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Preacher's Girl

The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore

By: Jim Schutze

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Preacher's Girl

The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore

By: Jim Schutze

An “excellent true-crime study” of a female serial killer given the death penalty for poisoning at least three men between 1973 and 1989 (Publishers Weekly). Widowed Blanche Taylor Moore was about to lose her second spouse to symptoms that mysteriously mirrored those that killed her first husband—as well as her previous boyfriend. When an investigation reveals arsenic poisoning, the hideous truth about the wife and mother comes to light. Did the abuse Blanche suffered as a child at the hands of her alcoholic father turn her into a murderer she became? In this riveting true crime account, critically acclaimed journalist Jim Schutze explores the harrowing motivation and chilling details of the lives, loves, and victims of North Carolina’s oldest living inmate on death row. “Involving . . . chronicle of the murderous career of a Bible Belt Borgia.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Open Road Media

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1504081595

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9781504081597

Fool Moon

By: Jim Butcher

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Fool Moon

By: Jim Butcher

“One of the most enjoyable marriages of the fantasy and mystery genres on the shelves,”(Cinescape) the Dresden Files have become synonymous with action-packed urban fantasy and nonstop fun. Fool Moon continues the adventures of Jim Butcher’s most famous—and infamous—reluctant hero… You’d think there’d be a little more action for the only professional wizard listed in the Chicago phone book. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn’t been able to dredge up any kind of work: magical, mundane, or menial. Just when it looks like he can’t afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise. There’s a brutally mutilated corpse, and monstrous animal markings at the scene. Not to mention that the killing took place on the night of a full moon. Harry knows exactly where this case is headed. Take three guesses—and the first two don’t count...

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Penguin

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0451458125

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9780451458124

Backpacker Magazine's Guide to the Appalachian Trail

By: Jim Chase

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Backpacker Magazine's Guide to the Appalachian Trail

By: Jim Chase

[T]he definitive guide to the most famous footpath in the nation. Featuring the latest details on the Trail route and current conditions, this revised and updated edition tells you what terrain you can expect to find, where to go to avoid the crowds, and what to look for along the way."--Cover.

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Stackpole Books

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0811731855

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9780811731850

Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Hardwood

By: Jim Sumner,James Sumner

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Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Hardwood

By: Jim Sumner,James Sumner

The Duke Blue Devils have a long history of success in intercollegiate basketball, and that history comes alive within these pages, as detailed by Duke historian James Sumner. The Blue Devils' storied past includes 27 NCAA tournament appearances, 13 trips to the final four and three national titles. A number of Duke games have achieved legendary status and they are relived in Tales From The Duke Blue Devils. Read about the 12-10 North Carolina State win over Duke in the 1968 ACC Tournament, North Carolina's scoreless half at Duke in 1979, Duke's upset win over UNLV in the 1991 Final Four, and the 1992 Duke-Kentucky Eastern Regional classic. Duke University has been home to 28 All-American basketball players. Eight of which have been named national player of the year: Dick Groat, Art Heyman, Johnny Dawkins, Danny Ferry, Christian Leaettner, Elton Brand, Shane Battier, and Jason Williams. Their tales are included here as well as stories from Duke coaching legends Eddie Cameron, Vic Bubas, Bill Foster, and Mike Krzyzewski. Tales From The Duke Blue Devils will also take you inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, the country's most famous on-campus basketball facility and the home of the so-called Cameron Crazies who are renowned for their creativity and enthusiasm. Tales From The Duke Blue Devils is a must read for any fan of Duke Basketball.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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1582614776

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9781582614779

The Dresden Files Collection 1-6

By: Jim Butcher

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The Dresden Files Collection 1-6

By: Jim Butcher

The first six novels featuring Harry Dresden—Chicago’s only professional wizard—are a perfect introduction to the # 1 New York Times bestselling series that Entertainment Weekly describes as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer starring Philip Marlowe.” STORM FRONT FOOL MOON GRAVE PERIL SUMMER KNIGHT DEATH MASKS BLOOD RITES

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Penguin

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1101499680

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9781101499689

Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Fool Moon Vol. 2

By: Jim Butcher,Mark Powers

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Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Fool Moon Vol. 2

By: Jim Butcher,Mark Powers

The star of Jim Butcher's New York Times bestselling novel series, The Dresden Files, Harry Dresden is a private investigator whose clients require a detective with supernatural expertise - in other words, he's a wizard for hire. The Windy City has been hit with an outbreak of savage werewolf attacks - a case made even more chaotic and challenging by the fact that Harry's uncovered no less than three lycanthropic groups, each seemingly in conflict with one another. On top of that, Harry's lost the faith of his one friend and ally among the Chicago Police Department, Karrin Murphy. Now she, along with werewolves and hostile FBI Agents, hunts Harry while he races against the rise of the next full moon to discover who - or what - is behind the string of murders!

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Dynamite Entertainment

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1524109576

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9781524109578

Presidential Crisis Rhetoric and the Press in the Post-Cold War World

By: Jim A. Kuypers

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Presidential Crisis Rhetoric and the Press in the Post-Cold War World

By: Jim A. Kuypers

Kuypers combines rhetorical theory and framing analysis in an examination of the interaction of the press and the president during international crisis situations in the post-Cold War world. Three crises are examined: Bosnia, Haiti, and the North Korean nuclear capability issue. Kuypers effectively demonstrates the changed nature of presidential crisis rhetoric since the end of the Cold War. Kuypers employs a new historical/critical approach to analyze both the press and the Clinton administration's handling of three international crisis situations. Using case studies of Bosnia, Haiti, and the alleged North Korean nuclear buildup in 1993, he examines contemporary presidential crisis communication and the agenda-setting and agenda-extension functions of the press. The importance of this study lies in its timeliness; President Clinton is the first atomic-age president not to have the Cold War meta-narrative to use in legitimating international crises. Prior studies in presidential crisis rhetoric found that the president received broad and consistent support during times of crisis. Kuypers found that the press often advanced an oppositional frame to that used by the Clinton administration. The press frames were found to limit the options of the President, even when the press supported a particular presidential strategy. This is a major study that will be of interest to scholars and researchers of the press, the modern presidency, and American foreign policy.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313024405

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9780313024405

Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room

A Collection of the Greatest Duke Basketball Stories Ever Told

By: Jim Sumner

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Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room

A Collection of the Greatest Duke Basketball Stories Ever Told

By: Jim Sumner

The Duke Blue Devils have a long and glorious history of success, and that history comes alive in this newly revised edition of Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room. The Blue Devils’ storied past includes forty NCAA tournament appearances, sixteen trips to the final four, and five national titles. In this treasure trove of Duke history, Jim Sumner recalls the most legendary games and unique players that have come to define this championship team. Read about the 1968 ACC Tournament, North Carolina’s scoreless half at Duke in 1979, Duke’s upset win over UNLV in the 1991 Final Four, and the 1992 Duke-Kentucky Eastern Regional classic. Duke University has been home to thirty-six All-American basketball players. Nine of them have been named national player of the year: Dick Groat, Art Heyman, Johnny Dawkins, Danny Ferry, Christian Laettner, Elton Brand, Shane Battier, Jason Williams, and J. J. Redick. Their tales are included here along with stories from Duke coaching legends Eddie Cameron, Vic Bubas, Bill Foster, and Mike Krzyzewski. This is a must-read for any fan of Duke basketball. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Simon and Schuster

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1613219601

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9781613219607

Glass

By: Jim W. Coleman

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Glass

By: Jim W. Coleman

In The Game of Lies, an extraordinary, authentic spy novel, author Karen A. Lynch creates daring, true to life adventure offering the reader a glimpse into the high stakes worlds of espionage and international horseracing. The Game of Lies is the story of Alanna Reynolds, world-class breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses and former CIA Intelligence Officer. A once proficient member of highly classified and skilled para-military group within the Central Intelligence Agency, Alanna's last five years have been spent raising champion Thoroughbred racehorses in Bluegrass country. The death, while on a critical mission, of her CIA mentor and friend, Jake Carter, becomes the catalyst for her return to a deadly game of international intrigue on which the fate of the Middle East and world peace rests. Old scores to settle and an old love rekindled weave a web of mystery and romance throughout this exciting thriller.

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AuthorHouse

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1418430501

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9781418430504

Timeless Vision

Understanding God's Creation through the Lens of Science

By: Jim Johnson

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Timeless Vision

Understanding God's Creation through the Lens of Science

By: Jim Johnson

Faith and facts are reconciled in this revelatory examination of biblical and secular truths that follows the path to God through science, not around it. Always a man of science, Jim Johnson accepted Christ into his life shortly after his fiftieth birthday. This acceptance of God’s unseeable power did not shake his belief in science—it strengthened it. Through years of research on the world’s evolution, Johnson found that in studying every new hypothesis and theory, he believes even more in God’s universal role. Timeless Vision: Understanding God’s Creation through the Lens of Science bridges the gap between faith and science. Johnson examines the natural progression of Earth’s creation alongside the seven biblical days, explains the conundrum of time, and expands upon the ever-evolving relationship humanity has with science and religion. Through analyzing scripture with detailed data and using science to bolster Christian beliefs, Johnson reveals just how rare and privileged Earth and human life truly are. It is through studying science and faith together, not apart, that we can see how God’s plan was developed and why He did it. One is not complete without the other. Let Johnson lead you down the path less traveled—the one of science and faith—and show how God gave humanity these ways to discover Him more fully and completely.

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BrownBooks.ORM

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161254682X

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9781612546827

Psi Spies

The True Story of America's Psychic Warfare Program

By: Jim Marrs

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Psi Spies

The True Story of America's Psychic Warfare Program

By: Jim Marrs

Takes readers behind the scenes of the U.S. Army's formerly top-secret remote viewing unit, discussing how the military has used this psychic ability to its advantage since the unit's creation in the 1970's.

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Red Wheel/Weiser

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1564149609

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9781564149602

So You Think You're a Duke Blue Devils Basketball Fan?

Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards

By: Jim Sumner

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So You Think You're a Duke Blue Devils Basketball Fan?

Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards

By: Jim Sumner

So You Think You’re a Duke Blue Devils Basketball Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of Duke basketball. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, you’ll get details behind each—stories that bring to life players and coaches, games and seasons. This book is divided into multiple parts, with progressively more difficult questions in each new section. Along the way, you’ll learn more about the great Blue Devils players and coaches of the past and present, from Red Auerbach to Bernie Janicki, Billy King, Steve Wojciechowski, Bill Werber, Shane Battier, Jason Williams, Mike Dunleavy, Carlos Boozer, Trajan Langdon, Bobby Hurley, Jahlil Okafor, Christian Laettner, Mike Krzyzewski, and so many more. Some of the many questions that this book answers include: • Who played the most minutes in a Duke uniform? • Who are the three brothers who all played for NCAA championship teams at Duke? • What is the greatest individual defensive performance in Duke history? • Which Duke player’s father was a U.S. Olympic medalist in track and field? • Who was the first Duke player to be named National Player of the Year? This book makes the perfect gift for any fan of the Blue Devils!

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Simon and Schuster

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1613219784

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9781613219782

Denton County

By: Jim Bolz,Tricia Bolz,Denton County Museums

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Denton County

By: Jim Bolz,Tricia Bolz,Denton County Museums

The history of Denton County, founded in 1846, has been well preserved through postcards. These images, produced from vintage photographs and artist renditions, reflect a time when communication through postcards was quicker, easier, and less expensive than writing a letter. Inside this book, readers are treated to charming snapshots of local history depicting churches, the downtown public square, businesses, public schools, the two newly created universities, railroad depots, trolleys, the earliest automobiles, and some of Denton Countys most familiar town views and tourist attractions.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439625972

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9781439625972

Press Bias and Politics

How the Media Frame Controversial Issues

By: Jim A. Kuypers

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Press Bias and Politics

How the Media Frame Controversial Issues

By: Jim A. Kuypers

Kuypers charts the potential effects the printed presses and broadcast media have upon the messages of political and social leaders when they discuss controversial issues. Examining over 800 press reports on race and homosexuality from 116 different newspapers, Kuypers meticulously documents a liberal political bias in mainstream news. This book asserts that such a bias hurts the democratic process by ignoring non-mainstream left positions and vilifying many moderate and most right-leaning positions, leaving only a narrow brand of liberal thought supported by the mainstream press. This book argues that the mainstream press in America is an anti-democratic institution. By comparatively analyzing press reports, as well as the events that occasioned the coverage, Kuypers paints a detailed picture of the politics of the American press. He advances four distinct reportorial practices that inject bias into reporting, offering perspectives of particular interest to scholars, students, and others involved with mass communication, journalism, and politics in the United States.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313012628

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9780313012624

Fun Texas Festivals and Events

By: Jim Gramon

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Fun Texas Festivals and Events

By: Jim Gramon

Texans will use any excuse to have fun! Pull up a chair and let a legendary Texas storyteller take you on a yearlong tour to 1,600 of his favorite fun Texas events in over 600 towns.

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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146169910X

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9781461699101

In a Different League

Cricket's North-South Divide

By: Jim Carnegie

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In a Different League

Cricket's North-South Divide

By: Jim Carnegie

This book takes a humorous and informative look at the North-South divide from a cricketing perspective. Its novelty arises from the unique credentials of the author who has played beyond and below Watford since Des O'Connor was a lad.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1848761635

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9781848761636

Single Action

By: Jim Williams

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Single Action

By: Jim Williams

Single Action By: Jim Williams When Johnny Dolan, a seasoned New York City investigative reporter, begins to cover the brutal murders of two computer programmers, it catapults him into the 1960’s underworld of organized crime and government corruption. Working to uncover the crime details with earmarks of a mob hit, Dolan encounters an intricate web of facts and players. While interviewing Lydia Hayes, the beautiful ex-wife of one of the victims, Johnny discovers critical facts steering his investigation into the fast lane. Lydia reveals her ex was gay. Although Dolan’s own homosexuality was neither a plus or a minus in his professional life, it impacted his military career and life. Johnny learns that Doug Hayes and his partner developed a computer program that could predict winning lottery numbers. Hoping to parlay this into cold hard cash, our victims have unwittingly orchestrated their deaths when they sign on with “The Preacher,” an intelligent, soft-spoken black man who runs the Harlem numbers racket known as Policy. This connection catches the watchful eye of Bunny Ennis, a sadistic sociopath whose loyalty lies not with his Mafia boss, but with his own perverse pleasures and self-interest. Will Bunny and Lydia’s masochistic relationship ultimately impact her personal and professional relationship with her boss, Frederick Douglass Summerfield, an ambitious African American congressman from New York City’s Harlem District? His growing popularity and standing in the black community caught the attention of Lyndon Johnson and a whiff of corruption could stir the smoldering embers of racism, and shake the foundation of the President’s civil rights agenda. With stakes this high, can Johnny Dolan keep it together while he uncovers the truth? Single Action, the latest crime thriller from Jim Williams, examines the ethical questions woven into a maze of twists and turns in this thought-provoking and suspenseful new novel.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1639375627

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9781639375622

Hunting Lieutenant Chadbourne

By: Jim W. Corder

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Hunting Lieutenant Chadbourne

By: Jim W. Corder

On May 9, 1846, Second Lieutenant Theodore Lincoln Chadbourne, United States Army, fell in the battle of Resaca de la Palma during the war with Mexico. Dead at twenty-three in a remote desert, his promise outweighing his accomplishments, Chadbourne slid into obscurity. But his lapse was not immediate, nor was it complete; clues to Chadbourne lay scattered about the historical landscape. Hunting Lieutenant Chadbourne is Jim W. Corder's account of his obsessive search for information about this soldier, whose name he first read on a historical marker beside a highway in Texas. A thoughtful meditation on the connectedness of history and the possibilities of recovering and understanding the past, the book reveals as much about Corder's literary and historiographical preoccupations as it does about the life of his subject. Rather than order his material into a linear, chronological narrative, Corder presents it in much the same sequence and form as it came to him. The effect is to dramatize the historical process and allow the very details that Corder collects to reveal Chadbourne to the reader. Who was Chadbourne, and can we ever really know? If Corder has any answers, they lie in his subtext of uncertainty.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820338044

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9780820338040

The Lindbergh Case

A Story of Two Lives

By: Jim Fisher

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The Lindbergh Case

A Story of Two Lives

By: Jim Fisher

Was Bruno Hauptmann an innocent carpenter, or a cold-blooded killer?

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506

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Rutgers University Press

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0813521475

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9780813521473

HOLD: How to Find, Buy, and Rent Houses for Wealth

By: Steve Chader,Jennice Doty,Jim McKissack,Linda McKissack,Jay Papasan,Gary Keller

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HOLD: How to Find, Buy, and Rent Houses for Wealth

By: Steve Chader,Jennice Doty,Jim McKissack,Linda McKissack,Jay Papasan,Gary Keller

USA TODAY BESTSELLER Take HOLD of your financial future! Learn how to obtain financial freedom through real estate. The final book in Gary Keller’s national best-selling Millionaire Real Estate Investor trilogy teaches the proven, reliable real estate investing process to achieve financial wealth: 1. Find – the right property for the right terms and at the right price. 2. Analyze – an offer to make sure the numbers and terms make sense. 3. Buy – an investment property where you make money going in. 4. Manage – a property until it’s paid for or you have a large amount of equity to leverage. 5. Grow – your way to wealth and financial freedom.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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007179705X

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9780071797054

A Deepening Roar

Scotch College, Melbourne, 1851-2001

By: Jim Mitchell

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A Deepening Roar

Scotch College, Melbourne, 1851-2001

By: Jim Mitchell

A sesquicentenary history of a prominent Australian school

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Allen & Unwin

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1865085766

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9781865085760

Lessons from the School of Suffering

A Young Priest with Cancer Teaches Us how to Live

By: Jim Willig,Tammy Bundy

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Lessons from the School of Suffering

A Young Priest with Cancer Teaches Us how to Live

By: Jim Willig,Tammy Bundy

The lessons that can be learned from suffering are many and can transform lives. Willig shares his story of being diagnosed in his late 40's with terminal renal cancer and the consequences of living with cancer and undergoing various treatments, all of which have not stemmed the disease.

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Franciscan Media

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0867164557

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