The Pleasant Avenue Connection
Author: David Durk
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1976-01-01
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780060111427
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
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Publisher: ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
Published: 2024-02-17
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou can go after the job you want…and get it! You can take the job you have…and improve it! You can take any situation you’re in…and make it work for you! Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie’s first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. As relevant as ever before, Dale Carnegie’s principles endure, and will help you achieve your maximum potential in the complex and competitive modern age. Learn the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.
Pleasant Avenue
Author: John Medici
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-09-22
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781548478315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Pleasant Avenue, John Medici chronicles his growing up experience as the son of Italian immigrants in NYC's East Harlem. During his early years post WW II, the forties, fifties, and sixties, he witnessed great social changes. As he matured, Medici bristled against the isolationism in his Italian American neighborhood, often feeling trapped between modern society and the religious culture which his parents and community cherished. His book is a candid examination of the psychological burden he carried during his first thirty years to both honor his parents and live his own life. Medici peppers his work with humorous anecdotes about family, neighborhood and his conflict adjusting to East Harlem's bygone world of childhood. Pleasant Avenue also reveals his struggles to come to terms with the Roman Catholic Church's teachings, which led to a stint as a novice in a Franciscan seminary. On top of adjusting to cultural heritage and creating an identity, Medici had to cope with the alcoholism that ran in his family. That is a different, darker legacy that he couldn't completely reject. At the center of Pleasant Avenue is an honesty about family, culture, heritage, and values that is usually covered over by sentimental nostalgia. Medici's story is honest, revealing, and powerful.
Read Anything Good Lately?
Author: Susan Allen
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Published: 2006-08-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 082256470X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn alphabetical look at some different places and things to read, from an atlas at the airport to a zodiac at the zoo.
Murder on Wall Street
Author: Victoria Thompson
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2022-03-01
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1984805789
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMidwife Sarah Brandt Malloy and her detective husband, Frank, must discover who killed a prominent—but despised—society banker before an innocent family is destroyed in Murder on Wall Street, an all-new Gaslight Mystery in the USA Today bestselling series. Reformed gangster Jack Robinson is working hard to bolster his image in Gilded Age New York City society as he prepares to become a new father. But when Hayden Norcross, the man who nearly ruined his wife, is shot in cold blood, Jack knows the police will soon come knocking on his door. Frank Malloy has to agree—things don’t look good for Jack. But surely a man as unlikeable as Hayden had more than a few enemies. And it’s soon clear that plenty of the upper echelon as well as the denizens of the most squalid areas of the city seem to have hated him. Sarah and Frank have their work cut out for them. As the daughter of the elite Decker family, Sarah has access to the social circles Hayden frequented, and the more she learns about his horrific treatment of women, the more disturbed she becomes. And as Frank investigates, he finds that Hayden had a host of unsavory habits that may have hastened his demise. But who finally killed him? Sarah and Frank must put the pieces together quickly before time runs out and Jack’s hard-won new life and family are ripped apart.
The Best That Ever Did It
Author: Ed Lacy
Publisher: Black Curtain Press
Published: 2013-06
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781627551854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo men are killed outside the Grand Cafe on Amsterdam Avenue. There's no connection between them, but the widow of one hires Barney Harris, a 250-pound auto mechanic, to sniff out police corruption and find her husband's killer.
One Train Later
Author: Andy Summers
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-04-01
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 1429909293
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The train jerks to a halt, and as I get out at Oxford Circus, Stewart gets out with me. We look at each other, laugh, and make the standard remark about it being a small world. But this is the brilliant collision, one train later and it might all have turned out differently." In this extraordinary memoir, world-renowned guitarist Andy Summers provides a revealing and passionate account of a life dedicated to music. From his first guitar at age thirteen and his early days on the English music scene to the ascendancy of his band, the Police, Summers recounts his relationships and encounters with the Big Roll Band, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, the Animals, John Belushi, and others, all the while proving himself a master of telling detail and dramatic anecdote. But, of course, the early work is only part of the story, and Andy's account of his role as guitarist for the Police---a gig that was only confirmed by a chance encounter with drummer Stewart Copeland on a London train---has been long-awaited by music fans worldwide. The heights of fame that the Police achieved have rarely been duplicated, and the band's triumphs were rivaled only by the personal chaos that such success brought about, an insight never lost on Summers in the telling. Complete with never-before-published photos from Summers's personal collection, One Train Later is a constantly surprising and poignant memoir, and the work of a world-class musician and a first-class writer.
Blue Domino
Author: Stephen Del Corso
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This is the case that could never have been prosecuted if a detective hadn't received a videotape camera for Christmas...This is the case that would never have come to trial if Del Corso and Erwin had not befriended Dolores Gomez, a tough, street-smart drug courier who risked her life by turning state's evidence. And this is the case that could have been blown if Del Corso and Erwin had accepted the biggest bribe ever offered two New York City detectives: $250,000 to destroy the evidence they'd collected--and kill Dolores Gomez"--from p. [3] of book jacket.
Old Girlfriends
Author: David Updike
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2009-07-21
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1429969644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this brilliantly told short story collection, critically acclaimed author David Updike skillfully portrays the multi-faceted nature of love and of the heart. From a father's painful realization his son has discovered the dark heart of racism still beats, to a quiet love affair that needs an audience to bloom; from the bumbling of a professor who unwittingly falls for one of his students to the wistful memories of a bittersweet affair tinged in regret, Updike portrays the intricacies of loving someone with candor. Full of sparkling wonder and poignant melancholy alike, Old Girlfriends is a clear-eyed vision of the world we live in. Drifting from the unrequited to the secretive, the familial to the first poetic moments, this soulful collection leaves no avenue of expression untouched.
The Wedding Dress
Author: Rachel Hauck
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2012-04-02
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1401686311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHidden away for years in a trunk welded shut, one wedding dress ties four brides together across time in their hour of decision. As Charlotte unravels the mystery of the dress and its prior owners, her own heart begins to reveal its truth. Charlotte owns a chic Birmingham bridal boutique. Dressing brides for their big day is her gift—and her passion. But with her own wedding day approaching, why can’t she find the perfect dress—or feel certain she should marry Tim? Then Charlotte purchases a vintage dress in a battered trunk at an estate sale. It looks brand-new, shimmering with pearls and satin, hand-stitched and timeless in its design. But where did it come from? Who wore it? Charlotte’s search for the gown’s history—and its new bride—begins as a distraction from her sputtering love life. But it takes on a life of its own as she comes to know the women who have worn the dress. Emily from 1912. Mary Grace from 1939. Hillary from 1968. Each with something unique to share. For woven within the threads of the beautiful hundred-year-old gown is the truth about Charlotte’s heritage, the power of courage and faith, and the beauty of finding true love. From?New York Times?bestseller and award-winning author Rachel Hauck comes a timeless tale of truth love and hearts desires. Multiple POV and timelines A clean and wholesome no spice romance with religious undertones Perfect for book clubs - featuring reading group discussion questions An excellent gift for birthdays, Christmas and holidays, or other occasions
