Author: Laura Lippman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061827363
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Join the world of New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan in the Shamus and Anthony Award-winning fourth book in the acclaimed series In Big Trouble Tess Monaghan has learned the hard way how to survive on the streets of Baltimore—first as a fearless investigative reporter and lately as a PI. But a new case is about to take her way out of her element. What begins with a tantalizing shard of a newspaper headline—"In Big Trouble"—above a photograph of an old boyfriend will end far away in another world, where people dress and talk differently . . . and rich people's games can have lethal consequences. Here where the sun is merciless—and curiosity can kill faster than a rattler's bite—Tess is going to have to confront her past and, hopefully, live to tell about it. For the answers she seeks about a man she thought she knew may be somehow linked to a murderer who two-steps to a very deadly drummer.
Author: J. Anthony Lukas
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439128103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 884
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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: Jack Trout
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9780471217176
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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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: 1613989660
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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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: 160886815X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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"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: Tara Bennett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1608868710
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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"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: Lisa Papademetriou
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9780761320227
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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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: Hilda Stahl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780891076582
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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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.
Author: John Carpenter
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
ISBN: 9781684150526
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Continuing the adventure of Big Trouble in Little China with Rifftrax’s Matthew J. Elliott YOU KNOW WHAT OL’ JACK BURTON SAYS AT A TIME LIKE THIS? Jack Burton from John Carpenter’s cult-hit film, Big Trouble in Little China returns with Big Trouble in Little England! Forced on an adventure for the lost Excalibur, Jack Burton, Wang Chi, and Gracie Law must traverse the mystical, topsy turvy underbelly of England. Hunted by the Wing Kong and the reanimated corpse of Lightning, they will discover that things are never as they seem. From writer Matthew J. Elliot (RiffTrax; Big Trouble in Mother Russia) comes Big Trouble in Little England, adding a new chapter to the travails of cult hero Jack Burton!
Author: Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9781663621481
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Languages : en
Pages :
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