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Woke Up This Morning

The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos

By: Michael Imperioli,Steve Schirripa

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Woke Up This Morning

The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos

By: Michael Imperioli,Steve Schirripa

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I will be reading and rereading Woke Up This Morning....These rollicking gabfests... bring together nearly everyone, on screen and off, who made the series a creative and cultural landmark. The freely offered admiration expressed by so many for their missing comrade and unofficial cast captain, Gandolfini, makes these stories about playing tough guys all the more tender." —New York Times "Essential for fans, with a revelation on every page." —Kirkus Reviews "A spectacular tell-all...the ultimate book on The Sopranos, made by the people who lived it." —Publishers Weekly Expanding on their hit Talking Sopranos podcast with exclusive interviews for the book with the cast, crew, producers, writers, directors and creators, stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa deliver the definitive oral history of the landmark television series and streaming hit The Sopranos. Packed with untold stories from behind the scenes and on the set, they’re spilling all the secrets. Who made the phone call that got HBO to launch The Sopranos? What’s the significance of all those eggs? And, what the hell ever happened to the Russian? Michael Imperioli, Steve Schirripa, and the entire cast and crew of The Sopranos have all the answers—and they’re revealing where all the bodies are buried. Inspired by the incredibly successful Talking Sopranos podcast, The Sopranos stars Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) and Steve Schirripa (Bobby Baccalieri) finally reveal all the Soprano family secrets in a surprising, funny, and honest new book. Woke Up This Morning is the definitive behind-the-scenes history of the groundbreaking HBO series that became a worldwide cultural phenomenon, ushered in a new Golden Age of Television, and to this day continues to be one of the most binged shows of all time. Michael and Steve tell all the incredible stories that The Sopranos fans have been waiting to hear for over twenty years. The book covers the entire history of The Sopranos series from the original concept pitch and casting to the infamous cut to black—and answer many of the thousands of fan questions sent to the podcast, as well as dispel some widely propagated myths and reveal things no one outside the show would even know to ask.

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HarperCollins

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0063090031

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9780063090033

The Perfume Burned His Eyes

By: Michael Imperioli

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The Perfume Burned His Eyes

By: Michael Imperioli

An outer-borough boy moves to the foreign land of Manhattan and befriends Lou Reed, in a novel by the Emmy-winning actor and screenwriter: “A winner.”—Library Journal Matthew is a sixteen-year-old living in Jackson Heights, Queens, in 1976. After he loses his two most important male role models, his father and grandfather, his mother uses her inheritance to uproot Matthew and herself to a posh apartment building in Manhattan. Although only three miles from his boyhood home, “the city” is a completely new and strange world. Soon, he befriends (and becomes a quasi-assistant to) Lou Reed, who lives with his transgender girlfriend in the same building. And the drug-addled, artistic/shamanic musician will eventually become an unorthodox father figure to Matthew, as he moves toward adulthood, adjusts to a new life, and falls head over heels for a girl wise beyond her years. “Imperioli can definitely write, and he gets high marks for the verisimilitude and empathy that he evokes.”—Booklist (starred review) “A coming-of-age tale dashed with relatable angst and humor.”—Entertainment Weekly “Some fictional trips into 1970s New York abound with nostalgia; this novel memorably opts for grit and heartbreak.”—Kirkus Reviews

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160

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Akashic Books

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1617756423

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9781617756429

The Perfume Burned His Eyes

By: Michael Imperioli

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By: Michael Imperioli

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1617756423

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CenterStage

My Most Fascinating Interviews—from A-Rod to Jay-Z

By: Michael Kay

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CenterStage

My Most Fascinating Interviews—from A-Rod to Jay-Z

By: Michael Kay

For nearly two decades as CenterStage's host, Kay has conducted hourlong conversations with American pop culture's most intriguing personalities. Here he has gathered the conversations that best exemplify the show's distinctive blend of humor, inspiration, and self-revelation. Kay also includes behind-the-scenes stories. -- adapted from jacket

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384

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Simon and Schuster

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1982152044

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9781982152048

In Praise of Profanity

By: Michael Adams

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In Praise of Profanity

By: Michael Adams

When President Obama signed the affordable health care act in 2009, the Vice President was overheard to utter an enthusiastic "This is a big f****** deal!" A town in Massachusetts levies $20 fines on swearing in public. Nothing is as paradoxical as our attitude toward swearing and "bad language": how can we judge profanity so harshly in principle, yet use it so frequently in practice? Though profanity is more acceptable today than ever, it is still labeled as rude, or at best tolerable only under specific circumstances. Cursing, many argue, signals an absence of character, or poor parenting, and is something to avoid at all costs. Yet plenty of us are unconcerned about the dangers of profanity; bad words are commonly used in mainstream music, Academy Award-winning films, books, and newspapers. And of course, regular people use them in conversation every day. In In Praise of Profanity, Michael Adams offers a provocative, unapologetic defense of profanity, arguing that we've oversimplified profanity by labeling it as taboo. Profanity is valuable, even essential, both as a vehicle of communication and an element of style. As much as we may deplore it in some contexts, we should celebrate it in others. Adams skillfully weaves together linguistic and psychological analyses of why we swear-for emotional release, as a way to promote group solidarity, or to create intimate relationships -- with colorful examples of profanity in literature, TV, film, and music, such as The Sopranos, James Kelman's How Late It Was, How Late, or the songs of Nellie McKay. This breezy, jargon-free book will challenge readers to reconsider the way they think about swearing.

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Oxford University Press

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0199337594

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9780199337590

Mediating Mental Health

Contexts, Debates and Analysis

By: Michael Birch

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Mediating Mental Health

Contexts, Debates and Analysis

By: Michael Birch

The problem of media representations about mental health is now a global issue with health agencies expressing concern about produced stigma and its outcomes, specifically social exclusion. In many countries, the statistic of one in four people experiencing a mental health condition prevails, making it essential that more is known about how to improve media portrayals. With a globally projected increase in mental health conditions Mediating Mental Health offers a detailed critical analysis of media representations in two phases looking closely at genre form. The book looks across fictional and factual genres in film, television and radio examining media constructions of mental health identity. It also questions the opinions of journalists, mental healthcare professionals and people with conditions with regard to mediated mental health meanings. Finally, as a result of a production project, people with conditions develop new images making critical contrasts with dominant media portrayals. Thus, useful and practical recommendations for developing media practice ensue. As such, this book will appeal to mental health professionals, people with conditions, journalists, sociologists, students and scholars of media and cultural studies, practitioners in applied theatre, and anyone interested in media representations of social groups.

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302

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Routledge

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1317098536

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9781317098539

ALT•4•1

By: Michael A. Occhionero

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ALT•4•1

By: Michael A. Occhionero

In the turn 2099, the world has become starkly divided between the progress-obsessed Metropolis, and the isolated, exploited outside. In the Metropolis, the Users have become entirely dependent on their ever-expanding grid. Sustained through Poplar Corp.’s updates, the technologically enhanced Users work in unison toward their final end, ALT•4•1- an update that will alter the User in ways unimaginable. However, after a lifetime building Poplar Corp. and the Metropolis from the ground up, Dr. Mulligan has had an epiphany. With Beall’s help, Dr. Mulligan has rallied an organized pushback against the Users. The outsiders will not go down without a fight, even if they don’t know exactly who, or what they are fighting against… Exploring humankind’s relations with technology, ALT•4•1 is an inquisition into what it truly means to be human.

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265

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AOS Publishing Inc

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1999110528

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9781999110529

My MacGuffin

Business As a Spiritual Practice

By: Jayden Bliss,Michael Nunes Burgess

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My MacGuffin

Business As a Spiritual Practice

By: Jayden Bliss,Michael Nunes Burgess

□ Advisor? □ Coach? □ Mentor? □ Support Professional? □ Therapist? □ Business owner? □ Spiritual beliefs? Business and spirituality are thought to be irreconcilable. In humorous, non-prescriptive style, the authors share the highs and lows of integrating the two. Touching, profound, raw, and raucous, My MacGuffin "enables the enablers" to lift the world of commerce to its highest ideal: an indispensable resource for improving your practice and your clientele. "In life you meet few special people with an undeniable sense of integrity, sharing, and generosity. I've just had such an experience, and I want to share how I feel, because these feelings create incredible memories. Thank you so much, Jayden, for your unconditional giving!" -Andrea Gutwirth, SoulTalk Foundation "Michael is a spiritual mentor for me, and when it comes to business coaching, he'll save you money and mistakes." -Simon Dixon, author, CEO, Bank to the Future Alfred Hitchcock termed a plot device as a "MacGuffin." A seemingly vital element-the hidden contents of a case, secret documents-unseen by the audience yet intrinsic to character motivation. It correlates with the quest to learn who we are, why we are here and where we're going. Jayden Bliss built a successful software company before founding a global networking organisation. He has since run property and financial services ventures, diversifying as an award-winning film-short producer. Michael Nunes Burgess has undertaken more than eight thousand client sessions in seventeen years in management consulting. Thousands of students have gained from his endorsed "social enterprise" and business programmes.

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539

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Balboa Press

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1452555281

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9781452555287

Truth and Justice for Fun and Profit

Collected Reporting

By: Michael Heaton

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Truth and Justice for Fun and Profit

Collected Reporting

By: Michael Heaton

Cleveland is a crazy quilt of bold schemes, failed dreams, and colorful characters in this collection of Michael Heaton’s best newspaper and magazine stories. Heaton has reported on as wide a range of subjects as any active Cleveland journalist. On any day his byline might appear in any section of the region’s newspaper of record, The Plain Dealer, where he is a featured columnist and reporter. To get the story he has put on boxing gloves and entered the ring; accompanied a heroin addict while he shoplifted, fenced stolen goods, scored smack and shot up; and driven in a demolition derby. He has interviewed chefs and coroners, prosecutors and perpetrators, gypsies and priests. And he delivers each story with a sense of style—and a sense of humor.

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289

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Gray & Company, Publishers

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1938441702

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9781938441707

Wild Side

By: Michael Imperioli

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Wild Side

By: Michael Imperioli

À seize ans, Matthew n'a connu que le quartier du Queens à New York et une existence solitaire avec sa mère. À la faveur d'un héritage inattendu, une nouvelle vie s'offre à lui : Manhattan et ses avenues chics, la fascinante Veronica, ainsi qu'un voisin musicien qui l'embarque dans ses aventures, un certain Lou Reed... Matthew plonge avec eux dans un tourbillon d'amour, d'art, de liberté - au risque de se perdre. Entre L'Attrape-cœurs de J. D. Salinger et Just Kids de Patti Smith, Wild Side nous emporte dans le New York fiévreux des années 70, à travers le regard grave et moqueur d'un héros inoubliable.

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201

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Autrement

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2746750902

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9782746750906

New York Shots

A Boxing Tale

By: Gabriele Tinti,Howard Schatz

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New York Shots

A Boxing Tale

By: Gabriele Tinti,Howard Schatz

A history of Italian-Americans in boxing.

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Allemandi

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8842219827

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9788842219828

Book's by Michael Imperioli

Woke Up This Morning

Woke Up This Morning

The Perfume Burned His Eyes

The Perfume Burned His Eyes

The Perfume Burned His Eyes

The Perfume Burned His Eyes

CenterStage

CenterStage

In Praise of Profanity

In Praise of Profanity

Mediating Mental Health

Mediating Mental Health

ALT•4•1

ALT•4•1

My MacGuffin

My MacGuffin

Truth and Justice for Fun and Profit

Truth and Justice for Fun and Profit

Wild Side

Wild Side

New York Shots

New York Shots

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