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1) The Lampshade: A holocaust detective story from Buchenwald to New Orleans

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Pub. Date

2010

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The origins of this story go back to Buchenwald, the Nazi concentration camp, where Isle Koch, the sadistic wife of the commandant, developed a liking for things (gloves, lampshades) made out of human skin. Flash forward to the present: the author receives a strange artifact in the mail from a friend: a lampshade that appears to be made from human skin. This fascinating and frequently unsettling book chronicles Jacobson's quest to find a proper home...

2) 12,000 miles in the nick of time: a family tale

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Jacobson, Mark

Pub. Date

c2003

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The story of the Jacobson's three-month trip around the world.

3) Teenage hipster in the modern world: from the birth of punk to the land of Bush : thirty years of millenial journalism

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Jacobson, Mark

Pub. Date

[2005]

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"In the pages of The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Esquire, New York, Maxim, and GQ, Mark Jacobson has proven himself one of New York City's finest journalistic provocateurs. Now he collects the best of his years on the beat in Teenage Hipster in the Modern World. Jacobson has been witness to a decidedly different sort of history. His "beats" range far and wide, delving into the realms of politics, sports, and celebrity in pieces on such luminaries...

4) American gangster

Pub. Date

[2008]

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Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in Harlem. He does so by buying heroin directly from a source in South East Asia, and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his...