Download or read book Final Demand written by Deborah Moggach and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accountant’s plan to escape her dead-end job does more damage than she thinks in this novel by the author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The beautiful, bright, and ambitious Natalie should be doing something with her life. But instead, she’s stuck in a dead-end job. And instead of improving her place in the world by her own efforts, she takes advantage of the honesty of those around her, ultimately leaving them damaged and broken. Of course, she denies responsibility, even when confronted with undeniable evidence that she is involved. So, when she sees a chance to change her life, she doesn’t hesitate to take it, even if it’s at the expense of someone else. After all, it’s only a minor crime. Nobody’s going to get hurt. But Natalie’s actions actually do have unforeseen and tragic consequences, and the ultimate question is will she be capable to meet the final demand to own up to what she has done? Emotionally taut and beautifully written, Final Demand is a cautionary tale about the battle between greed and love, and our own frailty in the face of temptation. Praise for Final Demand “Marvelously tricky. . . . While some thrillers tick off a checklist of red herrings on a predictable march to the finish, Moggach’s creations, with their layered personalities and shifting motivations, throw more guesswork into the mix. And something to ponder, too: matters of morality, complicity and fate.” —Becky Aikman, The New York Times “Tense and splendid. . . . Moggach, a versatile writer . . . has all the empathetic and stylistic gifts needed to put a reader inside the lives of a dozen disparate characters and make one care about their fates―even that of a callous protagonist who may (or may not) experience a last-minute redemptive epiphany.” —Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal (Best Mysteries of 2017) “Thought-provoking. . . . A slow-burning novel. . . . Notable for its depiction of how our actions affect others, even as it maintains its spot in a moral gray area. Natalie is a wickedly fascinating character.” —Publishers Weekly “Brisk and neatly plotted, with a full-bodied cast headed by the irrepressible Natalie.” —Booklist“

Download or read book Final Demands written by Frederic Raphael and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes and its sequel, Fame and Fortune, were widely acclaimed for their dazzling and moving portrait of an era and a generation. Now, in Final Demands, the culminating volume in the trilogy, writer Adam Morris and his high-flying Cambridge contemporaries find themselves at the peak of influence and success as New Labour and the Blair boom years take them high on the slippery pole of success. At the same time, they begin to fear the moment when seniority will render them superfluous. Adam, as astringent as ever, continues to stand centre stage, but his other contemporaries too play their vivid and energetic parts. Alan Parks still commands the nation's screens and microphones; movie director Mike Clode continues to pursue the bitch goddess Success; Joyce Hadleigh realises an unlikely ambition when she becomes 'joined at the hype' with Samuel Marcus Cohen, English literature's Nobel laureate-in-waiting. The younger generation too is growing into unpredictable potency. When he accepts a teaching gig In Los Angeles, Adam finds himself confronting his beautiful daughter Rachel's complex emotional life. And then, back in London, on Boxing Day, he learns that his son Tom's wife, Juliana - granddaughter of a Nazi business man - has come to a startling decision. When he and Juliana call to deliver a belated Christmas present to the film producer Bruno Laszlo, comedy and tragedy collide in a cruelly comic climax.

Download or read book Conqueror The Final Demand written by Tom Raley and published by Tom Raley. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every tale must have an end, every journey a destination. For Phillip and Jared the conclusion of their partnership is fraught with danger and intrigue. Conqueror is a story of adventure, coming of age, friendship and bravery. Through their travels and adventures, Phillip and Jared have learned a great deal, about each other, themselves, and life. Now join them as they embark to complete the Final Demand. A demand that if competed, could propel Phillip to the throne. Even then Phillip must face his greatest challenge, his own final decision. The quest comes to a climax, but much remains to be decided.

Download or read book Complex Network Based Global Value Chain Accounting System written by Lizhi Xing and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to theoretically and empirically enrich the GVC accounting framework with statistical physics and complex network theory from the perspective of econophysics, thus adding up to the existing theories. Besides, it also aims at capturing the essences of network models such as topological complexity, hierarchy, transmissibility, interaction, and causality and reflecting the objective interrelations among economies or between economies and economic systems on the GVC, so as to reveal the inherent evolution of the cross-regional and even global economic systems.

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Download or read book Thermodynamics for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources written by Wojciech Stanek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines ways of assessing the rational management of nonrenewable resources. Integrating numerous methods, it systematically exposes the strengths of exergy analysis in resources management. Divided into two parts, the first section provides the theoretical background to assessment methods, while the second section provides practical application examples. The topics covered in detail include the theory of exergy cost and thermo-ecological cost, cumulative calculus and life cycle evaluation. This book serves as a valuable resource for researchers looking to investigate a range of advanced thermodynamic assessments of the influence of production processes on the depletion of nonrenewable resources.

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