Author: Deltron Ryland
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1640272208
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
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The Rolex Bandits
Author: Deltron Ryland
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1640272208
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
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Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1640272208
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
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Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Author: Malcolm Pryce
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408809044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Schoolboys are disappearing all over Aberystwyth and nobody knows why. Louie Knight, the town's private investigator, soon realises that it is going to take more than a double ripple from Sospan, the philosopher cum ice-cream seller, to help find out what is happening to these boys and whether or not Lovespoon, the Welsh teacher, Grand Wizard of the Druids and controller of the town, is more than just a sinister bully. And just who was Gwenno Guevara?
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408809044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Schoolboys are disappearing all over Aberystwyth and nobody knows why. Louie Knight, the town's private investigator, soon realises that it is going to take more than a double ripple from Sospan, the philosopher cum ice-cream seller, to help find out what is happening to these boys and whether or not Lovespoon, the Welsh teacher, Grand Wizard of the Druids and controller of the town, is more than just a sinister bully. And just who was Gwenno Guevara?
Wealth and Democracy
Author: Kevin Phillips
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0767911512
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
For more than thirty years, Kevin Phillips' insight into American politics and economics has helped to make history as well as record it. His bestselling books, including The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) and The Politics of Rich and Poor (1990), have influenced presidential campaigns and changed the way America sees itself. Widely acknowledging Phillips as one of the nation's most perceptive thinkers, reviewers have called him a latter-day Nostradamus and our "modern Thomas Paine." Now, in the first major book of its kind since the 1930s, he turns his attention to the United States' history of great wealth and power, a sweeping cavalcade from the American Revolution to what he calls "the Second Gilded Age" at the turn of the twenty-first century. The Second Gilded Age has been staggering enough in its concentration of wealth to dwarf the original Gilded Age a hundred years earlier. However, the tech crash and then the horrible events of September 11, 2001, pointed out that great riches are as vulnerable as they have ever been. In Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips charts the ongoing American saga of great wealth–how it has been accumulated, its shifting sources, and its ups and downs over more than two centuries. He explores how the rich and politically powerful have frequently worked together to create or perpetuate privilege, often at the expense of the national interest and usually at the expense of the middle and lower classes. With intriguing chapters on history and bold analysis of present-day America, Phillips illuminates the dangerous politics that go with excessive concentration of wealth. Profiling wealthy Americans–from Astor to Carnegie and Rockefeller to contemporary wealth holders–Phillips provides fascinating details about the peculiarly American ways of becoming and staying a multimillionaire. He exposes the subtle corruption spawned by a money culture and financial power, evident in economic philosophy, tax favoritism, and selective bailouts in the name of free enterprise, economic stimulus, and national security. Finally, Wealth and Democracy turns to the history of Britain and other leading world economic powers to examine the symptoms that signaled their declines–speculative finance, mounting international debt, record wealth, income polarization, and disgruntled politics–signs that we recognize in America at the start of the twenty-first century. In a time of national crisis, Phillips worries that the growing parallels suggest the tide may already be turning for us all.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0767911512
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
For more than thirty years, Kevin Phillips' insight into American politics and economics has helped to make history as well as record it. His bestselling books, including The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) and The Politics of Rich and Poor (1990), have influenced presidential campaigns and changed the way America sees itself. Widely acknowledging Phillips as one of the nation's most perceptive thinkers, reviewers have called him a latter-day Nostradamus and our "modern Thomas Paine." Now, in the first major book of its kind since the 1930s, he turns his attention to the United States' history of great wealth and power, a sweeping cavalcade from the American Revolution to what he calls "the Second Gilded Age" at the turn of the twenty-first century. The Second Gilded Age has been staggering enough in its concentration of wealth to dwarf the original Gilded Age a hundred years earlier. However, the tech crash and then the horrible events of September 11, 2001, pointed out that great riches are as vulnerable as they have ever been. In Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips charts the ongoing American saga of great wealth–how it has been accumulated, its shifting sources, and its ups and downs over more than two centuries. He explores how the rich and politically powerful have frequently worked together to create or perpetuate privilege, often at the expense of the national interest and usually at the expense of the middle and lower classes. With intriguing chapters on history and bold analysis of present-day America, Phillips illuminates the dangerous politics that go with excessive concentration of wealth. Profiling wealthy Americans–from Astor to Carnegie and Rockefeller to contemporary wealth holders–Phillips provides fascinating details about the peculiarly American ways of becoming and staying a multimillionaire. He exposes the subtle corruption spawned by a money culture and financial power, evident in economic philosophy, tax favoritism, and selective bailouts in the name of free enterprise, economic stimulus, and national security. Finally, Wealth and Democracy turns to the history of Britain and other leading world economic powers to examine the symptoms that signaled their declines–speculative finance, mounting international debt, record wealth, income polarization, and disgruntled politics–signs that we recognize in America at the start of the twenty-first century. In a time of national crisis, Phillips worries that the growing parallels suggest the tide may already be turning for us all.
The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
Author: Max Boot
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 0871409437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (Biography) A New York Times bestseller, this “epic and elegant” biography (Wall Street Journal) profoundly recasts our understanding of the Vietnam War. Praised as a “superb scholarly achievement” (Foreign Policy), The Road Not Taken confirms Max Boot’s role as a “master chronicler” (Washington Times) of American military affairs. Through dozens of interviews and never-before-seen documents, Boot rescues Edward Lansdale (1908–1987) from historical ignominy to “restore a sense of proportion” to this “political Svengali, or ‘Lawrence of Asia’ ”(The New Yorker). Boot demonstrates how Lansdale, the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene’s The Quiet American, pioneered a “hearts and minds” diplomacy, first in the Philippines and then in Vietnam. Bringing a tragic complexity to Lansdale and a nuanced analysis to his visionary foreign policy, Boot suggests Vietnam could have been different had we only listened. With contemporary reverberations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, The Road Not Taken is a “judicious and absorbing” (New York Times Book Review) biography of lasting historical consequence.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 0871409437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (Biography) A New York Times bestseller, this “epic and elegant” biography (Wall Street Journal) profoundly recasts our understanding of the Vietnam War. Praised as a “superb scholarly achievement” (Foreign Policy), The Road Not Taken confirms Max Boot’s role as a “master chronicler” (Washington Times) of American military affairs. Through dozens of interviews and never-before-seen documents, Boot rescues Edward Lansdale (1908–1987) from historical ignominy to “restore a sense of proportion” to this “political Svengali, or ‘Lawrence of Asia’ ”(The New Yorker). Boot demonstrates how Lansdale, the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene’s The Quiet American, pioneered a “hearts and minds” diplomacy, first in the Philippines and then in Vietnam. Bringing a tragic complexity to Lansdale and a nuanced analysis to his visionary foreign policy, Boot suggests Vietnam could have been different had we only listened. With contemporary reverberations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, The Road Not Taken is a “judicious and absorbing” (New York Times Book Review) biography of lasting historical consequence.
Travel Advisory
Author: Bambi Vincent
Publisher: Bonus Books, Inc.
ISBN: 9781566251983
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Don't become a victim! Next time you a plan a trip, arm yourself with the most comprehensive travel safety guide on the market. Renowned travel experts Bambi Vincent and Bob Arno give you the inside look at today's con games, credit card scams, distraction schemes, and identity thefts plaguing unaware travelers everywhere.
Publisher: Bonus Books, Inc.
ISBN: 9781566251983
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Don't become a victim! Next time you a plan a trip, arm yourself with the most comprehensive travel safety guide on the market. Renowned travel experts Bambi Vincent and Bob Arno give you the inside look at today's con games, credit card scams, distraction schemes, and identity thefts plaguing unaware travelers everywhere.
Energy, Peace, Purpose
Author: G. Ken Goodrick
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425169964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Life doesn't have to be a mindless routine, punctuated by fleeting glimpses of greater possibilities. This step-by-step plan for optimal living shows how to maximize your energy, manage your stress, and nourish your soul--all to help you live a simply better life.
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425169964
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Life doesn't have to be a mindless routine, punctuated by fleeting glimpses of greater possibilities. This step-by-step plan for optimal living shows how to maximize your energy, manage your stress, and nourish your soul--all to help you live a simply better life.
Status
Author: Philippa Davies
Publisher: Piatkus Books
ISBN: 9780749910679
Category : Communities
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
In the belief that everybody can develop his or her personal power and acquire increased status, the author offers a definition of status, explores how people with status operate and build their careers, and gives guidelines on how self-assurance and high-status behaviour can be developed.
Publisher: Piatkus Books
ISBN: 9780749910679
Category : Communities
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
In the belief that everybody can develop his or her personal power and acquire increased status, the author offers a definition of status, explores how people with status operate and build their careers, and gives guidelines on how self-assurance and high-status behaviour can be developed.
Romantic Medical Saint in the City
Author: Xiao Ya
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647870380
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Wang Yunjie accidentally knew the director's secrets while he was revengeed by the director. However, he got blessed by misfortune and got a magic bracelet unexpectedly. This bracelet helped him to be the best doctor and any incurable diseases could be easily cured by him. His status rose so rapidly that those who used to underestimate him now had to start humble. His life was totally changed.☆About the Author☆Xiao Ya, an online novelist. She is good at writing urban novels especially about doctor. Her work Romantic Medical Saint in the City is developed in the profession of doctors, with her fluent writing telling the story of an intern doctor changing his life.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647870380
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Wang Yunjie accidentally knew the director's secrets while he was revengeed by the director. However, he got blessed by misfortune and got a magic bracelet unexpectedly. This bracelet helped him to be the best doctor and any incurable diseases could be easily cured by him. His status rose so rapidly that those who used to underestimate him now had to start humble. His life was totally changed.☆About the Author☆Xiao Ya, an online novelist. She is good at writing urban novels especially about doctor. Her work Romantic Medical Saint in the City is developed in the profession of doctors, with her fluent writing telling the story of an intern doctor changing his life.
Lodging
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hotel management
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hotel management
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
Three Times A Killer
Author: Gerald Hansen
Publisher: Mint Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
DI Liam McLaughlin and DS Nancy D'Arcy are seasoned pros, but even their skills are stretched when a battered body turns up in an alley across from the hair salon. Declan Hoagett was a seemingly harmless wino who spent his days hanging out on the street corner where the bank used to be. He rarely asked for handouts but did occasionally burst into song. Nobody would kill him for that, would they? More baffling, why does he seem to have been killed three different ways? Are they looking for three perps? One? Two? It's up to McLaughlin, D'Arcy and those from Derry's Major Investigation Team to uncover their most heartless murderer yet. The third of the Derry Murder Mysteries, Three Times a Killer is another gripping, gritty mystery thriller with jaw-dropping twists and a touch of Gerald Hansen's signature dark humor.
Publisher: Mint Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
DI Liam McLaughlin and DS Nancy D'Arcy are seasoned pros, but even their skills are stretched when a battered body turns up in an alley across from the hair salon. Declan Hoagett was a seemingly harmless wino who spent his days hanging out on the street corner where the bank used to be. He rarely asked for handouts but did occasionally burst into song. Nobody would kill him for that, would they? More baffling, why does he seem to have been killed three different ways? Are they looking for three perps? One? Two? It's up to McLaughlin, D'Arcy and those from Derry's Major Investigation Team to uncover their most heartless murderer yet. The third of the Derry Murder Mysteries, Three Times a Killer is another gripping, gritty mystery thriller with jaw-dropping twists and a touch of Gerald Hansen's signature dark humor.