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Have You Ever Dreamed Of...

Making your own hours?
Owning a topless joint?
Flaunting the laws of the land for financial gain?
Motivating a gang of burly, brainless thugs to do your bidding?
Earning the respect you deserve--or better yet--sporting an undeniable aura of fear?

If You Answered Yes To Any Of The Questions Above, We're Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse!

Mob know-it-all and popular New York City radio jock Goumba Johnny gives you the lowdown on what it takes to be a wiseguy. And you don't even have to be Italian or live in a major urban area! Whether you're in Oatmeal, Nebraska, or Cheeseville, Wisconsin, starting your own Mafia family is a lot easier than you think. With this handy guide, Goumba Johnny shows you the finer points of bookmaking, loan-sharking, detecting wiretaps, corrupting politicians, finding the right mistress or mistresses, and not ending up in the trunk of a Lincoln Town Car.

You'll get the best tables in restaurants, quaff the finest wines and choice cuts of steak, and snooty headwaiters will grovel at your feet. Beautiful women who wouldn't give you a second look now will throw themselves at you, attracted by the brute power you radiate. You'll wear the finest silk suits money can buy, own Rolexes by the dozen, and sport obscenely expensive pinky rings and diamond money clips.

So You Wanna Be a Mobster is the ultimate self-help book--it will show you how to help yourself to other people's money!

For Academic Study Only.
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Analyzing Performance Problems gives you a step-by-step process for solving virtually any performance problem you face. Instead of guessing at solutions that won't work, you can save time, money, and frustration by finding the true cause of the problem and identifying the best and most economical way to solve it. You'll learn to:

- Identify the true causes of performance problems
- Determine if you can use "fast fixes" (solutions that are quick and easy)
- Identify realistic, economically feasible solutions.
Price: $19.50 [Notify me when price goes down.]

This how-to book teaches young, aspiring comic book artists how to achieve their dreams of success Phil Amara, an editor with Dark Horse comics, reveals to kids in a fun and informative style how to create their own superheroes and plots and how to get their work published. The book has contributions from Mark Schultz, Bruce Timm and Humberto Rambos and profiles ten famous comic's creators including Neal Adams and Will Eisner. Uniquely, SO, YOU WANNA BE A COMIC BOOK ARTIST, also, examines 20 kids who have achieved real success with their work, sending the message that if children believe in themselves, anything can happen..
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After years of working day jobs and making music in his basement, Jacob Slichter wondered if his dreams of rock stardom were a vain illusion Then he was recruited by two of his successful musician friends to form a band that became Semisonic. Who could forget the smash single “Closing Time,” a runaway hit in 1998 that thrust Jake and his bandmates into the international spotlight and helped them sell over two million albums worldwide? But along the road to fame and success came bewilderment and personal chaos: How will we ever get a record deal? Which record company is the best? The worst? Do I really have to wear these ridiculous boots? Why isn’t radio playing our song? What if I have a panic attack right here on stage? What should I write on this fan’s CD? Am I famous? Why isn’t the video director getting more shots of me? Did I say the wrong thing during that interview? Help!

So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star is a telling and witty look at what happens just before and during one's time in the spotlight. Jake takes readers on a step-by-step journey of his evolution from fledgling drummer to globetrotting performer and proves to be the perfect guide—feisty and humbled—to the inner workings of the music industry and instant celebrity. So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star speaks to all of us who dream again and again of rock superstardom and shows how one kid can go from picking up a pair of drumsticks to picking up a platinum record..
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Any woman can be a sexy bitch — tiny or tall, fat or thin, dazzlingly beautiful or ordinary And she doesn't need to strut atop 5-inch spiked heels to entrance men with her sexuality A Sexy Bitch isn't born, she makes herself with one thing: her attitude

Teaching techniques that really work — from seductive flirting, clever kissing, and frolicking foreplay to hot sex positions, talking dirty, and playing dress-up — So You Wanna Be a Sexy Bitch is a road map to raising a woman's self image in the area of life where it matters most: sex. As her sexual confidence grows, she will project her newfound sexy bitch attitude to the world, where men will predictably respond with uncontrollable desire..
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Set sail for high-seas hijinks and nautical nonsense with those paragons of Pirattitude who invented the famous International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Whether readers are old hands at pirating or hopeless landlubbers, the Pirate Guys will have them pirate-savvy in no time with sure-fire pirate pickup lines for any occasion, tips on how to make their pirate party a buccaneer ball that even Martha Stewart would be proud of, and help determining their true pirate monicker.
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Sixty of the best songs of the rock era, all chosen from Rolling Stone®,/i> magazine's ""500 Greatest Songs of All Time."" The book covers 60 classic songs spanning the 1970s to the 1990s, all arranged for Piano/Vocal/Chords.

Songs: Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
* Beat It
* Billie Jean
* Bitter Sweet Symphony
* Bizarre Love Triangle
* Black Dog.
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A raw, edgy, emotional novel about growing up punk and living to tell.

The Clash. Social Distortion Dead Kennedys Patti Smith. The Ramones

Punk rock is in Emily Black's blood. Her mother, Louisa, hit the road to follow the incendiary music scene when Emily was four months old and never came back. Now Emily's all grown up with a punk band of her own, determined to find the tune that will bring her mother home. Because if Louisa really is following the music, shouldn't it lead her right back to Emily?.
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A wild ride inside the glowing head of Dennis Rodman--the NBA's greatest rebounder and America's most outspoken and outrageous athlete.



When Sports Illustrated put the man they call "America's most provocative athlete" on their cover, they sold more copies than any other issue they had sold in a decade (except the swimsuit issue). Why? Because Dennis Rodman, superstar basketball player who joined the Chicago Bulls for the 1996 season, has more in common with Mick Jagger than with his new teammate Michael Jordan. With his body-covering tattoos and ever-changing fluorescent hair, Rodman's sideline antics and celebrated benchings have captivated sports fans as much as his record-breaking on-court performances and earned him a reputation as a rebel with the same penchant for shocking behavior as his on-again off-again squeeze, Madonna. In Bad as I Wanna Be he shares his surprising and candid opinions on everything from fame, money, and race relations, to sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll--and he'll talk about his life, from going to prison for stealing watches to his daughter, the light of his life.



At a time when most celebrities and professional athletes try to control their public personas like politicians and refrain from expressing their true beliefs, Dennis Rodman is a refreshingly unique, uncompromising individual who both transcends his world and refuses to conform to it. Bad as I Wanna Be is as candid, intriguing, and unforgettable as he is..
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SO, YOU WANNA BE A WRITER? is a how-to book that teaches young, aspiring authors how to achieve their dreams. In this follow-up book to the popular SO, YOU WANNA BE A ROCK STAR? Hambleton and Greenwood reveal to kids, in a fun and informative style, how to practice and improve their writing, get published, and maybe even become famous! The book also contains both practical advice and insights from real kid authors. Writer wannabes will learn: * how to begin a career in writing * exploring different areas of writing: poetry, journalism, fiction, or nonfiction * where to find inspiration for your stories * how to approach publishers and get your writing published * a current and thorough list of magazines, web-sites, and book publishers looking for new authors * creative ideas for improving your writing SO, YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER? also profiles 20 real kid authors who are out there accomplishing their dreams by writing and getting attention for their work. By highlighting the real-life publishing successes of everyday kids, the book sends the message that if the kids of today believe in themselves, anything can happen!.
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