Train Wreck
Has the Obama economic train wreck been hard on your marriage?
How has it affected it and how do you cope?
The economy has been a train wreck on our finances, our marriage is great. We learned long ago not to sweat the small stuff. Things, like the economy, have ups and downs and you just ride the waves. We cope with laughter.
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Scenes from the Past Vintage Stereoview – Train Wreck Malta Illinois December 29 1901 – Mugs Train Wreck Malta Illinois December 29 1901 Mug is new. Why drink coffee out of an ordinary mug when an imprinted mug is so much cooler? Microwave safe, FDA approved. Image is printed on both sides of the mug. Dishwasher use is not recommended…. |
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Scenes from the Past Vintage Stereoview – Train Wreck Malta Illinois December 29 1901 – Tile Napkin Holders Train Wreck Malta Illinois December 29 1901 Tile Napkin Holder is measuring 6w x 6h x 4d. Made from high quality solid maple wood with satin finish and two 4.25 commercial grade mirror gloss ceramic tiles. Holds napkins, mail, letters or files. In addition, customized engraving, on the face of the item, is available on request…. |
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Scenes from the Past Vintage Stereoview – Train Wreck Malta Illinois December 29 1901 – Trivets Train Wreck Malta Illinois December 29 1901 Trivet is measuring 8w x 8h x .75d. Made of solid wood with padding on back that protects your furniture. Framed trivet comes with 6w x 6h ceramic gloss tile attached to the wood frame…. |
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Afterglow $4.35 SARAH MCLACHLAN Afterglow (2003 US 10-track CD album includes the single Fallen picture sleeve with deletion drill hole through the back insert)… |
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The Live Anthology: Ultimate Collector’s Edition Boxed Set (5 CDs + 1 Blu-ray + 2 DVDs + 1 LP) $37.99 The ultimate collector’s boxed set includes: - 62 tracks on 5 CDs including 14 exclusive tracks on the 5th disc only available in the deluxe box set. - DVD of 400 Days, a previously unreleased documentary film by director Martyn Atkins, made during the 1995 Wildflowers Tour - DVD of previously unreleased New Years Eve 1978 Santa Monica, CA concert. - Vinyl of re-mastered 1976 Official Live ‘Leg b… |
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Elliott Yamin $7.75 Track Listings: 1. Movin On 2. Wait For You 3. Find a Way 4. One Word 5. You Are the One 6. I’m the Man 7. Trainwreck 8. Free 9. Alright 10. Take My Breath Away 11. A Song For You Original Release Date: March 20 2007 Number of Discs: 1 Label: Hickory Records… |
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Train Wrecks, Crashes & Disasters, 1934 – 1955: True Stories Of The Worst Wrecks In Railroading History [VHS] $3.95 The most unique railroad video ever to be released! Be witness to some of American railroading’s worst train wrecks. You will be on the scene of diasters where thousands of tons of twisted steel lay scattered across the roadbeds of America. This spine tingling video spans over 20 years of railroading, highlighting some of the worst crashes that ever occurred…. |
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Toccata for Toy Trains ~ The Railroad Story ~ The Great Train Wreck $9.89 TOCCATA FOR TOY TRAINS #1 Music composed and conducted by Elmer Bernstein. A 1957 film about toy trains – most old. A journey from roundhouse and yards, to station and out, through countryside and village to destination. The characters, the architecture, the objects with which the scenes were built, are all toys and objects that were manufactured sometime long ago in Europe and the United States…. |
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Ringling Brothers -The Greatest Show on Earth- 119th Edition [VHS] The Greatest Show on Earth is a heaping helping of flapdoodle served up by one of Hollywood’s canniest entertainers: producer-director Cecil B. DeMille. This overripe melodrama purports to be life inside the Ringling Brothers Circus; maybe it’s not, but the circus ought to be like this. The actors wrestling with the purple dialogue are: early-career Charlton Heston, as the tough-as-nails circus … |
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Scenes from the Past Vintage Stereoview – Train Wreck Malta Illinois December 29 1901 – Light Switch Covers – double toggle switch $13.75 Train Wreck Malta Illinois December 29 1901 Light Switch Cover is new and handcrafted utilizing unique process resulting in a stunning high gloss ceramic-like finish. SET OF MATCHING SCREWS IS INCLUDED giving it a perfect finishing touch. Made of durable metal material…. |
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A Gathering of Brothers $7.99 Caleb has encountered danger in the circus. Hes heard the scream of demons, the shriek of metal in a train wreck, and the roar of lions on the loose. Now, hes learning from his earthly papa, Guillaume, that the family business–bringing spiritual orphans home–can also be dangerous, especially when the orphans don’t want to come. |
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Bird Hunting in Brooklyn: Ebbets Field, the Dodgers & the 1949 National League Pennant Race $26.18 Those were the days, my friends … so grab a hot dog and an egg cream, and travel back in time to learn how Babe Ruth won a farting contest, how the first chest protector almost killed Wilbert Robinson, how Leo Durocher rescued the Dodgers from a flaming train wreck, how Jackie Robinson’’s sore arm landed him in Brooklyn, why the spitball was good for baseball, why Burt Shotton would not wear a uniform, who stole the Kaiser’’s ashtray, and how the Bums from Flatbush snatched the National League pennant from the St. Louis Cardinals on the last day of the 1949 baseball season… |
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Bloody Mary $22.95 Feisty female police officer Jacqueline Jack Daniels–star of Konrath’s Whiskey Sour –is back to solve her most compelling case yet, as she struggles to repair her train wreck of a personal life while tracking down one of the scariest serial killers in recent memory. |
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Bloody Mary $7.99 Feisty female police officer Jacqueline Jack Daniels–star of Konrath’s Whiskey Sour –is back to solve her most compelling case yet as she struggles to repair her train wreck of a personal life while tracking down one of the scariest serial killers in recent memory.From the Publisher:Feisty female police officer Jack Daniels is back to solve her most compelling case yet!From major new mystery talent J. A. Konrath comes the latest intoxicating cocktail in the Jack Daniels series — Bloody Mary.Start with a tough but vulnerable Chicago cop. Add a hyperactive cat, an ailing mother, a jealous boyfriend, a high-maintenance ex-husband, and a partner in the throes of a mid-life crisis.Stir in a psychopath littering the city with body parts. Mix with equal parts humor and suspense, and enjoy Bloody Mary — the second novel in the funny, frightening world of Lieutenant Jacqueline Jack Daniels.Join Jack as she struggles to repair her train wreck of a personal life while tracking down and convicting one of the scariest serial killers in recent memory — a killer for whom getting caught is only the beginning…About the Author:A native of Chicago, J.A. Konrath is the author of Whiskey Sour and Bloody Mary, and has also written for cable TV, performed improvisational comedy, and designed award-winning websites. |
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Blue Heaven $21.95 The year is 1902. A young stock-handler named Fenton Pardee has just survived the train wreck that almost destroyed William F. Cody’’s Wild West show. Surveying the train’’s smoldering ruins–and what is left of Cody’’s company of stunt-riders, trick-shooters, and stage actors–Fenton realizes that turning the West into a circus to thrill the world is no longer thrilling for him. Blue Heaven marks the return of Fenton Pardee, veteran guide and packer, who figured so memorably in High Country, Willard Wyman’’s highly acclaimed first novel. |
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Condition Critical $8.18 This book is meant to wake America up to a coming public policy train wreck. So begins this no-holds-barred analysis of our health care crisis and the difficult choices we will need to make to fix the system. This controversial essay explains why blank check medicine–unchecked spending and use of technology–is bad for our collective health. Healthcare experts Richard Lamm and Robert Blank explain why we need to embrace explicit rationing of medical care and take more individual responsibility for health, broaching subjects that are sure to generate discussion. |
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Cripple Creek Days $14.88 Mabel Barbee Lee has written a rousing tale of early days in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She speaks with authority because she arrived there as a child in 1892, and with wide-eyed wonder saw the whole place turn to gold. With his divining rod, Mabel’’s father tapped gold ore on Beacon Hill but missed becoming a millionaire by selling his claim short. Nonetheless, life was rich for young Mabel in a booming town with points of interest like Poverty Gulch, the Continental Hotel, and a fantastic house called Finn’’s Folly; with characters around like the promoter Windy Joe and (seen from a distance) the madam Pearl De Vere; with something always going on, whether a celebration or a disastrous fire or train wreck or a no-nonsense miners” strike.Mabel Lee’’s book brings back a time and place with affection. The foreword is by Lowell Thomas, who was her pupil when she was a young schoolmarm in Cripple Creek. |
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English As She Is Spoke $9 In 1855, when Jose da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino wrote an English phrasebook for Portuguese students, they faced just one problem: they didn”t know any English. Even worse, they didn”t own an English-to-Portuguese dictionary. What they did have, though, was a Portuguese-to-French dictionary, and a French-to-English dictionary. The linguistic train wreck that ensued is a classic of unintentional humor, now revived in the first newly selected edition in a century. Armed with Fonseca and Carolino’’s guide, a Portuguese traveler can insult a barber ( What news tell me? All hairs dresser are newsmonger ), complain about the orchestra ( It is a noise which to cleve the head ), go hunting ( let aim it! let make fire him ), and consult a handy selection of truly mystifying Idiotisms and Proverbs. |
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Everyone Loves A Good Train Wreck $22 Everyone Loves A Good Train Wreck |
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Fugitive (1993/Blu-Ray) $14.98 Catch him if you can. The Fugitive is on the run! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie based on the classic TV series. Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble, a Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife and determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who actually committed the crime. Jones (1993 Academy Award and Golden Globe winner as Best Supporting Actor) is Sam Gerard, an unrelenting bloodhound of a U.S. Marshal. They are hunted and hunter. And as directed by Andrew Davis (Under Siege), their nonstop chase has one exhilarating speed: all-out. So catch him if you can. And catch an 11-on-a-scale-of-10 train wreck (yes, the train is real), a plunge down a waterfall, a cat-and-mouse jaunt through a Chicago St. Patrick’s Day parade and much more. Better hurry. Kimble doesn’t stay in one place very long!Running Time: 130 min.Format: BLU-RAY DISC |
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Fugitive-Se/Us Marshall $12.97 Harrison Ford is desperate prison escapee Richard Kimble, wrongfully convicted of his wife’s murder; Tommy Lee Jones is relentless lawman Sam Gerard (and an Oscar winner to boot, earning 1993’s Best Supporting Actor statue for his performance) – and the chase is on! Andrew Davis (Under Siege) directs The Fugitive [Side A], combining an 11-on-a-scale-of-10 train wreck, a daring waterfall plunge, a cat-and-mouse gambit through Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the kinetic fire of his two main stars into one of the most exhilarating manhunt movies ever. The adrenaline-rush hour continues when Jones reprises the role of Gerard and Stuart Baird (Executive Decision) directs U.S. Marshals [Side B]. Wesley Snipes plays a murder suspect who’s on the same 727 aircraft as Gerard. Buckle up, action fans!Format: DVD MOVIE |
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Housekeeping $29.95 An unabridged audio edition of this classic work on the 25th anniversary of its first publicationA modern classic, housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. The family house is in the small Far West town of Fingerbone set on a glacial lake, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck, and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. It is a town chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere. Ruth and Lucille s struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transience. |
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Housekeeping $126.53 Winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. The family house is in the small town of Fingerbone on a glacial lake in the Far West, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck and their mother drove off a cliff to her death. It is a town chastened by an outsized landscape and extravagant weather, and chastened again by an awareness that the whole of human history had occurred elsewhere. Ruth and Lucille’’s struggle toward adulthood beautifully illuminates the price of loss and survival, and the dangerous and deep undertow of transcience. |
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Impact! $23.05 IMPACT COVERS THE MAJOR floods of the Red River in 1950, 1997, and 2009. The book also reports on many other disasters and near-disasters: summer tornados, severe winter storms, the 1947 Dugald train wreck, the ?Gimli glider? of 1984, and large forest fires going back to 1920. Impact concludes with a portrait of emerging threats related to terrorism. |
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Inside the Carnival $19.95 A prominent Louisiana political scientist makes plain the reasons for the state’s political peculiarities. In the popular American imagination, Louisiana may come closer than any other state to offering the experience of a foreign culture–a Spanish-moss-draped netherland filled with friendly but vaguely threatening Cajuns, seething creature-infested swamps, the whirling masked chaos of Mardi Gras, seductive N’awlins cadences, and most vividly, even pruriently, the train wreck of Louisiana politics: cash-under-the-table shenanigans, fat and sassy environmental polluters, devil-and-the-deep-bluesea electoral choices like the 1991 gubernatorial runoff between the Klan-tainted David Duke and the criminally indicated Edwin Edwards. Wayne Parent sees all of this clearly with both an entertainer’s eye and a social scientist’s rigor. He subjects Louisiana’s politics to rational and empirical analysis, seeking and finding coherent reasons for the state’s bizarre spectacle without resorting to vague hand-waving about exoticism, while at the same time bringing to life the juicy stories that illustrate his points. Parent’s main theme is that Louisiana’s ethnic mix, natural resources, and geography define a culture that in turn produces its unique political theater. He gives special attention to immigration patterns, Louisiana’s abundant supply of oil and gas, and the variations in political temperaments in the state. Most important, he delivers thorough and concise explanations of Louisiana’s unusual legal system, odd election rules, overwrought constitutional history, convoluted voting patterns, and unmatched record of political corruption–while at the same time noting signs of change in theoffing. Rich in historical facts, gripping tales, and comparative data, Wayne Parent’s primer on Louisiana politics will satisfy anyone agog at the state’s saga. |
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Inside the Carnival: Unmasking Louisiana Politics $156.99 A prominent Louisiana political scientist makes plain the reasons for the state’s political peculiarities. In the popular American imagination, Louisiana may come closer than any other state to offering the experience of a foreign culture–a Spanish-moss-draped netherland filled with friendly but vaguely threatening Cajuns, seething creature-infested swamps, the whirling masked chaos of Mardi Gras, seductive N’awlins cadences, and most vividly, even pruriently, the train wreck of Louisiana politics: cash-under-the-table shenanigans, fat and sassy environmental polluters, devil-and-the-deep-bluesea electoral choices like the 1991 gubernatorial runoff between the Klan-tainted David Duke and the criminally indicated Edwin Edwards. Wayne Parent sees all of this clearly with both an entertainer’s eye and a social scientist’s rigor. He subjects Louisiana’s politics to rational and empirical analysis, seeking and finding coherent reasons for the state’s bizarre spectacle without resorting to vague hand-waving about exoticism, while at the same time bringing to life the juicy stories that illustrate his points. Parent’s main theme is that Louisiana’s ethnic mix, natural resources, and geography define a culture that in turn produces its unique political theater. He gives special attention to immigration patterns, Louisiana’s abundant supply of oil and gas, and the variations in political temperaments in the state. Most important, he delivers thorough and concise explanations of Louisiana’s unusual legal system, odd election rules, overwrought constitutional history, convoluted voting patterns, and unmatched record of political corruption–while at the same time noting signs of change in theoffing. Rich in historical facts, gripping tales, and comparative data, Wayne Parent’s primer on Louisiana politics will satisfy anyone agog at the state’s saga. |
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Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend $131.74 Once in a while an ordinary person performs a deed so brave and unexpected that we remember it long afterward. Kate Shelley was such a person. In the midst of a torrential storm in the summer in 1881, a dreadful train wreck occurred near fifteen-year-old Kate’s Iowa farm. Find out what deeds make Kate a well remembered person of courage. |
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LEGO Atlantis 8057 Wreck Raider $9.98 Deep below the surface on his turbine-powered super scooter, the heroic diver must capture the trident-equipped Shark Warrior before he can take the blue Atlantis treasure key. Will the scooter’s dual harpoon shooter be enough to defeat this fearsome monster? To be able to understand why LEGO has been successful for so long, just look to the name. LEGO originally got its name from founder Ole Kirk Christiansen by combining the Danish words Leg Got that means play well and later realized that the word LEGO in Latin translates to I put together. The LEGO set became a standard of creative play for children around the world, unlocking the creativity to build vehicles, buildings, cities and more. Most historians point to the invention of the wheel as a major turning point in world history. The invention of the LEGO wheel had the same monumental effect in the history of LEGO, making it possible to create cars, trucks and eventually the LEGO train building set that is one of the most successful LEGO sets of all time. LEGO innovation continues to this day with product lines like DUPLO that was created in 1969 for smaller hands and still thrives. Movie tie-ins, such as LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Indiana Jones Adventures and LEGO SpongeBob are some of the most popular sets. The Sci-Fi LEGO Bionicle sets have a huge following but the number one selling LEGO set of all time is The LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System. Over 1 million of these sets were sold around the world. In 2009 LEGO introduces the next generation LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0! LEGO currently produces about 20 billion LEGO bricks a year and has sold over 400 billion LEGOs in their history — enough for every person on the planet to have over 60 LEGOs each! |
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My Tiny Universe $4.9 In My Tiny Universe, a dark comedy, Bobby Devillin (John Heard) is one of the biggest producers in Hollywood, making a string of big-budget action films during the last two decades. But his personal life is a train wreck. Vee, (Lesley Ann Warren), his second wife hosts a Hollywood TV Magazine show. She desperately clings onto their fifteen year marriage in spite of his many infidelities. On a particular Saturday afternoon, Bobby’s life is crashing to a halt. His pregnant mistress Bonnie (Debi Mazar) has flown out from New York to confront him, as his negotiations with superstar Tom are breaking down. While jogging with Karen, his L.A. girlfriend, she suddenly grabs his cell phone and throws it into the bushes. A suicidal actor (Andy Comeau) is startled out of his moment of truth when he hears the ringing sound of a cell phone in the bush. He answers the phone, and with relish unravels Bobby’s elaborate web of deceit, by luring all the participants up to his treetop hideaway, wreaking havoc on Bobby’s world. |
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No Regrets $16.99 Dr. Phil, Gay Unicorns, and Jesus Christ… They’re all tattooed on someone’s ass. Or face, or whatever. Remember that time you were wasted and thought it would be a good idea to get a tattoo on your leg of Maury Povich shaking hands with Sasquatch, but your friends talked you out of it at the last second? Well, some people don’t have any friends… Aviva Yael and P. M. Chen spent a year going to tattoo conventions and tattoo studios all over the country, chasing, stalking, e-mailing, calling, interviewing, ambushing, and hunting down whomever they could in order to find the most insane tattoos out there. What started out as a joke in a bar became a year-long tattoo safari that’s presented here in all its full color, balls-to-the-wall, train-wreck/beauty-pageant glory. |
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Plastic Surgery Wreck Adult Halloween Costume Medium $32.95 In America’s beauty obsession, cosmetic surgery fever has swept the nation! Even teenagers are getting work done. What people don’t know is what you look like in the days after surgery. With this Womens Plastic Surgery Costume, you’ll be able to easily illustrate the darker side of this industry, as the train wreck it is! Don’t let the nose job brigade intimidate you – fire back with the Womens Plastic Surgery Costume and let them know you’re aware exactly what they did to themselves for an altogether temporary beauty upgrade! |
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Plastic Surgery Wreck Adult Halloween Costume Small 4-6 $32.95 In America’s beauty obsession, cosmetic surgery fever has swept the nation! Even teenagers are getting work done. What people don’t know is what you look like in the days after surgery. With this Womens Plastic Surgery Costume, you’ll be able to easily illustrate the darker side of this industry, as the train wreck it is! Don’t let the nose job brigade intimidate you – fire back with the Womens Plastic Surgery Costume and let them know you’re aware exactly what they did to themselves for an altogether temporary beauty upgrade! |
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Sarah Mclachlan – Afterglow $18.16 From the Publisher: We’re proud to present the matching songbook to the first album in six years from this gifted Nova Scotian singer/songwriter. Includes: Answer Dirty Little Secret Drifting Fallen Perfect Girl Push Stupid Time Train Wreck and World on Fire, plus a page of great photos. |
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Scrib $139.47 With the cleverness of Mark Twain, the hilarity of a Mel Brooks movie, and the fast-moving speed of a train wreck, this cowboy novel of comic genius takes readers back to an Old West as it probably never was–but should have been. |
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Scrib $5.6 The night before his thirteenth birthday, Billy Christmas runs away from home in stodgy St. Louis and rides off to the Wild West, where he becomes Scrib, letter writer for lovelorn cowboys and wild-eyed outlaws. Here is Scrib’s own story, told in bubbling prose and babbling epistles, an ambling tale set in 1863, as Scrib travels his rounds on his horse Gabe, befriending all and running into deadly danger along the way. This is probably the funniest, most outrageous cowboy story you will ever read. With the cleverness of Mark Twain at his best, the hilarity of a Mel Brooks movie, and the fast-moving speed of a train wreck, this is the Old West as it may not have been — but should have! |
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Shelter from the Storm $48.95 Watching the disastrous response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Katrina exposed the weakness of existing emergency management and response policies on all levels local, state, and federal. Poor planning, poor decision-making, and poor communication before, during, and after Katrina betrayed public confidence in the ability of public officials to effectively organize and manage emergency response. The bungled response cost lives and property. So what lessons have been learned and what changes should be made? Both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) policies and practices must be further scrutinized in order to repair the national emergency management system and restore the nation’s capacity to deal with catastrophic disasters. This volume of The Annals uncovers the troublesome roots of concern with the DHS, FEMA, and the responsibility of public officials at all levels and recommends changes that will lead to a functioning emergency management system. Only by shedding light on the underlying problems of current policy and practices can the lessons from Katrina truly be learned and steps taken to fix the system. Policymakers and scholars alike will find that this intriguing issue offers insight and study that looks deeper than the obvious failures. From studies in presidential leadership to issues in temporary housing and shelter as well as mental and physical health concerns, this volume reviews the consequences and costs of Katrina on several levels and also provides a springboard for concrete changes in policy and practices to take hold. |
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Sordid Lives $9.98 Hilariously sordid details about a southern family surface with a vengeance when relatives converge for the funeral of grandma peggy, who died after tripping over her lovers wooden legs. An outrageous train wreck you cant help but watch. |
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Southern Railway’s Historic Spencer Shops $21.99 Southern Railway’’s Spencer Shops was a vibrant part of the Southeast’’s transportation network for more than 80 years. Starting in the late 1800s and continuing until its closure in 1979, the shop complex and its accompanying yards, transfer sheds, and stockyards constituted a major force in the economy of North Carolina and Southern states. The trains that the shop prepared were hauling everyday freight–Appalachian lumber, Piedmont textiles, and perishables–or were famous passenger trains like the Crescent, the Peach Queen, and many more. Others were more notable, such as the locomotive in the folk ballad The Wreck of the Old 97 or President Roosevelt’’s funeral train in 1945. The Spencer Shops was an industrial power whose prominence today is celebrated in its continued role as the home to the North Carolina Transportation Museum. This book tells the story of how Spencer Shops came to be, its role in transportation, and its continued use today as a North Carolina Historic Site. |
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Tale of a Train Wreck Lifestyle $15 GG and Money continues to build. They were once as close as sisters–now thy”ve turned into competitors with Money going after what she considers the ultimate prize–Jacobi. But here’’s one problem: GG |
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The Black Cat’s Clue $9.98 Fifteen year old Holly Potter has returned to visit her Uncle David Potter during a family reunion he planned at his home, only to learn that he was recently killed in a train wreck in Florida. Holly is afraid to face her relatives alone so she convinces Judy to pretend to be her redheaded older sister Doris. Judy plans to masquerade as Doris until she and Holly can learn why Holly’’s relatives are searching Uncle David’’s house and whether Uncle David is really the person who planned the family reunion. Soon Judy has more to investigate than scheming relatives. Is Uncle David’’s ghost haunting his house, or is Uncle David still alive? Judy has several thrilling adventures in the Potter home until she learns the answer. |
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The Last Stand of MR. America $3.05 Deep inside each of us there is a challenge. Individuality or conformity? Action or acceptance? One man, in spite of himself, is going to answer it. This is the story of Sam, a craven, sadistic, self-loathing executive who resides at the bottom of the American grave. His life is a meaningless cycle of work and television, interrupted only by regular twisted explorations of an underground sex club, Rockets & Missiles. The Last Stand of Mr. America is an assault on contemporary American life. Through transgender dementia, a heterosexual liberates himself to find a meaning in a void. The work is a purge of self: a redemption. Jason Flores-Williams is a literary force of nature … a train wreck of genius. — San Francisco Examiner |
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The Malbone Street Wreck $23 On November 1, 1918, as the Great War in Europe was entering its final hours, a five-car elevated train was heading for the Flatbush section of Brooklyn with hundreds of homeward-bound commuters aboard. As the train rumbled down a short hill between Prospect Park and Ebbets Field in the very heart of Brooklyn, the unthinkable happened: the motorman lost control and the train left the tracks as it curved into a tunnel at the foot of the hill. The ensuing disaster, known ever since as the Malbone Street Wreck, took the lives of almost a hundred people and stands as the worst mass-transit accident in U.S. history.Unlike the Titanic disaster, however, the Malbone Street Wreck has received scant attention from scholars and historians over the years. As is so often the case, popular accounts of the tragedy have managed to enshrine as dogma things that are absolutely untrue.Now, Fordham University Press is proud to present Brian Cudahy’s long-awaited account of the Malbone Street Wreck, a book that recounts the events leading up to the disaster, describes the fateful train trip from its beginning to its terrible end, and reviews efforts conducted after the tragedy to fix blame and establish liability.Could the Malbone Street Wreck have been avoided? Clearly yes, is Cudahy’s answer. Had any number of factors not combined in precisely the way that they did, the five-car train might well have continued its journey to Brighton Beach in a completely uneventful manner.But they did happen exactly as they happened, and that is why The Malbone Street Wreck makes such arresting reading. Could another Malbone Street Wreck happen at some future time in New York, or on any other U.S.mass-transit system? Transit professionals will have to answer this question after they read Cudahy’s account of how and why November 1, 1918, has become such an important day in transportation history. |
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The Meq $13.95 In every generation, a fantasy novel is published that captures something essential and enduring about life that no other book has expressed in quite the same way. Here unfolds a journey of discovery-in a story that surprises us on every page. . . . THE MEQ On May 4, 1881, the day that Zianno Zezen-Z, for short-turns twelve, his life changes forever. Amid the confusion of a tragic train wreck, he has the first inkling that he is no ordinary boy . . . that he is not human at all, but instead a member of a race known as the Meq. The Meq have lost all memory of their origins; they do not know why they heal with astonishing speed, or why, once they turn twelve, they stop aging unless they meet the single other member of their race destined to join with them. Certain Meq possess even more amazing powers, thanks to mysterious Stones they have carried since before the dawn of recorded history. Z’s father carried such a Stone, the Stone of Dreams. Now that Stone is Z’s to bear . . . and to protect. The Meq are far-flung and elusive, but Z finds allies. He will need them; for a challenge comes from the renegade Meq called the Fleur-du-Mal-the Flower of Evil. A sadistic assassin in the body of a twelve-year-old boy, the Fleur-du-Mal will become Z’s archenemy in a story that spans decades and continents and features an unforgettable cast of characters, human and Meq alike. |
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The Real Bluegrass Book $29.99 This new collection gathers over 150 bluegrass favorites presented in the world-famous Real Book format. Songs include: Alabama Jubilee * Ballad of Jed Clampett * Bill Cheatham * Blue Ridge Mountain Blues * Bury Me Beneath the Willow * Dixie Hoedown * Down to the River to Pray * Foggy Mountain Top * Highway 40 Blues * How Mountain Girls Can Love * I”m Goin” Back to Old Kentucky * John Henry * Keep on the Sunny Side * The Long Black Veil * My Rose of Old Kentucky * Old Train * Pretty Polly * Rocky Top * Sally Goodin * Shady Grove * Wabash Cannonball * Wayfaring Stranger * Wildwood Flower * The Wreck of the Old ”97 * and more. |
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The Sacrifice $10.01 London psychiatrist Wesley Atherton is a man of science. He doesn”t believe in love at first sight…until he finds himself inexplicably drawn to a green-eyed American beauty he bumps into on the Tube. Just his luck, Katherine, a fashion design intern, has an engagement ring on her finger. Wes knows a thing or two about people, though. Instinct tells him there’’s something more than irresistible temptation behind their attraction. She doesn”t love her fiance, he’’s sure of it–now if only he can convince her they”re meant to be together. Surviving a deadly train wreck is the first sign his intuition is spot on. The second–a psychic who warns them the Reaper doesn”t like to be cheated out of its quarry. The situation defies all logic, but a string of strange and lethal events convinces Wes that he and Katherine are living on borrowed time. Pitted in a battle against death itself, Wes will do anything, make any sacrifice, to protect the woman he loves. |
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The Undomestic Goddess $15 Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she gets on a train, ends up in the middle of nowhere, and is offered a job as housekeeper. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope–and finds love–is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake. From the Publisher: Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She’s made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they’ve hired a lawyer–and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can’t sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the #@%# ironing board to open. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope–and finds love–is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake. But will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does…will she want it back? |
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The Undomestic Goddess $7.99 Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she gets on a train, ends up in the middle of nowhere, and is offered a job as housekeeper. Now she takes a deep breath and begins to cope–and finds love–in Kinsellas latest New York Times bestseller. |
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The Wreck Of The Old 97 $19.99 With Fast Mail train No. 97 an hour behind schedule, locomotive engineer Steve Broady, according to legend, swore to put her in Spencer on time or put her in Hell. Through eyewitness reports and court testimonies, historian Larry Aaron expertly pieces together the events of September 27, 1903, at Danville, Virginia, when the Old 97 plummeted off a forty-five-foot trestle into the ravine below. With more twists and turns than the railroad tracks on which the Old 97 ran, this book chronicles the story of one of the most famous train wrecks in American history, as well as the controversy surrounding The Wreck of the Old 97, that most famous ballad, which secured the Old 97 a place within the annals of American folklore. |
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The Wreck of Twilight Limited $10.49 In 1993 the US Railroad Service, which boasts of millions of riders a year, suffered the worst accident in its history when the Twilight Limited, traveling at 70 miles per hour through impenetrable fog, derailed and plunged into an isolated bayou in the Alabama delta, killing dozens of passengers and crew. The novel The Wreck of The Twilight Limited, inspired by these actual events, travels the path of a train from its departure point in Los Angeles, through Texas and Louisiana, along with those passengers and crewmen: a newly graduated physician, a retired couple finally taking the leisurely vacation they’d always dreamed of, a lone computer programmer and diarist, and a porter living paycheck to paycheck.On a collision course with the doomed train, five years after the fact, a truancy officer, a former fire rescue worker, and the daughter and the grandson of the reluctant tug boat operator found responsible for the accident come together, revisit the events, the site, in and attempt to understand what happened, and how the consequences of the tragedy still continue to reverberate. |
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There Are No Words $22 Jaxon MacKenzie, a mute, yet secretly literate, 12-year-old girl, discovers a faded newspaper article documenting the greatest train wreck in American history-an event that claimed the life of her grandfather’s best friend, Oliver Pack. That night Jaxon is whisked through an old painting in her grandparents’ parlor, back to July 1918 in an attempt to prevent the accident. Miraculously, she finds herself able to speak for the first time. Jaxon meets three friends: Sara Hale, Dewey MacKenzie, and Oliver. Soon Jaxon realizes her mission in this world of horse-drawn carts and prejudice is to save Oliver from dying aboard one of the ill-fated passenger cars, filled with young black men on their way to Nashville to work making gun powder for the war effort. With the government’s takeover of the railways during World War I, and a calamity of human error, the train cannot be stopped from its fate, and the responsibility of saving Oliver Pack is planted firmly on the shoulders of this remarkable young lady. |
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There Are No Words $9.95 Jaxon MacKenzie, a mute yet secretly literate 12-year-old girl, discovers a faded newspaper article documenting the greatest train wreck in American history. That night Jaxon is whisked via an old painting in her grandparents” parlor back to July 1918, in an attempt to prevent the accident. |
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Train Wreck $15.6 Train Wreck |
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Train Wreck Beer Can Roller Wig $20.95 Lovely long bleached hair wig with beer can curlers. |
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Train Wreck Girl $11.12 A deeply reflective punk rock coming-of-age story about friendship, discovery, and what’’s real. |
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Train Wreck Is Behind You $9.79 Train Wreck Is Behind You |
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Train Wreck and Too Late $14.63 Train wreck, translation of: N”ar tagen gar f”orbi. |
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Vestal $19.99 The town of Vestal has evolved over generations, from the quiet days of Native Americans fishing along the Susquehanna River to the bustling, dynamic community that it is today. Established in 1823 from the town of Union, Vestal began as a lumbering and farming town whose population later flourished with the introduction of mills, factories, and tanneries. In 1901, a train wreck caused five tons of dynamite to explode near the center of town, and in 1927, a fire destroyed most of the business district. Still the town persevered and rebuilt, and by the mid-20th century, Vestal grew again, becoming home to the employees of industrial powerhouses across the river. After years of progress, the town of Vestal continues to redefine itself and shape the course of its own history. |
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WARNER HOME VIDEO 80957 FUGITIVE THE HD DVD $10.19 Catch him if you can. The Fugitive is on the run! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie based on the classic TV series. Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble a Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife and determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who actually committed the crime. Jones (1993 Academy Award and Golden Globe winner as Best Supporting Actor) is Sam Gerard an unrelenting bloodhound of a U.S. Marshal. They are hunted and hunter. And as directed by Andrew Davis (Under Siege) their nonstop chase has one exhilarating speed: all-out. So catch him if you can. And catch an 11-on-a-scale-of-10 train wreck (yes the train is real) a plunge down a waterfall a cat-and-mouse jaunt through a Chicago St. Patrick s Day parade and much more. Better hurry. Kimble doesn t stay in one place very long!System Requirements:Run Time: 130 minutesFormat: HD DVD |
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Wheels to Disaster!: The Oxford Train Wreck of Christmas Eve 1874 $42.95 Wheels to Disaster!: The Oxford Train Wreck of Christmas Eve 1874 |
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When Steam Ran the Clinchfield $18.31 During the steam era, a total of 128 locomotives saw service on the Clinchfield, ranging from the 39-ton 4-4-0 to the 500-ton Challenger. This pictorial history begins with the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway Locomotive Roster (nine pages), complete with number, builder, date, etc. Remarks such as retired and scrapped are noted along with other pertinent information. The final two pages contain a Locomotive Engineers Seniority List for 1947 , which gives dates employed and promoted.Filling the pages between are more than 100 photographs of great variety, including a section of photos taken by Rail Photographer Extraordinaire , Floyd A. Bruner of Marion, N.C. There are also many early photographs, like the first passenger train to Altapass in 1906, and one of the Class E-3 (war surplus) purchased in 1947, as well as an interesting Before and After that shows two photos of No. 1. The final series, titled Wrecks, includes one of the earliest known wreck photos, made in 1906, north of Forbes, North Carolina. |
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