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Crippled Sunrise

Book I of the Torchini Family Chronicles

By: Paco Torch

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Crippled Sunrise

Book I of the Torchini Family Chronicles

By: Paco Torch

It is 1957 when thirteen-year-old Frankie Paco Alexander meets his adoptive godfather, Don Mr. G DAmico, for the first time. Handicapped after a bout with spinal meningitis, Frankie is grateful to escape daily bullying and immerse himself in new friendships with Mr. Gs children. Mr. G treats Paco as one of his sons, especially after Paco trusts a foreboding feeling one day and saves Mr. G from certain death. While Paco matures, Mr. G takes the boy under his wing and mentors him through lifes challenges. But when Paco finds love at age eighteen, he has no idea that Carols father is the godfather of another mob family. After he secretly marries her in Canada and she becomes pregnant, it seems Paco has finally found happiness. But when Mr. G arranges Carols murder, a grief-stricken Paco is transformed into a ruthless killer. Years later as the circle of life leads Paco to a confession with a childhood priest, he finds redemption and is led to unite factions of his Italian family into one of the worlds most powerful conglomerates. Crippled Sunrise shares the saga of a young mans coming-of-age journey into manhood after he is adopted by a prominent godfather and discovers the good, bad, and ugly of the Mafia.

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279

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iUniverse

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ISBN 10

1491784393

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9781491784396

Four Hands

A Novel

By: Paco Ignacio Taibo, II

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Four Hands

A Novel

By: Paco Ignacio Taibo, II

Stan Laurel, one of the heroes of Four Hands, wanders into Mexico and witnesses the assassination of Pancho Villa. There follow other episodes, centered on Greg, an American journalist, and Julio, his Mexican friend and collaborator. Taibo gives the reader a plethora of brilliant characters in this panoramic novel that moves backward and forward in time.

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388

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Macmillan

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0312130791

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9780312130794

No Happy Ending

By: Paco Ignacio Taibo

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No Happy Ending

By: Paco Ignacio Taibo

The third English language case for Mexico City independent detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne, No Happy Ending, is Paco Ignacio Taibo II at his subversive, darkly comic best. First, Hector discovers the body of a dead actor, dressed like a Roman in full breastplate and regalia, propped up on the toilet in his office. Shortly thereafter, he receives a threatening letter and a snapshot of another murdered corpse. As Hector investigates the killings, he discovers that both share a connection to a dead stuntman named Zorak who apparently perished while training a government-backed paramilitary group. Once again, the one-eyed anarchist detective finds himself up against the very institutions which persecute the downtrodden and oppress the masses. In typical Taibo fashion, Hector appears destined to lose: the ending to this remarkable absurdist tale shows his bullet-ridden body lying face down in the gutter during a rainstorm.

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182

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1615953493

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9781615953493

Exam Ref 70-774 Perform Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning

By: Ginger Grant,Julio Granados,Guillermo Fernandez,Pau Sempere,Javier Torrenteras,Paco Gonzalez,Tamanaco Francísquez

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Exam Ref 70-774 Perform Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning

By: Ginger Grant,Julio Granados,Guillermo Fernandez,Pau Sempere,Javier Torrenteras,Paco Gonzalez,Tamanaco Francísquez

Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-774–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of performing key data science activities with Azure Machine Learning services. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: Prepare data for analysis in Azure Machine Learning and export from Azure Machine Learning Develop machine learning models Operationalize and manage Azure Machine Learning Services Use other services for machine learning This Microsoft Exam Ref: Organizes its coverage by exam objectives Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you Assumes you are familiar with Azure data services, machine learning concepts, and common data science processes About the Exam Exam 70-774 focuses on skills and knowledge needed to prepare data for analysis with Azure Machine Learning; find key variables describing your data’s behavior; develop models and identify optimal algorithms; train, validate, deploy, manage, and consume Azure Machine Learning Models; and leverage related services and APIs. About Microsoft Certification Passing this exam as well as Exam 70-773: Analyzing Big Data with Microsoft R earns your MCSA: Machine Learning certifi¿cation, demonstrating your expertise in operationalizing Microsoft Azure machine learning and Big Data with R Server and SQL R Services. See full details at: microsoft.com/learning

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566

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Microsoft Press

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013484968X

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9780134849683

Calling All Heroes

A Manual for Taking Power

By: Paco Ignacio Taibo II

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Calling All Heroes

A Manual for Taking Power

By: Paco Ignacio Taibo II

The euphoric idealism of grassroots reform and the tragic reality of revolutionary failure are at the center of this speculative novel that opens with a real historical event. On October 2, 1968, 10 days before the Summer Olympics in Mexico, the Mexican government responds to a student demonstration in Tlatelolco by firing into the crowd, killing more than 200 students and civilians and wounding hundreds more. The Tlatelolco massacre was erased from the official record as easily as authorities washing the blood from the streets, and no one was ever held accountable. It is two years later and Nestor, a journalist and participant in the fateful events, lies recovering in the hospital from a knife wound. His fevered imagination leads him in the collection of facts and memories of the movement and its assassination in the company of figures from his childhood. Nestor calls on the heroes of his youth—Sherlock Holmes, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and D’Artagnan among them—to join him in launching a new reform movement conceived by his intensely active imagination.

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137

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PM Press

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1604864079

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9781604864076

Twists of Fate

By: Paco Roca

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Twists of Fate

By: Paco Roca

Miguel Ruiz is a Spanish veteran exiled in France who was a member of “La Nueve” ("The Nine"), a company of men that went straight from fighting for their homeland in the Spanish Civil War to battles spanning the globe in WWII. Their years-long trek across Europe and Africa was spurred on by their love for their country and their hatred for brutal dictatorships. Roca uses the composite character Ruiz’s “memories” to tell a story that’s an ode to a generation that bravely stood up to, and beat back, violent fascism.

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322

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Fantagraphics Books

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1683961250

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9781683961253

Journey

From One Life to Another

By: Paco Rabanne

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Journey

From One Life to Another

By: Paco Rabanne

World-renowned couturier Paco Rabanne presents a personal account of his search for spiritual understanding and tells how he has applied the results of this search to his creative work.

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180

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HarperElement

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1862044732

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9781862044739

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Crippled Sunrise

Crippled Sunrise

Four Hands

Four Hands

No Happy Ending

No Happy Ending

Exam Ref 70-774 Perform Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning

Exam Ref 70-774 Perform Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning

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Calling All Heroes

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Twists of Fate

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