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Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor

By: Rain Pryor,Cathy Crimmins

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Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor

By: Rain Pryor,Cathy Crimmins

The loving, witty, yet brutally honest memoir of the daughter of comedy legend Richard Pryor. Rain Pryor was born in the idealistic, free-love 1960s. Her mother was a Jewish go-go dancer who wanted a tribe of rainbow children. Rain’s father was Richard Pryor, perhaps the most compelling and brilliant comedian of his era, a man whose self-destructiveness was as legendary as his groundbreaking comedy. Jokes My Father Never Taught Me is an intimate, harrowing, poignant, and often hilarious memoir that explores the divided heritage and the forces that shaped a wildly schizophrenic childhood. It is the story of a girl who grew up adoring her father even as she feared him—and feared for him, as his drug problems got worse. Both lovingly told and painfully frank, it is an unprecedented look at the life of a comedy icon, told by a daughter who both understood the genius and knew the tortured man within. Praise for Jokes My Father Never Taught Me “Rain Pryor pulls no punches . . . Using the same profanity-laced wit her father perfected, she unspools darkly comic stories . . . but never devolves into self-pity or bitterness.” —Entertainment Weekly “Vital, entertaining and appalling, Pryor has fleshed out a familiar dysfunctional family refrain—”It was a lot easier to love him if you didn’t know him”—with bravery and wit.” —Publishers Weekly

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226

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Harper Collins

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0061745960

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9780061745966

Warrior Woman

The Exceptional Life Story of Nonhelema, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief

By: James Alexander Thom,Dark Rain Thom

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Warrior Woman

The Exceptional Life Story of Nonhelema, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief

By: James Alexander Thom,Dark Rain Thom

A bestselling master of historical fiction, James Alexander Thom has brought unforgettable Native American figures to life for millions of readers, powerfully dramatizing their fortitude, fearsomeness, and profound fates. Now he and his wife, Dark Rain, have created a magnificent portrait of an astonishing woman–one who led her people in war when she could not persuade them to make peace. Her name was Nonhelema. Literate, lovely, imposing at over six feet tall, she was the Women’s Peace Chief of the Shawnee Nation–and already a legend when the most decisive decade of her life began in 1774. That fall, with more than three thousand Virginians poised to march into the Shawnees’ home, Nonhelema’s plea for peace was denied. So she loyally became a fighter, riding into battle covered in war paint. When the Indians ran low on ammunition, Nonhelema’s role changed back to peacemaker, this time tragically. Negotiating an armistice with military leaders of the American Revolution like Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark, she found herself estranged from her own people–and betrayed by her white adversaries, who would murder her loved ones and eventually maim Nonhelema herself. Throughout her inspiring life, she had many deep and complex relationships, including with her daughter, Fani, who was an adopted white captive . . . a pious and judgmental missionary, Zeisberger . . . a series of passionate lovers . . . and, in a stunning creation of the Thoms, Justin Case–a cowardly soldier transformed by the courage he saw in the female Indian leader. Filled with the uncanny period detail and richly rendered drama that are Thom trademarks, Warrior Woman is a memorable novel of a remarkable person–one willing to fight to avoid war, by turns tough and tender, whose heart was too big for the world she wished to tame.

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509

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Ballantine Books

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0307417689

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9780307417688

Superbook

The World of Superhero Movies According to Smersh Pod

By: John Rain

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Superbook

The World of Superhero Movies According to Smersh Pod

By: John Rain

THIS IS THE GUIDE TO CLASSIC SUPERHERO MOVIES YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEEDED. If you mention the word 'superhero' these days, the mind is immediately bombarded by visions from the MCU, DCU and all the numerous phases, extended TV series and animated side-specials that combine to make our eyes bleed with a barrage of different characters fighting each other. But before 1997 people would generally only think of a few things: Christopher Reeve smiling as his Superman kept a watchful eye over Earth's atmosphere, Michael Keaton's Batman running around Gotham dressed in moulded rubber, Nicholas Hammond's Spider-Man being hauled up a wall on a rope, Bill Bixby trying not to unleash his inner Hulk and Flash Gordon camply swashbuckling his way around another galaxy. It's time to don your cowl, cape, shredded jeans and Vultan leatherwear and join John Rain as he wades his way through twenty classic superhero films that stunned, amazed and baffled the world from 1978 to 1997. IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A PLANE? NO, IT'S SUPERBOOK! 'The perfect way to enjoy the best and worst films of your childhood' - Ed Byrne

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259

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Birlinn Ltd

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1915359147

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9781915359148

The Ancient Wisdom of the 12 Days of Christmas

The Hidden Teachings Behind the Song

By: Rain on the Earth

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The Ancient Wisdom of the 12 Days of Christmas

The Hidden Teachings Behind the Song

By: Rain on the Earth

The 12 Days of Christmas was used by Celtic peoples who believe the Christ Consciousness is a level of understanding of our unity with the Creator that has practical application in our lives. This knowledge lives within you and can be accessed through your intimate and infinite relationship with the Creator. The Ceremony contains simply profound tools embodied in its symbols and form that can awaken, stir and ignite these powers in your life, so you can realize, activate and live your Divine Design. Consecrating your lifes purpose, year after year. Through this empowerment you can make the difference to the world that you came to contribute.

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241

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AuthorHouse

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1463479212

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9781463479213

The Master Spy Handbook

Help Our Intrepid Hero Use Gadgets, Codes and Top-Secret Tactics to Save the World from Evildoers

By: Rain Newcomb

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The Master Spy Handbook

Help Our Intrepid Hero Use Gadgets, Codes and Top-Secret Tactics to Save the World from Evildoers

By: Rain Newcomb

Learn the fine art of tailing, writing secret messages in invisible ink, setting up a secret rendezvous, or changing the size and appearance of your face.

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100

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1600592899

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9781600592898

Explodobook

The World of 80s Action Movies According to Smersh Pod

By: John Rain

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Explodobook

The World of 80s Action Movies According to Smersh Pod

By: John Rain

The 1980s. A time of fear: fear of the unknown, fear of your neighbours, fear of drugs, fear of sex, fear of strangers, fear of videos, and the very real fear that the world would end at any moment in an awful, and very sudden, nuclear attack. However, in those times of turmoil and worry, there was a comfort that soothed the mind, and acted as a quiet balm: action movies. Video shops were bursting at the seams with rampant gunfire, sex, drugs, rock, roll, cars on fire, people on fire, guns, bombs, and people dressed in army fatigues (and that was just the staff). Heroes were born shrouded in fire and violent revenge, they were not only armed with guns, but also red-hot quips, that served as a muscly arm around the shoulder, and a wink that everything was going to be okay. So thank you Arnold, Sylvester, Sigourney, Bruce, Eddie, Charles, Patrick, Mel, Chuck and everyone else that made it happen. You saved the world, in your own inimitable way. Join John Rain, the author of the critically-acclaimed Thunderbook: The World of Bond According to Smersh Pod, as he examines a choice selection of the greatest action movies from the decade when the explosion was king.

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286

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Birlinn Ltd

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1913538192

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9781913538194

Paper Fantastic

50 Creative Projects to Fold, Cut, Glue, Paint & Weave

By: Joe Rhatigan,Rain Newcomb

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Paper Fantastic

50 Creative Projects to Fold, Cut, Glue, Paint & Weave

By: Joe Rhatigan,Rain Newcomb

Safe, easy, fast, and fun: paper crafts are the perfect creative activity for children. And these 48 unique projects—engagingly displayed on colorful pages—prove there’s more to paper art than cutting out hearts. A special section starts kids off by introducing them to different papers and tools, while six technique-based chapters present imaginative possibilities for transforming everything from corrugated cardboard to vellum. Best of all, they’ll learn how to turn their own crafty ideas into reality.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1579909590

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9781579909598

The Mississippi River Campaign, 1861-1863

The Struggle for Control of the Western Waters

By: Benton Rain Patterson

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The Mississippi River Campaign, 1861-1863

The Struggle for Control of the Western Waters

By: Benton Rain Patterson

Telling the story of the Civil War's Mississippi River Campaign through the experiences of leading officers, ordinary soldiers, and civilians, this book explains how the river campaign came to be one of the key tenets of the Union's strategy and a fundamental contributor to the war's ultimate outcome. It describes the Union's drive down the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois, the drive up the river from the Gulf of Mexico, and the capturing of key cities and rebel fortifications along the way, including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Memphis, Vicksburg, and finally, Port Hudson, Louisiana. The text is supplemented with 24 historical photographs from the Library of Congress and the National Archives.

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McFarland

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078645900X

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9780786459001

Book's by Rain Pryor

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

Jokes My Father Never Taught Me

Warrior Woman

Warrior Woman

Superbook

Superbook

The Ancient Wisdom of the 12 Days of Christmas

The Ancient Wisdom of the 12 Days of Christmas

The Master Spy Handbook

The Master Spy Handbook

Explodobook

Explodobook

Paper Fantastic

Paper Fantastic

The Mississippi River Campaign, 1861-1863

The Mississippi River Campaign, 1861-1863

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