The Sting Man

Author : Robert W. Greene
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 0143125273
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sting Man written by Robert W. Greene and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story behind the film AMERICAN HUSTLE The Sting Man is the amazing inside story of Mel Weinberg, one of the most fascinating fast-buck operators to ever live, and the incredible scandals he masterminded. Hustling his way from the streets of the Bronx to hawking bogus businesses around the world, Weinberg netted millions and famously dreamed up Abscam—the infamous FBI-run sting operation of the late 1970’s that would bag seven congressmen and one U.S. senator.

Author : Robert W. Greene
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698144449
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sting Man written by Robert W. Greene and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story behind the film AMERICAN HUSTLE The Sting Man is the amazing inside story of Mel Weinberg, one of the most fascinating fast-buck operators to ever live, and the incredible scandals he masterminded. Hustling his way from the streets of the Bronx to hawking bogus businesses around the world, Weinberg netted millions and famously dreamed up Abscam—the infamous FBI-run sting operation of the late 1970’s that would bag seven congressmen and one U.S. senator.

Author : Robert William Greene
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 : 9780241970478
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sting Man written by Robert William Greene and published by Viking. This book was released on 2013 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a Bronx hustler nearly bring down the US government? The Sting Man tells the inside story of Mel Weinberg. From hustling on the streets of the Bronx to selling bogus businesses and sham investments around the world, Weinberg netted millions of dollars. So legendary were his skills that in the late 1970s he was recruited by the FBI to combat art thieves and counterfeiters. But the trail quickly led to even bigger targets. His legendary sting operation, Abscam, caught eight corrupt congressmen and senators. The scandal shook America to the core. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert W. Greene presents not only a thrilling account of the rise of the FBI's international con mastermind, but a vivid dissection of the underbelly of the American Dream. Can you really con an honest man?

Author : Justin O. Schmidt
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421425645
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sting of the Wild written by Justin O. Schmidt and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With colorful descriptions of each venom’s sensation and a story that leaves you tingling with awe, The Sting of the Wild’s one-of-a-kind style will fire your imagination.

Author : Steve Rushin
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316392227
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sting-Ray Afternoons written by Steve Rushin and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Of brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons. Of growing up in a magical era populated by Bic pens, Mr. Clean and Scrubbing Bubbles, lightsabers and those oh-so-coveted Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes. And of a father -- one of 3M's greatest and last eight-track salesmen -- traveling across the country on the brand-new Boeing 747, providing for his family but wanting nothing more than to get home. In Sting-Ray Afternoons, Steve Rushin paints an utterly nostalgic, psychedelically vibrant portrait of a decade overflowing with technological evolution, cultural revolution, as well as brotherly, sisterly, and parental love. "Funny, elegiac... a remarkably sunny coming-of-age story about growing up in a Midwest world." -- NPR

Author : Robert W. Greene
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 9780345303240
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sting Man written by Robert W. Greene and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1982-06-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the ABSCAM sting man, Mel Weinberg, who sold the FBI on the idea of setting himself up as a business representative of a wealthy Arab sheik and who personally handled almost every contact and payoff

Author : Craig Glazer
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1602392498
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King of Sting written by Craig Glazer and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Glazer was robbed while buying marijuana for his fraternity brothers, he decided to get even. He and partner Donald Woodbeck set up a series of fake stings across the country that netted them a fortune. It was a dangerous double life, one that does not lead to a happy ending.

Author : Robert W. Greene
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241970482
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sting Man written by Robert W. Greene and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sting Man: The True Story Behind the Film AMERICAN HUSTLE The inspiration behind the film American Hustle, directed by David O'Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) and starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams How did a Bronx hustler nearly bring down the US government? From hustling on the streets of the Bronx to selling bogus businesses and sham investments around the world, Mel Weinberg netted millions of dollars. So legendary were his skills that in the late 1970s he was recruited by the FBI to combat art thieves and counterfeiters. But the trail quickly led to even bigger targets. His legendary sting operation, Abscam, caught eight corrupt congressmen and senators. The scandal shook America to the core. In The Sting Man, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert W. Greene presents not only a thrilling account of the rise of the FBI's international con mastermind, but a vivid dissection of the underbelly of the American Dream. Can you really con an honest man? This astonishing true story will be loved by fans of Argo and Catch Me If You Can. 'Absorbing and hilarious... reads like good fiction' Washington Post Robert W. Greene was a veteran reporter for more than twenty-seven years, a Senior Staff Investigator for the New York City Anti-Crime Committee and an investigator for the U.S. Senate. As a reporter for Newsday, he headed investigative teams that twice won the Pulitzer Prize gold medal. He was also president of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Group. He died in 2008.

Author : Coyote Peterson
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316423149
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King of Sting written by Coyote Peterson and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildlife expert and Emmy Award-winning Coyote Peterson brings his 12.5 million YouTube subscribers and legions of kid fans a full-color exploration of his "Sting Zone" adventure series, featuring shots from the episodes and culminating in his thrilling encounter with the "King of Sting"--the Executioner Wasp. Coyote Peterson, YouTube star, animal enthusiast, and creator of the Brave Adventure series, has tracked down some of the world's most painfully stinging insects and chronicled getting stung by each of them on his YouTube channel. Coyote has saved the best--or possibly the worst--for last, and he's finally ready to share his experience with the most painful sting in the world: the Executioner Wasp. Featuring full-color stills from his show, and packed with facts about nature's most misunderstood creatures, King of Sting is a dream book for any kid that loves animals, bugs, outdoor exploration, and danger!

Author : Piers Anthony
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497658209
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shame of Man written by Piers Anthony and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book two in the New York Times–bestselling author’s world history–spanning epic that began with Isle of Woman. Piers Anthony’s Shame of Man is a towering saga of remarkable scope, retelling the story of humanity in a daring and exciting way. At once grand in scope and intimate in human detail, Shame of Man recounts the stunning journey of a single family reborn again and again throughout history. Beginning in the earliest origins of our ancient ancestors who emerged from the Eden of Africa millions of years ago, Shame of Man follows two lovers—Hugh, a dreamer and musician, and his beloved Ann, a beautiful dancer—as they struggle to preserve their family and their way of life during some of the most turbulent periods of our savage past. Their saga takes them from the caves of prehistoric Europe to the Holy Land in the time of King David, through the imperial court of third century Japan, and Damascus in the early days of Islam, to Central Asia in the era of Genghis Khan, and the fallen paradise of Easter Island, concluding with a harrowing glimpse of our future, in the wreckage of a world devastated by global ecological catastrophe. Through their eyes we experience humanity’s greatest triumphs, and witness its greatest shame, the relentless exploitation of nature that now threatens our very survival.