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Featuring every relevant team record, statistic, and award winner from the New York Yankees' incredible past, this book includes a comprehensive collection of all-time leaders in every conceivable category, from hits to strikeouts. From the team's 27 World Series titles and Roger Maris's 61 home runs to Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and eyewitness accounts of when Babe Ruth famously called his shot, this reference captures the legends ...

Four-time Edgar Award–winning author Lawrence Block’s definitive essay collection on the art of writing fictionFor ten years, crime novelist Lawrence Block funneled his wealth of writing expertise into a monthly column for Writer’s Digest. Collected here for the first time are those pieces illuminating the tricks of the authorial trade, from creating vibrant characters and generating seamless plots, to conquering writer’s block and experimenti...

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One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, J. D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. Now comes a new biography that Peter Ackroyd in the Times of London calls energetic and magnificently researched--a book from which a true picture of Salinger emerges. Filled with new information and revelations garnered from countless interviews, letters, and public records, J. D. Salinger: A Life prese...

The "menu driven" format of America Celebrates, i.e., each "Holiday Section" contains menu recommendations which include traditional foods or which will accompany a main course well. For example, the New Year's Day menus include Sautéed Red Cabbage and Black Eyed Peas to recognize and honor the tradition that cabbage and black eyed peas on New Year's Day will bring good luck and financial well-being. The format is designed to assist and simpli...

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In this spellbinding new history, David Goldfield offers the first major new interpretation of the Civil War era since James M. McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom. Where past scholars have interpreted the war as a triumph of freedom, Goldfield sees it as America's greatest failure: the result of a breakdown caused by the infusion of evangelical religion into the public sphere. As the Second Great Awakening surged through America, political ques...

There's more than blood and bone beneath the skin... The victim, a nondescript numbers cruncher, died horribly just yards away from his terrified wife and daughter, murdered by men who clearly enjoyed their work. The crime scene is one that could chill the blood of even the most seasoned police officer. But the strange revelations about an ordinary accountant's extraordinary secret life are what truly set Chief Inspector Alan Banks off--as lie...

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As long as humankind has recorded the written word, the warrior has been admired as the embodiment of some of the best aspects of human beings. They have demanded and demonstrated the great qualities and possibilities of moral human action such as courage, loyalty, determination and intelligence. Writers of all kinds and natures have recorded the deeds of these great warriors as models of manly behavior and chivalrous ideals. The great names o...

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How to have attentive kids at Mass and peace in the pew!Focusing strategies for your kidsA week-by-week training plan for better behavior at MassQuick tips for better behaviorWorksheets for your parenting style, your child's temperament, where to place the kids in the pewAnd more!

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