- Author : Guy Lawson
- Publsiher : Simon and Schuster
- Release : 26 July 2016
- ISBN : 1501154192
- Pages : 352 pages
- Rating : 3/5 from 7 ratings
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Previously published as Arms and the dudes.
War Dogs
- Author : Guy Lawson
- Publisher : Simon and Schuster
- Release : 26 July 2016
Previously published as Arms and the dudes.
War Dogs
- Author : Guy Lawson
- Publisher : Simon and Schuster
- Release : 09 June 2015
Soon to be a major motion picture from the director of The Hangover starring Jonah Hill, the page-turning, behind-closed-doors account of how three kids from Florida became big-time weapons traders for the government and how the Pentagon later turned on them. In January of 2007, three young stoners from Miami Beach were put in charge of a $300 million Department of Defense contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistan military. Instead of fulfilling the order with high-quality arms, Efraim Diveroli, David Packouz,
War Dogs
- Author : Guy Lawson
- Publisher : Penguin UK
- Release : 01 September 2016
In January 2007, three young stoners from Miami Beach won a $300 million US Government contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistan military. Instead of fulfilling the order with high-quality arms, they bought cheap Communist-style surplus ammo from Balkan gunrunners. The dudes then secretly repackaged millions of rounds of shoddy Chinese ammunition and shipped it to Kabul - until they were caught by Pentagon investigators. That's the 'official' story. The truth is far more explosive. Originally published as 'The Arms and the
The Brotherhoods
- Author : Guy Lawson,William Oldham
- Publisher : Simon and Schuster
- Release : 28 August 2007
An insider account of the alleged criminal activities of two NYPD detectives contends that they worked for the mafia through a sophisticated network of hierarchies and conduct codes that brought about the torture and murders of numerous federal agents and fellow officers. Reprint.
Arms and the Man
- Author : George Bernard Shaw
- Publisher : Anonim
- Release : 22 January 2020
Arms and the Man was George Bernard Shaw's first commercially successful play. It is a comedy about idealized love versus true love. A young Serbian woman idealizes her war-hero fiance and thinks the Swiss soldier who begs her to hide him a terrible coward. After the war she reverses her opinions, though the tangle of relationships must be resolved before her ex-soldier can conclude the last of everyone's problems with Swiss exactitude.The play premiered to an enthusiastic reception. Only
Wild and Crazy Guys
- Author : Nick de Semlyen
- Publisher : Crown
- Release : 28 May 2019
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Eddie Murphy—and the beloved films that made them stars, including Animal House, Caddyshack, and Ghostbusters NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEW YORK “An enjoyable romp that vividly captures the manic ups and downs of the remarkable group of funny folk who gave us a golden age of small and big screen
Dude, You're a Fag
- Author : C. J. Pascoe
- Publisher : Univ of California Press
- Release : 01 November 2011
High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are brilliantly explored in this smart, incisive ethnography. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, Dude, You're a Fag sheds new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. C. J. Pascoe's unorthodox approach analyzes masculinity as not only a gendered process but also a sexual one. She demonstrates how the "specter of the fag"
Octopus
- Author : Guy Lawson
- Publisher : Crown
- Release : 10 July 2012
Octopus is a real-life thriller that tells the inside story of an audacious hedge fund fraud and the wild search, by a colorful cast of rogues and schemers, for a “secret market” beneath the financial market we all know. Sam Israel was a man who seemed to have it all – until the hedge fund he ran, Bayou, imploded and he became the target of a nationwide manhunt. Born into one of America’s most illustrious trading families, Israel was determined
The Outsiders
- Author : S. E. Hinton
- Publisher : Pearson UK
- Release : 22 May 2022
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Alpha
- Author : David Philipps
- Publisher : Crown
- Release : 24 August 2021
An epic account of the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon, the startling accusations against their chief, Eddie Gallagher, and the courtroom battle that exposed the dark underbelly of America’s special forces—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter “Meticulously assembled and brilliantly written . . . [a] remarkable and engrossing book.”—The New York Times By official accounts, the Navy SEALs of Alpha platoon returned as heroes after their 2017 deployment to Mosul, following a vicious, bloody, and successful campaign to drive ISIS from
The Illustrated Man
- Author : Ray Bradbury
- Publisher : Simon and Schuster
- Release : 17 April 2012
Eighteen science fiction stories deal with love, madness, and death on Mars, Venus, and in space.
Dying of Whiteness
- Author : Jonathan M. Metzl
- Publisher : Basic Books
- Release : 05 March 2019
A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences -- even for the white voters they promise to help Named one of the most anticipated books of 2019 by Esquire and the Boston Globe In the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to politicians who pledge to make their lives great again. But as Dying of Whiteness shows, the policies that result actually place white Americans at ever-greater risk of sickness and death. Physician
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
- Author : Mackenzi Lee
- Publisher : HarperCollins
- Release : 27 June 2017
A Kirkus Prize nominee and Stonewall Honor winner with 5 starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller! Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library! "The queer teen historical you didn’t know was missing from your life.”—Teen Vogue "A stunning powerhouse of a story."—School Library Journal "A gleeful romp through history."—ALA Booklist A young bisexual British lord embarks on an unforgettable Grand Tour of Europe with his best friend/secret
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Why Does He Do That?
- Author : Lundy Bancroft
- Publisher : Penguin
- Release : 22 May 2022
A leading authority on abusive relationships offers women detailed guidelines on how to improve and survive an abusive relationship, discussing various types of abusive men, analyzing societal myths surrounding abuse, and answers questions about the warning signs of abuse, how to identify abusive behavior, how to know if one is in danger, and more. Reprint.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- Author : Mitch Albom
- Publisher : Hachette Books
- Release : 01 April 2007
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you
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