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The Knowledge Web

Learning and Collaborating on the Net

By: Eisenstadt, Marc,Vincent, Tom

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The Knowledge Web

Learning and Collaborating on the Net

By: Eisenstadt, Marc,Vincent, Tom

Featuring contributions from staff and associates of the Knowledge Media Institute at the UK Open University, this text provides a glimpse into the wide variety of projects undertaken in the development and assessment of distance learning technologies.

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Routledge

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1136357726

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The 100 Greatest Amiga Games

By: Tom Crossland

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The 100 Greatest Amiga Games

By: Tom Crossland

It felt like a very big deal at the time to go from the Commodore 64 to the Amiga. There were some fantastic games on the C64 but the Amiga felt like a quantum leap and the full 'arcade at home' experience. Sadly though, as we know, the Amiga era was not destined to be the longest or most stable slice of home gaming history. In the end the competition was too much and the Amiga, not helped by poor business decisions and a lack of innovation, began to struggle in the market. One tends to feel that the Amiga never quite fufilled its full potential but what an amazing few years it gave us. I spent many happy hours and weeks playing all my favourite Amiga games. To this day I am still discovering interesting Amiga games which passed me by at the time. Trawling through the Amiga years again I found there were many more great games than I actually remembered. The book that follows includes racing games, shoot 'em ups, military simulations, platform games, licenced movie games, puzzle games, and so on. So, without further delay, let's sit back and take a look at the (in my own humble opinion) 100 greatest Amiga games...

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BookRix

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3755412799

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Cabo

By: Tom Mehesan

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Cabo

By: Tom Mehesan

Cabo, an action-adventure Christian mystery will keep you glued to its pages. Jeremy Long, a nonbeliever and an attorney suddenly finds a beautiful young Mexican woman climbing the swim ladder of his sailboat near Catalina Island wearing only her bikini. She brings with her a tearful claim that people may be trying to kill her, people on the yacht anchored about a hundred yards away. It has to do with a $100,000,000 real estate scam gone wrong. His first reaction is to throw her overboard, but she is so beautiful and so scared! Jeremy is hooked. He's got to know what it's all about.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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109801510X

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The Knowledge Web

Learning and Collaborating on the Net

By: Marc Eisenstadt,Tom Vincent

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The Knowledge Web

Learning and Collaborating on the Net

By: Marc Eisenstadt,Tom Vincent

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Psychology Press

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0749431784

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Pennsylvania Dutch Country

By: Tom Range

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Pennsylvania Dutch Country

By: Tom Range

The people of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, the "plain people," avoid manifestations of modern culture, preferring to live a simple life in accordance with their interpretation of the Bible. The Old Order Amish are considered the most fundamentalist, shunning electric appliances, gasoline-powered vehicles, modern dress, and engaging primarily in agriculture. Since the Pennsylvania Dutch Country is a favored vacation destination, postcard publishers have produced scenes of the everyday life of the plain people since the beginning of the twentieth century. More than two hundred of these postcards are meticulously arranged and described in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

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Arcadia Publishing

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073850999X

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Search for the Underground Railroad in South-Central Ohio, The

By: Tom Calarco

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Search for the Underground Railroad in South-Central Ohio, The

By: Tom Calarco

The Underground Railroad remains one of America's most ennobling true stories, and the people of Ohio played their part in this heroic endeavor. Suffering a crisis of conscience, Presbyterian minister James Gilliland left his South Carolina home for Red Oak, where he became one of the state's earliest and strongest abolitionists. Peru Township's Richard Dillingham died helping the enslaved escape bondage. In Alum Creek, three generations of the Benedict family risked life and limb doing the same. Quakers Jane and Valentine Nicholson of Clinton County carted many a fugitive to freedom, as did Wilmington Quaker Abraham Allen with his trusty Liberator wagon. Drawing on decades of research, author Tom Calarco uncovers the real tales of our nation's quest for freedom and equality for all.

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1467140104

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The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves 3: The Peruvian Express

By: Tom Phillips

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The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves 3: The Peruvian Express

By: Tom Phillips

All aboard for a high-speed new case in the third installment of this middle grade mystery series for fans of A Series of Unfortunate Events and Enola Holmes. Stranded on a mountain in Peru after the crash of a luxury airship, John Boarhog has only one mission on his mind: reuniting with his mentor and guardian, Inspector Toadius McGee. John’s convinced that if he makes his way to a plume of smoke in the distance, the great detective will be waiting. The only problem is there’s a whole rainforest between them. After battling their way through the Amazon, John and his friends find a train—The Peruvian Express—and its glittering owner, Oro Del Rey, the Golden King, who offers them passage as they continue to search for their loved ones. Soon John’s investigation goes off the rails when he’s asked to help to locate an infamous Object of Doom. But he’s not the only one on the hunt. . . . The third book in The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves, The Peruvian Express is a hilarious, fast-paced mystery packed with action, wit, and another unforgettable adventure.

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Holiday House

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164595238X

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Bicycling The Pacific Coast

A Complete Route Guide, Canada to Mexico, 4th Edition

By: Vicky Spring,Tom Kirkendall

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Bicycling The Pacific Coast

A Complete Route Guide, Canada to Mexico, 4th Edition

By: Vicky Spring,Tom Kirkendall

CLICK HERE to download the 42 mile ride near Anacortes and the 48 mile ride along the Oregon Coast from Bicycling the Pacific Coast * Bicycle touring the Pacific Coast is outlined in one trip or four separate adventures * Road directions, points of interest, and available restrooms and provisions all built into daily mileage logs * Elevation profiles and Table of Essentials overview for each day's ride From Canada to the Mexican border, Bicycling the Pacific Coast is the most popular guidebook to bicycle touring this gorgeous edge of the U.S. Tom Kirkendall and Vicky Spring guide you turn by turn along the length of Pacific Coast Bicycle Route -- all 1816.5 miles. These forty-two suggested daily itineraries (averaging 53 miles each) begin and end at campsites. Everything you need to know about each day's ride is included: from tunnel-riding strategies to where to buy a new derailer, from one-of-a-kind museums along the way to side trips to lonely lighthouses and towering sand dunes. Cyclists will find a quick-glance Table of Essentials for each daily itinerary, listing availability of bike shops, beach access, hiking trails, youth hostels, and activities while touring through California, Washington, and Oregon.

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The Mountaineers Books

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1594852073

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DJ Funkyfoot: Butler for Hire! (DJ Funkyfoot #1)

By: Tom Angleberger

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DJ Funkyfoot: Butler for Hire! (DJ Funkyfoot #1)

By: Tom Angleberger

The start of a spin-off chapter book series in the world of the Flytrap Files, from New York Times bestselling author Tom Angleberger—now in paperback! You’d think from his name that DJ Funkyfoot was a rad hip-hop star, but that’s just the name his parents gave him. DJ Funkyfoot is actually a dog who’s always dreamed of being a butler! He’s the butler-iest butler to have ever buttled, but finding a butler gig is hard these days! So DJ Funkyfoot takes on a job that’s ALMOST like being a butler . . . He becomes a nanny for a baby—and not just any baby: SHRUBBABY, an adorable baby shrub. ShrubBaby may seem cute and cuddly, but she’s got a taste for chaos, thrills, fertilizer, and fame! While a nanny might say “no” to this baby’s whims, a good butler says “yes.” So DJ Funkyfoot says “yes” to every single thing ShrubBaby wants to do. When adventure calls, ShrubBaby says, “Let's go!” and DJ Funkyfoot says, “Very good, m’lady, I’ll fetch your stroller.” The books will take place in the same world as Inspector Flytrap and Didi Dodo but do not require knowledge of the world.

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Abrams

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1647000262

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Rumspringa

To Be Or Not to Be Amish

By: Tom Shachtman

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Rumspringa

To Be Or Not to Be Amish

By: Tom Shachtman

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Macmillan

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0865477426

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9780865477421

Motor City Barn Finds

Detroit's Lost Collector Cars

By: Tom Cotter

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Motor City Barn Finds

Detroit's Lost Collector Cars

By: Tom Cotter

Detroit: Motor City... and the poster child for urban blight and dysfunction. This presented challenges and opportunities for Cotter, as he trolled the historic city looking for lost automobile gems. Here he tells the story of these "barn finds" and shares anecdotes of the cars and his journey.

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Motorbooks International

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0760352445

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God Lives in St. Petersburg

Short Stories

By: Tom Bissell

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God Lives in St. Petersburg

Short Stories

By: Tom Bissell

Young Americans abroad in Central Asia find themselves pushed to their limits in these acclaimed, prize-winning stories by one of our most exciting and talented new authors. Combining bleak humor, ironic insight, deep compassion, and unflinching moral and ethical inquiry, Tom Bissell gives us a gripping collection that is both timeless and profoundly relevant to today’s complex world.

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Vintage

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0307426033

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9780307426031

Lethal Legacy

By: Tom Edwards

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Lethal Legacy

By: Tom Edwards

Prologue Lethal Legacy started off as a novel set in the year 2050; purely fictional. But the situation in which the main character found himself had to be explained in terms of the deterioration of the environment. Weeks of research uncovered an amazing saga of doom and despair; wrong decisions made for the wrong reasons, criminal neglect and appalling apathy on the part of many from the top to the bottom of every strata of society. Most of the incidents depicted in the book are fictional, but many more are fact, frighteningly so. It is a scenario that could quite easily eventuate; indeed many of the events are occurring now and have been for some time. Many of those in a position to help eliminate pollution will not do so because of vested interests. Many turn a blind eye because the truth is too horrible to contemplate, and some feel helpless in the face of such a massive task. There are of course many selfless people throughout every level of society who strive constantly for the betterment of mankind; the weekenders who plant trees and vegetation along river banks, clean the rivers, estuaries and bushland of all manner of detritus; the many environmental groups, some of whom risk their lives to save various endangered species and prevent tree felling. But all too often they lack resources and coordinated direction; this must originate far higher up the corporate and governmental ladder. Inevitably they tackle the results of degeneration and not the causes. There are also many good environmentally aware people in all walks of life, from the bottom to the top, who try to do the right thing, sometimes to their disadvantage. But many of those who really have the power to effect change are apparently not loving enough or caring enough to slough off their indifference to the ultimate fate of their children and grandchildren because they are the ones who will carry the brunt of our reckless behaviour in the years ahead. I have kept the central theme as a vehicle to carry the environmental message. Tom Copy of letter written in March 2006 Dear Friends, Most of you will be pleased to hear that I will not be plaguing you any further with doomsday scenarios regarding the sad demise of our planet; I have given up. My last book, "Lethal Legacy sums up most of what I have to say on the subject. I am now nearing 80 years of age and have been writing and arguing the topic for over forty years - mostly with little success. One day in the future politicians and the world's manipulators will have a sudden burst of enlightenment and realise that they have killed the goose that laid the golden egg, but it will be too late. In my opinion we have passed the point of no return and even, if by a miracle, we stopped all pollution we could no longer hope to reverse the process. Throughout the history of the earth the masses have been manipulated by the few, the greedy few, it has always been so. Even as recently as two hundred years ago we had families who grew what they ate and made what they wore; they lived by natural cycles; albeit under a feudalistic system. The Industrial Revolution mechanised industry and people alike and made time a major factor in our lives, we became virtual automatons that produced goods that we mainly did not need to further enrich the rich. Our lives were circumscribed not by what we needed but what we wanted which in turn was encouraged and perpetuated by the manipulators via advertising agencies and the media. Our shops are filled with masses of goods that we can well do without, all of which require power, materials and machines to make and which invariably create pollution of one sort or another. We came to believe that we needed the mass of appliances and entertainment units; the clothes to match changing fashions and all those objects of self indulgence; that they were essential to our happiness. We live lives full of excesses and believe that this is an essential prerogative for a su

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1453583289

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Moving Innovation

A History of Computer Animation

By: Tom Sito

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Moving Innovation

A History of Computer Animation

By: Tom Sito

A behind-the-scenes history of computer graphics, featuring a cast of math nerds, avant-garde artists, cold warriors, hippies, video game players, and studio executives. Computer graphics (or CG) has changed the way we experience the art of moving images. Computer graphics is the difference between Steamboat Willie and Buzz Lightyear, between ping pong and PONG. It began in 1963 when an MIT graduate student named Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad, the first true computer animation program. Sutherland noted: “Since motion can be put into Sketchpad drawings, it might be exciting to try making cartoons.” This book, the first full-length history of CG, shows us how Sutherland's seemingly offhand idea grew into a multibillion dollar industry. In Moving Innovation, Tom Sito—himself an animator and industry insider for more than thirty years—describes the evolution of CG. His story features a memorable cast of characters—math nerds, avant-garde artists, cold warriors, hippies, video game enthusiasts, and studio executives: disparate types united by a common vision. Sito shows us how fifty years of work by this motley crew made movies like Toy Story and Avatar possible.

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MIT Press

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0262314312

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A High Sunny Place

By: Tom Corey

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A High Sunny Place

By: Tom Corey

At last it was a quiet ecstacy to leave it all, to walk back into the hills and home." These collected writings, composed over a period of years by the author, reflect a gentle satisfacton with the second half of life and with the bucolic existance of his home is the Ozark hills. Content ranges from travel writings to private reflections on a variety of topics. Many pieces have a historical angle, reflecting earlier times in the area surrounding the author's home in rural Missouri. Love of the land and animals is felt in these reflections, along with a sense of place at scenic Rock Eddy Bluff Farm in the Ozark hills.

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1435723716

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Shattered Window

By: Tom Colburn

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Shattered Window

By: Tom Colburn

Julie Simons was an attractive young lady looking much older than her 13 years. When she is discovered on the front yard below her shattered bedroom window, it is initially assumed she was the victim of a tragic accident. But was she? While the story contemplates some mature issues, it is clean reading. There is no foul language, no sex scenes, and no graphic violence. Shattered Window is a suspenseful, sometimes humorous, engaging mystery the reader is sure to love!

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1105184218

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Puzzles The Will: A Murder Mystery

By: Tom Walton

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Puzzles The Will: A Murder Mystery

By: Tom Walton

A detective moves into a retirement community. He begins to think a resident's death may have been murder when he hears stories about what some of the more wacky residents say about the building. He believes they may be providing clues to solving the mysteries. With the help of two unlikely sets of helpers, twin little girls and feral cats, he puts the puzzle pieces together to solve the mysteries of both the building, the murder, and the people who are responsible.

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Emma's Waterloo

By: Tom Tisch

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Emma's Waterloo

By: Tom Tisch

Love, jealousy, and murder shake a small rural Michigan community in 1896. The events in this story involve relationships tragically broken by alcohol abuse and its effects on mental competency. Shocking consequences are entangled with deep family bonds, religion, practice of law, and politics. Emma's Waterloo is a gripping example of late nineteenth-century jurisprudence.

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Outskirts Press

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1977239366

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Tom Seymour's Maine

A Maine Anthology

By: Tom Seymour

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Tom Seymour's Maine

A Maine Anthology

By: Tom Seymour

In Tom Seymour's Maine, the author brings to life fascinating vignettes from Maine's colorful past. From early life in the vast Maine woods to favorite recipes of coastal residents, the book is fast-moving and spellbinding from start to finish. Experience the tension as Maine residents evacuate their homes during the British Invasion of 1814. Learn how to prepare bean-hole-beans and fall in love with some wonderful Maine old-timers.

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iUniverse

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1469710722

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Eye on Science Fiction

20 Interviews with Classic SF and Horror Filmmakers

By: Tom Weaver

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Eye on Science Fiction

20 Interviews with Classic SF and Horror Filmmakers

By: Tom Weaver

The march of the monster movie makers continues in Tom Weaver's ninth book of in-depth interviews with the men and women who made the horror and sci-fi favorites of the 1940s, '50s and '60s. Actors (including Mike Connors, Brett Halsey, Natalie Trundy and Richard Kiel), writers, producers and directors recall legendary genre figures Lugosi, Chaney, Jr., Tod Browning and James Whale; films ranging in quality from The Thing to Macumba Love and Eegah; behind-the-scenes tales of cult TV series (Twilight Zone, Batman, Lost in Space, more) and serials; and, of course, the usual barrage of outlandish movie menaces, this time including the Fly, Flesh Eaters, Monolith Monsters, ape men, voodoo women and spider babies! And all in the candid, no-holds-barred style that has made Weaver "king of the interviewers" (Classic Images)!

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McFarland

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0786430281

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Scoop of the Year

By: Tom Claver

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Scoop of the Year

By: Tom Claver

Martin, a hapless journalist on a weekly financial magazine, sees his life take a nosedive with the arrival of Tom de Lacy, a well-heeled reporter who grabs the limelight, not to mention the well-paid industrial correspondent’s job that he has his eye on.

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1788031091

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Finishing Strong!

By: Tom Polet

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Finishing Strong!

By: Tom Polet

A biographical review of the authors life in alcohol addiction - the subsequent Christ Centered 12 step recovery process - and a look at redemption.

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0557040124

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Bandit Heaven

The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West

By: Tom Clavin

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Bandit Heaven

The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West

By: Tom Clavin

From multiple New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin comes the thrilling true story of the most infamous hangout for bandits, thieves and murderers of all time—and the lawmen tasked with rooting them out. Robbers Roost, Brown’s Hole, and Hole-in-the-Wall were three hideouts that collectively were known to outlaws as “Bandit Heaven.” During the 1880s and ‘90s these remote locations in Wyoming and Utah harbored hundreds of train and bank robbers, horse and cattle thieves, the occasional killer, and anyone else with a price on his head. Clavin's Bandit Heaven is the entertaining story of these tumultuous times and the colorful characters who rode the Outlaw Trail through the frigid mountain passes and throat-parching deserts that connected the three hideouts—well-guarded enclaves no sensible lawman would enter. There are the “star” residents like gregarious Butch Cassidy and his mostly silent sidekick the Sundance Kid, and an array of fascinating supporting players like the cold-blooded Kid Curry, and “Black Jack” Ketchum (who had the dubious distinction of being decapitated during a hanging), among others. Most of the hard-riding action takes place in the mid- to late-1890s when Bandit Heaven came to be one of the few safe places left as the law closed in on the dwindling number of active outlaws. Most were dead by the beginning of the 20th century, gunned down by a galvanized law-enforcement system seeking rewards and glory. Ultimately, only Cassidy and Sundance escaped . . . to meet their fate 6000 miles away, becoming legends when they died in a fusillade of lead. Bandit Heaven is a thrilling read, filled with action, indelible characters, and some poignance for the true end of the Wild West outlaw.

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1250282411

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Columbus's Industrial Communities: Olentangy, Milo-Grogan, Steelton

By: Tom Dunham

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Columbus's Industrial Communities: Olentangy, Milo-Grogan, Steelton

By: Tom Dunham

Columbus, Ohio, no longer has industrial communities - a triad of factories, retail, and worker housing, all in close proximity and well integrated. Beginning in the late 19th century, these communities were a function of both a walking city and an efficient railroad network available for factory use. This book surveys three of Columbus's industrial communities from their formation, growth and decline as the larger city grew around them creating forces that made their survival untenable. These forces involved transportation changes, corporation consolidation, racial composition, immigrant decline and changing residential patterns.

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1452059705

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Cold War Kid

By: Tom Hanley

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Cold War Kid

By: Tom Hanley

Take a whimsical journey through postwar America from black-and-white TVs to nuns shooting invisible atomic energy rays from their eyes. From sleek jets and cars with big fins to our current upside-down culture. plus ... See the Amazing Jackalope 8 Miles Ahead Clean Restrooms One would hope that a memoir spanning from World War II to present would be a sweeping saga of war, passion, loss, redemption and hope. One would be mistaken. It's a story about being raised among the men and machines of the Air Force, growing up Catholic, living in a Texas lighthouse, crashing the occasional airplane, then following the call of the surf to Hawaii.

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1493197851

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Ingenious

How Canadian Innovators Made the World Smarter, Smaller, Kinder, Safer, Healthier, Wealthier, and Happier

By: David Johnston,Tom Jenkins

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Ingenious

How Canadian Innovators Made the World Smarter, Smaller, Kinder, Safer, Healthier, Wealthier, and Happier

By: David Johnston,Tom Jenkins

To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday, Governor General David Johnston and Tom Jenkins have crafted a richly illustrated volume of brilliant Canadian innovations whose widespread adoption has made the world a better place. From Bovril to BlackBerrys, lightbulbs to liquid helium, peanut butter to Pablum, this is a surprising and incredibly varied collection to make Canadians proud, and to our unique entrepreneurial spirit. Successful innovation is always inspired by at least one of three forces -- insight, necessity, and simple luck. Ingenious moves through history to explore what circumstances, incidents, coincidences, and collaborations motivated each great Canadian idea, and what twist of fate then brought that idea into public acceptance. Above all, the book explores what goes on in the mind of an innovator, and maps the incredible spectrum of personalities that have struggled to improve the lot of their neighbours, their fellow citizens, and their species. From the marvels of aboriginal invention such as the canoe, snowshoe, igloo, dogsled, lifejacket, and bunk bed to the latest pioneering advances in medicine, education, philanthropy, science, engineering, community development, business, the arts, and the media, Canadians have improvised and collaborated their way to international admiration. Ingenious tells you why they did it and how they made the world a better place.

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Signal

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0771050917

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Devil's Gate

Owning the Land, Owning the Story

By: Tom Rea

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Devil's Gate

Owning the Land, Owning the Story

By: Tom Rea

Devil’s Gate—the name conjures difficult passage and portends a doubtful outcome. In this eloquent and captivating narrative, Tom Rea traces the history of the Sweetwater River valley in central Wyoming—a remote place including Devil’s Gate, Independence Rock, and other sites along a stretch of the Oregon Trail—to show how ownership of a place can translate into owning its story. Seemingly in the middle of nowhere, Devil’s Gate is the center of a landscape that threatens to shrink any inhabitants to insignificance except for one thing: ownership of the land and the stories they choose to tell about it. The static serenity of the once heavily traveled region masks a history of conflict. Tom Sun, an early rancher, played a role here in the lynching of the only woman ever hanged in Wyoming. The lynching was dismissed as swift frontier justice in the wake of cattle theft, but Rea finds more complicated motives that involve land and water rights. The Sun name was linked with the land for generations. In the 1990s, the Mormon Church purchased part of the Sun ranch to memorialize Martin’s Cove as the site of handcart pioneers who froze to death in the valley in 1856. The treeless, arid country around Devil’s Gate seems too immense for ownership. But stories run with the land. People who own the land can own the stories, at least for a time.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806184949

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The Sable Doughboys

By: Tom Willard

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The Sable Doughboys

By: Tom Willard

Tom Willard began the compelling saga of African-American fighting men and their wives in book one of The Black Sabre Chronicles, the highly acclaimed Buffalo Soldiers. In The Sable Doughboys, the second edition of the chronicles, Willard continues that captivating story as he takes us back to World War I and the sons of Sergeant Major Augustus Sharps, the great "buffalo soldier" of the Western Indian wars. Continuing their father's valiant fighting tradition, the two young men withstand vicious racial attacks in order to endure the first Negro officer training program. Once officers of the 93rd Division in 1917-18, however, Adrian and David Sharps face war on two fronts: They are subjected to racial hatred and violence on the home front as they prepare to face death in the horrors of trench warfare in the battle of the Meuse-Agronne on the Western Front of France. The Sable Doughboys is an engrossing story of uncommon courage and fortitude-unheralded hallmarks of the African-American soldier in America's wars.

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Macmillan

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0812551060

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9780812551068

Oedipus Road

Searching for a Father in a Mother's Fading Memory

By: Tom Dodge

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Oedipus Road

Searching for a Father in a Mother's Fading Memory

By: Tom Dodge

On March 30, 1992, Tom Dodge lost his stepfather and inherited the duty of caring for his mother, a woman he confesses he never got to know. Suddenly he was confronted with the extent to which she had slipped into the fog of Alzheimer's. During his childhood, Dodge was never allowed to bring up the topic of his birth, but his mind whirled with questions: Who was my real father? Where was he? Who am I? Now, even if he summoned the courage to ask for the truth, would she be able to tell him? This memoir, interweaving the twin themes of adult responsiblity for a parent suffering from Alzheimer's and the search for a birth parent, is a painful account, raw with emotion, of an alienated adolescence. But it is also a nostalgic look back at life in small-town Texas in the 1940s and 1950s, a life where young boys frolicked in the swimming hole and worked in the family garden. Oedipus Road is a timeless and timely, funny and heart-breaking, evocative account of one man's journey down the road of self-discovery.

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TCU Press

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0875651534

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9780875651538

Through the Wraths

By: Tom Colburn

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Through the Wraths

By: Tom Colburn

A pastor, his flock and various townspeople try to survive through the 7 wraths of God just prior to Armageddon.

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Lulu.com

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1329554655

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9781329554658

Catskill Family

By: Tom L. Sawyer

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Catskill Family

By: Tom L. Sawyer

The ocean passage in 1822 of the ship Camillus was a challenge for the fifty-one passengers in steerage. Among the passengers was the Scott Sawyer family, which included his pregnant wife, Catherine, and their three young children. As they neared the wharf in New York, they welcomed their fourth child, Camilla. For twenty years, the family grew in the Catskill country near Bovina, New York. This is where Scott's son, Robert, learned to farm and realized the American dream of owning his own land and supporting his own growing family. He also became involved in the Anti-Rent War in 1845. After moving his family to Illinois and then to Iowa, he met an untimely death. His strong wife, Louisa, raised their ten children to become successful and prosperous citizens. This is an American saga.

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1499094604

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