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Good as New

By: Peter Hedges

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THE STORY: GOOD AS NEW follows the disintegration of an educated, affluent Chicago family--parents and teenage daughter--following Mom's face-lift. Devastated by what she views as a violation of who her mother is--an enlightened feminist--the daughter

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0822216388

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Good Man Gone

By: Peter McPhie

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Good Man Gone

By: Peter McPhie

It's not every day that a good man sets a killing in motion.' So begins the tale. Poor Chester has a serious problem. Tender-hearted and utterly devoted to his wife, he's convinced she will leave him in search of another and take their young daughter. Desperation overcomes him. But how far will he go? Well, a whole lot farther than you would ever think. Really. A tidy plan. An unusual killing. But is he in too deep? Sometimes humorous, sometimes mysterious, sometimes dark and chilling, sometimes high action. But always intriguing and unpredictable. Twists you won't see coming. Kirkus Reviews says, 'An entertaining, well-written, and smart crime tale: an excellent read.

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Peter McPhie

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0995287775

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Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World

By: Peter Parnell

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Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World

By: Peter Parnell

THE STORY: Dennis receives a call from his mother telling him that his best friend from boyhood, Scooter Thomas, has died. Shaken, Dennis packs for the funeral and recalls their relationship in brief, poignant scenes, during which he plays both himself and other friends from his past, some of whom went to college or got married. Scooter dropped out of life, however, and took a job in the Post Office. He talked of going off to California, but gradual disenchantment overcame him as his hopes remained unfulfilled. Ultimately, the play looks at the choices we make when youthful expectations meet the realities of adulthood.

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0822210002

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Hijacking the Agenda

Economic Power and Political Influence

By: Christopher Witko,Jana Morgan,Nathan J. Kelly,Peter K. Enns

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Hijacking the Agenda

Economic Power and Political Influence

By: Christopher Witko,Jana Morgan,Nathan J. Kelly,Peter K. Enns

Why are the economic interests and priorities of lower- and middle-class Americans so often ignored by the U.S. Congress, while the economic interests of the wealthiest are prioritized, often resulting in policies favorable to their interests? In Hijacking the Agenda, political scientists Christopher Witko, Jana Morgan, Nathan J. Kelly, and Peter K. Enns examine why Congress privileges the concerns of businesses and the wealthy over those of average Americans. They go beyond demonstrating that such economic bias exists to illuminate precisely how and why economic policy is so often skewed in favor of the rich. The authors analyze over 20 years of floor speeches by several hundred members of Congress to examine the influence of campaign contributions on how the national economic agenda is set in Congress. They find that legislators who received more money from business and professional associations were more likely to discuss the deficit and other upper-class priorities, while those who received more money from unions were more likely to discuss issues important to lower- and middle-class constituents, such as economic inequality and wages. This attention imbalance matters because issues discussed in Congress receive more direct legislative action, such as bill introductions and committee hearings. While unions use campaign contributions to push back against wealthy interests, spending by the wealthy dwarfs that of unions. The authors use case studies analyzing financial regulation and the minimum wage to demonstrate how the financial influence of the wealthy enables them to advance their economic agenda. In each case, the authors examine the balance of structural power, or the power that comes from a person or company’s position in the economy, and kinetic power, the power that comes from the ability to mobilize organizational and financial resources in the policy process. The authors show how big business uses its structural power and resources to effect policy change in Congress, as when the financial industry sought deregulation in the late 1990s, resulting in the passage of a bill eviscerating New Deal financial regulations. Likewise, when business interests want to preserve the policy status quo, it uses its power to keep issues off of the agenda, as when inflation eats into the minimum wage and its declining purchasing power leaves low-wage workers in poverty. Although groups representing lower- and middle-class interests, particularly unions, can use their resources to shape policy responses if conditions are right, they lack structural power and suffer significant resource disadvantages. As a result, wealthy interests have the upper hand in shaping the policy process, simply due to their pivotal position in the economy and the resulting perception that policies beneficial to business are beneficial for everyone. Hijacking the Agenda is an illuminating account of the way economic power operates through the congressional agenda and policy process to privilege the interests of the wealthy and marks a major step forward in our understanding of the politics of inequality.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610449053

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9781610449052

Dead of Night

A Play

By: Peter Whalley

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Dead of Night

A Play

By: Peter Whalley

Jack has just been acquitted of manslaughter, and regales his girlfriend Maggie and their neighbours with a disparaging account of the trial. According to the evidence (most of it Jack's), the victim, Philip Mercer, had broken in late at night, and, on being confronted by Jack, produced a gun which Jack got hold of during the ensuing struggle and then used to kill Mercer. A clear case of self-defence. Or was it?2 women, 2 men

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Baker's Plays

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0573017433

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Making Conflict Work

Harnessing the Power of Disagreement

By: Peter T. Coleman,Robert Ferguson

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Making Conflict Work

Harnessing the Power of Disagreement

By: Peter T. Coleman,Robert Ferguson

A practical guide to navigating workplace conflicts by better understanding the power dynamics at play in every interaction Conflicts at work are as inevitable as they are frustrating. In Making Conflict Work, Peter Coleman and Robert Ferguson's leading experts in the field of conflict resolution address the key role of power in workplace tension. Whether you're butting heads with your boss or addressing a direct report's complaint, your relative position of power affects how you approach conflict. Coleman and Ferguson explain how power dynamics function, with step-by-step guidance to determining your standing in a conflict and identifying and applying the strategies that will lead to the best resolution. Drawing on the authors' years of research and consulting experience, the book gives readers effective strategies for negotiating disputes at all levels of an organization. Making Conflict Work includes self-assessment exercises and action plans to guide managers, mediators, consultants, and attorneys through any conflict. This powerful approach can turn workplace tensions into catalysts for creativity, innovation, and meaningful change.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544148398

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9780544148390

Peter Gill Plays 1

By: Peter Gill

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Peter Gill Plays 1

By: Peter Gill

This first collection of Peter Gill's plays spans his work from 1965 to 1987. The plays are studies of love and time, loss and the fear of loss. The collection includes the plays The Sleepers Den, Over Gardens Out, Small Change, Kick for Touch, In The Blue and Mean Tears, and is introduced by John Burgess.

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Faber & Faber

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0571318541

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9780571318544

Terry Gilliam

By: Peter Marks

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Terry Gilliam

By: Peter Marks

This book is the most sustained and comprehensive examination to date of one of cinema's most challenging and lauded auteur. It proposes new ways of seeing Gilliam and his films that go beyond reductive readings of him as a gifted but manic fantasist. It analyses Gilliam's work over nearly four decades, from Monty Python, to Brazil and Tideland.

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Manchester University Press

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152612551X

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Mystery

By: Peter Straub

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Mystery

By: Peter Straub

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story comes “a dark, labyrinthian tale of murder and family relationships” (Chicago Sun-Times), starring an unlikely duo who must confront demons from the past and dark secrets that still haunt the present. Tom Pasmore, ten years old, survives a near fatal accident. During his long recovery, he becomes obsessed with an unsolved murder and finds he has clues to solving it that he shouldn’t. Lamont von Heilitz has spent his life solving mysteries, until he wanted to know nothing more of the terror of life and the horror of death. When a new murder disrupts their world of wealth, power, and pleasure, the two must form an unlikely partnership to find the killer.

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0307773965

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The Browns Fan's Tailgating Guide

By: Peter Chakerian

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The Browns Fan's Tailgating Guide

By: Peter Chakerian

Whether you tailgate in the Muni Lot with hoards of other Browns fans or in the backyard with the neighbors, you'll enjoy the inspiring party mix of useful tips and fun stories in this book. Reporter Peter Chakerian spent a year hanging with the city's most dedicated tailgaters to uncover the food, games, clothes, and gear that make Browns tailgating such a wild pastime. It's filled with their suggestions for where and how to tailgate, as well as their favorite tailgating tales. It's a celebration for the veteran tailgater--and a great introduction for newbies.

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1598510452

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Easy Riders Raging Bulls

How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Save

By: Peter Biskind

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Easy Riders Raging Bulls

How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Save

By: Peter Biskind

In 1969, a low-budget biker movie, Easy Rider, shocked Hollywood with its stunning success. An unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll (onscreen and off), Easy Rider heralded a heady decade in which a rebellious wave of talented young filmmakers invigorated the movie industry. In Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Peter Biskind takes us on the wild ride that was Hollywood in the '70s, an era that produced such modern classics as The Godfather, Chinatown, Shampoo, Nashville, Taxi Driver, and Jaws. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls vividly chronicles the exuberance and excess of the times: the startling success of Easy Rider and the equally alarming circumstances under which it was made, with drugs, booze, and violent rivalry between costars Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda dominating the set; how a small production company named BBS became the guiding spirit of the youth rebellion in Hollywood and how, along the way, some of its executives helped smuggle Huey Newton out of the country; how director Hal Ashby was busted for drugs and thrown in jail in Toronto; why Martin Scorsese attended the Academy Awards with an FBI escort when Taxi Driver was nominated; how George Lucas, gripped by anxiety, compulsively cut off his own hair while writing Star Wars, how a modest house on Nicholas Beach occupied by actresses Margot Kidder and Jennifer Salt became the unofficial headquarters for the New Hollywood; how Billy Friedkin tried to humiliate Paramount boss Barry Diller; and how screenwriter/director Paul Schrader played Russian roulette in his hot tub. It was a time when an "anything goes" experimentation prevailed both on the screen and off. After the success of Easy Rider, young film-school graduates suddenly found themselves in demand, and directors such as Francis Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, George Lucas, and Martin Scorsese became powerful figures. Even the new generation of film stars -- Nicholson, De Niro, Hoffman, Pacino, and Dunaway -- seemed a breed apart from the traditional Hollywood actors. Ironically, the renaissance would come to an end with Jaws and Star Wars, hugely successful films that would create a blockbuster mentality and crush innovation. Based on hundreds of interviews with the directors themselves, producers, stars, agents, writers, studio executives, spouses, and ex-spouses, this is the full, candid story of Hollywood's last golden age. Never before have so many celebrities talked so frankly about one another and about the drugs, sex, and money that made so many of them crash and burn. By turns hilarious and shocking, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls is the ultimate behind-the-scenes account of Hollywood at work and play.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439126615

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Actual Innocence

Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted

By: Jim Dwyer,Peter J. Neufeld,Barry Scheck

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Actual Innocence

Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted

By: Jim Dwyer,Peter J. Neufeld,Barry Scheck

Ten true tales of people falsely accused detail the flaws in the criminal justice system that landed these people in prison

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038549341X

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The Wire.

A futuristic world. Instead of divorce people go back in time to find new partners.

By: Peter R. Shand

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The Wire.

A futuristic world. Instead of divorce people go back in time to find new partners.

By: Peter R. Shand

Synopsis. 1. A futuristic world. Instead of divorce people go back in time to find new partners. 2. Billionaire Mitchell Armstrong’s memory is wiped and he’;s sent to an alternate dimension. 3. A series of new technology Malfunctions creating a extreme shifts in weather. 4. Billionaire Mitchell Armstrong is drafted into the Police force inorder to find time traveling serial killers. 5. Billionaire Mitchell Armstrong is hunted by the criminal underground. Meanwhile a strange shift in the space time continuum ruins all photographs. *

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A Place Without Twilight

By: Peter S. Feibleman

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A Place Without Twilight

By: Peter S. Feibleman

Cille and her light-skinned brothers struggle to define themselves in New Orleans in the 1930s and '40s, in a world in which race and class mean everything.

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LSU Press

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0807122254

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The White Light (paperback)

By: Peter Cacciolfi,Pattimari Sheets Cacciolfi

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The White Light (paperback)

By: Peter Cacciolfi,Pattimari Sheets Cacciolfi

Travel this road, enter the mysterious world beyond the white light, and you may experience something you never imagined. Tessie and Toni walked the thin line from what might be considered a normal existence to the mysterious world of intense mysticism as they venture from California to Texas and on to Florida where strange happenings change the course of their lives forever.

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Lulu.com

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1329210468

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Thick as Thieves

By: Peter Spiegelman

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Thick as Thieves

By: Peter Spiegelman

A new thriller that takes us inside a hair-raising heist, where paranoia hangs as heavy as the tropical heat, and the only law is Murphy’s. Carr—ex-CIA—is the reluctant leader of an elite crew planning a robbery of such extraordinary proportions that it will leave them all set for life. Diamonds, money-laundering, and extortion go into a timed-to-the-minute scheme that unfurls across South America, Miami, and Grand Cayman Island. Carr’s cohorts are seasoned pros, but they’re wound drum-tight: months before, the man who brought them together was killed in what Carr suspects was a setup. And there are other loose ends. Some of the intel they’re paying for is badly inaccurate, and one of the gang—lately, Carr’s lover—may have an agenda of her own. Carr finds himself “working the paranoid calculus . . . mapping the shifting landscape of who-owes-who and who-owns-who, of loyalty, grudge, and pressure”—but his biggest problems are yet to come: few of his crew are what they seem to be, and even his own past will turn out to be built on a lie. Terrifically suspenseful and psychologically complex, Thick as Thieves is a rare, penetrating look into the sophisticated machinations of an unparalleled crime, and Peter Spiegelman’s most accomplished and galvanizing novel yet.

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030759680X

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The Crying Years

Australia's Great War

By: Peter Stanley

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The Crying Years

Australia's Great War

By: Peter Stanley

The Great War of 1914-1918 affected all Australians and decisively changed the new nation. They were 'The Crying Years' according to writer Zora Cross, who lost her brother in 1917. This visual history of Australia's Great War offers a different perspective on a period of time familiar to many. It helps to connect the war overseas - the well-chronicled battles at Gallipoli, Fromelles, Passchendaele and Villers-Bretonneux - with the equally bitter war at home, for and against conscription, over 'loyalty' and 'disloyalty'. Men faced life-changing choices: volunteer to fight or stay at home; join the revolutionary unionists or break the strikes. Women bore the burdens of waiting and worrying, of working for charities, or of voting to send men to their deaths. Even children were drawn into the animosities, as their communities fractured under the stress. Prize-winning historian Professor Peter Stanley of UNSW Canberra uses documents, photographs, artefacts and images from the collections of the National Library of Australia to evoke the drama and tragedy, suffering and sacrifice, pain and pity of Australia's Great War.

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National Library of Australia

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0642279055

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9780642279057

Why CEOs Fail

The 11 Behaviors That Can Derail Your Climb to the Top - And How to Manage Them

By: David L. Dotlich,Peter C. Cairo

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Why CEOs Fail

The 11 Behaviors That Can Derail Your Climb to the Top - And How to Manage Them

By: David L. Dotlich,Peter C. Cairo

If any of the following behaviors sound like you or someone you work with, beware! In Why CEOs Fail, David L. Dotlich and Peter C. Cairo describe the most common characteristics of derailed top executives and how you can avoid them: Arrogance—you think that you're right, and everyone else is wrong. Melodrama—you need to be the center of attention. Volatility—you're subject to mood swings. Excessive Caution—you're afraid to make decisions. Habitual Distrust—you focus on the negatives. Aloofness —you're disengaged and disconnected. Mischievousness—you believe that rules are made to be broken. Eccentricity—you try to be different just for the sake of it. Passive Resistance—what you say is not what you really believe. Perfectionism—you get the little things right and the big things wrong. Eagerness to Please—you try to win the popularity contest.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787970646

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9780787970642

Thrown Rope

By: Peter Hutchinson

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Thrown Rope

By: Peter Hutchinson

Much of Hutchinson's beautiful but fleeting work exists only in the photographs presented here, accompanied by his own handwritten notes providing insight, levity, and riddles spanning his more than four-decade career. Essays by fellow artist Bill Beckley and critic Carter Ratcliff round out this long-overdue portrait of one of the most underappreciated artists of our time."--BOOK JACKET.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568985614

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Aquarius Revisited

Seven Who Created the Sixties Counterculture That Changed America

By: Peter O. Whitmer,Bruce VanWyngarden

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Aquarius Revisited

Seven Who Created the Sixties Counterculture That Changed America

By: Peter O. Whitmer,Bruce VanWyngarden

A failed West Point cadet would coin the phrase "turn on, tune in, and drop out." A confused seventeen-year-old from Newark planned to be an attorney but instead let loose with a poem called "Howl." An Olympic-caliber wrestler authored One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and spent the next twenty-eight years leading a band of merry pranksters on a cross-country, electric Kool-Aid odyssey... These were a few of the men whose radical ideas were forged in the black-and-white '50s. Before the 1960s turned into a frenzy of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, before Kent State, before a battered America fled from Vietnam, a seismic Technicolor shift was underway-led by a group of visionaries who collaborated, competed, went to jail, and fought against an Establishment that fought back just as furiously. From the last days of the Beat Generation to the strange history of LSD in America, from the music of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to the fantastic, teeming celebration at Woodstock, from the civil right movement to the anti-war protests brewing at college campuses across the country, this phenomenal book will let those who were there rediscover the magic and those who weren't discover why the '60s was the decade to beat all others.... Book jacket.

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Citadel Press

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0806528567

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Glossolalia

A Book by Peter Dabbene

By: Peter Dabbene

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Glossolalia

A Book by Peter Dabbene

By: Peter Dabbene

Glossolalia is a compendium of 35 short stories, taking on genres from short comedy to science fiction, and from political satire to "literary" fiction and horror. A turn of the 21st century detective seeks a sense of purpose and a new start. A modern magician finds peace in a recorded voice from the past. A trucker gets a warning along with his meal at a truck stop diner. The brightest lights of stage and screen engage in a secret mission to save Hollywood. A young woman is taken for a ride at her new job, courtesy of political correctness. Germans and Russians compete in an escalating animal war during World War II. A reenactor sees history come to life on the battlefield at Gettysburg. A young Cuban man seeks escape to America on the high seas. A father tinkers with the genetic coding of his boys to give them a chance at succeeding where he has failed. These stories, and many more, await the reader of Glossolalia.

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1413479014

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Belonging

Australians, Place and Aboriginal Ownership

By: Peter Read

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Belonging

Australians, Place and Aboriginal Ownership

By: Peter Read

This book, published in 2000, explores the feelings of non-Aboriginal Australians as they articulate their sense of belonging to the land.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521774098

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Catch a Wave

The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson

By: Peter Ames Carlin

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Catch a Wave

The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson

By: Peter Ames Carlin

Brian Wilson was the visionary behind America's most successful and influential rock band. As the leader of the Beach Boys, he sold 100 million records and built a catalog of songs that continues to define the sound and feel of American popular music. Healso became one of the culture's most mysterious and tragic figures--but after spending years lost in a wilderness of despair, Wilson has fought his way back to productivity. Now journalist Carlin, who conducted in-depth interviews with dozens of sourcesand listened to hundreds of hours of unreleased studio recordings and live music, tells a uniquely American story of the band, the music, and the culture the Beach Boys both sang about and helped create.--From publisher description.

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Rodale

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1594867496

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Pook In Boots

By: Peter Pook

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Pook In Boots

By: Peter Pook

Banking on Form was so funny people said, that they daren’t read it in public places—but Pook in Boots is even funnier! Leaving the Bank, Pook continues his aggressive career in the Royal Marines, where he mixes with earls and orphans—leading them all cheerfully to perdition, willingly aided by the smallest Marine on record, the Hon. Lesley Pilkington-Goldberg. Opposing Pook and his dislike of discipline is that magnificent character Sergeant Canyon—fifteen stone of bad-tempered Saxon warrior—whose epic encounter with Pook in the Unarmed Combat Class is still remembered with awe by those who saw it. Running through the story is the love-interest of Pook’s girlfriends—unexpectedly connected with his celebrated inter-Service bout with the notorious Bandsman Bangle, which is described here for the first time. Because, as Pook remarks, “any fool can read a love yarn but it takes grit to read this type of literature.” We meet the shrewdest tactician of them all in Lieutenant Tudor—late house-detective at a London hotel—whose fondness for the ladies is second only to his skill in battle. What happens to Pook during the disastrous Exercise Seaweed, followed by the extraordinary Passing Out Parade and a hilarious party in the West End night-club, will confirm his position as the biggest laughter-raiser in the business. Colonel Tank sums up wisely when he observes: “Sometimes I wonder if I’m C.O. of a crack fighting regiment or the manager of a West End hotel for spies.”

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1311664475

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Now That's Funny!

The Art and Craft of Writing Comedy

By: Peter Desberg,Jeffrey Davis

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Now That's Funny!

The Art and Craft of Writing Comedy

By: Peter Desberg,Jeffrey Davis

There is a feeling of pure delight that comes from laughing out loud while watching a hilarious movie or a TV show. Yet as funny as these lines may be, they are the work of people you will never see. The magic behind any comedy hit begins when an idea is hatched in the mind of a comedy writer and is then put down on paper. And while few of us are privy to this fascinating process, for writers Peter Desberg and Jeffrey Davis, the challenge of observing and understanding how comedy is born has culminated in a unique new book, Now That’s Funny! Desberg and Davis provide an intimate look into the minds of twenty-four of Hollywood’s funniest comedy writers, who have given us such shows as: Saturday Night Live Monk Everybody Loves Raymond The Simpsons Frasier Maude Home Improvement Valerie Modern Family Cheers There’s Something about Mary The Honeymooners Suddenly Susan Newhart Sabrina the Teenage Witch Archie Bunker’s Place The Tracey Ullman Show Wings Who’s The Boss? and more How do you get to see the creative wheels turn? The authors’ premise was simple: Using a Q and A format, they provided each writer with a story idea and let them run with it. Each of the writers was told there were no rules, no boundaries, and no limits! Because everyone started with the same concept, the authors could see how some writers jumped in and began creating, while others asked lots of questions; how some writers stuck closely to the premise, while others turned it on its head. What emerges is an entertaining look—illuminating and hilarious in turn—at the creative process behind hit TV shows and movies. If you’re one of the millions who have enjoyed watching the work of comedy writers, here is an opportunity to go behind the scenes and see the madness unfold. Now that’s funny!

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0757054455

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Players, Playwrights, Playhouses

Investigating Performance, 1660–1800

By: Michael Cordner,Peter Holland

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Players, Playwrights, Playhouses

Investigating Performance, 1660–1800

By: Michael Cordner,Peter Holland

This book brings together theatre historians to identify and exemplify a variety of productive new approaches to the investigation of plays, players, playwrights, playhouses and other aspects of theatre in the long eighteenth century. Their inquiries range from stage censorship and anti-theatricalism to the political resonances of adultery comedy.

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0230287190

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The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012

By: Andrew Burbidge,John Woinarski,Peter Harrison

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The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012

By: Andrew Burbidge,John Woinarski,Peter Harrison

The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 is the first review to assess the conservation status of all Australian mammals. It complements The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010 (Garnett et al. 2011, CSIRO Publishing), and although the number of Australian mammal taxa is marginally fewer than for birds, the proportion of endemic, extinct and threatened mammal taxa is far greater. These authoritative reviews represent an important foundation for understanding the current status, fate and future of the nature of Australia. This book considers all species and subspecies of Australian mammals, including those of external territories and territorial seas. For all the mammal taxa (about 300 species and subspecies) considered Extinct, Threatened, Near Threatened or Data Deficient, the size and trend of their population is presented along with information on geographic range and trend, and relevant biological and ecological data. The book also presents the current conservation status of each taxon under Australian legislation, what additional information is needed for managers, and the required management actions. Recovery plans, where they exist, are evaluated. The voluntary participation of more than 200 mammal experts has ensured that the conservation status and information are as accurate as possible, and allowed considerable unpublished data to be included. All accounts include maps based on the latest data from Australian state and territory agencies, from published scientific literature and other sources. The Action Plan concludes that 29 Australian mammal species have become extinct and 63 species are threatened and require urgent conservation action. However, it also shows that, where guided by sound knowledge, management capability and resourcing, and longer-term commitment, there have been some notable conservation success stories, and the conservation status of some species has greatly improved over the past few decades. The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012 makes a major contribution to the conservation of a wonderful legacy that is a significant part of Australia’s heritage. For such a legacy to endure, our society must be more aware of and empathetic with our distinctively Australian environment, and particularly its marvellous mammal fauna; relevant information must be readily accessible; environmental policy and law must be based on sound evidence; those with responsibility for environmental management must be aware of what priority actions they should take; the urgency for action (and consequences of inaction) must be clear; and the opportunity for hope and success must be recognised. It is in this spirit that this account is offered.

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Show Me the Funny!

At the Writers' Table with Hollywoods Top Comedy Writers

By: Peter Desberg,Jeffrey Davis

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Show Me the Funny!

At the Writers' Table with Hollywoods Top Comedy Writers

By: Peter Desberg,Jeffrey Davis

Enjoy a unique glimpse into the intelligent and quirky inner workings of the comedic mind! This special e-version of Show Me the Funny! presents 28 top comedy screenwriters--including three bonus interviews not in the original print book--from the revered figures of televisions “Golden Age” to todays favorite movie jokesters. Authors Desberg and Davis put an innovative spin on the traditional interview: each writer was given the same loosely structured comedic premise and asked to develop it in any way he or she wanted-no rules, no boundaries, no limits! The result is a hilarious and illuminating look at the comic process. INCLUDES: o Leonard Stern (co-creator of Get Smart) o Sherwood Schwartz (Gilligans Island, The Brady Bunch) o Peter Casey (co-creator of The Jeffersons, Cheers, Wings, Frasier) o Phil Rosenthal (co-creator of Everybody Loves Raymond) o Ed Decter (co-writer of Theres Something About Mary) o plus three e-book only interviews: Marley Simms (Home Improvement, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) Dan O’Shannon (Modern Family, Frasier, Cheers), and Charlie Hauck (Maude, Cheers)

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1402783221

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Spirituality, Understanding It and Pursuing It

By: Peter Dennis

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Spirituality, Understanding It and Pursuing It

By: Peter Dennis

Do you know exactly what Spirituality is? Do you know how spiritual you are and how your spirituality may be trending? Are you aware of anything that might be blocking your spiritual growth? Any ideas on how you can develop your spirituality? Is there any point in becoming more spiritual? This book on spirituality answers these questions and it takes on many of life's other big questions such as: Who are we? What is our purpose? What is the nature and purpose of the Creator? Some books on these subjects give us definitions and guidance for playing the game of life better. This book is a manual for graduating out of the game.

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CAPCO International

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0969892683

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Aftermath with Bonus Material

By: Peter Robinson

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Aftermath with Bonus Material

By: Peter Robinson

For a limited time, and at a special price, discover Peter Robinson's Inspector Ian Bank's series with Aftermath. Plus, receive an excerpt from Peter Robinson's new book Watching the Dark, available January 2nd. One phone call from a concerned neighbor has inadvertently led police to Terence Payne, the elusive serial killer known only as "Chameleon." Now the fiend is in custody, perhaps dying, and a long nightmare appears to be over at last. But is it? In Acting Detective Superintendent Alan Banks's mind too many questions remain unanswered at the chamber of horrors the press will dub the "House of Payne." Because the darkness has not yet lifted, the casualties are still mounting...and there are still monsters loose in the world.

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Aftermath

An Inspector Banks Novel

By: Peter Robinson

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Aftermath

An Inspector Banks Novel

By: Peter Robinson

From New York Times bestselling and Edgar award-winning author Peter Robinson comes this brilliant novel of suspense—a thrilling tale of family secrets and past evils that have spread from one generation to another and wreaked havoc on an unsuspecting town. One phone call from a concerned neighbor has inadvertently led police to Terence Payne, the elusive serial killer known only as "Chameleon." Now Payne is in custody, perhaps dying, and a long nightmare appears to be over at last. But is it? For Alan Banks – currently head of the local police force – too many questions remain unanswered at the chamber of horrors the press will dub the "House of Payne." Because the darkness has not yet lifted, the casualties are still mounting...and there are still monsters loose in the world. Showcasing the dark forces of human nature, master of suspense Peter Robinson is at the height of his storytelling powers in a novel that will leave readers guessing until the final page.

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Hypnosis, Channeling and Raising Consciousness

By: Peter Dennis

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Hypnosis, Channeling and Raising Consciousness

By: Peter Dennis

Peter Dennis is a hypnotist and has done many past life regressions with his clients. A few years ago, some of Peter's clients, while visiting past lives, started reporting lives on other planets. This prompted Peter to pursue this further and, in so doing, a number of clients began to channel. After five women began Channeling, Peter wrote this book detailing some of the concerns, inhibitions and fears that these women dealt with as they pursued this adventure. After discovering that hypnosis could be a very effective route to Channeling, Peter's hypnosis practice is now mainly focused on helping people to become Channelers. Peter is not a Channeler but is referred to as a Channeling Facilitator as he helps people to make a Channeling connection, strengthen that connection and, if the client wishes, take that talent to the public. More about this can be seen on Peter's website at: peterhdennis.com. Channeling takes many forms. When we get ideas or inspirations, chances are that we are Channeling. Intuitive flashes can be Channeling. Authors, songwriters, composers, inspired speakers all have moments of Channeling. This book is not about these more subtle forms of Channeling but, rather, it's about what might be called Conscious Channeling or Overt Channeling and, sometimes, Trance Channeling. What then is Channeling? As you may know, our scientists have been telling us that everything, at the sub-atomic level, is composed of a vibrating energy and that everything and everyone has his/her/its own, unique rate of vibration. So, for Channeling to work, the Channeler has to raise his or her vibration and the sender has to lower its vibration so that a match can be made and a connection established. Once that connection is established, the sender sends a message telepathically and the receiver or Channeler uses his or her brain, voice box, vocal cords and perhaps some other things to receive and vocalize that information. Like a lot of things in our lives these days, we don't have to fully understand how something works to benefit from using it, and Channeling is much the same. We don't have to understand the Physics of Channeling in order to figure out if the content of the channeled messages works for us or not. This book is also an introduction to Spirituality and it offers many messages and explains many metaphysical concepts. It is the Author's hope that you will find that these messages expand your thinking, raise a number of new questions and bring you more peace.

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Lernpunkt Deutsch 2 - Teacher's Book with New German Spelling

By: Peter Morris,Alan Wesson

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Lernpunkt Deutsch 2 - Teacher's Book with New German Spelling

By: Peter Morris,Alan Wesson

Builds an understanding of grammar with a thorough step-by-step approach.Provides a systematic framework for introducing, practising and recording key vocabulary.There are frequent opportunities for self study to complement core learning andf increase student confidence.Provides students with reading for enjoyment and a wide range of texts.

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