The Christophe Rocancourt Affair
Title | The Christophe Rocancourt Affair PDF eBook |
Author | Grin Olsson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2019-07-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781082354250 |
'The Christophe Rocancourt Affair' is an exclusive in-depth true story based on actual events that happened in Canada when the "Counterfeit Rockefeller" fled the United States that finally led to his capture, detainment, and extradition to the United States. This is truly an amazing story!
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
Title | The Man in the Rockefeller Suit PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Seal |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2011-06-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1101515856 |
A real-life Talented Mr. Ripley, the unbelievable thirty-year run of a shape-shifting con man. The story of Clark Rockefeller is a stranger-than-fiction twist on the classic American success story of the self-made man-because Clark Rockefeller was totally made up. The career con man who convincingly passed himself off as Rockefeller was born in a small village in Germany. At seventeen, obsessed with getting to America, he flew into the country on dubious student visa documents and his journey of deception began. Over the next thirty years, boldly assuming a series of false identities, he moved up the social ladder through exclusive enclaves on both coasts-culminating in a stunning twelve-year marriage to a rising star businesswoman with a Harvard MBA who believed she'd wed a Rockefeller. The imposter charmed his way into exclusive clubs and financial institutions-working on Wall Street, showing off an extraordinary art collection-until his marriage ended and he was arrested for kidnapping his daughter, which exposed his past of astounding deceptions as well as a connection to the bizarre disappearance of a California couple in the mid-1980s. The story of The Man in the Rockefeller Suit is a probing and cinematic exploration of an audacious imposer-and a man determined to live the American dream by any means necessary.
Provocauteurs and Provocations
Title | Provocauteurs and Provocations PDF eBook |
Author | Maria San Filippo |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 2021-02-02 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0253052130 |
Twenty-first century media has increasingly turned to provocative sexual content to generate buzz and stand out within a glut of programming. New distribution technologies enable and amplify these provocations, and encourage the branding of media creators as "provocauteurs" known for challenging sexual conventions and representational norms. While such strategies may at times be no more than a profitable lure, the most probing and powerful instances of sexual provocation serve to illuminate, question, and transform our understanding of sex and sexuality. In Provocauteurs and Provocations, award-winning author Maria San Filippo looks at the provocative in films, television series, web series and videos, entertainment industry publicity materials, and social media discourses and explores its potential to create alternative, even radical ways of screening sex. Throughout this edgy volume, San Filippo reassesses troubling texts and divisive figures, examining controversial strategies—from "real sex" scenes to scandalous marketing campaigns to full-frontal nudity—to reveal the critical role that sexual provocation plays as an authorial signature and promotional strategy within the contemporary media landscape.
The New York Times Index
Title | The New York Times Index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2256 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Indexes |
ISBN |
The Power of the Word Called Peace
Title | The Power of the Word Called Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Grinolsson |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 90 |
Release | 2012-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781105724909 |
The little people go on a quest over the seas to find their land of peace and arrive on the Island of the Double Volcano. Soon humans appear and begin to battle over ownership of the land, animals and Turtles for food. The little people must now teach these human clans the power of the word called Peace and to be protectors of the other creatures that dwell here in Central America. This book is bilingual English-Spanish version as well as an excellent illustrated story for children and young adult. Available in Spanish Only Version Titled: El Poder de la Palabra Llamada, Paz.
The Crime Book
Title | The Crime Book PDF eBook |
Author | DK |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2021-02-02 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 1465466541 |
Investigate 100 of the world's most notorious crimes, including the Great Train Robbery, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and the murders of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Were the perpetrators delusional, opportunist, or truly evil? Find out what really happened and how the cases were solved. Discover conmen with sheer verve, such as Victor Lustig who "sold" the Eiffel Tower to scrap dealers in 1925, adrenaline-fuelled escapes, and mind-bending exploits of pirates, kidnappers, and drug cartels. The Crime Book demystifies malware, cybercrimes, and Ponzi schemes and sets out the terrifying ploys of mass murderers from 16th-century Elizabeth Báthory who drained young girls' blood to the more recent exploits of Rosemary and Fred West. Like a virus, crime mutates and adapts. The Crime Book explains how pivotal moments in history opened up new opportunities for criminals, such as the smuggling of alcohol during the American Prohibition era. It also charts developments in justice and forensics including the Innocence Project, which used DNA testing to exonerate wrongly convicted convicts. It examines how the forces of law and order have fought back against crime, explaining ingenious sting operations such as tracking down the jewel thief Bill Mason and the final capture of murderer Ted Bundy. With a foreword from bestselling crime author Cathy Scott, The Crime Book is an enthralling introduction to humanity's darker side. Series Overview: Big Ideas Simply Explained series uses creative design and innovative graphics, along with straightforward and engaging writing, to make complex subjects easier to understand. These award-winning books provide just the information needed for students, families, or anyone interested in concise, thought-provoking refreshers on a single subject.
Pornocracy
Title | Pornocracy PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Breillat |
Publisher | Semiotext(e) |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2008-07-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
A beautiful woman wanders through a gay disco and engages a man, confident that he will follow her. Perversely and dispassionately, she offers her body as the ground of a ritualistic game in which, over the course of three evenings, the two explore the numbing mechanics of sexual brutality.