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Bring 'Em On

Bring 'Em On

Rowman Littlefield Publishers
2004
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How were the American people prepared for the war on Iraq? How have political agents and media gatekeepers sought to develop public support for the first preventive war of the modern age? Bring 'Em On highlights the complex links between media and politics, analyzing how communication practices are modified in times of crisis to protect political interests or implement political goals. International contributors in mass communication, political science, and sociology address how U.S. institutional media practices, government policy, and culture can influence public mobilization for war.
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Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em

Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em

Mike Ostlund

The Lyons Press
2011
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Now in paperback, revised and updated, the stirring and authoritative account of one of World War II's most highly decorated submarines Find ’Em, Chase ’Em, Sink ’Em is the first book to recount the tragic and mysterious loss of the World War II submarine USS Gudgeon. In April 1944, the highly decorated submarine USS Gudgeon slipped beneath the waves in one of the most treacherous patrol areas in the most dangerous military service during World War II. Neither the Gudgeon nor the crew was ever seen again.Author Mike Ostlund’s “Uncle Bill,” the operator of a farm implements business, was aboard that ship as a lieutenant junior grade. Through extensive research of patrol reports in U.S. and Japanese naval archives, interviews with veterans who had served aboard the Gudgeon before its final patrol, and the personal effects of the lost men’s relatives, Ostlund has assembled the most accurate account yet of this remarkably successful submarine’s exploits, of the men aboard from steward to captain, and of what we now know about her demise. Find ’Em, Chase ’Em, Sink ’Em details the memories and life lessons of the young men who went to sea aboard Gudgeon before its last patrol knowing hardly anything, and came home having seen too much.
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Busting 'Em and Other Big League Stories

Busting 'Em and Other Big League Stories

Ty Cobb

McFarland Co Inc
2003
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Published in 1914, Busting 'Em was the first of three books credited to Ty Cobb the author. Though in fact it was ghostwritten by John N. Wheeler, who also penned Mathewson's Pitching in a Pinch, the book fascinates with its insights into Cobb as a public figure. The reader is presented Cobb's explanation of the beating incident at Hilltop Park, the Baker spiking, and his contentious relationship with teammates. His thoughts--or those he sanctioned--of umpires, his contemporaries, crowds, and strategy are also shared. This book, long out of print and increasingly hard to find, is essential reading for those who would understand Cobb's awareness of and investment in the shape of his public image.
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Closing 'Em Down

Closing 'Em Down

David M. Jordan

McFarland Co Inc
2010
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Though the players make the highlight reels, for fans of Major League Baseball the actual ballparks are often the seat of affection and team loyalty. Players come and go, get traded, retire, but the parks remain for decades. This work recounts the histories of the classic parks, those that were built between 1909 and 1923, and the last games that were played in them when their teams finally moved on.
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Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High

Bob Herzberg

McFarland Co Inc
2013
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For more than a century the Western film has proven to be an enduring genre. At the dawn of the 20th century, in the same years that The Great Train Robbery begat a film genre, Owen Wister wrote The Virginian, which began a new literary genre. From the beginning, both literature and film would usually perpetuate the myth of the Old West as a place where justice always triumphed and all concerned (except the villains) pursued the Law. The facts, however, reflect abuses of due process: lynch mobs and hired gunslingers rather than lawmen regularly pursued lawbreakers; vengeance rather than justice was often employed; and even in courts of law justice didn't always prevail. Some films and novels bucked this trend, however. This book discusses the many Western films as well as the novels they are based on, that illustrate distortions of the law in the Old West and the many ways, most of them marked by vengeance, in which its characters pursued justice.
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"Had 'Em All the Way"

"Had 'Em All the Way"

Thad Mumau

McFarland Co Inc
2015
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The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates were a special team--team being the operative word. There were no superstars, although Roberto Clemente would become one, and nobody had a record season. The Battling Bucs frequently came from behind to win late in the game, with Pirates broadcaster Bob Prince signing off, "We had 'em all the way." Pittsburgh was the Sad Sack of baseball through most of the 1950s, and as the Pirates grabbed the National League lead early in the 1960 season, fans wondered if the guys in vest-shirts and black sleeves could indeed hang on. And then there was the World Series, the one everybody but the Pirates thought would be won by the Yankees, in which Bill Mazeroski provided the most dramatic finish of all sports championships. This book, featuring interviews with Clemente, Dick Groat, Bob Friend and Dick Schofield, chronicles the Pirates of 1960--a team of friends--and their push through a long and magical season.
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Keep 'em Flying

Keep 'em Flying

Nell Carter Branum

Moody Publishers
2025
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Sixth grader Riley Abercrombie is determined to win--even if she has to gulp down her nerves and speak in public. The Historical Society is having a contest with a cash prize and an all-expense paid trip to where her great-grandma once lived. But a winning essay about her brave relative, a Rosie the Riveter in World War II, may launch Riley on an adventure far bigger than she'd imagined. She soon finds herself in a real-life mystery. A famous tool, an antique rivet gun, is missing, and Riley is sure she can uncover the culprit. Chasing clues and suspects with her new friend Marcus through a museum's vintage artifacts and aircraft, Riley just might discover she needs more than good detective skills. Will she learn to trust God when the wrong person has been accused? Can she be brave in the face of danger like her beloved great-grandma? When the kids' sleuthing puts them in peril, they're going to need faith, friendship, and even forgiveness to get them through.
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"Catch 'em Alive Jack"

"Catch 'em Alive Jack"

John R. Abernathy; Jon T. Coleman

Bison Books
2006
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Best known for catching wolves alive with his bare hands, John R. Abernathy (1876–1941) was born to Scottish ancestors in Texas. Raised in the burgeoning railroad town of Sweetwater, Abernathy considered himself a true son of the Wild West. In his amazing life he worked as a U.S. marshal, sheriff, Secret Service agent, and wildcat oil driller. But it was the accidental discovery of a bold means of catching wolves alive that made Abernathy famous and drew the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt. By forcing his hand deep enough into a wolf's mouth, he could stun the creature long enough to capture it, a service for which he was paid fifty dollars by eager ranchers. This Bison Books edition brings Abernathy's vivid account of his life into print for the first time since its original publication in 1936.
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Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

James McBride

Random House Publishing Group
2016
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"You won't leave this hypnotic book without feeling that James Brown is still out there, howling."--The Boston Globe From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Five-Carat Soul Kill 'Em and Leave is more than a book about James Brown. Brown embodied the contradictions of American life: He was an unsettling symbol of the tensions between North and South, black and white, rich and poor. After receiving a tip that promises to uncover the man behind the myth, James McBride goes in search of the "real" James Brown. McBride's travels take him to forgotten corners of Brown's never-before-revealed history, illuminating not only our understanding of the immensely troubled, misunderstood, and complicated Godfather of Soul, but the ways in which our cultural heritage has been shaped by Brown's enduring legacy. Praise for Kill 'Em and Leave "A tour de force of cultural reportage."--The Seattle Times "Thoughtful and probing."--The New York Times Book Review "Masterly . . . powerful."--Los Angeles Review of Books "McBride provides something lacking in most of the books about James Brown: an intimate feeling for the musician, a veracious if inchoate sense of what it was like to be touched by him. . . . It may be as close to 'the real James Brown'] as we'll ever get."--David Hajdu, The Nation "A feat of intrepid journalistic fortitude."--USA Today " McBride is] the biographer of James Brown we've all been waiting for. . . . McBride's true subject is race and poverty in a country that doesn't want to hear about it, unless compelled by a voice that demands to be heard."--Boris Kachka, New York "Illuminating . . . engaging."--The Washington Post "A gorgeously written piece of reportage that gives us glimpses of Brown's genius and contradictions."--O: The Oprah Magazine
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Selling 'em by the Sack

Selling 'em by the Sack

David G. Hogan

New York University Press
1999
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A sweeping history of the quintessential "American food"—the hamburger In the wake of World War I, the hamburger was still considered a disreputable and undesirable food. Yet by 1930 Americans in every corner of the country accepted the hamburger as a mainstream meal and eventually made it a staple of their diet. The quintessential "American" food, hamburgers have by now spread to almost every country and culture in the world. But how did this fast food icon come to occupy so quickly such a singular role in American mass culture? In Selling 'em By the Sack, David Gerard Hogan traces the history of the hamburger's rise as a distinctive American culinary and ethnic symbol through the prism of one of its earliest promoters. The first to market both the hamburger and the "to go" carry-out style to American consumers, White Castle quickly established itself as a cornerstone of the fast food industry. Its founder, Billy Ingram, shrewdly marketed his hamburgers in large quantities at five cents a piece, telling his customers to "Buy'em by the Sack." The years following World War II saw the rise of great franchised chains such as McDonald's, which challenged and ultimately overshadowed the company that Billy Ingram founded. Yet White Castle stands as a charismatic pioneer in one of America's most formidable industries, a company that drastically changed American eating patterns, and hence, American life. It could be argued that what Henry Ford did for the car and transportation, Billy Ingram did for the hamburger and eating.
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The EM Algorithm and Related Statistical Models

The EM Algorithm and Related Statistical Models

CRC Press Inc
2003
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Exploring the application and formulation of the EM algorithm, The EM Algorithm and Related Statistical Models offers a valuable method for constructing statistical models when only incomplete information is available, and proposes specific estimation algorithms for solutions to incomplete data problems. The text covers current topics including statistical models with latent variables, as well as neural network models, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. It describes software resources valuable for the processing of the EM algorithm with incomplete data and for general analysis of latent structure models of categorical data, and studies accelerated versions of the EM algorithm.
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Win 'Em Over

Win 'Em Over

Catherine Hakala-Ausperk

ALA Editions
2019
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No matter how talented a leader you are, there are often barriers in your way caused by a lack of trust or respect, or most likely an absence of confidence. This installment of management coach Hakala-Ausperk’s Leadership Planners series tackles a crucial issue: how to effectively supervise employees who might be older or more experienced than you are, or even longtime peers who are suddenly under your authority after an internal promotion. It might seem like a tall order to confidently demonstrate your skills and abilities to such a team. But all you really have to do is win ‘em over. This planner will help you examine the reasons, the implications, the challenges, and the solutions that confidence — or a lack thereof — can cause. And, using exercises, worksheets, and prompts, it will guide you in;establishing yourself in ways that will win the confidence of rookies, experts, and bosses alike; working well with more experienced members of your team;supervising friends and peers effectively;winning and losing graciously;learning from your mistakes; andconfidently putting your own plan into action.By cultivating confidence, you’ll be primed to build respectful and professional relationships with every member of your team. This planner from Hakala-Ausperk shows the way to do it.
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Ride 'Em Cowboy

Ride 'Em Cowboy

J. P. Bowie

Total-E-Bound Publishing
2010
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Ride 'Em Cowboy When Royce Chandler first claps eyes on his father's ranch foreman, Parker Jones, it's lust mixed with dislike at first sight. It seems that Parker has nothing but disdain for the young law graduate. But all that changes when Parker is thrown from his horse and Royce accompanies him to the hospital. What follows is a realisation of their mutual attraction, and a desire to spend the rest of their lives together; maybe get a ranch of their own. Then Royce's dad tells Parker that his son is about to turn down a juicy offer from a big law firm in Los Angeles. Parker knows the reason - him - and he takes strong action to convince Royce he's making a mistake by not taking the job. But his actions tear the two men apart, leaving Royce to wonder, how could Parker's love for him have faded so suddenly? Ride 'Em Again Cowboy A cynical city lawyer finds his ordered life turned around when he meets a handsome cowboy during a weekend getaway on his friend's ranch.Charles Fletcher is happy to accept an invitation from his best friend, Royce Chandler to his family owned ranch in Northern California, but doesn't expect his life to be turned around by the newly hired assistant foreman, Jed Miller. Although Charles finds Jed attractive, he is uncomfortably aware that the cowboy seems to be carrying what Charles terms - too much baggage. Despite Royce and his lover Parker's attempts to bring the two men together, Charles is wary of Jed's often aloof attitude. It's not until Jed shows up drunk, and Charles is the only one there to help him back on his feet, that the two men connect, both physically and emotionally. What looks like a promising love affair is thrown a curve when Jed receives a call from his ex lover asking his forgiveness for their break up and to please come home. Charles, determined not to show how much Jed really matters to him, tells Jed, "Hey, it was great fun, but it was just one of those things", and returns to Los Angeles. Once again, Royce and Parker attempt their cupid act, but will their good intentions bring Charles and Jed together, or have both of them singing 'I'm a Lone Cowhand'?
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Make 'Em Laugh

Make 'Em Laugh

Steve Allen

Prometheus Books
1993
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Surveys the history of American comedy, offers advice on creating funny speeches, monologues, sketches, essays, letters, cartoons, song lyrics, and jokes, and discusses plagiarism
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Set'em Up

Set'em Up

A. N. G. Reynolds

A.N.G. Reynolds
2018
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In a world where ships can sneeze...Two young women follow their dreams to become bounty hunters. Except one of them dreams of becoming a pilot, not a bounty hunter. And the other one is only a bounty hunter by necessity. Then things get complicated. Also synopses are hard. But trust us, it all makes sense in the book.
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Leave 'em Speechless: How to Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking and Turn It Into Your Most Powerful Weapon

Leave 'em Speechless: How to Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking and Turn It Into Your Most Powerful Weapon

Tom Zalaski

Tom Zalaski Productions, LLC
2016
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If you've had it being held back professionally and personally by your fear of speaking in public then you've come to the right place There's nothing wrong with you You don't have a personality flaw You have so much to share withpeople and people want to hear what you have to say. You simply have to change your perception of those people and how you think they see you. In 'Leave 'Em Speechless' you'll learn ---- Who put the irrational fear in your head in the first place and how to get rid of it.-- What your audience really thinks about you.-- How other people just like you got over their fear.-- Why a little anger and ego isn't a bad thing -- A simple process to beat the overwhelm of having to give a speech.-- How to literally do your presentation before you actually do your presentation.-- Scripting tips.-- Podium, microphone and lighting techniques that most pros don't even know -- Life-saving tips about carbonated beverages, high heels, cellphones, Kleenex and restrooms Sound intriguing? Sound fun? Let's go for it WARNING If you've come here looking for a book on how to give THE perfect speech with advice on a dynamic open, bullet points, Powerpoint and an effective close DON'T BUY THIS BOOK This book is for you -- the fearful speaker. My goal is to get you from your seat, up to the podium, deliver a decent speech, return to your chair to polite applause, all with a minimal amount of trauma That's what you're really after, right? We'll leave all that perfect-speech stuff to the so-called 'speech coaches', professional sales reps, business consultants and Toastmasters Let's walk before we run. And ya know what? Once you've done a speech using my down-to-earth, no-frills, practical advice you're gonna say, "Hey, I can do this " So let's do this Let's 'Leave 'Em Speechless
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