Why We Love Football
Why We Love Football

Author: Joe Posnanski

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2024-09-17

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0593475526

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A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of the Fall A moving celebration of the history of American football from the New York Times bestselling author of Why We Love Baseball After his bestselling home run books Why We Love Baseball and The Baseball 100, Joe Posnanski turns from the national pastime to the number one sport in America. Why We Love Football is Posnanski’s newest must-have deep dive into the archives and legends of the sport, and the result is a rousing tale of the 100 greatest moments in football lore. This is the best kind of sports writing. Entertaining, enlightening, heartbreaking, hilarious, and always fascinating, these stories of the sport offer a panoramic look across its history. From hidden gems and classic tales to famous moments told from previously unheard perspectives, this book is the football book for even its most ardent fans. From Patrick Mahomes's magic to the Ice Bowl, from Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass to a plethora of football "miracles," Why We Love Football is an unforgettable, conversational masterpiece you won’t ever want to end, and a can't-miss take on football from one of the greatest sportswriters of our time.

Why We Love Serial Killers
Why We Love Serial Killers

Author: Scott Bonn

Publisher: Skyhorse

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1632201895

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For decades now, serial killers have taken center stage in the news and entertainment media. The coverage of real-life murderers such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer has transformed them into ghoulish celebrities. Similarly, the popularity of fictional characters such as Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter or Dexter demonstrates just how eager the public is to be frightened by these human predators. But why is this so? Could it be that some of us have a gruesome fascination with serial killers for the same reasons we might morbidly stare at a catastrophic automobile accident? Or it is something more? In Why We Love Serial Killers, criminology professor Dr. Scott Bonn explores our powerful appetite for the macabre, while also providing new and unique insights into the world of the serial killer, including those he has gained from his correspondence with two of the world’s most notorious examples, David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) and Dennis Rader (“Bind, Torture, Kill”). In addition, Bonn examines the criminal profiling techniques used by law enforcement professionals to identify and apprehend serial predators, he discusses the various behaviors—such as the charisma of the sociopath— that manifest themselves in serial killers, and he explains how and why these killers often become popular cultural figures. Groundbreaking in its approach, Why We Love Serial Killers is a compelling look at how the media, law enforcement agencies, and public perception itself shapes and feeds the “monsters” in our midst.

The Inportance of Being Maddison
The Inportance of Being Maddison

Author: Helen E Highton

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2018-08-14

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1789010071

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An accurate, hilarious and deftly drawn portrait of “normal” family life seen through the eyes of a seven year old narrator, who means well but in whose steps disaster inevitably follows… Meet the McLarens: There’s Maddie, our narrator, the 7 year old ‘pocket rocket’ with no ‘off’ switch. Liz, her permanently exhausted mum, who seems to spend her life in a state of permanent mortification or profound apology for her daughter. Dad, Joe, with his ‘Northern banter’ and inability to suffer fools lightly; big sister, Rachel, who at 21 sees her little sister as both a source of shocked amusement and an audacious personality to be secretly envied. And lastly big brother, Robbie, who at a hormonal nineteen years of age has a love-hate relationship with his frustrating little sister who frequently proves herself to be the bane of his life! With an absorbing narrative and spiked with adult humour throughout, we follow Maddie’s quest to get an Xbox for Christmas, as promised, but on one condition - she must stay out of trouble for one whole year. Unfortunately Maddison being Maddison has difficulty staying out of trouble for one whole day! As frustrating as she is endearing, Maddison will leave you either cheering her on in the aisles - or simply wanting to throttle her! Both parents and readers who delight in observational comedies will enjoy this cleverly written and heart-warming story about a very ordinary family who find themselves dealing with a gamut of crazy, embarrassing and frustrating situations thanks to their seven-year-old.

Halloween
Halloween

Author: Joanne O'Sullivan

Publisher: Lark Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9781579903466

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Learn to make creative costumes designed just for adults -- everything from a sublime dancing queen to a fierce samurai warrior is included. Also contains directions for how to set the appropriate atmosphere for a halloween party depending on the theme.

Halloween Machine - Fall 2018
Halloween Machine - Fall 2018

Author: Paul Counelis

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-10

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 0359126987

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Halloween Machine Fall 2018 issue! Featuring an interview with DAVID HOWARD THORNTON of TERRIFIER! ""I Killed a Monster"" by Kiddferd P! Halloween prose by Kurtis Primm! Halloween Store Sightings! 20 Newer Movies to Watch On Halloween! The Mummy! 25th Anniversary of The Halloween Tree! Halloween art and more! TRICK OR TREAT!

101 Reasons Why I Love You so Much!
101 Reasons Why I Love You so Much!

Author: Denise Baron

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2020-07-13

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1982250100

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This book was originally written beginning two months before my husband and I were married and completed as a gift for him on our 1st Anniversary. Since then a 20-Year Follow-up, 25-Year Follow-up with Travel and Adventure including photos, Poetry, and Pearls of Wisdom sections have been added. The book is written in a fun, flow of consciousness "diary-type" style format and was meant as a 25th Anniversary Gift. It contains effective actions that make a loving relationship work in real-time. It is written from experience and from the heart, combining love and romance with spirituality, travel, and adventure! With all the discord in the world lately, the invisible warrior Covid-19 of 2020, nightly protesting, shootings, and rioting, I decided to share it with the public. This was done in the hope that it may inspire, give ideas, or help someone to have an incentive to believe in true love and create a reality for their own dreams to come true. Perhaps then, they too can pass it on to help the world become a brighter place.

Halloween's Threads
Halloween's Threads

Author: Patrice Storm

Publisher: Patrice Storm

Published: 2024-10-31

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13:

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Best Friends Tiffiany and Maya make a bet, and things unfold on Halloween at different points in their lives.

The Opposite of Love
The Opposite of Love

Author: Julie Buxbaum

Publisher: Dial Press

Published: 2008-01-29

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0440337445

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With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again. When successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can’t explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado, and her independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with...her. “You’re your own worst enemy,” her best friend Jess tells her. “It’s like you get pleasure out of breaking your own heart.” As the holiday season looms and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: she is assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can’t keep his hands to himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone; and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn’ t last forever. How this brave, original young heroine finally decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum’s marvelous first novel. Written with the authority, grace, and wisdom of an author far beyond her years, The Opposite of Love heralds the debut of a remarkable talent in contemporary fiction.

The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book
The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book

Author: Jim Berg

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Published: 2015-03-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 0761173420

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Halloween and duct tape-it's a marriage made in nutty heaven. Presenting the loopiest duct tape book of them all: a guide to using the universal adhesive for disguise, decoration, tricks, and treats on the holiday where everyone's encouraged to act a little crazy. The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book is a four-color, fully illustrated holiday sourcebook offering more than 101 clever costume ideas, plus dozens of other creative and mischievous uses for duct tape. There are costumes that are quick and easy-Shaving Accident Guy: apply a short strip of red duct tape to your face, and attach a disposable razor to one end. Off-the-wall-Floor of a Movie Theater: Make yourself a sticky-side-out duct tape vest, and cover with popcorn kernels,candy wrappers, and crushed paper cups. Batty-Chia Pet: cover yourself in duct tape (sticky side out) and roll around on freshly mown grass. Ambitious-Marilyn Monroe: Use a tight wrapping of white duct tape over your upper torso and a wire-rigged fly-away dress on your lower half. And congenial-Siamese Twins: Duct tape yourself to your best friend or spouse. Plus how to make giant bats and spiders to scare the kids; holiday pranks (duct tape down the trigger of an air horn and toss it on someone's roof); even a dieting tip: wrap candy in duct tape before eating-all the calories are trapped inside! Halloween will never be the same.

Author: Danielle Tara Evans

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1477219781

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After enduring a childhood in poverty with his alcoholic and extremely neglectful father, Jason Schultz is now a grown man suffering from depression. Between his strained relationship with his sister, a job as a cook that he despises, and his overwhelming feelings of hopelessness, he struggles to make it through each day. When he falls in love with a new waitress at his work named Lydia, he imagines a better life with her but believes he can never have her. As his depression escalates, he makes a decision that will dramatically alter the course of his life.