Download or read book The Heidi Conundrum written by Kevin Read and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milly, an Asian siren, with a violent distressing childhood in rural China then wrapped in an unimaginable conspiracy by unknown powers in Beijing who smuggled her into Hong Kong, provided education through university, a stint at a major bank, learning the art of international money laundering and finally permanent residence arranged in Australia. Where she met Mathew Allen and his diverse property portfolio, thus opportunity created for them to travel to Hong Kong, where Mathew met the principals who controlled the tens of millions of dollars, nefariously secreted away around the world. To control Mathew, the bankers arranged a private dinner and introduced Heidi a beautiful yet mysterious lady of the night, who by her own design intensified the intrigue as she was no simple honey pot. Her intended seduction metamorphosed as she suddenly envisaged another conspiracy that would fashion her future forward. But Mathew was returning to Melbourne and Heidi was bound to Hong Kong, unless she could come up with another strategy.
Download or read book Heidi in Hoi an written by Kevin Read and published by Xlibris Au. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AUTHOR'S SEQUEL ROMANCE NOVEL OF MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE TO THE HEIDI CONUNDRUM The Heidi Conundrum created an opportunity for Mathew Allen, a Melbourne-based real estate agent and property developer, who specialises in sourcing, developing, and directing clients' investments and who, once teamed with Milly, became involved with a nefarious Hong Kong banking group. When meeting them to hold something over Mathew, the bankers introduced a lady of the night. But Heidi was no ordinary honey pot. Thus, a mysterious conundrum eventuated resulting in them falling in love. Mathew returned to Melbourne, and it was up to Heidi to make a massive change in her life. The book ends with, Will she or won't she? The sequel commences with Heidi on the plane readying to land in Melbourne, and she is still debating whether she has made the right move. However, she has another plan up her sleeve, which involves Mathew and his team of professional property consultants, whom she must meet to and decide if together, they can bring her impossible dream to fruition. Later, Heidi conspires to take Mathew back to Hoi An to reconnect with her influential brother, who with Heidi's manipulative manoeuvring, envisages a truly incredible idea that will boost her unrealistic dream of becoming a major international vision. And this will entice a major Las Vegas criminal organisation to seek a controlling influence. The expansion of Mathew's business creates the opportunity to meld his family into the enterprise and an unexpected future direction is a bombshell for one of his children.
Download or read book HEIDI IN HOI AN written by Kevin Read and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AUTHOR’S SEQUEL ROMANCE NOVEL OF MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE TO THE HEIDI CONUNDRUM The Heidi Conundrum created an opportunity for Mathew Allen, a Melbourne-based real estate agent and property developer, who specialises in sourcing, developing, and directing clients’ investments and who, once teamed with Milly, became involved with a nefarious Hong Kong banking group. When meeting them to hold something over Mathew, the bankers introduced a lady of the night. But Heidi was no ordinary honey pot. Thus, a mysterious conundrum eventuated resulting in them falling in love. Mathew returned to Melbourne, and it was up to Heidi to make a massive change in her life. The book ends with, Will she or won’t she? The sequel commences with Heidi on the plane readying to land in Melbourne, and she is still debating whether she has made the right move. However, she has another plan up her sleeve, which involves Mathew and his team of professional property consultants, whom she must meet to and decide if together, they can bring her impossible dream to fruition. Later, Heidi conspires to take Mathew back to Hoi An to reconnect with her influential brother, who with Heidi’s manipulative manoeuvring, envisages a truly incredible idea that will boost her unrealistic dream of becoming a major international vision. And this will entice a major Las Vegas criminal organisation to seek a controlling influence. The expansion of Mathew’s business creates the opportunity to meld his family into the enterprise and an unexpected future direction is a bombshell for one of his children.
Download or read book The Canadian Shields written by Carol Shields and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2024-09-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly discovered work by one of Canada’s favourite writers The Canadian Shields brings together fifty short writings by Carol Shields (1935–2003), including more than two dozen previously unpublished short stories and essays and two dozen essays previously published but never before collected. Invaluable to scholars and admirers of Shields’s work, the writings discovered in the National Library Archives by Nora Foster Stovel and presented to the public here for the first time reflect Shields’s interest in the relationships between reality and fiction, mothers and daughters, and gender and genre. They also reveal her love of Canada, especially Winnipeg, her home for twenty years. Originally written for women’s magazines, travel journals, convocation addresses, and even graduate school term papers, Shields’s imaginative essays explore ideas about home, Canadian literature, contemporary women’s writing, and the future of fiction. Whether autobiographical, cultural, or feminist in focus, these works vividly illuminate the multiple chapters of Shields’s writing life. Margaret Atwood and Lorna Crozier frame Shields’s texts with tributes to her work and impact. An introduction by Stovel situates Shields as a Canadian author and subversive feminist writer, demonstrating how American-born-and-raised Carol Anne Warner became “the Canadian Shields”—a quintessential and beloved Canadian writer and the only author to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the Governor General’s Gold Medal for Fiction.
Download or read book Always Never George i Spy written by Michael J Cooke and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always Never, George, i, Spy Cuban Missile Crisis, potential nuclear war, nuclear safe underground cities like Burlington at Corsham in the Cotswolds, Washington, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo, safe havens for the elite all around the world. George, deeply involved with that, finds himself unexpectedly meeting those participating in the Profumo Political scandal. This brilliant Cambridge graduate, the high flyer of all high flyers, the cream of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, introduced to; but disliking, the spy game. A world of intrigue, who can he trust? What happened? How did George end up as the brilliant mind authority put out to grass as far away as possible from any sphere of influence? This is the story of George. For the reader, an old nuclear bunker closer to you than you might imagine.
Download or read book Conundrum s Book written by Michael Jenner and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henri, a young travel photographer with a big identity problem plays the sorcerer's apprentice to Conundrum, a fiendishly clever wordsmith and rogue magus promising ultimate knowledge of a dangerous sort. Their quest takes them on a journey of high adventure from Wales and London via Catalonia, Rome, Berlin, Moscow, Switzerland, Paris, Japan and Madeira to a dramatic finale on the rugged cliffs at the western extremity of the Algarve. But the secret lurking at the end of Southend Pier might after all be the key to the Holy Grail that is the dark mystery of Conundrum's Book. Or does the answer lie in the crazy jumble of Conundrum's seedy flat at 7 Moonbeam Mansions? A unique blend of unpredictable action, philosophical fireworks, outrageous behaviour, metaphysical speculation and some adult material of a rather unusual nature keeps the reader hooked right to the end.
Download or read book Precious Possessions written by Kurt R. Sivilich and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, Michael had a great career and a wonderful familyuntil his sudden death. Worse yet, when he arrived at the pearly gates, he was denied entrance. Now, given the chance to redeem himself as a Guardian Angel, Michael intervenes in the lives of people who are in peril. Winter is pounding its way through Indianapolis, and trouble for Michael follows swiftly on the howling winds. A serial killer has just taken the life of another homeless victim, and One-eyed Bob, Michaels closest friend in the homeless community, has gone missing, putting everyone on edge and uncertain of who to trust. Meanwhile, as the bad economy takes its toll, the shelter director, Pastor Steve, is forced to partner with another congregation to keep the refuge open. As tension, drama, and the threat of a killer on the loose hang like a dark cloud over the shelter, Michael soon discovers he has another problem: the demon he defeated over a year ago may be back to seek revenge. In this continuing series, a Guardian Angel on a journey of redemption must find his homeless friend before a serial killer strikes again and his demonic nemesis satisfies his grudge.
Download or read book One Kind Ride written by Christine DePetrillo and published by Christine DePetrillo. This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacy Brenton loves handling the marketing side of her family’s business, Brenton Sawmill, deep in the woods of Maplehaven, Vermont. She uses her creativity to bring in more customers while being surrounded by her family and friends in the small town. A trip to New Orleans to see a college friend, however, reminds her that an entire world exists beyond the mountains and forests. Maybe things are a little boring in Maplehaven, especially when everyone seems to be pairing up with a soul mate except Jacy. Finn Johansen is on a mission to honor a fallen soldier. He watched his best friend die on the battlefield, but his current engineering project will see that no one suffers the same brutal fate. Finn just needs a quiet, remote location to finish his work for the military with no distractions. Maplehaven, Vermont seems like the perfect hideaway. When Jacy misses her flight back to Vermont and is stranded in Baltimore, Finn offers to help. He can’t stand to see a person in distress, especially a beautiful woman like Jacy. His trip to Vermont can wait, but Jacy getting back for her parents’ anniversary party can’t. Besides Maplehaven is Jacy’s home. Finn hasn’t had a place to call home in forever. Is one kind ride enough to bring everyone home? The One Kind Deed Series, contemporary romance One Kind Heart, Book One One Kind Kiss, Book Two One Kind Touch, Book Three One Kind Ride, Book Four Other Series by Christine DePetrillo The Maple Leaf Series, contemporary romance (6 books) "Fears, pride, love, passion ~ beautifully woven together with substance and depth. " The Shielded Series, sci-fi romance (3 books) "Great world-building, excellent emotional depth, and a great ending..." The Warrior Wolves Series, paranormal romance (5 books) "Full of memorable characters with a solid plot and plenty of passion."
Download or read book Wendy Wasserstein written by Jill Dolan and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playwright Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006), author of The Heidi Chronicles, wrote topical, humorous plays addressing relationships among women and their families, taking the temperature of social moments from the 1960s onward to debate women’s rightful place in their professional and personal lives. The playwright’s popular plays continue to be produced on Broadway and in regional theaters around the country and the world. Wasserstein’s emergence as a popular dramatist in the 1970s paralleled the emergence of the second-wave feminist movement in the United States, a cultural context reflected in the themes of her plays. Yet while some of her comedies and witty dramas were wildly successful, packing theaters and winning awards, feminists of the era often felt that the plays did not go far enough. Wendy Wasserstein provides a critical introduction and a feminist reappraisal of the significant plays of one of the most famous contemporary American women playwrights. Following a biographical introduction, chapters address each of her important plays, situating Wasserstein’s work in the history of the US feminist movement and in a historical moment in which women artists continue to struggle for recognition.
Download or read book The Folded Clock written by Heidi Julavits and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book Rereading her childhood diaries, Heidi Julavits hoped to find incontrovertible proof that she was always destined to be a writer. Instead, they “revealed me to possess the mind of a phobic tax auditor.” Thus was born a desire to try again, to chronicle her daily life—now as a forty-something woman, wife, mother, and writer. A meditation on time and self, youth and aging, friendship and romance, faith and fate, and art and ambition, in The Folded Clock one of the most gifted prose stylists in American letters explodes the typically confessional diary form with her trademark humor, honesty, and searing intelligence.
Download or read book Heidi s Guide to Four Letter Words written by Tara Sivec and published by Sivec & Arndt. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowritten by USA Today best-selling author Tara Sivec and award-winning narrator Andi Arndt, a hysterically funny, heartfelt romance about starting over and taking chances. Nothing good ever comes from drinking a box of wine alone. So when I decided to entertain my drunken self by setting up some hand-me-down podcasting equipment and reading the steamy parts from romance novels, I never thought anyone would actually listen. The fact that I admitted my huge crush on my sexy next door neighbor made the whole thing even more mortifying. But sometimes life surprises you, and that’s how my podcast, Heidi’s Discount Erotica, was born. Now I, Heidi Larsen, a sweet former kindergarten teacher in Waconia, Minnesota, lead a scandalous double life reading erotic novels to the listening world. And with each episode, I find myself embracing my new alter ego more and more. Now I’m starting to feel more comfortable in my own skin and do things I never would have dreamed of - like kissing my neighbor. Look out, Waconia, because Heidi’s on the loose! She’s in your ears, in your hearts, and down your pants...wait, that didn’t sound as good as it did in my head. Well, you get the picture, don’tcha know!
Download or read book Wendy Wasserstein written by Gail Ciociola and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Wasserstein calls herself a humanist, her works reflect a political rhetoric, if cloaked in humor, that she herself could not imagine to be anything but feminist. Shaped by literal, cultural, and materialistic feminist theory, Wasserstein illustrates the impact of the women's movement on the lives of her female characters. The five major works, with their near-sequel effect, let us see her characters' college years, mid-twenties, mid-thirties and middle age. Through the use of a newly devised critical context called fem-en(act)ment, or textual or performance drama that is guided by feminist disposition thematically and stylistically, the author here allows for a fresh reading of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
Download or read book Natavallia in the Maldives written by John Trethewey. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently married musicians Judi and Zav Baines are assigned from Marbella to the Maldives. During the voyage from Gibraltar, they are joined by five strangers, seemingly with intertwined pasts long ago. Almost daily it gradually becomes clear that each of the five also knew Judi and Zav in their youth. But how? There are strange forces at work. Cosmic coincidences start to crowd in, defying interpretation. Events in their previous adventures start to make some kind of sense. The final battle starts with a series of lethal terrorist attacks on the Maldives Spa Hotel, their new home, uniting the group in a life-or-death fight for survival. An all-out assault forces reformed Macedonian brigand Kolper to call upon their last hope of salvation: the Call of the Shepherd, the Call of the Cosmos. But will the call be heard?
Download or read book Comic Books and Comic Strips in the United States Through 2005 written by John Lent and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This final work in John Lent's series of bibliographies on comic art gathers together an astounding array of citations on American comic books and comic strips. Included in this volume are citations regarding anthologies and reprints; criticism and reviews; exhibitions, festivals, and awards; scholarship and theory; and the business, artistic, cultural, legal, technical, and technological aspects of American comics. Author John Lent has used all manner of methods to gather the citations, searching library and online databases, contacting scholars and other professionals, attending conferences and festivals, and scanning hundreds of periodicals. He has gone to great length to categorize the citations in an easy-to-use, scholarly fashion, and in the process, has helped to establish the field of comic art as an important part of social science and humanities research. The ten volumes in this series, covering all regions of the world, constitute the largest printed bibliography of comic art in the world, and serve as the beacon guiding the burgeoning fields of animation, comics, and cartooning. They are the definitive works on comic art research, and are exhaustive in their inclusiveness, covering all types of publications (academic, trade, popular, fan, etc.) from all over the world. Also included in these books are citations to systematically-researched academic exercises, as well as more ephemeral sources such as fanzines, press articles, and fugitive materials (conference papers, unpublished documents, etc.), attesting to Lent's belief that all pieces of information are vital in a new field of study such as comic art.
Download or read book Just Not That Likable written by Gloria J. Romero and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gloria Romero—former California Senate Majority Leader and Professor Emeritus of Psychology—shatters the glass ceiling in a sweeping takedown of gender bias at the workplace and the price women and society pay for the virulent, double standard of “the likability factor” that persists in the workplace. She exposes the link between success and likability that 21st-century women leaders face in politics and the workplace. In a book both accessible and enlightening, Senator Romero stands as a woman unafraid to break down barriers for women. As the first female Majority Leader of the upper house in California’s State Legislature, she authored major reform laws in public education, criminal justice, governmental ethics, and transparency. Just Not That Likable is the story of a trailblazer who understood that while the 20th-century sexism of unequal pay for equal work had been outlawed and anti-discrimination laws had become common, there was still a hidden likability penalty and the so-called “double bind” applied to successful women. The book features the most comprehensive review to date of what is known about the “double bind” faced by women executives and leaders: they are expected to exhibit strength and lead, but are penalized as being “abrasive” or exhibiting characteristics stereotyped as being masculine. Drawing on her own life as well, Senator Romero’s journey leads her to the realization that when women smash through the persisting ceiling—still with us in the 21st century—the shards cut. Too deep and too often, these practices and behaviors shut down opportunity for our daughters, sisters, and each other. Just Not That Likable recognizes that our workplaces must promote practices, policies, and cultures which confront and disassemble this double bind for women.
Download or read book The Credit Cleanup Book written by Shindy Chen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By unlocking the mortgage industry's trade secrets, this indispensable book will help readers understand credit scoring and learn how to obtain—and improve—their credit reports. Many consumers don't understand the basics of credit reporting and scoring or how this information is used by lenders and service providers today. This book was written to remedy that. A no-nonsense guide, it teaches readers about credit reports and scores, shows them how to obtain and read their credit reports, and outlines ways to remove negative and inaccurate items. Readers will also learn about the latest consumer protection legislation concerning credit and lending and about changes in lending practices that can impact their financial well-being. The book details credit's impact on nearly every aspect of life, including employment; insurance; love relationships; services such as mobile phones and utilities; apartment leases; and auto, business, and home mortgage loans. It walks readers through the process of disputing negative items on credit reports and includes letter templates that can be used for that purpose. Finally, it provides readers with credit- and debt-management tips and describes state-of-the-art tools that can be used to foster better money- and credit-management habits. With this book in hand, a consumer should be able to achieve the higher credit score that is a person's greatest financial asset.
Download or read book War by Other Means written by Robert D. Blackwill and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2016 Today, nations increasingly carry out geopolitical combat through economic means. Policies governing everything from trade and investment to energy and exchange rates are wielded as tools to win diplomatic allies, punish adversaries, and coerce those in between. Not so in the United States, however. America still too often reaches for the gun over the purse to advance its interests abroad. The result is a playing field sharply tilting against the United States. “Geoeconomics, the use of economic instruments to advance foreign policy goals, has long been a staple of great-power politics. In this impressive policy manifesto, Blackwill and Harris argue that in recent decades, the United States has tended to neglect this form of statecraft, while China, Russia, and other illiberal states have increasingly employed it to Washington’s disadvantage.” —G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs “A readable and lucid primer...The book defines the extensive topic and opens readers’ eyes to its prevalence throughout history...[Presidential] candidates who care more about protecting American interests would be wise to heed the advice of War by Other Means and take our geoeconomic toolkit more seriously. —Jordan Schneider, Weekly Standard