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Gangsters, Godfathers, hit men and dons. A trillion dollar mafia company business, where a man's code of honor and his word are everything.

Come step inside and learn the secret of the murder of East Coast mafia kingpin, Zing Rizzotto, and why the mob is searching for a black man.

Patrick White is given a special necklace and ring from a very powerful man. What does the ring mean, and why is he protected? Eventually, he becomes NICKEY TONY VALENTINE, one of Hollywood's richest and most famous international stars.

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Brilliant and Funny amazesmash!
simple brillant the star of the book take on the mob and hollywood. Nickey is a bright star on the rise cant wait to see the movie. ... Read more

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"Frontiers in Antimicrobial Resistance: A Tribute to Stuart B. Levy" offers a unique examination of the state of antimicrobial and anticancer drug resistance. Written by acknowledged experts who have spent time in Dr. Levy's laboratory or who have otherwise collaborated with him professionally, this new volume is a tribute to Dr. Levy and acknowledges his significant contributions to the field. This work: offers a unique scope of coverage, integrating the latest science with public education programs to use antimicrobials appropriately; provides comprehensive and detailed coverage of the most current research on antimicrobial resistance; presents contributions from acknowledged experts in the field; covers the most important clinical pathogens and the major drug classes; addresses an urgent medical crisis; and, recognizes Dr. Stuart B. Levy and his vital contributions to the field. ... Read more

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Publisher: Dublin : M.H. GillPublication date: 1893Subjects: Clare (Ireland) -- HistoryIreland -- HistoryNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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After producing four plays in quick succession, Patrick White focused on the novel for 14 years.He returned to the theatre in 1977.This collection includes fou of his later works: Big Toys, Signal Driver, Netherwood, and Shepherd on the Rocks. ... Read more

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How can we read literatures from other cultures? The metaphors of fractal geometry can help us think about the complexity of the cultural situation of a text or an author. Postcolonial Literature from Three Continents identifies four primary themes common to postcolonial texts-technology, memory, language, and geography-and examines them in relationship to four texts from Nigeria, the United States, and Australia so that we see both the colonized and colonizing positions of these works. The quartet of texts are Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard, H. D.’s Helen in Egypt, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, and Patrick White’s Voss. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on September 22, 1996. The length of the article is 673 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Patrick White. (book reviews)
Author: David Coad
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1996
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: v70Issue: n4Page: p1025(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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Portrait of the Artist
A chronicle of the life of Hurtle Duffield,a celebrated but controversial artist, from his birth into poverty,being sold by his parents to his mummas employers-Mrs Courtney sees him as a genius and is intoxicated by its allure as well as the handsome boy; his youth and unconventional love for his hideously deformed step sister Rhoda; his defining relationships with the prostitute Nancy Lightfoot,Hero,the wife of a Greek shipping magnate and the Lolita like prodigy Kathy and the stroke that leads to his final masterpiece. Throughout, Duffield opens up-vivisects- his subjects to try and find pure meaning and soul and wonders what 'God the vivisector' was trying to reveal in his own great work of art;the human being.
This is a huge body of work that-like all White's books-demands the time and concentration to read so you can reach its core.You cannot get away with reading 10 pages, leave it for a week, and hope to pick up the thread again, which is always why I wait until I have a clear week or so to engross myself in a Patrick White novel;the rewards are great.
Dedicated to the controversial Austrailian artist Sidney Nolan,White pursues his idea that it is the eccentrics, the outsiders,the artistic geniuses where human salvation and truth lie,whilst scorning the frippery of artistic patrons and their lack of insight. Rhoda reveals to him the huge role that suffering has in art and truth; maybe thats why in God's masterpiece we are doomed to suffer.
An intense work that underlines why I view White as a genuine nobel prize writer; if his standard was the level needed to win the prize, very few after 1973 would havewon it,and just as likely, as few before. ... Read more

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This is a collection of six short stories and a poem from Patrick D. Smith, the author of A Land Remembered, voted best Florida book for 7 years in a row. The short stories were written throughout Smith's writing career, going back as far as the 1960's. Reading them, you can see him developing the literary style for which he later became famous. They are a delightful trip back into the deep South. The poem was written when he was 16 years old.

Son Patrick Smith, Jr. (Rick) adds, "These stories of my father's go back a long way. I read some of them when I was a child. He was much younger than I am now when he wrote them. I remember the cat he wrote about in The Demise of Bester Boo Boo. We lived in Oxford, Mississippi then. That story was real. We really had that cat."

"I was thrilled to learn" he continues, "that Dad had kept all of these stories safely tucked away in file folders. I was honored when he said I could publish them. When I read them as a young boy, in my wildest dreams I could not have imagined that one day I would publish them."

Rick adds, "Re-reading these stories, I can see that even back when Dad was writing them, he was laying the foundation for his later literary work. The style is quintessential Patrick Smith. I'm sure he wrote them for the pure joy of writing; a writer has to write to hone his skills. He couldn't have known that one day he would author a beloved novel like A Land Remembered, write a book called Forever Island that would be printed in 46 countries, or have a novel like Angel City made into a movie. Back then he was working a day job in public relations, raising a family, and writing when he had the time and inspiration to do so. The honors and awards would come later."

It is Risk's privilege to bring these stories out of the file folders where they have been patiently waiting and make them available for you to enjoy.

You will love these stories.

• A White Deer

• Journey Into Karma

• Miss Jenny And the Minnows

• The Demise Of Bester Boo Boo

• A Pair Of Blue Shoes

• Fried Mullet And Grits

A White Deer And Other Stories is softbound, 104 pages, with chapter illustrations. ... Read more

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A White Deer
Have read all of Smiths books and can see from this how his style started. Like all of his work ... Read more