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A Spy's Diary of World War II - Wayne Nelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Here is the wartime diary of Wayne Nelson, an OSS officer who served in North Africa and Europe during World War II. A prewar colleague of Allen Dulles, Nelson joined an infant OSS after failing to join the Navy because of a vision disability, and he went on to serve in North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, Italy, Corsica, and mainland France. Erudite and a skilled writer, Nelson captured intriguing observations about some of the most important spy operations of the war, and his diary entries offer a thrilling, readable and informative glimpse into the life of a spy during World War II.

DKK 287.00

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The Adventures of Ozzie Nelson - John R. Holmes - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

When Ozzie Nelson died in 1975, he was no longer a household name. For a guy who had created the longest-running TV sitcom in history, invented the rock video, and fronted one of the most successful big bands of the 1930s, it''s baffling that Nelson has faded so far from American media memory. Larger than life offscreen--an attorney, college football star, cartoonist, songwriter, major band leader--Ozzie created a smaller-than-life TV persona, the bumbling average Dad who became known to the rock generation (which included his teen idol son Rick Nelson) as the essence of blandness. But America also saw Ozzie as their iconic Dad: not a "father knows best," since his pontifications usually proved flawed by the end of each episode, but the father who tried his best. This book is the only full-length biography of Ozzie Nelson since he published his memoirs in 1973. It treats the big band and early TV icon with affection and hints that American pop culture may owe more to Ozzie than is generally acknowledged.

DKK 523.00

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Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane - Mark Allen Baker - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Oscar "Battling" Nelson (1882-1954) was perhaps the toughest professional boxer ever to enter the ring. Although a Hall of Fame inductee, Nelson remains a lesser known great of boxing lore. From the beginning of his career at 14, the Danish immigrant presented himself as a man of integrity who never smoked, drank or took a dive. In the ring and in public, Battling Nelson crafted a Renaissance man image as a lightweight champion, reporter, entertainer, real estate mogul, entrepreneur and ladies'' man. The first ever champion in his weight class to mount a comeback, he strove to break new ground (even if he wasn''t always successful). This book tells the story of a ring legend whose endurance was second to none and whose trilogy with Joe Gans is one of the great rivalries in sports history.

DKK 429.00

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Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer - Sheree Homer - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Ricky Nelson (he later preferred "Rick") was 8 years old when he began his career in show business. After a successful run on radio, his family''s situation comedy The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet enjoyed a 14 year television tenure. On the April 10, 1957, episode, "Ricky the Drummer," Nelson started his singing career by lip syncing to Fats Domino''s "I''m Walkin''." He scored 36 Top 40 singles between 1957 and 1972 and ranked number 5 in Billboard''s Top 25 Artists of the Decade 1950-1959. As a country rock pioneer, Rick Nelson influenced Buffalo Springfield, Linda Ronstadt, and the Eagles. This book is a candid account of his life in rock and roll through stories told by musicians and producers on the road and in the studio with him. Actors and family members also provided invaluable memories and insights.

DKK 334.00

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The Nelson-Wolgast Fight and the San Francisco Boxing Scene, 1900-1914 - Arne K. Lang - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

During the early years of the 20th century, San Francisco promoters served up boxing''s grandest spectacles. On February 22, 1910, a crowd of more than 15,000 braved chilly, rainy conditions to witness one such match, pitting lightweight champion "Battling" Nelson against Ad Wolgast. That epic battle came to stand virtually unchallenged as the most brutal fight of all time. This volume recaptures that historic fight while vividly illuminating the geographic, historic, and political forces that made it all possible. In chronicling these colorful boxers and their vibrant era, this work also reveals the dangers faced by workman pugilists like Nelson and Wolgast, making their tale, at its heart, a cautionary one.

DKK 334.00

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The Short Writings of Nelson Algren - Richard F. Bales - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Nelson Algren was a renowned Chicago writer known for his social commentary and his novels like The Man with the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side . Although he continues to be remembered almost exclusively for his novels, this book aims to highlight the value and influence of his short form works. Before he died in 1981, Algren had amassed a genre-defying body of work, including short stories, articles, poems and book reviews. The present book features a comprehensive analysis and discussion of Algren''s lost literature, including everything but his novels. One of the pieces covered is a masterpiece of race relations written in 1950, more than 60 years before the galvanization of the Black Lives Matter movement. Another is a scathing poem about Algren''s transatlantic love affair with Simone de Beauvoir. Both items are reprinted in the book courtesy of the Algren estate. This book also includes references to Algren''s works that have yet to be studied by Algren scholars.

DKK 523.00

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31 Murders - Alvin A.j. Esau - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Many decades before Ted Bundy roamed the country there was serial killer Earle Nelson. During the 1920s, this geographically mobile killer went from city to city. His modus operandi involved getting into a house by pretending to be a person looking for a room to rent or inspecting a house that was for sale, and then strangling the landlady, often followed by having sex with the dead body. Robbery was frequently a secondary motive. After Nelson was captured in Canada in 1927, it was commonly reported that he had killed 21 women and a baby during the 1926-27 period. But were these the only cases linked to him? The author examines an additional nine unsolved murders of landladies, two of which have never been dealt with in previous literature. Based on decades of archival research, the author examines all 31 murders, relying on primary sources when available and a wide variety of secondary sources. For each murder, the book provides biographical sketches of the victim, outlines the police investigation and the various suspects, and covers any subsequent attempts to link Nelson to the crime by identification evidence of witnesses or by fingerprints.

DKK 259.00

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The National Basketball League - Murry R. Nelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The NBA has gained worldwide popularity with its high-flying stars and slam-dunking giants, but the early professional hoops game was played below the rim. This book provides the first history of the National Basketball League, which held court from the mid-1930s until its merger with the Basketball Association of America in 1949. Originally formed in Akron and Indianapolis, the league operated mainly in the Midwest but extended as far east as Rochester and Syracuse and west to Denver, building major franchises with hometown loyalties. Most of its stars were college graduates, a major change from previous professional leagues, and it was the first modern major professional league to integrate. Features include photographs, maps of league franchises, and tables of team standings, MVPs, and scoring leaders.

DKK 429.00

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Big Ten Basketball, 1943-1972 - Murry R. Nelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

From the time conference play began in 1905, the Big Ten was the Western force in collegiate basketball. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Purdue were the first powers in the league, with a combined 23 titles by 1930. Purdue was dominant in the ''30s, with seven titles under Coach Piggy Lambert, including a national title in 1935 led by player of the year John Wooden. The creation of a national tournament in 1939 showed the league''s early dominance, as a different Big Ten team went to the Final Four in each of the first three years, with two wins. Over the next 30 years, the league produced some of the top teams in the country, led by Hall of Fame coaches like Branch McCracken, Walter Meanwell, Dutch Lonborg, Harold Olsen and Fred Taylor. Top players emerged from the conference, like Jerry Lucas, Cazzie Russell, John Havlicek, Terry Dischinger, Walt Bellamy, Johnny Green, Lou Hudson, Archie Clark and a host of others. This book provides the first-ever basketball history of the Big Ten.

DKK 429.00

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Portraying 9/11 - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Commentators and artists attempting to represent the events of September 11, 2001, struggle to create meaning in the face of such powerful experiences. This collection of essays offers critical insights into the discourses that shape the memory of 9/11 in the narrative genres of comics, literature, film, and theatre. It examines historical, political, cultural, and personal meanings of the disaster and its aftermath through critical discussions of Marvel and New Yorker comics, American and British novels, Hollywood films, and the plays of Anne Nelson.

DKK 429.00

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Americans and the Making of the Riviera - Michael Nelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Led by Cole Porter in the 1920s, Americans demonstrated that the best season to visit the French Riviera was not the winter, as had been the practice, but the summer. With this shift, Americans became the dominant shapers of tourism on the Riviera in the 20th century, yet the American achievement in revolutionizing the economy of the South of France is largely unsung. This insightful history details the American influence on the Riviera and the contributions of several individuals. It pays particular attention to such writers and artists as Edith Wharton, Gerald Murphy, Henry Clews, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, whose work drew energy from their stays in the Riviera and in turn helped to cement an idyllic image of the Riviera in the American popular consciousness.

DKK 334.00

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Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film - Sue Parrill - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This book provides summaries and analyses of more than 250 novels and nearly 30 films and examines the extent to which they accurately reflect the history, mores and manners of the period--and the extent to which they reveal the ideas and attitudes of their authors and of the periods in which they were written. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature and importance of the war at sea for the British and on the role of famous naval officers such as Nelson, Pellew, Duncan, Smith and Cochrane in the defeat of Napoleon.

DKK 489.00

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Attack of the Monster Movie Makers - Tom Weaver - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Twenty horror and science fiction moviemakers--both in front of and behind the camera--reminisce about some of their great (and not so great!) films. Merry Anders, Charles Bennett, Ben Chapman, Herman Cohen, Robert Day, Val Guest, Susan Hart, Candace Hilligoss, Rose Hobart, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Jacques Marquette, Cameron Mitchell, Ed Nelson, William Phipps, Vincent Price, Ann Robinson, Herbert Rudley, Harry Spalding, Kenneth Tobey, and Lupita Tovar reflect on their work in such movies as Berserk, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Cat-Women of the Moon and many others.

DKK 259.00

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The First 50 Super Bowls - Ed Benkin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Super Bowl redefined American sports. Over the past half century, the NFL''s championship game has grown from humble beginnings to the biggest sporting event of the calendar year--an event that creates legendary stories, from Len Dawson''s conversation with the president to Jim O''Brien''s game-winning kick and Randy White''s post-game duet with Willie Nelson. Covering 50 Super Bowls, from 1966 through 2016, this book gives an insider''s view of each game, with recollections from the people who participated, many told for the first time.

DKK 334.00

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Death does seem to have all he can attend to - George A. Hitchcock - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

On August 7, 1862, George Alfred Hitchcock, who was born in Ashby, Massachusetts on January 15, 1844, left Ashby looking forward to a reunion with his older brother, Henry Sparhawk Hitchcock, and membership in Company A, 21st Massachusetts Infantry. From this date until January 1, 1865, Hitchcock composed a personal narrative, keeping a meticulous, detailed record of his daily activities in pocket diaries. His first experience in battle was at Fox' Gap on South Mountain, and then by an attack across Burnside's Bridge at Antietam. This was followed by the disastrous Union advance toward Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg; a journey by rail to Paris, Kentucky via Pittsburgh, Columbus (detailed conflict of drunken 21st soldiers with local security) and Cincinnati; the protection of the Mount Sterling, Kentucky, area from guerrillas; an expedition from Camp Nelson through the Cumberland Gap to Eastern Tennessee; the skirmishes and battles in Burnside's Knoxville campaign; the arduous return march to Camp Nelson during a severe winter with Confederate prisoners; the persistent effort to regain his health and then his return to the 21st Regiment; and an compelling personal account of his capture at Cold Harbor and imprisonment at Andersonville, Georgia, Millen, Georgia and Florence, South Carolina; and finally, his release and life after 1865.

DKK 334.00

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"Don't Shoot, G-Men!" - Michael Newton - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Between 1933 and 1939, the FBI pursued an aggressive, highly publicized nationwide campaign against a succession of Depression era "public enemies," including John Dillinger, George "Baby Face" Nelson, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd, George "Machine Gun Kelly" Barnes, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, and the Ma Barker Gang. Bureau Director J. Edgar Hoover''s successes in this crusade made him the hero of law and order in the public mind. This historical analysis reveals the agency''s often illegal tactics, including torture, frame-ups, and summary executions--later expanded throughout Hoover''s 48-year reign in Washington, D.C., and exposed only after his death (some say murder) in 1972.

DKK 334.00

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They Fought in the Creature Features - Tom Weaver - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

These men and women saved the planet from aliens, behemoths, monsters, zombies, and other bloated, stumbling threats--in the movies, at least--and now they tell their stories. Julie Adams, John Agar, Richard Anderson, John Archer, Jeanne Bates, Billy Benedict, Turhan Bey, Lloyd Bridges, Ricou Browning, Robert Cornthwaite, Louise Currie, Richard Denning, Anne Francis, Mark Goddard, June Lockhart, Eugene Lourie, Jeff Morrow, Lori Nelson, Rex Reason, William Schallert, Don Taylor, George Wallace and Jane Wyatt give behind-the-scenes insights into such classic movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon, Forbidden Planet, Destination Moon and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms . They also discuss the impact "monster-fighting" had on their careers and what they are now doing.

DKK 259.00

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The Rhetorical Origins of Apartheid - Mia Roth - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The story of Nelson Mandela''s and the African National Congress'' triumph over apartheid in South Africa is well known. All but forgotten are the African leaders who spoke against the system of white rule in its infancy. The founders of the ANC were members of the Natives Representative Council, a legislative adjunct of the South African Parliament elected by Africans between 1937 and 1950, when the Council was abolished. Their speeches during Council sessions document their eloquence and quiet dignity when facing their oppressors. Abbreviated versions of the speeches of the NRC are published here for the first time, along with discussion of the Council''s elections, its members and the white government who used the NRC''s rhetoric to its own ends.

DKK 429.00

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Quintessential Jack - Scott Edwards - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

After several years of small roles and experimental screenwriting during his early career, Jack Nicholson got his big break in 1969 with Easy Rider . The next year Five Easy Pieces made him a star. Since then the 12-time Academy Award nominee has won Best Actor twice ( One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest and As Good as It Gets ). This critical study examines each of Nicholson''s film roles, as well as his screenwriting and directorial efforts. Fascinating personal insights are provided through interviews with stars such as Mews Small, James Hong, Millie Perkins, Michael Margotta, Shirley Knight, Joe Turkel, Ed Nelson, Hazel Court, the Monkees, several Apollo astronauts, Hell''s Angel Sonny Barger, Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, and many more.

DKK 334.00

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Flying Saucers Over America - Gordon Arnold - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

On June 24th, 1947, a private pilot reported numerous dazzling objects rushing through the sky above Mount Rainier in Washington state. It was the start of the current UFO phenomena, one of the country''s most perplexing and persistent mysteries. Within a few weeks, hundreds of sightings of flying saucers were reported to news media. Surprising reports of a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico further added to the mystery that July. Since then, UFOs have sparked a slew of incredible claims and speculations. This is a sober and honest history of America''s first major saucer craze, based on many sources including previously classified government records. The book cuts through decades of mystique and confusion, beginning with the 1947 UFO wave and ending with the launch of Project Blue Book in 1952. Balanced and comprehensive, this history provides background, social context and other tools for reframing perceptions of a controversial subject.

DKK 334.00

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The Contemporary American Dramatic Trilogy - Robert J. Andreach - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The dramatic trilogy has been flourishing for some time now in new works and revivals of older works by American, British, and European playwrights. This book analyzes recent American works by Caucasian, African American, Asian American, and Hispanic American men and women. There are five chapters beginning with Opposing Families (trilogies of, e.g., Lanford Wilson, Foote, Machado, and McCraney are examined). Carson, Rabe, and McLaughlin are among those in the Classical Reimaginings chapter while Coen, Berc, and Wolfe constitute the Medieval Reimaginings chapter. Van Itallie, Havis, Rapp, and Hwang, among others, create New Forms. LaBute, Fierstein, and Nelson, among others, create New Selves. The concluding chapter is devoted to Ruhl''s Passion Play , which spans 400 years of theatre-creating from Elizabethan England to Hitler''s Germany to the Reagan era in America.

DKK 571.00

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The Fighting Times of Abe Attell - Mark Allen Baker - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Abraham Washington Attell (1883-1970) was among the cleverest, most scientific professional boxers ever to enter the ring. The native San Franciscan fought 172 times--with 127 wins, 51 by knockout--and successfully defended his World Featherweight Champion title 18 times between 1906 and 1912, defeating challengers who included Johnny Kilbane and Battling Nelson. Abe''s success inspired his brothers Caesar and Monte to take up the sport--Abe and Monte both held simultaneous world titles for a time. This first ever biography covers Attell''s life and career. Growing up poor and Jewish in an predominantly Irish neighborhood, he faced his share of adversity and anti-Semitism. He was charged for alleged involvement in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. The charges were dropped but Attell was branded for the remainder of his life.

DKK 429.00

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The Baseball Novel - Noel Schraufnagel - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This annotated bibliography covers approximately 400 novels published from 1838 through 2007. A substantial introduction to the history and development of the genre precedes the chronologically arranged entries, which provide bibliographic details and extensive annotations on plot, themes, and compositional strengths and weaknesses. Mainstream novels by writers such as Hemingway, Wolfe, Roth, and DeLillo are included. Appendices provide historical overviews for the primary baseball subgenres, including mystery, fantasy, and science-fiction; lists for novels that foreground issues of race or ethnicity (or both, as in Winegardner''s Vera Cruz Blues ), gender (Gilbert''s A League of Their Own ), and class (Hay''s The Dixie Association ); and the author''s rankings of great baseball novels overall and by subgenre.

DKK 334.00

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Beautiful Ghosts - Sherilyn Connelly - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A Generation X transgender woman, Sherilyn Connelly came out of the closet in 1999. Her own identity still emerging, she had stumbled into a difficult, stifling relationship. Also, her employment at a tech company ceased when the dot-com bubble burst. It was a goth boy from Bolinas that first took her shopping for make-up, and the San Francisco goth scene became her respite. This wickedly eye-opening memoir reveals how Connelly dealt with a toxic partner and found her voice as a woman. A longtime cinephile, it tells how she became a writer, rekindled a love for cult films and horror conventions, and learned "the secret to becoming a star." Her remembrances are also a tale of a bygone era of sex, music and San Francisco and its darkened underworld of goth strays--her literate vampires and beautiful ghosts.

DKK 240.00

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Lockerbie and Libya - Robert W. Thabit - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and the politics that surround this early anti-U.S. terrorist act provide a fascinating case study in international relations. The event severely impacted Libya''s relationship with the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Nations. This work examines all facets of the Lockerbie tragedy including the police investigation and indictment of two Libyan citizens, the imposition of international sanctions against Libya, that country''s response and the years of tension and conflict that followed, the role of political mediation (most notably by Prince Bandar bin Sultan and President Nelson Mandela), the trial in the Netherlands, Muammar Qaddafi and Libya''s increasing maturity in dealing with complex international situations, and the flight 103 bombing''s significance within the context of the events of September 11, 2001.

DKK 429.00

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A Spy's Diary of World War II - Wayne Nelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Adventures of Ozzie Nelson - John R. Holmes - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Battling Nelson, the Durable Dane - Mark Allen Baker - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer - Sheree Homer - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Nelson-Wolgast Fight and the San Francisco Boxing Scene, 1900-1914 - Arne K. Lang - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Short Writings of Nelson Algren - Richard F. Bales - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

31 Murders - Alvin A.j. Esau - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The National Basketball League - Murry R. Nelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Big Ten Basketball, 1943-1972 - Murry R. Nelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Portraying 9/11 - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Americans and the Making of the Riviera - Michael Nelson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film - Sue Parrill - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Attack of the Monster Movie Makers - Tom Weaver - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The First 50 Super Bowls - Ed Benkin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Death does seem to have all he can attend to - George A. Hitchcock - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

"Don't Shoot, G-Men!" - Michael Newton - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

They Fought in the Creature Features - Tom Weaver - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Rhetorical Origins of Apartheid - Mia Roth - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Quintessential Jack - Scott Edwards - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Flying Saucers Over America - Gordon Arnold - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Contemporary American Dramatic Trilogy - Robert J. Andreach - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Fighting Times of Abe Attell - Mark Allen Baker - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Baseball Novel - Noel Schraufnagel - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Beautiful Ghosts - Sherilyn Connelly - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Lockerbie and Libya - Robert W. Thabit - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

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