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Collision Low Crossers

Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football

By: Nicholas Dawidoff

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Collision Low Crossers

Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football

By: Nicholas Dawidoff

An unrivaled portrait of day-to-day life in the NFL: "Riveting . . . an instant classic" (New York Times Book Review). By spending a year with the New York Jets, Nicholas Dawidoff entered a mysterious and private world with its own rituals and language. Equal parts Paper Lion, Moneyball, Friday Night Lights, and The Office, this absorbing, funny, and vivid narrative gets to the heart of a massive and stressful collective endeavor. Here is football in many faces: the polarizing, brilliant, and hilarious head coach; the general manager, whose job is to support (and suppress) the irrepressible coach; the defensive coaches and their in-house rivals, the offensive coaches; and of course the players. Wise safeties, brooding linebackers, high-strung cornerbacks, enthusiastic rookies, and a well-read nose tackle: they make up a strange and complex family. Dawidoff makes an emblematic NFL season come alive for fans and nonfans alike in a book about football that will forever change the way people watch and think about the sport.

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Hachette+ORM

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0316254991

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9780316254991

Falcons

By: Nicholas Wade Wynn

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Falcons

By: Nicholas Wade Wynn

Enter a world constantly struggling with war, those in power wage war on those who cannot defend themselves for total global control. A smaller organization foresees where the human race is headed if the wars continue, and so the FALCONS are born. They are a small group of soldiers specifically trained to take on the larger military powers. Only soon the enemy militaries will be a small fraction of their worries. Dark forces conspire to rise up from the deep abyss of Hell. Demons come to possess humans at a more rapid pace to speed up the coming Armageddon by bringing about certain omens told of in legends from long since past. With every passing second every demon devil and fallen angel awaits for their chance to be released from Hell. Will the FALCONS rise up and become humanity's Proclamation for Salvation?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1436374766

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9781436374767

The Story Of Esther Costello

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

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The Story Of Esther Costello

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

Young Esther Costello is deaf, dumb and blind. Discovered by a well-meaning American, she is whisked away for treatment, but without success. Her patron devotes her life to Esther's care, but public donations are diverted to a personal account. Then, Esther's faculties are restored, with shocking consequences.

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House of Stratus

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075514354X

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9780755143542

The Adventuress

A Novel

By: N. D. Coleridge,Nicholas Coleridge

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The Adventuress

A Novel

By: N. D. Coleridge,Nicholas Coleridge

Rising from humble origins, Cath Fox uses her shrewd wits to pursue her ambitions from a Portsmouth backstreet to the boardrooms of global empires before championing society as a scorpion-tattooed insider at a royal wedding.

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Macmillan

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1250028256

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9781250028259

Three Weeks with My Brother

By: Nicholas Sparks,Micah Sparks

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Three Weeks with My Brother

By: Nicholas Sparks,Micah Sparks

In this New York Times bestseller, follow the author of The Notebook as he travels the world with his brother learning about faith, loss, connection, and hope. As moving as his bestselling works of fiction, Nicholas Sparks's unique memoir, written with his brother, chronicles the life-affirming journey of two brothers bound by memories, both humorous and tragic. In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother, Micah, set off on a three-week trip around the globe. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at thirty-seven and thirty-eight respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. Against the backdrop of the wonders of the world and often overtaken by their feelings, daredevil Micah and the more serious, introspective Nicholas recalled their rambunctious childhood adventures and the tragedies that tested their faith. And in the process, they discovered startling truths about loss, love, and hope. Narrated with irrepressible humor and rare candor, and including personal photos, Three Weeks with My Brother reminds us to embrace life with all its uncertainties . . . and most of all, to cherish the joyful times, both small and momentous, and the wonderful people who make them possible.

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Grand Central Publishing

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0759510334

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9780759510333

Somewhere in the Night

By: Nicholas Christopher

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Somewhere in the Night

By: Nicholas Christopher

Film noir is more than a cinematic genre. It is an essential aspect of American culture. Along with the cowboy of the Wild West, the denizen of the film noir city is at the very center of our mythological iconography. Described as the style of an anxious victor, film noir began during the post-war period, a strange time of hope and optimism mixed with fear and even paranoia. The shadow of this rich and powerful cinematic style can now be seen in virtually every artistic medium. The spectacular success of recent neo-film noirs is only the tip of an iceberg. In the dead-on, nocturnal jazz of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, the chilled urban landscapes of Edward Hopper, and postwar literary fiction from Nelson Algren and William S. Burroughs to pulp masters like Horace McCoy, we find an unsettling recognition of the dark hollowness beneath the surface of the American Dream. Acclaimed novelist and poet Nicholas Christopher explores the cultural identity of film noir in a seamless, elegant, and enchanting work of literary prose. Examining virtually the entire catalogue of film noir, Christopher identifies the central motif as the urban labyrinth, a place infested with psychosis, anxiety, and existential dread in which the noir hero embarks on a dangerously illuminating quest. With acute sensitivity, he shows how technical devices such as lighting, voice over, and editing tempo are deployed to create the film noir world. Somewhere in the Night guides us through the architecture of this imaginary world, be it shot in New York or Los Angeles, relating its elements to the ancient cultural archetypes that prefigure it. Finally, Christopher builds an explanation of why film noir not only lives on but is currently enjoying a renaissance. Somewhere in the Night can be appreciated as a lucid introduction to a fundamental style of American culture, and also as a guide to film noir's heyday. Ultimately, though, as the work of a bold talent adeptly manipulating poetic cadence and metaphor, it is itself a superb aesthetic artifact.

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312

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Simon and Schuster

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1439137617

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9781439137611

Codename Sentinel

By: Nicholas Burce

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Codename Sentinel

By: Nicholas Burce

WINNER NEWSPAPER HOUSE LITERARY AWARD 2012 Security arrangements for a visit to Australia by the US Secretary of State are made under the watchful eye of a beautiful Australian diplomat, stationed in Washington. As the jet carrying the US officials enters Australian air space, intelligence services intercept a coded message, setting alarm bells ringing and prompting a national security operation. All the signs point towards Islamic terrorists. Tom Grant, a rugged, highly decorated Australian SAS Commander just back from Afghanistan, leads a frantic mission to hunt down the suspects. As the gap between the fugitives and their hunters closes, a cruel twist emerges, challenging credulity and threatening a highly explosive international incident. ""Nowhere in the Qur'an is there an exhortation to kill. That is just the Mantra of xenophobic westerners wanting to discredit Islam. Indeed, Chapter 17: Verse 70 of the Q'uran makes interesting reading. It states: Respect and honour all human beings irrespective of their religion, colour, race, sex, language, status, property, birth or profession'". "In that instant, Sentinel's eyes assumed a puzzled look then a look of surprise and finally of horror, as he realised he was going to die. The bullet had punched through Sentinel's soft tissue, entering his cranial cavity and exploding out of the side of his face ." A masterful narrative, by a master story-teller. "Riveting realism. Riveting suspense-from a master story-teller

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483650081

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9781483650081

From Head to Heart: High Quality Teaching Practices in the Spotlight

By: Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Teresa Allissa Citro

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From Head to Heart: High Quality Teaching Practices in the Spotlight

By: Nicholas D. Young,Elizabeth Jean,Teresa Allissa Citro

It is widely acknowledged that today’s teachers are tasked with educating increasingly diverse students as well as addressing their academic and social-emotional needs. This book examines cutting-edge teaching practices that make a difference in improving general educator and/or student performance across the grade spans. The emphasis is placed on research-based strategies, practices, and theories that can be readily translated into classroom practice. From Head to Heart: High Quality Teaching Practices in the Spotlight considers the importance of more personal topics within the teaching field, such as teacher wellness, as well as including information on effective teaching practices that seek to inspire and empower students and teachers. This book will be of interest to those that work within a pedagogical environment as well as university students and parents, alike.

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181

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Vernon Press

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1622735242

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9781622735242

KK Undercover Mystery

The Cookie Caper

By: Nicholas Sheridan Stanton

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KK Undercover Mystery

The Cookie Caper

By: Nicholas Sheridan Stanton

In , fourth-grader KK and her crew of grade school sleuths tackle the mystery of disappearing student lunches at their elementary school. The team gathers clues to trap the "Lunchito Bandito" in an investigation that will require every resource they have.

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Just Imagine It Ink

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144177677X

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9781441776778

Black Cat Weekly #19

By: L. Timmel Duchamp,Jason Half,N.M. Cedeñov,Hal Charles,Stephen Wasylyk,Nicholas Carter,Richard Marsh,Everil Worrell, Larry Tritten,Paul W. Fairman,Malcolm Jameson

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Black Cat Weekly #19

By: L. Timmel Duchamp,Jason Half,N.M. Cedeñov,Hal Charles,Stephen Wasylyk,Nicholas Carter,Richard Marsh,Everil Worrell, Larry Tritten,Paul W. Fairman,Malcolm Jameson

Three of our contributing editors brought in amazing tales. Barb Goffman presents Jason’s Half’s “The Last Ferry,” Cynthia Ward brings us “Quinn’s Deal,” by L. Timmel Duchamp, and Michael Bracken offers “A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy,” by N.M. Cedeño. Two are mysteries and two are science fiction. I leave it to you to figure out which is which. (No cheating and checking the list of stories below…unless you absolutely can’t help yourself!) We have three fantasies this time, too—Larry Tritten returns with a story featuring a djinn and a man with a hankering for travel. Everil Worrell has a date with Death. And in Curios, a short story collection by Richard Marsh, we find 7 short stories featuring a pair of rival curio collectors—with some most unusual items! And, of course, there are some classic tales—A Sharper’s Downfall is a mystery novel featuring Nick Carter, Stephen Wasylyk has a vintage mystery short, and we have rip-roaring science fiction tales from Paul W. Fairman and Malcolm Jameson. And of course we couldn’t forget a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. (Yes, it’s a Halloween solve-it-yourself. I should have included it in one of the October issues, but messed up. Doh! You’ll just have to live with it.) Here is the complete lineup: Mysteries / Suspense: “The Halloween Costume Caper,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “Ten Dollar$ a Week,” by Stephen Wasylyk [short story] "A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy," by N.M. Cedeñov [short story] "The Last Ferry," by Jason Half [Barb Goffman Presents short story] A Sharper’s Downfall, by Nicholas Carter [novel] Curios, by Richard Marsh [fantasy and mystery collection] Science Fiction & Fantasy: Curios, by Richard Marsh [fantasy and mystery collection] “Leonora,” by Everil Worrell [fantasy short story] “Travels With Harry,” by Larry Tritten [fantasy short story] "A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy," by N.M. Cedeñov [science fiction short story] “Quinn’s Deal,” by L. Timmel Duchamp [Cynthia Ward Presents science fiction novelet] “Traitor’s Choice,” by Paul W. Fairman [science fiction short story] “Blockade Runner,” by Malcolm Jameson [science fiction short story]

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498

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479470902

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9781479470907

Trusting Enemies

Interpersonal Relationships in International Conflict

By: Nicholas J. Wheeler

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Trusting Enemies

Interpersonal Relationships in International Conflict

By: Nicholas J. Wheeler

How can two states with enemy relations transform their relationship? Nicholas Wheeler argues that the discipline of International Relations has not done a good job of answering this question because its focus has been on the state and the individual levels of analysis. In this ground-breaking book, he argues for the importance of a new level of analysis in trust research the interpersonal relationships between state leaders. In doing so, he makes two key contributions. Firstly, developing a new theory of interpersonal trust that can be applied to the international level, and secondly, showing how this theory contributes to the literature on signalling in IR. The theory of interpersonal trust developed in the book provides a novel response to the central problem identified by signalling theory in IR: whether the receivers of signals interpret them in the way intended by their senders. The author argues that, in fact, trust between two leaders is causally prior to the accurate interpretation of the signals they send with the aim of communicating peaceful intent. Trust, therefore, does away with the problem of the ambiguity of signal interpretation. He goes on to examine exactly how a new relationship of trust emerges between two leaders who represent states with enemy relations: through face-to-face interaction and the crucial process of bonding between them that this makes possible. This powerful new theory of interpersonal trust is applied to three cases: the personal interactions between US and Soviet leaders Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in ending the Cold War; the face-to-face interactions between Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in reducing conflict between India and Pakistan in 1998-1999; and the interactions in 2009-10 between Barack Obama and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that failed to achieve a breakthrough in US-Iran nuclear relations.

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310

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Oxford University Press

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0192512676

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9780192512673

Cancer and the Family Life Cycle

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Theresa A. Veach,Donald R. Nicholas,Marci A. Barton

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Cancer and the Family Life Cycle

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Theresa A. Veach,Donald R. Nicholas,Marci A. Barton

This book uses current psychosocial literature in combination with empirical research and clinical accounts of family adaptation to help professionals and families cope with the impact of cancer. It is broad in scope and includes families in any life cycle (i.e. single adults, children, adolescents, and later life). This book, with its solid theoretical foundation, will be especially beneficial to any professional who is helping a family to adapt to cancer.

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266

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Routledge

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1134941781

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9781134941780

Behind the Scenes of They Were Expendable

A Pictorial History

By: Lou Sabini,Nicholas Scutti

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Behind the Scenes of They Were Expendable

A Pictorial History

By: Lou Sabini,Nicholas Scutti

In 1945 U.S. Navy photographer Nick Scutti found himself in the Florida Keys on the set of the classic World War II drama They Were Expendable, taking candid shots of director John Ford, stars Robert Montgomery and John Wayne and the supporting cast and crew. Scutti's never before published collection of fully captioned photos provides a unique chronicle of the 30-day location shoot, revealing details of the making of the film and in some instances disproving certain statements made by MGM publicity and Ford himself. Brief biographies are included of the stars of the film and of the men the film was based upon.

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199

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McFarland

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0786495006

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9780786495009

Ryan Sheckler

The Real Life of a Hot Skater

By: Kimberly Nicholas

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Ryan Sheckler

The Real Life of a Hot Skater

By: Kimberly Nicholas

An unauthorized portrait of the professional skateboarder and star of the MTV reality series Life of Ryan traces the rise to stardom of teen heartthrob Ryan Scheckler in a volume that is complemented by one hundred full-color and black-and-white photographs. Original.

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Penguin

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0425225410

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9780425225417

The Rural Voter

The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America

By: Nicholas F. Jacobs,Daniel M. Shea

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The Rural Voter

The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America

By: Nicholas F. Jacobs,Daniel M. Shea

The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the ballot, has plummeted throughout the countryside, and the entire governing system is threatened by one-party dominance. After Donald Trump’s surprising victories throughout rural America, pundits and journalists went searching for answers, popping into roadside diners and opining from afar. Rural Americans are supposedly bigots, culturally backward, lazy, scared of the future, and radical. But is it that simple? Is the country splintering between two very different Americas—one rural, one urban? This pathbreaking book pinpoints forces behind the rise of the “rural voter”—a new political identity that combines a deeply felt sense of place with an increasingly nationalized set of concerns. Combining a historical perspective with the largest-ever national survey of rural voters, Nicholas F. Jacobs and Daniel M. Shea uncover how this overwhelmingly crucial voting bloc emerged and how it has roiled American politics. They show how perceptions of economic and social change, racial anxieties, and a traditional way of life under assault have converged into a belief in rural uniqueness and separateness. Rural America believes it rises and falls together, and that the Democratic Party stands in the way. An unparalleled exploration of rural partisanship, this book offers a timely warning that the chasm separating urban and rural Americans cannot be papered over with policies or rhetoric. Instead, The Rural Voter shows how this division is the latest chapter in the enduring conflict over American identity.

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394

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Columbia University Press

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0231558988

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9780231558983

Effective Argument

A Writer's Guide with Readings

By: J. Karl Nicholas,James R. Nicholl

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Effective Argument

A Writer's Guide with Readings

By: J. Karl Nicholas,James R. Nicholl

The writing and reading of arguments is often a challenging task. This book helps hone critical reading and writing skills for novices writers. Part One offers readers instruction on how to read arguments critically and to write them effectively. Part Two offers more than 50 readings divided into four groups: speaking up; taking sides; varying voices; and classical arguments. New material includes a section on citing electronic sources; 28 new readings; and a new organization. Writers interested in polishing their argument style and their critical reading skills.

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450

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Addison-Wesley Longman

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0205270395

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9780205270392

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Collision Low Crossers

Collision Low Crossers

Falcons

Falcons

The Story Of Esther Costello

The Story Of Esther Costello

The Adventuress

The Adventuress

Three Weeks with My Brother

Three Weeks with My Brother

Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night

Codename Sentinel

Codename Sentinel

From Head to Heart: High Quality Teaching Practices in the Spotlight

From Head to Heart: High Quality Teaching Practices in the Spotlight

KK Undercover Mystery

KK Undercover Mystery

Black Cat Weekly #19

Black Cat Weekly #19

Trusting Enemies

Trusting Enemies

Cancer and the Family Life Cycle

Cancer and the Family Life Cycle

Behind the Scenes of They Were Expendable

Behind the Scenes of They Were Expendable

Ryan Sheckler

Ryan Sheckler

The Rural Voter

The Rural Voter

Effective Argument

Effective Argument

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