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Confessions Of A Dying Thief

Understanding Criminal Careers And Illegal Enterprise

By: Sam Goodman,Darrell J. Steffensmeier,Jeffery T. Ulmer

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Confessions Of A Dying Thief

Understanding Criminal Careers And Illegal Enterprise

By: Sam Goodman,Darrell J. Steffensmeier,Jeffery T. Ulmer

**Recipient of the American Society of Criminology's 2006 Michael J. Hindelang Award for a book, published within the past three calendar years, that makes "the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology." **Nominated for the 2007 Outstanding Book award of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Sam Goodman, was a long-time thief, fence, and quasi-legitimate businessman. He had a criminal career that spanned fifty years, beginning in his mid-teens and ending with his death when he was in his mid-sixties. Confessions of a Dying Thief is an in-depth ethnographic study of Sam and his world based on continuous contact with him for many years, on multiple interviews with his network of associates in crime and business, and on a series of interviews with him shortly before he died. The book updates and greatly expands the case study of Sam Goodman's fencing activity found in Steffensmeier's award-winning 1986 book The Fence: In the Shadow of Two Worlds. The book combines Sam's colorful narrative accounts with substantive commentary by the authors to provide a more nuanced portrayal of criminal careers, illegal enterprise, and the broad landscape comprising the entity called "crime." To more fully understand pathways into and out of crime as well as the social organization of illegal enterprise, the authors propose an integrative learning-opportunity-commitment framework that combines differential association/social learning theory and an extended conceptualization of criminal opportunity with a three-fold theory of commitment to crime. This framework offers an integrated and more complete way of understanding mechanisms that underlie criminal offending and criminal careers. It also recognizes the complexity and scope of the criminal landscape and its embeddedness in the fabric of the larger society, including its criminal justice system. Sam's illness and death are a sobering backdrop throughout the whole book. However, Confessions is not just a dying thief's intimate confessions. Rather, it is a rare and penetrating journey into the dynamics of criminal careers and the social organization of criminal enterprise, as experienced by a veteran thief and fence and his network of key associates.

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AldineTransaction

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0202307611

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9780202307619

Kay Thompson

From Funny Face to Eloise

By: Sam Irvin

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Kay Thompson

From Funny Face to Eloise

By: Sam Irvin

Presents a tribute to the Hollywood entertainer-turned-author. Covers her close friendship with Judy Garland, contributions as a celebrity trainer, and creation of the mischievous six-year-old Plaza mascot, Eloise.

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Simon and Schuster

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143917654X

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9781439176542

Melov's Legacy

By: Sam Ross

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Melov's Legacy

By: Sam Ross

Sam Ross’s novel is presented through the eyes of young Hershel Melov, the only child of an Eastern European immigrant family living in Chicago at the close of World War I. There are two legacies working at odds within the family; one is their old-world Ukranian heritage, and the other comes in the form of an insurance bequest which his father receives after Hershel’s uncle is killed while fighting in Europe. The money has a disastrous effect upon the family who prove inept players in the American “success” game.

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Open Road Media

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1504025253

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9781504025256

Mob Cop

My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department

By: Fred Pascente,Sam Reaves

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Mob Cop

My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department

By: Fred Pascente,Sam Reaves

Former Chicago police officer and mafia associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, a central character in Nicholas Pileggi's Casino and one of Chicago's most notorious mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department. Pascente and Spilotro grew up together on Chicago's Near West Side, and as young toughs they were rousted and shaken down by Hanhardt. While Spilotro became one of the youngest made men in Chicago Outfit history, Pascente was drafted into the army and then joined the police department. Soon taken under Hanhardt's wing, Pascente served as Hanhardt's fixer and bagman on the department for more than a decade. At the same time, Pascente remained close to Spilotro, making frequent trips to Las Vegas to party with his old friend while helping to rob the casinos blind. Mob Cop tells about the decline of traditional organized crime in the United States, and it reveals information about the inner workings of the Outfit that have never been publicly released. Fred Pascente's positions as an insider on both the criminal and law enforcement fronts make this story a matchless tell-all. Fred Pascente was a Chicago police officer for twenty-six years and a professional thief with close ties to the mafia. He died in 2014. Sam Reaves is the author of ten novels and has served as president of the Midwest chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

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Chicago Review Press

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1613731345

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The Politics of Dating Apps

Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics in Urban China

By: Lik Sam Chan

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The Politics of Dating Apps

Gender, Sexuality, and Emergent Publics in Urban China

By: Lik Sam Chan

An examination of dating app culture in China, across user demographics--straight women, straight men, queer women, and queer men. In this exploration of dating app culture in China, Lik Sam Chan argues that these popular mobile apps are not merely a platform for personal relationships but also an emerging arena for gender and queer politics. Chan examines the opportunities dating apps present for women's empowerment and men's performances of masculinity, and he links experiences of queer dating app users with their vulnerable position as sexual minorities. He finds that dating apps are both portals to an exciting virtual world of relational possibilities and sites of power dynamics that reflect the heteronormativity and patriarchy of Chinese society.

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MIT Press

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026254234X

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A Honeybun and Coffee

Romantic Suspense with a Taste of Mystery

By: Sam Cheever

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A Honeybun and Coffee

Romantic Suspense with a Taste of Mystery

By: Sam Cheever

These Honeybuns are sugar free, but hot enough to burn! Surprised into hiding in a men's room stall at work, Angie Peterson, owner of the Dunk and Run Coffee Shoppe, overhears two men talking about killing someone named Alastair Honeybun. Picturing a frail, helpless old Englishman, Angie rushes to warn him. There’s only one, small problem, Alastair Honeybun is six foot two inches of yummy man, who's perfectly capable of taking care of himself. But when the thugs show up while Angie's still there, they soon figure out they'll need to take care of each other.

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Electric Prose Publications

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1301309397

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9781301309399

In One Era and Out the Other

A Life's Journey

By: Sam Levenson

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In One Era and Out the Other

A Life's Journey

By: Sam Levenson

The beloved humorist and author Sam Levenson finds that some of his old worldviews don’t fit the new one he now sees. Levenson’s grew up the youngest of eight children in a large Jewish immigrant family in New York. He evolved from a Spanish teacher in Brooklyn to working the Catskills circuit as a comedian. By the 1950s, Levenson was a fixture in American homes as television personality, appearing and guest hosting numerous times on classic shows like This Is Show Business, Two For The Money, and The Ed Sullivan Show. For several years, he hosted his own variety show on CBS called The Sam Levenson Show, where the set doubled as a school classroom and where guests often evoked Levenson’s love of learning, teaching and family. Through his lens, looking back on his life, we see how the world has transformed. His wit and humor make for timeless observations on money, technology, and life, that endeared Levenson to millions of Americans over the last 50 years.

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Open Road Media

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150403810X

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9781504038102

Haunted Boston Harbor

By: Sam Baltrusis

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Haunted Boston Harbor

By: Sam Baltrusis

Ghosts lurk in the waters near Boston's historic seaport, haunting the secluded islands scattered throughout the harbor. Boston Harbor brims with the restless spirits of pirates, prisoners and victims of disease and injustice. Uncover the truth behind the Lady in Black on Georges Island. Learn about the former asylums on Long Island that inspired the movie Shutter Island, and dig up the skeletal secrets left behind by the Woman in Scarlet Robes. From items flying off the shelves at a North End cigar shop to the postmortem cries of tragedy at the centuries-old Boston Light on Little Brewster, author Sam Baltrusis breathes new life into the horrors that occurred in the historic waters surrounding Boston.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1626199566

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Secrets of the Soul

By: Sam Shelley

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Secrets of the Soul

By: Sam Shelley

Secrets of the Soul: Haunting flashbacks of childhood molestation override the tranquil adult life of author Sam Shelley. This book is an invaluable resource for survivors of childhood molestation.

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Xulon Press

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1597811793

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9781597811798

When I Was Cool

My Life at the Jack Kerouac School

By: Sam Kashner

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When I Was Cool

My Life at the Jack Kerouac School

By: Sam Kashner

First student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself -- the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped to emulate. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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Zondervan

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0061873039

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9780061873034

The Encyclopedia of Guilty Pleasures

1,001 Things You Hate to Love

By: Sam Stall,Lou Harry,Julia Spalding

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The Encyclopedia of Guilty Pleasures

1,001 Things You Hate to Love

By: Sam Stall,Lou Harry,Julia Spalding

What do Neil Diamond, Touched by an Angel, Pamela Anderson, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, White castle hamburgers, Benny Hill, Thomas Kinkade, and the song “You Light Up My Life” have in common? They’re all guilty pleasures—and they’re all celebrated in this massive A-to-Z encyclopedia. Authors Sam Stall, Lou Harry, and Julia Spalding have unearthed fascinating trivia about literature (Valley of the Dolls, The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue), television (The Real World, Land of the Lost), fashion (Members Only jackets, the WonderBra), and more. Every page features a sophisticated two-column design and handy guide words for quick at-a-glance reference. Best of all, we’ve illustrated 100 of the guiltiest pleasures with the same portrait style used by the Wall Street Journal. Complete with 1,001 entries, it’s the ultimate guide to everything you hate to love!

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Quirk Books

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1931686548

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9781931686549

Asian Honor: Overcoming the Culture of Silence

By: Sam Louie

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Asian Honor: Overcoming the Culture of Silence

By: Sam Louie

Many Asians are drowning in shame and addictions with no way out. Is this any different from a traditional Westerner? Very much so. Shame and honor are embedded in the Asian way of thinking, behaving, and interacting. If you do not understand the cultural history of honor and shame and its underpinnings, then you will have a hard time understanding the mindset of Asians, let alone the stranglehold of shame that keeps many from breaking the code of silence.

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WestBow Press

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1449743587

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ANKH

Let those who dwell on earth know what's about to come next. Rev 3:10

By: Sam Yacoub

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ANKH

Let those who dwell on earth know what's about to come next. Rev 3:10

By: Sam Yacoub

The portal is open, and the world will never be the same. The ancient gods are anxious to return, to reignite their old glory. If unleashed, it will shatter man's hope for peace. The Arab-Israeli conflict took a nasty turn; a dark cloud hovered over the entire Middle East as the world's armies launched toward the ultimate battle. As the planet balances on the edge of World War III. Amidst the U.S. ground forces a group of archeologists go missing in the ruined city of Abu Simbel. A military team and scientists arrive in Egypt to investigate. It wasn't just old ruins and deserts to contend with. The mission became a survival run as political intrigues threatened to tear them apart. The team must act fast to discover the truth deep into Abu Simbel. A mystery was present; an alien celestial artifact rests in those ancient ruins, a portal to somewhere else. It may be the key to finding the missing archeologists or the doorway to places beyond human conception. And the story begins; They enter to face forces fighting a war older than time. Against all odds, a group of people frozen in time and waiting for a deliverer holding back the ancient powers. They were caught into a conduit across time to the middle Egyptian dynasty and confronted by a group of Hebrew and Egyptians escaping the Pharoh of Exodus and awaiting a message, the way to safety. To them, the Ankh was a sign, the way to life. But, the message was not for the escaping remnant but to the mission team, "The time is up; the Ankh returns.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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ISBN 13

9798888329146

Modern MIDI

Sequencing and Performing Using Traditional and Mobile Tools

By: Sam McGuire

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Modern MIDI

Sequencing and Performing Using Traditional and Mobile Tools

By: Sam McGuire

In the last five years, the environment in which the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) specification works and the tools that communicate via MIDI have changed dramatically. Modern MIDI: Sequencing and Performing Using Traditional and Mobile Tools gives you all the tools you need to properly and effectively use MIDI in a modern setting, while still incorporating vintage MIDI gear. Exploring typical workflows and techniques for both the studio and the performing environment, this book helps you navigate the changes that mobile computing has made to the way the music producers and engineers work with MIDI. If you’re a MIDI user seeking to increase your efficiency and productivity while still gaining an understanding of the fundamentals of MIDI, or a music professional looking to incorporate your mobile devices into your creative process, this is the book for you. Modern MIDI shows you how to implement the necessary components to use MIDI on your iPad, Android phone, or laptop.

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CRC Press

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1135038759

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9781135038755

Hostiles?

The Lakota Ghost Dance and Buffalo Bill's Wild West

By: Sam Maddra

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Hostiles?

The Lakota Ghost Dance and Buffalo Bill's Wild West

By: Sam Maddra

In Hostiles? Sam A. Maddra relates an ironic tale of Indian accommodation - and preservation of what the Lakota continued to believe was a principled, restorative religion. Their alleged crime was their participation in the Ghost Dance. To the U.S. Army, their religion was a rebellion to be suppressed. To the Indians, is offered hope in a time of great transition. To Cody, it became a means to attract British audiences. With these "hostile indians," the showman could offer dramatic reenactments of the army's conquest, starring none other than the very "hostiles" who had staged what British audiences knew from their newspapers to have been an uprising.".

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806137436

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9780806137438

Himmler’S Mistress

By: Sam Cromartie

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Himmler’S Mistress

By: Sam Cromartie

Heinrich Himmler sent Valentina Schneider to a concentration camp for helping Jews and Allied soldiers to escape from Germany during WWII. Her sons and their father, Ivan, rescued her in the last month of the war. In this final book of the Romanov Legacy trilogy, Valentina returns to her home in Munich. Her sons go to Soviet territory to find their girlfriends, but the Soviets arrest both men. Ivan goes back to Moscow to free them. Valentina had attended many parties with Hitlers leadership, and rumors abounded that she had been Himmlers mistress. She owned a lens factory near Munich. Nazi administrators brought slave labor to the factory while she was in the death camp. Allied prosecutors believe she was responsible and charge her with war crimes. They incarcerate her with Goering and the Nazi leadership who await trial at Nuremberg.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1543432336

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9781543432336

Game-Day Gigglers

Winning Jokes to Score Some Laughs

By: Sam Schultz

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Game-Day Gigglers

Winning Jokes to Score Some Laughs

By: Sam Schultz

Perfect for beginning readers, this laugh-out-loud joke book about silly sports will put a smile on your face!

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Millbrook Press

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1575056895

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9781575056890

Hattie

By: Sam Abshier

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Hattie

By: Sam Abshier

Hattie Carroll grew up protected from the outside world in the North Carolina mountains. The Civil War dramatically changed her life, and when it ended, someone sent Little Scat to kill her.

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Lulu.com

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1312194820

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9781312194823

Perfect Youth

The Birth of Canadian Punk

By: Sam Sutherland

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Perfect Youth

The Birth of Canadian Punk

By: Sam Sutherland

While many volumes devoted to the punk and hardcore scenes in America grace bookstore shelves, CanadaOCOs contributions to the genre remain largely unacknowledged. For the first time, the birth of Canadian punkOCoa transformative cultural force that spread across the country at the end of the 1970sOCois captured between the pages of this important resource. Delving deeper than standard band biographies, this book articulates how the advent of punk reshaped the culture of cities across Canada, speeding along the creation of alternative means of cultural production, consumption, and distribution. Describing the origins of bands such as D.O.A., the Subhumans, the Viletones, and Teenage Head alongside lesser-known regional acts from all over Canada, it is the first published account of the first wave of punk in places like Regina, Ottawa, Halifax, and Victoria. Proudly staking CanadaOCOs claim as the starting point for many internationally famous bands, this book unearths a forgotten musical and cultural history of drunks and miscreants, future country stars, and political strategists.

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ECW Press

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1770902783

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9781770902787

Province of Reason

By: Sam Bass Warner, Jr.,Sam Bass Warner

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Province of Reason

By: Sam Bass Warner, Jr.,Sam Bass Warner

This book sees the sweeping changes of the 20th century through the eyes of 14 Bostonians in an attempt to understand the disorienting experiences of recent history. These lives span the years from 1850 to 1980, a time when American cities were being rebuilt according to the specifications of science, engineering, mass wealth, and big corporations.

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Harvard University Press

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0674719581

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9780674719583

Family Affair

Greed, Treachery, and Betrayal in the Chicago Mafia

By: Sam Giancana,Scott M. Burnstein

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Family Affair

Greed, Treachery, and Betrayal in the Chicago Mafia

By: Sam Giancana,Scott M. Burnstein

The true story of the vicious Chicago underworld from a New York Times bestselling author. With a contract out on his life, Nicholas "Nicky Breeze" Calabrese turned government witness and revealed the truth about the murders of a notorious Mob enforcer and his brother-culminating in a criminal case that would challenge the Mob from the street to the highest seats of power.

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Penguin

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1101185570

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9781101185575

Dallas

By: Sam Moussavi

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Dallas

By: Sam Moussavi

Bobby Dupree is a backup quarterback and has always been a backup kind of guy--both when it came to seeing the field, and also with girls. But when the starting quarterback goes down with a knee injury, things change for Bobby. He is thrust into the starting role, and the hopes of Trinity High School rest on his shoulders. Will the spotlight be too bright for him to handle? Dallas is from Texas Fridays, an EPIC Press series.

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ABDO

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1680765485

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9781680765489

Always a Song

Singers, Songwriters, Sinners, and Saints – My Story of the Folk Music Revival

By: Ellen Harper,Sam Barry

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Always a Song

Singers, Songwriters, Sinners, and Saints – My Story of the Folk Music Revival

By: Ellen Harper,Sam Barry

Always a Song is a collection of stories from singer and songwriter Ellen Harper—folk matriarch and mother to the Grammy-winning musician Ben Harper. Harper shares vivid memories of growing up in Los Angeles through the 1960s among famous and small-town musicians, raising Ben, and the historic Folk Music Center. This beautifully written memoir includes stories of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, The New Lost City Ramblers, Doc Watson, and many more. • Harper takes readers on an intimate journey through the folk music revival. • The book spans a transformational time in music, history, and American culture. • Covers historical events from the love-ins, women's rights protests, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the popularization of the sitar and the ukulele. • Includes full-color photo insert. "Growing up, an endless stream of musicians and artists came from across the country to my family's music store. Bess Lomax Hawes, Joan Baez, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGee—all the singers, organizers, guitar and banjo pickers and players, songwriters, painters, dancers, their husbands, wives, and children—we were all in it together. And we believed singing could change the world."—Ellen Harper Music lovers and history buffs will enjoy this rare invitation into a world of stories and song that inspired folk music today. • A must-read for lovers of music, history, and those nostalgic for the acoustic echo of the original folk music that influenced a generation • Harper's parents opened the legendary Folk Music Center in Claremont, California, as well as the revered folk music venue The Golden Ring. • A perfect book for people who are obsessed with folk music, all things 1960s, learning about musical movements, or California history • Great for those who loved Small Town Talk: Bob Dylan, The Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Friends in the Wild Years of Woodstock by Barney Hoskyns; and Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller.

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Chronicle Books

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1797201581

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9781797201580

Double Cross

The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America

By: Sam Giancana,Chuck Giancana,Bettina Giancana

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Double Cross

The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America

By: Sam Giancana,Chuck Giancana,Bettina Giancana

One of the most feared Chicago mobsters Sam Giancana clawed his way to the top of the Mafia hierarchy by starting as a hit man for Al Capone. He was known as one of the best vehicle escape artists, a tenacious business man, and a ruthless killer. He partied with major stars such as Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe and did business with agents ranging from the CIA to the Vatican to the shah of Iran. When politician Joe Kennedy gave Giancana the chance to use mob muscle to get his son John elected, Giancana jumped at the task. But the Kennedy brothers double-crossed him, waging full-out war on organized crime throughout the United States. And Giancana went after them. Written with suspense and conviction, we learn about how the CIA asked Giancana to assassinate Fidel Castro. The book includes Giancana's testimony about the truth of his involvement in the deaths of Monroe and others, among others. Chuck Giancana, Sam's brother, contributes a unique perspective of the mobs relationship with the Bay of Pigs and many other pivotal events of the 60's and beyond. Double Cross is an eye-opening account of the interworking of the government and the mob and how this relationship has impacted American history.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510711252

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9781510711259

Dancing with the Queen, Marching with King

The Memoirs of Alexander "Sam" Aldrich

By: Sam Aldrich

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Dancing with the Queen, Marching with King

The Memoirs of Alexander "Sam" Aldrich

By: Sam Aldrich

When he was twenty-five, Sam Aldrich danced with Queen Elizabeth II in London. By the time he was thirty-seven, he was marching with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma. Recounting the journey between and beyond those two points, and musing over the irony of the contrast they represent, is the subject of this remarkable and entertaining memoir. After a cosseted childhood in New York's silk stocking district, including weekends on Long Island's Gold Coast and summers in Dark Harbor, Maine, Aldrich was expected to follow in his father's footsteps and pursue a career in high finance. "Dancing with the queen of England was just a small function of the privileged life and family into which I was born," he writes, "and events such as this would be a regular part of my upper-class, well-traveled social life." Instead, and to his parents' chagrin, he chose decades of hard work in the public sector, serving as deputy police commissioner in New York City, director of the New York State Division for Youth, executive assistant to Governor Nelson Rockefeller, president of the Brooklyn Center of Long Island University, and commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, before entering teaching full-time at midlife. Illustrated with photographs from Aldrich's personal collection, this lively memoir offers personal insights into New York State politics and history. Whether working to develop an effective system for rehabilitating juvenile offenders in New York City, trying to find an environmentally sound means for development in the Hudson River Valley, or teaching public policy at SUNY's Empire State College, Aldrich shows what it means to follow one's passions and interests, and to take the gifts one has been given and use them to try to make this world a better place.

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143843989X

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If These Walls Could Talk: Philadelphia Flyers

By: Lou Nolan,Sam Carchidi,Bernie Parent

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If These Walls Could Talk: Philadelphia Flyers

By: Lou Nolan,Sam Carchidi,Bernie Parent

From the days of Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, and the Broad Street Bullies, and up to the current era with stars like Claude Giroux and Shayne Gostisbehere, Lou Nolan has lived and breathed Flyers hockey as the team's longtime public address announcer. In If These Walls Could Talk: Philadelphia Flyers, Nolan provides insight into the Flyers' inner sanctum as only he can. Featuring conversations with players past and present as well as off-the-wall anecdotes only Nolan can tell, this is your rinkside ticket to some of the most memorable moments and characters in Philadelphia hockey history.

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Triumph Books

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1633199290

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9781633199293

Jet Age

The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World

By: Sam Howe Verhovek

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The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World

By: Sam Howe Verhovek

The captivating story of the titans, engineers, and pilots who raced to design a safe and lucrative passenger jet. In Jet Age, journalist Sam Howe Verhovek explores the advent of the first generation of jet airliners and the people who designed, built, and flew them. The path to jet travel was triumphal and amazingly rapid-less than fifty years after the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, Great Britain led the world with the first commercial jet plane service. Yet the pioneering British Comet was cursed with a tragic, mysterious flaw, and an upstart Seattle company put a new competitor in the sky: the Boeing 707 Jet Stratoliner. Jet Age vividly recreates the race between two nations, two global airlines, and two rival teams of brilliant engineers for bragging rights to the first jet service across the Atlantic Ocean in 1958. At the center of this story are great minds and courageous souls, including Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, who spearheaded the development of the Comet, even as two of his sons lost their lives flying earlier models of his aircraft; Sir Arnold Hall, the brilliant British aerodynamicist tasked with uncovering the Comet's fatal flaw; Bill Allen, Boeing's deceptively mild-mannered president; and Alvin "Tex" Johnston, Boeing's swashbuckling but supremely skilled test pilot. The extraordinary airplanes themselves emerge as characters in the drama. As the Comet and the Boeing 707 go head-to-head, flying twice as fast and high as the propeller planes that preceded them, the book captures the electrifying spirit of an era: the Jet Age. In the spirit of Stephen Ambrose's Nothing Like It in the World, Verhovek's Jet Age offers a gorgeous rendering of an exciting age and fascinating technology that permanently changed our conception of distance and time, of a triumph of engineering and design, and of a company that took a huge gamble and won.

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Penguin

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158333436X

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9781583334362

Universal versus Disney: The Unofficial Guide to American Theme Parks' Greatest Rivalry

By: Sam Gennawey

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Universal versus Disney: The Unofficial Guide to American Theme Parks' Greatest Rivalry

By: Sam Gennawey

Universal Studios never really wanted to get into the theme park business. They wanted to be the anti-Disney. But when forced to do so, they did it in a big way. Despite the fits and starts of multiple owners, the parks have finally gained the momentum to mount a serious challenge to the Walt Disney Company. How did this happen? Who made it happen? What does this mean for the theme park industry? In Universal Versus Disney, his newest work to investigate the histories of America's favorite theme parks, seasoned Disney-author Sam Gennawey has thoroughly researched how Universal Studios shook up the multi-billion dollar theme park industry, one so long dominated by Walt Disney and his legacy.

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266

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The Unofficial Guides

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1628090154

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9781628090154

Paul on Mazursky

By: Sam Wasson

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Paul on Mazursky

By: Sam Wasson

Paul Mazursky's nearly twenty films as writer/director represent Hollywood's most sustained comic expression of the 1970s and 1980s. But they have not been given their due, perhaps because Mazursky's films—both sincere and ridiculous, realistic and romantic—are pure emotion. This makes films like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, An Unmarried Woman, and Enemies, A Love Story difficult to classify, but that's what makes a human comedy human. In the first ever book-length examination of one of America's most important and least appreciated filmmakers, Sam Wasson sits down with Mazursky himself to talk about his movies and how he makes them. Going over Mazursky's oeuvre one film at a time, interviewer and interviewee delve into the director's life in and out of Hollywood, laughing, talking, and above all else, feeling—like Mazursky's people always do. The book includes a filmography and never-before-seen photos.

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Wesleyan University Press

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081957144X

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An Illustrated History of Boxing

By: Nat Fleischer,Sam Andre

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An Illustrated History of Boxing

By: Nat Fleischer,Sam Andre

Updated by Nigel Collins, author of "Boxing Babylon", this classic "bible of boxing" has been continuously in print since 1959. Here in one stunning volume is the vast panorama of the "sweet science", from bare-knuckle fighting through the rise of Lennox Lewis. Photos throughout.

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Citadel Press

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0806522011

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9780806522012

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