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There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos

A Work of Political Subversion

By: Jim Hightower

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There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos

A Work of Political Subversion

By: Jim Hightower

Hightower is at it again, this time taking aim at those bedrock institutions that drive the economic and cultural life of the country. As the man himself says, "I am an agitator, and an agitator is the center post in a washing machine that gets the dirt out." In this lucid, viciously funny, downright refreshing book, Hightower argues that government, the media and corporate conglomerates have put us smack-dab in the middle of the mess we're in today. Leaving almost no contemporary issue unscathed, he lays bare the dirty politics behind the new global economy, exposing how these three institutions have undermined basic American values like justice, fairness, tolerance and opportunity; how they've steamrolled the common people, ignoring their needs; how they've created an oppressive and oppressing machine that keeps the downtrodden downtrodden. Author, radio commentator, public speaker and political sparkplug, Hightower doesn't gripe and whine, he offers commonsense solutions to controversial issues. In language everyone can understand, he tackles big issues and proposes strategies that are easy to implement. Calling on the poor and middleclass, the groups he claims represent a true populist majority, he shows how an already strong grassroots movement can be made even stronger. Arguing for change on the local level, Hightower demonstrates exactly how this can be accomplished.

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Harper

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0060187662

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9780060187668

If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates

More Political Subversion from Jim Hightower (Revised Edition)

By: Jim Hightower

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If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates

More Political Subversion from Jim Hightower (Revised Edition)

By: Jim Hightower

If anything, in this presidential election special, he's madder than ever! In his earlier bestseller, There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos, Hightower only began to tap into the deep yearning that Americans have for a new politics that speaks to them from a real-world, kitchen-table perspective. Now, with the year 2000 being an especially significant marker for contemplating our country's direction, not only for the new year but for the new century and the new millennium, it's time for citizens to reclaim their political, economic, and cultural heritage. Leading the way with his hilariously irreverent yet profoundly serious book is our name-naming, podium-pounding, point-them-in-the-right-direction populist, Hightower himself. He whacks conventional wisdom right upside the head,showing,with startling facts and compelling personal stories, that despite a so-called period of prosperity, America's middle class is getting mugged, and that far from being ordained by the gods,globalization is globaloney! Hightower rips the mass off of the candidates, the parties, the consultants, and especially the moneyed powers whoa re supporting all of the leading presidential hopefuls. he's mad about them all--but what he's maddest about, what really gets his goat,is that they are all the same! To paraphrase Jim, American politicians are alike because they don't come cheap. In fact, they're all very expansive. which is why only the rich can own them and why their allegiance is definitely not to regular,worka-day citizens. No one is spared in this insightful and engaging blend of horror and success stories, hard-hitting commentary, laugh-out-loud humor, useful facts, and sparkling language. An equal opportunity muckraker and conscientious agitator for "We the people," Hightower inspires us to take charge again, to build a new politics, and, together, to build a better tomorrow. Jim Hightower's If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates proves yet again that his is a uniquely wise and peerlessly singular voice in the maelstrom of political prattle.

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Harper Collins

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0062036793

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9780062036797

Swim Against the Current

Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow

By: Jim Hightower

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Swim Against the Current

Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow

By: Jim Hightower

The "New York Times" bestselling author and America's funniest activist gives the lowdown on how to put up--not shut up--in the fight for the country's future. Hightower introduces readers to people from across the country who are taking charge, living their values, doing good, and doing well.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470121513

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9780470121511

Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush

More Political Subversion from Jim Hightower

By: Jim Hightower

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Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush

More Political Subversion from Jim Hightower

By: Jim Hightower

America in 2004 is color coded—and it’s not just a matter of red, white, and blue. The terror alert bounces from yellow to orange. The economy offers up a hundred shades of red ink. The environment is turning brown. National security is cloaked in gray shadows. And Jim Hightower covers it all with uncommon insight, political fearlessness, and laugh-out-loud humor. America’s #1 populist gives us Let’s Stop Beating Around the Bush—a hard- hitting, fact-filled review of the real state of the union that you won’t get from the establishment media. With his daily radio commentaries and award-winning monthly newsletter, no one has chronicled the madness of King George the W, the wimpiness of corporate Democrats, and the aggressive avarice of Wall Street with the thoroughness and tenacity of Hightower. Now he brings that investigative punch into this wild and woolly book of fiery essays. With his satirical “Six Perfectly Good Reasons to Re-elect George W. Bush;” his mix of damning indictments and uplifting stories; and side bars, cartoons, games, and puzzles, Hightower has done the impossible: He has created a subversive read that makes politics fun again.

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Penguin

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1101215445

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9781101215449

Election 2000: A Space Odyssey

More Political Subversion from Jim Hightower (Revised Edition)

By: Jim Hightower

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Election 2000: A Space Odyssey

More Political Subversion from Jim Hightower (Revised Edition)

By: Jim Hightower

Jim Hightower, America's favorite subversive, is still mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore. But he will give you a sizeable piece of his mind on Election 2000. This plain-talking, name-naming, podium-pounding populist zeros in on everything that ails us, from the global economy and media to big business and election winners everywhere. In his hard hitting commentary and hilarious anecdotes, Hightower spares no one, including the scared cows -- and especially the politicians -- who helped steer us into this mess in the first place. An equal opportunity muckrucker and a conscientious agitator for "We the People", Hightower inspires us to take charge again, build a new politics for a better tommorow -- and have a lot of laughs along the way

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Harper Perennial

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0060932090

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9780060932091

Thieves in High Places

They've Stolen Our Country--and It's Time to Take it Back

By: Jim Hightower

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Thieves in High Places

They've Stolen Our Country--and It's Time to Take it Back

By: Jim Hightower

A humorous road map for taking power back to grassroots America, by the populist radio host, offers a tongue-in-cheek analysis of today's government while sharing stories of people who have retaken control of their communities.

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Penguin

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0452285658

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9780452285651

Swim Against the Current

Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow

By: Jim Hightower

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Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow

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John Wiley & Sons

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Thieves in High Places

They've Stolen Our Country--and It's Time to Take it Back

By: Jim Hightower

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Thieves in High Places

They've Stolen Our Country--and It's Time to Take it Back

By: Jim Hightower

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Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush

More Political Subversion from Jim Hightower

By: Jim Hightower

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More Political Subversion from Jim Hightower

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Dangerous Women

By: Jim Butcher,Diana Gabaldon

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Dangerous Women

By: Jim Butcher,Diana Gabaldon

The World Fantasy Award–winning anthology featuring an original Game of Thrones novella and new stories from Diana Gabaldon, Jim Butcher, and many more. The twenty-one stories in Dangerous Women showcase some of the best and bravest female characters from across genre fiction—from women warriors and fighter pilots to female serial killers, superheroes, wizards, and bandits. With work from twelve New York Times bestsellers, readers will discover a new Outlander story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden’s world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and an original novella by George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones. Also included are original stories of dangerous women—heroines and villains alike—by Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lawrence Block, Carrie Vaughn, S. M. Stirling, Sharon Kay Penman, and many others.

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Macmillan

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1429955961

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9781429955966

The Class of '65

A Student, a Divided Town, and the Long Road to Forgiveness

By: Jim Auchmutey

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The Class of '65

A Student, a Divided Town, and the Long Road to Forgiveness

By: Jim Auchmutey

In the midst of racial strife, one young man showed courage and empathy. It took forty years for the others to join him… Being a student at Americus High School was the worst experience of Greg Wittkamper’s life. Greg came from a nearby Christian commune, Koinonia, whose members devoutly and publicly supported racial equality. When he refused to insult and attack his school’s first black students in 1964, Greg was mistreated as badly as they were: harassed and bullied and beaten. In the summer after his senior year, as racial strife in Americus—and the nation—reached its peak, Greg left Georgia. Forty-one years later, a dozen former classmates wrote letters to Greg, asking his forgiveness and inviting him to return for a class reunion. Their words opened a vein of painful memory and unresolved emotion, and set him on a journey that would prove healing and saddening. The Class of ’65 is more than a heartbreaking story from the segregated South. It is also about four of Greg’s classmates—David Morgan, Joseph Logan, Deanie Dudley, and Celia Harvey—who came to reconsider the attitudes they grew up with. How did they change? Why, half a lifetime later, did reaching out to the most despised boy in school matter to them? This noble book reminds us that while ordinary people may acquiesce to oppression, we all have the capacity to alter our outlook and redeem ourselves.

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Public Affairs

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1610393546

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9781610393546

Escaping the Underground

By: Jim Holland

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Escaping the Underground

By: Jim Holland

After his Mom walked out on them, Jerry and his father moved to Princeview for a fresh, new start. But Jerry soon falls back into his rebellious ways and is consequently sent to the "Underground," a secret world where kids are taught life's toughest lessons. And the only way out is to pass six burdensome tests. It is here that Jerry is chased by ferocious dogs, pushed into a raging river, locked in a primitive jail, and enslaved by his enemies. The real test, though, is using what he's learned to make amends with his teachers, reconcile with his workaholic father, confront his runaway mother, and overcome one of the greatest tragedies of all. He will need someone to lean on through it all. Darren Jones, his downstairs neighbor is just the one that could help him in Escaping the Underground.

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iUniverse

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059524744X

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9780595247448

Adventure Guide to Northern Florida and the Panhandle

By: Jim Tunstall,Cynthia Tunstall

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Adventure Guide to Northern Florida and the Panhandle

By: Jim Tunstall,Cynthia Tunstall

Annotation This signature Hunter series targets travelers eager to really explore the destination, not just visit it. Extensively researched and offering the very latest information, Adventure Guides are written by knowledgeable, experienced authors. The focus is on outdoor activities -- hiking, biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, downhill skiing, parasailing, backpacking, waterskiing, scuba diving -- and these user-friendly books provide all the details you need, including prices. The best local outfitters are listed, along with contact numbers, addresses and recommendations. A comprehensive introductory section provides background on history, geography, climate, culture, when to go, transportation and planning. The books then take a region-by-region approach, plunging into the very heart of each area and what adventures it offers, as well as a full range of accommodations, historical sites, walking tours, museums, shopping, restaurants for every budget, and festivals. From the Georgia border south to Ocala National Forest and through the Panhandle. Many attractions off the beaten path that will surprise and delight you, away from popular tourist spots. Resident authors share their favorite hideaways most tourists never discover.

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Hunter Publishing, Inc

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1556507690

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9781556507694

Stanky Swims Upstream

But Not to Spawn

By: Jim Miotke

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Stanky Swims Upstream

But Not to Spawn

By: Jim Miotke

Jeff Stanky’s career is dead. He’s tossed out of his office by Gunny, an ex-Marine security guard. His wife Sheila, loves Atlanta, but Jeff can’t stay. After his Boston interview, Sheila is gone with their life savings, and her lover. Black-balled in his field, he gives away his house, and points his BMW toward Key West. He is car-jacked in Valdosta, Georgia, robbed, and beaten into temporary amnesia. Escaping the care of a gay Valdosta doctor, he does manual labor, until his memory returns. He continues south to Orlando. He meets Joshua, a zealot hauling an eight-foot wooden cross to Elvis’s grave. Taking Joshua’s trailer-park handyman job, he romances the park’s divorcee owner. Later, he rescues an elderly Greek woman from a mugger. He’s adopted by the Mafia-type Greek family. Although fearing her three brothers, he falls in love with the virginal daughter. Sheila returns with a new lover to hunt down Jeff for more cash. Gunny learns that Jeff killed his brother. He attacks, and rapes Sheila. She plans revenge on Gunny, and hunts down Jeff. Gunny follows, feeling Jeff must die. Blood will flow. Jeff would run, but learns he is soon to be a father.

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0595176682

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Police Union Power, Politics, and Confrontation in the 21st Century

New Challenges, New Issues

By: Ron DeLord,John Burpo,Michael R. Shannon,Jim Spearing

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Police Union Power, Politics, and Confrontation in the 21st Century

New Challenges, New Issues

By: Ron DeLord,John Burpo,Michael R. Shannon,Jim Spearing

This collaborative text brings perspectives and ideas for police labour leaders to succeed in these challenging times.

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Charles C Thomas Publisher

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0398078211

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9780398078218

The Georgia Bulldogs Fans' Bucket List

By: Jason Butt,Jim Donnan

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The Georgia Bulldogs Fans' Bucket List

By: Jason Butt,Jim Donnan

Every Georgia Bulldogs fan has a bucket list of activities to take part in at some point in their lives. But even the most die-hard fans haven't done everything there is to experience in and around Athens, Georgia. From taking part in the Dawg Walk to meeting Uga, author Jason Butt provides ideas, recommendations, and insider tips for must-see places and can't-miss activities near Sanford Stadium. But not every experience requires a trip to campus; long-distance Dawgs fans can cross some items off their list from the comfort of their own homes. Whether you're attending every home game or supporting from afar, there's something for every fan to do in The Georgia Bulldogs Fans' Bucket List.

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Triumph Books

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1633199266

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9781633199262

Horizons West

Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood

By: Jim Kitses

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Horizons West

Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint Eastwood

By: Jim Kitses

When first published in 1969, Horizons West was immediately recognised as the definitive critical account of the Western film and some of its key directors. This greatly expanded new edition is, like the original, written in a graceful, penetrating and absorbingly readable style. It provides definitive critical analysis of the six greatest film-makers of the Western genre: John Ford, Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood. And it offers illuminating accounts of such classic Westerns as The Searchers, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Once Upon a Time in the West, Shane and many more. Among the completely new material in this edition is Kitses's magisterial account of the work of the greatest of Western directors, John Ford. Kitses also assesses how the Western has been challenged by revisionist historical accounts of the West and the Western, and by movement such as feminism, postmodernism, multiculturalism and psychoanalysis. The product of a lifetime's labour and love, Horizons West is a landmark of scholarship and interpretation devoted to, what is for many, Hollywood's signature genre. It provides a compelling account of the powerful mythology of America's past as forged by Western films and the men who made them.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1838716270

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Free Marketing

101 Low and No-Cost Ways to Grow Your Business, Online and Off

By: Jim Cockrum

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Free Marketing

101 Low and No-Cost Ways to Grow Your Business, Online and Off

By: Jim Cockrum

Simple, powerful marketing strategies every business can afford to implement There's never been a better time to be a marketer or entrepreneur than right now. Thanks to the Internet, a new world of free and inexpensive tactics can help get the word out to the prospects of any business with a limited marketing budget. Free Marketing delivers more than 100 ideas to help any small business owner or marketer generate new revenue—with little or no marketing budget. With both Internet-based and creative offline ideas, you'll discover ways to turn your top customers into your unpaid sales force, get your competitors to help you promote your new products, and other innovative ways to get the word out. Create a "squeeze page," the most powerful one page website you'll ever build Use simple YouTube videos to grow sales Hold an eBay auction for publicity purposes (author Jim Cockrum made $30,000 and earned tons of free publicity from just one auction) and more! Grow a successful business without letting your marketing budget tell you "No." Jim Cockrum has proven that the most powerful marketing strategies are the cheapest.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118120043

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9781118120040

A Bridge to Cross

By: Jim Brown

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A Bridge to Cross

By: Jim Brown

When John Swift moves his family to Centerville, South Carolina to begin his ministry at the church there, the action, mystery, and intrigue begins. Swift had been an outstanding baseball player in his younger days, but when injured by an unscrupulous player his hopes for a professional career were ended with a serious knee injury. After undergoing several surgeries, he was able to attend college, married, and coached high school baseball for several years before deciding to enter the ministry full time.Soon after his move to Centerville Swift learns that the very person that had inflicted the knee injury and ended his professional baseball hopes, is now the baseball coach at the local high school. When his son Billy, who has become an outstanding baseball player, is told by Chip Kincaid that he isn't welcome to play in the Centerville summer baseball program because of who his dad is, the action begins.If you like baseball, romance, and mystery in a church and faith changing setting, you will love, A Bridge To Cross.

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iUniverse

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0595287735

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Bob Bullock

God Bless Texas

By: Dave McNeely,Jim Henderson

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Bob Bullock

God Bless Texas

By: Dave McNeely,Jim Henderson

Renowned for his fierce devotion to the people of Texas—as well as his equally fierce rages and unpredictable temper—Bob Bullock was the most powerful political figure in Texas at the end of the twentieth century. First elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1956, Bullock held several key statewide posts before capturing the lieutenant governor's office in 1990. Though nominally the state's number two official, Bullock in fact became Texas's top power broker, wielding tremendous influence over the legislative agenda and state budget through the 1990s while also mentoring and supporting a future president—George W. Bush. In this lively, yet thoroughly researched biography, award-winning journalists Dave McNeely and Jim Henderson craft a well-rounded portrait of Bob Bullock, underscoring both his political adroitness and his personal demons. They trace Bullock's rise through state government as Assistant Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Comptroller, and Lieutenant Governor, showing how he increased the power of every office he held. The authors spotlight Bullock's substantial achievements, which included hiring an unprecedented number of women and minorities, instituting a performance review to increase the efficiency of state agencies, restructuring the public school funding system, and creating the state's first water conservation and management plan.

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University of Texas Press

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0292748493

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Say No Before Jail Says Yes - School Version

By: J. I. M. HEITMEYER,Mark BRIM

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Say No Before Jail Says Yes - School Version

By: J. I. M. HEITMEYER,Mark BRIM

Teaching children to make the right choice. Educate them to not choose to go to jail.

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Lulu.com

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0557240492

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9780557240494

Parenting with Love and Logic

Teaching Children Responsibility

By: Foster Cline,Jim Fay

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Parenting with Love and Logic

Teaching Children Responsibility

By: Foster Cline,Jim Fay

This parenting book shows you how to raise self-confident, motivated children who are ready for the real world. Learn how to parent effectively while teaching your children responsibility and growing their character. Establish healthy control through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles. Indexed for easy reference.

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Tyndale House

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1612912540

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9781612912547

Manatee County

By: Jim Wiggins

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Manatee County

By: Jim Wiggins

The area known as Manatee County opened for settlement at the close of the Second Seminole War in 1841. This was due to Congress's passage of the Armed Occupation Act of 1842, which allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of land at a cost of $1.25 an acre if they were able to bear arms and live on the land for five years. It wasn't long before settlers appeared up and down the beautiful Manatee River, led by Josiah Gates and his family on the south side. Many of his friends had suffered losses with the collapse of the Union Bank in Tallahassee and were anxious to join him. The opulent shores on both sides of the river quickly enticed other settlers to make their claims, offering a cornucopia filled with some of Florida's best resources for growth and prosperity. This volume provides a pictorial account of those lives, which were caught in the struggle to carve out a niche against all odds in a place that faced epidemics of yellow fever, malaria, typhoid, and a third uprising of the Seminole Indians. In 1861, Florida seceded from the Union, which was followed by the Civil War with a Union victory in 1865 that brought an end to slavery and plantation ownership.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439635390

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9781439635391

Character Carved in Stone

The 12 Core Virtues of West Point That Build Leaders and Produce Success

By: Pat Williams,Jim Denney

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Character Carved in Stone

The 12 Core Virtues of West Point That Build Leaders and Produce Success

By: Pat Williams,Jim Denney

Overlooking the Hudson River on the campus of the United States Military Academy at West Point are 12 granite benches, each inscribed with a word representing a key leadership virtue: compassion, courage, dedication, determination, dignity, discipline, integrity, loyalty, perseverance, responsibility, service, and trust. These benches remind cadets of the qualities that lead to victory and success, not just on the battlefield, but in all of life. With his signature enthusiasm and insight, Pat Williams shares the incredible stories of West Point graduates who exemplified these traits, from the Civil War to the War on Terror. He shows readers of all backgrounds how to develop these 12 essential virtues in their lives, whether they are in the corporate world, the academic world, the military, the church, or in some other sphere.

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Revell

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1493416456

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9781493416455

Radio Speakers

Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s--A Biographical Dictionary

By: Jim Cox

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Radio Speakers

By: Jim Cox

In the days before television, radio was the constant voice in American life. When radio spoke, America listened--especially to the men and women who spoke directly to their unseen audience. Sometimes formal, sometimes as familiar as the friend next door, their presence filled the airwaves: announcers, newscasters, sportscasters, showbiz reporters, advice consultants, emcees and breakfast chatterboxes. These radio personalities became as popular and familiar as the most public faces of the time. Here among profiles of more than 1100 "radio speakers" are famous names like George Ansbro, Red Barber, H.V. Kaltenborn, Dorothy Kilgallen, Edward R. Murrow, Louella Parsons, Walter Winchell and more. Also amply represented are hundreds of lesser known individuals who left indelible auditory impressions. Whether their fame was forever or fleeting, all were a part of the American voice during the grand epoch of network radio.

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McFarland

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1476607397

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9781476607399

LOCKDOWN MADNESS - Second Edition -

By: L. T. . Jim Heitmeyer

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LOCKDOWN MADNESS - Second Edition -

By: L. T. . Jim Heitmeyer

Welcome to one of the best informative books ever written about jail, its operations and the madness that can occur when housing dangerous prisoners who have committed every crime known to law, that come from all walks of life. This book provides humor and some of the horrid experiences that any jail staff officer should have to encounter, as well as any prisoner incarcerated.This book has strong content and language, the author makes no apologies, for this is what it is really like when serving time in most large jail facilities. Truly hell for most people, and just right for some.

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0557293510

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9780557293513

Radio Crime Fighters

More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age

By: Jim Cox

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Radio Crime Fighters

More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age

By: Jim Cox

In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing. Stories of right and wrong, crime and punishment, and law and order kept audiences of every age hooked for more than thirty years. This work covers 300+ syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included, a series must have had one or more regularly appearing characters who fought against espionage, theft, murder and other crimes. Each entry includes series name, air dates, sponsor, extant episodes, cast information and synopsis.

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McFarland

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1476612277

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9781476612270

Blocking the I-10 Toll Scheme: A Successful Citizen Movement

By: Jim Zig Zeigler

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Blocking the I-10 Toll Scheme: A Successful Citizen Movement

By: Jim Zig Zeigler

On May 12, 2019, I was ready with a plan to fight the irresponsible I-10 toll scheme by Alabama's Governor and Department of Transportation. I started a Facebook group at no cost to organize the citizen opposition. We had one member - me. Within three months, we had gained 50,000 members. Not just names on a list. Active, e-mailing, snail-mailing, telephoning, meeting-going, friend-inviting, Facebook-promoting members. These citizen activists, most of them brand new to activism, fought and fought and -- WON. On Aug. 28, 2019, the toll scheme was pronounced dead. This book tells the story of how 50,000-plus citizens and I forced the toll scheme from an inevitable done deal to a dead deal. __Jim Zeigler, Alabama's State Auditor

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Lulu.com

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1794741313

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I'm Alive

Courage, Hope, and a Miracle

By: Duke Pieper,Jim Bruton

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I'm Alive

Courage, Hope, and a Miracle

By: Duke Pieper,Jim Bruton

The personal account of a promising high school hockey player who survived brain surgery and months of rehabilitation, infections, and temporary paralysis An aspiring hockey star at Minnesota's elite Hill-Murray School, 15-year-old Duke Pieper faced a brain surgery with a five percent survival rate. In I'm Alive: Courage, Hope, and a Miracle, Duke recounts his personal and courageous war against the brain lesion that threatened his life and his fearless battle to restore normalcy to his life. Battling through months of paralysis, multiple surgeries, massive nerve damage, and more, Duke had to relearn how to breathe, swallow, walk, talk, and live again. This inspiring young man shares how his strength and adaptation to his disabilities inspired him to build a platform to assist others who have succumbed to monumental loss. I'm Alive is a heartwarming, wonderful acclaim to a young man who never gave up, and who has become an iconic inspiration to all who know him.

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Triumph Books

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1633193365

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9781633193369

Visual Modeling with Rational Software Architect and UML

By: Terry Quatrani,Jim Palistrant

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Visual Modeling with Rational Software Architect and UML

By: Terry Quatrani,Jim Palistrant

“Terry’s style is always direct, approachable, and pragmatic. Abstraction is hard, and visualizing abstractions is as well, but here she’ll guide you in doing both using Rational Software Architect.” —From the Foreword by Grady Booch, IBM Fellow Master UML 2.0 Visual Modeling with IBM Rational Software Architect Using IBM Rational Software Architect, you can unify all aspects of software design and development. It allows you to exploit new modeling language technology to architect systems more effectively and develop them more productively. Now, two of IBM’s leading experts have written the definitive, start-to-finish guide to UML 2-based visual modeling with Rational Software Architect. You’ll learn hands-on, using a simplified case study that’s already helped thousands of professionals master analysis, design, and implementation with IBM Rational technologies. Renowned UML expert Terry Quatrani and J2EE/SOA evangelist Jim Palistrant walk you through visualizing all facets of system architecture at every stage of the project lifecycle. Whether you’re an architect, developer, or project manager, you’ll discover how to leverage IBM Rational’s latest innovations to optimize any project. Coverage includes Making the most of model-driven development with Rational Software Architect’s integrated design and development tools Understanding visual modeling: goals, techniques, language, and processes Beginning any visual modeling project: sound principles and best practices Capturing and documenting functional requirements with use case models Creating analysis models that begin to reveal your optimal system implementation Building design models that abstract your implementation model and source code Using implementation models to represent your system’s physical composition, from subsystems to executables and data Transforming these models to actual running code The IBM Press developerWorks® Series is a unique undertaking in which print books and the Web are mutually supportive. The publications in this series are complemented by resources on the developerWorks Web site on ibm.com. Icons throughout the book alert the reader to these valuable resources.

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Pearson Education

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0132704447

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The Letterman

Tommy Stevens' Memoir

By: Jim Nicholson,Jack Blendinger

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The Letterman

Tommy Stevens' Memoir

By: Jim Nicholson,Jack Blendinger

The mid-1900s are nearly three quarters of a century in the past. What was life like in that period for two boys growing into young adults? What were their goals? What motivated them? The Letterman is a memoir of Tommy Stevens as he lives through this fast fading period in United States history. Although the book falls within the genre of fiction, Stevens's memoir is 90 percent or more factual. Only the names of characters and places appearing in the narrative have been changed.The story focuses on Tommy's experiences and dreams growing up as a child during World War II, and it delves into his motivation to become a high school football player and earn a varsity letter. Just as Tommy realizes his goal, tragedy strikes.To learn more about Stevens's hopes and dreams, tragedy and sadness, open the cover of The Letterman and start reading.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662406592

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How High You Bounce

By: Jim Hawley

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How High You Bounce

By: Jim Hawley

This is the story of Michael Morgan, son of Charlie and Lucy Morgan of Wyoming, who are introduced in Hoofprints in the Snow. Michael is on his way from a suburb of Los Angeles, California, to Wheatland, Wyoming, to see his dying mother. Along the way, Michael reviews many important episodes in his life which shaped his present. Thomas Wolfe said You cant go home again. But Michael does go home, realizing that, after almost fifty years, things are not the same and home is not the same as his memories.

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1503518973

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9781503518971

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