Download or read book Stiletto D oro written by James Thomas and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prologue Ft. Lauderdale, Florida is a waterfront city that has long been a playground for the rich and famous. Million dollar homes nestle alongside multi-million dollar estates, all of which are built along interconnecting waterways. It is a city where boats number in the tens of thousands. Naturally, such a concentrated abundance of wealth has served to upstart a vast number of waterfront cafes and bars from which party goers and fine diners alike may watch the nightly parade of expensive yachts as they transient the Intracoastal Waterway. It is a parade of affluence and decadence at its finest. The Gold Coast of Florida is an area where wealth goes beyond measurement and is perpetual. There always has been, and always will be, someone bigger and faster—someone with a larger yacht, a faster car, a sleeker jet. The possibilities are directly proportionate to desire and the sky is the limit. Competition is fierce, perhaps even audacious. Yet, that only serves to attract the wealthy. It is a melting pot for the rich. However, for many it has also been their waterloo. Trust Fund Babies—young recipients of inherited fortunes—flock from near and far to jockey into position as potential suitors for devastatingly beautiful women. Those in the know often refer to those beauties as Zoologists. When referred to in this context, a Zoologist is one who is on the hunt for four particular species—a jaguar in her garage, a mink in her closet, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who will pay for it all without questions asked. Unfortunately, those not in the know must learn. Many a wealthy man has relocated to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to, show them how it is done, only to find himself well laid, but penniless, some three years later. Of course, as with any game of desire, the have nots are always figuring a means to compete with the haves. Enter crime, cons, strippers, smugglers, gambling . . . it would be necessary to update the list daily, for imagination and desire know no holiday. There is but one desire . . . one goal . . . and that desire knows no discrimination whatsoever. In order to compete with the haves one needs nothing more that a burning desire to become a Player. This is a story of some of those Players, so please, read on . . . if you dare!
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Download or read book The Casinghead Company written by Michael Lynch and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-03-25 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of two conflicted personalities, both driven to succeed in high stakes industries (Oil&Gas and Motion Pictures) These two people have been married to each other for over twenty years. The hero is rich, handsome and dangerous. The heroine, his wife, is beautiful, equally rich, jealous to a fault and a martinet as far as her children are concerned. The hero has a lover that he tried to keep under wraps but little by little, he is losing control of the situation. The supporting cast includes all types of oil field workers including executives and roughnecks. Also present are ‘Hollywood hopefuls’. A notorious witch who happens to be a good friend of the Venezuelan dictator plays a key role in obtaining government permits. She uses her magic powers to subjugate her lover who is a disgraced ex-employee of the hero. While the hero is developing an oil field in Venezuela, his wife is making a spaghetti western in Italy. She is blackmailed and kidnapped. The hero’s secret lover is caught in this web. The plot is resolved when the hero and his aides rush to the rescue of the heroine and the lover. Action takes place in Los Angeles, Maracaibo, Paris, Monte Carlo, Ventimiglia and Biarritz.
Download or read book The Corsican Lovers written by Charles Felton Pidgin and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Corsican Lovers" by Charles Felton Pidgin. 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.
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Download or read book Steel Storage written by Linton Morrell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, Volume I of The Golden Lane Trilogy, we begin the career of Clive Colin O'Reith, International Oil man. He is haunted by a dream that recurs. This is the dream: In the night, O'Reith dreamed again that Holly No.1 burned out of control. The billowing flames, roiling and angry, drove the doomed derrick man ever higher into the skeletal structure of the steel derrick. Like a man mesmerized, rigid and unable to move, he watched the frantic silhouette stiffen and quiver. For a moment the smoking man flailed helplessly in the incandescent air. Then he pitched forward like an awkward diver, cart wheeling into first one, then another, of the glowing gifts. Finally he plummeted, head first, into the inferno.
Download or read book The Stranger at the Palazzo D Oro written by Paul Theroux and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing with a deep understanding of the frailties of men and boys, Theroux fills his latest novel with his typically effortless but devastating descriptions of people and places, presenting a brilliant portrayal of aging and decay, a shocking tale of sensuality in a golden age.
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Download or read book Dogeaters written by Jessica Hagedorn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An original, raw, and wild novel that has held its power and demands to be read.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and Winner of the American Book Award Jessica Hagedorn is the recipient of The Before Columbus Foundation’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award A classic and influential story centered on the cultural and political stakes of life in Marcos-era Philippines One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Welcome to Manila in the turbulent period of the Philippines’ late dictator. It is a world in which American pop culture and local Filipino tradition mix flamboyantly, and gossip, storytelling, and extravagant behavior thrive. A wildly disparate group of characters—including movie stars and waiters, a young junkie and the richest man in the Philippines—becomes ensnared in a spiral of events culminating in a beauty pageant, a film festival, and an assassination. At the center of this maelstrom is Rio, a feisty schoolgirl who will grow up to live in America and look back with longing on the land of her youth.
Download or read book Michelin Must Sees Las Vegas written by Michelin Travel & Lifestyle and published by Michelin Travel & Lifestyle. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook version of Must Sees Las Vegas by Michelin highlights the best of the Strip and beyond for a 24-hour visit, a weekend or longer. Try your luck at casino resorts, discover the city's museums, or visit the Grand Canyon National Park and the Hoover Dam. Stay in boutique hotels or opt for a budget room. Do some upscale shopping; then take in a magic or comedy show, one of Cirque du Soleil's productions or a classic Vegas headliner. Do it all, accompanied by Must Sees Las Vegas' detailed maps, recommended hotels and renowned Michelin star-rating system.
Download or read book Naples to Northanger written by Ronald McGowan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this book to find out the backstory of Eleanor Tilney and her childhood sweetheart, the viscount she marries at the end of Northanger Abbey. Follow them through their honeymoon in Europe as the Peace of Amiens between England and France breaks down, and they escape back to England in time for Henry and Catherine's wedding.
Download or read book The Golden Lane written by Linton Morrell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-01-16 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, Volume III of The Golden Lane trilogy, General Clive Colin O'Reith faces certain ruin if he cannot reverse the declining oil production of his oil company. He is in his fifth decade. His sexual power is dwindling, all the more daunting in that he keeps two women. He can no longer enjoy a three martini lunch. A war wound is causing him to limp. He has a recurring nightmare in which he is falling. Distracted by his minor disabilities, he is drawn into a conflict in Central America. It is a scheme to obtain new oil concessions. His British business partner, a former Intelligence Officer is a friend of the Prime Minister. Expecting to get a plush oil concession, together they promote the candidacy of the exiled ex-dictator of Venezuela to become the CIA-sponsored President of 'Greater' Guatemala. General O'Reith's wife, a Wampas Baby of 1928, Best Actress Oscar winner of 1950, now a directress, is filming The Golden Lane, an oil field movie, in Lake Maracaibo. The General is her reluctant technical adviser. It all becomes unhinged.
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Download or read book Saul Steinberg written by Deirdre Bair and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From National Book Award winner Deirdre Bair, the definitive biography of Saul Steinberg, one of The New Yorker's most iconic artists. The issue date was March 29, 1976. The New Yorker cost 75 cents. And on the cover unfolded Saul Steinberg's vision of the world: New York City, the Hudson River, and then...well, it's really just a bunch of stuff you needn't concern yourself with. Steinberg's brilliant depiction of the world according to self-satisfied New Yorkers placed him squarely in the pantheon of the magazine's—and the era's—most celebrated artists. But if you look beyond the searing wit and stunning artistry, you'll find one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. Born in Romania, Steinberg was educated in Milan and was already famous for his satirical drawings when World War II forced him to immigrate to the United States. On a single day, Steinberg became a US citizen, a commissioned officer in the US Navy, and a member of the OSS, assigned to spy in China, North Africa, and Italy. After the war ended, he returned to America and to his art. He quickly gained entree into influential circles that included Saul Bellow, Vladimir Nabokov, Willem de Kooning, and Le Corbusier. His wife was the artist Hedda Sterne, from whom he separated in 1960 but never divorced and with whom he remained in daily contact for the rest of his life. This conveniently freed him up to amass a coterie of young mistresses and lovers. But his truly great love was the United States, where he traveled extensively by bus, train, and car, drawing, observing, and writing. His body of work is staggering and influential in ways we may not yet even be able to fully grasp, quite possibly because there has not been a full-scale biography of him until now. Deirdre Bair had access to 177 boxes of documents and more than 400 drawings. In addition, she conducted several hundred personal interviews. Steinberg's curious talent for creating myths about himself did not make her job an easy one, but the result is a stunning achievement to admire and enjoy. The electronic version of this title does not contain the 35 Saul Steinberg illustrations that are available in the print edition.
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