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  A Place to Call Home - Timeless...

  James T. Farmer

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  The acclaimed interior designer combines rich tradition with modern sensibilities in this beautifully photographed book of homes across the deep South. James Farmer’s design firm works with clients across the South who want to turn their houses into homes. Now Farmer takes readers on a guided tour of eleven home projects—from makeovers to remodels and new construction—as he brings together a cultivated mix of high and low, storied and new, collected and found; presenting them all as a thoughtfully exhibited array of taste, style, good architecture, and interior comfort. Woven alongside beautiful photography of interiors and exteriors are personal stories James shares about living in the South, the people in his life, and how he fell in love with home design. A Place to Call Home is a beautiful book to inspire Southern style at home―infusing the new with antique, vintage, and heirloom pieces.

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  Swifty McVay Presents: The...

  Swifty McVay

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  The Seventh Star is a deeply personal, unflinching and unapologetic memoir that sheds light on an intense childhood spent on Detroit's notorious West 7 Mile, the pivotal role that the area's hip hop scene played, and the rise to national prominence Swifty McVay and his peers experienced after the massive mainstream success of the group D12. 
  Ondre Moore, better known by his stage name Swift—or Swifty McVay—speaks plainly here, telling the inside story of how the members of D12 met and how their relationships have evolved throughout the years. He describes D12's close connection and initially mixed reaction to a then little-known rapper, Marshall Mathers III, better known as Eminem. 
  But Swifty also details the significant struggles each of them overcame in their personal and professional lives—including the bleak and brutal deaths of group members Bugz and Proof—as they rose through the ranks in the demanding world of rap. Finding anchors in sobriety and spirituality, Swifty continues to challenge himself creatively as he releases solo albums and tours today. 
  The Seventh Star is the unique story of an artist finding his voice in America's heartland, succinctly and intimately told by a creative powerhouse in the world of hip hop.

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  People We Meet: Unforgettable...

  NPR

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  Nationally known NPR on-air personalities—including Melissa Block, David Greene, Rachel Martin, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Susan Stamberg and many more—share the lasting impressions made during interviews with a wide variety of exceptional individuals. Each story is introduced by the NPR host and offers a candid account of how the encounter was particularly meaningful to them.These are thought-provoking and emotionally resonant interviews with both the famous and the nearly anonymous, who reveal themselves over the course of a conversation in delightful, moving, and surprising ways.Contents:Introduction by David GreeneA Songwriter and an Army Dad Share One Touching Story (Connie Harrington and Paul Monti with Melissa Block)Stephen King on Getting Scared (Stephen King with David Greene)Autistic Slaughterhouse Inspector Calms Cattle (Temple Grandin with Daniel Zwerdling)Ingrid Betancourt’s Six Years in the Jungle (Ingrid Betancourt with Guy Raz)Killed for Taking Part in “Everybody’s Fight” (Sally Liuzzo-Prado with Karen Grigsby Bates)Day by Day: A Mother’s Life with Cancer (Neeley Wells with Rachel Martin)Self-Help Group for Facially Disfigured (Betsy Wilson with Susan Stamberg)With Fading Memory, Terry Pratchett Revisits “Carpet People” (Terry Pratchett with Arun Rath)“Lunch Lady” Author Helps Students Draw Their Own Heroes (Jarrett Krosoczka with Michelle Norris)How One Woman’s Faith Stopped a School Shooting (Antoinette Tuff with Michel Martin)Teen from Sarajevo (Irena Milic with Scott Simon)Katrina Survivors Donald and Colleen Bordelon (Colleen Bordelon with Steve Inskeep)Don’t Call This 12-Year-Old Pianist and Composer a Prodigy (Emily Bear with David Greene)

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  Adventures of Sam Spade The: The...

  Jason James, Robert Tallman

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  Sam Spade dictates a letter through Effie to John M Lawless a known gangster who hired Sam Spade yesterday. The subject was Joe Moralis. Flashback to when San Francisco was recovering from VJ Day and crime was practically at a standstill because the number one competitor in the west coast mob’s had just been wiped in a hit and run accident out and Lawless was on trial for the same. Nothing about the trial made any sense that Lawless was taking the rap for his best friend Joe Moralis and what made even less sense was that the lawyer defending him was Joe’s brother.

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  NowU

  Carl Amari

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  Christine Garrison talks with Carl and Lisa about NowU.com a website that mature Americans will want to learn about. Plus, we will hear Cary Grant in Mr. and Mrs. Blandings, The Cisco Kid, The Mysterious Traveler, and the detective adventure Broadway is My Beat.
  A Falcon Picture Group audio production.

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  Mathematics in Twentieth-Century...

  Robert Tubbs

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  The author of What Is a Number? examines the relationship between mathematics and art and literature of the 20th century. 
   
  During the twentieth century, many artists and writers turned to abstract mathematical ideas to help them realize their aesthetic ambitions. Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and, perhaps most famously, Piet Mondrian used principles of mathematics in their work. Was it coincidence, or were these artists following their instincts, which were ruled by mathematical underpinnings, such as optimal solutions for filling a space? If math exists within visual art, can it be found within literary pursuits? In short, just what is the relationship between mathematics and the creative arts? 
   
  In this exploration of mathematical ideas in art and literature, Robert Tubbs argues that the links are much stronger than previously imagined and exceed both coincidence and commonality of purpose. Not only does he argue that mathematical ideas guided the aesthetic visions of many twentieth-century artists and writers, Tubbs further asserts that artists and writers used math in their creative processes even though they seemed to have no affinity for mathematical thinking. 
   
  In the end, Tubbs makes the case that art can be better appreciated when the math that inspired it is better understood. An insightful tour of the great masters of the last century and an argument that challenges long-held paradigms, this book will appeal to mathematicians, humanists, and artists, as well as instructors teaching the connections among math, literature, and art. 
   
  “Though the content of Tubbs’s book is challenging, it is also accessible and should interest many on both sides of the perceived divide between mathematics and the arts.” —Choice

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