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The H-Bomb and the Jesus Rock

By: John Manderino

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It’s Saturday, october 27, 1962, the darkest day of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Two children, Ralph and his little sister Lou, are searching for empty bottles in a vacant lot when they discover a rock which—to them, at least—looks quite a lot like Jesus. Ralph immediately declares it a Possible Holy Object. And, since his fondest wish is to be a “boy-in-a-story,” he earnestly places himself and Lou—now his “sidekick”—in a tale featuring the “sacred rock” as the key to nothing less than saving the world from nuclear annihilation. But there’s another boy, Toby—older, shrewder, and quite a bit larger—who has very different plans for the rock, intending to use it as a lucrative sideshow exhibit, complete with fliers: Is it Jesus? Or just a rock? You decide! Hovering over the children and their small-scale war is the general anxiety and dread attending the most perilous moment in our history. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, John Manderino’s The H-bomb and the Jesus Rock provides a unique, children’s-eye view of that near-Armageddon.

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Chicago Review Press

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0897336402

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9780897336406

But You Scared Me the Most

And Other Short Stories

By: John Manderino

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But You Scared Me the Most

And Other Short Stories

By: John Manderino

This collection of twenty-six dark but often humorous short stories features a pantheon of disturbed and disturbing characters, human and otherwise. Many of the stories are modern takes on classic monsters crafted with twisted plots and Twilight Zone-esque endings. For example, “Wolfman and Janice” is about a werewolf who is doing the best he can under very trying circumstances, especially when confronted with eating his elderly neighbor’s cat. There’s an adolescent vampire-wannabe who is suffering badly: in love for the first time. “Frankenstein and His Mother” is a terrifying story of a grown man who wears a Frankenstein mask and lives with his mother watching TV and eating corn chips all day while being afraid of work. “Dracula’s Daughter” turns a pretentious hippie into an honest ghost. And Bigfoot—lonely, sexually frustrated—tells all. Other stories feature characters who seem perfectly normal until they're alone. Phil, for instance, is never so happy as when he’s with his inflatable girlfriend Vanessa—until she tells him the devastating truth about himself. Elderly Ellen is running out of patience with her dead husband George, who’s turned prankish. “Bob and Todd” tells the story of a hitchhiking ride gone bad that will have readers squirming in their seats. More than just standard monster stories, the tales in But You Scared Me the Most reveal much more about about human nature and will appeal to a wide range of fans of smart, funny short fiction.

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Chicago Review Press

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1613734786

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9781613734780

Crying at Movies

A Memoir

By: John Manderino

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Crying at Movies

A Memoir

By: John Manderino

When Hitchcock's The Birds began showing in the summer of 1963 at the Dolton Theater, the starlings of Riverside, Illinois launched their attacks. They were "black, freckled, oily-looking things" with "tiny black buttons for eyes." They carried off Skippy Whalen's baseball cap, pooped on Father Rowley's finger, and attacked a feisty little dog named Tuffy who fought them off. "I blamed Hitchcock" says the author, a Catholic grammar school student at the time. In this comical, witty memoir, John Manderino shows us how the pivotal points of his life have been enmeshed with movie moments. Crying at Movies presents thirty-eight succinct chapters, each bearing the title of a film. It is at once a love-letter to an art form and a humorous appreciation of the distinctions between movie scenes and life's realities.

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Chicago Review Press

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0897337700

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9780897337700

Reason for Leaving

Job Stories

By: John Manderino

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Reason for Leaving

Job Stories

By: John Manderino

In the last column of a job application, there’s that tricky question: reason for leaving? John Manderino has apparently had to puzzle over that one often and long. His answers are collected here in this hilarious novel-in-stories tracing the history of a guy trying to grow up job by job. Delivery boy, altar boy, busboy, teacher, cotton picker, umpire, Zen monk—Manderino’s protagonist tries on one hat after another, from Chicago to Arizona to a South Dakota reservation where he longs to be given an Indian name, "something like Many Roads, or Many Jobs." Each story in this highly entertaining collection is complete in itself, yet Manderino has woven them into a seamless history that’s hard to put down. The author of Sam and His Brother Len and The Man Who Once Played Catch with Nellie Fox has once again given us a funny, moving portrait of a man’s journey of becoming. Becoming what? The answer lies behind all his reasons for leaving. John Manderino has a sharp eye for human foibles and his depictions of life in the workaday world will leave readers laughing long and loud.

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Chicago Review Press

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089733776X

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9780897337762

The Man Who Once Played Catch With Nellie Fox

By: John Manderino

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The Man Who Once Played Catch With Nellie Fox

By: John Manderino

At forty, Hank has decided he's through with baseball—a routine pop-up fell on his head and he got the message. Trouble is, baseball is the one thing that's given any meaning to his life. This is the painfully funny story of a man who decides to get a life, but isn't sure how. It's about fathers and sons, heroes and whiners, the wheel of fortune (and Vanna White), baseball and the decline of Western civilization—and why Nellie Fox always spat in his glove.

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0897337719

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9780897337717

Carbohydrate Chemistry

Volume 12

By: John F. Kennedy,N. R. Williams

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Carbohydrate Chemistry

Volume 12

By: John F. Kennedy,N. R. Williams

This product is not available separately, it is only sold as part of a set. There are 750 products in the set and these are all sold as one entity.

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642

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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0851869408

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9780851869407

Top 10 Primary Care Training Room Conditions

By: Siobhan M. Statuta,John M. MacKnight

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Top 10 Primary Care Training Room Conditions

By: Siobhan M. Statuta,John M. MacKnight

This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine will explore the Top 10 Primary Care Training Room Conditions. Guest edited by Drs. Siobhan Statuta and John MacKnight, this issue will cover ten core topics of importance to practicing sports medicine clinicians. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Mark Miller. The volume will include articles on: Dermatology, EIB/ Respiratory, Acute Illness, Mononucleosis, Cardiology, Concussion, Trauma, Procedures/ Modalities, Mental Health, and ADHD.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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032367223X

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9780323672238

The Man Who Once Played Catch With Nellie Fox

By: John Manderino

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By: John Manderino

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But You Scared Me the Most

And Other Short Stories

By: John Manderino

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And Other Short Stories

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Crying at Movies

A Memoir

By: John Manderino

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A Memoir

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0897337689

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9780897337687

Sam and His Brother Len

By: John Manderino

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Sam and His Brother Len

By: John Manderino

This is the funny, poignant story of two brothers growing up in the early '60s. Manderino lightly approaches the underside of the middle American family in a tumultuous period of history.

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0897334078

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9780897334075

The H-Bomb and the Jesus Rock

By: John Manderino

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Voluntary Environmental Programs

A Policy Perspective

By: Peter deLeon,Jorge E. Rivera

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Voluntary Environmental Programs

A Policy Perspective

By: Peter deLeon,Jorge E. Rivera

Protecting the environment is often not the primary objective of businesses. As the world has become more environmentally aware, the necessity of environmental regulations becomes apparent. Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Policy Perspective examines different approaches to environmental protection in business. Environmental improvements on the part of industry often result from government regulations that command certain action on the part of industry and then control how well they perform. An alternative approach is Voluntary Environmental Agreements (VEA), where firms voluntarily commit to make certain environmental improvements individually, as part of an industry association, or under the guidance of a government entity. For example, many new initiatives targeted towards climate change originate from companies that voluntarily commit to reduce their carbon output or 'footprint.' Voluntary Environmental Programs (VEP) provides an overview of current research on VEPs, looking at issues such as what motivates firms to participate, how a VEP structure affects a company's efficiency and credibility with stakeholders, and who monitors compliance of participants. This current work examines how a firm's environmental performance over time compares with VEP commitments. This book also discusses the particular considerations for VEPs in developing countries, where information flows and regulatory oversight capacities differ from the U.S.

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Lexington Books

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0739133241

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Book's by John Manderino

The H-Bomb and the Jesus Rock

The H-Bomb and the Jesus Rock

But You Scared Me the Most

But You Scared Me the Most

Crying at Movies

Crying at Movies

Reason for Leaving

Reason for Leaving

The Man Who Once Played Catch With Nellie Fox

The Man Who Once Played Catch With Nellie Fox

Carbohydrate Chemistry

Carbohydrate Chemistry

Top 10 Primary Care Training Room Conditions

Top 10 Primary Care Training Room Conditions

The Man Who Once Played Catch With Nellie Fox

The Man Who Once Played Catch With Nellie Fox

But You Scared Me the Most

But You Scared Me the Most

Crying at Movies

Crying at Movies

Sam and His Brother Len

Sam and His Brother Len

The H-Bomb and the Jesus Rock

The H-Bomb and the Jesus Rock

Voluntary Environmental Programs

Voluntary Environmental Programs

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