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  Nine Dragons (eBook, ePUB)

  In 1924 Kowloon, a killer is on the loose. Tommy Lam, Hong Kong's most brilliant police detective, is brought on to investigate. Constantly overlooked by his English supervisors, Tommy feels he has something to prove on this case. The leading suspect, however, is Victor Fung, the son of one of the wealthiest families in Asia. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between Tommy and his mysterious nemesis. This powerful new play is a riveting crime drama that will satisfy lovers of classic mysteries and detective stories. Nine Dragons is also a compelling exploration of race and prejudice in a colonial society. On the surface, Tommy Lam is obsessed with tracking down a killer in his native Kowloon. In immersing himself in the opulent and lurid world of Victor Fung, however, Tommy finds himself investigating the mystery of his own identity. In 1924 Kowloon, a killer is on the loose. Tommy Lam, Hong Kong's most brilliant police detective, is brought on to investigate. Constantly overlooked by his English supervisors, Tommy feels he has something to prove on this case. The leading suspect, however, is Victor Fung, the son of one of the wealthiest families in Asia. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between Tommy and his mysterious nemesisWith Nine Dragons, Jovanni Sy has created a riveting crime drama that will satisfy lovers of classic mysteries and detective stories.Nine Dragons is also a compelling exploration of race and prejudice in a colonial society. On the surface, Tommy Lam is obsessed with tracking down a killer in his native Kowloon. In immersing himself in the opulent and lurid world of Victor Fung, however, Tommy finds himself investigating the mystery of his own identity.

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  The Darker Arts (eBook, ePUB)

  Madame Katerina, Detective 'Nine Nails' McGray's most trusted clairvoyant, hosts a séance for three of Edinburgh's wealthiest families.The following morning everyone is found dead, with Madame Katerina being the only survivor. When questioned she alleges a tormented spirit killed the families for revenge.McGray, even though he believes her, must find a rational explanation that holds up in court, else Katerina will be sentenced to death.Inspector Ian Frey is summoned to help, which turns out to be difficult as he is still dealing with the loss of his uncle, and has developed a form of post-traumatic stress (not yet identified in the 19th century).This seems an impossible puzzle. Either something truly supernatural has occurred - or a fiendishly clever plot is covering a killer's tracks...

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  The Port Elspeth Jewelry Making Club , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 633min

  From the author of Sweet Hollow Women comes a novel for fans of Liane Moriarty and Megan Abbott about the secrets that hide in the shadows of even the most ordinary-seeming lives.2013. Idyllic Port Elspeth, Connecticut, is rocked by tragedy. Shortly after their high school graduation, Evangeline Maddingly, daughter of one of the town's wealthiest old-money families, and Oliver Prescott, son of one of the town's wealthiest new-money families, are found dead in an isolated cabin in the woods, outside of town. The circumstances surrounding their untimely deaths are murky at best, thanks, in large part, to a sweeping effort from those in power to shut down any negative publicity that could harm the reputation of the pristine, ocean-side community.Five years later...A small group of strangers gathers to create jewelry for one of Port Elspeth's many fundraisers. Before long, friendships are forming, and old secrets are being revealed. Along with discovering how to make a perfect pair of chandelier earrings or cabochon necklace, these unlikely sleuths find themselves at the heart of solving the murders that took place half a decade earlier. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Connie Shabshab. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/170980/bk_acx0_170980_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Millionaires And How They Became So

  Millionaires And How They Became So ab 19.49 € als Taschenbuch: Showing How Twenty-Seven Of The Wealthiest Men In The World Made Their Money (1884). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,

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  Grandfather Guardian (Old Code, #3) (eBook, ePUB)

  Seasoned, strange, and dangerously cleverSome invitations are impossible to refuse. When Ajay and Kylie are invited to a dinner party hosted by one of the wealthiest women around, Ajay sees it as an opportunity to dig into her past. He needs to find what shady business she's been up to and how dangerous she really is.Never mind that she's Kylie's grandmother.What starts out as a dinner party turns quickly to trouble when a guest is murdered. Was the killer the billionaire socialite, the odd chef, or one of the other guests? Ajay needs to cut through the complex connections between the reluctant guests, because one of them is a killer-but they aren't the only one.Too old to learn decent manners? Maybe. Too old to solve a murder?Not this grandfather.

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  Blood Legacy

  Through the story of his own family's history as slave and plantation owners, Alex Renton looks at how we owe it to the present to understand the legacy of the past. When British Caribbean slavery was abolished across most of the British Empire in 1833, it was not the newly liberated who received compensation, but the tens of thousands of enslavers who were paid millions of pounds in government money. The descendants of some of those slave owners are among the wealthiest and most powerful people in Britain today. Blood Legacy explores what inheritance - political, economic, moral and spiritual - has been passed to the descendants of the slave owners and the descendants of the enslaved. He also asks, crucially, how the former - himself among them - can begin to make reparations for the past.

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  The Children of Henry VIII , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 382min

  Nothing drove Henry VIII, England's wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and perpetuating his dynasty. To that end he married six wives, became the subject of the most notorious divorce case of the 16th century, and broke with the Pope, all in an age of international competition and warfare, social unrest and growing religious intolerance and discord. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Saul Reichlin. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/001841/bk_howe_001841_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill), Hörbuch, Digital, 379min

  The best-selling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful new expose. Language: English. Narrator: David Cay Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/001148/bk_peng_001148_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A Housekeeper's Diary , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 24min, (USK 18)

  Shirley is working part-time as a housekeeper to make ends meet to simply get through college. Working for one of the wealthiest families in the country does have its perks though, especially when the family’s two younger brothers both fall for Shirley at the same time. Shirley enjoys keeping their sexual escapades a secret and keeping the secret from both of them that she’s seeing the other. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jessica Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/166091/bk_acx0_166091_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Bad Samaritans

  It's rare that a book appears with a fresh perspective on world affairs, but renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang has some startlingly original things to say about the future of globalization. In theory, he argues, the world's wealthiest countries and supra-national institutions like the IMF, World Bank and WTO want to see all nations developing into modern industrial societies. In practice, though, those at the top are 'kicking away the ladder' to wealth that they themselves climbed. Why? Self-interest certainly plays a part. But, more often, rich and powerful governments and institutions are actually being 'Bad Samaritans': their intentions are worthy but their simplistic free-market ideology and poor understanding of history leads them to inflict policy errors on others. BAD SAMARITANS is a radical look by a leading economist at the issues surrounding globalization.

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