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  Thrills Spills and Belly Laughs

  Jon Parkin

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  A riotous peek into the off-beat world of one of football’s most recognisable 
  characters, Jon Parkin. 
  The much-travelled journeyman striker played for more than 20 clubs during a 
  career that stretched over two decades, and he has since become a co-host of the 
  hugely popular Undr The Cosh podcast. 
  Known as ‘The Beast’ due to his height and weight, this gentle giant has a 
  mischievous and irrepressible sense of humour that has won him thousands of fans. 
  Now, Parkin turns his focus to the world of football and celebrity in his own 
  inimitable way. 
  With more than 100 stand-along anecdotes, observations and the occasional rant, 
  Parkin has created a football book for ages, destined to poke fun at The Beautiful 
  Game, the people who run it and the world in general. 
  With Parky, everything is on the table in a hilarious, sideways look at football and 
  the wonderful characters he’s come across so far.

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  Some Lines of Poetry - From the...

  bp Nichol

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  CBC BOOKS "CANADIAN POETRY COLLECTIONS TO WATCH FOR IN FALL 2024"For bpNichol’s 80th birthday, a selection of 80 pieces from his 1980s notebooks, an astounding trove of never-before-seen work.One of Canada’s most beloved poets, bpNichol (1944–1988), left a huge legacy of poetry, prose, scripts, comics, and playful interrogation of language after his untimely passing in 1988. In celebration of what would have been Nichol’s eightieth birthday, Some Lines of Poetry gathers excerpts from Nichol’s journals across the 1980s to give a unique perspective on craft, process, and a writer’s life. Featuring works in progress, insight into Nichol’s thinking, previously unpublished prose and lyric, visual, and sound poems, Some Lines of Poetry documents Nichol’s “apprenticeship to language” and his playful daily exploration of the limits of writing. Lovingly edited by noted poet-scholars Derek Beaulieu and Gregory Betts, who provide an afterword contextualizing Nichol’s practice, Some Lines of Poetry is a map of hidden corners, a guidebook to poetic play, and a tribute to Nichol’s ongoing influence. 
  "No other writer of our time and place was so diverse, attempted so much, and never lost sight of his intent." – Michael Ondaatje

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  (Un)lovable woman - Switch When...

  Sandra Vahle, Mary Green

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  (Un)lovable woman 
  Switch When You're Winning 
  Friends with benefits, sex without feelings, non-relationship - with today's understanding of love, the next heartbreak is just around the corner. True to the motto "switch when you're winning", it seems like the goal for the majority is moaning and fucking, preferably without any commitment or feelings. Has the time for love really run out? Are the romantic relationship models long outdated, while only our hearts haven't got the message yet? 
  We object to this notion, and we do so with this guidebook. Even in the 21st century, you can still hope for your happily ever after and real emotions. 
  If you are ready to fully enjoy your single life, experience a new love and celebrate your current situation with a little self-deprecation, then read - and swing when you're winning!

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  Tod is God - The Authorized...

  Tod Gordon, Sean Oliver, Terry Funk

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  The uncensored inside story of ECW's founder Tod Gordon's journey from jewelry store owner to one of the three most powerful promoters in pro wrestling. 
   
   
   
  In Tod is God—so named for a chant the ECW fans created to honor the founder—Gordon chronicles each step of the company's meteoric rise to prominence, as well as the elements that led to his removing himself from the company before its demise. Gordon's former partnership with ECW booker Paul Heyman made for magical TV and in-ring moments. The friendship between Gordon and Heyman, both a blessing and curse, was the once-in-a-lifetime bond responsible for so many of history's greatest teams, bands, and partners. Gordon has stayed silent on the causes for the split and, by doing so, assumed blame for it. Until now. 
   
   
   
  Tod is God is the closest you'll ever get to living ECW's ride to the top. Come sit beside Sandman, Sabu, Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, and other ECW stars as Gordon brings you inside the locker rooms, hotel rooms, and car rides. From the triumphs and breakthroughs to the frustrations and tragedies, you'll live it all alongside the man who started it all.

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  Cutting My Own Path - The Guy...

  Guy P. Wyser-Pratte

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  Known internationally as The Dean Of Risk Arbitrage, Guy Wyser-Pratte is a force majeure of shareholder activism. 
  Born to a Hungarian-Jewish father and an Austrian-Catholic mother, Guy (Ghee) has lived a life shaped by history, ambition, and risk. From an idyllic childhood on the beaches of Cannes to narrowly escaping war-torn Europe, his journey is one of resilience, fortune, and survival against all odds. His background as a US Marine Corps infantry officer foreshadows his ability to lead into a storm. 
  At just five years old, Guy was moments from death while attempting to crawl to freedom through a hole in a fence to Switzerland from Occupied Annecy, France. That near-death experience at the business end of a Nazi soldier's rifle, forever imprinted on his memory-becomming a defining moment of his life: a lesson in the fragility of fate, the necessity of taking risks when the stakes are highest, and the courage to cut your own path. 
  "Every time I uncovered corporate misbehavior at the expense of shareholders, I felt an immediate surge of purpose. I wasn't built to sit quietly and passively sweat out individual risk-arbitrage deals. That just wasn't me. By the 1990s, I was actively going after managements in the United States that were failing their shareholders." 
  -Guy Wyser Pratte 
  "There are men who follow the rules, and there are men who rewrite them. Guy Wyser-Pratte has never been interested in the former." 
  -Brig. Gen. Thomas V. Draude 
  Guy P. Wyser-Pratte, MBA is considered by many to be the founding father of shareholder activism. He is a U.S. Marine Corps Officer, an award-winning and celebrated arbatrageur, a fund manager with 38% returns, and sports a storied history of iconic, disruptive mischief in the name of shareholder value.

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  Elon Musk: Moving the World One...

  JR MacGregor

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  Put aside what you read on the web about Elon Musk. There is a significant amount more to him than just his genius and his accomplishments. 
   
  This book lays out the life that he had before arriving in the United States and looks at the boy inside who set a path for himself, and literally went through the fires of hell before getting the opportunities that he wished for. 
   
  He did not fall into wealth and he did not work his way up the corporate ladder, Elon made every bit of his life that you see today. 
   
  Some of the stories that you find in this book will shock and awe you and change the way you look at your own challenges. From arriving in a new country with just a few bucks and not knowing anyone, to working in farms and cleaning up after barn animals, to working in the fires of a toxic furnace. 
  Read about the man that is about to make this planet a safer place to live. 
   
  Elon Musk is an inspiration for a generation because he represents many of the values that define today’s Millennials and Generation X. From PayPal to Tesla, the driving force that built these icons of the imagination was the desire to make the world a better place for everyone – it was never about the money. 
   
  This book gives you a deeper look and analysis of a man that defies the traditional mold of industrialist, entrepreneur, and achiever. 
  Don’t wait any longer! Scroll up and click the ‘Buy Now’ button to learn more about this technology mogul!

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