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"HowYaGettin'On?" is how downtown St. John's, Newfoundland, corner boy Snook says hello. He's been hanging around, telling yarns, and having a laugh for over thirty years now, and this is his welcome for you to read all about some of that. Known as a fast talker and funny laugher, Snook finally jotted down some of his musings on . . . stuff-all sorts of stuff. Some of it's actually half-decent, as they say. So have a sit (wherever you please, or need...
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Here is your chance to go inside the huddle of the Ohio State Buckeyes, into their locker room and onto the sidelines, your chance to join your favorite players on the team plane, and at the team hotel. Go behind the scenes and peek into the private world of the players, coaches and decision makers, eavesdropping on their personal conversations. Read why Buckeyes and U.S. Presidents have mixed and mingled often through the years, often with humorous...
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The story of Sooner football from those who lived it. The most outstanding voices of the University of Oklahoma football tradition come together in this collection of stories. Sooner fans will relish the intimate stories told by Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops, Steve Owens, Billy Sims, Josh Heupel, Jason White, and other figures they have come to cherish. One phrase, one season, or one particular game cannot capture the spirit of Sooner football; instead,...
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Examining a simple questionWhat is so special about Ohio State football?this book provides a forum for the schools greatest players and coaches from the past nine decades to express why they are so proud to be a part of the storied tradition that is Buckeye football. Many players took this unique and exclusive opportunity to set the record straight about a few topics that have never before been addressed, including Rex Kern revealing what happened...
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Perhaps the author could say Hannah's Dancing Bear is a recycling project - so much better than the original.
About sixty years ago, when the author was in the third or fourth grade, the teacher told her to write a poem. The subject: her own teddy bear, George. Her older cousin had “kidnapped” George from some girl and gave him to her.
George had no eyes, and one ear was torn half off. There's lots of wear and tear in teddy bear's life. Marygrace...
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Here is your chance to go inside the huddle, head into the locker room, or grab a seat on the sidelines. This is your exclusive pass to get on the team plane or have breakfast at the team hotel. Go behind the scenes and peek into the private world of the players, coaches, and decision makers and eavesdrop on their conversations.
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Between the Crimean War and the dawn of the 20th century, the British Army was almost continuously engaged in one corner of the globe or another, in military operations famously characterized by Kipling as the 'savage wars of peace'. In his new work on the most dramatic Victorian campaigns Mike Snook brings the most dramatic clashes of the age of empire back to life. Here focuses closely on defeat and disaster-the occasions when things went badly...
9) Make It Right: 5 Steps to Align Your Manufacturing Business from the Frontline to the Bottom Line
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Leading a manufacturing business does not need to be so difficult!
Manufacturing can be frustrating because of endless people challenges, equipment failures, schedule interruptions, and the looming threat of major quality issues. Labor costs rise, employee and customer expectations increase, manufacturing budgets are cut — and you're required to deliver more with less.
In this groundbreaking book, Kevin Snook reveals how the manufacturing leader...
10) Bill's Dinosaur
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"Tell me a story." My sister, brother and I frequently made this request of our mother. No matter what she was doing, washing dishes, baking bread, or putting us to bed at night, Mom would stir up a story from scratch. She had an enchanted imagination, and we never tired of her tales.
On Saturday mornings, we could listen to stories on the radio before there was TV. We could only imagine the word pictures as we listened.
Even in grade school, some...
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Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the annals of military history. In the morning, a modern British army was swept aside by the onset of a seemingly unstoppable host at Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote border outpost on the Buffalo River, a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen recuperating hospital patients were passing another hot, monotonous day. News of the disaster across the river came like a bolt from...
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Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the long and distinguished history of the British Army. At noon a massive Zulu host attacked the 24th Regiment in its encampment at the foot of the mountain of Isandlwana, a distinctive feature that bore an eerie resemblance to the Sphinx badge of the outnumbered redcoats. Disaster ensued. Later that afternoon the victorious Zulus would strike the tiny British garrison at Rorkes Drift....
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In the early 1880s the Mahdi unleashed a spectacularly successful jihadist uprising against Egyptian colonial rule in the Sudan. Early in1884 Cairo bowed to British pressure to withdraw. Beyond the Reach of Empire describes how Major General Charles Gordon was dispatched to evacuate Khartoum and turn the Sudan over to self-rule. It goes on to explain how and why the mission backfired, and then homes in on Sir Garnet Wolseley's planning and execution...
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Soulmates volume 1
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Nikki and Franklin's marriage struggles in the shadow of the soulmate test.
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"Vietnam Abyss: A Journal of Unmerited Grace" is the inspiring true story of Michael J. Snook, a Vietnam Veteran, who served in the US Army and after returning home from the war descended into the darkness of chronic and debilitating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Developing severe alcoholism, he becomes insane and experiences multiple confinements in a Veterans Administration psychiatric ward. Later after encountering an "Angel" and through...
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"Winner of the George Terry Award" United States Army LTC Scott A. Snook serves as an Academy Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership at the United States Military Academy. He also directs West Point's Center for Leadership and Organizations Research.
On April 14, 1994, two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters accidentally shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopters over Northern Iraq, killing all twenty-six peacekeepers onboard....
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This book is to teach Christian believers how to become an effective Intercessor using the Holy Scriptures as a total basis of their works of faith through prayer. It teaches how to be patient and not to become anxious as you are waiting for the answer to prayer, and it teaches how to work your measure of faith. The first part of the book consist of teaching and the later part of this book follows with examples of intercessory prayers, listing scriptures...
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Practical and theoretical instruction for mainline church planting.
Written specifically for the Episcopal Church, but with mainline applications, by a well-known, widely respected author.
The Episcopal Church has recognized that planting new churches is a high priority through the Mission Enterprise Zones initiative, which provides grant funding for new worshiping communities, in partnership with dioceses. While there is significant literature and...
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Compete in the digital world with pragmatic strategies for success
Digital Sense provides a complete playbook for organizations seeking a more engaged customer experience strategy. By reorganizing sales and marketing to compete in today's digital-first, omni-channel environment, you gain newfound talent and knowledge from the resources already at hand. This audiobook provides two pragmatic frameworks for implementing and customizing a new marketing...