Author: Laura Kalpakian
Publisher: Blair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Based loosely on historical events in California in 1916, CAVEAT tells the story of Hank Beecham, son of a dissolute Confederate veteran and embittered mother, snubbed by the townspeople of St. Elmo. Hank finds his calling as a rainmaker, saving St. Elmo from a serious drought. When the town doesn't pay him as promised, Hank returns eight years later to exact his revenge.
Caveat
Author: Laura Kalpakian
Publisher: Blair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Based loosely on historical events in California in 1916, CAVEAT tells the story of Hank Beecham, son of a dissolute Confederate veteran and embittered mother, snubbed by the townspeople of St. Elmo. Hank finds his calling as a rainmaker, saving St. Elmo from a serious drought. When the town doesn't pay him as promised, Hank returns eight years later to exact his revenge.
Publisher: Blair
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Based loosely on historical events in California in 1916, CAVEAT tells the story of Hank Beecham, son of a dissolute Confederate veteran and embittered mother, snubbed by the townspeople of St. Elmo. Hank finds his calling as a rainmaker, saving St. Elmo from a serious drought. When the town doesn't pay him as promised, Hank returns eight years later to exact his revenge.
Caveat Emptor
Author: Ken Perenyi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 163936305X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
It is said that the greatest art forger in the world is the one who has never been caught. Caveat Emptor reveals the astonishing story of America’s most accomplished art forger. Ten years ago, an FBI investigation in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York was about to expose a scandal in the art world that would have been front-page news in New York and London. After a trail of fake paintings of astonishing quality led federal agents to art dealers, renowned experts, and the major auction houses, the investigation inexplicably ended, despite an abundance of evidence collected. The case was closed and the FBI file was marked “exempt from public disclosure.” Now that the statute of limitations on these crimes has expired and the case appears hermetically sealed shut by the FBI, this book, Caveat Emptor, is Ken Perenyi’s confession. It is the story, in detail, of how he pulled it all off. Glamorous stories of art-world scandal have always captured the public imagination. However, not since Clifford Irving’s 1969 bestselling Fake has there been a story at all like this one. Caveat Emptor is unique in that it is the first and only book by and about America’s first and only great art forger. And unlike other forgers, Perenyi produced no paper trail, no fake provenance whatsoever; he let the paintings speak for themselves. And that they did, routinely mesmerizing the experts in mere seconds. In the tradition of Frank Abagnale’s Catch Me If You Can, and certain to be a bombshell for the major international auction houses and galleries, here is the story of America’s greatest art forger.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 163936305X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
It is said that the greatest art forger in the world is the one who has never been caught. Caveat Emptor reveals the astonishing story of America’s most accomplished art forger. Ten years ago, an FBI investigation in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York was about to expose a scandal in the art world that would have been front-page news in New York and London. After a trail of fake paintings of astonishing quality led federal agents to art dealers, renowned experts, and the major auction houses, the investigation inexplicably ended, despite an abundance of evidence collected. The case was closed and the FBI file was marked “exempt from public disclosure.” Now that the statute of limitations on these crimes has expired and the case appears hermetically sealed shut by the FBI, this book, Caveat Emptor, is Ken Perenyi’s confession. It is the story, in detail, of how he pulled it all off. Glamorous stories of art-world scandal have always captured the public imagination. However, not since Clifford Irving’s 1969 bestselling Fake has there been a story at all like this one. Caveat Emptor is unique in that it is the first and only book by and about America’s first and only great art forger. And unlike other forgers, Perenyi produced no paper trail, no fake provenance whatsoever; he let the paintings speak for themselves. And that they did, routinely mesmerizing the experts in mere seconds. In the tradition of Frank Abagnale’s Catch Me If You Can, and certain to be a bombshell for the major international auction houses and galleries, here is the story of America’s greatest art forger.
Caveat
Author: Alexander Meigs Haig Junior
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Caveat Emptor
Author: Ken Perenyi
Publisher: Pegasus Books
ISBN: 9781605985022
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For years, Ken Perenyi raked in riches forging masterpieces, convincing even the most discerning experts that his works were the real deal. His works are so flawless that they are still appearing as originals in auction house catalogs, fine art, design and architecture magazines, unexposed as the forgeries they really are. Growing up as a working class kid in Fort Lee, New Jersey, Perenyi never dreamed of becoming an art forger. However, when he stumbled upon The Castle, a large crumbling estate in his neighborhood, he found himself in the middle of the New York avant-garde art scene. Under their mentorship, he discovered he possessed a preternatural ability to copy the works of old masters, an ability that confounded even the most qualified experts and catapulted him to a life of riches. Honest, gripping and astounding, Caveat Emptor reveals the ironies and hypocrisies latent to the art world, plus an explanation of just exactly how Perenyi managed to pull it off.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
ISBN: 9781605985022
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For years, Ken Perenyi raked in riches forging masterpieces, convincing even the most discerning experts that his works were the real deal. His works are so flawless that they are still appearing as originals in auction house catalogs, fine art, design and architecture magazines, unexposed as the forgeries they really are. Growing up as a working class kid in Fort Lee, New Jersey, Perenyi never dreamed of becoming an art forger. However, when he stumbled upon The Castle, a large crumbling estate in his neighborhood, he found himself in the middle of the New York avant-garde art scene. Under their mentorship, he discovered he possessed a preternatural ability to copy the works of old masters, an ability that confounded even the most qualified experts and catapulted him to a life of riches. Honest, gripping and astounding, Caveat Emptor reveals the ironies and hypocrisies latent to the art world, plus an explanation of just exactly how Perenyi managed to pull it off.
The Scene That Became Cities
Author: Caveat Magister (Benjamin Wachs)
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1623173701
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
A practical and irreverent guide to Burning Man, its philosophy, why people do this to themselves, and how it matters to the world Over 30 years Burning Man has gone from two families on a San Francisco beach to a global movement in which hundreds of thousands of people around the world create events on every continent. It has been the subject of fawning media profiles, an exhibit in the Smithsonian, and is beloved by tech billionaires and boho counterculturalists alike. But why does it matter? What does it actually have to offer us? The answer, Caveat Magister writes, is simple: Burning Man's philosophy can help us build better communities in which individuals' freedom to follow their own authentic passions also brings them together in common purpose. Burning Man is a prototype, and its philosophy is a how-to manual for better communities, that, instead of rules, offers principles. Featuring iconic and impossible stories from "the playa," interviews with Burning Man's founders and staff, and personal recollections of the late Larry Harvey--Burning Man's founder, "Chief Philosophical Officer," and the author's close friend and colleague--The Scene That Became Cities introduces readers to the experience of Burning Man; explains why it grew; posits how it could impact fields as diverse as art, economics, and politics; and makes the ideas behind it accessible, actionable, and useful.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1623173701
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
A practical and irreverent guide to Burning Man, its philosophy, why people do this to themselves, and how it matters to the world Over 30 years Burning Man has gone from two families on a San Francisco beach to a global movement in which hundreds of thousands of people around the world create events on every continent. It has been the subject of fawning media profiles, an exhibit in the Smithsonian, and is beloved by tech billionaires and boho counterculturalists alike. But why does it matter? What does it actually have to offer us? The answer, Caveat Magister writes, is simple: Burning Man's philosophy can help us build better communities in which individuals' freedom to follow their own authentic passions also brings them together in common purpose. Burning Man is a prototype, and its philosophy is a how-to manual for better communities, that, instead of rules, offers principles. Featuring iconic and impossible stories from "the playa," interviews with Burning Man's founders and staff, and personal recollections of the late Larry Harvey--Burning Man's founder, "Chief Philosophical Officer," and the author's close friend and colleague--The Scene That Became Cities introduces readers to the experience of Burning Man; explains why it grew; posits how it could impact fields as diverse as art, economics, and politics; and makes the ideas behind it accessible, actionable, and useful.
Star Trek: Caveat Emptor
Author: Ian Edgington
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743428749
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS CAVEAT EMPTOR DaiMon Forg of the Ferengi Merchantman thought he was getting a fantastic new computer at a stunningly low price. But he realized too late that the price he paid for the machine from Beta 3 was far too high... What starts as a simple rescue mission reveals something that astonishes the U.S.S. da Vinci crew -- a ship full of polite, docile, and generous Ferengi! Soon, Commander Gomez and her S.C.E. team realize that the Ferengi have been taken over by Landru, the ancient super-computer, which has returned -- a century after being dismantled by the crew of the Starship Enterprise™ -- to wreak havoc once more. And Landru has set its sights on the da Vinci next...
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743428749
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS CAVEAT EMPTOR DaiMon Forg of the Ferengi Merchantman thought he was getting a fantastic new computer at a stunningly low price. But he realized too late that the price he paid for the machine from Beta 3 was far too high... What starts as a simple rescue mission reveals something that astonishes the U.S.S. da Vinci crew -- a ship full of polite, docile, and generous Ferengi! Soon, Commander Gomez and her S.C.E. team realize that the Ferengi have been taken over by Landru, the ancient super-computer, which has returned -- a century after being dismantled by the crew of the Starship Enterprise™ -- to wreak havoc once more. And Landru has set its sights on the da Vinci next...
Caveats Against Dealings in Australia and New Zealand
Author: Shannon Lindsay
Publisher: Federation Press
ISBN: 9781862871946
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This work has been written by a practitioner for the benefit of practitioners.The two introductory chapters deal with broad general principles and conceptual issues such as what is a caveat? and what is a caveatable interest? but the bulk of the book is taken up by an encyclopaedic analysis of all of the reported Australian and New Zealand cases touching upon caveats. Essentially this book is intended to function as a road map for practitioners to the reported cases, guiding them to cases involving similar facts, and breaking the issues up in a way that matches the practical problems with which they must deal.Chapters which follow on from the general introductory chapters:list all the recognised categories of situations where there is a caveatable interestdeal with defects in the drafting of caveatsdescribe the procedures available to a registered proprietor or other interested person for freeing the title from the caveatanalyse the criteria for a successful action for compensation for wrongful lodgement of a caveatexplain the role of caveats in determining equitable prioritiesThere is also a brief chapter dealing with the assessment of stamp duty on caveats.
Publisher: Federation Press
ISBN: 9781862871946
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This work has been written by a practitioner for the benefit of practitioners.The two introductory chapters deal with broad general principles and conceptual issues such as what is a caveat? and what is a caveatable interest? but the bulk of the book is taken up by an encyclopaedic analysis of all of the reported Australian and New Zealand cases touching upon caveats. Essentially this book is intended to function as a road map for practitioners to the reported cases, guiding them to cases involving similar facts, and breaking the issues up in a way that matches the practical problems with which they must deal.Chapters which follow on from the general introductory chapters:list all the recognised categories of situations where there is a caveatable interestdeal with defects in the drafting of caveatsdescribe the procedures available to a registered proprietor or other interested person for freeing the title from the caveatanalyse the criteria for a successful action for compensation for wrongful lodgement of a caveatexplain the role of caveats in determining equitable prioritiesThere is also a brief chapter dealing with the assessment of stamp duty on caveats.
Turn Your Life Into Art
Author: Caveat Magister
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734965926
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Analyzing the work of Burning Man, the SF Institute of Possibility, the Jejune Institute, and other groups, this book is a how-to manual for designing transformative or "psychomagical" experiences.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734965926
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Analyzing the work of Burning Man, the SF Institute of Possibility, the Jejune Institute, and other groups, this book is a how-to manual for designing transformative or "psychomagical" experiences.
Campbell on Caveats
Author: Neil Campbell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988546162
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988546162
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Caveat
Author: George Osol
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997645804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The night before Michael Boylen, a cybersecurity expert, leaves home for a month, his wife informs him that she is no longer in love. Emotionally off-kilter, he meets a woman on the flight to Paris who draws him into a world where nothing is as it appears, and leads to his becoming an unwitting participant in a clever and deadly terrorist plot.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997645804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The night before Michael Boylen, a cybersecurity expert, leaves home for a month, his wife informs him that she is no longer in love. Emotionally off-kilter, he meets a woman on the flight to Paris who draws him into a world where nothing is as it appears, and leads to his becoming an unwitting participant in a clever and deadly terrorist plot.