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Brasco's account is a how-to manual for made men, with chapters such as "How Wiseguys Take Over a Business" (start violent fights in a bar, then press the owner for "insurance protection") and "Wiseguy Table Manners" (tough guys order before the ladies). Given the colorful subject matter, his writing at times seems a bit dry, even formal. (Maybe that's because Pistone was in law enforcement, used to filling out just-the-facts-ma'am crime reports.) Still, the skinny here is often sensational, and reading the section about how to carry out a hit will almost make...
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...LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor) Precious Ramotswe runs a female detective agency in Botswana with cunning, charm and a how-to manual...
...Paul Hill to death Wednesday, but the former Presbyterian minister, convicted of the shotgun murders of an abortion-clinic doctor and his escort in Pensacola, Fla., in 1994, may still prove dangerous even as he fades from the headlines. Hill?s legacy, written in prison as he awaited death: A how-to manual for people looking to follow in his violent footsteps...
Back-to-school time may be weeks away, but the season's surprise on the best-seller lists is a how-to for academic success. Ron Clark, 31, author of The Essential 55 (Hyperion), is an earnest Atlanta-based grade-school teacher who has come up with 55 rules for "discovering the successful student in every child." What magical formula has the educator discovered? His core philosophy is that if you teach basic behavioral lessons first, they will lay the foundation for academic education later. Among his tips for kids: make eye contact when in conversation, meet your deadlines, learn...