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The Last Good Chance

A Novel

By: Tom Barbash

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A Publishers Weekly Best Book Jack Lambeau is the prodigal son returned home to Lakeland, New York; the Ivy-League educated architectural visionary brought home to reinvent the dying port town and smooth over its self imposed scars. His friend, Steven Turner is the Brooklyn-born local reporter who will bear witness to the city's successes and failures. Between them come Jack's beautiful fiancee Anne--an artist with secrets of her own - and his undisciplined brother Harris, hired by Jack to remove the suspicious barrels of waste from Lakeland's broken heart. As the town struggles to find a new identity, these four characters must find their way through their own unexpected transformations and along the way attempt to answer the questions that plague us all: what is the price of loyalty, filialty, goodness and love?

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142997057X

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On Top of the World

Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal

By: Tom Barbash

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On Top of the World

Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story of Loss and Renewal

By: Tom Barbash

On the morning of September 11, 2001, nearly 700 of Cantor Fitzgerald's 1,000 New York employees were at their desks on the top floors of One World Trade Center when a hijacked passenger plane struck eight floors below. None survived. On Top of the World tells the story not only of that tragic day but also of the complicated and emotionally charged events that followed. It is an intimate, often harrowing look at how private families processed a public atrocity, how corporate war-room strategy sessions saved the company from liquidation and the efforts of opportunistic competitors. This book examines the media scrutiny that followed Howard Lutnick, who struggled to be at once the compassionate leader the grieving families needed and the tough-minded CEO his decimated company required. It also tells the story of the men and women of Cantor whose lost coworkers were relatives and friends, and brothers and sisters. That Cantor's business has survived and even flourished -- and that an initially uneasy but ultimately significant covenant has been formed between those who lived and the families of their lost friends -- is a powerful testament to the ability of a community to endure.

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Harper Paperbacks

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0060510307

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9780060510305

The Dakota Winters

By: Tom Barbash

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The Dakota Winters

By: Tom Barbash

An evocative and wildly absorbing novel about the Winters, a family living in New York City’s famed Dakota apartment building in the year leading up to John Lennon’s assassination It’s the fall of 1979 in New York City when twenty-three-year-old Anton Winter, back from the Peace Corps and on the mend from a nasty bout of malaria, returns to his childhood home in the Dakota. Anton’s father, the famous late-night host Buddy Winter, is there to greet him, himself recovering from a breakdown. Before long, Anton is swept up in an effort to reignite Buddy’s stalled career, a mission that takes him from the gritty streets of New York, to the slopes of the Lake Placid Olympics, to the Hollywood Hills, to the blue waters of the Bermuda Triangle, and brings him into close quarters with the likes of Johnny Carson, Ted and Joan Kennedy, and a seagoing John Lennon. But the more Anton finds himself enmeshed in his father’s professional and spiritual reinvention, the more he questions his own path, and fissures in the Winter family begin to threaten their close bond. By turns hilarious and poignant, The Dakota Winters is a family saga, a page-turning social novel, and a tale of a critical moment in the history of New York City and the country at large.

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HarperCollins

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1443420360

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The Last Good Chance

A Novel

By: Tom Barbash

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The Last Good Chance

A Novel

By: Tom Barbash

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Stay Up With Me

By: Tom Barbash

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Stay Up With Me

By: Tom Barbash

Stay Up With Me belongs to the tradition of the classic American story and, like John Cheever, Barbash dramatizes the messy lives of New Yorkers' Independent on Sunday A newly single mother wrestles with the evidence of her son's love life during his Christmas vacation; an anxious husband persists in playing the host at his annual drinks party even though his marriage is in trouble and his wife mysteriously absent; a young man watches his widowed father become the toast of Manhattan's midlife dating scene while he struggles to find his own footing in life . . . The characters in Tom Barbash's acclaimed, Folio Prize-nominated collection explore the myriad ways we seek to connect with each other and the sometimes cruel world around us. In the classic tradition of John Cheever or Tobias Wolff, Barbash laces his narratives with sharp wit, psychological acuity and pathos, so that they pierce the heart and linger in the imagination. 'One of the most satisfying cover-to-cover short story collections I can remember' Dave Eggers 'Tom Barbash's wise and bittersweet stories map the gulfs between us, and the unexpected connections. I tried to keep track of my favorite one, but it was always the story I'd just finished'David Mitchell 'Is there such a thing as the Great American Story Collection? Yes, and this is it' Justin Cronin

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Simon and Schuster

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1471128458

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OS X for Hackers at Heart

By: Chris Hurley,Russ Rogers,Johnny Long,Tom Owad,Bruce Potter

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OS X for Hackers at Heart

By: Chris Hurley,Russ Rogers,Johnny Long,Tom Owad,Bruce Potter

The sexy, elegant design of the Apple PowerBook combined with the Unix-like OS X operating system based on FreeBSD, have once again made OS X the Apple of every hacker's eye. In this unique and engaging book covering the brand new OS X 10.4 Tiger, the world's foremost "true hackers unleash the power of OS X for everything form cutting edge research and development to just plain old fun.OS X 10.4 Tiger is a major upgrade for Mac OS X for running Apple's Macintosh computers and laptops. This book is not a reference to every feature and menu item for OS X. Rather, it teaches hackers of all types from software developers to security professionals to hobbyists, how to use the most powerful (and often obscure) features of OS X for wireless networking, WarDriving, software development, penetration testing, scripting administrative tasks, and much more.* Analyst reports indicate that OS X sales will double in 2005. OS X Tiger is currently the #1 selling software product on Amazon and the 12-inch PowerBook is the #1 selling laptop * Only book on the market directly appealing to groundswell of hackers migrating to OS X * Each chapter written by hacker most commonly associated with that topic, such as Chris Hurley (Roamer) organizer of the World Wide War Drive

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Elsevier

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0080489486

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The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers

By: Adam Boxer,Tom Bennett

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The researchED Guide to Explicit and Direct Instruction: An evidence-informed guide for teachers

By: Adam Boxer,Tom Bennett

researchED is an educator-led organisation with the goal of bridging the gap between research and practice. This accessible and punchy series, overseen by founder Tom Bennett, tackles the most important topics in education, with a range of experienced contributors exploring the latest evidence and research and how it can apply in a variety of classroom settings. In this edition, Adam Boxer examines Direct Instruction, editing contributions from writers including: Kris Boulton; Greg Ashman; Gethyn Jones; Tom Needham; Lia Martin; Amy Coombe; Naveen Rivzi; John Blake; Sarah Barker; and Sarah Cullen.

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John Catt

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1398383856

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Explicit English Teaching

By: Tom Needham

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Explicit English Teaching

By: Tom Needham

If you read this book early in your career, you won’t need to go on the ten year mission I did to find this all out for myself and work out how to apply it. You have a clear road map here - take it!" - Amazon review ****** How can you take ideas from cognitive science and explicit instruction and use them to enhance teaching and learning in your secondary English lessons? Based on contemporary research findings and supported by a range of classroom examples, this accessibly written book demonstrates how cognitive load theory, Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction, explicit instruction and broader cognitive science ideas can be applied to the teaching of English in secondary schools. Key topics include: Explicit teaching of grammar and writing Deliberate practice to improve student writing Broadening students’ vocabularies A guide to instructional sequencing Tom Needham has been teaching for over fifteen years and currently teaches English in South London.

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Sage Publications UK

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1529786525

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Freedom from Disease

The Breakthrough Approach to Preventing Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, and Depression by Controlling Insulin

By: Peter Morgan Kash,Jay Lombard,Tom Monte

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Freedom from Disease

The Breakthrough Approach to Preventing Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, and Depression by Controlling Insulin

By: Peter Morgan Kash,Jay Lombard,Tom Monte

While insulin is most closely associated with diabetes, it is actually the culprit of a number of diseases that are making the American population ill--heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and Alzheimer's, among others. This groundbreaking book reveals how insulin resistance is linked to these diseases--and how you can get insulin under control to keep yourself healthy. Freedom from Disease provides a comprehensive program for effectively reducing insulin levels and maintaining excellent health. Peter Morgan Kash and Jay Lombard, D.O., will show you: How and why insulin is the key to health and illness How insulin resistance arises even in people who don't have diabetes How to assess your insulin levels The real connection between stress and insulin A food and supplement program that will keep your insulin levels in check, protect you against a host of diseases, and help you feel your best Drawing on the latest scientific research on the role that insulin plays in the body, this book presents information on nutrition and exercise that will battle increased insulin levels, reduce insulin resistance, maintain health, and reduce disease.

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Macmillan

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0312358695

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9780312358693

The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well

By: Tom Goldstein,Jethro K. Lieberman

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The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well

By: Tom Goldstein,Jethro K. Lieberman

This eminently practical volume demystifies legal writing, outlines the causes and consequences of bad writing, and prescribes straightforward, easy-to-apply remedies that will make your writing readable. Complete with usage notes that address lawyers' most common errors, this well-organized book is both an invaluable tool for practicing lawyers and a sensible grounding for law students. This much-revised second edition contains a set of editing exercises (and a suggested revision key with explanations) to test your skill. This book is a definitive guide to becoming a better writer—and a better lawyer.

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Univ of California Press

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0520929071

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Doing Nothing

A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America

By: Tom Lutz

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Doing Nothing

A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America

By: Tom Lutz

From the author of Crying, a witty, wide-ranging cultural history of our attitudes toward work—and getting out of it Couch potatoes, goof-offs, freeloaders, good-for-nothings, loafers, and loungers: ever since the Industrial Revolution, when the work ethic as we know it was formed, there has been a chorus of slackers ridiculing and lampooning the pretensions of hardworking respectability. Reviled by many, heroes to others, these layabouts stretch and yawn while the rest of society worries and sweats. Whenever the world of labor changes in significant ways, the pulpits, politicians, and pedagogues ring with exhortations of the value of work, and the slackers answer with a strenuous call of their own: "To do nothing," as Oscar Wilde said, "is the most difficult thing in the world." From Benjamin Franklin's "air baths" to Jack Kerouac's "dharma bums," Generation-X slackers, and beyond, anti-work-ethic proponents have held a central place in modern culture. Moving with verve and wit through a series of fascinating case studies that illuminate the changing place of leisure in the American republic, Doing Nothing revises the way we understand slackers and work itself.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429978066

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9781429978064

Mentor

A Memoir

By: Tom Grimes

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Mentor

A Memoir

By: Tom Grimes

An intimate look at the writing life, the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, the fickle publishing world, and an extraordinary friendship with Frank Conroy. A chance encounter between two writers, one young, one older, develops into a wonderful friendship neither expected. Frank Conroy, author of the classic memoir Stop-Time, meets Tom Grimes, an aspiring writer and an applicant to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, which Conroy directs. First as teacher and student--and gradually as friends—their lives become entwined, and through both successes and disappointments, their bond deepens. Exquisitely written, Mentor is an honest and heartbreaking exploration of the writing life and the role of a very important teacher.

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Tin House Books

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0982504896

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Principles of Biomedical Ethics

By: Tom L. Beauchamp,James F. Childress

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Principles of Biomedical Ethics

By: Tom L. Beauchamp,James F. Childress

For many years this has been a leading textbook of bioethics. It established the framework of principles within the field. This is a very thorough revision with a new chapter on methods and moral justification.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195143310

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9780195143317

Eat Move Sleep

How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes

By: Tom Rath

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Eat Move Sleep

How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes

By: Tom Rath

Once in a while, a book comes along that changes how you think, feel, and act every day. In Eat Move Sleep, #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath delivers a book that will improve your health for years to come. While Tom’s bestsellers on strengths and well-being have already inspired more than 5 million people in the last decade, Eat Move Sleep reveals his greatest passion and expertise. Quietly managing a serious illness for more than 20 years, Tom has assembled a wide range of information on the impact of eating, moving, and sleeping. Written in his classic conversational style, Eat Move Sleep features the most proven and practical ideas from his research. This remarkably quick read offers advice that is comprehensive yet simple and often counterintuitive but always credible. Eat Move Sleep will help you make good decisions automatic — in all three of these interconnected areas. With every bite you take, you will make better choices. You will move a lot more than you do today. And you will sleep better than you have in years. More than a book, Eat Move Sleep is a new way to live.

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Missionday, LLC

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193971401X

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9781939714015

The Workshop

Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in Twentieth-Century American Literature

By: Tom Grimes

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The Workshop

Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in Twentieth-Century American Literature

By: Tom Grimes

This collection consists of forty-three stories, each with an introduction by writers from the Iowa Workshop. It also includes original essays on both the writing life and trends in 20th century American Literature that were shaped by the growth of the Iowa program and the programs that followed.

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Hyperion

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0786886722

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On Top of the World

The Remarkable Story of Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald, and the Twin Towers Attack

By: Tom Barbash

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On Top of the World

The Remarkable Story of Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald, and the Twin Towers Attack

By: Tom Barbash

Of all the companies affected by the attacks of 11 September, none was more devastated than Cantor Fitzgerald, the financial services conglomerate, who lost 658 people. CEO Howard Lutnick survived only because he had taken his son to school that day. His brother and best friend were not so lucky. his firm, and how he was able to rebuild the company as a tribute to those who died. Astonishingly, some rival companies tried to put them out of business, while others nearly killed them with kindness, offering Cantor Fitzgerald work that there was no one left to do. In the end, the company survived because all who worked there knew that it was the best way they could help their lost friends and colleagues.

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0755311639

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On Top of the World

The Remarkable Story of Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald, and the Twin Towers Attack

By: Tom Barbash

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On Top of the World

The Remarkable Story of Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald, and the Twin Towers Attack

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Cantor Fitzgerald, the financial services conglomerate, was devastated by the attacks of 11th September, losing 650 people - CEO Howard Lutnick survived only because he was taking his son to school that day. His brother and best friend were not so lucky.

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0755311620

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Beautiful boy

By: Hélène Fournier,Tom Barbash

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Beautiful boy

By: Hélène Fournier,Tom Barbash

New York, 1980. A l'angle de la 72e Rue et de Central Park West, le Dakota Building impose sa silhouette étrange et légendaire. De retour d'une mission humanitaire en Afrique, le jeune Anton Winter y retrouve ses parents et l'appartement familial. Son père, Buddy, animateur vedette de la télévision qui a fui les projecteurs après une dépression nerveuse, lui demande alors de l'aider à relancer sa carrière. Or, dans cet immeuble où l'on croise Mick Jagger, Gore Vidal Lauren Bacall ou Ted Kennedy, vit aussi un certain John Lennon, qui pourrait être utile à Buddy pour reconquérir le coeur du public. Mais à mesure qu'Anton s'investit dans sa mission et se lie d'amitié avec le chanteur, il ne peut que remettre en question l'influence de son père sur ses propres ambitions, tandis qu'un certain Mark David Chapman s'apprête à faire couler le sang... Après Les Lumières de Central Park, Tom Barbash signe un magnifique roman, entre récit d'apprentissage et fresque sociale, qui interroge la célébrité et les relations père-fils, tout en faisant revivre le New York de sa jeunesse et l'auteur de « Beautiful Boy », chanson que Lennon dédia à son fils Sean sur son dernier album.

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Albin Michel

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2226452451

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9782226452450

In Rod We Trust

By: Tom Sawyer

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In Rod We Trust

By: Tom Sawyer

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. This is a dimension of imagination. In the case of these stories, it is where author Tom Sawyer’s imagination takes flight. Mr. Sawyer, as a popular Michigan horror fiction author of many delights ( From Paradise to Hell, Dark Harbors), pays an ultimate tribute to Rod Serling’s own imagination, which influenced viewers around the world since its inception decades ago with The Twilight Zone TV series. Here, Sawyer continues the tradition seamlessly on these pages. So sit back, relax, and cross over into the sight and sound and of mind which is.....The Twilight Zone.

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Black Bed Sheet Books

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1946874175

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9781946874177

In Rod We Trust Again

By: Tom Sawyer

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In Rod We Trust Again

By: Tom Sawyer

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. You should all know that by now. This is a dimension which began, on national television, with Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Here, Michigan horror writer Tom Sawyer (White Out) presents to you even further provocative and eerie tales as a follow-up to his first two collections in his series In Rod We Trust. Follow Mr. Sawyer, if you dare, into this dimension of imagination that knows no concepts of time or boundaries and beyond mystery and normal understanding or perception. Black Bed Sheet Books proudly presents In Rod We Trust Again.

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1946874825

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The Adventures of the Real Tom Sawyer (Hardback)

By: Tom Sawyer

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The Adventures of the Real Tom Sawyer (Hardback)

By: Tom Sawyer

Discover Tom's multiple exciting careers, from penciling and inking comic books at the age of twenty-two for Stan Lee, to top advertising illustrator, to award-winning filmmaker, and on through his Emmy and Edgar-nominated career in Hollywood to musical theatre and beyond.

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