Wise Guy

Author : Nicholas Pileggi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781408804995

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GoodFellas by Nicholas Pileggi Pdf

'At the age of twelve my ambition was to be a gangster. To me being a wiseguy was better than being president of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world.' GoodFellas is Henry Hill's own story, telling the fascinating and sometimes brutal details of the day-to-day life of a working New York mobster - the violence, wild spending sprees, his wife, his mistress, his code of honour. From the small-time scamming of his early years, his first arrest at the age of sixteen and initiation into the dealings of his wiseguy friends and bosses, Henry Hill tells of the good times, dodgy dealings, indulgences, and the insularity of the mob-controlled neighbourhoods. But things start to go too far. To save his own life, Hill turns into a Federal witness, and the mob is to this day still hunting him down for revealing their involvement in hundreds of crimes including arson, extortion, hijacking, the six-million dollar Lufthansa heist (the most successful cash robbery in US history), and murder.

Author : Guy Kawasaki
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780525538622

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Wise Guy by Guy Kawasaki Pdf

Silicon Valley icon and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life and the lessons we can draw from them. Guy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom about entrepreneurship, venture capital, marketing, and business evangelism, which he's shared in bestselling books such as The Art of the Start and Enchantment. But before all that, he was just a middle-class kid in Hawaii, a grandson of Japanese immigrants, who loved football and got a C+ in 9th grade English. Wise Guy, his most personal book, is about his surprising journey. It's not a traditional memoir but a series of vignettes. He toyed with calling it Miso Soup for the Soul, because these stories (like those in the Chicken Soup series) reflect a wide range of experiences that have enlightened and inspired him. For instance, you'll follow Guy as he . . . • Gets his first real job in the jewelry business--which turned out to be surprisingly useful training for the tech world. • Disparages one of Apple's potential partners in front of that company's CEO, at the sneaky instigation of Steve Jobs. • Blows up his Apple career with a single sentence, after Jobs withholds a pre-release copy of the Think Different ad campaign: "That's okay, Steve, I don't trust you either." • Reevaluates his self-importance after being mistaken for Jackie Chan by four young women. • Takes up surfing at age 62--which teaches him that you can discover a new passion at any age, but younger is easier! Guy covers everything from moral values to business skills to parenting. As he writes, "I hope my stories help you live a more joyous, productive, and meaningful life. If Wise Guy succeeds at this, then that's the best story of all."

Author : Henry Hill,Priscilla Davis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0451207068

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The Wise Guy Cookbook by Henry Hill,Priscilla Davis Pdf

Now, in his inimitable style, Henry Hill tells some spicy stories of his life in the Mob and shows you how to whip up his favorite dishes, Sicilian style—even when you’re cooking on the run. Learn delicious recipes that make even the toughest tough guy beg for more… Henry Hill was a born wiseguy. At the pizzeria where he worked as a kid, he learned to substitute pork for veal in cutlets—which came in handy later when the bankroll was low. At thirteen, he got his first percentage from a local deli—that lost business when he started supplying the neighborhood wiseguys with his own heroes. And what great heroes they were. Once he entered Witness Protection, though, Hill found himself in places where prosciutto was impossible to get and gravy was something you put on mashed potatoes. So he learned to fake it when necessary (for example, Romano with white pepper took the place of real pecorino-siciliano cheese), and wherever he found himself, Hill managed to keep good Italian food on the table. He still brings this flair for improvisation to his cooking. No recipe is set in stone. And substitutions are listed in case you need them for these recipes and many more: Mom’s Antipasto • Sunday Gravy (Meat Sauce) • Cheater’s Chicken Stock • Striped Bass for Paulie • Fat Larry’s Pizza Dough • Henry’s Kickback Antipasti Hero • Sicilian Easter Bread with Colored Eggs • Clams Casino • Osso Buco • Oven Penitentiary Sauce with Sausage • Michael’s Favorite Ziti with Meat Sauce

Author : Mike Caveney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Magic tricks
ISBN : 0915181258

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Harry Anderson by Mike Caveney Pdf

Author : Nicholas Pileggi
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781504041621

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Casino by Nicholas Pileggi Pdf

The true story behind the Martin Scorsese film: A “riveting . . . account of how organized crime looted the casinos they controlled” (Kirkus Reviews). Focusing on Chicago bookie Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal and his partner, Anthony Spilotro, and drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Mafia classic Wiseguy—basis for the film Goodfellas—Nicholas Pileggi reveals how the pair worked together to oversee Las Vegas casino operations for the mob. He unearths how Teamster pension funds were used to take control of the Stardust and Tropicana and how Spilotro simultaneously ran a crew of jewel thieves nicknamed the “Hole in the Wall Gang.” For years, these gangsters kept a stranglehold on Sin City’s brightly lit nightspots, skimming millions in cash for their bosses. But the elaborate scheme began to crumble when Rosenthal’s disproportionate ambitions drove him to make mistakes. Spilotro made an error of his own, falling for his partner’s wife, a troubled showgirl named Geri. It would all lead to betrayal, a wide-ranging FBI investigation, multiple convictions, and the end of the Mafia’s longstanding grip on the multibillion-dollar gaming oasis in the midst of the Nevada desert. Casino is a journey into 1970s Las Vegas and a riveting nonfiction account of the world portrayed in the Martin Scorsese film of the same name, starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone. A story of adultery, murder, infighting, and revenge, this “fascinating true-crime Mob history” is a high-stakes page-turner (Booklist).

Author : Joe Pistone
Publisher : Running Press Adult
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-13
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0762423846

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Way Of The Wiseguy by Joe Pistone Pdf

Now in paperback, here's the first nonfiction work from Joe Pistone since his New York Times #1 bestseller and hit movie, Donnie Brasco. Perhaps no man alive knows the lifestyle of wiseguys better than Pistone does, having spent six years infiltrating the Mafia as an undercover FBI agent. Now, years later, Pistone reassesses the underworld. Often poignant, and in startling detail, THE WAY OF THE WISEGUY gives readers a first-hand look at the psychology and customs of the wiseguy.The book features 34 chapters that reveal key principles of wiseguy life, including “How Wiseguys Carry Out a Hit,” “How Wiseguys Get Straightened Out,” and “A Typical Day in the Life of a Wiseguy.” Pistone's spellbinding stories provide a first-hand look at this lawless realm of badguys, which is often uncannily relevant to the workings of legitimate big business and everyday social discourse.

Author : Nicholas Pileggi
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781982129903

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Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi Pdf

Nicholas Pileggi’s vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hill—the working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that “to be a wiseguy was to own the world,” who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster’s life—has been hailed as “the best book ever written on organized crime” (Cosmopolitan). This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese’s film masterpiece GoodFellas, which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds…with Henry Hill’s crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action. “Nonstop...absolutely engrossing” (The New York Times Book Review). Read it and experience the secret life inside the mob—from one who’s lived it.

Author : John Francis King
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780955851902

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Wise Guy and Other Fables by John Francis King Pdf

Wise Guy: the story of international life coaches Guy and Funky - they change your life, you change theirs. Enjoy the journey.

Author : Mike Thaler
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780310715931

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The Three Wise Guys by Mike Thaler Pdf

A wise-cracking boy is recruited to play one of the wise men in the Christmas pageant.

Author : Brian M. Thomsen
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780740789298

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Pasta Fazool for the Wiseguy's Soul by Brian M. Thomsen Pdf

After all that theft, racketeering, adultery, murder, and going to the mattresses, even a wiseguy needs a little pasta fazool for the soul. A hilarious self-help parody based on the exploits of Don Corleone, Anthony Soprano, and those other "made" guys. If your conscience is growing weary because you've had to off your best friend or you've recently learned exactly what was inside that envelope you were asked to deliver, take heart: Brian M. Thomsen and his associate, Don Minestrone, have got your back with more than 100 tales of redemptive goomba guidance and mobster lore. In the tradition of Chicken Soup for the Soul meets The Departed comes tales of family loyalty, mobster morals, and criminal compassion. So the next time you or someone from your clan goes to the mattresses on some trumped-up racketeering charge, we suggest you leave the gun and take the cannoli-and this book, of course.

Author : Kent Evans
Publisher : Manhood Journey Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1949856216

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Wise Guys by Kent Evans Pdf

Author : Bill Ervolino
Publisher : Record Books (NJ)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Italian Americans
ISBN : 0965473325

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Some Kind of Wise Guy by Bill Ervolino Pdf

Author : Nicholas Pileggi
Publisher : New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Detectives
ISBN : 0671631179

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Blye, Private Eye by Nicholas Pileggi Pdf

An account of the activities of Irwin Blye, who for twenty years has investigated cases for families, politicians, banks, insurance companies, businessmen, Mafia bosses, and crooked cops

Author : Bill Wiese
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781629994482

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23 Minutes in Hell by Bill Wiese Pdf

New York Times Best Seller and Over 1 million copies sold! Over 750 5-Star reviews Wiese’s visit to the devil’s lair lasted just twenty-three minutes, but he returned with vivid details etched in his memory, capturing the attention of national media, including the Christian Broadcasting Network, Daystar Television Network, Trinity Broadcasting Network, the Miracle Channel, Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural!, Sean Hannity’s America, Charisma News, and many others. Awaken to the realities of hell, the afterlife and the urgency to live for Christ in your short time here on earth.. Bill Wiese experienced something so horrifying it continues to captivate the world. He saw the searing flames of hell, felt total isolation, smelled the putrid and rotting stench, heard deafening screams of agony, and experienced terrorizing demons. Finally the strong hand of God lifted him out of the pit. This expanded anniversary edition includes more than 150 Bible verses referencing hell for further study. Also included is the new section, “Wrestling With the Big Questions” where Bill answers these and many others questions: Why do some people who have a near-death experience see a bright light? Will those who never heard about Jesus go to hell? Is hell eternal, or are those in hell simply annihilated?

Author : Christopher Bartley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472524379

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An Introduction to Indian Philosophy by Christopher Bartley Pdf

Introducing the topics, themes and arguments of the most influential Hindu and Buddhist Indian philosophers, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy leads the reader through the main schools of Indian thought from the origins of Buddhism to the Saiva Philosophies of Kashmir. By covering Buddhist philosophies before the Brahmanical schools, this engaging introduction shows how philosophers from the Brahmanical schools-including Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, and Mimamsa, as well as Vedanta-were to some extent responding to Buddhist viewpoints. Together with clear translations of primary texts, this fully-updated edition features: • A glossary of Sanskrit terms • A guide to pronunciation • Chronological list of philosophers & works With study tools and constant reference to original texts, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy provides students with deeper understanding of the foundations of Indian philosophy.