Michael Lewis
1) Dreams
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Michael Lewis, team ambassador of the New Orleans Saints, is best known as a return specialist. Although Lewis did not play college football, he was signed by the Louisiana Bayou Beast in 1998. Lewis has also played for the New Orleans Thunder, New Jersey Red Dogs, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers. In 2000, Lewis' life would dramatically change as went from a former Budweiser beer truck driver (thus, the nickname "Beer...
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Jesus asked me directly to write this book on His blessings. He gave me most of the ideas to include in the book. You have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. This book has been written for special people interested in and committed to blessings. You are among a very fortunate group of blessed people. This book will be helpful in identifying your lifetime focus areas. Jesus can provide a successful way to work on them. He will provide your Christian support.
This...
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This book is intended to praise my 4 daughters. I helped raise them back 39 years when the first one was born. There was no pressure for me to write poems for them, but special times each year I wrote each one a loving poem. It included their birthday, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. There also were awards they earned in school and college graduations.
I wrote 500 poems over the past 39 years for my 4 daughters. I gave each one of...
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Stress, inconsiderate people, sweat, delays, really strange smells, massive crowds, wearying bureaucracy, funny conversations overheard, and startling things seen…these "joys" and more are the unavoidable facts of life for millions of commuters. Author Mike Lewis – writer, people person, observer of mankind, and fellow commuter – has regularly chronicled his adventures and gathered them into a collection of snarky, humorous, and informative...
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This book is focused on how much love I have for my wife, Brenda. She and Jesus are the most important two in my life. My 4 daughters are close to me as well. Brenda and I fell in love 36-years ago. After 2 years of dating and building our love for each other, we chose to be married.
Our relationship has followed the principles of my earlier book, How To Find A Good Companion. During all of our loving 30+ years together, I have written close to 500...
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Aimed at the popular market, this book will appeal to readers who do not want to be burdened by detail. It presents the authors conclusions based on facts and invites them to ponder the disturbing implications. Its succinct and readable style will appeal to those with busy lifestyles. An astonishing account of what it is like to die and experience a day in the Afterlife, during which the author was told how things really are! The author ventures into...
7) Stout
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In Stout, Michael Lewis, Ph.D, traces the changing view of this popular beer style from a medicinal tonic to its glorified position in today's beer world. Lewis covers the style completely-from history and commercial examples to recipes for home and professional brewing. The Classic Beer Style Series from Brewers Publications examines individual world-class beer styles, covering origins, history, sensory profiles, brewing techniques and commercial...
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Photography has been a passion, as has travel, for Michael S. Lewis M.D. for 30 years. The result is One World: a View of Seven Continents. Comprised of 234 magnificent full-color photographs, this book draws viewers into a world of exotic and ordinary places, architectural wonders, vast and small landscapes, people and animals – on land and under the sea. Each photograph is accompanied by a quotation – sometimes inspiring, sometimes humorous....
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This outrageous collection of inappropriate ads will have you turning the pages and shaking your head in disbelief. Outdated Advertising: Memories from a Less-than-PC Era takes a look at print advertising from the mid-1850s through the 1980s with an eye toward ads that were notorious for their sexist, racist, politically-incorrect, or other wildly inappropriate content—or for just plain bad taste. Among the dozens of full-color examples, readers...
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Welcome to "Mind Fucking AI," where I take the gloves off and go toe-to-toe with AI, hell-bent on proving my radical propulsion theory. This isn't just a book; it's a full-blown insurrection against the norms of science and technology. I'm not here to coddle your sensibilities; I'm here to shatter them.From the get-go, I'm throwing down the gauntlet. I don't care if you believe me or not; that's your problem. My mission? To drag an AI through the...
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An insightful Against the Rules collection that ultimately answers the question: can even Michael Lewis be coached? Journalist and bestselling author Michael Lewis' podcast Against the Rules is dedicated to examining what's happened to fairness. It feels like there's less of it every day, and one of the haves" of those who are better off includes access to coaching. But does having a coach help or hinder us? Don't Be Good, Be Great is a highly personal...
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Michael Lewis' neuer Bestseller Irren ist menschlich, sagen wir, und lassen uns immer wieder von unserem Bauchgefühl leiten. Michael Lewis geht dem Phänomen intuitiver Entscheidungsprozesse jetzt auf den Grund. Sujet seines neuen Buches Aus der Welt ist nicht mehr die Wall Street, sondern die faszinierende Freundschaft der weltbekannten Psychologen und Begründer der Verhaltensökonomie Daniel Kahneman und Amos Tversky. Beide haben unsere Annahmen...
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We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place compelled by the intertwining forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life on a much more local and regional scale. The Resilience Imperative argues for a major SEE (Social, Ecological, Economic) Change as a prerequisite for replacing the paradigm of limitless economic growth with a more decentralized, cooperative, steady-state economy.
The authors present a comprehensive series...
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Michael J. Lewis is the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art History at Williams College. His books include Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind, The Gothic Revival, and American Art and Architecture. His essays and reviews have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
A fascinating exploration of the urbanism at the heart of Utopian thinking
The vision of Utopia obsessed the nineteenth-century...
15) Retribution
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Lieutenant Jason Conrad is living the dream. College graduate, married to a beautiful model, waiting to start Air Force pilot training. When Jason is offered the trip of a lifetime, how could he say no? But the trip quickly turns into more than he bargained for, and Jason is in a fight for his life! At the 50th Anniversary of D-Day celebration, a methodical killer continues his deadly path of revenge, and Jason is caught in his crosshairs!
16) Elton John: Fifty Years On: The Complete Guide to the Musical Genius of Elton John and Bernie Taupin
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We can count on one hand the musical legends equal to Elton John (Beatles and Rolling Stones each get a finger). Elton John: Fifty Years On looks at the impact songwriting partners Elton John and Bernie Taupin have had on popular music and culture, and also discusses every song on all thirty albums, plus his work on Broadway, in movies, and elsewhere. Part 1 is a look at every released song, complete with trivia, including musical insights-like Elton's...