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TAKE THIS SUPER BOWL AND SHOVE IT. At least that's what Oakland Raiders' fan Craig Parker thinks. A card-carrying member of Raider Nation, Parker adds a new chapter to the written history of the Silver and Black. Writing from the too often dismissed perspective of the dedicated fan, Parker gives voice to the hopes, fears, prejudices, and fantasies of not only the usual suspects in the Black Hole, but also of the ordinary folks at home on the couch. Against the backdrop of the nearly triumphant 2002 season, Parker gloats over victories, agonizes over defeats, and exchanges insults with opposing fans (The Denver Donkies?). He recounts in detail the greatest wins in Raider history, and provides imaginative but sincere excuses for the biggest losses (The "Immaculate Deception"). Ever the paranoiac, he explains Raider Mystique and the rule changes adopted by the NFL to counter it.

Boston Herald sportswriter George Kimball states: "Parker, in any case, writes very well, has a sharp eye for detail, and remembers more than just about any sportswriter I could name." From Parker's viewpoint, Raiders football is not just a game; it's a way of life. Family loyalty is the cardinal virtue: respect Al Davis, love all current Raiders, and honor the memory of the past. Parker maintains an edgy but positive attitude throughout the book. He extols the Raiders' dedication to excellence, their emphasis on teamwork, and their amazing ability to overcome adversity brought on (mostly) by forces outside the organization. In Parker's world, even in defeat, the Raiders honor the game of football and their dedicated followers.

This book is a must read for Raider fans, as well as other football fans seeking comfort in numbers. It justifies being a fan. It reminds us of our darkest thoughts, our wildest fantasies. It brings back the glorious past, and it raises our hopes for the future..
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"Irresistibly seductive ...Murder mystery, historical novel, portal to another time; The Blackest Bird is a masterpiece "—Anthony Bourdain

In the sweltering summer of 1841, Mary Rogers, a popular tobacco shop counter girl, is found brutally murdered in the shallows of the Hudson River. John Colt, scion of the firearm fortune, beats his publisher to death with a hatchet. And young Irish gang leader Tommy Coleman is accused of killing his daughter, wife, and her former lover. Charged with solving it all is High Constable Jacob Hays, whose investigation will span a decade, involving gang wars, grave robbers, and clues hidden in poems by the hopeless romantic and minstrel of the night, Edgar Allan Poe..
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This sign was hanging on the main street intersection of downtown, from the 1920s to the late 1960s, two blocks from where I lived. My hometown is Greenville, Texas. Greenville is known throughout the nation for two things: its unique slogan, "The Blackest Land - The Whitest People" and its famous 1908 lynching. The famous sign hung on the main street between our train station and our bus station. As soldiers and civilian passengers passed through our town, it provided a very conspicuous view. This book is about what it was like being black and growing up in Greenville, Texas. It is also in remembrance of all those before us who went through struggles to help people free themselves from undesirables which had previously enslaved us. Although we obtained certain rights, I give you a background and the history of why things were the way they were. Even a more valuable history is of why things are still the way they are, especially between blacks. Is it because of a single, powerful, twisted-minded genius 292 years ago, whose theory is still a powerful affront in the black race today? My hope is to help break this chain of enslavement of blacks against blacks in my hometown. History was not always pretty; but to say, "Forget the past," is saying Black History doesn't matter. Black history is American history, and it has been missing from the history books for a long time. My goal is not to keep bringing up the past. My goal is to include some of those that were there, and helped, endeared, molded, designed and build Greenville so that it is what it is today......
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Death....Descending from deep space like locusts, Yardon Wrath and his murderous band of mutants, the Plague, terrorize an isolated colony. Legendary lawman Thane Bishop is brutally beaten to death in front of his family by the inhuman psychopath he helped create. But the macabre half-man, half-machineÂ’s sinister plans call for much more than murder. Much moreÂ…Rebirth....Offered an unholy alliance with an entity from an alternate existence, Thane Bishop rises from the grave, his lust for revenge matched only by his adversaryÂ’s own twisted plans for retribution.Vengeance.... All thatÂ’s left for two men more dead than alive. The Blackest Heart....Death is just the beginning..
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The Blackest Death Volume II is a horror house of twisting corridors and encroaching shadows, and our family is full of soul-eating succubi, demonic executioners, earthbound angels, hellish cowboys, and private demons. Take a walk down our halls and peek into vast rooms full of walking nightmares and ghoulish delights. In this place your darkest dreams and desires come true--but be careful what you wish for! In our house you are never quite alone. Feel the cobwebs brush your face and listen to the floor creaking in the dark as something fast approaches. The door is open and we are waiting for you.

In The Blackest Death Volume II you will encounter:

"Keeper of the Streets" by Mike Adamson "The Little Plastic Devil in a Bottle" by Douglas T. Araujo "The Debt" by Diana Bennett "Jesse Wept" by Eric S. Brown and D. Richard Pearce "The Little Boy Who Came Back From the Grave" by Tim Curran "Séance.net" by Peter Ebsworth "A Twist of Hate" by Christopher Fulbright "Where The Dead Men Lose Their Bones" by Kenneth C. Goldman "Where Secrets Fester" by T. M. Gray "Payback" by Derek Gunn "Return of the Ba" by Angeline Hawkes-Craig "The Empire of Sleep" by Davin Ireland "Enter Sleep" by Nancy Jackson "Longing" by Brian W. Keen "Bad Hand Man" by Karen Koehler "Keeper" by Aurelio Lopez III "Minion" by A. L. MacKinnon "In Shadows" by Paul Melniczek "Revenge of the Roach King" by C. Dennis Moore "Veils" by Marc Paoletti "Perhaps I'm Not Dark Enough" by Stephanie Simpson-Woods "Demon Dreams" by Lavie Tidhar "The Space Between" by Erik Tomblin "Keepsake: A Tale of the Nameless" by Ray Wallace.
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Every emotion felt to the bone, every bone a story to tell. When a soul sits down to write why it cries, these are the words it pens. All words within tell a story of a time and feeling that is irrevocably etched on the wings of a dreamer in flight. Through a blur of teenage years and angst, through a dozen half-assed infatuations taking toll, this is what I have come to know. All that I am and all that IÂ’ll come to be are the words on these pages..
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