A Fatal Facade

Author : Linda M. James
Publisher : Roundfire
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782791010

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A Fatal Facade by Linda M. James Pdf

A FATAL FACADE is a crime thriller focusing on the lives of four people who become involved with Paolo Cellini, a 30-year-old wealthy art dealer who is killed in his marbled bathroom in Chelsea, London. Each person is linked to Cellini in unusual ways: his lover, Bianca Vella, a Maltese nightclub-singer who worships him; Rico Batas, his Filipino nightclub-manager who hates him; his other lover, Angelica Logan, a woman with too many terrible secrets and Jack Bradley, an ex-DCI, who needs to redeem himself to his family and his colleagues by discovering the truth about the life and death of Cellini. Jack’s obsessive search takes him down dark, disturbing avenues into the secret lives of these people who are almost crushed under the weight of Cellini’s narcissistic personality. Jack knows that one of them killed him but even he is stunned by the secrets he unearths. The novel explores the universal themes of human frailty and our need to find forgiveness. For what man or woman can honestly say ‘I have never done anything wrong.’ ,

Author : Wendy Tyson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1635112265

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Fatal Facade by Wendy Tyson Pdf

Allison Campbell accepted a dream assignment: a visit to the Italian Dolomites to help Hollywood socialite Elle Rose reinvent herself. A guest cottage on the grounds of Elle's historic castle promises to be a much-needed respite from Allison's harried life on the Philadelphia Main Line, and the picturesque region, with its sharp peaks, rolling pastures, and medieval churches, is the perfect spot from which to plan her upcoming wedding.Only this idyllic retreat is anything but peaceful. There are the other visitors--an entourage of back-biting expats and Hollywood VIPs. There's Elle's famous rock star father, now a shadowy recluse hovering behind the castle's closed doors. And then there's Elle's erratic behavior. Nothing is as it seems. After a guest plummets to her death from a cliff on the castle grounds, Allison's trip of a lifetime turns nightmarish--but before she can journey home, Allison must catch a killer.

Author : Lee Morgenbesser
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438462899

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Behind the Facade by Lee Morgenbesser Pdf

Explores why authoritarian regimes bother to hold elections. Behind the Façade examines the question of why authoritarian regimes in Southeast Asia bother holding elections. Using comprehensive case studies of Cambodia, Myanmar, and Singapore, Lee Morgenbesser argues that elections allow authoritarian regimes to collect information, pursue legitimacy, manage political elites, and sustain neopatrimonial domination. He demonstrates how these functions are employed to manage the complex strategic interaction that occurs between dictators, political elites, and citizens. Far from being mere window dressing or even a precursor to democracy, flawed elections, Morgenbesser concludes, are paramount to the maintenance of authoritarian rule. Lee Morgenbesser is Research Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy and Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University in Australia.

Author : Donna L. Sadler
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 1409432432

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Reading the Reverse Façade of Reims Cathedral by Donna L. Sadler Pdf

Reading the Reverse Façade of Reims Cathedral bestows long overdue scholarly attention on the magnificent sculptural program of the reverse façade at Reims Cathedral, the coronation cathedral of French kings. Donna Sadler reveals how the imagery on the reverse façade not only conforms to a system of memory and mode of medieval narratology, but also articulates a dominant ideological position regarding the interdependence of ecclesiastical and royal powers.

Author : Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015009261515

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A Fatal Friendship by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones Pdf

The city of Lucknow, once described as "the last example of the old pomp and refinement of Hindustan", still remains one of the most interesting cities of north India. This lively urban history presents a panorama of the political, cultural, and architectural life of Lucknow during its heyday: from the ascendancy of the first nawab in the early 18th century to the deposition of the last nawab in 1856. Focusing on the architecture itself and the particular psychologies that lay behind the building facades, the author draws some intriguing conclusions about nawabi Lucknow and the colonial mind in its relation to Indian urban life.

Author : S. Philip Hsu,Yu-Shan Wu,Suisheng Zhao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136852091

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In Search of China's Development Model by S. Philip Hsu,Yu-Shan Wu,Suisheng Zhao Pdf

This book examines the development model that has driven China's economic success and looks at how it differs from the Washington Consensus. China’s Development Model (CDM) is examined with a view to answering a central question: given China’s peculiar matrix of a socialist party-state juxtaposed with economic internationalization and marketization, what are the underlying dynamics and the distinctive features of the economic and political/legal/social dimensions of the CDM, and how do we properly characterize their interrelations? The chapters further analyse to what extent and under what circumstances is China's development model sustainable, and to what degree is it readily applicable to other developing countries. Based on their findings in this volume, the authors conclude that the defining feature of the CDM’s economic dimension is "Janus-faced state-led growth," and the political/legal/social dimension of the CDM is best characterized as "adaptive post-totalitarianism." The contributors illustrate that the CDM’s parameters are shown to be much less sustainable than the CDM’s outcome in developmental performance and the extent to which the CDM can be applied to other late-developers is subject to more qualifications than its sustainability.

Author : Albert P. C. Chan,Carol K. H. Hon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317387985

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Safety of Repair, Maintenance, Minor Alteration, and Addition (RMAA) Works by Albert P. C. Chan,Carol K. H. Hon Pdf

Safety of RMAA works is an almost uncharted topic of rising importance internationally. Small construction contractors are particularly dependant on RMAA work, especially during times of recession, and they undertake more risks on these jobs than large companies do. This book is based on unique international research and consultancy projects which detail, investigate, and suggest solutions to the specific challenges of safety in RMAA works, based on case studies. Starting with an overview of safety in the wider construction industries of developed countries, the first half of this book also provides a comprehensive summary of relevant rules, regulations, and the resulting safety performances. The systems in the UK, US and Hong Kong are described and contrasted, giving the reader an understanding of how different regulatory approaches have yielded a variety of results. From this solid introduction, specific problems observed in RMAA work are examined through case studies, with reference to the underlying cultural and demographic factors, and a variety of practical engineering and management solutions are explored. This important and practical international work is essential reading for postgraduate students of health and safety in construction, construction project management, or construction in developing countries, as well as policy-makers and construction project managers.

Author : Carlton Smith
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781429908870

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Blood Will Tell by Carlton Smith Pdf

They Were The Perfect Family. . . For twenty years, Ken and Kristine Fitzhugh and their two sons had lived lives of comfortable middle-class normality in the university town of Palo Alto, California. Then came the shocking news that Kristine Fitzhugh was dead, the victim of a terrible accident... By the time the Palo Alto Police Department looked closer at the death of Kristine Fitzhugh, there could be only one conclusion. Someone had murdered Kristine in her own home, inflicting a series of horrific blows to the back of her head, and then cleaned up the mess to make it look like an accident. Who would do such a thing? Protesting his innocence, Kenneth Fitzhugh was arrested and tried for the murder of his wife. And as the case progressed, one by one, the hidden secrets of the Fitzhugh family came spilling out. . . Blood Will Tell is the shocking true story of a seemingly happy family and the deadly secrets that led to murder.

Author : Michael S. Heiser
Publisher : Kirkdale Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781577995777

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The Façade by Michael S. Heiser Pdf

Sci-fi meets historical fact in this thrilling novel by ancient-language scholar Michael S. Heiser. Haunted by his parents' death and his career failures, Dr. Brian Scott has begun to settle for the life he's been given. Until he's kidnapped by military insiders known as The Group. Disappearances. Visitations. Murder. Brian and a team of world-class scholars are given a confidential mission: To prepare humanity for a new reality. They are here. But as the government's involvement with extraterrestrials is revealed, strange things begin to happen. Something isn't right. Unpeeling layer after layer of deception and counter-deception, Brian moves toward a shocking revelation that will forever alter how humanity sees itself. Every document cited in The Façade actually exists. Every ancient text discussed in The Façade is authentic. Every historical figure referred to or quoted in The Façade is real.

Author : Lakshman Nandagiri,M. C. Narasimhan,Shriram Marathe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811918629

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Recent Advances in Civil Engineering by Lakshman Nandagiri,M. C. Narasimhan,Shriram Marathe Pdf

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS 2021). It discusses emerging and latest research and advances in sustainability in different areas of civil engineering, providing solutions to sustainable development. Various topics covered include sustainable construction technology & building materials; structural engineering, transportation and traffic engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, water resources engineering, remote sensing and GIS applications. This book will be of potential interest to researchers and professionals working in sustainable civil engineering and related fields.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Circlet Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781613900598

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Scheherazade's Facade by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph J. Korom, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780786470723

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Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age by Joseph J. Korom, Jr. Pdf

This book is about the design of the facade of 51 of America's most extravagant early skyscrapers. Included are the biographies of noted architects and the aristocrats who financed America's first skyscrapers. This book discusses the influences of European aesthetic values in America--and scandals, rogues and class distinctions. Interpretations by contemporary critics are sprinkled throughout the text. Woven throughout the book are inquiries about the validity of Greek and Roman mythologies and their relationships to "modern" America and its spirit of invention and progress. Foreign traditions were challenged by some architects but then accepted by most. Why was it necessary for the long-dead hero of a faraway civilization to be included on the facade of a newly invented American skyscraper? This book tells why.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ASTM International
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Building Facade Maintenance by Anonim Pdf

Author : Liv Andersson
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781639102044

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Little Red House by Liv Andersson Pdf

Twenty years isn’t enough to erase the sins of the past—but the future is even more terrifying in this thrilling read perfect for fans of Megan Collins and Julia Heaberlin. In 1997, Eve Foster’s daughter, Kelsey, runs away to New Mexico and vanishes without a trace. Eve is convinced that she’s the victim of a serial killer who’s been hunting women in the region—but Kelsey’s body is never found. Years later, Eve dies, leaving everything to her adopted twin daughters. The majority of the wealthy estate in Vermont goes to Lisa, the “good daughter,” while Connie inherits only a small stipend and a property in New Mexico. Connie, often the target of Eve's cruelty, suspects this was another of her mother's vindictive games. Connie arrives in New Mexico to find a small, dilapidated red house in the desert, and the home’s mysterious caretaker, Jet Montgomery, living in a shack on the property. She learns there's been a string of women murdered in the area—murders that no one will talk about. Before Connie can get to the truth, her mother’s sadistic mind games come creeping back from the grave—and now the danger becomes all too real. With a serial killer on the loose and a trove of deadly secrets coming to the surface, Connie is in a desperate race to save herself and what little is left of her shattered family.

Author : Jeffrey L. Erdly,Thomas A. Schwartz
Publisher : ASTM International
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0803134754

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Building Facade Maintenance, Repair, and Inspection by Jeffrey L. Erdly,Thomas A. Schwartz Pdf

Combined with ASTM Standard Practice for Periodic Inspection of Building Facades for Unsafe Conditions (E 2270), this new publication provides a rational guide for building owners and governing authorities to help ensure the safety of our aging building infrastructure. Twenty-four peer-reviewed papers, written by experts who bring first hand knowledge and experience to this work, cover faade ordinances; historic buildings; data collection techniques; and repair techniques."