New Releases by Robert Lawson

Solidarity Forever is the definitive account of the musical journey of the music legend of Disciples of Soul, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and anti-apartheid project Sun City fame, Little Steven Van Zandt. Following Van Zandt’s unforgettable sixty-year (and counting!) career from his beginnings with the Asbury Jukes and Springsteen to leading the Disciples of Soul, from touring, arranging, and producing timeless music to playing an onscreen gangster in The Sopranos and Lilyhammer, Solidarity Forever is packed with a level of detail that will impress devotees and enchant new fans. Every song, every album, every single, live shows; bootlegs, production credits, covers, activism—everything is covered here and presented alongside fascinating interviews of over forty past and present band members and Van Zandt himself. A stunning work of music journalism and love letter to rock ‘n’ roll, Solidarity Forever delivers Little Steven’s story and the timeless messages of his music like never before. “This is no time to be fighting each other What we need, what we need is solidarity.”

"VEGAS HOCKEY, VEGAS STRONG" This complete narrative of "VEGAS HOCKEY, VEGAS STRONG" is informative and emotive with stories never told, providing readers with a thorough understanding of the history of hockey in Las Vegas. The evolution of hockey led to the NHL granting Las Vegas its first Big Four sports franchise. The sport grew from a few avid players forming a team in the mob-built International Ice Palace, to the first time pro players suited up in Vegas at Caesars Palace, to the triumph of the World Champion Golden Knights. The idea of hosting a professional hockey game in the middle of the desert was indeed an unconventional concept. Unforeseen challenges arose, such as the ice melting the day of the event and a plague of grasshoppers affecting the competition. This landmark event in 1991 laid the groundwork for future endeavors. Humorous and never-told-before exploits of the Flash include the brawl and subsequent expulsion of four-time Stanley Cup champion and member of the 1980 Miracle on Ice gold Medal team, Ken Morrow, in a game with the Vancouver VooDoo. Then there was the contingent of Russian players arrested for shoplifting women''s underwear on the Strip and the team practicing outdoors in 100-plus degrees. The Wranglers had Prison Night in prison garb and Pajama Nights when games started at midnight. The Aces were a rag-tag team of thugs, and the team drew full houses for free beer nights. The Flash, Aces and Wranglers were full of laughs and mishaps. The public was never privy to the bungles by management, but these stories are now brought to light. Much of what transpired in the growth of hockey came from the efforts of authors Robert (Bob) Lawson and Richard Gubbe. Lawson had brought the Aces into existence and was the architect of the Flash, as well as the creation of youth hockey with his father. Gubbe was the lead coordinator of the game at Caesars and assisted with PR efforts for the Aces, Flash and youth hockey. Together, the authors of this book were instrumental in forming the triumphant statement, "VEGAS HOCKEY, VEGAS STRONG."

Embark on a transformative journey with "Talk That Talk." This isn''t your typical affirmation book; it''s a guide designed to awaken your inner power.Engage with compelling short stories that challenge negative self-talk and explore reflection questions that prompt introspection. This book''s mission? Illuminate your thought patterns and empower you to shape your envisioned life.With 1,500+ affirmations spanning diverse categories, this book becomes your tool to breathe life into your world. Whether you''re a student, executive, parent, entrepreneur, or artist, it''s your ally in crafting your reality.Time is fleeting, and this book equips you to share your beauty with the world. Jump to any section that calls to you because, as Nelson Mandela said, "I never lose. I either win or learn." This book is for the 1, not the 99. God bless.

Winnipeg’s The Guess Who are Canada’s original international rock n’ roll superstars. But despite the band’s enduring popularity, no one has assembled a comprehensive history of their recording career... until now. In exquisite detail that serious fans will appreciate, Wheatfield Empire: The Listener’s Guide to The Guess Who goes through the band’s evolution, album by album and song by song. Nothing is left out. Wheatfield Empire covers the complete discography, singles chart action, international releases, important concerts, significant TV appearances, radio broadcasts, and even a selection of unofficial live bootlegs. The book also discusses the solo careers of both frontman Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman. Written in clear prose with a touch of humour, this book’s encyclopedic detail is supported with excerpts from first-hand interviews with band members and input from top authorities on the Canadian music industry. Looking beyond the radio hits, Wheatfield Empire documents The Guess Who’s musical output with the loving attention they deserve as Canada’s first band to achieve major international success. This book is a must-have for any serious Guess Who fan.

President Lincoln''s final resting place is more than just a cemetery. Oak Ridge is the second most visited cemetery in the United States, only Arlington has more visitors each year. It is a place of histories and stories. It is the final resting place of politicians, generals, and heroes. Even some of the private citizens have some interesting stories. This work will take you from the Black Hawk War to the corruption of some early governors. In addition, you will learn about one of the world''s best con artists. Find out why there is a gravesite with a buried accordion. Find out how race relations and union tensions came to a head in Illinois to help form the NAACP.

The bastard step-child of Milton Friedman and Anthony Bourdain, Socialism Sucks is a bar-crawl through former, current, and wannabe socialist countries around the world. Free market economists Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell travel to countries like Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, and Sweden to investigate the dangers and idiocies of socialism—while drinking a lot of beer.

In this charmingly illustrated fantasy, a 4-inch-high boy climbs on the back of a friendly seagull and heads for Europe to quash a mad scientist''s evil plan and do some sightseeing.

Following the success of his 2016 book Razama-Snaz! The Listener’s Guide to Nazareth, Robert Lawson returns with this meticulous reviewing of every Cheap Trick album, song by song. In his book, Still Competition: The Listener’s Guide to Cheap Trick, Lawson outlines the band’s significant television appearances, live shows, and more with the attention to detail only a super fan could provide. A dedicated follower, Lawson has assembled this reference guide out of a love of music and a dedication to fellow fans, but he is not without criticism (often humourously so) when the rockers fall short of his high expectations. He shines the spotlight indiscriminately, which makes him all the more credible a witness to the band’s lengthy career. Lawson also seeks input from some of the world’s greatest Cheap Trick and classic rock fans, who share stories from epic live shows. Fellow classic rock devotees will love this manual on Cheap Trick’s highs, lows, and everything in between.

No haughtier stepper in the regiment than Scheherazade, no loftier-nosed champion of royalty and privilege. Naturally, the fall of this mare was equally great, even to the glue factory; and still more remarkable was the transformation which took place slowly but surely after Sam Adams talked her out of the glue cart into the home of Paul Revere. Thus Sherry became the horse of a patriot, and soon knew all about the Revere family, the trade of the silversmith, and the doings of the Sons of Liberty. “With many fine drawings that are as vivid and full of fun as the story, this is altogether an original presentation of some great moments in our history.”—The Horn Book “Try this for reading aloud, as a first rate family book.—The Kirkus Reviews “The make-up is excellent, illustrations are wonderful, and the reader will get a very interesting picture of the American Revolution. Recommended.”—Library Journal “Splendid story of the American Revolution....The illustrations are as beautiful, finely detailed, drawn with knowledge and love. In every way this is a worthy successor to the author’s well-loved Ben and Me.”—The New York Times “Perhaps one of the season’s most distinguished and delightful books, the illustrations are especially fine.”—Christian Science Monitor “This is certainly Robert Lawson’s finest story.”—Chicago Sunday Tribune

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Magic and miracles! After a slow start in living life, I began to experience more than twenty different kinds of delightful happenings that Id like to share with you. Ive been dissatisfied with what Ive encountered in Christian churches of various denominations. After reading The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the Piscean Age, by Levi Downing, as well as Conversations with God, by Neale Donald Walsch, I did gain some clarity that I hope to share with you in this autobiographical, honest, loving story.

Through this book parents and teachers can work with kids during their pre-teenage years to learn the value of money at an early age. Through captivating stories, analogies and case studies, the principles of saving money and using it wisely can be taught. Through coin collecting, card collecting, stamp collecting and other types of fun hobbies, kids will learn to respect, value and appreciate the value of a dollar and see how the things they possess today might be of greater economic value 30 years from now. Helping kids learn to develop the habit of saving for a financial rainy day can put them on the road to economic success.

“Thank you for taking the time to ENCOURAGE a group of young college students. You know if people do not take the time to tell others what they have learned, we will never know. If we never know, we cannot CHANGE that aspect of our lives. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Thank you for taking the time to EMPOWER us with the KNOWLEDGE and WISDOM you have gained over the years. Thank you for even developing a PASSION to want to help others, to want to better other individuals. Thank you for letting GOD IMPACT your life and give you a VISION. Thank you for following that vision and not straying from His point of view. Thank you so much for answering His call for your life. Even though it was a class to help financially, it did more than just that.” Holly Carroll

A collection of thirteen tales and rhymes featuring wizards, dragons, and princes in disguise by Padraic Colum, Beatrice Curtis Brown, Eunice Tietjens, and others with more than forty pen-and-ink drawings.

The Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index has annually provided a measure of the consistency of a nation''s policies and institutions with economic freedom. With data going back to 1970 and coverage of over 100 countries, the EFW index has become an important tool for scholars studying a wide range of economic and social outcomes around the world. This book highlights contributions made to this literature that were published originally in one of the most important journals in this field, the Journal of Private Enterprise, bringing together a wide variety of studies on the role of economic freedom on economic growth, income equality, political freedom and other social goals.

This book attempts an interpretation of Revolutionary American culture. It argues that the cultural identity of the United States, like its political identity, emerged from a quarrel with the Old World. Europeans believed that the Revolution had ''turned the world upside down''. American intellectuals tried to construct a republic which refuted European criticism. They failed, but in failing they created an attitude to the terrain which became a central theme in American culture. The book employs the methods of perceptual geography and close textual analysis to examine images of the terrain and to propose close links between imaginative literature and a wide range of non-literary writing.

As the most comprehensive index of economic freedom in the world, this annual report ranks 141 jurisdictions and countries according to a degree of personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and protection of person and property enjoyed by their citizens. Constructed under the leadership of the Fraser Institute and Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, the report is the only index that uses reproducible measures appropriate for peer-reviewed research and it remains the most objective and accurate measure of economic freedom published by any organization to date.

Economic freedom liberates individuals and families from government dependence. This title explores the evolution of economic freedom and the impact of economic freedom on people''s lives. It answers many questions, including: How does economic freedom influence investment? and Do poor people benefit when countries become economically free?

It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are very excited about the new Folks moving in, and they wonder how things are going to change. It’s only a matter of time before the animals of the Hill find out just who is moving in, and they may be a little bit surprised when they do.

For Robert Lawson, the six weeks he and his family spent picking hops in Kent every year was am almost magical time. Scrumping for apples, living in huts, even getting scratched by the sharp hop bines was all part of the adventure. For a teenage boy, this was his chance for a first romance, in between making and racing go-karts, fighting off the local lads and learning the hard way about electric fences! Those bygone summers were the highlight of the lives of many for whom the ''paid holidays'' were their only escape from drab post-war London.

Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World''s Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Freeport''s in crisis, as war breaks out on the high seas and orcs riot in the streets. A map promises the biggest haul of booty in history, but nothing is as it seems. Buried with that treasure is a terrifying evil Freeport thought banished forever. Black Sails Over Freeport, the first mega-adventure for the award-winning pirate city, is filled with enough swashbuckling challenges to test the mettle of any band of heroes. Its 256 pages are packed with action, intrigue, and danger, delivered with the style and professionalism you''ve come to expect from Green Ronin. Black Sails are on the horizon. Do you have what it takes to face them?

American Literature Before 1880 attempts to place its subject in the broadest possible international perspective. It begins with Homer looking westward, and ends with Henry James crossing the Atlantic eastwards. In between, the book examines the projection of images of the East onto an as-yet unrecognised West; the cultural consequences of Viking, Colombian, and then English migration to America; the growth and independence of the British American colonies; the key writers of the new Republic; and the development of the culture of the United States before and after the Civil War. It is intended both as an introduction for undergraduates to the richness and variety of American Literature, and as a contribution to the debate about its distinctive nature. The book therefore begins with a lengthy survey of earlier histories of American Literature.

Derives an indicator for economic freedom based on personal choice, protection of private property, and freedom of exchange. Considers levels and trends in economic freedom, and their correlation with economic growth in 103 countries.

Carrier Air War In Original WWII ColorLawson and TillmanSubtitled: US Navy Air Combat 1939-1946. Filled with more than 2 rare, original WWII color photographs of US Navy aircraft and carriers on duty. The wars events are highlighted with anecdotes from themen who fought, plus first-person stories of combat with Zeros and other enemy aircraft. See them o n active duty onboard the Hornet, the Saratoga, and the Yorktown off Trinidad, at Midway, and at Guadalcanal. A dynamic tribute to the brave men who strapped into these legendary fighters. Hdbd., 1 1/4x 1 1/4, 176 pgs., 2 color ill.