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Annual cotton production exceeds 25 million metric tons and accounts for more than 40 percent of the textile fiber consumed worldwide. A key textile fiber for over 5000 years, this complex carbohydrate is also one of the leading crops to benefit from genetic engineering. Cotton Fiber Chemistry and Technology offers a modern examination of co
Bridget Bagley, a mother struggling with the grief of losing her son, Preston, who died after a head-on collision, creates a piece of jewelry the size of a business card to manage her grief healthily and productively and keep Preston’s spirit and legacy alive. Bridget made 1,500 of Preston’s Charms and passed them to people or left them in places for people to find them. The people who received or found Preston’s Charm passed it from one person to another. Since Preston’s Charm debut in 2019, it has traveled and been found in every state in the USA, 15 different countries, and 4 islands. In this book you’ll discover the spiritual power of Preston’s Charm and how it helped Bridget come to terms with Preston’s death and move forward with her life and also how Preston’s Charm inspired people, who received or found it, to practice empathy for Preston and Bridget and how it also helped them manage the grief of losing their Loved One more healthily and productively and move forward with their life.
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Groom, author of Forrest Gump and other fiction, provides a thoughtful narrative account of Confederate leader General Hood, as well as his military cohorts, troops, and nemeses, from their bizarre cat-and-mouse chase through Georgia and Tennessee to the horrors of the charge at Franklin. Excellent bandw photographs, maps. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
One of Humboldt's well-known horse breeders is brutally murdered, then left to burn in his barn along with his prized stallions. A Jack Logan client has been accused of the murder and Carson has been called in to investigate. However, getting to the truth is proving to be a real challenge. It seems no one, not even the accused, is capable of telling the truth. Greed, lust, infidelity, half-truths and the Memphis Mafia all seem to be involved, somehow. Sorting out the pieces and finding the real murderer, will be a monumental task. Carson becomes involved in the web of lies and faces one of his biggest challenges, as he tries to solve the case of Horse tales.
Preston Rhodes was an extraordinary writer. However his actress wife, Carly, didn't want him to over-shadow her talents so she set out to squash every opportunity that came his way. His father died and left Preston an extraordinary gift. It was his memoirs and Preston immediately saw that the book was literary genius. He set out to write a script and it was immediately touted as the next Gone With the Wind. He set out to sell the movie around the country until an errant bullet to his head sent him to a magical town where all the old Hollywood actors dwelled long after their starlight had been extinguished. Falling Waters was the town where spirits thrived and he was sure it was real. He was accepted and spent a lifetime amid the old stars of Hollywood. He met and interacted with all the greats. When he came out of his coma he tried to convince everyone that the town existed but nothing he could do would convince his friends. That is until they understood that miracles do happen.
In Silent Topics, film historian Anthony Slide looks at various under-discussed and generally undocumented areas of silent film. The two lengthiest essays discuss the release of British silent films in the United States and the contribution of gays and lesbians to American silent film. Other essays examine the cost of silent film production, the "Great Events" series produced by Technicolor in the 1920s, and the manner in which early sheet music exploited silent film personalities. There are career essays on the screen's first special effects specialist, Roy Pomeroy, actor/minister Neal Dodd, and Margerie Bonner, the wife of novelist Malcolm Lowry. Silent Topics also includes the only known interview with the most prominent of silent film composers, David Mendoza, as well as a personal discussion on the lack of talent among a number of silent screen actors and actresses.
A collection of four crime novels by Nick Sweet, now available in one volume! Bad in Bardino: After private investigator Art Blakey is hired to find the sister of femme fatale Inge Schwartz, bodies start to accumulate at an alarming pace. Discovering a link with a fictional Catalan city and the alleged kidnapper, Art gets tangled in a web of deception and passion. Navigating a web of ex-lovers, gangsters and art dealers, can he find the damsel in distress - or is it already too late? Flowers at Midnight: After dancer Bella takes pictures of opposition leader, Sir Alex Bolton, with a spy camera, people in high places plan to make sure that nothing will prevent Sir Alex from becoming Britainâ€...
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