Download or read book Post Soviet Russia in the adventurous 1990 s the Wild Decade written by Derrick Widmer and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derrick Widmer together with his assistant travelled to Moscow 15 months after the downfall of the Soviet Union in December 1991 at the invitation of the Russian Alfa Investment Fond. The political and economic climate is shattered, the population impoverished and in transition: The dramatic liberalization of prizes and the privatization of the state-owned enterprises was perceived as a shock-therapy. This was done via auctions where vouchers were being changed into shares. The vouchers were given for free to the population, whereby the former Red Directors received much more vouchers than normal citizens which eventually led to the rise of the oligarchs. In the 1990's Russia went through an enormous economic, social and political transition. For fearless Businessmen ("Bisnessmeni") to make a bonanza required good relations with powerful politicians, members of the secret service and contacts with organized crime. A package of shares had sometimes more value than human lives. The country verged on anarchy and collapse. Laws were meaningless, might made right and wealth walked hand in hand with death. Derrick Widmer experienced these wild years of the Post-Soviet Russia as a contemporary witness. In his book he gives fascinating insights in encounters with famous politicians, oligarchs, bankers and lawyers. He perceived Russia after the cold war no more as enemy but as friend and based on his experience he developed a better understanding for the large complex country, Russian thinking and the Russian soul.
Download or read book Incredible India written by Derrick Widmer and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derrick J. Widmer is a Swiss attorney at law and a former senior executive of a large Swiss multinational cement group. This book targets all those who are curious to know how an uninhibited foreigner discovers India during a time-frame of 1965-2020.
Download or read book This is not how I imagined my pension written by Edith Slapansky and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired at last, think the women and men in these entertaining episodes. Finally being able to do what they want. But that's not as easy as some thought. Because now you have to structure your day yourself and give it a meaning. This throws many people off track - or sometimes even their partner. The stories are about money worries, quarrels, alcoholism, gambling and jealousy, and so on... But it is not unusual for couples to find a solution and often to get back together. But many a long-troubled wife takes advantage of the new freedom and frees herself from the yoke of marriage. These are stories that life writes.
Download or read book Dogs Cats and Their Humans written by Judy F Spencer and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-04-18 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate feel-good story and a must read for all animal lovers, told from the point of view of one family's beloved pets. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside your pet's mind? In this novel, Judith Spencer goes one step further than wondering and puts the words into their mouths. Full of love and humour, this book will tug at your heartstrings as it takes the reader through the circle of life from puppies and kittens to old seniors and everything in between. But in a wonderful twist, every story is told from the point of view from dogs and a cat. It's the perfect story to help you unwind after a long day. If you own a dog or a cat, it will be their face you see as you read it and without doubt, you will want to go and give them a huge hug by the time you finish.
Download or read book Chokehold of darkness written by Peter J. Reurings and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-07-13 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When is information destroyed forever? When its lost? When those who held it have died? When it has fallen into a black hole? No, information can never be destroyed, but it might be impossible to retrieve. For Kena, information was something she craved, but one obscure piece of information was always kept from her. An answer to a question asked many times but never given, leaving a nagging desire in the forefront of her mind that grew stronger as years passed. Compared to it, nothing else mattered, but it was always just out of reach. However, on the second of December twenty-seven forty-seven, magic came into the world, and made the impossible possible.
Download or read book People on the Edge written by Andrew Wells and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entanglement with Nadia, a beautiful, half-Arab, multi-lingual Italian girl leads Dale Connors' curiosity back over the previous fifty years as he uncovers an historical motive for a devilish terrorist plot in Libya. As sanctions against Libya are lifted he reluctantly leads a race against time to prevent a disaster as he and a young team from three of Europe's secret service agencies put together the pieces of a puzzle that stretches to Egypt, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. A tantalising and thoughtful thriller, built around real people doing real jobs. 'People on the Edge' twists its way to a fast-paced, unexpected finale.
Download or read book A Bit of French With Your Coffee and Croissants written by Peter Voice and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of French words and expressions, interspersed with anecdotes, illustrations and photos. It is intended as a coffee-table book; one that hopefully might have the reader spilling their coffee over, and thus spare themselves the prospect of tackling the section on French grammar and, indeed, the extensive lists of expressions and vocabulary in the appendices. Part 8 of the book is devoted to George Voice, the oldest brother of the author's father, who was killed during the First World War at the age of 22. He is buried in the British Cemetery at Honnechy in Northern France. What is most important, as the reader probably realises, is that they have purchased and possess their personal copy of this book to enjoy.
Download or read book Sometimes you have no choice written by Elisa Bragy and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isa is married, has two grown-up children, works as a freelancer for a translation agency and is involved in the cultural sector. Tim is a successful theater and film actor, freedom-loving, unattached and over ten years younger than Isa. A deep bond develops from an encounter after a performance and subsequent conversations. The intensity of their love and the kindred spirit that exists between them changes both of their lives. They have no choice, these feelings force them to cross conventional boundaries, even though the fear of loss is great. Will they find a way?
Download or read book Unfolding Grace written by Christopher Murphy and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roar Moerk is on the nefarious path – a deceitful entrepreneur, drinker and adulterer. He collapses in the early hours of New Year's Day 2000, with near fatal consequences, warily his partner, Elisabeth, stays to aid him through his trauma. As he recovers, Roar 'dreams' it is the 1st January 1900, and he is Grace Lightfoot - housekeeper to industrialist George Darcaster, who violently rapes her ultimately sending her to a back-street abortionist. Richard Billings, a wise bookseller, comes to her deliverance in more ways than one. As Grace changes and her life evolves, Roar's self-fuelled illusions gradually fall away and he also embarks on a new path in life. Unfolding Grace follows the lives of Grace and Roar to explore the true meaning of life and uncover humankind's damaging illusions.
Download or read book Nuclear Finance written by Dr Anders Kjellman and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-02-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At any time, unexpectedly our finance-driven world can explode with devastating consequences. As it did with the default of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and the Corona pandemic of 2020. Disruptions like Bitcoin, payment platforms, fraud and nuclear war can fast cause a chain reaction like a devastating nuclear bomb. How should managers prepare and act in these times which we call the "Age of Nuclear Finance"? The purpose of this book is to analyse and provide guidelines on how bank managers and customers can adapt to the challenges being faced during the 4th industrial revolution. There has never been so much money, nor regulation around. And the banking sector is changing, due to negative interest rates, disruptive financial innovations and technology.
Download or read book Heart breaking Documentary Report written by Anka "Anik" Ziegler and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-02-27 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account is a horrific story about a young woman who while crossing a road as a pedestrian was run over twice by an unscrupulous lawyer in Naples. The story serves as a powerful message; particularly for young women, to always be on their guard against evil humans who take advantage of others. The lawyer who ran over her, laughed in her injured face and drove off. A terrible series of events followed wherein a young woman was deprived of her film star looks and body, suffered unbelievable pain and suffering, starting with a botched operation for a torn meniscus, involved an extremely nasty, but well-connected doctor, with no conscience whatsoever; and she suffered humiliating treatment from all sides and then ended up trapped in a foreign country; crippled and broke.
Download or read book Jonathan and His Dragon written by Gerti Baldwin and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan's life is very much like that of his friends and class-mates, until his family breaks up and he has to deal with problems far too big for him. He needs help, and it comes in the form of a dragon with magic powers, who is able to make himself invisible and to change his form. This is a story is for grown- ups too, particularly valuable during or after a crisis such as divorce or a death in the family. It increases the adult reader's understanding, so that it becomes easier to cope with traumatic situations. This book also deals very sensitively with questions of dying and death. As Jonathan begins to see death as a transformation, he understands the dragon's words about the soul and the spirit more easily – after all, he knows much about transformations already.
Download or read book Coral Eyeshadow written by Emilie Tschanz and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-11-09 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For some people, life sucks. Research chemist Mia has been through a lot. Dragged by 'boyfriend' Mike into a life of crime, coerced into working in a factory producing counterfeit cosmetics, she is stuck in a cycle of hope and despair. Landing in a psychiatric clinic after attempting suicide, Mia is offered the prospect of friendship, in the form of Alice, a fellow patient. But that prospect turns to tragedy, while shady Mike - is it love, hate or both? - sticks to her like glue. A helping hand is not far away, as Ava, a nurse at the clinic, enters with her apparently insolvable problem. Can Mia return Ava's kindness and save Brice, Ava's husband? This is a story of a young woman's search for meaning in a world of crime, betrayal and exploitation, from debut author Emilie Tschanz. .
Download or read book The Falling of the Stars written by Lina Fischer and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-04-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How do we know it's not a myth?" "Because they still exist." After an eventful birthday, Astoria's life got thrown upside down as everything she ever believed in died together with the truth. Not knowing who she could trust, she fled to the academy in hope to be safe. That is until a handsome stranger stepped into her life, stole her heart and shattered it into a million pieces. She could destroy his people in a heartbeat, but how strong is a forbidden love? Will she be the saviour, or the villain in this story?
Download or read book There s Always a Tomorrow written by Anthony R. Johnson and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-12-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It will send shivers down the spines of all who fear what will happen if greed and power dominate society where the common people no longer have control over their destiny. It's thirty years into the future; the United Kingdom is controlled by a ruthless group of people pursuing total domination over everyone. They control the news; the citizens are constantly bombarded with government propaganda and those who dare oppose the ruling elite's policies are ruthlessly persecuted; killed or sent to a penal colony where they are fed poisoned flesh that causes cancer and ultimately death; thus controlling population growth. However, Nick Kaydon a medical doctor and some fellow conspirators lead growing opposition against the ruling elite and manage to foil a dastardly plot to wipe out two cities.
Download or read book If You Go Down to the Woods Tonight written by Peter Williams and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing look into many worlds; essentially a children's story, but in truth, much more. Peter Williams has woven together; two bands of cats, a giant black dog who is actually a 'pussycat' at heart, a giant Pike who rules a nearby lake, and a completely nondescript, extremely average man who is living a double life, who turns into a predator; inspired by the ancient Samurai warriors whose only passion was to fight and kill. There is an ongoing war between the cats. The question is who will win in the end? Read how the author weaves together a fascinating blend which includes children's love for animals and the foibles of humanity. Discover how the Pike, and the giant black dog are all woven into a tapestry you won't be able to put down.
Download or read book 50 Great Moments in Time written by Geoffrey Hart and published by novum pro Verlag. This book was released on 2022-11-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Hart gives us an entertaining account of his life experiences; definitely biographical, comprising short excerpts describing prominent elements that governed his life. He describes his preschool experiences, his working life including being a handyman, with skills as varied as working as a carpenter, a delivery driver, working in the building industry and for the majority of his working life; he worked as a postman for the Royal Mail in the UK. Always something of a rebel; he dropped out of school to pursue a multitude of careers. With a wry sense of humour, he gives the reader a fresh take on a multitude of topics. He provides the reader with his personal insights into such diverse topics as marriage, adultery, golf, motor cars, and particularly shows his deep love of animals.