John Florio – författare & böcker

One Punch from the Promised Land

Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title

E-bok

Engelska, 2013

941 kr

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It was 1976 when Leon and Michael Spinks first punched their way into America’s living rooms. That year, they became the first brothers to win Olympic gold in the same Games. Shortly thereafter, they became the first brothers to win the heavyweight title: Leon toppled The Greatest, Muhammad Ali; Michael beat the unbeatable Larry Holmes. With a cast of characters that includes Ali, Holmes, Mike Tyson, Gerry Cooney, Dwight Qawi, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and dozens of friends, relatives, and boxing figures, ONE PUNCH FROM THE PROMISED LAND tells the unlikely story of the Spinks brothers. Their rise from the Pruitt-Igoe housing disaster. Their divergent paths of success. And their relationship with America. The book also uncovers stories never before made public: the big paydays, the high living, the backroom deals. It’s not afraid to tackle an issue rarely discussed: Does the heavyweight title deliver on its promise to young men in the inner city? This is the definitive story of Leon and Michael Spinks. And a cross-examination of heavyweight boxing in 20th century America.

One Nation Under Baseball

How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime

AvJohn Florio,Ouisie Shapiro

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

357 kr

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One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and America’s pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmarks of the sport-fairness, competition, and mythology-came under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events of the era that reshaped the game: the Koufax and Drysdale million-dollar holdout, the encroachment of television on newspaper coverage, the changing perception of ballplayers from mythic figures to overgrown boys, the arrival of the everyman Mets and their free-spirited fans, and the lawsuit brought against team owners by Curt Flood.One Nation Under Baseball brings to life the seminal figures of the era-including Bob Gibson, Marvin Miller, Tom Seaver, and Dick Young-richly portraying their roles during a decade of flux and uncertainty.

Essayes. Translated by John Florio, 1603; 1

AvMichel Montaigne,John ?- Florio

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

494 kr

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Essayes. Translated by John Florio, 1603; 1

AvMichel Montaigne,John ?- Florio

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

351 kr

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Essayes of Michael, Lord of Montaigne

AvMichel de Montaigne,John Florio

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

494 kr

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Essayes of Michael, Lord of Montaigne

AvMichel de Montaigne,John Florio

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

351 kr

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Michel Montaigne, George Saintsbury, John Florio - Essays of Montaigne. Done Into English by John Florio, Anno 1603. Edited With an Introd. by George Saintsbury; Volume 3, Inbunden

Essays of Montaigne. Done Into English by John Florio, Anno 1603. Edited With an Introd. by George Saintsbury; Volume 3

AvMichel Montaigne,George Saintsburym. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

494 kr

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Essays of Montaigne. Done Into English by John Florio, Anno 1603. Edited With an Introd. by George Saintsbury; Volume 3

AvMichel Montaigne,George Saintsburym. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

351 kr

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Essays of Montaigne. Done Into English by John Florio, Anno 1603. Edited With an Introd. by George Saintsbury; Volume 1

AvMichel Montaigne,George Saintsburym. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

494 kr

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Essays of Montaigne. Done Into English by John Florio, Anno 1603. Edited With an Introd. by George Saintsbury; Volume 1

AvMichel Montaigne,George Saintsburym. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

351 kr

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Essays of Montaigne Done Into English

AvGeorge Saintsbury,Michel de Montaignem. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

494 kr

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Essays of Montaigne Done Into English

AvGeorge Saintsbury,Michel de Montaignem. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

351 kr

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Essayes. Translated by John Florio, 1603; Volume 6

AvMichel Montaigne,John Florio

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

510 kr

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Essayes. Translated by John Florio, 1603; Volume 6

AvMichel Montaigne,John Florio

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

382 kr

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Essayes of Michael, Lord of Montaigne

AvJohn Florio,J M Dent and Co

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

446 kr

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Essayes of Michael, Lord of Montaigne

AvJohn Florio,J M Dent and Co

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

303 kr

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Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne; Volume 1

AvMichel de Montaigne,John Florio

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

477 kr

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Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne; Volume 1

AvMichel de Montaigne,John Florio

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

351 kr

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Michel Montaigne, George 1845-1933 Saintsbury, John ?- Florio - Essays of Montaigne. Done Into English by John Florio, Anno 1603. Edited With an Introd. by George Saintsbury, Inbunden

Essays of Montaigne. Done Into English by John Florio, Anno 1603. Edited With an Introd. by George Saintsbury

AvMichel Montaigne,George 1845-1933 Saintsburym. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

512 kr

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Essays of Montaigne. Done Into English by John Florio, Anno 1603. Edited With an Introd. by George Saintsbury

AvMichel Montaigne,George 1845-1933 Saintsburym. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

398 kr

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Decameron (Day 1 to Day 5)

AvGiovanni Boccaccio,John Florio

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

351 kr

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Decameron (Day 1 to Day 5)

AvGiovanni Boccaccio,John Florio

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

494 kr

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Decameron (Day 1 to Day 5)

Containing an Hundred Pleasant Novels (Cram Edition)

AvGiovanni Boccaccio,John Florio

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

462 kr

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Doomed: Sacco, Vanzetti & the End of the American Dream

AvJohn Florio,Ouisie Shapiro

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

302 kr

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From John Florio and Emmy Award-winning writer Ouisie Shapiro comes a monumental YA nonfiction book about the heartbreaking case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were wrongfully executed for murder.

War in the Ring

Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, and the Fight between America and Hitler

AvJohn Florio,Ouisie Shapiro

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

215 kr

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War in the Ring is a riveting narrative nonfiction by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro about a boxing match that represented the growing tensions between the United States and Nazi Germany in the lead up to World War II.

Florio's Italian English Dictionary of 1611

AvJohn Florio

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

618 kr

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Essayes of Michael Lord of Montaigne, Volume 2

AvMichel Montaigne,John Florio

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

600 kr

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One Nation Under Baseball

How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime

AvJohn Florio,Ouisie Shapiro

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

288 kr

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One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and America’s pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmarks of the sport-fairness, competition, and mythology-came under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events of the era that reshaped the game: the Koufax and Drysdale million-dollar holdout, the encroachment of television on newspaper coverage, the changing perception of ballplayers from mythic figures to overgrown boys, the arrival of the everyman Mets and their free-spirited fans, and the lawsuit brought against team owners by Curt Flood.One Nation Under Baseball brings to life the seminal figures of the era-including Bob Gibson, Marvin Miller, Tom Seaver, and Dick Young-richly portraying their roles during a decade of flux and uncertainty.

Sugar Pop Moon

AvJohn Florio

E-bok

Engelska, 2022

28 kr

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The debut novel in a “riveting” Prohibition-era crime series “for readers who follow Kelli Stanley’s Miranda Corbie series or Reed Farrel Coleman’s Moe Prager books” (Library Journal). On the streets of Prohibition-era New York, Jersey Leo is one of a kind. A biracial albino known as “Snowball,” he makes his living as a bartender at a mob-run speakeasy. Abandoned by his White mother and frowned upon by his Black father, a former boxing champ, Jersey’s about to discover why he was always warned against working at a dive bar owned by one of New York’s most notorious gangsters. Duped into purchasing counterfeit moonshine, or “sugar pop moon,” with his boss’s money, Jersey must go undercover to track down the bootlegger who took him in—before his boss does him in. The clues lead him to Philadelphia, where his attempt to lure out the cheat nearly gets him killed. With a price on his head, Jersey seeks help from the only man he can trust, his father. But as Jersey and his dad delve into the origins of the mysterious sugar pop moon, stunning secrets about Jersey’s past come to light—truths that could pave the way to a very different future for Jersey. . . . “Funny, poignant, and thrilling. A terrific read!” —Kevin Baker, bestselling author of Dreamland, Paradise Alley, and Strivers Row “Harsh as a slug of 190-proof moonshine.” —Rebecca Cantrell, New York Times–bestselling author of A City of Broken Glass “Authentic period, savvy style, and memorable characters.” —Kelli Stanley, award-winning author of City of Dragonsand City of Secrets “Sure to appeal to fans of Mickey Spillane, Raymond Chandler, and . . . Robert Fate’s edgy Baby Shark series.” —Booklist

Blind Moon Alley

AvJohn Florio

E-bok

Engelska, 2022

32 kr

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The latest sequel in the Prohibition-Era crime series is “hard-boiled enough to remind readers of Hammett and Chandler,” featuring the biracial bartender up against a corrupt cop (Kirkus Reviews). Jersey Leo knows what it means to be the underdog. After all, he’s the guy known on the streets as “Snowball,” a biracial albino working the bar at Philadelphia’s Ink Well, a Prohibition joint serving up moonshine to a mostly Black clientele. So when death row inmate Aaron Garvey calls to ask for one last favor, Jersey can’t say no. Aaron may be a convicted cop-killer, but he’s also the childhood friend who stood up to Jersey’s bullies. As a Black kid with the kind of colorless features only the mother who abandoned him could love, Jersey had a lot of enemies. And the numbers keep growing, though this time it’s crooked cops looking to break Jersey’s legs—or worse—after Aaron springs himself from prison just moments after he and Jersey share his last meal. But that doesn’t stop Jersey from hiding the escaped convict while he uncovers the real story about what happened that night Aaron pulled the trigger. Even Jersey’s father, a former boxing champ, is on his side this time, along with Jersey’s childhood crush, Myra Banks. With his dad in his corner and a good-looking dame on his arm, will Jersey uncover the truth before it’s too late? “Compelling. . . . Florio has an unerring feel for the era and people, and we believe in these characters. Readers will cheer for Leo, a tough guy with a heart of hurt.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Hits a comfortable niche between hard-boiled and breezy.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer