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Der ehemalige Profi-Rennfahrer Peter (Thomas Jane) arbeitet mittlerweile als Fahrschullehrer, um seine Rechnungen zu zahlen. Als sein Schüler, der Kriminelle Simon (John Cusack), während einer Fahrstunde eine Bank ausraubt, wird Peter ungewollt zum Fluchtwagenfahrer und Komplizen. Das ungleiche Team muss nun gemeinsam vor der Polizei, dem F.B.I und einer Horde Gangster fliehen, die ebenfalls hinter der 9 Millionen-Dollar-Beute hinterher sind. ...

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Rarely do we read about the roles of food in history. Yet its study offers us a humanizing look at those who lived before us. This unique book examines food's importance during the massive evolution of Europe following the Middle Ages. Included are many period recipes, never before available in English, along with evocative illustrations and a timeline.

This volume represents a systematic inquiry into various regional and special aspects of Soviet foreign economic policy, particularly Soviet efforts in the underdeveloped countries.

Irving Fisher was one of the greatest and certainly one of the most colorful American economists. Widely acknowledged as the chief architect of modern neoclassical economics, he was a writer and teacher of prodigious scope and output whose business career included the earning of a fortune from the invention of a card index system, and its subsequent loss in the Great Crash. He was also an active campaigner for numerous causes, including world ...

Beginning with the earliest documented instance of homophobia in the teachings of Pythagoras (who was surrounded by mystery even in ancient times), the author examines its proliferation through various disciplines, citing sources from political history, anthropology, religion, and psychology as well as the analysis of ancient texts. Through extensive historical research, he follows the concept from Greece to Macedonia and finally to Rome, exam...

The authors of "The One Minute Millionaire" get more specific about making money fast in this new work. Showcasing real-life stories of men and women who have capitalized on their own million-dollar ideas, this book is the ultimate tool for unleashing the inner entrepreneur.

Based on official reports and personal accounts, this is a day-by-day history of the First Battalion, 28th Marines, on Iwo Jima. Each chapter presents an overview of that day's combat and other relevant events, and also contains the text of that day's official regimental and battalion narratives. The text is complemented by a chronology and transcribed muster rolls for February and March 1945.

From "Ma Perkins” and "One Man's Family” in the 1930s to "All My Children” in the 1980s, the soap opera has captured the imagination of millions of Americans of all ages. In this volume, Robert Allen undertakes a reexamination of the production and consumption of soap operas through the use of a unique investigatory model based on contemporary poetics and reader-response theory.

Robert Allen's compelling book examines burlesque not only as popular entertainment but also as a complex and transforming cultural phenomenon. When Lydia Thompson and her controversial female troupe of "British Blondes" brought modern burlesque to the United States in 1868, the result was electric. Their impertinent humor, streetwise manner, and provocative parodies of masculinity brought them enormous popular success--and the condemnation of...

Themes of memory, myth, and the uneasy duo of body and mind fill the two long poems in this volume, "Sonnets from Jimmie Walker Swamp" and the conclusion to the ongoing poem "The Encantadas.

In this age of rapid communication, we all need to write fluent and accurate English, but getting it right can seem daunting. This reasurring guide explains how you can increase your word power and make your language work for you. It tells you how to choose the right style for audience, avoid hackneyed expression and find ways of brightening up your writing.

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Other Published Poetry Books by LeRoy Robert Allen "ALOHA" Fat Man Says...Poems "ALOHA" Hong Kong Nights "ALOHA" Philosophy One-O-None "ALOHA" Fat Man Says...Collection "ALOHA" Another World "69 Poems" Selected Smiles and Cries Picture Color Poetry Books "ALOHA" Open The Door...Poems "ALOHA" Silk And Lace The author's poems relate to the true life of our human condition, together with dreams and fantasies of "Love Loving Love" will make readin...

Other Published Poetry Books by LeRoy Robert Allen "ALOHA" Fat Man Says...Poems "ALOHA" Hong Kong Nights "ALOHA" Philosophy One-O-None "ALOHA" Fat Man Says...Collection "ALOHA" Another World "69 Poems" Selected Smiles and Cries Picture Color Poetry Books "ALOHA" Open The Door...Poems "ALOHA" Silk And Lace The author's poems relate to the true life of our human condition, together with dreams and fantasies of "Love Loving Love" will make readin...

This book contains a long-overdue treatment of the marine fish fauna of the region extending from the central Gulf of California, southward to Ecuador, including the offshore Revillagigedos, Cocos, and Galapagos island groups.

In questo libro Robert G. Alien, voce autorevole quando si tratta di finanza e guadagni, spiega come fare a creare un flusso costante di denaro. Alien ha analizzato centinaia di possibilità di guadagno e ha ristretto il campo alle dieci migliori fonti di denaro alla porta di tutti, strutturando il testo sotto forma di guida pratica per: andare in pensione ricchi mettendo da parte un euro al giorno, guadagnare un milione di euro, scoprire metod...

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