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Marketing Methods for Small Factors &amp;amp; Brokers

By: Jeff Callender

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Marketing Methods for Small Factors &amp;amp; Brokers

By: Jeff Callender

This book is for small factors and brokers who ask the question: "What are the most effective marketing methods for finding prospective clients?" This book provides experiences "from the trenches" of several small factors and a broker. Read what marketing tools they have found work best and which are a waste of time and money. Finding just one "gem" among the many offered here will pay for this book many times.

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Dash Point Publishing

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193883710X

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9781938837104

How to Run a Small Factoring Business

By: Jeff Callender

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How to Run a Small Factoring Business

By: Jeff Callender

This practical, hands-on manual teaches everything you need to know about starting and running a small factoring business. With common sense directions and first-person experiences giving a "been there" flavor to each page, you’ll learn how factoring small receivables can be a lucrative, enjoyable business and an excellent tool for investing retirement or discretionary investment funds.

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1938837088

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Factoring Case Studies

By: Jeff Callender

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Factoring Case Studies

By: Jeff Callender

This book gives revealing first-hand accounts of 30 real factoring clients, provided by eight experienced small factors across the country. The stories are all true, loaded with practical wisdom, and full of essential lessons. If you are thinking about going into factoring at any level – as a funding source or broker – you need to read this book!

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Dash Point Publishing

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1938837096

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9781938837098

Factoring Wisdom

Short Sayings and Straight Talk for New and Small Factors: a Preview to Buying Receivables

By: Jeff Callender

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Factoring Wisdom

Short Sayings and Straight Talk for New and Small Factors: a Preview to Buying Receivables

By: Jeff Callender

Jeff Callender has written more for the public on the subject of factoring accounts receivable than anyone. Here, in a brief and engaging collection, are the highlights of his work to date. This book gathers, sorts, and presents scores of factoring topics. Grouped alphabetically by subject, this little volume provides a thumbnail sketch of the information, experiences, and "words to the wise" that are generously peppered throughout his books and other writing. They are condensed here for an easily grasped summary of factoring and its many finer points. If you've been intrigued with this subject and curious as to just what factoring is all about, this digest is an easy and inexpensive way to find out. Settle into your easy chair with this brief collection and you'll be surprised at how much you'll learn in just a few minutes.

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Dash Point Publishing

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1938837061

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9781938837067

Fundamentals for Factors

By: Jeff Callender

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Fundamentals for Factors

By: Jeff Callender

Fundamentals for Factors: How You Can Make Large Returns in Small Receivables, introduces the reader to the basic concepts of factoring. Fundamentals describes what factoring is, how it works, businesses which can benefit, the remarkable returns possible, risks involved, and how to minimize those risks. It helps the reader define the meaning of “success,” whether factoring is an appropriate move for his or her circumstances, and closes with a look at four small factors who enter the field from very diverse backgrounds, with quite different purposes.

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Dash Point Publishing

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193883707X

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Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life

By: Jeff Wilser

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Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life

By: Jeff Wilser

The life—and lessons—of the Founding Father who mastered the arts of wit, war, and wealth, long before becoming the subject of Broadway’s Hamilton: An American Musical Two centuries after his death, Alexander Hamilton is shining once more under the world’s spotlight—and we need him now more than ever. Hamilton was a self-starter. Scrappy. Orphaned as a child, he came to America with nothing but a code of honor and a hunger to work. He then went on to help win the Revolutionary War and ratify the Constitution, create the country’s financial system, charm New York’s most eligible ladies, and land his face on our $10 bill. The ultimate underdog, he combined a fearless, independent spirit with a much-needed dose of American optimism. Hamilton died before he could teach us the lessons he learned, but Alexander Hamilton’s Guide to Life unlocks his core principles—intended for anyone interested in success, romance, money, or dueling. They include: · Speak with Authority Even If You Have None (Career) · Seduce with Your Strengths (Romance) · Find Time for the Quills and the Bills (Money) · Put the Father in Founding Father (Friends & Family) · Being Right Trumps Being Popular (Leadership) For history buffs and pop-culture addicts alike, this mix of biography, humor, and advice offers a fresh take on a nearly forgotten Founding Father, and will spark a revolution in your own life.

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Crown

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0451498097

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9780451498090

Experiencing Big Band Jazz

A Listener's Companion

By: Jeff Sultanof

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Experiencing Big Band Jazz

A Listener's Companion

By: Jeff Sultanof

The era of popular music from about 1917 onward saw an explosion of creative songwriting that converged with a new sound from reed, brass, and rhythm instruments. Jazz was born, and the musical sophistication that accompanied this original sound set the stage for the prominence of arrangers, whose role in big band orchestrations became as important as jazz musicians and composers themselves. The Big Band evolved as a unique phenomenon in American music history. With both studio and live vintage recordings readily available, an investigation of how to listen and experience Big Band music is overdue. In Experiencing Big Band Jazz: A Listener’s Companion, composer/arranger, music historian, and music editor Jeff Sultanof takes a fresh look at Big Band music, examining why the Big Band era started when it did; how pop music changed to meet the needs of Big Bands and the reverse; the role played by well-known band leaders and the bands they led, the jazz soloists who became legendary, and the stories of several ensembles previously unexamined. Lists of must-hear recordings and videos drawn from studio as well as live sources are also included to make the book an invaluable resource for music lovers of every age.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442242434

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The New Nancy

Flexible and Relatable Daily Comics in the Twenty-First Century

By: Jeff Karnicky

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The New Nancy

Flexible and Relatable Daily Comics in the Twenty-First Century

By: Jeff Karnicky

The New Nancy explores how Olivia Jaimes's 2018 reboot of the legacy comic strip exemplifies the adaptability of contemporary flexible comics to serve divergent audiences, from nostalgic fans who read the daily comics in newspapers to newer webcomic readers.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496237196

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Liar in a Crowded Theater

Freedom of Speech in a World of Misinformation

By: Jeff Kosseff

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Liar in a Crowded Theater

Freedom of Speech in a World of Misinformation

By: Jeff Kosseff

Thanks to the First Amendment, Americans enjoy a rare privilege: the constitutional right to lie. And although controversial, they should continue to enjoy this right. When commentators and politicians discuss misinformation, they often repeat five words: "fire in a crowded theater." Though governments can, if they choose, attempt to ban harmful lies, propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation, how effective will their efforts really be? Can they punish someone for yelling "fire" in a crowded theater—and would those lies then have any less impact? How do governments around the world respond to the spread of misinformation, and when should the US government protect the free speech of liars? In Liar in a Crowded Theater, law professor Jeff Kosseff addresses the pervasiveness of lies, the legal protections they enjoy, the harm they cause, and how to combat them. From the COVID-19 pandemic to the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections and the January 6, 2021, insurrection on the Capitol building, Kosseff argues that even though lies can inflict huge damage, US law should continue to protect them. Liar in a Crowded Theater explores both the history of protected falsehoods and where to go from here. Drawing on years of research and thousands of pages of court documents in dozens of cases—from Alexander Hamilton's enduring defense of free speech to Eminem's victory in a lawsuit claiming that he stretched the truth in a 1999 song—Kosseff illustrates not only why courts are reluctant to be the arbiters of truth but also why they're uniquely unsuited to that role. Rather than resorting to regulating speech and fining or jailing speakers, he proposes solutions that focus on minimizing the harms of misinformation. If we want to seriously address concerns about misinformation and other false speech, we must finally exit the crowded theater.

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JHU Press

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1421447339

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The Price They Paid

Slavery, Shipwrecks, and Reparations Before the Civil War

By: Jeff Forret

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The Price They Paid

Slavery, Shipwrecks, and Reparations Before the Civil War

By: Jeff Forret

A prizewinning historian uncovers one of the earliest instances of reparations in America—ironically, though perhaps not surprisingly, paid to slaveholders, not former slaves “A spectacular achievement of historical research. Forret shows for the first time just how far the American government went to secure reparations.” —Robert Elder‚ author of Calhoun: American Heretic In 1831, the American ship Comet, carrying 165 enslaved men, women, and children, crashed onto a coral reef near the shore of the Bahamas, then part of the British Empire. Shortly afterward, the Vice Admiralty Court in Nassau, over the outraged objections of the ship’s owners, set the rescued captives free. American slave owners and the companies who insured the liberated human cargo would spend years lobbying for reparations from Great Britain, not for the emancipated slaves, of course, but for the masters deprived of their human property. In a work of profoundly relevant research and storytelling, historian and Frederick Douglass Prize–winner Jeff Forret uncovers how the Comet incident—as well as similar episodes that unfolded over the next decade—resulted in the British Crown making reparations payments to a U.S. government that strenuously represented slaveholder interests. Through a story that has never been fully explored, The Price They Paid shows how, unlike their former owners and insurers, neither the survivors of the Comet and other vessels, nor their descendants, have ever received reparations for the price they paid in their lives, labor, and suffering during slavery. Any accounting of reparations today requires a fuller understanding of how the debts of slavery have been paid, and to whom. The Price They Paid represents a major step forward in that effort.

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The New Press

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1620978997

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Giants Of Scottish Rugby

By: Jeff Connor

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Giants Of Scottish Rugby

By: Jeff Connor

From the heights of the Grand Slams to a near whitewash in the 2000 Six Nations championship, one factor has remained constant in Scottish rugby - its huge resource of characters. Early in the year 2000, Jeff Connor set out on a mission to track down some of Scotland's best-known players, the true giants of the game, and discover whether there is life after international rugby. The result was 40 exclusive interviews and a book that is enlightening, hilarious and moving in equal measure. There are rare and extended interviews with Ken Scotland, Jim Telfer, Ian McLauchlan, Sandy Carmichael and Andy Irvine. There is the Hawick humour of Jim Renwick, the history of Finlay Calder's greatest wind-ups and the emotive story of Gordon Brown's battle with his most vicious opponent of them all, cancer. Bruce Hay's confrontation with the Duke of Edinburgh, Iain Paxton's disgust at the attitude of some English players on a British Lions tour and David Leslie's fearsome pre-match preparations are all vividly described, along with frankly expressed views from active modern-day players like Gregor Townsend. All rugby fans will find something to treasure in Giants of Scottish Rugby.

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Random House

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1780572883

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Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents, 28th edition

Who They Are, What They Want, How to Win Them Over

By: Jeff Herman

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Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents, 28th edition

Who They Are, What They Want, How to Win Them Over

By: Jeff Herman

If You Want to Get Published, Read This Book! Jeff Herman’s Guide is the writer’s best friend. The 28th edition, updated for 2019, includes strategies to finding your way through today’s field of publishers, editors, and agents. Get the most up-to-date information on the who’s who in publishing: The best way to ensure that your book stands out from the crowd is to find the right person to read it. In this guidebook, Jeff Herman reveals names, contact information, and personal interests for hundreds of literary agents and editors, so you can find the publishing professional who’s been waiting for you. In addition, the comprehensive index makes it easy to search by genre and subject. Learn to write a winning pitch: This highly-respected resource has helped countless authors achieve their highest goals. It starts with the perfect pitch. You’ll learn the language that publishers use, and ways to present yourself and your book in the best light. Trust the expert that insiders trust: Bestselling authors and publishing insiders recognize Jeff Herman’s Guide as honest, informative, and accurate. New and veteran writers of both fiction and nonfiction have relied on this no-nonsense guidebook for decades. Everything you need to know to publish your book is compiled in this one go-to resource. In Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents you’ll find: Invaluable information about 245 publishers and imprints Independent book editors who can help make your book publisher-friendly Methods for spotting a scam before it’s too late Methods to becoming a confident partner in the business of publishing your book. This guide is an excellent addition to your collection if you have read Guide to Literary Agents 2019, Writer's Market 2019, or The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published.

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New World Library

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1608685853

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9781608685851

God Save the USSR

Soviet Muslims and the Second World War

By: Jeff Eden

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God Save the USSR

Soviet Muslims and the Second World War

By: Jeff Eden

During the Second World War, as the Soviet Red Army was locked in brutal combat against the Nazis, Joseph Stalin ended the state's violent, decades-long persecution of religion. In a stunning reversal, priests, imams, rabbis, and other religious elites--many of them newly-released from the Gulag--were tasked with rallying Soviet citizens to a "Holy War" against Hitler. To the delight of some citizens, and to the horror of others, Stalin's reversal encouraged a widespread perception that his "war on religion" was over. A revolution in Soviet religious life ensued: soldiers prayed on the battlefield, entire villages celebrated once-banned holidays, and state-backed religious leaders used their new positions not only to consolidate power over their communities, but also to petition for further religious freedoms. Offering a window on this wartime "religious revolution," God Save the USSR focuses on the Soviet Union's Muslims, using sources in several languages (including Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Uzbek, and Persian). Drawing evidence from eyewitness accounts, interviews, soldiers' letters, frontline poetry, agents' reports, petitions, and the words of Soviet Muslim leaders, Jeff Eden argues that the religious revolution was fomented simultaneously by the state and by religious Soviet citizens: the state gave an inch, and many citizens took a mile, as atheist Soviet agents looked on in exasperation at the resurgence of unconcealed devotional life.

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Oxford University Press

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0190076291

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9780190076290

James Madison

A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation

By: Jeff Broadwater

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James Madison

A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation

By: Jeff Broadwater

James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. In this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madison's role in the battle for religious freedom in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, his place in the evolution of the party system, his relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a wartime commander in chief, and his views on slavery. From Broadwater's perspective, no single figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth president. In these pages, Madison emerges as a remarkably resilient politician, an unlikely wartime leader who survived repeated setbacks in the War of 1812 with his popularity intact. Yet Broadwater shows that despite his keen intelligence, the more Madison thought about one issue, race, the more muddled his thinking became, and his conviction that white prejudices were intractable prevented him from fully grappling with the dilemma of American slavery.

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UNC Press Books

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0807869910

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Resistance

Reclaiming an American Tradition

By: Jeff Biggers

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Resistance

Reclaiming an American Tradition

By: Jeff Biggers

This "powerful, urgent" narrative history of resistance campaigns throughout history and how they affect today's battles (Jeff Chang, author of We Gon’ Be Alright)––from the American Revolution and the defeat of fascism during WWII, to landmark battles for civil rights and the new movements for equity. Across cities, towns, and campuses, Americans are grappling with overwhelming challenges and the daily fallout from the most authoritarian White House policies in recent memory. In this inspiring narrative history, Jeff Biggers reframes today’s battles as a continuum of a vibrant American tradition. Resistance is a chronicle of the courageous resistance movements that have insured the benchmarks of our democracy––movements that served on the front lines of the American Revolution, the defense of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the defeat of fascism during World War II, and landmark civil rights and environmental protection achievements. Legendary historian Studs Terkel praised Biggers’s The United States of Appalachia as a "how–to book" in the tradition of the American Revolution. With Resistance, Biggers opens a new window into American history and its meaning today. In a recovery of unsung heroes, including Revolutionary forefather Thomas Paine, Resistance is a provocative reconsideration of the American Revolution, bringing alive the early struggles of Indigenous peoples and people of color, and immigration, women’s rights, and environmental justice movements. With lucidity, meticulousness, and wit, Biggers unfolds one of our country’s best–kept secrets: in dealing with the most challenging issues of every generation, resistance to duplicitous civil authority has defined our quintessential American story. "Resist we must, resist we will––and as this volume powerfully reminds us, in so doing we are acting on the deepest American instincts." ―Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance

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Catapult

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1640092463

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Reckoning at Eagle Creek

The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland

By: Jeff Biggers

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Reckoning at Eagle Creek

The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland

By: Jeff Biggers

Cultural historian Jeff Biggers takes us to the dark amphitheatre ruins of his family's nearly 200-year-old hillside homestead that has been strip-mined on the edge of the first federally recognized Wilderness Site in southern Illinois. In doing so, he not only comes to grips with his own denied backwoods heritage, but also chronicles a dark and missing chapter in the American experience: the historical nightmare of coal outside of Appalachia, serving as an expos' of a secret legacy of shame and resiliency.

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Bold Type Books

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1568586183

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Ghost Hunter's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area

Revised Edition

By: Jeff Dwyer

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Ghost Hunter's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area

Revised Edition

By: Jeff Dwyer

This new edition of the ultimate guide to finding ghosts in the Bay Area highlights more than 100 haunted spots in and around San Francisco, all accessible to the public. Featured sights include the Queen Anne Hotel, one of the most haunted buildings in the area; the Atherton House; Cameron House in Chinatown; and of course, Alcatraz Prison. With advice on what to do with a ghost, what to do after the ghost hunt, and other telekinetic tidbits, this guide encourages travelers to be attentive and imaginative, willing them to take that extra spirit-sighting step.

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Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.

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1589809688

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9781589809680

Got a Revolution!

The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane

By: Jeff Tamarkin

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Got a Revolution!

The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane

By: Jeff Tamarkin

The most successful and influential rock band to emerge from San Francisco during the 1960s, Jefferson Airplane created the sound of a generation. Their smash hits "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" virtually invented the era's signature pulsating psychedelic music and, during one of the most tumultuous times in American history, came to personify the decade's radical counterculture. In this groundbreaking biography of the band, veteran music writer and historian Jeff Tamarkin produces a portrait of the band like none that has come before it. Having worked closely with Jefferson Airplane for more than a decade, Tamarkin had unprecedented access to the band members, their families, friends, lovers, crew members, fellow musicians, cultural luminaries, even the highest-ranking politicians of the time. More than just a definitive history, Got a Revolution! is a rock legend unto itself. Jann Wenner, editor-in-chief and publisher of Rolling Stone, wrote, "The classic [Jefferson] Airplane lineup were both architects and messengers of a psychedelic age, a liberation of mind and body that profoundly changed American art, politics, and spirituality. It was a renaissance that could only have been born in San Francisco, and the Airplane, more than any other band in town, spread the good news nationwide.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439117659

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9781439117651

Cyber Disobedience

Re://Presenting Online Anarchy

By: Jeff Shantz,Jordon Tomblin

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Cyber Disobedience

Re://Presenting Online Anarchy

By: Jeff Shantz,Jordon Tomblin

Few activities have captured the contemporary popular imagination as hacking and online activism, from Anonymous and beyond. Few political ideas have gained more notoriety recently than anarchism. Yet both remain misunderstood and much maligned. /Cyber Disobedience/ provides the most engaging and detailed analysis of online civil disobedience and anarchism today.

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John Hunt Publishing

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1782795553

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Nashville Haunted Handbook

By: Donna Marsh,Jeff Morris,Garett Merk

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Nashville Haunted Handbook

By: Donna Marsh,Jeff Morris,Garett Merk

Nashville Haunted Handbook is the second book in the new Haunted Handbook line within the popular America’s Haunted Road Trip series. The Haunted Handbooks are city-specific travel guides to nearly one hundred places within a major city. Each of the places in Nashville Haunted Handbook is presented in a two-page spread that includes directions, a brief history, details about how the place is haunted, and advice on visiting the place. Each spread also includes one or two photos. The places are organized into sections, including schoolhouses, roads and bridges, hotels and inns, and others. Nashville Haunted Handbook is written with the ghost enthusiast in mind. All 100 chapters contain information on the history as well as the haunting surrounding each location, as well as detailed directions on how to locate each site. Many of the chapters also contain insider information that only a local would know, making it easier for ghost hunters to investigate.

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Clerisy Press

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1578604974

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Breakaway (The 39 Clues: Unstoppable, Book 2)

By: Jeff Hirsch

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Breakaway (The 39 Clues: Unstoppable, Book 2)

By: Jeff Hirsch

A Nightmare Come True As a member of the most powerful family history has ever known, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill has been shot at, kidnapped, and even thrown into a pit with a deadly snake. He's survived it all due to luck, smarts, and his older sister, Amy, who always sticks by his side.Now Dan and Amy are facing their greatest threat yet, an enemy who has found a way to use the source of the Cahill family power against them. To stop him, Dan and Amy must set out on a desperate mission that will take them from one of the world's hottest regions all the way to the frozen blast of the Arctic Circle. But with the enemy closing in, Dan finds himself facing the one terror he never imagined -- being betrayed by his own sister.

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Scholastic Inc.

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0545558719

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Film History Through Trade Journal Art, 1916-1920

By: Jeff Codori

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Film History Through Trade Journal Art, 1916-1920

By: Jeff Codori

The period in film history between the regimentation of the Edison Trust and the vertical integration of the Studio System--roughly 1916 through 1920--was a time of structural and artistic experimentation for the American film industry. As the nature of the industry was evolving, society around it was changing as well; arts, politics and society were in a state of flux between old and new. Before the major studios dominated the industry, droves of smaller companies competed for the attention of the independent exhibitor, their gateway to the movie-goer. Their arena was in the pages of the trade press, and their weapons were their advertisements, often bold and eye-catching. The reporting of the trade journals, as they witnessed the evolution of the industry from its infancy towards the future, is the basis of this history. Pulled from the pages of the journals themselves as archived by the Media History Digital Library, the observations of the trade press writers are accompanied by cleaned and restored advertisements used in the battle among the young film companies. They offer a unique and vital look at this formative period of film history.

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McFarland

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1476638292

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9781476638294

Early Downhome Blues

A Musical and Cultural Analysis

By: Jeff Todd Titon

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Early Downhome Blues

A Musical and Cultural Analysis

By: Jeff Todd Titon

Hailed as a classic in music studies when it was first published in 1977, Early Downhome Blues is a detailed look at traditional country blues artists and their work. Combining musical analysis and cultural history approaches, Titon examines the origins of downhome blues in African American society. He also explores what happened to the art form when the blues were commercially recorded and became part of the larger American culture. From forty-seven musical transcriptions, Titon derives a grammar of early downhome blues melody. His book is enriched with the recollections of blues performers, audience members, and those working in the recording industry. In a new afterword, Titon reflects on the genesis of this book in the blues revival of the 1960s and the politics of tourism in the current revival under way.

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UNC Press Books

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1469616912

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9781469616919

Renegade at Heart

An Autobiography

By: Lorenzo Lamas,Jeff Lenburg

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Renegade at Heart

An Autobiography

By: Lorenzo Lamas,Jeff Lenburg

Meet the real Lorenzo Lamas. Lorenzo Lamas has played many roles over the course of his roller coaster career. Star of two major television shows, five-time husband, and reality show star, Lamas has been tabloid fodder for decades. Fans can easily believe they have seen every side of Lamas. But the truth is far more interesting—and surprising. Son of film stars Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl, and stepson of swimmer and actress Esther Williams, Lorenzo was born into Hollywood royalty. But his path was not easy. Overweight and aimless as a child, he found it hard to live up to the expectations of his famous father, whose exploits made him the inspiration for the "most interesting man in the world." But Lorenzo surprised everyone, shaping up and ultimately winning countless black belts in tae kwon do and karate. Despite his father's early discouragement, he pursued acting, starring in Falcon Crest and Renegade. In Renegade at Heart, the Emmy– and Golden Globe–nominated actor pulls back the curtain to share his startling and explosive story—the money and notoriety, the fights and falling outs, his years of battling abandonment and attachment issues after his parents' divorce, his epic romances and tabloid—making marriages to his four ex-wives. He delves deep into his relationships with his six children and with his famous father, whose penetrating words of wisdom have guided him through turbulent times and to a sense of renewal and new beginnings. Featuring 50 rare, never-before-shared family and personal photographs from his private collection, Renegade at Heart is everything Lamas's millions of fans have been waiting for—the unvarnished truth and his side of his remarkable journey and fully fleshed rumination of the highs and lows of an extraordinary life and survival of an extraordinary man and actor.

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1941631266

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Supernatural: Witch's Canyon

By: Jeff Mariotte

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Supernatural: Witch's Canyon

By: Jeff Mariotte

Twenty-two years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America...and he taught them how to kill it. Sam and Dean have set out on a road trip to the Grand Canyon, but this is no vacation for the brothers. On a stretch of deserted ranchland just beyond the canyon's stunning vistas, mysterious murder sprees have occurred every forty years. The area's inhabitants have been few and far between in years past, but a nearby mega-mall is about to celebrate its grand opening—and attract thousands of fresh victims. The Winchester boys are determined to protect locals and shoppers alike, but they never anticipated they'd be fighting a group of killers this vicious, this vindictive, this . . . dead. A deadly horde of animal spirits and human ghosts has arisen to terrorize this tiny corner of the Arizona desert. If Sam and Dean can't figure out why, the wide-open spaces of the West will once again become a desolate frontier . . . and the witch's canyon will be the brothers' final resting place.

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Harper Collins

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0061876135

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Factoring Wisdom

Short Sayings and Straight Talk for New and Small Factors: a Preview to Buying Receivables: a Preview of Buying Receivables

By: Jeff Callender

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Factoring Wisdom

Short Sayings and Straight Talk for New and Small Factors: a Preview to Buying Receivables: a Preview of Buying Receivables

By: Jeff Callender

What Is Factoring Wisdom and Who Is Jeff Callender? Factoring ? the age-old practice of selling and buying business invoices ? is quickly becoming a popular means of financing for small companies. While it has been in existence for centuries and is widely used throughout Europe, many people in North America are only now learning about factoring and its benefits. Jeff Callender started his own factoring company in 1994. The next year he wrote his first book, "Factoring Small Receivables" (now titled "How to Run a Small Factoring Business"). Since then, his many books, articles, and ebooks have shown readers how to utilize factoring in their businesses to improve cash flow and enable growth. Others, after reading his works, have decided to become factors themselves. Still others, hired by factoring companies, have been given his books and ebooks as required reading. The Small Factor Series The Small Factor Series includes five titles, each of which builds on the previous book (though they can be purchased and enjoyed separately as well). All are available from Amazon in paperback and the Kindle Store. The books include: 1. "Factoring Wisdom: A Preview of Buying Receivables" 2. "Fundamentals for Factors" 3. "How to Run a Small Factoring Business" 4. "Factoring Case Studies" (2nd Edition) 5. "Marketing Methods for Small Factors & Brokers" Factoring Wisdom "Factoring Wisdom: A Preview to Buying Receivables, " includes nearly 100 pages of brief quotes from all Jeff's books and ebooks. Grouped alphabetically by subject, this volume provides a thumbnail sketch of the information, experiences, and "words to the wise" generously peppered throughout his works. They are condensed here for an easily grasped summary of factoring and its many finer points. Because this book includes quotes from all books in The Small Factor Series as well as many other titles, it makes both an excellent introduction and summary to these works. If you're intrigued with this subject and curious as to just what factoring is all about, this digest is a good place to begin. Crammed with information, the range of subjects is presented in small spoonfuls, making them easy to understand and digest. Settle into your easy chair with this collection of thoughts, comments, and observations from a seasoned factoring veteran and entertaining author. You'll be surprised how much you'll learn in a very short time. Here are just a few of the 116 topics presented in "Factoring Wisdom: " ? Accounts Payable Departments ? Benefits of Factoring ? Brokering ? Clients, Bad ? Clients, Good ? Common Sense ? Concentrations ? Crooks ? Due Diligence ? Factoring Rates ? Fraud ? Greed ? Human Nature ? Improving Cash Flow ? Instincts ? Marketing ? Need for Factors ? Niche ? Perceptions of Factoring ? Record Keeping ? Referrals ? Risk Management ? Trust ? Verifications ? Warning Signs From the Author? The Small Factor Series is based on two decades I?ve spent working in the factoring world. I wrote the books to help those entering the industry get it right the first time. Factoring offers business funding to vast numbers of small business owners who often have never heard of it and who are unable to obtain other financing. "Factoring Wisdom" is the perfect introduction to the subject of factoring: concise quotes from over a dozen books and ebooks make for fast and entertaining reading. These nuggets give the essence of each topic in just a sentence or two. I don't know a better way to quickly become familiar with factoring than to spend an hour with this book. "-Jeff Callender

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1938837002

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How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2005

By: Jeff A. Schnepper

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How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2005

By: Jeff A. Schnepper

Includes all the latest updates and changes to the 2004 tax code Publishers Weekly called it "a can't-miss title." The New York Daily News praised it for "pushing the envelope" and taking "a consumerist approach that's helpful during all the other months before next April." Best of all, more than half a million people have consulted How to Pay Zero Taxes for solid guidance on paying less to the IRS. This fully updated 22nd edition contains: The latest tax changes More tax-saving tips than any other guide Easy, practical strategies to lower taxes this year, next year, and beyond Hundreds of legal ways to preserve pretax income and profit

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