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Kansas City Jazz

From Ragtime to Bebop : a History

By: Frank Driggs,Chuck Haddix

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Kansas City Jazz

From Ragtime to Bebop : a History

By: Frank Driggs,Chuck Haddix

Ranging from ragtime to bebop and from Bennie Moten to Charlie Parker, this work aims to capture the golden age of Kansas City jazz. It showcases the lives of the great musicians who made Kansas City swing, with profiles of jazz figures such as Mary Lou Williams, Big Joe Turner, and others.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195307127

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Ain't the Beer Cold!

By: Chuck Thompson,Gordon Beard

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Ain't the Beer Cold!

By: Chuck Thompson,Gordon Beard

Hall of Fame broadcaster Chuck Thompson, with the assistance of veteran Associated Press sportswriter Gordon Beard, shares a personal play-by-play account of his celebrated career and life in this newly updated paperback edition of Ain't the Beer Cold! Since his broadcasting beginnings fresh out of high school in 1939, Thompson has served with the Armed Forces in World War II, relaxed as a one-man audience for a crooning Bing Crosby, and done sportscasting for the Phillies, A's, Senators, and Orioles. In 1993, Thompson's broadcasting achievement was honored with a place in the Broadcasters' Wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Here he offers a delightful and insightful perspective on his profession, its people, and its place in the heart of American sports.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1888698527

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Texas Ranger N. O. Reynolds, the Intrepid

By: Chuck Parsons,Donaly E. Brice

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Texas Ranger N. O. Reynolds, the Intrepid

By: Chuck Parsons,Donaly E. Brice

Historians Chuck Parsons and Donaly E. Brice present a complete picture of N. O. Reynolds (1846-1922), a Texas Ranger who brought a greater respect for the law in Central Texas. Reynolds began as a sergeant in famed Company D, Frontier Battalion in 1874. He served honorably during the Mason County "Hoo Doo" War and was chosen to be part of Major John B. Jones's escort, riding the frontier line. In 1877 he arrested the Horrells, who were feuding with their neighbors, the Higgins party, thus ending their Lampasas County feud. Shortly thereafter he was given command of the newly formed Company E of Texas Rangers. Also in 1877 the notorious John Wesley Hardin was captured; N.O. Reynolds was given the responsibility to deliver Hardin to trial in Comanche, return him to a safe jail during his appeal, and then escort him safely to the Huntsville penitentiary. Reynolds served as a Texas Ranger until he retired in 1879 at the rank of lieutenant, later serving as City Marshal of Lampasas and then County Sheriff of Lampasas County.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574415727

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Ghosts of Glencoe

By: Chuck Schwerin

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Ghosts of Glencoe

By: Chuck Schwerin

Ghosts of Glencoe is a riveting multi-generational adventure of self-discovery. The novel spans a mere four months, set at a unique junior boarding school, and played out in the rugged Adirondack mountains of New York. This is a hero’s journey for two flawed protagonists, one fifteen, the other sixty-three. Both struggle to be accountable to themselves and to those who love them, for their hubris, betrayals, for the shadows they created and still carry. In their tortuous path to absolution, both discover one is never too young to teach, nor too old to learn. In the fall of 2002, dramatic events engulf three ninth graders (not the best of friends), their passionate Scottish headmaster, and an unlikely pair of escapees from a nearby prison. The inevitable collision of these forces demonstrates that age and experience have no monopoly on bravery or vulnerability. Only after superficial differences are peeled away can the teens summon the strength to find common ground to confront their frailties under the most trying conditions—lost in the snowy mountains with rescuers urgently trying to find them and the convicts desperately plotting to eliminate them. A page-turning adventure set in wilderness that is as much a factor as the characters themselves, Ghosts of Glencoe entertains, educates, and illustrates how the mountaineering mantra—Fellowship of the Rope—embodies the imperative that if we don’t hang together, we will surely hang alone.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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149308769X

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Hits and Misses in the Baseball Draft

What the Top Picks Teach Us About Selecting Tomorrow's Major League Stars

By: Alan Maimon,Chuck Myron

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Hits and Misses in the Baseball Draft

What the Top Picks Teach Us About Selecting Tomorrow's Major League Stars

By: Alan Maimon,Chuck Myron

If unpredictability is so much of what makes sports compelling, the baseball draft might be the best place to look. This book explores the intricate uncertainties of the draft and the people who face it. Since the modern draft began in 1965, major league teams have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to identify and develop stars of the future. Whether because of injury, poor performance or mental and physical struggles, a large percentage of the most ballyhooed prospects never reach the game's highest level. Though teams have improved in recent years at turning top picks into major leaguers, the baseball draft is still centered on educated guesswork. This book explains why.

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McFarland

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0786470313

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9780786470310

Manhattan on Film

Walking Tours of Hollywood's Fabled Front Lot

By: Chuck Katz

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Manhattan on Film

Walking Tours of Hollywood's Fabled Front Lot

By: Chuck Katz

(Limelight). This book offers 18 of the best walking tours you'd ever want to take of the greatest venues of movie scenes in New York City. In one volume, Katz updates the two best-selling Limelight Editions guidebooks, Manhattan on Film and Manhattan on Film 2 to include films released over the past six years as well as changes to New York City neighborhoods, especially lower Manhattan. Each tour is illustrated with photos from each film shot along its route and includes maps and travel tips. No tour takes more than two hours. A list of the films, with page references, provides an easy guide for those who want to quickly look up their favorite movies.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879103191

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A Threat to Justice

By: Chuck Norris,Ken Abraham,Aaron Norris,Tim Grayem

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A Threat to Justice

By: Chuck Norris,Ken Abraham,Aaron Norris,Tim Grayem

Ezra Justice and his elite group of special operation soldiers reunite when General Sherman needs a team to combat the armed resistance against President Grant and his efforts to reconstruct America.

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B&H Publishing Group

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080544033X

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Fullerton's Rangers

A History of the New Mexico Territorial Mounted Police

By: Chuck Hornung

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Fullerton's Rangers

A History of the New Mexico Territorial Mounted Police

By: Chuck Hornung

In 1890, the U.S. government declared the frontier settled, and the "Wild West" was history. In the territory of New Mexico, however, crime still knew no limit and the gun was the final answer to all problems. Aiming to help New Mexico achieve statehood, its leaders decided they needed a mounted police force like those that had tamed Texas and Arizona. This book describes the birth of the New Mexico Mounted Police in 1905 and tells the stories of the members of the original Mounties, starting with their first captain, John F. Fullerton. Information drawn from personal interviews with ranger family members (many of whom provided photographs), Fullerton's personal papers and official Mounted Police records brings a wealth of detail to this story from New Mexico's rich history. Fred Lambert, the last surviving member of the territorial rangers, provides a foreword.

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McFarland

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1476608717

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Descendants of Joseph & Prudence Parks Corey

By: Chuck L. Rhodes

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Descendants of Joseph & Prudence Parks Corey

By: Chuck L. Rhodes

Descendants of Joseph & Prudence Parks Corey' is a book compiled & researched by their 4th great grandson, Chuck L. Rhodes. This family history beings around the year of Joseph's birth in 1762, at Rhode Island, and continues through ten generations up to 2019"--Back cover

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Lulu.com

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0359622135

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9780359622139

Manhattan on Film 2

More Walking Tours of Location Sites in the Big Apple

By: Chuck Katz

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Manhattan on Film 2

More Walking Tours of Location Sites in the Big Apple

By: Chuck Katz

(Limelight). Another 13 walking tours, illustrated as before with movie stills and photographs of the actual sites. Chuck Katz ends his book with a walking tour of Lower Manhattan and Ground Zero, which he calls "America's heart.

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0879109750

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9780879109752

Nuclear Reactions

The Politics of Opening a Radioactive Waste Disposal Site

By: Chuck McCutcheon

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Nuclear Reactions

The Politics of Opening a Radioactive Waste Disposal Site

By: Chuck McCutcheon

Marks the first effort to trace WIPP's (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) evolution.

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UNM Press

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0826322093

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9780826322098

MARINES

A Brotherhood Unrivaled

By: Chuck Mansfield

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MARINES

A Brotherhood Unrivaled

By: Chuck Mansfield

The history and lore of the United States Marine Corps are likely unmatched. Steeped in the rich history and tradition of the Corps since its founding in 1775, this book focuses on more recent history, specifically the author’s experiences as a young Marine in the 1960s, including his tour of duty in Vietnam. It also includes biographical profiles of more than 100 other Marines who fought in Vietnam or other conflicts. Most of those profiled are Marines with whom the author served or has come to know since his active military service. The 30th Marine Commandant, General Carl Mundy, has written: “Few who have borne the title [United States Marine] fail to identify with it throughout their entire lives.” Marines are, as Shakespeare has written, “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.” And brothers are members of a family. This family is “The few. The proud. The Marines.”

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Xlibris Corporation

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9798369403105

Creep Bus

By: Chuck Swope

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Creep Bus

By: Chuck Swope

Ride the Creepbus and enjoy five horrific stories and then hope your soul is pure enough for the driver to let you off the Creepbus before it reaches its final destination. The Promise-- When 2 robbers try and rob a bank manager he takes them to a haunted house claiming he has millions hidden there. Our robbers get much more than they bargained for. Devil's Little Acre-- When Hugh Blakely inherits a cabin from his late uncle, the lawyer informs him it's haunted at night because the former owner was murdered and the murderer was never brough to justice. Hugh, not believing it, takes his fiancee there anyway. They discover things they wouldn't believe possible. Do they escape the curse? Read on.... Free As A Bird-- Al Janis cons a rich woman into marrying him. But then she makes him sign a prenup. Al wants the money, but he doesn't want to stay married to the ugly woman that keeps an Aviary full of nasty smelly birds. Al Janis does end up Free As A Bird, but maybe not exactly the way he wanted... Touchy Feely-- Detective Mitch Maxwell takes on a client who needs protection from her brother-in-law. In the course of this, he encounters a touchy feely ghost. Does he solve the mystery.? You'll see... Vengeance Of The Sea--Mack Samson and His Captain both want the same barmaid. They fight and the Captain ends up overboard, never to be seen again. The barmaid then wants nothing more to do with Mack. He keeps seeing his rival's ghost, covered in seaweed and rotting flesh. He becomes Captain of the whaling ship, but sightings of his former Captain's ghost and storms coming up out of nowhere plague him. The sailor's want nothing to do with him. He can no longer get a job on a whaling boat. One day he's offered a job as Captain of a not so honest enterprise. This is where he meets the vengeance of the sea for a final time.

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Speedy Publishing LLC

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1634284410

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Bird

The Life and Music of Charlie Parker

By: Chuck Haddix

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Bird

The Life and Music of Charlie Parker

By: Chuck Haddix

Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, and then died when only 34 years old. His friend Robert Reisner observed, "Parker, in the brief span of his life, crowded more living into it than any other human being." Like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, he was a transitional composer and improviser who ushered in a new era of jazz by pioneering bebop and influenced subsequent generations of musicians. Meticulously researched and written, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker tells the story of his life, music, and career. This new biography artfully weaves together firsthand accounts from those who knew him with new information about his life and career to create a compelling narrative portrait of a tragic genius. While other books about Parker have focused primarily on his music and recordings, this portrait reveals the troubled man behind the music, illustrating how his addictions and struggles with mental health affected his life and career. He was alternatively generous and miserly; a loving husband and father at home but an incorrigible philanderer on the road; and a chronic addict who lectured younger musicians about the dangers of drugs. Above all he was a musician, who overcame humiliation, disappointment, and a life-threatening car wreck to take wing as Bird, a brilliant improviser and composer. With in-depth research into previously overlooked sources and illustrated with several never-before-seen images, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker corrects much of the misinformation and myth about one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252095170

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9780252095177

Rock and Roll Always Forgets

A Quarter Century of Music Criticism

By: Chuck Eddy

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Rock and Roll Always Forgets

A Quarter Century of Music Criticism

By: Chuck Eddy

The best, most provocative reviews, interviews, columns, and essays written by the entertaining, idiosyncratic, and influential music writer Chuck Eddy over the past twenty-five years.

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Duke University Press

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0822350106

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9780822350101

On the Fly Guide to the Northern Rockies

A Traveler's Guide to the Greatest Flyfishing Destinations in Idaho, Montana & Northern Wyoming

By: Chuck Robbins

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On the Fly Guide to the Northern Rockies

A Traveler's Guide to the Greatest Flyfishing Destinations in Idaho, Montana & Northern Wyoming

By: Chuck Robbins

The On The Fly Guide to the Northern Rockies distills a lifetime of exploration and experience into a guide that will help you successfully plan a trip to the prime waters of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Chuck Robbins has picked his favorite rivers and lakes; shares his wealth of insider information on how to fish these premier waters and the best time to fish them; his favorite fly for each water; along with his personal recommendations for great food and interesting places to stay; and many other tips. Book jacket.

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Wilderness Adventures Press

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1932098011

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Giving Ourselves to Prayer

An Acts 6:4 Primer for Ministry

By: Howard Baker,Mike Barnett,Steve Booth,Dick Eastman,Jonathan Graf,Daniel Henderson,Mike Higgs,Chuck Lawless,Ron Walborn

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Giving Ourselves to Prayer

An Acts 6:4 Primer for Ministry

By: Howard Baker,Mike Barnett,Steve Booth,Dick Eastman,Jonathan Graf,Daniel Henderson,Mike Higgs,Chuck Lawless,Ron Walborn

Compiled by Dr. Dan Crawford, this is an 80 chapter, 592 page textbook written by 80 different professors and national prayer leaders. It is a complete textbook on prayer designed for pastors and seminary students and Christian college students who are training for the ministry. The content covers both personal prayer issues and concepts and how to grow prayer in a church. Here are the 4 Sections of the book and a listing of some of the chapter topics: Section One: The Theological Foundation of Prayer Chapter 1: The Bible and Prayer- Gary T. Meadors Chapter 2: Jewish Traditions of Prayer- Jan Verbrugge Chapter 3: Prayer and the Kingdom of God- Ron Walborn Chapter 4: God the Father and Prayer- Patricia A. Outlaw Chapter 5: God the Son and Prayer- James R. Wicker Chapter 6: Praying in the Name of Jesus- Randal Roberts Chapter 7: The Gospel of Prayer- John W. Taylor Chapter 8: God the Spirit and Prayer- James L. Wakefield Chapter 12: The Aspects, Varieties and Kinds of Prayer- Alice Smith Chapter 13: Prayer and the Sovereignty of God- Leith Anderson Chapter 15: Problems of Seemingly Unanswered Prayer- Elmer L. Towns Chapter 19: Responding in Prayer to God's Character- Aida Besancon Spencer Section Two: The Personal Passion for Prayer Chapter 23: Jesus as a Role Model of Personal Passion in Prayer- Howard Baker Chapter 25: Disciplines of Personal Prayer- Dan R. Crawford Chapter 30: How to Address God in Prayer- William David Spencer Chapter 31: To Whom Does God Listen?- W. Bingham Hunter Chapter 32: How to Hear from God in Prayer- Calvin A. Blom Section Three: The Corporate Expression of Prayer Chapter 41: The Bible and Church Prayer- J. Chris Schofield Chapter 42: The Place of Prayer in the Early Church- Steve Booth Chapter 43: The Meaning of "A House of Prayer"- Dennis Fuqua Chapter 44: How to Build a House of Prayer- Dave Butts Chapter 47: Leading/Facilitating Corporate Prayer- Phil Miglioratti Chapter 48: Prayer in the Corporate Worship Service- Jonathan Graf Chapter 54: Mobilizing Youth to Pray- Mike Higgs Chapter 55: Prayer Components for City-wide Movements- Tom White Chapter 56: Pastoral Prayers of Intercession- Stan May Chapter 57: Worship Based Prayer vs. List Based Prayer- Dick Eastman Chapter 60: How to Evaluate the Prayer Life of a Congregation- Daniel Henderson Section Four: The Global Impact of Prayer Chapter 61: The Bible and Global Prayer- Henry Blackaby Chapter 62: Prayer and Spiritual Awakenings- Glenn Sheppard Chapter 63: Prayer and Evangelism- Alvin L. Reid Chapter 66: Strategic Prayer for God's Mission and Missionaries- Mike Barnett Chapter 69: Prayer and Spiritual Warfare- Chuck Lawless Chapter 70: Mobilizing Prayer Advocacy- Eleanor Witcher Chapter 75: Prayer for the Harvest- Paula Hemphill Chapter 76: Prayer Journeys: Praying on Location for the Nations- Pat Allen Chapter 80: The Lord's Model of Prayer for the Kingdom- Darrell W. Johnson

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PrayerShop Publishing

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1970176407

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When Good Men Ride

A Novel of the West

By: Chuck Lewis

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When Good Men Ride

A Novel of the West

By: Chuck Lewis

A new century is coming, but Arizona is not ready to enter the 1900s. Rampant lawlessness is preventing it from attaining statehood, and the local law cannot contend with the rustling and killing. Into this chaos comes a man dedicated to his badge and an honorable pursuit of justice. Events are soon to compromise his personal code, however, and he's drawn into a dark crusade of revenge and retribution. There are men who need killing, and it's time to take off the badge When Good Men Ride is a tale of vast proportions, running the gamut of action and emotions found in a cast of characters brought together by convoluted paths of fate. Enmeshed in the fabric of actual historic events, it is a story of mystery, romance, and violence told with classic style and insight into the fading Victorian values of its time and the people who were fading with them. We are presented with a rich assortment of men and women of depth and passion, friendship and love, hate and murder, and among them all is a kind and philosophical hero against one of the most brutal antagonists ever brought to the pages of western fiction.

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iUniverse

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059537896X

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No Kids, No Money and a Chevy

A Politically Incorrect Memoir

By: Chuck Mansfield

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No Kids, No Money and a Chevy

A Politically Incorrect Memoir

By: Chuck Mansfield

PRAISE FOR CHUCK MANSFIELDS NO KIDS, NO MONEY AND A CHEVY A Politically Incorrect Memoir A New Book by a Former Marine and Vietnam War Veteran Of Chuck Mansfields No Kids, No Money and a Chevy award-winning novelist and essayist Cynthia Ozick writes, "Chuck Mansfield is a first-rate writer of wit, charm, and passion, who applies a clarifying integrity to whatever subject his fine mind alights on. Having been schooled in excellence, he holds it as his lifelong standard; and he is, besides, an embodiment of everything that is meant by the term American Hero - courtly, brave, generous, and in love with family, faith, and country. To read his memoir is to rejoice in the warm presence of human devotion and intellect." New York literary agency executive Jack Scovil calls No Kids, No Money and a Chevy "a fascinating read." He writes, Mansfield "come(s) through clearly as a very remarkable man who commits to life and the task before him with passion and dedication and integrity. Chaminade (High School)s reaction to the WTC tragedy (indeed the ethos of the whole Chaminade experience) was especially moving, and individual tributes to some of (Mansfields) fellow Marines quite affecting and inspiring. Some of (his) viewpoints and assessments couldnt be more timely; (his) critique of business practices fits right in with what were learning about the frauds at Enron and Global Crossing and (his) judgments of some societal trends are also in keeping with the climate of public opinion that has produced the current successes of OReilly and Buchanan. (His) litany of facts about the Vietnam War deserves to be widely circulated." Retired English professor and writer Robert P. Meikle writes that "everything in this book is the unfiltered (Mansfield): the impeccable use of language, the meticulous attention to detail, the total recall of dates Some are more successful than others when it comes to taking a really honest look at themselves. The trick is to translate that self-awareness onto the written page. It is that translation that (Mansfield does) so successfully. This is a guy who not only has had a good life, but who APPRECIATES all that he has had in (it), especially when it comes to family and friends. Thats an important distinction for that unknown reader to pick up on." New York attorney Paul G. Burns has written, "(Mansfields) work shares a problem common to each and every book that I totally and thoroughly enjoyed reading: it had a last page. an outstanding read!!" Rear Admiral Paul T. Gillcrist, USN (Ret.), former Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare), aircraft carrier fighter pilot and author, says "I was enormously impressed" The Vietnam Era section in Mansfields book, fully a third of the work, "represents the kind of personal history that needs to be told about all wars but about Vietnam particularly." According to P. Henry Mueller, retired Citigroup executive, author and Marine veteran of World War II, "A page-turner," No Kids, No Money and a Chevy "is hard to put down. The Vietnam portion is in the excellent style of Micheners Tales of the South Pacific. The character descriptions throughout the book are well done." The book is "packed with interest, and (the) politically incorrect views add an important and refreshing edge. Not only that, (Mansfield) present(s) (his) views in an instructive way." CEO and business owner Donald J. Steinert says, "I was most impressed with the way I am able to relate to your book as a former Marine Vietnam veteran." Please visit www.chuck-mansfield.com or contact Chuck Mansfield at (516) 741-1443 or chuckmans@aol.com. Thank you. A SUMMARY OF CHUCK MANSFIELDS NO KIDS, NO MONEY AND A CHEVY A Politically Incorrect Memoir A New Book by a Former Marine and Vietnam War Vete

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1462800459

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Reinventing Cinema

Movies in the Age of Media Convergence

By: Chuck Tryon

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Reinventing Cinema

Movies in the Age of Media Convergence

By: Chuck Tryon

For over a century, movies have played an important role in our lives, entertaining us, often provoking conversation and debate. Now, with the rise of digital cinema, audiences often encounter movies outside the theater and even outside the home. Traditional distribution models are challenged by new media entrepreneurs and independent film makers, usergenerated video, film blogs, mashups, downloads, and other expanding networks. Reinventing Cinema examines film culture at the turn of this century, at the precise moment when digital media are altering our historical relationship with the movies. Spanning multiple disciplines, Chuck Tryon addresses the interaction between production, distribution, and reception of films, television, and other new and emerging media.Through close readings of trade publications, DVD extras, public lectures by new media leaders, movie blogs, and YouTube videos, Tryon navigates the shift to digital cinema and examines how it is altering film and popular culture.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813548543

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Walkoffs, Last Licks and Final Outs

Baseball's Grand (and Not-so-grand) Finales

By: Bill Chuck,Jim Kaplan

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Walkoffs, Last Licks and Final Outs

Baseball's Grand (and Not-so-grand) Finales

By: Bill Chuck,Jim Kaplan

Many of baseball¿s most memorable moments come from endings, otherwise known as ¿last licks.¿ But even the most celebrated last licks have aspects fans are not aware of. Indeed, there is no end to the anecdotes, humor and trivia associated with last licks. Some of the final acts described in this book include:Summary and analysis of some of the great postseason finishes, including:¿Bobby Thompson¿s ¿Shot Heard `Round the World¿ in the 1951 playoffs¿Dave Roberts steal of second base in Game Four of the 2004 ALCSA comprehensive list of every perfect game thrown in Major League History and analysis of the most impressive streaks, including:¿Joe DiMaggio¿s 56-game hitting streak¿Darren Lewis¿ streak of 369 errorless gamesGreat last moments in some of the most famous stadiums in history, including Old Comiskey, Crosley Field and the Polo Grounds. Eulogies and career statistics for ballplayers who passed before their time, including Urban Shocker, Roberto Clemente and the recent tragedy of Josh Hancock.Heroic, and not-so-heroic endings to Hall of Fame careers, including:¿Rogers Hornsby¿s career-ending, walk-off grand slam in 1922¿Ted Williams¿ scandalous final at-bat in 1960, a towering home run to center field that ended when Williams refused a curtain call for the 11,000 fans in attendanceContains box scores, line scores, career statistics and photos for some of the greatest games and players in MLB history. A must-have for any baseball library.

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ACTA Publications

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0879463422

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Eating the Dinosaur

By: Chuck Klosterman

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Eating the Dinosaur

By: Chuck Klosterman

After a bestselling and acclaimed diversion into fiction, Chuck Klosterman, author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, returns to the form in which he’s been spectacularly successful with a collection of essays about our consumption of pop culture and sports. Q: What is this book about? A: Well, that’s difficult to say. I haven’t read it yet—I’ve just picked it up and casually glanced at the back cover. There clearly isn’t a plot. I’ve heard there’s a lot of stuff about time travel in this book, and quite a bit about violence and Garth Brooks and why Germans don’t laugh when they’re inside grocery stores. Ralph Nader and Ralph Sampson play significant roles. I think there are several pages about Rear Window and college football and Mad Men and why Rivers Cuomo prefers having sex with Asian women. Supposedly there’s a chapter outlining all the things the Unabomber was right about, but perhaps I’m misinformed. Q: Is there a larger theme? A: Oh, something about reality. “What is reality,” maybe? No, that’s not it. Not exactly. I get the sense that most of the core questions dwell on the way media perception constructs a fake reality that ends up becoming more meaningful than whatever actually happened. Also, Lady Gaga. Q: Should I read this book? A: Probably. Do you see a clear relationship between the Branch Davidian disaster and the recording of Nirvana’s In Utero? Does Barack Obama make you want to drink Pepsi? Does ABBA remind you of AC/DC? If so, you probably don’t need to read this book. You probably wrote this book. But I suspect everybody else will totally love it, except for the ones who totally hate it.

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1439168482

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Make Something Up

Stories You Can't Unread

By: Chuck Palahniuk

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Make Something Up

Stories You Can't Unread

By: Chuck Palahniuk

Twenty one stories and one novella from Chuck Palahniuk, literature's favorite transgressive author, Make Something Up is a compilation that disturbs and delights in equal measure. In "Expedition," fans will be thrilled to find to see a side of Tyler Durden never seen before in a precursor story to Fight Club. And in other stories, the absurdity of both life and death are on full display; in "Zombies," the best and brightest of a high school prep school become tragically addicted to the latest drug craze: electric shocks from cardiac defibrillators. In "Knock, Knock," a son hopes to tell one last off-color joke to a father in his final moments, while in "Tunnel of Love," a massage therapist runs the curious practice of providing 'relief' to dying clients. Funny, caustic, bizarre, poignant; these stories represent everything readers have come

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0385538065

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Unwrapping Racism: Dealing with Differences

By: Chuck Grose

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Unwrapping Racism: Dealing with Differences

By: Chuck Grose

“A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tzu “Unwrapping Racism: Dealing with Differences” will connect the reader with recent social movements such as gun safety, Black Lives Matter, and college reform movements. The Early social movements would portray racial discrimination within the Women’s Suffrage Movement and the Eugenics/Sterilization Movement. The Civil Right Movement of 1950s/1960s highlights Rosa Parks, Dr. M. L. King, Jr. and Congressman John Lewis. This book will present key issues, such as cultural privilege and its prevalence. The reader will be lifted up from xenophobia, colonialism and slavery while creatively facing individual responses to those issues today. All those approaches move into our societal goals of assimilation, cultural pluralism and the “melting pot” concept. This volume will make the perfect complement to Dr. Grose previous book "Dealing with differences". Every reader can do something, sometime, somewhere to effectively deal with differences. As the book confronts race, it challenges the reader to grapple with action-oriented exercises, questions, and projects relevant to key paragraphs on every page. At the end of the book, the readers will be empowered to tell their own stories about their experiences with race within each chapter.

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Vernon Press

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164889741X

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9781648897412

What We Talk About When We Talk About Ralph Sampson

An Essay from Eating the Dinosaur

By: Chuck Klosterman

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Ralph Sampson

An Essay from Eating the Dinosaur

By: Chuck Klosterman

Originally collected in Eating the Dinosaur and now available both as a stand-alone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Sports, this essay is about athletic success and failure.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451621140

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My Time At Bat

A Story of Perseverance

By: Chuck Hinton

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My Time At Bat

A Story of Perseverance

By: Chuck Hinton

“My Time At Bat” is one man’s tale of success in a career where the odds were clearly not in his favor—in Major League Baseball. Chuck Hinton takes us down the road to the big league, over every bump and hurdle along the way. He took a chance and hitchhiked 300 miles for a baseball tryout and made it. He reveals his secrets about how he stayed there for eleven years. But this book offers much more. Chuck Hinton persevered just as much off the field. He offers many principles to live by that will benefit everyone, male or female, in any walk of life. After all, it was important to him to be more than a Major League player. He strove to be a Major Person in everything he did. In the early ’60s, he led the Senators in batting three out of the four seasons he played for the team. He also led that team in stolen bases and triples all four years. His Minor League career highlights include 1959 Rookie of the Year, back-to-back league batting championships and league Most Valuable Player. As you embark on his journey, you will see what it was like to be in the Major Leagues — and what it took to stay there. With the book’s behind-the-scenes stories, words of encouragement and life lessons, this book is sure to be a hit for players and fans alike.

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Christian Living Books, Inc.

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156229220X

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The Quantum Conspiracy

A Novel of Possibilities

By: Chuck Robison,Karen Robison

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The Quantum Conspiracy

A Novel of Possibilities

By: Chuck Robison,Karen Robison

The Quantum Conspiracy explores the global shift in consciousness that is being fueled by evolution theory, the appearance of remarkable children being born who reveal a new DNA-like shift, and the threats posed by a potential nuclear war and environmental degradation.

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John Hunt Publishing

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1846947510

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Bass Notes

Jazz in American Culture: A Personal View

By: Chuck Israels

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Bass Notes

Jazz in American Culture: A Personal View

By: Chuck Israels

From his upbringing as a “red-diaper baby” among some of the leading lights of American music and Left politics, to his legendary work as bassist for the Bill Evans trio, to his collaborations with such figures as Charles Mingus and Billie Holiday, Chuck Israels has witnessed over a half-century of change and innovation in American jazz music. In Bass Notes, he offers up both an engaging memoir and a meditation on the history of jazz music and its prospects for the future. In addition to fascinating stories from his work with musicians like John Coltrane, Joan Baez, and Herbie Hancock, he gives an inside view into the mysterious alchemy that happens when skilled jazz improvisers get together. As he explains, the combination of disciplined collaboration and individual freedom is not just exhilarating for musicians, but an inspiring reflection of, and model for, democracy and the potential for true racial equality. Israels recounts his decision to leave Bill Evans’s trio to deepen his musical education and develop as a composer—and his choice to not rejoin the trio in Evans’s last years. Citing such developments as the dominance of conservatory training and ill-advised crossover attempts with classical and pop, he also gives an impassioned but unsentimental account of how jazz lost its primacy in the pantheon of American music, even though it is America’s most distinctive contribution to world music. He explores the obstacles that today’s best young jazz musicians face following the giants of earlier generations and the dwindling opportunities to make a living as a musician. But despite it all, Israels argues that jazz’s enduring and rich legacy will not be lost and shows how it can be not just sustained but broadened in the years to come.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493074857

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Terminated for Reasons of Taste

Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music

By: Chuck Eddy

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Terminated for Reasons of Taste

Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music

By: Chuck Eddy

In Terminated for Reasons of Taste, veteran rock critic Chuck Eddy writes that "rock'n'roll history is written by the winners. Which stinks, because the losers have always played a big role in keeping rock interesting." Rock's losers share top billing with its winners in this new collection of Eddy's writing. In pieces culled from outlets as varied as the Village Voice, Creem magazine, the streaming site Rhapsody, music message boards, and his high school newspaper, Eddy covers everything from the Beastie Boys to 1920s country music, Taylor Swift to German new wave, Bruce Springsteen to occult metal. With an encyclopedic knowledge, unabashed irreverence, and a captivating style, Eddy rips up popular music histories and stitches them back together using his appreciation of the lost, ignored, and maligned. In so doing, he shows how pop music is bigger, and more multidimensional and compelling than most people can imagine.

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Duke University Press

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0822373890

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9780822373896

Hellpath 1859

By: Chuck Fair

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Hellpath 1859

By: Chuck Fair

Violence sweeps up a 19 year old boy, carrying him on a thirty-year odyssey that ends at Wounded Knee Creek.

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Lulu.com

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1411653491

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The Elections of 2012: Outcomes and Analysis

By: Chuck McCutcheon

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The Elections of 2012: Outcomes and Analysis

By: Chuck McCutcheon

Get beyond horserace coverage and help your students really unpack the results of the 2012 elections. With veteran journalist and political analyst Chuck McCutcheon′s illuminating supplement, your students will benefit from the broader context and spot-on analysis he provides of: - The presidential election results and what they mean-both historically and for the next four years - Key races at the House, Senate, and gubernatorial levels - The campaign-what strategies worked and how were they different from previous contests;= - The impact of policy issues on voters′ decisions-from the Supreme Court′s decision on Obama′s healthcare law to debates over jobs creation, tax policy and the deficit. The Elections of 2012 provides timely analysis and a thoughtful look at post-election issues and their impact on the political system.

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CQ Press

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145222787X

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2009 Guide To Literary Agents

By: Chuck Sambuchino

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2009 Guide To Literary Agents

By: Chuck Sambuchino

Now, more than ever, in a market glutted with aspiring writers and a shrinking number of publishing houses, writers need someone familiar with the publishing scene to shepherd their manuscript to the right person. Completely updated annually, Guide to Literary Agents provides names and specialties for more than 800 individual agents around the United States and the world. The 2009 edition includes more than 85 pages of original articles on everything you need to know including how to submit to agents, how to avoid scams and what an agent can do for their clients.

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1582976597

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9781582976594

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