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  Dirty Dealing - Grosso v...

  Jeffrey Allan Grosso

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  When a young screenwriter goes online to check out the promotional website for a new poker movie called Rounders, he's shocked to discover how similar it is to a screenplay he wrote a few years earlier and submitted to a number of studios. When he later sees the Miramax-produced film in theaters, he is astonished by the number of overlapping elements—the protagonist playing Texas Hold 'em to pay his way through college while deceiving the girlfriend who believes he's quit, the loss of everything he has in a single hand of high-stakes Hold 'em, a character named "Worm," and many other commonalities that form the foundation of what will become his lawsuit against Miramax. He leaves the theater that day feeling that not only has the studio stolen his script, but his life, which had encompassed years of professional poker playing that informed the screenplay he hoped would open the door to a writing career in Hollywood.Against all odds, he proceeds to take on Miramax and the Hollywood system with the help of an ingenious lawyer. Jeffrey Grosso simply has to prove how it could have happened and convince a judicial system that often favors studios over writers that he's a victim of intellectual property theft, which results in a ten-year landmark legal battle against Hollywood's most notorious studio.

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  Abraham Lincoln - Frontier...

  Michael Crawley

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  Abraham Lincoln: he brought freedom to the slaves, and held the Union together during the Civil War. His profound and poetic speeches are famous around the world, evidence of the greatness of American’s most beloved leader. 
  But did you know that the sixteenth president of the United States was also a backwoods hillbilly from America’s western frontier, with a Kentucky accent so thick you could cut it? Or that he liked wrestling matches, dirty jokes, and had a reputation for telling hilarious, R-rated stories that weren’t suitable for mixed company? 
  From his childhood working as a virtual slave for an abusive father, to sailing a river raft to New Orleans, to the Illinois General Assembly, Congress, and the White House, the story of Abraham Lincoln’s life is the story of America. He mourned the deaths of almost everyone he loved, endured marriage to a wife whose mental health issues made her a domestic abuser, and lost more elections than he won. But Abraham Lincoln believed in one thing above all: that everyone deserved a fair shot at the American dream. 
  Why did John Wilkes Booth really shoot Abraham Lincoln? The truth is as shocking now as it was in 1865.

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  Waterloo Messenger - The Life of...

  William Mahon

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  At the Battle of Waterloo Sir William Ponsonby, a man who the Duke of Wellington stated had rendered very brilliant and important services and was an ornament to his profession, was killed by French lancers after leading the Union Brigade (the three Dragoon Regiments of the Royals, Iniskillings and Scots Greys) in a charge that wrecked a French advance that threatened Wellington with defeat. Sir William was a career soldier who had led his regiment in the decisive charge at the Battle of Salamanca and served with great distinction during the Peninsular War. Yet historians have blamed him because the charge at Waterloo got out of hand.     In this book John Morewood uses family sources, including Sir Williams letters, as well as French and German accounts, to restore his reputation and, by shedding new light on the battle, establishes what really happen to him on that fatal afternoon. It is also a biography of a man whose bravery and professionalism distinguished him as one of the outstanding cavalry commanders of the age.

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  So You Want to live on Sark -...

  Chris Davies Curtis

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  In 1965 Ken and Chris Davies bought a two acre property on the small feudal Island of Sark, in the British Channel Islands. Here they set up a guest house and Chris had to learn to master a solid fuel cooker, cook for up to fourteen guests, and cope without motor transport, as cars are forbidden. Guests were met by horse and carriage and cycling was the main means of transport. 
  Eventually Chris and Ken developed a smallholding. They had to learn to drive a donkey and cart; milk goats and look after 200 hens and hives of bees. Chris also practiced as a private district nurse, helping the only doctor on the island. 
  ‘So You want to Live on Sark’ is an entertaining true story of Chris and Ken’s struggles to survive. It is full of incidents; some funny some sad and we meet many characters as we follow their progress from new arrivals to experienced residents of this unique island.

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  The Good Neighbor - The Life and...

  Maxwell King

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  The New York Times bestseller: “A superb, thoughtful biography” of the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (David McCullough). 
   
  Fred Rogers was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. Through his long-running television program, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions about the world seriously. 
   
  The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers’s personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work.  
   
  King explores Rogers’s surprising decision to walk away from his show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development. An engaging story, rich in detail, The Good Neighbor is the definitive portrait of a beloved figure, cherished by multiple generations.

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  Summary Bundle: Nutrition &...

  Abbey Beathan

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  Summary Bundle: Nutrition & Biography: Includes Summary of Grain Brain & Summary of Grant 
  From the Description of "Summary of Grain Brain"... 
  "The simple act of moving your body will do more for your brain than any riddle, math equation, mystery book, or even thinking itself."—David Perlmutter 
  Grain Brain is not all about the dark side of carbs and how much it affects us. It also tells us how we can do something about it. This book gives us an in-depth look on how to take control of our "smart genes" through diet choices and new healthy habits that we should have to cure the worst illnesses that we can fall victim to without any medication. 
  From the Description of "Summary of Grant"... 
  "In other words, Julia still believed in the beneficial effects of tobacco long after her husband had likely died from it. Even grimacing with pain, Grant tracked presidential politics intently."—Ron Chernow 
  Grant's evolution peaked in the Civil War. In the conflict, he discovered his potential and breezed through the ranks of the Union army earning the respect of the men who fought alongside him. 
  What if you could learn 3X more in 2X less time? How much faster could you accelerate to reach your goals? Start accelerating your growth today by adding this book to your shopping cart now or clicking on the buy now button.

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