The National Indian Gaming Commission
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- )
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 228
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The Ball Python Manual
Author: Philippe de Vosjoli
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Published: 2004-11-01
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 1937049698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a team of internationally respected herpetologists led by Philippe de Vosjoli, The Ball Python Manual is an authoritative introduction to this popular snake. The ball python is admired around the world for its distinctly African appearance and its relative medium size and tameability. This colorful manual offers up-to-date and reliable information on selection, acclimating, handling, housing and maintaining ball pythons, all of which will be extremely valuable to newcomers to this remarkable python. Dr. Roger Klingenberg’s chapter on health care is indispensable for all snake keepers with excellent advice for troubleshooting health issues for each of the snake’s anatomical regions. The breeding chapter by David and Tracy Barker discusses sexing, sexual maturity, and all aspects of captive reproduction and hatching. The volume concludes with resources and a complete index.
The Parts We Lost
Author: Amy Marden
Publisher: Amy Marden
Published: 2021-09-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1956324003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHe’s home from the war, but his own battle is just beginning. After 9/11, Nolan Wright knew enlisting in the army was his ticket out of small-town South Carolina. He’d return a decorated war hero and finally earn his parents’ approval. But when his unfinished tour in Afghanistan leaves him disabled, he comes home to a life—and a family—he barely recognizes. Benji idolized his older brother, but being abandoned once by Nolan was painful enough. Now, Benji shuns him, vowing to spend one awesome summer with his best friend instead. That is, until Nolan offers Benji a real chance at the relationship he always wanted. Benji must choose: spend his summer with the best friend who’s been there or with the brother who hasn’t. But Nolan isn’t finding a new normal, not even close, and the family he needs is unraveling. Benji must find a way to forgive his brother and convince Nolan there is life after war. If he fails, Benji risks losing his brother forever.
Wildball
Author: Brian Engles
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Published: 2018-04-12
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781684330324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSet in seaside Nailer's Cove, Wildball is the story of Shane Monoghan - one of the best collegiate shortstops in the Nation. While playing summer ball in the prestigious Cove League, Shane fights for his position both on the field and off. Balancing a complicated host family and his brother's redeployment to Iraq, Shane learns that his high school coach Mike Calloway, the man responsible for developing him as a player and bullying him relentlessly, just passed away. Unable to process his anger at Calloway, Shane finds comfort and distraction in mentoring a local kid, Noah Kinton, while stepping into the role of Team Captain for the Brigs. But when a former teammate asks for Shane's support in coming forward about Calloway's abuse, Shane's life begins to unravel. This coming-of-age tale examines the consequences and catharsis of honesty as Shane risks his future in the game by reconciling a past he can no longer outrun.
Pop Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2015-07-28
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 1610697545
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis insightful book introduces the most important trends, people, events, and products of popular culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. In recent times, Latin American influences have permeated American culture through music, movies, television, and literature. This sweeping volume serves as a ready-reference guide to pop culture in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, focusing on Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, among other areas. The work encourages hands-on engagement with the popular culture in these places, making such suggestions as Brazilian films to rent or where to find Venezuelan music on the Internet. To start, the book covers various perspectives and issues of these regions, including the influence of the United States, how the idea of machismo reflects on the portrayal of women in these societies, and the representation of Latino-Caribo cultures in film and other mediums. Entries cover key trends, people, events, and products from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. Each section gives detailed information and profound insights into some of the more academic—and often controversial—debates on the subject, while the inclusion of the Internet, social media, and video games make the book timely and relevant.
Sugarball
Author: Alan M. Klein
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1993-02-01
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780300052565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes how Dominican baseball fosters national pride and competition with the United States while at the same time promoting acceptance of the North American presence in the country
Hoops Nation
Author: Chris Ballard
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2004-09-30
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780803262355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooking for a game? Here's your guided tour of the country's best pickup basketball courts, from the blacktops of Brooklyn to the asphalt of Anchorage to the gyms of Jackson, Mississippi. It's all inside: where the pros play, the most scenic runs in the land, and a ranking of the top five courts. ø Chris Ballard and three other former college players piled into a used Chevy van and traveled thirty-one thousand miles in seven months, playing at over a thousand courts in 166 cities in forty-eight states. This is the story of their roundball road trip and a guide to the places, people, and communities they encountered. ø More than a travel guide, Hoops Nation is "a celebration of the game of basketball as it is played in America." It includes guides to streetball fashion, the lingo of the courts, the etiquette of the pickup world, the tricks of old-guy basketball, and tips for the dunking impaired. Also included are profiles of playground legends and dispatches from the legions of basketball lifers who populate the country's courts. ø This book can tell you where they?re running today, all over America. Who?s got next?
