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  | | Eccentric Orbits(Reprint) The Iridium Story by John Bloom Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2017 by Grove Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2678-8, ISBN: 0-8021-2678-2 "In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American radio and telecom company, made a huge gamble on a revolutionary satellite telephone system called Iridium. Light-years ahead of anything previously put into space, built on technology for Ronald Reagan's -Star Wars, - Iridium was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment that sent waves of panic through phone companies around the world, because, surely, Iridium was the future of commu ..." |
 | | To Show What an Indian Can Do(1st Edition) Sports at Native American Boarding Schools (Sport and Culture) by John Bloom Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2005 by Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-3652-5, ISBN: 0-8166-3652-4 "The Carlisle Indian School and the Haskell Institute in Kansas were among the many federally operated boarding schools enacting the U.S. government's education policy toward Native Americans from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, one designed to remove children from familiar surroundings and impose mainstream American culture on them. To Show What an Indian Can Do explores the history of sports programs at these institu ..." |
 | | Barry Bonds A Biography (Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters) by John Bloom Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2004 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32955-5, ISBN: 0-313-32955-9 "Barry Bonds has emerged, statistically, as the most feared hitter since Babe Ruth. Bonds, winner of a record six MVP awards, holds the single-season record for home-runs, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and walks, and is the only player ever to have hit 500 home-runs and stolen 500 bases. His statistical performance is beyond reproach, but his public image remains controversial, and recent allegations of steroid use have cast a ..." |
 | | House Of Cards(1st Edition) Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture (American Culture) by John Bloom, Jerry K. Sweeney Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1997 by Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-2871-1, ISBN: 0-8166-2871-8 "(Boyd and Harris 1973, 20) (Authors Brendan Boyd and Fred Harris on the significance of baseball cards w their memories of growing up during the 1950s) ..." |
 | | Inhabiting Interdependence Being in the Next Economy by John Bloom Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 2016 by Steinerbooks ISBN-13: 978-1-62148-175-1, ISBN: 1-62148-175-1 "In this insightful book, John Bloom, author of The Genius of Money, explores approaches toward transforming the conventional habits of mind and practice that have led to today’s imbalance in our economic life and in society as a whole. Acknowledging that money has permeated almost every aspect of daily life―including our relationships to nature and to one another―Bloom asks: How and why did we arrive at our current forms of social pra ..." |
 | | Sports Matters(Updated) Race, Recreation, and Culture by Michael Nevin Willard, John Bloom, John W. Bloom, Carol Rittner Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2002 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9882-9, ISBN: 0-8147-9882-9 ""Most of the contributions strongly project the authors' perceptions of the role of race on their subjects, and essays should elicit lively discussions in the classroom."—CHOICE Frederick Douglass liked to say of West Indian boxer Peter Jackson that "Peter is doing a great deal with his fists to solve the Negro question." His comment reflects the possibilities for social transformation that he saw in the emerging modern sports culture. ..." |
 | | The Genius of Money(1st Edition) Essays and Interviews Reimagining the Financial World by John Bloom Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2009 by Steinerbooks ISBN-13: 978-0-88010-634-4, ISBN: 0-88010-634-4 ""To understand money in the deepest sense is to journey inwardly to grapple with the `money self,' to become more conscious economic participants in financial transactions with the world, and last but not least, to work to meet the material needs of others so that our economic needs are met through others' work. This formulation describes a three-fold virtuous cycle, one that represents a radical transformation from our current world ci ..." |
 | | Evidence of Love(Reprint) A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs by John Bloom, Jim Atkinson Paperback, 386 Pages, Published 2018 by Open Road Media ISBN-13: 978-1-5040-4952-8, ISBN: 1-5040-4952-7 "Edgar Award Finalist: The “sensational” true story of two desperate housewives and the killing that shocked a Texas community (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid ..." |
 | | There You Have It The Life, Legacy, and Legend of Howard Cosell by John Bloom Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Massachusetts Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55849-837-2, ISBN: 1-55849-837-0 "This is the first full-length biography of the lawyer-turned-sports journalist whose brash style and penchant for social commentary changed the way American sporting events are reported. Perhaps best known for his close relationship with the world champion boxer Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell became a celebrity in his own right during the 1960s and 1970s-the bombastic, controversial, instantly recognizable sportscaster everyone "loved to h ..." |
 | | Joe Bob Goes To the Drive-In(1st Edition) by Joe Bob Briggs, John Bloom, Stephen King Paperback, 325 Pages, Published 1986 by Delacorte Press ISBN-13: 978-0-385-29442-3, ISBN: 0-385-29442-5 "Joe Bob Goes to the Drive In is the first book by John Bloom under the pen name Joe Bob Briggs. It consists of his movie reviews written between 1982 and 1985. Joe Bob was Bloom's satirical creation, allowing him to spoof stereotypical "redneck" Texan values while giving genuine praise to schlock films. It was not widely known until he was fired in 1985 that Briggs was not, in fact, a real person. Joe Bob exclusively viewed movies in dr ..." |
 | | Sports Matters Race, Recreation, and Culture by John Bloom, Michael Nevin Willard Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2002 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9881-2, ISBN: 0-8147-9881-0 ""Most of the contributions strongly project the authors' perceptions of the role of race on their subjects, and essays should elicit lively discussions in the classroom."—CHOICE Frederick Douglass liked to say of West Indian boxer Peter Jackson that "Peter is doing a great deal with his fists to solve the Negro question." His comment reflects the possibilities for social transformation that he saw in the emerging modern sports culture. ..." |
 | | Eccentric Orbits The Iridium Story by John Bloom, Atlantic Monthly Press Hardcover, 560 Pages, Published 2016 by Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-2168-4, ISBN: 0-8021-2168-3 "In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American technology company developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Light years ahead of anything previously put into space, and built on technology developed for Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars,” Iridium’s constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit meant that no matter where you were on Earth, at least one satellite was always over ..." |
 | | To Show What An Indian Can Do Sports at Native American Boarding Schools (Sport and Culture) by John Bloom Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2000 by Univ Of Minnesota Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-3651-8, ISBN: 0-8166-3651-6 "The Carlisle Indian School and the Haskell Institute in Kansas were among the many federally operated boarding schools enacting the U.S. government's education policy toward Native Americans from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, one designed to remove children from familiar surroundings and impose mainstream American culture on them. To Show What an Indian Can Do explores the history of sports programs at these institut ..." |
 | | Eccentric Orbits The Iridium Story - How a Single Man Saved the World's Largest Satellite Constellation From Fiery Destruction by John Bloom, Joseph. Goddu Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 1998 by Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61185-535-7, ISBN: 1-61185-535-7 "In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American company, made a huge gamble on a revolutionary satellite telephone system called Iridium. Light-years ahead of anything previously put into space, and built on technology developed for Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars,' Iridium's constellation of sixty-six satellites in six evenly spaced orbital planes meant that at least one satellite was always overhead. Iridium was a mind-boggling techni ..." |
 | | Photography at Bay(1st Edition) Interviews, Essays, and Reviews by John Bloom Hardcover, 377 Pages, Published 1993 by Univ Of New Mexico Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-1412-3, ISBN: 0-8263-1412-0 |
 | | Photography at Bay. Interviews, Essays, and Reviews. by John. Bloom Paperback, 377 Pages, Published 1993 by Univ Of New Mexico Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-1413-0, ISBN: 0-8263-1413-9 "This book is essential reading for anyone interested in photography and what can be gleaned from it about our culture and history."--Page 4 de la couverture." |
 | | Evidence of Love by John Bloom, Jim Bloom Atkinson Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 1985 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-24873-9, ISBN: 0-553-24873-1 "A True Story Of Passion And In The Suburbs." |
 | | God Is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth(1st Edition) Light in Islamic Art and Culture (The Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art) by Sheila Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, John Bloom, Professor Sheila S. Blair Hardcover, 376 Pages, Published 2015 by Other Distribution ISBN-13: 978-0-300-21528-1, ISBN: 0-300-21528-2 "Physical description; xi, 357 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), 1 map (colour), portraits (some colour), facsimiles ; 30 cm. Summary; "The Qur'an makes rich references to light, tying it to revelation, and light consequently permeates the culture and visual arts of the Islamic lands. This book explores the integral role of light in Islamic civilization across a wide range of media, from the Qur'an and literature to buildings, pain ..." |
 | | A House of Cards Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture by John Bloom Published by U Of Minnesota Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4529-0025-4, ISBN: 1-4529-0025-6 "(Boyd and Harris 1973, 20) (Authors Brendan Boyd and Fred Harris on the significance of baseball cards w their memories of growing up during the 1950s) " Conscioutly, it may just be a love of the sport. . . . Unconscioutly, I'm sure for me, it's vicariout, I was never good enough w play. . . . It's also an unconscious search for order in life. You're always aiming to complete a set, and that's a sense of security. " (Woodhull 1974) ..." |
 | | A House of Cards Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture by John Bloom ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-8772-5, ISBN: 0-8166-8772-2 |
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