22-455: (Redirected from BAM ) [REDACTED] Look up bam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bam or BAM may refer to: Places [ edit ] Extraterrestrial [ edit ] Bam (crater) , a crater on Mars 2031 BAM , an asteroid Terrestrial [ edit ] Bam (neighborhood) , Tirana, Albania Bam, Amur Oblast ,
44-453: A frozen yogurt retailer and franchisor with 40 locations, as well as Preferred Growth Properties, which develops and manages commercial real estate investments. It owns and operates American Wholesale Book Company (AWBC), an e-commerce division operating as booksamillion.com; and an internet development and services company, NetCentral, in Nashville, Tennessee . In December 2015, the company
66-497: A dormant video game publisher founded in 1999 Banca Agricola Mantovana , a defunct Italian bank Books-A-Million or BAM!, an American book retailer Bromma Air Maintenance , a Swedish aerospace services company Brookfield Asset Management , a Canadian financial services company Royal BAM Group , a Dutch-based construction corporation BAM Nuttall , a British construction subsidiary of Royal BAM Group Languages [ edit ] bam, ISO 639-2 and 630-3 code for
88-429: A gut-related problem Bosma arhinia microphthalmia, an extremely rare genetic disorder in which both arhinia and microphthalmia are present Bamlanivimab , an experimental antibody treatment for COVID-19 Other science and technology [ edit ] BAM, a ceramic alloy, aluminium magnesium boride Beta attenuation monitoring , for measurement of particle content in gas flow Binary Alignment Map ,
110-926: A performing arts venue in New York City Brotherhood of Auckland Magicians (BAM), a New Zealand-based non-for-profit organisation and magic club Other organizations [ edit ] Bishop Abraham Memorial College, Thurithicadu , Kerala, India Born Again Movement , or Zhongshengpai, a Chinese Christian religious movement Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung , Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin Sports federation [ edit ] Badminton Association of Malaysia , governing body of badminton in Malaysia Science and technology [ edit ] Biology [ edit ] Populus balsamifera , also known as Bam,
132-492: A price of $ 13 per share. In 1998, the company launched its website , booksamillion.com. On November 25, 1998, during the dot-com bubble , the stock price soared from $ 3 per share to $ 38.94 on November 27, 1998, and an intra-day high of $ 47.00 on November 30, 1998, after the company announced an updated website. Two weeks later, the share price was back down to $ 10. By 2000, the share price had returned to $ 3. Those days included suspenseful times for day traders , such as when
154-523: A railway company in Switzerland Buque de Acción Marítima , offshore patrol vessels of the Spanish Navy Other uses [ edit ] BAM, Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark by ISO 4217 currency code See also [ edit ] Bam Bam (disambiguation) Bang (disambiguation) Boom (disambiguation) Emeril Lagasse , known for his catchphrase "BAM!" " Baam ",
176-784: A rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia Bam, Esfarayen , a village in Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Province, Iran Bam, Iran , a city in Kerman Province, Iran Arg-e Bam , an ancient citadel destroyed by an earthquake in 2003 in Kerman Province, Iran Bam, Jajrom , a village in Jajrom County, North Khorasan Province, Iran Bam County , an administrative subdivision of Iran Bam Province , Burkina Faso Bam Rural District , an administrative subdivision of Iran Lake Bam , Burkina Faso Bam Island (Papua New Guinea) , in
198-436: A song by Miranda Cosgrove from the album Sparks Fly Other arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] BAM (film) , a 2015 animated short by Howie Shia BAM (magazine) ( Bay Area Music ), a defunct San Francisco music magazine (1976–1999) BAM, a form of scoring in duplicate contract bridge; see Glossary of contract bridge terms#board-a-match Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone (BaM), characters on
220-485: A song by Momoland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bam . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bam&oldid=1238964142 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
242-548: Is a bookstore chain in the United States, operating 260 stores in 32 states. Stores range in size from 4,000 to 30,000 square feet and sell books, magazines, manga, collectibles, toys, technology, and gifts. Most Books-A-Million stores feature "Joe Muggs" cafés , a coffee and espresso bar. Stores operate under the names Books-A-Million, Bookland, Books & Company, and 2nd & Charles. The company owns Yogurt Mountain Holding,
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#1732852150368264-508: Is considered to be one of the best well-preserved examples of impact craters on Mars, considering the overall crater morphology, thermophysical signatures, and the relatively young age of its target material. This article about an extraterrestrial geological feature is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about the planet Mars or its moons is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Books-A-Million Books-A-Million, Inc. , also known as BAM! ,
286-515: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bam (crater) Bam is an impact crater located on the lava plains of Hesperia Planum ( Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle ) on Mars at 25.79 ° S and 115.67° E, approximately 6.8 kilometers in diameter. It was named after a city in the Kerman province of Iran, having had its name approved in April 2017. Bam
308-841: The Bambara language , spoken in Mali Bam or Biem language , spoken in New Guinea Bam, a dialect of the Wantoat language , spoken in Papua New Guinea Organizations [ edit ] Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Baluchi Autonomist Movement , a Baluchi ethnic nationalist group BAM Racing , a NASCAR racing team Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), Berkeley, California, United States Boise Art Museum in Boise, Idaho Brooklyn Academy of Music ,
330-562: The Schouten Islands People [ edit ] Bam (nickname) Bam (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Music [ edit ] BAM, an alternative name for the British duo Bars and Melody BAM! Volume 1 , an album by Sister Hazel Bam (song) , a song by Jay-Z featuring Damian Marley "Bam", a song by Atmosphere from the album You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having "BAM",
352-509: The balsam poplar Computing [ edit ] Bidirectional associative memory , a type of neural network Block availability map , a computer file system of Commodore DOS Business activity monitoring , real-time monitoring of business processes BOINC Account Manager (BAM!) for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing software Binary angular measurement , a digital representation of angles used by computers Medicine [ edit ] Bile acid malabsorption ,
374-493: The company opened Yogurt Mountain locations in its bookstores. In September 2010, the company launched 2nd & Charles , a trader of used media, with its first store in Hoover, Alabama across from Riverchase Galleria . In December 2015, the company was acquired by its chairman, Clyde B. Anderson, and his family, for $ 21 million. In November 2016, the company began to sell self-published books. In 2014, Books-A-Million
396-539: The comprehensive raw data from genome sequencing (includes BAM files and the BAM file format) Brewster angle microscope , for studying thin films on liquid surfaces. Transport [ edit ] BAM, station code for Bamford railway station , Bamford, Derbyshire, England BAM, IATA and FAA LID codes for Battle Mountain Airport , Nevada, US Baikal–Amur Mainline , a Siberian railway line Bière–Apples–Morges railway ,
418-580: The founder's son, inherited the store and expanded it into a chain. The company incorporated as Bookland in 1964. By 1980, the company had 50 stores. In 1988, Bookland acquired the Gateway Books retail chain based in Knoxville, Tennessee . The same year, the company opened its first superstore format store. In 1992, the company changed its name to Books-A-Million, Inc. and became a public company via an initial public offering of 2.6 million shares at
440-619: The soap opera All My Children Big Ass Monster, used to describe tougher than normal computer-controlled video game opponents, notably in TERA Black Arts Movement in America, 1970s Black American music , an umbrella term for music developed by African-Americans, especially jazz MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), a streaming service of Major League Baseball Radio Bam , a Sirius radio station from 2004 to 2013 Brands and enterprises [ edit ] BAM! Entertainment ,
462-473: The stock moved up 6 points in 13 minutes. During this time, insiders sold hundreds of thousands of shares. In 1999, the company acquired NetCentral, the designer of its website, and began operating American Wholesale Book Company, a book wholesaler and distributor. In April 2010, the company paid $ 3 million for a 40% stake in Yogurt Mountain , a frozen yogurt retailer and franchisor. Six months later,
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#1732852150368484-488: Was acquired by its chairman, Clyde B. Anderson, and his family, for $ 21 million. Books-A-Million was founded in 1917 in Florence, Alabama , as a newsstand by 14-year old Clyde W. Anderson, who dropped out of school to support his family after his father died. Anderson saw a business opportunity after workers on the nearby Wilson Dam complained that they could not get their hometown newspapers. In 1950, Charles C. Anderson,
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