Month: January 2025

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Book Nook: And Your Ass Will Follow, by George Clinton

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Blurb Revolutionary singer, songwriter, producer, bandleader, and funk icon George Clinton travels the rich cosmos of his musical history. As the second-most sampled artist in the world (right behind James Brown), Clinton examines his incongruous path from delivering milk to Sarah Vaughan on Avon Avenue in Newark, New Jersey, to embodying funk as we know it—from Motown to the Mothership. Clinton’s experiences as the mastermind behind his bands Parliament and Funkadelic and as the foremost authority on all things funk make for a distinctive, humorous, and thoughtful journey through modern music. Featuring exclusive live musical performances of favorites from Clinton’s … Continue reading Book Nook: And Your Ass Will Follow, by George Clinton

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Book NooK: The Women, by Kristin Hannah

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Blurb A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times! From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah’s The Women―at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to … Continue reading Book NooK: The Women, by Kristin Hannah

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80+ Preview: Iowa St. at Texas Tech

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KenPom Thrill Score: 86.9 1 p.m. CT, ESPN. Line: Texas Tech -2.5. Total 147.5Handle: Iowa St. 46 percent of bets, 54 percent of money on Action. Total 51 percent of money on Over. Projections KenPom: Iowa St. 77-76.Haslam: Iowa St. 76.1, Texas Tech 73.7.Evan Miya: Iowa St 76, Texas Tech 74. BPI Predicted Difference: Iowa St -.3.Greg Peterson: Iowa St. -3.5, Total 1475. Pro tracker: 2 Bets on Texas Tech ML (-110 to -125). Top Players Iowa St GmScore LeadersCurtis Jones, Guard 13.49.Kershon Gilbert, Guard 13.29.Joshua Jefferson, Forward, 12.59. Tamin Lipsey, Guard, 10.49. Texas Tech GmScore LeadersJT Toppin, Forward, 15.23.Darrion … Continue reading 80+ Preview: Iowa St. at Texas Tech