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The Life and Times of James W. Shirley Sr. You Can Get There from Here

By: Jim Shirley Sr.

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The Life and Times of James W. Shirley Sr. You Can Get There from Here

By: Jim Shirley Sr.

In the small town of Harrison City, Pennsylvania, Jim Shirley began his life surrounded by family and community members. It didn¿t matter that they didn¿t have electricity, used a galvanized steel washtub for bathing, and had an outhouse for other necessities. A loving and caring mother, older siblings, and a home built of love were the stepping stones to a self made man. As Jim grows older, he learns what he wants to do in life, how to create a family of his own, and how to draw the most out of what life has to offer a person. After becoming a licensed funeral director in 1959, he was employed in the Pittsburgh area. Later, he purchased a home under unusual circumstances in North Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania. As a budding funeral director he inadvertently became a community leader in the Lions International organization and, presented his speaking skills, he showed us what it means to bring a new meaning to life and enjoy every moment of it with the same wondrous awe we had as children.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1434914631

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9781434914637

Dark Hearts

The World's Most Famous Horror Writers

By: Jim Gigliotti

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Dark Hearts

The World's Most Famous Horror Writers

By: Jim Gigliotti

Sometimes the truth can be much scarier than fiction. And this collection is no exception. Uncover what fascinated and frightened some of our favorite horror writers of all time. Who are the people who make our hearts race and our minds spin? Why are they so good at making us fear what goes bump in the night? What are the stories behind the writers who give us goosebumps? Dark Hearts is a collection of fourteen short biographies of the world's best-known horror writers, including Mary Shelley, Shirley Jackson, Neil Gaiman, R. L. Stine, Stephen King, Bram Stoker, and others. Their stories are gathered in this beautiful, gift-able book that is perfect for any horror fan.

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Penguin

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0593385144

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9780593385142

Prairie Breezes

Odyssey from Pretty Prairie

By: Theodore "Jim" Goering

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Prairie Breezes

Odyssey from Pretty Prairie

By: Theodore "Jim" Goering

Pretty Prairie, dating from the late 1880s and somewhat before the advent of settled agriculture, was linked to the larger world by its location on a rudimentary stage coach line which connected the pioneer towns of Wichita in the south central part of the state with Dodge City to the west. As historians tell it, the city's colorful name reflects a comment by a lady traveler from an east coast state on a western-bound stage coach. At a stop to rest the horses and give the travelers time to stretch their legs, the traveler stepped out of the coach, inhaled a deep breath of the fresh air, looked with wonder and amazement at the seemingly endless expanse of verdant prairie grass on low-lying hills, and remarked, "Oh, my! What a pretty prairie!" And so it began to be known as such! Today, with a population of about 680 inhabitants, Pretty Prairie faces challenges similar to those confronting many small towns in the American heartland""viz. the paucity of remunerative employment opportunities which encourages educated younger residents to pursue an "odyssey (an extended, adventurous voyage)" in search of greater economic opportunities and soul-fulfilling adventure! Jim's "odyssey," as articulated in this narrative, is almost certainly only one of many undertaken by the youth of these communities. Notable personalities associated with Pretty Prairie include former Kansas Governor, Walter A. Huxman; nationally acclaimed artist of American wild life, Jack Unruh; iconic, long-term athletic coach at Pretty Prairie High School, George Norton; and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer of the Little Rascals/Our Gang series. "Author Jim and his loving wife of more than 60 years of marriage, Shirley, now live in retirement in North Newton, Kansas and remain occupied with educational, community and church activities. They are the parents of five children and grandparents of nine. Jim's remarkable career has come from humble roots on a farm near Pretty Prairie, Kansas, through halls of influence and power in Washington DC; Beijing, China; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Guatemala City, Guatemala; Ulanbaatar, Mongolia; Pyongyang, North Korea and elsewhere, always driven by the consummate desire to honor the gentle exhortation of his father in Jim's youth to "...leave this world upon departure a better place than when you arrived"! Foundational reference points along the way for Jim include: The "Good Book", the Christian Bible, and the words of Proverbs 3: 5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all you heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight"; The profundity of Robert Frost's words in his 1916 epic poem, "A Road Not Taken"; "Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled by; And that has made all the difference!" The hauntingly moving phrases in Paul Anka's song, "My Way!", sung so well by Frank Sinatra: And now the end is near; and so, I face the final curtain. My friend, I'll say it clear; I'll state my case of which I'm certain! I've lived a life that's full; I've traveled each and every highway! But more, much more than this: I did it my way!

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1098019296

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9781098019297

A Quiet Courage

By: Jim McCallum

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A Quiet Courage

By: Jim McCallum

Fun-loving though shy at times, Shirley McCallum lived her horses but tragedy struck when, at age 22, she was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease. Although most people now survive this type of cancer, Shirley and her family found themselves facing a battle against overwhelming odds. Shirley was a lively, intelligent and beautiful girl with an impish sense of humour who loved her horses. We admired the way she coped with her illness, but until we read this book, we had no idea the full extent of her strength over the years of suffering. Her personality shines throughout the book, along with those of her parents. Although the book has focused on mainly Shirleys illness, her father knows that she would like to be remembered as the bubbly young blonde charging about on her pony over the hills of Lindean, with her favorite collie dog running after her. Her family remembers her this way, but they cannot forget the difficult years during which she fought her illness with such bravery. This book is a lasting testament to Shirleys courage, and now the greatest reward would be that someone who is fighting a similar battle will be inspired by her story.

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1456793659

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9781456793654

Families, Education and Giftedness

Case Studies in the Construction of High Achievement

By: Jim Campbell,Laura Mazzoli Smith

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Families, Education and Giftedness

Case Studies in the Construction of High Achievement

By: Jim Campbell,Laura Mazzoli Smith

What is it like to be YOUNG, GIFTED AND WORKING CLASS in contemporary England? How do working class family values support high educational achievement? What do researchers and policy makers have to learn about giftedness from working class families? These provocative questions are explored in this ground-breaking book. Most studies of giftedness focus on the characteristics of individuals, and draw upon psychological frameworks to understand them. Participants in most gifted education programmes are recruited disproportionately from the higher social classes. Sceptical of the concept of giftedness, Mazzoli Smith and Campbell question conventional methodologies, using a narrative approach to understand how four families of working class origins, each with a gifted child, construct their values in relation to education and social class. They explore the influence of their family histories, cultural values and life styles upon educational engagement and achievement. The authors show that gifted education policies are poorly matched to the values of these families and argue that much research into giftedness has been flawed by social and cultural discrimination. They propose an agenda for change in research paradigms in the giftedness field, which should be characterized by interdisciplinarity and more culturally relative conceptions of giftedness.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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946091991X

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9789460919916

27 Views of Durham

The Bull City in Prose & Poetry

By: Jean Anderson,Jim Wise,Katy Munger,Ariel Dorfman,Rodrigo Dorfman,Barry Yeoman,Clyde Edgerton,Pam Spaulding,Diane Daniel,Cliff Bellamy

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27 Views of Durham

The Bull City in Prose & Poetry

By: Jean Anderson,Jim Wise,Katy Munger,Ariel Dorfman,Rodrigo Dorfman,Barry Yeoman,Clyde Edgerton,Pam Spaulding,Diane Daniel,Cliff Bellamy

Eno Publishers builds on its successful 27 Views series by showcasing the literary community of Durham, North Carolina, in 27 Views of Durham: The Bull City in Prose & Poetry. The book features 27 writers, who in poetry, essays, short stories, and book excerpts focus on the town of Durham, famous for Duke University, tobacco, and Southern cuisine. The collection offers readers a broad and varied picture of life past and present in Durham, as well as a sense of the town's literary breadth. Contributing authors include Steve Schewel, Jean Anderson, Carl Kenney, Katy Munger, Ariel Dorfman, Pierce Freelon, John Valentine, Shirlette Ammons, Jim Wise, and others.

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Eno Publishers

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0983247536

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9780983247531

A Dog in the Manger and Other Christmas Stories

By: Jim Simons

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A Dog in the Manger and Other Christmas Stories

By: Jim Simons

An immaculate blanket of snowfall, the blessing of an unexpected gift, the miracle of a Heavenly Child—surprises are ingrained into the very nature of the Christmas tradition. Yet, when the overwhelming spirit of the holiday season collides with the chance conflicts of everyday life, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep the true meaning of Christmas in sight. A Dog in the Manger and Other Christmas Stories is a collection of tales that capture the chaos of the yuletide while also portraying the power of Christmas to shepherd souls of all kinds—young, old, hopeful, lost, content, confused—to confront and redefine faith in the face of spiritual adversity. Sure to inspire reflection and retelling, these stories celebrate the miracles of everyday life, showing that strangers can become angels, foes can become good Samaritans, and neighborhoods can become communities of faith. Even the most chaotic incidents bring people closer to themselves, their families, their communities, and to God during the Christmas season.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442241845

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9781442241848

Backwards

The Strange Odyssey of an Inquisitive Man

By: Jim Moore

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Backwards

The Strange Odyssey of an Inquisitive Man

By: Jim Moore

When Bradley Cole begins practicing an unorthodox lifestyle the cells in his body suddenly misfire and he starts growing backward in time, instead of forward. Into this terrifying transition steps a woman who will love Bradley, come what may; and a mysterious entity that tries to bring more spiritualty into Bradley's life by revisiting upon him misdeeds of the past. A surprise ending puts a dynamic finish on this incredible tale.

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iUniverse

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0595189385

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9780595189380

Philippians: Pursuing Joy

By: Jim Weaver,Karen Weaver

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Philippians: Pursuing Joy

By: Jim Weaver,Karen Weaver

Pursing Joy is a women's Bible study book written for group or individual study that traces the theme of Christian joy through Paul's letter to the Philippians. The joy spoken of in Philippians is not a fleeting or fickle feeling of happiness but the supreme happines that comes to a soul surrendered to and secure in Christ--a soul at rest in Him. Readers will appreciate how the authors of this book bring Philippians right into our own world with clear verse-by-verse Bible Study, gripping illustrations and vivid application. Included in each chapter are questions for reflection and suggestions for further application. This book is written with both new and veteran Bible students in mind. Chapter titles include the following: Joyful Partnership, Joy in Suffering, Joy in Humility, Joyful Friendship, Gospel Joy, Future Joy, Joyful Peace, and the Joy of Contentment

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Lulu.com

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1300282479

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9781300282471

Remarkable Women of Old Lyme

By: Jim Lampos,Michaelle Pearson

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Remarkable Women of Old Lyme

By: Jim Lampos,Michaelle Pearson

Old Lyme's illustrious history owes much to innovative women. Suffragist Katharine Ludington was co-founder of the League of Women Voters. In the 1830s, Phoebe Griffin Noyes started a school for art and general subjects. At the turn of the twentieth century, Florence Griswold welcomed the artists of the Lyme Art Colony by creating the "Birthplace of American Impressionism." By World War II, Teddy Kenyon had made her mark as a test pilot. Old Lyme's artistic tradition was continued by Elisabeth Gordon Chandler, who founded the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 1976. Authors Michaelle Pearson and Jim Lampos honor the women whose triumphs made Old Lyme the popular summer resort and artists' colony it is today.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625853130

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9781625853134

Nowhere to Hide & Other Stories

By: Jim White

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Nowhere to Hide & Other Stories

By: Jim White

Nowhere to Hide & other stories presents a unique set of characters dealing with an all too common set of out of control circumstances. The stories are set amidst a backdrop of love, hate, humor & survival. Each story will leave you breathless wanting more. Jim's stories stretch the boundaries of what is real & throw a mirror on what is imagined. Powerful stories which explore the depths of human emotion, passion & intrigue mixed with just the right amount of stupidity, humility & humor.

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FriesenPress

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1039147151

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9781039147157

Shadow of the Past: Pulp Fiction Stories of Alfred Plowman

By: Shayne and Jim Davidson

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Shadow of the Past: Pulp Fiction Stories of Alfred Plowman

By: Shayne and Jim Davidson

Born in 1882 to a family of recent immigrants to America, Alfred Plowman dreamed of becoming a writer. Between 1907 and 1913 he wrote at least 20 short stories that were published in pulp fiction magazines. They appear together here for the first time, along with correspondence, from editors and others, relating to the work. Al Plowman's stories provide a fascinating look into turn of the century St. Louis, Missouri, where he grew up. With only an eighth grade education Al entered the working world to help support his family while simultaneously writing stories and submitting them to publishers in New York. These pulp fiction stories are tales of the moral questions of the time, filled with characters placed in troubling circumstances that require them to make difficult, often painful, decisions. These tales provide a glimpse into the past, into the world of working class people aspiring to better lives at the turn of the twentieth century in a rapidly growing American city.

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1300354798

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9781300354796

A River Unvexed

A History and Tour Guide of the Campaign for the Mississippi River

By: Jim Miles

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A River Unvexed

A History and Tour Guide of the Campaign for the Mississippi River

By: Jim Miles

The first comprehensive account of the entire campaign for the Mississippi River, beginning with the conquests of Memphis and New Orleans and concluding with Grant's strategies for the siege of Vicksburg. Included are driving tours of the battlefields and important sites.

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Turner Publishing Company

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1620452030

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9781620452035

Punch Drunk

By: Jim Ford

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Punch Drunk

By: Jim Ford

Two men have been found beaten to death in a Newcastle park. One is a mild-mannered librarian, the other a member of a gang of armed robbers from the 1970s. It's no mystery who killed them. But Walter Oyston - ex-boxer turned violent wino - is also dead, his heart having given out before his liver. Is it a simple case of mistaken identity? Or have the ghosts of Newcastle's criminal underworld returned to seek vengeance on one of their own? Following hot on the heels of their last investigation comes another baffling case for DCI Theo Voss and his team from the Bug House.

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C & R Crime

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1472112059

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9781472112057

Grammar Works!

15 Reproducible Skills Lessons that Teach Essential Grammar Rules

By: Jim Halverson

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Grammar Works!

15 Reproducible Skills Lessons that Teach Essential Grammar Rules

By: Jim Halverson

Grade level: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, e, i, s, t.

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Scholastic

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0590604201

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9780590604208

Bobo Newsom

Baseball's Traveling Man

By: Jim McConnell

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Bobo Newsom

Baseball's Traveling Man

By: Jim McConnell

For three decades, Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom (1907-1962) was one of the most well-known pitchers in baseball. Frequently quoted by sportswriters, he appeared in all the popular sports publications as well as on Wheaties boxes and bubblegum cards, and was the undisputed star of the 1940 World Series. Despite his success, he was sold or traded 14 times during his 20-year career. He pitched for nine of 16 Major League teams--including five stints with the Washington Senators--and made sports headlines nearly every year for holding out, being suspended or traded. In an era when players seldom changed teams more than once and rarely defied authority, Newsom seemed always at odds with the powers that be. Drawing on interviews with family, friends and former teammates, this first full-length biography of Newsom takes an entertaining look at the life and career of one of sports' most memorable characters. Despite his nickname and nonstop antics, Bobo was much more than a clown, and gave more to the game than he ever got from it.

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McFarland

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147661959X

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9781476619590

Everglades Lawmen

True Stories of Game Wardens in the Glades

By: James T. Huffstodt,Jim Huffstodt

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Everglades Lawmen

True Stories of Game Wardens in the Glades

By: James T. Huffstodt,Jim Huffstodt

A series of true tales relating the exploits and adventures of Everglades game wardens from 1951 through 1998"--Page x.

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Pineapple Press Inc

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1561641928

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9781561641925

Forensics Under Fire

Are Bad Science and Dueling Experts Corrupting Criminal Justice?

By: Jim Fisher

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Forensics Under Fire

Are Bad Science and Dueling Experts Corrupting Criminal Justice?

By: Jim Fisher

Television shows like CSI, Forensic Files, and The New Detectives make it look so easy. A crime-scene photographer snaps photographs, a fingerprint technician examines a gun, uniformed officers seal off a house while detectives gather hair and blood samples, placing them carefully into separate evidence containers. In a crime laboratory, a suspect's hands are meticulously examined for gunshot residue. An autopsy is performed in order to determine range and angle of the gunshot and time-of-death evidence. Dozens of tests and analyses are performed and cross-referenced. A conviction is made. Another crime is solved. The credits roll. The American public has become captivated by success stories like this one with their satisfyingly definitive conclusions, all made possible because of the wonders of forensic science. Unfortunately, however, popular television dramas do not represent the way most homicide cases in the United States are actually handled. Crime scenes are not always protected from contamination; physical evidence is often packaged improperly, lost, or left unaccounted for; forensic experts are not always consulted; and mistakes and omissions on the autopsy table frequently cut investigations short or send detectives down the wrong investigative path. In Forensics Under Fire, Jim Fisher makes a compelling case that these and other problems in the practice of forensic science allow offenders to escape justice and can also lead to the imprisonment of innocent people. Bringing together examples from a host of high-profile criminal cases and familiar figures, such as the JonBenet Ramsey case and Dr. Henry Lee who presented physical evidence in the O. J. Simpson trial, along with many lesser known but fascinating stories, Fisher presents daunting evidence that forensic science has a long way to go before it lives up to its potential and the public's expectations.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813544246

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9780813544243

Kings Rapids

A Kurt Maxxon Mystery

By: Jim Overturf

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Kings Rapids

A Kurt Maxxon Mystery

By: Jim Overturf

Race driver Kurt Maxxons quiet life of racing stockcars and training his new puppy, Beau, is turned upside down after he finds well-known local driver Rusty Gallegar shot to death at the racetrack. Very quickly into the investigation, the police arrest Alisa Sharpe, Gallegars live-in mistress, who Gallegar kicked out of his life a week before the shooting. According to the police, Alisa lied about key items, and the evidence against her is compelling. Kurts friend Mutt Sparks adamantly maintains that Alisa is innocent, and asks Kurt to help her. Kurt visits Alisa in jail and agrees Sharpe is probably not the killer, then launches his own investigation to prove it. Kurt discovers Gallegar was preparing to sell his auto body shop and quietly leave town, apparently running away with a woman. Kurt also uncovers a string of women who traded sex with Gallegar for his silence to their husbands and insurance companies about auto wrecks they had. Secrets and intrigues turn up in every corner Kurt looks. Love, infidelity, jealousy, gossip, and revenge surround Kurt Maxxon as he analyzes information, using his unique logic and approach, to find out the answer to the questionWho killed Rusty Gallegar?

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iUniverse

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1440139849

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9781440139840

Say Thank You for Everything

The secrets of being a great manager – strategies and tactics that get results

By: Jim Edwards

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Say Thank You for Everything

The secrets of being a great manager – strategies and tactics that get results

By: Jim Edwards

Say Thank You for Everything is a bullshit-free guide to management that shows you the right way to lead a business, inspired by Jim Edwards’s experience of helping to transform a small unread blog into a business with 200 million readers and hundreds of employees, which finally sold for $442m. Based on a legendary internal email that distilled 19 things a new manager might find helpful, Say Thank You for Everything will show you: - the ‘whales and fails’ method of decision-making that systematically improves your team’s results - the incredible power of being slightly better than average - why good hiring is 80% of everything - how to increase productivity and reduce burnout at the same time - why your teams should never be bigger than five people - the importance of taking your enemies to lunch - the surprising places great ideas actually come from - the dark arts of successful management - and much, much more. You might be a brand-new boss unsure where to start, or a struggling supervisor thinking of throwing it in, or perhaps someone who just doesn’t want to lose their humanity on the way to the executive suite. Say Thank You for Everything will help you look after your people, get results for your business, and be the kind of boss you always wanted to have yourself.

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Harriman House Limited

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0857199358

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9780857199355

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

When Kameron moves to his grandma’s sheep camp on the Navajo Reservation, he leaves behind his cell phone reception and his friends. The young boy’s world becomes even stranger when Kameron takes the sheep out to the local windmill and meets an old storyteller. As the seasons turn, the old man weaves eight tales that teach the deeper story of the Diné country and the Diné people.

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University of New Mexico Press

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0826358209

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9780826358202

The Dreaming Circus

Special Ops, LSD, and My Unlikely Path to Toltec Wisdom

By: Jim Morris

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The Dreaming Circus

Special Ops, LSD, and My Unlikely Path to Toltec Wisdom

By: Jim Morris

• Explains how the author became a student of Toltec spiritual teacher don Miguel Ruiz and how he traveled the world, as well as the astral realms, undergoing a deep spiritual journey of change • Details how the author discovered LSD after the Vietnam War and even tripped while skydiving • Recounts his time as a civil rights advocate and war correspondent, and how Toltec shamanism helped prepare him to ease his wife’s long end-of-life journey During his third tour of duty in Vietnam where he served as a Green Beret, Jim Morris was wounded badly enough to be retired from the army. He came home bitter, angry that his career had been ended. After reading The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, he realized that many members of Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters had also been combat officers. Following this spiritual “hint,” he spent the next couple of years as an acid head, even skydiving on LSD. Awakened by his LSD experiences, Morris immersed himself in the books of Carlos Castaneda as well as in Kriya yoga, Charismatic Christianity, and A Course in Miracles. From these experiences he was led to Toltec spiritual teacher don Miguel Ruiz and began a deep spiritual journey of change. Sharing his journey from PTSD to spiritual awakening, Morris recounts his time as a civil rights advocate for the Montagnard people in Vietnam and his years as a war correspondent at the same time he was following Castaneda’s Warrior’s Way. He describes his momentous meeting with don Miguel Ruiz as well as his travels around the world and in the astral realms. Sharing how his wife developed dementia and later became paralyzed, Morris explains how it required all his Toltec training, all his military training, everything he had to share her final years in a meaningful and fulfilling way. Written from a deep understanding of Toltec techniques this book shows in a heartfelt and resonant way what a spiritual path can give you.

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Simon and Schuster

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1591434548

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9781591434542

Growing Up on the Set

Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television

By: Tom Goldrup,Jim Goldrup

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Growing Up on the Set

Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television

By: Tom Goldrup,Jim Goldrup

Former child actor Paul Petersen once said, "Fame is a dangerous drug and should be kept out of the reach of children." It is certainly true that many child actors have fallen prey to the dangers of fame and suffered for it later in life, but others have used fame to their advantage and gone on to even more successful careers in adulthood. This work is a compilation of interviews with 39 men and women who, as children, worked in the motion picture industry in Hollywood. They all handled their childhood celebrity differently. Lee Aaker, Mary Badham, Baby Peggy, Sonny Bupp, Ted Donaldson, Edith Fellows, Gary Gray, Jimmy Hunt, Eilene Janssen, Marcia Mae Jones, Sammy McKim, Roger Mobley, Gigi Perreau, Jeanne Russell, Frankie Thomas, Beverly Washburn, Johnny Whitaker, and Jane Withers are among those interviewed. They talk candidly about their experiences on and off the set, the people they worked with, and what they did after their careers ended. The pros and cons of being a child actor and the effects that it had on them later in life are discussed at great length.

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McFarland

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1476613702

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9781476613703

Step 13

Overcoming Addiction and Joyless Religion

By: Jim Brissey

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Step 13

Overcoming Addiction and Joyless Religion

By: Jim Brissey

Step 13 is the true story of how one man struggled with alcohol addiction and how God used this life to bring glory to Himself. Jim Brissey opens his heart and honestly portrays his day-to-day struggle to give up his “good friend, Buzz.” As he shares his own struggles to overcome alcohol and worship God to the fullest, Jim testifies that God can, indeed, use anyone to bring others to Him.

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Ambassador International

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162020682X

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9781620206829

A Message to the Children

A Guide to Writing Your Autobiography

By: Jim Williams

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A Message to the Children

A Guide to Writing Your Autobiography

By: Jim Williams

Those who come after us will want to know we really lived and loved as intensely as they do. Tell them. WHO ARE YOU? WHY DO YOU ACT THE WAY THAT YOU DO? These questions capture the essential things we want to know about ourselves and explain to others. Yet so often we fail to do so. Instead many of us spend a great deal of effort researching the history of our ancestors to discover no more than the fact that they were workmen, servants and grocers of whom we can learn next to nothing. If only they had written the story of their lives! A Message to the Children is a book with a difference: an account of the author's life, a memoir to his children, a love letter to his wife, and a guide to how you, too, can write about your own life. Written in an easy and amusing style, it explains for the benefit of the non-writer such subjects as how to break the task down into manageable sections; how to exploit photographs and scrapbooks for materials; and what themes to write about. Then it applies those lessons in a way that will both touch and entertain you.Jim Williams is a Booker-nominated author of thirteen novels and two works of non-fiction.

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Marble City Publishing

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1908943947

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The Summer He Didn't Die

By: Jim Harrison

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The Summer He Didn't Die

By: Jim Harrison

Three classic novellas from “one of our master chroniclers of human hungers, flaws, and frustrations.” (The Kansas City Star). Jim Harrison’s vivid, tender, and deeply felt fictions have won him acclaim as an American master of the novella. His highly acclaimed volume of novellas, The Summer He Didn’t Die, is a sparkling and exuberant collection about love, the senses, and family, no matter how untraditional. In the title novella, Brown Dog, a hapless Michigan Indian, is trying to parent his two stepchildren and take care of his family’s health on meager resources. (It helps a bit that his charms are irresistible to the new dentist in town.) Republican Wives is a wicked satire on the sexual neuroses of the right, the emptiness of a life lived for the status quo, and the irrational power of love that, when thwarted, can turn so easily into an urge to murder. And Tracking is a meditation on Harrison’s fascination with place, telling his own familiar mythology through the places his life has seen and the intellectual loves he has known. With wit as sharp and prose as lush as any Harrison has yet written, The Summer He Didn’t Die is a resonant, warm, and joyful ode to our journey on this earth. “Harrison has proved to be one of our finest storytellers. These novellas are urgent and contemporary, displaying his marvelous gifts for compression and idiosyncratic language.” —Los Angeles Times

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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1555846505

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9781555846503

Legendary Locals of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains, Texas

By: Jim Glendinning

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Legendary Locals of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains, Texas

By: Jim Glendinning

Home of the Last Frontier" is how the local radio station aptly describes the Big Bend and Davis Mountains region of West Texas, the sparsely populated area of desert and mountain close to the Mexican border. After 1848, the first settlers started to move in. They came to make a living, and a few made a fortune. Mysterious cattle baron Milton Faver ran 10,000 cattle in the 1870s. Others came for their health, like J.O. Langford, his wife, and young daughters who, seeking a dry climate, came to homestead on the Rio Grande. Today's newcomers are equally pioneering in their own way. Donald Judd was the catalyst that changed Marfa from a moribund cow town to an internationally recognized art center. Edie Elfring, an immigrant from a small island in the Baltic Sea, has picked up trash and tended Alpine's public gardens--unasked and unpaid--for years. They were drawn to what their predecessors found: a boundless landscape peopled by a few hardy, independent souls.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467100544

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Legacy of Blood

A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies

By: Jim Harper

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Legacy of Blood

A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies

By: Jim Harper

Combining in-depth analysis with over 200 film reviews, 'Legacy of Blood' is a comprehensive examination of the slasher movie and its conventions to date, from 'Halloweeen' to 'Scream' and beyond.

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1900486393

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9781900486392

Bottoms Up

A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars and Breweries

By: Jim Draeger,Mark Speltz

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Bottoms Up

A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars and Breweries

By: Jim Draeger,Mark Speltz

Bottoms Up celebrates Wisconsin’s taverns and the breweries that fueled them. Beginning with inns and saloons, the book explores the rise of taverns and breweries, the effects of temperance and Prohibition, and attitudes about gender, ethnicity, and morality. It traces the development of the megabreweries, dominance of the giants, and the emergence of microbreweries. Contemporary photographs of unusual and distinctive bars and breweries of all eras, historical photos, postcards, advertisements, and breweriana illustrate the story of how Wisconsin came to dominate brewing—and the place that bars and beer hold in our social and cultural history. Seventy featured taverns and breweries represent diverse architectural styles, from the open-air Tom’s Burned Down Cafe on Madeline Island to the Art Moderne Casino in La Crosse, and from Club 10, a 1930s roadhouse in Stevens Point, to the well-known Wolski’s Tavern in Milwaukee. There are bars in barns and basements and brewpubs in former ice cream factories and railroad depots. Bottoms Up also includes a heady mix of such beer-related topics as ice harvesting, barrel making, bar games, Old-Fashioneds, bar fixtures, and the queen of the bootleggers. Now in paperback for the first time!

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Wisconsin Historical Society

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087020498X

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9780870204982

Five Trips to the Edge

By: Jim Lyke

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Five Trips to the Edge

By: Jim Lyke

A man who falls in love with a woman he passes on the highway during his daily commute. An amusement park attraction that comes to life. A young biracial man forced to choose sides when a not-so-United States erupts in racial civil war. A love affair between the ghost of a dead woman and the new owner of the house she haunts. And a down-on-his-luck salesman who embarks on a crusade of revenge against everyone he believes has wronged him. This is what you will find among the five short stories that make up Five Trips To The Edge. In Segregation Anxiety, Jordan Jefferson finds himself literally caught in the middle when racial tensions spiral out of control in the USA of the future. In Presidents Day, Geoff Underwood gets more than he bargained for when he visits Disney World’s Hall of Presidents. Dave Franken decides in The Big Hate that if you can’t join ’em, beat ’em. And in both Stan’s Not My Name and Mirror Image, men and women fall in love under extremely unusual circumstances. Quirky, funny, thought-provoking, and even shocking, buckle your seat belt and drive the twisted roads in Five Trips To The Edge.

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iUniverse

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0595174590

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9780595174591

When a Mate Wants Out

By: Sally Conway,Jim Conway

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When a Mate Wants Out

By: Sally Conway,Jim Conway

You can restore your marriage. With faith and an abundance of love, you can work toward restoration, drawing your mate back into a happier, more fulfilling marriage.

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Zondervan Publishing Company

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031057370X

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9780310573708

Casebook On the Men In Black

By: Jim Keith

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Casebook On the Men In Black

By: Jim Keith

According to the lore, UFO witnesses are sometimes harassed or intimidated by mysterious men dressed entirely in black. Are they government agents, sinister aliens or interdimensional creatures? Jim Keith follows up his previous books with this investigation of various Men in Black stories. Known to Ufologists as M.I.B.s, Keith chronicles the strange goings on surrounding UFO activity and often bizarre cars that they arrive in—literal flying cars! Chapters include: Black Arts; Demons and Witches; Black Lodge; Maury Island; On a Bender; The Silence Group; Overlords and UMMO; More Black Ops; Indrid Cold; M.I.B.s in a Test Tube; Green Yard; The Hoaxers; Gray Areas; You Will Cease UFO Study; Beyond Reality; The Real/Unreal Men in Black; Deciphering a Nightmare; more.

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SCB Distributors

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1948803089

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9781948803083

Academy Awards

The Complete Unofficial History

By: Gail Kinn,Jim Piazza

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Academy Awards

The Complete Unofficial History

By: Gail Kinn,Jim Piazza

THE definitive guide to the Academy Awards, from the very first ceremony to this year's 80th anniversary spectacular, includes EVERY nominee and winner in EVERY category?and has been fully updated to include the most recent winners and losers, unforgettable photographs, and highlights. Written by film experts who are sought out every year for their insider knowledge of movies and Hollywood, this book is both a comprehensive reference and a detailed history of the Academy Awards, complete with each year's facts, highlights, and controversies?all told with authority and attitude. Packed with more than 500 photographs from the Oscar ceremonies and red carpet as well as the movies themselves, it outdoes any other book on the market in both information and illustrations. And compared to boring "official" books with less reportage and much less color, this "unauthorized" book delivers what fans want most: ALL the facts, enhanced by juicy commentary and pictures galore. Now in its fourth edition, it?s the most popular, comprehensive, lavishly illustrated, and enjoyable Oscar book out there.

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Black Dog & Leventhal

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1579123961

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