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Book Smugglers  Paradise

Download or read book Smugglers Paradise written by Antony Were (Pseudonym) and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Smugglers  Paradise and Foreign Exchange Law

Download or read book Smugglers Paradise and Foreign Exchange Law written by H. L. Mansukhani and published by Vikas Publishing House Private. This book was released on 1975 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the provisions of the Foreign exchange regulation act, 1973, and the penalties imposed for contravening it.

Book Smugglers  Paradise

    Book Details:
  • Author : Antony Were
  • Publisher : London : Secker & Warburg
  • Release : 1953
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book Smugglers Paradise written by Antony Were and published by London : Secker & Warburg. This book was released on 1953 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Smugglers and Smuggling

Download or read book Smugglers and Smuggling written by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Smugglers  Paradise

Download or read book Smugglers Paradise written by Antony Were (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Smuggler s Cove

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  • Author : Martin Cate
  • Publisher : Ten Speed Press
  • Release : 2016-06-07
  • ISBN : 1607747332
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Smuggler s Cove written by Martin Cate and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin and Rebecca Cate, founders and owners of Smuggler’s Cove (the most acclaimed tiki bar of the modern era) take you on a colorful journey into the lore and legend of tiki: its birth as an escapist fantasy for Depression-era Americans; how exotic cocktails were invented, stolen, and re-invented; Hollywood starlets and scandals; and tiki’s modern-day revival, in this James Beard Award-winning cocktail book. Featuring more than 100 delicious recipes (original and historic), plus a groundbreaking new approach to understanding rum, Smuggler’s Cove is the magnum opus of the contemporary tiki renaissance. Whether you’re looking for a new favorite cocktail, tips on how to trick out your home tiki grotto, help stocking your bar with great rums, or inspiration for your next tiki party, Smuggler’s Cove has everything you need to transform your world into a Polynesian Pop fantasia. Make yourself a Mai Tai, put your favorite exotica record on the hi-fi, and prepare to lose yourself in the fantastical world of tiki, one of the most alluring—and often misunderstood—movements in American cultural history.

Book Great Games  Local Rules

Download or read book Great Games Local Rules written by Alexander Cooley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the original "great game." But in the past quarter century, a new "great game" has emerged, pitting America against a newly aggressive Russia and a resource-hungry China, all struggling for influence over the same region, now one of the most volatile areas in the world: the long border region stretching from Iran through Pakistan to Kashmir. In Great Games, Local Rules, Alexander Cooley, one of America's most respected international relations scholars, explores the dynamics of the new competition for control of the region since 9/11. All three great powers have crafted strategies to increase their power in the area, which includes Afghanistan and the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. Each nation is pursuing important goals: basing rights for the US, access to natural resources for the Chinese, and increased political influence for the Russians. However, overlooked in all of the talk about this new great game is fact that the Central Asian governments have proven themselves critical agents in their own right, establishing local rules for external power involvement that serve to fend off foreign interest. As a result, despite a decade of intense interest from the United States, Russia, and China, Central Asia remains a collection of segmented states, and the external competition has merely reinforced the sovereign authority of the individual Central Asian governments. A careful and surprising analysis of how small states interact with great powers in a vital region, Great Games, Local Rules greatly advances our understanding of how global politics actually works in the contemporary era.

Book Blood Brotherhoods

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  • Author : John Dickie
  • Publisher : Public Affairs
  • Release : 2014-04-22
  • ISBN : 1610394275
  • Pages : 802 pages

Download or read book Blood Brotherhoods written by John Dickie and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MAFIA. CAMORRA. ’NDRANGHETA. The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy’s only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra from Naples; and, from the poor and isolated region of Calabria, the mysterious ’ndrangheta, which has now risen to become the most powerful mob group active today. Since they emerged, the mafias have all corrupted Italy’s institutions, drastically curtailed the life-chances of its citizens, evaded justice, and set up their own self-interested meddling as an alternative to the courts. Yet each of these brotherhoods has its own methods, its own dark rituals, its own style of ferocity. Each is uniquely adapted to corrupt and exploit its own specific environment, as it collaborates with, learns from, and goes to war with the other mafias. Today, the shadow of organized crime hangs over a country racked by debt, political paralysis, and widespread corruption. The ’ndrangheta controls much of Europe’s wholesale cocaine trade and, by some estimates, 3 percent of Italy’s total GDP. Blood Brotherhoods traces the origins of this national malaise back to Italy’s roots as a united country in the nineteenth century, and shows how political violence incubated underworld sects among the lemon groves of Palermo, the fetid slums of Naples, and the harsh mountain villages of Calabria. Blood Brotherhoods is a book of breathtaking ambition, tracing for the first time the interlocking story of all three mafias from their origins to the present day. John Dickie is recognized in Italy as one of the foremost historians of organized crime. In these pages, he blends archival detective work, passionate narrative, and shrewd analysis to bring a unique criminal ecosystem—and the three terrifying criminal brotherhoods that have evolved within it—to life on the page.

Book Smugglers of the West

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  • Author : Rosemary Neering
  • Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
  • Release : 2011-12-15
  • ISBN : 1926936000
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Smugglers of the West written by Rosemary Neering and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you think the smuggling of drugs and people is a new phenomenon in Canada’s west? Think again! Between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries, many daring smugglers carried contraband goods and people into western Canada across the US–Canada border or into BC from Asia. Smugglers of the West tells the dramatic tales of the bold criminals who smuggled Chinese immigrants, opium, liquor and a host of commodities ranging from wool to live animals to tobacco. Among them are Boss Harris, the shadowy kingpin whose opium-smuggling empire stretched from Victoria across North America, and King of the Smugglers Larry Kelly, who reputedly tied illegal Chinese immigrants to pig iron so they could be tossed overboard if American patrollers got too close. Rosemary Neering takes readers into a shadowy world where no item was too small and no risk too large for the men and women who carried goods and people clandestinely across the border.

Book Big John

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  • Author : Stuart Anthony Mills
  • Publisher : XinXii
  • Release : 2023-06-24
  • ISBN : 3989111183
  • Pages : 34 pages

Download or read book Big John written by Stuart Anthony Mills and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2023-06-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big John was not your ordinary budgie smuggler. He was a legend in the Australian beach culture, known for his size and comedic antics. This book chronicles the life of Big John and the evolution of the budgie smugglers, a fashion trend that became synonymous with Australian beaches.In this book, we take a lighthearted and comical approach to explore the adventures of Big John and the budgie smugglers. From his birth to his rise to fame, we delve into the culture and the people that shaped his journey ( REALLY SHAPED HIS JOURNEY ). We also explore the impact that Big John and the budgie smugglers had on Australian beach culture and the wider fashion world. Each chapter in this book is filled with hilarious anecdotes, witty dialogues, and memorable characters. From tourists who mistake Big John for his beached whale to a fashion show on the beach, there is never a dull moment in Big John's world.

Book Smugglers in Paradise

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  • Author : Barrie James Dutton
  • Publisher : New Generation Publishing
  • Release : 2015-05-02
  • ISBN : 1785072951
  • Pages : 156 pages

Download or read book Smugglers in Paradise written by Barrie James Dutton and published by New Generation Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While some travellers look for trouble others unwittingly find themselves in such deep water they are unable to cope. Fortunately for both groups there are men and women worldwide whose job it is to extend a friendly hand. When young James Shea decided to write a book about his father's assistance work as EU representative on the paradisiacal tropical island of Jasmine he discovered that there is a world of crime and corruption very close to home. Pedro Rey, alias "e;the snake"e;, is the villain. The prominent and successful businessman heads a dangerous criminal organization. Rey becomes increasingly unhappy as James' father keeps getting in his way and upsetting his plans. Gathering material for his book James finds himself plunged into Rey's world. Events escalate, featuring smuggling, kidnapping and murder.

Book The Sea

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  • Author : Frank Charles Bowen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1927
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book The Sea written by Frank Charles Bowen and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hollywood Escapes

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  • Author : Harry Medved
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
  • Release : 2007-04-01
  • ISBN : 1429907177
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book Hollywood Escapes written by Harry Medved and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LET THE MOVIES BE YOUR GUIDE! * Hike THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE Trail! * Behold the KILL BILL Chapel! * Enter THE DOORS Indian Caves! * Swim at BEACH BLANKET BINGO's Malibu! * Escape to SOME LIKE IT HOT's Resort! * Raft the STAGECOACH River! * Explore HIGH PLAIN DRIFTER's Ghostly Lake! * Trek to the LOST HORIZON Waterfall! * Discover the STAR WARS Sand Dunes! Here is the first comprehensive guide to Southern California's outdoor filming locations taking you to more than 50 of the Golden State's most cinematic beaches, mountains, deserts, lakes, hot springs and waterfalls. Illustrated with over 100 scenic photos and 20 easy-to-read maps, Hollywood Escapes: The Moviegoer's Guide to Exploring Southern California's Great Outdours not only takes you to movie history's most memorable destinations, but also recommends places to dine and lodge along the way, from mountain hideaways to beach side resorts. Written by inveterate movie buffs and outdoors enthusiasts Harry Medved and Bruce Akiyama, these two native Southern Californians have interviewed dozens of actors, filmmakers, location scouts and rangers to help you explore Hollywood's most spectacular scenery.

Book Smugglers Paradise

    Book Details:
  • Author : Brian Wyant
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1997-04-01
  • ISBN : 9781883788186
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book Smugglers Paradise written by Brian Wyant and published by . This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fast and Furious

Download or read book Fast and Furious written by Katie Pavlich and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No scandal is more threatening to the Obama administration than Operation Fast and Furious. While other scandals involve money, Fast and Furious involves lives, including that of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, gunned down with a weapon that the federalgovernment put in the hands of Mexico's narco-terrorists.

Book Contraband

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Kwass
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2014-04-07
  • ISBN : 0674369645
  • Pages : 470 pages

Download or read book Contraband written by Michael Kwass and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis Mandrin led a gang of bandits who brazenly smuggled contraband into eighteenth-century France. Michael Kwass brings new life to the legend of this Gallic Robin Hood and the thriving underworld he helped to create. Decades before the storming of the Bastille, surging world trade excited a revolution in consumption that transformed the French kingdom. Contraband exposes the dark side of this early phase of globalization, revealing hidden connections between illicit commerce, criminality, and popular revolt. France's economic system was tailor-made for an enterprising outlaw like Mandrin. As French subjects began to crave colonial products, Louis XIV lined the royal coffers by imposing a state monopoly on tobacco from America and an embargo on brilliantly colored calico cloth from India. Vigorous black markets arose through which traffickers fed these exotic goods to eager French consumers. Flouting the law with unparalleled panache, Mandrin captured widespread public attention to become a symbol of a defiant underground. This furtive economy generated violent clashes between gangs of smugglers and customs agents in the borderlands. Eventually, Mandrin was captured by French troops and put to death in a brutal public execution intended to demonstrate the king's absolute authority. But the spectacle only cemented Mandrin's status as a rebel folk hero in an age of mounting discontent. Amid cycles of underground rebellion and agonizing penal repression, the memory of Mandrin inspired ordinary subjects and Enlightenment philosophers alike to challenge royal power and forge a movement for radical political change.

Book Drug War Zone

    Book Details:
  • Author : Howard Campbell
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2010-01-01
  • ISBN : 0292782799
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Drug War Zone written by Howard Campbell and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-level chronicle of the violent drug war in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico—with accounts from both traffickers and law enforcement, and “astute analysis” (The Americas). Thousands die in drug-related violence every year in Mexico. Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, adjacent to El Paso, Texas, has become the most violent city in the drug war. Much of the cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine consumed in the United States is imported across the Mexican border, making El Paso/Juárez one of the major drug-trafficking venues in the world. In this anthropological study of drug trafficking and anti-drug law enforcement efforts on the US–Mexico border, Howard Campbell uses an ethnographic perspective to chronicle the recent Mexican drug war, focusing especially on people and events in the El Paso/Juárez area. It is the first social science study of the violent drug war that is tearing Mexico apart. Based on deep access to the drug-smuggling world, this study presents the drug war through the words of direct participants. Half of the book consists of oral histories from drug traffickers, and the other half from law enforcement officials. There is much journalistic coverage of the drug war, but very seldom are the lived experiences of traffickers and “narcs” presented in such vivid detail. In addition to providing an up-close, personal view of this world, Campbell explains and analyzes the functioning of cartels, the corruption that facilitates trafficking, the strategies of smugglers and anti-narcotics officials, and the perilous culture of drug trafficking that Campbell refers to as the “Drug War Zone.” “This collection of oral histories of drug traffickers and counter-drug officials examines the border narco-world through the eyes of first-hand participants . . . An invaluable resource for anyone seeking a greater sociological understanding.” —Journal of Latin American Studies