books by Jimmy Breslin     books:     Jimmy Breslin      The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez Jimmy Breslin Three Rivers Press, 2003 a sad tale given justice by a great writer Justice shall you pursue. This is Jimmy Breslin at his best, it reads like he talks, which can cause you to read a sentence twice or three times, but you get used to it. Eduardo Gutierrez was an illegal immigrant from Mexico; he was barely 21 years old when he was ...             Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Met's First Year Jimmy Breslin Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2003 It's ABOUT TIME They Republished This Jewel! Jimmy Breslin, really, wrote only one book which ought to be required reading for anyone, even if they do not appreciate immediately the sublime, ridiculous, and surreal that was the 1962 New York Mets. Of every page and paragraph I have ever read of that wonderfully ...             The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight: A Novel Jimmy Breslin Back Bay Books, 1997 Funny Because It's So True - Breslin's Comic Masterpeice The finest comedy reveals truths that cannot be appreciated any other way -- such is the case with THE GANG THAT COULDN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT, a book that has kept me laughing for years. As someone who grew up in New York in the 60's and 70's, I knew people just like many ...             The Good Rat: A True Story Jimmy Breslin Ecco, 2008 Mob trial excerpts with the author's spin I have been a so-so fan of Breslin in the past, but I really think this book is excellent. he weaves trial excerpts with his own commentary and humour and Iw as kept interested throughout.             I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me: A Memoir Jimmy Breslin Back Bay Books, 1997 The quintessential Breslin voice Outspoken New York newspaper columnist and author Breslin, famed for his sharp eye and wit, explores his own brain in this memoir of his life and his experience with brain surgery. The book opens the night before his aneurysm surgery in 1994 and closes with him ...             American Lives: The Stories of the Men and Women Lost on September 11 Camino Books, 2002 An outstanding tribute American Lives: The Stories Of The Men And Women Lost On September 11 provides a bibliography of the men and women who lost their lives on Stepember 11th, recounting their achievements, their family ties, and how they came to be victims of disaster. American Lives is ...             America's Mayor, America's President?: The Strange Career of Rudy Giuliani Soft Skull Press, 2007 Take it from a New Yorker This book is a group of essays by New Yorkers who have lived through or dealt with a mayor who is popular everywhere except where he governed, New York City. These authors catalogue Rudy Giulianni's vindictiveness, pettiness, totalitarian approach to governing, and his ...             How the Good Guys Finally Won Jimmy Breslin Ballantine Books, 1976 The illusion of power "Impeachment is going to hit this Congress," Democratic Majority Leader Tip O'Neill announces early on in Jimmy Breslin's 1975 bestseller `How the Good Guys Finally Won.' The pronouncement came before the break-in of the DNC headquarters at the Watergate, when "there ...             The Church That Forgot Christ Jimmy Breslin Free Press, 2004 Jimmy Breslin renewed my faith A recovering Catholic, I have long disagreed with the politics of the pope and his bishops. The one who chastsed John Kerry for his stand for women, was the same power that harbored priests who has abusd the kids. This is part of what Breslin writes about so well. ...             Damon Runyon Jimmy Breslin Laurel, 1992 Breslin Dissects a Predecessor Before there was Jimmy Breslin, there was Damon Runyon: A writer who kept company with gangsters and gamblers, politicians and showgirls, sports figures and cops. Breslin, a very gifted writer, dissects his subject with humor. The heroes of Runyon's world were ...             The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight: 2 Jimmy Breslin Viking Adult, 1969             He Got Hungry and Forgot His Manners Jimmy Breslin Ticknor & Fields, 1988 Educational Read! This is the best and most compassionate discussion I've seen on the state of welfare in the U.S. today. Bonus: it's also a very interesting novel.             Running Against the Machine: The Mailer - Breslin Campaign (A Grass Roots Race for the New York Mayoralty) Peter, Editor with Norman Mailer, Jimmy Breslin, Peter Maas, Gloria Steinem and Others Manso Doubleday and Company, 1969 The Noble Calling of Politics Reading this book brought back many memories. I had previously read many of the speeches in this book in "Managing Mailer" by Joe Flaherty, who was the campaign manager for the Mailer-Breslin ticket in the 1969 New York mayoral race. I also remember seeing Mailer and ...          products you might be interested in search for books gutierrez, improbable, mayoralty, president, remembering, september      toavi.com    web we recommend a sad tale given justice by a great writer randomly chosen book: The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed (Ultimate Kauai Guidebook)