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For more than forty years Robert Klein has entertained audiences -- on television, on Broadway, and in film. Now, in The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue, his first book, Klein uses his trademark off-the-charts humor to bring us to the heart of his creative coming-of-age.

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Stephen Decatur was one of the most awe-inspiring officers of the entire Age of Fighting Sail. A real-life American naval hero in the early nineteenth century, he led an astonishing life, and his remarkable acts of courage in combat made him one of the most celebrated figures of his era.

Decatur's dazzling exploits in the Barbary Wars propelled him to national prominence at the age of twenty-five. His dramatic capture of HMS Macedonian in the War of 1812, and his subsequent naval and diplomatic triumphs in the Mediterranean, secured his permanent place in the hearts of his countrymen. Handsome, dashing, and fearless, his crews worshipped him, presidents lionized him, and an adoring public heaped fresh honors on him with each new achievement.

James Tertius de Kay is one of our foremost naval historians. In A Rage for Glory, the first new biography of Decatur in almost seventy years, he recounts Decatur's life in vivid colors. Drawing on material unavailable to previous biographers, he traces the origins of Decatur's fierce patriotism ("My country...right or wrong!"), chronicles Decatur's passionate love affair with Susan Wheeler, and provides new details of Decatur's tragic death in a senseless duel of honor, secretly instigated by the backroom machinations of jealous fellow officers determined to ruin him. His death left official Washington in such shock that his funeral became a state occasion, attended by friends who included former President James Madison, current President James Monroe, Chief Justice John Marshall, and ten thousand more.

Decatur's short but crowded life was an astonishing epic of hubris, romance, and high achievement. Only a handful of Americans since his time have ever come close to matching his extraordinary glamour and brilliance..
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Deedy's family emigrated to the U.S. during the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, and Carmen grew up in Decatur, Georgia She combines the rich traditions of both the Southern culture and her Latin American heritage in a blend of delightful stories. Side A--English. Side B--Spanish..
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For the baseball fan wondering why, when and how analytical managers and GMs make key decisions in a game and over a season, this insider’s book explains the practical uses of statistics in baseball. Written in three parts, Behind-the-Scenes Baseball begins with stories from Doug Decatur’s long career as a statistical consultant. Part Two is the GM IQ Test, a test of what every major league manager and GM should know…but doesn’t. Questions are multiple choice, true/false, and essay format. Part Three is a concise look at the Houston Astros 2004 run for the pennant. There is also a short epilogue comparing the Astros’ 2004 and 2005 seasons..
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While searching for a woman with whom he had fallen in love years earlier, cowboy Coy Bell is accused of a heinous crime that he did not commit. Reprint AB. .
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