Author: Elmore Leonard Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0061809411 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 388
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“Constant action and top-notch writing.” —New York Times A Palm Beach playboy who amuses himself with murder finds himself on a collision course with a vacationing Motown cop in Elmore Leonard’s Split Images—a gripping and electrifying example of noir gold from “the coolest, hottest writer in America” (Chicago Tribune). Split Images is Grand Master Leonard at the top of his game, a bravura example of how exemplary crime fiction is done by a writer who stands tall among the all-time mystery greats: John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, et al. The brilliant creator of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (of TV’s Justified) now brings us a cast of vivid and unforgettable characters on both sides of the law, in a twisting masterwork of unrelenting suspense that the Washington Post calls, “Brilliant...impressive...superb.”
Author: Tina Foster Publisher: ISBN: 9781795686815 Category : Languages : en Pages : 94
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Psychological operations involving doubles are explored in this book. Politicians, heads of state, and other public figures routinely use doubles for a variety of clandestine purposes. Some are for security, while others serve more nefarious objectives. Political agendas can be promoted through the use of controlled doubles, for instance. Psy-ops using doubles are facilitated by means of technology, but technology can also be used to expose an impostor. Examples of historical doubles are discussed to illustrate certain tactical uses of lookalikes.
Author: Robert B. Parker Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1849168946 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 273
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'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review There's trouble in Paradise, Massachusetts... Police chief Jesse Stone is investigating two supposedly retired gangsters. But when one of them is found with a bullet in his skull, it is the wives who seem suspect. Meanwhile, the Markham family enlists Sunny Randall's help in rescuing their eighteen-year-old daughter from a religious cult. Are they just over-protective, or is there something sinister lurking beneath the desire to connect to the spirit? Jesse and Sunny are soon to discover that there is a fine line between virtue and vice. 'When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it' Harlan Coben, bestselling author of Run Away
Author: Charles Winecoff Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 484
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Perkins was being groomed to replace the late James Dean as a romantic leading man in Hollywood. But his landmark performance as Norman Bates in Hitchcock's Psycho destroyed his chance and off-screen life equally as secretive, conflicted, and fractured. Compelling and surprising, here is the first in-depth look at the double life of one of the world's most recognisable film stars. Insightfully documents the life of Anthony Perkins, who was forced to act the part of ladies' man while struggling with his own homosexuality. 27/10/2005
Author: Tina Foster Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781794563841 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 512
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In the fall of 1969, a rumor swept across two continents that the lovable Beatle, Paul McCartney, had been killed in a car crash. According to some, he was replaced by "Billy Shears." This book is an attempt to separate fact from fiction. Join the author on a fascinating trip deep into rock n' roll lore. You will no doubt be surprised by some of the discoveries that are made along the way to the shocking conclusion.
Author: Jannette Lake Dates Publisher: ISBN: 9780882581781 Category : African Americans and mass media Languages : en Pages : 574
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New edition of a collection of insightful essays on the many facets of black representation in the music, film, radio, television, news, and advertising and public relations industries. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Bryan A. Garner Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0197599028 Category : Languages : en Pages : 1306
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The most original and authoritative voice of today's English lexicography presents a fully revised new edition of his beloved usage dictionary When Bryan Garner published the first edition of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage in 1999, the book quickly became one of the most influential style guides ever written for the English language. After four previous editions and over twenty years, our language has evolved in many ways, and the powerful tool of big data has revolutionized lexicography. This extensively revised new edition fully captures these changes, featuring a thousand new entries and over two hundred replacement entries, thoroughly updated usage data and ratios on word frequency based on the Google Ngram Viewer, a more balanced coverage of World Englishes, not just American and British, and the inclusion of gender-neutral language. However, one thing has not changed: in no sense is this a regular dictionary but a masterpiece of lexicography written with wit and personality by one of the preeminent authorities on the English language. To put it in David Foster Wallace's words, Garner's discussion of rhetoric and style still borders on genius. From the (lost) battle between self-deprecating and self-depreciating to the misuse of it's for its, from the variant spelling patty-cake taking over pat-a-cake in American English to the singular uses of they, Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary and the linguistic blunders to which modern writers and speakers are prone, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. His empirical approach liberates English from two extremes: from the purists who maintain that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The purpose of Garner's dictionary is to help writers, editors, and speakers use the language effectively. And it does so in a playful and persuasive way that will help you sound grammatical but relaxed, refined but natural, correct but unpedantic.
Author: Paul Brauner Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595379265 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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The Spitting Image is the inside story of Germany's descent into defeat and Hitler's attempts to keep his faltering entourage from fleeing the sinking ship. The mysterious appearance of a Hitler Child is welcomed by Nazi leaders as the means to perpetuate Nazi ideals. The boy is groomed to become the symbolic figurehead of the Fourth Reich and is spirited into Argentina to escape falling into the hands of the victorious allies. The involvement of the Vatican and the vivid descriptions of life in the bombed cities make this gripping novel a must-read for anyone interested in recent history. The reader is taken on a roller coaster ride and is left wondering how much is fact and how much - If anything - is fiction. "
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