Jim Cornfield's Books

A Guinea Pig's History of Biology

By: Jim Endersby

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A Guinea Pig's History of Biology

By: Jim Endersby

Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved," Darwin famously concluded The Origin of Species, and for confirmation we look to...the guinea pig? How this curious creature and others as humble (and as fast-breeding) have helped unlock the mystery of inheritance is the unlikely story Jim Endersby tells in this book. Biology today promises everything from better foods or cures for common diseases to the alarming prospect of redesigning life itself. Looking at the organisms that have made all this possible gives us a new way of understanding how we got here--and perhaps of thinking about where we're going. Instead of a history of which great scientists had which great ideas, this story of passionflowers and hawkweeds, of zebra fish and viruses, offers a bird's (or rodent's) eye view of the work that makes science possible. Mixing the celebrities of genetics, like the fruit fly, with forgotten players such as the evening primrose, the book follows the unfolding history of biological inheritance from Aristotle's search for the "universal, absolute truth of fishiness" to the apparently absurd speculations of eighteenth-century natural philosophers to the spectacular findings of our day--which may prove to be the absurdities of tomorrow. The result is a quirky, enlightening, and thoroughly engaging perspective on the history of heredity and genetics, tracing the slow, uncertain path--complete with entertaining diversions and dead ends--that led us from the ancient world's understanding of inheritance to modern genetics.

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Harvard University Press

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0674027132

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9780674027138

The Reckoning

By: Jim Gleeson,David Allen

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The Reckoning

By: Jim Gleeson,David Allen

Thomas Pfeiffer, a man with a name and no memory wakes up in a rustic farmhouse tied to a bed and surrounded by people who urge him that he must help them. Unable to understand how and wanting to ask, he is assaulted by unseen voices that cry out in his mind and threaten to fracture the integrity of his sanity. To escape these voices, he travels to different times in the checkered history of Debouton "Boonetown" Alabama. He follows the Boones and an entity referred to as "The Piper" and finds himself confronted by elements of the supernatural. He also discovers that these "travels" are not dreams in the traditional sense and that he has the power to change that particular part of the past he inhabits. As each new piece is uncovered he comes to the realization that the Piper has an agenda, and time is wasting. Will Thomas Pfeiffer be able to put the pieces together and find what he has to do before the Time of Reckoning is at hand? Time, existence, and his sanity hang in the balance.

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Lulu.com

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143570326X

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9781435703261

Environmental Portraiture

A Complete Guide to the Portrait Photographer’s Most Powerful Imaging Tool

By: Jim Cornfield

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Environmental Portraiture

A Complete Guide to the Portrait Photographer’s Most Powerful Imaging Tool

By: Jim Cornfield

This unique book is a photographer’s guide to the powerful medium of the environmental portrait. It explores in lucid detail the many "moving parts" of this imaging style, including the techniques and creative processes that drive some of this genre’s finest contemporary practitioners. In Environmental Portraiture, author Jim Cornfield puts his readers behind the viewfinder to help them successfully master what he calls "the portrait photographer’s most high-powered tool." In a series of detailed tutorial chapters and study models, Cornfield unpacks every practical aspect of the environmental portrait scenario, including research, location scouting, lighting interior and exterior environments, props and wardrobe, lens selection, composition, color, and after-capture. Along with this wealth of comprehensive nuts-and-bolts information, the book probes the deep structure of environmental portraiture—the blend of a sitter’s backstory with the meaningful visual clues in their surroundings. He introduces such concepts as "portraitcraft," "cognitive weight," and "the ideas and emotions quotient," among the many dimensions of an environmental portrait that create eye-opening revelations about the person in front of your lens. A separate section of the book is devoted to a prestigious roster of contemporary environmental portraitists, specifically recruited for this book to explore in-depth selected samples from their diverse portfolios. They bring with them a score of insights, tips and fascinating anecdotes that demonstrate their individualized approaches to this versatile branch of the photographer’s craft. Written for professionals, amateurs and serious students of photography, this book is both a guide and inspiration to creating powerful, communicative environmental portraiture.

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Routledge

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1317386477

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The Day the King Died

A Terrible Miscarriage of Justice

By: Jim Morris

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The Day the King Died

A Terrible Miscarriage of Justice

By: Jim Morris

There was a quaint British convention under which executions were stopped and sentence commuted if scheduled to take place on the day the sovereign died. Alfred Moore was doubly unfortunate: still protesting his innocence he was on the scaffold an hour before the death of King George VI was announced. Here, Jim Morris re-assesses the evidence in this case of the double murder of two police officers and shows why the trial at Leeds Assizes was a travesty of justice - packed with mistakes, inaccuracies, dubious recollections and supposition. Set against the social backdrop of 1950s West Yorkshire, the book stresses the need for caution where witness accounts may be driven by preconceptions or 'fit' too tidily and adds to the voices of those calling for justice in a case in which prosecutors almost certainly got the wrong man. 'I read the book with a growing sense of disquiet and unease and was left with a feeling that a terrible miscarriage of justice might well have occurred': Campbell Malone.

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Waterside Press

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190997613X

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9781909976139

Uncommon Youth Parties

By: Jim Burns

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Uncommon Youth Parties

By: Jim Burns

Uncommon Youth Parties, part of a series of resources and group studies developed by youth ministry veteran Jim Burns, will help youth leaders find a number of timesaving ideas for planning outreach, fundraising, fellowship, birthday events and holiday celebrations all year round. This easy-to-use resource, developed and field-tested by veteran youth workers, includes message and activity ideas, promotional tips and comprehensive outlines to not only build fellowship within the group but also serve as an outreach tool to bring others into it. All the tools leaders need to celebrate any occasion are right at their fingertips!

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Gospel Light Publications

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0830762132

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9780830762132

The Next Green Revolution

Essential Steps to a Healthy, Sustainable Agriculture

By: Raymond P Poincelot,Jim Horne,Maura Mcdermott

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The Next Green Revolution

Essential Steps to a Healthy, Sustainable Agriculture

By: Raymond P Poincelot,Jim Horne,Maura Mcdermott

Explore the benefits of and necessity for sustainable agriculture!Here is an easy-to-read, practical introduction to sustainable agriculture: what it means and why it is needed. It is the first book to synthesize the goals of sustainable agriculture into eight comprehensive steps. The Next Green Revolution presents a convincing critique of our current agricultural system and an introduction to an alternative system which gives more consideration to future generations. Interwoven through the book are Dr. Horne's reflections on social justice, quality of life, and how farmers and rural communities are inextricably linked.The Next Green Revolution draws on the unique perspective of Dr. James E. Horne, President of a leading nonprofit agriculture organization, the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture. It is inspired by his experience as a traditional agriculturalist and educator coming to grips with the failings of the conventional system and searching for an alternative. Writing in the first person, he describes growing up in a sharecropper family in Oklahoma, running his own ranch, and consulting with farmers as an agricultural economist. He shares what he learned as the Kerr Center experimented with new “sustainable” approaches to old problems on the Center's ranch/farm, and his experiences working with the USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. With The Next Green Revolution, you will explore: the major problems of contemporary industrial agriculture definitions of sustainable agriculture the historical roots of sustainable agriculture the politics of sustainable agriculture sustainable agriculture practices changes needed to encourage a sustainable agriculture and the eight steps to sustainable agriculture, which address: soil health and erosion water quality and use organic waste management crop and livestock adaptation biodiversity environmentally benign pest management energy use farm diversification profitability The Next Green Revolution is a well-researched introduction to the field, written with a minimum of jargon.

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CRC Press

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1040288898

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9781040288894

Dad and Mom's Country Wisdom

Everything I Know about the Bible I Learned Down on the Farm

By: Jim Geyer

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Dad and Mom's Country Wisdom

Everything I Know about the Bible I Learned Down on the Farm

By: Jim Geyer

Author Jim Geyer says he has two blessings in life. The first blessing was godly parents who daily instilled in him biblical and moral values by both word and example. The second blessing was being raised on a farm where he was taught informed by God's marvelous creation.Travel with Jim Geyer to a time when a man's word was his bond, when a handshake was all that was needed to consummate an agreement, a time when doors were seldom locked and windows were often open to catch the warm evening summer breeze. A time when growing up was a fun, carefree time.Consider today's culture and you immediately see a marked decline in the strength of families who each evening gather around the supper table. There is an observable decrease in honesty, integrity and accountability. Dad & Mom's Country Wisdom offers pleasant memories of your parents' childhood. This book will bless you with many Scriptures that have and still do relate to our daily experiences and challenges you in your personal, family and business life.

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Ambassador International

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1620200317

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9781620200315

Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats

By: Jim Arnosky

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Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats

By: Jim Arnosky

Introduces different wildlife habitats, including wetlands, woodlands, cornfields, and grasslands.

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Simon and Schuster

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0689835388

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The Woman Lit by Fireflies

By: Jim Harrison

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The Woman Lit by Fireflies

By: Jim Harrison

Three novellas by the author of Legends of the Fall. “A brilliant tour de force . . . Jim Harrison at his peak: comic, erotic, and insightful” (San Francisco Chronicle). Across the odd contours of the American landscape, people are searching for the things that aren’t irretrievably lost, for the incandescent beneath the ordinary. An ex-Bible student with raucously asocial tendencies rescues the preserved body of an Indian chief from the frigid depths of Lake Superior in a caper that nets a wildly unexpected bounty. A band of sixties radicals, now approaching middle age, reunite to free an old comrade from a Mexican jail. A fifty-year-old suburban housewife flees quietly from her abusive businessman husband at a highway rest stop, climbs a fence, and explores the bittersweet pageant of the preceding years within the sanctuary of an Iowa cornfield. The Woman Lit by Fireflies is the work of a classic writer at the very top of his form—a hard-living, hard-writing hero of American letters whose novellas comprise a sweeping tribute to the nation’s heartland and the colorful, courageous characters who inhabit it. “Funny, wild, sexy, and bizarre . . . Along with Richard Ford . . . Harrison has cornered the market in the tough-but-tender style that characterized Hemingway’s early work.” —Nick Hornby

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802199615

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9780802199614

Rabbit in a Bottle

By: Jim Patrick Guyer

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Rabbit in a Bottle

By: Jim Patrick Guyer

When Gerald makes a miraculous recovery from being brain dead, his intellect has been exponentially increased, but all of his memories have been erased. Gerald is the subject of an experimental genetic procedure. Artificially generated brainwaves, used to revive him, spur his mind to a higher functioning. Gerald struggles with his increased abilites and reconciling lost relationships. His is a tale of coming of age, falling in love, and self discovery.

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147728043X

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The Swan

A Novel

By: Jim Cohee

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The Swan

A Novel

By: Jim Cohee

“Alternately funny, entertaining, and heartbreaking, The Swan is a fictional memoir about love, death and what a family can―and cannot―endure.” —Publishers Weekly Indianapolis, 1957. Ten-year-old Aaron Cooper has witnessed the death of his younger sister, Pookie, and the trauma has left him unwilling to speak. Aaron copes with life’s challenges by disappearing into his own imagination, envisioning being captain of the Kon Tiki, driving his sled in the snowy Klondike, and tiger hunting in India. He is guarded by secret friends like deposed Hungarian Count Blurtz Shemshoian and Blurtz’s wonder dog, Nipper, who protect him from the Creature from the Black Lagoon—who hides in Aaron’s closet at night. The tales he constructs for himself, the real life stories he is witness to, and his mother’s desperate efforts to bring her son back from the brink, all come to a head at an emotional family dinner. “Funny, poignant and as endearing as its central character, The Swan is a wholly original tribute to childhood resilience.” —San Jose Mercury News “Had Kurt Vonnegut, William Saroyan, J. D. Salinger, Carlos Castaneda, Raymond Carver and James Thurber ever gathered at a writer’s workshop to co-author a short novel, the product might well have been The Swan.” —Terre Haute Tribune Star “A surreal study of a grief observed indirectly, The Swan serves as a testament to the unbridled power of childhood vision, even and especially in the wake of tragedy.” —Bloom magazine

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Indiana University Press

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0253005396

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9780253005397

Heed the Thunder

By: Jim Thompson

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Heed the Thunder

By: Jim Thompson

In the rural town of Verdon, Nebraska, in the early days of the 20th century, you can't go ten feet without running into one of the Fargos. So, Grant Fargo argues to his grandfather Lincoln, it's perfectly all right that he's desperately in love with his first cousin, Bella-she's the only source of intelligent conversation for miles, and in a town like Verdon, it would be hard not to end up with a relative of one kind or another. Before it all plays out, men will be murdered, jailed, tarred and feathered or worse, and while everyone in the Fargo clan would kill for the family deeds, God might just end up with them instead. In Heed the Thunder, one of Thompson's earlier works, Thompson's signature style collides with a sweeping picaresque of the American prairie, in a multigenerational saga that's one part Steinbeck, two parts Dostoyevsky, and all Jim Thompson.

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Hachette+ORM

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0316196037

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9780316196031

The Lost Dogs

Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption

By: Jim Gorant

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The Lost Dogs

Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption

By: Jim Gorant

An inspiring story of survival and our powerful bond with man's best friend, in the aftermath of the nation's most notorious case of animal cruelty. Animal lovers and sports fans were shocked when the story broke about NFL player Michael Vick's brutal dog fighting operation. But what became of the dozens of dogs who survived? As acclaimed writer Jim Gorant discovered, their story is the truly newsworthy aspect of this case. Expanding on Gorant's Sports Illustrated cover story, The Lost Dogs traces the effort to bring Vick to justice and turns the spotlight on these infamous pit bulls, which were saved from euthanasia by an outpouring of public appeals coupled with a court order that Vick pay nearly a million dollars in "restitution" to the dogs. As an ASPCA-led team evaluated each one, they found a few hardened fighters, but many more lovable, friendly creatures desperate for compassion. In The Lost Dogs, we meet these amazing animals, a number of which are now living in loving homes, while some even work in therapy programs: Johnny Justice participates in Paws for Tales, which lets kids get comfortable with reading aloud by reading to dogs; Leo spends three hours a week with cancer patients and troubled teens. At the heart of the stories are the rescue workers who transformed the pups from victims of animal cruelty into healing caregivers themselves, unleashing priceless hope. Includes an 8-page photo insert. Watch a video

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Penguin

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1101543809

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9781101543801

Huntin with Butch

By: Jim Miller

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Huntin with Butch

By: Jim Miller

I have always loved to write and probably should have pursued a career in writing. This book is written in my own words and my English teacher would probably wonder where she went wrong. This book is about my best friend and hunting buddy. Im hoping that you will realize the special bond that we had. This book is a collection of some very enjoyable times. I write this to not make fun of my pal, but to tell our story. I hope in reading this book that it will put a grin on your face and maybe remind you of special times with your friends. We all have friends, but best friends are one of a kind and irreplaceable.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450001041

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9781450001045

Tigre

A Classic of Adventure Fiction

By: Jim Kjelgaard

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Tigre

A Classic of Adventure Fiction

By: Jim Kjelgaard

Pepe, the young Mexican goatherd, has many battles to fight—against the ominous superstitions of Uncle Ruiz; in defense of his American friend, Sam; and hardest of all, against the killer tigre or jaguar which took the life of Pepe's father and threatened to destroy the family herd of goats, their very livelihood. In the Mexican wilds, Pepe found that a staunch friend and inherent courage may mean more than a costly rifle, even in meeting the vicious fury of a wounded tigre!

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Alien Ebooks

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1667620371

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9781667620374

Even Trolls Love Pasties

A Goode Ann Arbor Tale

By: Jim Abb

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Even Trolls Love Pasties

A Goode Ann Arbor Tale

By: Jim Abb

Even Trolls Love Pasties looks back to life in Ann Arbor during the 1970s and two freshmen at the University of Michigan as they move through at world of young loves, new friendships, drugs, music, politics, Wolverine football and the occasional ghost. After encountering the slings and arrows that life throws their way, the two embark on a road trip to Daytona Beachvia Seattle.

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1465378006

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9781465378002

CLIMATE CHANGE

A CONVENIENT TRUTH

By: Jim Hollingsworth

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CLIMATE CHANGE

A CONVENIENT TRUTH

By: Jim Hollingsworth

Will the World Really End Unless We Spend Billions on Climate Change Policy? The people around us are somehow convinced that the world is about to end unless we stop using fossil fuels. There is no scientific evidence to support this. This book explains why this belief is simply not true in terms anyone can understand. Fossil fuels have made America great. This book explains why we need to keep it that way.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1645597458

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9781645597452

The Boys' War

Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk about the Civil War

By: Jim Murphy

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The Boys' War

Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk about the Civil War

By: Jim Murphy

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults: Firsthand accounts of the experiences of boys sixteen and younger who fought in the Civil War, with photos included. Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction "Making extensive use of the actual words--culled from diaries, journals, memoirs, and letters--of boys who served in the Union and Confederate armies as fighting soldiers as well as drummers, buglers, and telegraphers, Murphy describes the beginnings of the Civil War and goes on to delineate the military role of the underage soldiers and their life in the camps and field bivouacs. Also included is a description of the boys' return home and the effects upon them of their wartime experiences...An excellent selection of more than 45 sepia-toned contemporary photographs augment the text of this informative, moving work." --School Library Journal (starred review) "This wrenching look at our nation's bloodiest conflict through the eyes of its youthful participants serves up history both heartbreaking and enlightening." --Publishers Weekly "This well-researched and readable account provides fresh insight into the human cost of a pivotal event in United States history." --The Horn Book (starred review)

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0395664128

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9780395664124

Walk in Their Shoes

Can One Person Change the World?

By: Jim Ziolkowski,James S. Hirsch

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Walk in Their Shoes

Can One Person Change the World?

By: Jim Ziolkowski,James S. Hirsch

Includes Simon & Schuster reading group guide.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451683561

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9781451683561

The School of Scary Stories

By: Jim Flanagan

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The School of Scary Stories

By: Jim Flanagan

The school of scary stories is now in its 3rd printing. The stories come from the storytelling performances, Jim has done in Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington DC and Ireland. The book has been inducted into the OhioaNA Library, part of the Library of The State Of Ohio. The stories enjoyed by kids for years.

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149183319X

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The Road from Harbour Hill

By: Jim Hayes

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The Road from Harbour Hill

By: Jim Hayes

On Harbour Hill, in the picturesque seaside town of Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland, where four roads converged together, Jim Hayes's journey of dreams began.Hayes begins by tracing his experiences as boy growing up in Ireland in the late 1940s, where he fished for mackerel at Lynch's Quay, witnessed one of the last human flights to freedom from post war-torn Europe, and played ball in the street. But after his father made the announcement that the family would emigrate to America in the early 1950s, Hayes details how his life abruptly changed as he attempted to acclimate to a new culture and wondered if he would ever see Harbour Hill again. Years later, his dream of returning home to work and live would come true as he disembarked from the tender in Cobh, began his career, and married the love of his life. As he details his continuing journey from Ireland to America to Germany and back again, it soon becomes evident that Hayes embraced life with a determination to never let anything stand in the way attaining his dreams.The Road from Harbour Hill relays the fascinating life story of a man who learned valuable lessons, realized love, and achieved much success through his immersion in three distinct cultures on both sides of the Atlantic.

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iUniverse

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1491716231

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9781491716236

Holt and the Teddy Bear

By: McCafferty, Jim

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Holt and the Teddy Bear

By: McCafferty, Jim

Describes how black guide Holt Collier's plea for Teddy Roosevelt to spare the life of a bear led to the creation of the teddy bear.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455605913

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The CSS Albemarle and William Cushing

The Remarkable Confederate Ironclad and the Union Officer Who Sank It

By: Jim Stempel

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The CSS Albemarle and William Cushing

The Remarkable Confederate Ironclad and the Union Officer Who Sank It

By: Jim Stempel

On October 27, 1864, two marvels of the Civil War collided on the Roanoke River near Plymouth, North Carolina. The first was the formidable Confederate ironclad Albemarle, a 376-ton behemoth that had for months roamed the nearby rivers and waters of Albemarle Sound, defeating in turn everything the Federal Navy could throw at it. The second was William B. Cushing, a 21-year-old Federal naval lieutenant who had been selected to lead a virtual suicide mission to destroy the ironclad in her berth. This chronicle of the young officer's "David vs. Goliath" victory over the daunting ironclad presents a tale of courage and accomplishment.

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McFarland

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0786488735

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9780786488735

Walk in Their Shoes (enhanced edition)

Can One Person Change the World?

By: Jim Ziolkowski

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Can One Person Change the World?

By: Jim Ziolkowski

Walk in Their Shoes is the powerful, personal story of Jim Ziolkowski's inspiring mission to change the world one community at a time, hailed by the Dalai Lama as “an inspiring tribute to the power of compassion and education: the keys to leading a meaningful life.” At age twenty-five, Jim Ziolkowski gave up his career in corporate finance to create a not-for-profit organization that turns inner-city youths into community leaders at home and abroad. Under Jim’s leadership, high school students from the South Bronx to San Francisco have contributed more than 1.2 million hours of direct community service, and over the past twenty years, the organization has also constructed more than 550 schools in the world’s economically poorest countries, from Haiti to Nepal. Jim's tale of far-flung adventures in the most remote corners of the world and America’s toughest inner-cities is a moving testament to the power of faith and teamwork, and shows that when we give, we also help—and heal—ourselves. Walk in Their Shoes is the story of buildOn’s inspirational work with at-risk teens, its indelible influence on communities around the world, and of the man whose vision, faith, and conviction made it all possible. Jim Ziolkowski “believed that one person could indeed change the world, and his story may inspire others to do the same” (Publishers Weekly).

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Simon and Schuster

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1476761264

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9781476761268

Black Sheep, White Crow and Other Windmill Tales

Stories from Navajo Country

By: Jim Kristofic

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Black Sheep, White Crow and Other Windmill Tales

Stories from Navajo Country

By: Jim Kristofic

These tales capture the humor and themes of traditional Diné literature. . . . The collection resonates with deep cultural authenticity."--Enrique Lamadrid, author of Juan the Bear and the Water of Life: La Acequia de Juan del Oso

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826358195

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9780826358196

The Dog That Talked to God

By: Jim Kraus

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The Dog That Talked to God

By: Jim Kraus

Mary Fassler's dog Rufus can talk to Mary and to God, with help from Rufus Mary's life turns back toward God and happiness.

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Abingdon Press

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1426742568

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9781426742569

I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone

By: Jim Dickinson

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I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone

By: Jim Dickinson

I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone chronicles Jim Dickinson's extraordinary life in the Memphis music scene of the fifties and sixties and how he went on to play with and produce a rich array of artists, including Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Duane Allman, Arlo Guthrie, and Albert King. With verve and wit, Dickinson (1941–2009) describes his trip to Blind Lemon's grave on the Texas flatlands as a college student and how that encounter inspired his return to Memphis. Back home, he looked up Gus Cannon and Furry Lewis, began staging plays, cofounded what would become the annual Memphis Blues Festival, and started recording. The blues, Elvis, and early rock 'n' roll compelled Dickinson to reject racial barriers and spurred his contributions to the Memphis music and experimental art scene. He explains how the family yardman, WDIA, Dewey Phillips, Furry Lewis, Will Shade, and Howlin' Wolf shaped him and recounts how he went on to learn his craft at Sun, Ardent, American, Muscle Shoals, and Criteria studios from master producers Sam Phillips, John Fry, Chips Moman, and Jerry Wexler. Dickinson is a member of the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame and an inaugural inductee of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Engineering and Production from the Americana Music Association, a Brass Note on the Beale Street Walk of Fame in Memphis, and a Heritage Marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail. This memoir recounts a love affair with Memphis, the blues, and rock 'n' roll through Dickinson's captivating blend of intelligence, humor, and candor.

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1496811208

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Foul Ball

By: Jim Bouton

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Foul Ball

By: Jim Bouton

A rollicking and “compelling” true story of baseball, big money, and small-town politics by the author of the classic Ball Four (Publishers Weekly). Host to organized baseball since 1892, Pittsfield, Massachusetts’s Wahconah Park was soon to be abandoned by the owner of the Pittsfield Mets, who would move his team to a new stadium in another town—an all too familiar story. Enter former Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton and his partner with the best deal ever offered to a community: a locally owned professional baseball team and a privately restored city-owned ballpark at no cost to the taxpayers. The only people who didn’t like Bouton's plan were the mayor, the mayor's hand-picked Parks Commissioners, a majority of the City Council, the only daily newspaper, the city’s largest bank, its most powerful law firm, and a guy from General Electric. Everyone else—or approximately 98% of the citizens of Pittsfield—loved it. But the “good old boys” hated Bouton’s plan because it would put a stake in the heart of a proposed $18.5 million baseball stadium—a new stadium that the citizens of Pittsfield had voted against three different times. In this riveting account, Bouton unmasks a mayor who brags that “the fix is in,” a newspaper that lies to its readers, and a government that operates out of a bar. But maybe the most incredible story is what happened after Foul Ball was published—a story in itself. Invited back by a new mayor, Bouton and his partner raise $1.2 million, help discover a document dating Pittsfield’s baseball origins to 1791, and stage a vintage game that’s broadcast live by ESPN-TV. Who could have guessed what would happen next? And that this time it would involve the Massachusetts Attorney General? “An irresistible story whose outcome remains in doubt until the very end. Not just a funny book, but a patriotic one.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Bouton proves that a badly run city government can be just as dangerous—and just as hilarious—as a badly run baseball team.”—Keith Olbermann

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RosettaBooks

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0795323212

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Psychic Madman

By: Jim Karol

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Psychic Madman

By: Jim Karol

Jim Karol, entertainer and memory expert, is known to millions of fans as The Psychic Madman. He has performed on NBC’s Phenomenon, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen Show, NBC’s Today Show, Howard Stern, and in the film Jackass Number Two. Jim dazzles his audience while demonstrating his memorization of over 80,000 zip codes, the entire Scrabble dictionary, thousands of digits of pi, sports almanacs, the day of the week of every date since the beginning of the modern calendar, and thousands of other facts. In this book, Jim shares his insider knowledge. He aims to entertain, as well as show the reader just how much the human mind is capable of. Learn how Jim Karol has developed his impressive mind, and give yourself the opportunity to tap into your extraordinary mental abilities.. Jim Karol is a seasoned magician and entertainer, performing in sold-out venues across the country. Lu Ann Brobst Staheli is an accomplished educator and author.

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Gibbs Smith

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1937458385

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Under the Weeping Willow Tree

By: Jim Walton

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Under the Weeping Willow Tree

By: Jim Walton

Under the Weeping Willow Tree" tells the story of a young doctor during the time of the Civil war. His family has sent him to find a defiant brother who was severely wounded in battle. He leaves his medical training and fiance'. On the way to the battlefields, our doctor is kidnapped by the Rebels to give medical aid for a young officer. He voluntarily commits to be a caregiver for the officer on the journey deep into Confederate territory. He is given a choice of being interred in prison or work in a field hospital. He chose to serve as a surgeon in a field hospital, He finally wins a release and is taken north in an unconventional transport by a rebel spy who is delivering a corpse to northern relatives. The trip is fraught with dangers. The vehicle contains the gold treasury of the confederacy known only by the spy who is wholly responsible for the gold. The hearse and riders finally arrive back north and the gold is then cleverly hidden by the confederacy somewhere in the area. Later, the young doctor looks for his brother and finds him near death in an army hospital near Washington DC. During the time the young sibling is being cared for, the doctor's fiancé dies back home. He grieves for her and blames himself for not being with her. The Union war department is suspicious of the young doctor practicing medicine in the rebel hospital and is harassed by the War departments Pinkerton detectives. The young doctor gets word of the spy's capture which is under sentence to hang. In a bold plan, he helps his friend to escape from Federal prison then meets the spy's sister in the process. The young brother's amnesia is unconventionally dealt with and is made well in the last battle of the civil war. The war is finally over, the doctor falls in love with the spy's sister, moves back home to resume his mentor's medical practice and out of his respect for the dead civil war soldiers, has never revealed where the confederate gold is hidden.

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Booktango

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1468930311

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9781468930313

Politics and Communication in America

Campaigns, Media, and Governing in the 21st Century

By: Robert E. Denton, Jr.,Jim A. Kuypers

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Politics and Communication in America

Campaigns, Media, and Governing in the 21st Century

By: Robert E. Denton, Jr.,Jim A. Kuypers

Communication provides the basis of social cohesion, issue discussion, and legislative enactmentcore features of political activity and governing in the United States. Denton and Kuypers, experts in the field of political communication, synthesize materials and sources from political science, communication, history, journalism, and sociology to demonstrate how communication intersects with these fields to formulate political beliefs, attitudes, and values. Conventional categories of political activitycampaigns, activity in Congress, the courts, the mass media, and the presidencystructure the discussions. Theoretical and applied concepts drawn from firsthand sources and classic historical works, plus extensive use of contemporary examples, enrich understanding. Written in an engaging, accessible style that is geared to an undergraduate audience, the text ignites readers awareness that the essence of politics is talk or human interaction. Such interaction is formal and informal, verbal and nonverbal, public and privatebut always persuasive in nature, causing audiences to interpret, to evaluate, and to act.

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Waveland Press

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1478608528

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A Savage Thunder

Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom

By: Jim Murphy

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A Savage Thunder

Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom

By: Jim Murphy

Enhanced with maps, photographs, and black-and-white illustrations, the story of the battle of Antietam Creek in Maryland in 1862 is described via first-person accounts and factual details with an examination of how this major event changed a nation with regard to Lincoln drafting the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Simon and Schuster

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0689876335

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9780689876332

Lucy's Letters - Transcriptions

By: Jim Sims

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Lucy's Letters - Transcriptions

By: Jim Sims

88 years after they were written, Jim Sims learned of and obtained a notebook containing letters exchanged in 1924 by his parents, Frazier Sims and Lucy Ensor, during the year before they married. Those letters, letters from Lucy's mother and other letters reveal much about them and about the rough life in poor, rural Kentucky at the time. This publication of "Lucy's Letters" contains transcriptions of the 70+ letters and postcards plus some background information and photos about the families and locales of their early life.

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Lulu.com

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1300722053

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9781300722052

Lucy's Letters - Scans and Transcriptions

By: Jim Sims

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Lucy's Letters - Scans and Transcriptions

By: Jim Sims

88 years after they were written, Jim Sims learned of and obtained a notebook containing letters exchanged in 1924 by his parents, Frazier Sims and Lucy Ensor, during the year before they married. Those letters, letters from Lucy's mother and other letters reveal much about them and about the rough life in poor, rural Kentucky at the time. This publication of "Lucy's Letters" contains transcriptions and scans of the actual 70+ letters and postcards plus some background information and photos about the families and locales of their early life.

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1300752963

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9781300752967

A Hunter's Road

A Journey with Gun and Dog Across the American Uplands

By: Jim Fergus

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A Hunter's Road

A Journey with Gun and Dog Across the American Uplands

By: Jim Fergus

In an epic season of sport, Jim Fergus and his trusty Lab, Sweetzer, trek the mountains, plains, prairies, forests, marshes, deltas, and deserts of America.

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1429900318

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9781429900317

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