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  Bessie

  Chris Albertson

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  The definitive biography of musical legend Bessie Smith: “A landmark in the writing of jazz history . . . First-rate” (The Washington Post).   Known as the “Empress of the Blues,” Bessie Smith was a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest paid African American performer of the Roaring Twenties. This revised and expanded biography debunks many of the myths that have circulated since her untimely death in 1937.   Writing with insight and candor about the singer’s personal life and career, the author supplements his research with dozens of interviews with her relatives, friends, and associates—in particular Ruby Walker Smith, a niece by marriage who toured with Bessie for over a decade. Also included in this updated edition are more details of Bessie’s early years, new interview material, and a chapter devoted to events and responses that followed the book’s original publication.   “The product of painstaking research . . . Devastating, provocative, and enlightening.” —Los Angeles Times

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  The Philosophy of the Western

  Jennifer L. McMahon, B. Steve Csaki

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  Essays about how stories of the Old West reflect—and affect—our beliefs and values.The solitude of the lone rider, the loyalty of his horse, and the unspoken code of the West—for many, Western movies embody America and its values, though the view of the country’s history they present isn’t always accurate. In recent years, scholars had declared the genre dead, but a steady resurgence of western themes in literature, film, and television has reestablished its importance and influence.In The Philosophy of the Western, editors Jennifer L. McMahon and B. Steve Csaki examine philosophical themes in the western genre. Investigating subjects of nature, ethics, identity, gender, environmentalism, and animal rights, the essays in this volume draw from a wide range of westerns including the more recent popular and critical successes Unforgiven, All the Pretty Horses, 3:10 to Yuma, and No Country for Old Men, as well as literature and television serials such as Deadwood. The Philosophy of the Western reveals the powerful role of the western in the American psyche.

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  HACKING - Social Engineering...

  Alex Wagner

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  This book will focus on social engineering techniques that are favourite of both, White Hat and Black Hat hackers. 
  If you attempt to use any of the tools or techniques discussed in this book on a network without being authorized and you disturb or damage any systems, that would be considered illegal black hat hacking. So, I would like to encourage all readers to deploy any tool and method described in this book for WHITE HAT USE ONLY. 
  The focus of this book will be to introduce some of the most well known social engineering techniques. 
  This book contains step by step deployment guides of performances on how to plan a successful penetration test and examples on how to manipulate or misdirect trusted employees using social engineering. 
  IN THIS BOOK YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT: 
  -Phishing, Vishing, Smishing, Spear Phishing and Whaling 
  -The history of social engineering 
  -Psychological manipulation 
  -Human Weaknesses 
  -Social Engineering Categories 
  -Cold Call Virus Scams 
  -Authority & Fear Establishment 
  -Executing the Social Engineering Attack 
  -Signifying Legitimacy by Providing Value 
  -Open-Source Intelligence 
  -Organizational Reconnaissance 
  -Identifying Targets Within an Organization 
  -In-person social engineering techniques 
  -Dumpster Diving & Data Breaches 
  -Phishing Page Types 
  -Filter Evasion Techniques 
  -How to use PhishTank and Phish5 
  -Identity Theft and Impersonation 
  -Social Engineering Countermeasures 
  -Paper & Digital Record Destruction 
  -Physical Security Measures 
  -Principle of Least Privilege 
  -2FA & Side Channel ID Verification 
  -Logging & Monitoring 
  -How to respond to an Attack 
  -Tips to Avoid Being a Victim 
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  Human Mule

  Tom Papa

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  Tom Papa has become a Human Mule and he’s not afraid to admit it. In this follow up to his 2013 special, Tom is at his fast paced comedic best while relating the everyman struggles of family life, falling behind to the super rich and his hilarious cure for angry young men.

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  Actor Performs An

  Mel Shapiro

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  An Actor Performs goes from the very basics of acting, to scene study and to the development of one person shows. It expands on text analysis, characterization and use of language. The book explores what is most essential for the actor: Imagination, Biography, Research.

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  Gunsmoke - Volume 1 - Audition...

  John Meston

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  Director, Actor, Genius. Orson Welles was all these things and more.  But talent can sometimes make people afraid., And Hollywood was very afraid of Orson Welles. 
   
  So Welles went Indie, making his own works on the proceeds of various jobs that required a big name and that very distinguished voice; perfect for radio.  Here, in the Black Museum, he sets the scene as true life crime is retold.  Mr. Welles, we’re ready……

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