Author: Patti Larsen
Publisher: Patti Larsen Books
ISBN: 1989925022
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
When Petal is hired to discover who is sabotaging a stage production, she uncovers an old mystery about the theater, the man it was named after and his final manuscript, all tied not only to the person responsible for threatening the show's success but ending, for one of those involved, in murder. Can she uncover the saboteur before her boss fires her or the guilty party adds her body to their death count? cozy mystery, cozy mystery series, cozy murder mystery books, cozy murder mystery series, cozy murder, cozy mystery books, murder mystery series
The Backstage Deception
Author: Patti Larsen
Publisher: Patti Larsen Books
ISBN: 1989925022
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
When Petal is hired to discover who is sabotaging a stage production, she uncovers an old mystery about the theater, the man it was named after and his final manuscript, all tied not only to the person responsible for threatening the show's success but ending, for one of those involved, in murder. Can she uncover the saboteur before her boss fires her or the guilty party adds her body to their death count? cozy mystery, cozy mystery series, cozy murder mystery books, cozy murder mystery series, cozy murder, cozy mystery books, murder mystery series
Publisher: Patti Larsen Books
ISBN: 1989925022
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
When Petal is hired to discover who is sabotaging a stage production, she uncovers an old mystery about the theater, the man it was named after and his final manuscript, all tied not only to the person responsible for threatening the show's success but ending, for one of those involved, in murder. Can she uncover the saboteur before her boss fires her or the guilty party adds her body to their death count? cozy mystery, cozy mystery series, cozy murder mystery books, cozy murder mystery series, cozy murder, cozy mystery books, murder mystery series
Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure
Author: Sam Elkington
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134119429
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
We are entering a new era of leisure. Quality rather than quantity is now the focus of researchers, policymakers and managers. Technological change, an ageing population and a harsh economic climate are changing the values and practices of leisure, as well as the relationship between leisure, society and the individual. Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure uses a variety of disciplinary approaches to introduce the most important trends in contemporary leisure in the Twenty-First Century. With contributions from some of the leading international figures in modern leisure studies, the book examines key philosophical and theoretical debates around leisure, with reference to concepts such as happiness, enjoyment and quality of life, as well as the most interesting contemporary themes in leisure studies, from youth leisure and ‘dark’ leisure to technology and adventure. Understanding changes in leisure helps us to better understand changes in wider society. Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure is a perfect companion to any course in leisure studies, and useful reading for any student or scholar working in sociology, cultural studies, recreation, tourism, sport, or social psychology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134119429
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
We are entering a new era of leisure. Quality rather than quantity is now the focus of researchers, policymakers and managers. Technological change, an ageing population and a harsh economic climate are changing the values and practices of leisure, as well as the relationship between leisure, society and the individual. Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure uses a variety of disciplinary approaches to introduce the most important trends in contemporary leisure in the Twenty-First Century. With contributions from some of the leading international figures in modern leisure studies, the book examines key philosophical and theoretical debates around leisure, with reference to concepts such as happiness, enjoyment and quality of life, as well as the most interesting contemporary themes in leisure studies, from youth leisure and ‘dark’ leisure to technology and adventure. Understanding changes in leisure helps us to better understand changes in wider society. Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure is a perfect companion to any course in leisure studies, and useful reading for any student or scholar working in sociology, cultural studies, recreation, tourism, sport, or social psychology.
Interpretive Reasoning
Author: Laurent Stern
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717766
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Laurent Stern here provides a concise account of the difficulties that arise within the interpretive process and in the context of interpretive conflict. Speakers and agents are expected by others to be occasionally insincere. Attempting to be tolerant of alternative interpretations, and dealing with the insincerity of others, often motivates interpreters themselves to become insincere. Accordingly, moral issues emerge for both speakers and interpreters. Interpretive Reasoning discusses such issues in the literature on interpretation.Stern offers a carefully argued account of the very idea of interpretation. What are the constraints on interpretations? What are our grounds for demanding that others agree with our interpretations? How do we support our interpretations? What are the types of interpretations we encounter? How are problems of first-person authority and self-knowledge connected with interpreting? While the author argues for interpretations supported by principles rather than by the consensus of interpreters, he also shows that even well-supported interpretations may be mistaken, and that some interpretive conflicts are interminable. Although this is a book in philosophy, scholars and students in the humanities, the social sciences, and disciplines concerned with interpretive reasoning can read it profitably.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717766
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Laurent Stern here provides a concise account of the difficulties that arise within the interpretive process and in the context of interpretive conflict. Speakers and agents are expected by others to be occasionally insincere. Attempting to be tolerant of alternative interpretations, and dealing with the insincerity of others, often motivates interpreters themselves to become insincere. Accordingly, moral issues emerge for both speakers and interpreters. Interpretive Reasoning discusses such issues in the literature on interpretation.Stern offers a carefully argued account of the very idea of interpretation. What are the constraints on interpretations? What are our grounds for demanding that others agree with our interpretations? How do we support our interpretations? What are the types of interpretations we encounter? How are problems of first-person authority and self-knowledge connected with interpreting? While the author argues for interpretations supported by principles rather than by the consensus of interpreters, he also shows that even well-supported interpretations may be mistaken, and that some interpretive conflicts are interminable. Although this is a book in philosophy, scholars and students in the humanities, the social sciences, and disciplines concerned with interpretive reasoning can read it profitably.
Finding Zen and Death
Author: Patti Larsen
Publisher: Patti Larsen Books
ISBN: 1988700892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The women’s retreat weekend was supposed to relax Fee, not lead to murder! When an unwelcome guest goes belly up, and Mother Nature interferes in a cry for the cavalry, Fee is on the case, doing her best to find the killer before she becomes the next victim. cozy murder mystery series, murder mystery series, cozy murder, private detective mystery series, private detective fiction, animal cozy mystery, animal cozy
Publisher: Patti Larsen Books
ISBN: 1988700892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The women’s retreat weekend was supposed to relax Fee, not lead to murder! When an unwelcome guest goes belly up, and Mother Nature interferes in a cry for the cavalry, Fee is on the case, doing her best to find the killer before she becomes the next victim. cozy murder mystery series, murder mystery series, cozy murder, private detective mystery series, private detective fiction, animal cozy mystery, animal cozy
Strongest Deceptive System
Author: Wo ChiBaoMiHua
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636456251
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
When Diaosi Shangliang was separated by his girlfriend, he got a system possession and from then on embarked on a 'disheartened' counterattack.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636456251
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
When Diaosi Shangliang was separated by his girlfriend, he got a system possession and from then on embarked on a 'disheartened' counterattack.
Deceptive Image
Author: Lil Asbell
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595179029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In the Tonto National Forest near Phoenix, Az, a small plane crashes and leaves a seventeen-year-old girl homeless. Although she survives the crash, her mental state is severely strained as she has suffered abuse at the hands of her adopted parents. Her grandparents refuse to accept her into their lives, and she is to become a ward of the state unless her biological mother can be found. She expresses a desire to the lawyer of her parents' estate that he locate this woman. In Pinehurst, N.C. Jeri McKenna receives a Special Delivery letter notifying her of the crash and the young girl's wish. It is a frighening disclosure for Jeri who has never revealed the truth to her new family. After much soul-searching, she responds to the girl's plea, and Jeri leaves for Phoenix where a battle of emotions is played out between the two before their return to Pinehurst where they hope to come to terms with the past, Jeri's rape, and Liz's abuse.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595179029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In the Tonto National Forest near Phoenix, Az, a small plane crashes and leaves a seventeen-year-old girl homeless. Although she survives the crash, her mental state is severely strained as she has suffered abuse at the hands of her adopted parents. Her grandparents refuse to accept her into their lives, and she is to become a ward of the state unless her biological mother can be found. She expresses a desire to the lawyer of her parents' estate that he locate this woman. In Pinehurst, N.C. Jeri McKenna receives a Special Delivery letter notifying her of the crash and the young girl's wish. It is a frighening disclosure for Jeri who has never revealed the truth to her new family. After much soul-searching, she responds to the girl's plea, and Jeri leaves for Phoenix where a battle of emotions is played out between the two before their return to Pinehurst where they hope to come to terms with the past, Jeri's rape, and Liz's abuse.
The Age of Deception
Author: Mohamed ElBaradei
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1429961384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
For the first time, the Nobel Prize laureate and "man in the middle" of the planet's most explosive confrontations speaks out—on his dealings with America, negotiations with Iran, reform and democracy in the Middle East, and the prospects for a future free of nuclear weapons. For the past two decades, Mohamed ElBaradei has played a key role in the most high-stakes conflicts of our time. Unique in maintaining credibility in the Arab world and the West alike, ElBaradei has emerged as a singularly independent, uncompromised voice. As the director of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, he has contended with the Bush administration's assault on Iraq, the nuclear aspirations of North Korea, and the West's standoff with Iran. For their efforts to control nuclear proliferation, ElBaradei and his agency received the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Now, in a vivid and thoughtful account, ElBaradei takes us inside the international fray. Inspector, adviser, and mediator, ElBaradei moves from Baghdad, where Iraqi officials bleakly predict the coming war, to behind-the-scenes exchanges with Condoleezza Rice, to the streets of Pyongyang and the trail of Pakistani nuclear smugglers. He dissects the possibility of rapprochement with Iran while rejecting hard-line ideologies of every kind, decrying an us-versus-them approach and insisting on the necessity of relentless diplomacy. Above all, he illustrates that the security of nations is tied to the security of individuals, dependent not only on disarmament but on a universal commitment to human dignity, democratic values, and the freedom from want. Probing and eloquent, The Age of Deception is an unparalleled account of society's struggle to come to grips with the uncertainties of our age.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1429961384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
For the first time, the Nobel Prize laureate and "man in the middle" of the planet's most explosive confrontations speaks out—on his dealings with America, negotiations with Iran, reform and democracy in the Middle East, and the prospects for a future free of nuclear weapons. For the past two decades, Mohamed ElBaradei has played a key role in the most high-stakes conflicts of our time. Unique in maintaining credibility in the Arab world and the West alike, ElBaradei has emerged as a singularly independent, uncompromised voice. As the director of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, he has contended with the Bush administration's assault on Iraq, the nuclear aspirations of North Korea, and the West's standoff with Iran. For their efforts to control nuclear proliferation, ElBaradei and his agency received the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Now, in a vivid and thoughtful account, ElBaradei takes us inside the international fray. Inspector, adviser, and mediator, ElBaradei moves from Baghdad, where Iraqi officials bleakly predict the coming war, to behind-the-scenes exchanges with Condoleezza Rice, to the streets of Pyongyang and the trail of Pakistani nuclear smugglers. He dissects the possibility of rapprochement with Iran while rejecting hard-line ideologies of every kind, decrying an us-versus-them approach and insisting on the necessity of relentless diplomacy. Above all, he illustrates that the security of nations is tied to the security of individuals, dependent not only on disarmament but on a universal commitment to human dignity, democratic values, and the freedom from want. Probing and eloquent, The Age of Deception is an unparalleled account of society's struggle to come to grips with the uncertainties of our age.
The Hothouse Deception
Author: Patti Larsen
Publisher: Patti Larsen Books
ISBN: 1988700868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Petal’s digging into another mystery, this time hired by the police department to investigate a program aimed to assist ex-convicts to gain new skills. But when one of the staff at the greenhouse project ends up murdered, a giant cache of drugs uncovered with the body, she’s once again on the front line, uncovering secrets, following trouble and making enemies while doing her best to find out who did the deed without ending her career early… cozy mystery, cozy mystery series, cozy murder mystery books, cozy murder mystery series, cozy murder, cozy mystery books, murder mystery series
Publisher: Patti Larsen Books
ISBN: 1988700868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Petal’s digging into another mystery, this time hired by the police department to investigate a program aimed to assist ex-convicts to gain new skills. But when one of the staff at the greenhouse project ends up murdered, a giant cache of drugs uncovered with the body, she’s once again on the front line, uncovering secrets, following trouble and making enemies while doing her best to find out who did the deed without ending her career early… cozy mystery, cozy mystery series, cozy murder mystery books, cozy murder mystery series, cozy murder, cozy mystery books, murder mystery series
Deep Love won't Deceive
Author: Lei ZhenYu
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636455867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
What was it about having a child hug for no reason? Fighting scum man, what's the point of abusing scum women? For the first time, Mu Xinchu felt that his brain wasn't enough. It was better to hug a golden thigh. After hugging the golden thigh. Mu Xinchu asked, "Why am I in the same office as you?" Lu Yuzhan said, "Because we are husband and wife." It's fine if they're husband and wife, but why are two brats following behind them. Mu Xinchu had a bitter expression on his face, "Lu Yuyan, you bastard!" Lu Yuyan said, "The genes are too powerful."
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1636455867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
What was it about having a child hug for no reason? Fighting scum man, what's the point of abusing scum women? For the first time, Mu Xinchu felt that his brain wasn't enough. It was better to hug a golden thigh. After hugging the golden thigh. Mu Xinchu asked, "Why am I in the same office as you?" Lu Yuzhan said, "Because we are husband and wife." It's fine if they're husband and wife, but why are two brats following behind them. Mu Xinchu had a bitter expression on his face, "Lu Yuyan, you bastard!" Lu Yuyan said, "The genes are too powerful."
Bernard Madoff and His Accomplices
Author: Lionel S. Lewis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This is the first detailed study of how Bernard L. Madoff and his accomplices perpetrated a Ponzi scheme of epic proportionswhat has been referred to as the "con of the century." In December 2008, Bernard L. Madoff was arrested for perpetrating a protracted Ponzi scheme of inconceivably huge proportions that defrauded clients of his securities company of nearly $20 billionand was consequently sentenced to 150 years in jail. How did Madoff pull this off for years, even returning some or all of clients' money when they asked, while in actuality was financing the lavish lifestyles of himself, his family, and his accomplices with the stolen funds? And why didn't anyone in the highly regulated investment industry catch on sooner? Bernard Madoff and His Accomplices: Anatomy of a Con examines Bernard L. Madoff's unprecedented confidence game (con game), drawing back the curtain on what actually went on at his investment firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, and exposing the day-to-day activities of his accomplices that enabled the elaborate con to succeed for as long as it did. Through the examination of court testimony and other court documents, the mechanics of the con game become clear, elucidating how Madoff's friends and employees hustled money from investors; the methods by which false records, monthly statements to investors, and other documents were manufactured and mass-produced; and how a multitude of felonies and the highest levels of fraud became everyday practices.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
This is the first detailed study of how Bernard L. Madoff and his accomplices perpetrated a Ponzi scheme of epic proportionswhat has been referred to as the "con of the century." In December 2008, Bernard L. Madoff was arrested for perpetrating a protracted Ponzi scheme of inconceivably huge proportions that defrauded clients of his securities company of nearly $20 billionand was consequently sentenced to 150 years in jail. How did Madoff pull this off for years, even returning some or all of clients' money when they asked, while in actuality was financing the lavish lifestyles of himself, his family, and his accomplices with the stolen funds? And why didn't anyone in the highly regulated investment industry catch on sooner? Bernard Madoff and His Accomplices: Anatomy of a Con examines Bernard L. Madoff's unprecedented confidence game (con game), drawing back the curtain on what actually went on at his investment firm, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, and exposing the day-to-day activities of his accomplices that enabled the elaborate con to succeed for as long as it did. Through the examination of court testimony and other court documents, the mechanics of the con game become clear, elucidating how Madoff's friends and employees hustled money from investors; the methods by which false records, monthly statements to investors, and other documents were manufactured and mass-produced; and how a multitude of felonies and the highest levels of fraud became everyday practices.