This is a cookbook purportedly found in the kitchen of the Lexington Hotel after Capone was sent to jail. Whether or not that is true, the Italian recipes are great and the photos of Al, his cronies' makes for an interesting book.
Detroit, Michigan, is known to some as the Motor City, and to its natives as the Murder Capital. This city has been home to some of the world's most notorious kingpins and street crews. It breeds them every day. After serving a 10 year prison bit in Tennessee, Jason Robert Jenkins aka J.R., was released from the joint in the summer of 2008. Not even 24 hours after his release, he found himself in a world of trouble by his attempting the very thing that had locked him away - robbery. This time, the results forced him into a contract written in blood by one of the most notorious kingpins from Colombia. Faced with an ultimatum to give or take a life to atone for his sins, he takes the life of a man associated under the Kingpin, then J.R. is left with the responsibilities of the deceased. J.R. connects with his childhood friend Andre Williams aka Dre, who is a small-time hustler selling a few birds here and there. They join forces and work side-by-side cornering the drug trade by any means to propel their empire to an overnight success. J.R. falls for two beautiful women, Taya and Jasmine, who attempt to convince him to get out of the game while he's ahead. More money, and more problems begin to stack up and his crew ushers in a bloody wave of murders in the race to eliminate their potential threats, with competition along the way. But like all the million dollar dreams, they become nightmares. Envy, betrayal, racism, and greed spread like a plague among and around his operations. These elements ultimately claim the lives of several whom J.R. holds dearest to his heart. While many chase million dollar dreams, there are those men and women who wake up with cold sweats from million dollar nightmares.
Organized crime is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of our time. From Al Capone, who boldly claimed his bootlegging activities were a public service, to the flamboyant Teflon Don, the criminals of the underworld have garnered headlines and captured our imagination with their violent and extravagant lifestyles. Mafia Crimes is an absorbing introduction to the mob's most influential personalities - their lives, loves and terrible crimes. It also provides and in-depth history of the role of the Mob in Sicily and America. For anyone who wants to know the truth about organized crime and understand the violent forces that have shaped it over the last century, this book is an indispensable guide.
The Mafia began on the small Mediterranean island of Sicily. It grew to become a major political force in Italy, while its tentacles penetrated every aspect of life in the United States. Through drugs, it spread its influence around the world. This is its story.
This enthralling guide tells the story of the rise and spread of The Mafia, from the island of Sicily to the United States and beyond, brought to life with striking full-color photographs and illustrations. The Mafia is full of blood-chilling characters, from Al Capone, who ran Chicago during Prohibition, and hitmen Louis Lepke and Alberto Anastasia who founded Murder, Inc, to Totò Riina, 'boss of bosses', John Gotti, 'the Teflon don', and Bernardo 'The Tractor' Provenzano, who hid out under cover for 43 years... They were extraordinary men who lived through extraordinary times. The Mafia tells the story of their lives, their families, their codes, their crimes and their cold-blooded murders. It's a long and enthralling tale, drenched in blood and scored with betrayal.
“Mio figlio caro, so di averti lasciato una pesante eredità: il mio nome”. Così inizia il testamento morale lasciato da Al Capone a suo figlio. Il gangster, il cui nome resterà scritto a lettere di sangue nella storia dell’America contemporanea, prima di morire ha voluto scrivere le sue memorie. Ma, in questa confessione, l’uomo dai cinquecento cadaveri fa di se stesso un personaggio quale non sempre fu nella realtà. Certo è che mai prima di allora un boss malavitoso aveva avuto un tale impatto sulla cultura popolare e mai aveva raggiunto una tale fama. Dagli incassi di due miliardi di dollari l’anno alla condanna a dieci anni per frode fiscale, dalla casa a Miami nella baia di Biscayne alla reclusione nelle prigioni di Atlanta e di Alcatraz, leggendo questo straordinario racconto fatto dal boss, possiamo comprendere qual è stato (ed è) il segreto di Al Capone.
Al Capone arrive en 1893 à New York et ne tarde pas à faire partie des bandes de jeunes voyous de Brooklyn. Au cours d’une bagarre, il récolte sa célèbre balafre (d’où son surnom de «Scarface») puis construit un véritable empire dans le crime organisé. À la faveur de la prohibition, il devient l’un des chefs les plus redoutés de la mafia de Chicago, contrôle tous les trafics (alcool, jeux, prostitution, drogues, courses, rackets,...), corrompt et manipule politiciens, magistrats, policiers et journalistes. Accusé plusieurs fois de meurtres, il n’est jamais condamné mais finit par tomber en 1931 pour fraude fiscale grâce aux enquêtes des incorruptibles Eliot Ness et Frank J. Wilson. Il écope de 17 années de prison dont 11 ferme. Incarcéré en 1934, il purge une partie de sa peine au pénitencier d’Alcatraz. Libéré sous conditions en 1939, il termine sa vie en paisible retraité, toutefois gravement syphilitique, et meurt en 1947 dans sa luxueuse propriété de Miami Beach. Si on est aujourd’hui abondamment documenté sur ses années criminelles, on connaît moins les "Mémoires" qu’il a fait publier avant de mourir, tout comme un chef d’Etat ou un écrivain célèbre. "Ma vie" en est le récit, rédigé d’abord sous forme d’entretiens publiés dans la presse avant d’être rassemblés en volume. Pas toujours fidèle à la réalité biographique mais précurseur de la légende, cet autoportrait du plus célèbre gangster d’Amérique se lit comme un polar.
FBI-Agent Eliot Ness, der große Gegenspieler von Al Capone Aufregende Action-Krimis aus Chicago um Bandenkriege und Frauenmörder, erzählt von einem Schriftsteller, der sich wie kein anderer in der großen, alten Gangster-Metropole auskennt: Al Cann weiß alles über den unbestechlichen FBI-Agenten Eliot Ness und den berüchtigtsten aller Gangster, den Italo-Amerikaner Al Capone, der nicht nur Chicago, sondern das ganze Land in Atem hielt. Die beiden großen Gegenspieler Eliot Ness und Alfonso Capone haben wirklich gelebt! Authentische Kriminalfälle halten unsere Leser in Atem, fesselnd, fast magisch beschrieben, daß es unter die Haut geht. Diese Krimiserie wird alle Krimifans begeistern und nachhaltig binden. Den fintenreichen und spannungsgeladenen Romanen mit wahrem Hintergrund kann niemand widerstehen. Das Duell zwischen Eliot Ness und Al Capone schreitet unaufhaltsam seinem Höhepunkt entgegen... Keine Leseprobe vorhanden. E-Book 1: Der Nebelmörder E-Book 2: Der Serienkiller von Chicago E-Book 3: Boss Drenkhan E-Book 4: Der perfekte Plan E-Book 5: Der Unheimliche vom Sherman Park
FBI-Agent Eliot Ness, der große Gegenspieler von Al Capone Aufregende Action-Krimis aus Chicago um Bandenkriege und Frauenmörder, erzählt von einem Schriftsteller, der sich wie kein anderer in der großen, alten Gangster-Metropole auskennt: Al Cann weiß alles über den unbestechlichen FBI-Agenten Eliot Ness und den berüchtigtsten aller Gangster, den Italo-Amerikaner Al Capone, der nicht nur Chicago, sondern das ganze Land in Atem hielt. Die beiden großen Gegenspieler Eliot Ness und Alfonso Capone haben wirklich gelebt! Authentische Kriminalfälle halten unsere Leser in Atem, fesselnd, fast magisch beschrieben, daß es unter die Haut geht. Diese Krimiserie wird alle Krimifans begeistern und nachhaltig binden. Den fintenreichen und spannungsgeladenen Romanen mit wahrem Hintergrund kann niemand widerstehen. Das Duell zwischen Eliot Ness und Al Capone schreitet unaufhaltsam seinem Höhepunkt entgegen... Keine Leseprobe vorhanden. E-Book 1: Der Säurespritzer E-Book 2: Der König der Unterwelt E-Book 3: Dr. Keesby mischt Gift E-Book 4: Party des Todes E-Book 5: Erdrosselt! E-Book 6: Glut im Blut
FBI-Agent Eliot Ness, der große Gegenspieler von Al Capone Aufregende Action-Krimis aus Chicago um Bandenkriege und Frauenmörder, erzählt von einem Schriftsteller, der sich wie kein anderer in der großen, alten Gangster-Metropole auskennt: Al Cann weiß alles über den unbestechlichen FBI-Agenten Eliot Ness und den berüchtigtsten aller Gangster, den Italo-Amerikaner Al Capone, der nicht nur Chicago, sondern das ganze Land in Atem hielt. Die beiden großen Gegenspieler Eliot Ness und Alfonso Capone haben wirklich gelebt! Authentische Kriminalfälle halten unsere Leser in Atem, fesselnd, fast magisch beschrieben, daß es unter die Haut geht. Diese Krimiserie wird alle Krimifans begeistern und nachhaltig binden. Den fintenreichen und spannungsgeladenen Romanen mit wahrem Hintergrund kann niemand widerstehen. Das Duell zwischen Eliot Ness und Al Capone schreitet unaufhaltsam seinem Höhepunkt entgegen... Keine Leseprobe vorhanden. E-Book 1: Drei von der Keaton-Gang E-Book 2: Drei von der Keaton-Gang E-Book 3: Der Tote kam später E-Book 4: Der Tote kam später E-Book 5: Buddy Billoks Trick E-Book 6: Buddy Billoks Trick E-Book 7: Die Dillingers kommen E-Book 8: Die Dillingers kommen E-Book 9: Der Würger von Stickney E-Book 10: Der Würger von Stickney
Plongez dans l'univers fascinant d'Al Capone, l'un des plus célèbres gangsters américains du XXe siècle. Dès son adolescence, ce bandit au surnon évocateur de "Scarface" forge son destin dans les rouages du crime. Sa fortune fulgurante, acquise grâce au trafic d'alcool de contrebande pendant la prohibition des années 1920, en fait une figure emblématique de son époque. Dans son autobiographie saisissante, Al Capone dévoile les méandres de son parcours tumultueux. Au fil des pages, entre révélations et mystères, il semble se livrer comme jamais auparavant. Mais dans cet océan de confessions, où se cache la vérité ? "Ma vie", fruit de conversations entre un journaliste intrépide et le célèbre mafieux, offre un regard sans filtre sur l'homme derrière le mythe. Malgré les mensonges et les ombres qui jalonnent son récit, cette plongée dans l'univers trouble d'Al Capone promet une expérience captivante et révélatrice.
Rarely does one have the opportunity to take a journey through someone else's life. Especially a life that witnessed some of modern history's most significant events. Imagine someone who lived during the sinking of the Titanic, the first radio broadcast, man landing on the moon and the introduction of the Internet, not to mention both World Wars and at least a half dozen other major military conflicts--all in a single lifetime. The life experience of George W. Huff, "Joe," were every bit as varied and colorful as the changes in the world around him. Come along as the stories unfold one after the other, decade by decade. Witness first-hand how God orchestrates an extraordinary series of events through the life of an ordinary man, just as He did so often with people of the Bible. Joe describes in his own words, recorded years before his death, how God protected him time and time again, forgave him of his transgressions and transformed his life into one of service resulting in a legacy that would last for all eternity.
Las Vegas was the Mob's greatest venture and most spectacular success, and through 40 years of frenzy, murder, deceit, scams, and skimming, the FBI listened on phone taps and did virtually nothing to stop the fun. This is the truth about the Mob's control of the casinos in Vegas like you've never heard it before, from start to finish. Two of the nation's most powerful crime family bosses went to prison in the 1930's: Al Capone and Lucky Luciano. Frank Nitti took over the Chicago Outfit, while Frank Costello ran things for the Luciano Family. Both men were influenced by their bosses from prison, and both sent enough gangsters into the streets to influence loan sharking, extortion, union control, and drug sales. Bugsy Siegel worked for both groups, handling a string of murders and opening up gaming on the west coast, and that included Las Vegas, an oasis of sin in the middle of the desert - and it was legal. Most of it. The FBI watched as the Mob took control of casino after casino, killed off the competition, and stole enough money to bribe their way to respectability back home. By the 1950's, nearly every major crime family had a stake in a Las Vegas casino. Some did better than others. Casino owners watched-over their profits while competing crime families eyed each other's success like jealous lovers. Murder often followed.
The Mafia began on the small Mediterranean island of Sicily. It grew to become a major political force in Italy, while its tentacles penetrated every aspect of life in the United States. Through drugs, it spread its influence around the world. This is its story.
Organized crime is perhaps the most fascinating phenomenon of our time. From Al Capone, who boldly claimed his bootlegging activities were a public service, to the flamboyant Teflon Don, the criminals of the underworld have garnered headlines and captured our imagination with their violent and extravagant lifestyles. Mafia Crimes is an absorbing introduction to the mob's most influential personalities - their lives, loves and terrible crimes. It also provides and in-depth history of the role of the Mob in Sicily and America. For anyone who wants to know the truth about organized crime and understand the violent forces that have shaped it over the last century, this book is an indispensable guide.
Las Vegas was the Mob's greatest venture and most spectacular success, and through 40 years of frenzy, murder, deceit, scams, and skimming, the FBI listened on phone taps and did virtually nothing to stop the fun. This is the truth about the Mob's control of the casinos in Vegas like you've never heard it before, from start to finish. Two of the nation's most powerful crime family bosses went to prison in the 1930's: Al Capone and Lucky Luciano. Frank Nitti took over the Chicago Outfit, while Frank Costello ran things for the Luciano Family. Both men were influenced by their bosses from prison, and both sent enough gangsters into the streets to influence loan sharking, extortion, union control, and drug sales. Bugsy Siegel worked for both groups, handling a string of murders and opening up gaming on the west coast, and that included Las Vegas, an oasis of sin in the middle of the desert - and it was legal. Most of it. The FBI watched as the Mob took control of casino after casino, killed off the competition, and stole enough money to bribe their way to respectability back home. By the 1950's, nearly every major crime family had a stake in a Las Vegas casino. Some did better than others. Casino owners watched-over their profits while competing crime families eyed each other's success like jealous lovers. Murder often followed.
The Mafia Files presents the rap sheets of key figures in the Italian-American underworld, featuring Lupo the Wolf, the Teflon Don, Joey 'the Clown' Lombardo, Tony 'Joe Batters' Accardo and many more. These case studies chart the mobsters' careers, showing how Mafia tentacles have delved into a host of new ventures over the past 100 years. Including portraits of victims and crime-busters, this full-colour book is perfect bedtime reading from the dark side of life - brutal, grisly, but fascinating.
A fascinating and hilarious gallop through twentieth-century British history, by comedian Al Murray. An awful lot has happened in the last 100 years or so. In fact, when you look at how much went on in the 20th century, it's amazing it didn't take longer than that. And what have we learnt? A few obvious lessons include: megalomaniac men with moustaches in charge of countries tend to turn out to be BAD; anyone who thinks they can explain let alone sort out the Middle East is WRONG; France simply cannot be relied upon; America may or may not be the cause of everything GOOD and BAD in the world (depending on who you ask). This isn't your bog-standard history book. We all know that history books (Which Shall Not be Questioned because they ARE ALL TRUE according to our History Teachers of Yore) are dry and dull, and they go on as if there's only ONE version of history (spoiler: it's all about perspective). Enter Al Murray, alter-ego of everyone's favourite Pub Landlord. Al knows his way around 20th century Britain, and he's good enough to illuminate it for you. From the Big Bang of the 20th Century, DOUBLEYOUDOUBLEYOU ONE, to the eve of the new Millennium (when all the computers in the World DIDN'T stop working and the Queen had to do the Hokey Cokey with Tony Blair) and all the forgotten tales in between, this is a brilliantly funny, irreverent and eye-opening whistle-stop tour of Britain since 1914.
The author practices Optometry in the Atlanta area, and serves as a legal consultant to optometrists and related health care professionals. He holds an undergraduate degree in Physics-Mathematics, and post-graduate degrees in Law and Optometry. Dr. Provost is a member of The Florida Bar and The Georgia Bar, and is licensed to practice Optometry in Florida and Georgia. He lives in an Atlanta suburb with his wife Evelyn, an attorney, and their four champion Persians, who have replaced in both intelligence and charm, four talented children who have gone on to careers in Optometry, teaching and real estate. The author graduated from Berry College near Rome, Georgia in 1961. While at Berry College in the late fifties the author was President of the Freshman Class, Treasurer of the Sophomore Class, Secretary, Vice-president and finally President of the Men's Student Government. At the end of his Junior year he became the first ever recipient of the Jessie Pritchett Parish Student Leadership Award, presented to the one student among the entire student body who best demonstrated leadership qualities on campus. While at Berry College the author rewrote the Berry College Handbook for Men. Following graduation in 1961, the author enlisted in the U. S. Army. He served two tours of duty in South Korea, the first as the feature writer for The Pacific Stars and Stripes newspaper, distributed daily to more than 37,000 U. S. soldiers in South Korea. The young reporter covered all meetings of the Military Armistice Commission (MAC) held at Panmunjom, and traveled freely throughout South Korea in his assigned Jeep, writing about anything of a military or civilian nature that interested him or that might be of interest to his readers. At age 24 the author was accepted as a student at the prestigious Defense Language Institute, located at Monterey, California, where he studied the Korean language for a year, graduating first in his class of thirty students. Following months of instruction at the U. S. Army Intelligence Center located at Ft. Holabird, Maryland, the author was stationed with the 502 Military Intelligence Battalion in Seoul, South Korea. As the youngest of the five prisoner interrogators and intelligence analysts, the specialist daily interrogated captured North Korean espionage agents and their 'minders" who had failed in their attempt to infiltrate the irregular coastline of South Korea. These experiences are the subject of the author's soon to be published book entitled The Wall at Inchon. In 1965 the author received an Honorable Discharge from the U. S. Army, and in 1967 was accepted as a student at the University of Houston College of Optometry. Dr. Provost graduated in 1972 with the degree Doctor of Optometry, and began his private practice of Optometry in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida suburb of Plantation. In 1977 Dr. Provost was accepted into Nova Southeastern University College of Law, graduating in 1980 with the degree Juris Doctor. He has practiced Optometry since 1972 and Law since 1980, in Georgia and Florida. The author was born in Kinston, North Carolina in 1939, the knee baby of seven children. Following the sudden death of his father, a wartime U. S. civil service engineer, in February 1947 the seven-year-old was sent to live for a decade in historic Oxford Orphanage, located northeast of Raleigh. Dr. Provost's Reflections in An Orphan's Eye-A Decade at Oxford is the first book written about the historic 132-year-old institution since Nettie Bemis' popular Life at Oxford, published in1925. However, whereas Nettie Bemis' work centered around the history and campus life at Oxford, Dr. Provost's work, while recounting the history of the institution, is a factual, bittersweet narrative of a youngster's decade-long odyssey spent growing up 'inside the hedges." This work is a moving account of how tradition rich Oxford Orphanage and its four hundred students and staff grabbed a timid, disillusion
Reno was truly Hell on Wheels in the 1920's. The rest of the nation considered the town Sodom and Gomorra, but that's only half the truth. Reno offered everything in the way of adult entertainment, from speakeasy's and houses of ill-repute, to open gaming - legal or not. And it took plenty of sins by the founding fathers to make Reno "The biggest little city in the world." When the gold-veins of Tonopah and Goldfield ran out, the casino owners moved to Reno, where even greater riches awaited. Together, a group of four men (Nick Abelman, Bill Graham, Jim McKay, George Wingfield) took over Reno's casinos and held sway over the town for the next three decades. Together they administered policy, collected juice, ran politicians, and owned the red-light district and most of the town's casinos. When that wasn't enough they took over the banks and laundered money for crooks like "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Alvin Karpis, and Ma Barker's boys, and offered safety to "Baby Face" Nelson. It was a good gig. The Reno Four dictated policy all over Northern Nevada, taking special care of Reno and Lake Tahoe casinos up until the late 1950's. Their influence made Reno before Bill Harrah or "Pappy" Smith ever arrived, needing an introduction and permission to build their own casinos, Harold's Club and Harrah's. This is an expansion, an unabridged version of "Mob City - Reno" with much to tell about Nevada's gold mining towns.
Reno was the first US city to fully embrace its destiny as a gaming capital, and even before gaming was legalized in 1931 the city was the one place gangsters from Chicago and the Midwest wanted to go, for safety, sanctuary, and of course the booze, the broads, and the banking services to launder their kidnapping and hold-up loot. Bank robbers like Alvin Karpis, kidnappers like Ma Barker and her sons, and even “Baby Face" Nelson came to stay, play, and enjoy the show. Reno had it all, and they had their own Mob who controlled the vices, legal or otherwise. Eventually, Lucky Luciano, Tony Accardo, Sam Giancana and others took note and joined the easy profits and the skim in Reno. This is the true story. The story of four men who ran things with no remorse. Coercion, arson, murder.
‘Every scene or action or speech has a so therefore. It is the goal, the ultimate statement of the character. You should know the so therefore as you begin your scene ... The climax and the payoff is the so therefore.’ – from Al Ruscio’s Preface When working through a scene with a student, renowned actor and acting teacher Al Ruscio will ask, ‘so therefore, what?’ to urge them to capture the specific actions and desires that define their character at that moment. So Therefore... interweaves tried-and-tested practical exercises with sound advice, and illustrative tales from Ruscio’s remarkable career, to form a training handbook as uniquely pragmatic as his favourite phrase. Breaking down his method into three broad focuses, Ruscio considers: Warming Up – including relaxation, going ‘beneath the words’ and emotional recall; Scene Work – ranging from character analysis to an exploration of action; The Play – discovering its spine, progressing through rehearsals and sustaining a performance. But So Therefore... also reflects wisely on such diverse subjects as Stage versus Film, and Stamina, Luck and Chutzpah. Enriching and generous, it is the culmination of a career that has taken in dozens of major motion pictures, and spans the entire history of television – as well as half a century spent training actors. Al Ruscio graduated from the famed Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and has been teaching acting for five decades. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild and is a current voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
This volume of the New York Times’ bestselling series of superbly restored, classic crime and horror EC Comics re-presents the work of Jack Kamen, Al Feldstein, and Ray Bradbury. Grand Master crime novelist Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition) introduces these tales, which include the infamous “The Orphan” one of the stories that got EC Comics into hot water during the U.S. Senate’s investigation into comic books. “The October Game” is adapted from the chilling classic short story by Ray Bradbury. A gruesome look at a malevolent Halloween party game perpetrated by a man who believes the child of his unfaithful wife is not his. In “Frozen Assets!,” a woman and her lover seal her still-living husband in a chest freezer. “Standing Room Only” ― a brother murders his twin sister and her husband, and disguises himself as her so he can inherit their estate. But then the estate lawyer makes a play for the “widow” ... “Three for the Money” ― A woman finds her husband dead ― with a knife in his back and a bullet in his head. The police arrest two suspects ― but to get a conviction, they must determine who acted first. Who actually committed the murder, and who stabbed or shot a man who was already dead?
When evil lands on my doorstep. While Bryce and I are finally enjoying some quiet time together, a dark, shadowy figure crashes into our door. And it isn’t a small black bird this time. A devil is hurt, asking for my help. Well, I just have too many problems of my own now. People don’t want to talk to me. And Bryce isn’t touching me. So what’s a witch to do? Haul up my legs, sit on a pentagram in a circle of candles, and murmur to myself. My best friend Maddie thinks I’m under a curse. But, honestly, I feel like I have to do whatever it takes to save this town, even if it means teaming up with my archenemy witch Enora. Evil empowers me. But this dark spellcasting also intends to drive a stake right through my heart and the heart of Hawthorne University. See, not only am I feeling alone, I’m getting expelled. Cadence Hawthorne returns in this fifth book in the Hawthorne University Witch series. Content Warning: Ravens contains profanity, sex, adult situations and, of course, witchcraft.
Custodians of the Hummingbird By Al Kent Al Kent was born Albert Prentis Hamilton on December 8, 1939. As a singer, Kent’s proudest moment was in the summer of 1955. Al and his brother, Bobby Recco Hamilton, went to New York City and, through a series of auditions, Al Kent made the final cut to a Broadway play. According to estimates, a group of about one hundred were involved and participated in the process of eliminations. At the end of the day only seven were standing. Al became the protagonist. Other cherished memories include Al recording most of Jackie Wilson’s hit records before Jackie did. The songs were “Lonely Teardrops,” “That’s Why,” and “Am I the Man.” Al did his craft in a grand style and has sung since he was twelve. He began around Detroit and recorded for the Checker record label, a subsidiary of Chess Records in Chicago. Al wrote songs for many established artists, including Spanky Wilson, Reflections, Jackie Wilson, Fantastic Four, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Royal Jokers, Edwin Starr, J. J. Barnes, Ronnie McNair, Four Tops, David and Jimmy Ruffin, the Detroit Emeralds, Freddy Gorman, Gloria Taylor, the Flaming Embers, the Supremes, the Debonaires, San Remo’s Golden Strings and for himself. His greatest asset is undoubtedly his ability to listen intently to other’s ideals. His biggest dream is to direct a major movie for the big screen.
In a field dominated by books that focus exclusively on the perspective of business in large corporations or that assume that business has a moral deficiency in need of reform, Al Gini and Alexei Marcoux offers students and business people alike a concise guide to what everyone ought to do when doing business. Where other books are organized topically, Gini and Marcoux look at the moral features of business that recur across topical areas, stressing the considerations that bear on business people whether they be corporate functionaries, principals in family businesses, or solo entrepreneurs who do it all, end to end. They present to students the essential concepts, ideas, and issues involved in ethics in business and emphasize the individual acting person and what it means to have character and integrity when doing business.
From the Chapman & Hall Microbiology Series this unique resource offers specific experimental and practical applications of mathematical modeling in microbial ecology. The text presents a variety of systems, ranging from subcellular systems to ecosystems, and shows how to test whether the models provide a good representation of the system. The book also encourages further development and application of modeling to burgeoning problems associated with microbial ecology, such as the pollution and destruction of pesticides and herbicides.
This book introduces readers, and project management practitioners to a number of global companies and projects, that went right and/or wrong. Seeing high percentage of projects failure, mounting to billions of lost revenues annually to companies on global bases, the idea to put together this body of work was born. While the lessons are significantly useful to the public and can be shared, the primary objective of this book however, remains to present the reader with lessons learnt from not only mine, but the collective experience of working with projects. Some of the lessons covered in this book includes the following; It is very good idea to initiate an innovative approach to a project, but the most important thing, is to plan for it adequately, extensively, and be ready for failures and obstacles since nothing goes as you plan. He listens covered in this book are invaluable and timeless.
With the acclaim won by her first two novels, Hanan al-Shaykh established herself as the Arab world's foremost woman writer. Beirut Blues, published to similar acclaim, further confirms her place in Arabic literature, and brings her writing to a new, groundbreaking level. The daring fragmented structure of this epistolary novel mirrors the chaos surrounding the heroine, Asmahan, as she futilely writes letters to her loved ones, to her friends, to Beirut, and to the war itself--letters of lament that are never to be answered except with their own resounding echoes. In Beirut Blues, Hanan al-Shaykh evokes a Beirut that has been seen by few, and that will never be seen again.
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