Jerry: 2552 books
Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition
The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2008
Thirty million presentations will be given today. Millions will fail. Millions more will be received with yawns. A rare few will establish the most profound connection, in which presenter and audience understand each other perfectly…discover common ground… and, together, decide to act. In this...
by Jerry Spinelli
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2001
A modern-day classic and New York Times bestseller that celebrates the power of individuality and personal expression from beloved Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli.
Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of “Stargirl,...
Mozart and the Whale
An Asperger's Love Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
An unforgettable love story and the incredible chronicle of a musical genius and a mathematical prodigy who share a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome.
When Jerry and Mary Newport met, the connection was instant. A musical genius and a mathematical wonder, the two shared astronomic IQs, but...
Garden Wisdom
Lessons Learned from 60 Years of Gardening
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Step into the garden with writer and rural historian Jerry Apps. In this treasure trove of tips, recollections, and recipes, Jerry combines his hard-earned advice for garden success with a discussion of how tending a garden leads to a deeper understanding of nature and the land. From planning and...
Best Seat in the House
Drumming in the '70s with Marriott, Frampton and Humble Pie
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Here is a hard rock memoir – essentially an authorized bio on the endearing British rock band Humble Pie – as told from the drum throne and backstage hallways during the emerging days of the Seventies classic rock era. In 1969, Jerry Shirley was chosen to drum in a new band led by Steve Marriott...
Limping through Life
A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Limping through Life
A Farm Boy’s Polio Memoir
Jerry Apps
“Families throughout the United States lived in fear of polio throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, and now the disease had come to our farm. I can still remember that short winter day and the chilly night when I first showed...
by Jerry Van Amerongen
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Van Amerongen’s boyhood memories were shaped by the ethnic influences of his Dutch and Polish heritage, images of roly-poly women in large print dresses and rotund men in baggy trousers. The characters in his panel are older, exaggerated versions of the people from this time. From 1980 to 1990 THE...
Seinfeld
The Making of an American Icon
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
The never-before-told story of how Jerry Seinfeld made his dream come true -- of how this very ambitious, extremely driven, compulsively perfectionistic carefully worked his way up through the knock-down-drag-out world of stand-up comedy as it began to explode in the mid-1970s, & how he went on...
Jerry Herman
The Lyrics
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Jerry Herman is one of Broadway's most celebrated composers and lyricists, this book includes early lyrics from Herman's first Broadway revues and shows, songs cut from his best-loved shows, and new lyrics.
Every Farm Tells a Story
A Tale of Family Values
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Jerry Apps details the virtues and hardships of rural living.
“Do your chores without complaining. Show up on time. Do every job well. Always try to do better. Never stop learning. Next year will be better. Care for others, especially those who have less than you. Accept those who are different...
In the Secret Service
The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Meet Jerry Parr. In 1981, he was the agent standing next to Ronald Reagan when John Hinckley, Jr., stepped out of the crowd, intent on killing the president. In the Secret Service is an adrenaline-filled ride through the life of the agent who saved Ronald Reagan’s life. Jerry spent much of his life...
The Kid from Golden
From the Cotton Fields of Mississippi to Nasa Mission Control and Beyond (Second Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
While Catherine Cox and I were writing Apollo, Jerry Bostick was one of a handful of people who became our go-to sourcesthe men who made the Apollo days come alive again. What great news that Jerry is now telling his story in all the detail that it deserves. It will be an indispensable source for...
by Jerry Dennis
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
In these acclaimed essays, Jerry Dennis, widely recognized as one of our finest writers on nature and the outdoors, turns his attention to old passions and finds new reasons to appreciate them. This engaging collection explores the quintessential American sports of canoeing and camping and pays tribute...
Runnin' Rebel
Shark Tales of "Extra Benefits," Frank Sinatra, and Winning It All
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
No matter where his basketball travels took him during his 31 seasons in NCAA Division I college basketball, controversy was never been far behind Jerry Tarkanian. The legendary former coach of the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels proved himself to be one of the greatest coaches in the game’s history, however,...