Mobile Hollywood: Labor and the Geography of Production by Kevin Sanson (University of California Press) Price verified 16 hours ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Contemporary film and television production is extraordinarily mobile. Filming large-scale studio productions in Atlanta, Budapest, London, Prague, or Australia's Gold Coast makes Hollywood jobs available to people and places far removed from Southern California -- but it also requires individuals to uproot their lives as they travel around the world in pursuit of ...

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Greegs & Ladders: An Incredible Journey Through Space And Time by Zack Mitchell (Mitchell Mendlow) (448 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Greegs & Ladders is a wildly exciting, experimental, comedic science fiction parody novel about three oddball characters romping around space and time in search of truth and/or justice all while narrowly escaping dangerous space-mazes, savage beasts and angry mobs. Equal parts social satire and fun loving adventure, Greegs promises laughs, a few mildly intelligent and/or interesting observations, & several run-on sentences. You'll also get to find out what the hell Greegs are, and how life on Earth came to be, and the meaning of it ...

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Fantasy Football for Smart People: How to Cash in on the Future of the Game by Jonathan Bales (130 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

Fantasy Football for Smart People: How to Cash in on the Future of the Game is the first book of its kind to break down the actual strategies used by the top owners in the world of daily fantasy football. With daily fantasy football growing at an exponential rate, there's a whole lot of money to be made, and advanced daily owners are already cashing in to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit. With input from one of the daily fantasy football "sharks" -- FFFC $150,000 winner Peter Jennings -- How to Cash in on the ...

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The C-SPAN Archives: An Interdisciplinary Resource for Discovery, Learning, and Engagement (The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research) by Robert X. Browning (Purdue University Press) Price verified 10 hours ago

The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and preserves all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, and research uses. Every C-SPAN program aired since 1987, from all House and Senate sessions in the US Congress, to hearings, presidential speeches, conventions, and campaign events, totaling over 200,000 hours, is contained in the video library and is immediately and freely accessible through the database and electronic archival systems developed and maintained by staff. Whereas C-SPAN is best known as a resource for political ...

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Advances in Research Using the C-SPAN Archives (The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research) by Robert X. Browning Price verified 2 hours ago

This book is a guide to the latest research using the C-SPAN Archives. In this book, nine authors present original work using the video archives to study presidential debates, public opinion and Congress, analysis of the Violence Against Women Act and the Great Lakes freshwater legislation, as well as President Clinton's grand jury testimony. The C-SPAN Archives contain over 220,000 hours of first run digital video of the nation's public affairs record. These and other essays serve as guides for scholars who want to explore the ...

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Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World (Routledge Research in Disability and Media Studies) by Beth A. Haller (Routledge) Price verified 10 hours ago

This book tells the stories of disabled people who have been influential in creating modern mass media. Through the voices of key disabled media makers and collaborators, the author highlights the ways in which their contributions are changing society's understanding of disability and shaping mass media and culture. Spanning a range of media formats - television/streaming productions, performances, podcasts, TED Talks, films, reality TV, graphic novels, and social media channels - the book illustrates how disabled people are ...

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Ideal Commonwealths by Various (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

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Fantasy Baseball for Smart People: How to Profit Big During MLB Season by Jonathan Bales (224 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Billy Beane and the Oakland A's flipped Major League Baseball on its head by questioning widely accepted narratives and approaching roster construction from a scientific, data-driven viewpoint. "Moneyball" revolutionized baseball, and now it's your turn to be the GM. Fantasy Baseball for Smart People: How to Profit Big During MLB Season is a Moneyball-esque guide to profiting big bucks from your love of fantasy sports. With analysis from top-ranked daily fantasy player CSURAM88, the book examines the advanced strategies used by ...

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Procrastinate: Put It Off Yet Again, Maybe Do Some More Laundry, and Put the "PRO" in Procrastinate (Impossible | A Parody of S(h)elf Help of the ... by Bradley Charbonneau Price verified 2 hours ago

"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow." - Mark Twain Feeling overwhelmed by the "Just Do It!" and "Get It Done!" mindset? Is your secret whisper more like, "What if I just don't do it?" Then this book is for you! What you might discover in this book: • Learn to feel good about not getting it done-ever! • Discover Passive Income Strategies based on the Procrastination Movement (see "To Do Lists") • Create new calendars that (finally!) have days like "Someday" and "Never" • And probably ...

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The Tenth Life of Mr. Whiskers by R. A. Gates (105 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

Mr. Whiskers is dead -- muerto -- shuffled off his mortal coil. All Laney had to do was watch the store and feed the cat. Too bad she hadn't known there was a cat. She has a plan, though. An obscure spell contains the power to grant life, only long enough to save her job, and her vacation in Paris. Just because she botches the simplest of spells doesn't mean she can't control complicated magic, right? The mysterious new guy at school, Kody, goes along for the ride; providing emotional support and, well, let's be honest, he's just ...

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Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

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Shipwrecked: Disaster and Transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the Modern World by James Morrison (University of Michigan Press) Price verified 16 hours ago

Shipwrecked: Disaster and Transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the Modern World presents the first comparative study of notable literary shipwrecks from the past four thousand years, focusing on Homer's Odyssey, Shakespeare's The Tempest, and Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. James V. Morrison considers the historical context as well as the "triggers" (such as the 1609 Bermuda shipwreck) that inspired some of these works, and modern responses such as novels (Golding's Lord of the Flies, Coetzee's Foe, and Gordon's First on Mars, a ...

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Chaotic Yesterdays of Impeccable Greed by Seth Kinstle Price verified 16 hours ago

People get a little greedier everyday. They go crazy and things happen that shouldn't. Everyone loses their mind over the simplest of luxuries. So who am I to dwindle in the darkness as if I don't owe the world a little disgust? I was never normal, but nothing is ever about me, it's about money. It's about the thrill that pulses through your veins when you're about to show everyone your worth. You might lose your mind, but it's just part of the game. The city doesn't care who you are, it swallows all in its wake. Your memories will ...

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Elevator Music: A Novel by Kevin Klix (Klix Artwork Ltd.) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Elevator Music is a virtuoso performance by the best-selling author of novels Biflocka and A Lion in Your Number. It is the story of you, _______, a young man who has 24 hours to live. You have to decide what you will do in that expanse of time. One of the things you desire most is confessing a long-lived love to the elusive, generous, unstable Shelby, a South Floridian dame. Struggling to stay sane, you persevere with Shelby, implementing all the things you have desired to do. But the festivities of a "good-time" extinguish when ...

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Deus e o diabo no humor das mulheres: contos, casos e crônicas com humor escritos por mulheres (Portuguese Edition) by Alba Valeria Tinoco Alves Silva (SciELO - EDUFBA) (531 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Com o intuito de problematizar o lugar da mulher na produção humorística, a autora tece considerações a respeito da relação mulher/humor, sob diversas óticas do pensamento, como a psicanálise, a antropologia, a filosofia e a linguística. O livro surge com a premissa de descontruir a lógica de que a via cômica é uma forma de expressão exclusivamente masculina.

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The Art of Making Horror Films by Sean Breathnach Price verified 16 hours ago

The Art of Making Horror Movies is a guide book for aspiring filmmakers who want to make horror movies. It uses Sun Tzu's classic text, The Art of War, as the foundation for discussing the art and craft of making horror films. This book explores the strategies and tactics of creating successful horror films, from scripting and pre-production through to post-production. You will learn how to use Sun Tzu's teachings to create suspense and tension, and how to use the principles of the book to produce top quality horror films. The Art of ...

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The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various Price verified 12 hours ago

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Podcasting as an Intimate Medium (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture) by Alyn Euritt Price verified 12 hours ago

This book delves into the notion of intimacy as a defining feature of podcasting, examining the concept of intimacy itself and how the public sphere explores the relationships created and maintained through podcasts. The book situates textual analysis of specific American podcasts within podcast criticism, monetization, and production advice. Through analysis of these sources' self-descriptions, the text builds a podcasting-specific framework for intimacy and uses that framework to interpret how podcasting imagines the connections ...

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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 11, 1917 by Various Price verified 16 hours ago

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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 by Various (1 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 by Various Price verified 15 hours ago

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Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 30, 1892 by Various (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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More Conjuring Simple Tricks for Social Gatherings by Hercat (26 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

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Cave-Trolls and Amazons: humorous fantasy (Fantasy-Humour Series Book 2) by Jonathan Pidduck (Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.) (194 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Two cobbled-together armies square up across the Forest battlefield, ranks of trolls and wizards lining up against a host of witches, Sirens and Amazons. But they are fighting a war neither side can hope to win. Only a handful of people stand between them and oblivion, each of whom has problems of their own. Halfshaft, a failed wizard, enlists the help of a gigantic cave-troll in his quest, but his hopes of saving the world are severely dented when he discovers his "ferocious" companion has a lucky handkerchief. Takina, a blonde ...

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Framed: The New Woman Criminal in British Culture at the Fin de Siecle by Elizabeth Carolyn Miller (U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS) (1 Review)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Framed uses fin de siècle British crime narrative to pose a highly interesting question: why do female criminal characters tend to be alluring and appealing while fictional male criminals of the era are unsympathetic or even grotesque? In this elegantly argued study, Elizabeth Carolyn Miller addresses this question, examining popular literary and cinematic culture from roughly 1880 to 1914 to shed light on an otherwise overlooked social and cultural type: the conspicuously glamorous New Woman criminal. In so doing, she breaks with ...

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Transactions with the World: Ecocriticism and the Environmental Sensibility of New Hollywood by Adam O’Brien (Berghahn Books) Price verified 12 hours ago

In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the "New Hollywood" films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as The Wild Bunch, Chinatown, and Nashville. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, such as the increased reliance on location shooting and the rejection of American ...

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Outpost: A LitRPG Adventure (Monsters, Maces and Magic Book 1) by Terry W. Ervin II (Gryphonwood Press) (211 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

Glenn, a college sophomore, has a Sociology 102 paper that requires spending time with an unfamiliar group or culture. Luckily, two hot girls from his class have the same idea: Attend the university's game club to get reaction material for their papers. A creepy game moderator shows up, ready to start a game of Monsters, Maces and Magic. Glenn doesn't fret over the GM's disturbing vibe, figuring it'll lead to potential fodder for his paper. Moments after rolling up his character and beginning the adventure, Glenn, his two classmates, ...

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The Old Folks At Home: Warehouse Them or Leave Them on the Ice Floe by Barry Friedman (978-0-557-52181-4) (101 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Henry and Harriet Callins, having discovered that all that glitters is not Golden Age, move into Restful Bowers, a community for seniors. It has all the amenities anyone would want, plus a Care Center and Assisted Living facility, their umbrella. Henry attends meetings, where problems are solved by planning more meetings. For Henry's fellow residents, the big event each day is waiting for the mailman. They enhance their wealth by scraping off the nickels and dimes that come in charity solicitation letters. Harriet lives in a world ...

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Time Burrito by Aaron Frale (295 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

With great burrito comes great responsibility. Pete's food truck at the University of New Mexico isn't going well. Seniors dare freshman to eat his burritos. Frats use them for pledges and pranks. Rumors fly around campus that they are chupacabra ground up with rat. Pete needs a change, and it comes in the form of a physics experiment gone awry. After being sucked into the past, he stumbles across an ingredient that goes great in one of his creations. First, there was Marty McFly. Then there was Bill and Ted. And now Pete --

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Finding Harmony: Cypress Corners Series Book 1 by JoMarie DeGioia (Bailey Park Publishing) (331 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Bestselling author JoMarie DeGioia brings heat, heart and humor in her Cypress Corners series of Contemporary Romantic Comedies! A country girl committed to nature. A city guy with his eye on the bottom line. A battle of wills... a battle for balance And a love that can tip the scales Rick Chapman is climbing to the top rung of his father's corporate ladder. Fulfilling Chapman Financial's contract at Cypress Corners, Florida will finally prove his value to the company. And to his father. But one endangered weed, and the pretty ...

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Wild For Her: A fling turns out to your new boss romance (Billionaire Cowboys Gone Wild) by Adriana French (Amazon Digital Services) (542 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

When the alpha cowboy you had your one and only one night stand with, turns out to be your new billionaire boss... Blade Even billionaires get lonely sometimes. That's why when my private jet landed early, I decided to kill some time at the airport bar before going home to the ranch -- It was just me and my whiskey last night, until she walked in. Dressed in a suit that hugged her curves, the dark-haired beauty wasn't my usual type, but Lord have mercy, when she locked her big brown eyes on mine, my heart jack knifed. I made a ...

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Ink-Stained Hollywood: The Triumph of American Cinema’s Trade Press by Eric Hoyt (University of California Press) (15 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. For the first half of the twentieth century, no American industry boasted a more motley and prolific trade press than the movie business -- a cutthroat landscape that set the stage for battle by ink. In 1930, Martin Quigley, publisher of Exhibitors Herald, conspired with Hollywood studios to eliminate all competing trade papers, yet this attempt and each one thereafter collapsed. Exploring the communities of exhibitors and creative workers that ...

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Envisioning Socialism: Television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic (Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany) by Heather Gumbert (University of Michigan Press) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

Envisioning Socialism examines television and the power it exercised to define the East Germans' view of socialism during the first decades of the German Democratic Republic. In the first book in English to examine this topic, Heather L. Gumbert traces how television became a medium prized for its communicative and entertainment value. She explores the difficulties GDR authorities had defining and executing a clear vision of the society they hoped to establish, and she explains how television helped to stabilize GDR society in a way ...

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Annie & Charlotte: The Dead Wives of Connor J. Barrington by Irene Woodbury (11 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Scrawny, scrappy hair-stylist Annie Lambert died in a craggy ravine after falling off a ski-lift just 12 days into her marriage. Four years later, sleek fashionista Charlotte Krump perished in a hideous closet collapse 11 months after tying the knot. Both were lovely, young wives of Connor J. Barrington. Why is marriage to this rich, handsome dude so deadly? Find out in the darkly funny Annie & Charlotte.

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Affirmative Aesthetics and Wilful Women: Gender, Space and Mobility in Contemporary Cinema by Maud Ceuterick (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Fifty years of feminist thought have made the idea that women stay at home while men dominate the streets seem outdated; nevertheless, Ceuterick argues that theoretical considerations of gender, space, and power in film theory remain limited by binary models. Looking instead to more fluid models of spatial relations inspired by Sara Ahmed, Rosi Braidotti, and Doreen Massey, this book discovers wilful, affirmative, and imaginative activations of gender on screen. Through close, micro-analysis of historic European Messidor (Alain ...

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Snowflakes and Sparks: A Feel-Good Christmas Romantic Comedy (Old Pine Cove Book 1) by Sophie-Leigh Robbins (Got It Covered Press) (1,352 Review)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Uh-oh. I'm in trouble. My new neighbor is the gorgeous guy I shared my first kiss with ten years ago -- right before I broke his heart. If your boss ever asks you to run a bookstore in a charming small town, you have the option of saying heck no. I wish I'd realized this earlier, but it's too late for me now. I've already arrived in Old Pine Cove, the one place on earth I swore I'd never return to. Thank goodness it's only for the holidays. Don't get me wrong, managing a bookstore has been a lifelong dream of mine and I do love ...

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This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities by Jim Rossignol (U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

"In May 2000 I was fired from my job as a reporter on a finance newsletter because of an obsession with a video game. It was the best thing that ever happened to me." So begins this story of personal redemption through the unlikely medium of electronic games. Quake, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, and other online games not only offered author Jim Rossignol an excellent escape from the tedium of office life. They also provided him with a diverse global community and a job -- as a games journalist. Part personal history, part travel ...

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400 Fresh Clean Jokes For Everyone by V Subhash (13 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

Author note: The full 2020 jokebook with 3200 jokes is now available as a paperback. A 'For Kids' subset with 2200 jokes is also available as a paperback. You can find their links behind the author name. Description follows: • Jokes that you don't have to think about - bar jokes, cross-the-road jokes, knock-knock jokes, lightbulb jokes, pun jokes, romantic jokes... • Entire chapters for people with special skills or interests - computer jokes, programming jokes, physics jokes, chemistry jokes, biology jokes, medical jokes, ...

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Yes Dear: Man's Definitive Guide to the Understanding of What We Know About The Women We Love by David L. Hancock (Morgan James Publishing) (15 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

"Women Are Made to Be Loved Not Understood." - Oscar Wilde This unique message makes a great Gift Book with a classic "To / From" page in the beginning. And yes, the pages contained within are blank - revealing that we actually know nothing about the women we love and it is best that we smile, love them deeper and say "Yes Dear" often and sincerely. For generations the wisdom revealed in YES DEAR has been passed down from father to son, brother to brother, and friend to friend. The simple, yet powerful message contained within ...

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Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema (University of California Series in Jewish History and Cultures Book 1) by Prof. Starr, Deborah A. (5 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. In this book, Deborah A. Starr recuperates the work of Togo Mizrahi, a pioneer of Egyptian cinema. Mizrahi, an Egyptian Jew with Italian nationality, established himself as a prolific director of popular comedies and musicals in the 1930s and 1940s. As a studio owner and producer, Mizrahi promoted the idea that developing a local cinema industry was a project of national importance. Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema integrates film ...

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Where Truth Lies: Digital Culture and Documentary Media after 9/11 by Kris Fallon (University of California Press) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. This boldly original book traces the evolution of documentary film and photography as they migrated onto digital platforms during the first decades of the twenty-first century. Kris Fallon examines the emergence of several key media forms -- social networking and crowdsourcing, video games and virtual environments, big data and data visualization -- and demonstrates the formative influence of political conflict and the documentary film ...

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Parameters of Disavowal: Colonial Representation in South Korean Cinema (Global Korea Book 1) by Jinsoo An (University of California Press) (8 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The colonial experience of the early twentieth century shaped Korea's culture and identity, leaving a troubling past that was subtly reconstructed in South Korean postcolonial cinema. Relating postcolonial discourses to a reading of Manchurian action films, kisaeng and gangster films, and revenge horror films, Parameters of Disavowal shows how filmmakers reworked, ...

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Issiryth's Curse: Book 1 (The Islands of Sedania) by LC Owen (20 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Her children were missing. What choice did she have? When her children end up going through a portal to another world, Liza's worst fears as a mother are realized. She was desperate to find her kids. Blane was desperate to have her. The portal to Sedania made it all more complicated. Overwhelmed with a fiery passion, Liza will have to resist the temptation of falling into Blane's trap. Will his sinister intentions ever be revealed? Anything can happen on the islands of Sedania. This fantasy romance will take you on a wild ...

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The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (Pandora's Box Classics) (3,031 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

A unique combination of performance and commentary. Topics include body language and camera angles; rehearsal vs. performance; set design, costume and make-up; and historical context. AVAILABLE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA.

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Turning On by Mike B. Good (42 Reviews)    Price verified 47 minutes ago

A madman in the White House... A war in Vietnam... And on campus, the only marijuana was seeded Mexican. Someone had to do something. Why did it have to be Mike Good? No hero, he'd have been happy to graduate without getting killed marching for Peace. But when he learns of Uncle Dick's (AKA: President Nixon) diabolical plot to destroy Communism while getting rich quick, Mike is forced to take action. If not, it won't be just the commies who disappear. In this hilarious prequel to the Señor Bueno Travel Adventure series, Mike, avid ...

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The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America (Cinema Cultures in Contact Book 1) by Giorgio Bertellini (University of California Press) (7 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the post-World War I American climate of isolationism, nativism, democratic expansion of civic rights, and consumerism, Italian-born star Rodolfo Valentino and Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini became surprising paragons of authoritarian male power and mass appeal. Drawing on extensive archival research in the United States and Italy, Giorgio Bertellini's work ...

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LOL Your Face Off: 345 Quick Jokes That'll Get You A Laugh On Demand by Melanie Berliet (108 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Let's face it: A lot of the funniest jokes aren't all that sophisticated. Because laughing your face off isn't about putting on airs. It's about letting yourself go and appreciating the ridiculous in life. This compilation of awesomely awful jokes across categories (dirty, blonde, religious, knock-knock, etc.) is guaranteed to crack you up, as long as you're willing to shelve your ego and own your sense of humor. It's also a great resource for getting a quick laugh on demand out of a likeminded friend or colleague, as long as you can ...

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High Strangeness by Eric Bickernicks (295 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

Something strange has arrived on Cape Cod, and it's not just the UFOs. Ken Wakeman, a skeptical UFOlogist who seeks the truth about paranormal phenomenon, struggles to discredit the myriad of crackpot theories out there. Melissa "Mel" Howard, a reporter for a small Cape Cod newspaper, copes with the seasonal tourist invasion and its accompanying anxieties. When the Cape becomes the national focus over a rash of UFO sights, they join forces to get to the bottom it. Despite denials from town officials and the military that UFOs have ...

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Cupcakes Are Not a Diet Food (Another Round of Laughter Book 1) by David Bruce (BrenkennBooks,Inc.) (102 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

While on a Caribbean Cruise and after numerous bottles of Moscato wine and several trips to the all-you-can-eat dessert bar, four sisters decided to write a book about their love affair with food and their experiences with diet disasters. With a combined 224 years of experience between the sisters, they consider themselves experts at diet failures. Once the title of the book was decided, they eagerly disembarked the ship, headed home, and not very quickly began writing about their diet bloopers and failures. After they discussed ...

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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 by Various Price verified 16 hours ago

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Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851 by Various Price verified 11 hours ago

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A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Late of Berlin, Prussia by Marie E. (Marie Elizabeth) Zakrzewska (1 Review)    Price verified 14 hours ago

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As They Slept by Andy Leeks (1,286 Review)    Price verified 11 hours ago

The autobiographical tale of a stubborn, thirty something commuter, who wasn't prepared to lose a petty argument on Facebook. Infuriated by the snoozing passengers surrounding him, Andy posted a status declaring that sleeping on trains is a complete waste of time. His friends disagreed. In a bid to prove them wrong, Andy set out to write a book from start to finish on the daily commute. "As They Slept" is a collection of comical tales of travel and trepidation, guaranteed to make you laugh. In his well received first book, Andy ...

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Walking the Line : an age gap romance (World Apart) by Nicola Marsh (Parlance Press) (53 Reviews)    Price verified 16 hours ago

She says she's not into younger guys, especially Irishmen. I'm about to prove that's not true. ?? ??? "Oh, how I love this story! I was hooked within the first chapter, and I couldn't put it down till it was over." Fic Central With a name like Finn Ahearn, my Irish luck should be guaranteed. Instead, it runs out when I travel half way around the world to Sydney. The seedier side of King's Cross catches up with me and the only way I can get back on stable footing is to accept a job as a bartender, working for the tough Aussie owner ...

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Ren of Atikala (Kobolds Book 1) by David Adams (134 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

I am Ren of Atikala. Kobold. Sorcerer. Warrior. I am many things and I have many stories to tell. This one is about my home. Home. The word has a special resonance with us all. Great or humble, rich or poor, everyone cherishes their home and if deprived of it loses a piece of themselves. I remember looking back at Atikala, its ceiling collapsed in, the homes of fifty thousand kobolds crushed under unimaginable tonnes of rock and dirt. I remembering the feeling of horror and denial that immediately set in. I wanted to reject that ...

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Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal by Various (7 Reviews)    Price verified 12 hours ago

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McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 by Various Price verified 13 hours ago

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Want to write a novel? What's holding you back? Lack of confidence? Not sure where to start? There has never been a better time to be a writer, provided you know how best to go about it. In this short but to-the-point introduction, publisher, editor and writer, Jim Driver reveals the secrets the experts use to write bestselling novels. Taking inspiration from the classic Pulp Fiction writers of the golden era, Jim shows how to banish writers' block forever and reveals the easiest ways you can create and plot commercial ...

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852 by Various Price verified 11 hours ago

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Sloppy Seconds: The Tucker Max Leftovers by Tucker Max (2,369 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

Tucker Max's books -- I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, Assholes Finish First, and Hilarity Ensues -- are a uniquely engaging trilogy composed of his best, craziest stories. They've sold millions of copies to fans all over the world. Their success has meant his success. As a thank you to those who have loved the stories and supported him for so long, Tucker has gone back through his massive archive of material one last time, culled out what you might call the "best of the rest," and arranged it here, in Sloppy Seconds, like a book ...

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