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Afraid of the Dark

The True Story of a Reckless Husband, his Stunning Wife, and the Murder that Shattered a Family

By: Tom Henderson

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Afraid of the Dark

The True Story of a Reckless Husband, his Stunning Wife, and the Murder that Shattered a Family

By: Tom Henderson

Detroit mortgage broker Mark Unger adored his wife Florence and their two young sons. But after a decade of marriage and increasing financial trouble, Mark's life began to slowly unravel. He became desperate to prevent his wife from divorcing him. This chilling true story reveals what drove Unger to murder the woman he couldn't live without. Original.

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St. Martin's True Crime

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125010212X

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9781250102126

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

By: Tom Clancy

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The Cardinal of the Kremlin

By: Tom Clancy

In this electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from Tom Clancy, a silent war between the USA and Russia will decide the fate of the world—and Jack Ryan is behind enemy lines. Two men possess vital data on Russia’s Star Wars missile defense system. One of them is CARDINAL—America's highest agent in the Kremlin—and he's about to be terminated by the KGB. The other is the one American who can save CARDINAL and lead the world to the brink of peace...or war.

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Penguin

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0425269396

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9780425269398

Wings

A History Of Aviation From Kites To The Space Age

By: Tom D Crouch

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Wings

A History Of Aviation From Kites To The Space Age

By: Tom D Crouch

The Invention of the Airplane ushered in the modern age. Tom D. Crouch chronicles how conquest of the skies shifted the way people travel, wage war, and perceive the promise of life. From balloons and kites to passenger jets, from stealth fighters to interplanetary rockets, Crouch tells how the enthusiasm of amateurs spawned an industry that now determines the rise and fall of nations. Achievements have been breathtaking, and yet this is not a tale of unalloyed progress. Blind alleys ended in debt and failure; bitter disappointment and stark terror exacted a price for technical progress. In the end, there is no more fascinating cast of characters than those who wrote history in the sky and, in living a dream, forever changed the world. Book jacket.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393326209

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9780393326208

Blood and Treasure

Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

By: Bob Drury,Tom Clavin

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Blood and Treasure

Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

By: Bob Drury,Tom Clavin

The Instant New York Times Besteller National Bestseller "[The] authors’ finest work to date." —Wall Street Journal The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power—Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America’s “First Frontier” beyond the Appalachian Mountains commence a series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world. This is the setting of Blood and Treasure, and the guide to this epic narrative is America’s first and arguably greatest pathfinder, Daniel Boone—not the coonskin cap-wearing caricature of popular culture but the flesh-and-blood frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero whose explorations into the forested frontier beyond the great mountains would become the stuff of legend. Now, thanks to painstaking research by two award-winning authors, the story of the brutal birth of the United States is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and larger-than-life men and women who witnessed it. This fast-paced and fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict over America’s “First Frontier” that places the reader at the center of this remarkable epoch and its gripping tales of courage and sacrifice.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250247144

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9781250247148

Archaeology

An Introduction

By: Kevin Greene,Tom Moore

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Archaeology

An Introduction

By: Kevin Greene,Tom Moore

This book details modern archaeologists' methods of studying the past, describing basic practical procedures as well as complex scientific techniques used in analysis. It also examines traditional methodology, fieldwork and excavation.

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Routledge

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1136860290

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9781136860294

Creative Jazz Improvisation

By: Scott Reeves,Tom Walsh

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Creative Jazz Improvisation

By: Scott Reeves,Tom Walsh

The leading textbook in jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation, Fifth Edition represents a compendium of knowledge and practice resources for the university classroom, suitable for all musicians looking to develop and sharpen their soloing skills. Logically organized and guided by a philosophy that encourages creativity, this book presents practical advice beyond the theoretical, featuring exercises in twelve keys, ear training and keyboard drills, a comprehensive catalog of relevant songs to learn, and a wide range of solo transcriptions, each transposed for C, Bb, Eb, and bass clef instruments. Chapters highlight discussions of jazz theory - covering topics such as major scale modes, forms, chord substitutions, melodic minor modes, diminished and whole-tone modes, pentatonic scales, intervallic improvisation, free improvisation, and more - while featuring updated content throughout on the nuts and bolts of learning to improvise. New to the Fifth Edition: Co-author Tom Walsh Additional solo transcriptions featuring the work of female and Latino jazz artists A new chapter, “Odd Meters” A robust companion website featuring additional exercises, ear training, play-along tracks, tunes, call and response tracks, keyboard voicings, and transcriptions, alongside Spotify and YouTube links to many of the featured solos Rooted in an understanding that there is no one right way to learn jazz, Creative Jazz Improvisation, Fifth Edition explores the means and methods for developing one’s jazz vocabulary and improvisational techniques.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000575594

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9781000575590

The Osage Rose

By: Tom Holm

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The Osage Rose

By: Tom Holm

Corrupt lawmen, insatiable businessmen, and an oil boom on Indian land. This is the milieu in which Tom Holm sets his gritty and provocative detective novel. Life is looking easy for J. D. Daugherty, a crusty ex-cop who has set up his own PI firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just after World War I. J. D. expects to make a straightforward living off the intrigues of the city’s wealthy socialites, but then Rose Chichester, a privileged young white woman, runs off with Tommy Ruffle, a young Indian who is heir to Osage oil. Hired by Rose’s father to track down the young pair, J. D. and his associate, a Cherokee named Hoolie Smith, find themselves caught in the cross fire of a deadly scheme. When Tommy turns up murdered and with Rose still missing, J. D. and Hoolie must navigate a twisting maze of deception, race riots, and gun battles in their unrelenting search for the truth—a search that ultimately leads to an intimate secret no one suspected. Tom Holm writes a true private-eye mystery, yet he entwines the story’s layers of conspiracy and deceit with the realities of prejudice and hatred that existed during the early years of Oklahoma statehood. Rooted firmly in its time, Holm’s well-researched novel tells a complex and compelling story of individuals struggling to find justice at any cost in a world still caught between modernity and its Wild West legacy.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816547211

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9780816547210

Wild Man

The Life and Times of Daniel Ellsberg

By: Tom Wells

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Wild Man

The Life and Times of Daniel Ellsberg

By: Tom Wells

In March 1971, Daniel Ellsberg gave The New York Times access to a classified government report revealing the secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg, a former Vietnam Marine, said he violated national security to protest an illegal war. The release of the Pentagon Papers exploded in controversy. Ellsberg was indicted for espionage; charges were dropped when it was revealed that Nixon operatives burglarized the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist in order to discredit him. Wild Man is the first biography of the man at center stage in one of the most remarkable periods in American history. What drove this cold war intellectual to break the law? A richly detailed tale of the times, this indelible portrait of the hawk-turned-dove who tried single-handedly to end the war will stand as one of the great American stories.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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0312177194

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9780312177195

Persuasive Business Proposals

Writing to Win More Customers, Clients, and Contracts

By: Tom Sant

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Persuasive Business Proposals

Writing to Win More Customers, Clients, and Contracts

By: Tom Sant

Use the latest technology and techniques to craft winning proposals.

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AMACOM/American Management Association

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0814427588

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9780814427583

Haunted Colleges and Universities

Creepy Campuses, Scary Scholars, and Deadly Dorms

By: Tom Ogden

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Haunted Colleges and Universities

Creepy Campuses, Scary Scholars, and Deadly Dorms

By: Tom Ogden

Among our country's treasures are its colleges and universities, meccas of culture and higher learning--and paranormal activity. Haunted Colleges and Universities, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings at colleges and universities, will leave readers delightfully frightened.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493012401

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9781493012404

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Las Vegas

The Savvy Vacationer’s Guide to All Things Las Vegas

By: John Hawks,Tom Higgins

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Las Vegas

The Savvy Vacationer’s Guide to All Things Las Vegas

By: John Hawks,Tom Higgins

Vegas, baby! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Las Vegas takes the guesswork out of planning the perfect vacation. Readers are given practical advice based on the kind of trip they're looking for. ?A reader-friendly list of visual icons and symbols that make navigating the book easy ?Ultimate itineraries suited to different lengths of stay and special interests ?Everything readers need to know about gambling, shopping, entertainment, restaurants, activities, and hotels ?An eight-page color insert that captures the magic of the city

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Penguin

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1440685150

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The Making of Modern Tibet

By: A.Tom Grunfeld

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The Making of Modern Tibet

By: A.Tom Grunfeld

An account of Tibet and the Tibetan people that emphasises the political history of the 20th century. This book attempts to reach beyond the polemics by considering the various historical arguments, using archival material from several nations and drawing conclusions focused on available documents.

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Routledge

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1317455843

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9781317455844

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Books 1-6

By: Tom Clancy

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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Books 1-6

By: Tom Clancy

The first six Jack Ryan novels from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Clancy. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER PATRIOT GAMES THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER THE SUM OF ALL FEARS WITHOUT REMORSE

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1101496967

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9781101496961

The Green Girls

Poems

By: Tom Chaffin

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The Green Girls

Poems

By: Tom Chaffin

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LSU Press

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0807129194

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9780807129197

The Christopher Lee Filmography

All Theatrical Releases, 1948-2003

By: Tom Johnson,Mark A. Miller

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The Christopher Lee Filmography

All Theatrical Releases, 1948-2003

By: Tom Johnson,Mark A. Miller

The career of Christopher Lee has stretched over half a century in every sort of film from comedy to horror and in such diverse roles as the Man With the Golden Gun, Frankenstein's monster, Fu Manchu and Sherlock Holmes. From Corridor of Mirrors in 1948 to Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones in 2002, this reference book covers 166 theatrical feature films: all production information, full cast and crew credits, a synopsis, and a critical analysis, with a detailed account of its making and commentary drawn from some thirty hours of interviews with Lee himself. Two appendices list Lee's television feature films and miniseries and his short films. The work concludes with an afterword by Christopher Lee himself. Photographs from the actor's private collection are included.

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McFarland

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1476608962

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9781476608969

Barcelona

The Greatest Day in the History of Rangers FC

By: Tom Miller

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Barcelona

The Greatest Day in the History of Rangers FC

By: Tom Miller

THE YEAR 2022 MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST VICTORY IN THE HISTORY OF RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB - WINNING THE EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS' CUP IN BARCELONA. Now, in conversation with a roll call of the legends from that glorious day in 1972, Tom Miller looks back on the campaign that culminated in Rangers winning their only major European trophy. Willie Johnston recalls the team's revolutionary tactics. John Greig revisits the match in Lisbon when Rangers thought they had been eliminated. Alex MacDonald claims he still has the bruises from the quarter-final, and Derek Parlane tells of his shock at being called into the starting line-up against Bayern Munich just before his 19th birthday. And for the final itself, Peter McCloy evokes the special chemistry that delivered the trophy to Ibrox. Join these legends as they share the inside story of an astonishing achievement from a golden era for Rangers Football Club.

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Black & White Publishing Ltd

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1785303732

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9781785303739

Advocacy And Social Work Practice

By: Wilks, Tom

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Advocacy And Social Work Practice

By: Wilks, Tom

This book fills the gap in the market for an accessible, general introduction to advocacy, specifically aimed at social workers. The book looks at the value base of advocacy as well as emphasising practice and skills such as assertiveness and negotiation.

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0335243037

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9780335243037

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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Arcadia Publishing

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1467140104

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The Dividing Paths

Cherokees and South Carolinians through the Era of Revolution

By: Tom Hatley

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The Dividing Paths

Cherokees and South Carolinians through the Era of Revolution

By: Tom Hatley

Focusing on the American Cherokee people and the South Carolina settlers, this book traces the two cultures and their interactions from 1680, when Charleston was established as the main town in the region, until 1785, when the Cherokees first signed a treaty with the United States. Hatley retrieves the unfamiliar dimensions of a world in which Native Americans were at the center of Southern geopolitics and in which radically different social assumptions about the obligations of power, the place of women, and the use of the land fed the formative cultural psychology of the colonial South. Weaving together firsthand accounts, journals, and letters to give a human reality to the facts of war, politics, and the economy, he pinpoints the revolutionary decade--from the little known but decisive Cherokee war through the Revolution itself--in which both societies struggled over their own identities. Rather than focusing on the Cherokees and Carolinians separately, this book focuses on contacts, encounters, exchanges, intersections: their mutual history. Hatley argues that Cherokee and colonial histories cannot be understood separately--that they are inextricably linked--and that the origins of distinctive features of Native American and colonial ethnicity and seemingly unrelated twists in the political history of each society are rooted in this encounter.

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Oxford University Press

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0199880018

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History of Spearfishing and Scuba Diving in Australia

The First 80 Years 1917 to 1997

By: Tom Byron

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History of Spearfishing and Scuba Diving in Australia

The First 80 Years 1917 to 1997

By: Tom Byron

Discover the pioneering days of spearfishing and scuba diving, read about the sports early spearmen and women and the founding fathers of scuba diving in Australia. This book takes you month by month from 1917 to 1997, through the good and bad times, the discoveries, the tragedies, the undersea explorations, as well as instructor organizations, diving achievers, and a number of important events which together comprise the history of underwater diving in Australia. Within the pages of this book is a large section dealing with the Chronicle of Sport Diving, events reported as though they had recently happened, recapturing all the important occurrences that took place during 80 years since Alex Wickham first speared fish in Sydney Harbour. Special features include newspaper reports of early spearfishing, the establishment of the first spearfishing association in 1948 and the appearance of the first home-made scuba regulator. There are thrilling and sometimes tragic stories of shark attacks. A woman skin diver was lost at sea for nearly three days and nights, and survived. There is the story of Australias first and so far only world champion spearfisherman and that of two scuba divers who swam with a white pointer shark for half an hour in open water, yet were not attacked by the beast, the devastating deaths of four scuba divers in a sinkhole at Mt. Gambier, the rapid advance of underwater technology in Australia and much more. This is the only book of its kind dealing with the history of spearfishing and scuba diving in this country. For some, it will bring back old memories, for others a readable and authoritative history of spearfishing and scuba diving in Australia. For every diver, man or woman, it cannot fail to stir emotions as it recaptures exciting and historical events. At the end of the Second World War, a Frenchman, Michel Calluaud brought plans of the Gagnan-Cousteau regulator to Australia and he built one of the first in the world here. Australians could then use this equipment for work and pleasure and it has furthered their knowledge of life in the sea. As we push beyond the boundary of seashores and venture further under water we begin to discover many things that were once beyond our grasp and it is the aqualung that has enabled us to journey beyond the confinements of land. THE HISTORY OF SPEARFISHING AND SCUBA DIVING IN AUSTRALIA not only deals with the scuba diving, but also, as the title suggests, with a wealth of information concerning spearfishing and related underwater activities.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493136704

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9781493136704

Getting it Straight in Notting Hill Gate

A West London Psychogeography Report

By: Tom Vague

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Getting it Straight in Notting Hill Gate

A West London Psychogeography Report

By: Tom Vague

From 43AD, and the building of the (no doubt very straight) Roman Great West Road to Silchester, to 2009, another bout of Carnival Riots and David Cameron getting his bike nicked outside Tescos on the Grove, (retrieved with the help of a friendly / non-class conscious Rasta), long time Portobello Road resident and local historian/psychogeographer Tom Vague takes us on a breathless romp through the peoples history of W10, taking in Roman Coffins on Ladbroke Grove and Civil War skirmishes in Holland Park, Russian occultists at 77 Elgin Crescent, Tory anarchist GK Chesterton and his Napoleon of Notting Hill, Thomas Hardy compering poetry nights at 84 Holland Park Avenue with Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound, the pre WW1 Vorticist art HQ on Campden Hill Road ,WW2 bombs on Ladbroke Grove, Halliday Christie moving to 10 Rillington Place, teenage teddy boys rampaging at the Prince of Wales Cinema on Harrow Road, Max Mosely painting fascist Union Movement graffiti around Notting Hill in 1956, Peter Rachman renting properties to the ‘blacks and Irish’ before ruthlessly exploiting them all and ratcheting up local tensions, the infamous race riots of 1959, future Home Secretary Alan Johnsons’ original mod band the Area playing the Pavillion pub on North Pole Road in 1965, Pink Floyd at the Free School, All Saints Church, 1966, Performance, Powis Square 1969, Mick Farrens’ proto-punk Deviants at 56 Chesterton Road in 1970, Strummer, Jones and Simenon’s Clash on the Westway, in the Elgin, at the carnival riots....

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Bread and Circuses Publishing

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1625172028

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9781625172020

Passing Off

By: Tom LeClaire

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Passing Off

By: Tom LeClaire

Michael Keever, former Celtic teammate of Larry Bird’s, changes his name and passes himself off as Greek-American to play in the Greek Basketball Association. When Michael appears on Greek TV in a public service spot against pollution, a viewer suspects that his ethnic background would not qualify him to play in Greece.

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Open Road Media

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1504023242

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Extreme Evil

Taking Crime to the Next Level

By: Phil Clarke,Tom Briggs,Kate Briggs

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Extreme Evil

Taking Crime to the Next Level

By: Phil Clarke,Tom Briggs,Kate Briggs

Imagine coming face to face with the kind of extreme crime that can only be conceived by a truly evil mind. Acts so powerful that they can scar a whole nation for generations. The perpetrators manage to achieve a level of notoriety only usually afforded to Hollywood icons. In their own twisted imaginations they sit in an Evil Hall of Fame among others of their kind: Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, Andrei Chikatilo all jostling for the top spot. Extreme Evil throws light on the most vicious crimes ever committed, and the turbulent lives of the men and women behind them. Contents: Cannibals including Albert Fish, Armin Meiwes, Dennis Nilsen, Eladio Baule, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy Serial Killers including Andrei Chikatilo, H.H.Holmes, Javed Iqbal, John Wayne Gacy Lady Killers including Bell Gunness, Beverley Allit, Ilse Koch, Rosemary West Cult Killers including Charles Manson, David Koresh, Jim Jones, Shoko Asahara Tyrants including Adolf Hitler, Attila the Hun, Caligula, Pol Pot, Josef Stalin Children of Evil including Bryan and David Freeman, Edmund Kemper, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson

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Canary Press eBooks

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190779591X

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A Nation of Nations

A Great American Immigration Story

By: Tom Gjelten

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A Nation of Nations

A Great American Immigration Story

By: Tom Gjelten

“An incisive look at immigration, assimilation, and national identity” (Kirkus Reviews) and the landmark immigration law that transformed the face of the nation more than fifty years ago, as told through the stories of immigrant families in one suburban county in Virginia. In the years since the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, the foreign-born population of the United States has tripled. Americans today are vastly more diverse than ever. They look different, speak different languages, practice different religions, eat different foods, and enjoy different cultures. In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was ninety percent white, ten percent African-American, with a little more than one hundred families who were “other.” Currently the Anglo white population is less than fifty percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. “In A Nation of Nations, National Public Radio correspondent Tom Gjelten brings these changes to life” (The Wall Street Journal), following a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually “Americanize.” Hailing from Korea, Bolivia, and Libya, the families included illustrate common immigrant themes: friction between minorities, economic competition and entrepreneurship, and racial and cultural stereotyping. It’s been half a century since the Immigration and Nationality Act changed the landscape of America, and no book has assessed the impact or importance of this law as A Nation of Nations. With these “powerful human stories…Gjelten has produced a compelling and informative account of the impact of the 1965 reforms, one that is indispensable reading at a time when anti-immigrant demagoguery has again found its way onto the main stage of political discourse” (The Washington Post).

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Simon and Schuster

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1476743878

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9781476743875

Inside Baseball

The Best of Tom Verducci

By: Tom Verducci

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Inside Baseball

The Best of Tom Verducci

By: Tom Verducci

No sport has inspired better writing than baseball, and no one writes baseball better than Tom Verducci.As Sports Illustrateds lead baseball writer since 1993, Verducci has witnessed the achievements of the games greatest heroes and told their inspiring stories with unmatched passion and sophistication. He has enriched SIs readers with an insiders perspective on the game, examining subtle shifts in the ever-changing balance between pitchers and hitters, between slumps and streaks, between sacred records and the athletes trying to break them. Despite his deep affection for baseball, however, Verducci has never shied away from the hard truth about the game: his landmark piece about steroids, for instance, changed the baseball landscape forever.These 25 pieces span the generationsfrom Sandy Koufax to Roger Clemens, from Ted Williams to Barry Bonds.They chronicle the important trends in the game and celebrate baseballs brightest stars and most breathtaking performances.They are the best work of a writer at the top of his game.

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Time Home Entertainment

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1603203842

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Beckon

By: Tom Pawlik

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Beckon

By: Tom Pawlik

Some things weren’t meant to be discovered. Three people are each drawn to the small town of Beckon, Wyoming. A young anthropologist researches a Native American legend and makes a terrifying discovery. An ex-cop investigating her cousin’s disappearance finds herself in grave peril. And an aging businessman is lured by the promise of a miracle. One by one they discover the town’s ghastly secret. The only question is . . . will any of them make it out alive?

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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141435049X

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If Tigers Were Angels

With God, All Things Are Possible

By: Tom Tatum

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If Tigers Were Angels

With God, All Things Are Possible

By: Tom Tatum

Ben Taylor has been a workaholic in his efforts to climb the proverbial corporate ladder within his company. His drive to succeed consumed him, leaving little time for his wife and three children. The few moments he did spend with them were on those rare Saturdays when he stayed home and they helped him plant flowers in the backyard. Now in his fifties, Ben finally realizes his mistakes and reduces his work hours. However, it is too little, too late. His children are grown and live far away with his grandchildren. Filled with many regrets, Ben decides to start searching for his real purpose in life. Fortunately, his twelve-year-old neighbor, Andy, may be just what Ben needs to change his life. He treats Andy like a grandson and feels that the Lord has provided him with a second chance to atone for his past. Ben notices how Andy appears to become mesmerized while watching the Tiger Swallowtail butterflies that come to the backyard. Andys unusual experiences with the Tigers affect Bens relationship with God. The events that follow send Ben on an adventure in faith with astonishing twists and turns, taking him on a spiritual journey he never dreamed possible.

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Immaculate

How the Steelers Saved Pittsburgh

By: Tom O’Lenic,Ray Hartjen

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Immaculate

How the Steelers Saved Pittsburgh

By: Tom O’Lenic,Ray Hartjen

Ahead of this year’s 50th anniversary of the National Football League’s most unforgettable play, Steelers Hall of Famer Franco Harris’ “Immaculate Reception,'' comes the book Immaculate: How the Steelers Saved Pittsburgh. Immaculate weaves together the historical stories of Pittsburgh and its beloved professional football team like the linear strands of DNA—antiparallel, twisting throughout, and irrevocably connected together.

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Odds and Gods

By: Tom Holt

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Odds and Gods

By: Tom Holt

This is a comedy set in the Sunnyvoyde Residential Home. Wagner got it wrong. The Twilight of the Gods isn't really that cataclysmic. After all, there's a comfy chair, a welcoming fire and three meals a day.

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Stan’S Leap

By: Tom Duerig

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Stan’S Leap

By: Tom Duerig

Stan and Jenny wanted to take one last trip together before their ?rst child was born. The remote Henderson Island sounded idyllic far away from everyone and everything, including modern amenities and electronic devices of any kind the ultimate getaway. But when a mysterious storm strikes, Stan and Jenny ?nd out just how ultimate and permanent their getaway is. Stans Leap explores what happens when strangers from vastly di?erent backgrounds are forced to survive together with no hope of ever seeing friends or family again. Clashes arise between faith and science, older and younger generations, and unfamiliar cultures. I can say without reservation that Stans Leap by Tom Duerig is one of the best adventure, action, ?ction novels that I have ever read. The Book Review/p> Even though this book is reminiscent of the infamous Lord of the Flies, Stans Leap has its own unique voice ... perhaps unique enough to be as memorable as its similar predecessor. It has become one of my all-time favorites and I will read it again and again. Literary R&R I especially enjoyed the ending, which managed to be not only surprising and ironic but highly plausible as well. Chicago Center for Literature and Photography A great mystery and adventure story! Blog o the Irish

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0595616755

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Jihad!

The Secret War in Afghanistan

By: Tom Carew

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Jihad!

The Secret War in Afghanistan

By: Tom Carew

The British have never fought against the Soviet army, right? Wrong. In 1980, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had taken over the leadership of the West and the Soviets has invaded Afghanistan; the most crucial battle of the cold war was about to begin. In the high mountain passes of the north-west Frontier and the Hindu Kush, the CIA and its Western allies saw an opportunity to bring the mighty Soviet to its knees. Their weapon: the Islamic guerrillas of the Afghan Mujahideen. Their agent: Tom Carew, the first Western agent to link up with the Mujahideen, led a series of daring initiatives inside Afghanistan. His account covers in extraordinary and revealing detail combat action against the Soviet Spetsnaz and Afghan mercenaries; reconnaissance missions leading to the installation of the first West-sponsored training camp for the Mujahideen in Pakistan; and Carew’s attempt to hijack an aircraft during a covert arms-buying mission. During these operations, the author was accepted and befriended by the fundamentalist Mujahideen and became as close to them as any European infidel could ever get. In many ways he was a latter-day Lawrence of Arabia. Tom Carew later rejoined his unit. Wry, perceptive and sensitive, Jihad! is a fast-paced account of combat espionage and high adventure, against the backdrop of the last truly wild and lawless country on Earth. It sheds unprecedented light on the sharp edge of the cold war and the conduct of special operations in the modern era.

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1780577311

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Slim Jim

Simply the Best

By: Isobel Murray,Tom Miller

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Slim Jim

Simply the Best

By: Isobel Murray,Tom Miller

Jim Baxter - the legendary 'Slim Jim' - was arguably Scotland's greatest-ever footballer, a left-footed genius who became a Rangers icon and helped Scotland humiliate world champions England at Wembley in 1967 - with some famous keepie-uppie along the way. And although much has been written about Slim Jim over the years, the real story behind his life is now revealed for the first time. When Jim Baxter joined Rangers in 1960 for a record fee of £17,500, he quickly proved his worth, helping the team to ten trophies over the next five years. It was the start of a glittering career and a hard-drinking, hard-living lifestyle in the big city, where he fully enjoyed the fruits of his success. But behind the glamour on and off the park, Jim Baxter hid a secret that would torment him for most of his life, a secret he only discovered the full truth about when he was fifty years old. What is beyond doubt is that Slim Jim Baxter will forever be revered for his unbelievable footballing talent. He will also be remembered for his ability to live life to the full and beyond. But had he uncovered the truth earlier about the family secret that left him shattered, the life of this footballing genius might have been very different both on and off the pitch.

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1845028511

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Blessing to Follow

Contemporary parables for living

By: Tom Gordon

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Blessing to Follow

Contemporary parables for living

By: Tom Gordon

A collection of original and contemporary parables - the first of a series of three - using the framework of the Christian Year to offer a story for every week, and a few more besides.

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Wild Goose Publications

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1905010761

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Wings of Honor

By: Tom Willard

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Wings of Honor

By: Tom Willard

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Augustus Sharps, Jr., of the Sabre Ranch in Arizona, makes his way to Tuskegee, Alabama, where for the first time in history, black men are being trained as combat pilots to fight the war in Europe and the Pacific. Augustus's family has been fighting America's wars since his grandfather rode with Buffalo Soldiers against the Apaches, and since his father fought in Cuba 1898 and in the trenches of the Western Front in World War I, and he is determined to follow their footsteps. Wings of Honor is the poignant and exciting story of a young man battling the odds to fly with the "Red-Tail Angels," the 99th U.S. Pursuit Squadron, and how he added to his family's honor in battles over North Africa, Sicily, and France, in the fury of the Second World War.

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0812564774

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Is That Your Hand in My Pocket?

The Sales Professional's Guide to Negotiating

By: Tom Parker,Ron J. Lambert

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Is That Your Hand in My Pocket?

The Sales Professional's Guide to Negotiating

By: Tom Parker,Ron J. Lambert

Are your customers picking your pocket? Tired of closing (or losing) deals that are all about price? Feel like you've been out-smarted and out-maneuvered by your customers? Is That Your Hand in My Pocket? teaches you how to hold your own when you are up against purchasing and procurement pros. You will learn how to: Deal with the bullies, the screamers, and the intimidators Recognize and respond effectively to buyer tactics Read important non-verbal signals for insights into what the buyer is really thinking Choose the negotiating style most likely to get the deal that you want Understand gender differences in negotiations Get and hold on to power Passing along to you the same skill sets, techniques, and strategies that have saved their Fortune 1000 clients over $2 billion, authors Ron Lambert and Tom Parker teach you how to hold your own with buyers who are interested only in their bottom line.

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Thomas Nelson

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1418577367

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Author Unknown

The Power of Anonymity in Ancient Rome

By: Tom Geue

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Author Unknown

The Power of Anonymity in Ancient Rome

By: Tom Geue

An exploration of the darker corners of ancient Rome to spotlight the strange sorcery of anonymous literature. From Banksy to Elena Ferrante to the unattributed parchments of ancient Rome, art without clear authorship fascinates and even offends us. Classical scholarship tends to treat this anonymity as a problem or game—a defect to be repaired or mystery to be solved. Author Unknown is the first book to consider anonymity as a site of literary interest rather than a gap that needs filling. We can tether each work to an identity, or we can stand back and ask how the absence of a name affects the meaning and experience of literature. Tom Geue turns to antiquity to show what the suppression or loss of a name can do for literature. Anonymity supported the illusion of Augustus’s sprawling puppet mastery (Res Gestae), controlled and destroyed the victims of a curse (Ovid’s Ibis), and created out of whole cloth a poetic persona and career (Phaedrus’s Fables). To assume these texts are missing something is to dismiss a source of their power and presume that ancient authors were as hungry for fame as today’s. In this original look at Latin literature, Geue asks us to work with anonymity rather than against it and to appreciate the continuing power of anonymity in our own time.

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The Vanished Collection: Vanish / Valley of the Shadow

By: Tom Pawlik

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The Vanished Collection: Vanish / Valley of the Shadow

By: Tom Pawlik

This collection bundles two of Tom Pawlik’s suspense thrillers into one e-book for a great value! Vanish 2009 Christy Award winner! Three strangers each encounter the same mysterious storm and awake the next day to find that everyone else has vanished. There's Conner Hayden, a successful but unscrupulous trial lawyer who has forsaken his family for his career; Helen Krause, a middle-aged model struggling to come to grips with her fading beauty; and Mitch Kent, an enterprising young mechanic unable to escape a past that still haunts him. Afraid and desperate for answers, their paths eventually cross and they discover they are being watched. Elusive and obscured in shadows, the “observers” are apparently forcing them to relive vivid hallucinations of events from their past. They discover a mute homeless boy in tattered clothing and believe he may hold the key to the mystery, but the “observers” soon become aggressive and the four are forced to flee. When the boy disappears, the four decide to head from Chicago to Washington, D.C., in search of answers . . . and more survivors. Winner of the 2006 operation first novel contest, Vanish is a nonstop suspense thriller in the vein of Ted Dekker. Valley of the Shadow Conner Hayden is certain he survived his near-death experience for a reason. He thinks it’s to save the life—and soul—of Mitch Kent. Mitch’s body remains on life support while his spirit is trapped with the old farmer Howard Bristol in the Interworld—a strange and dangerous dimension that Conner narrowly escaped during his brush with death in Pawlik’s award-winning debut novel, Vanish. Meanwhile, in the Interworld, Mitch receives a warning from a mysterious stranger: Howard is not who he appears to be, and Mitch must flee immediately. Pursued by Howard and a terrifying creature, Mitch soon learns the truth about what happened to him and that his only hope of survival lies at the very edge of the Interworld.

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1496429168

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