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Tremendous

The Life of a Comedy Savage

By: Joey Diaz

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Tremendous

The Life of a Comedy Savage

By: Joey Diaz

New York Times Bestseller Outsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . . Movie star. Family man. Comedy legend. Joey Diaz has been called every name in the book (and then some). Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words—with no punches pulled. Today, he stars in hit films, headlines sold-out tours, hosts the popular Uncle Joey’s Joint podcast, and is a devoted father—but his life wasn’t always so picture-perfect. Joey “Coco” Diaz credits his success to his “immigrant mentality,” the work ethic his mother modeled for him and on which countless others have depended to survive the harsh landscape of being an outsider. Diaz wasn’t always a star, but he was always a comedian—it just took him a while to figure it out. To be fair, he was pretty busy while he was young: helping his tough-as-nails mother in her bar, holding a gun for the first time at the age of six, and later dealing drugs and serving time. Tremendous is the story of Diaz’s life, from grueling childhood and misspent youth to finding his true calling in comedy. Immigrants, fans of celebrity tales, and comedy enthusiasts alike will be enthralled by this incredibly true, foul-mouthed, and funny memoir. It’s not a story for the faint of heart, or for prudes who’ve never spent a week sleeping in a piece of playground equipment. From finding his mom’s body to high stakes crime, addiction and depression, there are plenty of dark episodes in this saga. Diaz shares it all with brutal honesty and humor, in the same inimitable voice he’d use talking to you from the stage or in a bar. He also shares the story of his improbable rise to the top and the bumpy road that led him there. An inspiration to misfits everywhere, Tremendous is storytelling at its finest—and a reminder that the direst of circumstances can change in unimaginable, unpredictable ways.

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1637742622

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Tremendous

The Life of a Comedy Savage

By: Joey Diaz

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The Life of a Comedy Savage

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1637742614

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The Archaeology of Roman Surveillance in the Central Alentejo, Portugal

By: Joey Williams

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The Archaeology of Roman Surveillance in the Central Alentejo, Portugal

By: Joey Williams

During the first century B.C.E. a complex system of surveillance towers was established during Rome's colonization of the central Alentejo region of Portugal. These towers provided visual control over the landscape, routes through it, and hidden or isolated places as part of the Roman colonization of the region. As part of an archaeological analysis of the changing landscape of Alentejo, Joey Williams offers here a theory of surveillance in Roman colonial encounters drawn from a catalog of watchtowers in the Alentejo, the artifacts and architecture from the tower known as Caladinho, and the geographic information systems analysis of each tower's vision. Through the consideration of these and other pieces of evidence, Williams places surveillance at the center of the colonial negotiation over territory, resources, and power in the westernmost province of the Roman Empire.

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Lulu.com

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1939926084

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9781939926081

The Writer's Hustle

A Professional Guide to the Creativity, Discipline, Humility, and Grit Every Writer Needs to Flourish

By: Joey Franklin

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The Writer's Hustle

A Professional Guide to the Creativity, Discipline, Humility, and Grit Every Writer Needs to Flourish

By: Joey Franklin

The Writer's Hustle is a comprehensive guide to all the things successful writers do when they're not sitting at the keyboard. Drawing on wisdom from dozens of experienced authors, professors, students, and other writing professionals, this book offers pragmatic and systematic advice on the everyday professional practices that make up a writer's life. In ten chapters, Franklin covers the full arc of a writer's professional development, from setting goals and establishing a routine, to mastering writing groups and workshops, earning a mentor, and becoming a literary citizen. He explores strategies for attending conferences, finishing projects, submitting work, and maintaining a life-long writing habit, and he examines the potential benefits of a formal creative writing education, including a close look at how creative writing students can leverage their liberal arts training into a wide range of careers. Informative and personal, The Writer's Hustle is an ideal companion for university students, recent graduates, and independent enthusiasts-anyone looking to cultivate the creativity, discipline, humility, and grit that every writer needs to flourish.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350160768

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9781350160767

Bamboozled

An Incarcerated Boxer Goes Undercover For John McCain's Boxing Bill

By: Joey Torrey,Joe Biel

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Bamboozled

An Incarcerated Boxer Goes Undercover For John McCain's Boxing Bill

By: Joey Torrey,Joe Biel

In this introspective exploration of former boxer Joey Torrey's life, his past, his murder conviction, and his more than 30-year incarceration in a California state prison are each fine-tooth combed. Nearly five years after his original memoir, this new edition is re-written as a biography and delves deeper into circumstances surrounding Torrey’s alleged murder of his boxing coach, the lengthy prison sentence handed down, his undercover collaboration with the FBI on “Operation Matchbook” in support of John McCain’s proposed Professional Boxing Amendments Act, and the inner workings of the prison system in general. From his days as a Compton gang leader and an Olympic boxing hopeful to being tried as an adult rather than a 17-year-old minor, this compelling narrative reflects on his life as a parable as well as examining the strategies used in his conviction, such as establishing the motive as robbery despite a lack of evidence linking the opening of safe to the murderer. And after more than three decades as a model prisoner—and saving the life of a prison guard—Torrey has prolifically written hundreds of letters to Joe Biel, who finds himself in the unlikely situation to share this story.

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Microcosm Publishing

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1621065367

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9781621065364

Prison Writing of Latin America

By: Joey Whitfield

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Prison Writing of Latin America

By: Joey Whitfield

What happens inside Latin American prisons? How does the social organisation of prisoners relate to the political structures beyond the walls? Is it possible to resist corrupt penal regimes? In Prison Writing of Latin America, Joey Whitfield turns to those best placed to answer these questions: people who have been imprisoned themselves. Drawing on a century of material produced by Latin American prisoners from Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil, Whitfield weaves readings of novels, memoirs and testimonial texts with social and political analysis. Rather than distinguishing between dictatorial and democratic periods of government, he shows that from the point of view of the prisoner, all states are authoritarian in nature. In the face of oppression, however, prisoners both 'political' and 'criminal' have found ways not only to resist but also to create alternative communities both real and imagined, sometimes in collaboration with each other.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501334611

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9781501334610

Vacation on Location, Midwest

Explore the Sites Where Your Favorite Movies Were Filmed

By: Joey Green

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Vacation on Location, Midwest

Explore the Sites Where Your Favorite Movies Were Filmed

By: Joey Green

If you've ever wanted to step into your favorite movie, Vacation on Location is the perfect guidebook for you. Author Joey Green gives readers detailed scene-by-scene addresses and maps to visit sites in the Midwest where the most popular films of all time were shot. You will also learn where to see famous props, like the original Bluesmobile, two miniature flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz, and Ralphie's Red Ryder Carbine Action Two-Hundred Shot Range Model Air Rifle—safely behind glass in a museum (so you don't shoot your eye out). With this book as your guide, you can turn these excursions into full-scale vacations or quirky side trips to recreate a scene, starring you.

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Chicago Review Press

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1613737270

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9781613737279

Toward a Social History of American English

By: Joey L. Dillard

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Toward a Social History of American English

By: Joey L. Dillard

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311088500X

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9783110885002

A Sourcebook of Performance Labor

Activators, Activists, Archives, All

By: Joey Orr

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A Sourcebook of Performance Labor

Activators, Activists, Archives, All

By: Joey Orr

A Sourcebook of Performance Labor presents the views and experiences of collaborators in other artists’ works. This book reorients well-known works of contemporary performance and social practice around the workers who have shaped, enacted, and supported them. It emerges from perspectives on maintenance, care, affective labor, and the knowledges created and preserved through gesture and intersubjectivity. This compilation of interviews is filled with the voices of collaborators in notable works attributed to established contemporary artists, including Francis Alÿs, Tania Bruguera, Suzanne Lacy, Ernesto Pujol, Asad Raza, Dread Scott, and Tino Sehgal. In the spirit of the artworks under discussion, this book reinvests in the possibilities for art as a collective effort to explore new ways of finding ourselves in others and others in ourselves. The Sourcebook collection is a contribution for further theorizing a largely unaddressed perspective in contemporary art. This collection will be of great interest to students and scholars in performance studies and art history.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000787397

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9781000787399

The Story of Purpose

The Path to Creating a Brighter Brand, a Greater Company, and a Lasting Legacy

By: Joey Reiman

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The Story of Purpose

The Path to Creating a Brighter Brand, a Greater Company, and a Lasting Legacy

By: Joey Reiman

A proven methodology for building a purpose-powered organization Some ideas are bigger than others, and the Master Idea—your company's purpose—is the biggest. Whether addressing communication between leadership and associates, suppliers to manufacturers, sales force to customers, or brand to consumers, The Story of Purpose details a proven methodology for businesses, small to large, how to build a purpose-inspired organization to positively impact employees, customers, and the bottom line. It reveals the process for uncovering what makes a company distinctive and guides you to discover the fundamental force behind the organization that no competitor can replicate or replace. The Story of Purpose incorporates stories of purpose from Procter & Gamble, McDonald's, Newell Rubbermaid and many more purpose-driven companies. These stories come to life in a comprehensive book that promises to guide, inspire, and transform your organization Offers a blueprint for creating powerful internal and external messages for current and future customers, employees, and shareholders The Story of Purpose will leave you asking yourself "what gets me up in the morning?" instead of "what keeps me up at night?

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118463994

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9781118463994

The Book of You (and Me)

THE INTERACTIVE JOURNAL FROM LOVE ISLAND'S FIRST CELEBRITY BOMBSHELL

By: Joey Essex

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The Book of You (and Me)

THE INTERACTIVE JOURNAL FROM LOVE ISLAND'S FIRST CELEBRITY BOMBSHELL

By: Joey Essex

COLLABORATE WITH LOVE ISLAND HEARTTHROB JOEY ESSEX IN THIS FUN, LIGHTHEARTED JOURNAL, DESIGNED TO RELAX AND ENTERTAIN IN EQUAL MEASURE Hello You, Do you know what you're holding in your hands? It's a book (sort of) that I've made for you (and me) to co-create and finish together. And since we're counting, YES it's the second one I've written. BOOM. Let's celebrate everything that makes us unique with this mixture of creative and interactive activities resulting in your own REEM masterpiece! Have you ever wanted to take a selfie with your postman? Well now's your chance. Or have you ever wondered what came first, the chicken or the egg? Well I'll tell you! Basically ignore everything you've ever been told about what NOT to do to books: scribble, make up new words, draw pictures of your daily outfits and go on a Joey treasure hunt. This is truly the best of collaborations - between you... And, Me x

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Hodder & Stoughton

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147361628X

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9781473616288

Milwaukee Jazz

By: Joey Grihalva

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Milwaukee Jazz

By: Joey Grihalva

Milwaukee's jazz scene has forever stood in the shadow of Chicago's illustrious institution, but it stands strong. Cream City has produced a wealth of talent, attracted top-notch transplants, and hosted legends like Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Billie Holiday, and Wynton Marsalis. From the heyday of the 1940s and 1950s to the renaissance of the 1970s, from the streets to the classrooms, from grand ballrooms to outdoor festivals, from swing to bebop, from smoky bars to dimly lit clubs like the Flame, Thelma's Back Door, and the Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee has been a hotbed of improvised music, providing a noteworthy contribution to the story of jazz in America.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467103101

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9781467103107

Faith, Secularism, and Humanitarian Engagement: Finding the Place of Religion in the Support of Displaced Communities

By: Joey Ager

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Faith, Secularism, and Humanitarian Engagement: Finding the Place of Religion in the Support of Displaced Communities

By: Joey Ager

Strengthening local humanitarian engagement demands not only rethinking dominant understandings of religion, but also revisiting the principles and practices of humanitarianism. This book articulates key aspects of the 'transborder discourse' necessary for humanitarian dialogue in the 21st century.

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Springer

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1137472146

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9781137472144

Brad and Jen

The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Golden Couple

By: Mara Reinstein,Joey Bartolomeo

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Brad and Jen

The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Golden Couple

By: Mara Reinstein,Joey Bartolomeo

The real story behind Brad and Jen's legendary romance and shocking break-up. U.S. Weekly, the ultimate celebrity insider, goes beyond the photos and official statements for a no-holds-barred look at the anatomy of heartbreak and where it all went wrong for Brad and Jen, the world's favourite celebrity couple and the embodiment of Hollywood royalty. Features: a 16-page colour insert; full coverage of the couple's $1 million wedding in the summer of 2000; an insider look at the life of the golden couple; and what's next for the separated pair?

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Wenner Books

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1932958576

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9781932958577

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The Archaeology of Roman Surveillance in the Central Alentejo, Portugal

The Archaeology of Roman Surveillance in the Central Alentejo, Portugal

The Writer's Hustle

The Writer's Hustle

Bamboozled

Bamboozled

Prison Writing of Latin America

Prison Writing of Latin America

Vacation on Location, Midwest

Vacation on Location, Midwest

Toward a Social History of American English

Toward a Social History of American English

A Sourcebook of Performance Labor

A Sourcebook of Performance Labor

The Story of Purpose

The Story of Purpose

The Book of You (and Me)

The Book of You (and Me)

Milwaukee Jazz

Milwaukee Jazz

Faith, Secularism, and Humanitarian Engagement: Finding the Place of Religion in the Support of Displaced Communities

Faith, Secularism, and Humanitarian Engagement: Finding the Place of Religion in the Support of Displaced Communities

Brad and Jen

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