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LONGEST REINDEER HERDER: A True Life Story of an Alaskan Eskimo by Chester Asakak Seveck with photographs by Frank H. Whaley (17th Edition, 1986. Softcover 48 pages Black and White photographs throughout Rainbow Ventures publishers, Covering the Period from 1890 to 1973) ... Read more

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Chapters: Melissa Leo, Billy Burke, Al Sapienza, Daryl Mitchell, Frank Whaley, Harry Lennix, Maria Canals Barrera, Faizon Love, Alexandra Powers, Connie Britton, Brenda Bakke, Patrick Breen, Matthew Settle, Rodney Harvey, Terrence C. Carson, Karen Dior, Tim Dekay, Toby Huss, Jane Jensen, Stephen Blackehart, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Eriq La Salle, Vincent Ventresca, Kim Dickens, Paul Ben-Victor, Alexa Kenin, Noah Blake, Zoë Tamerlis Lund, Pamela Bach, Eric Allan Kramer, April Grace, James Legros, Robert Torti, Rocky Carroll, Candice Daly, Duane Martin, Elizabeth Berridge, Cassi Davis, Ron Hightower, Brian Van Holt, Jack Noseworthy, Michael Kelly, Jimmy Baron, Jonathan Adams, Jimmy Mcnichol, Ike Eisenmann, Edward Kerr, Lee Arenberg, Allen Payne, Glenn Plummer, Michael Beach, Matt Mulhern, Carolyn Hennesy, Molly Hagan, James Wlcek, John Slattery, Sasha Mitchell, Mitch Mullany, Max Casella, Nikki Fritz, Bill Brochtrup, Alex Désert, Karen Sillas, Bill Corbett, Randall Batinkoff, Michael Rispoli, Craig Ricci Shaynak, John Newton, Bill Allen, Nancy Pimental, Kathleen Wilhoite, Arija Bareikis, W. Earl Brown, Marcus Chong, Kevin Chamberlin, Michael Reilly Burke, Jay Underwood, Frank Grillo, Jim True-Frost, Sharon Jordan, Chris Bauer, Johnny Doran, Gregg Rainwater, Grant Cramer, Matt Borlenghi, Jeff Yagher, Janet Gunn, Ben Bass, Peter Abbay, Billy Wirth, Christian Boeving, Rebeca Arthur, Amy Pietz, Michelle Nicastro, Gary Cowling, Dana Barron, Larry B. Scott, Claudia Wells, Anita Barone, J. Todd Adams, Zach Galligan, Jesse Borrego, Geoffrey Blake, Josh Hamilton, Erik Dellums, Adoni Maropis, Courtney Gains, Frank Wood, Mitchell Anderson, Jennifer Grant, Louis Lombardi, Spencer Rochfort, Clea Lewis, Susan Gibney, Steven Brill, Jamie Marsh, Kamar de Los Reyes, Dina Spybey, Amanda Wyss, Jill Schoelen, Joan M. Blair, Pete Koch, Marc Ian Sklar, Colin Cunningham, Paula Trickey, Melissa Newman, Peter Dobson, Eric Lutes, John P. Farley, Brent Da...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1363953 ... Read more

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Hood brokers. Monthly million dollar paychecks. Thirty-six hour cocaine binges.'Rocky' themed pep rallies. Run-ins with Mafia thugs toting Mac 10 machine pistols. This was the life of Louis Pasciuto, a fast-talking Staten Island kid who, from the age of 19 to 25, moved stocks for 17 different brokerage houses-most of that time without even a fake license. This inside account of the Mafia's infiltration of Wall Street details Louis' career as the consummate liar, selling phantom stocks to naive Americans and leading a lifestyle worthy of Caligula. To avoid a long prison sentence, Pasciuto eventually turned state's witness. Now, Gary Weiss shares the inside story of Wall Street's notorious 'chop houses,' the crooked Mob-run brokerages where rampant thievery netted several billion dollars from gullible investors. ... Read more

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OUTRAGEOUS!!
I met Louis in the 90's. He was one crazy kid with a gambling problem, his story is one of a kind, i read the book several times it is so good!! Best Wall Street Book Ever!

Disappointed, Average
The book starts off fast, however lacks true storytelling details. The information about the firms and scams is severally lacking. The first 150 pages seems to mirror the firm and characters depicted in the movie the Boiler Room. I kept thinking of that movie while I was reading this book. I would recommend the movie the Boiler Room over this book, as if you are interested in more details of how the scams and firms actually work, the Boiler Room does a much better job.

Overall I think the book is about 2.75 stars, as I thought it was a little below average, maybe my expectations were a little to high. However, I would recommend this book to anyone who likes organized crime and wants to hear an inside story of chop shops. Although I was disappointed I could not put the book down, and it will likely grasp your attention. I would not recommend this to book to someone who is looking for the specific ins and outs of how a chop shop and penny stock scams work, it will disappoint you if you are looking for that. I would also not recommend this book to those of you who are easily offended by frequent use of the f word.

If you do like this book I would recommend watching the Boiler Room, which is a very good movie.

Most intriguing three day read you'll find!!!
I do most of my reading on the train commuting to and from work. This book did not give me that luxury because I was so into the story of how this kid became rich and invested for well known celebrities. I read it in three days because I kept wondering how and when this guy was going to get whacked by the mafia. The real life photos in the book make the stories more justifiable. Also, these pictures help keep the reliability of the book in tact.

Business mostly draws my interest for reading material, so that was the reason I bought the book at an airport one day. If you like business success stories and real life mafia drama, then this book will knock you off your feet.

Goodfellas meets Boiler Room
If you can imagine a book written that blended these two movies together, bada-bing, there's your book. There's your review.

very disturbing
It nevers ceases to amaze me that people could be so gullible as to send a check for a large sum of money because some guy with a great line of BS says he can make you rich and he represents an official sounding brokerage house.Wow.

The story is very captivating.Reading about Louis spiral out of control, hooking up with organized crime "Guys", the drugs, the lies, the scamming.Pretty entertaining.

This book really makes me wonder what all those regulatory agencies actually do.Its obvious they are not running around trying to protect the average consumer. Too bad, cause with people like Louis manning the phones, many people out there need protection.

I found myself looking for excuses during the day to get back to reading this book.I really enjoyed it. ... Read more

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Philip Randall has it all: youth, looks, wealth. Hes got a successful career with a prestigious Manhattan law firm, a luxurious downtown loft, a filthy-rich wife, and a gorgeous mistress who also happens to be his best friends wife. Self-satisfaction suddenly turns deadly, however, when a prep school classmate appears with an eye on Philips bank account, and telling photographs of Philip and his mistress together. ... Read more

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But I Don't Want To Go Bed!!!!!!!!!
It's 2 am and I have a 7 am golf tee time.I'm on page 243 and I am wide awake.Why?Because I can't turn the pages to the Up and Comer fast enough.Am I getting my point across?Absolutely one of the finest pieces of fiction to come along.Great character development, perfect plot, a little bit of spice -- all this adds up to the perfect book.Word of advice -- make sure you've got an uninterupted 8 to 12 hours because once you start, you won't stop.Make it 10 Stars for Up and Comer!!!!!!!

One of the Most Impressive Debuts I've Read Recently
Like a lot of people, I never heard of Howard Roughan until I read James Patterson's novel HONEYMOON, which Roughan co-wrote.I thought HONEYMOON was better written than the average Patterson novel, so I thought I would give one of Roughan's earlier novels I shot.I'm glad I did.

THE UP AND COMER is a very witty, darkly comic novel.It is also a novel that features an remarkably unlikable character as its protagnoist.New York attorney Philip Randall has married his wife Tracy for her family money, while at the same time having an extramarital affair with his best friend's wife.He is also very smug and offers a lot of acerbic (yet funny) commentary about city life in New York.Eventually, something goes terribly wrong with Randall's life.The way he handles this crisis, and the violent complications that ensue, lead to a very suspenseful read.In some ways, this novel reminds me of another novel, James Siegel's DERAILED.

I must admit that I found Randall to be very off-putting at first, because he is such a louse.However, this book gets better as it goes along, and Randall is a very different person at the end of this book than he is at the beginning.In the end, this novel is something of a morality tale, and I enjoyed it immensely.

In short, I highly recommend this book to people who like their suspense mixed with a little dark comedy.I sincrely hope that Roughan writes more books.

A terrific, fast-paced and well plotted book
Simply put, if you like books that move quickly but still are well written, have very clever satire, and still have a good plot with strange but believable characters, you will like Howard Roughan's "The Up and Comer".I don't know how I missed this book when it was released but Mr. Roughan truly can write in this genre.I often find books of this type to be simply trash, ones you might finish but never really admit to having read.This one is different.Someone who willingly allows their life to get out of control and thinks they can always put it back on the rails.That AND is very funny along the way.Read this book.On the beach, on a plane.It is not serious literature but it is seriously good.

A devious little gem
I first read this book several years ago, but I can't stop re-reading it.The protagoinst of this book, Phillip Randall, is, to put it mildly, ethically challenged.Basically, Phillip is just a guy who already has it all and is willing to do whatever it takes to get more, more, and more.He's perfectly happy to take advantage of the opulent lifestyle provided by his wife's father's money, to climb the corporate ladder at his law firm no matter what the ethical cost, and, when the mood strikes him, to sleep with his best friend's wife.He does these things with no remorse - Phillip is a pretty happy guy and believes, in his very Manhattan WASPY upper-middle-class way, that he is entitled to all of these things, and more.

It makes sense, then, that when someone threatens the pleasant lifestyle he's grown so accustomed to exploiting, Phillip takes action in a way that most of us would be horrified about in real life.The beauty of this book is that the author puts you right inside his head and makes you part of what Phillip is doing - and while you find Phillip disgusting, you also can't help but like him.You will live vicariously as Phillip's life starts to snowball, and you will alternate between hoping Phillip gets caught, and then hoping he gets away with it.

It's a plot that's been done before, but in my opinion, this author does it better than almost any of his contemporaries (except possibly Jason Starr).Roughan does an amazing job capturing a certain psychology of a certain type of guy most of us have come across in life.The narrator's voice is readable, darkly funny, and infectious.This book has a fantastic plot, great characterization, and a perfect ending.Roughan presents us with a traditionally unsympathetic character, takes us with him to do unspeakable things, and even makes us identify with him, all without compromising the moral center of the book.

I loved this book in every way.My only complaint is that Roughan isn't writing more books just like this one.This author is a great talent with a unique voice and I recommend all his books, but this one is by far his best.

Great character study!
The main character, Philip, is an anti-hero that is amoral, complex and intriguing all at the same time. The book is an easy page turner and the ending is very fitting. ... Read more