Four friends bound together by love, trust and devotion cleverly steal 20 million dollars from a card club in southern California. Little do they know that one persons greed could be the death of them all. Its an old game called the Oke Doke. Who will survive and who will stay true to the game? What do you do when your best friend wants to kill you? What do you do when you find out that you received seven life sentences without the possibility of an appeal? What do you do when you let 20 million dollars slip through your fingertips? What do you do when you put a hit on someone and find out that you have one on you too? Its just business.
From the cells of Death Row come the chilling, true-life accounts of the most heinous, cruel and depraved killers of modern times. Meet grisly killers such as Bill Joe Benefiel, the 'Superglue Monster', who glued his victims eyes and noses shut, causing them to suffocate. Or Willie Crain, the deviant fisherman, who put his victim into a lobster pot, where it was eaten by sea creatures. Many prisoners on ' the Row' have carried out serial murder, mass murder, spree killing and the desmemberment of bodies - both dead and alive. In these pages are to be found friends who have stabbed, hacked and ever filleted their victims. So meet the 'Dead Men and Women Walking' from the legion of the damned in the most terrifying true crime read ever.
One of the great Canadian actors of his generation, Gordon Pinsent has worked in theatre, and on film and television, for more than six decades. In this compelling and candid, engaging and entertaining memoir, Pinsent shares career highlights - including roles in Quentin Durgens, M.P., The Rowdyman, John and the Missus, Due South, and Away from Her - and explains why, at the age of eighty-two, he needs to keep performing. Pinsent also writes openly about his personal life, including growing up in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, his struggle with anxiety, the challenges of being a sometimes-absentee father to his three children, and his forty-year love affair with the acclaimed actress Charmion King.
Thermites, which are generally considered to be reactive mixtures of powdered metals and metal oxides, are an important subset of energetic materials. The underlying thermodynamic properties of a given mixture dictate whether it may undergo a self-sustaining reaction, liberating heat in the process. Thermodynamic information in the existing scientific literature regarding thermitic combinations is scattered and incomplete. Currently, a comprehensive overview of this nature would be of great use to those working in the areas of pyrotechnics, pyrometallurgy, high-temperature chemistry, and materials science. Thermitic Thermodynamics solves this problem by describing the results of calculations on over 800 combinations of metal, metalloid, and metal oxide reactants. Other features include: A first-of-its-kind adiabatic survey of binary thermitic reactions Provides an overview of key trends in exothermic metal-metal oxide reactivity Describes the role of non-oxide product formation in thermitic systems Explains how to interpret the results of thermochemical calculations effectively An invaluable resource, this book provides an accessible introduction for students and is also an enduring guide for professionals.
Gnaeus Umbricius, Centurion of the Ninth Legion, was leaving everything behind. He was heading for sanctuary among the wild barbarians who infested the western lands. But he had no option. He did not want to become a deserter, but he had been given little choice. He had been ordered to...With an uneasy truce having lasted for several years, the British warrior Calgacus decides it is time to hunt down the men who killed his brother. Disguised as travelling merchants, he and two companions set off into the Roman province, resolved to kill three traitors who aided the Romans. What Calgacus does not know is that the Romans have appointed a new Governor who is determined to complete the conquest of the island. In preparation for this, he has sent a spy into the British camp.When the first assassination does not go as planned, Calgacus is hunted and decides to hide where his enemies will least expect. He joins the Roman army.We follow the brutal training and the savage behaviour of a vicious Centurion. Calgacus planned to leave once the hue and cry died down but rebellion in the north stirred up by Calgacus’ nemesis Venutius, sends his unit marching to help put down the trouble. Calgacus is faced with an agonising decision – he has made friends with many of the men he trained alongside, but they are going to fight other Britons. Yet those Britons are led by a man who has vowed to kill Calgacus. Matters become more complicated when Calgacus encounters a beautiful woman from his past and learns about the Roman spy. He is compelled to untangle this knot of conflicting problems in the only way he can – with his sword.
This text outlines banking law and practice in relation to negotiable instruments and considers the impact of modern trends in the area, such as electronic transfer of funds. This edition brings the text completely up-to-date, and includes an extended range of references to Commonwealth authorities.
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