The Expositor and Current Anecdotes

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Category : Homiletical illustrations
Languages : en
Pages : 956

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The Expositor and Current Anecdotes

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Category : Homiletical illustrations
Languages : en
Pages : 956

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Serendipity

Serendipity PDF Author: Madonna Dries Christensen
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491776420
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Serendipity: Moments in time and place A diverse blend of storytellers from around the world share their experiences with the mystery, magic, and power of serendipity.

Under and Alone

Under and Alone PDF Author: William Queen
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0345487524
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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In 1998, William Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. When a “confidential informant” made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to take an agent inside the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols (the scourge of Southern California, and one of the most dangerous gangs in America), Queen jumped at the chance, not realizing that he was kicking-starting the most extensive undercover operation inside an outlaw motorcycle gang in the history of American law enforcement. Nor did Queen suspect that he would penetrate the gang so successfully that he would become a fully “patched-in” member, eventually rising through their ranks to the office of treasurer, where he had unprecedented access to evidence of their criminal activity. After Queen spent twenty-eight months as “Billy St. John,” the bearded, beer-swilling, Harley-riding gang-banger, the truth of his identity became blurry, even to himself. During his initial “prospecting” phase, Queen was at the mercy of crank-fueled criminal psychopaths who sought to have him test his mettle and prove his fealty by any means necessary, from selling (and doing) drugs, to arms trafficking, stealing motorcycles, driving getaway cars, and, in one shocking instance, stitching up the face of a Mongol “ol’ lady” after a particularly brutal beating at the hands of her boyfriend. Yet despite the constant criminality of the gang, for whom planning cop killings and gang rapes were business as usual, Queen also came to see the genuine camaraderie they shared. When his lengthy undercover work totally isolated Queen from family, his friends, and ATF colleagues, the Mongols felt like the only family he had left. “I had no doubt these guys genuinely loved Billy St. John and would have laid down their lives for him. But they wouldn’t hesitate to murder Billy Queen.” From Queen’s first sleight of hand with a line of methamphetamine in front of him and a knife at his throat, to the fearsome face-off with their decades-old enemy, the Hell’s Angels (a brawl that left three bikers dead), to the heartbreaking scene of a father ostracized at Parents’ Night because his deranged-outlaw appearance precluded any interaction with regular citizens, Under and Alone is a breathless, adrenaline-charged read that puts you on the street with some of the most dangerous men in America and with the law enforcement agents who risk everything to bring them in.

Let the Credits Roll

Let the Credits Roll PDF Author: Barbara Baker
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786416793
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 253

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What exactly is a best boy or a grip? As the credits roll at the end of every film, listing the names of all the individuals who contributed to its making, many viewers have no idea what these people do. This book reveals the mystery behind the job titles as crew members tell their stories, explaining what their jobs are, how they came to have a career in filmmaking and their many experiences both serious and comic. The author has conducted interviews with 33 accredited members of film production crews from many different American and British films. Each interview includes a brief introduction to the person as well as their filmography. Examples of individuals interviewed include: an assistant director, a best boy, a boom operator, a foley artist, a grip, a set decorator, a storyboard artist and a wrangler.

The Smart Set

The Smart Set PDF Author:
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Category : Literature, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 752

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North of Crazy

North of Crazy PDF Author: Neltje
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250088143
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Imagine a world of Gatsby-esque glamor, opulence, and cultural prestige, of exclusive parties and elegant dinners, of literary luminaries including Somerset Maugham, Daphne du Maurier, Irving Stone, and Theodore Roethke, of Manhattan townhouses and country estates. This is a world where children are raised by nannies, tutors, chauffeurs, gardeners, butlers, maids, and assorted staff, sent off to private schools—and largely ignored by their parents. Publishing magnate Nelson Doubleday’s daughter, Neltje, was raised to assume her place as a society matron. But beneath a seemingly idyllic childhood, darker currents ran: a colorful but alcoholic father whose absences left holes, a mother incapable of love, a family divided by money and power struggles, and a secret that drove the young woman into emotional isolation. North of Crazy is her story—written with the same fierce passion, wit, and emotion that drove her off the conventional path to reconstruct her life from base zero. She became an artist, cattle rancher, and entrepreneur.

The Conservator

The Conservator PDF Author:
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Category : Social problems
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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The Automotive Manufacturer

The Automotive Manufacturer PDF Author:
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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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The Educational Review

The Educational Review PDF Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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The Delineator

The Delineator PDF Author: R. S. O'Loughlin
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Category : Dressmaking
Languages : en
Pages : 1012

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