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The Mobster's Lament

By: Ray Celestin

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From the bestselling author of The Axeman's Jazz, Ray Celestin's gripping third book, The Mobster's Lament, follows a gangster's last chance to escape the clutches of New York's mafia families, but as a blizzard descends on NYC, a ruthless serial killer is tracking his every move. New York, 1947. Mob fixer Gabriel Leveson’s plans to flee the city are put on hold when he is tasked with tracking down stolen mob money by ‘the boss of all bosses’, Frank Costello. But while he's busy looking, he doesn't notice who's watching him . . . Meanwhile, Private Investigator Ida Young and her old partner, Michael Talbot, must prove the innocence of Talbot’s son Tom, who has been accused of the brutal murders of four people in a Harlem flophouse. With all the evidence pointing towards him, their only chance of exoneration is to find the killer themselves. Whilst across town, Ida’s childhood friend, Louis Armstrong, is on the brink of bankruptcy, when a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career . . . Both a gripping neo-noir crime novel and a vivid, panoramic portrait of New York, The Mobster's Lament takes you to the heart of a city where the Mob has risen to the height of its powers. Complete the City Blues Quartet with Sunset Swing.

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Pan Macmillan

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1509838953

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9781509838950

The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer

American Animation Pioneer

By: Ray Pointer

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The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer

American Animation Pioneer

By: Ray Pointer

The history of animated cartoons has for decades been dominated by the accomplishments of Walt Disney, giving the impression that he invented the medium. In reality, it was the work of several pioneers. Max Fleischer--inventor of the Rotoscope technique of tracing animation frame by frame over live-action footage--was one of the most prominent. By the 1930s, Fleischer and Disney were the leading producers of animated films but took opposite approaches. Where Disney reflected a Midwestern sentimentality, Fleischer presented a sophisticated urban attitude with elements of German Expressionism and organic progression. In contrast to Disney's naturalistic animation, Fleischer's violated physical laws, supporting his maxim: "If it can be done in real life, it isn't animation." As a result, Fleischer's cartoons were rough rather than refined, commercial rather than consciously artistic--yet attained a distinctive artistry through Fleischer's innovations. This book covers his life and work and the history of the studio that bore his name, with previously unpublished artwork and photographs.

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McFarland

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147662741X

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9781476627410

Road to Roma

By: Ray Stoner

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Road to Roma

By: Ray Stoner

The Road to Roma is a novel about young American men and women who survived the poverty and lack of opportunity during the Great American depression and went on to serve our country during World War II. It mainly centers on one soldier’s journeys through battles in North Africa and Italy. It also touches on another soldier’s experiences in the battle of the bulge. Family values and hard work help the characters survive this intensive period. Religious beliefs and Midwestern work ethics also help them prevail. The ability to endure personal tragedy, volcanoes and battlefield carnage harden these young Americans for the tough road of life ahead.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1499074042

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9781499074048

Magento 2 - Build World-Class online stores

By: Fernando J. Miguel,Ray Bogman,Vladimir Kerkhoff,Bret Williams,Jonathan Bownds

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Magento 2 - Build World-Class online stores

By: Fernando J. Miguel,Ray Bogman,Vladimir Kerkhoff,Bret Williams,Jonathan Bownds

Create rich and compelling solutions for Magento 2 by developing and implementing solutions, themes, and extensions About This Book Be proficient in the main functionalities, resources, and system structure of Magento 2 Get to grips with this practical and hands-on guide to raise your web development skills to the next level Packed with several advanced recipes, not just to manage your online store, but to extend and design it as well Who This Book Is For The ideal target audience for this course could be anyone who wants to mould their skills in building amazing e-commerce websites using Magento. We begin right from getting you started with Magento to becoming an expert at building your own online stores with it. What You Will Learn Install and set up the Magento Ecosystem Carry out performance adjustments to speed up your Magento system Transfer your Magento 1 database to Magento 2 using the Magento 2 system tools Build a Magento 2 multi-store by creating a root catalog, subdirectories, and products Design custom themes within the Magento 2 framework Create extensions using Magento 2 Discover what makes Magento 2 different and more powerful In Detail Magento is the leading e-commerce software trusted by world`s leading organizations. Used by thousands of merchants for their transactions worth billions, it provides the flexibility to customize the content and functionality of your website. Our Magento Course will help you gain knowledge and skills that are required to design & develop world class online stores. Magento 2 Development Essentials - This book begins by setting up Magento 2 before gradually moving onto setting the basic options of the Sell System. You will learn Search Engine Optimization aspects, create design and customize theme layout, and adjust the Magento System to achieve great performance. Magento 2 Cookbook – This book is divided into several recipes, which show you which steps to take to complete a specific action. It will cover configuring your categories and products, performance tuning, creating a theme, developing a module etc. At the end of this book, you will gain the knowledge to start building a success website. Mastering Magento 2 - This is a comprehensive guide to using the all new features and interface of Magento 2 to build, extend, and design online stores. This book is your roadmap to managing your Magento store which teaches advanced and successful techniques. Focusing on Magento's Community version, this book offers you advanced guidance on managing, optimizing, and extending your store while taking advantage of the new features of Magento 2. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products Magento 2 Development Essentials by Fernando J. Miguel Magento 2 Cookbook by Ray Bogman and Vladimir Kerkhoff Mastering Magento 2 by Bret Williams and Jonathan Bownds Style and approach This course begins by setting up Magento 2 before gradually moving on to setting the basic options of the Sell System. You will master Search Engine Optimization aspects, create designs and customize theme layouts, develop new extensions, and adjust the Magento System to achieve great performance. The book covers everything from creating and managing multiple stores to fine-tuning Magento for speed and performance.

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Packt Publishing Ltd

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1788295064

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9781788295062

Greatness in Waiting

An Illustrated History of the Early New York Yankees, 1903-1919

By: Ray Istorico

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Greatness in Waiting

An Illustrated History of the Early New York Yankees, 1903-1919

By: Ray Istorico

Before they acquired Babe Ruth or won a single championship, the New York Yankees (née Highlanders) were a team that inspired the strongest of feelings in baseball circles. Stars such as Jack Chesbro, Hal Chase, and Brooklyner Willie Keeler drew loud followings, and the team made loyal fans of those who disliked the cross-town Giants or Dodgers. Even Ban Johnson prized the franchise, which gave his upstart American League a foothold in the nation’s most populous city. Baltimoreans, on the other hand, nurtured an animus toward the team, which only a few years earlier had been called the Orioles. And former Orioles manager John McGraw hatched a plan, along with Giants owner Andrew Freedman, to sabotage the new club. This heavily illustrated volume combines a fully documented history of the deadball-era Yankees with 195 photos of the people, places, and events that figured prominently in the story.

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McFarland

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078643211X

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9780786432110

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X in 24 Hours

By: John Ray,Robyn Ness

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Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X in 24 Hours

By: John Ray,Robyn Ness

Underneath the colorful interface of Mac OS X is a powerful, complicated operating system based on BSD Unix. And Mac users of all kinds need help both in figuring out how to run OS X and in understanding how it worked and how to get the most out of it. In late Summer 2002 Apple is expected to release a new version of OS X -- code-named "Jaguar" -- that will add some end user features (like iChat), and that will improve OS X's stability. The second edition of Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X in 24 Hours helps new users to understand how the new OS (different from the traditional Mac OS, as well as Windows) functions, and how to use it successfully. The book also explores how to use the native OS X applications that ship with the product.

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Sams Publishing

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0672324741

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9780672324741

Stevie Ray's Medium-Sized Book of Comedy

What We Laugh At... and Why

By: Stevie Ray

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Stevie Ray's Medium-Sized Book of Comedy

What We Laugh At... and Why

By: Stevie Ray

Focuses on why we laugh, what we laugh at, and who we laugh at.

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300

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0967178606

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9780967178608

Rock Stars

By: Ray Bonds

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Rock Stars

By: Ray Bonds

This picture album gives brief credit listings for 200 rock musicians.

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Chartwell

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0785821554

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9780785821557

Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

By: Ray Padgett

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Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

By: Ray Padgett

When I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen hit stores in 1991, Leonard Cohen's career had plummeted from its revered 1960s high. Cohen's record label had refused to release his 1984 album Various Positions--including the song "Hallelujah"--in the United States. Luckily, Velvet Underground founder John Cale was one of the few who did hear "Hallelujah," and he covered it for I'm Your Fan, a collection of Cohen's songs produced by a French fanzine. Jeff Buckley adored the tribute album and covered Cale's cover in 1994, never having heard Cohen's still-obscure original version. In 2016, Stereogum labeled the tribute album "possibly the most universally derided format in pop music." However, without a tribute album, you wouldn't know the song "Hallelujah." Through Buckley through Cale, "Hallelujah" is now one of the most often-performed songs in the world--and it wouldn't be without this tribute album. I'm Your Fan thus offers a particularly notable example of a much broader truth: Despite all the eye-rolling they inspire, tribute albums matter. They can resuscitate legends' fading careers, or expose obscure artists who never had much of a career to begin with.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501355082

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9781501355080

Killer Tomatoes

Fifteen Tough Film Dames

By: Ray Hagen,Laura Wagner

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Killer Tomatoes

Fifteen Tough Film Dames

By: Ray Hagen,Laura Wagner

No delicate ingenues, these. In the middle of the twentieth century, the Mary Pickfords of the movie world were replaced by a different sort of woman--drop-dead gorgeous, witty, not afraid to speak their minds, they could slay you with a look--and if that didn't work, look out for the pistol in the garter. These ground-breaking actresses helped change the course of movie history, charting a path for generations to come. These profiles of fifteen leading ladies--Lucille Ball, Lynn Bari, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Gloria Grahame, Jean Hagen, Adele Jergens, Ida Lupino, Marilyn Maxwell, Mercedes McCambridge, Jane Russell, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Stanwyck, Claire Trevor and Marie Windsor--include overviews of their lives and careers, and excerpts from interviews. Five photos supplement each profile. Jane Russell (one of the actresses profiled) provides a foreword.

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0786480734

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The Mobster's Lament

The Mobster's Lament

The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer

The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer

Road to Roma

Road to Roma

Magento 2 - Build World-Class online stores

Magento 2 - Build World-Class online stores

Greatness in Waiting

Greatness in Waiting

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X in 24 Hours

Stevie Ray's Medium-Sized Book of Comedy

Stevie Ray's Medium-Sized Book of Comedy

Rock Stars

Rock Stars

Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

Killer Tomatoes

Killer Tomatoes

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