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What Are My Rights?: 95 Questions and Answers About Teens and the Law
Thomas A. Jacobs, Jay E. Johnson

Free Spirit Publishing, 1997

Offers nothing more or less than plain honest truth, without preaching or moralizing, in simple question-and-answer format.
Now in an updated edition, What Are My Rights? 95 Questions and Answers About Teens and the Law presents Judge Tom Jacobs' matter-of-fact answers to common questions than teenagers have, from "If my parents get a divorce, will I still get to visit my grandparents?" to ...
  
  











  



  
Mother Teresa (Pb) (Gateway Biographies)
William Jay Jacobs

Millbrook Press, 1998

A biography of Mother Teresa, a nun working in Calcutta, India, who has dedicated her life to doing what she could to help those who suffered from loneliness or poverty. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
  
  











  



  
Wild Years: The Music and Myth of Tom Waits
Jay S. Jacobs

Ecw Press, 2006

SUPERB in every way!
An enjoyable read! Great stories, details about landmark albums, and just enough personal background to satisfy the reader without getting boring. Not to mention the most detailed discography on the planet. Great investment for the Tom Waits fan.
  
  











  



  
Prince Henry: The Navigator (Visual Biography)
William Jay Jacobs

Franklin Watts, 1973

Fairly Good, No Glaring Red Flags
The book was good overall. Gives more background information than some other books on Prince Henry and his times. Covers Henry's early years, preparation at Sagres, his sanctioned explorations, trade that brought wealth, Islam/Christian relations, various people ...
  
  











  



  
Ellis Island: New Hope in a New Land
William Jay Jacobs

Atheneum, 1990

A short concise history of Ellis Island
A very short concise history of Ellis island. This book is great for children. The layout is informative so that children can learn quickly and not be bored. For adults, there are books better than this though.
  
  











  



  
Pretty Good Years: A Biography of Tori Amos
Jay S. Jacobs

Hal Leonard, 2006

Pretty Good Year
Every Tori Amos fan needs to own this book, every thing you ever would want to know about her life and her struggle to become a very large success is here.
  
  











  



  
The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, ...

Mcgraw-Hill College, 1964

The framers of the Constitution in their own words
An essential book for every American both young or old, male or female, Democrat or Republican. A delightful discovery on the need of God and guns (or perhaps swords) in the United States and the intolerance of a government in charge of all but answerable to noone. ...
  
  











  



  
La Cucina Di Lidia: Recipes and Memories from Italy's Adriatic Coast
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Jay Jacobs

Broadway, 2003

Peasant Cuisine from Europe's Crossroads
This first book by Lidia Bastianich is both cookbook of recipes from the Istrian peninsula and Felidia Ristorante in Manhatten and a memoir of Lidia's life and family in central Europe and in the United States. The recipes occupy by far the larger portion of the book ...
  
  











  



  
Mother, Aunt Susan and Me: The First Fight for Women's Rights
William Jay Jacobs

Putnam Pub Group, 1979

Sixteen-year-old Harriot Stanton highlights the activities of her mother and her mother's friend Susan B. Anthony in their effort to win equal rights for women.
  
  











  



  
New York `a LA Carte: The City's Great Restaurants, Their History, Anatomy, and Greatest Recipes
Jay Jacobs

McGraw-Hill, 1978

Secret Recipes of the Masters
The word selection and wit of Jay Jacobs mark him as potentially the most literate of the food critics of the last quarter of the 20th century. Jacobs was able to obtain the signature recipes of the best dishes of the greatest NYC chefs. I will never sell my copy ...
  
  











  



  
Busting the Mob: The United States v. Cosa Nostra
James Jacobs, Christopher Panarella, ...

NYU Press, 1994

A book that is hard to refuse!
What mob figure is more famous than that of John Gotti? What was done to bring him down? How did the government finally manage to make the charges stick? Busting the Mob is a great insight into that very question. While this book covers organized crime connection into ...
  
  











  



  
The Eaten Word: The Language of Food, the Food in Our Language
Jay Jacobs

Carol Publishing Corporation, 1995

Incredible
A fascinating study of the link between food and language. Incredible. I laughed, cried, danced around the fire naked. Jay was an all-star outfielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 40's; he also once had dinner with the Pope, Ernest Hemingway, Louie Armstrong, Mookie ...
  
  











  



  
Samuel de Champlain (A Visual biography)
William Jay Jacobs

Watts, 1974

A biography of the French explorer who was the founder of Quebec and the "Father of New France."
  
  











  



  
Data-Centric .NET Programming with C#
Jacob Hammer Pedersen, Kent Tegels, ...

Peer Information Inc., 2001

Excellent.
As the title implies a large portion of the book deals with data access. However, the book also covers a wide range of other topics of interest to budding C# developers (e.g. messaging/directory/web services). The code in the book is as usefull to VB.net developers as ...
  
  











  



  
Pioneers of Genocide Studies

Transaction Publishers, 2002

Addressing the pervasive prevalence of brutal extermination
Collaboratively compiled and edited by Samuel Totten (Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville) and Steven Leonard Jacobs (Associate Professor and Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies, ...
  
  











  



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