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Bill Miller's Riviera

America's Showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey

By: Tom Austin,Ron Kase

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Bill Miller's Riviera

America's Showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey

By: Tom Austin,Ron Kase

From 1920's Speakeasy to mid-century haunt of the famous and infamous, discover the tantalizing history of a legendary New Jersey Nightclub. Where did Frank Sinatra, Mickey Mantle, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joan Crawford and hundreds of other A-listers along with mobsters like Meyer Lansky eat, drink and dance? It wasn't in Hollywood or at the Copacabana but at Bill Miller's Riviera in Fort Lee. The Riviera's breathtaking views of New York, its stunning showgirls and its gambling hall drew the famous and infamous to its tables. After it was originally run as a speakeasy by Ben Marden during the 1920s, Bill Miller, a Russian Jewish immigrant, attracted the most sought-after performers and turned it into one of the most popular nightclubs during the 1940s and 1950s. Relive Bill Miller's Riviera and experience the excitement of his lucky patrons.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614234027

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The Philosopher's War

By: Tom Miller

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The Philosopher's War

By: Tom Miller

The “propulsive follow-up to emergency physician Miller’s imaginative debut, The Philosopher’s Flight” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) finds Robert Canderelli Weekes as a rookie Rescue and Evacuation flier on the front lines of World War I in France. He came to save lives, but has no idea how far he’ll have to go to win the war. Thanks to a stunning flying performance and a harrowing shootout in the streets of Boston, Robert Canderelli Weekes’s lifelong dream has come true: he’s the first male allowed to join the US Sigilry Corps’s Rescue and Evacuation service, an elite, all-woman team of flying medics. But as he deploys to France during the waning days of the Great War, Sigilwoman Third-Class Canderelli learns that carrying the injured from the front lines to the field hospital is not the grand adventure he imagined. His division, full of misfits and renegades, is stretched to the breaking point and has no patience for a man striving to prove himself. Slowly, Robert wins their trust and discovers his comrades are plotting to end the Great War by outlawed philosophical means. Robert becomes caught up in their conspiracy, running raids in enemy territory and uncovering vital intelligence. Friends old and new will need his help with a dangerous scheme that just might win the war overnight and save a few million lives. But the German smokecarvers have plans of their own: a devastating all-out attack that threatens to destroy the Corps and France itself. Naturally, Robert is trapped right in the thick of it. The Philosopher’s War is the electrifying next chapter in Robert Weekes’s story, filled with heroic, unconventional women, thrilling covert missions, romance, and, of course, plenty of aerial adventures. The second book in a series “that grabs readers from its opening lines and doesn’t loosen its grip or lessen its hold all the way through” (Associated Press), Tom Miller again brings Robert’s world to life with unrivaled imagination, ambition, and wit.

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Simon & Schuster

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1476778191

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9781476778198

Florida Gardener's Guide

By: Tom MacCubbin,Georgia Tasker

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Florida Gardener's Guide

By: Tom MacCubbin,Georgia Tasker

Gardening experts Georgia Tasker and Tom MacCubbin present advice on choosing plants for the diverse landscape of Florida. More than 160 entries provide information on planting, growing, and caring for a myriad of plants.

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1930604785

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My Life and Times with the Prophets

By: Tom Miller

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My Life and Times with the Prophets

By: Tom Miller

Read stories highlighting Tom Miller's experiences attempting to draw down the highest art forms and music under the sponsor ship of the ascended masters as well as lessons learned from day-to-day life as a disciple of his gurus, Mark and Elizabeth Clare Prophet.

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1609882946

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Treating Drinkers and Drug Users in the Community

By: Tom Waller,Daphne Rumball

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Treating Drinkers and Drug Users in the Community

By: Tom Waller,Daphne Rumball

Treating Drinkers and Drug Users in the Community is the second book in a new collection from Addiction Press. Addiction Press was set up with the express purpose of communicating current ideas and evidence in this expanding field, not only to researchers and practising health professionals, but also to policy makers, students and interested non-specialists. These publications are designed to address the significant challenges that addiction presents to modern society. The drugs field has undergone a phase of rapid change in recent years and all the non-medical treatment interventions for those with alcohol problems and dependence can be equally helpful for drug users. This has opened the way for unification of alcohol and drug treatment services at a clinical level, with potential for more efficient service provision and for effective interventions which can be readily adopted in a wide range of settings. Modern drug and alcohol services and all professionals working with substance users will benefit from the initiatives and procedures discussed in this book. Key features * Describes a wide range of treatments for young people and adults with drug and alcohol dependence * Integrates alcohol and drug prevention and treatment * Provides an invaluable and accessible guide for many different professionals * Sets out assessment criteria, questionnaires, and a joint treatment framework

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470692995

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9780470692998

Trading with the Enemy

A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba

By: Tom Miller

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Trading with the Enemy

A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba

By: Tom Miller

Granted unprecedented access to travel throughout the country, this lively travelogue presents us with rare insight into one of the world's only Communist countries. "Havana knew me by my shoes," begins Tom Miller's lively and entertaining account of his sojourn for more than eight months traveling through Cuba, mixing with its literati and black marketers, its cane cutters and cigar rollers. Its best-known personalities and ordinary citizens talk to him about the U.S. embargo and tell their favorite Fidel jokes as they stand in line for bread at the Socialism or Death Bakery. Miller provides a running commentary on Cuba's food shortages, exotic sensuality, and baseball addiction as he follows the scents of Graham Greene, Joséarti, Ernest Hemingway, and the Mambo Kings. The result of this informed and adventurous journey is a vibrant, rhythmic portrait of a land and people too long shielded from American eyes.

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Basic Books

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0786726229

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Cuba, Hot and Cold

By: Tom Miller

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Cuba, Hot and Cold

By: Tom Miller

A collection of renowned travel writer Tom Miller's best musings on the history and culture of Cuba"--Provided by publisher.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816535868

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Screen World

By: Tom Lynch

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Screen World

By: Tom Lynch

Every significant U.S. and international film released from January 1 to December 31, 2002, along with complete filmographies: cast, characters, credits, production company, month released, rating and running time. Also included are biographical entires: an unmatched reference of over 2,250 living stars, including real name, school, place and date of birth.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1557835993

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9781557835994

Screen World 2002

By: Tom Lynch

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Screen World 2002

By: Tom Lynch

(Screen World). Every significant U.S. and international film released from January 1 to December 31, 2002, along with complete filmographies: cast, characters, credits, production company, month released, rating and running time. Also included are biographical entires: an unmatched reference of over 2,250 living stars, including real name, school, place and date of birth.

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1557835985

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Art Market Research

A Guide to Methods and Sources, 2d ed.

By: Tom McNulty

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Art Market Research

A Guide to Methods and Sources, 2d ed.

By: Tom McNulty

This book is for art market researchers at all levels. A brief overview of the global art market and its major stakeholders precedes an analysis of the various sales venues (auction, commercial gallery, etc.). Library research skills are reviewed, and advanced methods are explored in a chapter devoted to basic market research. Because the monetary value of artwork cannot be established without reference to the aesthetic qualities and art historical significance of our subject works, two substantial chapters detail the processes involved in researching and documenting the fine and decorative arts, respectively, and provide annotated bibliographies. Methods for assigning values for art objects are explored, and sources of price data, both in print and online, are identified and described in detail. In recent years, art historical scholarship increasingly has addressed issues related to the history of art and its markets: a chapter on resources for the historian of the art market offers a wide range of sources. Finally, provenance and art law are discussed, with particular reference to their relevance to dealers, collectors, artists and other art market stakeholders.

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0786466715

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9780786466719

The Edisons of Fort Myers

Discoveries of the Heart

By: Tom Smoot

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The Edisons of Fort Myers

Discoveries of the Heart

By: Tom Smoot

In 1885, Thomas Edison, age thirty-nine and already a world-famous inventor, met the two great loves of his life: Mina Miller and Fort Myers, Florida. Mina soon became his second wife, and Fort Myers—a remote, almost inaccessible, village on Florida's southwest coast—became their winter home. Other tomes tell the global account of Thomas Edison, the American icon named by Life magazine as the "Man of the Millennium." This book offers a look at his life in his tropical retreat, his "jungle," where for forty-six years he and his bride sought refuge from the cold winters and the demanding lifestyle of his New Jersey home, laboratory, and business complex. While in Fort Myers he watched over his extensive botanical gardens, fished from both his boat and his long dock, interacted with the locals, and labored for many hours in his laboratory. Henry Ford and his family lived next door and many dignitaries came to visit, including President-elect Hoover and Harvey Firestone. The Edisons became an essential part of the Fort Myers story. They made lifelong friendships with townsfolk and joined in local activities until the love affair of the Edisons was cut short by the death of Thomas in 1931. Mina continued to live out her love for Fort Myers and its people until her death in 1947. She gave their winter estate, Seminole Lodge (Thomas' "jungle"), to the grateful citizens of Fort Myers.

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1561647721

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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

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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

Pilsner

How the Beer of Kings Changed the World

By: Tom Acitelli

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Pilsner

How the Beer of Kings Changed the World

By: Tom Acitelli

Best Book at the North American Guild Beers Writers "Effervescent and informative . . . This chronicle will intoxicate both beer nerds and history buffs." —Publishers Weekly A book for both the beer geek and the foodie seeking a better understanding of modern food and drink On the night of April 17, 1945, Allied planes dropped more than a hundred bombs on the Burghers' Brewery in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, destroying much of the birthplace of pilsner, the world's most popular beer style and the bestselling alcoholic beverage of all time. Still, workers at the brewery would rally so they could have beer to toast their American, Canadian, and British liberators the following month. It was another twist in pilsner's remarkable story, one that started in a supernova of technological, political, and demographic shifts in the mid-1800s and that continues to unfold today anywhere alcohol is sold. Tom Acitelli's Pilsner: How the Beer of Kings Changed the World tells that story, shattering myths about pilsner's very birth and about its immediate parentage. A character-driven narrative that shows how pilsner influenced everything from modern-day advertising and marketing to immigration to today's craft beer movement.

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Chicago Review Press

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164160185X

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Advertising Strategy

Creative Tactics From the Outside/In

By: Tom Altstiel,Jean Grow

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Advertising Strategy

Creative Tactics From the Outside/In

By: Tom Altstiel,Jean Grow

Advertising Strategy provides students with the experience of an actively teaching professor at one of the top advertising programs in the country and a working creative director/agency principle. Altstiel and Grow get right to the point by stressing key principles, illustrating them, and then providing practical information students and working professionals can use. Unlike many books that focus on only work created for large consumer accounts by mega agencies, this text also covers business-to-business, in-house, and small agency work. Key Features: - Up-to-date examples: over half were produced in the last two years. - Writing for the Internet/Interactive Marketing: the most comprehensive and up to date general copywriting text that covers the Internet - Diversity discussion: a whole chapter is devoted to these issues, plus examples and case histories related to issues of diversity are woven throughout the text. - War Stories: the authors tracked down some of the hottest professionals in the business and their anecdotes bring real world experience into each chapter. They are part case history, part lessons-to-be-learned and sometimes, very funny. - Words of Wisdom: timely quotes from some of the most influential people in our business, past and present. These quotes bring key points to life in every chapter. - Who′s Who: short biographies of people mentioned in the book. Located at the end of each chapter, these blurbs sometimes include very personal information provided directly by these people.

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SAGE

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1412917964

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Florida Getting Started Garden Guide

Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers

By: Tom MacCubbin,Georgia Tasker

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Florida Getting Started Garden Guide

Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers

By: Tom MacCubbin,Georgia Tasker

Full-color plant photos and complete growing instructions for the native plants of Florida.

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1591865468

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Parenting

An Ecological Perspective

By: Tom Luster,Lynn Okagaki

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Parenting

An Ecological Perspective

By: Tom Luster,Lynn Okagaki

This is an update of their 1993 book with us. This volume will focus on factors that influence parental behavior. New additions to this volume include fathers/gender of parent, children with special needs, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, and parent e

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Routledge

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113561735X

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9781135617356

The Edgar Online Guide to Decoding Financial Statements

Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Becoming a Savvy Investor

By: Tom Taulli

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The Edgar Online Guide to Decoding Financial Statements

Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Becoming a Savvy Investor

By: Tom Taulli

Navigating through a company's financial statements can be tricky for investors. This concise and easily understood guide covers not only how to find the red flags, but also how to find the signs of underlying financial strength for making sound investing decisions.

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J. Ross Publishing

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1932159282

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Darker Than Night

The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide and an 18-Year Long Quest for Justice

By: Tom Henderson

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Darker Than Night

The True Story of a Brutal Double Homicide and an 18-Year Long Quest for Justice

By: Tom Henderson

When two friends vanish during a hunting trip in Michigan, the police are unable to prove anything until two decades later, a detective finds an eyewitness whose testimony leads to the conviction of two brothers, Raymond and Donald Duvall, for murder.

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Macmillan

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0312936761

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The Final Season

Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark

By: Tom Stanton

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The Final Season

Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American Ballpark

By: Tom Stanton

The author chronicles his 1999 baseball adventure: attending all eighty-one home games at Tiger Stadium in its last season. In the process, he examines his relationships with his father and his young son.

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031227288X

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9780312272883

The Miracle at Bolsena

By: Tom Scorza

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The Miracle at Bolsena

By: Tom Scorza

An Art History graduate student stumbles upon the love of her life and a long-lost manuscript at a medieval monastery outside Orvieto in Umbria. The manuscript records the memories of a monk, Brother Matteo, who in 1263as a thirteen-year-old foundling, with his Master, his Lady, and his brother, the gentle giant Giorgiobecame part of an unofficial investigation into the newly reported miracle in the ancient town of Bolsena. According to the report, when Father Peter of Bohemia said the words of consecration (This is My Body) at a pilgrims Mass, the communion host bled Christs Blood onto the altar cloth. In the course of their investigation, Matteo and his family are drawn into the political turmoil of the times, and Matteo learns that this world is, after all, a vale of tearsbut also a place of miracles. The Art History graduate student, who has translated and edited Brother Matteos A True History of the Miracle of Bolsena, invites her readers to go to present-day Orvieto to see the relics of the Miracle and the priceless works of art that commemorate itand, wherever they are, to remain open to lifes true miracles.

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iUniverse

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1450280412

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Conducting Substance Use Research

By: Audrey L. Begun,Thomas K. Gregoire,Tom Gregoire

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Conducting Substance Use Research

By: Audrey L. Begun,Thomas K. Gregoire,Tom Gregoire

This book assists scholars in conducting studies about substance use. Organized around a translational science framework, this practical guide takes readers step-by-step through issues specific to substance use research in study design, participant recruitment and retention, measurement and analysis, and the processes involved in the implementation of evidence-informed innovations.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199892318

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Dissenting POWs

From Vietnam’s Hoa Lo Prison to America Today

By: Tom Wilber,Jerry Lembcke

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Dissenting POWs

From Vietnam’s Hoa Lo Prison to America Today

By: Tom Wilber,Jerry Lembcke

A fresh look at the how US troops played a part in the resistance of US troops to the American war in Vietnam Even if you don't know much about the war in Vietnam, you've probably heard of "The Hanoi Hilton," or Hoa Lo Prison, where captured U.S. soldiers were held. What they did there and whether they were treated well or badly by the Vietnamese became lasting controversies. As military personnel returned from captivity in 1973, Americans became riveted by POW coming-home stories. What had gone on behind these prison walls? Along with legends of lionized heroes who endured torture rather than reveal sensitive military information, there were news leaks suggesting that others had denounced the war in return for favorable treatment. What wasn't acknowledged, however, is that U.S. troop opposition to the war was vast and reached well into Hoa Loa Prison. Half a century after the fact, Dissenting POWs emerges to recover this history, and to discover what drove the factionalism in Hoa Lo. Looking into the underlying factional divide between pro-war “hardliners” and anti-war “dissidents” among the POWs, authors Wilber and Lembcke delve into the postwar American culture that created the myths of the Hero-POW and the dissidents blamed for the loss of the war. What they found was surprising: It wasn’t simply that some POWs were for the war and others against it, nor was it an officers-versus-enlisted-men standoff. Rather, it was the class backgrounds of the captives and their pre-captive experience that drew the lines. After the war, the hardcore hero-holdouts—like John McCain—moved on to careers in politics and business, while the dissidents faded from view as the antiwar movement, that might otherwise have championed them, disbanded. Today, Dissenting POWs is a necessary myth-buster, disabusing us of the revisionism that has replaced actual GI resistance with images of suffering POWs—ennobled victims that serve to suppress the fundamental questions of America’s drift to endless war.

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NYU Press

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1583679103

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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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The Giants Encyclopedia

By: Tom Schott,Nick Peters

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The Giants Encyclopedia

By: Tom Schott,Nick Peters

From the first pitch at the original Polo Grounds on May 1, 1883, to the night of August 9, 2002, at Pacific Bell Park, where Barry Bonds crushed his 600th career home run -- and beyond -- the New York and San Francisco Giants have been one of the most successful -- and popular -- franchises in Major League Baseball. They have won five World Series championships (plus three 19th-century titles) and 20 National League pennants. Some 50 Giants are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York (more than any other franchise). Now, all the highlights and the individuals who provided them are captured in this comprehensive history of the club. The Giants Encyclopedia is more than just a running narrative of the franchise's history. It chronicles all 120 seasons in minute detail (the world championships, pennant winners, near-misses and disappointments). The book features biographies of more than 100 players (from Hall of Famers like Willie Mays and Christy Mathewson to present-day stars like Barry Bonds and Robb Nen), plus prominent owners (such as John Day, Horace and Charles Stoneham, Bob Lurie and Peter Magowan); front office executives (like Chub Feeney, Al Rosen and Brian Sabean); managers (such as John McGraw, Leo Durocher, Roger Craig and Dusty Baker); and broadcasters (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons and Hank Greenwald).

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Sports Publishing LLC

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1582616930

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Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City

Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives

By: Don Papson,Tom Calarco

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Secret Lives of the Underground Railroad in New York City

Sydney Howard Gay, Louis Napoleon and the Record of Fugitives

By: Don Papson,Tom Calarco

During the fourteen years Sydney Howard Gay edited the American Anti-Slavery Society's National Anti-Slavery Standard in New York City, he worked with some of the most important Underground agents in the eastern United States, including Thomas Garrett, William Still and James Miller McKim. Gay's closest associate was Louis Napoleon, a free black man who played a major role in the James Kirk and Lemmon cases. For more than two years, Gay kept a record of the fugitives he and Napoleon aided. These never before published records are annotated in this book. Revealing how Gay was drawn into the bitter division between Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, the work exposes the private opinions that divided abolitionists. It describes the network of black and white men and women who were vital links in the extensive Underground Railroad, conclusively confirming a daily reality.

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1476618712

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Simon Wiesenthal

The Life and Legends

By: Tom Segev

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Simon Wiesenthal

The Life and Legends

By: Tom Segev

With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations Now in paperback, the first fully documented biography of the legendary Polish-born Nazi hunter—a revelatory account of a man whose life, though part invention, was wholly dedicated to ensuring both that the Nazis be held responsible for their crimes and that their destruction of European Jewry never be forgotten. Within days of being liberated from the Mauthausen concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal had assembled a list of nearly 150 Nazi war criminals, the first of dozens of such lists he would compile over a lifetime as a Nazi hunter. A hero in the eyes of many, Wiesenthal was also attacked for his unrelenting pursuit of justice for crimes committed in a past that many preferred to forget. With access to Wiesenthal’s private papers and to American, East German, and Israeli government archives, Tom Segev sheds new light on Wiesenthal’s most closely guarded secrets: his true role in the capture of Adolf Eichmann, his connection to Isreal’s Mossad, his controversial investigative techniques, his unlikely friendships with Kurt Waldheim and Albert Speer, his rivalry with Elie Wiesel—making clear that the truth of Wiesenthal’s existence was far more complex and compelling than the legends (often of his own making) that surrounded him.

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0805212086

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Post-Rationalism

Psychoanalysis, Epistemology, and Marxism in Post-War France

By: Tom Eyers

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Post-Rationalism

Psychoanalysis, Epistemology, and Marxism in Post-War France

By: Tom Eyers

Post-Rationalism takes the experimental journal of psychoanalysis and philosophy, Cahiers pour l'Analyse, as its main source. Established by students of Louis Althusser in 1966, the journal has rarely figured in the literature, although it contained the first published work of authors now famous in contemporary critical thought, including Alain Badiou, Jean-Claude Milner, Luce Irigaray, André Green and Jacques-Alain Miller. The Cahiers served as a testing ground for the combination of diverse intellectual sources indicative of the period, including the influential reinvention of Freud and Marx undertaken by Lacan and Althusser, and the earlier post-rationalist philosophy of science pioneered by Gaston Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem and Alexandre Koyré. This book is a wide-ranging analysis of the intellectual foundations of structuralism, re-connecting the work of young post-Lacanian and post-Althusserian theorists with their predecessors in French philosophy of science. Tom Eyers provides an important corrective to standard histories of the period, focussing on the ways in which French epistemological writing of the 1930s and 1940s - especially that of Bachelard and Canguilhem - laid the ground for the emergence of structuralism in the 1950s and 1960s, thus questioning the standard historical narrative that posits structuralism as emerging chiefly in reaction to phenomenology and existentialism.

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1441139982

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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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Storytellers to the Nation

A History of American Television Writing

By: Tom Stempel

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Storytellers to the Nation

A History of American Television Writing

By: Tom Stempel

Jam-packed with hundreds of anecdotes and quotes from in-depth interviews with over forty television writers, this is the first comprehensive history of writing for American television. These writers tell, often in wonderfully funny tales, of their experiences working with, and often fighting with, the networks, the censors, the sponsors, the producers, and the stars in trying to create shows.

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Syracuse University Press

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0815603681

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Imagining Manila

Literature, Empire and Orientalism

By: Tom Sykes

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Imagining Manila

Literature, Empire and Orientalism

By: Tom Sykes

The city of Manila is uniquely significant to Philippine, Southeast Asian and world history. It played a key role in the rise of Western colonial mercantilism in Asia, the extinction of the Spanish Empire and the ascendancy of the USA to global imperial hegemony, amongst other events. This book examines British and American writing on the city, situating these representations within scholarship on empire, orientalism and US, Asian and European political history. Through analysis of novels, memoirs, travelogues and journalism written about Manila by Westerners since the early eighteenth century, Tom Sykes builds a picture of Western attitudes towards the city and the wider Philippines, and the mechanics by which these came to dominate the discourse. This study uncovers to what extent Western literary tropes and representational models have informed understandings of the Philippines, in the West and elsewhere, and the types of counter-narrative which have emerged in the Philippines in response to them.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0755602889

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Whiskey Business

How Small-Batch Distillers Are Transforming American Spirits

By: Tom Acitelli

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Whiskey Business

How Small-Batch Distillers Are Transforming American Spirits

By: Tom Acitelli

Discover the underdog story of the improbable rise of small-batch distilling in America. This bracingly written, fast-paced work traces the relationship of Americans to spirits such as bourbon, scotch, vodka, gin, and rum. And it presents the full story of a plucky band of entrepreneurs who disrupted the nation's conception of how those libations could appear and taste—and how much they could cost. Acitelli weaves the unlikely triumph of the small-batch distilling movement into other major trends, including a neo-Prohibitionism that nearly croaked the entire thing, America's re-embrace of cocktails, and the twin rises of craft beer and fine wine. He also expertly delves into the controversies currently wracking American spirits, ones that threaten to tank the movement at the moment of what should be its greatest triumph.

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1613734611

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The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

By: Tom D. Crouch

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The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

By: Tom D. Crouch

The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight. Brilliant, self-trained engineers, the Wright brothers had a unique blend of native talent, character, and family experience that perfectly suited them to the task of invention but left them ill-prepared to face a world of skeptics, rivals, and officials. Using a treasure trove of Wright family correspondence and diaries, Tom Crouch skillfully weaves the story of the airplane's invention into the drama of a unique and unforgettable family. He shows us exactly how and why these two obscure bachelors from Dayton, Ohio, were able to succeed where so many better-trained, better-financed rivals had failed.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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039334746X

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The Traveler

By: Tom Kubiak

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The Traveler

By: Tom Kubiak

After the fall of communist Russia, when the Cold War ends, paradigms shift worldwide and a society dating back to Catherine the Great develops a plan to reshape Russia’s place in the world. Amidst the chaos, Thomas Miller, a university student with roots in an influential German family, is approached for recruitment by a mysterious Russian official with absolutely no option to decline. From secretive back room deals in Russia, to bloody assassinations on the streets of Montreal, Miller is swept up in an intergenerational conflict that jeopardizes all he holds dear. In the midst of this epic struggle between East and West, he stuns the other participants when he begins to play the game his own way. A lyrical, atmospheric piece peopled with compelling characters, The Traveler features a complex, engaging, forward-moving plot studded with exciting action. And although it unfailingly entertains, it also has a lot that’s important to say about the dark and soulless nature of political and financial machinations in the world.

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FriesenPress

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1525518585

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The Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia

By: Tom Wallace

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The Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia

By: Tom Wallace

The Kentucky Wildcats are the winningest program ever in the history of college basketball, and The University of Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive book ever assembled on the history of the team. Written in a unique, easy-to-read style that brings to life the exploits of Wildcat teams and players, the book includes details about The Fabulous Five, The Fiddlin? Five, Rupp?s Runts, The Unforgettables, Jamal Mashburn, Rex Chapman, Melvin Turpin, Kenny Walker, John Wall, and more. Coaching greats Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Eddie Sutton, Rick Pitino, Tubby Smith, and John Calipari are also featured, as are each of their seven NCAA championships. This is a must read for all Kentucky basketball fans.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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1582615691

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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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Killer Book of Serial Killers

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

By: Tom Philbin,Michael Philbin

The Killer Book of Serial Killers is the ultimate resource (and gift) for any true crime fan and student of the bizarre world of serial killers. Filled with stories, trivia, quizzes, quotes, photos, and odd facts about the world's most notorious murderers, this is the perfect bathroom reader for anyone fascinated with serial killers. The stories and trivia cover such killers as: John Wayne Gacy Ted Bundy The BTK Killer Jack the Ripper The Green River Killer Serial killers around the world And many more Bathroom readers have enjoyed considerable success as a format, selling millions of copies. The Killer Book series brings this format to the rabid true crime audience. Including more than 40 black & white photos, this is a must for true crime fans.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402226470

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A/AS Level English Literature A for AQA Student Book

By: Russell Carey,Anne Fairhall,Tom Rank

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A/AS Level English Literature A for AQA Student Book

By: Russell Carey,Anne Fairhall,Tom Rank

Created specifically for the AQA A/AS level English literature A specification for first teaching from 2015, this print student book is suitable for all abilities, providing stretch opportunities for the more able and additional scaffolding for those who need it. Helping bridge the gap between GCSE and A level, the unique three-part structure focuses on texts within a particular time period and supports students in interpreting texts and reflecting on how writers make meaning.

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1107467926

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