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Death of a Scam Artist

Author : Mike Befeler
Publisher : Encircle+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1893035727
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Death of a Scam Artist written by Mike Befeler and published by Encircle+ORM. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retirement home hides a surprising amount of intrigue and danger in this novel by a two-time finalist for the Lefty Award for Humorous Mystery. A failing retirement home needs to be turned around—and unfortunately, the job has been given to a financial hatchet man who dislikes old people. But his foray into the world of geezers and geezerettes will turn out to be a life-transforming experience. He must deal with a suspicious death, a scam, a hit man, an unexpected romance—and retired magician Jerry Rhine and his five wacky sidekicks known as the Jerry-atrics. And he will face the most important decision of his life when he uncovers the secret behind an unusual murder… Praise for Mike Befeler’s mysteries: “Witty, clever, and wholly entertaining.”—Margaret Coel, New York Times-bestselling author of the Wind River Mysteries “Delightful.”—Maggie Sefton, New York Times-bestselling author of the Knitting Mysteries

Death of a Con Man

Author : G. R. Williamson
Publisher : Indian Head Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of a Con Man written by G. R. Williamson and published by Indian Head Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The undisputed king of the confidence men of the Old West, Jefferson Randolph Smith II (Soapy Smith) ruled criminal gangs in Colorado and Alaska. No other scoundrel could match Soapy Smith’s utter audacity and unrelenting pursuit of skinning a sucker. He was a genius at running a scam, at organizing a gang of confederates, and at paying off authorities. He had the inherent ability to look a man in the eye and lie like every word was etched in stone. But, on July 8 1898, Soapy was killed in a shootout in Skagway, Alaska. At the time, newspapers attributed a man, Frank Reid, with putting the fatal bullet through Soapy’s heart. Now, 100 years later, historical research has shown that was not the case. Death of a Con Man is a concise, accurate account of the truth behind the myth. Entertaining, as well as informative, the story of the most notorious con man is told with many vintage photographs

The Death of the Artist

Author : William Deresiewicz
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250125529
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Death of the Artist written by William Deresiewicz and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens artists' lives and work—the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our souls and societies—from an award-winning essayist and critic There are two stories you hear about earning a living as an artist in the digital age. One comes from Silicon Valley. There's never been a better time to be an artist, it goes. If you've got a laptop, you've got a recording studio. If you've got an iPhone, you've got a movie camera. And if production is cheap, distribution is free: it's called the Internet. Everyone's an artist; just tap your creativity and put your stuff out there. The other comes from artists themselves. Sure, it goes, you can put your stuff out there, but who's going to pay you for it? Everyone is not an artist. Making art takes years of dedication, and that requires a means of support. If things don't change, a lot of art will cease to be sustainable. So which account is true? Since people are still making a living as artists today, how are they managing to do it? William Deresiewicz, a leading critic of the arts and of contemporary culture, set out to answer those questions. Based on interviews with artists of all kinds, The Death of the Artist argues that we are in the midst of an epochal transformation. If artists were artisans in the Renaissance, bohemians in the nineteenth century, and professionals in the twentieth, a new paradigm is emerging in the digital age, one that is changing our fundamental ideas about the nature of art and the role of the artist in society.

Real Estate Appraisal Death of an Industry

Author : Hamp Thomas
Publisher : Hamp Thomas
ISBN 13 : 9781475107906
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Real Estate Appraisal Death of an Industry written by Hamp Thomas and published by Hamp Thomas. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like no event in history, the real estate appraisal industry has been slandered, steered, and stomped into submission. Charged and convicted of a crime they did not commit. Big banking is leading a new revolution, taking real estate appraisers out of the mortgage lending process. Enter computerized home valuation services, being promoted as the "technology-based" saviors to the home buying public. The greatest sales job ever, sold to a real estate weary public who just wants to know they are paying a fair price. Discover the misinformation that is killing an entire industry that consumers need now more than ever before. Caveat Emptor!

Marketing Scams

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Marketing Scams written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Frauds, Scams, and Cons

Author : Duane Swierczynski
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028644158
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Frauds, Scams, and Cons written by Duane Swierczynski and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- The main target for scams are those 50 years of age or older. -- This book will expose all the latest scams, frauds, and cons -- and can be updated yearly, if necessary, to expose all the latest schemes. Fraud -- credit card fraud, telemarketing scares, Internet scares, identity theft and hundreds of other items that are geared to separate you from your money -- is a multi-billion dollar business, both in the U.S. and worldwide. From a simple three-card monte game on a street corner to sophisticated banking and Wall Street swindles, cons, frauds and scams are destined to strike one in ten Americans this year. Check kiting, ATM scares, bankruptcy fraud, real estate scams, Nigerian money offers, and even slave reparation scams -- there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of ways to get suckered by telemarketers or just plain fast-talking swindlers. Scary stuff, right? This book identifies the myriad of scams, cons, and frauds perpetrated every minute of every day in this country, and gives cutting-edge, up-to-date advice on how you can protect yourself from unscrupulous cons of every conceivable stripe. There will also be an entertaining section on con artists through history, from the infamous grifters of the Great Depression to the masterminds of the recent Enron collapse -- perhaps one of the greatest scams in America's history.

Definitely Dead

Author : Lois Winston
Publisher : Lois Winston
ISBN 13 : 1940795109
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Definitely Dead written by Lois Winston and published by Lois Winston. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An homage to Dashell Hammet’s Thin Man movies with a modern day spin on Nick and Nora Charles. When her career is outsourced to Asia, fledgling romance author and empty-nester Gracie Elliott wants a job that will allow her time to write. So she opens Relatively Speaking, becoming a wing woman to the senior set. Since her clients need several hours each morning to find their teeth, lube their creaky joints, and deal with lower GI necessities, and they always turn in after the early bird specials, she has plenty of time to pen her future bestsellers. Gracie deliberately avoids mentioning her new business venture to husband Blake until after she signs her first client. Blake joins the company as a not-so-silent partner, tagging along to make sure Gracie doesn’t cause a septuagenarian uprising. When Client #13 is found murdered in the parking lot behind the Moose Lodge, Gracie knows, no matter how much Blake protests otherwise, she can’t wait around for the police to find the killer if she wants to save her livelihood. Keywords: murder mystery, amateur sleuth, female protagonist, humorous, contemporary, romance, dating, comedy

The Sunshine Shenanigan

Author : John M. Whiddon
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 163661504X
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book The Sunshine Shenanigan written by John M. Whiddon and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunshine Shenanigan By: John M. Whiddon It’s the early ‘90s, and Florida’s Medicaid program is growing fast. Webb Espy, the well-loved and spirited leader of Florida’s Medicaid Regulatory Office, has inadvertently discovered that large amounts of money are being siphoned from the state’s Medicaid coffers. Those responsible are doing so for reasons far more complicated and nefarious than greed. The resulting investigation leads him and his unconventional staff into the path of a mysterious and dangerous adversary, determined to keep them off his employers’ trail at any cost. Drawing on his personal resources and connections, Espy enters into a chess match of wits and wills, leading to several unanticipated consequences for himself, his team, and the world. Reflecting on the Florida Medicaid program’s uncontrolled expansion and the unknown extent of Medicaid fraud and abuse in America’s history, this story could be all too true.

Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?

Author : Stephen Dobyns
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399576347
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Is Fat Bob Dead Yet? written by Stephen Dobyns and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Dobyns—whom Stephen King has described as "the best of the best"—is back with a comic suspense novel about a small-time con operation, a pair of combative detectives, and the pride, revenge, and deception that guide us all. Richard Russo meets Elmore Leonard. In the seaport town of New London, Connecticut, newcomer Connor Raposo has just witnessed a gruesome motorcycle accident on Bank Street. At least he thinks it was an accident. A man sliced in half by a reversing dump truck could only be an accident, right? But these days, Connor can’t be sure of anything—his entire line of work is based on games of artful deception. His days at Bounty, Inc., are spent soliciting funds for improbable, bogus charities; its last venture was Free Beagles from Nicotine Addiction, Inc. The new scam is Prom Queens Anonymous, Inc., dedicated to helping former high school celebs transition to humdrum daily grown-up lives; Connor’s target is Angelina Rossi—Pumpkin Queen of 1985, proud beagle owner, and ex-wife of a man named Fat Bob. Meanwhile, Manny Streeter and Benny Vikström are the local detectives assigned to the Bank Street motorcycle wreck, and despite their shared interest of proving each other wrong, the two eventually reach the same conclusion: This death by Harley was Murder One, pure and simple. As the detectives begin asking their questions around town, Connor is looking for similar answers that will determine whether he lives or dies. Among them: Who is Fat Bob, and is he actually dead? Sharply written and entertainingly absurd, Is Fat Bob Dead Yet? is packed with Stephen Dobyns’s trademark characters—whimsical, neurotic, puzzling yet familiar, and impossible to pin down. Dobyns again proves why he is an American master of the suspenseful, all-too-human land of the absurd.

The Dead Keep

Author : J. E. Bennett
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1446117316
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book The Dead Keep written by J. E. Bennett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace Hill, 38, moves to Southend-on-Sea in Essex for a new life. She meets the man of her dreams, Robert Martin. Good looking, rugged, sporty. But Grace's happiness is shattered as vicious murders rock the community and leaves DCI Crane and his team stumped. James Murrell, a famous male witch who lived in Grace's cottage 150 years ago, returns as a ghost to help find the killer. A page turner that'll keep you guessing. Set around the ruins of Hadleigh Castle.

Dead Is a State of Mind

Author : Marlene Perez
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0152062106
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis Dead Is a State of Mind by : Marlene Perez

Download or read book Dead Is a State of Mind written by Marlene Perez and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a gorgeous new student's prediction that a teacher will be murdered comes true, seventeen-year-old Daisy is determined to solve the crime, but when all signs point to the killer being a werewolf, she fears she is in over her head.

Home

Author : Efa E. Etoroma
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1039187706
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Home written by Efa E. Etoroma and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where are you from? Where is your home? Do you miss home? These are questions that Efa E. Etoroma—born in Nigeria—has frequently been asked since moving to Canada in 1978. In this autoethnography, the Concordia University of Edmonton professor examines his views on what home really is and his struggles to feel a true sense of belonging anywhere he has lived. Explained with candor and occasional vulnerability, Home: Reflections on Marginality and Belonging is told from the perspective of a marginalized Black, Christian immigrant, but his story is relatable to anyone who has felt alienated or had a crisis of identity. Efa shares his personal experiences of growing up in post-colonial northern Nigeria, raised Anglican amongst mostly Muslims, and fleeing to the southern region as a child, shortly after the start of the Nigerian Civil War. Then he recounts moving to Canada to attend school but staying upon meeting his future Canadian-born wife. He explores his connection with Black Pentecostal churches as well as his thoughts on grieving, death, and aging away from his homeland. Supporting these experiences, Efa incorporates an abundance of research for a wider cultural and social context. Home: Reflections on Marginality and Belonging is part snapshot of the author’s life—a way of identifying who he is and where he is from—part answer to the questions, “Where are you from” and “Where is your home,” and part exploration of the micro-level contradictions of social change brought about by modern society.

Death of a Liturgist

Author : Lorraine V. Murray
Publisher : TAN Books
ISBN 13 : 1935302914
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Death of a Liturgist written by Lorraine V. Murray and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people are just dying for change! St. Rita's was a vibrant suburban church whose parishioners liked things on the traditional side: old-fashioned hymns from the choir and no-nonsense preaching from the priests, pious devotions in the chapel and warm pastries in the rectory kitchen. All that ended the day the liturgist arrived. He promised to bring the parish up to date, to get more people to participate, to make the Mass more appealing to the tastes of modern Catholics. But all he did was make enemies; it seems St. Rita's wasn't ready to sing a new church into being quite yet. So when the liturgist turned up dead, under violent and mysterious circumstances, everyone was a suspect Death of a Liturgist features the return of Francesca Bibbo, the irrepressible heroine of Death in the Choir. Join her and the rest of St. Rita's eccentric crew, including Sister Therese, Detective Tony Viscardi, and Ignatius the Hamster (with a little help from the archbishop, too), as they try to solve the mystery and make St. Rita's safe for tradition again.

Scotty's Castle

Author : Robert P. Palazzo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467116750
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Scotty's Castle written by Robert P. Palazzo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotty's Castle is a study in contrasts, much like its setting in Death Valley. While the castle is known worldwide and has been visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists, many myths persist. It is not a castle, nor was it owned by Walter E. Scott, known as "Death Valley Scotty." But the Spanish-style hacienda, also known as Death Valley Ranch, has always been linked to Scott. This book explores the fascinating history of Death Valley Scotty, Albert and Bessie Johnson (the true owners and builders of the castle), and the castle itself from construction to private living quarters to a tourist facility owned and operated by the National Park Service.

Matrix for Assassination

Author : Richard Gilbride
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426991762
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Matrix for Assassination written by Richard Gilbride and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A phantom haunts Americathe ghost of Dealey Plaza where President John F. Kennedy was shot on November 22, 1963. In Matrix for Assassination, author Richard Gilbride, a schoolboy in 1963 who became fascinated with the facts, condenses much of the research conducted in recent years after a mountain of new data became available from classified files with the passing of the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. Matrix for Assassination names the names. It offers simple and defensible solutions to many of the crimes lasting enigmas: Who were the shooters? Who forced Ruby to kill Oswald? Who orchestrated Kennedys autopsy cover-up? What actually happened in the book depository? Were the Dallas police in on the plot? The Pentagon? LBJ? The CIA? Thoroughly referenced with 300 accompanying photographs, Matrix for Assassination is bookended by two events which draw it through the tabloids and into the X-Files: Marilyn Monroe's strange death and JFKs clash with an above-top-secret UFO cabal. Her murder was a prelude to Dallas; at the heart of the military-industrial complex dwelt a sinister darkness that originated in Nazi Germany.

Chuck Whitlock's Scam School

Author : Chuck Whitlock
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780028621395
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Chuck Whitlock's Scam School written by Chuck Whitlock and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1997-10-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are Out to Get You! Chuck Whitlock, the world's leading scam-buster, wises you up to the incredible variety of cons just waiting to rid you of your wallet, your health, and your pride. Renowned to viewers of Oprah and Hard Copy, Geraldo and Sally Jesse Raphael, Inside Edition and CNN, Chuck Whitlock has exposed hundreds of con artists and reenacted scores of scams on camera. In his Scam School he reveals the tricks of the con artist's trade as he recounts his adventures going undercover to expose the most common and crafty scams circulating today — scams like: The faith healer who sold "human fat" candles at $900 a pop The new hire who wooed his boss and then bilked her out of her life savings The Three-Card Monte game that cost one man $25,000 The nursing home that double-charged patients and Medicare, pocketing the profits At once shocking, entertaining, and empowering, the true stories in Chuck Whitlock's Scam School will give you a Ph.D. in street smarts. "In a culture where people are increasingly being victimized by fraud, Scam School is a must read." —Vincent Bugliosi, Author of Helter Skelter "Chuck has educated millions of viewers about the dangers of con artists. This book can help avert tragedies." —Sally Jesse Raphael "Knowledge is power. Scam School will make you powerful." —John G. Di Liberto, President & Ceo, National Insurance Crime Bureau "Through his investigative reporting and on-camera scams, Chuck has probably cost con artists millions of dollars in lost revenues" —Terry Murphy, Hard Copy Visit us Online at http://www.mcp.com/mgr/macmillan

TLA Film, Video, and DVD Guide 2002-2003

Author : David Bleiler
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1466867574
Total Pages : 4227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book TLA Film, Video, and DVD Guide 2002-2003 written by David Bleiler and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 4227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The TLA Film, Video & DVD Guide 2002-2003 is the absolutely indispensible guide for the true lover of cinema. By focusing on independent and international films, and avoiding much of the made-for-TV/made-for-cable/made-for-video dreck, this guide offers more comprehensive coverage of the films the reader may actually want to rent and see. The guide includes: * Reviews of more than 10,000 films * Four detailed indexes - by star, director, theme, genre, and country of origin * More than 450 photos throughout * A listing of all the major film awards, TLA Bests and recommended films * A comprehensive selection of cinema from over 50 countries From one of the finest names in video retailing and a growing rental chain comes the latest edition of one of the most respected film, video, and DVD guides. The TLA Film, Video & DVD Guide is perfect for anyone whose tastes range from All About My Mother to Fight Club; from This Is Spinal Tap to Ma Vie en Rose.