Download or read book Swindler s Revenge written by Ellen Butler and published by Power to the Pen. This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karina Cardinal and Mike Finnegan are splitsville, but when the FBI claims he took a $1.2 million bribe? No and no and no. When a mysterious burner phone shows up in her pocket, she knows it's from Mike, who's deep undercover and so far off-grid, he needs help to figure out who's framing him-and why. Classic Karina, she jumps in with both feet, ignoring the dangers. The trouble with leaping before you look? You can land in a world of dirt. And when an old enemy starts playing hardball, you can end up six feet under it.
Download or read book The Mark Inside written by Amy Reading and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1919, Texas rancher J. Frank Norfleet lost everything he had in a stock market swindle—twice. But instead of slinking home in shame, he turned the tables on the confidence men. Armed with a revolver and a suitcase full of disguises, Norfleet set out to capture the five men who had conned him, allowing himself to be ensnared in the con again and again to gather evidence on his enemies. Through the story of Norfleet’s ingenious reverse-swindle, Amy Reading reveals the fascinating mechanics behind the big con—an artful performance targeted to the most vulnerable points of human nature—and invites you into the crooked history of a nation on the hustle, constantly feeding the hunger and the hope of the mark inside.
Download or read book Old West Swindlers written by Laurence J. Yadon and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True stories of nineteenth-century crooks, con artists, and quacks—including the man who “sold” the Brooklyn Bridge. Gunslingers and outlaws weren’t the only ones who made the West wild. The nineteenth century was the golden era of riverboat gamblers, crooked railroad contractors, and filthy-rich medical quacks. These crooks made a living deceiving people who took a stranger at face value and left their doors unlocked. Throw in some get-rich-quick schemes and a generous mixture of whiskey and there was never a shortage of suckers. Conman George Parker was able to stay in business for forty years by “selling” public structures such as Madison Square Garden and the Statue of Liberty. He even “sold” the Brooklyn Bridge as often as twice a week. For most, the Salted Gold Mine or the Magic Wallet cons were enough to satisfy their greed. However, the more ambitious grifters tried the Big Store, an illegal underground betting parlor like the one seen in the movie The Sting. With an honest-looking face and a lack of morals, these scammers played a big role in giving the frontier its lawless reputation—and this book tells their stories.
Download or read book Shadows of Revenge written by Ken R. Abell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadows of Revenge continues the story that began with Days of Purgatory. The sequel is an adventure mystery set in and around Abilene, Kansas, in 1872. Deacon Coburn, a realist galvanized by his past, is startled when remnants of yesteryear track him down. Longing and brokenness are everywhere. A headstrong orphan girl seeks to live out her dreams; a childless widow pursues meaning; a reformed prostitute desires a return to her childhood faith; a young man makes tragic choices. It's a tale of hope and redemption. No matter how ugly our past, every individual can choose new beginnings. In the words of a stealthy drifter, Hope is always nearby, as sure as thunder follows lightning. Search your heart. Hope is there to lead you onward.
Download or read book A Swindler s Progress written by Kirsten McKenzie and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1835 in a Sydney courtroom, a slight, balding man named John Dow stood charged with forgery. The prisoner shocked the room by claiming he was Edward, Viscount Lascelles, eldest son of the powerful Earl of Harewood. The Crown alleged he was a confidence trickster and serial impostor. Was this really the heir to one of Britain's most spectacular fortunes? Part Regency mystery, part imperial history, A Swindler's Progress is an engrossing tale of adventure and deceit across two worlds—British aristocrats and Australian felons—bound together in an emerging age of opportunity and individualism, where personal worth was battling power based on birth alone. The first historian to unravel the mystery of John Dow and Edward Lascelles, Kirsten McKenzie illuminates the darker side of this age of liberty, when freedom could mean the freedom to lie both in the far-flung outposts of empire and within the established bastions of British power. The struggles of the Lascelles family for social and political power, and the tragedy of their disgraced heir, demonstrate that British elites were as fragile as their colonial counterparts. In ways both personal and profound, McKenzie recreates a world in which Britain and the empire were intertwined in the transformation of status and politics in the nineteenth century.
Download or read book The Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Scars and Swindlers written by Val Saintcrowe and published by Punk Rawk Books. This book was released on with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heist fantasy duology concludes Trapped in the criminal underworld by the possibility of her husband’s seed having taken root in her womb, Sefoni Rience contemplates her options. She has never felt more alive than she does here with Haid and his crew, and the job is Rzymn is not complete, of course. She can think of worse things than this marriage being real, much worse things than being tied to Haid Vortinen, thief and disgraced nobleman, forever. When she isn’t pregnant, she finds herself disappointed. So, she hides it. After all, this man deceived her, didn’t he? It’s not because of honor that she’s now by his side and in his bed. If she also tricks him, they are even. Meanwhile, the team works to put the pieces into play to complete the job in Rzymn. Cadon and Pairce struggle to trust each other, even as they can only see each other in the dark. Tristanne and Mairli continue in lustful hatred. Every day brings them closer to the perfect heist. And every day, Sefoni’s belly doesn’t swell. Every day is a day closer to the day when she must reveal her secret.
Download or read book A New Abridgment of the Law written by Matthew Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections written by Matthew Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Wroxby College written by H. Adams and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Download or read book Julia Howard written by Mary Letitia Martin and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moral Divorce and Other Stories written by Jacinto Octavio Picón and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Moral Divorce" and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Jacinto Octavio Picon y Bouchet (1852-1923), a member of Spain's Generation of 1868. A bibliophile and a Francophile (his mother was French); a native of Madrid who loved Paris; a member of the Royal Spanish Academy (of the Spanish language) and the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts (he published a volume of art criticism entitled the Life and Works of Don Diego Velazquez); a novelist, short story writer, and journalist; a liberal (in politics, religion, social philosophy); a Spaniard steeped in his own literature (from Cervantes to Galdos) but knowledgeable about others; an aesthete whose appreciation of French cooking prompted Emilia Pardo Bazan (probably tongue in cheek) to provide a recipe for a "Jacinto Octavio Omelette" in her Modern Spanish Cuisine; a friend of literary greats of his time (Clarin, Galdos, Palacio Valdes, Pardo Bazan, Valera, etc.); and a loving father whose son's premature death at the age of forty nearly drove him to despair, Picon deserves to be read anew, for in his stories he deals with timeless and universal themes - freedom, justice, equality, compassion, suffering, love, and hope."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Three Plays written by John Webster and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1975-07-31 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plays of Jacobean dramatist John Webster are masterpieces of early seventeenth-century English theatre. ‘The White Devil’ depicts a dark, sinister world of duplicity, intrigue and murderous infidelity, while ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ tells the macabre story of a woman who marries beneath herself and sets in motion a terrible cycle of violence. Unlike these revenge tragedies, ‘The Devil’s Law-Case’ asserts social order in a plot filled with twists of fate. Written at a time when the court of King James was rife with instability and corruption, Webster’s disturbing plays reflect this abuse of power and are known for their horrific vision of humanity – yet they are also some of the most rich, sophisticated dramas ever composed.
Download or read book Paul Clifford by the author of Pelham by sir E Bulwer Lytton with an appendix entitled Tomlinsoniana or The posthumous writings of A Tomlinson really by sir E Bulwer Lytton written by Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Novels and Romances of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton Bart M P A New Edition With Illustrations by H K Browne John Gilbert c c written by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
