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  Blues for Cannibals - The Notes...

  Charles Bowden

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  The author of Murder City and Down by the River reflects on the destructive nature of American culture.Cultivated from the fierce ideas seeded in Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals is an elegiac reflection on death, pain, and a wavering confidence in humanity’s own abilities for self-preservation. After years of reporting on border violence, sex crimes, and the devastation of the land, Bowden struggles to make sense of the many ways in which we destroy ourselves and whether there is any way to survive. Here he confronts a murderer facing execution, sex offenders of the most heinous crimes, a suicidal artist, a prisoner obsessed with painting portraits of presidents, and other people and places that constitute our worst impulses and our worst truths. Painful, heartbreaking, and forewarning, Bowden at once tears us apart and yearns for us to find ourselves back together again.“A thrillingly good writer whose grandness of vision is only heightened by the bleak originality of his voice.” —Ron Hansen, The New York Times Book Review “A major literary work of profound social consciousness . . . [Bowden] writes with the intensity of Joan Didion, the voracious hunger of Henry Miller, the feral intelligence and irony of Hunter Thompson, and the wit and outrage of Edward Abbey . . . This is gutsy, soulful, pyrotechnic, significant. And transformative writing.” —Donna Seaman, Chicago Tribune “A vivid, lyrical journey through the American Southwest . . . [but] this book is no travelogue. Rather, it is a visceral exploration of a much darker landscape, that of the human psyche.” —Debra Ginsberg, The San Diego Union-Tribune“A book of absolutely furious beauty . . . At the height of [Bowden’s] rapturous indignation, with majestic lamentations stretching out almost to the snapping point, he sounds like Walt Whitman in a very bad mood . . . Sweet bloody Jerusalem, when he’s cooking, who can touch him?” —David Kipen, San Francisco Chronicle

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  Shawshank Redemption Decoded...

  Filmic Universe

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  THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION DECODED: TRIVIA, CURIOUS FACTS AND BEHIND THE SCENES SECRETS 
  EXTENDED EDITION 
    
  CREATED BY: FILMIC UNIVERSE 
    
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  Do you think you know everything about THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION? 
    
  Do you want to know more than 100 curious facts and secrets of Frank Darabont's film? 
    
  This eBook is full of information about one of the best movies of 1994. You will find and REALLY LOVE abundant behind the scenes secrets. You can test your knowledge about this movie here. 
    
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  HERE SOME EXAMPLES: 
    
  - Morgan Freeman threw the baseball for the entire nine hours without a word of complaint. He showed up for work the next day with his left arm in a sling. 
    
  - Morgan Freeman's favorite film of his own. 
    
  - Stephen King has considered this to be one of his favorite film adaptations based on his own work. 
    
  - Frank Darabont watched "Goodfellas (1990)" every Sunday while shooting this film, and drew inspiration from it, on using voice-over narration and showing the passage of time. 
    
  - Although it is never directly stated in the film, Brooks is in prison for allegedly murdering his wife and daughter after a losing streak at poker. 
    
  - Frank Darabont decided not to have the deleted scenes on the DVD release of the film, because he is embarrassed by them, and doesn't want them to be seen publicly. 
    
  - Despite being widely considered as one of the greatest movies of all time, it didn't receive a single Oscar win, though it was nominated for seven, including Best Picture. 
    
  AND MUCH MORE!

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  Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things

  Cy Tymony

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  The author of Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things is back with an all-new compendium of creative inventions you can make at home.  Did you know that your standard issue of Sports Illustrated  can be turned into more than twenty useful gadgets? In Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things, Cy Tymony reveals how an ordinary magazine can become many extraordinary gadgets such as a compass, hearing aid, magnifier, peashooter, and bottle opener. Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things covers forty educational and unique projects that anybody can successfully complete with simple household items. The book includes a list of necessary materials, detailed sketches, and step-by-step instructions for each gadget and gizmo. Among the sneaky schemes are:  * Creating a electroscope out of a glass jar  * Turning a drinking cup into a speaker  * Using an AM radio as a metal detector  * Making a spy gadget jacket with over twenty individual sneaky uses ranging from a siren and whistle to a walkie-talkie and voice recorder

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  Betta Fish - The Ultimate Guide...

  Mathias S. Hawthorn

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  Do you keep Betta fish or are you thinking about buying some?Do you know how to look after them to make sure they have the best live possible?This book will help you to make the right choices!Betta fish are some of the most beautiful and colourful marine creatures alive. Their exquisite features and attractiveness means that they are the fish of choice for many when they are deciding on what to stock their home aquariums with. But, as with all pets, we must know how to care for them properly.This book, Betta Fish: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Bettas, shows you how to do that and will help you with all aspects of keeping and looking after your new Betta fish, with chapters that provide help with:- The anatomy of Betta fish- The history of them- How to care for Betta fish- Different breeds- Colouration and designs- And lots more…Your experiences with your new Betta fish will be fun and will add a new dimension to your life as you learn from these amazing animals every day. And with Betta Fish to help you, it will be easy to make sure they become a happy and contented member of your family.

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  Basic Rug Hooking - All the...

  Judy P Sopronyi

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  A comprehensive primer that will have you hooking your way through simple to more difficult projects—with step-by-step photos!   Rug hooking at its simplest is pulling loops of colorful wool fabric through a piece of linen backing to create beautiful designs for the floor or wall. Though in years past this was accomplished with a bent nail, a feed bag, and worn-out clothing, today we have specialized hooks and other tools that make the process much easier. In Basic Rug Hooking, you will learn what tools and materials you need to get started, and how to pull your first loops. Once you’ve learned and practiced the basics, you will be ready to try any of the five hooked projects included. Each project includes the pattern and complete step-by-step illustrated instructions.   The styles of rugs you can make once you’ve learned the basic hooking process are endless. Rug hookers today create traditional florals, bright geometrics, pictorials, portraits, and primitives perfect for the modern farmhouse. Basic Rug Hooking teaches you everything you need to know to start hooking today!

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  British Destroyers A-I and...

  Les Brown

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  The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, then moves to an extensive photographic survey of either a high-quality model or a surviving example of the ship. Hints on building the model, and on modifying and improving the basic kit, are followed by a section on paint schemes and camouflage, featuring numerous colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings. The strengths and weaknesses of available kits of the ships are reviewed, and the book concludes with a section on research references—books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.This new volume deals with the classes which represent the whole inter-war development of British destroyers, from the prototypes Amazon and Ambuscade of 1926—the first new post World War I design—to the powerful and radically different 'Tribal' class a decade later. These ships formed the backbone of Royal Navy destroyer flotillas in the Second World War.

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