Imagine a future where cryogenics has become commonplace... Imagine a future where one dominant corporation has a monopoly on the process: freezing and preserving everyone in the world, until either a cure for their disease - or for...
Fraud
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Author:Fitzgerald, NatelleSummary:When Annika Torrey is diagnosed with cancer, she has no one in her life she can turn to. Divorced and estranged from her fundamentalist family, she sells her life insurance policy for cash, hoping to live out her final days in peace....
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Author:Brouwer, SigmundSummary:Jack’s dad is tough on him, but he has learned to live with it. For the most part, Jack has it pretty good. He’s a star player on his high school basketball team with everything going for him; scoring records, popularity and an easy...
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Author:Enrich, DavidSummary:In 2006, an oddball group of bankers and traders from some of the world's largest financial institutions made a startling realization: LIBOR--the London interbank offered rate, which determines the interest rates on trillions of dollars...
- Author:Flynn, GillianSummary:
A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our...
- Author:Konnikova, MariaSummary:
Think you can’t get conned? Think again. The New York Times best-selling author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes explains how to spot the con before they spot you. A compelling investigation into the minds, motives, and...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
After a patient dies accidentally, an impeccably credentialed doctor is accused of fraudulent involvement with a new drug. Isabel launches an investigation, concerned that a good man's reputation will be ruined. Could the doctor be...
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Author:Schroeder, AndreasSummary:Scams! reveals 10 true tales of trickery that will mesmerize young readers. They will discover how the Germans planned to destroy the British economy during World War II by flooding the world with millions of fake British bank-notes....
- Author:Salters, MadisonSummary:
Take a deep dive into the manipulative, messy world of con artists, embezzlers, fraudsters, swindlers, and grifters in this collection of true crime stories about scams and cons. From mystifying cons to shocking scams, Scams and A True...
- Author:Blanchard, Gypsy-RoseSummary:
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard discovered that her whole life was a lie. After eight-and-a-half years of incarceration, she can finally tell you the truth—with this exclusive collection of interview transcripts and journal entries, plus her own...
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Author:Brett, AlexSummary:Presenting the first two novels of the Morgan O'Brien series by Alex Brett, in a definitive ebook bundle. Morgan is a government investigator specializing in science fraud, an occupation with both its hazards and its challenges. In Dead...
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Author:Gerritsen, Resi, Haak, RuudSummary:Make sure your K9 investigation work holds up in court. Based on Resi and Ruud’s previous book, K9 Fraud, with updated content and a new chapter. Learn how to: Avoid the most common mistakes handlers make. Become a better trainer and...
- Author:Kline, SuzySummary:
In the 36th Horrible Harry book, Doug and Harry compete to win as many field day events as possible, but can they overcome their classmates? unsportsmanlike tactics? It's Field Day at South School, and this year the winner will get to...
- Author:Henry, EmilySummary:
A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. Harriet...
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Author:Schroeder, Andreas, Simard, RémySummary:As long as there have been people willing to believe the unbelievable, people have been duped. In the best storytelling tradition, readers can follow the tales of: how the Nazis planned to destroy the British economy during World War II...
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Author:Barwin, StevenSummary:In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Maya is involved in a car accident while on vacation in Palm Springs.
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Author:Mueller, TomSummary:A David-and-Goliath story for our times: the riveting account of the heroes who are fighting a rising tide of wrongdoing by the powerful, and showing us the path forward. We are living in a time of mind-boggling corruption, but we are...
- Author:Lemaitre, PierreSummary:
Février 1927. Le Tout-Paris assiste aux obsèques de Marcel Péricourt. Sa fille, Madeleine, doit prendre la tête de l'empire financier dont elle est l'héritière, mais le destin en décide autrement. Son fils, Paul, d'un geste...
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Author:Rud, JeffSummary:In this high-interest sports novel, Jake Burnett must choose between advancing his basketball career and doing the right thing when he uncovers the truth about the prestigious Centerville Prep school.
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Author:Young, KevinSummary:Bunk traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes the rest of us so gullible. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, race being...
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