Download or read book Thieves in Retirement written by Hamdi Abu Golayyel and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamdi Abu Golayyel offers a striking portrait of a marginalized Egyptian community, bringing to life the absurd and tragic characters who occupy the margins of society while paying tribute to a historical Cairene neighborhood. By turns comic, reverential, beautiful, and tawdry, the novel reveals a social climate where ruthlessness and goodness seem almost indistinguishable and humanity is on display in all its rich variety. The novelist’s distinctive vision of Egypt’s various postmonarchy political regimes and ideologies shapes this dark comedy of human relations and underground pursuits in late twentieth-century Egypt. Through intricate levels of allegory, puns, and double meanings, Abu Golayyel effectively plays on the rhetoric associated with the nationalist government of Gamal Abdel Nasser, including the post-Nasser turn toward international capitalism with its a consumer-oriented economy-and movement away from the workers’ rights orientation of the 1960s. This novel represents a new voice and a new stage in contemporary Arabic literature, as it criticizes official ideologies, whether socialist, capitalist, or Islamist. Abu Golayyel’s cast of memorable characters embodies the arbitrariness of life and the search for purpose and dignity in a social milieu that offers little of either. Marilyn Booth’s translation fluently renders the novel’s delicate levels of diction and rhythm, making this brilliant Egyptian novel available to a much-deserved wider audience.
Download or read book Where to Retire written by John Howells and published by Gateway Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book River Thieves written by Michael Crummey and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In elegant, sensual prose, Michael Crummey crafts a haunting tale set in Newfoundland at the turn of the 19th century. A richly imagined story about love, loss and the heartbreaking compromises—both personal and political—that undermine lives, River Thieves is a masterful debut novel. Published in Canada and the United States, it joins a wave of classic literature from eastern Canada, including the works of Alistair MacLeod, Wayne Johnston and David Adams Richards, while resonating at times with the spirit of Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain and Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy. An enthralling story of passion and suspense, River Thieves captures both the vast sweep of history and the intimate lives of a deeply emotional and complex cast of characters caught in its wake.
Download or read book Retirement Heist written by Ellen E. Schultz and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2012 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism Hundreds of companies have slashed pensions and health coverage for millions of retirees, claiming that a “perfect storm” of stock market losses, aging workers, and spiraling costs have forced them to take drastic measures. But this so-called retirement crisis is no accident. Ellen E. Schultz, an award-winning investigative reporter formerly of The Wall Street Journal, reveals how large employers and the retirement industry have all played a huge and hidden role in the death spiral of American pensions and benefits. A little over a decade ago, pension plans were fat. But companies used slick accounting and dubious loopholes to turn their pension plans into piggy banks, tax shelters, and profit centers. As pensions weakened, companies slashed benefits for workers while doling out gargantuan pensions to their top executives. Drawing on original analysis of company data, government filings, and confidential memos, Schultz uncovers decades of widespread deception during which employers exaggerated their retiree burdens while tricking employees, misleading shareholders, and lobbying for taxpayer handouts.
Download or read book Thieves of Highland Road written by Wayne Thurber and published by The Maverick Company. This book was released on 2005 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John and Martha Herring's assumed success was apparent in their lavish lifestyle - a mansion, a penchant for luxury automobiles, travel, fine dining, and expensive art and jewelry. Not a bad life - if they had earned it. Though in the twisted minds of the couple, they had. The husband-and-wife crime team knew how the Medicare and pension systems worked, and they knew how to work the systems. Through intricate schemes, bogus account statements, fraudulent accounting, and counterfeit investments, the couple bilked millions from Medicare and from their employees' pension plans. The first installment in the Unjust Enrichment true-crime series by federal investigator Wayne Thurber, Thieves of Highland Road is a picture of what white-collar crime looks like from the inside. The result is an informative read that will appeal to any individual's sense of justice.
Download or read book Retirement 101 written by Michele Cagan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide to the ins and outs of retirement planning—the key resource for creating a retirement you can live on! How much do I need to retire? Can I retire early? What’s the retirement age, anyway? No matter whether you are 25, 65, or any age in between, you probably have questions about retirement and knowing the answers is the key to planning your future. Whether you want to retire as soon as possible or are looking forward to continuing to work in some form for as long as you can, Retirement 101 guides you through each step as you approach this important milestone. From how to save for the day when you stop—or scale back—working to smart investment strategies to the best states to retire in to how to calculate your benefits, Retirement 101 helps you create a retirement plan to accomplish your goals, whatever they are.
Download or read book Thief Of Thieves Vol 5 written by Andy Diggle and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2016-03-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a new thief of thieves in town and they're using the Redmond name to pull heists. Will stealing Conrad's legacy be enough to pull the master thief out of retirement? Collects THIEF OF THIEVES #26-31.
Download or read book Adventures in Retirement written by Lawrence G. Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join the author on his year-long quest to uncover all that retirement has to offer. Along the way, you'll discover: * The scary side of fishing;* Why it's wrong when board games become blood sports;* The unexpected connection between cooking classes and true romance;* How the author's cat convinced him to take up yoga (and why that was a terrible idea);* The thrill of jumping out of an airplane without risking your life;* Golfing for the ball challenged;* The eternal appeal of Elly May Clampett; and,* How to do nothing and feel good about it.
Download or read book William Colby written by Paul L. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Colby just wanted to enjoy his retirement -but not only do thieves steal the money he meant to feather his nest with, they kill one of his friends during the robbery. Now, badge or not, he will not rest until he hunts them down... but those plans, and his life, are further complicated by the arrival of a fetching widow and her children to his ranch, and of swindlers trying to negate his deed.There is no rest for the weary.
Download or read book The Last Job The Bad Grandpas and the Hatton Garden Heist written by Dan Bilefsky and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of one of the most brazen jewel heists in history. Over Easter weekend 2015, a motley crew of six English thieves, several in their sixties and seventies, couldn’t resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist. Their target: the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, in the heart of London’s medieval diamond district. “The Firm” included Brian Reader, ringleader and legend in his own mind; Terry Perkins, a tough-as-nails career criminal but also a frail diabetic; Danny Jones, a fitness freak, crime enthusiast, and fabulist; Carl Wood, an extra pair of hands, and definitely more brawn than brains; John “Kenny” Collins, getaway driver, prone to falling asleep on the job; and the mysterious Basil, a red-wigged associate who has only now been identified. Perhaps not the smoothest of criminals—one took a public bus to the scene of the crime; another read Forensics for Dummies in hopes he would learn how to avoid getting caught—they planned the job over fish and chips at their favorite pubs. They were cantankerous and coarse, dubbed the “Bad Grandpas” by British tabloids, and were often as likely to complain about one another as the current state of the country. Still, these analog thieves in a digital age managed to disable a high-security alarm system and drill through twenty inches of reinforced concrete, walking away with a stunning haul of at least $19 million in jewels, gold, diamonds, family heirlooms, and cash. Veteran reporter and former London correspondent for the New York Times Dan Bilefsky draws on unrivaled access to the leading officers on the case at the Flying Squad, the legendary Scotland Yard unit that hunted the gang, as well as notorious criminals from London’s shadowy underworld, to offer a gripping account of how these unassuming criminal masterminds nearly pulled off one of the great heists of the century.
Download or read book The Weekly Underwriter written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lawyers and Thieves written by Roy Grutman and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1990 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grutman gives readers a rollicking behind-the-scenes tour of American law--and a scathing indictment of its frequent excesses.
Download or read book Your Complete Guide to a Successful and Secure Retirement written by Larry E. Swedroe and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated second edition. This is your one-stop, definitive resource as you prepare for a secure and comfortable retirement. Investment and personal finance experts Larry Swedroe and Kevin Grogan present uniquely comprehensive coverage of every important aspect you need to think about as you approach retirement, including: Social Security, Medicare, investment planning strategy, portfolio maintenance, preparing your heirs, retirement issues faced by women, the threat of elder financial abuse, going beyond financials to think about your happiness, and much more. These topics are explained with the help of specialists in each subject. And everything is based on the "science of investing" – evidenced with studies from peer-reviewed journals. Overall, this adds up to a complete retirement guide, packed with the latest and best knowledge. Don't enter your retirement without it.
Download or read book Judicial Review in New Democracies written by Tom Ginsburg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New democracies around the world have adopted constitutional courts to oversee the operation of democratic politics. Where does judicial power come from, how does it develop in the early stages of democratic liberalization, and what political conditions support its expansion? This book answers these questions through an examination of three constitutional courts in Asia: Taiwan, Korea, and Mongolia. In a region that has traditionally viewed law as a tool of authoritarian rulers, constitutional courts in these three societies are becoming a real constraint on government. In contrast with conventional culturalist accounts, this book argues that the design and functioning of constitutional review are largely a function of politics and interests. Judicial review - the power of judges to rule an act of a legislature or national leader unconstitutional - is a solution to the problem of uncertainty in constitutional design. By providing insurance to prospective electoral losers, judicial review can facilitate democracy.
Download or read book The Thieves of Heaven written by Richard Doetsch and published by Dell. This book was released on 2006-04-25 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most closely Guarded treasure on Earth. An explosive ancient secret. A breakneck journey into the heart of the Vatican. In a small, heavily fortified room just north of the Sistine Chapel, a master thief is about to strike. All he needs is an instant–to steal the most important treasure in the Vatican museum: two antique keys–one gold, one silver–that protect the secret of salvation…. But a surprise awaits Michael St. Pierre deep inside the Vatican, an ancient secret so explosive, it sends him running for his life—from the streets of Rome to a small stone church in Israel—with two stolen keys and a terrible realization: the consequences of his desperate, brazen act are far greater than he could ever have imagined. For the treasure he has uncovered—the gleaming prize buried within the most clandestine structure on earth—is about to bring him face-to-face with an enemy more shocking, frightening, and insidious than anyone can guess....
Download or read book Night s Haunting written by Matthew Sprange and published by Abaddon Books. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “He’s dead, Lucuis! Dead! While you were off playing thief, they killed him!” Thief and Shadowmage, Lucius Kane, has found that his influence and power in the underworld of Turnitia has grown. The thieves’ guild is prosperous, and his magical skills have proved a great asset to his peers. His prospects seem boundless, until the Empire of Vos descends upon the City. Soldiers fill the streets and a new cleric has taken command of the souls of Turnitia’s citizens. This strange priest has promised to eradicate the thieves’ guild, as well as outlaw unlicensed magic – and the pagan Shadowmages are at the top of his list. Lucius will come to realise that, once again, a war in the streets of his city must be fought...
Download or read book Retiring Beware written by Michael Bivona, CPA and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " If you start working at age twenty and retire at age sixty, there's a good chance you'll spend as many years in retirement as you did working. Michael Bivona, a certified public accountant who retired almost twenty years ago, shares how he saved enough money to retire comfortably. He also explores the importance of continuing to be productive and having fun even after you stop working. Drawing on his professional expertise and experiences, he helps you: develop retirement plans realize the full value of Social Security payments explore your passions and stay healthy celebrate life with the people you love Bivona also shares his love for dancing, traveling, and writing, helping you come up with your own ideas about all the things you can do once you stop working. Life may be short, but retirement can last longer than you think-and you need to make the right moves to enjoy it to its fullest. "
