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Before you invest in real estate, stop right now, and read this book. In a career that spans decades, Robert Barbera has seen it all. While working fulltime for others, Barbera leveraged his first 8-unit apartment building into an enterprise that grew to include 500 units. Not only did he quit his nine-to-five job and become his own boss, he created an enduring business for his family and a legacy of wealth. In How to Jump-Start Your Way t...

Sister Paula was educated and trained as a licensed social worker and then came to California to work for Holy Family Adoption Services when she was twenty-six. Here she found her true calling-helping young pregnant women in crisis, it was work that combined her spiritual belief in the sanctity of human life and her skills as a social worker. This book follows Sister Paula's trajectory as she helped launch the pro-life movement with pregnanc...

Nonconformist former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca exemplifies how one can overcome adversity through grit, faith, and education and offers hope for improved relations between law enforcement and disenfranchised communities. Sheriff Lee Baca explores the complicated history of law enforcement and race relations in Los Angeles-the Zoot Suit, Watts, and Rodney King riots-juxtaposed against the life and career of the four-time-elected sheriff. ...

A honeymoon though Italy filled with love and adventure where all the senses are awakened. Part love story, part travelogue, The Seven Senses of Italy follows American newlyweds Bobby and Lisa as they breathe in the sights, sounds, aromas, tastes, and textures of Italy. Unknowingly guided by Lisa's late grandmother-her nonna-who exemplifies past generations' intangible but indisputable gifts of intuition and common sense, the couple falls in...

Almost broken from the relentless pressure to perform, an anxious child prodigy struggles to break free and find her true calling. All Maria Agnesi wants to do is stay in her room and read books. But her father has other plans for his "little genius." Thrust into Milan's elite academic and social circles, the shy introvert performs dutifully for astonished audiences-at the expense of her own physical and emotional health. Having easily m...

The story of how a chance encounter with an Italian countess helped one man reach for the sky and bring us closer to the divine. Luck, talent, and hard work. Pietro Belluschi was blessed with all three-whether crossing paths with Ernest Hemingway or Ayn Rand, surviving World War I battlefields, or with the Ivy League scholarship that brought him to America. Belluschi's designs at an Oregon architectural firm garnered national attention. Wh...

His homeland invaded from all sides, 16th century admiral Andrea Doria defies mighty kingdoms and leads his people to defend their hard-won independence and freedom. Ever since Andrea Doria was a boy, the azure waters off Genoa's coast had beckoned. But times were as turbulent as the sea. The divided and vulnerable city-states of the Italian peninsula had become battlefields where powerful empires warred for control. Conquering Doria's homet...

Whether you think it's too late to plan for your golden years or too soon, this book is for you. Join five couples-all at different stages in their lives-on an investment seminar set on a Mississippi riverboat cruise. Financial gurus present in-depth "Reality Checks" of their assets, debts, and savings, providing straightforward examples easily applicable to your life no matter what your circumstances. In the context of national and globa...

L'esperienza del ruolo subalterno che spettava alla donna in una società interamente gestita da uomini, mi aveva convinto di non essere tagliata per fare la moglie".--Rita Levi-Montalcini A vent'anni, acquisita piena fiducia in se stessa e consapevole delle sue capacità, sapeva di poter aspirare a ruoli diversi per riuscire ad influire positivamente sulla vita degli altri. Riuscì a far prevalere le sue ragioni sulle aspettative tradizionali...

Too young to hear the drumbeat of a world preparing for war, little Federico daydreamed on the shores of Italy's Adriatic Sea. At night the boy soared over his provincial town, his head swimming with fantastical visions unconstrained by earthly boundaries and limitations. As he came of age, Federico Fellini found his soul in the heart of Rome. Through his work as a caricaturist and journalist he played a leading role in the city's avant-gar...

You say, the times are troublesome, the times are burdensome, the times are miserable. Live rightly and you will change the times. The times have never hurt anyone. Those who are hurt are human beings, those by whom they are hurt are also human beings. So, change human beings and the times will be changed."-St. Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 311, 8 Growing up on the northernmost edge of the African continent, young Augustine had never known a li...

The golden age of the Hollywood musical celebrated through the life of unsung hit-maker Harry Warren. Eliciting a swell of nostalgia, Harry Warren's jaunty melodies lift our spirits as much today as they did for Depression-era moviegoers. Navigating a business already known for its glamour, excess, and ruthless business practices, Warren quietly but resplendently helped create a new American art form. A self-taught musician, Warren was nom...

Friend, you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me, they can open for anyone."-Frank CapraCrossing the Atlantic Ocean was going to be the biggest adventure of Frank Capra's life, but the five-year-old Sicilian boy's dreams were soon hobbled by the cramped steamship's unsanitary conditions. Feverish and weak, Frank suffered the seemingly endless nightmare through rolling seas torn from his fami...