?Gripping courtroom drama and social commentary . . . the story flows well . . . [the author is] masterful in building suspense.??Kirkus ReviewsSet in 1920s New York, an addictively readable, thoroughly entertaining historical novel involving sex and secrets, race and redemption, and power and privilege?based on a sensational real-life case that made international headlines?in which the marriage between a working-class black woman and the scio...
Set in 1920s New York, an addictively readable, thoroughly entertaining historical novel involving sex and secrets, race and redemption, and power and privilege?based on a sensational real-life case that made international headlines?in which the marriage between a working-class black woman and the scion of one of America's most powerful white families ends in a scandalous annulment lawsuit.When Alice Jones, a blue-color woman with at least one...
Goodfellas meets Savages meets Catch Me If You Can in this true tale of high-stakes smuggling from pot's outlaw years.Richard Stratton was the unlikeliest of kingpins. A clean-cut kid from an old New England family who entered outlaw culture on a trip to Mexico, he saw his search for a joint morph into a thrill-filled dope run smuggling two kilos across the border in his car door.He became a member of the Hippie Mafia, traveling the world to k...
A 1998 Sundance Film Festival winner, "Slam"--set in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City and in the infamous Washington, D.C., city jail--presents a gritty, inspiring portrait of urban poverty and the redemptive power of art. The book includes the full screenplay, poetry from the film, behind-the-scenes diaries, and more.
Goodfellas meets Savages meets Catch Me If You Can in this true tale of high-stakes smuggling from pot's outlaw years. Richard Stratton was the unlikeliest of kingpins. A clean-cut Wellesley boy who entered outlaw culture on a trip to Mexico, he saw his search for a joint morph into a thrill-filled dope run, smuggling two kilos across the border in his car door. He became a member of the Hippie Mafia, traveling the world to keep America high, ...
Con un lenguaje sencillo y ameno, y profusamente ilustrado con extraordinarias fotografías, ayuda a los propietarios de un acuario con cíclidos a reconocerlos y cuidarlos. Es de destacar el innovador tratamiento fotográfico IRIS-FINISH que confiere la máxima atracción visual y que complementa perfectamente unos textos útiles y prácticos.
