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The Dream Merchant

Author : Fred Waitzkin
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 125001137X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Dream Merchant written by Fred Waitzkin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful, exquisitely written tale about a charismatic yet morally ambiguous salesman Jim can sell anything to anyone. Born into abject poverty, he uses street smarts, irresistible charms, and increasingly sophisticated schemes to pull himself up from door-to-door salesman to international mogul, the father of the pyramid scheme. Jim becomes fabulously wealthy, owning estates and dining with royalty, but along the way he leaves an army of disillusioned customers broke and ruined in his wake. To escape his past, as well as government investigators, he leaves the country to become the leader of a lawless and predatory gold-mining operation in the Brazilian Amazon---an entirely lush, violent, dissolute life. Worn down by age, and a lifetime of shady enterprise, his world suddenly changes when he meets Mara, a beautiful, young Israeli woman with dark ambitions of her own. In the process of their unlikely life together, Mara finds herself attracted to this ruined old man, as if his profligate history of glory and big money, and finally his weakness and proximity to death, creates an urgency and eroticism for her. Narrated by an anonymous writer who is equally mesmerized and repulsed by Jim, Fred Waitzkin's The Dream Merchant is an unwavering look at the price of heedless ambition, the indissoluble bonds of male friendship, and the unsettling nature of love and sexuality.

Monster Manners

Author : Bethany Roberts
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547531842
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Monster Manners written by Bethany Roberts and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997-08-18 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In lilting rhymed text and colorful, lively pictures, three mischievous young monsters demonstrate good and bad manners in many situations, including playing, eating, reading, bathing, and cleaning house.

Motivating Marvin

Author : Steven Gray
Publisher : Gray Neuropsychology Associates
ISBN 13 : 0974641219
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Motivating Marvin written by Steven Gray and published by Gray Neuropsychology Associates. This book was released on 2004 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivating Marvin is all about helping your youngster succeed in school.So many students today fail to achieve their best within the academic setting. In fact, you might say that we are in the middle of an educational underachievement epidemic. These young persons have the potential to do well - are academically capable - but time after time, they fail to do so. Why? And what can we do?Motivating Marvin is designed for parents and teachers who have these underachievers in their homes or classrooms. Dr. Gray describes some of the most common pitfalls that play into academic underachievement, and then offers parents proven strategies which can help motivate students to do their best in school.Dr. Gray covers everything from neuropsychologic factors to motivational "carrots," personality temperament to parenting practices. He helps parents understand the dynamics being played out in their homes and equips them to assist youth in an academic dialogue with the reader, emphasizing practical solutions.

Lee Marvin

Author : Dwayne Epstein
Publisher : Schaffner Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1936182408
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Lee Marvin written by Dwayne Epstein and published by Schaffner Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length, authoritative, and detailed story of the iconic actor's life to go beyond the Hollywood scandal-sheet reporting of earlier books, this account offers an appreciation for the man and his acting career and the classic films he starred in, painting a portrait of an individual who took great risks in his acting and career. Although Lee Marvin is best known for his icy tough guy roles—such as his chilling titular villain in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance or the paternal yet brutally realistic platoon leader in The Big Red One—very little is known of his personal life; his family background; his experiences in WWII; his relationship with his father, family, friends, wives; and his ongoing battles with alcoholism, rage, and depression, occasioned by his postwar PTSD. Now, after years of research, interviews with family members, friends and colleagues, and complete with rare photographs and illustrative material, Hollywood writer Dwayne Epstein provides a full understanding and appreciation of this acting titan’s place in the Hollywood pantheon in spite of his very real and human struggles.

Manner of Death

Author : Robin Cook
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 0593713923
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Manner of Death written by Robin Cook and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fast-paced medical mystery-thriller from New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie must determine the manner of death after a pathology resident's suspicious suicide. Due to Jack Stapleton’s ongoing recovery from his near-death confrontation with a serial killer, his wife, Laurie Montgomery, the NYC chief medical examiner, is carrying the load both at work and at home. When she insists an underperforming pathology resident named Ryan Sullivan assist her on a suicide autopsy, Laurie unknowingly provokes an emotional storm in the trainee. So, when Ryan himself appears on the medical examiner's table days later, an apparent death by suicide, Laurie’s guilt compels her to try to understand why. Jack’s autopsy on the resident opens the disturbing possibility that the manner of death wasn’t suicide but instead a staged homicide. But staged by whom? Laurie ignores her own professional rules and responsibilities to investigate personally who might want Ryan dead...and for what reason. Thus begins a dangerous inquiry into a fraudulent but highly lucrative cancer diagnostics company, which might just cost Laurie her life.

Marvin Makes Music

Author : Marvin Hamlisch
Publisher : Dial Books
ISBN 13 : 0803737300
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Marvin Makes Music written by Marvin Hamlisch and published by Dial Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Marvin loves music and playing the piano but does not like practicing pieces by people named Ludwig or Wolfgang, until he receives valuable advice from his father on the day of a big audition. Based on the life of composer Hamlisch (OThe Way We WereO). Full color.

Thug Lovin'

Author : Wahida Clark
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446552097
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Thug Lovin' written by Wahida Clark and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-10 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hood's favorite power couple moves to LA and finds big money -- and major temptation -- in the fourth book of Wahida Clark's thrilling series perfect for fans of Love & Hip Hop. Tasha and Trae, the hood's favorite couple, are still together following the events of Thug Matrimony. Even with their relocation to sunny Los Angeles, the drama of New York cannot be escaped. From running a nightclub to dealing with models, shady lawyers, big money, new kinds of temptations, seductions, and drugs-not to mention new love interests-can this infamous couple weather all the storms and keep it together?

It's Raining

Author : Sarah Vázquez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780817282363
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book It's Raining written by Sarah Vázquez and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaches what will keep you dry in the rain.

The Time of Their Lives

Author : Al Silverman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429989211
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Time of Their Lives written by Al Silverman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The golden age of book publishing, Al Silverman informs us with utter certainty, began in 1946 and lasted into the late 1970s and early 1980s. In his intimate history of those years, Silverman sets out to prove this sweeping conceit by relying on the eyes and ears and memories of the men and women who were there creating that history. Without inhibition, more than 120 of the most notable heads of houses, editors and publishers of this time shared many never-before told stories about how the most important books in postwar America came into being, and are still being read today. In The Time of Their Lives we learn how … -- Robert Gottlieb worked with Joseph Heller to make Catch-18, as it was then called, into the world renowned Catch-22… -- Corlies “Cork” Smith took a risk on a shy young man he had never heard of, Thomas Pynchon, after being absorbed by one of his earliest short stories … -- Leona Nevler edited under delicate working conditions with a most difficult author, to make Peyton Place a novel for all generations. It was Arthur Thornhill, Sr., in his years as president of Little, Brown’s grand publishing house who said about the occupation he loved, “I wanted to be part of something that was good,” his word for publishing in the golden age. In this fascinating and elegiac history, Al Silverman illuminates a period in publishing that was not only good, but formed a distinguishing landmark of culture in American life -- a golden time that certainly deserves a new life.

Stay Black and Die

Author : I. Augustus Durham
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478027657
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Stay Black and Die written by I. Augustus Durham and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Stay Black and Die, I. Augustus Durham examines melancholy and genius in black culture, letters, and media from the nineteenth century to the contemporary moment. Drawing on psychoanalysis, affect theory, and black studies, Durham explores the black mother as both a lost object and a found subject often obscured when constituting a cultural legacy of genius across history. He analyzes the works of Frederick Douglass, Ralph Ellison, Marvin Gaye, Octavia E. Butler, and Kendrick Lamar to show how black cultural practices and aesthetics abstract and reveal the lost mother through performance. Whether attributing Douglass’s intellect to his matrilineage, reading Gaye’s falsetto singing voice as a move to interpolate black female vocality, or examining the women in Ellison’s life who encouraged his aesthetic interests, Durham demonstrates that melancholy becomes the catalyst for genius and genius in turn is a signifier of the maternal. Using psychoanalysis to develop a theory of racial melancholy while “playing” with affect theory to investigate racial aesthetics, Durham theorizes the role of the feminine, especially the black maternal, in the production of black masculinist genius.

Marvin's Room

Author : Scott McPherson
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780822213123
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Marvin's Room written by Scott McPherson and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1993 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cast size: medium.

Marvin Maples Told a Lie

Author : Susan Rutledge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989656412
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Marvin Maples Told a Lie written by Susan Rutledge and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvin Maples thinks he can get by with closing his bedroom door and lying to his mother what he made his bed and cleaned his room. Just when it seems he got away with it, Marvin discovers his lie has created a terrible situation much worse than telling the truth would have been. Will he get a chance to get things right? Find out as you read "Marvin Maples Told a Lie".

Crawl, Caterpillar, Crawl

Author : Kay Sands
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780817282479
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Crawl, Caterpillar, Crawl written by Kay Sands and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CRAWL, CATERPILLAR, CRAWL SB

Rhythm Ride

Author : Andrea Davis Pinkney
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1596439742
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Rhythm Ride written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney comes the story of the music that defined a generation and a movement that changed the world. Berry Gordy began Motown in 1959 with an $800 loan from his family. He converted the garage of a residential house into a studio and recruited teenagers from the neighborhood-like Smokey Robinson, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Diana Ross-to sing for his new label. Meanwhile, the country was on the brink of a cultural revolution, and one of the most powerful agents of change in the following decade would be this group of young black performers from urban Detroit. From Berry Gordy and his remarkable vision to the Civil Rights movement, from the behind-the-scenes musicians, choreographers, and song writers to the most famous recording artists of the century, Andrea Davis Pinkney takes readers on a Rhythm Ride through the story of Motown.

Sports Are Fun

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780817282325
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Sports Are Fun written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Different sports that children might enjoy playing are discussed.

The Socially Skilled Child Molester

Author : Carla Van Dam
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317825020
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Socially Skilled Child Molester written by Carla Van Dam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Know what signs indicate a child molester! Revealing the secret but successful strategies used by child molesters allows adults to intervene long before children are abused. The Socially Skilled Child Molester: Differentiating the Guilty from the Falsely Accused identifies how socially proficient molesters successfully ingratiate themselves into families and communities. The book closely examines their techniques and strategies while detailing the tools for prevention. The difficult issue of false accusation is tackled by learning the distinctions that clearly differentiate the actions of the guilty from those who are innocent. Practical recommendations for accurately assessing danger and managing safety are provided. The Socially Skilled Child Molester focuses on the sexual deviants who 'groom' family, friends, and their community to allow their activities, though arousing suspicion, to go on without restriction. This essential source reveals their tactics. Using composite representations of various types of child molesters, the author illustrates through case history and detailed research how these offenders succeed, while providing recommendations on how communities can stop enabling and protecting such individuals. The Socially Skilled Child Molester discusses in depth: ’groomers’ versus ’grabbers’ common misperceptions about child molesters the groomer profile—the different types groomer strategies for manipulation correctly differentiating between pedophiles and the falsely accused predicting risk the key concerns when interviewing child molesters the three levels of child molesters recidivism for the sexual deviant. The Socially Skilled Child Molester comprehensively brings together helpful strategies and vital information essential for parents, lawmakers, police, teachers, and therapists.

Afro-Pentecostalism

Author : Amos Yong
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 081479730X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Afro-Pentecostalism written by Amos Yong and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, the contemporary American Pentecostal movement celebrated its 100th birthday. Over that time, its African American sector has been markedly influential, not only vis-à-vis other branches of Pentecostalism but also throughout the Christian church. Black Christians have been integrally involved in every aspect of the Pentecostal movement since its inception and have made significant contributions to its founding as well as the evolution of Pentecostal/charismatic styles of worship, preaching, music, engagement of social issues, and theology. Yet despite its being one of the fastest growing segments of the Black Church, Afro-Pentecostalism has not received the kind of critical attention it deserves. Afro-Pentecostalism brings together fourteen interdisciplinary scholars to examine different facets of the movement, including its early history, issues of gender, relations with other black denominations, intersections with popular culture, and missionary activities, as well as the movement’s distinctive theology. Bolstered by editorial introductions to each section, the chapters reflect on the state of the movement, chart its trajectories, discuss pertinent issues, and anticipate future developments. Contributors: Estrelda Y. Alexander, Valerie C. Cooper, David D. Daniels III, Louis B. Gallien, Jr., Clarence E. Hardy III, Dale T. Irvin, Ogbu U. Kalu, Leonard Lovett, Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., Cheryl J. Sanders, Craig Scandrett-Leatherman, William C. Turner, Jr., Frederick L. Ware, and Amos Yong