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The Life of the Author: Charles Dickens

By: Pete Orford

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The Life of the Author: Charles Dickens

By: Pete Orford

An accessible and reliable introduction to the life and works of Charles Dickens, offering a unique combination of academic biography and literary analysis The Life of the Author: Charles Dickens explores the relationship between Dickens’ lived experience and his works, discussing themes within and key influences on literary classics such as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Nicholas Nickleby, and Great Expectations. An excellent introduction to the world of Dickens scholarship, this easily accessible volume provides the necessary background about the author’s life while encouraging readers to critically analyze Dickens’ works. Organized thematically by chapter, the book opens with a brief overview of Dickens’ life and a chronology of major works. Subsequent chapters focus on key aspects of Dickens’ life, concluding with case studies of selected texts that demonstrate the similarities between events in Dickens’ own life and the literature he was writing at the time. Throughout the book, readers are provided with an informative portrait of Dickens’ early family life, personal relationships, professional networks, social circles, travels abroad, charitable works, financial issues, dealings with publishers, and much more. Incorporates the latest discussions in Dickens research alongside documents and materials from Dickens’ time Discusses the afterlife of Dickens in film, theater, and television, including A Christmas Carol, Dickens’ most adapted story Features archival material from the Charles Dickens Museum and discussion of Dickens’ roles as a journalist, editor, and professional reader Includes short case studies at the end of each chapter to demonstrate the ways Dickens’ life informed his work The Life of the Author: Charles Dickens is an ideal introductory textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in English Literature and Victorian Literature courses, as well as a valuable resource for Dickens scholars and enthusiasts.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111969745X

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Thirst

By: Pete Larson

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Thirst

By: Pete Larson

In the dry Texas heat, scotch and cyanide are sure to quench a man's thirst ...

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Big Earth Publishing

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1932557342

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Are you Ready?

Preparing Young People to Live their Confirmation

By: Pete Maidment

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Are you Ready?

Preparing Young People to Live their Confirmation

By: Pete Maidment

A resource to help leaders prepare young people for confirmation. This 'prequel' to the confirmation gift book Living your Confirmation (SPCK, 2012) contains 19 ready-to-use, interactive sessions to use with young people who are preparing for confirmation. The first part of the book focuses on the promises made in the confirmation service and relates to the topics covered in Living your Confirmation, including prayer, Holy Communion, going to church and social action. The second part includes sessions on sex, alcohol, image, exams, science, pornography and suffering. An introduction considers the point of confirmation and its role in a young person's faith journey. The book also includes a full programme for a pre-confirmation retreat and a liturgy for the enrolment of confirmands.

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SPCK

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0281071500

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9780281071500

Punk Monk

New Monasticism and the Ancient Art of Breathing

By: Pete Greig,Andy Freeman

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Punk Monk

New Monasticism and the Ancient Art of Breathing

By: Pete Greig,Andy Freeman

Fleeing the compromises of the 4th century church, the Desert Fathers founded monasticism. In reaction to a Christianity they scarcely recognized, these radicals fled to the Egyptian desert to model a different, radical style of discipleship, filled with sacrifice and continual prayer. Who are the new monks, the new punks, the new revolutionaries? The answer lies in an upsurge of 24-7 monastic communities around the world. Punk Monk combines a narrative journey through the beginnings of 24-7 Prayer Boiler Rooms with a discussion on the roots of monasticism, particularly its ethos and values, and how it can be applied in the third millennium. Drawing influences from the Franciscans, the Celts and the Moravians, the book highlights the counter-cultural and revolutionary force of monasticism and asks whether it is time for a new monastic movement. It also takes punk as a contemporary expression of monastic spirit and asks whether a “silent revolution” is coming.

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Gospel Light Publications

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0830743685

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9780830743681

Death of a Boxer

By: Pete Carvill

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Death of a Boxer

By: Pete Carvill

Since 1995, there have been four deaths following fights in Britain and forty around the world. In Death of a Boxer, Pete Carvill sets out to explore the psychology of those who choose to fight and what draws them towards this most dangerous of pursuits. But to write about the death of fighters would only be half the story. Carvill, who has written extensively on boxing and combat sports for fifteen years, will take off his own gloves and pick up a pen to explore the lives of fighters, from the early days in amateur clubs, to established professionals, to those down on their luck and to the retired still hankering for the feeling of being able to do what once came so easily to them. A deep and powerful meditation on the nature of boxing that asks why people do it, what it does for them – and ultimately to them. This may be the most important book on the sport for decades.

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Biteback Publishing

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1785908642

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Generations of the Eagle

By: Pete Jorgensen

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Generations of the Eagle

By: Pete Jorgensen

A dread supernatural enemy, the Yvwi Tsundi, and a secret device in the hands of one Cherokee! Handed down from grandfather to grandson for untold ages, the Gawonisgi Nvya or speaking stone holds the records of the Cherokees from the misty past. Soaring Eagle has walked the Trail of Tears bearing this remarkable device, and he has passed it on to his great grandson Phillip Shouting Crow. But Phillip lives in another age known as the 20th century. Can he use the tremendous knowledge of Soaring Eagle and his grandfather before him, Thunder Walking, to chart a course into the 21st century?

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Lulu.com

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0578004313

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Empty Promises

The Truth about You, Your Desires, and the Lies You're Believing

By: Pete Wilson

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Empty Promises

The Truth about You, Your Desires, and the Lies You're Believing

By: Pete Wilson

Wilson explores the empty promises of the "good life" that include the seduction of achievement, addiction to approval, attraction of wealth, and perils of power. He shows how to replace those idols by turning focus and worship toward God.

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Thomas Nelson Inc

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0849946514

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Key Principles of Biblical Fasting

A 6-Week, No-Homework Bible Study

By: Kay Arthur,Pete DeLacy

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Key Principles of Biblical Fasting

A 6-Week, No-Homework Bible Study

By: Kay Arthur,Pete DeLacy

Discover the Purpose and Power of Fasting Do you desire to feel His presence, hear His voice, sense His pleasure? Since ancient times, fasting has been considered an essential means of drawing near to God. But this spiritual discipline involves much more than abstaining from food; it goes right to the heart of genuine faith. Through this invigorating study, you’ll gain a clear understanding of the principles behind this practice and be equipped to make fasting a key part of your relationship with God.

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WaterBrook

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0307769178

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9780307769176

Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: Jeremiah and Lamentations

By: A. R. Pete Diamond,David J. A. Clines

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Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: Jeremiah and Lamentations

By: A. R. Pete Diamond,David J. A. Clines

This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Diamond and Clines' introduction to and concise commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text—parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on—interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book—including the range of possible interpretations—and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467453811

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9781467453813

Advertising Concept Book 3E: Think Now, Design Later (Third)

By: Pete Barry

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Advertising Concept Book 3E: Think Now, Design Later (Third)

By: Pete Barry

The classic guide to creative ideas, strategies, and campaigns in advertising, now in a revised and updated third edition In creative advertising, no amount of glossy presentation will improve a bad idea. That’s why this book is dedicated to the first and most important lesson: concept. Structured to provide both a complete course on advertising and a quick reference on specific industry topics, it covers every aspect of the business, from how to write copy and learn the creative process to how agencies work and the different strategies used for all types of media. This edition has been updated to include expanded chapters on interactive advertising and integrative advertising, a new chapter on branded social media, and fifty specially drawn new roughs of key campaigns. Pete Barry outlines simple but fundamental rules about how to “push” an ad to turn it into something exceptional, while exercises throughout help readers assess their own work and that of others. Fifty years’ worth of international, award-winning ad campaigns—in the form of over 450 “roughs” specially produced by the author, fifty of which are new to this edition—also reinforce the book’s core lesson: that a great idea will last forever.

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Thames & Hudson

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0500773610

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9780500773611

How to Study Your Bible

By: Kay Arthur,David Arthur,Pete De Lacy

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How to Study Your Bible

By: Kay Arthur,David Arthur,Pete De Lacy

Beloved Bible teacher Kay Arthur’s inductive study method has helped millions of people discover the truth of God’s Word for themselves. This bestselling and dynamic guide, written with David Arthur and Pete De Lacy, invites readers of all levels of Bible literacy and learning to dive deeper into God’s promises. Now you can cultivate the inductive skills of observation, interpretation, and application and become an active participant in God’s Word. In 15 easy-to-understand chapters, the authors present a systematic approach that includes key words, context studies, comparison and contrasts, topical studies, and more. This life-changing way of understanding and exploring Scripture reveals the Bible’s message and helps you live boldly and confidently in God’s truths.

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Harvest House Publishers

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0736953442

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The DNA of History

By: Pete Schwalm

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The DNA of History

By: Pete Schwalm

This book discusses the three themes of grace, mercy, and judgment within the context of four major time frames. The first three epochs, each culminating in unique judgments, provide historical precedents to the fourth, in which we live. As we near what might be the end of the fourth and final epoch, it is imperative that we learn from the first three. By grasping the first three historical precedents as prelude to the fourth, people can choose to become informed, prepare personally, and live as Kingdom of God people in relationship with their community of faith and their world. Will our age heed the warnings, or will it conclude with judgment as well?

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Page Publishing Inc

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1628388536

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Urban Cthulhu: Nightmare Cities

By: Henrik Sandbeck Harksen,Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.,Glynn Owen Barrass,T. E. Grau,John Goodrich,Pete Rawlik,Ian Davey,Thomas Strømsholt,Jayaprakash Satyamurthy,Morten Carlsen,Robert Tangiers

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Urban Cthulhu: Nightmare Cities

By: Henrik Sandbeck Harksen,Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.,Glynn Owen Barrass,T. E. Grau,John Goodrich,Pete Rawlik,Ian Davey,Thomas Strømsholt,Jayaprakash Satyamurthy,Morten Carlsen,Robert Tangiers

What lurks in the damp recesses of urban existence? These new tales of weird fiction are a blend of urban horror, pulp noir and dark fantasy. Lovecraftian horrors and Cthulhu Mythos monsters have never been this gritty. From haunted Kingsport across the globe to shadowy Berlin and the otherworldly music of Bangalore. From kind, sexy neighbors to cyberpunk paranoia an The King in Yellow. A journalist's search with unexpected results. What really happened to Walter Gilman, and what is the origin of the witch Keziah Mason? And witness humanity fail against the forces from beyond. From weird sounds to screams of madness. Entropy. Chaos. Disorder. Death. Beneath cities, on the outskirts of ruined, aeon-old cities and INSIDE cities. The stench, the decay, the hopelesness... it is everywhere. Welcome to URBAN CTHULHU: NIGHTMARE CITIES.

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Lulu.com

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8799499444

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9788799499441

Decolonizing Educational Relationships

Practical Approaches for Higher and Teacher Education

By: fatima Pirbhai-Illich,Fran Martin,Shauneen Pete

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Decolonizing Educational Relationships

Practical Approaches for Higher and Teacher Education

By: fatima Pirbhai-Illich,Fran Martin,Shauneen Pete

The authors present a novel way of thinking and a robust foundation for de/colonizing educational relationships in Higher and Teacher Education, illustrated by examples of applications to practice. A hybrid style of writing weaves their own narratives into the text, drawing on their experiences in a range of educational settings.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1800715293

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Spycraft

Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration

By: Nadine Akkerman,Pete Langman

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Spycraft

Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration

By: Nadine Akkerman,Pete Langman

A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassination Early modern Europe was a hotbed of espionage, where spies, spy-catchers, and conspirators pitted their wits against each other in deadly games of hide and seek. Theirs was a dangerous trade—only those who mastered the latest techniques would survive. In this engaging, accessible account, Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman explore the methods spies actually used in the period, including disguises, invisible inks, and even poisons. Drawing on a vast array of archival sources, they show how understanding the tricks and tools of espionage allows us to re-imagine well-known stories such as the Babington and Gunpowder plots. Exposing the murky world of spies, they demonstrate how the technological innovations of petty criminals, secretaries, and other hitherto invisible actors shaped the fate of some of history’s most iconic figures. Spycraft explains how early modern spies sought to protect their own secrets while exposing those of their enemies, showing the reader how to follow in their footsteps.

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Yale University Press

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0300277105

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9780300277104

Responding to Youth Violence Through Youth Work

By: Seal, Mike,Harris, Pete

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Responding to Youth Violence Through Youth Work

By: Seal, Mike,Harris, Pete

The problem of how to respond to violence involving young people continues to challenge youth workers and policy makers across Europe and the world. In this book, Mike Seal and Pete Harris draw on the findings of a two-year European research project--in which peer researchers spoke to young people--to examine different responses to youth violence. Developing a unique analytical framework that combines elements of critical theory, psychosocial criminology, and applied existential philosophy, the authors present a new model for responding meaningfully and effectively to these issues at personal/psychological, community/cultural, and structural/symbolic levels. Through a series of case studies, Seal and Harris show how these approaches have been applied in different practice settings. Essential reading in the fields of youth and community work, social work, criminology, youth justice, and youth studies, this book will stimulate critical new thinking and encourage reflective and theoretically informed responses to addressing youth violence in practice.

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Policy Press

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1447323092

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Shakespeare's Pub

A Barstool History of London as Seen Through the Windows of Its Oldest Pub - The George Inn

By: Pete Brown

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Shakespeare's Pub

A Barstool History of London as Seen Through the Windows of Its Oldest Pub - The George Inn

By: Pete Brown

First published in Great Britain under the title Shakespeare's local by Macmillan"--T.p. verso.

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Macmillan

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1250033888

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The Selfless Gene

By: Pete Durant

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The Selfless Gene

By: Pete Durant

Trapped in a dank cave with only his bestial inner voice for company, Thame has a choice: deny the creature inside and fester forever in darkness, or embrace his shadowy alter ego Ormr once and for all. But what then? Thame has to break free of his stone prison to seek out and defeat a bloodline that threatens to corrupt the world with the deepest evil. Yet what if the real danger lies outside his own genetics? And what if that peril involves his ex-lover, whose new boyfriend seems suspiciously familiar... Thame's journey to reclaim his place in the Order and save those he cares for takes him from his Mediterranean imprisonment, deep into the stories of Ormr's shadowy past, to Florida Keys and finally back to Britain. Here he must face his biggest ordeal yet: the culmination of an ancient vendetta that just got personal. The Selfless Gene is the sequel and concluding part of Wattpad favourite and award winning (Wattys2018) The Illumination.

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Peter Durant

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1096301776

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Within Adobe Walls

A history of the Yuma Territorial Prison from 1875 to 1909

By: Pete "Smokey" Dryer

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Within Adobe Walls

A history of the Yuma Territorial Prison from 1875 to 1909

By: Pete "Smokey" Dryer

Within Adobe Walls chronicles the development of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma, Arizona from 1875 to 1909, and what life was like for the 3000 criminals who spent “hard time” inside those walls. When first constructed, as permanent housing for Arizona’s most dangerous long-term felons, the inmates were confined in a iron cage inside a cave hollowed out of the granite hill. With temperatures exceeding 110 degrees in the summer, it was dreaded by lawbreakers and soon referred to as the Hell Hole. Each successive administrator strived to improve the living conditions for the inmates in his care, and over thirty-three years, they added amenities that were unheard of in a prison of that era. Even so, prisoners still tried everything they could—legal and otherwise—to escape. There were 138 escape attempts, four riots, eight men shot and killed, and 111 deaths recorded there. Whether you are a Yuma area resident, a lover of history, or fascinated by tales of daring prison escapes, this well-researched book will not disappoint.

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Archway Publishing

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1665759135

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9781665759137

King of the Mountain

Sporting Stories

By: Pete Fromm

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King of the Mountain

Sporting Stories

By: Pete Fromm

Eighteen stories on hunting and fishing. In First Time Out, a hunter tries to interest his girlfriend in hunting, Lost is about a boy who becomes separated from his parents in the woods, and Mountain Boys Fishing Club is on the pleasure of solitude. By the author of Indian Creek Chronicles.

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Stackpole Books

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081170937X

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9780811709378

Core Performance Essentials

The Revolutionary Nutrition and Exercise Plan Adapted for Everyday Use

By: Mark Verstegen,Pete Williams

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Core Performance Essentials

The Revolutionary Nutrition and Exercise Plan Adapted for Everyday Use

By: Mark Verstegen,Pete Williams

In Core Performance Essentials, Mark Verstegen—one of America's most innovative and respected performance coaches—presents a streamlined version of his remarkable Core fitness program. Eliminating all excuses for not working out, this book breaks down fitness essentials into a quick, easy-to-follow routine that takes only 30 minutes and requires no special equipment. There are dozens of workouts designed to improve flexibility, joint stability, and balance—and to create a lean, agile, powerful physique that's resistant to injury and the ravages of age. An ideal beginning workout for those who haven't exercised in years, Core Performance Essentials is also perfect for bodybuilders looking for flexibility, athletes looking to improve performance and decrease the chance of injury, back pain sufferers in need of relief, and, most of all, busy men and women who need to fit their exercise into a crowded schedule.

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Rodale Books

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1594869022

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The Shadow of Slavery

Peonage in the South, 1901-1969

By: Pete Daniel

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The Shadow of Slavery

Peonage in the South, 1901-1969

By: Pete Daniel

Whether peonage in the South grew out of slavery, a natural and perhaps unavoidable interlude between bondage and freedom, or whether employers distorted laws and customs to create debt servitude, most Southerners quietly accepted peonage. To the employer it was a way to control laborers; to the peon it was a bewildering system that could not be escaped without risk of imprisonment, beating, or death. Pete Daniel's book is about this largely ignored form of twentieth-century slavery. It is in part "the record of an American failure, the inability of federal, state, and local law-enforcement officers to end peonage." In a series of case studies and histories, Daniel re-creates the neglected and frightening world of peonage, demanding, "If a form of slavery yet exists in the United States, as so much evidence suggests, then the relevant questions are why, and by whose irresponsibility?" Peonage grew out of labor settlements following emancipation, when employers forbade croppers to leave plantations because of debt (often less than $30). At the turn of the century the federal government acknowledged that the "labyrinth of local customs and laws" binding men in debt was peonage. They outlawed debt servitude and slowly moved against it, but with no large success. Disappearing witnesses and acquitted employers characterized the cases that did go to court. Daniel holds that peonage persists for many reasons: the corruption and apathy of law-enforcement, racist traditions in the South, and the impotence of the Justice Department in prosecuting this violation of federal law. He draws extensively on complaints and trial transcripts from the peonage records of the Justice Department.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252061462

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Crazy

A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness

By: Pete Earley

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A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness

By: Pete Earley

“A magnificent gift to those of us who love someone who has a mental illness…Earley has used his considerable skills to meticulously research why the mental health system is so profoundly broken.”—Bebe Moore Campbell, author of 72 Hour Hold Former Washington Post reporter Pete Earley had written extensively about the criminal justice system. But it was only when his own son—in the throes of a manic episode—broke into a neighbor's house that he learned what happens to mentally ill people who break a law. This is the Earley family's compelling story, a troubling look at bureaucratic apathy and the countless thousands who suffer confinement instead of care, brutal conditions instead of treatment, in the “revolving doors” between hospital and jail. With mass deinstitutionalization, large numbers of state mental patients are homeless or in jail-an experience little better than the horrors of a century ago. Earley takes us directly into that experience—and into that of a father and award-winning journalist trying to fight for a better way.

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Penguin

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0425213897

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9780425213896

Fostering Resilient Learners

Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom

By: Kristin Souers,Pete Hall

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Fostering Resilient Learners

Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom

By: Kristin Souers,Pete Hall

In this galvanizing book for all educators, Kristin Souers and Pete Hall explore an urgent and growing issue--childhood trauma--and its profound effect on learning and teaching. Grounded in research and the authors' experience working with trauma-affected students and their teachers, Fostering Resilient Learners will help you cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and educational settings. The authors--a mental health therapist and a veteran principal--provide proven, reliable strategies to help you * Understand what trauma is and how it hinders the learning, motivation, and success of all students in the classroom. * Build strong relationships and create a safe space to enable students to learn at high levels. * Adopt a strengths-based approach that leads you to recalibrate how you view destructive student behaviors and to perceive what students need to break negative cycles. * Head off frustration and burnout with essential self-care techniques that will help you and your students flourish. Each chapter also includes questions and exercises to encourage reflection and extension of the ideas in this book. As an educator, you face the impact of trauma in the classroom every day. Let this book be your guide to seeking solutions rather than dwelling on problems, to building relationships that allow students to grow, thrive, and--most assuredly--learn at high levels.

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ASCD

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1416621105

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9781416621102

To Be a Better Coach

A Guide for the Youth Sport Coach and Coach Developer

By: Pete Van Mullem,Lori Gano-Overway

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To Be a Better Coach

A Guide for the Youth Sport Coach and Coach Developer

By: Pete Van Mullem,Lori Gano-Overway

In To Be a Better Coach: A Guide for the Youth Sport Coach and Coach Developer, Pete Van Mullem and Lori Gano-Overway combine hands-on experience and comprehensive research to offer coaches and coach developers concrete, practical suggestions to improve coaching performance in youth sports. To Be a Better Coach shares common and best practices in coaching, such as providing a safe sport environment, engaging in ethical practices, creating a positive and inclusive environment, building relationships with all stakeholders, and developing leadership and motivational skills. Each chapter explains the skills and guidelines needed to develop as a youth coach in that specific area, followed by examples of real-world scenarios from practicing coaches. In addition, each chapter includes useful resources and practical strategies for the development of coaches. With the continued rise in youth sports, the need for trained and qualified coaches is growing. Using an applied approach, To Be a Better Coach is a needed guide for youth sport coaches and coach developers working in community youth sport programs, interscholastic sport, and private youth sport organizations.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538141981

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9781538141984

Opening the Windows of Blessing

Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

By: Kay Arthur,Pete De Lacy,Bob Vereen

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Opening the Windows of Blessing

Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

By: Kay Arthur,Pete De Lacy,Bob Vereen

The exciting New Inductive Study Series (more than 880,000 copies sold) was created by Kay Arthur for people who long to immerse themselves in God's Word but need a 15-minutes-a-day resource to match their busy lifestyles. This exciting study focuses on Zecharaiah, Malachi, and Haggai, three prophets who shared God's messages of instruction and discipline and also words of encouragement and hope. Exploring these books of the Bible provides an insightful study of God's communication, character, and blessings. Using Kay Arthur's inductive study method, the truths of these Old Testament books inspire readers to hear God's message, become obedient, and share in the living hope of a Father who clearly conveys the promise of great blessings.

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Harvest House Publishers

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0736936289

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What Is Yet to Come

Ezekiel

By: Kay Arthur,Pete De Lacy

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What Is Yet to Come

Ezekiel

By: Kay Arthur,Pete De Lacy

Bible readers, Sunday school teachers, and study leaders have loved Kay Arthur’s New Inductive Study Series since 1994, and now, 17 years and 1.4 million copies later, the collection is complete! As readers learn and practice the exciting principles of inductive Bible study, they will discover for themselves the meaning and relevance of well-known but seldom understood images from the book of Ezekiel, including the wheel in the wheel, the valley of dry bones, and the watchman on the wall. As they become adept at observing the text, interpreting its meaning, and applying it to their lives, they will follow the story of Ezekiel from the heartbreak of the fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian captivity to the inexpressible joy of worship in the heavenly tabernacle.

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Crushed Ice

By: Eric Pete

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Crushed Ice

By: Eric Pete

Chris Davis . . . Elvis Spielberg . . . Jamaican accent . . . British accent . . . Accountant . . . Author . . . High-stakes gambler . . . None of the above? What is the truth? Who is Truth North? His whole existence has been a mystery to many, an enigma few people know to exist. He is a master of disguise, a dweller in secrecy, a teller of many tales—and for the right price, he's a destroyer of lives. When the bodies start turning up after a job gone south, Truth realizes that someone is out to unmask his real identity and kill him. Could it be the world famous rapper caught in Truth's web by accident? Could his enemy be the alluring Collette, blinded after a mishap that killed her husband? Or is it Collette's cousin, Sophia? She's down for anything—that is, if the price is right. Or maybe it's record company mogul Jason North. He taught Truth everything he knows about manipulating people. But what if Jason is fearful that Truth, in fact, knows too much? Truth finds out how tough things can be when his calculations cease to add up, his carefully laid plans backfire, and his life spirals out of control. Bestselling author Eric Pete has woven a masterful tale of espionage, murder, and intrigue that will leave readers spellbound.

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Urban Books

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1622861256

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The Big Thicket

An Ecological Reevaluation

By: Pete Addison Y. Gunter

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The Big Thicket

An Ecological Reevaluation

By: Pete Addison Y. Gunter

When a bill creating the Big Thicket National Preserve was signed into law, it climaxed more than half a century of environmental debate, planning and destruction. The preserve opened new vistas for recreation. In this revised and updated version, Gunter not only describes the history and rich diversity of the region saved from the bulldozers of real estate developers and lumber companies, but also the dimensions of the new Big Thicket Preserve. He makes it possible to plan a trip there by including descriptions of each stream corridor unit, maps and canoeing conditions, hiking trails, and camping facilities. He lists representative flora and fauna. The book provides a background—both historical and biological—which will make clear just what the visitor to the Big Thicket is seeing; why it has mattered, and why it will continue to matter.

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University of North Texas Press

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0929398521

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The Boy-Man, Masculinity and Immaturity in the Long Nineteenth Century

By: Pete Newbon

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The Boy-Man, Masculinity and Immaturity in the Long Nineteenth Century

By: Pete Newbon

This book explores the evolution of male writers marked by peculiar traits of childlike immaturity. The ‘Boy-Man’ emerged from the nexus of Rousseau’s counter-Enlightenment cultural primitivism, Sensibility’s ‘Man of Feeling’, the Chattertonian poet maudit, and the Romantic idealisation of childhood. The Romantic era saw the proliferation of boy-men, who congregated around such metropolitan institutions as The London Magazine. These included John Keats, Leigh Hunt, Charles Lamb, Hartley Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey and Thomas Hood. In the period of the French Revolution, terms of childishness were used against such writers as Wordsworth, Keats, Hunt and Lamb as a tool of political satire. Yet boy-men writers conversely used their amphibian child-adult literary personae to critique the masculinist ideologies of their era. However, the growing cultural and political conservatism of the nineteenth century, and the emergence of a canon of serious literature, inculcated the relegation of the boy-men from the republic of letters.

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Springer

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1137408146

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How to Pray

A Simple Guide for Normal People

By: Pete Greig

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How to Pray

A Simple Guide for Normal People

By: Pete Greig

Pete Greig is a worldwide authority and the face of a generation when it comes to prayer. One of the founders of the 24-7 prayer movement, he has seen, experienced, and chronicled amazing works of God in the world. While you might imagine him to be puffed up, Pete Greig is entirely the opposite. He is enchanting, down-to-earth, friendly, and most of all, very normal–and yet he tells preposterous tales about prayer (and they’re true). He is basically a regular dude who loves to talk with God. How to Pray is written to evoke a passion for prayer in everyone—the committed follower of Jesus as well as the skeptic and the scared. The enormous blessing of How to Pray is that it is accessible, full of surprising stories of answered prayer, and tremendously engaging. The basic idea is that prayer is a conversation between you and God. Pete Greig demystifies and reenchants prayer, helping you to find prayer achievable and enjoyable, and ultimately life-giving and life-changing. How to Pray is designed to be used together with The Prayer Course (a free video curriculum associated with the Alpha course), making it useful for personal and group or church-wide reading.

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NavPress

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1641581905

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Looking at the Lights

My Path from Fan to a Wrestling Heel

By: Pete Gas

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Looking at the Lights

My Path from Fan to a Wrestling Heel

By: Pete Gas

How did an untrained former college football player end up in the middle of a ring, wrestling during the highest-rated segment during the WWE’s acclaimed Attitude Era? That’s the story behind Looking at the Lights. As a childhood friend of Shane McMahon, Pete Gas was given the opportunity most only pray for. Beginning with appearances to interfere in McMahon’s matches, his role blossomed into becoming a full-fledge wrestler and leading the Mean Street Posse to WrestleMania, becoming one of the most fascinating success stories of the era. From his humble upbringing and friendship with Shane (and the McMahon family as a whole), Gas shares how a 9-to-5 average Joe got the chance of a lifetime and made the most out of it. But getting your foot in the door is one thing; staying is a completely different animal. With all eyes on him, knowing his lack of training and meal ticket being the boss’s son, Gas knew he had to win over all those doubters: from the fans and announcers to the wrestlers themselves. Knowing he had to prove himself, Gas took beatings, chair shots, and additional training to not only show that he could wrestle, but that he belonged with such superstars as The Rock, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, and The Undertaker. Featuring forewords by Edge and JBL, who famously nailed Gas in the head with a steel chair, readers will get an inside look into not only the training and sacrifice these athletes go through, but the behind-the-scenes workings of a day in the WWE.

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Simon and Schuster

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1613219881

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Red Moon Rising

Rediscover the Power of Prayer

By: Pete Greig,Dave Roberts

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Red Moon Rising

Rediscover the Power of Prayer

By: Pete Greig,Dave Roberts

From the Upper Room of Pentecost to Azusa Street in Los Angeles, God has used prayer movements throughout history to change the world. Over fifteen years ago, a group of students gathered for a prayer vigil in Chichester, England—and the prayers they started haven’t stopped. Out of that first meeting came 24-7 Prayer: an international movement of prayer, mission, and justice that has reached Chinese underground churches, Indian slums, Papua New Guinea jungles, ancient English cathedrals, and even a brewery in Missouri. Red Moon Rising is the story of how that movement continues today—and how each of us can be a part of the miracles God is doing through a new generation.

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David C Cook

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0781412870

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The Big Secret

A Novel

By: Pete Earley

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The Big Secret

A Novel

By: Pete Earley

Federal Chief Investigator Nick LeRue is an expert on unraveling a crime; he's brought down some of the smoothest operators on Capitol Hill and uncovered dangerous secrets in politicians' pasts. In his personal life, however, his commitment to his job has left him unlucky in love. When his ex-girlfriend, investigative journalist Heather Cole, appears after a long period of silence, things start looking up. But Nick is about to learn that nothing is ever what it seems. Surprisingly, the woman who approaches Nick isn't his ex at all, but her twin sister, Melanie Cole. The two sisters share an unusually strong bond, one that allows them to sense when the other is in danger and even visit one another in their dreams. Melanie has been seeing images of her sister being held captive by an unseen man; somehow she knows that time is running out for Heather. Though skeptical of the sisters' connection, Nick follows Heather's trail to Pushmataha, Mississippi. It appears that she was close to uncovering the town's darkest and bloodiest secret---the beating and lynching of a young black man in the 1955 when she mysteriously vanished. A photograph of the event reveals that all but two of the mob have already died. One of the survivors is Jeb Rogge, the town's most powerful and dangerous man. But why would Jeb get involved in a crime that would obviously point to him? The town's residents seem to know something they're not telling Nick, and Melanie's dreams are becoming more and more intense. As more and more of the pieces fly together, it becomes all too clear that whoever has covered up the racial murder is willing to keep it hidden at any cost, even if it means killing again. Combining an intense paranormal thriller with edge-of-your seat mystery fiction, Pete Earley's The Big Secret will keep you guessing until the unbelievable end. 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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1429936150

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The Coming of God's Kingdom

Matthew

By: Kay Arthur,Pete De Lacy

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The Coming of God's Kingdom

Matthew

By: Kay Arthur,Pete De Lacy

Kay Arthur’s life–changing New Inductive Study Series has sold more than 1.4 million copies. This exciting series brings readers face–to–face with the truth of God’s precepts, promises, and purposes—in just minutes a day. Ideal for individual study, one–on–one discipleship, group discussions, and quarterly classes. This inductive study of the book of Matthew enables readers to observe and interpret this gospel’s message and apply it to their own lives. Brief, daily exercises provide tools to help readers note key words, list important insights, question and reflect on the text, and discover God’s answers for themselves. Readers will discover the hope of the Messiah and His teachings, and gain personal understanding of the fulfillment of God’s plan through the life of Christ and in their lives today.

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0736934227

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How to Hear God

A Simple Guide for Normal People

By: Pete Greig

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How to Hear God

A Simple Guide for Normal People

By: Pete Greig

You were created to enjoy a real, conversational relationship with God. The Bible says that hearing the voice of our Creator is both central and natural to our existence as humans. When life falls apart, we need God's comfort. In moments of cultural turmoil, we need his clarity. Facing difficult decisions, we need his guidance. Desiring a deeper faith, we need God to say something, anything, to turn the monologue we call prayer into a genuine conversation. But how do we really hear God? Nothing could possibly matter more than learning to discern his authentic voice, and yet few things in life are more susceptible to delusion, deception, and downright abuse. Having addressed God's silence in God on Mute, and then How to Pray in his previous bestseller, Pete Greig is back to bring wisdom and guidance to one of the most pressing and perplexing aspects of universal Christian experience—How to Hear God. Exploring the story of Christ's playful, poignant conversation on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection, Pete draws deeply from the insights of a wide range of Christian traditions; weaving together the evangelical emphasis on hearing God in the Bible, and the charismatic commitment to hearing God in the prophetic, with the contemplative understanding of God's "still, small voice" within. "Pete transcends the Christian tribalism of our day… rooting us in something far more ancient, unchanging, timeless. What the early Christians called the Way. This ancient form of Christianity is the antidote to much of the modern church's pain. The cure for our ills." —John Mark Comer

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Zondervan

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0310114616

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9780310114611

Face-to-Face with a Holy God

Isaiah

By: Kay Arthur,Pete De Lacy

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Face-to-Face with a Holy God

Isaiah

By: Kay Arthur,Pete De Lacy

This inductive study of the book of Isaiah enables readers to observe and interpret the prophet's message and apply it to their own lives. The brief daily exercises provide the tools readers need to mark key words, list important insights, interrogate the text, and discover life answers for themselves. Experienced Bible students and beginners alike will enjoy discovering how they, like Isaiah, can stand strong in the face of attack, persevere in a faithful walk with God, and claim the tremendous promises He has provided.

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0736932593

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9780736932592

You Are My Fireworks

Stories and Poems

By: Pete Schulte

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You Are My Fireworks

Stories and Poems

By: Pete Schulte

It’s been over 15 years since Schulte’s last collection of stories, Ju-Ju Belle & Other Stories. Since then, a lot has changed for the author. Namely, marriage, baby, new jobs, and a move to suburbs. That said, he is still writing the same offbeat, edgy stories that will make you smile and wonder and maybe scratch your head. His new collection, You Are My Fireworks: Stories and Poems, won’t disappoint in either volume or quality. The titular story, You Are My Fireworks, concerns a lonely grocery clerk confronted by a kindly, if eccentric, apparition. His Fourth of July is nothing like expected. Then there’s ‘The Growlers.’ In this story a recently laid off man turns to drinking before getting set straight by his wife. Although now sober, he begins acting in an animalistic way, even to the point of howling at the moon. Could he be turning into a suburban...werewolf? The longest story of the collection is called ‘Tuborg, the Littlest Guard Dog.’ Tuborg is the runt of a large litter of puppies. When adoption time comes, nobody wants Tuborg because he’s too scrawny to even notice. Finally, the last customer of the day decides against his better judgement to adopt Tuborg. He decides to make Tuborg the guard dog of his very large back yard. Tuborg is determined to be the best guard dog he can be, but he has no idea what awaits him in that zany back yard. A cattle drive, a circus, a marching band? Oh, yes. They’re all ready to pass through the gate. Can Tuborg stop them – or maybe even join them? Perhaps a little of both in this funny, touching story. You Are My Fireworks is a collection of stories that will make you smile and maybe touch your heart. I hope you will give them a try.

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153208062X

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