Al Stump
Al Stump (1916–1995) was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. During World War II, he was a war correspondent, and afterward he worked as a sportswriter for national and regional publications, including Esquire, the Saturday Evening Post, True Magazine, American Heritage, Los Angeles Magazine, and Sports Illustrated. He wrote—both independently and in collaboration with famous athletes—six books, including Ty Cobb’s My Life in Baseball, Sam Snead’s Education of a Golfer, Champions against Odds, and The Champion Breed. His article, “Ty Cobb’s Wild 10-Month Fight to Live,” written for True Magazine, won the Best American Sport Story award of 1962. It was the basis for the 1994 motion picture Cobb, directed by Ron Shelton.
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As a boy in the 1890s, he went looking for thrills in a rural Georgia that still burned with the humiliation of the Civil War. As an old man in the 1960s, he dared death, picked fights, refused to take his medicine, and drove off all his friends and... Read more
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Corporate Turnaround Artistry
How to steer your business through times of financial distress and achieve sustained profitabilityCorporate Turnaround Artistry is a complete guide for entrepreneurial companies in times of financial distress-presenting effective strategies and proven methods to revive and rehabilitate your business. Uncertain economic times have significantly altered the financial resources available to ...
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All the Difference
All it takes is one word – yes or no – to decide Molly’s future. As the clock counts down to midnight and the ball slowly begins to drop, Molly’s picture-perfect boyfriend gets down on one knee and asks her to marry him. She knows she should say yes, especially considering the baby-sized surprise she just discovered she’s carrying. But something in her heart is telling her to say no… ...
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The Fourth Side of the Triangle
Frightfully rich and awesomely respectable, the McKells had never been touched by scandal. At least, not until the handsome Dane McKell discovered his father’s secret affair. Determined to protect his mother, he forced a meeting with the other woman.
But Dane didn’t count on falling in love with her himself. Nor did he count on the front page murder that engulfed them all. Sheila, exotic ...
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Communication the Cleveland Clinic Way
Put relationship-centered communication at the forefront of careToday, physicians face a hypercompetitive marketplace in which they must meet unique and complex patient needs as efficiently as possible. But in a culture prioritizing clinical outcomes above all, there can be a tendency to lose sight of one of the most critical aspects of providing effective care: the communication skills that ...
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By Any Other Name
New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp sets Regency Edinburgh aglitter for the holidays! Rylla Campbell is determined to rescue her brother from a life of dissipation, whether he wants to be rescued or not. But how to find him amid the gambling hells of Regency Edinburgh? By disguising herself as a young man, of course! Her scheme seems to be working, until Lord Gregory Rose sees through ...
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Kingpin
The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new virus: Someone-some brilliant, audacious crook-had just staged a hostile takeover of an online criminal network that siphoned billions of dollars from the U.S. economy.
The FBI rushed to launch an ambitious undercover operation aimed at tracking down this new kingpin. Other agencies around the world deployed dozens of moles ...
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Proper Breeding
It’s a ranch in the middle of nowhere…where thoroughbred stallions stand at stud for breeding. Gina’s husband Manny is thinking of investing in the place, but the studs that own the place seem more interested in Gina than any business deal. She and Manny want kids, but he’s infertile and lost interest in sex. So, while Manny does his due diligence, she lets them take her hard and ...
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Girls from da Hood 8
Urban Books’ popular Girls From da Hood series is back, bringing readers more dramatic tales about the lives of some tough, resourceful women who can hold their own when things get rough on the streets.
Gabby Davenport spent the first fifteen years of her life in the suburbs, living a privileged and sheltered existence. When her mother dies unexpectedly, she is forced to move from her middle ...
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The Major and the Pickpocket
“Trying to escape, were you?” Tassie bit her lip. Why hadn’t he turned her over to the constables? She certainly wasn’t going to try to run past him, even if he did have a limp. She was tall, but this man towered over her– six feet of hardened muscle, shoulders forbiddingly broad beneath his riding coat, strong booted legs set firmly apart. Major Marcus Forrester. All ready for action. ...
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Footprints in the Sand
Cairo 1887: A melting pot of jealousy, lust and revenge. Who will pay the ultimate price?Lucy Lawrence throws caution to the wind and embarks on a journey of self-discovery to the land of the pharaohs.Travelling to Cairo as the patron of the charming French Egyptologist, Armand Moreau, Lucy discovers an archaeological community plagued by professional rivalries and intrigue. It is soon apparent ...
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