Big Trouble

Author : J. Anthony Lukas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439128103
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Trouble written by J. Anthony Lukas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as "toweringly important" (Baltimore Sun), "a work of scrupulous and significant reportage" (E. L. Doctorow), and "an unforgettable historical drama" (Chicago Sun-Times), Big Trouble brings to life the astonishing case that ultimately engaged President Theodore Roosevelt, Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the politics and passions of an entire nation at century's turn. After Idaho's former governor is blown up by a bomb at his garden gate at Christmastime 1905, America's most celebrated detective, Pinkerton James McParland, takes over the investigation. His daringly executed plan to kidnap the radical union leader "Big Bill" Haywood from Colorado to stand trial in Idaho sets the stage for a memorable courtroom confrontation between the flamboyant prosecutor, progressive senator William Borah, and the young defender of the dispossessed, Clarence Darrow. Big Trouble captures the tumultuous first decade of the twentieth century, when capital and labor, particularly in the raw, acquisitive West, were pitted against each other in something close to class war. Lukas paints a vivid portrait of a time and place in which actress Ethel Barrymore, baseball phenom Walter Johnson, and editor William Allen White jostled with railroad magnate E. H. Harriman, socialist Eugene V. Debs, gunslinger Charlie Siringo, and Operative 21, the intrepid Pinkerton agent who infiltrated Darrow's defense team. This is a grand narrative of the United States as it charged, full of hope and trepidation, into the twentieth century.

Author : Dave Barry
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0425239470
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Trouble written by Dave Barry and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave Barry makes his fiction debut with a ferociously funny novel of love and mayhem in south Florida. In the city of Coconut Grove, Florida, these things happen: A struggling adman named Eliot Arnold drives home from a meeting with the Client From Hell. His teenage son, Matt, fills a Squirtmaster 9000 for his turn at a high school game called Killer. Matt's intended victim, Jenny Herk, sits down in front of the TV with her mom for what she hopes will be a peaceful evening for once. Jenny's alcoholic and secretly embezzling stepfather, Arthur, emerges from the maid's room, angry at being rebuffed. Henry and Leonard, two hit men from New Jersey, pull up to the Herks' house for a real game of Killer, Arthur's embezzlement apparently not having been quite so secret to his employers after all. And a homeless man named Puggy settles down for the night in a treehouse just inside the Herks' yard. In a few minutes, a chain of events that will change the lives of each and every one of them will begin, and will leave some of them wiser, some of them deader, and some of them definitely looking for a new line of work. With a wicked wit, razor-sharp observations, rich characters, and a plot with more twists than the Inland Waterway, Dave Barry makes his debut a complete and utter triumph.

Author : Tara Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 160886815X
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art Of Big Trouble In Little China written by Tara Bennett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 30th anniversary festivities for John Carpenter's cult classic continue with 'The official art of Big Trouble in Little China,' a companion to 'The official making of Big Trouble in Little China.' A celebration of not just the art created for the film, this book also features official artwork inspired by Jack Burton's adventure"--Back cove

Author : Jack Trout
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471263036
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Brands Big Trouble written by Jack Trout and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2002-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most respected marketing gurus in the world shows why some of today's biggest brands are having trouble and how to avoid repeating their mistakes. It wasn't long ago that Levi-Strauss, Xerox, Crest, AT&T, Firestone, and Digital Equipment dominated their respective markets. What happened to undermine their standings and of those of other superbrands? Are their declines simply the inevitable consequence of change and the birth of new competition? In this important predecessor to the classic Differentiate or Die, "the king of positioning," Jack Trout answers that question with a resounding "No!" Writing in his signature, straight-from-the-hip style he reveals the disastrous marketing and strategy blunders that led to the dissolution of the most recognized superbrands. He clearly shows how those mistakes could have been avoided. With the help of in-depth case studies chronicling the events leading up to the falls from grace of Sears, Miller Brewing, Xerox, Crest, Burger King, and other past market leaders, he identifies the ten most common mistakes that big brands make, and he develops a set of expert guidelines for marketing managers and executives on how to build, protect, manage, and expand their companies' brands and avoid brand-killing blunders.

Author : John Carpenter
Publisher : Boom! Studios
ISBN 13 : 1613989660
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Trouble in Little China: Old Man Jack #1 written by John Carpenter and published by Boom! Studios. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From John Carpenter (director of Big Trouble in Little China, Halloween, The Thing, Escape from New York) and Anthony Burch (writer of Borderlands 2) comes the story of old man Jack Burton’s final ride in the Pork-Chop Express. The year is 2020, and hell is literally on Earth. Ching Dai, sick of relying on screw-ups like Lo Pan to do his bidding, has broken the barriers between Earth and the infinite hells, and declared himself ruler of all. Sixty-year-old Jack Burton is alone in a tiny corner of Florida with only his broken radio to talk to, until one day it manages to pick up a message. Someone is out there in the hellscape, and they know a way to stop Ching Dai.

Author : Tara Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1608868710
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official Making Of Big Trouble In Little China written by Tara Bennett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To commemorate its 30th anniversary, The official making of Big trouble in Little China is the first-ever comprehensive look at how legendary film director John Carpenter made his 1986 mystical action-comedy"--Back cover.

Author : R. A. Spratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781459697447
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Trouble written by R. A. Spratt and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friday Barnes has a new case, and this time it's personal! When Friday's father turns up out of the blue, he brings his daughter some distressing news - Friday's mother has been kidnapped! But who would want to kidnap a theoretical physicist? The Headmaster needs Friday's help too, when Highcrest Academy is thrown into chaos by the arrival of a beautiful new student - Princess Ingrid of Norway. She's rich, she's royal and she's got her eye on Ian Wainscott. Despite heightened security at the school, things start to go missing. It appears Highcrest Academy has been infiltrated by a master thief, The Pimpernel. Can Friday crack the case of her missing mother, reign in a royal brat and unmask the elusive Pimpernel? If it means she gets to ditch PE, then of course she can!

Author : Lisa Papademetriou
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 9780761320227
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You're in Big Trouble, Brad written by Lisa Papademetriou and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called to the principal's office, Brad remembers all the tricks he has played on his classmates and wonders who has turned him in.

Author : Kate McMullan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0448444488
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Giant-Big Trouble written by Kate McMullan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wiglaf and his friends are on a mission to rescue Worm, the dragon they have raised from an egg, and are surprised to learn that the captor is not a gang of dragon slayers, but rather a young giantess who wants to keep Worm as her house pet.

Author : Hilda Stahl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780891076582
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Trouble for Roxie written by Hilda Stahl and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angry and worried about her grandmother's illness, Roxie lies to her parents and risks losing her friend Chelsea, but putting her trust in Jesus helps her repair the damage.