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Wild Years: The Music and Myth of Tom Waits
Jay S. Jacobs
Ecw Press
, 2006
Wild Years: The Music And Myth Of Tom Waits
Wild Years by Jay S. Jacobs ***** Of all the musical biographies I have ever read (and I have read a lot), this is by far the best. Wild Years is painstakingly researched, never boring, clear cut, unapologetic, highly informative, and most of all entertaining. ...
La Cucina Di Lidia: Recipes and Memories from Italy's Adriatic Coast
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
, Jay Jacobs
Broadway
, 2003
Peasant Cuisine from Europe's Crossroads
This first book by Lidia Bastianich is both cookbook of recipes from the Istrian peninsula and Felidia Ristorante in Manhatten and a memoir of Lidia's life and family in central Europe and in the United States. The recipes occupy by far the larger portion of the book ...
What Are My Rights?: 95 Questions and Answers About Teens and the Law
Thomas A. Jacobs
,
Jay E. Johnson
Free Spirit Publishing
, 1997
Offers nothing more or less than plain honest truth, without preaching or moralizing, in simple question-and-answer format.
Now in an updated edition, What Are My Rights? 95 Questions and Answers About Teens and the Law presents Judge Tom Jacobs' matter-of-fact answers to common questions than teenagers have, from "If my parents get a divorce, will I still get to visit my grandparents?" to ...
Data-Centric .NET Programming with C#
Jacob Hammer Pedersen
,
Kent Tegels
, ...
Peer Information Inc.
, 2001
Excellent.
As the title implies a large portion of the book deals with data access. However, the book also covers a wide range of other topics of interest to budding C# developers (e.g. messaging/directory/web services). The code in the book is as usefull to VB.net developers as ...
Pretty Good Years: A Biography of Tori Amos
Jay S. Jacobs
Hal Leonard
, 2006
Pretty Good Year
Every Tori Amos fan needs to own this book, every thing you ever would want to know about her life and her struggle to become a very large success is here.
They Shaped the Game: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Jackie Robinson
William Jay Jacobs
Atheneum
, 1994
Basic biographies of Cobb, Ruth and Robinson for young fans
For my money there are two figures in baseball history who tower above everybody else, namely Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson. In terms of changing the game you cannot find another player or owner who had an impact as great as the man who made the home run what it is ...
The Eaten Word: The Language of Food, the Food in Our Language
Jay Jacobs
Carol Publishing Corporation
, 1995
Incredible
A fascinating study of the link between food and language. Incredible. I laughed, cried, danced around the fire naked. Jay was an all-star outfielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 40's; he also once had dinner with the Pope, Ernest Hemingway, Louie Armstrong, Mookie ...
Pioneers of Genocide Studies
Transaction Publishers
, 2002
Addressing the pervasive prevalence of brutal extermination
Collaboratively compiled and edited by Samuel Totten (Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville) and Steven Leonard Jacobs (Associate Professor and Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies, ...
Ellis Island: New Hope in a New Land
William Jay Jacobs
Atheneum
, 1990
A short concise history of Ellis Island
A very short concise history of Ellis island. This book is great for children. The layout is informative so that children can learn quickly and not be bored. For adults, there are books better than this though.
Human Rights (Great Lives)
William Jay Jacobs
Atheneum
, 1990
Busting the Mob: The United States v. Cosa Nostra
James Jacobs
,
Christopher Panarella
, ...
NYU Press
, 1996
A book that is hard to refuse!
What mob figure is more famous than that of John Gotti? What was done to bring him down? How did the government finally manage to make the charges stick? Busting the Mob is a great insight into that very question. While this book covers organized crime connection into ...
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