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Asteroids

How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space

By: Martin Elvis

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Asteroids

How Love, Fear, and Greed Will Determine Our Future in Space

By: Martin Elvis

A unique, wide-ranging examination of asteroid exploration and our future in space Human travel into space is an enormously expensive and unforgiving endeavor. So why go? In this accessible and authoritative book, astrophysicist Martin Elvis argues that the answer is asteroid exploration, for the strong motives of love, fear, and greed. Elvis's personal motivation is one of scientific love--asteroid investigations may teach us about the composition of the solar system and the origins of life. A more compelling reason may be fear--of a dinosaur killer-sized asteroid hitting our planet. Finally, Elvis maintains, we should consider greed: asteroids likely hold vast riches, such as large platinum deposits, and mining them could provide both a new industry and a funding source for bolder space exploration. Elvis explains how each motive can be satisfied, and how they help one another. From the origins of life, to "space billiards," and space sports, Elvis looks at how asteroids may be used in the not-so-distant future.

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Yale University Press

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030023192X

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9780300231922

Killing the Legends

The Lethal Danger of Celebrity

By: Bill O'Reilly,Martin Dugard

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Killing the Legends

The Lethal Danger of Celebrity

By: Bill O'Reilly,Martin Dugard

In the next book in the multimillion-selling Killing Series, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard tell the larger-than-life stories of Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. The King is dead. The Walrus is shot. The Greatest is no more. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Muhammad Ali. These three icons changed not only the worlds of music, film, and sports, but the world itself. Their faces were known everywhere, in every nation, across every culture. And their stories became larger than life—until their lives spun out of control at the hands of those they most trusted. In Killing the Legends, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard explore the lives, legacies, and tragic deaths of three of the most famous people of the 20th century. Each experienced immense success, then failures that forced them to change; each faced the challenge of growing old in fields that privilege youth; and finally, each became isolated, cocooned by wealth but vulnerable to the demands of those in their innermost circles. Dramatic, insightful, and immensely entertaining, Killing the Legends is the twelfth book in O’Reilly and Dugard’s Killing series: the most popular series of narrative history books in the world, with more than 18 million copies in print.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250283310

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9781250283313

Brooklyn Boomer

Growing Up in the Fifties

By: Martin H. Levinson

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Brooklyn Boomer

Growing Up in the Fifties

By: Martin H. Levinson

Martin H. Levinson lived in Brooklyn from his birth in 1946 to 1962, the height of the baby boom following World War II. He grew up two blocks from Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and attended Erasmus Hall High School, which boasts alums such as Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand, and chess-wiz Bobby Fischer. The author's personal recollections of his middle-class childhood in Brooklyn during the 1950s alternate with chapters detailing seminal cultural events of that era including the advent of television, fast-food restaurants, big cars with fins; desegregation and the white flight to the suburbs; rock ’n’ roll, beatniks, hula hoops, the Kinsey Reports, the Cold War, McCarthyism, Playboy, and much more. Part memoir, part social history, Brooklyn Boomer offers a captivating portrait of Brooklyn and America in the mid-twentieth Century.

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iUniverse

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1663256578

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9781663256577

Love Inspired January 2014 - Bundle 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Lenora Worth,Gail Gaymer Martin,Jenna Mindel

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Love Inspired January 2014 - Bundle 2 of 2

An Anthology

By: Lenora Worth,Gail Gaymer Martin,Jenna Mindel

Love Inspired brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. This Love Inspired bundle includes Bayou Sweetheart by Lenora Worth, The Firefighter's New Family by Gail Gaymer Martin and Season of Redemption by Jenna Mindel. Look for 6 new inspirational stories every month from Love Inspired!

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Harlequin

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1460328515

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Good Rockin' Tonight

Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll

By: Colin Escott,Martin Hawkins

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Good Rockin' Tonight

Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll

By: Colin Escott,Martin Hawkins

Memphis, Tennessee. The early 1950s. The Mississippi rolls by, and there's a train in the night. Down on Beale Street there's hard-edged blues, on the outskirts of town they're pickin' hillbilly boogie. At Sam Phillips' Sun Records studio on Union Avenue, there's something different going on. "Shake it, baby, shake it!" "Go, cat, go!" "We're gonna rock..." This is where rock 'n' roll was born-the record company that launched Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins. The label that brought the world, "Blue Suede Shoes," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Breathless," "I Walk the Line," "Mystery Train," "Baby, Let's Play House,' "Good Rockin' Tonight." Good Rockin Tonight is the history, in words and over 240 photographs, of Sam Phillips' legendary storefront studio, from the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King to the long nights in the studio with Elvis and Jerry Lee. As colorful and energetic as the music itself, it's a one-of-a-kind book for anyone who wants to know where it all started.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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1250182115

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9781250182111

eBay: Company and Its Founder

Company and Its Founder

By: Martin Gitlin

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eBay: Company and Its Founder

Company and Its Founder

By: Martin Gitlin

This title examines the remarkable life of Pierre Omidyar and his work building the groundbreaking company eBay. Readers will learn about Omidyar’s background and education, as well as his early career. Also covered is a look at how eBay operates and issues the company faces, such as international growth, facing competition, and supporting the community. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Technology Pioneers is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

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ABDO Publishing Company

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1617840939

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Goldmine Record Album Price Guide

By: Martin Popoff

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Goldmine Record Album Price Guide

By: Martin Popoff

Whether you're cleaning out a closet, basement or attic full of records, or you're searching for hidden gems to build your collection, you can depend on Goldmine Record Album Price Guide to help you accurately identify and appraise your records in order to get the best price. • Knowledge is power, so power-up with Goldmine! • 70,000 vinyl LPs from 1948 to present • Hundreds of new artists • Detailed listings with current values • Various artist collections and original cast recordings from movies, televisions and Broadway • 400 photos • Updated state-of-the-market reports • New feature articles • Advice on buying and selling Goldmine Grading Guide - the industry standard

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Penguin

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1440229163

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9781440229169

LA LOVE STORIES

By: Martin Copeland

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LA LOVE STORIES

By: Martin Copeland

Tales of questing hearts in the City of Angels.

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RAINBOW BRIDGE

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173411231X

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The War Against Cliche

Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

By: Martin Amis

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The War Against Cliche

Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

By: Martin Amis

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection, Martin Amis, "one of the most gifted novelists of his generation” (TIME), takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane Austen and Penthouse Forum, William Burroughs and Hillary Clinton, and more. "[Written] with intelligence and ardor and panache.... Speaks not just to a lifetime of reading but also to a fascination with individual writers." —The New York Times Here, Amis serves up fresh assessments of the classics and plucks neglected masterpieces off their dusty shelves. Above all, Amis is concerned with literature, and with the deadly cliches—not only of the pen, but of the mind and the heart. He tilts with Cervantes, Dickens and Milton, celebrates Bellow, Updike and Elmore Leonard, and deflates some of the most bloated reputations of the past three decades. On every page Amis writes with jaw-dropping felicity, wit, and a subversive brilliance that sheds new light on everything he touches.

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Vintage

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1101910259

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9781101910252

American Culture in the 1950s

By: Martin Halliwell

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American Culture in the 1950s

By: Martin Halliwell

This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Through detailed commentary and focused case studies of influential texts and events - from Invisible Man to West Side Story, from Disneyland to the Seattle World's Fair, from Rear Window to The Americans - the book examines the way in which modernism and the cold war offer two frames of reference for understanding the trajectory of postwar culture. The two core aims of this volume are to chart the changing complexion of American culture in the years following World War II and to provide readers with a critical investigation of 'the 1950s'. The book provides an intellectual context for approaching 1950s American culture and considers the historical impact of the decade on recent social and cultural developments.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748628908

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9780748628902

Neil Young

American Traveller

By: Martin Halliwell

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Neil Young

American Traveller

By: Martin Halliwell

When Neil Young left Canada in 1966 to move to California, it was the beginning of an extraordinary musical journal that would leave song after song resonating across the landscapes of North America. From “Ohio” to “Albuquerque,” Young’s fascination with America’s many places profoundly influenced his eclectic style and helped shape the restless sensibility of his generation. In this book, Martin Halliwell shows how place has loomed large in Young’s prodigious catalog of songs, which are themselves a testament to his storied career as a musician playing with bands such as Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, and, of course, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Moving from the Canadian prairies to Young’s adopted Pacific home, Halliwell explores how place and travel spurred one of the most prolific creative outputs in music history. Placing Young in the shifting musical milieus of the past decades—comprised of artists such as Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, the Grateful Dead, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Devo, and Pearl Jam—he traces the ways Young’s personal journeys have intertwined with that of American music and how both capture the power of America’s great landscapes. Spanning Young’s career as a singer-songwriter—from his many bands to his work on films—Neil Young will appeal not just to his many fans worldwide but to anyone interested in the extraordinary ways American music has engaged the places from which it comes.

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Reaktion Books

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1780235496

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9781780235493

Vital Signs

A Play

By: Jane Martin

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Vital Signs

A Play

By: Jane Martin

This suite of theatrical miniatures over thirty two minute monologues. The two men in the cast are optional foils for the six women who perform a collage about contemporary woman in all her warmth and majesty, her fear and frustration, her joy and sadness.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573625670

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9780573625671

Celebrity Clones and Imposters

Famous people who were replaced by a double

By: Martin Barker

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Celebrity Clones and Imposters

Famous people who were replaced by a double

By: Martin Barker

Are celebrities being replaced by doubles, doppelgängers and even clones? Does this explain the stranger behaviour and changing styles and personalties of some celebrities? Are the doubles being controlled by unknown secret forces? Who are these celebrities and why are they being replaced? Hopefully some answers will be provided in this book. The celebrities discussed include Miley Cyrus, Elvis, Paul McCartney, Britney Spears and many others.

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BookRix

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3755415984

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Coming of Age

Constructing and Controlling Youth in Munich, 1942-1973

By: Martin Kalb

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Coming of Age

Constructing and Controlling Youth in Munich, 1942-1973

By: Martin Kalb

In the lean and anxious years following World War II, Munich society became obsessed with the moral condition of its youth. Initially born of the economic and social disruption of the war years, a preoccupation with juvenile delinquency progressed into a full-blown panic over the hypothetical threat that young men and women posed to postwar stability. As Martin Kalb shows in this fascinating study, constructs like the rowdy young boy and the sexually deviant girl served as proxies for the diffuse fears of adult society, while allowing authorities ranging from local institutions to the U.S. military government to strengthen forms of social control.

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Berghahn Books

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1785331531

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9781785331534

Every Day of the School Year Math Problems

More Than 300 Quick, Incredibly Fun Activities Linked to Each School Day!

By: Marcia Miller,Martin Lee

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Every Day of the School Year Math Problems

More Than 300 Quick, Incredibly Fun Activities Linked to Each School Day!

By: Marcia Miller,Martin Lee

Using themes of historic events, holidays, famous birthdays, humorous happenings, and more, these instant math problems are a fun-filled way to build essential math problem-solving skills.

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Scholastic Inc.

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0590644076

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9780590644075

The White African American Body

A Cultural and Literary Exploration

By: Charles D. Martin

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The White African American Body

A Cultural and Literary Exploration

By: Charles D. Martin

Explores the image of the white Negro in American popular culture from the late eighteenth century to the present.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813530326

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9780813530321

Uniquely Mississippi

By: Martin Wilson

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Uniquely Mississippi

By: Martin Wilson

Examines what makes Mississippi unique, including its history, geography, people, culture, and attractions.

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Heinemann-Raintree Library

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1403446563

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9781403446565

Pop Goes the Decade

The Sixties

By: Martin Kich,Aaron Barlow

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Pop Goes the Decade

The Sixties

By: Martin Kich,Aaron Barlow

Analyzing complex social and political issues through their manifestations in popular culture, this book provides readers a strong foundational knowledge of the 1960s as a decade. 1969 went out in a way that could never have been imagined in 1960. While the president at the end of the decade had been vice president at the start, the intervening years permanently changed American culture. Pop Goes the Decade: The Sixties explores the cultural and social framework of the 1960s, addressing film, television, sports, technology, media/advertising, fashion, art, and more. Entries are presented in encyclopedic fashion, organized into such categories as controversies in pop culture, game changers, technology, and the decade's legacy. A timeline highlights significant cultural moments, while an introduction and a conclusion place those moments within the contexts of preceding and subsequent decades. Attention to the decade's most prominent influencers allows readers to understand the movements with which these figures are associated, and discussion of controversies and social change enables readers to gain a stronger understanding of evolving American social values.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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The Haunting of Twentieth-Century America

From the Nazis to the New Millennium

By: William J. Birnes,Joel Martin

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The Haunting of Twentieth-Century America

From the Nazis to the New Millennium

By: William J. Birnes,Joel Martin

In this sequel to The Haunting of America, national bestselling authors Joel Martin and William J. Birnes bring up to the present the story of how paranormal events influenced and sometimes even drove political events. In unearthing the roots of America's fascination with the ghosts, goblins, and demons that possess our imaginations and nightmares, Martin and Birnes show how the paranormal has driven America's political, public, and militarypolicies. The authors examine the social history of the United States through the lens of the paranormal and investigate the spiritual events that inspired momentous national decisions: UFOs that frightened the nation's military into launching nuclear bomber squadrons toward the Soviet Union, out-of-body experiences used to gather sensitive intelligence on other countries, and even spirits summoned to communicate with living politicians. The Haunting of Twentieth-Century America is a thrilling evidencebased exploration of the often unexpected influences of the paranormal on science, medicine, law, the government, the military, psychology, theology, death and dying, spirituality, and pop culture. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Forge Books

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1429997370

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9781429997379

Walk Wit’ Me...

All Ova Guyana

By: Helena Martin

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Walk Wit’ Me...

All Ova Guyana

By: Helena Martin

My memoir is laced with nostalgia and at the same time it is my sincere intention to portray the true essence of the Guyanese culture without offence. Keep in mind that this is not based on the experience of every Guyanese. This was the way I saw and experienced things back then. The use of colloquialism is of utmost importance; it is the vernacular we understand. It may sound like another language so unless you were born and bred in Guyana you will need to refer to the glossary provided. Folklore and mothers preaching life lessons through proverbs played a large part in Guyanese life. This is not only an account of the first twenty-one years of my life in Guyana; it also contains anecdotes of visits back to my homeland. You will also find a sprinkling of information pertaining to my new life in Australia. Before immigrating to Australia I believed the sun only rose and set in Guyana; I never imagined another paradise existed on the planet. There is a saying that most Guyanese use to identify their roots after they have voluntarily immigrated or simply fled to another country. When we say, My navel string is buried in Guyana, we simply mean: My roots are there. Its a place where true and enduring friendships were formed forever. We will meet one another decades later and feel as if it was yesterday, reminiscing about our beloved land; lapsing into the language only a fellow Guyanese can understand. A famous Australian crooner said I still call Australia home, and I can assure you that saying applies to Guyanese who have immigrated to every corner of the globe. Navigating the labyrinth of family secrets was my one mission in life; I just had to know.

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BalboaPress

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1452503109

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9781452503103

The Artificial Southerner

Equivocations and Love Songs

By: Philip Martin

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The Artificial Southerner

Equivocations and Love Songs

By: Philip Martin

The Artificial Southerner tracks the manifestations and ramifications of "Southern identity"--the relationship among a self-conscious, invented regionalism, the real distinctiveness of Southern culture, and the influence of the South in America. In these essays columnist Philip Martin explores the region and those who have both fled and embraced it. He offers lyric portraits of Southerners real, imagined, and absentee: musicians (James Brown, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash), writers (Richard Ford, Eudora Welty), politicians (Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter). He also considers such topics as the architecture of E. Fay Jones, the biracial nature of country music, and the idea of "white trash." "Every American has a South within," he says, "a conquered territory, an old wound . . . a scar." His work meditates on the rock and roll, the literature, the life, and the love which proceed from that inner, self-created South.

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University of Arkansas Press

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1557287163

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9781557287168

No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page

By: Martin Power

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No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page

By: Martin Power

Jimmy Page; the mastermind behind Led Zeppelin; their leader, producer, principal songwriter and guitarist. Page has not only shaped the sound of rock music for generations but also created an artistic legacy few others will ever attain. The Omnibus enhanced No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page dissects the life and times of this legendary guitar hero and his journey from unassuming session musician to the record-setting king of guitar showmanship. This Omnibus enhanced digital edition includes an interactive Digital Timeline of Jimmy’s life, allowing you to experience his creative genius through music, images and video. Links to curated playlists for each chapter also allow you to surround yourself with the music of Jimmy Page and all the influences that surrounded him. Using new and exclusive interviews, researched through candid conversations with Jimmy Page's friends, managers and musical collaborators, author Martin Power's No Quarter: The Three Lives Of Jimmy Page is a rich and insightful exploration of this mysterious, mythical figure. This work represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography ever written about Jimmy Page – The "one-man guitar army".

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Omnibus Press

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1783235365

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9781783235360

Ruth and Martin’s Album Club

Listen to a classic album you've never heard before. Now write about it.

By: Martin Fitzgerald

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Ruth and Martin’s Album Club

Listen to a classic album you've never heard before. Now write about it.

By: Martin Fitzgerald

The concept behind Ruth and Martin’s Album Club is simple: make people listen to a classic album they’ve never heard, then ask them to review it. Compiled here are the blog’s greatest hits, as well as some new and exclusive material, each entry boasting a comprehensive introduction by all-round music geek Martin Fitzgerald: Ian Rankin on Madonna’s Madonna. J. K. Rowling on the Violent Femmes’ Violent Femmes. Chris Addison on Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On. Bonnie Greer on The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. Brian Koppelman on The Smiths’ Meat Is Murder. Anita Rani on The Strokes’ Is This It. Richard Osman on Roxy Music’s For Your Pleasure. And many, many more.

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1783524022

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9781783524020

The Jemima Code

Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks

By: Toni Tipton-Martin

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The Jemima Code

Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks

By: Toni Tipton-Martin

Winner, James Beard Foundation Book Award, 2016 Art of Eating Prize, 2015 BCALA Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, 2016 Women of African descent have contributed to America’s food culture for centuries, but their rich and varied involvement is still overshadowed by the demeaning stereotype of an illiterate “Aunt Jemima” who cooked mostly by natural instinct. To discover the true role of black women in the creation of American, and especially southern, cuisine, Toni Tipton-Martin has spent years amassing one of the world’s largest private collections of cookbooks published by African American authors, looking for evidence of their impact on American food, families, and communities and for ways we might use that knowledge to inspire community wellness of every kind. The Jemima Code presents more than 150 black cookbooks that range from a rare 1827 house servant’s manual, the first book published by an African American in the trade, to modern classics by authors such as Edna Lewis and Vertamae Grosvenor. The books are arranged chronologically and illustrated with photos of their covers; many also display selected interior pages, including recipes. Tipton-Martin provides notes on the authors and their contributions and the significance of each book, while her chapter introductions summarize the cultural history reflected in the books that follow. These cookbooks offer firsthand evidence that African Americans cooked creative masterpieces from meager provisions, educated young chefs, operated food businesses, and nourished the African American community through the long struggle for human rights. The Jemima Code transforms America’s most maligned kitchen servant into an inspirational and powerful model of culinary wisdom and cultural authority.

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University of Texas Press

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1477326715

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Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day Writing Prompts

180 Powerful Words with Quick and Fun Prompts That Boost Kids' Vocabulary and Enrich Their Reading and Writing Skills

By: Marcia Miller,Martin Lee

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Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day Writing Prompts

180 Powerful Words with Quick and Fun Prompts That Boost Kids' Vocabulary and Enrich Their Reading and Writing Skills

By: Marcia Miller,Martin Lee

Boost students’ vocabularies, bring new words to life, and prepare kids for standardized tests with these instant, high-interest writing prompts— one for each day of the school year! A rich selection of vocabulary words is correlated with the calendar to support vocabulary development all year long. Includes kid-friendly definitions, common synonyms and antonyms, and prompts that inspire a range of writing genres. For use with Grades 3-6.

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Scholastic Inc.

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0439276039

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9780439276030

BeOS

Porting UNIX Applications

By: Martin C. Brown

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BeOS

Porting UNIX Applications

By: Martin C. Brown

While the BeOS is a fundamentally new operating system, under the hood it contains a lot of UNIX-like features, and aims to be largely POSIX compliant. This book explores the BeOS from a POSIX programmer's vantage point, providing the programmer a comprehensive guide to getting these applications to run on this new platform.

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Morgan Kaufmann

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1558605320

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9781558605329

A Baby Boomer’s Times, Travels, Thoughts, and Hopes

By: Martin Feess

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A Baby Boomer’s Times, Travels, Thoughts, and Hopes

By: Martin Feess

Born in 1949, Martin Feess joined the American baby boomer generation—one of the most privileged group of people to ever walk the earth. While growing up in a small Wisconsin town on a picturesque lake, Feess learned about Dick and Jane, collected an abundance of toys, played baseball, and watched hours of television westerns, just like many other boys of his generation. In a fascinating story of a boomer’s time as seen through a boomer’s eyes, Feess leads others through his experiences as part of the disillusioned generation of the Vietnam War as he matured, served in the army, attended college, and moved west to begin a new chapter. While sharing personal anecdotes, observations, and lessons learned, Feess provides a look into how his journey eventually took him to the Middle East, Europe, and Asia where he learned to embrace the perspectives of others living around the world. Through his experiences and historical reflections, Feess offers an educational window into the making of a unique generation that today looks back in laughter and forward in hope while attempting to better understand who we all are as Americans. A Baby Boomer’s Times, Travels, Thoughts, and Hopes shares personal stories, observations, and historical facts that provide an entertaining and thought-provoking slice of Americana.

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Media and Culture with 2013 Update

An Introduction to Mass Communication

By: Richard Campbell,Christopher R. Martin,Bettina Fabos

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Media and Culture with 2013 Update

An Introduction to Mass Communication

By: Richard Campbell,Christopher R. Martin,Bettina Fabos

Today's media landscape is changing faster than ever, and students are experiencing these developments firsthand. Media & Culture pulls back the curtain on the media and shows students what all these new trends and developments really mean — giving students the deeper insight and context they need to become informed media critics. The 2013 Update also includes the must-cover events and trends students need to know to become informed media consumers and critics — from social media's influence on political events like the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Arab Spring revolutions and what the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal means for journalism to the continued growth of television streaming and apps and the advent of tablet-only newspapers. Read the preface.

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Macmillan

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1457604914

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9781457604911

Media and Culture

An Introduction to Mass Communication

By: Richard Campbell,Christopher R. Martin,Bettina Fabos

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Media and Culture

An Introduction to Mass Communication

By: Richard Campbell,Christopher R. Martin,Bettina Fabos

It's no secret today's media landscape is evolving at a fast and furious pace — and students are experiencing these developments firsthand. While students are familiar with and may be using the latest products and newest formats, they may not understand how the media has evolved to this point or what all these changes mean. This is where Media and Culture steps in. The eighth edition pulls back the curtain and shows students how the media really works, giving students the deeper insight and context they need to become informed media critics.

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Macmillan

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0312644655

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9780312644659

Professional Wrestling in Mississippi: A History

By: Jeffrey Martin

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Professional Wrestling in Mississippi: A History

By: Jeffrey Martin

Bounce off the ropes for a high-flying jaunt through the history of Magnolia State professional wrestling. At its peak, professional wrestling was arguably the most popular sport in Mississippi. The pageantry and colorful personalities appealed to grandparents and grandchildren alike. Author Jeffrey Martin invites readers to step inside the squared circle and revisit everything from the carnival wrestling days of the late 1800s to the chiseled melodrama of modern wrestling. Along the way, readers will learn about Billy Romanoff, the old-school wrestler turned promoter who made wrestling a weekly staple at the Jackson City Auditorium; Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee, who brought down the house on Friday nights at the Tupelo Sports Arena; and George and Gil Culkin, the father-and-son duo who split with "Cowboy" Bill Watts to create their own Mississippi territory, kickstarting the careers of Kamala, Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes and many other pivotal figures.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467154288

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9781467154284

Slay Belles

A Blackbird Sisters Mystery (An eSpecial from New American Library)

By: Nancy Martin

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Slay Belles

A Blackbird Sisters Mystery (An eSpecial from New American Library)

By: Nancy Martin

A classic Blackbird Sisters novella, available digitally for the first time! Whoever coined the phrase “Shop till you drop” certainly never meant “Shop till you drop dead.” But premier personal shopper Popo seems to have done just that—except this shopper’s been murdered. After Popo’s body is found on a display bed in the luxurious Haymaker’s department store, Nora Blackbird is forced to put solving a murder before finishing her Christmas shopping. With sister Libby off on a spending spree and sister Emma checked into rehab, it’s up to Nora to see who had a personal vendetta against this personal shopper—and to determine if a certain designer handbag was worth killing for. Includes a preview of No Way to Kill a Lady, out August 2012!

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Penguin

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1101563559

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9781101563557

Middle-aged White Guys

A Comedy

By: Jane Martin

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Middle-aged White Guys

A Comedy

By: Jane Martin

This wild comedy is set at a toxic waste dump in the Midwest. Three brothers are there to toast the memory of R.V., wife to one and lover to the others, who committed suicide. Roy, the honorary mayor who is dressed as Lincoln to deliver the Gettysburg Address at Fourth of July celebrations, is worried because the town newspaper has revealed that the barrels he imports aren't "food additives" and because his wife now knows about his girlfriend. After brother Moon, a soldier of fortune who has been away killing third world people, talks Roy's wife out of shooting him, R.V. appears looking unchanged by twenty years of being dead. She says the men must march 600 miles to the Washington Monument, naked with a sign that reads "We're Sorry." When their recently deceased mother also appears to chastise them for their sins and for dispersing her ashes at Wendy's instead of Hardee's, the men know what they must do. - Publisher's note.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573695075

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9780573695070

How to Achieve Total Enlightenment

A Practical Guide to the Meaning of Life

By: Sam Martin

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How to Achieve Total Enlightenment

A Practical Guide to the Meaning of Life

By: Sam Martin

If you've ever wondered where to find a wise man on a mountain or how to act if God appears to you, look no further. You can build a backyard water element, practice Tantric sex, or even just find out why there are over 300 million Hindu gods in this lighthearted and useful manual to all things spiritual. How to Achieve Total Enlightenment is both a humorous and inspirational guide for the soul searcher in all of us. From organized religion to surfing, from alms-seeking to Zen rock gardening, it demystifies various spiritual paths and practices and proves that the quest for meaning can be entertaining as well as enlightening. Author Sam Martin offers a no-nonsense, lighthearted approach to finding Truth in some of life's most common pursuits. You might . . . * Learn how to build a shrine to Buddha * Sign up for a pilgrimage in the Pyrenees * Make your own communion wafers * Get the perfect abs through yoga * Learn the basic techniques of the Whirling Dervish With unique, step-by-step instructions, illustrations, informative lists, and practical advice, How to Achieve Total Enlightenment is the divine guide to the meaning of life that no one should be without.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740786806

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9780740786808

BSC in the USA (The Baby-Sitters Club: Super Special #14)

By: Ann M. Martin

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BSC in the USA (The Baby-Sitters Club: Super Special #14)

By: Ann M. Martin

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! It's BSC road trip time! Two RVs are parked in front of Claudia's house. Dawn's dad, Mr. Schafer, will drive one. Watson Brewer, Kristy's stepdad, will pilot the other. The plan? Mr. Schafer and his bunch will take a northern route to California, while Watson's crowd heads south. Every passenger gets to pick a special stop along the way. The destinations? For starters, they include the Grand Canyon, a rodeo, a ghost town, Seattle, and plenty more. In two weeks, the two teams will meat in Dawn's hometown, Palo City.Baby-sitters, start your engines. It's time to hit the road!The best friends you'll ever have--with classic BSC covers!

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Scholastic Inc.

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0545690560

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9780545690560

How High Should Boys Sing?

Gender, Authenticity and Credibility in the Young Male Voice

By: Martin Ashley

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How High Should Boys Sing?

Gender, Authenticity and Credibility in the Young Male Voice

By: Martin Ashley

A boy sings...a beautiful thing' (www.boychoirs.org), but is it? What kinds of boy, singing what kinds of music and to whom? Martin Ashley presents a unique consideration of boys' singing that shows the high voice to be historically, culturally and physiologically more problematic even than is commonly assumed. Through Ashley's extensive conversations with young performers and analysis of their reception by 'peer audiences', the research reveals that the common supposition that 'boys don't want to sound like girls' is far from adequate in explaining the 'missing males' syndrome that can perplex choir directors. The book intertwines the study of singing with the study of identity to create a rich resource for musicians, scholars, teachers and all those concerned with young male involvement in music through singing. The conclusions of the book will challenge many attitudes and unconsidered positions through its argument that many boys actually want to sing but are discouraged by a failure of the adult world to understand the boy mind. Ashley intends the book to stand as an indictment of much complacency and myopia with regard to the young male voice. A substantial grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council has enabled the production of a multi-media resource for schools, choirs and youth organizations called Boys Keep Singing. Based on the contents of this book, the resource shows how, once the interest of boys is captured in primary schools, their singing can be sustained and developed through the difficult but vital early secondary years of ages 11 - 14, about which this book says so much. The resource is lavishly illustrated by short films of boys singing, supported by interviews with boys and their teachers, and a wealth of of animated diagrams and cartoons. It is available to schools and organizations involved in musical education through registration at www.boys-keep-singing.com.

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