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The Bradleys, Sam Drucker, Herby, Charlie and Floyd are decorating the Cannonball for it's annual Christmas Eve trip of caroling, gift-giving and merriment around the valley, but Homer Bedloe is determined to be a Scrooge and take possession of the train on Christmas Eve.
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As America developed a huge appetite for its emerging passion in the late 19th century, one man stood above all other baseball players - Cannonball Crane. He was the biggest, strongest, and the heaviest star the game had. His record heave in the Polo Grounds set a record for a 'long throw' that probably still stands today - as does his 428 batting average for Toronto. That mark is still far and away the high water mark for any pitcher in the nearly...
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
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2022
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Look out, below! Whether he’s playing football, howling for his dinner, or writing on his typewriter, Snoopy always makes a splash. Along the way, his brother Marbles pays a visit, Sally goes to beanbag camp, Marcy is recruited for the school safety patrol, and Charlie Brown hopes his baseball team can finally win a game — or at least avoid getting rained on while they lose. Dive in and join the Peanuts gang in this thrilling collection...
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Byron Rogers' latest collection of travel pieces follows the formula of his book An Audience with an Elephant: in search of-and finding-a remarkable array of quirky, whimsical and singular individuals. But as well as such characters as the pensioner on a Saga holiday who decided to swim across the Amazon, this book sees for the first time Rogers meeting a number of undeniably famous people: Hollywood stars, legends of children's radio serials he had...
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Marvel Worldwide, Inc
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Don your dazzling dresses and tailored tuxedos - it's time for the second annual Hellfire Gala! And the highlight will be the election of a new team of X-Men! But can Emma Frost hold everything together when a shocking revelation threatens to derail her big night? Meanwhile, a nefarious party crasher leads to a high-stakes mission for Wolverine and Spider-Man! Plus: Cannonball and Sunspot lead their fellow runners-up from last year's X-Men election...
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Explore the chilling history behind some of southwestern Pennsylvania's most horrifying murders.
In 1907, a young girl was found dead in the Lyric Theatre, leaving behind an unwanted pregnancy and an abusive lover. On an otherwise quiet morning in 1891, a cartful of nitroglycerin exploded. The remains of the driver had to be gathered in a peck basket. The Cannonball Express lived up to its name in 1888, when an open switch caused it to shoot off...
10) McNally's Bluff
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Lawrence Sanders's beloved sleuth Archy McNally returns in a novel by Vincent Lardo. In the final book in Lawrence Sanders's bestselling series, Archy McNally jumps into a murderous labyrinth that could be the Palm Beach detective's final act The night Palm Beach society has been eagerly awaiting has finally arrived. Matthew Hayes, once the human cannonball in a traveling carnival and now a retired millionaire, is unveiling his Amazin' Maze, styled...
11) Branded
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Draven has spent centuries on this earth: most of it alone, full of anger and wishing to rain down his vengeful fury on the people who wronged him in his life. But all that matters to him right now is finding the next mortal to stick his fangs in, take his fill and exist. He didn't realise how much that was about to change.Aliyah, a young, fiery woman full of sass and spunk cannonballs into Draven's world like a wrecking ball and shatters his stoic...
12) Knave vs. Spy
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Priscilla Pembroke is the perfect spy-female, forty, and practically invisible. No one would ever suspect a proper American lady of carrying seditious documents that could well become a prelude to war with England. But when her ship is cannonballed to splinters-and she is unable to swim-both her mission to end slavery and her life are about to come to a tragic end.At twenty-five, Camran Slayter is set to become captain of a Royal Navy ship. The scars...
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The frank and revealing memoirs of James Lowry, a young surgeon in Nelson's Mediterranean fleet 1797 to 1804.This is his hand-written journal, never intended for publication, describing his rugged life afloat and fascinating (often erotic) adventures ashore.As one reviewer wrote, it is a "fantastic primary [historical] source and is full of firsthand accounts of several conflicts in His Majesty's Navy. While he describes details of battles hitherto...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS1) Banished… for GOOD or, Busted On KT-22Fly-on-The-Wall or, Slide Mountain Hubris2) A Gringo Makes The Earth Quake or, Bad Day At Puerto Peñasco3) Ponderosa Safety Meeting or, Rescue in the High Sierra4) "SHEET!" or, Communication Breakdown, Mexico Style5) A Taste of Valle de Bravo or, Flyers' Paradise6) The Swizzle Stick From Hell or, a Turd in Paradise7) A Valle Purchase or Panties From Heaven8) Soup Kitchen Sally Gets Some...
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Steidl
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2022.
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This book is Henry Leutwyler's (born 1961) meticulous photographic record of the treasures of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva. In his trademark style, Leutwyler does not merely document objects but creates portraits of them, conjuring their past lives and imbuing the inanimate with character. Leutwyler sifted through the nearly 30,000 objects in the museum, shaping a selection that conveys the vital functions of the Red...
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Cannonball Books, an imprint of Canon Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"He zigs when the flock zags. He blahs when the flock bleats. He howls at the moon when the flock sleeps. The flock thinks Blah Blah isn't a proper sheep at all. It's not until a sneaky coyote arrives that the flock learns just how much they need this brave little sheep. Join Blah Blah Black Sheep and his friend Blaze the Bull Snake as they risk it all to defend the farm."--Inside front jacket flap.
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