false <![CDATA[Ballad of the Whiskey Robber]]> 28805 7 "An instant classic...At once sad and funny, Ballad of the Whiskey Robber also has a deeply compelling political purpose." --Toronto Globe & Mail, Best Books of 2004 pick. Harvard University Bookstore Pick: "One of the best non-fiction books I've ever read. Ever. In fact it's one of the best non-fiction books I will ever read--it's that good. This is a book you must read. Now!" Winner, Borders 2004 "Original Voices" Non-Fiction Book of the Year Finalist, 2005 Edgar Award, Best True Crime Finalist, 2005 Anthony Award, Best Non-fiction Finalist, 2007, Audie Award, Best Audio Book A New York Times Editors Choice 953039 2005 Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts total:593|5:3|4:15|3:5|2:0|1:1| 593 2427 968 181 4 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Mar 05 23:12:08 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 05 23:12:26 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 08 10:23:17 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 05 22:32:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 30 18:47:27 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 19:08:22 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 01:50:21 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 01:57:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Oct 18 07:47:38 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 07:49:57 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:30:33 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:30:33 -0800 2009 Hungarians loved Attila Ambrus; from Rubinstein's appealing biography, it's easy to see why. Rubinstein tells the story of this goalie-gone-bad with style and wit. He also maintains a historian's impartiality, however, supported by a wealth of meticulous research. One reviewer complained that Rubins...

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Main character Attila Ambrus (now serving time in the town where my friend Sheila served her Peace Corps service!) is the Whiskey Robber of the book's title, an et...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 19 20:45:30 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 11:16:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Nov 28 20:43:37 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 20:43:37 -0800 2008
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Hungary has always been unlucky.
In the approximately eleven hundred years the handlebar-mustachioed Chief Árpád rode into the Carpathian basin in 896 and founded Hungary, the country has been plundered so relentlessly that defeat could be considered the national pastim...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=968141