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Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls

Joe Lynch Davis and the Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws

By: Jerry Thompson

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Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls

Joe Lynch Davis and the Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws

By: Jerry Thompson

Growing up, Jerry Thompson knew only that his grandfather was a gritty, “mixed-blood” Cherokee cowboy named Joe Lynch Davis. That was all anyone cared to say about the man. But after Thompson’s mother died, the award-winning historian discovered a shoebox full of letters that held the key to a long-lost family history of passion, violence, and despair. Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls, the result of Thompson’s sleuthing into his family’s past, uncovers the lawless life and times of a man at the center of systematic cattle rustling, feuding, gun battles, a bloody range war, bank robberies, and train heists in early 1900s Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Through painstaking detective work into archival sources, newspaper accounts, and court proceedings, and via numerous interviews, Thompson pieces together not only the story of his grandfather—and a long-forgotten gang of outlaws to rival the infamous Younger brothers—but also the dark path of a Cherokee diaspora from Georgia to Indian Territory. Davis, born in 1891, grew up on a family ranch on the Canadian River, outside the small community of Porum in the Cherokee Nation. The range was being fenced, and for the Davis family and others, cattle rustling was part of a way of life—a habit that ultimately spilled over into violence and murder. The story “goes way back to the wild & wooly cattle days of the west,” an aunt wrote to Thompson’s mother, “when there was cattle rustling, bank robberies & feuding.” One of these feuds—that Joe Davis was “raised right into”—was the decade-long Porum Range War, which culminated in the murder of Davis’s uncle in 1907. In fleshing out the details of the range war and his grandfather’s life, Thompson brings to light the brutality and far-reaching consequences of an obscure chapter in the history of the American West.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806166045

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Multicultural Counseling

Context, Theory and Practice, and Competence

By: Jerry Trusty

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Multicultural Counseling

Context, Theory and Practice, and Competence

By: Jerry Trusty

Multicultural Counseling - Context, Theory & Practice & Competence

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Nova Publishers

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1590332679

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9781590332672

The Kid from Golden

From the Cotton Fields of Mississippi to Nasa Mission Control and Beyond

By: Jerry Bostick

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The Kid from Golden

From the Cotton Fields of Mississippi to Nasa Mission Control and Beyond

By: Jerry Bostick

While Catherine Cox and I were writing Apollo, Jerry Bostick was one of a handful of people who became our go-to sourcesthe men who made the Apollo days come alive again. What great news that Jerry is now telling his story in all the detail that it deserves. It will be an indispensable source for future generations who want to understand that historic era. Charles Murray, co-author, Apollo When author Jerry Bostick was eight years old, his family had indoor plumbing installed in their home. He thought they were living in the lap of luxury. In The Kid from Golden, Bostick shares his life story beginning with his birth in June of 1939 in that house in Golden, Mississippi. This memoir narrates a chronological rendering of Bosticks family and memories and tells about his many accomplishments. The Kid from Golden discusses his early years growing up in rural Mississippi; to serving as a page in the US House of Representatives; to attending college; and working at NASA Mission Control during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab programs, Grumman Aerospace and United Space Alliance. Offering an insightful encapsulation of his career and personal life and the lessons learned throughout, Bostick dedicates The Kid from Golden to his grandchildren. He documents his stories and memories for the benefit of future generations.

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iUniverse

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1491785403

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9781491785409

Lost Gary, Indiana

By: Jerry Davich

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Lost Gary, Indiana

By: Jerry Davich

A poster child for our nation's urban experimentation a century ago, Gary was forged with hype and hope, dreams and sweat, political agendas and tons of steel. The hardscrabble city attracted all kinds, from shady scoundrels and famous architects to hardworking immigrants and brilliant entrepreneurs. Boasting 180,000 residents at its peak, the booming melting pot eventually faded away under the afflictions of urban decay, racial unrest and political upheaval. Jerry Davich explores the remnants of Gary's glory days, from Union Station in ruins to City Methodist Church stripped of its soul. Revisit the Sheraton Hotel's demise, Emerson High School's hard lessons, Vee-Jay Records' last release and a devastated downtown filled only with façades and fond memories.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625851375

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9781625851376

The Saga of the Mackinnon Clan

By: Dr. Jerry Love

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The Saga of the Mackinnon Clan

By: Dr. Jerry Love

This novel begins in the eighteenth century with the first generation of an imaginary extended Family and how well documented historical events prompt the family to seek a better way of life. The family initially resides in the British Isles and with the passage of time migrates to the new world in the United States. It continues with the adventures and experiences of two brothers who, after four years of combat in the Civil War, decide to establish a new life in the Wyoming Territory where they meet and marry two beautiful young ladies. The sensual love shared by one of the brothers and his beautiful bride on their wedding night is described in detail, a deep love they experience throughout their adult life. After building a successful cattle ranch, they are faced with challenges associated with prote9ting their property from politically active large ranching interests determined to annihilate them with every means at their disposal, whether inside or outside of the law. The determined intent of the large ranchers to destroy the small ranchers results in an all out war that is eventua1ly won by the small ranchers with the support of the duly elected law enforcement officials, determined to wipe out all illegal activities such as lynchings and cattle rustling. The principal activities of the novel occur in the northeastern frontier area of the Wyoming Territory, where the breathtaking Bighorn Mountains cast a shadow over the Powder River Basin, long recognized as one of the most desirable cattle grazing areas in the country. Although life on an isolated frontier ranch is often thought of as being very boring with an aster life style, there are many available amenities that the two brother and their two families thoroughly enjoy as described in the novel. These include country style dancing such as the polka, waltz, and the two step, hunting big game including elk, bighorn sheep, and antelope, horse-back riding, bird hunting, fly fishing for trout, and enjoyable experiences associated with visits to large western cities such as Denver and San Francisco.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493176412

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9781493176410

The Wit and Wisdom of Pinelog

By: Paul G. "Jerry" Snyder

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The Wit and Wisdom of Pinelog

By: Paul G. "Jerry" Snyder

The Wit and Wisdom of Pinelog By: Paul G. “Jerry” Snyder Pinelog is the imaginative alter ego of Paul G. “Jerry” Snyder. Many of the stories within The Wit and Wisdom of Pinelog are sort of true. At least, as Pinelog recalls. Ray is Ray Bolick. A neighbor up the road who is intolerant, opinionated, bullheaded, stubborn, downright crass, and a competitive old jock just like Pinelog. The two are good friends. Another Ray is Pinelog’s brother-in-law, Ray Denmark. Many of these could have been addressed to him as well. Both Rays are now hopefully holding a place open for Pinelog behind those pearly gates. The oft maligned character, Billy Bob, is one William Robert Carr, also known as Cool Breeze. He was an immediate friend the day he and Pinelog met. His wit and charm fell into a category of left space where definitions are not necessary. The artwork within the book is by Pinelog’s friend and award-winning artist, Jim Bennet. Jim's greatly discovered talent began while he was recovering from prostate cancer. His painting of 9/11 was accepted by the White House and hung on the wall outside the West Wing. The Pinelog Princess is Pinelog’s daughter, Kathy. She is Pinelog’s proofreader and computer technical advisor. Funny though, she doesn't have any of the same names for it that Pinelog does.

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Dorrance Publishing

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9798885271189

Art Is Life

Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night

By: Jerry Saltz

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Art Is Life

Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night

By: Jerry Saltz

From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist: a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent times Jerry Saltz is one of our most-watched writers about art and artists, and a passionate champion of the importance of art in our shared cultural life. Since the 1990s he has been an indispensable cultural voice: witty and provocative, he has attracted contemporary readers to fine art as few critics have. An early champion of forgotten and overlooked women artists, he has also celebrated the pioneering work of African American, LGBTQ+, and other long-marginalized creators. Sotheby's Institute of Art has called him, simply, “the art critic.” Now, in Art Is Life, Jerry Saltz draws on two decades of work to offer a real-time survey of contemporary art as a barometer of our times. Chronicling a period punctuated by dramatic turning points—from the cultural reset of 9/11 to the rolling social crises of today—Saltz traces how visionary artists have both documented and challenged the culture. Art Is Life offers Saltz’s eye-opening appraisals of trailblazers like Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz, Hilma af Klint, and Jasper Johns; provocateurs like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, and Marina Abramović; and visionaries like Jackson Pollock, Bill Traylor, and Willem de Kooning. Saltz celebrates landmarks like the Obama portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, writes searchingly about disturbing moments such as the Ankara gallery assassination, and offers surprising takes on figures from Thomas Kinkade to Kim Kardashian. And he shares stories of his own haunted childhood, his time as a “failed artist,” and his epiphanies upon beholding work by Botticelli, Delacroix, and the cave painters of Niaux. With his signature blend of candor and conviction, Jerry Saltz argues in Art Is Life for the importance of the fearless artist—reminding us that art is a kind of channeled voice of human experience, a necessary window onto our times. The result is an openhearted and irresistibly readable appraisal by one of our most important cultural observers.

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Penguin

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0593086503

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9780593086506

Life Is an Excellent Adventure

An Irreverent Personal Odyssey

By: Jerry Funk

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Life Is an Excellent Adventure

An Irreverent Personal Odyssey

By: Jerry Funk

The story which asks the questions ... Can a young man from a small town in Montana find happiness ... As a sailor ... A teacher ... An alleged economist ... An intelligence officer ... An international trade unionist ... A White House Staffer ... A Wall Street Banker ... A political campaign manager ... An economic and political consultant ... An international diamond dealer ... A puzzled retiree? Can he ever find honest work? Can he learn how to hold on to a job? For the answers to these and other profound questions which may never have occurred to you ... Read on.

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Trafford Publishing

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1412008484

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9781412008488

The Human Torch & The Thing

Strange Tales - The Complete Collection

By: Stan Lee,Larry Lieber,Jerry Siegel,Robert Bernstein,Ernie Hart,Larry Ivie

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The Human Torch & The Thing

Strange Tales - The Complete Collection

By: Stan Lee,Larry Lieber,Jerry Siegel,Robert Bernstein,Ernie Hart,Larry Ivie

Collecting Strange Tales Annual #2 And Material From Strange Tales (1951) #101-134. After the Fantastic Fours groundbreaking debut, readers couldnt get enough of Marvels innovative new heroes especially the Human Torch! So Stan Lee and Jack Kirby gave the fiery teen sensation his own series in the pages of STRANGE TALES! After a hot streak of solo stories, the Torch was joined by the ever-lovin blue-eyed Thing, and the two teammates tackled some of the wildest neer-do-wells of the Silver Age: the Wizard, the Sandman, the Rabble Rouser, Plantman and the one and only Paste-Pot Pete! Also featuring Marvels first fire-and-ice battle between the Torch and the X-Mens Iceman and guest stars Spider-Man, Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302505459

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9781302505455

Rogue Rabbi

A Spiritual Quest—From Seminary to Ashram and Beyond

By: Jerry Steinberg

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Rogue Rabbi

A Spiritual Quest—From Seminary to Ashram and Beyond

By: Jerry Steinberg

This memoir of an adventurous quest for inner peace is complete with explorations of the rational and the mystical, and the many ways of faith. Revealing an understanding of God that goes beyond the conventional, Rogue Rabbi tells the story of a seeker. After traveling to India and investigating the Christian faith, Jerry Steinberg went to medical school and narrowed his focus to psychotherapy—working with past-life regression, dreams, and psychogenic illness. He also became a rabbi—but never ceases to explore all aspects of faith, taking up a specialization in Kabbalah, a discipline of Jewish mysticism. As the author seeks the essence of spirituality through the interface between rationalism and mysticism, and between religion and sexuality, the story of this real-life spiritual explorer both inspires and instructs on the paths to peace and acceptance.

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ECW/ORIM

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177090302X

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9781770903029

Horse-Drawn Days

A Century of Farming with Horses

By: Jerry Apps

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Horse-Drawn Days

A Century of Farming with Horses

By: Jerry Apps

Before tractors or steam engines arrived on the farm, horses did all the heavy work. From spring plowing to the fall harvest, the mighty draft horse powered farms across the Midwest. Relied upon to complete a multitude of tasks, including towing threshing machines and plows, hauling milk to the local cheese factory, and pulling the family buggy to church each Sunday, these animals were at the center of farm life, cementing the bond between human and horse. Horse-Drawn Days: A Century of Farming with Horses captures stories of rural life at a time when a team of horses was a vital part of the farm family. Author Jerry Apps pairs lively historic narrative with reminiscences about his boyhood on the family farm in Wisconsin to paint a vivid picture of a bygone time. Featuring fascinating historic photos, ads, and posters, plus contemporary color photos of working horses today, Horse-Drawn Days evokes the majesty of these animals and illuminates the horse’s role in our country’s early history and our rural heritage.

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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0870205366

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9780870205361

More Than Words

A Memoir of a Writing Life

By: Jerry Apps

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More Than Words

A Memoir of a Writing Life

By: Jerry Apps

In this combination memoir and craft book, award-winning author Jerry Apps shares the next phase in his life story begun in Limping through Life and Once a Professor. Beginning with a boyhood surrounded by storytellers, Jerry takes readers along on his path to becoming one of the Midwest’s best-known and most revered writers. In characteristic no-nonsense style, he shares the joys, disappointments, and frustrations of the writing life and describes the genesis and creation of many of his best-known books. In recounting his nearly six-decade writing career, Jerry provides an insider’s view into the creative process, delving into sources for ideas, research strategies, and guidelines and essential tools for writing. Along the way he recalls his relationships with publishers, editors, TV producers, librarians, booksellers, and others and shares a scrapbook’s worth of stories—some funny, some heartwarming, a few of them harrowing—from the road. A book for book lovers!

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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0870209981

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9780870209987

Getting Garbo

A Novel of Hollywood Noir

By: Jerry Ludwig

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Getting Garbo

A Novel of Hollywood Noir

By: Jerry Ludwig

Set in the glamorous, cruel and often bizarre Hollywood era of the 1950s, Getting Garbo is a hilarious and suspenseful novel of the cinema's Golden Age, when autograph hounds were relentless as they sought the names of stars who became legends in their own lifetime. Nineteen-year-old Reva Hess is a charming autograph collector and the number one fan of Roy Darnell, star of the hit TV series Jack Havoc. Reva follows him everywhere, while keeping tabs on the private lives of film celebrities with her group of expert autograph collectors called The Secret Six. Soon, the slight confusion between Roy's own personality and the dashingly dangerous Jack Havoc becomes an ominous obsession and the novel turns to murder. Along the way, Jerry Ludwig brings the old Hollywood to life, evoking the giant screen figures of Humphrey Bogart, Burt Lancaster, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and dozens more, as well as the off-screen ruthlessness of Jack Warner. This is a world where "getting Garbo," the elusive Greta who never signs autographs, is synonymous with the yearning for the impossible, the longing for fame and romance and the blurring of fiction and reality.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1492621153

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9781492621157

Ghoulsquad

By: Jerry DeCastro

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Ghoulsquad

By: Jerry DeCastro

In 1968, during the height of the Vietnam War, Dr. Blacktea travels with a group of scientists to a decrepit hospital in a remote part of South Vietnam in hopes of creating a new kind of super solider. He finds four perfect candidates: Four-eyes, Shades, Bullrider, and Yankee. These four young men wake to know something is different about them, but theyre not sure what. On a practice mission, their helicopter is shot down and crashes in the jungle. Somehow, the soldiers survive and eventually find their way back to Dr. Blackteas hospital only to find it destroyed. Theyre in need of answers, and their answers wait at Camp Eagle. Led by Four-eyes, the men trek through the jungle as an unsatisfied hunger for human blood threatens their sanity. The four super soldiers soon realize they must make a wartime choice: Samson versus Gunner. Samson hopes to become the next dictator of Vietnam with the help of Four-eyes and his men. Gunner has similar ambitions to rule the jungle, also with their assistance. Will Dr. Blackteas experiments choose sides or use their newfound power to establish a world of their very own?

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iUniverse

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1491767030

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Ice Cream for Breakfast

By: Jerry Rannow

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Ice Cream for Breakfast

By: Jerry Rannow

ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST is based on real-life events. It’s historical fiction with a sense of humor. In the era of silent films, when women were not considered funny, MABEL NORMAND broke barriers as Hollywood’s first female comedy superstar. The first woman to act, write and direct comedy films, the first to run her own movie studio. An expert diver, swimmer, race driver, pilot, acrobat, pianist and pie thrower, Mabel is as funny off-screen as on. A newly-minted millionaire, she lavishes herself with furs and diamonds while her generous heart supports needy families. It’s the dawn of the Hollywood film industry. A scandalous time of reckless living, wild parties, and Madcap Mabel is in the thick of it. When social reformers begin a vicious crusade against the barbaric behavior of Hollywood, Mabel ends up the “patsy” in a murder she had nothing to do with. ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST gives “voice” to Mabel and her fellow silent clowns, Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and many others. Once hailed as The Queen of Comedy, ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST launches Mabel Normand back to stardom.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1664192700

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9781664192706

Growing Up on Maple Hill Farm

A New England Farm Life

By: Jerry Stelmok

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Growing Up on Maple Hill Farm

A New England Farm Life

By: Jerry Stelmok

Evocative essays, illustrated with watercolors and family photographs, recall a childhood of work and wonder spent on a horse-powered farm in Maine.

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1610604008

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Nini and Poppie’s Excellent Adventures

Grandkids, Wine Clubs, and Other Ways to Keep Having Fun

By: Jerry Zezima

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Nini and Poppie’s Excellent Adventures

Grandkids, Wine Clubs, and Other Ways to Keep Having Fun

By: Jerry Zezima

“Jerry is at it again. Enjoy!” — Craig Wilson, former humor columnist at USA Today and author of “It’s the Little Things” Jerry Zezima — husband of one, father of two, grandfather of three, author of four — is back with his funniest book yet. In “Nini and Poppie’s Excellent Adventures,” the nationally syndicated humorist tells tried and true tales of crazy doings with his wife, their children, and their grandchildren, as well as friends, animals, and even complete strangers. Whether you are a parent, a grandparent, a baby boomer, an empty nester, or all of the above, you’ll love Jerry Zezima’s good-natured, self-deprecating view of the world. You’ll also be glad he has invited you along to share his excellent adventures.

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iUniverse

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153205663X

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9781532056635

Without a Badge

Undercover in the World's Deadliest Criminal Organization

By: Jerry Speziale

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Without a Badge

Undercover in the World's Deadliest Criminal Organization

By: Jerry Speziale

A member of the DEA's task force on drugs recounts his undercover work as a top drug trafficker, describing how he assisted in the arrests of dozens of high-level dealers before an inside betrayal placed his life in jeopardy. Reprint.

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Pinnacle Books

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0786015616

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9780786015610

Applying Brain Research and Technology to Engage Today's Students

Can You Hear Me Now?

By: Jerry Michel,Lisa Nimz

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Applying Brain Research and Technology to Engage Today's Students

Can You Hear Me Now?

By: Jerry Michel,Lisa Nimz

The ever present new media, social sites, information, and global society have changed the way tech savvy people access information. But cognitive science tells us that today's students think in very much the same way students did in the past. The focus of this K-12 book is how educators can effectively deliver instruction that maximizes their students' ability to grow academically and emotionally amidst the "noise" of technology. This resource is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and supports core concepts of STEM instruction.

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1425894852

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9781425894856

Do-Good Boy

An Unlikely Writer Confronts the '60s and Other Indignities

By: Jerry Bledsoe

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Do-Good Boy

An Unlikely Writer Confronts the '60s and Other Indignities

By: Jerry Bledsoe

In 1960, at age 18, future bestselling author Jerry Bledsoe ("Bitter Blood" & "The Angel Doll") told an Army recruiter that he wanted to be an artist. This was his lucky day, the recruiter informed him. The Army had the best art school in the world. But after being sworn in, Bledsoe was pulled aside by a major and informed that no Army art school existed. He was being assigned instead to Information School.Although Bledsoe, who had flunked high school English for failure to write book reports and term papers, had no idea what this unexpected decision entailed, it would set the direction for the rest of his life.Bledsoe limits this warm, deeply personal and often humorous memoir to the turbulent '60s, which he began as a psychological warfare writer in the early stages of the Vietnam War. His Army experiences led him to become a newspaper reporter and columnist, thrusting him into the major stories of the decade and leading him to meet and write about hosts of remarkable and engaging people, including a relatively unknown musician named Jimi Hendrix who was opening for the Monkees, comedy legend Brother Dave Gardner, and civil rights leader Ben Elton Cox. From moments of true Catch-22 absurdities in the Army to historic events of the civil rights movement, "Do-Good Boy" gives its readers an insider's view as a young author discovers his calling.

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Scruffy City Press

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0998302821

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9780998302829

Walking the Trail

One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears

By: Jerry Ellis

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Walking the Trail

One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears

By: Jerry Ellis

Donning a backpack for a long, lonely walk, the author of "Marching Through Georgia: My Walk with Sherman" retraces the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the 900 miles his ancestors had been forced to travel in 1838. Map.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803267436

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9780803267435

Ballads & Songs of the Civil War for Guitar

By: JERRY SILVERMAN

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Ballads & Songs of the Civil War for Guitar

By: JERRY SILVERMAN

This comprehensive and historically significant collection captures the hope and tragedy of the Civil War era with period photographs and lithographs. Includes guitar/vocal and guitar solo arrangements of 38 favorite songs of the period. Songs are classified by subject matter: the Union, the Confederacy, Lincoln, universal sentiments, soldier's songs, battles, Negro spirituals & abolitionist songs, the lighter side, and post-bellum. Written in standard notation and tablature.

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Mel Bay Publications

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1610650603

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9781610650601

Thrashed

Zits Sketchbook No. 9

By: Jerry Scott,Jim Borgman

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Thrashed

Zits Sketchbook No. 9

By: Jerry Scott,Jim Borgman

Another collection of the comic strip adventures of Jeremy Duncan and his family and friends as they all struggle to survive his teenage years.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740751174

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9780740751172

Successful Presentation Strategies (Collection)

By: Jerry Weissman

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Successful Presentation Strategies (Collection)

By: Jerry Weissman

In Winning Strategies for Power Presentations , Weissman identifies the elements of a great presentation, distilling 75 best practices from the world's best persuaders into bite-sized chapters designed to be easy-to-read -- and equally easy to apply. Following on the heels of Weissman's best-selling Presentations in Action, this book presents powerful new insights into the four key areas of delivering winning presentations: contents, graphics, delivery, and Q-and-A sessions. In this fully updated Second Edition of Presenting to Win, the world's #1 presentation consultant shows how to connect with even the toughest, most high-level audiences...and move them to action! Jerry Weissman shows presenters of all kinds how to dump those PowerPoint templates once and for all -- and tell compelling stories that focus on what's in it for the audience. Drawing on dozens of real case studies, Weissman shows how to identify your primary goals and messages before you even open PowerPoint; stay focused on what your listeners really care about; and capture your audience in the first crucial 90 seconds. Weissman covers all the practical mechanics of effective presentation: finding your flow...communicating visually...writing better slide text...making your numbers... using graphics...practicing aloud...customizing for different audiences...presenting online...and much more.

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FT Press

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0133739821

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9780133739824

101 Hikes in Southern California

Exploring Mountains, Seashore, and Desert

By: Jerry Schad,David Money Harris

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101 Hikes in Southern California

Exploring Mountains, Seashore, and Desert

By: Jerry Schad,David Money Harris

Trek the diverse terrain of Southern California, from desert to beach to mountaintop, on an easy stroll or overnight adventure, with this ultimate guide to the 101 best hikes in the Southland. Covers the Santa Monica, San Gabriel, San Jacinto, and San Bernardino mountains, and the Mojave and Colorado deserts. This updated and revised edition of one of our best-selling guidebooks includes 12 new hikes and updated information for hikes from the previous edition. All trips have been rehiked for this update. Each trip includes a map, photos, trail highlights, and symbols to tell you the basics of the trip at a glance. Each map now includes key GPS coordinates.

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0899977170

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Wrestling with Rhinos

The Adventures of a Glasgow Vet in Kenya

By: Jerry C. Haigh

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Wrestling with Rhinos

The Adventures of a Glasgow Vet in Kenya

By: Jerry C. Haigh

It's 1965, you've just fulfilled a boyhood ambition and graduated from the vet college in Glasgow. The very next week you find yourself in Kenya, treating wild animals. This is what happened to Dr. Jerry Haigh, who in Wrestling with Rhinos takes us deep into the post-independence Kenya of the mid-sixties. Haigh's reminiscences are peppered with observations, sometimes hilarious, sometimes scurrilous, on the social scene in Kenya, but it is his experiences working with the wild and unfamiliar African animals that make this such a captivating read. With photos.

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ECW Press

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1550225073

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9781550225075

On the Lam

A History of Hunting Fugitives in America

By: Jerry Clark,Ed Palattella

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On the Lam

A History of Hunting Fugitives in America

By: Jerry Clark,Ed Palattella

Fugitives occupy a unique place in the American criminal justice system. They can run and they can hide, but eventually each chase ends. And, in many cases, history is made along the way. John Dillinger’s capture obsessed J. Edgar Hoover and helped create the modern FBI. Violent student radicals who went on the lam in the 1960s reflected the turbulence of the era. The sixteen-year disappearance and sudden arrest of gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in 2011 captivated the nation. Fugitives have become iconic characters in American culture even as they have threatened public safety and the smooth operation of the justice system. They are always on the run, always trying to stay out of reach of the long arm of the law. Also prominent are the men and women who chase fugitives: FBI agents, federal marshals and their deputies, police officers, and bounty hunters. A significant element of the justice system is dedicated to finding those on the run, and the most-wanted posters and true-crime television shows have made fugitives seemingly ubiquitous figures of fear and fascination for the public. In On the Lam, Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella trace the history of fugitives in the United States by looking at the characters – real and fictional – who have played the roles of the hunter and the hunted. They also examine the origins of the bail system and other legal tools, such as most-wanted programs, that are designed to guard against flight.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442262591

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Twelve Disciples

By: Jerry Gibson Jr.

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Twelve Disciples

By: Jerry Gibson Jr.

Behold the lives and circumstances of those whom have experienced similar situations. Will Jasmine continue to do what she does? Will Adam continue to see things his way? Will Kiera’s disobedience lead her into a life full of pain and misery? Will Snake’s lustful behavior cause his demise? Will others fall victim to the lust of the flesh, lust of the eye and pride of life? Seek and you shall find the answers to these questions.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1636617182

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The Journey of My Father's Son

Tales of a Sharecropper’S Son

By: Jerry L. Jacobs

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The Journey of My Father's Son

Tales of a Sharecropper’S Son

By: Jerry L. Jacobs

This book is a synopsis of my life with the intention of showing how God intervened in my life, and how I reacted to circumstances He created for me for the benefit of others. It is a book of brokenness and healing. It is a book about how He took away all my crutches and left me with nothing to cling to but Himself. It is about my life in the worst of personal situationswhere my life ended at Clingmans Dome and how I was reborn, with an injection of hope from Him, in the same instant. It is about Gods preservation of my life for His purpose. It is about the joy found around the dining table, about the disintegration of my family, and about how God put it back together the way He saw fit. My life started at the edge of a cotton field in the middle of World War II with a life-threatening disease attacking me before I reached one year of age. It is about my total lack of social skills and how God prepared me for higher education in preparation for speaking in front of a thousand people. My life was a battleground with Satans attempt to destroy me, and God who intervened at the last second. Being His child assures me that nothing can happen to me without Gods approval, and I have shared those events in this book. It is a book of spiritual warfare with God as the victor and me as the prize.

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WestBowPress

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149082507X

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9781490825076

Avondale

By: Jerry Squire,City of Avondale

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Avondale

By: Jerry Squire,City of Avondale

Founded in 1896 and originally known as Coldwater, the town of Avondale was settled along the banks of the Agua Fria River under the leadership of William "Billy" Graham Moore, a former blacksmith who supposedly ran with the Civil War's infamous Cantrell's Raiders. Moore operated a freight station on the west bank of the river, but after an argument with a postal inspector who proclaimed that homemade "hooch" was not to be sold in an enterprise that handled government mail, the post office was moved to the Avondale Ranch and took on the ranch's name as the Avondale Post Office. Since that time, Avondale has grown tremendously to become a thoroughly modern city, near the heart of the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Arcadia Publishing

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073854843X

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The Absence of Love

By: Jerry Piercy

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The Absence of Love

By: Jerry Piercy

In John 13:34–35, Jesus tells us to love one another in the same manner that He loves us. He then says this: "By this will all men know that you are my disciples" by the love they possessed and exhibited with each other. Jesus could have given a number of different ways which may have possibly identified us as His chosen people, but He hones in directly on this one all-important sign: love, not just love itself but the kind of love that would clearly connect us to the love He has given and displayed in us. It's the genuine and sincere love that we would share with one another that is the hallmark, the identifier, the tangible factor, which would reveal to the world that we are indeed believers in and followers of Christ.The New Testament speaks clearly and is saturated with imperatives concerning how and why we are to love God, our fellow believers, and even our enemies. If love would be the aim, the target, the bull's-eye, so to speak, how many of us are hitting the target? How many of us are even aiming for it? It is the negligence and lack of love that has compelled me to write this book.It has grieved me so deeply to see and experience that absence of love from so many who profess to be Christians, yet the constant mean-spirited behavior has clearly spoken the opposite of what love is and what love does. It grieves me even more deeply to discover the same behavior that I can be guilty of personally if and when I allow selfishness to rule my own thoughts and actions. I find myself in need of constant repentance. My experiences have been painfully real as they pertain to an absence of love in God's people. It has caused me to cry out for more and more of God's patience and grace to love.I believe that if we are lacking in love for others, it is because we are not properly connected to the source of love which is Christ, the vine. It is the love we have and exhibit to one another that matters most; and if we are lacking it, this should be of the utmost concern.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1098017919

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9781098017910

Blind Faith?

Not a Chance! Five True Short Stories

By: Jerry Ziemer

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Blind Faith?

Not a Chance! Five True Short Stories

By: Jerry Ziemer

Blind faith is a term we often hear when we don't fully understand something. A great many of us use the term in relation to God, you know, "Just have blind faith." The title for this book is Blind Faith""Not a Chance. I believe there is a greater power than we can understand or comprehend, and that power is God. I believe God sends messages to all of us. We just need to keep our eyes, ears, and hearts open for them. I have had five personal experiences over the past forty years that I believe were messages sent from God for me to see at those appropriate times. I know other people who have had very similar things happen to them, and there are hundreds of books written about actual miracles. I profess that faith doesn't have to be Blind Faith; it can be 20/20 Faith. This book attempts to help you understand the importance of having Faith and Trust. Be open, stay on guard, you may be surprised at what you may see or hear. Thanks! Jerry Ziemer was born near Madison, Wisconsin, and was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He spent his junior year in high school in Los Angeles, California, and the first year of retirement, with his wife of fifty-one years, Julie, living near their son and his family in Manhattan, New York. They have three children, twelve grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. They currently live in a suburb on the south side of Milwaukee in a cute little condo. Jerry can be reached at P.O. Box 192, Hales Corners, WI 53130

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1642580058

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Justice on the Frontier

A Tale About Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Indians, Outlaws and Buffalo Soldiers

By: Jerry Snodgrass

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Justice on the Frontier

A Tale About Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Indians, Outlaws and Buffalo Soldiers

By: Jerry Snodgrass

A tale of the Cowboys, Outlaws, Indians, Cavalry, Buffalo Soldiers, and the Texas Rangers on the Wild West Frontier. Wes Steel left his Texas ranch home and family in the summer of 1878 for the western frontier. He fights Indians, Mexican Bandits, and outlaws throughout Texas and Mexico. There is no man quicker with a revolver or more deadly with a Winchester rifle than Wes. He joins the Texas Rangers, and his adventures make Texas and American history. His family faces the dangers of the frontier at the hands of hostile Indians, Outlaws, and Bandits.

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1669822729

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9781669822721

Presentation Skills That Will Take You to the Top (Collection)

By: Jerry Weissman

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Presentation Skills That Will Take You to the Top (Collection)

By: Jerry Weissman

Jerry Weissman’s brand new collection of 4 authoritative books on making outstanding presentations Four breakthrough books help you deliver outstanding, winning presentations of all kinds — whatever your goals, whatever your audience! Jerry Weissman has helped the world’s top executives create the most important presentations of their lives: make-or-break investor presentations that have raised hundreds of billions of dollars from demanding, expert investors. Now, in this remarkable 4 book collection, Weissman teaches everything you need to deliver the most compelling, successful presentations of your life! In Presentations in Action: 80 Memorable Presentation Lessons from the Masters, Weissman reveals how the world’s best presenters have applied timeless principles of outstanding communication – and shows how you can, too. Packed with unforgettable examples from the media, sports, politics, science, art, music, literature, the military, and history, it teaches 100% actionable lessons for supercharging everything from content and graphics to delivery! Next, In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions...When It Counts, Second Edition, Weissman shows how to answer even the toughest questions with perfect assurance… avoid the defensiveness, evasiveness, or anger that destroy careers… brilliantly control the entire exchange with hostile questioners! Weissman’s Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition is the industry’s best start-to-finish guide to connecting with even the toughest audiences...telling them compelling stories that focus on what’s in it for them… and moving people to action. Finally, in his brand-new Winning Strategies for Power Presentations, Weissman distills 75 best practices he’s developed through 20+ years coaching executives on high-stakes presentations. He shares powerful new insights into contents, graphics, delivery, Q&A sessions, and more. He also offers new advice on making persuasive political and scripted speeches, developing a richer public speaking voice, interviewing others, demonstrating products, and much more. Every technique is illuminated with a compelling case study, reflecting experiences of communicators ranging from Ronald Reagan to Jon Stewart, Stephen King to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. From world-renowned presentation consultant Jerry Weissman

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