Moab is My Washpot is in turns funny shocking tender delicious sad lyrical bruisingly frank & addictively readable. Stephen Fry's bestselling memoir tells how sent to a boarding school 200 miles from home at the age of seven he survived beatings misery love ecstasy carnal violation expulsion imprisonment criminal conviction probation & catastrophe to emerge at eighteen ready to try & face the world in which he had always felt a stranger. Fry writes with the wit to which we have become accustomed but with shocking candour too. In an age of glossy celebrity autobiographies Moab is My Washpot sets the high standard to which others should aspire. ...

From Karen Gravano a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood where love & family come h&-in-hand with murder & betrayal. " Karen Gravano is the daughter of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano once one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With nineteen confessed murders the former Gambino Crime Family underboss--and John Gotti's right-hand man--is the highest ranking gangster ever to turn State's evidence & testify against members of his high-profile crime family. But to Karen Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table. He made a living running a construction firm & several nightclubs. He stayed out late & sometimes he didn't come home at all. He hosted "secret" meetings at their house & had countless whispered conversations with "business associates." By the age of twelve Karen knew he was a gangster. & as she grew up while her peers worried about clothes & schoolwork she was coming face-to-face with crime & murder. Gravano was nineteen years old when her father turned his back on the mob & cooperated with the Feds. The fabric of her family was ripped apart & they were instantly rejected by the communities they grew up in. This is the story of a daughter's struggle to reconcile the image of her loving father with that of a murdering Mafioso & how in healing the rift between the two she was able to forge a new life." ...

The Mob is notorious for its cruel & immoral practices but its most successful members have always been extremely smart businessmen. Now former mobster Louis Ferrante reveals its surprisingly effective management techniques & explains how to apply them-legally-to any legitimate business. As an associate of the Gambino family Ferrante relied on his instincts to pull off some of the biggest heists in U.S. history. By the age of twenty-one he had netted millions of dollars for his employers. His natural talent for management led Mafia bosses to rely on him. After being arrested & serving an eight-&-a-half-year prison sentence Ferrante went straight. He realized that the Mob's most valuable business lessons would allow him to survive & thrive in the real world. Now he offers eighty-eight time-tested Mafia strategies including: go get your own coffee!; respecting the chain of command without being a sucker; the walls have ears
- never bad-mouth the boss; Is this phone tapped?
- watch what you say every day; how to bury the hatchet
- but not in someone's head; don't split yourself in half
- The wrong decision is better than none at all; don't build Yankee stadium just supply the concrete
- spotting new rackets; & leave the gun take the cannolis...and beware of hubris. Ferrante brings his real-life experiences to the book offering fascinating advice that really works & sharing behind-the-scenes episodes almost as outrageous as those occurring on Wall Street every day.




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How do we create a satisfactory user experience when limited to a small device? This new guide focuses on usability for mobile devices primarily smartphones & touchphones & covers such topics as developing a mobile strategy designing for small screens writing for mobile usability comparisons & looking toward the future. The book

Includes:: 228-full color illustrations to demonstrate the points. Based on expert reviews & international studies with participants ranging from students to early technology adopters & business people using websites on a variety of mobile devices this guide offers a complete look at the landscape for a mobile world. Author Jakob Nielsen is considered one of the worlds leading experts on Web usability. He is the author of numerous best-selling books including Prioritizing Web Usability & the groundbreaking Designing Web Usability which has sold more than 250 000 copies & has been translated in 22 languages.

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The perfect place to learn how to design Web sites for mobile devices! With the popularity of Internet access via cell phones & other mobile devices Web designers now have to consider as many as eight operating systems several browsers & a slew of new devices as they plan a new site a new interface or a new sub-site. This easy-to-follow friendly book guides you through this brave new world with a clear look at the fundamentals & offers practical techniques & tricks you may not have considered. Explores all issues to consider in planning a mobile site Covers the tools needed for mobile design in particular XHTML & CSS Shows you how to plan for multimedia e-commerce & marketing your site including adding audio video & social networking Provides real-world examples & tips to help you avoid common pitfalls If you're contemplating Web design in a mobile world start first with this practical guide. ...

This classic story of high adventure manic obsession & metaphysical speculation was Melvilles masterpiece. The tale of Captain Ahabs frantic pursuit of the cunning & notorious white whale Moby Dick is packed with drama & draws heavily on the authors own experiences on the high seas. This edition

Includes:: passages from Melvilles correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne in which the two discussed the philosophical depths of the novels plot & imagery. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more.

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Here the epic saga of Captain Ahabs obsessive quest for the white whale comes vividly to life in this three-dimensional graphic novel the first of its kind. This phenomenal work is the creation of multi-talented artist Sam Ita apprentice to Robert Sabuda one of the worlds master paper engineers. Every amazing element is awe-inspiring: theres not just one pop-up per spread but several some huge & incredibly detailed surrounded by colourful comic book-style panels that convey the storys drama. It is aimed at kids aged 6 & upwards yet its fantastic ideas & unusual format will appeal to all ages. ...

A story of the war between man & mammal in which the author explores his obsessions with good & evil love & solitude speech & silence using his technical knowledge of sailing & the sea to tell a story which is at once minutely realistic & powerfully symbolic. ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics. The young sailor Ishmael befriends a tattooed Polynesian harpooner named Queequeg & finds himself aboard the Pequod which is captained by the obsessive Captain Ahab. Not long after the voyage has begun Ahab tells the crew about his secret plot to hunt down the whale that crippled him on a previous voyage Moby Dick. The crew of the Pequod are also after as much sperm oil as their ship can carry & the account of the crews years-long pursuit of the White Whale is interspersed with detailed & encyclopaedic descriptions of a whalers life. Melville unites narrative virtuosity with a lifetime of sailing experience in perhaps the single most important classic of American literature. ...

Includes: THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED MOBY-DICK When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas
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