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Published by Brand: Northeastern University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 155553449XISBN 13: 9781555534493
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Phil Cresta was no run-of-the-mill thief. Mastermind of the legendary Brink's armored truck robbery and a string of countless other high-stakes heists, he stole more than ten million dollars in escapades that often were breathtakingly daring and at times marvelously inventive. The robberies baffled both police and fellow outlaws for decades, and most of the crimes remain unsolved today. Now the open case files of these memorable thefts can be closed as Cresta himself provides the true story on how they were planned and carried out.Born in Boston's North End in 1928, Cresta was raised in an abusive household. He was sent to Concord Reformatory as a teenager, where he learned the craft of picking locks, a skill later honed during stays at the Charlestown and Walpole prisons in Massachusetts. Following the Brinks robbery in 1968, he was put on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, but eluded the law for five years, living in Chicago under an assumed name. After serving time at Walpole for the Brinks job, Cresta died penniless in Chicago in 1995. Yet shortly before his death, he revealed the full extent of his astonishing capers to coauthor Bill Crowley, a retired Boston police detective.Drawing from their extensive conversations, this riveting page-turner chronicles how Cresta, along with partners "Angelo" and "Tony," pulled off robberies of jewelers, rare coin dealers, furriers, and armored trucks, detailing the meticulous planning that marked his criminal career. Cresta's final accounting is brimming with vivid tales of betrayal, murder, and intrigue as well as a colorful cast of characters, including mob bosses, wise guys, informants, paid "ears," corrupt judges, a Hollywood starlet, and even the Mayor of Chicago.Filled with drama, tension, and humor, this absorbing saga takes the reader inside the dangerous yet exhilarating world of a life dedicated to crime.
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Published by Brand: Northeastern University Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1555535224ISBN 13: 9781555535223
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. The letters of John and Abigail Adams are laid bare here, chronicling their long love affair, political opinions, and humor in 226 letters and diary entries and providing an intimate glimpse of early American history. Simultaneous.
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Published by Brand: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1983
ISBN 10: 0930350359ISBN 13: 9780930350352
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book by Morris, Richard Brandon.
Published by Brand: Northeastern University Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1555535305ISBN 13: 9781555535308
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Descended from four generations of distinguished composers and organists, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was driven by family tradition and an ambitious mother to pursue a career that brought him worldwide recognition as the greatest composer of Italian opera after Giuseppe Verdi. But behind the brilliant creator of such lasting works as La Bohme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, La Rondine, and Turandot, there was a person racked with indecision, self-doubt, bouts of depression, and private misfortunes.In this beautifully written work, Mary Jane Phillips-Matz brings to life both the man and his circle. Setting Puccini's intriguing story within the worlds of his beloved Tuscany and the cutthroat opera business, the author follows the composer from boyhood in his ancestral Lucca, to his struggling student years at the Milan Conservatory, to his early successes and failures, to the artistic triumphs that earned him international celebrity and considerable wealth.Filled with colorful details and anecdotes drawn from extensive primary sources as well as interviews with descendents, family friends, and colleagues, the book chronicles Puccini's personal sorrows and scandals, and recounts his stormy professional rivalries and associations in England, Europe, and the United States. Phillips-Matz also skillfully untangles the threads of the gifted artist's complex and contradictory character. She reveals a sophisticated composer who often drew upon exotic thematic material and an elegant cosmopolite who loved his several villas, expensive cars, boats, and fine clothes. Yet Puccini remained passionately wedded to the simple life of the Tuscan countryside of his youth.
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Published by Brand: Northeastern University Press, 2000
ISBN 10: 1555534643ISBN 13: 9781555534646
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Born to a Jewish father and black mother who divorce before she is two, Oreo grows up in Philadelphia with her maternal grandparents while her mother tours with a theatrical troupe. Soon after puberty, Oreo heads for New York with a pack on her back to search for her father; but in the big city she discovers that there are dozens of Sam Schwartzes in the phone book, and Oreo's mission turns into a wickedly humorous picaresque quest. The ambitious and playful narrative challenges accepted notions of race, ethnicity, culture, and even the novelistic form itself.
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Published by Brand: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1987
ISBN 10: 1555530168ISBN 13: 9781555530167
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Gathers letters written from Mahler to his critics, colleagues, family, and friends, and provides background information concerning each letter.
Published by Brand: Northeastern University Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1555535356ISBN 13: 9781555535353
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Northeastern University Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 1555533957ISBN 13: 9781555533953
Seller: Campbell Bookstore, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good.
Published by Brand: Northeastern University Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 155553600XISBN 13: 9781555536008
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1981
ISBN 10: 0930350146ISBN 13: 9780930350147
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1985
ISBN 10: 0930350693ISBN 13: 9780930350697
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1981
ISBN 10: 0930350200ISBN 13: 9780930350208
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Northeastern Univ Pr, 1982
ISBN 10: 0930350286ISBN 13: 9780930350284
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.