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Ty Cobb

A Terrible Beauty

By: Charles Leerhsen

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Ty Cobb

A Terrible Beauty

By: Charles Leerhsen

An authoritative, reliable and compelling biography of perhaps the most significant and controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb, drawing in part on newly discovered letters and documents"--

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464

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Simon and Schuster

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ISBN 10

1451645791

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9781451645798

God & Money

The Moral Challenge of Capitalism

By: Charles McDaniel

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God & Money

The Moral Challenge of Capitalism

By: Charles McDaniel

God & Money confronts the current dominant right wing Republican / evangelical Christian view that unfettered, market-driven capitalism and Christian faith and values are compatible. Drawing on such ethical luminaries as Reinhold Niebuhr, G.K. Chesterton, Peter Berger, and John Paul II, author Charles McDaniel shows that to reverse the current decline in public morality, capitalism must be balanced by enduring religious and moral values. Challenging the captivity of Christian culture by free market, global capitalism, McDaniel joins other Christian ethical visionaries in advocating a "redemptive economy," one that champions individual human dignity, true community, and the moral regeneration of cultural traditions in vital dialectic with the inevitable market capitalism of the contemporary world.

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364

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742552225

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9780742552227

Major League Careers Cut Short

Leading Players Gone by 30

By: Charles F. Faber

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Major League Careers Cut Short

Leading Players Gone by 30

By: Charles F. Faber

Since 1876, approximately 16,000 young men have enjoyed at least a taste of glory by appearing in big league games, many of them only a few times. By the end of the 2009 season, out of the millions who have aspired, fewer than three thousand individuals had had the good fortune to be a major league regular for five or more seasons. The median age at which they hung up their spikes was 35. However, 197 men played in their last big league contest at the age of 30 or younger. With a focus on the stories of 15 greats and near-greats, this book provides information on these 197 men. Why did their careers end so soon? The reasons are varied and include drug and alcohol abuse, suicide, illness, injury, banishment, and declining ability among others.

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298

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McFarland

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0786462094

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9780786462094

Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the Unites States

By: H. Charles Ulman

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Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the Unites States

By: H. Charles Ulman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3382807637

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9783382807634

Self-Exposure

Human-Interest Journalism and the Emergence of Celebrity in America, 1890-1940

By: Charles L. Ponce de Leon

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Self-Exposure

Human-Interest Journalism and the Emergence of Celebrity in America, 1890-1940

By: Charles L. Ponce de Leon

Few features of contemporary American culture are as widely lamented as the public's obsession with celebrity--and the trivializing effect this obsession has on what appears as news. Nevertheless, America's "culture of celebrity" remains misunderstood, particularly when critics discuss its historical roots. In this pathbreaking book, Charles Ponce de Leon provides a new interpretation of the emergence of celebrity. Focusing on the development of human-interest journalism about prominent public figures, he illuminates the ways in which new forms of press coverage gradually undermined the belief that famous people were "great," instead encouraging the public to regard them as complex, interesting, even flawed individuals and offering readers seemingly intimate glimpses of the "real" selves that were presumed to lie behind the calculated, self-promotional fronts that celebrities displayed in public. But human-interest journalism about celebrities did more than simply offer celebrities a new means of gaining publicity or provide readers with the "inside dope," says Ponce de Leon. In chapters devoted to celebrities from the realms of business, politics, entertainment, and sports, he shows how authors of celebrity journalism used their writings to weigh in on subjects as wide-ranging as social class, race relations, gender roles, democracy, political reform, self-expression, material success, competition, and the work ethic, offering the public a new lens through which to view these issues.

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347

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807862215

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9780807862216

The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide (Second Edition)

By: Charles Grippo

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The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide (Second Edition)

By: Charles Grippo

Expert, Practical Advice for Everyone in Show Business Now updated and expanded, this second edition of The Stage Producer’s Business and Legal Guide is the ultimate survival kit for anyone presenting live entertainment. The information contained in this handbook is essential for those working in Broadway, regional, stock, or university theater; concert halls; opera houses; and more. Attorney, producer, and playwright Charles Grippo provides comprehensive advice on every aspect of the theater business and the law, including: Crowdfunding Your Production New Opportunities to Raise Money Self-Production Licensing and Producing Plays Devised Theater and Collaborations Creating Jukebox Musicals Organizing a Theater Company Theatrical Insurance Maintaining a Harassment-Free Environment Negotiating Contracts Essential Rules Every Board Member Must Know Managing a Not-for-Profit Theater Company Navigating Taxes Using Third-Party Intellectual Property And much, much more! The entire range of individuals involved in entertainment—producers, performers, writers, directors, managers, and theater owners—will find invaluable practical and legal advice in this handy guide.

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291

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Simon and Schuster

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1621537129

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9781621537120

The Betrayal

The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball

By: Charles Fountain

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The Betrayal

The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball

By: Charles Fountain

A new account of one of the most famous scandals in sports history shows how the 1919 fixing of the World Series forever changed the way America's pastime was both managed and perceived.

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317

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199795134

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9780199795130

Amid the Alien Corn

An Intrepid Englishman in the Heart of America

By: Charles Nigel Harvey

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Amid the Alien Corn

An Intrepid Englishman in the Heart of America

By: Charles Nigel Harvey

In 1955, Hugh Willoughby left for a Midwestern American university (Purdue University). He jotted down notes of his impressions and experiences to send back to his English friends, which were subsequently put together in a series of letters. These letters are uninhibited and never whittled down to spare American sensitivity. This newer annotated edition gives descriptions of events and practices that might have slipped out of modern recollection and provides a look at the American way of life and education that still insightful.

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120

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Purdue University Press

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1557534780

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9781557534781

Korda

Britain's Movie Mogul

By: Charles Drazin

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Korda

Britain's Movie Mogul

By: Charles Drazin

The producer behind such celebrated films as The Four Feathers and The Third Man is one of the most colourful and important figures in the history of the British cinema. This gripping biography tells how with extraordinary ambition, enterprise and showmanship, Alexander Korda established in Britain a film industry that rivalled Hollywood, built Europe's biggest studio, and created world-class stars, including Charles Laughton and Vivien Leigh. The biography traces Korda's path from his rural childhood in a remote part of Hungary to a British knighthood. Korda's legacy, it argues, was a film industry that dared to dream on the largest possible scale. But he also exemplified the pattern of boom and bust that dogged the British cinema ever since he first came into the limelight in 1933 with the international success of The Private Life of Henry VIII. To understand his often turbulent career is to gain a profound insight into the nature of the British cinema both then and now.

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441

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857719939

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9780857719935

The Argonauts of California

By: Charles Warren Haskins

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The Argonauts of California

By: Charles Warren Haskins

The Argonauts of California being the reminiscences of scenes and incidents that occurred in California in early mining days.

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505

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Рипол Классик

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5518729227

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9785518729223

African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor

A Biographical Dictionary, Civil War through Vietnam War

By: Charles W. Hanna

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African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor

A Biographical Dictionary, Civil War through Vietnam War

By: Charles W. Hanna

The Medal of Honor, one of the world's most highly revered military decorations, has been awarded to 3,457 men and one woman since its inception on December 21, 1861. This honor is bestowed upon those individuals who demonstrate courage in a life-threatening situation, who put their own lives at risk for the sake of others, and who display valor above and beyond the call of duty. This text details the stories of the 88 African Americans who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Each entry chronicles the acts of bravery and courage that led to the serviceman's receiving this honor. Beginning with a brief history of the Medal of Honor, the book is then divided into eight sections covering every major conflict from the Civil War through the Vietnam War. An appendix of the number of medals awarded by wars and campaigns, a bibliography, and an index are included.

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McFarland

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078644911X

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9780786449118

Book's by Charles Runyon

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb

God & Money

God & Money

Major League Careers Cut Short

Major League Careers Cut Short

Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the Unites States

Lawyers' Record and Official Register of the Unites States

Self-Exposure

Self-Exposure

The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide (Second Edition)

The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide (Second Edition)

The Betrayal

The Betrayal

Amid the Alien Corn

Amid the Alien Corn

Korda

Korda

The Argonauts of California

The Argonauts of California

African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor

African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor

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