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Book Synopsis Isles of Corruption by : Elyse Thomson
Download or read book Isles of Corruption written by Elyse Thomson and published by Two Laurels Press. This book was released on 2024-09-04 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A runaway scholar. A warrior haunted by his past. And the curse that will break them… or bind them forever. Hypatia dreamed of becoming an academic—until her research was used for treason. When her past threatens to catch up with her, the mage decides to seek safety abroad. But in so doing, she’s tricked into taking another’s place as the bride of a grim warrior on a monster-infested frontier. Obsessed with fame and fortune, Sigimar gained glory battling the curse shrouding a nearby kingdom—and lost his brother in the process. Disillusioned and grief-stricken, the hulking elf is ordered to marry a princess whose magic can keep the curse at bay. Except he weds Hypatia, a beautiful substitute he yearns for but knows he must set free. Hypatia refuses to become monster fodder, which means journeying to Sigimar’s king to dissolve their marriage contract. Yet in the shelter of Sigimar’s embrace she finds a kindred spirit and an inescapable passion. Can she muster the courage to face certain death, or will she choose her freedom and abandon the gentle warrior she’s come to love? Isles of Corruption is the third steamy romantasy book in the Mages of Oblivion series. If you love contract marriages, pining, tortured heroes, and Norse-inspired fantasy settings, escape into Isles of Corruption!
Download or read book Scoundrels written by Paul Caranci and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that political corruption is as old as government itself. Yet despite its timeless nature and its devastating impact on society, "political corruption" remains an elusive term that is difficult to define. In order to fully grasp its impact on government and society as a whole, it is critical to first have at least a cursory understanding of what corruption is and how it is measured. Using several infamous instances of corruption in Rhode Island politics as its framework (considered by many to be one of our nation's most corrupt states), Scoundrels: Defining Corruption Through Tales of Political Intrigue in Rhode Island attempts to define what has not always been easily recognized and for years, has eluded traditional definition. This book examines and categorizes various forms of corruption - including both active and passive practices - that have negative and deteriorating affects not only on the individuals who fall victim to the corrupt acts, but on society as a whole. Scoundrels is an unsettling chronicle of corruption in our times. And the authors warn that until all citizens unite in their opposition to, and the exposing of, all government corruption, nothing in our society will change, and our government of the people, by the people and for the people will continue to hurt the people it was intended to help.
Book Synopsis Interpreting Corruption by : Peter Larmour
Download or read book Interpreting Corruption written by Peter Larmour and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corruption is a popular topic in the Pacific Islands. Politicians are accused of it and campaign against it. Fiji’s coup leaders vowed to clean it up. Several countries have “leadership codes” designed to reduce corruption, and others have created specialized anti-corruption agencies. Donors, the World Bank, and NGOs such as Transparency International have made it an international issue. Yet there is often disagreement about what constitutes corruption and how seriously it matters. What some view as corrupt may be regarded as harmless by others. Existing laws have proved difficult to enforce and seem out of step with public opinion, which is often very suspicious of corrupt behavior among island elites. As well as talk there is silence: People fear the consequences of complaining. The dangers of anti-corruption campaigns became apparent during the “cleanup” following Fiji’s 2006 coup. So what counts as corruption in the Pacific and what causes it? How much is really going on? How can we measure it? What types are present? Are gifts really bribes? Is “culture” an excuse for corruption? Is politics—in particular, democracy—intrinsically corrupt? In clear and concise language, this work attempts to answer these questions. The author takes a comparative approach, drawing on economics, law, political science, and anthropology, as well as literature and poetry from the region. He looks at Transparency International’s studies of National Integrity Systems and at newer research, including events since the Fiji coup. Interpreting Corruption is a highly accessible and approachable look at an age-old problem. Those interested in the Pacific Islands and public integrity will find it remarkably comprehensive as will students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, and political studies.
Download or read book Corruption written by Manuhuia Barcham and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen an unprecedented rise in interest in the topic of corruption, resulting in a rising demand for suitable teaching materials. This edited collection brings together two different approaches to the study of corruption — the first represented by a large, practically-oriented literature devoted to identifying the causes of corruption, assessing its incidence and working out how to bring it under control; the second by a smaller collection of critical literature in political theory and intellectual history that addresses conceptual and historical issues concerned with how corruption should be, and how it has been, understood — and uses the second to reflect on the first. This collection will be of interest to post-graduate students in political science, law, sociology, public policy and development studies, to senior public servants, and to professionals working in multilateral agencies, NGOs and the media.
Book Synopsis Aground on St. Thomas by : Rebecca M. Hale
Download or read book Aground on St. Thomas written by Rebecca M. Hale and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Masters of Paradise by : Alan A. Block
Download or read book Masters of Paradise written by Alan A. Block and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of organized crime's penetration of the islands and the corruption of its high officials during the time The Bahamas become politically independent of Great Britain. It describes secret U.S. Internal Revenue Service operations aimed at American criminals involved in Bahamian-based tax scams and similar crimes. Block paints a devastating picture of a symbiotic relationship among off-shore tax havens in The Bahamas, sophisticated American criminals, and complacent public officials in the United States. During the 1960s and 1970s, the I.R.S. launched major investigations into American organized crime and the subterranean economy of The Bahamas. Block's access to the private papers of many of the key players in these affairs has given him a unique perspective. He has uncovered details of crime, corruption, and bureaucratic infighting within and among the U.S. Treasury and Justice Departments that have been largely unrecognized by previous researchers. Block shows how important links in the international traffic in cocaine were forged in the Bahamas, in full view of American officials. Masters of Paradise raises major questions about American law enforcement officials' commitment to fighting complex international crime during the 1960s and the 1970s. While there have been other studies of tax havens, money laundering, and offshore investigations, Block's access to information and his grasp of its meaning is unique. Professionals interested in the history and sociology of organized crime and the underground economy will find this book eye-opening. General readers interested in organized crime and political corruption will find it absorbing.
Book Synopsis Corruption In Paradise by : Kerry L.R. Tatum
Download or read book Corruption In Paradise written by Kerry L.R. Tatum and published by Kerry L.R. Tatum. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kerry L.R. Tatum shares a view from the eyes of a Police Officer into the true Cayman Islands. Crime and corruption wreak havoc on the inhabitants and visitors alike in this tranquil paradise. Assassins, Thieves, Sexual Predators, Drug Dealers and Addicts run the streets. Deceit and deception Rule. Crimes are swept under the rug to protect the financial and tourism industry. The police doctor the statistics to create a false sense of security. Law and order is a Myth. Politicians, Business owners and the so called "elite" sit on their perches in a secret society and decide your fate. The fat cats and parasites of our society. Unbeknownst to them, there is a greater power that rules over all. Justice and Judgement is on its way.
Book Synopsis A Spectacle of Corruption by : David Liss
Download or read book A Spectacle of Corruption written by David Liss and published by Random House. This book was released on 2004-03-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Weaver, the quick-witted pugilist turned private investigator, returns in David Liss’s sequel to the Edgar Award–winning novel, A Conspiracy of Paper. “[A] wonderful book . . . every bit as good as [Liss’s] remarkable debut . . . easily one of the year’s best.”—The Boston Globe Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by a judge determined to find him guilty, Benjamin Weaver is accosted by a stranger who cunningly slips a lockpick and a file into his hands. In an instant he understands two things: Someone wants him to hang—and another equally mysterious agent is determined to see him free. After a daring escape from eighteenth-century London’s most notorious prison, Weaver must face another challenge: to prove himself innocent when the corrupt courts have shown they care nothing for justice. Unable to show his face in public, Weaver pursues his inquiry disguised as a wealthy merchant seeking to involve himself in the contentious world of politics. Desperately navigating a labyrinth of schemers, crime lords, assassins, and spies, Weaver learns that in an election year, little is what it seems and the truth comes at a staggeringly high cost. Praise for A Spectacle of Corruption “[A] rousing sequel of historical, intellectual suspense. ”—San Antonio Express-News “Liss is a superb writer who evokes the squalor of London with Hogarthian gusto.”—People “In Benjamin Weaver, Mr. Liss has created a multifaceted character and a wonderful narrator.”—The New York Sun
Book Synopsis Cayman Islands Anti-corruption Legislation by : Fred Shaheen
Download or read book Cayman Islands Anti-corruption Legislation written by Fred Shaheen and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Giff Johnson Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781512235586 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (355 download)
Download or read book Idyllic No More written by Giff Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Pacific nations, endowed with islands of travel poster beauty, vibrant cultures, and centuries old ways of life based on sustainable practices, hurdle significant development and political challenges they face today - in addition to withstanding climate change and rising sea levels? Corruption, reliance on donor-driven aid and consultants, dwindling rural populations and burgeoning urban centers that stress the ability of governments to provide education and health services, an epidemic of non-communicable diseases as lifestyles change, and battles with countries outside the region for control of fisheries and deep sea resources - these are among the increasingly challenging issues facing the islands today. In a series of essays about the looming climate threat, sustainable development and the region's multi-billion dollar tuna industry, the U.S. nuclear test legacy in the Marshall Islands, and the impact of out-migration, 'Idyllic No More' addresses the often difficult problems and choices facing the Pacific islands today.The author, says veteran Oceania journalist Floyd K. Takeuchi, "frames a view of the Pacific islands that's characterized by hard-edge realism while offering a way forward. 'Idyllic No More' is a bracing look at where the islands are today, and what it will take to build a future of hope and opportunity for islanders across the region." 'Idyllic No More' is an excellent resource for stimulating discussion in classes, and for readers interested in contemporary Pacific island issues.
Download or read book The Dark Isles written by Truman Pedersen and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former Scottish counter corruption internal informant is shuffled to Orkney with his grieving trove of secrets. Yet this dark isle full of norse history, corruption and introversion holds a greater secret of fifteen missing persons and a serial murderer hiding in plain sight who is seven years into his research and murder. Only Hales and his local colleague Emily Drever, single mother of four, can stop the killer but as with most things in life, you cannot outrun your past and there is always a cost to policing.
Book Synopsis The faculty of adaptability : humour's contribution to human ingenuity by : Alastair Clarke
Download or read book The faculty of adaptability : humour's contribution to human ingenuity written by Alastair Clarke and published by Pyrrhic House. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive text on the pattern recognition theory of humour. When our species turns inward to analyze itself, the two facets of ingenuity and humour are often held in high regard as examples of its unique abilities, and this theory suggests they are more closely connected than has previously been imagined or acknowledged. While adaptability is a necessary facet of biological evolution, its expression in human beings has become accelerated into an intellectual capacity for inventing non-genetic solutions to environmental challenges, producing a versatility and ingenuity that have come to define the species. How does this ability function, then, and what has led to its unparalleled exaggeration in the human race? According to pattern recognition theory, this abundant resourcefulness has arisen due to the presence of a simple, hardwired faculty that exists precisely to encourage it, operating via the recognition of interesting patterns. This, suggests the author, is known as humour. One of two contrasting theories of humour by Clarke, The Faculty of Adaptability interprets amusement as a creative, adaptive system encouraging the invention and discovery of new information and original ideas. Following a detailed description of a schematic model via which such a system could exist, the book proceeds to suggest a timeframe for the evolution of the faculty before addressing the basis for over 100 common stimuli to humour.
Book Synopsis Corruption and Accountability in the Pacific Islands by : Peter Larmour
Download or read book Corruption and Accountability in the Pacific Islands written by Peter Larmour and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Administration of the Virgin Islands Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :95 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (11 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of Virgin Islands Administration by : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Administration of the Virgin Islands
Download or read book Investigation of Virgin Islands Administration written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Administration of the Virgin Islands and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History and Description of Africa, and of the Notable Things Therein Contained by : Leo (Africanus)
Download or read book The History and Description of Africa, and of the Notable Things Therein Contained written by Leo (Africanus) and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story Key to Geographic Names by : Oscar Diedrich Engeln
Download or read book The Story Key to Geographic Names written by Oscar Diedrich Engeln and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
