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Toy Cannon

The Autobiography of Baseball's Jimmy Wynn

By: Jimmy Wynn,Bill McCurdy

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Toy Cannon

The Autobiography of Baseball's Jimmy Wynn

By: Jimmy Wynn,Bill McCurdy

Despite the pressures of racism and a troubled personal life, Jimmy "The Toy Cannon" Wynn achieved remarkable success as a major league player. In a career that stretched from 1963 to 1977, he slugged 291 home runs, 223 of them in Houston ballparks (Colt Stadium, the Astrodome) notoriously unfriendly to power hitters. A strong-armed, speedy outfielder, Wynn was also adept at getting on base (seven times in the top 10 for on-base percentage) and then swiping a bag (225 career steals). This memoir recounts his triumphs and struggles in detail.

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237

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McFarland

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0786459999

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9780786459995

The Secret Life of Siegfried and Roy

How the Tiger Kings Tamed Las Vegas

By: Jimmy Lavery,Jim Mydlach,Louis Mydlach,Henrietta Tiefenthaler

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The Secret Life of Siegfried and Roy

How the Tiger Kings Tamed Las Vegas

By: Jimmy Lavery,Jim Mydlach,Louis Mydlach,Henrietta Tiefenthaler

The Secret Life of Siegfried and Roy reveals the touching, little-known story of how two youngsters founded a friendship, a franchise, and a tempestuous on-and-off love affair that would last a lifetime.

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275

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Phoenix Books, Inc.

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1597775606

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9781597775601

Toy Cannon

The Autobiography of Baseball's Jimmy Wynn

By: Jimmy Wynn,Bill McCurdy

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Toy Cannon

The Autobiography of Baseball's Jimmy Wynn

By: Jimmy Wynn,Bill McCurdy

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0786459999

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9780786459995

The Fighting Cocks

43 (Fighter) Squadron

By: Jimmy Beedle

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The Fighting Cocks

43 (Fighter) Squadron

By: Jimmy Beedle

In April 1916, a group of early aviators gathered in the fields beneath the crags and ramparts of Stirling Castle to form what was to become one of the Royal Air Forces most distinguished fighter squadrons. Few squadrons can match the history of 43 Squadron which has included being the first to undertake ground attack operations during the First World War, shooting down the first enemy aircraft over England in the Second World War, and achieving the remarkable double of shooting down 6 enemy aircraft in one day in both World Wars. Its distinctive emblem of the Fighting Cock embodies the spirit and resilience of a fighter squadron that has been in the vanguard of RAF operations for almost a century. Perhaps the Fighting Cocks finest period occurred during the Battle of Britain when its Hurricanes destroyed 60 enemy aircraft with a further thirteen probables and twenty-five more damaged. With the advent of the jet age, 43 Squadron became the first unit to fly the Hunter, seeing operational duties in Aden, before re-equipping with the Phantom until the end of the Cold War. This new edition of the Fighting Cocks history brings the story up to date and covers its 20 years of service with the Tornado F3, including the Gulf War, NATO operations over Bosnia, and the Iraq War. * This new edition of the Fighting Cocks history brings the story up to date * Few squadrons can match the history of 43 Squadron * Fighting Cock embodies the spirit and resilience of a fighter squadron that has been in the vanguard of RAF operations for almost a century

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353

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Pen and Sword

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1848843852

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9781848843851

Inside the Whimsy Works

My Life with Walt Disney Productions

By: Jimmy Johnson

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Inside the Whimsy Works

My Life with Walt Disney Productions

By: Jimmy Johnson

The extraordinary story of the rise of the Disney executive most responsible for the success of Walt Disney Records

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215

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1617039306

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9781617039300

Gothic Utterance

Voice, Speech and Death in the American Gothic

By: Jimmy Packham

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Gothic Utterance

Voice, Speech and Death in the American Gothic

By: Jimmy Packham

The Gothic has always been interested in strange utterances and unsettling voices – from half-heard ghostly murmurings and the admonitions of the dead, to the terrible cries of the monstrous nonhuman. Gothic Utterance is the first book-length study of the role played by such voices in the Gothic tradition, exploring their prominence and importance in the American literature produced between the Revolutionary War and the close of the nineteenth century. The book argues that the American Gothic foregrounds the overpowering affect and distressing significations of the voices of the dead, dying, abjected, marginalised or nonhuman, in order to undertake a sustained interrogation of what it means to be and speak as an American in this period. The American Gothic imagines new forms of relation between speaking subjects, positing more inclusive and expansive kinds of community, while also emphasising the ethical demands attending our encounters with Gothic voices. The Gothic suggests that how we choose to hear and respond to these voices says much about our relationship with the world around us, its inhabitants – dead or otherwise – and the limits of our own subjectivity and empathy.

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University of Wales Press

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1786837560

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9781786837561

Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts

By: Jimmy McAleavey

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Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts

By: Jimmy McAleavey

We wanted to be someone. Some . . . I dunno . . . thing. Nig and Wee Joe used to be soldiers. They have done monstrous things. Now nobody is listening and nobody gives a fuck either way. Their lives are full of cognitive behavioural therapy, valium and guilt. One last operation offers the chance to bring meaning to their actions. It also brings them face to face with 'L', who represents the new and unpredictable reality of war in Northern Ireland. This tense and darkly funny play from Jimmy McAleavey takes a fearless look at why men go to war. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 4 June 2015.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474266827

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9781474266826

It's All about Relationships

Building a Life that Matters

By: Jimmy Walker

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It's All about Relationships

Building a Life that Matters

By: Jimmy Walker

In It’s All About Relationships, Jimmy Walker, insurance agent to the stars and creator of Celebrity Fight Night, tells stories and lessons from some of his most important relationships in business and life and inspires readers to use their unique gifts and key relationships to build a life that matters. Jimmy Walker doesn’t consider himself a celebrity, but he has many famous friends. He has spent nearly six decades building relationships with business people, professional athletes, and entertainers. This list includes names like Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Andrea Bocelli, David Foster, Reba McEntire, and Reggie Jackson. As a young boy, Jimmy was never afraid to strike up a conversation with a celebrity or famous athlete (he was even known to call Mickey Mantle collect). It’s that tenacity that helped him become a successful insurance agent to the stars, as well as create the renowned Celebrity Fight Night in America and Italy alongside Muhammad Ali and Andrea Bocelli, which has given away over $90 million to charity. In It’s All about Relationships, Jimmy tells stories and lessons from some of his most important relationships in business and life and shares many of the missteps and mistakes he has made along the way. He recounts the heartbreaking loss of his son, Scott, to an overdose and says there is no greater loss or pain in life for a parent than losing a child. That experience has made him passionate about helping people recovering from addiction and determined to open sober living homes in the state of Arizona. Finally, Jimmy shares of his faith in God—his most important relationship—and how it has sustained him and carried him through both the good and the hard times in his life. Jimmy’s extraordinary life will inspire you to invest in the relationships you have and use your unique gifts to serve and give to those in need. By nurturing your most important relationships, you can build a life has meaning and purpose. You can build a life that matters. One hundred percent of the profits from this book will go to develop sober living homes in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona—to fulfill his son’s dream to help those fighting addiction.

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Simon and Schuster

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1637630387

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9781637630389

Barefoot on Barbed Wire

An Autobiography of a Forty-year Hollywood Balancing Act

By: Jimmy Starr

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Barefoot on Barbed Wire

An Autobiography of a Forty-year Hollywood Balancing Act

By: Jimmy Starr

In Barefoot on Barbed Wire Starr provides vivid portraits of screen stars, studio executives, and fellow writers from 1919 through the 1960s. He also discusses his contemporary publicists and columnists, including Howard Strickling and Harry Brand."--BOOK JACKET.

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316

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Scarecrow Press

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0810839415

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9780810839410

Big Bosoms and Square Jaws

The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film

By: Jimmy McDonough

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Big Bosoms and Square Jaws

The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film

By: Jimmy McDonough

Russ Meyer, cult hero, creator of the sexploitation film, and the man the Wall Street Journal called the King Leer of Hollywood, made movies that filled the big screen with “big bosoms and square jaws.” In the first candid and fiendishly researched account of the late cinematic instigator’s life, Jimmy McDonough shows us how Russ Meyer used that formula to turn his own crazed fantasies into movies that made him a millionaire and changed the face of American film forever. This former WWII combat photographer immortalized his personal sexual obsession upon the silver screen, creating box-office gold with The Immoral Mr. Teas in 1959. The modest little film pushed all preexisting limits of on-screen nudity, and with its success, the floodgates of what was permitted to be shown on film were thrust open, never to be closed again. Russ Meyer ignited a true revolution in filmmaking, breaking all sex, nudity, and violence taboos. In a career that spanned more than forty years, Meyer created a body of work that has influenced a legion of filmmakers, fashionistas, comic book artists, rock bands, and even the occasional feminist. Bringing his anecdote- and action-packed biographical style to another renegade of popular culture, New York Times bestselling author of Shakey Jimmy McDonough offers a wild, warts-and-all portrait of Russ Meyer, the director, writer, producer, and commando moviemaking force behind the sexploitation classics Vixen, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and many others. Big Bosoms and Square Jaws blows the lid off the story of Russ Meyer, from the beginning to his recent tragic demise, creating in the process a vivid portrait of a past America.

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498

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Crown

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0307338444

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9780307338440

Now This is a Very True Story

The Autobiography of a Comedy Legend

By: Jimmy Jones

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Now This is a Very True Story

The Autobiography of a Comedy Legend

By: Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones is the guv'nor of comedy. He was the first adult comedian to break big in the UK. His uncompromising act made him a hero to hundreds of thousands of blue collar Londoners. He became known for his catchphrase 'kin 'ell!' and established himself as an underground legend -- in the process attracting everyone from rock's royalty to real Royalty. The Rolling Stones, the Nice, the Small Faces, Iron Maiden and Status Quo were among the many stars who flocked to his gigs. The Beatles played his tapes on their tour bus. His fans included fellow comedians Dudley Moore and Chubby Brown and soap star Martine McCutcheon. In a long and successful career Jones has told jokes to Michael Jackson, entertained the Kray Twins and performed for a surprising number of Royal Family members -- Prince Charles, Prince Philip and Princess Margaret. TV bosses hated him but Jimmy's outrageous comedy made him a millionaire by his 40s. Not bad for a kid from the rough end of Essex who grew up thinking he'd become a priest.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1843587939

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9781843587934

On the Shoulders of Our Ancestors

African American History Through Historical Poetic Verse

By: Jimmy McJamerson Ph.D.

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On the Shoulders of Our Ancestors

African American History Through Historical Poetic Verse

By: Jimmy McJamerson Ph.D.

On the Shoulders of Our Ancestors is an individual effort to articulate that Africans and African-Americans are achievers, that our history is one of being contributors to society instead of destroyers, that playing the “dozens” or “snapping” is unacceptable in our communities. Our history is not one of killing each other, nor is it one of negativism, but rather it is one of strength, hope, achievement, excellence and creativity. On the Shoulders of Our Ancestors seeks to redirect our youth’s miseducation through reminders of African-American achievement in the form of studying history through the poetic form.

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193

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AuthorHouse

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1665503491

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9781665503495

Sugar Babies

The Burlesque Musical

By: Jimmy McHugh,Ralph G. Allen,Harry Rigby,Dorothy Fields,Al Dubin,Arthur Malvin

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Sugar Babies

The Burlesque Musical

By: Jimmy McHugh,Ralph G. Allen,Harry Rigby,Dorothy Fields,Al Dubin,Arthur Malvin

Sugar Babies is a riotously funny, nostalgic trip for those who remember burlesque and a happy discovery for those too young to recall this irreverent form of American entertainment. All of the classic scenes, including a hilarious dog act are here, along with such wonderful songs as "Exactly Like You", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby" and "Don't Blame Me." "--Publisher.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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057368166X

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9780573681660

Book's by Jimmy Wynn

Toy Cannon

Toy Cannon

The Secret Life of Siegfried and Roy

The Secret Life of Siegfried and Roy

Toy Cannon

Toy Cannon

The Fighting Cocks

The Fighting Cocks

Inside the Whimsy Works

Inside the Whimsy Works

Gothic Utterance

Gothic Utterance

Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts

Monsters, Dinosaurs, Ghosts

It's All about Relationships

It's All about Relationships

Barefoot on Barbed Wire

Barefoot on Barbed Wire

Big Bosoms and Square Jaws

Big Bosoms and Square Jaws

Now This is a Very True Story

Now This is a Very True Story

On the Shoulders of Our Ancestors

On the Shoulders of Our Ancestors

Sugar Babies

Sugar Babies

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