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There is no hero's welcome for combat veteran, Jim Montgomery, when he returns from World War II to a family in disarray. His father is dying, his mother threatens to leave, and, their Colorado cattle ranch has fallen on hard times. Jim's younger brother, Massey, and sister, Samantha, seek an easier lifestyle than working on the family ranch. Eventually this leaves only Jim's youngest brother, Randy, as his one loyal sibling. Jim must devote h...

A source of learning, inspiration and motivation delivered through the true life stories of women who won Women Who Won is an invaluable compendium of inspiring and motivating examples of achievement. Profiling 28 women from around the world - some of whom are absolute icons and others who will be new to many readers - all bring a life story that is compelling and intriguing. More importantly, every story delivers profound insights for us to l...

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Raising the Devil reveals how the Christian Pentecostal movement, right-wing conspiracy theories, and an opportunistic media turned grassroots folk traditions into the Satanism scare of the 1980s. During the mid-twentieth century, devil worship was seen as merely an isolated practice of medieval times. But by the early 1980s, many influential experts in clinical medicine and in law enforcement were proclaiming that satanic cults were widesprea...

Fifty years of collecting autographs. From a young boy where I faced gangs on London stations, who charged collectors for the privilege to go on the platforms to collect the prized signatures to the present time. How my collecting lead to me getting my present job working at a professional football club I have supported since childhood. It tells the stories of the many good experiences I had with so many top celebrities and sports people. Ther...

Written for both the cultural studies expert and the reader fascinated with reactions to extraordinary phenomena, Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults pursues motivations for why people tell these "true stories, heard from a friend of a friend." Ellis shows legends creating a sense of community in a multi-ethnic institutional camp. He traces some contemporary scares to such old tales as the vanishing hitchhiker and murderous gang initiations. In analyzin...

Rubber Guns 'Bout a Little Boy in a Texas '20s Town This is the story of my adventures and escapades as a little Texas boy in the 1920's. The most vivid and some of the most pleasant recollections of my boyhood are about rubber guns - thus the title of this story. If you don't know what a rubber gun is, I feel sorry for you, but read on. The story of my boyhood is the story of all the games we played. Ten-Step (on rocky, school-yard dirt), Hul...

Despite their centuries-old history and traditions, witchcraft and magic are still very much a part of modern Anglo-American culture. In Lucifer Ascending , Bill Ellis looks at modern practices that are universally defined as "occult, " from commonplace habits such as carrying a rabbit's foot for good luck or using a Ouija board, to more esoteric traditions, such as the use of spell books. In particular, Ellis shows how the occult has been a c...