Behind the refined veneer of professional golf, a sports agent discovers a world of corruption and international criminals: “Hard, fast and really good!” —Lee Child Daniel Ratchet has arrived in Spain, ready to begin his dream job as a golf agent on the professional Tour. Meanwhile, in London, new Tour sponsor Russian Rublex Corporation, with a hidden history of mafia criminality, is pushing through a huge deal with the British government. But things are not what they seem . . . With the help of Wallace, a cantankerous old golf coach, Daniel discovers match fixing, fraud, and corruption at the heart of the game. A thorn in the Russians’ side, Daniel is kidnapped before he can expose the truth. So Wallace contacts an old army buddy—who deploys loose cannon Tom Hunter on a mission to save him . . . This explosive debut novel is an exhilarating action thriller set in the seductive world of professional sports—against a backdrop of political and corporate corruption in a world of brutal violence.
An action-packed tale of shady business, international crime, and an antiviral wonder drug in the series Lee Child called “hard, fast, and really good.” A young financial executive has uncovered his new boss’s plan to steal the patents to a new breakthrough drug—but before he can undermine the scheme, he is kidnapped. The notoriously dangerous Chinese businessman will stop at nothing, including abduction and government corruption, to achieve his goal—and enlists a violent Triad gang to wreak mayhem on those who stand in his way. Now kidnap-rescue operative Tom Hunter is thrown into a deadly race against time to save lives and halt the deadly deal . . .
Third in the series of joke/riddle/puzzle/pun books that are the invention of the team of children's authors/illustrators Paul Jennings, Terry Denton and Ted Greenwood. The previous titles are 'Spooner or Later' and 'Duck for Cover'. For readers of all ages.
Colourfully illustrated collection of Spoonerisms for 8 to 12 year olds to identify, first published in 1992. Features drawings of things such as trusty monks and rusty trunks, a thistle on a bum and a whistle on a thumb,. a belly smack and a smelly back, eggs on ladders and legs on adders. Jennings other publications include 'Unreal' and 'Uncanny'.
This book is overflowing with 200 litres of rotten riddles that you'll wish you never heard, 5000 sq metres of stupid drawings done by a monkey with a paintbrush, 4.3 kgs of pathetic puns that'll make you want to tear your hair off, 70 hectares of a Paul Jennings story, a very ratty one, and that's not all..."-Back cover. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
This humorous book will entertain you for hours. Based on a small mill village in SC and surrounding areas it will make you laugh out loud. The characters will most likely remind you of someone you know. Do not loan this book to your friends. It is funny and entertaining. THEY WILL NOT BRING IT BACK!
The talented team of Paul Jennings, Terry Denton and Ted Greenwood, who brought you Duck for Cover and Spooner or Later, have had great fun with word play - all sorts of conundrums feature in this wonderfully wacky and brilliantly illustrated book.
The great American maverick of our time releases his long-awaited memoir, revealing his lonely childhood, the devastating loss of his father, intimate details of his marriage to Jane Fonda, and his unparalleled success as a businessman and philanthropist.
Public theologians are already thundering like prophets at climate change and racial injustice. But the gale force winds of natural science blow through society as well. The public theologian should be on storm watch.
Ripped from the headlines, Meet the Deplorables: Infiltrating Trump America ventures deep into Red State territory and explores the current shape of our divided country, providing a fresh, first-hand perspective of right-wing subcultures and the mindsets of the so-called “deplorables” who helped propel Donald J. Trump to the Oval Office. In his inimitable Gonzo-style, infiltration journalist HARMON LEON—whose stories have appeared in VICE, Esquire, The Nation, and National Geographic—dons a variety of disguises and goes undercover into the heart of Trump America where his exploits include canvassing door-to-door as a Trump supporter, hanging out with Trump fanatics as they receive free Donald tattoos, demonstrating how easy it is to purchase an assault weapon on Facebook, visiting an anti-Muslim hate group on the same day as a mass shooting, spending time with anti-choice protesters in front of Planned Parenthood, joining a conversion therapy group that tries to “turn” gay men straight, and many, many more. Adding an innovative extra dimension to the book, two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist TED RALL enhances the carefully crafted narrative—and connects Leon's audacious accounts to the greater Trump phenomena—with his own distinctive full-color cartoons and insightful analysis, including a poignant epilogue. A necessary read in the time of Trump, this unique collaboration by the formidable team of Harmon Leon and Ted Rall holds up a mirror to modern conservative life and reflects a reality that is outrageous, entertaining, and always illuminating.
Shortly after the third edition of Leaves of Grass was published, in 1860, Walt Whitman seemed to drop off the literary map, not to emerge again until his brother George was wounded at Fredericksburg two and a half years later. Past critics have tended to read this silence as evidence of Whitman's indifference to the Civil War during its critical early months. In this penetrating, original, and beautifully written book, Ted Genoways reconstructs those forgotten years—locating Whitman directly through unpublished letters and never-before-seen manuscripts, as well as mapping his associations through rare period newspapers and magazines in which he published. Genoways's account fills a major gap in Whitman's biography and debunks the myth that Whitman was unaffected by the country's march to war. Instead, Walt Whitman and the Civil War reveals the poet's active participation in the early Civil War period and elucidates his shock at the horrors of war months before his legendary journey to Fredericksburg, correcting in part the poet's famous assertion that the "real war will never get in the books.
The Hunters of Kentucky covers a wide range of frontier existence, from daily life and survival to wars, exploits, and even flora and fauna. the pioneers and their lives are profiled in biographical sketches, giving a rich sampling of the personalities involved in the United States' westward expansion. Author Ted Franklin Belue's colorful, vivid prose brings these long-forgotten frontiersmen to life. Covers the American invasion and settling of the Kentucky frontier Includes such frontier personalities as Daniel Boone, John Redd, Michael Cassidy, and Nicholas Cresswell
Folklore, archaeological data, and first-person narratives contrast the wanton destruction of the eastern buffalo with the spirit and heroism of the early frontier.
Seinfeld. For more than 33 million viewers, the Emmy Award-winning television show has become a Thursday night ritual. Now, even though the show has ended, Jerry Seinfeld's distinct brand of humor can still be yours. Ted L. Nancy's first book, Letters from a Nut, with an introduction by Jerry Seinfeld, now has more than 225,000 copies in print. In More Letters From a Nut, master-prankster Nancy shares even more sidesplittingly funny letters he has written and the unbelievable true responses he has received.
Project Management: A Risk-Management Approach prepares students to successfully navigate the many challenges, factors, and situations that project managers face.
For the new user or seasoned pro, authorized trainer Boardman explains the latest version of the most popular 3d program. Following the exercises and tutorials in the book, readers will discover the new features of 3ds max X that make it even more powerful and easier to use. Coverage includes freeform lighting, animating in world space, adding realistic dynamics with reactor, and video post-production.
Press Releases is an insightful glance into the life of one of Houston's most successful advertising and public relations men. A veteran of fifty years in the business, entrepreneur Ted Roggen paints a colorful picture of five decades in the advertising and public relations arena. In a series of graceful vignettes about the many prominent clients he has represented over the years, Press Releases is less an autobiography than a loosely woven history of memory as it has wound intself around the partiuclarity of places and times that will not come again. With humor and grace, Mr. Roggen not only gives the reader an unforgettable glance into his own life, but also a glimpse into the lives of some prominent figures who helped to shape the style and glamour of an era.
Whether or not it was puppy love, depended on who was the puppy! Brian MacDonald didn't feel that way in 1944 when twenty-three old Jeanette Smith, attractive wife of an Air Corp pilot, started teaching Literature at Brandon High School. He hung around after class for additional instructions in Plato and Shakespeare, among other things. Romantic obsession, nirvana on the live stage, death during combat, and impossible to accept rejection describes what goes on in Brian's life during his senior year. His time in the Navy, a wavering belief in God, de je vue with another older woman, college hi jinks, recall to active duty during Korea, marriage to a high school sweetheart, heart breaking infertility, divorce without a guilty party, procrastination at its worst, early signs of the quagmire that became known as Vietnam are assimilated in to the story. Words of a favorite preacher and the assassination of President Kennedy finally motivates Brian to take a long postponed delay en route. His ultimate surprise adds to the reader's been there, done that perspective as they re-live through the words of Delay En Route the traumatic mid-years of the twentieth century in preparation for the uncertain days that lie ahead.
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