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The Senior

My Amazing Year as a 59-Year-Old College Football Linebacker

By: Mike Flynt

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The Senior

My Amazing Year as a 59-Year-Old College Football Linebacker

By: Mike Flynt

It’s Never Too Late to Tackle Your Dreams! Mike Flynt was swapping stories with some old football buddies when he brought up the biggest regret of his life: getting kicked off the college team before his senior year. So, one of his pals said, "Why not do something about it?" Most 59-year-olds would have laughed. Flynt's only concern was his eligibility. He not only returned to college football, but actually made the team at his alma mater - Sul Ross State, an NCAA division III school. His remarkable story begins with a tough upbringing by a violent father who trained him to fight at every opportunity. His fighting habit took him in and out of jail several times, until a faith conversion turned his life around on the very day he was contemplating suicide. Mike Flynt has much to offer others, not only through his story, but through his belief that it’s never too late for God to heal your heart and fulfill your dreams. Foreword by NBA Superstar LeBron James.

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Thomas Nelson

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1418573337

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9781418573331

The Power-Based Life

Realize Your Life's Goals and Dreams by Strengthening Your Body, Mind, and Spirit

By: Mike Flynt

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The Power-Based Life

Realize Your Life's Goals and Dreams by Strengthening Your Body, Mind, and Spirit

By: Mike Flynt

The two greatest days in our lives are the day we’re born and the day we realize what we were born for. Do you know what you were born for? For years Mike Flynt—a college football player turned insurance salesman—certainly didn’t. Then one monumental day he stumbled into what he now believes is the career he was made for and, in turn, the life he was meant to live. The Power-Based Life was developed out of Mike’s desire to help others discover who God created them to be and, consequently, the work they were designed to do. But what exactly is a power base? As Mike explains through heartfelt personal accounts, notable sports stories, and biblical references, a power base is the center of personal strength used to meet challenges that, once discovered and maximized, will lead to a more significant, satisfying, and successful life. He offers twelve strategies designed to tap into your specific points of personal strength, such as Cultivate a Winning Attitude, Defy the Skeptics, and Practice Radical Mercy. These principles empower you to rise above life’s challenges and identify and embrace your goals and dreams. Find true meaning in your work and how you can impact the world by strengthening your body, mind, and spirit.

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0849949211

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You're Only as Good as Your Next One

100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot

By: Mike Medavoy

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You're Only as Good as Your Next One

100 Great Films, 100 Good Films, and 100 for Which I Should Be Shot

By: Mike Medavoy

“An under-read and engaging show-biz memoir.” –The New Yorker "If I had a talent for anything, it was a talent for knowing who was talented." Mike Medavoy is a Hollywood rarity: a studio executive who, though never far from controversy, has remained well loved and respected through four decades of moviemaking. What further sets him apart is his role in bringing to the screen some of the most acclaimed Oscar-winning films of our time: Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, and Sleepless in Seattle are just some of the projects he green-lighted at United Artists, Orion, TriStar, his own Phoenix Pictures. "The ultimate lose-lose situation for a studio executive: to wind up with a commercial bomb and a bad movie." Of course, there are the box office disasters, and the films, as Medavoy says, "for which I should be shot." They, too, have a place in his fascinating memoir -- a pull-no-punches account of financial and political maneuvering, and of working with the industry's brightest star power, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Meg Ryan, and countless others. "Putting together the elements of a film is a succession of best guesses." Medavoy speaks out on how movie studio buyouts have stymied the creative process and brought an end to the "hands-off" golden age of filmmaking. An eyewitness to Hollywood history in the making, he gives a powerful and poignant view of the past and future of a world he knows intimately.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439118132

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9781439118139

Avant-garde Performance & the Limits of Criticism

Approaching the Living Theatre, Happenings/Fluxus, and the Black Arts Movement

By: Mike Sell

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Avant-garde Performance & the Limits of Criticism

Approaching the Living Theatre, Happenings/Fluxus, and the Black Arts Movement

By: Mike Sell

Avant-Garde Performance and the Limits of Criticism looks at the American avant-garde during the Cold War period, focusing on the interrelated questions of performance practices, cultural resistance, and the politics of criticism and scholarship in the U.S. counterculture. This groundbreaking book examines the role of the scholar and critic in the cultural struggles of radical artists and reveals how avant-garde performance identifies the very limits of critical consideration. It also explores the popularization of the avant-garde: how formerly subversive art is eventually discovered by the mass media, is gobbled up by the marketplace, and finds its way onto the syllabi of college and university courses. This book is a timely and significant book that will appeal to those interested in avant-garde literary criticism, theater history, and performance studies.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472033077

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9780472033072

The Senior

My Amazing Year as a 59-Year-Old College Football Linebacker

By: Mike Flynt

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The Senior

My Amazing Year as a 59-Year-Old College Football Linebacker

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Early Alabama

An Illustrated Guide to the Formative Years, 1798–1826

By: Mike Bunn

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Early Alabama

An Illustrated Guide to the Formative Years, 1798–1826

By: Mike Bunn

An illustrated guidebook documenting the history and sites of the state’s origins Alabama’s territorial and early statehood years represent a crucial formative period in its past, a time in which the state both literally and figuratively took shape. The story of the remarkable changes that occurred within Alabama as it transitioned from frontier territory to a vital part of the American union in less than a quarter century is one of the most compelling in the state’s past. This history is rich with stories of charismatic leaders, rugged frontiersmen, a dramatic and pivotal war that shaped the state’s trajectory, raging political intrigue, and pervasive sectional rivalry. Many of Alabama’s modern cities, counties, and religious, educational, and governmental institutions first took shape within this time period. It also gave way to the creation of sophisticated trade and communication networks, the first large-scale cultivation of cotton, and the advent of the steamboat. Contained within this story of growth and innovation is a parallel story, the dispossession of Native groups of their lands and the forced labor of slaves, which fueled much of Alabama’s early development. Early Alabama: An Illustrated Guide to the Formative Years, 1798–1826 serves as a traveler’s guidebook with a fast-paced narrative that traces Alabama’s developmental years. Despite the great significance of this era in the state’s overall growth, these years are perhaps the least understood in all of the state’s history and have received relatively scant attention from historians. Mike Bunn has created a detailed guide—appealing to historians and the general public—for touring historic sites and structures including selected homes, churches, businesses, government buildings, battlefields, cemeteries, and museums..

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University Alabama Press

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0817359281

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I Have Fun Everywhere I Go

Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World

By: Mike Edison

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I Have Fun Everywhere I Go

Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World

By: Mike Edison

Originally published in hardcover in 2008.

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Macmillan

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0865479038

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American Idol After Iraq

Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age

By: Nathan Gardels,Mike Medavoy

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American Idol After Iraq

Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age

By: Nathan Gardels,Mike Medavoy

This dazzling little book explores the role of US media in foreignpolicy, not only at the present moment, but with an eye to thefuture. Written by a veteran Hollywood film executive and aninternationally known columnist in foreign affairs Explains how American movies, TV shows, and pop music providethe images of America to the rest of the world, and the rest of theworld to Americans Includes discussions of the cartoons of the Prophet MohammedDanish daily newspapers, Tibetan monks censored out of Chinese TVnews reports only to show up on You Tube, and the Vatican's assaulton the Da Vinci Code movie Argues that Hollywood is a key player in the 'deep coalition'required to support a 'smart power' foreign policy and build aglobal cultural infrastructure that will make the world safe forinterdependence

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John Wiley & Sons

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144431050X

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9781444310504

Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997

By: Mike Royko

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Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997

By: Mike Royko

Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984–1997 is an expansive new volume of the longtime Chicago news legend’s work. Encompassing thousands of his columns, all of which originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, this is the first collection of Royko work to solely cover his time at the Tribune. Covering politics, culture, sports, and more, Royko brings his trademark sarcasm and cantankerous wit to a complete compendium of his last 14 years as a newspaper man. Organized chronologically, these columns display Royko's talent for crafting fictional conversations that reveal the truth of the small-minded in our society. From cagey political points to hysterical take-downs of "meatball" sports fans, Royko's writing was beloved and anticipated anxiously by his fans. In plain language, he "tells it like it is" on subjects relevant to modern society. In addition to his columns, the book features Royko's obituary and articles written about him after his death, telling the tale of his life and success. This ultimate collection is a must-read for Royko fans, longtime Chicago Tribune readers, and Chicagoans who love the city's rich history of dedicated and insightful journalism.

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Agate Digital

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1572844922

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History for the IB Diploma Paper 3 Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas Post-1945

By: Mark Stacey,Mike Scott-Baumann,Michael Scott-Baumann

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History for the IB Diploma Paper 3 Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas Post-1945

By: Mark Stacey,Mike Scott-Baumann,Michael Scott-Baumann

Comprehensive books to support study of History for the IB Diploma Paper 3, revised for first assessment in 2017. This coursebook covers Paper 3, HL option 2: History of the Americas, Topic 17: Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas Post-1945 of the History for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma syllabus for first assessment in 2017. Tailored to the requirements of the IB syllabus, and written by experienced examiners and teachers, it offers an authoritative and engaging guidance through the origins, nature and achievements of civil rights and social movements in the Americas after 1945.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316605965

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9781316605967

Old Southwest to Old South

Mississippi, 1798-1840

By: Mike Bunn,Clay Williams

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Old Southwest to Old South

Mississippi, 1798-1840

By: Mike Bunn,Clay Williams

Mississippi’s foundational epoch—in which the state literally took shape—has for too long remained overlooked and shrouded in misunderstanding. Yet the years between 1798, when the Mississippi Territory was created, and 1840, when the maturing state came into its own as arguably the heart of the antebellum South, was one of remarkable transformation. Beginning as a Native American homeland subject to contested claims by European colonial powers, the state became a thoroughly American entity in the span of little more than a generation. In Old Southwest to Old South: Mississippi, 1798–1840, authors Mike Bunn and Clay Williams tell the story of Mississippi’s founding era in a sweeping narrative that gives these crucial years the attention they deserve. Several key themes, addressing how and why the state developed as it did, rise to the forefront in the book’s pages. These include a veritable list of the major issues in Mississippi history: a sudden influx of American settlers, the harsh saga of Removal, the pivotal role of the institution of slavery, and the consequences of heavy reliance on cotton production. The book bears witness to Mississippi’s birth as the twentieth state in the Union, and it introduces a cast of colorful characters and events that demand further attention from those interested in the state’s past. A story of relevance to all Mississippians, Old Southwest to Old South explains how Mississippi’s early development shaped the state and continues to define it today.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496843797

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9781496843791

Malicious Intent

A Hollywood Fable

By: Mike Walker

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Malicious Intent

A Hollywood Fable

By: Mike Walker

A Hollywood photographer dies in an accident after publishing a picture of an actress beating a horse. Reporter Cameron Tull sets out to nail the actress, a woman who carries a gun and a razor, and always gets what she wants.

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Bancroft Press

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1890862975

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Civil War Eufaula

By: Mike Bunn

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Civil War Eufaula

By: Mike Bunn

Told here for the first time is the compelling story of the Bluff City during the Civil War. Historian and preservationist Mike Bunn takes you from the pivotal role Eufaula played in Alabama's secession and early enthusiasm for the Confederate cause to its aborted attempt to become the state's capital and its ultimate capture by Union forces, chronicling the effects of the conflict on Eufaulans along the way. "Civil War Eufaula "draws on a wide range of firsthand individual perspectives, including those of husbands and wives, political leaders, businessmen, journalists, soldiers, students and slaves, to produce a mosaic of observations on shared experiences. Together, they communicate what it was like to live in this riverside trading town during a prolonged and cataclysmic war. It is the story of ordinary people in extraordinary times.

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Arcadia Publishing

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162584722X

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I'd Plan Differently

By: Mike Pallagi

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I'd Plan Differently

By: Mike Pallagi

The ten stories in this volume will upset, amuse, and provoke you. With this collection, Mike Pallagi takes readers into worlds where fury has weakness, humor has pain, and journies are fraught with pathos, speechlessness, and uncertainty. In the title story, the spirit of a slain high school shooter recounts his planning and admits his tactical errors. In "The Wall Sentry," a familiar legend is revisited and reinvented. We experience the office treachery of an undergrad narrator ("Newsletter") and launch into the stratosphere with an overzealous teenager ("Jet Pack"). Pallagi's work is fresh, unashamed, and remarkably irreverant. Whether his protagonists imagine their legacies or panic over the loss of technological conveniences, Mike Pallagi takes readers on adventures both exhilerating and surreal.

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iUniverse

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0595133398

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9780595133390

America's Last Great Newspaper War

The Death of Print in a Two-Tabloid Town

By: Mike Jaccarino

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America's Last Great Newspaper War

The Death of Print in a Two-Tabloid Town

By: Mike Jaccarino

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE WEEK BY THE NEW YORK POST ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOBOOK A from-the-trenches view of New York Daily News and New York Post runners and photographers as they stop at nothing to break the story and squash their tabloid arch-rivals. When author Mike Jaccarino was offered a job at the Daily News in 2006, he was asked a single question: “Kid, what are you going to do to help us beat the Post?” That was the year things went sideways at the News, when the New York Post surpassed its nemesis in circulation for the first time in the history of both papers. Tasked with one job—crush the Post—Jaccarino here provides the behind-the-scenes story of how the runners and shooters on both sides would do anything and everything to get the scoop before their opponents. The New York Daily News and the New York Post have long been the Hatfields and McCoys of American media: two warring tabloids in a town big enough for only one of them. As digital news rendered print journalism obsolete, the fight to survive in NYC became an epic, Darwinian battle. In America’s Last Great Newspaper War, Jaccarino exposes the untold story of this tabloid death match of such ferocity and obsession its like has not occurred since Pulitzer– Hearst. Told through the eyes of hungry “runners” (field reporters) and “shooters” (photographers) who would employ phony police lights to overcome traffic, Mike Jaccarino’s memoir unmasks the do-whatever-it-takes era of reporting—where the ends justified the means and nothing was off-limits. His no-holds-barred account describes sneaking into hospitals, months-long stakeouts, infiltrating John Gotti’s crypt, bidding wars for scoops, high-speed car chases with Hillary Clinton, O.J. Simpson, and the baby mama of a philandering congressman—all to get that coveted front-page story. Today, few runners and shooters remain on the street. Their age and exploits are as bygone as the News–Post war and American newspapers, generally. Where armies once battled, often no one is covering the story at all. Funding for this book was provided by: Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund

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Fordham Univ Press

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0823287394

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9780823287390

Once a Fan...

By: Mike Resnick

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Once a Fan...

By: Mike Resnick

The collected articles, essays, and fannish non-fiction of Hugo-Award-winning author Mike Resnick.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1592240194

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9781592240197

Rock and Roll Comics: The Beatles Experience

By: Stuart Immonen,Mike Sagara,Vinnie Tartamella

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Rock and Roll Comics: The Beatles Experience

By: Stuart Immonen,Mike Sagara,Vinnie Tartamella

In comic book format, presents the history of the Beatles through the narration of John Lennon.

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Bluewater Productions

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1427642273

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Greater Gotham

A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919

By: Mike Wallace

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Greater Gotham

A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919

By: Mike Wallace

In this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers' Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repression during and after the First World War. Here is New York on a whole new scale, moving from national to global prominence -- an urban dynamo driven by restless ambition, boundless energy, immigrant dreams, and Wall Street greed. Within the first two decades of the twentieth century, a newly consolidated New York grew exponentially. The city exploded into the air, with skyscrapers jostling for prominence, and dove deep into the bedrock where massive underground networks of subways, water pipes, and electrical conduits sprawled beneath the city to serve a surging population of New Yorkers from all walks of life. New York was transformed in these two decades as the world's second-largest city and now its financial capital, thriving and sustained by the city's seemingly unlimited potential. Wallace's new book matches its predecessor in pure page-turning appeal and takes America's greatest city to new heights.

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Oxford University Press

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0199911460

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9780199911462

Fourteenth Colony

The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era

By: Mike Bunn

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Fourteenth Colony

The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era

By: Mike Bunn

The British colony of West Florida—which once stretched from the mighty Mississippi to the shallow bends of the Apalachicola and portions of what are now the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana—is the forgotten fourteenth colony of America's Revolutionary era. The colony's eventful years as a part of the British Empire form an important and compelling interlude in Gulf Coast history that has for too long been overlooked. For a host of reasons, including the fact that West Florida did not rebel against the British Government, the colony has long been dismissed as a loyal but inconsequential fringe outpost, if considered at all. But the colony's history showcases a tumultuous political scene featuring a halting attempt at instituting representative government; a host of bold and colorful characters; a compelling saga of struggle and perseverance in the pursuit of financial stability; and a dramatic series of battles on land and water which brought about the end of its days under the Union Jack. In Fourteenth Colony, historian Mike Bunn offers the first comprehensive history of the colony, introducing readers to the Gulf Coast's remarkable British period and putting West Florida back in its rightful place on the map of Colonial America.

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NewSouth Books

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1588384144

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9781588384140

Lil' Donnie Vol. 1: Executive Privilege

By: Mike Norton

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Lil' Donnie Vol. 1: Executive Privilege

By: Mike Norton

9 x 6 landscape format Finally, the acclaimed Rueben Award-nominated webcomic is collected! Follow the timely and terrifying adventures of Lil; Donnie, the worst president in the history of the United States of America. This collection contains the first year of antics of a truly motley crew of weirdos and degenerates as they work (HA!) to make our world a better place for them! Get one while we still have a first amendment! Collects the first 125 LIL' DONNIE comic strips COMPARISON TITLES If Sh*t My President SaysÑor really any @POTUS tweet nowadaysÑhas you rolling on the floor laughing, then youÕll love LILÕ DONNIE!

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Image Comics

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1534311394

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My Bloody Valentine's Loveless

By: Mike McGonigal

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My Bloody Valentine's Loveless

By: Mike McGonigal

Loveless remains an enigma, 15 years after its release - an album so influential and groundbreaking that its chief creator, Kevin Shields, has been unable or unwilling to release an official follow-up. In his book, Mike McGonigal talks to all the members of My Bloody Valentine, in an almost certainly futile attempt to get at the essence of this extraordinary record.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1441169598

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Roadtrip Nation

A Guide to Discovering Your Path in Life

By: Nathan Gebhard,Mike Marriner,Joanne Gordon

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Roadtrip Nation

A Guide to Discovering Your Path in Life

By: Nathan Gebhard,Mike Marriner,Joanne Gordon

SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH YOUR LIFE? “You should be a lawyer, a doctor, an accountant, a consultant, blah, blah, blah. Everywhere you turn people try to tell you who to be and what to do with your life. We call that the noise. Block it. Shed it. Leave it for the conformists. As a generation, we need to get back to focusing on individuality. Self-construction rather than mass production. Define your own road in life instead of traveling down someone else’s. Listen to yourself. Your road is the open road. Find it.”—Mike and Nathan ***** After college Mike Marriner and Nathan Gebhard had no idea what to do with their lives. All they’d been exposed to were standard career paths like doctor and consultant—roads that didn’t fit them at all. To see what else was out there they took a roadtrip across the nation in a huge forty-foot RV to meet with people who had successfully defined their own paths in life—including the chairman of Starbucks; a lobsterman from Maine; the director of Saturday Night Live; the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic; the first female Supreme Court Justice of the United States; head stylist for Madonna; and the CEO of National Geographic Ventures. All told, one hundred and forty people candidly shared their stories about how they got from college to the present. Now in Roadtrip Nation, Mike and Nathan share the most compelling tales with you. Along the way, they explain how you, too, can get out there and meet people on your own. From making cold calls to asking stimulating interview questions, Roadtrip Nation will give you the tools to create a life that you’ll look back on and say: “I was true to myself every step of the way.”

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Ballantine Books

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0345496388

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9780345496386

Etowah County

By: Bob Scarboro,Mike Goodson

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Etowah County

By: Bob Scarboro,Mike Goodson

Drawing from, among other sources, the collection of famed photographer Adolph Lebourg, a French immigrant who traveled to Alabama with a circus, Scarboro and Goodson combine wonderful images with insightful text to provide a unique look at the countys heritage. Especially evident in Lebourgs photographs is a passion for motorcycles, providing a great point of interest for many of the books images. Etowah County includes such points of interest as the Kyle Home, which once stood on the present site of the Etowah County Courthouse, the home of Alabama Power Company founder W.P. Lay, and several of the countys early movie theaters. Many local businesses and industries are highlighted in the early years of their existence. Also included are glimpses of such local events as parades, sporting events, and the beautiful Nocallula Falls. Whether one is a longtime resident familiar with all the area has to offer, or a newcomer eager to learn more of the countys heritage, Etowah County is a wonderful look at days gone by.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439612595

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9781439612590

The Pro

A Golf Novel

By: Mike Shropshire

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The Pro

A Golf Novel

By: Mike Shropshire

Del Bonnet, a teaching pro at an obscure Florida golf resort, needs a change and needs it badly. Having crossed an ominous threshold--his fiftieth birthday--Bonnet receives frequent communiques from the AARP people. He gazes into the future and sees the prospect of assisted living growing larger by the day. Serendipity intervenes. A sales rep working out of his station wagon leaves a handmade driver in Bonnet's modest golf shop. The pro privately auditions the driver with astounding results. Bonnet--celebrated for thirty years as the only touring pro to be arrested on the course during a PGA event--is quickly convinced that he has secured possession of no mere golf club, but a sword of salvation. So armed, he decides to embark on the PGA Seniors Tour. Thus the formation of a strange triumvirate known as Team Del, consisting of the pro, the golf club that soon becomes dubbed "Big Luther," and a caddie, Doublewide McBride. Bonnet soon learns that the caddie is long on off-the-wall intuitions, short on behavioral graces recommended by Emily Post. While the misadventures of Team Del might not serve as a tribute to the memories Hagen and Hogan, the events detailed in Michael Shropshire's The Pro stand out as perhaps the most hilarious odyssey in the modern annals of sports fiction.

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Macmillan

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1466872012

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9781466872011

The Little Book of Rock and Roll Wisdom

By: Mike Katz,Crispin Kott

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The Little Book of Rock and Roll Wisdom

By: Mike Katz,Crispin Kott

When the singing is over and the talking starts, that’s when the true, unvarnished wisdom of rock ‘n’ roll comes out. Built on first-hand experience, the gorgeous, illustrated Little Book of Rock ‘n’ Roll Wisdom offers the wise words of stars past and present on a variety of topics like love, breakups, rebellion, success, feeling good, being down-and-out, and even death to offer the big-picture view of rock ‘n’ roll. Rock stars can be outrageous, funny, in your face, and sometimes even oddly humanitarian. This collection includes wisdom from such icons as Elvis, Bowie, Jimi, Dylan, Bruce, Mick, Keith, Prince, Lennon, Ozzy, Clapton, Bono, Janis, and more.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493035622

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9781493035625

Vampire Weekend

A Novel

By: Mike Chen

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Vampire Weekend

A Novel

By: Mike Chen

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood “A love letter to the power of music, this thoughtful, humorous exploration of what constitutes living versus mere survival sees Chen (Light Years from Home) at the top of his game.” —Publishers Weekly starred review "A strong emotional core carries Chen’s (Light Years from Home, 2022) latest, which is ultimately about healing from old wounds and learning how to embrace life again after loss—even if you’re dead." —Booklist Being a vampire is far from glamorous…but it can be pretty punk rock. Everything you’ve heard about vampires is a lie. They can’t fly. No murders allowed (the community hates that). And turning into a bat? Completely ridiculous. In fact, vampire life is really just a lot of blood bags and night jobs. For Louise Chao, it’s also lonely, since she swore off family ages ago. At least she’s gone to decades of punk rock shows. And if she can join a band of her own (while keeping her…situation under wraps), maybe she’ll finally feel like she belongs, too. Then a long-lost teenage relative shows up at her door. Whether it’s Ian’s love of music or his bad attitude, for the first time in ages, Louise feels a connection. But as Ian uncovers Louise’s true identity, things get dangerous—especially when he asks her for the ultimate favor. One that goes beyond just family…one that might just change everything vampires know about life and death forever.

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MIRA

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0369722485

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Flying to Victory

Raymond Collishaw and the Western Desert Campaign, 1940–1941

By: Mike Bechthold

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Flying to Victory

Raymond Collishaw and the Western Desert Campaign, 1940–1941

By: Mike Bechthold

Canadian-born flying ace Raymond Collishaw (1893–1976) served in Britain’s air forces for twenty-eight years. As a pilot in World War I he was credited with sixty-one confirmed kills on the Western Front. When World War II began in 1939, Air Commodore Collishaw commanded a Royal Air Force group in Egypt. It was in Egypt and Libya in 1940–41, during the Britain’s Western Desert campaign, that he demonstrated the tenets of an effective air-ground cooperation system. Flying to Victory examines Raymond Collishaw’s contribution to the British system of tactical air support—a pattern of operations that eventually became standard in the Allied air forces and proved to be a key factor in the Allied victory. The British Army and Royal Air Force entered the war with conflicting views on the issue of air support that hindered the success of early operations. It was only after the chastening failure of Operation Battleaxe in June 1941, fought according to army doctrine, that Winston Churchill shifted strategy on the direction of future air campaigns—ultimately endorsing the RAF's view of mission and target selection. This view adopted principles of air-ground cooperation that Collishaw had demonstrated in combat. Author Mike Bechthold traces the emergence of this strategy in the RAF air campaign in Operation Compass, the first British offensive in the Western Desert, in which Air Commodore Collishaw’s small force overwhelmed its Italian counterpart and disrupted enemy logistics. Flying to Victory details the experiences that prepared Collishaw so well for this campaign and that taught him much about the application of air power, especially how to work effectively with the army and Royal Navy. As Bechthold shows, these lessons learned altered the Allied approach to tactical air support and, ultimately, changed the course of the Second World War.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806157860

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9780806157863

The Stories We Tell

How TV and Movies Long for and Echo the Truth

By: Mike Cosper

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The Stories We Tell

How TV and Movies Long for and Echo the Truth

By: Mike Cosper

The average American watches 5 hours of TV every day. Collectively, we spend roughly $30 billion on movies each year. Simply put, we're entertainment junkies. But can we learn something from our insatiable addiction to stories? Mike Cosper thinks so. From horror flicks to rom-coms, the tales we tell and the myths we weave inevitably echo the narrative underlying all of history: the story of humanity's tragic sin and God's triumphant salvation. This entertaining book connects the dots between the stories we tell and the one, great Story—helping us better understand the longings of the human heart and thoughtfully engage with the movies and TV shows that capture our imaginations.

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Crossway

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1433537117

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9781433537110

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions

By: Elizabeth Webber,Mike Feinsilber

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions

By: Elizabeth Webber,Mike Feinsilber

A guide to references commonly used in speech and writing. Explains more than 900 allusions. Entries include examples from todays leading media. A must for serious readers, language lovers, and ESL students.

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Merriam-Webster

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0877796289

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Cult Vegas

The Weirdest! the Wildest! the Swingin'est Town on Earth!

By: Mike Weatherford

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Cult Vegas

The Weirdest! the Wildest! the Swingin'est Town on Earth!

By: Mike Weatherford

Mike Weatherford resurrects the mystique of Vegas's Golden Age--the '60s of history and legend--bringing the hipster legacy to new Vegasphiles. Meet '50s and '60s lounge greats the Treniers, the Mary Kaye Trio, and Louis Prima and Keely Smith; comedy legends Joe E. Lewis, Shecky Greene, and Don Rickles; and Vegas babes Vampira, Lili St. Cyr, Ann-Margret, and Tempest Storm. Weatherford also covers nearly every offbeat movie ever made about Las Vegas, as well as Elvis and Frank's impact on the town. This gorgeous entertainment retrospective is packed with showroom esoterica, descriptions of near-forgotten corners of Vegas cult musicology, odd trivia, and unsung heroes of a bygone era. Cult Vegas chronicles the major moments--the camp, the extreme, the awful--in short, the magic of Las Vegas' half-century run as an entertainment mecca.

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Huntington Press Inc

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0929712714

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9780929712710

Resnick at Large

By: Mike Resnick,Robert J. Sawyer

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Resnick at Large

By: Mike Resnick,Robert J. Sawyer

These 61 essays and articles include Mike Resnick's work for galaxyonline.com, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, book introductions, and much, much more! Features an introduction by Robert J. Sawyer

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Wildside Press LLC

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1592241603

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9781592241606

When the Tuna Went Down to Texas

How Bill Parcells Led the Cowboys Back to the Promised Land

By: Mike Shropshire

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When the Tuna Went Down to Texas

How Bill Parcells Led the Cowboys Back to the Promised Land

By: Mike Shropshire

Take two outsized egos (Bill Parcells and Jerry Jones) and a highly visible sports franchise (the Dallas Cowboys) and set them in the Lone Star State for this outrageous insider's look at pro football.

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Harper Collins

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0060572116

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9780060572112

One More Time

The Best of Mike Royko

By: Mike Royko

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One More Time

The Best of Mike Royko

By: Mike Royko

Culled from 7,500 columns and spanning four decades, the writings in this collection reflect a radically changing America as seen by a man whose keen sense of justice and humor never faltered. 11 halftones.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226730727

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9780226730721

The Power-Based Life

Realize Your Life's Goals and Dreams by Strengthening Your Body, Mind, and Spirit

By: Mike Flynt

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The Power-Based Life

Realize Your Life's Goals and Dreams by Strengthening Your Body, Mind, and Spirit

By: Mike Flynt

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Thomas Nelson

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0849949211

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