Bank Arbaugh, a cop whose daughter has been missing for seven years, and his partner, Mark Steiner, must find a missing teenage girl, and before long, the two cases intersect
In one of the most unique and powerfully realized debut novels of the decade, Craig Holden creates a page-turning drama that is both emotionally shattering and harrowingly plausible. When a fatally burned victim is brought into the Morgantown General Hospital emergency room, a young doctor's life is changed irrevocably. For Dr. Adrian Lancaster, the arrival of "John Doe" is only the first of a bizarre and bloody series of events that will force him to relive his violent past and put him on the run. On the road and underground, accused and accuser, Lancaster's only hope for survival lies in facing the terrifying truth.
October 6, 1927 - On a quiet afternoon in Eden Park, Cincinnati, Imogene, a beautiful society lady, is shot and killed by her husband, the notorious bootlegger George Remus. After spending a quiet moment over the body, Remus returns to his car and directs his driver to the police station, where he turns himself in. Shocked and fascinated by this horrible murder, the country gears up for a sensational trial. The man known as 'the king of the bootleggers' against Chief Prosecutor Charlie Taft, the youngest son of the former president. The facts are clear, the truth less so. What happened to Remus' $80 million fortune, which disappeared while he was imprisoned on a minor charge? Why did George Remus murder his wife, the blue-blooded beauty once known as the Jazz Bird, who had struggled to free him from prison? And what of Charles Dodge, the federal agent who pursued Remus with such zeal, only to become desperately entangled with his wife? Was the Jazz Bird at the centre of this complicated love triangle or an innocent victim of circumstances beyond her control?
Fantasizing about the downfall of the Kesslers, his well-to-do boss's family, streetwise pre-med student Syd Redding meets the family daughter and quickly becomes embroiled within the Kessler dysfunctions and sexual machinations. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
At once a heart-pounding , chillingly realistic thriller and a dark plunge into the human psyche, The Last Sanctuary is the tale of an innocent man accused of murder. When a killing is falsely blamed on Joe Curtis, a Gulf War veteran living on the edge of society, he hides in a dark underworld of armed militias and terrorist cults, running from the cops, federal agents, and from his own tortured soul. In a cat-and-mouse chase across soaring mountains and vast glaciers of Alaska, the complex relationship between the fugitive and his nemesis, a female Native American ATF agent, is rendered unpredictably and superbly.
From the outside the Kesslers seem to have it all: Dr Ted Kessler is a decorated veteran who now runs the lab at a large medical centre. It is the 1970's in Ohio, and Ted and his wife, Joyce, live with their daughter, Jessi, in a beautiful house. Ted is successful and widely respected. But when he resolves to mentor and ambitious working-class student, this idyllic little world teeters on the brink of distruction." -- Cover.
For courses in corporate finance or financial management at the undergraduate and graduate level. Excel Modeling in Investments, Fifth Edition approaches building and estimating models with Microsoft® Excel®. Students are shown the steps involved in building models, rather than already-completed spreadsheets.
For courses in corporate finance or financial management at the undergraduate and graduate level. Excel Modeling in Corporate Finance approaches building and estimating models with Microsoft® Excel®. Students are shown the steps involved in building models, rather than already-completed spreadsheets.
For courses in corporate finance or financial management at the undergraduate and graduate level. Excel Modeling in Corporate Finance approaches building and estimating models with Microsoft(R) Excel(R). Students are shown the steps involved in building models, rather than already-completed spreadsheets.
For graduate courses in investments. Spreadsheet Modeling in Investments teaches students how to build financial models in Excel. This book and CD provides step-by-step instructions so that students can build models themselves (active learning), rather than handing students canned "templates" (passive learning). The spreadsheet models progress from simple examples to practical, real-world applications.
Le 6 octobre 1927, le " roi des bootleggers " George Remus tire sur sa femme Imogene et la blesse mortellement dans l'Eden Park de Cincinnati. Elle décède à l'hôpital ; il se livre à la police. S'ensuivra le " procès du siècle ", selon la presse américaine. Le procureur s'appelle Charlie Taft ; c'est le fils de William Howard Taft, chef de la Cour suprême et ancien président des États-Unis. Remus, qui assure sa propre défense, dit n'avoir aucun souvenir du meurtre et plaide la démence temporaire. A travers les témoignages et les dépositions qui se succèdent, Charlie Taft reconstitue l'histoire d'Imogene Remus et se laisse fasciner par elle. Surnommée " Lady Jazz " par les hommes de Remus, Imogene était un fleuron de la bonne société, belle, riche et extrêmement intelligente. Qu'est-il arrivé au couple le plus en vue de la société mondaine de Cincinnati ? Comme James Ellroy avec Le Dahlia noir, Craig Holden s'est inspiré d'une célèbre affaire criminelle pour écrire Lady Jazz. Mais à travers le récit haletant d'un procès, ce sont les mythiques années vingt, l'époque d'Al Capone et de la Prohibition, des " speakeasies " et de leurs orchestres de jazz que l'auteur fait revivre. Une extraordinaire toile de fond pour une histoire passionnelle doublée d'un récit criminel hors du commun. Remarqué pour son précédent roman, Les quatre coins de la nuit, Craig Holden ne nous déçoit pas avec cette œuvre empreinte d'une tonalité fitzgeraldienne.
Strap yourself in, hold on tight, and find out exactly what it's like to be Australia's best-loved race driver! Craig Lowndes is Australia's favourite racing driver.A three-time V8 Supercar champion, four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000 and recipient of the Barry Sheene Medal two years in a row, Craig is one of the most successful drivers in the history of Australian motor racing. Loved and respected off the track too, Craig is known as a great bloke, a devoted family man and cattle farmer. He is a role model and inspiration to Australians from all walks of life.this gripping overview of Craig's high-speed world provides fascinating insights into the triumphs and challenges of elite motor sport. Craig shares his feelings about his controversial switch from Ford to Holden, a change received with mixed emotions by fans; he explains what it is really like behind the wheel of a V8 Supercar and introduces us to his team; shares his views on the sport and how it is evolving; reveals the man behind the national sporting celebrity; and much more.Candid and action-packed, tHE INSIDE LINE takes you behind the scenes and behind the wheel with a V8 Supercar legend.
This book teaches readers how to build financial models with step-by-step instructions in Excel. Progressing from simple examples to practical, real-world applications, this book covers the time value of money, valuation, capital budgeting, financial planning, and options and corporate finance. For financial planners and analysts.
For undergraduate courses in corporate finance. Excel Modeling in the Fundamentals of Corporate Finance is a supplemental book and CD. It teaches students how to build financial models with step-by-step instructions in Excel. It can accompany any undergraduate corporate finance textbook, including textbooks by Brealey, Brigham, Gitman, Keown, Ross, and Van Horne.
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