Adam Grupper
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Riveting...an electrifying true crime story of the Mafia-smitten eighties and nineties. Suspenseful and multifaceted, The Gotti Wars can't be missed." —Esquire, The Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
A "meticulous chronicle of good triumphing over evil" (The Washington Post) from the determined young prosecutor who, in two of America's most celebrated trials, managed to convict famed mob boss...
A "meticulous chronicle of good triumphing over evil" (The Washington Post) from the determined young prosecutor who, in two of America's most celebrated trials, managed to convict famed mob boss...
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Series
Chicken Squad volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet the Chicken Squad: Dirt, Sugar, Poppy, and Sweetie. When Squirrel comes barreling into the chicken coop, with his poor knowledge of shapes ("Big" is not a shape, Squirrel!) and utter fear of whatever it is that's out there, the panicky Squirrel is no help. Good thing these chicks are professionals. But even professionals get worried. Especially once they see that round, shiny, green, BIG thing in the yard. What if it's a UFO full of aliens who...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The story of power and treachery, blood and deception, bravery and romance that surrounds the court of Ahasuerus and two of the most celebrated female heroines in all of history"--
Vashti, Queen of Queens, the most beautiful woman in all the empire, defied the king her husband and so lost her crown. Ahasuerus, King of Kings, commanded that the most beautiful maidens be sent to his court so he might choose a new queen. He set the queen's crown upon...
24) Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People: How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer's Disease
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
For caregivers of deeply forgetful people: a book that combines new ethics guidelines with an innovative program on how to communicate and connect with people with Alzheimer's. How do we approach a "deeply forgetful" loved one so as to notice and affirm their continuing selfidentity? For three decades, Stephen G. Post has worked around the world encouraging caregivers to become more aware of—and find renewed hope in—surprising expressions of...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"A reaHife political thriller about an American-born financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of his principled young attorney, and his dangerous mission to expose the people responsible in the Kremlin. Bill Browder started out his adult life as the Wall Street maverick whose instincts led him to Russia just after the breakup of the Soviet Union, where he made his fortune. Along the way he exposed corruption, and barely escaped with his life....
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An Intimate and Riveting Portrayal of Houdini, the Man and the Legend Handcuff King. Escape Artist.International Superstar. Since his death eighty years ago, Harry Houdini has continued to captivate generations. Now, renowned magic expert William Kalush and best-selling writer Larry Sloman team up to find the man behind the myth, from the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever-more-dangerous feats to his secret life as a spy, and the pernicious...
Author
Series
Chicken Squad volume 5
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Chicken Squad uncovers mysterious remains while digging a meteor/storm shelter, and they stop work to investigate just as a big storm is approaching.
Author
Series
Chicken Squad volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The Chicken Squad is on the case when their beloved human, Barbara, goes missing around the same time they hear a report of a headless bear on the loose.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
From the iconic image of a little boy saluting his father's casket to his tragic death at age thirty- eight, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was never far from the public eye. Now the friend who John was flying to see the night he died reveals the private man behind the public myth. Billy and John shared summers in Hyannisport and formed a bond in the Kennedy compound that lasted well into adulthood. With Forever Young, Noonan offers a unique glimpse into the...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In this timely work, Alan Weisman examines how we can shrink our collective human footprint so that we don't stomp any more species -- including our own -- out of existence. The answer: reducing gradually and non-violently the number of humans on the planet whose activities, industries and lifestyles are damaging the Earth.
"A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us. In...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In a novel set in the near future, when a beautiful, yet cruel, woman that Lenny Abramov met in Italy says she his coming to stay with him in New York, even the tanks and soldiers stationed in the city and the ongoing war with Venezuela can't get him down.