Author:
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434944484
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The Mannequin Conspiracy
Author:
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434944484
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434944484
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The Fecma Conspiracy
Author: Burton S. H. Ridgeway
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462807321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Avocado County, California, in 2008, has a murder that looks on the surface like a simple burglary turned deadly, but Sergeant Marty Jacobs thought otherwise, so he called Lieutenant Hitch Talford. An old man is found dead among more books than in any home in which Talford had been. A search that looks as if it bore no fruit; a murderer who left no clues, a deceased with checking accounts in the capitals of thirty-eight states, and assets of over a million dollars willed to the leading politician in Avocado County, who has no idea why a man he hardly knew would leave him anything. Or does he? Talford, the son of a deceased nationally known psychic, and a reader of emotions himself, attempts to reduce this case to an accident during a burglary, but is driven by baseless suspicion to the nations capital, where he comes across people who project the strongest feelings he had ever encountered. He passes murderers, witnesses a killer take out others, then watches the killer die in an accident. Washington DC, on a hot, humid, Sunday, seems like a war zone. As he later works at closing the case in the deceaseds home, he comes across ring binders with notes describing an invention that threatens the security of the nation. The old man had used it to successfully blackmail members of Congress, and legislators of thirty-eight states, to pass an amendment to the Constitution of The United States, and a bill to modify the way we elect our President, and national legislators. The product of that bill, the Federal Election Campaign Management Administration, whose authority went into effect at the time of the murder, is the backdrop of this story. The American people have gone wild; the majority of citizens came out of their passivity to become so involved with the election of the next President, members of Congress, and national ballot initiatives, that they are turning the nation into a madhouse. We meet the Directors of this new election system, and watch the media watch them do their thing, and how they feel about it. We meet intelligent people, and stupid ones. We also hear about other ideas bouncing around this new revitalized America. During his search for a solution to this case, Talford is faced with his own faults, and he must resolve them. We meet diminutive Boris Rothman who makes us laugh, but also gives us pause to consider the value of honor and trust in life and business. We meet John Maxwell Flesch who effects people as another George Washington. Will he live up to the dreams of his murdered father? Is he really meant for active politics? He has no alternative but to move ahead, or Jake Magnuson will be Governor, and a version of organized crime will run rampant. Then theres Fleschs future Presidency, for which, without a hint from anyone, FECMA had been created. The Definition Amendment freed the nation of one horrendous problem: political speech, and gave it another: the citizens right to make federal law. What does a politics-hating police lieutenant do with devastating information only he has? Thirty-year-old Hitchman Andrew Talford is faced with a decision no ordinary person should have to make. Will he reveal to the nation what had happened ten years before, or will he decide to live his life with a burden of knowledge only a person of powerful inner-strength could carry?
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462807321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Avocado County, California, in 2008, has a murder that looks on the surface like a simple burglary turned deadly, but Sergeant Marty Jacobs thought otherwise, so he called Lieutenant Hitch Talford. An old man is found dead among more books than in any home in which Talford had been. A search that looks as if it bore no fruit; a murderer who left no clues, a deceased with checking accounts in the capitals of thirty-eight states, and assets of over a million dollars willed to the leading politician in Avocado County, who has no idea why a man he hardly knew would leave him anything. Or does he? Talford, the son of a deceased nationally known psychic, and a reader of emotions himself, attempts to reduce this case to an accident during a burglary, but is driven by baseless suspicion to the nations capital, where he comes across people who project the strongest feelings he had ever encountered. He passes murderers, witnesses a killer take out others, then watches the killer die in an accident. Washington DC, on a hot, humid, Sunday, seems like a war zone. As he later works at closing the case in the deceaseds home, he comes across ring binders with notes describing an invention that threatens the security of the nation. The old man had used it to successfully blackmail members of Congress, and legislators of thirty-eight states, to pass an amendment to the Constitution of The United States, and a bill to modify the way we elect our President, and national legislators. The product of that bill, the Federal Election Campaign Management Administration, whose authority went into effect at the time of the murder, is the backdrop of this story. The American people have gone wild; the majority of citizens came out of their passivity to become so involved with the election of the next President, members of Congress, and national ballot initiatives, that they are turning the nation into a madhouse. We meet the Directors of this new election system, and watch the media watch them do their thing, and how they feel about it. We meet intelligent people, and stupid ones. We also hear about other ideas bouncing around this new revitalized America. During his search for a solution to this case, Talford is faced with his own faults, and he must resolve them. We meet diminutive Boris Rothman who makes us laugh, but also gives us pause to consider the value of honor and trust in life and business. We meet John Maxwell Flesch who effects people as another George Washington. Will he live up to the dreams of his murdered father? Is he really meant for active politics? He has no alternative but to move ahead, or Jake Magnuson will be Governor, and a version of organized crime will run rampant. Then theres Fleschs future Presidency, for which, without a hint from anyone, FECMA had been created. The Definition Amendment freed the nation of one horrendous problem: political speech, and gave it another: the citizens right to make federal law. What does a politics-hating police lieutenant do with devastating information only he has? Thirty-year-old Hitchman Andrew Talford is faced with a decision no ordinary person should have to make. Will he reveal to the nation what had happened ten years before, or will he decide to live his life with a burden of knowledge only a person of powerful inner-strength could carry?
A Conspiracy of Dunces
Author: Bill Shaw
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1477248331
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A Conspiracy of Dunces, the third in Shaw's Pistol Thicket trilogy, is a rollicking send-up of John Kennedy Toole's 1980 Pullitzer Prize winning A Confederacy of Dunces. Ignatius P. Reilly, a product of Ignatius J's New Orleans neighborhood, is a 270 pound college star whose NFL destiny is sidetracked by a football injury. Not to be diminished, I.P. is sped upon a godly mission by his church, Trinity Baptist of Pistol Thicket, La., to install an evangelical president in the White House. Along the way, he is assailed by two liberal Marxist Occupy-DC beauties -- Lizza Sachs and Myrna Minkoff -- who make his life a political hell until . . . love happens. Ignatius P stretches his luck and his madcap schemes about as far as can be done as he works himself into the Bachmann campaign while countering the vicious assaults from Lizza and Myrna. Ignatius P. is supported by Tim Sorenson, a Marine veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, and Jim Loughlin, a Bachmann operative. But wait . . . but wait . . . there's a big election night party, November 6, 2012, in Charleston. Readers will be overwhelmed by the unexpected!!!
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1477248331
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A Conspiracy of Dunces, the third in Shaw's Pistol Thicket trilogy, is a rollicking send-up of John Kennedy Toole's 1980 Pullitzer Prize winning A Confederacy of Dunces. Ignatius P. Reilly, a product of Ignatius J's New Orleans neighborhood, is a 270 pound college star whose NFL destiny is sidetracked by a football injury. Not to be diminished, I.P. is sped upon a godly mission by his church, Trinity Baptist of Pistol Thicket, La., to install an evangelical president in the White House. Along the way, he is assailed by two liberal Marxist Occupy-DC beauties -- Lizza Sachs and Myrna Minkoff -- who make his life a political hell until . . . love happens. Ignatius P stretches his luck and his madcap schemes about as far as can be done as he works himself into the Bachmann campaign while countering the vicious assaults from Lizza and Myrna. Ignatius P. is supported by Tim Sorenson, a Marine veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, and Jim Loughlin, a Bachmann operative. But wait . . . but wait . . . there's a big election night party, November 6, 2012, in Charleston. Readers will be overwhelmed by the unexpected!!!
Mandy Hoffen and a Conspiracy to Resurrect Life and Social Justice in Science Curriculum with Henrietta Lacks
Author: Dana Compton McCullough
Publisher: IAP
ISBN: 1648024904
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book is a theoretical inquiry into alternative pedagogies that challenge current standardized practices in the field of science education. Through Mandy Hoffen, a fictional persona, Dana McCullough, the author, explores how stories of Henrietta Lacks become part of a conspiracy to change science education. Mandy Hoffen, however, never expected to find herself in the middle of a conspiracy. As a science teacher of 20 plus years, she worked diligently to meet the needs of her charges, who are currently ninth and tenth grade biology students in an age of standardized testing. The author also creates imaginary dialogues which serve as the theoretical framework for each chapter. Each chapter unfolds in a form of a play with imaginary settings and events that bring Henrietta Lacks back from the grave to participate in conversations about science, society, and social justice. The imaginary conversations are based on the author’s experiences in graduate courses, direct quotations from philosophers of science, historians of science, science educators, curriculum theorists, and stories of students in their study of Henrietta Lacks in a high school biology classroom. The play describes the journey of a graduate student/high school teacher as she researches the importance of the philosophy of science, history of science, science curriculum and social justice in science education. Through reflections on fictional conversations, stories of Henrietta Lacks are examined and described in multiple settings, beginning in an imaginary academic meeting, and ending with student conversations in a classroom. Each setting provides a space for conversations wherein participants explore their personal connections with science, science curriculum, issues of social justice related to science, and Henrietta Lacks. This book will be of interest to graduate students, scholars, and undergraduates in curriculum studies, educational foundations, and teacher education, and those interested in alternative research methodologies. This is the first book to intentionally address the stories of Henrietta Lacks and their importance in the field of curriculum studies, science studies, and current standardized high school science curriculum.
Publisher: IAP
ISBN: 1648024904
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This book is a theoretical inquiry into alternative pedagogies that challenge current standardized practices in the field of science education. Through Mandy Hoffen, a fictional persona, Dana McCullough, the author, explores how stories of Henrietta Lacks become part of a conspiracy to change science education. Mandy Hoffen, however, never expected to find herself in the middle of a conspiracy. As a science teacher of 20 plus years, she worked diligently to meet the needs of her charges, who are currently ninth and tenth grade biology students in an age of standardized testing. The author also creates imaginary dialogues which serve as the theoretical framework for each chapter. Each chapter unfolds in a form of a play with imaginary settings and events that bring Henrietta Lacks back from the grave to participate in conversations about science, society, and social justice. The imaginary conversations are based on the author’s experiences in graduate courses, direct quotations from philosophers of science, historians of science, science educators, curriculum theorists, and stories of students in their study of Henrietta Lacks in a high school biology classroom. The play describes the journey of a graduate student/high school teacher as she researches the importance of the philosophy of science, history of science, science curriculum and social justice in science education. Through reflections on fictional conversations, stories of Henrietta Lacks are examined and described in multiple settings, beginning in an imaginary academic meeting, and ending with student conversations in a classroom. Each setting provides a space for conversations wherein participants explore their personal connections with science, science curriculum, issues of social justice related to science, and Henrietta Lacks. This book will be of interest to graduate students, scholars, and undergraduates in curriculum studies, educational foundations, and teacher education, and those interested in alternative research methodologies. This is the first book to intentionally address the stories of Henrietta Lacks and their importance in the field of curriculum studies, science studies, and current standardized high school science curriculum.
The Fashion Conspiracy
Author: Nicholas Coleridge
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448149878
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
From the catwalks of Paris to the sweatshops of South Korea; from Seventh Avenue glitz to Tokyo new-wave... The sophisticated brokings of the fashion conspiracy have generated a powerful new force in the world economy; designer money. Nicholas Coleridge presents a fascinating portrait of the jet-setting matrons who are the gurus and tyrants of the fashion press; of fashion legends like Paloma Picasso and Tina Chow; of the top store buyers who command $700 million a season. He probes the incredible world of the designer billionaires like Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Yves St Laurent whose fashion empires are richer than entire Third World countries. Here are the jealousies, the glamour, the buccaneering, the espionage and the razzmatazz in a witty and penetrating guide to an extraordinary world.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448149878
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
From the catwalks of Paris to the sweatshops of South Korea; from Seventh Avenue glitz to Tokyo new-wave... The sophisticated brokings of the fashion conspiracy have generated a powerful new force in the world economy; designer money. Nicholas Coleridge presents a fascinating portrait of the jet-setting matrons who are the gurus and tyrants of the fashion press; of fashion legends like Paloma Picasso and Tina Chow; of the top store buyers who command $700 million a season. He probes the incredible world of the designer billionaires like Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Yves St Laurent whose fashion empires are richer than entire Third World countries. Here are the jealousies, the glamour, the buccaneering, the espionage and the razzmatazz in a witty and penetrating guide to an extraordinary world.
The Grand Conspiracy
Author: William Penn
Publisher: Pegasus Imprimis Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
When Fidel Castro sends his top assassin into Colorado's high country to kill the vacationing American and Russian Presidents, Buck and Dolly Madison and Buck's Vietnam war buddies are caught in a cross-fire of presidential politics, water politics and forced to make a choice between Duty-Honor-Country and allowing Fidel's terrorists to assassinate a President who "loathes" the military. After their private plane is shot down by the terrorists on a Rocky Mountain glacier, Buck and Dolly must fight their way downhill through a terrorist gauntlet that tests their love, courage and survival skills. If they can outwit the terrorists, they can prevent the destruction of the Lake Granby High Dam and save the lives of thousands of innocent Americans.
Publisher: Pegasus Imprimis Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
When Fidel Castro sends his top assassin into Colorado's high country to kill the vacationing American and Russian Presidents, Buck and Dolly Madison and Buck's Vietnam war buddies are caught in a cross-fire of presidential politics, water politics and forced to make a choice between Duty-Honor-Country and allowing Fidel's terrorists to assassinate a President who "loathes" the military. After their private plane is shot down by the terrorists on a Rocky Mountain glacier, Buck and Dolly must fight their way downhill through a terrorist gauntlet that tests their love, courage and survival skills. If they can outwit the terrorists, they can prevent the destruction of the Lake Granby High Dam and save the lives of thousands of innocent Americans.
The Third Riel Conspiracy
Author: Stephen Legault
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 1927129869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
It is the spring of 1885 and the Northwest Rebellion has broken out. Amid the chaos of the Battle of Batoche, a grisly act leaves Reuben Wake dead. A Metis man is arrested for the crime, but he claims innocence. When Durrant Wallace, sergeant in the North West Mounted Police, begins his own investigation into the man’s possible motives, he learns there were many who wanted Wake dead. What Durrant uncovers is a series of covert conspiracies surrounding Metis leader and prophet Louis Riel. And, during the week-long intermission in Riel’s trial, he sets a trap to find Wake’s true killer. The Third Riel Conspiracy is the second book in the Durrant Wallace Mysteries, a series of historical murder mysteries set during pivotal events in western Canada’s history.
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 1927129869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
It is the spring of 1885 and the Northwest Rebellion has broken out. Amid the chaos of the Battle of Batoche, a grisly act leaves Reuben Wake dead. A Metis man is arrested for the crime, but he claims innocence. When Durrant Wallace, sergeant in the North West Mounted Police, begins his own investigation into the man’s possible motives, he learns there were many who wanted Wake dead. What Durrant uncovers is a series of covert conspiracies surrounding Metis leader and prophet Louis Riel. And, during the week-long intermission in Riel’s trial, he sets a trap to find Wake’s true killer. The Third Riel Conspiracy is the second book in the Durrant Wallace Mysteries, a series of historical murder mysteries set during pivotal events in western Canada’s history.
Spider Web of Conspiracy
Author: DV Anderson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665598417
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This work is about an investigating reporter. Marcus Wilton. Reporter, Marcus Wilton, has a strong sense of duty. He writes a daily column and front spread feature articles on getting justice for the underrepresented. People call on his help when the judicial system and all else fails. and is at wit end. he was their last resort. The big conglomerates media shy away from those suffering the oppression of injustice. It wasn’t news worthy, until it becomes news. Then like vulture the feeding frenzy starts This is why he report and will not stay silent; Marcus has been called a loose cannon when his investigation brings about the fall from grace of powerful individual who thought they were above the law. many truths have been exposed because of his articles. Political giants who have been manipulating the law for decades. ***** What inspires me? [one] always the changing season {two words] and [three] languages. Each in their yearly abode fills me with revolving inspiration. Seeing life through the eyes of time. Each have an ever-ongoing amazing story to tell. Words in its wonderful alluring seductiveness. Words seduce mind soul and spirit. One runs with it laugh with it cries with it and marvel at it unravel and reveal new avenues, crescents, byways broad and narrow openings. Words allow us to expresses it with million-fold intensity. One word sown in sadness or joyful gladness releases in fulness; several hundred thousand words page turner. So delightful. One sit down to write and enter into the mystery of words; and onto that countless way that will take us in many twists and turns. And yes, we can still find the... Unique. Words with many connections; like planets and stars in the universe. Words have a real presence and a grand consistency. And languages. Not of nations, country or region of people; but of people as worked related. A police officer speaks with a language much different from a solicitor, barrister or judge. So different from the everyday Joe and Jane. Doctors, and those within the medical field have another kind. Criminals also have this separate language especially those in organised crime. The mafia drug dealers and suppliers. Street peddlers market stall traders. Stock market traders extricate from all others language, and is embedded with signs. The picture I am trying to paint is of autumn leaves in the fall. Nature colours at their natural best.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665598417
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This work is about an investigating reporter. Marcus Wilton. Reporter, Marcus Wilton, has a strong sense of duty. He writes a daily column and front spread feature articles on getting justice for the underrepresented. People call on his help when the judicial system and all else fails. and is at wit end. he was their last resort. The big conglomerates media shy away from those suffering the oppression of injustice. It wasn’t news worthy, until it becomes news. Then like vulture the feeding frenzy starts This is why he report and will not stay silent; Marcus has been called a loose cannon when his investigation brings about the fall from grace of powerful individual who thought they were above the law. many truths have been exposed because of his articles. Political giants who have been manipulating the law for decades. ***** What inspires me? [one] always the changing season {two words] and [three] languages. Each in their yearly abode fills me with revolving inspiration. Seeing life through the eyes of time. Each have an ever-ongoing amazing story to tell. Words in its wonderful alluring seductiveness. Words seduce mind soul and spirit. One runs with it laugh with it cries with it and marvel at it unravel and reveal new avenues, crescents, byways broad and narrow openings. Words allow us to expresses it with million-fold intensity. One word sown in sadness or joyful gladness releases in fulness; several hundred thousand words page turner. So delightful. One sit down to write and enter into the mystery of words; and onto that countless way that will take us in many twists and turns. And yes, we can still find the... Unique. Words with many connections; like planets and stars in the universe. Words have a real presence and a grand consistency. And languages. Not of nations, country or region of people; but of people as worked related. A police officer speaks with a language much different from a solicitor, barrister or judge. So different from the everyday Joe and Jane. Doctors, and those within the medical field have another kind. Criminals also have this separate language especially those in organised crime. The mafia drug dealers and suppliers. Street peddlers market stall traders. Stock market traders extricate from all others language, and is embedded with signs. The picture I am trying to paint is of autumn leaves in the fall. Nature colours at their natural best.
The Mannequin Man: Sasha's Revenge
Author: Fabian Antony
Publisher: Fabian Antony
ISBN: 9334111917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
A bizarre murder shatters the peace of the townsfolk in the tranquil hills of Munnar, Kerala, triggering a chain of increasingly gruesome killings. Bernie, a senior officer with the police force, is tasked with hunting down the perpetrators and soon realizes that the murders are all connected, linked to a long-dead enemy. But who could be orchestrating these killings with such chilling precision? Bernie’s investigation evolves into a journey through his darkest fears, regrets, and a past that haunts him with every breath that he takes. His journey through a sinister labyrinth of hatred, revenge, and redemption forces him to uncover truths that will change his perspective on life and death. Can he unravel the truth before the mysterious killer claims more lives, including his own?
Publisher: Fabian Antony
ISBN: 9334111917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
A bizarre murder shatters the peace of the townsfolk in the tranquil hills of Munnar, Kerala, triggering a chain of increasingly gruesome killings. Bernie, a senior officer with the police force, is tasked with hunting down the perpetrators and soon realizes that the murders are all connected, linked to a long-dead enemy. But who could be orchestrating these killings with such chilling precision? Bernie’s investigation evolves into a journey through his darkest fears, regrets, and a past that haunts him with every breath that he takes. His journey through a sinister labyrinth of hatred, revenge, and redemption forces him to uncover truths that will change his perspective on life and death. Can he unravel the truth before the mysterious killer claims more lives, including his own?
The Mannequin Offensive
Author: Kirsten Weiss
Publisher: misterio press
ISBN: 1944767029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Rocky Bridges just wants to forget. But a Viking spirit won’t let her forgive. After the man she was hired to protect is killed overseas, all Gen-Xer Rocky Bridges wants is to be done with the global security business. She's aging out of personal protection gigs. The international flights make her back ache. And her bevy of wayward contractors are getting on her last peri-menopausal nerve. But when her business partner is murdered in her hometown, Rocky must investigate her own company and clients. Rocky’s no PI, but she’s always trusted her instincts. Angry mobsters, hot insurance investigators, and a Russian-model turned business partner she can handle. But when her inner voice develops a mind of its own, she finds herself questioning her sanity and the very nature of reality. Rocky can’t trust those around her. But can she trust herself? The Mannequin Offensive is a fast-paced and funny mystery packed with friendship, romance, and quirky characters. If you’re a fan of Shannon Mayer, K.F. Breene, or Christine Zane Thomas, don’t miss this twisty paranormal mystery. This no-nonsense, forty-something heroine isn’t like the others... Buy this paranormal women's fiction mystery today! Categories: Paranormal women's fiction, urban fantasy, paranormal mystery.
Publisher: misterio press
ISBN: 1944767029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Rocky Bridges just wants to forget. But a Viking spirit won’t let her forgive. After the man she was hired to protect is killed overseas, all Gen-Xer Rocky Bridges wants is to be done with the global security business. She's aging out of personal protection gigs. The international flights make her back ache. And her bevy of wayward contractors are getting on her last peri-menopausal nerve. But when her business partner is murdered in her hometown, Rocky must investigate her own company and clients. Rocky’s no PI, but she’s always trusted her instincts. Angry mobsters, hot insurance investigators, and a Russian-model turned business partner she can handle. But when her inner voice develops a mind of its own, she finds herself questioning her sanity and the very nature of reality. Rocky can’t trust those around her. But can she trust herself? The Mannequin Offensive is a fast-paced and funny mystery packed with friendship, romance, and quirky characters. If you’re a fan of Shannon Mayer, K.F. Breene, or Christine Zane Thomas, don’t miss this twisty paranormal mystery. This no-nonsense, forty-something heroine isn’t like the others... Buy this paranormal women's fiction mystery today! Categories: Paranormal women's fiction, urban fantasy, paranormal mystery.