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Book Wally and Zizza s Amazing Journey

Download or read book Wally and Zizza s Amazing Journey written by Louis Vanrenen and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody has a story, but nobody’s story is quite like Wally and Zizza’s. Told by their son now they have passed, Wally and Zizza’s Amazing Journey is more than a family history, exploring the dramatic twentieth century through the lens of his parents. Through wars, emigration and exploration, the couple took on the world together, searching for new discoveries in both outer and inner landscapes. They lived on four continents, met with great teachers, dealt with wars and passed on lessons to their children. All of this astounding adventure is illustrated throughout by the extensive use of documents and photographs Louis shares, along with personal recollections and historical research. Told with humour and great affection, Wally and Zizza’s Amazing Journey chronicles the laughs, the lows and every little and large moment that made up a spectacular life. Readers who enjoy road stories, as well as a detailed look at the events of the twentieth century, will delight in a story that examines history through an intrepid couple’s eyes - and perhaps inspire a change in perspective for those open to it.

Book Pennsylvania Business Directory

Download or read book Pennsylvania Business Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 2026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Blast from the Past

Download or read book Blast from the Past written by B. Eric Rhoads and published by Streamline Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio has just celebrated its 75th anniversary and it's as vital and varied as ever. Rhoads, a zealous radio historian and archivist, has captured radio's exuberance and fluency in this marvelous collection of more than 900 photographs, many of which have never before been published. This collection of portraits, both posed and candid, of radio personalities is a veritable radio hall of fame, showcasing everyone from Jack Benny to Howard Stern. Rhoads begins with photographs chronicling the rise of the pioneering Pittsburgh station, KDKA, the first to achieve continuous broadcasting, then keeps pace with radio's rapid growth, offering rare documentation of every type of on-air performer, from men of the cloth delivering the first on-air services to vaudevillians, conductors, sportscasters, and dramatists, many of whom went on to achieve fame in Hollywood. Styles change, but the magic continues as radio continues to evolve in conjunction with its competitor, television. On-air performers gave way to disc jockeys and talk show hosts, but talents such as Garrison Keillor and various NPR contributors have helped keep imaginative radio alive and well. - Donna Seaman--BL 03/15/1996.

Book Underbelly  The Golden Mile

Download or read book Underbelly The Golden Mile written by Andrew Rule and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events that inspired the Screentime series for the Nine network.

Book The Hellhound of Wall Street

Download or read book The Hellhound of Wall Street written by Michael Perino and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping account of the underdog Senate lawyer who unmasked the financial wrongdoing that led to the Crash of 1929 and forever changed the relationship between Washington and Wall Street. In The Hellhound of Wall Street, Michael Perino recounts in riveting detail the 1933 hearings that put Wall Street on trial for the Great Crash. Never before in American history had so many financial titans been called to account before the public, and they had come within a few weeks of emerging unscathed. By the time Ferdinand Pecora, a Sicilian immigrant and former New York prosecutor, took over as chief counsel, the investigation had dragged on ineffectively for nearly a year and was universally written off as dead. The Hellhound of Wall Street provides a minute-by-minute account of the ten dramatic days when Pecora turned the hearings around, cross- examining the officers of National City Bank (today's Citigroup), particularly its chairman, Charles Mitchell, one of the best known bankers of his day. Mitchell strode into the hearing room in obvious disdain for the proceedings, but he left utterly disgraced. Pecora's rigorous questioning revealed that City Bank was guilty of shocking financial abuses, from selling worthless bonds to manipulating its stock price. Most offensive of all was the excessive compensation and bonuses awarded to its executives for peddling shoddy securities to the American public. Pecora became an unlikely hero to a beleaguered nation. The man whom the press called "the hellhound of Wall Street" was the son of a struggling factory worker. Precocious and determined, he became one of New York's few Italian American lawyers at a time when Italians were frequently stereotyped as anarchic criminals. The image of an immigrant lawyer challenging a blue-blooded Wall Street tycoon was just one more sign that a fundamental shift was taking place in America. By creating the sensational headlines needed to galvanize public opinion for reform, the Pecora hearings spurred Congress to take unprecedented steps to rein in the freewheeling banking industry and led directly to the New Deal's landmark economic reforms. A gripping courtroom drama with remarkable contemporary relevance, The Hellhound of Wall Street brings to life a crucial turning point in American financial history.

Book The Vegan Meat Cookbook

    Book Details:
  • Author : Miyoko Schinner
  • Publisher : Ten Speed Press
  • Release : 2021-05-11
  • ISBN : 1984858882
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book The Vegan Meat Cookbook written by Miyoko Schinner and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100+ hearty, succulent, people-pleasing meals featuring vegan meat, from comfort food classics and speedy weeknight dinners to global flavors and showstoppers, plus recipes for DIY vegan meats and cheeses. “When vegan cheese queen Miyoko Schinner pens a new cookbook, you don’t walk to your nearest bookstore. You run. . . . Get ready for your weeknight dinners to never be the same.”—VegNews From the Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat to MorningStar Farms, Boca Burgers, and more, plant-based meats are a growing trend for those who want to help the planet, animals, and their health but don’t want to give up the meaty flavors they love. In The Vegan Meat Cookbook, bestselling author Miyoko Schinner guides you through the maze of products available on store shelves and offers straightforward guidance on how to best use them in everything from Sausage Calzones with Roasted Fennel and Preserved Lemon to Hominy and Carne Asada Enchiladas with Creamy Green Sauce. Dig in to a satisfying vegan meal of Weeknight Shepherd’s Pie with Bratwurst and Buttery Potatoes or Meaty, Smoky Chili. Wow your guests with Coq au Vin, Linguine with Lemon-Garlic Scallops and Herbs, or Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Garlic Prawns. For those interested in making their own vegan meats and cheese from scratch, there are recipes for Juicy Chicken, King Trumpet Mushroom Bacon, Easy Buffalo Mozzarella, Miyoko’s famous Unturkey, and many more that you’ll never find in stores. Whether you’re cutting back on meat for your health, the environment, animal welfare, or affordability, The Vegan Meat Cookbook will satisfy the cravings of flexitarians, vegans, vegetarians, and even carnivores.

Book And I Haven t Had a Bad Day Since

Download or read book And I Haven t Had a Bad Day Since written by Charles B. Rangel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Long on sass and spirit . . . brims with brio. . . As a politician/raconteur with a hell of a tale to tell, he sure has my vote."—The New York Times Book Review In this inspiring and often humorous memoir, the outspoken Democratic congressman from Harlem—later the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee—tells about his early years on Lenox Avenue, being awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in a horrific Korean War battle (the last bad day of his life, he says), and his many years in Congress. A charming, natural storyteller, Rangel recalls growing up in Harlem, where from the age of nine he always had at least one job, including selling the legendary Adam Clayton Powell's newspaper; his group of streetwise sophisticates who called themselves Les Garçons; and his time in law school—a decision made as much to win his grandfather's approval as to establish a career. He recounts as well his life in New York politics during the 1960s and the grueling civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. With New York street smarts, Rangel is a tough liberal and an independent thinker, but also a collegial legislator respected by Democrats and Republicans alike who knows and honors the House's traditions. First elected to Congress in 1970, Rangel served on the House Judiciary Committee during the hearings on the articles of impeachment of President Nixon, helped found the Congressional Black Caucus, and led the fight in Congress to pressure U.S. corporations to divest from apartheid South Africa. Best of all, this is a political memoir with heart, the story of a life filled with friends, humor, and accomplishments. Charles Rangel is one of a kind, and this is the story of how he became the celebrated person and politician he is today. He opens his memoir with a preface about the 2006 elections and an outline of his goals as chairman of Ways and Means. From day one he wants to put the public first so that more Americans can say they haven't had a bad day since.

Book Hollywood Highbrow

    Book Details:
  • Author : Shyon Baumann
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2018-06-05
  • ISBN : 0691187282
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book Hollywood Highbrow written by Shyon Baumann and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's moviegoers and critics generally consider some Hollywood products--even some blockbusters--to be legitimate works of art. But during the first half century of motion pictures very few Americans would have thought to call an American movie "art." Up through the 1950s, American movies were regarded as a form of popular, even lower-class, entertainment. By the 1960s and 1970s, however, viewers were regularly judging Hollywood films by artistic criteria previously applied only to high art forms. In Hollywood Highbrow, Shyon Baumann for the first time tells how social and cultural forces radically changed the public's perceptions of American movies just as those forces were radically changing the movies themselves. The development in the United States of an appreciation of film as an art was, Baumann shows, the product of large changes in Hollywood and American society as a whole. With the postwar rise of television, American movie audiences shrank dramatically and Hollywood responded by appealing to richer and more educated viewers. Around the same time, European ideas about the director as artist, an easing of censorship, and the development of art-house cinemas, film festivals, and the academic field of film studies encouraged the idea that some American movies--and not just European ones--deserved to be considered art.

Book The Divorce Workbook

Download or read book The Divorce Workbook written by Sally Blakeslee Ives and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information designed to help children express, explore and understand some of the many emotions triggered by the separation and divorce process.

Book Roses  Bluebirds  and Expressions of Love

Download or read book Roses Bluebirds and Expressions of Love written by Margaret Thomason Sanders and published by Warren Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ages 6 to 8 years. Margaret Sanders began compiling her best poems with the intention of one day publishing them in a book. Margaret mentioned to her husband, Sam, that she would like for him to illustrate some of her poems and nothing more was said about it. Sam died on February 9, 2007 and moths later Margaret discovered he had left a lasting gift for her - a collection of watercolours for her poems.

Book Creating Sounds from Scratch

Download or read book Creating Sounds from Scratch written by Andrea Pejrolo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers effectively manipulate presets and create new sounds. The book covers the all of the main synthesis techniques including analog subtractive, FM, additive, physical modeling, wavetable, sample-based, and granular. While the book is grounded in theory, it relies on practical examples and contemporary production techniques show the reader how to utilize electronic sound design to maximize and improve his or her work. Creating Sounds from Scratch is ideal for all who work in sound creation, composition, editing, and contemporary commercial production.

Book I Think Divorce Stinks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marcia Lipman Lebowitz
  • Publisher : C D L Press
  • Release : 1999-09-01
  • ISBN : 9780935769050
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book I Think Divorce Stinks written by Marcia Lipman Lebowitz and published by C D L Press. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A realistic look at divorce from a child's point of view."--Cover back.

Book Daddy Day  Daughter Day

Download or read book Daddy Day Daughter Day written by Larry King and published by Dove Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talk-show host Larry King and his daughter share poignant memories of Chaia's childhood in this account of divorce and parenting told from both a child's and a father's point of view.

Book Management of Child Development Centers

Download or read book Management of Child Development Centers written by Patricia F. Hearron and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is also available packaged with the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN 0133830942. An overview of the demographic and theoretical context within which early childhood programs operate, and a look at the core competencies that make them work. Based on the premise that high-quality programs for young children are an essential support for families--a part of the family ecosystem--this resource demonstrates how managers of programs for young children must understand the value of family, as well as the relationships between family, program, and community. Part I provides an overview of the demographic and theoretical context within which child development programs operate. Part II focuses on 12 core competencies, derived from a review of currently literature in the field and aligned with NAEYC accreditation criteria, including: personal and professional self-awareness; organizational, fiscal, and personnel management; human relations; facilities management; health and safety; food service; educational programming; family support; marketing and public relations; assessment and evaluation. The new e-book format gives students a more economical, interactive choice. A variety of practical tools and pedagogical aids ensure comprehension of the chapter material. Students are engaged in learning the concepts through vignettes, videos, tables, charts, graphic illustrations, and more. Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with embedded video and internet resources. The Enhanced Pearson eText is also available with a loose-leaf version or without a print version. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks.

Book Underbelly  The Gangland War

Download or read book Underbelly The Gangland War written by John Silvester and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book behind the hard-hitting TV drama. This is Australia's underbelly ... bullet holes and all.

Book A View from the Bridge

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Bolcom
  • Publisher : Edward B. Marks Music Company
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 80 pages

Download or read book A View from the Bridge written by William Bolcom and published by Edward B. Marks Music Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal). With music by William Bolcom and libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Arthur Miller, this opera in two acts was given its World Premiere at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in October of 1999. The gripping story of love and betrayal is set in the rich background of the 1950s Italian immigrant life in Brooklyn. In addition to the libretto, the single sheet music is available for Rodolpho's aria, "The New York Lights." (00352362, $3.95)

Book The Best Parent is Both Parents

Download or read book The Best Parent is Both Parents written by David L. Levy and published by Hampton Roads Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1993 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys a lot of research on joint and sole custody and gives the reasons why children do better when they have both of their parents in their lives. There is enough material in here for any parent to know what to say to his/her lawyer or to the judge as to why he/she wants joint custody. There is also ample information in this book to enable parents to draw up shared parenting agreements. There is also an index of the custody laws in all 50 states, and an index of mediation statutes and practices in all 50 states.