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Clyde Edgerton has four kids ranging in age from 6 to 31 years old. After three decades of fatherhood, there are certain things he has learned during his tenure. His way of raising his children involves, of course, lots of humor (don't curse near a mimicking child), but also the sound advice of a lifelong educator (you can't start reading to a baby too early). With Papadaddy's Book for New Fathers, a great storyteller gives wise counsel to new parents - both fathers and mothers, young and old alike.

The author of nine novels, Clyde Edgerton has built a reputation as a sage commentator on the American experience. In The Night Train, Edgerton weaves the ultimately uplifting tale of friends Dwayne, a James Brown-inspired crooner, and Larry, apprentice to a jazz musician. One black, one white, Dwayne and Larry face daunting challenges to their friendship - and futures - in 1960s America.

In The Bible Salesman, Preston Clearwater is scoring cash working a car-theft ring in post-World War II North Carolina. When he picks up 19-year-old Bible salesman Henry Dampier, Preston convinces the kid that he's an FBI spy. And before Henry knows what's up, he finds himself in way over his head with no apparent way out.

Granny Clampett, on the TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, described the War Between the States as "when the Yankees invaded America" and, indeed, it was! Their invasion of America, however, goes back much farther than the conflict of 1861-1865. It began as soon as they dropped their anchor in Plymouth Bay. Since that time, they have meddled, cheated, and lied their way into every nook and cranny of American life.

San Francisco homicide detective Jane Candiotti never shies away from the risks of the job. Now she’s finally ready to gamble on her personal life, inviting her partner and boyfriend Kenny Marks to move in. But just when domestic bliss settles in, Skip Lacey, an ex-cop turned junkie, is found brutally murdered, his eyes gouged out with a spoon. He is the first—but he won’t be the last.

On a blustery San Francisco day, six strangers take shelter inside a popular neighborhood restaurant - never imagining they have only minutes left to live. The gunman is merciless, and the ensuing carnage is the worst the city has witnessed in decades. It is a random act of violence no one could have foreseen. Unless it wasn’t random at all.… Pregnant with her first child, homicide lieutenant Jane Candiotti is under strict doctor’s orders to take it easy. But when a mass shooting claims the life of her teenage nephew, all bets are off.

Critically acclaimed author Clyde Prestowitz reveals the shocking extent of the deterioration of American economic strength that has put the United States on the brink of irreversibly losing our supremacy on the world stage and our prosperity at home. While the financial crisis has been a devastating blow, he shows that the wreckage of our economic might started much earlier.

Clyde Edgerton’s ear for regional voices and his eye for life’s small but significant details enable him to create characters who are charming and utterly convincing. Beginning with an engagement announcement and ending with the birth of a son, Raney is a snapshot of the first few years of a modern Southern marriage. Newly married, Raney is a Southern Baptist who has lived her whole life in her tiny home town. Her husband, Charles, is a newcomer, a liberal raised in Atlanta.

When young Pablo is given some poppy seeds, he dreams of spreading color and beauty throughout his dusty Mexican village. Daring to enter Old Antonio's walled yard to plant the seeds, he is chased away with angry words and a stick. The stingy old man thinks Pablo has come to steal his precious spring water. Poor Pablo becomes sick from staying too long in the hot sun and cannot leave his bed. Meanwhile, the seeds he dropped by the spring have grown into beautiful red poppies.

Autobiography of Hall of Fame basketball star Clyde Drexler, one of basketball history's most dynamic players. Through his fifteen-year career as an NBA player, Clyde Drexler played with elegance and flair, leadership and poise, integrity and an ability to come through in the clutch. He led the Portland Trail Blazers to the NBA Finals twice and helped the Houston Rockets win the NBA championship in 1995. A ten-time All-Star, a member of the 1992 Olympic Dream Team, and now a member of basketball’s Hall of Fame, Drexler reached the top of his profession without revealing many of his inner thoughts on himself or the game.

Lil Olive, the leader of a group of feisty elderly women, decides that she is restless at the Rosehaven nursing home. Lil and her friends need some excitement in their dull lives. So, the group of women steal a car and hit the road in search of adventures, which include hilariously unforgettable trips to the local CVS and Hardee's, and end with an encounter with the law.

Learn how to be set free from emotions and behaviors that keep you stuck! This short book has a big impact, as it gives you the specific tools that have helped others to be free from harmful and addictive thought patterns and behaviors.

On a cold, foggy night, two lives are cut short. The first: Philip Iverson, a billionaire philanthropist shot to death in a hotel parking structure. The second: Willie Temple, a homeless man stabbed through the heart on an abandoned San Francisco pier. The murders of such disparate men can’t possibly be connected…can they? SFPD Lieutenant Jane Candiotti is still coming to terms with her promotion and her marriage to Detective Kenny Marks when the Iverson and Temple cases land in her lap.

Uncle Pancho isn't really anybody’' uncle, but he's everybody's friend. He is also a good storyteller. All the neighborhood children love to hear him talk about growing up in a beautiful place called Mexico. Now Uncle Pancho is about to lose his house. The state wants to tear it down to make room for a new freeway.

הכירו את הנרי פְּרֶסטוֹן סְטֶנדיש, האדון שעמו תהיו בקשר הדוק: ג'נטלמן ניו יורקי הנופל למי האוקיינוס השקט במהלך שייט תענוגות בגלל מעידה קטנה על כתם שמן. ספינת...

Identity Formation is the podcast for burnt-out believers ready to rise. Hosted by Clyde Lewis, this show helps Christians rediscover their God-given identity, reignite their passion, and walk confidently in their divine purpose. Each episode is a bold invitation to break free from self-doubt, fear, and false labels—and step into the fearless life you were created for. Because when you know who you are, you’ll stop trying to prove it.

Let’s Just Say… is a podcast about stories—personal, cultural, emotional, unexpected. Sometimes funny, sometimes raw, always honest. Hosted by Clyde, each episode explores the threads that shape our lives: pop culture moments, big feelings, quiet memories, and everything in between. No final conclusions, no clean resolutions—because the twist is yet to come.

וינסטון שלנו, שוויתר על חייו באמריקה, מתגנב לשטח האויב על מנת להשלים את מלאכתו החקלאית-פואטית. כאשר עולה השחר מתקפת האביב מתחילה, וגיבורנו נקלע לקרב שנמשך 24 שעות, בעודו שרוע על האדמה, לכוד במלחמה בין אדם לרעהו: האחד נלחם למען שחרור העולם החופשי, והאחר נלחם על מנת לשעבדו. ברקע נשמעים רעשי פגזים ותחמושת חיה, מוזיקת התותחים, אך בהפוגות מצליח וינסטון לחשוב ואף לחלום. כל חייו נפרשים לנגד עיניו כמניפה ועומדים במבחן: זיכרונות של חיים בארץ החלומות, מלווים ברגעים אקזיסטנציאליים.

The author and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Publishing Project gives voice to long silent African Americans from the past, allowing them to tell their own stories that shed new light on critical moments in the Black Freedom Struggle, challenging what we think we know about...

Through this proving ground of our souls, we might always know there is a Heaven to come. All things denote there is a God, like seasons there is life again to spring up. And seeking earnestly through holy scripture you will find treasures of wisdom that when knit into one accord takes you over all the wiles and fiery darts of the adversary and prepares you for the second coming of Jesus Christ.