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John Sayles, Filmmaker

A Critical Study and Filmography, 2d ed.

By: Jack Ryan

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John Sayles, Filmmaker

A Critical Study and Filmography, 2d ed.

By: Jack Ryan

In 1980, art house audience word of mouth about an unusual new movie, Return of the Secaucus Seven, launched the career of director John Sayles and with him the era of the independent filmmaker. Sayles has remained a maverick, writing, directing, editing and even acting in his own films. This fully updated revision of the author's 1998 first edition chronicles Sayles' entire career--including the story of his inauspicious beginning as a second-string actor and his work in fiction, theatre, music videos and television. A chapter is devoted to each of Sayles' feature films, offering background material on production funding, a plot sketch, an analysis of important characters, and a look at the language, setting, and politics. Each chapter also traces Sayles' technical development--his camera work, editing, musical arrangement and mise-en-scene. The book includes a complete filmography and a bibliography.

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McFarland

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0786456825

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Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders

By: Jack D. Schwager

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Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders

By: Jack D. Schwager

THE INVESTMENT CLASSIC "I've read Market Wizards at several stages of my career as it shows the staying power of good down-to-earth wisdoms of true practitioners with skin in the game. This is the central document showing the heuristics that real-life traders use to manage their affairs, how people who do rather than talk have done things. Twenty years from now, it will still be fresh. There is no other like it." NASSIM N. TALEB, former derivatives trader, author of The Black Swan, and professor, NYU-Poly "Market Wizards is one of the most fascinating books ever written about Wall Street. A few of the 'Wizards' are my friends and Jack Schwager has nailed their modus operandi on the head." MARTIN W. ZWEIG, PhD, Editor, The Zweig Forecast "It is difficult enough to develop a method that works. It then takes experience to believe what your method is telling you. But the toughest task of all is turning analysis into money. If you don't believe it, try it. These guys have it all: a method, the conviction, and the discipline to act decisively time after time, regardless of distractions and pressures. They are heroes of Wall Street, and Jack Schwager's book brings their characters vividly to life." ROBERT R. PRECHTER, JR., Editor, The Elliott Wave Theorist

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118538714

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9781118538715

A Man Like His Grandfather

By: R. Jack Punch

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A Man Like His Grandfather

By: R. Jack Punch

It is 1847 and the Irish are battling famine and sickness. Matt Donahee is doing his best to keep a positive outlook. But when both his mother and fiance die within days of each other, Matt decides to leave his despair behind in Ireland and travel to America in search of a better life. Three weeks later, twenty-two-year-old Matt arrives at New York Harbor where he is immediately recruited to help build a railroad. Determined to earn enough money to bring his father and brothers to New York, Matt immerses himself in his work. After his path leads him to meet the beautiful Jade Malloy, she quickly captures his heart and they marry. She is strong and dedicated to her causes. He is tough and smart. Together, they work hard and display unwavering integrity while building their family. As time passes and future generations of Donahees face difficult courtships, new business ventures, war, and loss, each becomes determined to do better than those who came before them and make the world a decent place. In this historical novel, a young man escapes the great hunger of Ireland to create a legacy in America based on the values and work ethic learned in his beloved homeland.

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iUniverse

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1532035535

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Chicken Soup for the Single Parent's Soul

Stories of Hope, Healing and Humor

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

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Chicken Soup for the Single Parent's Soul

Stories of Hope, Healing and Humor

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

Every single parent has a different story to tell, but a common thread of hope and comfort unites them all.

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Simon and Schuster

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1453276270

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9781453276273

Collision of Wills

Johnny Unitas, Don Shula, and the Rise of the Modern NFL

By: Jack Gilden

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Collision of Wills

Johnny Unitas, Don Shula, and the Rise of the Modern NFL

By: Jack Gilden

In their seven years together, quarterback Johnny Unitas and coach Don Shula, kings of the fabled Baltimore Colts of the 1960s, created one of the most successful franchises in sports. Unitas and Shula had a higher winning percentage than Lombardi's Packers, but together they never won the championship. Baltimore lost the big game to the Browns in 1964 and to Joe Namath and the Jets in Super Bowl III--both in stunning upsets. The Colts' near misses in the Shula era were among the most confounding losses any sports franchise ever suffered. Rarely had a team in any league performed so well, over such an extended period, only to come up empty. The two men had a complex relationship stretching back to their time as young teammates competing for their professional lives. Their personal conflict mirrored their tumultuous times. As they elevated the brutal game of football, the world around them clashed about Vietnam, civil rights, and sex. Collision of Wills looks at the complicated relationship between Don Shula, the league's winningest coach of all time, and his star player Johnny Unitas, and how their secret animosity fueled the Colts in an era when their losses were as memorable as their victories.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496210387

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9781496210388

Connect Level 1 Teacher's Edition

By: Jack C. Richards,Carlos Barbisan,Chuck Sandy

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Connect Level 1 Teacher's Edition

By: Jack C. Richards,Carlos Barbisan,Chuck Sandy

Connect is a four-level, four-skills American English course for young adolescents. Connect encourages students to connect to English through contemporary, high-interest topics and contexts, fun dialogs, and games. Each student's book includes grammar and vocabulary presentations and a multi-skills, graded syllabus"--Provided by publisher.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521737001

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Drink with the Devil

By: Jack Higgins

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Drink with the Devil

By: Jack Higgins

The hunt is on for a fortune in stolen British gold in this New York Times bestselling Sean Dillon novel. Irish militant Michael Ryan wants to finance war in his homeland—and a sinister pact with the New York Mafia will make his dreams a savage reality. Former IRA enforcer Sean Dillon now works for the British government. His mission: retrieve the gold lying shipwreched at the botton of the Irish Sea by any means necessary—and finish Ryan's bloody plot before it gets off the ground. Two deadly men are locked in a furious race, with millions of dollars—and lives—hanging in the balance...

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Penguin

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1101203625

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9781101203620

Essentials of WNV Assessment

By: Kimberly A. Brunnert,Jack A. Naglieri,Steven T. Hardy-Braz

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Essentials of WNV Assessment

By: Kimberly A. Brunnert,Jack A. Naglieri,Steven T. Hardy-Braz

Essentials of WNV Assessment provides practitioners with practical, step-by-step advice for administering, scoring, and interpreting the Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV), a nonverbal assessment used to assess a wide variety of individuals. Written by Kimberly Brunnert, Jack Naglieri, and Steven Hardy-Braz, the test is especially well suited for those who are not proficient in English, such as young children, recent immigrants, ESL students, and the deaf and hard of hearing. This essential guide provides you with illuminating case reports and valuable advice on its clinical applications.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470467282

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9780470467282

Home Again

By: Jack Markle

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Home Again

By: Jack Markle

It’s love at first sight for Jon and Jillian, who meet in a fitness class and instantly hit it off. Jillian may not be accepted by Jon’s mother, but the pair agree to put their relationship first . . . until the FBI send him into a Witness Protection program that requires him to leave Jillian behind. Fatima grew up in war-torn Syria, having lost both of her parents and sister to tragedy. Every time she rebuilds her family, more tragedy strikes, leading her to wonder if she is cursed by Allah. At last, when she has lost everyone dear to her, she decides to take matters into her own hands. She couldn’t protect her family, but maybe she can save the world. As Fatima grows more desperate, Jon and Jillian must find a way to carry on without one another. Their stories intertwine as the conflict comes to a head with the fate of the world as we know it resting in the balance.

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FriesenPress

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1039115209

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Dogs

Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about our Companions and Best Friends

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Amy Newmark

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Dogs

Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about our Companions and Best Friends

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Amy Newmark

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Dogs will amuse and inspire all dog lovers with its true stories of amazing canine contributions, intelligence and intuitive abilities. Many of the stories will make readers laugh or cry, and they will all renew admiration for these canine companions. We are all crazy about our dogs and can’t read enough about them, whether they’re misbehaving and giving us big, innocent looks, or loyally standing by us in times of need. This new book from Chicken Soup for the Soul contains the 101 best dog stories from its library. Readers will revel in the heartwarming, amusing, inspirational, and occasionally tearful stories about our best friends and faithful companions -- our dogs.

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Simon and Schuster

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1611591740

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9781611591743

Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul

Stories to Inspire and Uplift the Hearts of Canadians

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Janet Matthews,Raymond Aaron

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Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul

Stories to Inspire and Uplift the Hearts of Canadians

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Janet Matthews,Raymond Aaron

Written by fellow Canadians from Cape Breton Island to Prince Edward Island, from Montreal to Vancouver, this book reveals the people, the history and the special moments that give Canada such a distinctive charm and character.

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1453280359

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What They Did to the Kid

Confessions of an Altar Boy

By: Jack Fritscher

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What They Did to the Kid

Confessions of an Altar Boy

By: Jack Fritscher

What They Did to the Kid" is a memoir spinning as a comic novel for general-fiction readers intrigued by boys' school tales, and baby boomers who "survived Catholic school." Ryan O'Hara, coming of age from 14 to 24, is the wise adolescent narrating readers' entry into the secret culture of 1950's altar boys who go to the seminary, meet priests, and must decide their own identities. The novel's interior ticking covers the clock and calendar of boys' emerging consciences and edgy consciousness. "The San Francisco Chronicle" says, "Jack Fritscher reads gloriously." Strong characters and snappy dialog propel the character-driven plot of male-dominant pecking order. At Misericordia Seminary (aptly nicknamed "Misery"), Ryan O'Hara exposes his own story. He's trapped for oxygen-with 500 other boys-by the imperial Rector Karg, the disciplinarian Father Gunn "of the USMC," the tart Father Polistina, and the rebel-priest Chris Dryden "who knows Fellini and JFK." The storytelling Irish-American author gives each ensemble character-hero or villain, student or priest, man or woman-a rich back story. Black civil rights of the 60's as well as three interesting women characters open this tale out of the suffocating seminary and on to the hot streets of Chicago's South Side and Old Town. The compelling psychological drama hinges on the very source and aspirations of priestly vocation versus self-esteem. "Is God calling me-and what about chastity? Or is it just the 'Bali Hai' of blind ambition and social climbing-and what about sex?" Fritscher makes deeper than usual sense of soulful coming-of-age material. The hearty supply of boarding school episodes cumulatively reveals the dueling dynamic between the boyish protagonist, Ryan O'Hara, and the callous ambition of the handsome bully, Tank Rimsky, as they fight toward the finish line of "manly men's" ordination to the priesthood. "The hardest thing to be in America today is a man." The novel is based on an under-reported story: the Catholic Church recruited 200,000 boys into seminaries in the 1950's. Only 20,000 were ordained. "Kid" details, in a nostalgic and not unkind take what happened to the missing 180,000 boys and the women and men in their families. Daring to step inside Catholic culture, without being parochial, this American story reveals the 1950's roots of 21st-century "recovering Catholic" panic and angst. The millions of post-Catholic baby boomers who have exited the Church will compare notes and laugh knowingly at the dead-on characterizations. Fashionably anti-Catholic campers will say, "but, of course " Readers might catalog "Kid" in the genre of "Young Torless, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," and "Lord of the Flies." Before now, no one of the surviving 180,000 ex-seminarians has dared reveal this insider confession on the secret milieu of the Catholic education of priests. From interviews with more than a hundred former seminarians, Jack Fritscher uniquely stages their true story arcs with wit, verve, and comedy. "What They Did to the Kid" is the fourth novel from Jack Fritscher whose twelve books have sold more than 100,000 copies. Jack Fritscher is a graduate of the prestigious Pontifical College Josephinum, a Roman Catholic seminary, located in Columbus, Ohio, and directly subject to the Vatican in Rome. He received his doctorate in American Literature from Loyola University, Chicago.

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Palm Drive Publishing

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1890834378

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9781890834371

New Interchange Level 3 Student's Book 3

English for International Communication

By: Jack C. Richards,Jonathan Hull,Susan Proctor

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New Interchange Level 3 Student's Book 3

English for International Communication

By: Jack C. Richards,Jonathan Hull,Susan Proctor

New Interchange is a complete revision of Interchange, one of the world s most popular and successful English courses. New Interchange is a multi-level course for adults and young adult learners of English from beginning to high-intermediate level. Level Three builds on the foundations for accurate and fluent communication established in Level 2, extending grammatical, lexical, and functional skills.New Interchange teaches students to use English for everyday situations and purposes related to school, work, social life, and leisure. The underlying philosophy is that language learning is more rewarding, meaningful, and effective when used for authentic communication.

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Cambridge University Press

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052162844X

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9780521628440

Bulletproof

The Truth about the Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump

By: Jack Posobiec,Joshua Lisec

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Bulletproof

The Truth about the Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump

By: Jack Posobiec,Joshua Lisec

From New York Times Bestselling Authors of Unhumans, Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec The Unanswered Questions of the Most Consequential Summer in American Political History We the people of the United States have questions. And we deserve answers. Bulletproof: The Truth about the Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump is the first complete preliminary investigative report on the attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump that occurred on July 13, 2024, at 6:11 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in Butler, PA, USA. Bulletproof reconstructs a minute-by-minute parallel timeline of each step of that fateful July day for President Trump, law enforcement agencies, and the would-be assassin and digs deeper than the official narrative, asking uncomfortable questions about how this event occurred and going deeper than mainstream media ever will. In addition, Bulletproof breaks new and exclusive stories from an independent private investigator team commissioned by the authors into the hidden life of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, and also breaks new ground, digging into the best-kept-secret details of how the failed “hit” on Trump dominoed into a palace coup of a sitting US president. Posobiec and Lisec bring the receipts. Bulletproof is also first to cover the assassination attempt that occurred two months later on September 15, 20204, at 1:30 p.m. EDT at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, FL, USA. The book curates what is known about the would-be shooter, Ryan Wesley Routh, and his complex ties to shadowy foreign fighter operations. May this public record serve the American people and those of the world who seek answers, question narratives, and hold all perpetrators accountable for their sins. Truth and justice will prevail.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510783377

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9781510783379

Young Citizens of the World

Teaching Elementary Social Studies Through Civic Engagement

By: Marilynne Boyle-Baise,Jack Zevin

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Young Citizens of the World

Teaching Elementary Social Studies Through Civic Engagement

By: Marilynne Boyle-Baise,Jack Zevin

This text takes a clear stance: Social studies is about citizenship education - citizenship not only as a noun, but as a verb, something one DOES. Based on this clear curricular and pedagogical purpose, it lays out a holistic and multicultural three-part process for civic preparation: becoming informed, thinking it through, and taking action. Six outstanding teaching strategies and teaching/learning projects throughout bring this framework life.

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Routledge

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1135590753

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9781135590758

The Wisconsin State Constitution

By: Jack Stark

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The Wisconsin State Constitution

By: Jack Stark

The Wisconsin State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of Wisconsin's constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography provides an unsurpassed reference guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of Wisconsin's constitution. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019977918X

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Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul

Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Mothers

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

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Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul

Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Mothers

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

We can all remember a time when we were young and under-the-weather, and Mom soothed and nurtured us back to health with her magical chicken soup elixir. Now we can revisit those cherished moments with a delightful batch of stories for and about mothers. Celebrity contributions include Barbara Bush, Reba McEntire, Erma Bombeck and Montel Williams.

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Simon and Schuster

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1453280499

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9781453280492

The Eagle Has Flown

By: Jack Higgins

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The Eagle Has Flown

By: Jack Higgins

The “engrossing follow-up” to the New York Times–bestselling author’s classic WWII spy thriller, The Eagle Has Landed (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Germany, 1943. As an increasingly isolated and insane Hitler pursues his hopeless war, betrayal and treachery reach the highest levels of the Third Reich. German intelligence knows that SS colonel Kurt Steiner survived “Operation Eagle,” the bungled assassination attempt on Winston Churchill, and is now a POW somewhere in London. For his own nefarious reasons, Reichsführer Himmler wants him back—at any cost. In charge of the perilous rescue mission, SS general Walter Schellenberg recruits Steiner’s former accomplice, the charismatic IRA hit man Liam Devlin. Racing from the nightclubs of Lisbon to Hitler’s opulent country retreat to the damp streets of London, Schellenberg and Devlin get closer to their target—and to the shattering true objective of their mission.

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Open Road Media

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1504084772

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Extreme Killing

Understanding Serial and Mass Murder

By: James Alan Fox,Jack Levin,Emma E. Fridel

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Extreme Killing

Understanding Serial and Mass Murder

By: James Alan Fox,Jack Levin,Emma E. Fridel

Extreme Killing offers you a comprehensive overview of multiple homicide, including both serial and mass murder. Filled with classic and contemporary case studies, this fully updated Fourth Edition reflects a growing concern for specific types of multiple homicides—indiscriminate public massacres, terrorist attacks, hate crimes, and school shootings—as well as largely debated issues such as gun control and mental illness. Renowned experts and authors in the field, James Alan Fox, Jack Levin, and Emma Fridel bring their years of research and experience to create distinctions between serial and mass murders, address characteristics of both killers and their victims, and recognize the special concerns around multiple murder victims and their survivors. You will examine the latest theories of criminal behavior and apply them to mass and serial murderers from around the world, such as the mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas, the Grim Sleeper in Los Angeles, the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, the shooting of nine African Americans by a white supremacist in a Charleston church, and more.

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SAGE Publications

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1506349137

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9781506349138

Nonvoters

America′s No-Shows

By: Jack C. Doppelt,Ellen Shearer

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Nonvoters

America′s No-Shows

By: Jack C. Doppelt,Ellen Shearer

The raffish epigraphs of a comic, George Carlin, and a poet, W.B. Yeats, set the tone for this exciting, revelatory and altogether important work. The question: Why are there so many no-shows on Election Day? Thirty thoughtful Americans-as good a cross section as you can get-tell us in a varied and astonishing manner." -Studs Terkel, author "So much has been said (with so little knowledge) about America′s nonvoting majority. This intriguing book at last introduces us to the people who do not vote, dispels many of the myths about them, and shows us the depth of their disconnection from the political process. Through their revealing interviews and compelling conclusions, Jack C. Doppelt and Ellen Shearer illuminate the varied reasons that so many Americans find so little meaning in politics. Nonvoters shows us the futility of current efforts to woo nonvoters; it also enables us for the first time to understand how complex and deep-seated this important issue is." -Geneva Overholser, Washington Post syndicated columnist "Fascinating and important. This book gives us new and significant insights." -Paul Simon, Former United States Senator "Jack C. Doppelt and Ellen Shearer have brought the energy and open minds that mark the best reporters to look at the other half, at the 51% majority of the electorate who chose to stay away from the polls in 1996. They found "a Pandora′s box of dueling realities" that call into question the easy assumptions about nonvoters—that they′re low-income, poorly educated, and generally uninformed. The reality turns out to be considerably more complicated. The authors and their dispersed across the country to talk to the nonvoters themselves. Their voices ring through this thoughtful book." -Susan Page, White House Bureau Chief, USA TODAY, and President, White House Correspondents′ Association In Nonvoters: America′s No-Shows, Doppelt and Shearer reveal the findings of their national survey and interviews with nonvoting Americans. Though they discovered a diverse array of opinions and reasons for not voting, they also found that nonvoters clustered into five types: "doers," "unpluggeds," "irritables," "don′t knows," and "alienateds." This book contains the stories of the people who don′t vote as well as the authors′ analyses of this troubling phenomenon in American politics. The authors consider voting behavior in local, off-year, and presidential elections, debunking the myths of why the majority of Americans decide to be "no shows" on election day. This groundbreaking study and insightful perspectives of 30 representative nonvoters will prove fascinating to anyone interested in politics and human behavior, whether as part of a campaign′s dialogue, a classroom study, or a living room discussion.

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1452267480

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Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul

Stories to Celebrate the Spirit of Courage, Caring and Community

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

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Stories to Celebrate the Spirit of Courage, Caring and Community

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

Deep within each one of us lies the ability to step up and care for those in need, even though we often feel overwhelmed by a complex world. In fact, more than 200 million people throughout the world offer their time and love to volunteering.

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Simon and Schuster

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1453280456

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9781453280454

Hail, Columbia!

By: Jack Martin

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Hail, Columbia!

By: Jack Martin

Amid the tensions of Reconstruction, a Civil War veteran and presidential agent hunts down violent threats and secretive hidden enemies . . . The Civil War ended four years ago—but that doesn’t mean that peace rules the land. Confederate veterans have formed a secret organization, the Ku Klux Klan, to fight what they perceive as unjust oppression, violently attacking former slaves and attempting to sabotage the government’s authority in the South. To address the danger they pose, President Ulysses S. Grant turns to his most trusted agent: Maj. Alphonso Brutus Clay. The goal is to end the mayhem without sparking a renewal of hostilities and plunging the nation into bloodshed again. With the help of a friend, Ambrose Bierce, and the fierce Teresa Duval, Clay must confront a corrupt cabal intent on controlling this still-fragile Union—a threat to not only the United States but the world. “I can’t wait to read the next Alphonso Clay book.” —RP Dahlke, author of the Dead Red Mysteries

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Open Road Media

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1504078128

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9781504078122

The White House Connection

By: Jack Higgins

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The White House Connection

By: Jack Higgins

The master of intrigue and suspense reunites the unforgettable team of his smash bestseller The President's Daughter to stop an unidentifed assassin--a woman who walks the streets of Manhattan, stalking the members of a secret politcal organization...and killing them, one by one. "One heckuva heroine Awho? will keep you turning the pages."--Larry King, USA Today

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G.P. Putnam's Sons

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0425175413

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just Us Girls

101 Stories about Friendship for Women of All Ages

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Amy Newmark

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just Us Girls

101 Stories about Friendship for Women of All Ages

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Amy Newmark

Being a preteen is harder than it looks, but this collection will help them realize that they are not alone. Readers will be encouraged and inspired by stories from other preteens, just like them, about the problems and issues they face every day.

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The Forging of Luke Stone Bundle: Primary Valor (#5) and Primary Duty (#6)

By: Jack Mars

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The Forging of Luke Stone Bundle: Primary Valor (#5) and Primary Duty (#6)

By: Jack Mars

A bundle of books #5 (PRIMARY VALOR) and #6 (PRIMARY DUTY) in Jack Mars’s Forging of Luke Stone thriller series. This bundle offers books five and six in one convenient file, with over 150,000 words of reading. In PRIMARY VALOR (Book #5), elite Delta Force veteran Luke Stone and the FBI’s Special Response Team are summoned when a teenage girl is taken captive and trafficked to a billionaire’s private retreat in South America. Luke is handed an impossible rescue mission, pitting one man against an army. Making matters worse, behind it all may be something much greater, leading to the upper echelons of government, and to a national security crisis. In PRIMARY DUTY (Book #6) a Supreme Court Justice is taken hostage by a terrorist organization. With a consequential decision before the court, the death of this swing Justice could change the political landscape for decades. Getting him back, against the backdrop of a massive marvel of engineering, would be mission impossible—a mission that only elite Delta Force veteran Luke Stone, 29, and the FBI’s Special Response Team, may be crazy enough to take on. THE FORGING OF LUKE STONE is an un-putdownable military thriller series, a wild action ride that will leave you turning pages late into the night. It marks the long-anticipated debut of a riveting new series by #1 bestseller Jack Mars, dubbed “one of the best thriller authors” out there.

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1094375055

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Covert Violence

The Secret Weapon of the Powerless

By: Jack Levin,Julie B. Wiest

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Covert Violence

The Secret Weapon of the Powerless

By: Jack Levin,Julie B. Wiest

Covert violence occurs in all social institutions—including families and close relationships, education, workplaces, politics, mass media, and healthcare—each with its own unique power dynamics that shape the incidence and patterns of these vicious acts. This book focuses on the types of surreptitious murder and mayhem that perpetrators intend to go unnoticed by would-be victims—until it’s too late. When such attacks are carried out with efficiency and competence, they may be disguised in official records as the result of illness, accident, or intentional self-harm, only on occasion to be later reclassified as the brutal crimes they are. This compelling and much-needed book is for all those who seek to understand—and strive to prevent—violence in society.

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Policy Press

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1529230705

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: On Being a Parent

Inspirational, Humorous, and Heartwarming Stories about Parenthood

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Amy Newmark

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: On Being a Parent

Inspirational, Humorous, and Heartwarming Stories about Parenthood

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Amy Newmark

Chicken Soup for the Soul: On Being a Parent includes the best selections on parenting from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s rich history, with 101 stories carefully selected to appeal to both mothers and fathers. Parenting is the hardest and most rewarding job in the world. Filled with stories on the humor, hard work, and joy of being a parent, this is a great book for couples to share, whether they are embarking on a new adventure as parents or reflecting on their lifetime experience.

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1611591783

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles Happen

101 Inspirational Stories about Hope, Answered Prayers, and Divine Intervention

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Amy Newmark

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles Happen

101 Inspirational Stories about Hope, Answered Prayers, and Divine Intervention

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen,Amy Newmark

Miracles happen every day! These 101 true stories of answered prayers and divine intervention show a higher power at work in our lives. These 101 true stories of healing, divine intervention, and answered prayers prove that miracles can happen to anyone at any time. You will be awed and uplifted by these personal stories of divine intervention, healing and faith.

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161159233X

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Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul

Stories of Changes, Choices and Growing Up for Kids Ages 9–13

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

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Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul

Stories of Changes, Choices and Growing Up for Kids Ages 9–13

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

Written by and for preteens, this uplifting collection of stories touches on the emotions and situations they experience every day: making and losing friends, fitting in while keeping their personal identity, discovering the opposite sex, dealing with pressures at school including violence, and coping with family issues such as divorce.

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1453278990

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Chicken Soup for the Soul Unlocking the Secrets to Living Your Dreams

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

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Chicken Soup for the Soul Unlocking the Secrets to Living Your Dreams

By: Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen

In this commemorative tenth anniversary edition, readers will find fifty of the best-loved stories from the series, those that exemplify the spirit of Chicken Soup and its ability to illuminate the path we all walk on. Included are poignant letters from readers whose lives were transformed by what they read and a special section written by coauthors, master motivators Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, on the special principles of living your dreams that everyone can follow.

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1453280596

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Escape to Another Reality

Memoirs of a Reluctant Messenger

By: Jack Groverland

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Escape to Another Reality

Memoirs of a Reluctant Messenger

By: Jack Groverland

“I once believed like you, that I was an objective observer of the world around me. Then at age 22, I was arrested and bound for prison. Suddenly, I had a mental shift which felt like an invasion of my mind by an unknown entity and it had me running for my life under a hail of bullets. In the terrifying process I did not just escape the police, the city and state I was arrested in, but I escaped reality as I knew it, running past buildings that were sky high, and flat without definition—people were taller, cars longer and the street I was running on narrowed all the way to the horizon like a surreal painting. In this psychedelic state, everything appeared to move shower, allowing me to dodge gunfire and miraculously escape the police. When the hallucination ended I was in a different City. Without money, personal I.D. or a place to sleep, I was forced to live in a different reality, one which included an unseen power that meddled in my life.” WARNING: Jack’s memoirs include miracles ,mayhem, love and murder.

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Balboa Press

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The Hornet's Nest

By: Jack Gough

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The Hornet's Nest

By: Jack Gough

‘The hornet’s nest’ describes a talented person whose life is turned into a diabolical life, a life-style brought about by they we normally look to for help, respect, sympathy and understanding, the legal and medical professions, along with the corrupt politicians of this world.

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1504323890

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9781504323895

Playfair Football Annual 2012-2013

By: Glenda Rollin,Jack Rollin

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Playfair Football Annual 2012-2013

By: Glenda Rollin,Jack Rollin

The factual, concise and first-choice guide for the real fan. Now in its 65th year, PLAYFAIR FOOTBALL ANNUAL includes all the Champions League and Europa League details; a compact directory for English and Scottish clubs; English and Scottish league and cup match results; stats on how English league clubs have fared over the last 25 years; and week-by-week domestic, European and international fixtures for the 2012-2013 season. A pocket-size treat - this is the ideal book to take to matches and settle arguments before, during and after!

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