White Rhino The Memoirs Of An American Teenage Gangster

Author : Orlando Fioravanti
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798678865236

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White Rhino by Orlando Fioravanti Pdf

White Rhino is the true life story of reputed Philadelphia Italian gangster Orlando Fioravanti's change from living a life of crime to a life of serving God.In the book Orlando takes you back in time to the mid 1980's when he was just a teen-ager but at that time was given the rare opportunity to distribute cocaine in large quantities in the Philadelphia tri-state area.Due to Orlando's connection with the plug he spent 12 years living the shot caller lifestyle, as he takes you on the ins and outs of the game and all that comes with it like women, money and even movie stars. Travel along all those years with Orlando and his crew of three that he would assemble to insulate him from the bullets and the feds.Whereas, it wouldn't be until 14 years after Orlando begun living a lifestyle of a king in America that he would finally be busted and sentenced to 15 years of hard time.Walk with Orlando through the old penitentiary as it was called then, to see, hear and smell what it was like to do hard time. So hard that due to Orlando tussling with a prison guard he was thrown in the RHU, better known as the hole for a one year torture session with the guards.It was during that time that Orlando had his "awakening moment" with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that he turned his life over to God and began to take an active role in the church within the prison system in Pennsylvania as an advocate for Christian rights behind bars.Orlando continued in that role for many years until his final release of sentence and now lives out in the community continuing his work for God.

Author : Orlando Fioravanti
Publisher : Kindle
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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White Rhino The Memoirs Of An American Teenage Gangster by Orlando Fioravanti Pdf

White Rhino is the true, life story of reputed Italian gangster, Orlando Fioravanti's change from living a life of crime, to a life of serving God. In the book, Orlando takes you back to the mid 80's when he was just a teen-ager. A wild teenager who was given the rare opportunity to distribute cocaine in large quantities in the Philadelphia tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Due to Orlando's connections he spent 12 years living an amazing life and lifestyle, as Orlando takes you on the ins and outs of "the game", and all that comes with it like money, power, women, and event movie stars. Travel along all those years with Orlando, and his crew of three that he would assemble to insulate him from the bullets, and the feds. Where it wouldn't be until 14 years after Orlando began living a lifestyle of a King in America that he would finally be convicted of a crime and sentenced to 15 years of hard time. Walk with Orlando through the old penitentiary as it was called back then, to see, hear, and smell, what it was like to do hard time. So hard that due to Orlando tussling with a prison guard he was thrown in the RHU, better known as the hole, for a one year torture session with the guards. A torture session neither he nor anyone else who assaulted staff was supposed to, live through. It was at that time, that upon Orlando's death, he had an encounter with God. One that would bring him back alive, with the knowledge of a secret from the Bible, and a message from God.

Author : Rob Lowe
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1429996021

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Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe Pdf

A wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety. Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. Rob Lowe's New York Times bestselling autobiography, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, shares tales that are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.

Author : Orlando Fioravanti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798672041681

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The True Story Of The Attempted Murder Of Jesus Christ by Orlando Fioravanti Pdf

Do you want to have a better life? Do you want to have a closer relationship with God? Haven't so many of us lost so much from covid-19 that we all want these things? You see the uniqueness of this book, "The True Story of the Attempted Murder of Jesus Christ", as seen on the Hillsong Channel, is that the apostle Paul who's writings are in the Bible knows the same truth that I expose in this book. A truth that God has Graced me with knowing from my over 15 years of study of the Bible. A truth that rarely has ever been written about until me, well except for Paul. You are about to discover a truth that God placed in the Bible almost 2000 years ago. A truth that is meant to be discovered in our time because the truth's full wisdom can only be fully understood by us going back only a couple hundred years ago. Where at this time God has only Graced us to have the letters we do have from Paul and the letter where Paul writes about the story in this book is missing. But Paul did write about the truth contained in this book but no one has ever understood what exactly Paul was writing in the Bible about until now!. And soon you will too when you finish reading this book! Now imagine yourself alive over 2000 years ago at the first Christmas when a star appeared in the sky marking the birth of a great king. Go along with me as we travel with the wise men who follow this star which leads us to Jerusalem where we continue this search for this great boy King we all know today as Jesus Christ. Walk with me through the Bible and the actual historical records so as to learn the truth to this over 2000 year old Christmas mystery, where I say mystery because king Herod, the one whom we have always been told was the one who attempted to murder Jesus Christ when He was just a child may not in fact be the culprit to the plot. In the end when the true mastermind is finally revealed see how knowing this emerald of truth can bring forth in your own life blessings and a closer relationship with God today in our modern time, tomorrow and perhaps forever.

Author : Wayne Kramer
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780306921537

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The Hard Stuff by Wayne Kramer Pdf

The first memoir by Wayne Kramer, legendary guitarist and cofounder of quintessential Detroit proto-punk legends The MC5 "Voyeuristically dramatic." -THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW In January 1969, before the world heard a note of their music, the MC5 was on the cover of Rolling Stone. Led by legendary guitarist Wayne Kramer, the band was a reflection of the times: exciting, sexy, violent, chaotic, and even out of control. The missing link between free jazz and punk rock, the MC5 toured the country, played alongside music legends, and had a rabid following, their music acting as the soundtrack to the blossoming blue collar youth movement. Kramer wanted to redefine what a rock 'n' roll group was capable of, and though there was power in reaching for that, it was also a recipe for personal and professional disaster. The band recorded three major label albums but, by 1972-it was all over. Kramer's story is (literally) a revolutionary one, but it's also the deeply personal struggle of an addict and an artist, a rebel with a great tale to tell. From the glory days of Detroit to the junk-sick streets of the East Village, from Key West to Nashville and sunny L.A., in and out of prison and on and off of drugs, Kramer's is the classic journeyman narrative, but with a twist: he's here to remind us that revolution is always an option.

Author : David F. Marley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216071389

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Daily Life of Pirates by David F. Marley Pdf

Drawing on new research, this fascinating volume looks behind the myths to offer detailed insights into the real lives and activities of pirates—for better or worse—during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, from the mid-17th century to 1720. Over the past decade, research in Spanish, French, and Dutch archives, as well as in traditional English repositories, has resulted in a clearer picture of the activities and lives of the pirates who roamed the seas during the "Golden Age of Piracy" from 1650 to 1720. That is the picture shared in Daily Life of Pirates. The book describes how pirates actually lived, touching on their food and drink, their hideouts, and their humor. It also examines their ships, weapons and seamanship, their plunder—and their use of torture. The book's detailed coverage is made possible by newly uncovered interrogations of pirates and by official depositions given by their victims, both of which provide insights that go well beyond simple recountings of famous exploits. The result is a tantalizing, true picture of pirates' daily lives that reveals many surprising facts, such as the reality that most of their time was spent upon land as actual piracy was a seasonal occupation.

Author : Jim Carrey,Dana Vachon
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735280601

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Memoirs and Misinformation by Jim Carrey,Dana Vachon Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "None of this is real and all of it is true." --Jim Carrey From movie star Jim Carrey and novelist Dana Vachon, a fearless and semi-autobiographical novel about acting, Hollywood, agents, celebrity, privilege, friendship, romance, addiction to relevance, fear of personal erasure, destruction of persona, our "one big soul," Canada, and apocalypses within and without. Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege--but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even...getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddlin' with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs, but nothing seems to lift the cloud of emptiness and ennui. Even the advice of his best friend, actor and dinosaur skull collector, Nicolas Cage, isn't enough to pull Carrey out of his slump. Then Jim meets Georgie: ruthless ingénue, love of his life. And thanks to auteur screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, he has a role to play in a boundary-pushing new picture that may help him uncover a whole new side to himself. Finally, his Oscar vehicle! Things are looking up. But the universe has other plans. Memoirs and Misinformation is a fearless semi-autobiographical novel, a deconstruction of persona. In it, Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon have fashioned a story about acting, Hollywood, agents, celebrity, privilege, friendship, romance, addiction to relevance, fear of personal erasure, our "one big soul," Canada, and a cataclysmic ending of the world--apocalypses within and without.

Author : Robert Hughes
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307498274

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Things I Didn't Know by Robert Hughes Pdf

Robert Hughes has trained his critical eye on many major subjects, from the city of Barcelona to the history of his native Australia. Now he turns that eye inward, onto himself and the world that formed him. Hughes analyzes his experiences the way he might examine a Van Gogh or a Picasso. From his relationship with his stern and distant father to his Catholic upbringing and school years; and from his development as an artist, writer, and critic to his growing appreciation of art and his exhilaration at leaving Australia to discover a new life, Hughes’ memoir is an extraordinary feat of exploration and celebration.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : English drama
ISBN : 0435232932

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The Play of Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pam Spencer,Pam Spencer Holley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Best books
ISBN : UVA:X004319943

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What Do Young Adults Read Next? by Pam Spencer,Pam Spencer Holley Pdf

Contains entries for over 1,300 books aimed at young adult readers. Titles have been selected on the basis of their currency, appeal to readers, and literary merit.

Author : Bill Keenan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613218617

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Odd Man Rush by Bill Keenan Pdf

In his hilarious, gritty, and touching debut, Bill Keenan—a hockey star once on the fast-track to the NHL—tells of how he overcame multiple obstacles to find fulfillment and redemption in the strange world of European minor-league professional hockey. Keenan’s hockey obsession begins as a five-year-old on Lasker Rink in New York’s Central Park—“love at first stride,” as he calls it. He then becomes the youngest, and skinniest, player on the New York Bobcats, a Junior B hockey team. Later, after his hockey career at Harvard doesn’t end as planned—with a fat NHL contract—Keenan decides to play in the minor leagues in Europe, where the glamour of professional sports is decidedly lacking. Part fish-out-of-water travelogue, part coming-of-age memoir, Odd Man Rush will capture the interest of not just hockey fans, but also fans of good writing. Throughout, Keenan’s deep affection for the game shines through, even as he describes fans who steal players’ clothes from the locker room or toss empty beer cans onto the rink after games. Abusive fans, cold showers, long bus rides—nothing diminishes his love for the sport. “Because that’s the way it works with me and hockey. Even when it’s horrible, it’s wonderful.” Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Charles Portis
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590206546

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Gringos by Charles Portis Pdf

Charles Portis’s fourth novel—a truly brilliant, wonderfully bizarre novel by one of our great American novelists. Jimmy Burns is an expatriate American living in Mexico who has an uncommonly astute eye for the absurd little details that comprise your average American. For a time, Jimmy spent his days unearthing pre-Colombian artifacts. Now he makes a living doing small trucking jobs and helping out with the occasional missing person situation—whatever it takes to remain “the very picture of an American idler in Mexico, right down to the grass-green golfing trousers.” But when Jimmy’s laid-back lifestyle is seriously imposed upon by a ninety-pound stalker called Louise, a sudden wave of “hippies” (led by a murderous ex-con guru) in search of psychic happenings, and a group of archaeologists who are unearthing (illegally) Mayan tombs, his simple South-of-the-Border existence faces a clear and present danger.

Author : Claudia Rankine
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781555978860

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The White Card by Claudia Rankine Pdf

A play about the imagined fault line between black and white lives by Claudia Rankine, the author of Citizen The White Card stages a conversation that is both informed and derailed by the black/white American drama. The scenes in this one-act play, for all the characters’ disagreements, stalemates, and seeming impasses, explore what happens if one is willing to stay in the room when it is painful to bear the pressure to listen and the obligation to respond. —from the introduction by Claudia Rankine Claudia Rankine’s first published play, The White Card, poses the essential question: Can American society progress if whiteness remains invisible? Composed of two scenes, the play opens with a dinner party thrown by Virginia and Charles, an influential Manhattan couple, for the up-and-coming artist Charlotte. Their conversation about art and representations of race spirals toward the devastation of Virginia and Charles’s intentions. One year later, the second scene brings Charlotte and Charles into the artist’s studio, and their confrontation raises both the stakes and the questions of what—and who—is actually on display. Rankine’s The White Card is a moving and revelatory distillation of racial divisions as experienced in the white spaces of the living room, the art gallery, the theater, and the imagination itself.

Author : Aidan Hartley
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 9780006531210

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The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley Pdf

Weaving together stories, his family's history, and his childhood in Africa, Hartley tells what he saw. "The Zanzibar Chest" is an enthralling narrative of men and women meddling with, embracing, and being transformed by other cultures in one of the most important examinations of colonialism ever written.

Author : Frances Milton Trollope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:N10328242

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The Barnabys in America by Frances Milton Trollope Pdf