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Ian Hunter's fifty-year-long career and extensive repertoire of percipient, creative songs have earned him a reputation as a true rock phenomenon.
This second part of a two-volume authorised biography offers inside stories from Ian's solo career following his departure from Mott the Hoople, including his collaborations with Mick Ronson, Queen and Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and reflects on resonant recordings such as 'You're Never Alone with...
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"One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson
Whether you are about to begin a new job, undergo surgery, or ask your boss for a raise, possessing courage will help you face these battles. A Call for Courage contains more than 175 quotes from the presidents of the United States on the subject of courage.
"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to the job at hand."...
83) The Book of Mark
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Mark told it like it was so you could see Jesus as He is. Each Gospel, or biography of Jesus, is unique. The bold Book of Mark was written to the ruling Romans. This fast-paced narrative is the shortest Gospel. Likely penned first, Mark takes you into the action and gets to the point. Now, with the verse-by-verse insights of The Smart Guide to the BibleTM: The Book of Mark you'll experience the unparalleled power of Jesus and be inspired to live with...
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This dictionary contains more than 1000 selections from over 100 of Russell's books and articles. It serves as an introduction to Russell's brilliance in analysis, argument, and exposition which develops a clear notion of his method of approach, his fundamental principles and many of his leading ideas. Found here are definitions and terms reflected in the topics of mind, matter and morals.
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An intricate exploration of the music of the 1980's from one man's point of view. This exploration features a ranking of the songs that were released in the 1980's and the reasons why they are ranked the way they are. In addition, graphic illustrations are displayed to represent some of the titles of the music. The top 1000 songs according to the author's opinion are noted as well as 100 songs that are honorary mentions.
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Además de las biografías de Jacques Lacan, Gustave Le Bon y Kurt Lewin, en este volumen el lector tendrá acceso a definiciones tan importantes vinculadas, por ejemplo, con las leyes del campo perceptual (gestalt), la mediación cultural (Lev Vigotsky), y los conceptos freudianos de lapsus, libido, método catártico y moción pulsional.
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The name "Emily Post" is synonymous with etiquette, good manners, and decorum-and, with this newly revised and updated 2nd Edition of the New York Times bestseller Essential Manners for Men, Peter Post, Emily Post's great-grandson and director of The Emily Post Institute, Inc., once again does the great lady proud. In this invaluable handbook, Post addresses the topics men really need to master to succeed in business and in life-how to act and to...
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Completely revised and updated with a focus on civility and inclusion, the 19th edition of Emily Post's Etiquette is the most trusted resource for navigating life's every situation
From social networking to social graces, Emily Post is the definitive source on etiquette for generations of Americans. That tradition continues with the fully revised and updated 19th edition of Etiquette. Authored by etiquette experts Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning-Emily...
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Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump are two of a kind despite terms in office separated by 150-plus years. Both encountered a biased press and deeply divisive political environments after being elected with less than 50 percent of the popular vote. Each was viewed as an ill-equipped outlier and accompanied to office by first ladies ostracized by Washington's elite. Lincoln was known by those closest to him for his supreme self-confidence, inexhaustible...
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I Just Can't Stop It is the honest and compelling autobiography from British Music Legend, Ranking Roger.
As the enigmatic frontman of the multicultural band The Beat, Ranking Roger represented the youthful and joyous sound of the post-punk 2 Tone movement. As well as his illustrious career with The Beat and its subsequent iterations, this absorbing book explores Roger's upbringing as a child of the Windrush generation, touring America and his outstanding...
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Hundreds of funny quotes by famous people that will tickle your funny bone and make your brain's humor center tingle. No anonymous quotes here and no boring quotes allowed. Here's a few examples:"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."- Winston Churchill"Silence is not only golden; it is seldom misquoted."- Bob Monkhouse"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax."- Albert Einstein"Writing about music...
94) Mental Floss Presents Condensed Knowledge: A Deliciously Irreverent Guide to Feeling Smart Again
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Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!
mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!
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5 tiny nations that get no respect
• 4 civilizations nobody remembers
• 5 classics...
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Religion and Science is a definitive contemporary discussion of the many issues surrounding our understanding of God and religious truth and experience in our understanding of God and religious truth and experience in our scientific age. This is a significantly expanded and freshly revised version of Religion in an Age of Science, winner of the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence and the Templeton Book Award. Ian G. Barbour the premier...
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No-cost and low-cost tips to save thousands of dollars-and reduce carbon emissions that are wreaking havoc on the climate.
There's plenty of public concern about global warming's effects-mounting natural disasters, mass migrations, crop failures, and more. This new edition of the classic guide shows how to channel that public concern into positive action. It's filled with simple everyday things you can do to minimize future global warming-and as...
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What are the best television series ever made and what do you know about them? Gem Classic TV Series introduces you to a selection of around 80 series, providing key facts, critics' comments, quotations and trivia questions.
This Collins Gem is published in flexi binding, providing the durability of a hardback with the flexibility of a paperback. In a stylish new cover design, Gem Classic TV Series introduces an ever-popular subject.
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98) Salad Daze
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Best known as the divisive but iconic frontman of The Mission and a poster boy for the-then fledgling gothic scene of the 80s, Wayne Hussey has been making music since he was inspired to pick up a guitar by his childhood hero, Marc Bolan.
As he began making his name in music with The Invisible Girls, Dead Or Alive and The Sisters Of Mercy, Wayne was at first seduced and then ultimately corrupted, swapping the repression of his religious upbringing...
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Author and delightfully mad scientist Cy Tymony combines the fun of his Sneaky Uses series with a host of fascinating science facts and resourceful tricks in Sneaky Science Tricks, a uniquely entertaining and educational how-to guide for the sly and curious among us.
This time, Tymony has concocted an ingenious bag of tricks that includes a helicopter, a hand-powered fan, a clever moon direction trick, and many, many other shrewd navigation tools...
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Unusual, interesting and little known stories of the state of Iowa. A Treasury of IowaTales is aimed at the target of familiarity-plus-novelty. These suspense-packed stories constitute "history for the ordinary person," and a few include really great traditions passed orally from generation to generation.
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