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Author |
: Donald E. Westlake |
Publisher |
: Mysterious Press |
Total Pages |
: 583 |
Release |
: 2001-04-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780759522930 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0759522936 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kahawa by : Donald E. Westlake
In Uganda in 1977, a particular trainload of coffee, mostly belonging to dictator Idi Amin, is worth six million dollars. As a group of scoundrels and international financiers hijack the train, the double and triple crosses pile up and the comic tension escalates in a brawling brew of buffoons, bumblers, beans and boxcars.
Author |
: Donald E Westlake |
Publisher |
: Overamstel Uitgevers |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2011-10-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789049986544 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9049986544 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Good Behavior by : Donald E Westlake
Dortmunder agrees to do a dangerous favor for a gang of nuns It was supposed to be a simple caviar heist. Dortmunder is almost in the building when the alarm sounds, forcing him up the fire escape and onto the roof. He leaps onto the next building, smashing his ankle and landing in the den of the worst kind of creature he can imagine: nuns. Although decades removed from his Catholic orphanage, Dortmunder still trembles before the sisters’ habits. But these nuns are kinder than the ones he grew up with. They bandage his wound, let him rest, and don’t call the cops—for a price. The father of the youngest member of their order, disgusted by their vow of silence, has kidnapped his daughter, locked her in a tightly guarded penthouse apartment, and is attempting to convince her to renounce her faith. The nuns ask Dortmunder to rescue the girl. It’s an impossible assignment—but one he cannot refuse.
Author |
: Donald E. Westlake |
Publisher |
: Warner Books (NY) |
Total Pages |
: 388 |
Release |
: 2002-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0446610844 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780446610841 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bad News by : Donald E. Westlake
"I'm a robber, not a grave robber," John Dortmunder says. So why is he knee-deep in dirt in a Long Island cemetery? It all started when Andy Kelp went into cyberspace and surfed his way into the clutches of master manipulator Fitzroy Guilderpost, who, working with a Las Vegas showgirl named Little Feather Redcorn, had the perfect idea for the perfect crime. For Dortmunder and his gang, the first step is to steal a dead Indian from his grave. The next step is to figure out just where Guilderpost is going with this plan, and what's really in it for them. After that, it's every crook for himself, as John Dortmunder and his cutting-edge crew of criminals give new meaning to the term "repeat offender"and find themselves whistling through a graveyard of their own....
Author |
: Donald E. Westlake |
Publisher |
: Titan Books (US, CA) |
Total Pages |
: 465 |
Release |
: 2017-06-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781785654244 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1785654241 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Forever and a Death by : Donald E. Westlake
The Bond That Never Was Two decades ago, the producers of the James Bond movies hired legendary crime novelist Donald E. Westlake to come up with a story for the next Bond film. The plot Westlake dreamed up – about a Western businessman seeking revenge after being kicked out of Hong Kong when the island was returned to Chinese rule – had all the elements of a classic Bond adventure, but political concerns kept it from being made. Never one to let a good story go to waste, Westlake wrote an original novel based on the premise instead – a novel he never published while he was alive. Now, nearly a decade after Westlake’s death, Hard Case Crime is proud to give that novel its first publication ever, together with a brand new afterword by one of the movie producers describing the project’s genesis, and to give fans their first taste of the Westlake-scripted Bond that might have been.
Author |
: Bunny Gillespie |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 132 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0738559113 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780738559117 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Westlake by : Bunny Gillespie
The Westlake section of Daly City is the quintessential postwar suburban-modernist development, and it was the singular vision of Henry Doelger that made it so. Westlake was to the San Francisco Bay Area what Levittown was to New York after World War II, providing affordable housing for thousands of service veterans and war-industry personnel who remained in California after their tours of duty. The area abuts San Franciscos Sunset District, where Doelger built thousands of homes in the shifting sands before battling the dunes in northern San Mateo County in 1948. Doelger was lauded as the Bay Areas bestknown builder of homes, apartments, and shopping centers. Daly City increased in size almost by half when Westlake was annexed in 1948.
Author |
: Jonathan Haskel |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2018-10-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691183299 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691183295 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Capitalism without Capital by : Jonathan Haskel
Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source of long-term success. But this is not just a familiar story of the so-called new economy. Capitalism without Capital shows that the growing importance of intangible assets has also played a role in some of the larger economic changes of the past decade, including the growth in economic inequality and the stagnation of productivity. Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake explore the unusual economic characteristics of intangible investment and discuss how an economy rich in intangibles is fundamentally different from one based on tangibles. Capitalism without Capital concludes by outlining how managers, investors, and policymakers can exploit the characteristics of an intangible age to grow their businesses, portfolios, and economies.
Author |
: Rio Youers |
Publisher |
: Chizine Publications |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1926851552 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781926851556 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Westlake Soul by : Rio Youers
Westlake is in a permanent vegetative state. He can't move, has no response to stimuli, and can only communicate with Hub, the faithful family dog. And like all superheroes, Westlake has an archenemy: Dr. Quietus--a nightmarish embodiment of Death itself.
Author |
: Wayne Kaumualii Westlake |
Publisher |
: University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages |
: 306 |
Release |
: 2009-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780824830670 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0824830679 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Westlake by : Wayne Kaumualii Westlake
In an all-too-brief life and literary career, Wayne Kaumualii Westlake (1947–1984) produced a substantial body of poetry. He broke new ground as a poet, translated Taoist classical literature and Japanese haiku, interwove perspectives from his Hawaiian heritage into his writing and art, and published his work locally, regionally, and internationally. Westlake was born on Maui and raised on the island of O‘ahu, where he attended Punahou School, and later the University of Oregon. He earned his B.A. in Chinese studies at the University of Hawai‘i. At the time of his tragic death in 1984, Westlake was at the height of his poetic career. Unfortunately, the only collection of his poems available at the time was a 32-page, limited edition chapbook independently published by a small press. The present volume, long overdue, includes nearly two hundred of Westlake’s poems—most unavailable to the public or never before published.
Author |
: Erin Gough |
Publisher |
: Hachette UK |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 2019-05-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316450652 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316450650 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by : Erin Gough
A fiercely funny, queer romantic comedy about two girls who can't stand each other, but join forces in a grand feminist plan to expose harassment and inequality at their elite private school. Harriet Price is the perfect student: smart, dutiful, over-achieving. Will Everhart is a troublemaker who's never met an injustice she didn't fight. When their swim coach's inappropriate behavior is swept under the rug, the unlikely duo reluctantly team up to expose his misdeeds, pulling provocative pranks and creating the instantly legendary Amelia Westlake--an imaginary student who helps right the many wrongs of their privileged institution. But as tensions burn throughout their school--who is Amelia Westlake?--and between Harriet and Will, how long can they keep their secret? How far will they go to make a difference? And when will they realize they're falling for each other? Award-winning author Erin Gough's Amelia Westlake Was Never Here is a funny, smart, and all-too-timely story of girls fighting back against power and privilege--and finding love while they're at it.
Author |
: Xiaolin Duan |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0295747129 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780295747125 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rise of West Lake by : Xiaolin Duan
"West Lake, near scenic Hangzhou on China's east coast, has been a major tourist site since the twelfth century and a model for idealized nature. Visitors boat to its islands, stroll through its gardens, worship in its temples, and celebrate it in poetry and painting. Xiaolin Duan examines the interplay between cultural norms and the natural environment around West Lake during the Song dynasty (960-1279). After the Song lost north China to the Jurchens and the imperial court fled south, a new capital was established at Hangzhou in 1127, making the area the national political and cultural center. Duan shows how leisure activities in, on, and around West Lake influenced visitors' conceptualization of nature and sparked the emergence of the lake as a tourist destination, and how the natural landscape played an active role in shaping social pursuits and cultural constructs. Incorporating evidence from miscellanies, local and temple gazetteers, paintings, maps, poems, and anecdotes, she explores the complexity of the lake as an interactive site where ecological and economic concerns contended and where spiritual pursuits overlapped with aesthetic ones. The book will appeal to readers interested in urban and environmental history, cultural geography, and the sociology of tourism"--