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Grant

By: Ron Chernow

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The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017 “Eminently readable but thick with import . . . Grant hits like a Mack truck of knowledge.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. Before the Civil War, Grant was flailing. His business ventures had ended dismally, and despite distinguished service in the Mexican War he ended up resigning from the army in disgrace amid recurring accusations of drunkenness. But in war, Grant began to realize his remarkable potential, soaring through the ranks of the Union army, prevailing at the battle of Shiloh and in the Vicksburg campaign, and ultimately defeating the legendary Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Along the way, Grant endeared himself to President Lincoln and became his most trusted general and the strategic genius of the war effort. Grant’s military fame translated into a two-term presidency, but one plagued by corruption scandals involving his closest staff members. More important, he sought freedom and justice for black Americans, working to crush the Ku Klux Klan and earning the admiration of Frederick Douglass, who called him “the vigilant, firm, impartial, and wise protector of my race.” After his presidency, he was again brought low by a dashing young swindler on Wall Street, only to resuscitate his image by working with Mark Twain to publish his memoirs, which are recognized as a masterpiece of the genre. With lucidity, breadth, and meticulousness, Chernow finds the threads that bind these disparate stories together, shedding new light on the man whom Walt Whitman described as “nothing heroic... and yet the greatest hero.” Chernow’s probing portrait of Grant's lifelong struggle with alcoholism transforms our understanding of the man at the deepest level. This is America's greatest biographer, bringing movingly to life one of our finest but most underappreciated presidents. The definitive biography, Grant is a grand synthesis of painstaking research and literary brilliance that makes sense of all sides of Grant's life, explaining how this simple Midwesterner could at once be so ordinary and so extraordinary. Named one of the best books of the year by Goodreads • Amazon • The New York Times • Newsday • BookPage • Barnes and Noble • Wall Street Journal

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0143110632

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Building Businesses That Last - In The Value Zone

By: Dr. Ron Wood Sr.

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Building Businesses That Last - In The Value Zone

By: Dr. Ron Wood Sr.

During the past ten years Dr. Ron Wood (founder of The Wood Research Institute LLC) has engaged in research studying businesses worldwide to learn why some companies, despite relentless internal and external forces that assail them from all sides, are able to sustain positive business results and provide consistent value for their customers. In his research, Dr. Wood has found that there are some companies that are able to achieve sustained high performance success despite many challenges. H

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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1633383695

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Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs

A Reference Guide, 2d ed.

By: Ron Keurajian

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Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs

A Reference Guide, 2d ed.

By: Ron Keurajian

Richly illustrated with nearly 1,000 examples of both autographs and forgeries, this new and expanded edition includes signature studies of all Hall of Famers from the 19th century to the present. Collectors can compare signatures to the examples to determine the genuineness of autographs. Shoeless Joe and the rest of the Black Sox are explored in depth, along with Roger Maris, Gil Hodges and the top 50 non-Hall of Fame autographs. A new price guide examines values of various signed mediums. A market population grid lists rare and seldom seen signatures.

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McFarland

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1476634181

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Talking American History

An Informal Narrative History of the United States

By: Ron Briley

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Talking American History

An Informal Narrative History of the United States

By: Ron Briley

Offering an alternative to encyclopedic textbooks that confirm Henry Ford’s complaint that the study of history is just “one damned thing after another,” it provides an informal and conversational narrative history of the American experience from the Colonial period to the present day. Above all, history is a story, and the story of America is a complicated and contested tale. Rather than simply the exceptionalism of a shining city upon a hill, the American saga includes a dark stain of prejudice and nativism still present within the national fabric. Beginning with the assault upon Native lands and culture along with the introduction of racial slavery, patterns of exploitation and greed fostering gender, racial, and class inequality are an essential part of America’s story. Themes of prejudice and inequality, however, are offset by the promise of social justice and an egalitarian America outlined by Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Seneca Falls Declaration of Principles, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s The Four Freedoms, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” oratory. While considering topics such as Presidential leadership, Talking American History emphasizes the efforts of American reformers, dreamers, freedom fighters, dissenters, radicals, and workers to move the nation toward the democratic promise laid out in its founding documents. The framework is a traditional political history narrative told from a progressive perspective. This is an interpretation with which not all readers will agree, but the intention is to facilitate dialogue and debate that are imperative for the survival of American democracy.

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Sunstone Press

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1611395836

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9781611395839

Business Acumen for Strategic Communicators

A Primer

By: Matthew W. Ragas,Ron Culp

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Business Acumen for Strategic Communicators

A Primer

By: Matthew W. Ragas,Ron Culp

Business acumen has emerged as a critical competency for communicators. But if you’re a public relations, advertising or communication professional that didn’t go to business school, how can you make sure you have the abilities and skills to evolve along with your role? Business Acumen for Strategic Communicators is the book for you.

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Emerald Group Publishing

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1838676619

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Eternity at the End of a Rope

Executions, Lynchings and Vigilante Justice in Texas, 1819-1923

By: Clifford R. Caldwell,Ron DeLord

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Eternity at the End of a Rope

Executions, Lynchings and Vigilante Justice in Texas, 1819-1923

By: Clifford R. Caldwell,Ron DeLord

Since 1819 over 3,000 souls found their personal “eternity at the end of a rope” in Texas. Some earned their way. Others were the victim of mistaken identity, or an act of vigilante justice. Deserved or not, when the hangman’s knot is pulled up tight and the black cap snugged down over your head it is too late to plead your case. This remarkable story begins in 1819 with the first legal hanging in Texas. By 1835 accounts of lynching dotted the records. Although by 1923 legal execution by hanging was discontinued in favor of the electric chair, vigilante justice remained a favorite pastime for some. The accounts of violence are numbing. The cultural and racial implications are profound, and offer a far more accurate, unbiased insight into the tally of African-American and Hispanic victims of mob violence in the Lone Star State than has ever been presented. Many of these deeds were nothing short of morbid theater, worthy of another era. This book is backed up by years of research and thousands of primary source documents. Includes Index and Bibliography.

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Sunstone Press

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1632930889

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Africans and African Americans Divided

The Male-female African and African American Digital Divide

By: Ron Farris

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Africans and African Americans Divided

The Male-female African and African American Digital Divide

By: Ron Farris

Africans and African Americans have been victims of diversity throughout history. Countless instances of inequality are well documented throughout both world and American history, yet the research of this book has determined that the African and African American, in particular the African and African American male, is the victim of another inequality, the Digital Divide, and since they are victim of such diversity, why cannot this problem be addressed and corrected.

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Lulu.com

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1435700090

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Let's Play Two

The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks

By: Ron Rapoport

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Let's Play Two

The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks

By: Ron Rapoport

The definitive and revealing biography of Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks, one of America's most iconic, beloved, and misunderstood baseball players, by acclaimed journalist Ron Rapoport. Ernie Banks, the first-ballot Hall of Famer and All-Century Team shortstop, played in fourteen All-Star Games, won two MVPs, and twice led the Major Leagues in home runs and runs batted in. He outslugged Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Mickey Mantle when they were in their prime, but while they made repeated World Series appearances in the 1950s and 60s, Banks spent his entire career with the woebegone Chicago Cubs, who didn't win a pennant in his adult lifetime. Today, Banks is remembered best for his signature phrase, "Let's play two," which has entered the American lexicon and exemplifies the enthusiasm that endeared him to fans everywhere. But Banks's public display of good cheer was a mask that hid a deeply conflicted, melancholy, and often quite lonely man. Despite the poverty and racism he endured as a young man, he was among the star players of baseball's early days of integration who were reluctant to speak out about Civil Rights. Being known as one of the greatest players never to reach the World Series also took its toll. At one point, Banks even saw a psychiatrist to see if that would help. It didn't. Yet Banks smiled through it all, enduring the scorn of Cubs manager Leo Durocher as an aging superstar and never uttering a single complaint. Let's Play Two is based on numerous conversations with Banks and on interviews with more than a hundred of his family members, teammates, friends, and associates as well as oral histories, court records, and thousands of other documents and sources. Together, they explain how Banks was so different from the caricature he created for the public. The book tells of Banks's early life in segregated Dallas, his years in the Negro Leagues, and his difficult life after retirement; and features compelling portraits of Buck O'Neil, Philip K. Wrigley, the Bleacher Bums, the doomed pennant race of 1969, and much more from a long-lost baseball era.

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Hachette Books

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0316318647

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On Solitude, Conscience, Love and Our Inner and Outer Lives

By: Ron Haflidson

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On Solitude, Conscience, Love and Our Inner and Outer Lives

By: Ron Haflidson

Ron Haflidson places the theology of Augustine in conversation with contemporary authors, who warn of the dangers of abandoning solitude for constant (often technological) connection. Haflidson addresses an essential question that has previously been neglected: What difference does it make to the practice of solitude if one believes that even in the absence of any human company, God is always intimately present? For Augustine, solitude is a moral necessity: he recommends that we regularly retreat from the crowd into the depths of our conscience, where we can dwell alone in the company of God, and enter into dialogue before and with God about who we are and how we love. Throughout this book, Haflidson pairs close readings of Augustine with those of noted cartographers of our inner lives, literary greats including Jane Austen, George Eliot, Marilynne Robinson and George Saunders. This book explores what undiscovered possibilities may lie in solitude.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567682692

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Twilight of Honor

By: Ron Nolan

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Twilight of Honor

By: Ron Nolan

Saigon, South Vietnam, 1963: In the waning days of the hated Diem regime, a shattering terrorist attack launches young American correspondent, Paul Brady, on a labyrinthine journey of love, friendship, murder and betrayal. He is joined on his odyssey by the beautiful chanteuse, Kim; by Hanh, a mysterious and enigmatic young Vietnamese; by Shabin, the duplicitous CIA agent, and the villainous Cobra, a murderous renegade agent of the North Vietnamese intelligence agency. Caught in a growing web of deceit, Paul faces one seemingly insoluble dilemma after another as he navigates treacherous cultural crosscurrents in pursuit of the woman he loves. Illusion and truth prove nearly inseparable in this fairyland of political intrigue. A chain of devastating consequences leads to Kim's abduction. Paul faces imminent expulsion from Vietnam. The countdown begins, and time is fast running out..

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1605520586

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Eyes of a Monster

By: Ron Peterson Jr

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Eyes of a Monster

By: Ron Peterson Jr

Schoolteacher Olivia Dare Christian was murdered in her Hampton, Virginia apartment in 1981. Her killer left few clues and the murder went unsolved. Three decades later, in 2011, next-generation detective Randy Mayer re-opened Olivia’s dusty cold case file and began unraveling the mystery. Mayer located a reluctant witness who was a teenager back in 1981. She recalled a suspicious man lurking outside Olivia’s apartment the morning of the murder and provided a detailed description of the man. Detective Mayer then researched hundreds of old cases, hunting for a person who fit the description and used a similar MO. He identified a prime suspect, a Smithfield Foods employee, by then in his 60s, previously convicted of several brutal sexual assaults. Digging further, Mayer linked him to two other unsolved Hampton homicides. Was this man a serial killer? Mayer enlisted the help of FBI agent Liza Ludovico and special prosecutor Phil Figura. Could the team uncover enough evidence to bring Olivia’s murderer to justice? Could the witness from 1981 identify him? And would a jury convict in a cold case based entirely on circumstantial evidence?

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1663229236

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Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore

By: Mike Finn,Chad Leistikow

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Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore

By: Mike Finn,Chad Leistikow

In this book, Hawkeye Legends, Lists and Lore, lowa's grand athletic history is chronicled in its most complete form ever and its athletes and teams of yesteryear are brought back to life. This book also lists the great and not-so-great moments in lowa athletic history in the 'Charts' features. These sections provide a handy factual resource to demonstrate Hawkeye individuals and teams that rank in the school's history. Hawkeye Legends, Lists and Lore is a must for anyone who is loyal to the Black and Gold and is the perfect gift for your favourite Hawkeye fan.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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1571671781

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Conversations with Classic Film Stars

Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era

By: James Bawden,Ron Miller

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Conversations with Classic Film Stars

Interviews from Hollywood’s Golden Era

By: James Bawden,Ron Miller

James Bawden: Seeing the way people behave when they're around you, is it still fun being Cary Grant? Cary Grant: I don't like to disappoint people. Because he's a completely made-up character and I'm playing a part. It's a part I've been playing a long time, but no way am I really Cary Grant. A friend told me once, "I always wanted to be Cary Grant." And I said, "So did I."—from the book In Conversations with Classic Film Stars, retired journalists James Bawden and Ron Miller present an astonishing collection of rare interviews with the greatest celebrities of Hollywood's golden age. Conducted over the course of more than fifty years, they recount intimate conversations with some of the most famous leading men and women of the era, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joseph Cotten, Cary Grant, Gloria Swanson, Joan Fontaine, Loretta Young, Kirk Douglas, and many more. Each interview takes readers behind the scenes with some of cinema's most iconic stars. The actors convey unforgettable stories, from Maureen O'Hara discussing Charles Laughton's request that she change her last name, to Bob Hope candidly commenting on the presidential honors bestowed upon him. Humorous, enlightening, and poignant, Conversations with Classic Film Stars is essential reading for anyone who loves classic movies.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813167116

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Sandusky, Ohio

By: Ron Davidson

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Sandusky, Ohio

By: Ron Davidson

At the mouth of Sandusky Bay on Lake Erie sits the city of Sandusky, Ohio. Described in a 1940 Life magazine article as "perhaps most nearly representative of the whole nation," Sandusky has an eclectic history that is both unique and familiar. It is a city of commerce, of industry, and of recreation. Home to one of the oldest and largest amusement parks in the United States, visited and written about by Charles Dickens, and employed as a campaign stop by numerous presidential candidates, Sandusky has attracted attention throughout its history. This book, featuring vintage photographs from the collections at the Sandusky Library Follett House Museum archives, offers the reader a fascinating view of some of the people and events that helped shape Sandusky. Relive the good times (community celebrations, business successes, and a hometown Miss America) and remember overcoming the hard times (cholera, the Civil War, and the tornado of 1924). The reader will learn about these events and others, gaining an understanding of what made Sandusky the community it is today.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738520306

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Into the Value Zone

Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

By: Ron Wood

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Into the Value Zone

Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

By: Ron Wood

Into the Value Zone provides business leaders with an uncomplicated approach to evaluate their own company and the competition. Professor Ron Wood explains strategies that will help managers to create and execute initiatives that achieve sustainable results with enduring value for their clients and to manage their company's assets with efficiency. Professor Wood outlines a concise business model for managers that highlights market trends, uncovers the impact of new technologies, and enables them to see their company's placement against the competition in The Big Picture. Book jacket.

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University Press of America

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0761840206

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Murder at the Howard Johnson's

A Comedy in Two Acts

By: Ron Clark,Sam Bobrick

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Murder at the Howard Johnson's

A Comedy in Two Acts

By: Ron Clark,Sam Bobrick

All is fair in love? Even murder? That's the question posed by this light and funny suspense comedy about a love triangle in a Howard Johnson Motor Inn. A three scene love triangle involving a woman, her lover, and her husband. In the first scene the wife and her lover plot to murder the husband. In the second scene the wife and her husband are plotting to murder the lover. The third scene has the husband and the lover plotting to murder the wife - but this attempt, like the others, fails."--Publisher's description.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573612021

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Collecting Historical Autographs

What to Buy, What to Pay, and How to Spot Fakes

By: Ron Keurajian

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Collecting Historical Autographs

What to Buy, What to Pay, and How to Spot Fakes

By: Ron Keurajian

Collecting autographs is a time-honored avocation that has exploded in popularity in recent years, creating a new industry with millions of autographed items for sale online. Coveted signatures include those of United States presidents, Civil War officers, World War II heroes, classical music composers and baseball stars. It has been estimated that 90 percent of historical autographs on the market today are forgeries. This book is a definitive guide to signature authentication for experts and beginners alike. Numerous illustrations of both genuine and forged signatures are included, from Ty Cobb to Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Newton to Neil Armstrong. Detailed descriptions of common forgeries are given, enabling collectors to make direct comparisons.

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McFarland

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1476624283

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9781476624280

2016 Baseball Forecaster

& Encyclopedia of Fanalytics

By: Ron Shandler,Ray Murphy,Brent Hershey,Brandon Kruse

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2016 Baseball Forecaster

& Encyclopedia of Fanalytics

By: Ron Shandler,Ray Murphy,Brent Hershey,Brandon Kruse

For 30 years, the very best in baseball prediction and statistics The industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, the 2016 Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is the first book to approach prognostication by breaking performance down into its component parts. Rather than predicting batting average, for instance, this resource looks at the elements of skill that make up any given batter's ability to distinguish between balls and strikes, his propensity to make contact with the ball, and what happens when he makes contact—reverse engineering those skills back into batting average. The result is an unparalleled forecast of baseball abilities and trends for the upcoming season and beyond.

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Triumph Books

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1633194175

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Life in Reverse

By: Ron Westray

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Life in Reverse

By: Ron Westray

Starting from present and going back 30 years to 1990, the book about African-American jazz musician Ron Westray’s life journey is written in reverse. The writing is rigorous—flanked by hip-hop, Southern, and ebonic dialects—and includes jazz lingo, texting-shorthand and use of emojis.

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Anthem Press

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1839980419

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Official Major League Fact Book (1997 Edition)

Major League Baseball's Official Fact Book

By: Ron Smith,Sporting News

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Official Major League Fact Book (1997 Edition)

Major League Baseball's Official Fact Book

By: Ron Smith,Sporting News

The "Official Major League Baseball Fact Book" offers a preview of the coming season, a look back at the previous season, and a history review. The guide offers a balance of baseball's past and present with a unique blend of authority, comprehensiveness, and ease. 32 photos. 28 charts & diagrams.

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0892045701

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Wisdom

Life Lessons from an Australian Legend

By: Ron Barassi

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Wisdom

Life Lessons from an Australian Legend

By: Ron Barassi

Words of wisdom from Ron Barassi providing motivation and inspiration to forge success and satisfaction in sport and in life. Ron Barassi is an iconic figure in Australian sporting culture, with a record of personal and team success that is unrivalled. Beyond sport, he has become a greatly respected elder in our broader society. In Wisdom, he shares with us 31 maxims and quotations that he has collected and which have been integral in forging that reputation. Ron reflects on each and explains their importance in delivering ideas, motivation and inspiration and how he applied them in sport and in life - words of wisdom, indeed. Containing beautiful illustrations from artist James Money, Wisdom is a book to come back to time and again.

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Allen & Unwin

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1742694942

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They Cleared the Lane

The NBA's Black Pioneers

By: Ron Thomas

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They Cleared the Lane

The NBA's Black Pioneers

By: Ron Thomas

Today, black players compose more than eighty percent of the National Basketball Association?s rosters, providing a strong and valued contribution to professional basketball. In the first half of the twentieth century, however, pro basketball was taintedøby racism, as gifted African Americans were denied the opportunity to display their talents. ø Through in-depth interviews with players, their families, coaches, teammates, and league officials, Ron Thomas tells the largely untold story of what basketball was really like for the first black NBA players, including recent Hall of Fame inductee Earl Lloyd, early superstars such as Maurice Stokes and Bill Russell, and the league?s first black coaches. They Cleared the Lane is both informative and entertaining, full of anecdotes and little-known history. Not all the stories have happy endings, but this unfortunate truth only emphasizes how much we have gained from the accomplishments of these pioneer athletes.

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0803294549

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How Beautiful the Ordinary

Twelve Stories of Identity

By: Michael Cart,Francesca Lia Block,David Levithan,Ron Koertge,Eric Shanower,Julie Anne Peters,Jennifer Finney Boylan,William Sleater,Emma Donoghue

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How Beautiful the Ordinary

Twelve Stories of Identity

By: Michael Cart,Francesca Lia Block,David Levithan,Ron Koertge,Eric Shanower,Julie Anne Peters,Jennifer Finney Boylan,William Sleater,Emma Donoghue

A girl thought to be a boy steals her sister's skirt, while a boy thought to be a girl refuses to wear a cornflower blue dress. One boy's love of a soldier leads to the death of a stranger. The present takes a bittersweet journey into the past when a man revisits the summer school where he had "an accidental romance." And a forgotten mother writes a poignant letter to the teenage daughter she hasn't seen for fourteen years. Poised between the past and the future are the stories of now. In nontraditional narratives, short stories, and brief graphics, tales of anticipation and regret, eagerness and confusion present distinctively modern views of love, sexuality, and gender identification. Together, they reflect the vibrant possibilities available for young people learning to love others—and themselves—in today's multifaceted and quickly changing world.

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Harper Collins

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0061949655

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Movin' on

Living and Traveling Full-time in a Recreational Vehicle

By: Ron Hofmeister,Barb Hofmeister

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Movin' on

Living and Traveling Full-time in a Recreational Vehicle

By: Ron Hofmeister,Barb Hofmeister

Living & treveling full time in a recreational vehicle.

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R&B Publications (OH)

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0963731912

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9780963731913

Delaware

The First State

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

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Delaware

The First State

By: Justine Fontes,Ron Fontes

Presents the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, social life and customs, state events and attractions, and notable people of Delaware.

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Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

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083685148X

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Top 10 American Men Sprinters

By: Ron Knapp

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Top 10 American Men Sprinters

By: Ron Knapp

Known as the world's fastest men, champion sprinters are some of the most exciting athletes to watch. The United States has been lucky to have some of the greatest sprinters of all-time representing the country in the Olympic Games. From the ground breaking sprinters of the past, such as Jesse Owens and Tommie Smith, to the record-setters of today, such as Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson, author Ron Knapp looks at ten of the greatest sprinters in American history. Also profiled are Henry Carr, Bob Hayes, Jim Hines, Bobby Joe Morrow, Charlie Paddock, and Eddie Tolan.

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0766010740

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Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster 2003

By: Ron Shandler

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Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster 2003

By: Ron Shandler

Statistical player analysis of the 2 season, with projections for 2. Targeted to baseball analysts and fantasy leagues.

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Baseball Forecaster

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1891566032

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9781891566035

Geography and Geographers

Anglo-American human geography since 1945

By: Ron Johnston,James Sidaway

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Geography and Geographers

Anglo-American human geography since 1945

By: Ron Johnston,James Sidaway

Explores the relationship between human and physical geography. All chapters updated in the new edition to reflect new literature and changes in the discipline. Chapter One systematically considers representations of geographical thought. The closing chapter develops an explicit argument about what has made human geography distinctive. Draws on a wide reading of the geographical literature produced during a fifty-year period characterised by both growth in the number of academic geographers and substantial shifts in conceptions of the discipline's scientific rationale

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Routledge

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1134065876

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9781134065875

U.S. Government, Grades 5 - 8

By: Ron Wheeler

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U.S. Government, Grades 5 - 8

By: Ron Wheeler

A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each book! --The engaging activities found in U.S. Government have been updated to include Barack Obama and help your students to better understand the government under which they live.

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Carson-Dellosa Publishing

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0742400557

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9780742400559

The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry

How a Confederate Artillery Battery and a Black Union Regiment Defined the War

By: Ron Roth

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The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry

How a Confederate Artillery Battery and a Black Union Regiment Defined the War

By: Ron Roth

Some of the most dramatic and consequential events of the Civil War era took place in the South Carolina Lowcountry between Charleston and Savannah. From Robert Barnwell Rhett's inflammatory 1844 speech in Bluffton calling for secession, to the last desperate attempts by Confederate forces to halt Sherman's juggernaut, the region was torn apart by war. This history tells the story through the experiences of two radically different military units--the Confederate Beaufort Volunteer Artillery and the U.S. 1st South Carolina Regiment, the first black Union regiment to fight in the war--both organized in Beaufort, the heart of the Lowcountry.

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McFarland

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1476638365

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