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The Foxworthy Down-Home Cookbook

No Arugula, No Pate, No Problem!

By: Jim Foxworthy,Jeff Foxworthy

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The Foxworthy Down-Home Cookbook

No Arugula, No Pate, No Problem!

By: Jim Foxworthy,Jeff Foxworthy

For Jeff Foxworthy, two things could always be counted upon--good laughs and good food. The laughs proved to be fertile soil for young Jeff, star of a hit NBC sitcom. The good food came from Jeff's father, "Big Jim". Now the pair present a collection of incredible recipes--more than 125 in all--for Southern and Cajun dishes, plus outdoor cooking, wild game recipes, and more.

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1563524279

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9781563524271

The Read-Aloud Handbook

Seventh Edition

By: Jim Trelease

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The Read-Aloud Handbook

Seventh Edition

By: Jim Trelease

A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updated Recommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, The Read-Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies—and the reasoning behind them—for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.

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384

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Penguin

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1101613866

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9781101613863

Reinvention Made Easy

Change Your Strategy, Change Your Results

By: Jim Mathis

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Reinvention Made Easy

Change Your Strategy, Change Your Results

By: Jim Mathis

Self reinvention is easy! Everybody can reinvent themselves in a challenging economy by incorporating the simple indisputable truths in Reinvention Made Easy. But even the most creative leaders will find this a personally challenging and value changing read. "The economy doesn't go up or down; it becomes different!" The realities of your business have changed forever. Leaders manage the way they react to change. The next year is probably the end of the way we will do business. Your business purpose is not determined by you, but by the needs or wants that are satisfied when the customer buys a product or service. Effective market leaders see themselves from the customer's viewpoint. To reinvent yourself, you must answer these questions raised in Reinvention Made Easy: When will the recession end?, Why don't people buy what I sell?, Why does my team hate me?, Why doesn't my team work always work?, How am I punishing my customers?, What is costing me more money than making me? The answers are so un-comfortable, you will be forced to think your way to very last page.

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361

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Morgan James Publishing

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1614480931

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9781614480938

A Wilderness Mind

By: Jim Ciscell

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A Wilderness Mind

By: Jim Ciscell

The mind and words of Jim Ciscell have been described as an infectious disease in some better neighborhoods. This is a collection of his short work which is assured to change your perspective. You are about to come into contact with a mind that thinks like no other. Can you make it through a reading of A Wilderness Mind?

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iUniverse

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0595268692

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9780595268696

Smokelore

A Short History of Barbecue in America

By: Jim Auchmutey

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Smokelore

A Short History of Barbecue in America

By: Jim Auchmutey

Barbecue: It’s America in a mouthful. The story of barbecue touches almost every aspect of our history. It involves indigenous culture, the colonial era, slavery, the Civil War, the settling of the West, the coming of immigrants, the Great Migration, the rise of the automobile, the expansion of suburbia, the rejiggering of gender roles. It encompasses every region and demographic group. It is entwined with our politics and tangled up with our race relations. Jim Auchmutey follows the delicious and contentious history of barbecue in America from the ox roast that celebrated the groundbreaking for the U.S. Capitol building to the first barbecue launched into space almost two hundred years later. The narrative covers the golden age of political barbecues, the evolution of the barbecue restaurant, the development of backyard cooking, and the recent rediscovery of traditional barbecue craft. Along the way, Auchmutey considers the mystique of barbecue sauces, the spectacle of barbecue contests, the global influences on American barbecue, the roles of race and gender in barbecue culture, and the many ways barbecue has been portrayed in our art and literature. It’s a spicy story that involves noted Americans from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820338419

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9780820338415

That Dog Don't Hunt

Tales from The Hunt Camp Porch

By: Jim Newman

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That Dog Don't Hunt

Tales from The Hunt Camp Porch

By: Jim Newman

Jim Newman, a natural born story-teller, takes the reader through joyful and humorous stories about life at the hunt camp, hunting culture, and the joys of nature and wildlife. The stories are a mix of childhood memories, folklore, facts, fiction, and laughter, with the odd political rant thrown in. This book presents hunting in the light of the harvest of food, and the emphasis is on enjoying the beauty of nature in the company of family and good friends. The stories are very human, with lots of self-deprecating (sometimes laugh-out-loud) humour throughout. Readers will learn how not to choose a hunting dog, how to spend a lot of money preparing not to hunt turkeys, and how to find bears without even trying. On a more serious note, Jim talks about how to increase the longevity of a hunt camp through great communal meals, how to make hunting a multi-generational family tradition, and the importance of standing up for hunters in conversations about gun legislation. And to those already familiar with Jim Newman’s regular column in The Nipissing Reader, the wait is over!

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FriesenPress

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1525597299

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9781525597299

Generation of Idiots

Wake up and Smell the Bankruptcy

By: Jim Lauricella

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Generation of Idiots

Wake up and Smell the Bankruptcy

By: Jim Lauricella

An examination of how our thoughts and emotions are manipulated by politicians, media, and celebrities. Generation of Idiots was written to expose the persuading forces that move Americans today and distort the young minds of tomorrow. Great men such as Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson used to inspire young minds, not use them for their own personal gain. Our country hangs in the balance, unless we find great patriots like that again to lead us back into prosperity. This book may raise your blood pressure or make you laugh, but it will also make you think-and thats the objective.

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AuthorHouse

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1504923421

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9781504923422

Finding the Right One After Divorce

Avoiding the 13 Common Mistakes People Make in Remarriage

By: Edward M. Tauber,Jim Smoke

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Finding the Right One After Divorce

Avoiding the 13 Common Mistakes People Make in Remarriage

By: Edward M. Tauber,Jim Smoke

There are 23 million divorced people in the United States today. More than 80 percent of these people will remarry, and many of those marriages will fail. Divorce recovery experts Edward Tauber and Jim Smoke draw on their 30 years of experience as divorce counselors and a survey of more than 600 individuals to explore why people end up divorced again and what they can do to successfully remarry. To help readers avoid making the mistakes others have made, the authors present 13 wrong reasons to remarry, including: loneliness need to be needed to provide fathers or moms for kids to prove the divorce wasn't their fault they've found their "soul mates" Tauber and Smoke provide practical guidelines based on biblical principles to help people find partners who share values, have compatible personalities, agree on child-raising principles, and more. Includes helpful "Ready2Remarry" self test.

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Harvest House Publishers

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0736949232

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9780736949231

Journeys, Generations, and Cracked Eggs

By: Jim Wheeler

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Journeys, Generations, and Cracked Eggs

By: Jim Wheeler

Journeys, Generations, and Cracked Eggs tells the true story of a couple who faced a life-and-death crisis and how they experienced the clear and undeniably miraculous presence of God. For anyone who needs the assurance that there truly is a God who can and does involve Himself on a personal level in lives that are open to Him, this book tells of such a God. It is an account of one who has experienced on a regular basis the divine activity of Almighty God in both the big and the small issues of everyday life.

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WestBow Press

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1490805192

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Born Fighting

How the Scots-Irish Shaped America

By: Jim Webb

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Born Fighting

How the Scots-Irish Shaped America

By: Jim Webb

In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist James Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and worldview were dictated by resistance, conflict, and struggle, and who, in turn, profoundly influenced the social, political, and cultural landscape of America from its beginnings through the present day. More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of England’s Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, traveling in groups of families and bringing with them not only long experience as rebels and outcasts but also unparalleled skills as frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters. Their cultural identity reflected acute individualism, dislike of aristocracy and a military tradition, and, over time, the Scots-Irish defined the attitudes and values of the military, of working class America, and even of the peculiarly populist form of American democracy itself. Born Fighting is the first book to chronicle the full journey of this remarkable cultural group, and the profound, but unrecognized, role it has played in the shaping of America. Written with the storytelling verve that has earned his works such acclaim as “captivating . . . unforgettable” (the Wall Street Journal on Lost Soliders), Scots-Irishman James Webb, Vietnam combat veteran and former Naval Secretary, traces the history of his people, beginning nearly two thousand years ago at Hadrian’s Wall, when the nation of Scotland was formed north of the Wall through armed conflict in contrast to England’s formation to the south through commerce and trade. Webb recounts the Scots’ odyssey—their clashes with the English in Scotland and then in Ulster, their retreat from one war-ravaged land to another. Through engrossing chronicles of the challenges the Scots-Irish faced, Webb vividly portrays how they developed the qualities that helped settle the American frontier and define the American character. Born Fighting shows that the Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only 5 percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army). It illustrates how the Scots-Irish redefined American politics, creating the populist movement and giving the country a dozen presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. And it explores how the Scots-Irish culture of isolation, hard luck, stubbornness, and mistrust of the nation’s elite formed and still dominates blue-collar America, the military services, the Bible Belt, and country music. Both a distinguished work of cultural history and a human drama that speaks straight to the heart of contemporary America, Born Fighting reintroduces America to its most powerful, patriotic, and individualistic cultural group—one too often ignored or taken for granted.

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Crown

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0767922956

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9780767922951

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing

By: James Mendrinos,Jim Mendrinos

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing

By: James Mendrinos,Jim Mendrinos

You've always known writing comedy was about more than just being funny. But how do you create a joke and work it into a script or a stand-up routine? Comedian, writer, and teacher Jim Mendrinos has the answers. In The Complete Idiot s Guide to Comedy Writing, Mendrinos gives readers the principles he teaches in his popular courses, from understanding what funny is and how to find it, to how to actually construct comedy. Working through the basic constructions and forms including premises, points of view, and twists, he shows the variations of written, verbal, and physical comedy. With useful exercises, Mendrinos helps writers refine their writing, appeal to their audience, and even break writer's block by learning techniques for brainstorming, free association, lists, and finding infinite points of view.

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Penguin

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1592572316

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9781592572311

Big Paws, Bigger Heart

By: Jim Loveless

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Big Paws, Bigger Heart

By: Jim Loveless

Once in a lifetime a person may find the perfect dog, but to have two perfect dogs in a lifetime is practically unheard of. Big Paws, Bigger Heart presents a story of that improbable situation as told by Finley, a Belgian Tervuren dog who came into the life of his adopted dad, Jim Loveless, to fill the enormous void left behind by the loss of Jim's first dog, Brooks. Finley goes back in time to tell the legend of Brooks. He shares the heartwarming and often humorous tales of how Brooks shaped the lives of not only his owner but of a community by proving faithfulness meant more than championships. Part one of this true and inspiring story follows Brooks from his early days of fitting in with his newly adopted family until his forced retirement from the agility competition he and Jim so dearly loved due to bad hips. With the loss of Brooks, Jim couldn't imagine that the void left behind could ever be filled. The sequel, however, recalls how Finley came along, picking up where Brooks left off. He exceeded Jim's wildest expectations with his loyalty and unbelievable sense of humor. Written from a dog's perspective, Big Paws, Bigger Heart explores the love that dogs can bring into our lives and shows how two dogs changed one man's life.

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171

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iUniverse

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1491722002

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9781491722008

Fixin to Git

One Fan's Love Affair with NASCAR's Winston Cup

By: Jim Wright

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Fixin to Git

One Fan's Love Affair with NASCAR's Winston Cup

By: Jim Wright

The author shares his fascination with NASCAR racing, capturing all aspects of this popular sport, from the race tracks to the campgrounds where fans congregate.

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Duke University Press

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0822332205

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9780822332206

The Redneck Manifesto

How Hillbillies Hicks and White Trash Becames America's Scapegoats

By: Jim Goad

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The Redneck Manifesto

How Hillbillies Hicks and White Trash Becames America's Scapegoats

By: Jim Goad

In "The Redneck Manifesto", Goad elucidates redneck politics, religion, and values in his own unique way. "A furious, profane, smart, and hilariously smart-aleck defense of working-class white culture".--"Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel".

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Simon and Schuster

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0684838648

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9780684838649

Great News!

We've Sold the Company

By: Jim Woodward,Chuck Philpott,Susan Gibson

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Great News!

We've Sold the Company

By: Jim Woodward,Chuck Philpott,Susan Gibson

Perhaps the most dreaded phrase today is aWeave sold the company!a What happens after that may be well-known to most employeesathose who survive a merger and those who donat. If you are older and staring a layoff in the face, you know that it may be difficult to find another job quickly because of pervasive but subtle age discrimination. Can you write a scannable resume that will put all of your experience into a database? Are you a single parent in need of a job with no work experience? Is your supervisor stressful? Do you have a mentor? Do you need venture capital if you have an entrepreneurial spirit? We too were caught in mergers, layoffs, downsizings, restructures, and the other over-used euphemisms and wrote about it to help others. You may find yourself and your manager (competent or otherwise) within this book. You are a uniquely talented individualado not diminish your talents.

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Jim Woodward/Chuck Philpott

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1413792332

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9781413792331

Rosie O!

How She Conned America

By: Jim Nelson,Susan Trew

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Rosie O!

How She Conned America

By: Jim Nelson,Susan Trew

Reveals what's really behind the transformation of Rosie, from the sweet, all-American mom beloved by middle America, to the crusading, tough-talking lesbian that she's become.

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