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Now revised and updated to include reflections on the modern era of Red Sox baseball Commemorating the Boston Red Sox's unforgettable championship run in the fall of 2004, go behind the scenes and inside the dugout, bullpen, and clubhouse to discover how this team defied the ultimate odds. This oral history highlights how, during a span of just 76 hours, the Red Sox won four do-or-die games against their archrivals, the New York Yankees,...
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Chapbook of eight poems portraying the life of a medieval alchemist by SFPA Grandmaster Poet Bruce Boston. First published by Ocean View Books, 1985. The author's second speculative poetry collection. Includes reprints from Asimov's S F Magazine, Star*Line, and the legendary speculative poetry magazine Velocities.Bruce Boston lives in Ocala, Florida, once known as the City of Trees, with his wife, writer-artist Marge Simon, and the ghosts of two cats....
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Debut author Blaire Boston has written 21 new poems in this compelling collection. Stories by way of verse and truly honest poetic descriptions fuel this literary accomplishment meant to be shared with an audience of those who've suffered, loved, dreamed, and survived. We make reality and beauty is in those illusions.
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Humorous genre lists. In addition to the title piece, includes: Our Robot President: The First Hundred Days, Rules for Dealing with Your Teenage Werewolf Son, Excuses Why Your Monster Husband Cannot Come to the Phone, Things Not to Say at a Witch Burning, Signs You Could Be Living in a Virtual Reality,and twenty-five more.Reprints from Asimov's SF, Strange Horizons, Dreams and Nightmares, etc."It is witty, wise, and hysterically funny." -J. L. Comeau,...
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The Fifth Di... features some of the best science fiction and fantasy fiction and poetry. This issue features religious oppression, bizarre aliens, cocky captains, bizarre diplomacy and so much more. In this issue: Lou Antonelli, Bruce Boston, Wayne Carey, C.J. Carter-Stephenson, Jeffery Scott Sims, Francis W. Alexander, Robert P. Hansen, Kurt MacPhearson, and David C. Kopaska-Merkel.
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My 100 Word Challenge StoriesI dared myself to write three short stories of 100 words each and one of them had to be true! I came in just slightly above 300 words for the trio. I hope you enjoy them.The first tale takes you to the affluent Beacon Hill section of Boston where it costs more to park your car than most people pay for a house mortgage.
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The Meat-Cutter's Guide to going Vegan examines the prejudices of society towards vegetarians. The book has advice for parents whose teenage child suddenly announces, "I am a Vegan" There's also a starter kit for those who would like to dip their feet in the water and see what it's like to 'go green'. Included, are a few outstanding recipes. These topics and more are covered in a breezy, conversational tone by a longtime Boston area investigative...
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Her plan for a quiet weekend in Vermont were slowly unraveling . . . Samantha "Sam" Monroe is a bridesmaid at her brother's wedding. She's anticipating a nice weekend away from her life in Boston; where her estranged is in a coma and her former best friend is in jail awaiting trial for attempted murder. Complications include her bodyguard boyfriend, her loving but overbearing family, a bride looking for the perfect wedding, a missing father of the...
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Pudge marks the first biography of the Hall of Fame catcher, whose famous home run in the 1975 World Series has been called one of the greatest moment in the history of televised sport.
Carlton Fisk retired having played in more games and hit more home runs than any other catcher before him. A baseball superstar in the 1970s and 80s, Fisk was known not just for his dedication to the sport and tremendous plays but for the respect with which he treated...
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Partly an uplifting memoir, partly an impassioned call for action, Sir Peter Lampl's autobiography explains how a self-made entrepreneur amassed a fortune - and then describes why he chose to use it to help others. From his humble beginnings as the son of a Viennese refugee to realizing, at age 49, that he had made more money than he would ever be able to spend, this book chronicles Sir Peter's varied career and storied past. This is, after all, the...
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Title Quests: A Complete History of the National Football League's Championship Series is a retelling of a fascinating series of championship NFL Football contests that have seen scores ranging from 7–0 to 73–0, dark suspicions of underworld interference, a game played just inshore from a roiling Gulf of Mexico hurricane, featuring teams with names such as the Boston Redskins, Chicago Cardinals, and Cleveland Rams. These games have been played...
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Grahm Jr. College was arguably the best school in Boston for would be television and radio performers.Andy Kaufman (Latka on Taxi) studied Transcendental Meditation there; although no such course was offered.The author of this book, Bill Russo, studied Jazz and 'the Dozens' in the large campus near Fenway Park, although no such course was offered.In Part One of this book, Russo (the author of several books, including The Creature From The Bridgewater...
13) Outcast 1883
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No-one takes a woman seriously in the Dakotas, least of all a woman of mixed race who owns the only general store in Flats Junction. But Kate has never let her heritage or her gender stand in her way. Not even when shy, Boston-bred widow Jane moved to town and stole her beloved. Not even when her Lakota mother was forced to flee after her house mysteriously burned down. But now a posse of outlaws is threatening her supplies, and making demands on...
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Starting out with just two short stories, my book was to be, "A Pair of Shorts" but when the collection grew, I had to change the name. The third story in this preview edition (with FIVE STAR REVIEWS) has been termed "One of the most unusual stories on Smashwords and that's saying something.". It's a sharp contrast to the humor of the first narrative, a fictional tale hatched in a dorm room from my very real college days in Boston back in the 1960s....
15) Three Sisters
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Three Boston sisters are alone after the death of their father. The oldest is a tomboy and teased by her sisters that she will never find a husband. The middle sister, Debbie, is a twin to the oldest, Callie. She is Suzy homemaker and at twenty one still hopeful that she might marry and have a family. The youngest girl, Emily, has just been jilted and left without hope for a marriage. She has become bitter toward men. The three decide to take a wagon...
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While seeking refuge from a storm in a warehouse on the docks of Astoria, Hannah Morgan discovers the entire collection of the most famous art theft in the world. When she decides to return the collection to the Gardner Museum, Hannah embarks upon a personal journey of transformation that begins as an adventure on the open road, but soon develops into a test of her resolve and endurance as she evades the sinister grip of the shadowy custodian of the...
17) Till I Come Home
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Nominated for the Eric Hoffer Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing
Awarded 5-Stars from Readers' Favorite
Boston, 1763 the Seven Year war is ending, but what Eliza doesn't know is a new war is coming, a conflict that could threaten everything and everyone she loves. Come on this journey with her as she tries to find her way in this rapidly changing world of war and intrigue which tests her loyalty and love. Can she protect her family while...
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About the Book Curriculum for Black Parents is an instructional curriculum for teachers and childhood education professionals who facilitate parenting groups on how best to raise, nurture, support, and care for their children. Unlike most parenting curricula, Curriculum for Black Parents acknowledges how racism and racial injustice affect Black parents and Black children, highlighting the fears and struggles that are particular to Black families....
19) Short: A Novel
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When Joe Gallagher goes to work for an energy trading company in Boston , he soon finds that pursuit of his ambition to strike it rich in the markets will plunge him into a whirlwind, literally. As the firm's traders jockey to make bets on the effects of an upcoming hurricane, Gallagher must choose between following the careful dictates his old school veteran mentor, Andrews... Or become a disciple of The Ghost, a newly-hired boss whose maverick...
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In April of 1895, a Nova Scotian by the name of Joshua Slocum set sail from Boston with the goal of circumnavigating the globe by himself. Three years and 46,000 miles later, he would publish the story of his journey, Sailing Alone Around the World, an instant classic that has since never been out of print. A decade later, in 1909, Slocum set sail for the Amazon and was never seen again.
More than a century later another Nova Scotian adventurer,...