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The Bruce-Partington Plans: Sherlock Holmes in Large Print
Arthur Conan Doyle
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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The entire series of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle is now available in large print, using the best practices for senior readers and those who are visually impaired. Each story includes the original Sherlock Holmes mystery as well as a note from the series editor, Craig Stephen Copland, the author of the New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries books. The Bruce-Partington Plans are a secret set of blueprints for the world's most advanced submarine - one that will change naval warfare forever ... and they have disappeared. The young clerk who left his lovely fianc e standing on the sidewalk and ran back to the war office is accused of taking them. But now he is dead. Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother comes to call. He not only works for the British government, he is the British government. He assigns to Sherlock Holmes the task of getting those plans back before they are sold to the enemy. These books are great gifts for someone you care about who needs a larger size print to be able to enjoy these wonderful stories.
Leland Bruce Cantrell is a Southpaw. He might have lost a few fights but he won the war. He kept himself in shape, without the use of drugs. He boxed with skills taught by the famous Henry "Pappy" Gault. Both winning boxers lived in Spartanburg South Carolina. Today "Pretty Boy Cantrell" uses all he was taught to mentor young men. He raised four sons and worked at Stoffers in Gaffney and for Westinghouse as a machinist. His dream is to bring a boxing ring to Spartanburg.
MOTHER BRUCE GIANT PLUSH
MerryMakers
2023
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Presents a wry and comical snapshot of the mind of Josh, a rather confused young man who must cope with his father's listlessness, his own overwhelming lust, and the arrival of the Moschiach, inventor of the infamous Love Lotion. Original.
Bruce Lee was a brand well before that became commonplace. Step into the Dragon's mind and explore how he thought about business, life, and goals. The Bruce Lee Code focuses on the business strategies prevalent in Lee's life and teachings that helped unlock his full potential. Bruce Lee's attention to brand is a major reason why he continues to influence pop culture today, and he was a pioneer, being one of the first Hollywood stars to start his own production company. To recharge America's creative and entrepreneurial swagger, we need to reexamine Lee's life and teachings. Although he died in 1973 at age thirty-two, Lee remains a global icon who continues to influence the contemporary world in ways both obvious and subtle. Lee was primarily known for his otherworldly martial arts skills and blockbuster movies such as Enter the Dragon and Fist of Fury. But he was also a man of incredible vision, willpower, and intellectual curiosity whose brief career inspired highly successful projects in Hollywood, sports, comic books, video games, and fashion. In many ways, Lee resembled Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Both men possessed remarkable self-assurance and a desire to disrupt the status quo. Jobs did not invent the computer, tablet, or MP3 player. Instead, Jobs's genius was taking existing products and ideas and turning them into something better. Lee also did not hesitate to liberally borrow and emulate. He fused Eastern and Western ideas and techniques to make unique films that would appeal to worldwide audiences. He created his own unique style of martial arts and philosophies that drew upon a deep reservoir of historical and contemporary influences. This book will draw upon interviews with Lee's family and friends and Lee's extensive writings, including letters, journals, and business documents. CEOs and executives, academics, and experts on innovation, life coaching, and personal growth will also be interviewed.
Meeting Bruce Springsteen ... and Other Tales of Debauchery
Paul Disclafani
Red Penguin Books
2024
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Life for young adults was very different in the late '70s.A group of friends came together over shared interests in music and partying, resulting in road trips and encounters with famous and not-so-famous people along the way.Join pals Bruce and Disco, who delighted readers with their hijinks in author Paul DiSclafani's first book in 2020, "Burning Through the West Coast," as they team up with The Big Man, the Dowers, Slim, Uncle Bob, Matty, and Little Disco in a series of adventures (and misadventures), this time on the East Coast."Meeting Bruce Springsteen" is a collection of six short stories about life and friendship in the late '70s.SPIRITS IN THE NIGHT - Meeting Bruce Springsteen: Another impromptu trip into New York City ends up at the Palladium, where Springsteen was performing, but what's a person to do without tickets? A mysterious stranger and a crooked security guard combine to get us inside (for cash). Afterward, we discovered that our car (parked around the block by a warehouse) was across the street from the backstage entrance to the Palladium. After a long, long wait, our hero emerges...CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE - Super Bowl Weekend in the Poconos: As guests in a house loaded with adults, kids, and skiers, we never intended to ski. We never intended to end up in the emergency room after spending the morning playing floor hockey with fruit, get kicked out of the house, or drive home in a snowstorm with a car that was losing electrical power. But we did...FILE MILES TO THE TURNPIKE - The Tale of the White Whale: Seven guys in a customized van, including a full keg of beer, are heading down to Great Adventure in New Jersey for a Southside Johnny concert. What could possibly go wrong?IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY - Studio 54 and the Wino: A trip into Manhattan includes a stop at Studio 54, a public bathroom encounter to forget, a rumble in the back of a taxi, and a mad dash to Penn Station to make the last LIRR train out of town.AND SO IT GOES - The Excommunication of Jeff Luft: A weekend of partying led to a Sunday afternoon trip deep into Staten Island to interview Southside Johnny before the Jukes concert at The Factory, the single most out-of-control venue we had ever experienced. Who's Jeff Luft, and why was he Excommunicated? What was he excommunicated from? What the hell is excommunication? This is a story you have to read to believe.MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER - The Night Matty Almost Bled to Death: It's hard to imagine that after drinking unlimited beer at Beefsteak Charlie's, stopping off at another bar for Happy Hour, and then walking uptown, a bartender at Rosie O'Grady's would refuse to serve us. How dare he? This incident led to a series of serious yet comical misfortunes.
Meeting Bruce Springsteen ... and Other Tales of Debauchery
Paul Disclafani
Red Penguin Books
2024
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Life for young adults was very different in the late '70s.A group of friends came together over shared interests in music and partying, resulting in road trips and encounters with famous and not-so-famous people along the way.Join pals Bruce and Disco, who delighted readers with their hijinks in author Paul DiSclafani's first book in 2020, "Burning Through the West Coast," as they team up with The Big Man, the Dowers, Slim, Uncle Bob, Matty, and Little Disco in a series of adventures (and misadventures), this time on the East Coast."Meeting Bruce Springsteen" is a collection of six short stories about life and friendship in the late '70s.SPIRITS IN THE NIGHT - Meeting Bruce Springsteen: Another impromptu trip into New York City ends up at the Palladium, where Springsteen was performing, but what's a person to do without tickets? A mysterious stranger and a crooked security guard combine to get us inside (for cash). Afterward, we discovered that our car (parked around the block by a warehouse) was across the street from the backstage entrance to the Palladium. After a long, long wait, our hero emerges...CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE - Super Bowl Weekend in the Poconos: As guests in a house loaded with adults, kids, and skiers, we never intended to ski. We never intended to end up in the emergency room after spending the morning playing floor hockey with fruit, get kicked out of the house, or drive home in a snowstorm with a car that was losing electrical power. But we did...FILE MILES TO THE TURNPIKE - The Tale of the White Whale: Seven guys in a customized van, including a full keg of beer, are heading down to Great Adventure in New Jersey for a Southside Johnny concert. What could possibly go wrong?IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY - Studio 54 and the Wino: A trip into Manhattan includes a stop at Studio 54, a public bathroom encounter to forget, a rumble in the back of a taxi, and a mad dash to Penn Station to make the last LIRR train out of town.AND SO IT GOES - The Excommunication of Jeff Luft: A weekend of partying led to a Sunday afternoon trip deep into Staten Island to interview Southside Johnny before the Jukes concert at The Factory, the single most out-of-control venue we had ever experienced. Who's Jeff Luft, and why was he Excommunicated? What was he excommunicated from? What the hell is excommunication? This is a story you have to read to believe.MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER - The Night Matty Almost Bled to Death: It's hard to imagine that after drinking unlimited beer at Beefsteak Charlie's, stopping off at another bar for Happy Hour, and then walking uptown, a bartender at Rosie O'Grady's would refuse to serve us. How dare he? This incident led to a series of serious yet comical misfortunes.
If Bruce Lee Teaches Pool: Like how Bruce Lee incorporated radical techniques to evolve and teach his Jeet Kune Do, this book describes how he mi
Yur Tagasuro
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Like how Bruce Lee evolved and taught his Jeet Kune Do, this book describes how he might teach one to improve one's pool playing skills by applying Lee's martial arts learning methods.
Sijo Bruce Lee: Dal classico al non classico
Gianfranco Mento
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Questo libro non si occupa del Jeet Kune Do, prodotto finale degli studi di Sijo Bruce Lee. Egli ha fatto segrete ricerche che ai tempi non ha voluto divulgare, giacch riteneva opportuno celare la fonte delle sue conoscenze che lo condussero alla creazione di un personale sistema. Esistono in commercio tanti ottimi libri che trattano il Jeet Kune Do dal punto vi vista combattivo, scientifico e filosofico ma questo libro non tratta questo. Infatti, questo libro riguarda le radici del Gung Fu di Sijo Bruce Lee. Questo quindi un testo indicato ai veri cultori del Gung Fu. Per questo, lo studio e la ricerca non si limitano all'aspetto finale del Jeet Kune Do, ma investigano e riportano la storia dei diversi lignaggi che Sijo Bruce studi sui libri o con vari maestri; tutte esperienze che lui non rivel in pubblico ma che fecero per certo parte della sua cultura e del suo background marziale. Questo libro il frutto di tanti anni di pratica e analisi del sistema marziale di Sijo Bruce, sostenuta quest'ultima investigando con ricerche antropologiche in documentazioni, traduzioni di manoscritti cinesi, vecchi articoli di riviste cinesi e americane, fotografie, disegni, e anche indicazioni e notizie verbali da chi lo ha conosciuto personalmente. Tutto presentato come parte di un unico insieme. Si raccontano le esperienze di Sijo Bruce Lee e si annotano le fonti d'informazione. Inoltre, in alcune delle sue foto originali scattate cinquant'anni fa, si rende viva e colorata l'immagine cambiandone lo sfondo e regalando al lettore un inebriante Bruce Lee.
The Bruce Lee Society
Promethean Press
2021
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Long before the internet communities we know today, The Bruce Lee Society was the source of information in the United Kingdom for all things Bruce Lee. Established to address the demand for information and a sense of community from Bruce Lee fans, The Bruce Lee Society operated for seven years from 1976 to 1983, producing 30 newsletters for keen and eager Bruce Lee fans in the UK, and later, throughout the rest of the world. Managed by Pam Hadden and Carmella Rapa (the latter resigning within the first year), thousands of membership kits were sent out over those seven years plus tens of thousands of letters. The success of the society led to the first UK Bruce Lee convention held in 1979, as well as an equally-successful convention in 1980. Now the history of the Bruce Lee Society is finally told in The Bruce Lee Society: A Retrospective Look at Bruce Lee Mania and the Kung Fu Craze of the 1970s. For the first time ever, all 30 issues of The Bruce Lee Society newsletters have been painstakingly re-edited and re-printed in this book, along with updated notes and retrospective stories by the people most responsible for keeping Bruce Lee's memory alive - the fans. The Bruce Lee Society also contains over 150 QR code links to related videos, DVDs, blu-rays, books, and magazine articles."Beautifully captures the heart, soul, and spirit of the United Kingdom's fledgling Bruce Lee fanbase. Undeniably collectible." - Bruce Lee Review"This amazing book is more than a compilation of nostalgic newsletters, but a British history guide to a period time when western people discovered the unique talents of the undisputed King of Kung Fu - Bruce Lee." - Andrew J. Staton, British Jun Fan Journal"Thank you very much for your time and effort to honour Pam for her great work and dedication. I, together with the Bruce Lee fans who knew Pam, salute you " - Robert Lee
Batman: Bruce Wayne - Murderer Turned Fugitive Omnibus
Kelley Puckett; Patton Oswalt
DC Comics
2024
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Bruce or Batman? Guilty or innocent? The can't-miss story is collected in Batman: Bruce Wayne - Murderer Turned Fugitive Omnibus! After being found with the dead body of Vesper Fairchild in his arms, Bruce Wayne is arrested for her murder. Looking to prove Bruce's innocence, Nightwing, Robin and Batgirl quickly begin an investigation to discover the true killer. But as the mystery unfolds, evidence of Bruce's guilt mounts and even his closest allies begin to question their mentor's innocence. Tired of portraying himself as someone he is not and further embracing the freedom of his masked identity, Bruce decides to lay his millionaire playboy alter ego to rest and live life only as the Batman. Indicted for killing his sometime girlfriend Vesper Fairchild, Bruce Wayne is sent to Blackgate Prison...only to escape, launching a citywide manhunt. Now Batman has now gone to ground renouncing his true identity and operating deeper in the shadows than ever before. It falls to his extended family Nightwing, Robin, Oracle, Batgirl, Spoiler, and Alfred to figure out who really did commit the murder. While the clues point to a possible setup, no one can deny that those same clues might point to Batman's actual guilt. Collecting BATGIRL #24, 27, 29, and 33, BATMAN #599-607,BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #25-32, BATMAN: THE 10-CENT ADVENTURE #1, BIRDS OF PREY #39, 40-41, 43, DETECTIVE COMICS #766-775, NIGHTWING #65-66, 68-69 and ROBIN #98-99.
The life of Robert Bruce is one of the greatest comeback stories in history. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, briefly 'king of summer' and then a desperate fugitive who nevertheless returned from exile to recover the kingdom he claimed, Bruce became a gifted military leader and a wise statesman, a leader with vision and energy. Colm McNamee combines the most up to date scholarship on this crucial figure in the history of the British Isles with lucid explanation of the medieval context, so that readers of all backgrounds can appreciate Bruce's enormous contribution to the historical impact not just on Scotland, but on England and Ireland too. It is designed to encourage popular reassessment of Bruce as politician, warrior, monarch and saviour of Scottish identity from extinction at the hands of the Edwardian superstate. Peeling back the layers of misconception and propaganda, the author paints an accurate, sympathetic but balanced portrait of a much beloved national hero who has fallen out of fashion of late for no good reason.
Loving Bruce: A Christmas Story is about a boy, Tommy, who's been really, really good the whole year and can't wait to see Santa for Christmas. The night of Christmas Eve turns into a mystery when Tommy thinks he hears Santa, but instead doesn't realize what's underneath the Christmas tree When Christmas morning comes, Tommy learns that being a good boy is more than just getting on Santa's "Nice" list.