The Book Of The Sucker

Author : David Denby
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141957258

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American Sucker by David Denby Pdf

In early 2000 the bottom dropped out of the life of writer David Denby when his wife decided to leave him. Propelled to make some money quickly, and seized by the 'irrational exuberance' of the stock market, then approaching its peak, Denby enthusiastically joined the investment frenzy. Over the next few months he listened raptly to bullish stock analysts, dreamy hi-tech gurus and boastful heads of companies. He plunged into a season of mania and was swept forward on currents of hope, greed and hucksterism - with cataclysmic results. American Sucker is a mesmerising account of those years of madness. What begins as a money chase and an engagement with rampant capitalism soon becomes an encounter with such timeless issues as love, envy, true value - and life and death itself. This is a classic tale of the bubble related not by a market guru or an investment professional but by a witty, perceptive and eloquent outsider.

Author : Carson McCullers
Publisher : Creative Education
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Cousins
ISBN : 0886820537

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Sucker by Carson McCullers Pdf

Sixteen-year-old Pete relates how his twelve-year-old cousin's hero worship turns to hatred.

Author : Zack Snyder
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781848568532

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Sucker Punch: The Art of the Film by Zack Snyder Pdf

From Zack Snyder, the director of 300 and Watchmen, comes Sucker Punch; an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of Babydoll - a young girl, whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, but her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary…with potentially tragic consequences. In this official book, Snyder guides you through the many amazing worlds and characters of the film, with eye-popping production art and stunning photographs by Clay Enos (Watchmen: Portraits).

Author : Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984804457

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Sucker Punch by Laurell K. Hamilton Pdf

A brutal murder, a suspect in jail, and an execution planned—but what if the wrong person is about to be killed? When a fellow U.S. Marshal asks Anita Blake to fly to a tiny community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on an emergency consult, she knows time is running short. When she arrives, there is plenty of proof that a young wereleopard killed his uncle in the most gruesome and bloody way possible. As the mounting evidence points to him, a warrant of execution is already under way. But something seems off about the murder, and Anita has been asked for her expert opinion on the crime scene. Despite escalating pressure from local cops and the family’s cries for justice for their dead patriarch, Anita quickly realizes that the evidence doesn’t quite add up. Time is against Anita, as the tight-knit community is up in arms and its fear of supernaturals is growing. She races to uncover the truth and determine whether the Marshals have caught the killer or are about to execute an innocent man—all in the name of justice.

Author : Tom Mathews,Steve Siebold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1736143816

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HowMoneyWorks, Stop Being a Sucker by Tom Mathews,Steve Siebold Pdf

Financial illiteracy is the #1 economic crisis in the world, impacting more than 5 billion people across the planet. The few who know how money works take advantage of those who do not - the suckers. This book is designed to help you break the cycle of endless debt, foolish spending and financial cluelessness so you can stop being a sucker, start being a student and take control of your financial future.

Author : James Hadley Chase
Publisher : Murder Room
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471903441

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Just Another Sucker by James Hadley Chase Pdf

A man will do almost anything when a rich and beautiful woman offers him fifty thousand dollars just to make a telephone call. But when that telephone call is part of a fake kidnap plan to extract five hundred thousand dollars from one of the richest men in the world, only a sucker would gamble on the deal paying off in his favour. Harry Barber is a sucker. After three and a half years in jail for a crime he didn't commit, with no job and no money, he is the perfect target of a brilliant plan to frame him for the brutal murder of a young girl.

Author : Rose Shapiro
Publisher : Random House
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Alternative medicine
ISBN : 9780099522867

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Suckers by Rose Shapiro Pdf

'Alternative' medicine is now used by one in three of us. In the UK we spend an estimated £4.5 billion a year on it and its practitioners are now insinuating themselves into the mainstream. There are methods based on ancient or far-eastern medicine, as well as ones invented in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many are promoted as natural treatments. What they have in common is that there is no hard evidence that any of them work. Treatments like homeopathy, acupuncture and chiropractic are widely available and considered reputable by many. Ever more bizarre therapies, from naturopathy to nutraceuticals, ear candling to ergogenics, are increasingly favoured. Endorsed by celebrities and embraced by the middle classes, alternative medicine's appeal is based on the spurious rediscovery of ancient wisdom and the supposedly benign quality of nature. Surrounded by an aura of unquestioning respect and promoted through uncritical airtime and column inches, alternative medicine has become a lifestyle choice. Its global market is predicted to be worth $5 trillion by 2050. Suckers reveals how alternative medicine can jeopardise the health of those it claims to treat, leaches resources from treatments of proven efficacy and is largely unaccountable and unregulated. In short, it is an industry that preys on human vulnerability and makes fools of us all. Suckers is a calling to account of a social and intellectual fraud; a bracing, funny and popular take on a global delusion.

Author : Ray Banks
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0151013233

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Sucker Punch by Ray Banks Pdf

Working as an unlicensed private investigator, Cal Innes accompanies an amateur boxer to his first major tournament in Los Angeles, but his simple job soon turns deadly, thanks to rumors of a rigged bout, and the boxer's temper and codeine habit.

Author : Albert Reneer
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781637107683

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The Soul Sucker by Albert Reneer Pdf

This book is about a horrific murder. No one deserves to be slaughtered like this victim was, and again, like most evildoings, it was over money. "The love of money is the root of all evil." I never thought this adage to be completely true until this murder case, and my eyes were opened. It is true. The house where this murder occurred is cursed and haunted to this day. For some reason, possibly because of my religious beliefs, I have not had any spiritual problems during and after the serving of four search warrants at this house, but several other officers and crime scene personnel did. I cannot stress the fact enough that this house is evil. I don't know the reason why, but many others have sensed the evil in this property, especially the house, and they refuse to do any more searches with me in this house. And I have decided to never give the location of this house-ever-because I have witnessed what it has done to other people's souls.

Author : Kimberly Raye
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345515056

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Sucker for Love by Kimberly Raye Pdf

Divalicious darling of the undead Lil Marchette is this close to finding her own happily-ever-after with hunky live-in bounty hunter Ty Bonner. Unfortunately, reality is biting back in a big way. Lil’s got mounting bills to pay and clients to keep happily hooked up courtesy of Dead End Dating, the ultimate meet-and-greet for New York’s fanged, furry, and fabulous. But leave it to a drop-dead gorgeous eight-hundred-year-old warlock with a big-girl fetish to take the biggest chomp out of Lil’s happiness by kidnapping Esther Crutch, one of Lil’s plus-size clients, now stamped as Grade-A Ritual Meat. Leaving Ty warming the bed, Lil races to rescue Esther’s curvy behind before she’s turned into a Mayan sacrifice. The trail leads to Texas–hell by any other name–and as if dust, demons, and hopelessly outdated fashion weren’t bad enough, fate gives Lil an unexpected partner: her mom, who is on a mission to meddle (as usual) and grab a little mother-daughter time. Will Lil remain calm in the face of smotherly love and save Esther–or will her client bite the dust?

Author : CELESTE. MOHAMMED
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913090914

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Pleasantview by CELESTE. MOHAMMED Pdf

Coconut trees. Carnival. Rum and coke. To many outsiders, these and other sunny images are all they know about life in the Caribbean. However, if you want to learn how the locals truly live and experience the dark and often harrowing truths that lurk behind the idyllic imagery of Caribbean culture, then come visit the town of Pleasantview. Come during election season, and see how one candidate sets out to slaughter endangered turtles - just for fun. Or come on the day the other candidate beats his "outside-woman," so badly she ends up losing their baby. Then come on the night of the political rally, where this grieving woman exacts a very public revenge. Stay a while, and see how this single event has a trajectory far beyond the lives of the immediate actors, with often tragic and heartbreaking consequences. Written in a remarkable combination of Standard English and Trinidad Creole, Plesantview showcases the entrenched political, racial, and class dichotomies of life in Trinidad: the generosity (yet cruelty) of the average Trini; the sense of optimism (and yet, despair) which permeates everyday interaction; and the musicality of Caribbean creole (kriol) expression that masks an ingrained and frequently violent patriarchy. Merging the vibrancy and darkness of recent Caribbean writers such as Ingrid Persaud and Claire Adam with the linguistic experimentation of Marlon James's A Brief History of Seven Killings. Pleasantview is a landmark work in international fiction.

Author : Hitt, Orrie
Publisher : New York : Beacon Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1007723108

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The Sucker by Hitt, Orrie Pdf

Author : Jeremy Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1941539297

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Project Maigo (a Kaiju Thriller) by Jeremy Robinson Pdf

BOSTON IS IN RUINS Jon Hudson, head of the Department of Homeland Security's Fusion Center - Paranormal division, is haunted by Boston's destruction at the hands of Nemesis, a three-hundred-foot tall monster with the heart of a murdered little girl, Maigo. In the time since Boston fell and Nemesis retreated to the ocean's depths, Hudson has helped prepare the United States against future attacks. But no one is prepared for what rises from the depths. THE WORLD BURNS Five Kaiju attack cities and consume the world's citizens in an unstoppable rampage around the globe. But it soon becomes apparent that these attacks aren't all random events. Hudson is targeted, putting the FC-P headquarters, known as the Crow's Nest, and his team, in the very large crosshairs. General Lance Gordon, a man who carries Nemesis's vengeful heart in his chest, directs the Kaiju, and when Hudson finds protection from an unlikely source, the General turns his attention to his next target. THE NATION'S CAPITOL IS NEXT While Gordon and his Kaiju storm toward Washington D.C., Hudson, along with his team and some new and unusual allies, race to stand in their path, hoping to spare the nation-and the world-from destruction. But salvation at the end of all things will come only through the gravest of sacrifices. --- With Project Nemesis, Jeremy Robinson introduced the world of popular fiction to Kaiju, a word that has become popularized by the movie Pacific Rim, and is associated with classic movie monsters such as Godzilla and Gamera. In the year since the release of Project Nemesis, the book has become the bestselling original Kaiju novel of all time, and it is being featured in the video game Colossal Kaiju Combat: Fall of Nemesis. In Project Maigo, Robinson amps up the scale, the characters and the city-stomping action, treating readers to a truly monstrous experience typically reserved for the big screen.

Author : James Hadley Chase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798654929853

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The Sucker Punch by James Hadley Chase Pdf

This is the story of Chad Winters, handsome, penniless and ruthless. To get rich quick, he hits upon a plan to charm Vestal Shelley, heiress to the Shelley millions, and finally marry her. He is aided in this plan by his girlfriend, Glorie. However, after the marriage, Glorie is quickly forgotten by Chad. Once married to Vestal, Chad finds himself unable to share their marriage bed, because Vestal's looks physically repel him. So his roving eyes fall on Eve Dolan, Vestal's secretary. Eve is a sultry beauty, who hides her good looks because she thinks Vestal will not tolerate her otherwise. Eve and Chad cook up another plan to have Vestal murdered so Chad can inherit the Shelley estate...

Author : Daniel Hornsby
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593469705

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Sucker by Daniel Hornsby Pdf

Succession meets Bad Blood in this sharp-toothed satire of Silicon Valley and the 1 percent • The black-sheep son of an industrial tycoon starts working for a tech pioneer who's running a biomedical startup selling nothing less than immortality, only to uncover the horrifying truth at the heart of her sublime promises. "Exceptional, horrifically hilarious, and deeply original.” —Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here Chuck Gross would like nothing more than to prune himself from his family tree. He’s already clipped his name, turning Charles Grossheart, Jr.—son of a billionaire labor exploiter, weapons manufacturer, and climate change denier—into ordinary good-guy Chuck, the “self-made” proprietor of an up-and-coming punk label. But when Daddy threatens to cut him off, Chuck is forced to get a “real job”—and conveniently, an old college friend has just swept back into his life with the perfect opportunity. Famed Harvard dropout and biotech darling Olivia Watts says she is on the verge of totally reinventing the field of medicine, but when Chuck signs on, he soon discovers that things at the vast Kenosis campus are not quite how they appear. Secret labs, vanished employees, and mutated test subjects seem to be as impossible as they are sinister. Is Olivia simply a scammer, or does her technology threaten to usher humanity toward a far bloodier fate? Moreover, does Chuck—who has never accomplished anything without the aid of Daddy’s money—stand a chance of stopping her? Daniel Hornsby hilariously skewers the insatiable hungers of the ultrarich in a novel that no one will be able to resist sinking their teeth into.