Download or read book The Tycoon s Diamond Demand written by Joss Wood and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revenge is all he can think about…until he’s face-to-face with the only woman he’s ever desired! This engagement-of-convenience story from Joss Wood is brimming with intensity! His revenge will only be complete… when she’s wearing his diamond! Self-made CEO Jens Nilson has spent the past decade trying to even the score against the woman who jilted him and her father, who almost destroyed him. The best way to do that? Demand Maja Hagen marry him—and leave her at the altar. After Maja fled their elopement, she built herself a new life away from her father’s tyranny. She won’t let Jens jeopardize that, even if it means accepting his proposal! But their rekindled desire is already threatening to incinerate her every defense against him… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. Read all the Diamond in the Rough books: Book 1: The Italian's Pregnant Enemy by Maisey Yates Book 2: Hidden Heir with His Housekeeper by Heidi Rice Book 3: The Tycoon's Diamond Demand by Joss Wood Book 4: Signed, Sealed, Married by Annie West Book 5: Greek Pregnancy Clause by Maya Blake

Download or read book Accidentally Wearing The Argentinian s Ring The Tycoon s Diamond Demand written by Maya Blake and published by Mills & Boon. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book of Diamonds written by Joan Y. Dickinson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the most prized of all gems, diamonds have a long and fascinating history. In this engrossing, profusely illustrated volume, that history is covered in detail — from early discoveries in the Golconda mines of India (probably the site of the first diamonds ever unearthed) and digs in Brazil, to the South African diamond rush and development of major mining companies. Over 200 illustrations include step-by-step photos showing how these valuable stones are mined and the intricacies of cutting and faceting, while reproductions of museum paintings and photographs depict famous individual diamonds as well as outstanding rings, bracelets, brooches, pins, earrings, watches, tiaras, and other traditional and modern diamond pieces. Here also are stories of the most famous and infamous diamonds: the Koh-i-Noor in the Tower of London, the Hope in the Smithsonian Institution, the Regent in the Louvre, the Orloff in the Kremlin, and many other celebrated jewels. More than a dramatically told story of diamonds, this volume will also serve as a practical guide for anyone who owns a diamond or plans to buy one. It explains and illustrates different diamond cuts, the role of carats, and how to buy diamonds — for sentiment, beauty, show, flawlessness, or investment. Anyone who has ever been captivated by the matchless brilliance of these rare gems will find this book an informative, highly readable addition to their personal library.

Download or read book The Tycoons written by Arthur M. Louis and published by New York : Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1981 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Deal for the Tycoon s Diamonds written by Emmy Grayson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The innocent, the billionaire and their headline-grabbing ruse! Discover this enchanting fake-relationship romance from Emmy Grayson! Scandalous front-page news… Or a real-life fairy tale? Aspiring fashion designer Anna Vega’s spent years healing from her former best friend Antonio Cabrera’s rejection. She’s mortified to literally fall into the billionaire’s arms and spark headlines. Antonio’s solution to refocus the unwanted attention? A ruse of a romance! After a brush with tragedy, Antonio’s molded himself into the perfect businessman. Anna’s always been a gleaming diamond he’s never felt worthy of. He knows he wants her to stay in his life. First, he’ll have to let her see beyond the impenetrable man he’s become… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. Read all The Infamous Cabrera Brothers books: Book 1: His Billion-Dollar Takeover Temptation Book 2: Proof of Their One Hot Night Book 3: A Deal for the Tycoon's Diamonds

Download or read book Flawless Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History written by Scott Andrew Selby and published by Sterling Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tells the story with the gripping pace of a true-crime 'Ocean's Eleven.'" The New York Post • "Like a diamond, this true-life caper is clear, colorful, and brilliant." Publishers Weekly ★Starred Review★ The Antwerp Diamond Center was one of the most secure buildings in the world. With hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of diamonds stored in its subterranean vault, it had to be. Located in the heart of Belgium's ultra-secure Antwerp Diamond District, it benefited from two police stations, armed patrols, extensive video surveillance, and vehicle barriers securing an area where 80 percent of the world's diamonds traded hands. But on February 15, 2003, a band of skilled Italian thieves — fronted by the charming Leonardo Notarbartolo, who spent over two years clandestinely casing the building — subverted every one of the Diamond Center's defenses and made off with a record amount of loot. Experts estimate they got away with nearly half a billion dollars in diamonds, cash and other valuables. They'd pulled off the biggest heist in history--everybody loves diamonds and they now had more than any thief before them. The robbers did it with stealth and smarts; no one was hurt or even threatened during what was quickly labeled the largest diamond heist in history. The bandits — members of a group of professional thieves known as "The School of Turin" — used cunning in lieu of violence, successfully evading security cameras, thwarting an array of electronic sensors, and penetrating a vault protected by a double-locked foot-thick steel door. Even when the police zeroed in on who committed the crime, how it was done remained a mystery, like something out of a heist movie or TV show. Flawless is a fast-paced global scavenger hunt uncovering the truth behind the daring Valentine's Day weekend heist. Tracking clues, sources, and documents throughout Europe — from seedy cafés in Turin, Italy to sleek diamond offices in Antwerp, Belgium — authors Scott Selby and Greg Campbell retrace Notarbartolo's careful discovery of the building's security flaws. They recreate the heist and its aftermath — detailing how the thieves brilliantly neutralized each element of the security protecting the Diamond Center's vault while inviting the readers into the secretive world of diamonds and diamond dealing. The result is a thrilling ride through the better-than-fiction heist of the century. "Fans of caper books and movies will be in seventh heaven." Booklist ★Starred Review★

Download or read book Harlequin Presents May 2024 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Lynne Graham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Presents – May 2024 – Box Set 1 of 2 Title: Harlequin Presents – May 2024 – Box Set 1 of 2 BCC Harlequin Presents brings you four full-length stories in one collection! Experience the glamorous lives of royals and billionaires, where passion knows no bounds. Be swept into a world of luxury, wealth and exotic locations. This box set includes: TWO SECRETS TO SHOCK THE ITALIAN by USA TODAY bestselling author Lynne Graham Discovering she was pregnant with twins changed the course of Scarlett Pearson’s life. Knowing love wasn’t on his agenda, she fled her fling with guarded billionaire Aristide Angelico – her babies deserved more. Aristide can’t forget his blazing chemistry with Scarlett, or that she ended their affair. Reunited two years on, he’s appalled to discover the fire between them still burns. Determined to regain control, Aristide invites her to Italy, only to be floored by Scarlett’s secret twin revelation…and his instant need to claim his family! A WEDDING NEGOTIATION WITH HER BOSS (A Secrets of Billionaires’ Secretaries novel) by USA TODAY bestselling author Cathy Williams It’s tycoon Gabriel’s job to expect the unexpected. But finding himself suddenly attracted to his oh-so-sensible secretary was not on the playboy’s to-do list. Particularly as Gabriel is finalizing a crucial deal. One with a twist: he needs a bride and fast. Used to hiding behind her professional office suits, Helen is completely out of her comfort zone acting the part of devoted fiancée. Especially when their diamond deal is complicated by the heated awareness between her and her infuriatingly handsome boss… ENEMIES AT THE GREEK ALTAR (A The Teras Wedding Challenge novel) by Jackie Ashenden Andromeda Lane will never forgive Poseidon Teras for destroying her family – except he’s just asked for her hand! Knowing all the devastatingly handsome tycoon wants is to secure his inheritance, Andie’s every instinct is to refuse his billion-dollar proposal. But he’s vowing to support her late sister’s charity… Standing at the altar, Poseidon is sure he’s got everything he wants, without any risk. Then their binding kiss as man and wife unleashes an unexpected, dangerous craving! Now, the world’s most legendary playboy realizes the bride who detests him is what he wants most! THE TYCOON’S DIAMOND DEMAND by Joss Wood Self-made CEO Jens Nilson has spent the past decade trying to even the score against the woman who jilted him and her father who almost destroyed him. The best way to do that? Demand Maja Hagen marry him – and leave her the altar. After Maja fled their elopement, she built herself a new life away from her father’s tyranny. She won’t let Jens jeopardize that, even if it means accepting his proposal! But their rekindled desire is already threatening to incinerate her every defense against him… For more stories filled with passion and drama, look for Harlequin Presents May 2024 Box Set – 2 of 2

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Download or read book The Inventor and the Tycoon written by Edward Ball and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book of the Year Nearly 140 years ago, in frontier California, photographer Eadweard Muybridge captured time with his camera and played it back on a flickering screen, inventing the breakthrough technology of moving pictures. Yet the visionary inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial became a national sensation. Despite Muybridge’s crime, the artist’s patron, railroad tycoon Leland Stanford, founder of Stanford University, hired the photographer to answer the question of whether the four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground all at once—and together these two unlikely men launched the age of visual media. Written with style and passion by National Book Award-winner Edward Ball, this riveting true-crime tale of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads puts on display the virtues and vices of the great American West.

Download or read book Transnational Organized Crime and Natural Resources Trafficking written by Donald R. Liddick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and analyzes conflict commodities, which the author defines as “high-value commodities trafficked in by networks of transnational criminals who use the illicitly derived proceeds to finance armed conflict and loot natural resource wealth from national treasuries.” Each chapter examines a different commodity or set of commodities that have become the province of transnational organized crime networks: diamonds, ivory, rhino horn, timber, lapis lazuli, jade, rare minerals, gold, and oil receive scholarly analyses across multiple dimensions, including the structure and operation of criminal networks, the social and environmental consequences of the various conflict commodities trades, and the full range of palliative responses. The book provides coverage of all the players involved, from high-ranking government officials to insurgent groups and terrorists. The work also enumerates the array of human rights abuses associated with the traffic in conflict commodities

Download or read book The Tycoon s Blondie written by Linzi Basset and published by Linzi Basset. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Our relationship is inevitable. The sooner you realize and accept it, the better.” Allison Hadley did not entertain Tiaan Sheppard when he made that statement. He was a notorious bachelor. A skirt-chaser of note and his exploits had been splashed all over the media. No, she burned her fingers once before and she had no intention of repeating that embarrassing mistake. Tiaan Sheppard was the co-owner of the most sought after auditing firm in the US and he wanted the beautiful, luscious Orthodontic surgeon from the moment he first met her. So much so, that he booked an appointment under an assumed name and ended up drinking whiskey out of a straw at dinner. Sparks ignited between the two and they soon became lovers, but fate has a way of intervening when least expected. This time fate intervened cruelly, threatening their relationship and testing the strength of their new-found love.

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Download or read book Corporate Governance and Financial Reform in China s Transition Economy written by Jing Leng and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world economy is facing unprecedented challenges brought by the still unfolding global financial crisis. At this critical juncture in history, China's economic performance and financial stability are closely watched across the world. The current global economic downturn and the rigidities it poses on the growth prospects of any individual economy are a testing ground for the effects of China's corporate governance reform and financial reform that have been taking place in recent years. It is now a proper time to assess whether these reforms have yielded meaningful results which can help China withstand and navigate through the most severe economic difficulties of our times. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review and critique of corporate governance reforms and related financial reforms in China during the country's transition to a market economy, involving its enterprise, banking and capital markets sectors. China's participation in economic globalization, symbolized by its accession to the World Trade Organization, is taken as a broad background to the country's domestic reform agenda. By exploring the dynamics of China's evolving corporate governance regime, this book presents an important country study of corporate governance reforms in developing and post-communist transition economies to show the possibility of alternative paths to the market.

Download or read book Fortune Telling with Playing Cards written by Jonathan Dee and published by Hampton Roads Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as Simply Fortune Telling with Playing Cards. There is a certain romance attached to playing cards: from the riverboat gamblers on the Mississippi to genteel parlor games and the current popular surge in poker tournaments. How many of us while away our bored moments with a game of solitaire? This user-friendly guide will show you how to turn an ordinary deck of cards into a fun and simple tool for telling the future. Learn the past, present, and future with a regular deck of playing cards--no trivia, no special talents, no psychic ability. If you can read this, you can learn fortune telling with a regular deck of cards. The author explains the meaning of each of the 52 cards in the deck, plus the Joker, presents several layouts for general readings, and answers specific questions.

Download or read book The Enablers written by Frank Vogl and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritarian regimes in many countries, and the men that lead them, depend on the international management of licit and illicit funds under their control. Frank Vogl shows that curbing their activities for their kleptocratic clients is critical to secure democracy, enhance national security, and ensure international financial stability.

Download or read book The Tycoon s Resistant Lover written by Elizabeth Lennox and published by Elizabeth Lennox Books (www.ElizabethLennox.com). This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Julianna Holbrook can't believe that the obnoxious and brash James Cavanaugh could be so rude! He shows up uninvited to a dinner party, he arrives at her store right before closing time and he simply won't leave her alone! So why is she so fascinated by a man she knows is completely wrong for her? James finds the elegant and ever-so-proper Julianna a fascinating creature. She tells him to stay away, but she trembles in his arms. She pushes him away, but when he kisses her, she shows him a passion that sets him on fire. He has finally found the woman who intrigues and challenges him, but she won't return his phone calls. Should he do the polite thing and leave her be? Never! James gets into her space, challenges her assumptions and shows her that her boyfriend can't ever make her feel the same way he can.

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