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Sam Walton

Made In America

By: Sam Walton

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Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common touch. Here, finally, inimitable words. Genuinely modest, but always sure if his ambitions and achievements. Sam shares his thinking in a candid, straight-from-the-shoulder style. In a story rich with anecdotes and the "rules of the road" of both Main Street and Wall Street, Sam Walton chronicles the inspiration, heart, and optimism that propelled him to lasso the American Dream.

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Bantam

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0307763692

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Four Play

Book One

By: Sam Young

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Four Play

Book One

By: Sam Young

The racist and AntiSemitic tentacles of the Ku Klux Klan penetrate the teen community of Houston, Texas in the 1960s. Four high school friends are victims of student violence and the harsh treatment of their sinister assistant principal. Accepting the erroneous story of the attackers, he hands out suspensions to the four friends seriously damaging their high school records and potentially barring them from acceptance at better colleges. They engage in a battle to clear their names as parents and lawyers join the fight ultimately leading to the exposure of the Klan's involvement. A graduation car trip through the deep south and up the east coast exposes more racism and leads one of the boys to accept confidential recruitment into the FBI as a mole on the Tulane University campus in the fall. This is the first of a five book series following these four diverse and compelling protagonists for twenty years within the backdrop of social issues. Many segments inspired by actual events.

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FriesenPress

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1525565761

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9781525565762

Adventures of Bastard

By: Sam Gwillim

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Adventures of Bastard

By: Sam Gwillim

Bastard Rupert Adams is the world's first genetically engineered human and the brainchild of Doctor Straveskov, an alcoholic and lemon curd obsessed Bulgarian Scientist. Designed to be the world's greatest ever curling player, Bastard will ultimately find the fate of the free world resting in his clawed, erogenous zone covered, hands.

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eBook Partnership

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1783012773

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9781783012770

We Didn't Start the Fire

My Struggle for Democracy in Cambodia

By: Sam Rainsy

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We Didn't Start the Fire

My Struggle for Democracy in Cambodia

By: Sam Rainsy

Cambodia’s long-time opposition leader and former finance minister Sam Rainsy is committed to establishing democracy in his homeland. He is in exile in France to avoid a twelve-year prison sentence on politically motivated charges, and is banned from contesting the July 2013 elections. In this autobiography, he recounts his early years in Cambodia, his family’s expulsion and his relationship with Sihanouk, the Khmer Rouge regime, the Vietnamese occupation, and Hun Sen’s control of the country since the 1980s. With conviction and insight, Sam Rainsy addresses the issues of poverty and injustice in his country and discusses the challenges to initiating real political, social, and economic reform. His proposals provide a long-term roadmap for a new Cambodia. Highlights - How Sam Rainsy was twice subjected to politically motivated assassination attempts - Sam Rainsy’s relationship, through the years, with Sihanouk - How Sam Rainsy and his wife tried to save Western hostages held by the Khmer Rouge in 1994 - How the merger of the Sam Rainsy Party with the Human Rights Party creates a new political force that can end Hun Sen’s dominance - Sam Rainsy’s manifesto for a new Cambodia

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Silkworm Books

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1627761624

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9781627761628

New York City

By: Sam Moussavi

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New York City

By: Sam Moussavi

Darnell is a talented high school basketball player from Brooklyn, primed to be the first to attend college in his family. But he can't seem to get out of his own way, making silly mistakes like being late for school, and getting distracted by the many girls he encounters. When his mother tells him that she has a new boyfriend, an event from Darnell's past takes him to a dark place. Will he be able to confront his past and try to overcome it? New York City is a book from Hoop City, an EPIC Press six set series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.

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ABDO

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1680761668

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Jerusalem and the Early Jesus Movement

The Q Community's Attitude toward the Temple

By: Kyu Sam Han

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Jerusalem and the Early Jesus Movement

The Q Community's Attitude toward the Temple

By: Kyu Sam Han

This book deals with the place of the source document Q and its compilers within late Second Temple Judaism, with special attention to Q's relationship to the Herodian Temple. The investigation of this perspective is fraught with problems because the passages that are associated with the Temple in Q do not speak with the same voice, raising the question of how to reconcile the seemingly positive view with the rather more hostile views. Using a comparative approach, Han analyses the essential differences in the two types of positions, and concludes that the negative attitude is original, while the positive position is due to a later redaction after the First Revolt and the destruction of the Temple.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567414736

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9780567414731

Science for Better Environment

Proceedings of the International Congress on the Human Environment (Hesc) (Kyoto, 1975)

By: Sam Stuart

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Science for Better Environment

Proceedings of the International Congress on the Human Environment (Hesc) (Kyoto, 1975)

By: Sam Stuart

Science for Better Environment: Proceedings of the International Congress on the Human Environment (HESC) focuses on the applications of science in health, human settlements, and protection of the environment. The selection first offers information on the background of HESC, including human settlements and habitat, environment and development, natural disasters, and energy. The text then discusses human’s place in natural ecosystems, along with essential properties of ecosystem, auto-regulation in ecosystem, and collapse of symbiosis between human and nature. The compilation presents a summary of the environmental problems in Japan, including progress and outstanding issues in the environmental field. The water pollution from 1970 to 1975 and air pollution control in the country are underscored. The text also explains the development of antipollution laws in the country. Topics include local government antipollution laws, creation of antipollution laws, and clarifying the responsibility of industries in antipollution drives. The book also touches on the role of scientists in the task of achieving a better environment; challenges of stress on human health in urban ecosystems; and environmental problems on a global scale. The selection is a dependable reference for readers interested in the application of science for the improvement of the environment.

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Elsevier

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1483160491

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9781483160498

See You on Sunday

A Cookbook for Family and Friends

By: Sam Sifton

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See You on Sunday

A Cookbook for Family and Friends

By: Sam Sifton

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the New York Times food editor and former restaurant critic comes a cookbook to help us rediscover the art of Sunday supper and the joy of gathering with friends and family “A book to make home cooks, and those they feed, very happy indeed.”—Nigella Lawson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Town & Country • Garden & Gun “People are lonely,” Sam Sifton writes. “They want to be part of something, even when they can’t identify that longing as a need. They show up. Feed them. It isn’t much more complicated than that.” Regular dinners with family and friends, he argues, are a metaphor for connection, a space where memories can be shared as easily as salt or hot sauce, where deliciousness reigns. The point of Sunday supper is to gather around a table with good company and eat. From years spent talking to restaurant chefs, cookbook authors, and home cooks in connection with his daily work at The New York Times, Sam Sifton’s See You on Sunday is a book to make those dinners possible. It is a guide to preparing meals for groups larger than the average American family (though everything here can be scaled down, or up). The 200 recipes are mostly simple and inexpensive (“You are not a feudal landowner entertaining the serfs”), and they derive from decades spent cooking for family and groups ranging from six to sixty. From big meats to big pots, with a few words on salad, and a diatribe on the needless complexity of desserts, See You on Sunday is an indispensable addition to any home cook’s library. From how to shuck an oyster to the perfection of Mallomars with flutes of milk, from the joys of grilled eggplant to those of gumbo and bog, this book is devoted to the preparation of delicious proteins and grains, vegetables and desserts, taco nights and pizza parties.

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Random House

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0679605150

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9780679605157

Death by Numbers

By: Sam Harrison

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Death by Numbers

By: Sam Harrison

Been born and raised into financial bliss, lan lanova, president o f lanova Industries, has everything from fancy cars, big homes, to airplanes; however, he lacks the foresight to predict a business outcome that is inevitable. The sad change in the business climate has forced a close friend to undertake matters into his own hands to ensure personal financial prosperity while living in a financial downturn and being a victim of lan's inability to manage his company through it. This undertaking is most unfortunate for a group of lottery winners whose financial woes were thought to be over. Crossing paths with a person who wants to ensure his own prosperity is never a good thing. When a person becomes desperate, nothing will stop in their way to get what they want. Read on to find out the exciting result that will leave you wanting to read a sequel.

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Trafford Publishing

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1466943718

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Prophet's Prey

My Seven-Year Investigation Into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints

By: Sam Brower

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Prophet's Prey

My Seven-Year Investigation Into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints

By: Sam Brower

The Mormon private investigator who played a pivotal role in the arrest of polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints leader Warren Jeffs exposes the rogue sect's lesser-known illicit campaigns to finance Jeffs's criminal activities, in an account that shares segments from Jeffs's priesthood journal. 60,000 first printing.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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160819275X

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9781608192755

The Investor's Guide to Hedge Funds

By: Sam Kirschner,Eldon C. Mayer,Lee Kessler

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The Investor's Guide to Hedge Funds

By: Sam Kirschner,Eldon C. Mayer,Lee Kessler

Eldon Mayer is a battle-tested pro. You should listen to what he and his partner, Sam Kirschner, have to say." --Barton M. Biggs, Managing Partner, Traxis Partners Meet the crème de la crème of the new breed of hedge fund managers, learn how they evaluate world financial markets, hear about their winners and losers, and discover how they apply proprietary strategies to stay ahead of the curve. Through broad-scope interviews with 15 highly successful managers, The Investor's Guide to Hedge Funds provides unparalleled insight into each major hedge fund strategy, its strengths, weaknesses, and performance characteristics. Most importantly, this book shows that despite the sensational headlines, adding hedge funds to a portfolio of stocks and bonds can reduce risk and improve overall performance.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470048549

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9780470048542

Interstellar Projects

Earth Link

By: Sam Dore

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Interstellar Projects

Earth Link

By: Sam Dore

A single mother, Julie Broadrick doesnt know how to tell her two young children, seven-year-old Lisa and five-year-old Jimmy, that she has cancer and has only a short time to live. But a fluke accident on a camping trip gives her new lifenot only are her injuries miraculously cured, but her lung cancer is gone and she has no desire to drink or smoke. That miracle was performed by Joe Murdock, who has discovered an advanced technology installation left by aliens more than four thousand years ago. Joe falls in love with Julie, and they become a family. Together, they recruit an eclectic group of scientists and adventurersincluding aliensto use the technology to conduct humanitarian work on earth and to explore space. However, their mission is threatened. Unknown forces have hatched a plot to destroy humanity and the earth. Joe, Julie, Lisa, Jimmy, and their cohorts must work quickly to identify the threat and shut it down before the earth is destroyed.

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iUniverse

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1450246338

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9781450246330

The Fire Still Burns

Life In and After Residential School

By: Sam George

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The Fire Still Burns

Life In and After Residential School

By: Sam George

“My name is Sam George. In spite of everything that happened to me, by the grace of the Creator, I have lived to be an Elder.” Set in the Vancouver area in the late 1940s and through to the present day, this candid account follows Sam from his idyllic childhood growing up on the Eslhá7an (Mission) reserve to the confines of St. Paul’s Indian Residential School and then into a life of addiction and incarceration. But an ember of Sam’s spirit always burned within him, and even in the darkest of places he retained his humour and dignity until he found the strength to face his past. The Fire Still Burns is an unflinching look at the horrors of a childhood spent trapped within the Indian Residential School system and the long-term effects on survivors. It illustrates the healing power of one’s culture and the resilience that allows an individual to rebuild a life and a future.

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Purich Books

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0774880872

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9780774880879

Big Sam: My Autobiography

By: Sam Allardyce

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Big Sam: My Autobiography

By: Sam Allardyce

Football fans will love this insight into the life and mind of Big Sam. With nearly 20 years as a player - plus almost 25 years as a coach and manager - under his belt, Sam Allardyce is one of the most recognisable figures in British football. 'Big Sam' has been a robust defensive general throughout the seventies and eighties, and an imposing touchline presence as a gaffer since 1994. Over the last four decades, Allardyce has seen it all. The game he so loves is radically different to that in which he made his debut back in 1973, and in telling his wonderfully colourful story for the very first time, Allardyce talks intriguingly about the changing face of players and managers. His autobiography positively crackles with characteristic insight, honesty and hard-hitting opinions.

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1472232666

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Brainstorm

An Investigation of the Mysterious Death of Film Star Natalie Wood

By: Sam Perroni

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Brainstorm

An Investigation of the Mysterious Death of Film Star Natalie Wood

By: Sam Perroni

Brainstorm is an amazing five-year probe into the mysterious death of beloved movie star Natalie Wood by a real-life criminal law authority who determinedly pursued the truth in the face of Los Angeles County officials hell-bent on keeping it buried forever. “After four decades, there is still more to learn about Natalie Wood’s tragic drowning. Brainstorm is one man’s passionate quest to unearth the truth.” —Beth Karas, Host of Oxygen’s Snapped: Notorious, former prosecutor, and investigative journalist “If you have any interest in deciding for yourself whether someone got away with the murder of Natalie Wood, this book is for you.” —Marilyn Wayne, eyewitness Brainstorm: An Investigation of the Mysterious Death of Film Star Natalie Wood is the first-person account of Sam Perroni’s probing investigation of the actress’s death. Through lawsuits, freedom of information requests, and persistent digging, Perroni obtained unseen and confidential files, documents, photographs, and information from long-lost witnesses revealing the true circumstances surrounding Natalie Wood’s drowning.

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Simon and Schuster

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1637583745

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9781637583746

40/40 HINDSIGHT The O.J. Simpson Murders

By: Sam Dennis McDonough

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40/40 HINDSIGHT The O.J. Simpson Murders

By: Sam Dennis McDonough

The O.J. Simpson Murders, 40/40 Hindsight, 40 Clues that show Who Killed Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson and 40 Clues that show Why O.J. Simpson Was Not Convicted.

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Lulu.com

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0615147402

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9780615147406

War of Numbers

An Intelligence Memoir of the Vietnam War's Uncounted Enemy

By: Sam Adams

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War of Numbers

An Intelligence Memoir of the Vietnam War's Uncounted Enemy

By: Sam Adams

In the fall of 1967, political and military leaders in Washington said the Vietnam War was approaching “the crossover point”: More Vietcong soldiers were dying in battle each week than could be recruited. CIA analyst Sam Adams, however, was insisting the good news was an illusion. His estimates of enemy ranks and morale varied wildly from those being released by military intelligence for public consumption, and for use by commanders in the field. Adams' findings indicated the war was unwinnable, and when US leaders failed to acknowledge basic facts, he knew the intelligence was being politicized. From inside the CIA and then after quitting the agency in 1973, Adams embarked on a one-man crusade to expose the truth. He loved intelligence work, and his enthusiasm for it shines throughout this illuminating memoir. Thanks to Adams, newsman Mike Wallace produced his influential CBS News documentary “The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception;” General William Westmoreland was called to account, and his book dramatizes in clear, compelling prose how America’s involvement in Southeast Asia became such a tragedy.

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Steerforth Press / Truth to Power

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1586422510

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9781586422516

Idiots And Angels

By: Sam V.K. Willson

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Idiots And Angels

By: Sam V.K. Willson

Some of the Angels in this book are of the canine variety, and a good-sized handful are human. The rest are teen-aged jokers, forgetful poets, interior designers, Vermont farmers, and a couple of vicious interlopers from another world. You may even know some of them.

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Xlibris Corporation

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146532710X

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9781465327109

Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll

My Life in Rock

By: Stephen Pearcy,Sam Benjamin

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Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll

My Life in Rock

By: Stephen Pearcy,Sam Benjamin

Welcome to heavy metal rock 'n' roll, circa 1980, when all you needed was the right look, burning ambition, and a chance. Stephen Pearcy and supergroup Ratt hit the bull's-eye. Cranking out metal just as metal got hot, Ratt was the perfect band at the perfect time, and their hit single "Round and Round" became a top-selling anthem. As Ratt scrambled up a wall of fame and wealth, so they experienced the gut-wrenching free fall, after too many hours in buses, planes, and limos; too many women; too many drugs; and all the personality clashes and ego trips that marked the beginning of the end. Pearcy offers a stunningly honest self-portrait of a man running on the fumes of ambition and loneliness as the party crashed. His rock 'n' roll confessional, by turns incredible, hilarious, and lyrical, is a story of survival--and a search for the things that matter most.--From publisher description.

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Simon and Schuster

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145169458X

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9781451694581

All About "All About Eve"

The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made!

By: Sam Staggs

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All About "All About Eve"

The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made!

By: Sam Staggs

To millions of fans, All About Eve represents all that's witty and wonderful in classic Hollywood movies. Its old-fashioned, larger-than-life stars--including Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, and Celeste Holm--found their best roles in Eve and its sophisticated dialogue has entered the lexicon. But there's much more to know about All About Eve. Sam Staggs has written the definitive account of the making of this fascinating movie and its enormous influence on both film and popular culture. Staggs reveals everything about the movie--from who the famous European actress Margo Channing was based on to the hot-blooded romance on-set between Bette Davis and costar Gary Merrill, from the jump-start the movie gave Marilyn Monroe's career and the capstone it put on director Joseph L. Mankeiwicz's. All About "All About Eve" is not only full of rich detail about the movie, the director, and the stars, but also about the audience who loved it when it came out and adore it to this day.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1466830433

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9781466830431

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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Raising a Self-Disciplined Child

By: Robert Brooks,Sam Goldstein

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Raising a Self-Disciplined Child

By: Robert Brooks,Sam Goldstein

Hands-on, caring advice to make your child gratifyingly, skillfully independent." --Kirkus Reviews Learn to raise a self-disciplined child is confident, independent . . . and happy. Raising a Self-Disciplined Child is the groundbreaking book parents have been waiting for--a remarkably positive approach to a style of discipline that builds children up-from the acclaimed authors of Raising Resilient Children. Filled with realistic, practical strategies and sample scenarios, it shows you how to teach your child, ages 6 through 16, the value of self-control, self-reliance, and self-assurance: the all-important skills that will last him a lifetime. Praise for Raising Resilient Children “Practical and clear in its suggestions, direct and supportive in its tone, Raising Resilient Children is the perfect book for parents searching for a caring method to help their children grow into healthy, loving, and mature adults.” --William Pollack, Ph.D., author of Real Boys “Brooks and Goldstein help mothers and fathers focus on their child's strengths, not on his or her weaknesses. The result is a happier, more resilient child.” --Michael Thompson, Ph.D., author of Raising Cain

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0071593101

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Raising a Self-Disciplined Child: Help Your Child Become More Responsible, Confident, and Resilient

By: Robert B. Brooks,Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

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Raising a Self-Disciplined Child: Help Your Child Become More Responsible, Confident, and Resilient

By: Robert B. Brooks,Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

Learn to raise a self-disciplined child is confident, independent ... and happy.

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0071627111

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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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The Unofficial Guides

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1628090154

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How to Explain Behavior

A Critical Review and New Approach

By: Sam S. Rakover

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How to Explain Behavior

A Critical Review and New Approach

By: Sam S. Rakover

In How to Explain Behavior: A Critical Review and New Approach, Sam S. Rakover proposes a critical review of explanation models (procedures); presents explanation as an essential part of research methodology; depicts understanding as based on explanation models and other procedures; provides a list of basic ideas common to most explanation models; supplies an approach that unifies mechanistic explanations as used by the sciences with mentalistic explanations that are based on one's inner world; and provides a general procedure for explaining individual behavior.

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Lexington Books

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1498536697

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9781498536691

TRACKS - June 2022

The Magazine commemorating the Long Range Desert Group

By: Kuno Gross,Ian Chard,Erik Ahlström,Bob Amos-Jones,Tarek el Mahdy,Jack Valenti,Charlie Down,Brendan O'Carroll,Meg Kennedy Shaw,Sam Watson

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TRACKS - June 2022

The Magazine commemorating the Long Range Desert Group

By: Kuno Gross,Ian Chard,Erik Ahlström,Bob Amos-Jones,Tarek el Mahdy,Jack Valenti,Charlie Down,Brendan O'Carroll,Meg Kennedy Shaw,Sam Watson

Most probably the readers of this magazine have never heard of the original TRACKS. I was in the very same situation until by the end of 2020, when NZ LRDG-historian Brendan OCarroll has provided me with a hardly readable copy of the June 1941 issue of TRACKS. I was immediately fascinated by these windows into the past and just thought: "We should revive TRACKS! " The editor of the original Tracks was, that time 20 years old, TA Sgt. N.A Moore, a clerk attached to LRDG Group HQ. The June 1941 issue was created by him when the LRDG HQ was located at Kufra. There he got the idea to create a "house paper" for the unit. He recalled in a letter which was published in the 1991 Newsletter of the LRDG Association, that there were only a very limited number of people who were willing to contribute and that this first edition was mainly launched thanks to the contribution of Lieut. Col. Bagnold and Captain Kennedy Shaw. And indeed, the June 1941 remained the single and only issue of Tracks - it was never published again.... until today! After TRACKS 2021, TRACKS 2022 is now the second isue of the "re-vived" magazine.

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As Seen on TV

50 Amazing Products and the Commercials that Made Them Famous

By: Lou Harry,Sam Stall

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As Seen on TV

50 Amazing Products and the Commercials that Made Them Famous

By: Lou Harry,Sam Stall

Do you want thicker, fuller hair? How about a bigger bustline? A smaller waistline? Or buns of steel? Are you troubled by garden pests, unsightly stains, or an inexplicable desire to look like Richard Simmons? If you answered "Yes" to these questions, we can't really help you. But you might enjoy As Seen on TV, an illustrated history of the greatest gizmos and gadgets ever hawked on television. Here are the real-life stories of Ginsu Knives, K-Tel Records, the Clapper, the Thighmaster, NordicTrack, Time-Life Books, and dozens of other products that have broken the backs of UPS delivery men everywhere. This nostalgic tribute is jam-packed with color photography, fascinating trivia, and loads of fun. You'll learn the secrets of the perfect pitch from As Seen on TV pioneer Ron Popeil. You'll discover unauthorized uses for your favorite products (yes, Virginia, you can eat your Chia Pet sprouts). And you'll find out which of TV's biggest celebrities--from Florence Henderson to Ricardo Montalban--would agree to hawk diet aids, ab-blasters, blemish removers, and teeth whiteners. But that's not all! Purchase this incredible volume today, and we'll give you an extra chapter on the Auto Hammer, Bacon Magic, and The Craftmatic Adjustable Bed--absolutely free!

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Quirk Books

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1931686092

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Strategic Learning in a Knowledge Economy

By: Robert L Cross,Sam Israelit

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Strategic Learning in a Knowledge Economy

By: Robert L Cross,Sam Israelit

Strategic Learning in a Knowledge Economy defines unique and powerful ways that organizations can foster learning at the individual, group and organizational levels, a capability critical to both strategic objectives and business performance. The book explains how individuals and organizations learn, clarifying cognitive and social aspects of the topic. Readers will understand how learning enables organizations and individuals to better create, assimilate, and transfer knowledge. Strategic Learning in a Knowledge Economy helps managers create individual and collective processes that maximize the quality of the knowledge created and learned and ensures this knowledge is effectively used. The book appropriately redefines the frequently narrow and technology-oriented view of learning and explains how an effective learning strategy ensures that a broad base of employees learn and implement vital organizational lessons. Strategic Learning in a Knowledge Economy features focused discussions of organizational core competencies, learning and innovation, communities of practice, assessing organizational learning capabilities, and other important learning topics. This authoritative compendium helps readers master organizational issues crucial in today's knowledge economy by:

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Routledge

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1136362932

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Inventing Elsa Maxwell

How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World

By: Sam Staggs

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Inventing Elsa Maxwell

How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World

By: Sam Staggs

Inventing Elsa Maxwell, the first biography of this extraordinary woman, tells the witty story of a life lived out loud. With Inventing Elsa Maxwell, Sam Staggs has crafted a landmark biography. Elsa Maxwell (1881-1963) invented herself–not once, but repeatedly. Built like a bulldog, she ascended from the San Francisco middle class to the heights of society in New York, London, Paris, Venice, and Monte Carlo. Shunning boredom and predictability, Elsa established herself as party-giver extraordinaire in Europe with come-as-you-are parties, treasure hunts (e.g., retrieve a slipper from the foot of a singer at the Casino de Paris), and murder parties that drew the ire of the British parliament. She set New York a-twitter with her soirees at the Waldorf, her costume parties, and her headline-grabbing guest lists of the rich and royal, movie stars, society high and low, and those on the make all mixed together in let-'er-rip gaiety. All the while, Elsa dashed off newspaper columns, made films in Hollywood, wrote bestselling books, and turned up on TV talk shows. She hobnobbed with friends like Noel Coward and Cole Porter. Late in life, she fell in love with Maria Callas, who spurned her and broke Elsa's heart. Her feud with the Duchess of Windsor made headlines for three years in the 1950s. One of the twentieth century's most colorful characters is brought back to life in this biography by the author of All About All About Eve.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250017750

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Broken Benefits

What's Gone Wrong with Welfare Reform

By: Sam Royston

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Broken Benefits

What's Gone Wrong with Welfare Reform

By: Sam Royston

The United Kingdom is at a critical juncture in welfare policy, as the current government delivers on the previous regime's austerity-driven reforms while simultaneously cutting an additional ₤38 billion from benefits spending over the next five years. Broken Benefits is a straightforward guide to the UK welfare system, correcting misunderstandings and exposing some of the less-understood problems. Sam Royston argues that the current government's twin goals of cutting spending and creating work incentives will ultimately fail to deliver a better system. Drawing on original research and high-profile debates, this much-needed book offers solutions: pragmatic ideas about how the system should be reformed and put into practice, including real-life case studies, models of household budgets, projections of welfare budget spending, and a free online benefits calculator. Accessibly written and offering a blueprint for how welfare should work, Royston presents an alternative vision of a fair, effective, and coherent benefits system for the future.

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Policy Press

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1447333268

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Wrigley Field Year by Year

A Century at the Friendly Confines

By: Sam Pathy

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Wrigley Field Year by Year

A Century at the Friendly Confines

By: Sam Pathy

More than just a lavishly illustrated and highly readable book, Wrigley Field Year by Year, originally published in 2014 and updated through the 2018 season, is the result of a quarter century of meticulous research. Written by a baseball historian and recognized authority on the “Friendly Confines,” this is the first book to detail each year of the storied park’s existence. The book covers not only the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Federal League baseball teams in detail, it touches on the Chicago Bears football team, basketball, hockey, high school sports, track and field, and political rallies. It references activities and changes throughout the park and in its neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side. In addition to pertinent Cubs statistics, the author’s year-by-year coverage includes: A “game of the year” A description of unusual and interesting happenings in the ballpark A quote from the year that best captures its essence Supplementing the year-by-year approach are nine chapters that divide Wrigley Field’s rich history into nine “innings” along with informative appendixes that will delight every Cubs fan, from the casual to the obsessed. The book’s easy-to-use format and wealth of information make it a resource that readers will turn to again and again.

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Simon and Schuster

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1683582977

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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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The Icepick Surgeon

Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

By: Sam Kean

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The Icepick Surgeon

Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

By: Sam Kean

From a New York Times bestselling author comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets, "a fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn’t everything, it’s the only thing—no matter the cost. Bestselling author Sam Kean tells the true story of what happens when unfettered ambition pushes otherwise rational men and women to cross the line in the name of science, trampling ethical boundaries and often committing crimes in the process. The Icepick Surgeon masterfully guides the reader across two thousand years of history, beginning with Cleopatra’s dark deeds in ancient Egypt. The book reveals the origins of much of modern science in the transatlantic slave trade of the 1700s, as well as Thomas Edison’s mercenary support of the electric chair and the warped logic of the spies who infiltrated the Manhattan Project. But the sins of science aren’t all safely buried in the past. Many of them, Kean reminds us, still affect us today. We can draw direct lines from the medical abuses of Tuskegee and Nazi Germany to current vaccine hesitancy, and connect icepick lobotomies from the 1950s to the contemporary failings of mental-health care. Kean even takes us into the future, when advanced computers and genetic engineering could unleash whole new ways to do one another wrong. Unflinching, and exhilarating to the last page, The Icepick Surgeon fuses the drama of scientific discovery with the illicit thrill of a true-crime tale. With his trademark wit and precision, Kean shows that, while science has done more good than harm in the world, rogue scientists do exist, and when we sacrifice morals for progress, we often end up with neither.

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0316496529

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