer patients in various phases of the illness. The discussion of cancer-patient caregivers is divided into three aspects: theoretical (Part 1), research (Part 2), and practical (Part 3) issues. The analysis of these areas can be useful to clinicians, researchers, medical/psychological social workers, and nurses by familiarizing them with the spectrum of stresses experienced by cancer patients and their caregivers, and the coping methods that have proven most effective. Part One presents theoretical background on the structure and progression of the caregiver role and how caregivers cope with the illness as explored in recent literature. Part Two presents empirical research on caregiver psychological distress carried out by the authors during 1993-1999. Part Three examines two important issues. The first is intervention for reducing caregiver distress, and the second issue is the ethical question of caregiver involvement in the patient’s medical decisions. The book is timely, as it is felt that the issue at hand will have mounting importance and relevance to our society as it experiences growing longevity and concomitant challenges in cancer caregiving.

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Charles C Thomas Publisher

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0398083673

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9780398083670

Ears To The Ground

Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music

By: Ben Murphy

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Ears To The Ground

Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music

By: Ben Murphy

From the cacophonous surrounds of London to the sea stacks of Orkney, via the abandoned military facilities of the Suffolk coast and the watery expanses of the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, from the quarries and neolithic sites of Snowdonia and the wide open skies of Norfolk to the hubbub of Nairobi and Berlin, the streets of Kyiv and the windblown wilds of Antarctica – music is everywhere. You just need to know or learn how to listen. Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music explores how electronic music producers and sound artists use field recordings and samples to document their environments. Author Ben Murphy takes you on a journey to discover how field recordings can create context, emotion, atmosphere, humour and meaning – and examine the most pressing topics of our times. Composed of extensive interviews with music producers, the book will show how field recordings have become a vital way of understanding, celebrating and interrogating the landscape and the places we live. The book features interviews with Leafcutter John, KMRU, Ultramarine, Kate Carr, Erland Cooper, Proc Fiskal, Flora Yin-Wong, Langham Research Centre, Claire Guerin, Toshiya Tsunoda, Lawrence English, Heinali, Oliver Ho, Matthew Herbert, Matmos, Scanner, Felicia Atkinson and many more.

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Velocity Press

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1913231534

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9781913231538

Better Job Search in 3 Easy Steps

By: Ben T. Field,Paul K. Wright

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Better Job Search in 3 Easy Steps

By: Ben T. Field,Paul K. Wright

This practical and concise guide is a must-have for anyone looking for a first job right out of high school or college, reentering the job market, or changing careers. It offers a comprehensive plan for success with three easy steps: getting the job, keeping the job, and handling stress on the job. Information on SCANS workplace skills and proficiencies is provided to help the reader be more successful in getting the job and prospering on the job. Activities help the readers identify their skills and strengths, while up-to-date statistics, facts, and tips allow them to learn and improve their job skills. This guide includes many sources of helpful job success information, including organizations, publications, and Web sites. Written by experts in the job-training field, this material has been tested with students and professionals alike, with positive results.

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South Western Educational Publishing

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0766815641

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9780766815643

Better Resumes in 3 Easy Steps

By: Ben T. Field,Paul K. Wright

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Better Resumes in 3 Easy Steps

By: Ben T. Field,Paul K. Wright

This practical and concise guide is a must-have for anyone looking for a first job right out of high school or college, reentering the job market, or changing careers. It employs a three step approach -- compile, analyze, and organize -- that directs readers step-by-step through the entire process of self assessment, resume and portfolio development, and putting together a cover letter that will land a job.

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South Western Educational Publishing

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0766815633

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50 Years of Hunting and Fishing

The Mis-Adventures of a Guy Who Couldn't Quit

By: Ben D. Mahaffey

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50 Years of Hunting and Fishing

The Mis-Adventures of a Guy Who Couldn't Quit

By: Ben D. Mahaffey

A truly fascinating, humorous, exciting history and philosophy of hunting and fishing in 11 states, including Alaska, over the past 50 years.

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iUniverse

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1462048277

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9781462048274

Covering the Bases

The Most Unforgettable Moments in Baseball in the Words of the Writers and Broadcasters Who Were There

By: Ben Cosgrove

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Covering the Bases

The Most Unforgettable Moments in Baseball in the Words of the Writers and Broadcasters Who Were There

By: Ben Cosgrove

Take a seat in the bleachers for the 25 most dramatic, legend-making events in baseball history. Covering the Bases is the only collection of sports writing, radio transcripts, and photographs that puts readers right in the ballpark. From Babe Ruth's most famous home run to Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier and Cal Ripken's 2,131st game, here are some of the greatest players in their loftiest moments -- as covered by the writers, announcers, and photographers who were there.

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Chronicle Books

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0811811506

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9780811811507

A Lifetime of Outdoor Action

Five Volumes of Hunting and Fishing by a Guy Who Couldn’T Quit!

By: Ben D. Mahaffey

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A Lifetime of Outdoor Action

Five Volumes of Hunting and Fishing by a Guy Who Couldn’T Quit!

By: Ben D. Mahaffey

This volume is a compilation of five books written by the author over the last decade. Many readers have read one or more of the books but don't have the complete set. This compilation gives former readers and new readers hours of exciting reading. The first four books are similar, but the last book is "beyond hunting and fishing" in that it covers the life of Theodore Roosevelt, personal war stories, a discussion of the Constittion and other exciting features.

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1491713879

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