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An anecdotal memoir of being born and growing up in Tottenham. These are stories and tales written by a working-class boy who was brought up by working-class parents half a mile from Tottenham Hotspur’s White Hart Lane Ground. Parents who might be considered poor but were extremely loving and of high moral standards. By the author’s own admission, and with all due respect to his teachers, his education was not the best it might have been. It really just passed him by, mostly due to his obsession with his dream of being a professional footballer. A dream he did not quite achieve, albeit with the consolation that he became a scout, later in life, for his beloved Tottenham Hotspur. A biography full of the stories the author remembers from over sixty-five years of playing and being involved with the game. And with his other great love of music. The banter of the club houses and the pubs after the game. The ups and downs of being an ardent fan of Tottenham Hotspur supporting them through ‘thick’n thin, good and bad’. The author hopes to show what a great life it can be being involved with the ‘grass roots’ of football.

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‘Glorious!’ CLARE POOLEY ‘Compelling’ SUNDAY EXPRESS ‘Beautiful, uplifting and deeply moving’ FREYA SAMPSON From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Saving Missy A mother. A daughter. A secret waiting to be uncovered. The day that Delphine stands up for herself is the day that changes everything… For too long, Delphine has been unable to let go of the past, obsessed with protecting her daughter, Em, and clinging to a secret that has cast a shadow over their lives. When a chance encounter offers a way out, Delphine seizes it with both hands. As their lives begins to fill with colour again, can she find the courage to change their lives forever? ‘An uplifting story of second chances and the hope of human connection … full of warmth and wit’ The i paper ‘A beautiful story of love in all its forms’ Jessica Ryn ‘Glorious and heartfelt … full of hope, humour and kindness’ Sarah Haywood

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Record your fishing successes—for data or for fun!Every great angler has a story or two, but do you remember all the details? When did you catch it? Where were you fishing? How big was it . . . really? Those answers and more can be recorded forever in the Fishing Journal. Keep track of the “what,” where,” and “how many,” and create a personalized keepsake to look back upon year after year. As an added bonus, this logbook included callouts and sidebars of information: trivia, famous fishing quotes, and more. Anglers of all ages will enjoy putting this journal to use.

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Completely updated with new material, this bestselling job search guide can help you keep up with changes in the job market—from updating the language of your resume to using social media networking to make professional connections that are essential in finding new employment opportunities.For more than thirty years, Martin Yate’s Knock ’em Dead series has helped millions of people succeed in their job search and has continued to be one of the most powerful in the field, constantly meeting the challenges of the modern marketplace. In Knock ’em Dead, you’ll learn to create a resume that works, build strong profession-relevant networks, and develop street-smart strategies for getting more interviews and learning how to turn those job interviews into job offers. More than a job-search guide, you’ll have a blueprint for becoming more successful, while gaining the ability to control your professional destiny and

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The only single-source——now completely updated and revised——to offer a unified treatment of the theory, methodology, and applications of the EM algorithm Complete with updates that capture developments from the past decade, The EM Algorithm and Extensions, Second Edition successfully provides a basic understanding of the EM algorithm by describing its inception, implementation, and applicability in numerous statistical contexts. In conjunction with the fundamentals of the topic, the authors discuss convergence issues and computation of standard errors, and, in addition, unveil many parallels and connections between the EM algorithm and Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms. Thorough discussions on the complexities and drawbacks that arise from the basic EM algorithm, such as slow convergence and lack of an in-built procedure to compute the covariance matrix of parameter estimates, are also presented. While the general philosophy of the First Edition has been maintained, this timely new edition has been updated, revised, and expanded to include: New chapters on Monte Carlo versions of the EM algorithm and generalizations of the EM algorithm New results on convergence, including convergence of the EM algorithm in constrained parameter spaces Expanded discussion of standard error computation methods, such as methods for categorical data and methods based on numerical differentiation Coverage of the interval EM, which locates all stationary points in a designated region of the parameter space Exploration of the EM algorithm's relationship with the Gibbs sampler and other Markov chain Monte Carlo methods Plentiful pedagogical elements—chapter introductions, lists of examples, author and subject indices, computer-drawn graphics, and a related Web site The EM Algorithm and Extensions, Second Edition serves as an excellent text for graduate-level statistics students and is also a comprehensive resource for theoreticians, practitioners, and researchers in the social and physical sciences who would like to extend their knowledge of the EM algorithm.

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Dark, profane, and hilarious, yet ultimately humane, these ten stories are the latest and best of Robin McLean's reports from the eternal battlefront that is the United States. Ranging across the continent, from Alaska to Missouri, from the flatlands to the mountains, each tale is a snapshot of the political, racial, and sexual undercurrents roiling contemporary life, and each finds a way into the nerves and blood that pulse beneath the question of how to live a decent life. Here you'll find stolen children living life to the fullest on the run and on the road, soldiers guarding empty frontiers, and rugged individualists brought low by an uncaring nature. You'll find prehistoric beasts rubbing talons with hustlers as well as death machines lurking beneath the bucolic countryside. Here you'll find hatred, friendship, and pitch-black humour all seething in the same stew. Get 'em Young, Treat 'em Tough, Tell 'em Nothing marries the sardonic moral and political explorations of a Flannery O'Connor to the surreal, scuzzy wit of a Denis Johnson. It is a brazen State of the Union for a nation on the edge.

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Filled with acerbic humour and cynical, lyrical, well-crafted verse, Read 'em and Weep is a poetic diatribe, issuing challenges to political governance, corporate greed, unwarranted entitlement and the North/South divide.

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Vaig prendre consciència que era una petita baula d?una cadena que venia de molt lluny, també dels meus avantpassats. Doncs la meva feina a la vida era entregar aquesta baula una mica més forta a la generació següent. I si tots fem això, alguna generació posterior estarà en condicions de proclamar la independència.Que el president de la Generalitat Carles Puigdemont no és un polític corrent és una evidència. Els seus orígens, la seva formació, les seves influències i, sobretot, l?autoexigència per tenir un pensament propi, en són la causa indubtable. Des de l?amistat més propera, la que atorguen els anys i les afinitats, Josep Riera Font conversa amb Carles Puigdemont perquè sigui el president, en primera persona, qui ens parli de la seva vida, de la seva gent.Em dic Carles és una aproximació intensa a la personalitat del nou president de la Generalitat i a tot allò que ha marcat la seva trajectòria vital: Amer, els anys d?internat, el mestratge de l?oncle, la biblioteca del mone

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From their first performances to the release of their bestselling Black Album and beyond, this lavishly illustrated books charts the career of Metallica, the world''s most iconic heavy metal band. Telling the history of Metallica through their tours, from the smallest early clubs to the biggest stadiums, this rich anthology covers their evolution and success year by year and around the globe. With tour anecdotes, backstage access and inside accounts from band members, as well as other musicians who have performed or worked with them, this book is the perfect gift for any Metallica fan.

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La Samira és una noia musulmana que va arribar a Catalunya de petiteta amb la seva família. El seu pare, un home profundament creient i de ment oberta, la volia allunyar de les tradicions massa rígides per a les dones del Marroc. Ara la Samira s?ha fet gran, i viu la seva fe de manera intensa i íntima, és una noia alegre i estudiosa que comença el primer any de carrera. El que ella no s?imaginava és que coneixeria en Jordi i la seva vida faria un tomb. En Jordi és un noi fantàstic que s?enamora d?ella, però els límits entre religions es fan presents, per a la Laila és impossible estar amb un ateu sense ferir la seva família, tem ser repudiada i no poder mantenir el contacte amb els seus. Per a l?entorn d?en Jordi és impensable que estigui amb una noia que porta un mocador al cap. Tots dos hauran d?afrontar la realitat dels seus sentiments i prendre decisions que seran irreversibles.

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This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to Christianity. This book also contains treatments of Julian's laws, inscriptions, coinage, as well as his artistic programme. Across nineteen papers, international specialists in the field of Late Antique Studies offer original interpretations of an extraordinary figure: emperor and philosopher, soldier and accomplished writer. Julian, his life and writings, are here considered as parts of the tumult in politics, culture and religion during the Fourth Century AD. New light is shed on Julian's distinctive literary style and imperial agenda. This volume also includes an up-to-date, consolidated bibliography.

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These Empathy Postcards were designed to make it even easier for you to be there when it really matters: during life’s hardest moments, like major illness or loss.You can send or give one at a time, or send them in a series—once a week, say—to the same person, whether it’s over the duration of a treatment, at any time following a tragedy (not just during the first days or weeks!) or for any particularly difficult few months. - Twenty 5" x 7" postcards with card stock cover - 2 each of 10 different designs (20 total postcards)

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Studies have shown that the pursuit of happiness can negatively impact your mental health (wtf? . . . and yet, somehow, we suspected as much). Nora McInerny—celebrated author and host of the Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast—gets it. She’s created this daily oracle/guidance deck for people who are done with the pursuit of unbridled happiness—and are ready to embrace its more stable cousin, a state of “happyish.” Each card represents a helpful thought that McInerny herself has relied upon when life got dark—nuggets like “Life is not a self-improvement exercise,” “You are not a sad story,” and “Let it be complicated.” Use ’em daily, weekly, hourly…whenever and wherever. No rules and no pressure. Written by Nora McInerny File under: mindfulness cards for adults, self care gifts + stress relief gifts for humans! Portfolio-style box with magnetic closure 50 cards, 3.60” x 4.85

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Because barely hanging on is often an act of near-superhuman valor. Written by New York Times bestselling author Carvell Wallace for Em & Friends Inspirational greeting card, you-are-awesome card, proud-of-you card, words of encouragement card! Colored envelope, blank inside A2 size (4.25 x 5.5-inches) Card reads: We''re barely hanging on, and I for one think we''re doing a TREMENDOUS JOB.

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Give the grown-ass ladies and badass girls in your life a boost of feminist fire with this postcard book (20 cards, 10 designs). And if you’re the type to send postcards to politicians, these are sure to send a message: The future is feMAIL. (Sorry, we had to make that joke.) - Twenty 5" x 7" postcards with card stock cover - 2 each of 10 different designs (20 total postcards)

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This card.Why? Just read it! This is the kind of card that a person receives, then cries a little, then keeps forever in a special box. Written by New York Times bestselling author Carvell Wallace for Em & Friends Amazing anniversary card, birthday card, all occasion card Colored envelope, blank inside A2 size (4.25 x 5.5-inches) Card reads: One of my favorite things in the world is being loved by you.

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A local rancher and Texas Panhandle pioneer, Charles Goodnight, is credited with inventing the chuckwagon, an iconic part of the great cattle drives of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and a critical part of keeping cattle moving across the Great Plains. The fire-pit cooking techniques used to keep the hard-working cowhands fed are still popular today. And many experienced chuckwagon cooks are still hard at work today—chuckwagon cook-offs are a popular competitive arena for their skills. Keep 'Em Full and Keep 'Em Moving: The All-American Chuckwagon Cookbook is full of more than 100 recipes and the histories of the ranches. It also includes first-hand accounts of life on the range from the men and women who worked them alongside archival images and stunning food photography.

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Teaches how to play Texas Hold 'Em Poker for beginners. This work contains terms, definitions, etiquette and rules and shows how poker hands are ranked. It helps you to understand your chances, appreciate the percentages, and master the odds so that your hand improves.

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Desiderio desideravi, the title of Pope Francis's 2022 document on the sacred liturgy, comes from the Latin version of Luke 22:15: "I have earnestly desired (Desiderio desideravi) to eat this Passover with you before I suffer." Pope Francis begins this beautiful and relatively short reflection on the beauty, goodness, and truth of the sacred liturgy by reminding us of the Most Holy Trinity's love for us and desire for us.Responding to the need demonstrated by the desire of some Catholics for the pre-Vatican II Mass, Pope Francis encourages a deepening of our understanding of the Eucharist in order that we might fully appreciate the riches in the liturgy. The pope's text is accompanied by a helpful introduction and commentary by prominent liturgical and sacramental theologian, Kevin W. Irwin.Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergolio, was born in Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936, and became bishop of Rome and the 266th pope of the Catholic Church on March 13, 2013.Msgr. Kevin W. Irwin is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York who has taught at The Catholic University of America for years, where he served as dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies.†

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The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series. The American Triad Series #1: Mississippi Roll #2: Low Chicago #3: Texas Hold 'Em WILD CARDS, MEET WILD WEST Following World War II, the Earth’s population was devastated by a terrifying alien virus. Those who survived were changed forever. Some, known as Jokers, were cursed with bizarre mental and physical abnormalities; others, granted superhuman abilities, are the lucky few known as Aces. San Antonio, home of the Alamo, is also host to the USA’s top high school jazz competition, and the musicians at Xavier Desmond High are excited to outplay their rivals. But they are also Jokers: kids with superabilties and looks that make them stand out. On top of that, well, they are teenagers – prone to mischief, mishaps, and romantic misunderstandings. Michelle Pond, aka The Amazing Bubbles, thinks that her superhero know-how has prepared her to chaperone the event. But little does she know the true meaning of the saying, "Don't mess with Texas." Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R.R. Martin, Texas Hold ’Em features the writing talents of David Anthony Durham, Max Gladstone, Victor Milan, Diana Rowland, Walton Simons, Caroline Spector, and William F. Wu. Praise for Wild Cards ‘GREAT’ – The Guardian ‘A complex, intricately imagined universe’ The Telegraph

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Hey, card lover! We created a box that's like a file organizer for your cards, keeping 'em organized & safe from coffee spills & cat paws. Besides being cute and sturdy, it's roomy enough for 60+ cardsand comes stocked with 6 EMF greeting cards! Plus it's got stickers, tabbed dividers, and a calendar for important dates! OH YEAH, plus an address keeper, trackers to log cards you've sent, and tips for writing cards! Did we forget anything? Hmmmmmm Well, it doesn't come with a nice warm mug of tea. We thought it might spill. 7.5 x 5.75 x 5.25 inches Includes 6 EMF cards with envelopes 7 sturdy tabbed dividers, 68 stickers Handy address keeper & calendar Card-giving logs & card-writing tips

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Presenting a journal that cares about your mental health and happiness—but doesn’t expect you to BE HAPPY! Written by Nora McInerny—celebrated author and host of the Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast—this journal rejects toxic positivity and the relentless pressure to “fix” oneself. Instead, McInerny wants to help you just BE. Right now. This journal offers the same questions and insights that helped the author get through tough times and find a sense of … well, you can call it mindfulness or gratitude… McInerny calls it being “happyish.”But NO PRESSURE! Nora McInerny brings her brilliance & wit with new cards and a guided journal Part gratitude journal, part anxiety journal, ALL self-care journal! 7 x 8 inches, 144 pages Soft-touch cover, ribbon marker & elastic closure

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#TrueStory (But this time make it stick.)- Design also available as our Gift to Humanity Card!- Most magnetic pep talk ever!- Magnet measures 3.54 x 2.36

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When you share these sweary-ass sticky notes with your favorite pottymouths, they’ll be like, “This shit’s hella tight.” -NSFW stationery, great gift for coworkers! -Six 2.75" x 2.75" pads -40 sheets each

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How to select exceptional employees!You cannot manage productively without first hiring effectively, yet all too often this most important of all management skills is overlooked--as if on promotion into management, a manager becomes mysteriously endowed with all the critical skills of intelligent employee selection. The odds are that no one ever taught you how to hire effectively and manage productively--until now.Martin Yate, CPC, New York Times bestselling author of the Knock ''em Dead career management books, brings his inimitable practical insights to bear on effective employee selection and productive management in this latest edition of Knock ''em Dead: Hiring the Best. With every page completely rewritten to meet the demands of the Internet age, Hiring the Best gives you intelligent strategies coupled with the practical tactics that can deliver successful hires every time. Among the new features of this entirely new editi

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_____________________The long-awaited sequel to KILL YOUR FRIENDSA Guardian Book of the Year 2018It is 2017 – the time of Trump, Brexit and fake news. And time for the return of Steven Stelfox, former A&R man who made his millions from a hit reality TV show. Now Stelfox works occasionally as a music industry ‘consultant’. A fixer. He’s had a call from his old friend James Trellick, president of one of the largest record companies in America. Trellick has a huge problem on his hands in the shape of...Lucius Du Pre. Once the biggest pop star on earth. Now he’s a helpless junkie, a prolific sexual predator, and massively in debt to Trellick’s record company. And the picture only gets bleaker when the parents of one of Du Pre’s ‘special friends’ begin blackmailing him.Enter Stelfox stage right. He’s the perfect man to find a way out of this nightmare, and to make a killing in the process. There’s no line he won’t cross. _____________________‘A banging action satirical thriller. But it’s also a proper novel about the Trumpian era, of the reality TV era, the fake news era. It’s managed to say a lot of things in a way that very few other novels are doing and in a very comedic way’ IRVINE WELSH'A bruising triumph; Amis' MONEY for the Trump generation. What a monster he's created' IAN RANKIN‘John Niven understands our era better than almost anyone’ DOUGLAS COUPLAND‘A scabrously entertaining satire of what it is like to be rich and white in the land of the free if you are utterly depraved, “where money doesn’t just talk, or swear, it nukes”. … There is a twisted poetry in Niven’s mastery of invective’ THE TIMES‘Savagely, viciously witty, this frantic hymn to greed is filthy, frenetic and totally fabulous’ SUNDAY MIRROR‘A full-throttle send up of toxic masculinity … Niven at full tilt is always something to behold.’METRO

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A story of survival set in 600 AD Ireland; a parable of patriarchy, destruction and religion at sea, by Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author of Room.'Everything a novel should be: compassionate, unpredictable, and questioning. Haven is Donoghue at her strange, unsettling best.' - Maggie O'Farrell, author of HamnetIn seventh-century Ireland, a priest has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks with him, he travels down the Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a new place of worship. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. But in such a place, far from all other humanity, what will survival mean?‘Haven is a beautiful, bold blaze of a book’ – Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry‘Beautiful and timely’ - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater‘Sinister, heart-wrenching and beautifully written’ – The Times‘Combines pressure-cooker intensity and radical isolation, to stunning effect’ – Margaret Atwood via Twitter‘Book of the Year’ pick in The Irish Times, The Guardian, The Irish Post, RTÉ and The Times.

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Els anys vuitanta del segle XX van ser una autèntica bogeria a tot arreu i, a terres valencianes, es va viure, entre la joventut local, un frenètic esclat collectiu de modernitat, creativitat i llibertat que va donar origen a la famosa Ruta del Bakalao. En aquella època mítica i delirant, s?emmarquen les peripècies del Fletxa, un pintoresc detectiu privat que es mou com un peix a l?aigua en l?ambient nocturn i discotequer ?o com un glaçó de gel en un cubata, si ho preferiu?. En el seu debut literari, el personatge intentarà complir amb l?encàrrec de resoldre la rocambolesca desaparició d?una jove misteriosa en estranyes circumstàncies i s?endinsarà en una intricada trama d?interessos creuats. Desembolicar la troca pot comportar conseqüències fatídiques. Per sort, però, aquest peculiar investigador a sou amb sang d?orxata comptarà amb la collaboració inestimable del seu collega, el Tato, company de farres i parrandes, i amb l?ajuda de la seua tieta Ampariues, àvida lectora de les novell

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