This fast-paced laugh-out-loud look at 1960s New York the mob and growing up fast comes with a brilliant quote from Stephen King who chose it as his recommended read for World Book Night. Think The Godfather on laughing gas or Catch-22 with guns Mulholland Bo... Lees meer.

Laura Lippman s beloved Baltimore private investigator Tess Monaghan has been featured in several short stories including Ropa Vieja The Shoeshine Man s Regrets and The Book Thing . Another story The Every Day Housewife provides the first look into the inner... Lees meer.

A short story featuring Tess Monaghan New York Times Bestselling author Laura Lippman s acclaimed private eye Tess Monaghan and Whitney Talbot witness an altercation between a boorish restaurant patron and a shoeshine man. When it is discovered that the mild-mannered s... Lees meer.

With the poetic skill of Cesar Vallejo and handiness of Ricardo Palma Siluk produces a Peruvian background in a most favorable way. His vantage point like the poet Par Lagerkvist is rich with humanism. Thus the Laureate Poet Dennis Siluk awarded the title of the... Lees meer.

Who ever heard of a shoeshine girl. The last thing Sarah Ida wants to do is spend the summer with her Aunt Claudia. But when her parents send her away because of problems at home that is exactly what she has to do. With no allowance and no fun to be had Sarah Ida de... Lees meer.

Child abuse is beyond the realm of reasonable people yet it happens far too often. How does a child process abuse. What gives a child the courage to face daily humiliation pain and suffering. The damage for many children is beyond repair and often opens up a lifet... Lees meer.

Gil polishes the shoes of high rolling traders on Wall Street. His perspective on the insanity of the trading floor is priceless. When a magazine journalist desperate for a break persuades him to be an undercover source for what may be the biggest insider trading scam i... Lees meer.

A Practical Playbook For Achieving Real Wealth. Inside of this book you will be given top secrets to how you can build real wealth from Robert Barbera who went from shoeshine boy to real estate magnate including. The Mindset of Wealth Power Earning Investi... Lees meer.

In a nutshell this material invites the reader to embark on a journey of discovery as he joins Ramon the orphan child of a poverty-stricken family from a South American slum in an adventure that will span three decades and take our protagonist across three continent... Lees meer.

In one brief summer a thirteen-year-old became a Texas Shoeshine Boy creating a story to add to the family history a springboard to link the threads of two generations. The Houston Ice Houses played cowboy songs to lonesome folks whose shoes needed a good shine. In 195... Lees meer.

Tired of being a have not in a world of excess Gil a hard-working Brazilian-born shoeshine boy working on Wall Street sets out to blow the lid off the lives of some of New York City s wealthiest most powerful members of the financial world by writing a tell-all boo... Lees meer.

It s New York 1963 and college student Russell Newhouse has just made the acquaintance of notorious Jewish gangster Shoeshine Cats. Cats wants a tiny favour. And - for his own reasons - he also wants to educate Russell in the world of crime cops and the gritty reali... Lees meer.

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People ask me How did you make money. How did you become wealthy. Those are two different questions. Yes money can help you create wealth. But wealth is far more than a number on your bank statement. So if wealth isn t about money what exactly is it. This book c... Lees meer.

A trade paperback collection of 16 short stories some new some published before all together for the first time featuring Tess Monaghan New York Times Bestselling author Laura Lippman s acclaimed private eye For the first time together in one collection is a mix of... Lees meer.