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"We all have the power to create our own destiny. Titus is living proof of that, and his story will inspire others to do the same." -- Roman Reigns, WWE Superstar "Titus O'Neil gives from his heart, his head, and his hands. He is not only a world-class athlete, he is a world-class human being." -- Frank Sanchez, Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Vice President of Sports, Entertainment, and Alumni Development "As a WWE Superstar and Florida Gator, Titus has entertained millions. But as a man, he changes lives one child and family at a time. Titus is living proof that the biggest and baddest can also be the best and kindest." -- Dr. Kent Fuchs, President of the University of Florida "A true example of a servant leader, Titus O'Neil represents all that is good in our community. A big man with an even bigger heart for those less fortunate, he leads by his faith, his example, and an unwavering commitment to leaving Tampa better than he found it." -- Bob Buckhorn, former mayor of Tampa "Titus O'Neil is committed to youth development and does wonderful work to help those from difficult backgrounds believe there are no limits on what they can achieve. His work to help our community is inspiring to everyone." -- Steve Spurrier, Titus's football coach at the University of Florida "Titus is the best example of a person refusing to be a product of bad circumstances. He turned a heartbreaking situation into a lifetime of inspiration. I'm blessed to know him. I'm proud to call him a brother. I hope everyone will read the story of his amazing journey and use it as inspiration to give, love, laugh, dream, work hard, and never make excuses." -- Dave Bautista One caring person can change the course of a child's life. There's No Such Thing as a Bad Kid chronicles Thaddeus Bullard's (known today as WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil) turbulent childhood years as he learned to forge his own path and realize his unique greatness, value, and potential. Living in an impoverished neighborhood overrun with violent crime and other perils, Titus wasn't expected to ever escape his troubled beginnings. By the time he was a teenager, he believed he was the bad kid he'd been labeled as -- until an adult looked him in the eye and said, "There is no such thing as a bad kid." From that moment on, Titus realized he was in control of his future, and he used his abilities to exceed those expectations, excelling first as a student athlete and then as a Superstar in WWE. Titus's remarkable story will inspire hope and determination in children in similar circumstances and help guide well-meaning adults in paying forward their successes to a generation of disadvantaged youth. WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil is an accomplished athlete and entertainer in the ring and a hard-working philanthropist out of the ring. He has helped raise millions for charities, secured scholarships for student athletes, and mentors at-risk youth. Paul Guzzo is a journalist, filmmaker, and author. A proud native of Ewing, New Jersey, he has lived in the Tampa Bay area since 1999.

"This book is a blueprint for communities around the world." -- David Suzuki"If water shortages and global unrest are on your mind -- and they should be -- read this book." -- Caryn Mandelbaum, Water Program Director, Leonardo DiCaprio FoundationThe Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; and that single-use plastic water bottles will not be available in public spaces. With its simple, straightforward approach, the movement has been growing around the world for a decade. Today, Paris, Berlin, Bern, and Montreal are just a few of the cities that have made themselves Blue Communities. In Whose Water Is It, Anyway?, renowned water justice activist Maude Barlow recounts her own education in water issues as she and her fellow grassroots water warriors woke up to the immense pressures on water in a warming world. Concluding with a step-by-step guide to making your own community blue, Maude Barlow's latest book is a heartening example of how ordinary people can effect enormous change.

A history of the foods humans have loved to death, such as the twentieth century passenger pigeon. Set to offer an environmental call to arms for the present.

"Life imitates professional wrestling -- much more than it imitates what most people think of as art. Al has a great instinct for both, and that makes this read worth your time." -- Eric Bischoff In the late '90s, wrestling journeyman Al Snow looked in the mirror and saw a man who needed help, a man whose reputation within the wrestling industry was excellent but whose career was going nowhere. Channeling his frustration into what would become his best-known gimmick, Al began talking to (and through) a mannequin head. With Extreme Championship Wrestling, Al reinvented himself as an unhinged neurotic and became one of the hottest acts in the most cutting-edge promotion in America when wrestling's popularity was at its peak. This led to a journey back to the industry's main stage, World Wrestling Entertainment, during the wildly popular Attitude Era and into his role as trainer and father figure on the MTV reality show Tough Enough. Now, after 35 years in the industry, Al Snow tells the stories of the unbelievable events that formed his career, from in-ring recollections to out-of-ring escapades, including drunken midnight excursions with a van full of little people, tasers at autograph signings, and continual attempts on his life by assorted members of the animal kingdom. Self Help is Al Snow at his best, delivering what everybody wants and needs.

An essential read for anyone interested in music and its making. Along with the inside stories, each chapter gives recording and producing information and tips with expert understanding of the equipment used in making the world''s most unforgettable records and explanations of the methods used to get the very best sound. Listen Up! is both production guide and exclusive backstage pass into the lives of some of the planet''s most iconic musicians. Writing with his brother Chris Howard, Mark Howard provides a rare glimpse into the normally invisible, almost secretive side of the music story: that of the producer and recording engineer.

Through his work in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Donald Laub changed the lives of thousands of people who had been shunned by society. Dr. Laub''s influence fostered the development of three key areas in the surgical profession: pioneering and influencing international humanitarian medical missions in the developing world, being at the forefront of gender affirmation surgery for transgender people since 1968, and the education and training of over 50 plastic and reconstructive surgeons.

Manager by day and drummer by night: for over a decade, Tom Stephen's dual role with the Jeff Healey Band gave him unparalleled access to its star, in all his brilliance and all his temperamentality. Fans old and new will enjoy the view from the Best Seat in the House.

With 1.3 billion people identifying as having a disability, an overview of how companies including Google, PepsiCo and Nordstrom are attracting people with disabilities as customers and employees, not charitably but lucratively.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "You will care about Anne T. Donahue's debut personal essay collection. Because its frank, funny observations and insights into life in your 20s and 30s will make you feel seen." -- Cosmopolitan "Nobody Cares takes you on a winding road trip through Anne T. Donahue's life and makes you want to go back in time to visit your younger self -- not to impart words of wisdom, but to admire that awkward, stumbling, beautiful person you were." -- Cobie Smulders, actor "From breaking down her anxiety disorder to getting in touch with helpful and well-deserved female rage, Donahue is as inspiring as she is droll." -- Vulture "Anne T. Donahue's thoughtful book is hilarious and honest -- it makes me uncomfortable in the most brilliant and relatable way." -- Gabourey Sidibe, actor and author of ?This Is Just My Face A frank, funny personal essay collection about the messy business of being alive. As she shares her hard-won insights from screwing up, growing up, and trying to find her own path, Anne T. Donahue offers all the honesty, laughs, and reassurance of a late-night phone call with your best friend. Whether she's giving a signature pep talk, railing against summer, or describing her own mental health struggles, Anne reminds us that failure is normal, saying no to things is liberating, and that we're all a bunch of beautiful disasters -- and she wouldn't have it any other way.

The winner of the Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize. The story of Jean McNeil's time as writer-in-residence with the British Antarctic Survey and other journeys in cold climates.

Death of the Territories reveals one man's TKO of professional wrestling's old territorial system. Tim Hornbaker tells the exclusive story of how, with television as his battering ram, Vincent Kennedy McMahon flattened his opponents to kick-start a wresting revolution.

In The Kaizen of Poker, Sheree Bykofsky will help you take your game to the next level - and to the level after that. By learning how to identify and focus on the skills and strategies you need to improve most, you will find yourself raking in more pots and leaving the game a winner far more often. Expanding on Secrets the Pros Won''t Tell You About Winning Hold''Em Poker by Lou Krieger and Sheree Bykofsky, here she takes the Japanese concept of ''Kaizen'' - continuous improvement - and applies it to the card game we all love best.

A new edition of the first book in the acclaimed Pop Classics series The Worst. Movie. Ever. is a masterpiece. Seriously. Enough time has passed since Showgirls flopped spectacularly that it's time for a good hard look back at the sequined spectacle. A salvage operation on a very public, very expensive train wreck, It Doesn't Suck argues that Showgirls is much smarter and deeper than it is given credit for. In an accessible and entertaining voice, the book encourages a shift in critical perspective on Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls, analyzing the film, its reception, and rehabilitation. This in-depth study of a much-reviled movie is a must-read for lovers and haters of the 1995 Razzie winner for Worst Picture. This expanded edition includes an exclusive interview between the author and Showgirls director Paul Verhoeven, as well as a new preface.

A fascinating investigation of a beloved comic strip The internet is home to impassioned debates on just about everything, but there's one thing that's universally beloved: Bill Watterson's comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Until its retirement in 1995 after a ten-year run, the strip won numerous awards and drew tens of millions of readers from all around the world. The story of a boy and his best friend -- a stuffed tiger -- was a pitch-perfect distillation of the joys and horrors of childhood, and a celebration of imagination in its purest form. In Let's Go Exploring, Michael Hingston mines the strip and traces the story of Calvin's reclusive creator to demonstrate how imagination -- its possibilities, its opportunities, and ultimately its limitations -- helped make Calvin and Hobbes North America's last great comic strip.

A white rock 'n' roll guitarist on stage with the Godfather of Soul In this unvarnished account of toiling under one of popular music's most notorious bosses, Damon Wood details his six years spent playing guitar for James Brown's Soul Generals. In a memoir certain to fascinate Mr. Dynamite's millions of fans, as well as musicians and industry insiders, Wood recalls how a chance encounter with James Brown led him to embrace soul and funk music under the tutelage of its greatest progenitor. Numerous interviews with bandmates provide multiple perspectives on James Brown's complex character, his leadership of his band, the nature of soul and funk, and insights and sometimes harsh lessons learned along the way. This is a sideman's story of the gritty reality of working close to the spotlight but rarely in it. Damon Wood describes life on the road -- often on James Brown's infamous tour bus -- with one guitar, a change of clothes, and two dozen comrades-in-arms as they brought the funk to clubs, theaters, and the biggest music festivals on earth. Working for James Brown could be fear-inducing, inspiring, exhilarating, and exasperating -- all in the space of a single performance.

Move back through time into the alluring worlds of the Alchemists' Council The anticipated second book in Cynthea Masson's series takes readers to Flaw Dimension, centuries before the events of book one. Rebel scribe Genevre, exploring secreted libraries with Dragonsblood pulsing through her young veins, accidentally discovers a 5th-Council manuscript with a long-forgotten alchemical formula whose implications could permanently transform both the Alchemists' Council and the Rebel Branch. A revolution looms as High Azoth Dracaen strengthens the power of the Rebel Branch, Cedar and Saule take treacherous steps against fellow alchemists, and the unprecedented mutual conjunction of Ilex and Melia changes the fate of all dimensions. With insurgents gathering, Ilex and Melia's attempt to open a forbidden breach through time could bring salvation -- or total destruction -- to the elemental balance of the world. The battle over free will for all of humanity continues in The Flaw in the Stone, the remarkable second instalment of this epic fantasy trilogy.

Provides a comprehensive look at NXT - WWE's newest brand which has an increasing, global following. With an introduction by Vincent K. McMahon.

Documenting the rise of women s wrestling from sideshow to WWE main event Sisterhood of the Squared Circle presents the fascinating history of women s wrestling, from the carnival circuit of the late 1800s to today s hugely popular matches. With more than 100 wrestler profiles, find out how backstage politics, real-life grudges, and incredible personalities shaped the business. The careers of many well-known trailblazers, including Mildred Burke, the Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, Penny Banner, Wendi Richter, Trish Stratus, Chyna, and Lita, are celebrated alongside today s stars, like Charlotte, Sasha Banks, and Bayley. With rare photographs and an exploration of women s wrestling worldwide including chapters on Japan, Mexico, England, and Australia Sisterhood of the Squared Circle is a priceless contribution to the history of professional wrestling."

Bradshaw would likely be dead today had he not made the risky decision to leave the outlaw Pagans motorcycle club in 1978. He charted a radically new course that took him into law enforcement -- including undercover narcotics work.

A Dream Given Form provides an accessible, comprehensive, and critical look at Babylon 5, one of the most groundbreaking series of all time. Nearly 20 years after the show ended, this indispensable companion not only covers all five seasons of Babylon 5, but also the feature-length TV movies, the spinoff series Crusade (including three non-produced episodes), The Legend of the Rangers, The Lost Tales, the canonical novels, the DC comic book series, and the short stories set in the Babylon 5 universe.

An official guide to the crazy science of Orphan Black Delve deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of the Peabody-winning, cult favourite show. With exclusive insights from the show s co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter, The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the Dyad Institute and inside Neolution. Authors Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth decode the mysteries of Orphan Black from the history of cloning, epigenetics, synthetic biology, chimerism, the real diseases on which the clone disease is based, and the transhumanist philosophies of Neolution, to what exactly happens when a projectile pencil is shot through a person s eye and into their brain."

Jaden is a new Initiate with the Alchemist's Council, but the more she learns the more she questions the Council and the mysterious erasure of bees from their ancient manuscripts. Jaden becomes caught between her responsibility to the Council and her growing allegiance to the Rebels. Can she save the worlds?

Pat is one of the greatest mentors I ve ever had in the world of sports-entertainment. Dwayne The Rock Johnson When Pat Patterson was 17 years old, he was asked to leave his home after telling his parents he was in love . . . with a man. Moving from Montreal to the United States in the 1960s, barely knowing a word of English, he was determined to succeed in the squared circle. Back when homophobia was widespread, Pat lived in the super-macho world of pro wrestling. In this fascinating and revealing memoir of revolutionary talent, pioneer, and creative savant Patterson recalls the trials and tribulations of climbing to the upper ranks of sports-entertainment as a performer and, later, as a backstage creative force. Many in the WWE Universe know Pat Patterson as a ring legend, the prestigious first holder of WWE s Intercontinental Championship, a WWE Hall of Famer, and one of Vince McMahon s stooges during the Attitude Era. But Patterson is no stooge. He has long been one of Vince McMahon s trusted advisors. Still active in WWE today, Pat delivers his no-holds-barred story of going from unknown to WWE luminary."

A celebration of the classic-era Motorhead line-up of Lemmy Kilmister, 'Fast' Eddie Clarke and Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor. Examines their rise to prominence during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late 1970s, and brings the story up to date with the deaths of Phil and Lemmy in 2015.

The music of Rush is filled with fantastic stories, evocative images, thought-provoking futures and pasts. From dark dystopian struggles to uplifting triumphs, bestselling and award winning authors each choose a Rush song as a spark for a story in this anthology.