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Athearn Collector's Companion

By: Tim Blaisdell,Ed Urmston

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Irvin R. Athearn was a pioneer in model trains beginning in the late 1940s. He started in his garage putting together O Gauge metal car kits then expanded them to include HO Scale kits. Around the mid-1950s, as a result of the purchase of Globe models, he began producing the iconic F-7 A and B Units in molded plastic. Soon after that came a whole line of plastic freight cars and locomotives. Our first book, The Standard Guide to Athearn Model Trains, documented the production of those models from the beginning of the plastic models through 1997. The Athearn Collector's Companion covers the original Guide, including models discovered since publication that book, plus all the kits produced until the end of production in October 2009. The original Guide contained approximately 4,000 entries; this book contains about 9,500. We believe you will enjoy the results of our labors as much as we have enjoyed documenting all these model kits...

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Page Publishing Inc

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ISBN 13

9798886545487

The Moth and the Mountain

A True Story of Love, War, and Everest

By: Ed Caesar

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The Moth and the Mountain

A True Story of Love, War, and Everest

By: Ed Caesar

In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Provided by publisher.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501143387

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9781501143380

The Animals and Their People

My Stories

By: Dr. Ed Mapes

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The Animals and Their People

My Stories

By: Dr. Ed Mapes

The Animals and Their People: My Stories By: Dr. Ed Mapes During his long years practicing veterinary medicine, Dr. Ed Mapes witnessed hilarious and heartbreaking moments alike. In this book, Dr. Mapes recounts stories that will ring true to any animal-lover. While he treated animals with different medical problems, Dr. Mapes knew he also had to learn their personalities and the individual traits of their owners, their "people", to successfully handle each case. Although countless other veterinarians have published books about their experiences in the profession, The Animals and Their People: My Stories includes an uncommon perspective. Through his love for sailing, Dr. Mapes has discovered many similarities between the professions of veterinary medicine and sailing. His experience as a sailing instructor, competitive racer, and offshore sailor adds a unique touch to his stories. An expert storyteller, sailor, and veterinarian, Dr. Mapes weaves these passions into an emotional, comical, and profound book which keeps the reader anticipating the next tale to be told.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1636613160

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9781636613161

Ed Kennedy's War

V-E Day, Censorship, and the Associated Press

By: Ed Kennedy

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Ed Kennedy's War

V-E Day, Censorship, and the Associated Press

By: Ed Kennedy

On May 7, 1945, Associated Press reporter Ed Kennedy became the most famous -- or infamous -- American correspondent of World War II. On that day in France, General Alfred Jodl signed the official documents as the Germans surrendered to the Allies. Army officials allowed a select number of reporters, including Kennedy, to witness this historic moment -- but then instructed the journalists that the story was under military embargo. In a courageous but costly move, Kennedy defied the military embargo and broke the news of the Allied victory. His scoop generated instant controversy. Rival news organizations angrily protested, and the AP fired him several months after the war ended. In this absorbing and previously unpublished personal account, Kennedy recounts his career as a newspaperman from his early days as a stringer in Paris to the aftermath of his dismissal from the AP. During his time as a foreign correspondent, he covered the Spanish Civil War, the rise of Mussolini in Italy, unrest in Greece, and ethnic feuding in the Balkans. During World War II, he reported from Greece, Italy, North Africa, and the Middle East before heading back to France to cover its liberation and the German surrender negotiations. His decision to break the news of V-E Day made him front-page headlines in the New York Times. In his narrative, Kennedy emerges both as a reporter with an eye for a good story and an unwavering foe of censorship. This edition includes an introduction by Tom Curley and John Maxwell Hamilton, as well as a prologue and epilogue by Kennedy's daughter, Julia Kennedy Cochran. Their work draws upon newly available records held in the Associated Press Corporate Archives.

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240

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LSU Press

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0807145262

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9780807145265

Progressive Hollywood

A People's Film History of the United States

By: Ed Rampell

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Progressive Hollywood

A People's Film History of the United States

By: Ed Rampell

With an introduction by Greg Palast, author of bestseller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Progressive Hollywood features Rampell?s interviews and interactions with Hollywood luminaries such as producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Robert Greenwald; actors Jack Nicholson, Rob Reiner, Mike Farrell, Ed Asner, Martin Sheen, David Clennon, Gore Vidal and Dennis Hopper; directors Michael Moore, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone and Lionel Chetwynd; blacklisted screenwriters Bernie Gordon (who initiated the 1999 protests against Elia Kazan?s lifetime achievement Oscar), Bobby Lees (who injected dialectical materialism into Abbott and Costello comedies) and Norma Barzman (author of 2003's The Red and the Blacklist).

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Red Wheel Weiser

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1932857109

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9781932857108

The American Football League

A Year-by-Year History, 1960-1969

By: Ed Gruver

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The American Football League

A Year-by-Year History, 1960-1969

By: Ed Gruver

Unable to buy into an existing team and rebuffed by National Football League owners who had no desire to expand, 27-year-old Lamar Hunt, the son of Texas billionaire H.L. Hunt, formed the American Football League in 1959. He placed his team in Dallas, called them the Texans, and invited other young entrepreneurs to join him. The seven men who did called themselves members of the "Foolish Club," but on September 9, 1960, the AFL made its regular season debut and went on to change the face of football forever. Unlike the NFL, the American Football League featured wide open offenses and innovative coaching strategies, capturing a new generation of fans dedicated to the league and its players. The AFL aggressively pursued college stars--Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon in its inaugural season and Joe Namath in 1965. The eight teams signed a collective television agreement that split the money equally among the franchises, thus providing far more stability and balance than earlier start-up leagues. Based on interviews with owners, coaches, players, scouts, broadcasters and writers from the era, this is a colorful account of the AFL and its place in sports history.

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300

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McFarland

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0786486600

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9780786486601

Broken Glory

The Final Years of Robert F. Kennedy

By: Ed Sanders

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Broken Glory

The Final Years of Robert F. Kennedy

By: Ed Sanders

Bobby Kennedy's last campaign—an homage to a leader who might have changed history and a reconstruction of the conspiracy to stop him, in a magisterial feat of epic investigative poetry. June 5, 2018, is the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, and there are still unanswered questions about whether his murder was the result of a conspiracy. Broken Glory is a graphic history told in epic verse of Bobby Kennedy's life and times leading up to the fateful 1968 election campaign, with 100 illustrations by artist Rick Veitch. It encompasses the story of his convicted killer, Sirhan Sirhan, as well as a large cast of characters that includes Lyndon Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover, Richard Nixon, and Eugene McCarthy, who was the first to challenge the sitting president of his own party in the 1968 election, and it recalls the major events that made 1968 a turning point in American history: the Tet offensive and battle of Hue, followed soon after by the My Lai massacre, the assassination of Martin Luther King, and the riots that ensued. The authors illuminate the evidence for a conspiracy, fostered perhaps by elements of the CIA, that fielded a second shooter and made of Sirhan Sirhan a patsy, mirroring the part played by Lee Harvey Oswald in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, an event that haunted JFK’s younger brother until his dying day.

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Simon and Schuster

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162872952X

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9781628729528

Deathstroke Inc. Vol. 2: Year One

By: Ed Brisson,Joshua Williamson

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Deathstroke Inc. Vol. 2: Year One

By: Ed Brisson,Joshua Williamson

Slade Wilson’s blood-drenched past exploits are well chronicled, but how did Slade become the infamous assassin and mercenary known as Deathstroke? What dark turns in his life set him on a path of destruction that would tear his family apart? Collects Deathstroke Inc. #10-15.

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DC Comics

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1779521960

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9781779521965

Born this Day

A Daily Celebration of Famous Beginnings

By: Ed Morrow

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Born this Day

A Daily Celebration of Famous Beginnings

By: Ed Morrow

A day-by-day chronicle of notable birthdays. With a birth announcement for every day of the year (plus a list of also-borns), this compendium offers countless little-known anecdotes and quotes as it tracks hundreds of celebrities and historical luminaries -- including Gertrude Stein, Mel Gibson, Bugs Bunny, and Mozart -- from their birth date through the height of their accomplishments. You can check your birthday and those of your friends. The ultimate birthday gift.

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Carol Publishing Corporation

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0806516488

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9780806516486

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Athearn Collector's Companion

Athearn Collector's Companion

The Moth and the Mountain

The Moth and the Mountain

The Animals and Their People

The Animals and Their People

Ed Kennedy's War

Ed Kennedy's War

Progressive Hollywood

Progressive Hollywood

The American Football League

The American Football League

Broken Glory

Broken Glory

Deathstroke Inc. Vol. 2: Year One

Deathstroke Inc. Vol. 2: Year One

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