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Book Synopsis You Can't Steal a Gift by : Gene Lees
Download or read book You Can't Steal a Gift written by Gene Lees and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Can?t Steal a Gift is about the impact of American racism on America?s greatest gift to the world of music?jazz. In a work that combines memoir, oral history, and commentary, Gene Lees has crafted minibiographies of four great black musicians whom he knew well?Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Milt Hinton, and Nat ?King? Cole. Lees writes of them, ?All are men who had every reason to embrace bitterness . . . and didn?t.? When Lees left Montreal to become the music and drama critic of the Louisville Times in 1955, he was shocked by the racism and segregation he found in the United States. In jazz he found a community of like-minded souls who freely shared their gifts with all lovers of music, regardless of race and condition.
Book Synopsis Wallace and Grace and the Gift Thief by : Heather Alexander
Download or read book Wallace and Grace and the Gift Thief written by Heather Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These best friends are partners in the Night Owl Detective Agency and work together to solve mysteries! Two days before the Christmas party in the Big Woods, presents under the Gift Tree go missing. Whooo is stealing them? Can Wallace and Grace follow the clues to catch the thief?"--Back cover.
Book Synopsis Stealing Rembrandts by : Anthony M. Amore
Download or read book Stealing Rembrandts written by Anthony M. Amore and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg's Stealing Rembrandts is a spellbinding journey into the high-stakes world of art theft Today, art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the world, exceeding $6 billion in losses to galleries and art collectors annually. And the masterpieces of Rembrandt van Rijn are some of the most frequently targeted. In Stealing Rembrandts, art security expert Anthony M. Amore and award-winning investigative reporter Tom Mashberg reveal the actors behind the major Rembrandt heists in the last century. Through thefts around the world - from Stockholm to Boston, Worcester to Ohio - the authors track daring entries and escapes from the world's most renowned museums. There are robbers who coolly walk off with multimillion dollar paintings; self-styled art experts who fall in love with the Dutch master and desire to own his art at all costs; and international criminal masterminds who don't hesitate to resort to violence. They also show how museums are thwarted in their ability to pursue the thieves - even going so far as to conduct investigations on their own, far away from the maddening crowd of police intervention, sparing no expense to save the priceless masterpieces. Stealing Rembrandts is an exhilarating, one-of-a-kind look at the black market of art theft, and how it compromises some of the greatest treasures the world has ever known.
Book Synopsis Stealing with Style by : Emyl Jenkins
Download or read book Stealing with Style written by Emyl Jenkins and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2006-06-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sterling Glass has built a nice appraisal business in her small Virginia town. She's sought after to examine antiques, research their history, present her clients with approximate values, and help them distinguish good antiques from not so good ones. And when family skeletons are unearthed among the heirlooms, she is the soul of discretion. It's a world she navigates with ease. But that's before she's called in to examine a diamond brooch found tucked inside an oven mitt over at the Salvation Army thrift store. And before the appraisal of an extremely modest estate turns up a tea urn—hidden inside a basket—worth at least fifty grand. Things aren't adding up, and Sterling, never one to let go of loose ends, starts asking questions. It's not long before she uncovers an intricate plot involving a slew of antique pieces, the oldest families in Leemont, some sophisticated scammers, crooked antiques dealers, and shifty people at the best New York auction houses. Add to that one elderly man who's just trying to preserve his family's treasured collection of bronze and ivory Art Deco sculptures, and suddenly Sterling finds herself ensnared in a mystery laced with greed, deceit, and danger. Stealing with Style, the first in the Sterling Glass series, introduces a writer of great wit who has a grand sense of the mystery hidden in our most treasured possessions.
Book Synopsis Stealing Christmas by : Matthew Sullivan
Download or read book Stealing Christmas written by Matthew Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of cousins who don't get along are forced to work together to pull off a heist and steal back their Christmas presents, which were taken away.
Book Synopsis Stealing You Blind by : K. A. Farner
Download or read book Stealing You Blind written by K. A. Farner and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal Trade Commission's yearly report for 2007 stated that over 30 million people in the United States were victimized by some type of fraudulent crime. Over 9 million people saw their personal identities stolen and used by a fraud perpetrator. Millions of others---including businesses---saw their financial accounts compromised by a fraud perpetrator. Strictly speaking, fraud is big business. Are you one of its customers? Everyone is vulnerable to some type of fraudulent crime, but you can take the steps necessary to avoid becoming a victim. Based on actual events, cases, and investigations, Stealing You Blind, describes numerous fraudulent criminal activities taking place today in the United States and throughout the rest of the world, and offers you important tips and advice on how to reduce your susceptibility to such crimes. Drawing upon years of experience as a fraud detective, K.A. Farner reveals some key components of many fraud schemes. The crimes discussed include: Identity theft Internet loan scams Credit card theft Internet auction scams Check fraud And much more Remember: knowledge is power! Arm yourself with the facts and minimize your chances of falling for one of these crimes with Stealing You Blind. AUTHOR BIO Detective K.A. Farner is a retired Atlanta Police Department fraud detective and a former member of the United States Secret Service Organized Fraud Task Force. He has participated in joint investigations with the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigations, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States Postal Inspections, and the United States Secret Service.
Book Synopsis Ricky Sticky Fingers by : Julia Cook
Download or read book Ricky Sticky Fingers written by Julia Cook and published by National Center for Youth Issues. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Ricky! A cute little boy that just can't seem to figure out that stealing is wrong: When I see something that I really want, I think, "Hey, that could be mine!" So I look both ways, reach out my hand, and take it at just the right time. If I ever get caught, I just pretend that it wasn't me that took it. A quick little lie is just what I need, and lying helps me get through it! Taking things that I want to have at times can be very tricky. But there's no way that I can help myself, because all of my fingers are sticky! Ricky learns first-hand what it feels like to have something stolen from him. Then he uses the "GOOD" inside of himself to overtake the "BAD" and returns the items that he took from others. Finally, a book that confronts the issue of stealing and offers a strategy to curb the desire to steal! Through a fun and whimsical story, children will learn the concept of ownership and how it feels when someone doesn't respect what is yours. This book uses empathy in a powerful way to teach children that stealing is wrong.
Download or read book Stealing Infinity written by Alyson Noël and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This start of an immersive, romantic time-travel series is now available in the affordable paperback format.These days, I've been killing it when it comes to letting people down. Now I've been kicked out of high school, arrested, and accepted into a remote, off-the-grid school owned and operated by an inscrutable billionaire tech guru.Gray Wolf Academy is looking for a certain kind of student. Ones that no one will miss. Like me.Then there's Braxton. The beautiful, oddly anachronistic guy who showed up right when the trouble started. And he's a total enigma - which means that I definitely can't trust him, even if there's something about him that makes me want to.They all tell me I have a gift. A very rare gift. And Gray Wolf Academy wants me to learn it. To use it. Because if what they say is true, I have all the time in the world.And that makes me the most dangerous high school student you'll never know...
Book Synopsis Steal Like an Artist 10th Anniversary Gift Edition with a New Afterword by the Author by : Austin Kleon
Download or read book Steal Like an Artist 10th Anniversary Gift Edition with a New Afterword by the Author written by Austin Kleon and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock your creativity. An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life. Nothing is original, so embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path. Follow interests wherever they take you - what feels like a hobby may turn into you life's work. Forget the old cliché about writing what you know: instead, write the book you want to read, make the movie you want to watch. And finally, stay smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring in the everyday world so that you have the space to be wild and daring in your imagination and your work..
Download or read book Stealing Gold written by Michael Balkind and published by Balkind Books. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Ski Team racer, Peter Buckar, is America's best hope for bringing home the gold in multiple races in the upcoming Olympics. Weeks prior to the Games, Peter has a devastating crash on an icy Downhill race course in Chamonix, France. Unconscious, he is medevacked to the hospital. Days later, still comatose, Peter is snatched from his hospital bed. Is it for ransom? Is it a competing country trying to eliminate their biggest competition? Or are the reasons more nefarious? The list of suspects grows rapidly as Reid Clark's Chief of Security, along with European law enforcement combine efforts to work together to find Peter before it's too late. Balkind's books are endorsed by James Patterson, Clive Cussler, & John Feinstein
Book Synopsis The Tragedy of Stealing by : D. K. Olukoya
Download or read book The Tragedy of Stealing written by D. K. Olukoya and published by The Battle Cry Christian Ministries. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you take something that is not yours, or you withhold the belongings of others, whether you evade prompt payment of debts or you extort from people. It is all stealing. This book highlights the reasons why people steal, the different kinds of stealing, and the consequences of stealing. It goes on to give us the prescriptions for overcoming stealing and what to do in order to come out of the cage of the spirit of stealing.
Download or read book Stealing Home written by Ellen Schwartz and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2009-05-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1947 and Yankee fever grips the Bronx. Nine-year-old Joey Sexton joins the neighborhood kids who flock to the park to team up and play. However, Joey is of mixed race and his skin is lighter than the other kids’. He is seldom picked. When Joey’s mother dies, he is sent to live with his mother’s estranged family. Joey is whisked away to Brooklyn. Though it’s just across town, it might as well be a different world. His grandfather, his aunt Frieda, and his ten-year-old cousin Roberta are not only white, they are Jewish. Joey knows nothing about Brooklyn or Judaism. The only thing that’s constant is the baseball madness that grips the community. Only this time, the heroes aren’t Joey’s beloved Yankees. They are the Brooklyn Dodgers, especially Jackie Robinson, a man whose struggle to integrate baseball helped set the stage for black America’s struggle for acceptance and civil rights. Joey’s story takes readers to a time when America’s favorite pastime became a battleground for human rights.
Book Synopsis The Fun Book for Christmas by : Melina Gerosa Bellows
Download or read book The Fun Book for Christmas written by Melina Gerosa Bellows and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melina Gerosa Bellows has great ideas for making Christmas fun--all wrapped up in The Fun Book for Christmas. The Fun Book for Christmas tackles everything Yuletide. Readers get a lively little book packed with big ideas, from reinventing old family traditions to creating fun, new ways to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. New ideas for Christmas cheer include delivering a fully decorated tree to a family in need, downloading a fun holiday music mix, or having an earth-friendly Christmas by recycling or buying a replantable tree.
Book Synopsis Civilization and the Stolen Gift by : Jacques M. Chevalier
Download or read book Civilization and the Stolen Gift written by Jacques M. Chevalier and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Theft, Gift-Giving, and Trustworthiness by : Laura Schechter
Download or read book Theft, Gift-Giving, and Trustworthiness written by Laura Schechter and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural areas of developing countries often lack effective legal enforcement. However, villagers who know each other well and interact repeatedly may use implicit contracts to minimize crime. I construct a dynamic limited-commitment model in which a thief cannot credibly commit to forego stealing from his fellow villagers but may be induced to limit his stealing by the promise of future gifts from his potential victim. Using a unique survey from rural Paraguay which combines traditional data on production with information on theft, gifts, and trust, as well as with experiments measuring risk aversion and trustworthiness, I test whether the data is consistent with predictions from the dynamic model. The results provide evidence that, in contrast with predictions from a one-period model with an anonymous thief, farmers do implicitly contract with one another to limit theft. Farmers who have more close family members in their village give fewer gifts, and farmers with plots which are more difficult to steal from give fewer gifts, experience less theft, and trust more. Giving increases when trust is lower and the threat of theft is greater.
Download or read book Stealing Phoenix written by Joss Stirling and published by Oxford University Press - Children. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when your soulmate turns out to be a thief? Steal her, of course. Phoenix was raised within the Community, a gang of thieves with paranormal powers, under the control of a harsh master known as the Seer. The notion that there's a soul mate out there for every person with a paranormal gift is mere myth in Phoenix's world. That is until the Seer gives Phoenix the details of her next target, Yves Benedict. He's more than just her next victim, he is her destiny. To be together, Phoenix must break away from the Community but resistance against the Seer puts them both in mortal danger. Phoenix has never trusted anyone before, now it's time to trust Yves with her life. The second book in Joss Stirling's thrilling Savants series, with a beautiful cover designed by illustrator Johanna Basford.
Book Synopsis The Big Fat Middle School Math Workbook by : Workman Publishing
Download or read book The Big Fat Middle School Math Workbook written by Workman Publishing and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something NEW for Big Fat Notebook middle school fans: a write-in workbook for practicing and perfecting the concepts a student is learning in middle school math class.
