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Cab Driver
Published in Paperback by Infinity Publishing.com (10 October, 2002)
Author: Robert Joseph Bigos
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An Interesting Read
A friend of mine is a big fan of the author and he turned me on to Cab Driver. I reluctantly bought it, and read it on the way to a business meeting in Chicago last month. Let me tell you, this guy is out of his mind brilliant! The book details the life of Robert Joseph Bigos, a white trash hick growing up in the ghetto projects of New York City. His father was a radical Jewish Islamic supporter who was killed in a mugging at Madison Sqaure Garden. His mother was a women with one arm who struggled to work as a waitress in an NYC diner. Bigos lashes out at the world and insults everything from Doctors (Bigos believes he has found the cure for cancer but every doctor he talks to has never heard of it and gets in an arguement with him), to teenagers, even the Pope! Bigos motto "everyone is wrong...except me". He talks about how in 10 years the USA will be no more than a Nazi totalitarian state, and that the only good musician these days are the Dixie Chicks. This individual is clearly disturbed, but the book makes for a great read. Let me tell you...you do not want to get in this guy's cab!


The Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Passage of the Law That Ended Racial Segregation (Suny Series in Afro-American Studies)
Published in Hardcover by State Univ of New York Pr (June, 1997)
Authors: Robert D. Loevy, John G. Stewart, and Joseph L. Rauh Jr
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Amazing
This book was amazing and gave a lot of perpective in many people's lives.


The File on Robert Siodmak in Hollywood: 1941-1951
Published in Paperback by Dissertation.com (01 December, 1999)
Author: Joseph Greco
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A Master of Film Noir
This is a dissertation published as a book. It should be of interest to readers interested in film noir, as it has very detailed discussions of "The Killers" (1946) and "Criss Cross" (1949) as well as Siodmak's other Hollywood films noir.

The book only examines Siodmak's films. The title, a play on "The File on Thelma Jordan," the last of Siodmak's American films noir, sets up false expectations that the book will deal with Siodmak's private life, perhaps politics in that era of WWII and HUAC, but this is not the case. Still, the films get wonderful coverage, and this book should fight the tendency in recent years to overlook Siodmak's contribution to film noir.


Final Authority
Published in Paperback by 1stBooks Library (June, 2002)
Authors: Robert J. Dobransky and Joseph S. Dobransky
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Excellent Read
This book is an excellent drama. It is technically accurate and is a very realisitc scenario. You will not put it down until you are done reading it.


Firearms Assembly: The Nra Guide to Pistols and Revolvers
Published in Paperback by National Rifle Association (01 June, 1993)
Author: Joseph Boxley Roberts
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A Firearms library "must-have" book.
If one owns, collects, or works with firearms one needs to be able to take them apart and put them back together. A surprising large number of handguns, rifles, and shotguns can be found within the covers of this NRA publication. The book includes exploded views which show precisely how parts fit together, and some basic instruction on disassembly/reassembly. Despite the amazing amounts of negative publicity NRA gets in the news media, this is what they do best, provide unquestionable authority on firearms. If you need step by step instructions complete with photos you would be better served by the multi-part Gun Digest series on Firearms Assembly/Disassembly by J.B.Wood. But as outstanding and helpful as those books are, they simply can't cover the sheer number and variety of guns that you will find within the pages of this book from NRA. After all, they've been covering this topic in-depth for a long time. It shows.


Fish Hatchery Management
Published in Paperback by American Fisheries Society (June, 1983)
Authors: Robert G. Piper, Joseph P. McCraren, and Ivan B. McElwain
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Wonderful book for anyone running a professional hatchery
This book is aimed more for hatcheries that are raising Trout, Salmon, Catfish and other food fishes. However, there is so much information in this book that even ornamental fish hatcheries will find an incredible amount of useful information. The chapters on Fish Nutrition are especially helpful.


Handbook of Package Engineering, Third Edition
Published in Hardcover by CRC Press (23 April, 1998)
Authors: Joseph F. Hanlon, Hallie E. Forcinio, and Robert J. Kelsey
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VERY COMPLETE BOOK,INCLUDING TRANSFORMATION AND PACKAGES
THIS BOOK HAS A VERY COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSFORMATION PROCESS AND A GOOD DESIGN LITERATURA ABOUT EACH TYPE OF PACKAGE.


Infomaniacs
Published in Paperback by Sierra (November, 1990)
Authors: Robert Vass and Joseph Casciato
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Humorous perspective of corporate communication
This book was a funny and refreshing look at the way corporate America communicates. The authors have set the book up as an alphabetical listing of issues in the workplace from the perspective of their main characters: the Infomaniacs. Although it takes a humorous perspective, it is an accurate portrayal of the real world


Joseph Conrad, Sources and Traditions
Published in Hardcover by Weir Pr (July, 1995)
Author: Robert Wilson
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Joseph Conrad, Sources and Traditions
It is a good book if you are dooing research on any of Conrad's books. Even if you are not but you like Conrads book this is a fun tool to use to see his point of view.


Joseph Thomson and the Exploration of Africa
Published in Textbook Binding by Oxford University Press (January, 1971)
Author: Robert I. Rotberg
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Joseph Thomson
Of all the great Victorian era African explorers, Thomson is probably the least feted considering his immense capacity for travel and endeavour. Paradoxical perhaps, as the gazelle most often predated on in literally thousands of wildlife documentaries featuring the central African plain bears his name. It is however unlikely, as this book readily demonstrates, that fame and fortune formed the basis of his motivations. He had a voracious appetite for the new and appears to have simply enjoyed the company of others and the pure excitement of seeking them out. He is feted in circles that know him as being a compassionate man, and one of the few of the traditional African explorers who actually respected those that he met on his many trips - he never fired a shot in anger, or as more often was the case, in contempt.

Rotberg's book is a meticulously researched biopic. His attention to detail and evident respect for his subject shine through the text and can't fail to infect the reader with an enthusiam for finding out more about this remarkable man.


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