MICHAEL OWEN'S new autobiography will enable him to open up about his football life for the first time and set the record straight once and for all. It promises to make for an explosive read and one of the most hotly anticipated football books of the year.The legendary striker published his first book Off The Record in 2004 but feels he didn't have a voice during his playing days and now, six years after hanging up his boots, he can finally lift the lid on what really happened durin...

Immerse yourself in the stunning, dynamic world of Destiny with never-before-seen art and exclusive interviews from the Bungie team.The Art of Destiny, Volume 3 is a celebration of the stunning, dynamic visual style beloved by Destiny fans. Featuring hundreds of pieces of concept art, the book picks up where the previous volume left off in 2017. It features everything from early sketches and illustrations of characters, to paintings of sweeping vistas used to shape...

There is nothing more American than saying f*ck this sh*t and crossing the Atlantic to give your children a better life. Luckily that door swings both ways, because life in North America has taken a turn for the worse over the last generation. Half memoir and half manual, this book tells the story of a single mom's move from the suburbs of Washington, DC to the southern coast of Spain in plain language and easy to follow steps to help you recreate this journey for your own family.

My book has been twenty years in the making. I have been gathering information and resources for the consumer. There are many pool companies out there taking advantage of their customers whether it be finishing their pool in the appropriate time or not finishing their pool at all and running off with their money and leaving the customer in complete distress. I have seen this happen with many pool companies in my thirty-five-year experience in the pool industry. My book will give you the to...

Over fifty and suddenly alone? I was widowed unexpectedly and seeking assistance in finding a match online. Learn from my experiences if widowhood or divorce has impacted you. Do you desire someone to share your energy and enthusiasm for life? Are you searching for a partner to share meals, travel, and enjoy life together? Online dating, though daunting, can offer a solution for your journey. This book provides tips and strategies for a successful online dating experience. Complete with sa...

Why do people consider aesthetic qualities as well as utilitarian ones in the making of everyday objects? Why do they maintain traditions? What is the nature of their creative process? These are some of the larger questions addressed by Michael Owen Jones in his book on craftsmen in the Cumberland Mountains of eastern Kentucky. Concentrating on the work of one man, woodworker and chairmaker Chester Cornett, Jones not only describes the tools and techniques employed by Cornett but also his ...

Gaining a better understanding of the way organizations work through the study of the symbols connected to them is the subject of Studying Organizational Symbolism. Michael Owen Jones briefly discusses the most obvious symbolic aspects of organizations--corporate logos, office sizes, use of titles--but focuses on the less obvious but crucial aspect of expressive forms of symbolism--storytelling, institutional jargon, and workplace personalization, among others. Jones carefully defines orga...

What can we learn about leadership and the experience of war from the best combat leaders the world has ever known? This book takes us behind the scenes and to the front lines of the major wars of the past 250 years through the words of twenty combat commanders. What they have to say--which is remarkably similar across generational, national, and ideological divides--is a fascinating take on military history by those who lived it. It is also worthwhile reading for anyone, from any walk of ...

Fear is that silent battle that many people endure every day. The fear of failure prohibits so many from success. The fear of commitment destroys promising relationships before they flourish. Fear is a great deterrent to happiness, progress, and inner peace. A life riddled with constant fear can impale a person's identity and personality development. Fear will cause a person not to fulfill the purposes that God has placed on their life. In this Ebook, Aaron Michael Owens lays out a seven-d...

The first book of its kind, Putting Folklore to Use provides guidance to folklorists but also informs practitioners in other fields about how to use folklore studies to augment their own studies. How can acting like a folklore fieldworker help a teacher reduce inter-group stereotyping and increase student's self-esteem? How can adopting a folklore fieldworker's point of view when interviewing patients help practitioners render health care more effectively? How can using folklore r...

With contributions by Barbara Banks, Sheila Bock, Susan Eleuterio, Jillian Gould, Phillis Humphries, Michael Owen Jones, Alicia Kristen, William G. Lockwood, Yvonne R. Lockwood, Lucy M. Long, LuAnne Roth, Rachelle H. Saltzman, Charlene Smith, Annie Tucker, and Diane TyeComfort Food explores this concept with examples taken from Atlantic Canadians, Indonesians, the English in Britain, and various ethnic, regional, and religious populations as well as rural and urban residen...

A groundbreaking study of when, where, and whom police shoot in America’s largest citiesPolice shootings in America spark outrage and protest and raise questions about police use of lethal force. Yet despite the attention given to high-profile shootings, it is extremely difficult to draw wider conclusions about the frequency and outcomes of police gunfire because there is no systematic and centralized source of information on these incidents. This pioneering book d...