The Pretender

Author : Steven Long Mitchell,Craig W. Van Sickle
Publisher : Centre Universe
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-22
Category : Impostors and imposture
ISBN : 1939927781

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The Pretender - Rebirth by Steven Long Mitchell,Craig W. Van Sickle Pdf

There are Pretenders among us, geniuses with the ability to become anyone they want to be. In 1983 a corporation known as The Centre isolated a young Pretender named Jarod and exploited his genius for their 'research. Then, one day, their Pretender ran away... Written by the creators of the cult-hit TV show The Pretender - Rebirth is a slick mystery thriller about a brilliant human chameleon named Jarod who after escaping from the notorious Centre, plunges headlong into his newfound freedom. While also discovering the joys and intricacies of everyday life with the pure wonderment of the man/child he is, Jarod uses his unequaled abilities to literally become anyone he wants to be (a surgeon, a pilot, a physicist, etc.) as well as his dazzling mind over muscle vigilante-like skills to bring down the powerful and corrupt and protect those who can't defend themselves. All the while he must stay a step ahead of his relentless pursuers from The Centre. First and foremost is the sexiest woman on the planet, the complex, bitch-on-wheels, Miss Parker who wants him recaptured at any cost - alive - preferably. Parker is a deliciously cunning woman Jarod has known since childhood and theirs is a truly multifaceted cat and mouse relationship - one driven by Jarod who holds the key to the emotional secrets at her very core, secrets that fuel her relentless drive to recapture him. Then there is Sydney, Jarod's surrogate father figure and psychologist who raised and nurtured his genius for The Centre's disreputable purposes. To Jarod, Syd is both friend and foe, confidante and captor, counselor and betrayer. But Syd's calm paternal connection to Jarod remains strong, often in conflict with The Centre agenda. Jarod senses Sydney holds the emotional keys to his core - the truth about his past and the identity of the parents he was stolen from and whom he longs to reunite with. In Rebirth, Jarod employs multiple sophisticated pretends in his quest to save one missing boy and hundreds of other innocent lives hanging in the balance at the hands of multi-national corporate terrorists and mercenaries. Rebirth is at once an enthralling tale of one man's exploration of life around him, intricate suspenseful mystery and intense edge-of-your-seat thrill ride - that captures and reignites the cult hit TV series for both loyal fans of the show and new readers alike. There are Pretenders among us...

Author : Marc Ruskin
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466877108

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The Pretender by Marc Ruskin Pdf

Of all the tools available to law enforcement, the living, breathing undercover operative remains the gold standard. This is true in TV shows and in the real world. In the era of electronic surveillance, UC work enforces accountability; it prevents mistakes, and of all the boots on the ground, undercover agents are often the most valuable. The FBI generally has about 100 UC agents working full-time in the field. In the 1990s and 2000s, Marc Ruskin had the most diverse, and notorious, case list of all, and the broadest experience within the bureaucracy, including overseas. He worked ops targeting public corruption, corporate fraud, Wall Street scams, narcotics trafficking, La Cosa Nostra, counterfeiting—and gritty street-level scams and schemes. Sometimes working three or four cases simultaneously, Ruskin switched identities by the day: Each morning he had to walk out the door with the correct ID, clothes, accessories and frame of mind for that day’s mission. Meet Alex Perez, Alejandro Marconi, and Sal Morelli, just a few of Ruskin’s undercover personas. And how is the right UC agent chosen, how is a bogus identity manufactured and “backstopped,” how is the Bureau's long-term con painstakingly assembled? No one has ever given us the inside story like Ruskin. The Pretender is the definitive narrative of undercover ops—the procedures, the successes, the failures--and the changes in the culture of the new-era FBI.

Author : Ellen Pollock
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780743222037

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The Pretender by Ellen Pollock Pdf

How could a two-bit investor, too paralyzed with fear to trade stocks, bilk insurance companies out of $200 million? How could a gawky misfit with an obsessive terror of germs induce a harem of attractive young women to feud over him? How could a recluse from Toledo, Ohio, penetrate the circles of political and financial power in Washington, D.C., and New York City without leaving his house? How could a Jewish guy with a passion for S&M sex persuade the Vatican to go into business with him? And how could he do all this without anybody noticing? Now the whole amazing story of how Martin Frankel pulled off one of the greatest financial scams of the century is revealed by The Wall Street Journal's Ellen Joan Pollock, who was a lead writer on the reporting team that broke story after story as Frankel eluded the FBI's four-month international manhunt. The Pretender chronicles how a bumbling thirty year old used his financial skills to build an intricate Ponzi scheme based on lies and his amazing gift for luring businessmen -- including Democratic powerbroker Robert Strauss -- into his web. Frankel's stolen millions allowed him to transform himself easily from mama's boy to corporate mogul. His creation of a phony Catholic charity drew the interest of priests with close Vatican ties as well as a new group of mysterious business partners. But his attempts to go "global" proved more challenging and aroused the suspicions of state regulators. Frantic that his empire was about to unravel, Frankel vanished from his multimillion-dollar Greenwich, Connecticut, mansion, leaving behind a mysterious fire, a dozen or so heartbroken women, and some very confused law-enforcement officials. His bizarre scamper through Europe as a fugitive would ultimately climax in a German hotel room. Frankel's world was peopled with desperate businessmen, well-heeled con artists, women looking for love, vindictive husbands, diamond merchants, private eyes -- the whole colorful cast of characters that propelled this fast-moving drama. The Pretender is filled with countless revelations from business associates and former lovers -- many of whom were interviewed for the first time for this book. What finally makes The Pretender so compelling is that it is a snapshot of a peculiar moment in business history. Just as figures like Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken epitomized the deal-crazed eighties, Martin Frankel is the quintessential criminal of the millionaire-a-minute nineties.

Author : Alan Gold
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781631580581

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The Pretender's Lady by Alan Gold Pdf

From the author of The Last Testament comes the true love of Bonnie Prince Charlie, her adventures in America and her lasting legacy. In the page-turning popular genre trail-blazed by Antonia Fraser and Phillippa Gregory, The Pretender’s Lady, Alan Gold’s meticulously researched novel, accurately opens history’s pages on a peerless woman who helped change the course of history and whose legend lives on in Scotland today—Flora MacDonald. She was the most famous Scotswoman of her day, single handedly saving Bonnie Prince Charlie. This is her fictionalized life story—her relations with the Prince, her flight to America, Ben Franklin’s influence, and her return to Britain to lobby for peace But what’s hidden from history, revealed now for the first time in Gold’s dazzling new work of fiction, is the result of Flora’s and Charlie’s love: a beautiful and talented boy raised on an American farm. But only she knows his true heritage and his claim to the world’s greatest throne. And only the genius of Ben Franklin understands how to use this naïve boy to change the history of America. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066100490

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And What if the Pretender should Come? by Daniel Defoe Pdf

"And What if the Pretender should Come?" by Daniel Defoe. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040479801

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And What if the Pretender should Come? Or Some Considerations of the Advantages and Real Consequences of the Pretender's Possessing the Crown of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe Pdf

Author : Philip Carteret Webb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1745
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : NLS:V000313662

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Remarks on the Pretender's Declaration and Commission by Philip Carteret Webb Pdf

Author : Alex Archer
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460342121

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The Pretender's Gambit by Alex Archer Pdf

With one small chess piece, the game begins… For archaeologist and TV host Annja Creed, a late-night phone call from the NYPD means one thing: there's been a murder and the police need her expertise. The only link between a dead body and the killer is a small elephant of white jade. An artifact that's gone missing. Once belonging to Catherine the Great of Russia, the elephant was key in a risky political gambit all those years ago. But there is another story attached to the artifact—a rumor of an ancient hidden treasure. And for a cruelly ambitious media mogul with a penchant for tomb-raiding, the elephant is nothing short of priceless. Annja must make her move quickly, traveling across several continents with only the assistance of her extraordinary sword—purportedly the same sword wielded by Joan of Arc—and a mysterious temple monk. It's a deadly battle of wits, and one wrong move could mean game over.

Author : John Asgill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1713
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCD:31175034877897

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The Pretender's Declaration Abstracted from Two Anonymous Pamphlets : by John Asgill Pdf

An attack on the Old Pretender (James, Prince of Wales). The other two "Chevaliers" or pretenders were Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck.--From data supplied by vendor.

Author : Thomas Herring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1745
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024239447

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The Free Briton's Answer to the Pretender's Declaration. Supposed to be Wrote by His Grace the Lord A-b-sh-p of Y--ke. [Signed: Montanus.] by Thomas Herring Pdf

Author : John ASGILL
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1714
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024546709

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The Pretender's Declaration Abstracted from two Anonymous Pamphlets: the one intitled, Jus sacrum; and the other, Memoirs of the Chevalier St. George. With some memoirs of two other Chevaliers St. George Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck in the reign of King Henry VII. by John ASGILL Pdf

Author : John Asgill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1714
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : BSB:BSB10278504

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The Succession of the House of Hannover Vindicated, Against the Pretender's Second Declaration in Folio, Intitled, The Hereditary Right of the Crown of England Asserted, &c by John Asgill Pdf

Author : John PHILIPS (Dramatist.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1716
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018084335

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The Pretender's Flight, or, a mock coronation, with the humours of the facetious Harry Saint John. A tragi-comical farce in three acts, in prose and verse, being the sequel of the Earl of Mar marr'd by John PHILIPS (Dramatist.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1715
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023017727

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The Pretender's Last Will ..., Made at Bar Le Duc, the 18th of January, 1714/5. With a Copy of His Confession Immediately Before His Death. [A Satire.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lisi Harrison
Publisher : Poppy
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316222341

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Pretenders by Lisi Harrison Pdf

Three girls, two guys, five secret journals. The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries... I am leaking these because I'm tired and I know you are too. The success bar is too high and pretending has become the only way to reach it. Instagrams are filtered, Facebook profiles are embellished, photos are shopped, reality TV is scripted, body parts get upgraded like software, and even professional athletes are cheating. The things we believe in aren't real. We are pretenders.