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Free Worldwide Delivery : London Match : Paperback : Harper ... Read more

Free Worldwide Delivery : London Match : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780586066355 : 0586066357 : 24 Jul 1995 : Long-awaited reissue of the final part of the classic spy trilogy, GAME, SET and MATCH, when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world. Minimize

Len Small was governor of Illinois during most of the 1920s ... Read more

Len Small was governor of Illinois during most of the 1920s. Almost all of Al Capone's career in Chicago happened at the same time, and there definitely was a tie between the governor and the gangster. In his second term as state treasurer from 1917 to 1919, Small embezzled more than a million dollars in a money-laundering scheme by depositing state money in a bank that did not exist! After becoming governor in 1921, Small was indicted for the embezzlement. He had his lawyers argue in court that as governor, he was above the law, citing the Divine Right of Kings. Their argument was, The King Can Do No Wrong. Small ran from the sheriff to avoid arrest, threatening to call out the National Guard to keep the sheriff away at the point of a bayonet. When he went to trial, jurors were bribed and intimidated by Al Capone's gangsters. Small was acquitted. Most of the jurors soon got state jobs. Another grand jury looked into jury tampering charges. Two gangsters who had bribed the jurors were granted immunity but still refused to testify. They were jailed for contempt of court -- and Governor Small quickly pardoned them. And even though a jury acquitted him in his criminal trial, a civil lawsuit brought by the state resulted in the Illinois Supreme Court forcing Governor Small to repay the state $650,000 of the money he stole. Governor Small sold thousands of pardons and paroles, including pardons to gangsters, murderers, white slavers and even cop killers. Some were sold by Len Small and his emissaries to Al Capone and to other mobsters. Some of the more notorious gangsters who bought their way out of prison were Harry Guzik, Fur Sammons and Bugs Moran. Small's administration operated a pardon mill where thousands of convicts could buy their way out of prison. When Small became governor, he wrecked the civil service system and brought back the spoils system, giving jobs based on politics rather than merit. He changed the utilities commission for the same political reasons. He tried to change the tax commission so that he could trades bribes for lower tax assessments. Small thwarted attempts at impeachment, and in one instance, he successfully had his Republican majority ram through a bill that exempted the present governor from the constitutional quo warranto provision for removal from office. If that wasn't enough, Len Small was a favorite of the Ku Klux Klan, which endorsed his campaigns in 1924, 1928 and 1932. Governor Small failed to send National Guard troops to prevent the Herrin Massacre in 1922 because he was too busy bribing his jury. When he left office in 1929, he stole the silverware and other valuables from the governor's mansion. The research for this book settles some debate and corrects some myths which have been accepted since the 1920s. For example, it has been accepted that the attorney general obtained an indictment against Small as revenge because the governor cut his budget. This is false. In fact, the opposite is true. Small cut the attorney general's budget to cut off funds for an investigation that was under way. The questions and myths surrounding the phony Grant Park Bank and the Good Roads Governor are addressed. The book also includes a chapter about George Ryan, another crooked governor from Kankakee whose corruption was massive. INDEX includes Alpiner, Altiere, Armour, Bauer, Birger, Blagojevich, Boyle, Browne, Brundage, Capone, Carlstrom, Cermak, Chicago SunTimes, Chicago Tribune, Crowe, Curtis, Daley, Deneen, Emmerson, Esposito, Faherty, Fink, Giancana, Granady, Grant Park, Guzik, Herrin, Hochstein, Jenkins, Kankakee, Kass, Kennedy, Kerner, Ku Klux Klan, Lorimer, Lowden, Lundin, McBroom, McCormick, McErlane, Messlein, Miller, Ness, Newmark, Nitti, OBanion, ODonnell, Potz, Ryan, Sammons, Serritella, Smith, Sterling, Stevens, Thompson, Torrio, Weiss, Wilkerson and more. Minimize

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Free Worldwide Delivery : Mexico Set : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780586058213 : 0586058214 : 31 Oct 1985 : Long-awaited reissue of the second part of the classic spy trilogy, GAME, SET and MATCH, when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world. Minimize

Featuring lush reproductions of the landscapes of American ... Read more

Featuring lush reproductions of the landscapes of American artist Len Chmiel, this book depicts four decades of the artist's melodic, evocative, and often abstracted depictions of the land. Amy Scott contributes a fine essay discussing Chmiel's formative years as an illustrator in Los Angeles through his subsequent move to Colorado, where he turned from illustration and dove into fine art exclusively. Minimize

Free Worldwide Delivery : Hope : Paperback : HarperCollins ... Read more

Free Worldwide Delivery : Hope : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780007395750 : 0007395752 : 09 Jun 2011 : Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the second novel in the classic spy trilogy, FAITH, HOPE and CHARITY Minimize

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Free Worldwide Delivery : Bomber : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780586045442 : 0586045449 : 01 Jul 1978 : The classic novel of the Second World War that relates in devastating detail the 24-hour story of an allied bombing raid. Minimize

Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard ... Read more

Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head..... Minimize

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Free Worldwide Delivery : Spy Hook : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780586068960 : 0586068961 : 28 Sep 1989 : The long-awaited reissue of the first part of the classic spy trilogy, HOOK, LINE and SINKER, when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world. Minimize

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Free Worldwide Delivery : Spy Line : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780586068984 : 0586068988 : 13 Sep 1990 : The long-awaited reissue of the second part of the classic spy trilogy, HOOK, LINE and SINKER, when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world. Minimize

Set at a small, affluent liberal-arts college in New Englan ... Read more

Set at a small, affluent liberal-arts college in New England at the height of the Reagan eighties, The Rules of Attraction is a startlingly funny, kaleidoscopic novel about three students with no plans for the future—or even the present—who become entangled in a curious romantic triangle. Bret Easton Ellis trains his incisive gaze on the kids at self-consciously bohemian Camden College and treats their sexual posturing and agonies with a mixture of acrid hilarity and compassion while exposing the moral vacuum at the center of their lives. Lauren changes boyfriends every time she changes majors and still pines for Victor, who split for Europe months ago, and she might or might not be writing anonymous love letters to ambivalent, hard-drinking Sean, a hopeless romantic who only has eyes for Lauren, even if he ends up in bed with half the campus and with Paul, Lauren’s ex, who is forthrightly bisexual and whose passion masks a shrewd pragmatism. They waste time getting wasted and race from Thirsty Thursday Happy Hours to Dressed to Get Screwed parties to drinks at the End of the World. The Rules of Attraction is a poignant, hilarious take on the death of romance. Minimize

A string of murders committed with a long-range rifle has b ... Read more

A string of murders committed with a long-range rifle has brought Jack Stillman to Tenbow Valley. Taking on the guise of a gambler, he lines up suspects and starts prying open their secrets.... Minimize

Become an utterly irresistible storyteller using this pract ... Read more

Become an utterly irresistible storyteller using this practical guide that includes stories that will introduce young readers to different cultures, races, family situations, and human values. There's a telling guide (voices to use, pauses, when to ask questions) and a "teaching guide" to help you expand stories into discussion-based lessons, along with an overview of techniques and props. Minimize

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Free Worldwide Delivery : SS-GB : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780586050026 : 0586050027 : 02 Oct 1979 Minimize

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Free Worldwide Delivery : Berlin Game : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780586058206 : 0586058206 : 01 Nov 1984 : Long-awaited reissue of the first part of the classic spy trilogy, GAME, SET and MATCH, when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world. Minimize

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Free Worldwide Delivery : Spy Sinker : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780586068991 : 0586068996 : 04 Jul 1991 : The long-awaited reissue of the final part of the classic spy trilogy, HOOK, LINE and SINKER, when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world. Minimize

News of the sudden death of his childhood friend compels Jo ... Read more

News of the sudden death of his childhood friend compels Jono Riley, an aging bartender and part-time actor, to return for a few days to the place where he grew up.... Minimize

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Free Worldwide Delivery : Funeral in Berlin : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780586045800 : 0586045805 : 31 Aug 1978 : A ferociously cool Cold War thriller from the author of The Ipcress File. Minimize

You wouldn't expect a very public murder in a very pri ... Read more

You wouldn't expect a very public murder in a very private chess club. But that's what happens when someone stirs up an arsenic cocktail for one of the members.... Minimize

Cole Collier was a man of God until he realized he was leth ... Read more

Cole Collier was a man of God until he realized he was lethal with a gun. Now a ranch cook, Cole's peaceful existence is threatened when his employer introduces a new breed of cattle.... Minimize

The Dunnes have set off on a 10-day boat trip, a trip that ... Read more

The Dunnes have set off on a 10-day boat trip, a trip that hopefully will bring them closer together. But just when things start to take a turn for the better, disaster strikes.... Minimize

Redmond Hatch takes his family on vacation to the secluded ... Read more

Redmond Hatch takes his family on vacation to the secluded mountains where he grew up, only to have his life shattered by a disastrous chain of events that quickly spirals out of control.... Minimize

Free Worldwide Delivery : Action Cook Book : Hardback : Har ... Read more

Free Worldwide Delivery : Action Cook Book : Hardback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9780007305872 : 0007305877 : 14 May 2009 : 'I am going to cook you the best meal you have ever tasted in your life!' Harry Palmer to Sue Lloyd in 'The Ipcress Files' 'Len was a great cook, a smashing cook. I learned a lot about food from playing Harry Palmer' Michael Caine Minimize

Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely d ... Read more

Landmark, groundbreaking, classic—these adjectives barely describe the earthshaking and long-lasting effects of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique. This is the book that defined "the problem that has no name," that launched the Second Wave of the feminist movement, and has been awakening women and men with its insights into social relations, which still remain fresh, ever since. A new introduction by the bestselling author Anna Quindlen traces the book in her own story and how it was prescient on consumer culture as well as domestic issues. “Betty Friedan has been and remains a bridge between conservative and radical elements in feminism, an ardent advocate of harmony and human values.”—Marilyn French, Esquire “One of those rare books we are endowed with only once in several decades, a volume that launched a major social movement. …Betty Friedan is a liberator of women and men."—Amitai Etzioni, author of The Spirit of Community: The Reinvention of American Society Minimize

When Sydney, Raven, and Kelly all get dumped on the same ni ... Read more

When Sydney, Raven, and Kelly all get dumped on the same night, Alexia - who's never had a serious boyfriend - is happy to have her three BFFs back.... Minimize

Ed Gorman thrills listeners with his authentic books set in ... Read more

Ed Gorman thrills listeners with his authentic books set in the Old West. After citizens of Pine City lynch a man for murdering Marshal Ben Tully's wife, Tully is grudgingly content.... Minimize

A companion to the author's bestselling biography of Len Ly ... Read more

A companion to the author's bestselling biography of Len Lye, this compelling volume shifts the focus from Lye's life to his art practice and innovative aesthetic theories about "the art of motion," which continue to be relevant today. Going beyond a general introduction to Lye and his artistic importance, this in-depth book offers a detailed study of his aesthetics of motion, analyzing how these theories were embodied in his sculptures and films. Thoroughly researched and fully illustrated, this unique set also includes a DVD featuring Lye's films, kinetic sculptures, and interviews with the artist himself. Minimize