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  Pepsodent Show The - Volume 2 -...

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  The name Leslie Townes Hope is not the most familiar to us.  Born in Eltham, London on May 29th, 1903 he and his family emigrated to the United States aboard the SS Philadelphia before moving to Cleveland, Ohio. 
   
  Although he entered show business in the 1920's it was only in 1928 that he changed his name to the one and only Bob Hope. 
   
  Stints in Vaudeville and then Broadway were followed by his radio debut in 1932 and feature films in 1938.   
   
  1938 was a banner year for Bob Hope as it was also the debut season for the eventual decade running smash-hit radio show: The Pepsodent Show.  Despite the sponsors, name getting the billing this was Hope’s show.   
   
  His opening monologue was the result of his hiring from his own pocket – he had an extravagant salary from the sponsor - of a team of 8 writers to write top notch jokes and skits.  His comic timing turned him into a sensation.  The show was so popular that it had its pick of the best of show business stars. Everyone wanted in. 
   
  Now its time to cut the talk and get ready for laughs.  It’s time for Bob Hope and his guests.

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  CLAMPdown - The lowdown on the...

  Ian Wolf

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  Read the only book containing an appendix of eye losses, makes reference to hand gel depicting a gay assassin, and to compare a group of all-women Japanese comic book artists to a German electronic band. 
  In early 2020, Ian Wolf - manga critic in print and online, autistic comedic data specialist, and some time question writer for Richard Osman's House of Games - decided that the best way to keep himself occupied while Britain was in Covid lockdown was to write a humorous book about his favorite manga artists - CLAMP... the women behind such works as Cardcaptor Sakura, xxxHOLiC, X and Magic Knight Rayearth. 
  If you want to find out why the cases of the CLAMP School Detectives sound like challenges from Taskmaster, why almost everything in Magic Knight Rayearth is named after a car, why the British Museum illustrated their manga exhibit using the soft-core lesbian manga Miyuki-chan in Wonderland, or why the Cardcaptor Sakura Kinomoto's best friend has more than a whiff of The Fast Show's 13th Duke of Wybourne about her, this is the book for you.

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  Serial Killer Trivia -...

  Michelle Kaminsky

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  This collection of trivia for true crime fanatics covers mind-blowing details you never knew about Jeffrey Dahmer, BTK, Aileen Wuornos, and others.   This bloody and completely true trivia collection will horrify and intrigue readers, with answers to questions like: “What was John Wayne Gacy’s last meal?”; “Which serial killer was captured because of a bloody footprint left on his victim?”; “Who was the FBI agent credited with coining the term ‘serial killer’?”; and “How was one mass murderer able to get away with selling his victim’s skeletons to medical students?”   Perfect for any murderino, true crime junkie or connoisseur of macabre tales, this fact-packed book quizzes readers on their true crime knowledge and offers fascinating stories of well-known murderers as well as lesser-known, but just as nefarious, killers. You’ll be surprised at how many fascinating tidbits you’ll learn about the world’s most cold-blooded and dangerous people.

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  Essential Sustainable Home...

  Chris Magwood

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  Design your own sustainable home Many people dream of building a beautiful, environmentally friendly home. But until now there has been no systematic guide to help potential builders work through the complete process of imagining, planning, designing, and building their ideal, sustainable home. Essential Sustainable Home Design  walks potential homebuilders through the process starting with key concepts, principles, and a project vision that will guide the house to completion.Coverage includes:How to clarify your ideas and create a practical pathway to achieving your dreamA criteria matrix to guide design, material, and systems decisionsCreating a strong, integrated design team and working with professionals and code officials to keep the project on track from start to finish.Key building science concepts that make for a high-performance, durable buildingPrimer on building logistics, material sourcing, and protocols to ensure that the initial vision for the project comes to fruition.One-page summaries and ratings of popular sustainable building materials and system options.Ideal for owner-builders and sustainable building contractors working with clients aiming to design and build a sustainable home. Chris Magwood  has designed and built some of the most innovative, sustainable buildings in North America, including the first off-grid, straw bale home in Ontario. He is co-founder and director the Endeavour Centre for Innovative Building and Living and co-editor of the Sustainable Building Essentials series. Chris is the author of  Essential Prefab Straw Bale Construction, Essential Hempcrete Construction, Straw Bale Details, More Straw Bale Building  , and  Making Better Buildings  .

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  Other Axis & Allied Armored...

  George Bradford

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  This fully illustrated volume presents an authoritative and highly detailed study of WWII’s lesser-known armored fighting vehicles.   The iconic tanks of WWII, such as America’s Shermans and the Germany’s Panzers, have been exhaustively studied. In Other Axis & Allied Armored Fighting Vehicles, military historian and technical artist George Bradford offers an in-depth look at a range of significant yet often-overlooked models.    This volume is filled with fine-scale drawings of Australian, Belgian, Canadian, Czech, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, and South African armored vehicles, including: ·       Centauro Tank Destroyer (Italy) ·       TKS Light Reconnaissance Tank (Poland) ·       Ram “Kangaroo” Personnel Carrier (Canada) ·       Renault R-35 Light Tank (France) ·       Type 3 Chi-nu Heavy Tank (Japan) ·       Scorpion AC1 Cruiser Tank (Australia) ·       TACAM R-2 Tank Hunter (Romania) ·       And many, many more . . .

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  Finding the Funny

  Tammy Pescatelli

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  Wife and mother Tammy Pescatelli, winner of Comedy Central's Stand-up Showdown, lives the same life that you do — except that she makes it seem hilarious in this spirited one-hour comedy special.

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