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The Miracle Braves of 1914

Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series Champions

By: Bob Brady,Charles F. Faber,Jack V. Morris,Chip Greene,Peter Bjarkman,Wayne McElreavy,Maurice Bouchard,Jim Elfers,Greg Erion

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The Miracle Braves of 1914

Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series Champions

By: Bob Brady,Charles F. Faber,Jack V. Morris,Chip Greene,Peter Bjarkman,Wayne McElreavy,Maurice Bouchard,Jim Elfers,Greg Erion

Long before the Red Sox "Impossible Dream" season, Boston’s now nearly forgotten “other” team, the 1914 Boston Braves, performed a baseball “miracle” that resounds to this very day. The "Miracle Braves" were Boston's first "worst-to-first" winners of the World Series. Shortly after the turn of the previous century, the once mighty Braves had become a perennial member of the National League’s second division. Preseason pundits didn't believe the 1914 team posed a meaningful threat to John McGraw’s powerful New York Giants. During the first half of that campaign, Boston lived down to such expectations, taking up residence in the league’s basement. Refusing to throw in the towel at the midseason mark, their leader, the pugnacious George Stallings, deftly manipulated his daily lineup and pitching staff to engineer a remarkable second-half climb in the standings all the way to first place. The team’s winning momentum carried into the postseason, where the Braves swept Connie Mack's heralded Athletics and claimed the only World Championship ever won by Boston’s National League entry. And for 100 years, the management, players, and fans of underperforming ball clubs have turned to the Miracle Braves to catch a glimmer of hope that such a midseason turnaround could be repeated. Through the collaborative efforts of a band of dedicated members of the Society for American Baseball Research, this benchmark accomplishment is richly revealed to the reader in The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series Champions. The essence of the “miracle” is captured through a comprehensive compendium of incisive biographies of the players and other figures associated with the team, with additional relevant research pieces on the season. After a journey through the pages of this book, the die-hard baseball fan will better understand why the call to “Wait Until Next Year” should never be voiced prematurely. Includes: FOREWORD by Bob Brady THE BRAVES Ted Cather by Jack V. Morris Gene Cocreham by Thomas Ayers Wilson Collins by Charlie Weatherby Joe Connolly by Dennis Auger Ensign Cottrell by Peter Cottrell Dick Crutcher by Jerrod Cotosman George Davis by Rory Costello Charlie Deal by Charles F. Faber Josh Devore by Peter Gordon Oscar Dugey by Charlie Weatherby Johnny Evers by David Shiner The 1914 Evers-Zimmerman Incident and How the Tale Grew Taller Over the Years by Bob Brady The Evers Ejection Record by Mark Sternman Larry Gilbert by Jack V. Morris Hank Gowdy by Carol McMains and Frank Ceresi Tommy Griffith by Chip Greene Otto Hess by Gary Hess Tom Hughes by Greg Erion Bill James by David Jones Clarence Kraft by Jon Dunkle Dolf Luque by Peter Bjarkman Les Mann by Maurice Bouchard Rabbit Maranville by Dick Leyden Billy Martin by Bob Joel Jack Martin by Charles F. Faber Herbie Moran by Charles F. Faber Jim Murray by Jim Elfers Hub Perdue by John Simpson Dick Rudolph by Dick Leyden Butch Schmidt by Chip Greene Red Smith by Charles F. Faber Paul Strand by Jack V. Morris Fred Tyler by John Shannahan Lefty Tyler by Wayne McElreavy Bert Whaling by Charles F. Faber George “Possum” Whitted by Craig Hardee MANAGER George Stallings by Martin Kohout COACH Fred Mitchell by Bill Nowlin OWNER Jim Gaffney by Rory Costello The Braves’ A.B.C. by Ring Lardner 1914 Boston Braves Timeline by Mike Lynch A Stallings Anecdote 1914 World Series by Mark Sternman “I Told You So” by O.R.C. The Rest of 1914 by Mike Lynch How An Exhibition Game Contributed To A Miracle by Bob Brady The National League Pennant Race of 1914 by Frank Vaccaro The Press, The Fans, and the 1914 Boston Braves by Donna L. Halper Return of the Miracle Braves by Bob Brady Miracle Teams by A Comparison of the 1914 Miracle Braves and 1969 Miracle Mets by Tom Nahigian An Unexpected Farewell by The South End Grounds, August 1914 by Bob Ruzzo The Time(s) the Braves Played Home Games at Fenway Park by Bill Nowlin The Kisselkar Sign The Trail Blazers in Indian File by R. E. M. - poems for 1914 Braves, collected by Joanne Hulbert The Story of the 1914 Braves by George Stallings “Mr. Warmth” and “Very Superstitious” – two George Stallings anecdotes by Bob Brady By the Numbers by Dan Fields Creature Feature by Dan Fields

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SABR, Inc.

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1933599707

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Politics, Desire, and the Hollywood Novel

By: Chip Rhodes

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Politics, Desire, and the Hollywood Novel

By: Chip Rhodes

The story of what happens when a serious writer goes to Hollywood has become a cliché: the writer is paid well but underappreciated, treated like a factory worker, and forced to write bad, formulaic movies. Most fail, become cynical, drink to excess, and at some point write a bitter novel that attacks the film industry in the name of high art. Like many too familiar stories, this one neither holds up to the facts nor helps us understand Hollywood novels. Instead, Chip Rhodes argues, these novels tell us a great deal about the ways that Hollywood has shaped both the American political landscape and American definitions of romance and desire. Rhodes considers how novels about the film industry changed between the studio era of the 1930s and 1940s and the era of deregulated film making that has existed since the 1960s. He asserts that Americans are now driven by cultural, rather than class, differences and that our mainstream notion of love has gone from repressed desire to “abnormal desire” to, finally, strictly business. Politics, Desire, and the Hollywood Novel pays close attention to six authors—Nathanael West, Raymond Chandler, Budd Schulberg, Joan Didion, Bruce Wagner, and Elmore Leonard—who have toiled in the film industry and written to tell about it. More specifically, Rhodes considers both screenplays and novels with an eye toward the different formulations of sexuality, art, and ultimately political action that exist in these two kinds of storytelling.

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University of Iowa Press

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1587297558

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Hope's Horizon

Three Visions For Healing The American Land

By: Chip Ward

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Hope's Horizon

Three Visions For Healing The American Land

By: Chip Ward

At a time of widespread environmental pessimism, Hope's Horizon goes on an inspirational offensive. In this entertaining and thought-provoking book, author Chip Ward tells of his travels among a new generation of activists who are moving beyond defensive environmental struggles and advocating pioneering, proactive strategies for healing the land. Chip Ward's three-year odyssey took him behind the scenes of efforts to reconnect fragmented habitats and "re-wild" the North American continent; the campaign to drain Lake Powell and restore Glen Canyon to its natural state; and the struggle to keep nuclear waste off Western Shoshone ancestral lands and, ultimately, to abolish all nuclear power and weapons. These movements, and the practical visionaries leading them, challenge readers with a new paradigm in which land is used in a spirit of collaboration with natural systems rather than domination of them. Broad in its sweep, Hope's Horizon uses its topical subjects as springboards for exploring how we can redefine our place in the world while restoring damaged habitats, replenishing lost diversity, and abandoning harmful technologies. Lively, literate, and free of the grimness that characterizes so much environmental writing, Hope's Horizon will change the way readers see the world. It makes complicated concepts and issues accessible, and wild ideas compelling. And while the book's starting point is a hard-nosed indictment of humanity's failed stewardship of the earth, the stories that follow tell of catalytic optimism and ecological wisdom in the face of self-destructive habit and blind pride.

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Island Press

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1610910869

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Magnetic Service

Secrets for Creating Passionately Devoted Customers

By: Bilijack Bell,Chip Bell

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Magnetic Service

Secrets for Creating Passionately Devoted Customers

By: Bilijack Bell,Chip Bell

Cultivating and keeping customers long - term should be a primary goal of any company, but binding customers to a brand can be challenging at best. This is where magnetic service comes in. In this inspiring book, authors Chip and Bilijack Bell show how any business can create a cult - like following of customers who don't just forgive them w...

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1459626230

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Wired and Dangerous

How Your Customers Have Changed and What to Do About It

By: Chip R. Bell,John R. Patterson

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Wired and Dangerous

How Your Customers Have Changed and What to Do About It

By: Chip R. Bell,John R. Patterson

In an era of economic stress, rapid change, and social networking, customers are distracted, disgruntled, and harder to please than ever. Picky, Fickle, Vocal, Wired, and Vain – they have very little tolerance for error and are ready to spread the word quickly over the internet when things go wrong. If a companyÆs customer service doesnÆt adapt to these new conditions, they will get burned by bloggers and viral videos that can severely damage their reputation. This book describes exactly what todayÆs customers expect and how to give it to them. In Wired and Dangerous, Bell and Patterson provide a tested formula for restoring balance to the customer relationship by establishing what they call “Service Calm”. The three steps to Service Calm sound simple, but they draw on sophisticated psychological principles and are profound in application: 1) Deal with Self, 2) Deal with Customer, 3) Deal with Context.

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1605099775

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Right-Wing Populism in America

Too Close for Comfort

By: Chip Berlet,Matthew N. Lyons

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Right-Wing Populism in America

Too Close for Comfort

By: Chip Berlet,Matthew N. Lyons

Right-wing militias and other antigovernment organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as marginal extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States. Illuminated is the potent combination of anti-elitist rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and ethnic scapegoating that has fueled many political movements from the colonial period to the present day. The book examines the Jacksonians, the Ku Klux Klan, and a host of Cold War nationalist cliques, and relates them to the evolution of contemporary electoral campaigns of Patrick Buchanan, the militancy of the Posse Comitatus and the Christian Identity movement, and an array of millennial sects. Combining vivid description and incisive analysis, Berlet and Lyons show how large numbers of disaffected Americans have embraced right-wing populism in a misguided attempt to challenge power relationships in U.S. society. Highlighted are the dangers these groups pose for the future of our political system and the hope of progressive social change. Winner--Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America

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Guilford Publications

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1462528384

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Living Histories

Native Americans and Southwestern Archaeology

By: Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh

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Living Histories

Native Americans and Southwestern Archaeology

By: Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh

This book is about the tangled relationship between Native peoples and archaeologists in the American Southwest. Even as this relationship has become increasingly significant for both "real world" archaeological practice and studies in the history of anthropology, no other single book has synthetically examined how Native Americans have shaped archaeological practice in the Southwest and how archaeological practice has shaped Native American communities. From oral traditions to repatriations to disputes over sacred sites, the next generation of archaeologists (as much as the current generation) needs to grapple with the complex social and political history of the Southwest's Indigenous communities, the values and interests those communities have in their own cultural legacies, and how archaeological science has impacted and continues to impact Indian country.

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075911997X

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CBT with Justice-Involved Clients

Interventions for Antisocial and Self-Destructive Behaviors

By: Raymond Chip Tafrate,Damon Mitchell,David J. Simourd

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CBT with Justice-Involved Clients

Interventions for Antisocial and Self-Destructive Behaviors

By: Raymond Chip Tafrate,Damon Mitchell,David J. Simourd

Grounded in science and clinical experience, this treatment planner provides essential tools for conducting cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with justice-involved clients in a wide range of settings. Guidelines are presented for assessment, case formulation, and intervention to alter criminogenic thinking and destructive lifestyle patterns. With a focus on reducing recidivism, the book demonstrates ways to enhance clients' motivation for change and elicit prosocial values and life priorities. Practitioner-friendly features include case examples, recommended assessment instruments, over 35 sample scripts, and 27 reproducible forms and worksheets; the large-size format facilitates photocopying. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. Winner--Significant Contribution Award, Criminal Justice Psychology Section of the Canadian Psychological Association

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1462534902

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Peace River

By: Chip Ballard

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Peace River

By: Chip Ballard

Suspense wraps each page of Chip Ballard’s gripping novel, Peace River, set in the small, rural, central Florida town, Flowing Wells. This finely crafted whodunit keeps the reader guessing until the end as it hurdles through a tangled web of lies, deception, perversion, and murder. When the body of Pinewood County’s most promising senior, Sandy Carlton, is found face down on the bank of Peace River with a bullet in the back of her head, Pinewood County Sheriff Charlie Morris’s investigation takes him to a very dark corner of a sleepy Southern town. At first Charlie cannot imagine anyone having cause to kill the popular student. But soon he begins to realize any number of people could have wanted her dead, and even he is shocked at secrets that are exposed. Chip Ballard’s impressive first novel is murderously good. “Peace River” peers behind the calm facade of life in small-town Florida to find a deadly mix of drugs, greed, sex and high-school jealousy. Ballard’s writing is crisp and clean, his plotting is impeccable, and he’ll introduce you to some characters you only think you know and like. There’s a lot going on in this novel and every bit of it is entertaining. Be ready for some surprises and don’t trust anyone you meet as “Peace River” keeps you turning the pages. —Rick Wilber, author of “The Cold Road,” “My Father’s Game,” and the forthcoming mystery “Rum Point.” Dr. Rick Wilber School of Mass Communications University of South Florida

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450080804

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The Jock Joke Book

Uncensored Sports Humor from the Locker Room

By: Chip Laballe

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The Jock Joke Book

Uncensored Sports Humor from the Locker Room

By: Chip Laballe

This collection offers jokes on all kinds of sports from basketball and hockey to pro-wrestling and even women's wrestling. Sure to be enjoyed by sports lovers and haters, many of these jock-bashing jokes poke fun at famous athletes and teams.

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1561713120

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Legalization of International Law and Politics

Multi-Level Governance of Human Rights and Aggression

By: Henry (Chip) Carey,Stacey M. Mitchell

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Legalization of International Law and Politics

Multi-Level Governance of Human Rights and Aggression

By: Henry (Chip) Carey,Stacey M. Mitchell

This book provides an expanded conceptualization of legalization that focuses on implementation of obligation, precision, and delegation at the international and domestic levels of politics. By adding domestic politics and the actors to the international level of analysis, the authors add the insights of Kenneth Waltz, Graham Allison, and Louis Henkin to understand why most international law is developed and observed most of the time. However, the authors argue that law-breaking and law-distorting occurs as a part of negative legalization. Consequently, the book offers a framework for understanding how international law both produces and undermines order and justice. The authors also draw from realist, liberal, constructivist, cosmopolitan and critical theories to analyse how legalization can both build and/or undermine consensus, which results in either positive or negative legalization of international law. The authors argue that legalization is a process over time and not just a snapshot in time.

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Springer Nature

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3031171691

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9783031171697

Original Sin by Aaron & Deodato

By: Jason Aaron,Mark Waid,Charles Soule,Ryan North,Dan Slott,James Robinson,Al Ewing,Chip Zdarsky

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Original Sin by Aaron & Deodato

By: Jason Aaron,Mark Waid,Charles Soule,Ryan North,Dan Slott,James Robinson,Al Ewing,Chip Zdarsky

Who shot the Watcher? Uatu, the mysterious space-god who's been watching mankind from the moon for as long as we can remember is dead. Thus begins the greatest murder mystery in Marvel history! As Nick Fury leads the heroes of the Marvel Universe in an investigation, other forces are marshaling and other questions are arising. Why is Black Panther gathering a secret team of his own, including Emma Frost, the Punisher and Dr. Strange? Who is the Unseen? What was stolen from the Watcher's lair? Fury's cosmic manhunt leads to the far corners of the universe and beyond, but just when the Avengers think they've cornered their murderer everything explodes, unleashing the Marvel Universe's greatest secrets and rocking the heroes to their core! What did the Watcher see? What was the Original Sin? Collects: Point One #1 (Watcher story), Original Sin #0-8, Original Sins #1-5, Original Sin Annual #1, Original Sin: Secret Avengers Infinite Comic #1-2.

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1302479997

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No BS Marketing to Seniors and Leading Edge Boomers

By: Dan S. Kennedy,Chip Kessler

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No BS Marketing to Seniors and Leading Edge Boomers

By: Dan S. Kennedy,Chip Kessler

Go Where the Money Is BOOMERS & SENIORS: Hold over 50% of the nation’s wealth and more of its discretionary spending 46% have net worths exceeding $2-million Hold $1 out of every $2 available to advertisers, marketers, merchants, and service providers This is not a book about social good or business excellence or broad, big, sweeping ideas. It is a manual about getting money from those who have it and are, given reason and their interests met, very willing to spend it —on just about everything, and more of it, at higher average prices than any other consumers. Covers: What leading-edge boomers and seniors buy and why they buy it: the diversity and amount of their spending will surprise you Opportunities with The Affluent and The Still-Working: while 10,000 retire every day, 72% of boomers plan to keep working past age 65 The power of profiling: learn how to sub-divide this market, develop the profile of your ideal customer within this demographic, and use it profitably The New American Family: 2 and 3 generations under one roof: what does this mean to your business? The 10 best advantages of marketing to boomers and seniors and how to leverage them: Capitalize on conditioned behaviors and imbedded commands How to incorporate the power of…frame of reference, familiarity, classic credibility, fear and stress reduction, aspirations, and ambition in your advertising, marketing, and selling Lessons from and secrets of: AARP, Disney, Playboy, psychics and mentalists, 7-figure income financial advisors, dentists and lawyers, the mattress store with prices starting 6X the national price average, the J. Crew Co., Facebook, Coke vs. Pepsi, and others

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Entrepreneur Press

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1599184508

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C++ Plus Data Structures

By: Dale,Chip Weems,Tim Richards

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C++ Plus Data Structures

By: Dale,Chip Weems,Tim Richards

Nell Dale’s C++ Plus Data Structures, Sixth Edition explores the specifications, applications, and implementations of abstract data types. Topics covered include modularization, data encapsulation, information hiding, object-oriented decomposition, algorithm analysis, and more.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1284089185

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Anger Management

The Complete Treatment Guidebook for Practitioners

By: Howard Kassinove,Raymond Chip Tafrate

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Anger Management

The Complete Treatment Guidebook for Practitioners

By: Howard Kassinove,Raymond Chip Tafrate

Provides information for mental health practitioners on the basics of anger and anger disorder, and describes an anger management program that can be modified for use in private practice or institutional settings.

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Impact Publishers

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1886230455

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Stuff

Humanity's Epic Journey from Naked Ape to Nonstop Shopper

By: Chip Colwel

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Humanity's Epic Journey from Naked Ape to Nonstop Shopper

By: Chip Colwel

Over 3 million years ago, our ancestors realised that rocks could be broken apart for sharp edges, to cut and slice meat. The discovery made for a good meal. It also changed the fate of our species and our planet. In this lively and learned book, Chip Colwell charts three great leaps in humankind’s relationship with objects and belongings, from the discovery of tools to the production of endless commodities. How did we start out as primates who needed nothing, and end up as people who need everything? With colourful characters, astonishing archaeological discoveries, and reflections from philosophy and culture, Colwell’s quest for answers takes readers to places both spectacular and strange: the Italian cave featuring the world’s first painted art; a Hong Kong skyscraper where a priestess channels the gods; a mountain of trash whose height rivals Big Ben or the Statue of Liberty. Humans make stuff, but our stuff makes us human—and our love affair with things may be our downfall. With landfills brimming and oceans drowning in plastic, now is the time for a fourth and final leap for humanity: to reevaluate our relationship to the things that make, and could break, our world.

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Hurst Publishers

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1805260774

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The Office Book of Lists

The Official Guide to Quotes, Pranks, Characters, and Memorable Moments from Dunder Mifflin

By: Chip Carter

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The Office Book of Lists

The Official Guide to Quotes, Pranks, Characters, and Memorable Moments from Dunder Mifflin

By: Chip Carter

Packed with compelling facts and trivia from all nine seasons, The Office Book of Lists breaks down the memorable series in a collection of 100+ easy-to-digest lists focusing on themes and characters in an irresistible package. Each entry in this comprehensive book celebrates another corner of The Office universe and offers new discoveries and facts concerning cherished characters and themes. From the most hilarious pranks played at Dunder Mifflin to Michael’s best "That's What She Said" moments, each list will delight fans and remind them why The Office is one of the most popular comedy series of all time. Each list also helpfully indicates season and episode. Lists include: Michael’s Inappropriate Behavior Schrute Family History, Customs, and Rituals Jim’s Pranks Angela’s Morals Creed Thoughts Andy’s Musical Moments Office Romances Christmas Secret Santa Gifts Field Trips Kelly’s Crushes And more! Including full-color photos and visuals throughout, The Office Book of Lists is an officially licensed must-have collector's item for the ultimate fan. The Office is a trademark and copyright of Universal Content Productions LLC. Licensed by Universal Studios 2020. All Rights Reserved.

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Running Press Adult

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0762478659

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Magnetic Service

The Secrets of Creating Passionately Devoted Customers

By: Chip Bell,Bilijack Bell

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Magnetic Service

The Secrets of Creating Passionately Devoted Customers

By: Chip Bell,Bilijack Bell

Winner of the 2004 Publishers Marketing Association Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Business Book By the bestselling author of Managers As Mentors-over 100,000 copies sold Reveals the seven "magnetic service" secrets that work for cult-like brands such as Starbucks, Harley-Davidson, and Ritz-Carlton Provides tools, techniques, and tips for fostering customer devotion Magnetic Service provides a provocative yet practical blueprint for going beyond mere customer loyalty to create and sustain customer devotion. Devoted customers not only forgive you when you err but actually help you correct what caused the mistake. They don't just recommend you; they assertively insist that their friends do business with you. Authors Chip and Bilijack Bell made an intensive study of companies that inspire this kind of cult-like devotion-companies as diverse as Starbucks, Jack Daniels, Ritz-Carlton Hotels, GE, eBay, Chick-fil-A, Harley-Davidson, and many others. They found that these companies created customer experiences so captivating that they bound their customers to them-they provided "magnetic service." Chip and Bilijack identify the seven secrets of magnetic service, and use dozens of real-life examples to illustrate the secrets in action. And they show precisely what leaders can do to create a culture of magnetic service in any unit or organization.

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1605096423

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In the Mainstream

18 Portraits in Jazz

By: Chip Deffaa

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In the Mainstream

18 Portraits in Jazz

By: Chip Deffaa

18 profiles of lively contributors to jazz and popular music.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810825589

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So Much Stuff

How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything

By: Chip Colwell

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So Much Stuff

How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything

By: Chip Colwell

How humans became so dependent on things and how this need has grown dangerously out of control. Over three million years ago, our ancient ancestors realized that rocks could be broken into sharp-edged objects for slicing meat, making the first knives. This discovery resulted in a good meal, and eventually changed the fate of our species and our planet. With So Much Stuff, archaeologist Chip Colwell sets out to investigate why humankind went from self-sufficient primates to nonstop shoppers, from needing nothing to needing everything. Along the way, he uncovers spectacular and strange points around the world—an Italian cave with the world’s first known painted art, a Hong Kong skyscraper where a priestess channels the gods, and a mountain of trash that rivals the Statue of Liberty. Through these examples, Colwell shows how humanity took three leaps that led to stuff becoming inseparable from our lives, inspiring a love affair with things that may lead to our downfall. Now, as landfills brim and oceans drown in trash, Colwell issues a timely call to reevaluate our relationship with the things that both created and threaten to undo our overstuffed planet.

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University of Chicago Press

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022680156X

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OCA / OCP: Introduction to Oracle9i SQL Study Guide

Exam 1Z0-007

By: Chip Dawes,Biju Thomas

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OCA / OCP: Introduction to Oracle9i SQL Study Guide

Exam 1Z0-007

By: Chip Dawes,Biju Thomas

Here's the book you need to prepare for Exam 1Z0-007: Introduction to Oracle9i: * In-depth coverage of official exam objectives * Practical information on using SQL in a real-world Oracle9i environment * Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including: * Writing basic SQL SELECT statements * Restricting and sorting data * Displaying data from multiple tables * Aggregating data using group functions * Producing readable output with iSQL*Plus * Creating and managing tables * Controlling user access

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0782152503

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Firefighting in Frederick County

By: Clarence "Chip" Jewell

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Firefighting in Frederick County

By: Clarence "Chip" Jewell

Images of America: Firefighting in Frederick County honors the contribution of both volunteer and career firefighters through the years. Captured in these 200 vintage images are the local volunteer fire companies, many support agencies, and other emergency services organizations that have been assisting Frederick County for centuries. Featured also will be photographs of the Independent Hose Company of Frederick, which has the honor of being the oldest continuously operating fire company in Maryland, having been founded in 1818. Today, Frederick County is home to the National Fire Academy and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial, both located in Emmitsburg and featured in the book.

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1439617201

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Designing Machine Learning Systems

By: Chip Huyen

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Designing Machine Learning Systems

By: Chip Huyen

Machine learning systems are both complex and unique. Complex because they consist of many different components and involve many different stakeholders. Unique because they're data dependent, with data varying wildly from one use case to the next. In this book, you'll learn a holistic approach to designing ML systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and adaptive to changing environments and business requirements. Author Chip Huyen, co-founder of Claypot AI, considers each design decision--such as how to process and create training data, which features to use, how often to retrain models, and what to monitor--in the context of how it can help your system as a whole achieve its objectives. The iterative framework in this book uses actual case studies backed by ample references. This book will help you tackle scenarios such as: Engineering data and choosing the right metrics to solve a business problem Automating the process for continually developing, evaluating, deploying, and updating models Developing a monitoring system to quickly detect and address issues your models might encounter in production Architecting an ML platform that serves across use cases Developing responsible ML systems

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Marvel 2-In-One Vol. 1

Fate Of The Four

By: Chip Zdarsky

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Marvel 2-In-One Vol. 1

Fate Of The Four

By: Chip Zdarsky

Collects Marvel 2-In-One (2017) #1-6. A classic title from Marvels storied history is back at last and its fantastic! With Reed and Sue Richards gone and presumed dead, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm reunite in a bid to find their new place in the Marvel Universe. But something is wrong with the Human Torch, and only the Thing can help him! And what monumental secret has Victor Von Doom been hiding and how will it completely change the lives of Ben and Johnny?! Prepare for things to go Multiversal as the Thing and the Torch explore the Fate of the Four! Its the reunion youve been waiting for well, half of it, at least in the worlds new greatest comic magazine!

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1302505165

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Turbo Pascal

By: Nell Dale,Chip Weems

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Turbo Pascal

By: Nell Dale,Chip Weems

Thoroughly revised and updated Turbo Pascal retains the excellent pedagogy, outstanding clarity, and balanced presentation that marked earlier editions as leaders in computer science education. An emphasis on problem solving and algorithmic design teaches students to implement programs most effectively. A sensible organization introduces concepts where students need them most, and an extensive and varied selection of exercises and case studies support and strengthen concepts learned. In addition, all programming examples follow well-defined methodologies that reinforce proper problem-solving principles.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763706086

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Anger Management for Everyone

Ten Proven Strategies to Help You Control Anger and Live a Happier Life

By: Raymond Chip Tafrate,Howard Kassinove

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Anger Management for Everyone

Ten Proven Strategies to Help You Control Anger and Live a Happier Life

By: Raymond Chip Tafrate,Howard Kassinove

“A practical, easy-to-follow guide to getting control of your anger so that you can live a more productive life today. … Rather than get angry, get this book.” —Robert L. Leahy, PhD, director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy We all get angry sometimes. But if you feel angry all of time—and if your anger makes others uncomfortable, creates distance in your relationships, disrupts your ability to think clearly and make good decisions, or otherwise results in behaviors that you regret or find embarrassing later—it’s time to make a change. Written by two clinical psychologists with decades of experience using cognitive behavioral interventions to treat anger, Anger Management for Everyone provides a comprehensive, research-based program to keep anger in its place. This revised and updated second edition includes new information on the environmental effects on anger, such as hunger and sleep; new progressive muscle relaxation and mindfulness exercises; and new strategies and tips for improving social and interpersonal skills. With the authors’ enhanced “Anger Episode Model,” and the ten proven-effective skills for anger management in this helpful guide, you’ll come to better understand and control your problem anger, learn how to cope with everyday disappointments and frustrations, and experience more happiness, success, and vitality in all areas of your life.

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PEAK

How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow Revised and Updated

By: Chip Conley

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PEAK

How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow Revised and Updated

By: Chip Conley

Proven principles for sustainable success, with new leadership insight PEAK is the popular, transformative guide to doing business better, written by a seasoned entrepreneur/CEO who has disrupted his favorite industry not once, but twice. Author Chip Conley, founder and former CEO of one of the world’s largest boutique hotel companies, turned to psychologist Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs at a time when his company was in dire need. And years later, when the young founders of Airbnb asked him to help turn their start-up home sharing company into a world-class hospitality giant, Conley once again used the principles he’d developed in PEAK. In the decade since this book's first edition, Conley's PEAK strategy has been developed on six continents in organizations in virtually every industry. The author’s foundational premise is that great leaders become amateur psychologists by understanding the unique needs of three key relationships—with employees, customers, and investors—and this message has resonated with every kind of leader and company including some of the world’s best-known, from Apple to Facebook. Avid users of PEAK have found that the principles create greater loyalty and differentiation with their key stakeholders. This new second edition includes in-depth examples of real-world PEAK companies, including the author’s own at Airbnb, and exclusive PEAK leadership practices that will take you—and your company's performance—to new heights. Whether you're at a startup or a Fortune 500 company, at a for-profit, nonprofit, or governmental organization, this book can help you and your people reach potential you never realized you had. Understand how Maslow's hierarchy makes for winning business practices Learn how PEAK drove some of today's top businesses to success Help employees reach their full potential—and beyond Transform the customer experience and keep investors happy The PEAK framework succeeds because it elevates the business from the inside out. These same principles apply in the boardroom, the breakroom, and your living room at home, and have proven to be the foundation of healthy, fulfilled lives. Even if you think you're doing great, you could always be doing better—and PEAK gives you a roadmap to the next level.

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1119434947

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Decisive

How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

By: Chip Heath,Dan Heath

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Decisive

How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

By: Chip Heath,Dan Heath

The four principles that can help us to overcome our brains' natural biases to make better, more informed decisions--in our lives, careers, families and organizations. In Decisive, Chip Heath and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Made to Stick and Switch, tackle the thorny problem of how to overcome our natural biases and irrational thinking to make better decisions, about our work, lives, companies and careers. When it comes to decision making, our brains are flawed instruments. But given that we are biologically hard-wired to act foolishly and behave irrationally at times, how can we do better? A number of recent bestsellers have identified how irrational our decision making can be. But being aware of a bias doesn't correct it, just as knowing that you are nearsighted doesn't help you to see better. In Decisive, the Heath brothers, drawing on extensive studies, stories and research, offer specific, practical tools that can help us to think more clearly about our options, and get out of our heads, to improve our decision making, at work and at home.

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Random House Canada

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0307361144

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Destroying Our Private Cities, Building Our Spiritual Life

By: Chip M. Anderson

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Destroying Our Private Cities, Building Our Spiritual Life

By: Chip M. Anderson

Anderson argues that every time the church adopts the surrounding culture's values, it dies a little. His lay commentary enables readers to hear Paul's argument through Philippians and how the church's flirtation with individualism has affected the Christian faith and the life of the church.

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1594672490

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Only What's Necessary

Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts

By: Chip Kidd,Geoff Spear

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Only What's Necessary

Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts

By: Chip Kidd,Geoff Spear

Drawn from the archives of the Charles M. Schulz Museum, an in-depth look at Peanuts with a “wealth of original art” (The New York Times). Charles M. Schulz believed that the key to cartooning was to take out the extraneous details and leave in only what’s necessary. For fifty years, from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, Schulz wrote and illustrated Peanuts, the single most popular and influential comic strip in the world. In all, 17,897 strips were published, making it “arguably the longest story ever told by one human being,” according to Robert Thompson, professor of popular culture at Syracuse University. For Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, renowned designer Chip Kidd was granted unprecedented access to the extraordinary archives of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California. Reproducing the best of the Peanuts newspaper strip, all shot from the original art by award-winning photographer Geoff Spear, Only What’s Necessary also features exclusive, rare, and unpublished original art and developmental work—much of which has never been seen before. “Glorious...equal parts museum and monument, a masterwork of curatorial rigor and an affectionate homage.”—Brain Pickings

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1613128630

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Original Sin

By: Jason Aaron,Mark Waid,Charles Soule,Ryan North,Dan Slott,James Robinson,Al Ewing,Chip Zdarsky

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Original Sin

By: Jason Aaron,Mark Waid,Charles Soule,Ryan North,Dan Slott,James Robinson,Al Ewing,Chip Zdarsky

Collects Original Sin #0-8, Original Sins #1-5.

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1302405470

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Spider-Man

Life Story

By: Chip Zdarsky

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Spider-Man

Life Story

By: Chip Zdarsky

Collects Spider-Man: Life Story #1-6. Spider-Man makes history! In 1962's AMAZING FANTASY #15, 15-year-old Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and became the Amazing Spider-Man! Fifty-seven years have passed in the real world since that event - so what would have happened if the same amount of time passed for Peter? To celebrate Marvel's 80th anniversary, Chip Zdarsky and Spider-Man legend Mark Bagley unite to spin a unique Spidey tale - telling an entire history of Spider-Man from beginning to end, set against the key events of the decades through which he lived! From the Vietnam War to Secret Wars and Civil War, all the way through to what just might be a 72-year-old Spider-Man's final mission, prepare to watch Peter Parker age through 57 years of groundbreaking history - and find out what happens to him and those he loves the most!

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1302516469

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True Prep

It's a Whole New Old World

By: Lisa Birnbach,Chip Kidd

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True Prep

It's a Whole New Old World

By: Lisa Birnbach,Chip Kidd

From Lisa Birnbach, the author of The Official Preppy Handbook, comes True Prep, which looks at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping, G&T-soaked preppies adapts to the new order of the Internet, cell phones, rehab, political correctness, reality TV, and . . . polar fleece.

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Structures of the Jazz Age

Mass Culture, Progressive Education and Racial Disclosures in American Modernism

By: Chip Rhodes

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Structures of the Jazz Age

Mass Culture, Progressive Education and Racial Disclosures in American Modernism

By: Chip Rhodes

Rhodes grants the truth of appearances to the clichés of the Jazz Age - the lost generation of writers, the era of mass consumption and the silver screen - while revealing their roots in a conservative ideology which sustained Republican rule.

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1859842003

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