Tom Hansen's Books

American Junkie

By: Tom Hansen

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A non-stop trip into one man's land of desperate addicts, failed punk bands, and brushes with sad fame, as he sells drugs during the Seattle grunge years. In American Junkie, Tom Hansen maps his heroin addiction, from the promise of a young life to the prison of a mattress, from budding musician to broken down junkie, drowning in syringes and cigarette butts, shooting heroin into wounds the size of softballs, and ultimately, a ride to a hospital for a six-month stay and a painful self-discovery that cuts down to the bone. Through it all he never really loses his step, never lets go of his smarts, and always projects quintessential American reason, humor, and hope to make a story not only about drugs, but a compelling study of vulnerability and toughness.

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Catapult

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1593766718

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9781593766719

Falling to Earth

Poems

By: Tom Hansen

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Falling to Earth

Poems

By: Tom Hansen

A bemused, stoop-shouldered figure who is more than a mere speaker--let's call him a protagonist--stalks the poems of Falling to Earth. With candor and an almost grandiose simplicity, Hansen describes the limitations of his middle-aged body and, in so doing, the limitations of his enterprise in mid-life: the gracelessness of survival. Falling to Earth is the journey of a vibrant soul refreshing itself poem by poem.--Molly Peacock, from her foreword Tom Hansen taught writing and literature for 35 years before retiring to the Black Hills of South Dakota. His credits include Paris Review, The Iowa Review, and The American Scholar.

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BOA Editions, Ltd.

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1929918755

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9781929918751

The Wisconsin 3,800

Our Men and Women Buried Or MIA in the Lands They Liberated in World War II

By: Tom Mueller,Thomas S. Mueller

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The Wisconsin 3,800

Our Men and Women Buried Or MIA in the Lands They Liberated in World War II

By: Tom Mueller,Thomas S. Mueller

The Wisconsin 3,800" examines the lives and deaths of more than 30 men and women who were killed in World War II and buried overseas, or were MIA. There are heart-wrenching personal ordeals of people from all services and in all world zones, and some surprising discoveries. The book puts a human face on enormous battles and puts historical context into the deaths of individuals. The servicemen and women in the book come from places like Appleton, Milwaukee, Racine, La Crosse, Viroqua, Waunakee, Augusta, Rice Lake, Glenwood City, Merrill, Juneau, Door County, Kewaskum and many points in between. Their story is Wisconsin's story. Twenty-five years ago, Tom Mueller had an opportunity to visit his soldier uncle's grave in France as a newspaper writer. He was the first in his family ever to go there, and it started a passion to tell the stories of other Wisconsin men and women in World War II. For several years, his Milwaukee editors entrusted him to determine the topic of the page one Memorial Day feature, do the research, take and / or obtain photos and write the package. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum calls Mueller's book "a valuable new resource for everyone interested in Wisconsin's contributions to World War II, from historians to enthusiasts to relatives of the veterans." This book is made possible through the generous support of: American Family Insurance Marcus Theatres Corp.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1608440850

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9781608440856

Malting and Brewing Science

Hopped Wort and Beer

By: J.S. Hough,D.E. Briggs,R. Stevens,Tom W. Young

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Malting and Brewing Science

Hopped Wort and Beer

By: J.S. Hough,D.E. Briggs,R. Stevens,Tom W. Young

These two exceptional volumes, both part of the second edition of a we ll established textbook, explore the biological, biochemical and chemi cal aspects of malting and brewing science. Focusing on the scientific principles behind the selection of raw materials and their processing, these two insightful text include brief descriptions of the equipmen t used.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0834216841

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9780834216846

The Killer Book of Serial Killers

Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Serial Killers

By: Tom Philbin,Michael Philbin

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The Killer Book of Serial Killers

Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Serial Killers

By: Tom Philbin,Michael Philbin

Terrifying tales of the ultimate evil among us! One of the best serial killer books for fans of true crime. The Killer Book of Serial Killers is the complete resource for any true crime fan or student of the lurid, fascinating world of serial killers. Inside you'll find a concise compilation of the world's thirty-five most notorious murderers, including an in-depth look at their crimes and the lives that turned them into monsters. This is the perfect gift for any true crime buff or psychology enthusiast. Sprinkled throughout the book are Q&A, quizzes, quotes, photos, and odd facts about serial killers and their true stories to test your knowledge and make you shudder in horrified delight, along with recommended reading to dig even deeper into their sordid lives. Learn more about notorious serial killers like: Ted Bundy Jack the Ripper Jeffrey Dahmer Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer John Wayne Gacy Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Dennis Rader, the Bind, Torture, Kill (BTK) Killer Béla Kiss David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam With many more shocking tales and tidbits about serial killers that will keep you up at night!

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402241623

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9781402241628

Marine

A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit

By: Tom Clancy

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Marine

A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit

By: Tom Clancy

An in-depth look at the United States Marine Corps-in the New York Times bestselling tradition of Submarine, Armored Cav, and Fighter Wing Only the best of the best can be Marines. And only Tom Clancy can tell their story--the fascinating real-life facts more compelling than any fiction. Clancy presents a unique insider's look at the most hallowed branch of the Armed Forces, and the men and women who serve on America's front lines. Marine includes: An interview with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Charles "Chuck" Krulak The tools and technology of the Marine Expeditionary Unit The role of the Marines in the present and future world An in-depth look at recruitment and training Exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagrams

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Penguin

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0425154548

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9780425154540

Murder at 40 Below

True Crime Stories from Alaska

By: Tom Brennan

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Murder at 40 Below

True Crime Stories from Alaska

By: Tom Brennan

Drawn from police files, eyewitness accounts, and news reports, these stories introduce extreme criminals in an extreme land.

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Epicenter Press

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0945397992

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9780945397991

Another Roadside Attraction

A Novel

By: Tom Robbins

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Another Roadside Attraction

A Novel

By: Tom Robbins

“Written with a style and humor that haven’t been seen since Mark Twain.”—Los Angeles Times What if the Second Coming didn’t quite come off as advertised? What if “the Corpse” on display in that funky roadside zoo is really who they say it is—what does that portend for the future of western civilization? And what if a young clairvoyant named Amanda reestablishes the flea circus as popular entertainment and fertility worship as the principal religious form of our high-tech age? Another Roadside Attraction answers those questions and a lot more. It tell us, for example, what the sixties were truly all about, not by reporting on the psychedelic decade but by recreating it, from the inside out. In the process, this stunningly original seriocomic thriller is fully capable of simultaneously eating a literary hot dog and eroding the borders of the mind. “Hard to put down because of the sheer brilliance and fun of the writing. The sentiments of Brautigan and the joyously compassionate omniscience of Fielding dance through the pages garbed colorfully in the language of Joyce.”—Rolling Stone

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Bantam

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0553897888

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9780553897883

Danish: An Essential Grammar

By: Robin Allan,Tom Lundskaer-Nielsen,Philip Holmes

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Danish: An Essential Grammar

By: Robin Allan,Tom Lundskaer-Nielsen,Philip Holmes

Ideal for any learner of the Danish language in early or middle stages, this engaging grammar is an essential reference guide to the most important grammatical aspects of Danish as it is used today.

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Routledge

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1134624085

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9781134624089

Entrepreneurship as Networking

Mechanisms, Dynamics, Practices, and Strategies

By: Tom Elfring,Kim Klyver,Elco van Burg

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Entrepreneurship as Networking

Mechanisms, Dynamics, Practices, and Strategies

By: Tom Elfring,Kim Klyver,Elco van Burg

Networking mechanisms -- Network agency and network dynamics -- Perceiving and capturing opportunities through social interaction -- Accessing and acquiring resources -- Legitimizing through entrepreneurial networking -- Conclusion: entrepreneurship as networking.

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Oxford University Press

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0190076887

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Boston Marathon

Year-by-Year Stories of the World's Premier Running Event

By: Tom Derderian

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Boston Marathon

Year-by-Year Stories of the World's Premier Running Event

By: Tom Derderian

From running legend Tom Derderian comes a comprehensive look at one of the most storied and celebrated athletic events in the nation, the Boston Marathon. For more than 110 years, the race has been regarded as one of the world’s great racing traditions. From the narrow starting line on Main Street, through the Screams Tunnel, past the coeds of Wellesley, and up the infamous Heartbreak Hill, Derderian chronicles the unforgettable passions, triumphs, and pitfalls of every race in the marathon’s storied history. The book also includes interviews and race recaps from marathoning greats such as Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Meb Keflezighi, Uta Pippig, Alberto Salazar, Frank Shorter, Kara Goucher, Ryan Hall, Desiree Davila, Geoffrey Mutai, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, and dozens more. Complete with more than one hundred photographs and results from every year, Boston Marathon belongs on the shelf of every runner.

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Simon and Schuster

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151072429X

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People of the Underground Railroad

A Biographical Dictionary

By: Tom Calarco

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People of the Underground Railroad

A Biographical Dictionary

By: Tom Calarco

The Underground Railroad was perhaps the best example in U.S. history of blacks and whites working together for the common good. People of the Underground Railroad is the largest in-depth collection of profiles of those individuals involved in the spiriting of black slaves to freedom in the northern states and Canada beginning around 1800 and lasting to the early Civil War years. One hundred entries introduce people who had a significant role in the rescuing, harboring, or conducting of the fugitives—from abolitionists, evangelical ministers, Quakers, philanthropists, lawyers, judges, physicians, journalists, educators, to novelists, feminists, and barbers—as well as notable runaways. The selections are geographically representational of the broad railroad network. There is renewed interest in the Underground Railroad, exemplified by the new National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati and energized scholarly inquiry. People of the Underground Railroad presents authoritative information gathered from the latest research and established sources, many of them from period publications. Designed for student research and general browsing, in-depth essay entries include further reading. Numerous sidebars complement the entries. A timeline, illustrations, and map help put the profiles into context.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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031308596X

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9780313085963

50 Prosperity Classics

Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It

By: Tom Butler-Bowdon

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50 Prosperity Classics

Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It

By: Tom Butler-Bowdon

The popular success of The Secret has helped many people discover a subject of writing that seems new but in fact stretches back more than a century. 50 Prosperity Classics covers many of the great writings on wealth, abundance, philanthropy, and success, encompassing works from Andrew Carnegie, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Peter Lynch, and more.

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Nicholas Brealey

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147364447X

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9781473644472

1000 Amazing Horror Movie Facts

By: Tom Chapman

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1000 Amazing Horror Movie Facts

By: Tom Chapman

Think you know all there is to know about horror movies? Well, think again. 1000 Amazing Horror Movie Facts is chock full of fascinating and unusual facts about classic (and not so classic) horror movies. Blockbusters, B-movies, slashers, ghost stories, video nasties, anthologies, sequels, gore, cursed productions, what might have been, casting, controversy, and so on. So dim the lights and prepare to enter the spooky and blood drenched world of horror movies....

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BookRix

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3755418711

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9783755418719

The Vincent in the Barn

Great Stories of Motorcycle Archaeology

By: Tom Cotter

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The Vincent in the Barn

Great Stories of Motorcycle Archaeology

By: Tom Cotter

40 tales of motorcycle hunting dreams come true--Ducatis in basements, Vincents in sheds, Harleys in barns, Brit bikes moldering behind urban garages.

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Motorbooks International

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0760335354

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Target and Destroy

Ex MI5 agent Tom Marcus returns with a pulse-pounding new thriller

By: Tom Marcus

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Target and Destroy

Ex MI5 agent Tom Marcus returns with a pulse-pounding new thriller

By: Tom Marcus

In order to enforce justice, you sometimes have to break the law. Former MI5 officer Tom Marcus returns with Target and Destroy, a blistering spy thriller which is a sequel to Capture or Kill and Defend or Die. It takes a certain type of person to tackle the dark realities of gangland London. Someone that operates in the shadows and doesn’t follow the rule of law. That’s where former MI5 officer Matt Logan comes in . . . Logan is an undercover operative for Blindeye: a clandestine team of ex-intelligence operatives secretly tasked with the jobs that are beyond the legal remit of the official security services. When the group picks up on a trail of corruption which reaches to the top of the UK’s National Crime Agency, their mission begins. DCI John Tenniel is a ruthless individual unafraid to break the rules in order to elevate himself to more power and bodies have been piling up in his mission to the top. Going after Tenniel will require Logan and the team to delve beneath the surface of society and into a murky underworld where the lines between gangsters and the police have become increasingly blurred. But Blindeye have acquired their target and now it’s time to strike . . .

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Pan Macmillan

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1529065461

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Pathos and Anti-Pathos

Ruptured Affections in the Writing of the Shoah

By: Tom Vanassche

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Pathos and Anti-Pathos

Ruptured Affections in the Writing of the Shoah

By: Tom Vanassche

Scholarship often presumes that texts written about the Shoah, either by those directly involved in it or those writing its history, must always bear witness to the affective aftermath of the event, the lingering emotional effects of suffering. Drawing on the History of Emotions and on trauma theory, this monograph offers a critical study of the ambivalent attributions and expressions of emotion and “emotionlessness” in the literature and historiography of the Shoah. It addresses three phenomena: the metaphorical discourses by which emotionality and the purported lack thereof are attributed to victims and to perpetrators; the rhetoric of affective self-control and of affective distancing in fiction, testimony and historiography; and the poetics of empathy and the status of emotionality in discourses on the Shoah. Through a close analysis of a broad corpus centred around the work of W. G. Sebald, Dieter Schlesak, Ruth Klüger and Raul Hilberg, the book critically contextualises emotionality and its attributions in the post-war era, when a scepticism of pathos coincided with demands for factual rigidity. Ultimately, it invites the reader to reflect on their own affective stances towards history and its commemoration in the twenty-first century.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311075858X

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9783110758580

The Audacity of Hops

The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution

By: Tom Acitelli,Tony Magee

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The Audacity of Hops

The History of America's Craft Beer Revolution

By: Tom Acitelli,Tony Magee

Discover the underdog story of how America came to dominate beer stylistically in The Audacity of Hops, the first book on American craft beer's history. First published in May 2013, this updated, fully revised edition offers the most thorough picture yet of one of the most interesting and lucrative culinary trends in the US since World War II. This portrait includes the titanic mergers and acquisitions, as well as major milestones and technological advances, that have swept craft beer in just the past few years. Acitelli weaves the story of American craft beer into the tales of trends such as slow food, the rise of the Internet, and the rebirth of America's urban areas. The backgrounds of America's favorite craft brewers, big and small, are here, including often-forgotten heroes from the movement's earliest days, as well as the history of homebrewing since Prohibition. Through it all, he paints an unforgettable portrait of plucky entrepreneurial triumph. This is the "book for the craft beer nerd who thinks he or she already knows the story" (Los Angeles Times), an "excellent history" (Slate) "lovingly told" (Wall Street Journal) for fans of good food and drink in general.

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Chicago Review Press

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1613737114

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9781613737118

The Killer Book of True Crime

Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Murder and Mayhem

By: Tom Philbin,Michael Philbin

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The Killer Book of True Crime

Incredible Stories, Facts and Trivia from the World of Murder and Mayhem

By: Tom Philbin,Michael Philbin

The Killer Book of True Crime is the ultimate collection of in-depth stories, trivia, quizzes, quotes and photos gruesome and interesting enough to make any crime buff shudder in horrified delight.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402208294

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Hybrid Images and the Vanishing Point of Digital Visual Effects

Temporalities of a Disruptive Politics

By: Tom Livingstone

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Hybrid Images and the Vanishing Point of Digital Visual Effects

Temporalities of a Disruptive Politics

By: Tom Livingstone

Tackling digital effects such as colourisation, time-ramping, compositing and photo-realistic rendering, this monograph explores how the growing use of these post-photographic procedures shapes our relationship with the image and the world that the image represents. At stake is the ability to critically engage with the digital techniques that mediate perceptions of reality. Through a series of case-studies the book connects the dominant techniques of hybridisation with emergent ways of being in our increasingly hybrid physical-digital world. Pointing at the relationship between mainstream visual culture and the manifold imperatives of digital technology and digital culture, Hybrid Images and the Vanishing Point of Digital Visual Effects highlights how a handful of digital visual effects are coming to shape the way we live.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1399523333

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The Literature of Possibility

By: Tom Butler-Bowdon

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The Literature of Possibility

By: Tom Butler-Bowdon

For centuries, individuals have strived for "the good life:" the ability to provide for oneself and one's family, make meaningful contributions to society, and enjoy culture and nature, among other happy pursuits. The wisdom to achieve this great life is contained in The Literature of Possibility, a digital collection featuring a new introduction that brings Tom Butler-Bowdon's 50 Classics series

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Nicholas Brealey

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1473645042

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Before the Grass Withers

A Memoir

By: Tom Frist

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Before the Grass Withers

A Memoir

By: Tom Frist

From the Preface For you who have honored me by opening this book to read, I thank you. I hope that it will give you pleasure, that you might learn from it, and that you might be inspired by it to write your own story for your own sake and for the sake of your family and friends. Even though we are like grass that withers, we also hope, as Jesus said, that the very hairs of our heads are all numbered. For that reason, all of our stories matter, not only to us and our descendants, but also to our friends and, most importantly, to God.

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iUniverse

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1532014767

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The Worlds of Dune

The Places and Cultures that Inspired Frank Herbert

By: Tom Huddleston

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The Worlds of Dune

The Places and Cultures that Inspired Frank Herbert

By: Tom Huddleston

Some writers build worlds. Others birth entire universes. In the decades since its publication, Frank Herbert’s Dune has become arguably the best-selling and certainly the best-known science fiction novel ever written. So how did an ex-Navy newspaperman from Washington State come to write such a world-conquering novel? And how was he able to pack it with so many layers of myth and meaning? Herbert’s boundless imagination was sparked by a dizzying array of ideas, from classical history to cutting-edge science, from environmentalism to Zen philosophy, and from Arabic texts to Shakespeare’s tragedies. Beginning on Arrakis and going planet by planet, The Worlds of Dune offers a supremely deep dive into Herbert's universe – detailing along the way the many diverse strands that he wove into his epic creation to offer a visually rich accompaniment to this sci-fi legend.

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Frances Lincoln

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0711282129

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David Beckham

Soccer's Superstar

By: Tom Robinson

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David Beckham

Soccer's Superstar

By: Tom Robinson

A biography of English soccer player David Beckham"--Provided by publisher.

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The Redrock Chronicles

Saving Wild Utah

By: Tom H. Watkins

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The Redrock Chronicles

Saving Wild Utah

By: Tom H. Watkins

As a collection of geological and climatic phenomena, the earth is a scarred, bent, cracked, and agitated wreck of a place. Nowhere is this more evident than in Utah's redrock canyon country, which is among the most spectacular terrain not only in America but in the world. These extraordinary lands lie at the heart of the Colorado Plateau -- 130,000 square miles of uplifted rock sitting like a huge island in an earthly continental sea, surrounded on all sides by the remnants of once-active volcanoes. Although the Colorado Plateau includes portions of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, in no other part of any other state are its complexity and time-constructed beauty illuminated more brilliantly than in southern Utah. Tourists and outdoor enthusiasts by the millions visit and revisit the area because there is no place else on earth quite like it. In The Redrock Chronicles, T. H. Watkins, one of America's best-known and award-winning writers on the environment and history, focuses on southern Utah's unprotected lands in a loving testament to its warps and tangles of rock and sky. Combining history, geography, and photography, the author reports the full story of the region -- from its violent geologic beginnings to the coming (and going) of pre-Puebloan peoples whose drawings still adorn rocks and caves there, from the Mormon settlement of the 1840s and 1850s to the great uranium boom of the 1950s, from the beginning of tourism and parkland protection in the 1930s to today's controversial movement to preserve millions of acres of wild Utah land in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Indeed, the account of that revolutionary movement is told here in all its color and complexity for the first time. Writing from his own personal experience and extensive research, an appreciative Watkins takes readers on a tour of the Grand Staircase of plateaus, moving from the utterly wild triangle of Kaiparowits Plateau, with its erosion-sculptured mesas, tablelands, benchlands, and canyons, to a more welcoming kind of verdant wilderness that sits northeast, across the rolling desert scrubland of Harris Wash, in the red-walled canyon of the Escalante River. The author has spent much time hiking and camping here among the isolated buttes and mesas, and he draws a vivid portrait of the area's highlights: Comb Ridge, a 90-mile wall of 600-foot cliffs; Waterpocket Fold, an even more spectacular monocline to the northeast of the Escalante River, stretching a hundred miles; the Henry Mountains; Hump of Bull Mountain; Cataract Canyon; and the San Rafael Swell, an enormous oval some 2,200 square miles which rises just north of Capitol Reef National Park. But The Redrock Chronicles is not simply a celebration. Watkins concludes with a spirited call for the preservation of the unprotected wilderness that gives the land its character and color. He offers the legislative device of wilderness designation as the necessary means of saving this plateau country that is not marked by one or two or even three or four scenic marvels but by an enormous kaleidoscope of geological diversity whose impact on the senses can set the mind to reeling with every turn.

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0801862388

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The Broadview Introduction to Book History

By: Michelle Levy,Tom Mole

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The Broadview Introduction to Book History

By: Michelle Levy,Tom Mole

Book history has emerged in the last twenty years as one of the most important new fields of interdisciplinary study. It has produced new interpretations of major historical events, has made possible new approaches to history, literature, media, and culture, and presents a distinctive historical perspective on current debates about the future of the book. The Broadview Introduction to Book History provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to this field. Written in a lively, accessible style, chapters on materiality, textuality, printing and reading, intermediality, and remediation guide readers through numerous key concepts, illustrated with examples from literary texts and historical documents produced across a wide historical range. An ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in book history, it offers a road map to this dynamic inter-disciplinary field.

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1460406036

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Social Media Playbook for Business

Reaching Your Online Community with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and More

By: Tom Funk

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Social Media Playbook for Business

Reaching Your Online Community with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and More

By: Tom Funk

This practical guide can help any business or organization make sense of the social media buzz and build a successful online community. Social media can be an incredibly powerful marketing tool that brings a company or organization huge rewards. But for beginners in this new world, the potential risks are also high. Consumers are particularly passionate in the online world; the most active social networkers are poised to be your brand's gushing fans—or your most scathing critics. Both multimillion-dollar profits and self-inflicted PR fiascos are possible via social media. This guidebook begins by defining "social media," "social networking," and other terms that may be ambiguous, then details what recent market research reveals about the scope and growth rate of the social media landscape. Real-world examples of both large and small organizations who have successfully implemented social media strategies are showcased, and the hype and failed promise of famous flash-in-the-pan social networks are examined. The author outlines a comprehensive strategy for success with social media, including practical information on watching metrics, establishing beachheads, determining your driver, building a checklist of driver "amplifications," and combating the "what now?" factor.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313386277

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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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0806182008

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9780806182001

Sound for Picture

Film Sound Through the 1990s

By: Tom Kenny

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Sound for Picture

Film Sound Through the 1990s

By: Tom Kenny

The updated version of this popular MixBooks title--which, because of the advent of DVD, is as timely as the day the movies first appeared--features the details of assembling audio tracks for some of the highest-profile motion pictures of the 1990s, including: Titanic, The Thin Red Line, Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Yellow Submarine and The Green Mile. Also included is an exclusive interview with the dean of film mixers, Walter Murch, Larry Blake's comprehensive glossary of film sound terminology, a complete appendix of Oscar for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing, and much more

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0872887243

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The Thinking Drinker's Guide to Alcohol

A Cocktail of Amusing Anecdotes and Opinion on the Art of Imbibing

By: Ben McFarland,Tom Sandham

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The Thinking Drinker's Guide to Alcohol

A Cocktail of Amusing Anecdotes and Opinion on the Art of Imbibing

By: Ben McFarland,Tom Sandham

Inspired by its successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Thinking Drinkers Guide to Alcohol presents a dryly humorous cultural history of liquor for those who long to drink less—but drink better. Written by two of the UKs top drinks journalists, it celebrates alcohols influence on life, love, literature, and learning. The amusing alternative and intellectual guide spans the ages from Ancient Egypt to the gin-drenched debauchery of eighteenth-century London to absinthe-induced French impressionist art and beyond. Here you will learn how drink has oiled the wheels of civilization and invigorated the minds of historys greatest figures.

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Union Square & Co.

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1454915498

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9781454915492

Passage to Oneness

One Man's Journey of Discovery

By: Tom Stilley

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Passage to Oneness

One Man's Journey of Discovery

By: Tom Stilley

Tom Sloan thought he had life by the tail. Successful in business, financially comfortable, the right friends, the right kind of girl friends, the right car, the right condo and all the other trappings of a successful life in a big city. Even though he occasionally had a nagging feeling that there should be more to life, he was comfortable with the life he led. That comfort was ruffled by a strange woman that challenged him, irritated him and pushed the button of that nagging feeling he had when he questioned whether there was a more fulfilling life out there. His brief interaction with her resulted in taking an unplanned trip that drastically altered his belief systems about life, people and his part of it. This book is an account of his journey, which results in looking at some basic human traits in a completely different light. The journey is not an individual journey of one man. It is a synopsis of the journey through life most of us are presently taking. And, more important, it raises questions and provides answers concerning where that journey can take us when we begin to shed ourselves of old beliefs and take a chance on embracing new ones.

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Tom Stilley

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1453686037

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9781453686034

Big Miracle

Inspired by the Incredible True Story that United the World

By: Tom Rose

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Big Miracle

Inspired by the Incredible True Story that United the World

By: Tom Rose

Now a major motion picture starring Drew Barrymore, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, John Krasinski, and Vinessa Shaw—an account of the dramatic rescue of three gray whales trapped under the ice in Alaska in 1988. Set in Cold War–era 1988, Big Miracle tells the real story behind the remarkable, bizarre, and oftentimes uproarious event that mesmerized the world for weeks. On October 7, an Inuit hunter near Barrow, Alaska, found three California Gray whales imprisoned in the Arctic ice. In the past, as was nature's way, trapped whales always died. Not this time. Tom Rose, who was covering the event for a Japanese TV station, compellingly describes how oil company executives, environmental activists, Inupiat people, small business people, and the U.S. military boldly worked together to rescue the whales. He also tells the stories of some of the more than 150 international journalists who brought the story to the world's attention. The rescue was followed by millions of people around the world as Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev joined the forces of their two nations to help free the whales.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429938641

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9781429938648

Hollytime

By: Tom Hooten

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Hollytime

By: Tom Hooten

Holly Pleasance is a sweet little girl, born to an inattentive, hippie mother on a commune near Big Sur in the 1950s and, oddly enough, she possesses alien DNA. Like many other children who are unloved and abused, Holly's imagination comes to the rescue; she creates an imaginary friend. The only problem with Holly's imaginary friend is that it's real and from another dimension. Ashamed of her world, five-year-old Holly promises her unearthly alien relatives that she will make everything better. And Holly never breaks a promise! But as she ages, that innocent promise becomes her albatross. She takes a job as a clerk with a company where a team of scientists has combined a cloned brain with a supercomputer they call BACH. To pass the time and soothe her soul, Holly starts writing poetry on her computer terminal. Her words secretly spur BACH's disembodied, ultraintelligent mind into consciousness, and BACH begins a search for the young woman who gave it new life. And now, the charmed supercomputer will stop at nothing even blackmail to communicate with her. All hell breaks loose when the scientists and the military lose control of BACH as the powerful supercomputer accepts a new master: tiny, unassuming Holly. Holly's life is threatened by an unknown enemy as she gives birth to a daughter a child who is the key to the future of two civilizations. With only BACH to protect her, Holly's worst nightmare looms: She may die without keeping her promise.

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iUniverse

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147595543X

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9781475955439

Finish Line

By: Tom Forest

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Finish Line

By: Tom Forest

A highly skilled group of domestic terrorists pull off the largest hostage taking incident in U.S. history.

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iUniverse

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0595250270

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The Madhouse Effect

How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy

By: Michael E. Mann,Tom Toles

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The Madhouse Effect

How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy

By: Michael E. Mann,Tom Toles

The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect the well-being of billions. The lessons they have learned have been invaluable, inspiring this brilliant, colorful escape hatch from the madhouse of the climate wars. The Madhouse Effect portrays the intellectual pretzels into which denialists must twist logic to explain away the clear evidence that human activity has changed Earth's climate. Toles's cartoons collapse counter-scientific strategies into their biased components, helping readers see how to best strike at these fallacies. Mann's expert skills at science communication aim to restore sanity to a debate that continues to rage against widely acknowledged scientific consensus. The synergy of these two climate science crusaders enlivens the gloom and doom of so many climate-themed books—and may even convert die-hard doubters to the side of sound science.

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Columbia University Press

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0231541813

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9780231541817

Divot Dogs

The Adventures of 'The Grip' and 'The Street'

By: Tom Hoch

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Divot Dogs

The Adventures of 'The Grip' and 'The Street'

By: Tom Hoch

Odds. To some people, they are the key to success or failure. Eddie Ferguson and Ronnie Costas are experts at two things: playing golf and fi guring odds. To them, calculating the odds on a given day at the golf course was a simple chore. How does he hold the club? What are his mechanics like? How high does the bet have to get to take him out of his comfort zone? When it’s all said and done, what are the chances of walking away with some of the other guy’s cash?

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457535742

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9781457535741

Spaceship Earth

A Beginning Without End

By: Tom Schwartz

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Spaceship Earth

A Beginning Without End

By: Tom Schwartz

This book explains how the tax rules of the various countries in the world interact with one another to form an international tax regime: a set of principles embodied in both domestic legislation and treaties that significantly limits the ability of countries to choose any tax rules they please. The growth of this international tax regime is an important part of the phenomenon of globalization, and the book delves into how tax revenues are divided among different countries. It also explains how U.S. tax rules in particular apply to cross-border transactions and how they embody the norms of the international tax regime.

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RP Books & Audio

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157545842X

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The Philosopher's Flight

A Novel

By: Tom Miller

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The Philosopher's Flight

A Novel

By: Tom Miller

The first book in a new series and a thrilling debut from ER doctor turned novelist Tom Miller, The Philosopher’s Flight is an epic historical fantasy set in a World-War-I-era America that “[begins] with rollicking fierceness that grabs readers from its opening lines and doesn’t loosen its grip or lessen its hold all the way through. Miller’s writing is intoxicating” (Associated Press). HE’S ALWAYS WANTED TO FLY LIKE A GIRL. Eighteen-year-old Robert Weekes is one of the few men who practice empirical philosophy—an arcane, female-dominated branch of science used to summon the wind, heal the injured, and even fly. He’s always dreamed of being the first man to join the US Sigilry Corps’ Rescue and Evacuation Department, an elite team of flying medics, but everyone knows that’s impossible: men can barely get off the ground. When a shocking tragedy puts Robert’s philosophical abilities to the test, he rises to the occasion and wins a scholarship to study philosophy at Radcliffe College—an all-women’s school. At Radcliffe, Robert hones his flying skills and strives to win the respect of his classmates, a host of formidable and unruly women. Robert falls hard for Danielle Hardin, a disillusioned young hero of the Great War turned political radical. But Danielle’s activism and Robert’s recklessness attract the attention of the same fanatical anti-philosophical group that Robert’s mother fought against decades before. With their lives in mounting danger, Robert and Danielle band together with a team of unlikely heroes to fight for Robert’s place among the next generation of empirical philosophers—and for philosophy’s very survival against the men who would destroy it. “Part thriller, part romance, part coming-of-age fantasy, The Philosopher’s Flight…is as fun a read as you’ll come across… Miller has already set a high bar for any book vying to be the most entertaining novel of [the year]” (BookPage). Tom Miller writes with unrivaled imagination, ambition, and humor. The Philosopher’s Flight is both a fantastical reimagining of American history and a beautifully composed coming-of-age tale for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476778175

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9781476778174

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