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Oceana: Our Planet's Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them

Product Description: Most people know Ted Danson as the affable bartender Sam Malone in the long-running television series Cheers. But fewer realize that over the course of the past two and a half decades, Danson has tirelessly devoted himself to the cause of heading off a looming global catastrophe-the massive destruction of our planet's oceanic biosystems and the complete collapse of the world's major commercial fisheries...read more

By Michael D'Orso

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9781452651460 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, March 28, 2011), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Most people know Ted Danson as the affable bartender Sam Malone in the long-running television series Cheers.

Oceana: Our Planet's Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them: Library Edition

By Ted Danson, Michael D'Orso and Michael Kramer (narrator)

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9781452631462 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, March 28, 2011), cover price $71.99

Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them

By Ted Danson and Michael D'Orso

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Hardcover:

9781605292625 | Rodale Pr, March 15, 2011, cover price $32.50

Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, And a High School Basketball Season in Artic Alaska

A portrait of the basketball culture of Fort Yukon, Alaska, describes the community's devotion to their championship high-school basketball team and follows the lives of the fourteen team members, their families, and their coach.

By Michael D'Orso

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Paperback:

9781596911154 | Reprint edition (Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, March 6, 2007), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the basketball culture of Fort Yukon, Alaska, describes the community's devotion to their championship high-school basketball team and follows the lives of the fourteen team members, their families, and their coach.

Prebinding:

9781439569726 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, November 11, 2008), cover price $23.95

Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Team in Arctic Alaska

A portrait of the basketball-fanatical culture of the remote Arctic Alaska village of Fort Yukon follows the community's fierce devotion to their championship high-school basketball team, the Fort Yukon Eagles, and the lives of the fourteen team members, their families, and their coach, from the first day of practice to the Alaska State Championship Tournament in March. 50,000 first printing.

By Michael D'Orso

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9781582346236 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, March 7, 2006, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A portrait of the basketball culture of Fort Yukon, Alaska, describes the community's devotion to their championship high-school basketball team and follows the lives of the fourteen team members, their families, and their coach.

Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever

The Majority Leader of the 107th Senate offers a candid insider's account of the workings of the U.S. government during two extraordinary years of American history, sharing his thoughts on the presidential election of 2000, the September 11th terrorist attacks, the anthrax scare, the war on terrorrism, corporate scandals, and other Senate leaders. Read by the author.

By Thomas Daschle and Michael D'Orso

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9780375432835 | Large print edition (Random House Large Print, November 1, 2003), cover price $27.00 | About this edition: Offers an insider's account of the workings of he U.

9781400049554 | 1 edition (Crown Pub, November 1, 2003), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Offers an insider's account of the workings of the U.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739306413 | Abridged edition (Random House, November 1, 2003), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Offers an insider's account of the workings of the U.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780739306406 | Abridged edition (Random House, November 1, 2003), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Offers an insider's account of the workings of the U.

Plundering Paradise: The Hand of Man on the Galapagos Islands

The author describes his visits to the Galapagos Islands, the history of the area, and his witness to such factors as desperately poor refugees and corrupt fishing fleets that are resulting in crime, overpopulation, and pollution.

By Michael D'Orso

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9780060193904 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, December 1, 2002), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The author describes his visits to the Galapagos Islands, the history of the area, and his witness to such factors as desperately poor refugees and corrupt fishing fleets that are resulting in crime, overpopulation, and pollution.

Paperback:

9780060955762 | Reprint edition (Perennial, November 1, 2003), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: The author describes his visits to the Galapagos Islands, the history of the area, and his witness to such factors as desperately poor refugees and corrupt fishing fleets that are resulting in crime, overpopulation, and pollution.

Prebinding:

9780613918602 | Turtleback Books, November 1, 2003, cover price $23.90 | About this edition: The author describes his visits to the Galapagos Islands, the history of the area, and his witness to such factors as desperately poor refugees and corrupt fishing fleets that are resulting in crime, overpopulation, and pollution.

Condicion Fisica Para Vivir Mejor : Cambie Sue Mente Y Su Cuerpo En 12 Semanas / V: Cambie Sue Mente Y Su Cuerpo En 12 Semanas

Introduces a twelve-week motivational program designed to promote a lifetime of mental and physical fitness, offering step-by-step guidelines, detailed routines, self-assessment techniques, and inspirational tips.

By Michael D'Orso and Bill Phillips

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9780060543006 | Rayo, January 1, 2003, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Introduces a twelve-week motivational program designed to promote a lifetime of mental and physical fitness, offering step-by-step guidelines, detailed routines, self-assessment techniques, and inspirational tips.

Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength

This guide outlines Bill Phillip's fitness programme, comprising weight training, aerobic exercise, and a careful diet. In addition, it addresses the reader's own personal goals and encourages personal transformation mentally, not just physically.

By Michael D'Orso

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9780007149674 | New edition (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, September 2, 2002), cover price $31.60 | About this edition: This guide outlines Bill Phillip's fitness programme, comprising weight training, aerobic exercise, and a careful diet.

The Cost of Courage: The Journey of an American Congressman

Product Description: This deeply moving story chronicles the tenacity and vision that carried Carl Elliott from the hills of northwest Alabama to eight distinguished terms in the United States House of Representatives.Born in a log cabin on a tenant farm in 1913, Carl Elliott worked his way through The University of Alabama during the Great Depression and was elected to Congress in 1948...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Michael D'Orso and Carl Elliott

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9780385420914 | Doubleday, February 1, 1992, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: The Alabama congressman tells how his spirit and career were crushed by racist reactionaries

Paperback:

9780817311056 | Univ of Alabama Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This deeply moving story chronicles the tenacity and vision that carried Carl Elliott from the hills of northwest Alabama to eight distinguished terms in the United States House of Representatives.

In Praise of Public Life: The Honor and Purpose of Political Service

In an effort to alleviate the negativity surrounding politics, the United States senator and Democratic vice-presidential candidate offers a vigorous defense of the benefits and virtues of the public life, discussing issues of standards, partisanship, big money, and the current political climate. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

By Michael D'Orso and Joseph I. Lieberman

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9780684867755 | Simon & Schuster, September 18, 2000, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Argues that the boundaries between public and private life must be restored in order for political leaders to regain the respect and support they deserve.

Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage

Product Description: In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina--and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state. More than 300 slaves worked the plantation's fields at the height of its prosperity; but nearly 125 years later, the only remembrance of their lives at Somerset, now a state historic site, was a lonely wooden sign marked "Site of Slave Quarters" Somerset Homecoming, first published in 1989, is the story of one woman's unflagging efforts to recover the history of her ancestors, slaves who had lived and worked at Somerset Place...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Michael D'Orso and Dorothy Spruill Redford

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9780385242455 | 1 edition (Doubleday, August 1, 1988), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A black woman details the ten-year search for her roots

Paperback:

9780807848432 | Univ of North Carolina Pr, March 1, 2000, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina--and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state.

9780385242462 | Anchor Books, July 1, 1989, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Somerset Homecoming, first published in 1989, is the story of one woman's unflagging efforts to recover the history of her ancestors, slaves who had lived and worked at Somerset Place.

In Praise of Public Life: A Response to Its Critics

In an effort to alleviate the negativity surrounding politics, a United States senator offers a vigorous defense of the benefits and virtues of the public life, discussing issues of standards, partisanship, big money, and the current political climate. (view table of contents)

By Michael D'Orso and Joseph I. Lieberman

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9780684867748 | Simon & Schuster, February 1, 2000, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Argues that the boundaries between public and private life must be restored in order for political leaders to regain the respect and support they deserve

Winning With Integrity: Getting What You're Worth Without Selling Your Soul

An incisive and inspirational guide to the art of negotiation in business and life by a noted sports agent and attorney explains how to achieve success while living by a strict code of personal and professional ethics. Read by Leigh Steinberg. Simultaneous.

By Michael D'Orso and Leigh Steinberg (narrator)

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9780375404474 | Abridged edition (Random House, September 1, 1998), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A guide to the art of negotiation in business and life by a noted sports agent and attorney explains how to achieve success while living by a strict code of personal and professional ethics.

Rosewood: Like Judgement Day

Product Description: The book is the true story of the ruin and redemption of a town called Rosewood, where, on New Year's Day, 1923, a white mob descended, burning houses, killing uncounted numbers of black men and women and driving the rest of the inhabitants away forever...read more

By Michael D'Orso

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9781572972568 | Boulevard, December 1, 1996, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: The book is the true story of the ruin and redemption of a town called Rosewood, where, on New Year's Day, 1923, a white mob descended, burning houses, killing uncounted numbers of black men and women and driving the rest of the inhabitants away forever.

Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood

Details the 1923 massacre of black inhabitants of the small Florida town of Rosewood by a white lynch mob, tracing the lives of survivors and describing the unprecedented award given to survivors and their descendants by the state of Florida some seventy years after the rampage. 30,000 first printing.

By Michael D'Orso

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Hardcover:

9780399141478 | Putnam Pub Group, February 1, 1996, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Details the 1923 massacre of black inhabitants of the small Florida town of Rosewood by a white lynch mob, tracing the lives of survivors and describing the unprecedented award given to survivors and their descendants by the state of Florida some seventy years after the rampage.

Dennis Byrd

The author discusses his faith and his football career and how the two came together when he broke his neck while playing for the New York Giants.

By Dennis Byrd and Michael D'Orso

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9780310412519 | Zondervan, June 1, 1995, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: The author discusses his faith and his football career and how the two came together when he broke his neck while playing for the New York Giants.

Pumping Granite: And Other Portraits of People at Play

Product Description: From rock climbing to rodeo, sumo wrestling to slow-pitch softball, boomerangs to bowling, this collection of articles by one of America's leading journalists probes the lives of people at play. From arctic Alaska to an island in the Bahamas, these pieces crawl into the more remote nooks and crannies of our culture, showing what our sporting passions and obsessions say about us as individuals and as a society...read more

By Michael D'Orso

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9780896723382 | Texas Tech Univ Pr, October 1, 1994, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: From rock climbing to rodeo, sumo wrestling to slow-pitch softball, boomerangs to bowling, this collection of articles by one of America's leading journalists probes the lives of people at play.

Rise & Walk: The Trial & Triumph of Dennis Byrd

A personal account of the New York Jets player's struggle to walk again following a spinal injury describes Byrd's football successes in high school and college, the painful physical therapy to overcome paralysis, and his love for his family and faith. Reprint.

By Dennis Byrd and Michael D'Orso

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9780060177836, titled "Rise and Walk: The Trial and Triumph of Dennis Byrd" | Harpercollins, October 1, 1993, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: An account of the New York Jets player's struggle to walk again after a spinal injury describes his football successes in high school and college, and his battle with painful physical therapy to overcome paralysis

Paperback:

9780061092879 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1994), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: An account of the New York Jets player's struggle to walk again after a spinal injury, describing his football successes in high school and college and his battle with painful physical therapy to overcome paralysis

For the Children: Lessons from a Visionary Principal

An extraordinary principal describes her work in a troubled elementary school in Philadelphia's most devastated, drug-laden community; explains how she transformed the school; and shares her secrets and hopes for all public schools. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

By Madeline Cartwright and Michael D'Orso

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9780385423724 | Doubleday, September 1, 1993, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An extraordinary principal describes her work in a troubled elementary school in Philadelphia's most devastated, drug-laden community and explains how she transformed the school

The Cost of Courage

By Michael D'Orso and Carl Elliott

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9780385420921 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, February 1, 1993), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: This deeply moving story chronicles the tenacity and vision that carried Carl Elliott from the hills of northwest Alabama to eight distinguished terms in the United States House of Representatives.

Fast Takes

Product Description: Book by D'Orso, Mike, D'Orso, Michael

By Michael D'Orso

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9780962437564 | Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc, October 1, 1990, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Book by D'Orso, Mike, D'Orso, Michael

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