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Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings

Author : Samuel C. Florman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429941081
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings written by Samuel C. Florman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings is an engaging memoir about one man's career in construction--rising to the top of an industry renowned for crime, corruption, violence, physical danger, and the chronic risk of financial catastrophe. Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII, Samuel C. Florman made his way as a general contractor in New York City through the period of explosive development, private exuberance and the historic growth of publicly supported housing--all amidst the rise of the notorious Mafia families, and evolution of the Civil Rights Movement. His storied career brought him into contact with a variety of personalities: politicians and civil servants, developers and technocrats, saintly do-gooders and corrupt rapscallions. Along with the rousing adventures there were satisfactions of a different sort: the enchantment of seeing architecture made real; the pride of creating housing, hospitals, schools, places of worship--shelter for the body and nourishment for the spirit.

Engineering and the Liberal Arts

Author : Samuel C. Florman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466884991
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Engineering and the Liberal Arts written by Samuel C. Florman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Technologist's Guide to History, Literature, Philosophy, Art, and Music. From the author who inspired inaugural poet Richard Blanco! Now available in ebook for the first time, Engineering and the Liberal Arts remains a fresh and provocative book, using the familiar world of technology to guide a new generation of engineers through the stimulating world of the liberal arts. Beginning with a penetrating and enlightening discussion of how exposure to the arts can enrich and reward nearly every aspect of an engineer's life, Samuel Florman—himself a decorated engineer with over fifty years' experience in the field—boldly explores the natural relationship between liberal arts and technology. Sweeping away traditional barriers separating the two fields, Florman establishes a rich and vital communication of ideas between scientist and artist. By linking the history of technology to world history, the truth of science to philosophy, utility of form to painting and sculpture, and the world of view of the engineer to literature, Florman builds a series of bridges connecting science to art. A complete survey of the arts in and of itself, this impressive volume constitutes an introduction to the infinite variety of pleasures afforded through study of the liberal arts, paving the way to a richer, fuller life for the engineer.

The Existential Pleasures of Engineering

Author : Samuel C. Florman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312141041
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Existential Pleasures of Engineering written by Samuel C. Florman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1994 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where engineering plays an increasingly important role, one wonders about the exact nature of the engineering experience in our time. In this second edition of The Existential Pleasures of Engineering, Samuel Florman perceptively explores how engineers think and feel about their profession. Dispelling the myth that engineering is cold and passionless, Florman celebrates it as something vital and alive. He views engineering as a response to some of our deepest impulses, rich in spiritual and sensual rewards. Opposing the "antitechnology" stance, Florman brilliantly emerges with a practical, creative, and fun philosophy of engineering that boasts his pride in his craft.

Wise Guy

Author : Guy Kawasaki
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525538623
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Wise Guy written by Guy Kawasaki and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silicon Valley icon and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life and the lessons we can draw from them. Guy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom about entrepreneurship, venture capital, marketing, and business evangelism, which he's shared in bestselling books such as The Art of the Start and Enchantment. But before all that, he was just a middle-class kid in Hawaii, a grandson of Japanese immigrants, who loved football and got a C+ in 9th grade English. Wise Guy, his most personal book, is about his surprising journey. It's not a traditional memoir but a series of vignettes. He toyed with calling it Miso Soup for the Soul, because these stories (like those in the Chicken Soup series) reflect a wide range of experiences that have enlightened and inspired him. For instance, you'll follow Guy as he . . . • Gets his first real job in the jewelry business--which turned out to be surprisingly useful training for the tech world. • Disparages one of Apple's potential partners in front of that company's CEO, at the sneaky instigation of Steve Jobs. • Blows up his Apple career with a single sentence, after Jobs withholds a pre-release copy of the Think Different ad campaign: "That's okay, Steve, I don't trust you either." • Reevaluates his self-importance after being mistaken for Jackie Chan by four young women. • Takes up surfing at age 62--which teaches him that you can discover a new passion at any age, but younger is easier! Guy covers everything from moral values to business skills to parenting. As he writes, "I hope my stories help you live a more joyous, productive, and meaningful life. If Wise Guy succeeds at this, then that's the best story of all."

The Aftermath

Author : Samuel C. Florman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781429973939
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book The Aftermath written by Samuel C. Florman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-03-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2010 and the world as we know it has come to an end. A huge comet has smashed into the earth off the coast of California, vaporizing and generating a fiery rain that engulfs the globe in a destructive holocaust. But at the opposite pole of the planet, there is a "safe zone" encompassing part of the southeast African shore and the southern tip of Madagascar where the damage is extensive but not total. Spared from destruction is a luxury cruise ship, the Queen of Africa, which carries 600 of the world's leading engineers. These outstanding technologists, traveling with their immediate families, are engaged in a seminar dedicated to finding solutions to humanity's eternal needs-shelter, food, energy, environmental preservation, and the like. But when the impact of the comet sends shock waves around the world, the passengers' first priority is to abandon ship for terra firma. Thus they head for the South African coast to begin the task of "starting over." In KwaZulu Natal the passengers find a surviving community of about 25,000, including many experienced agricultural and industrial workers. These people have been cast back, physically, to the Stone Age, but intellectually they are at the forefront of technological progress in the 21st century, and they have at their disposal the natural resources needed to embark on an industrial revolution. So begins an epic adventure of rebuilding the world from scratch, but in an unpredictable, and sometimes hostile, environment, survival itself may be the real challenge. The Aftermath is a provocative adventure story that provides a scientifically sound blueprint for surviving Armageddon.

The Introspective Engineer

Author : Samuel C. Florman
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1466853263
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Introspective Engineer written by Samuel C. Florman and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The profession of engineering is rarely the topic of serious public discussion. Multimedia, virtual reality, information superhighway-these are the buzzwords of the day. But real engineers, the people who conceive of computers and oversee their manufacture, the people who design and build information systems, cars, bridges, and airplanes, labor in obscurity. There are no engineering heroes, and we as a society are poorer for this. Like Florman's landmark book, The Existential Pleasures of Engineering, The Introspective Engineer is a clarion call to society. We must awaken to the reality that the quality of human life depends on increasingly creative technological solutions to the problems we face. We need cleaner, more economical engines, faster computers, more power, and a healthier planet if we are to survive. It is engineers who will lead us to this future.

Mafia Wiseguys

Author : Robert Rudolf
Publisher : SP Books
ISBN 13 : 9781561711956
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Mafia Wiseguys written by Robert Rudolf and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years the FBI had worked hard to indict members of the Lucchese crime family for everything from racketeering to murder. Together with the Justice Department's special prosecutor, the Feds were poised to bring down the Godfather and his dons and henchmen. But incredibly, the mob would dance their way out of the courtroom. Photos.

Slow Apocalypse

Author : John Varley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101581506
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Slow Apocalypse written by John Varley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite wars with Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as 9/11, the United States’ dependence on foreign oil has kept the nation tied to the Middle East. A scientist has developed a cure for America’s addiction—a slow-acting virus that feeds on petroleum, turning it solid. But he didn’t consider that his contagion of an Iraqi oil field would spread to infect the fuel supply of the entire world… In Los Angeles, screenwriter Dave Marshall heard this scenario from a retired U.S. Marine and government insider who acted as a consultant on Dave’s last film. It sounded as implausible as many of his scripts, but the reality is much more frightening than anything he can envision. An ordinary guy armed with extraordinary information, Dave hopes his survivor’s instinct will kick in so he can protect his wife and daughter from the coming apocalypse that will alter the future of Earth—and humanity…

A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man

Author : Frank Vincent
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440623694
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book A Guy's Guide to Being a Man's Man written by Frank Vincent and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These days, it’s harder than ever to know how to act like a real man. We’re not talking about the touchy-feely, ultra-sensitive, emotion-sharing, not-afraid-to-cry version of manhood that Oprah and Dr. Phil have been spouting for years. We’re talking about the though, smart, confident, charming, classy, all-around good fella that upholds the true ideal of what is known as “a man’s man.” Now, renowned actor and true-life man’s man Frank Vincent, famed for his unforgettable tough-guy roles in such classic films as Raging Bull, Goodfellas and HBO’s The Sopranos, is going to show how any man can be all that he can be in love, work, play, and life. Everything you need to know is covered here, including, getting the best women by being the best man, dressing like a champ and taking on the world, winning big money and big respect in Las Vegas, selecting, smoking, and savoring a great cigar, and much more. If you want to learn how to be a man’s man, you gotta learn from a man’s man. And with the great Frank Vincent vouching for you, you’ll be on your way to getting everything you ever wanted outta life.

What Goes Around Comes Around

Author : Con Lehane
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1466813792
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book What Goes Around Comes Around written by Con Lehane and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2005-02-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Goes Around Comes Around follows the adventures of Brian McNulty, the red-diaper-baby bartender who (abetted by his father and son) attempts to keep Manhattan's crime solved and cocktail glasses brimming. Filling in for a friend at the fancy East Side saloon and eatery called The Ocean Club, McNulty finds more than he bargained for: a body floating in the East River. Combining complex characters with strikingly offbeat perspectives on left versus right, old versus new, and the good guys versus the bad guys, What Goes Around Comes Around is the stunning follow-up to Lehane's series debut.

Wiseguy

Author : Nicholas Pileggi
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982129905
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Wiseguy written by Nicholas Pileggi and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Pileggi’s vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hill—the working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that “to be a wiseguy was to own the world,” who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster’s life—has been hailed as “the best book ever written on organized crime” (Cosmopolitan). This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s film masterpiece GoodFellas, which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds…with Henry Hill’s crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action. “Nonstop...absolutely engrossing” (The New York Times Book Review). Read it and experience the secret life inside the mob—from one who’s lived it.

Green Your Home All in One For Dummies

Author : Yvonne Jeffery
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470464038
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Green Your Home All in One For Dummies written by Yvonne Jeffery and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green Your Home All-in-One For Dummies empowers readers to make ecologically-friendly improvements to each and every area of their home. At $29.99 and 696 pages, this package is a real value and a true source book for readers looking for a substantial breadth of information and solutions yet unwilling to invest in four, five, or six books on the wide range of content that they seek.

Of Mice and Men

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359199143
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 1937 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells a story about the strange relationship of two migrant workers who are able to realize their dreams of an easy life until one of them succumbs to his weakness for soft, helpless creatures and strangles a farmer's wife.

The Bridgemen's Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Bridgemen's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Millrat

Author : Michael Casey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Millrat written by Michael Casey and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. "In reading Casey's poems we ought to remember that poetry often arises from an exhilaration and even an intoxification with the sounds of speech."--Ted Kooser "If poetry were the singular truth of a poet, Casey's MILLRAT would be a masterpiece."--Harvard Review"

The Wise Ass

Author : Tom McCaffrey
Publisher : Black Rose Writing
ISBN 13 : 168433635X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book The Wise Ass written by Tom McCaffrey and published by Black Rose Writing. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Wise Guys meet the Wise Ass and friends, all hell breaks loose. After his brothers are murdered, a New York mob lawyer testifies against his associates and is forced to enter WITSEC (the Witness Protection Program). He and his wife are relocated to a rural area outside a small town in Colorado where he is compelled to adapt to his new life under the constant threat of mafia reprisal. Reflexively resisting his immersion into all things country, this life long city boy meets and adopts a loquacious mule and befriends his closest neighbors, who have even greater secrets to conceal. A renegade US Marshall, a lesbian couple that includes a powerful psychic-medium-witch and an ex-army ranger complete his new circle of friends. When the mob associates are released due to the lawyer's intentionally prejudicial testimony at trial, they come gunning for him before the retrial can occur. "Witty, gritty, and full of heart." –Dr. Nick Atlas, author of The Light Travelers

Spider-Man - Human Torch

Author : Dan Slott
Publisher : Marvel Comics Group
ISBN 13 : 9780785117230
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Spider-Man - Human Torch written by Dan Slott and published by Marvel Comics Group. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's five all-new, old-school adventures featuring your favorite web-headed hero and his pal, the walking matchstick! Follow them through the years - from high school to present day, from the Negative Zone to the Coffee Bean, from Dorrie Evans to Mary Jane Watson-Parker. It's all here! Collects Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5.