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Dan Rooney was one of the most influential sports executives of his generation—the man who transformed the Pittsburgh Steelers into one of the National Football League's greatest dynasties and premiere franchises. Some of Dan Rooney’s most important achievements, however, took place off the playing field as he sought to bring about equity in the league's hiring practices and peace in his ancestral homeland of Ireland. In A Different Way to Win, Jim Rooney takes listeners behind the scenes and share stories of Dan Rooney’s life and achievements.

To many people the Jersey Devil is real. It's not just a legend. Stories have been told for years about a demon of some kind living in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. In the 1700's, stories began about Mrs. Lucy Leeds giving birth to her 13th child. Mrs. Leeds was murdered, her demonic child stolen and raised by someone, or something, in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and has been terrorizing people ever since. Mike Harris studied the legend and came up with an interesting story that you will read about in this book. In a Jersey City College classroom located close to the Pine Barrens, ...

Newly elected MP Bobby Khan is forced to question his own motivations and political and personal values when his cousin is arrested on a terrorism charge. Bobby Khan has a tight knit community who have backed his campaign to become their MP but as trouble builds in his community, can he navigate his life back home with his life in Westminster.

Thirty-nine terrifying stories that will keep you up all night and make you want to call in sick to work. Enjoy stories of karma, fear, supernatural horror, deadly women, and retribution.The Better Off Dead Series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

Did you know that Seminole Indians were farmers who grew corn, raised cattle and ponies and didn't always live in a swamp? Did you also know that Osceola was born in 1804 as William 'Billy' Powell and was not a full-blooded Indian? In fact, he was part Creek, part Scots English, part black and half white. In the early 1800's, having slaves escape to Indian villages in Florida became a big problem for the U.S. government. To handle the problem, the government decided that all Seminole Indians would be moved out of Florida to a new 'Indian Territory' west of the Mississippi River. They ...

Big Bad Gator Claude will do anything to have a taste of Petite Rouge...even if it means putting on a duck bill, flippers, and frilly underwear. He presents no match for the spunky heroine and her quick-thinking cat TeJean, though, as they use some strong Cajun hot sauce to teach Claude a lesson he will never forget! The combination of hilarious rhyme and exaggerated art creates a highly original retelling of the classic fairy tale. This is Little Red Riding Hood as she's never been seen before.

After many years of unique ambitions, interests and experiences, I've been able to (1) lead the first expeditions to search for the Titanic in the North Atlantic and obtain first-ever sonar pictures of Titanic's bow, stern and debris field, plus first photo of a Titanic prop, (2) what really happened to Amelia Earhart after she crashed on take-off at Hawaii trying to become the first person, man or woman, to fly around the world in 1937, (3) why Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa got involved with the mob, why the mob eventually turned on him and had him killed and who killed him, (4) who ...

"Deach March" is a true account of what really happened when American, Philippine and Japanese forces took part in the infamous march that took place at the beginning of WWII. 68,000 defeated Filipino soldiers and 12,000 American soldiers were marched for 9-days without food or water from Marivelles, on the southern tip of the Bataan Peninsula, to Camp O'Donnel that was over 50-miles away. Author, Mike Harris, met multiple times with Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines, who took part in the deadly march and told him his personal story. General Homma, in charge of the victorious ...

Everybody knows that Seminole Indians love to wrestle alligators for tourists in the Florida Everglades. Old Buck, leader of the local Seminole Tribe, decides it's time to take James, a teenager, back into the Big Cypress Swamp to teach the boy how to wrestle gators. He takes along Micco, Jumper, Two Feathers and Wolf to help, because the huge giant is 16-feet long and weights close to 2,000 pounds. With help from the older men, James is able to subdue the monster, then turns him loose with the admonition, "OK, Big Fella, you owe me one!" Years later, James becomes the Sheriff of Hendry ...

Amelia Earhart's Final Flight is a riveting story about how Amelia and her navigator, Fred Noonan, tried to fly around the world in 1937, while being covered by newspaper people trying to find the truth about her historic flight and the U.S. government agencies trying to keep everything secret. We learn she got lost in bad weather, couldn't find her landing area, Howland Island, so headed into the Marshall Islands and landed at Mili Atoll, the first island that came into view. Unfortunately, tor Amelia and Fred, three weeks earlier, the Japanese declared war on China, were now on a war ...

Silk Dragon is a story of adventure on the high seas, fierce battles with hostile kings and behind-the-scenes intrigue within the imperial court. It's a story of competition among royal concubines, accumulation of fabulous riches and justice by the sword. Silk Dragon is also a beautiful love story. Zheng He's childhood sweetheart, Morning Sun, is forced to become a lady-in-waiting to the imperial court. She desperately loves Zheng He and has pledged never to share herself with another man. But when Emperor Zhu Di requests Zheng He bring Morning Sun to his private chambers, the faithful ...

Play It Again!, with the voice of the Blue Devils, Bob Harris, and color commentator Mike Waters, features radio highlights from Duke University's 1991 MCAA Men's Basketball National Championship run that saw the team defeat Louisiana-Monroe, Iowa, UConn, St. John's, and exact revenge on UNLV, before beating the University of Kansas, 72-65, on April 1, 1991, in the title game. Three players from the 1991 squad (Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, and Grant Hill) had their jerseys retired by Duke. Go Blue Devils!

Expedition Leader, Mike Harris, gives a behind-the-scenes look at how he led a team of professional divers and filmmakers to Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, where they dove on American, German and Japanese warships that were sunk by atom bomb testing after WWII. 150-pages and 35 photographs provide a dramatic look at how they put dive equipment, two wet-subs and two decompression chambers on board a DC-6 named 'Bikini Gal', flew out to Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, and loaded it all onto an island freighter called the Mieco Queen. From Majuro they traveled to Wotje Atoll, ...

Play It Again II, with the voice of the Blue Devils Bob Harris and color commentator Mike Waters, features radio highlights from Duke University's 1992 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship run that saw the team defeat Campbell, Iowa, Seton Hall, and edge Kentucky in what is widely considered one of the greatest college basketball games ever played, before beating Indiana and the University of Michigan's Fab Five in the title game.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. That noise in the dead of night. The shadow that slips by almost unnoticed. The fear that pulverizes your sense of reasoning and pushes you deep down under seven layers of covers. There is no escaping it, and when the dark forces of the universe come after you, the world will know exactly what you are made of. Will you run? Will you fight? Maybe you’ll join forces with the darkness that rips through your quiet little life. Everyone’s dying to find out.

Charles Woods was born in Alabama in 1921. His mother, unable to care for her children, placed Charles and his two brothers in a state orphanage at an early age. They never saw their mother again. At the age of six Charles was adopted by Mr. P.A. Woods of Headland, Alabama. He never saw his tro brothers again. When the United States became involved in WWII, he joined the U.S. Army Airforce and served in England, North Africa and India. In India, Captain Charles Woods flew B-24 Liberators heavily loaded with 28,000 pounds of aviation gasoline across the Himalayan mountains to help supply ...

What mysteries are revealed when you live Ass Backwards? Each season, Mike and Brad work their way backwards through a major film franchise: Brad watches the movies in reverse order; Mike doesn't watch them at all. Starting where they finish, predicting what has already happened, saving the exposition for the end -- this is Ass Backwards.

Morgan Griffin likes to race anything. He likes to race cars, he likes to race boats, and he also likes to race planes. It doesn't matter! He also doesn't like to lose, no matter what he's racing. When he started racing Formula One planes, no one particularly noticed, until he started winning! That's when he got into trouble. Big shots with money, tied up with their own pilots and planes, also didn't like to lose, especially to an upstart newcomer like Morgan. When he and his team designed a race plane that ensured he wasn't going to lose, the 'big shots' noticed and did what they could to ...

When Amelia Earhart attempted to fly around-the-world in 1937, she was shot down by the Japanese at Jaluit Atoll. Unknown to Amelia at the time, two Japanese and one American had a company on Jaluit and were involved in illegally trading commodities before the war, during and after the war. While being held in a Japanese prison, Amelia recognized the American as someone she had met previously in Washington, D.C., when she was at a social function hosted by President Roosevelt. When the American realizes that she knows him, he shoots her straight in the chest and she is buried under a ...

Lizzie, Megan and Sam became accidental friends over good coffee, banter and wrong-world jokes at school drop off. Lizzie is a part-time midwife with four kids and a secret past. Sam is an ex-chef and stay-at-home dad with an absent, high-flying corporate wife. Megan is an ex-model single mum with a thriving online business and no time for loneliness. None of them have much interest in their school community, but when tragedy deals Baytree Primary’s reputation a potentially crippling blow, this unlikely trio has to step up.