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The Barefoot Bandit

The True Tale of Colton Harris-Moore, New American Outlaw

By: Bob Friel

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The Barefoot Bandit

The True Tale of Colton Harris-Moore, New American Outlaw

By: Bob Friel

The Barefoot Bandit tells the riveting true story of Colton Harris-Moore, America's twenty-first-century outlaw. Born into a poor family marred by alcohol abuse, Colt had the local sheriff after him before the age of ten. Colt survived by breaking into homes to forage for food, and learned to evade the police by melting into the Pacific Northwest wilds. As a teenager, he escalated to stealing cars, boats, and identities. An extensive manhunt finally caught Colt, but he escaped juvenile prison and fled to nearby Orcas Island, where he assured his place alongside outlaw legends such as D. B. Cooper by stealing an airplane without ever having a formal flight lesson. And that was just the beginning. As a resident of Orcas Island, author Bob Friel witnessed firsthand as local police, FBI agents, SWAT teams, and even Homeland Security helicopters pursued Colt around the island. Colt's crime spree infuriated and terrified many locals, while others sympathized with the barefoot young criminal-the controversy tearing at the formerly quiet community. The story gained international fame, with Time calling Colt "America's Most Wanted Teen" when he stole and crashed his third airplane. After more than two years on the run in the Northwest, Colt fled Orcas and began a spectacular cross-country trek. Friel followed the Barefoot Bandit all the way to the Bahamas, where the chase finally ended in a hail of gunfire at 3 a.m. on a dark sea. Through his personal experiences and hundreds of interviews with witnesses, victims, local authorities, Colt's family, and, indirectly, Colt himself, Friel gives readers an exclusive look at an outlaw legend. Set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest's evergreen islands, where Internet millionaires coexist with survivalists and ex-hippies, this is a gripping, stranger-than-fiction tale about a neglected and troubled child who outfoxed the authorities, gained a cult following, and made the world take notice.

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Hachette Books

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140130379X

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9781401303792

Excavate!

The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall

By: Tessa Norton,Bob Stanley

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Excavate!

The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall

By: Tessa Norton,Bob Stanley

THE LOUDER THAN WAR #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, MOJO, UNCUT, THE HERALD BOOK OF THE YEAR This is not a book about a rock band. This is not even a book about Mark E Smith. This is a book about The Fall group - or more precisely, their world. 'To 50,000 Fall Fans: please buy this inspired & inspiring, profound & provocative, beautiful & bonkers Book of Revelations.' DAVID PEACE 'Mind blowing . . . there is so much to enjoy in this brilliant book.' TIM BURGESS 'A container sized treasure trove . . . I strongly advise you to buy it.' MAXINE PEAKE 'The most wonderful, unashamedly intellectual, pretentious, ridiculous, exciting hymn to this incredible group.' ANDY MILLER, BACKLISTED Over a prolific forty-year career, the Fall created a world that was influential, idiosyncratic and fiercely original - and defied simple categorisation. Their frontman and lyricist Mark E. Smith spun opaque tales that resisted conventional understanding; the Fall's worldview was an education in its own right. Who wouldn't want to be armed with a working knowledge of M. R. James, shipping-dock procedures, contemporary dance, Manchester City and Can? The group inspired and shaped the lives of those who listened to and tried to make sense of their work. Bringing together previously unseen artwork, rare ephemera and handwritten material, alongside essays by a slate of fans, EXCAVATE! is a vivid, definitive record - an illumination of the dark corners of the Fall's wonderful and frightening world.

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Faber & Faber

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0571358357

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9780571358359

Birdville School; A Portrait of Small-Town America in the 20th Century

By: Bob Barrage

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Birdville School; A Portrait of Small-Town America in the 20th Century

By: Bob Barrage

Birdville School opened in 1922 on the corner of two dirt roads at the edge of a fallow farm. Over the next 67 school years it witnessed, and influenced, the unfolding story of the town that grew up around it, amid flood, brushfire, blizzard, tornado, and earthquake; poverty and prosperity; war, peace, and cold war; and even the collapse of the earth beneath its foundations. Its auditorium and cafeteria hosted PTA meetings, plays, movies, concerts, basketball tournaments, holiday parties, Girl Scout and Boy Scout meetings, polio vaccination clinics, and war-time rationing registrations and scrap-collection drives. Local sand-lot softball, baseball, and football teams competed in the same surrounding fields that swarmed with gleeful children at recess, and that echoed with the roar of low-flying aircrafts snagging mailbags on their tail hooks. Among its staff were thespians, musicians, firemen, outdoorsmen, and athletes, including a singer who performed in the Coolidge White House, a candidate for the state legislature, an army medic, and a ball player who faced off against the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Pirates. By the time classes concluded for the last time in 1989, thousands of children - including the author - had benefitted from the care, instruction, and example of the Birdville School family. This book is a feeble tribute to those who made us who we are.

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Lulu.com

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1732956103

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9781732956100

The Barefoot Bandit

The True Tale of Colton Harris-Moore, New American Outlaw

By: Bob Friel

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The True Tale of Colton Harris-Moore, New American Outlaw

By: Bob Friel

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Hachette Books

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Network Science, A Decade Later

The Internet and Classroom Learning

By: Alan Feldman,Cliff Konold,Bob Coulter,Brian Conroy

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Network Science, A Decade Later

The Internet and Classroom Learning

By: Alan Feldman,Cliff Konold,Bob Coulter,Brian Conroy

Network Science, A Decade Later--the result of NSF-funded research that looked at the experiences of a set of science projects which use the Internet--offers an understanding of how the Internet can be used effectively by science teachers and students to support inquiry-based teaching and learning. The book emphasizes theoretical and critical perspectives and is intended to raise questions about the goals of education and the ways that technology helps reach those goals and ways that it cannot. The theoretical perspective of inquiry-based teaching and learning in which the book is grounded is consistent with the current discipline-based curriculum standards and frameworks. The chapters in Part I, "State of the Art," describe the history and current practice of network science. Those in Part II, "Looking Deeply," extend the inquiry into network science by examining discourse and data in depth, using both empirical data and theoretical perspectives. In Part III, "Looking Forward," the authors step back from the issues of network science to take a broader view, focusing on the question: How should the Internet be used--and not used--to support student learning? The book concludes with a reminder that technology will not replace teachers. Rather, the power of new technologies to give students both an overwhelming access to resources--experts, peers, teachers, texts, images, and data--and the opportunity to pursue questions of their own design, increases the need for highly skilled teachers and forward-looking administrators. This is a book for them, and for all educators, policymakers, students involved in science and technology education. For more information about the authors, an archived discussions space, a few chapters that can be downloaded as PDF files, and ordering information, visit teaparty.terc.edu/book/

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211

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Routledge

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1135663769

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9781135663766

The USA TODAY College Football Encyclopedia 2008-2009

A Comprehensive Modern Reference to America's Most Colorful Sport, 1953-Present

By: Bob Boyles,Paul Guido

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The USA TODAY College Football Encyclopedia 2008-2009

A Comprehensive Modern Reference to America's Most Colorful Sport, 1953-Present

By: Bob Boyles,Paul Guido

The result of 15 years of exhaustive research, this work is the definitive statistical and factual reference for everything related to college football in the past 50 years.

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1602393311

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9781602393318

Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards

By: Bob Lemke

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Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards

By: Bob Lemke

This is the most comprehensive and respected vintage baseball card price guide on the market--considered to be the "bible" of the hobby. The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards (2012), 21st Edition, contains thousands of card values covering cards from approximately 5,000 sets released between 1863-1981. In the 21st Edition, you'll find more than 5,000 photos, explanations for each set, unique features, size, and many additional details. Detailed pricing information and values are included. The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards has been, and continues to be, a core title produced by Krause Publication…going on 21 years! If you collect baseball cards, this is a must-have annually!

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3536

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Penguin

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1440223823

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9781440223822

Scribe

My Life in Sports

By: Bob Ryan

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Scribe

My Life in Sports

By: Bob Ryan

A respected sportswriter for the "Boston Globe" traces his early love of sports, experiences as a dedicated fan, and human observations behind pivotal sports moments.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1620405067

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9781620405062

Triathlon - Taking the Next Step

Training for Intermediates

By: Paul Huddle,Roch Frey,Bob Babbitt,Bon Babbitt

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Triathlon - Taking the Next Step

Training for Intermediates

By: Paul Huddle,Roch Frey,Bob Babbitt,Bon Babbitt

Okay, you've finished your first short distance triathlon. Now it's time to up the ante and go further and faster. This guide includes longer workouts, balancing work, family and training, adding speed work, recovery and the mental game which are all important to reach the half Ironman distance.

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168

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Meyer & Meyer Verlag

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1841261025

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9781841261027

Iron Man Masterworks

By: Bob Layton,David Michelinie

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Iron Man Masterworks

By: Bob Layton,David Michelinie

Collects Iron Man (1968) #113-128; Marvel Premiere (1972) #44. Many have lent their talents to IRON MAN, but few — if any — have had a greater impact than the creative trio of David Michelinie, Bob Layton and John Romita Jr. has! They remade IRON MAN with new co-stars — including Jim Rhodes, the future War Machine — and new armors, but more important than anything else, a new and character-defining take on the man inside the armor. Their Tony Stark is a hero not because of the extent of his technological wizardry, but because of his perseverance in the face of his own personal failings. This beautifully restored Marvel Masterworks edition presents the beginning of the reinvention of a Marvel icon, culminating in the classic “Demon in a Bottle”!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302936794

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9781302936792

Murder, Center Stage

Misadventures of a Clandestine Critic: A Novella

By: Bob Abelman

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Murder, Center Stage

Misadventures of a Clandestine Critic: A Novella

By: Bob Abelman

“A razor-sharp delight! . . . a wonderful and witty mash-up of murder mystery and onstage/offstage intrigue.” — Tom Ford, director and Equity actor (Sweeney Todd) Imagine an Agatha Christie whodunit set to a Stephen Sondheim soundtrack. Asher Kaufman doesn’t have to—because he’s living it. In this laugh-out-loud funny backstage tale (a sequel to All the World’s a Stage Fright), our hero—a fallible local theater critic—once again finds himself in an uncomfortable role: acting in a professional stage production so he can write about the experience for his newspaper, the Cleveland Jewish Chronicle. This time, the show is the angry, bloody, and brilliant musical Sweeney Todd. And in addition to mastering the musical’s famously challenging lyrics and performing its dark, enigmatic melodies, Asher finds himself in the middle of an unscripted, onstage, opening night murder. The police detective leading the investigation is a no-nonsense crime solver but a fish out of water in the world of theater, so she asks Asher to be her cultural advisor on the case. Now, he must help find out which of his quirky castmates is a killer. They all claim innocence, but as Asher knows firsthand, they could just be acting.

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Gray & Company, Publishers

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159851122X

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9781598511222

G.O.A.T. - LeBron James

Making the Case for Greatest of All Time

By: Bob Gurnett

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G.O.A.T. - LeBron James

Making the Case for Greatest of All Time

By: Bob Gurnett

Who is the greatest basketball player of all time?Thisstunning book, filled to the brim with color photographs and information, makes the case that it’s KING JAMES! G.O.A.T. is an acronym that stands for Greatest Of All Time—and it takes lifelong dedication, nonstop hard work, and undeniable, unbelievable talent even to be considered for that honor. And if you asked five basketball lovers, "Who is the greatest player of all time?" you might get five different answers. But this fun book, written just for young fans, makes the case for current NBA superstar LeBron James. It backs up that choice with plenty of statistics, engaging quotes, and entertaining sidebars. You can be sure it will spark lively discussions among sports-crazy kids.

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112

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Union Square & Co.

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1454933224

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9781454933229

Cousy on the Celtic Mystique

By: Bob Cousy,Bob Ryan

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Cousy on the Celtic Mystique

By: Bob Cousy,Bob Ryan

Reveals the inside secrets of Celtic mystique in professional basketball.

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236

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McGraw-Hill Companies

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0070133328

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9780070133327

The New Breastfeeding Diet Plan

Breakthrough Ways to Reduce Toxins and Give Your Baby the Best Start in Life

By: Robert Rountree,Bob Rountree,Melissa Block

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The New Breastfeeding Diet Plan

Breakthrough Ways to Reduce Toxins and Give Your Baby the Best Start in Life

By: Robert Rountree,Bob Rountree,Melissa Block

Based on the latest nutritional research, an eating plan to optimize health for your baby and yourself It's been well-established that breastfed babies gain a head start in life. The benefits include a boosted immune system and improved resistance against allergies, infections, and other chronic illnesses. The New Breastfeeding Diet Plan provides you with an easy-to-follow strategy to enrich your breast milk with the right vitamins, minerals, and nutrients for you and your baby's lifelong health--as well as safely shed pregnancy weight.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071461604

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9780071461603

Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards

By: Bob Lemke

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Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards

By: Bob Lemke

This pioneer catalog of baseball card collecting delivers the premium quality collectors have come to expect, providing an emphasis on vintage cards and collectibles through the the 1980s as well as complete checklists for more than 12,500 sets.

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0873499913

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9780873499910

Huxford's Old Book Value Guide

25,000 Listings of Old Books with Current Values

By: Bob Huxford

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Huxford's Old Book Value Guide

25,000 Listings of Old Books with Current Values

By: Bob Huxford

Nearly 25,000 titles with current values fill this hardbound book. Much more than just a typical price guide, the book is a directory with scores of actual buyers listed by the subject matter they are searching for, as well as dealers offering the books at listed prices. It will put you in touch with a person interested in buying or selling the books you have piled on your bookshelves

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416

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0891454519

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9780891454519

Huxford's Old Book

Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

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Huxford's Old Book

Value Guide

By: Bob Huxford,Sharon Huxford

25,000 listings of old books with current values.

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456

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1574320572

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9781574320572

Bob Funk

Doctor of Hope

By: Bob Burke,Dave Gillogly

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Bob Funk

Doctor of Hope

By: Bob Burke,Dave Gillogly

Bob Funk wanted to be a preacher -- to help people. Instead, he found another way to assist people in need -- finding them jobs. In the past quarter century, he has led Express Personnel Services to become to largest franchised, privately-held staffing company in the United States and has put millions of people to work."--Publisher's description

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272

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1885596545

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9781885596543

Fraternity

A Journey in Search of Five Presidents

By: Bob Greene

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Fraternity

A Journey in Search of Five Presidents

By: Bob Greene

Rich with the sounds of five presidents' own voices, this is a dramatic, surprising, funny, revealing, inspiring, and unforgettable living history starring Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, and Ronald Reagan. High school & older.

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Random House Large Print Publishing

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0375433902

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9780375433900

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