On Borrowed Fame (hardback): Money, Mysteries, and Corruption in the Entertainment World, Hardcover - Donald Jeffries

Reducere. This meticulously researched book explores the concept of fame in all its fleeting glory and confounding inconsistency. Why do so many entertainers...

Reducere. This meticulously researched book explores the concept of fame in all its fleeting glory and confounding inconsistency. Why do so many entertainers...

Reducere. An Elizabeth Petrov Thriller Book 1The Russians have developed a weapons system so powerful and deadly it could alter the balance of power in the w...

Reducere. For thirty years starting in the mid-1970s, the byline of Jim Dooley appeared on riveting investigative stories of organized crime and political co...

Offers glimpse into the world of designing for mainstream entertainment including theatre, film, tv, and corporate events. This book provides you w...

DescriptionThe history that the textbooks left out. For far too long, American history has been left in the unreliable hands of those that author D...

Drawing on twenty years of research and observations on bribery and corruption in countries with weak institutional environments, Li offers a novel...

Reducere. In the summer of 1999, in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia, thirty-nine people, almost all of them black, were arrested and charged with dealing p...

Wayne Jenkins and his team of plain-clothed officers - the Gun Trace Task Force - were the city's lauded and decorated heroes.

For years, Sgt Wayne Jenkins and his elite team of plain-clothed officers - the Gun Trace Task Force - had been the city's lauded heroes, working t...

Why do police officers turn against the people they are hired to protect? This question seems all the more urgent in the wake of recent global prot...

The Others reconstructs of the history of migration and naturalization of foreigners in Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century.Publi...

Ella has been best friends with Micha forever. But the older they get, the more Ella relaizes having a guy as a BFF can get complicated.And things ...

A fascinating exploration of how losing our sense of smell can shape our world, and how the global pandemic transformed our understanding of this m...

Explores the concept, and the 'imaginary world' surrounding Chaucer's "The House of Fame". This book contains an outline and discussion of the poem...

DescriptionThe American Provisional Tank Group had been in the Philippines only three weeks when the Japanese attacked the islands hours after the ...

Reducere. A road trip interrupted, a stalker, and a cold case that's been reopened. Ella and Micha's life is about to get complicated.My name is Ella Scott a...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring America's Early Republic, the pastoral villages and forests of Vermont were anything but peaceful. Conflict raged along the Canad...

An award-winning historian's revisionary account of the early modern world, showing how apocalyptic ideas stimulated political, religious, and inte...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

In an era of rapidly increasing technological advances and international exchange, how did young people come to understand the world beyond their d...

A compelling thought experiment that will lead to hours of fruitful debate.Illustrations: Black and white images throughout

Reducere. "Paul Maccabee's John Dillinger Slept Here is not just one of the best books ever written about Minneapolis-St. Paul, it is one of the best books o...

This book reconstructs the early history of money in the Mediterranean, adding an important chapter to our understanding of the ancient world. Inte...

Reducere. "There is an economic storm brewing that threatens the sandy foundations of our monetary system." - From the Foreword by Russell Okung, Super Bowl ...

This book investigates persuasive attacks on Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican primaries through a variety of media-debates, TV spots, Twitter, F...

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley LtdAuthor(s): Tamara MacfarlaneNumber of pages: 80Collection: Mythical WorldsPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 202 x ...

Levels of corruption vary greatly around the world, with certain regions suffering from it more than others. Why is it pervasive in some countries,...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Celebrating over 30 years of the king of fighting games, from Street Fighter to Street Fighter V! In Street Fighter: Memorial Archive, learn the hi...

Reducere. What lies beyond the veil of death? Journey past this mortal coil and discover the secrets of the Shadowlands. Study the practices around death and...

Your name is Angelo Mortalli. Your brother is trapped behind enemy lines and on the verge of -- no. That's not right. Your name is Raymond Garrison...

A shoe-in read for fans of Ellery Adams and Kate Carlisle, On Borrowed Crime is the first in Kate Young's new Georgia-set, sweet tea filled, Jane D...

A thought provoking memoir about society born out of the experience of being incarcerated in an Indian prison.Publisher: Biteback PublishingAuthor(...

DescriptionThis study examines Exeter riddles, Anglo-Saxon biblical poems (Exodus, Andreas, Judith) and Beowulf in order to uncover the poetics of ...

A captivating economic history of government all over the world