78 Results for : pickard
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All's Well That Ends: An Amanda Pepper Mystery, Book 14 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 519min
Barring the usual teenage pranks, all seems peaceful at Philly Prep, the private school in Philadelphia where Amanda Pepper teaches English. No doubt the money that appears to be missing from funds collected to aid victims of a catastrophic hurricane Down South will turn up. Probably the rumor that some of Amanda’s students have discovered the thrills of gambling is totally unfounded. In any case, Amanda has other things to think about. Her husband, private investigator C. K. MacKenzie, is struggling to help his Louisiana kinfolk reconstruct their post-hurricane lives. Her friend Sasha’s stepmother has just committed suicide - although, according to Sasha, Phoebe Ennis would never have killed herself, especially not while having a drink and wearing a red silk blouse and red sandals with four-inch heels. Amanda isn’t persuaded but reluctantly agrees to help investigate the woman’s demise, though the evidence for foul play is slim. True, the middle-aged compulsive collector of knickknacks wasn’t universally loved. Phoebe’s own son hated her and she bored her friends to death with hints of her “royal” lineage. And with four marriages behind her, she was already preparing to announce her renewed availability on the Net. But when another woman is found dead in Phoebe’s house, it becomes clear that something is indeed murderously amiss, and much closer to home than Amanda or anyone else could have imagined. All’s Well That Ends is the final book in Gillian Roberts’s acclaimed Amanda Pepper series. It’s also the best, irresistibly intelligent, and richly entertaining. Amanda’s farewell adventure brings the genius of “the Dorothy Parker of mystery writers” (Nancy Pickard) into full flower, and the bloom is sweet and a wonder to behold. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Denaker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/007377/bk_adbl_007377_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Steel's: A Forgotten Stock Market Scandal from the 1920's , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 214min
While trying to solve a family mystery, Dave Dyer uncovered a massive stock market scandal that had been forgotten by history. His great uncle Clayton Pickard vanished in 1923, and in the process of researching him, the author found a collection of thousands of original documents and photos from Clayton's employer, the L. R. Steel Company. The documents, unopened since 1923, told the fascinating story of a visionary entrepreneur operating in the boom-town environment of Buffalo. Steel's is about the rise and fall of the retail empire created by Leonard Rambler Steel. Like a Silicon Valley tycoon, he sprang into new ventures with enthusiasm and foresight. At its height, his chain store operation had 75 stores spread over 61 cities in the United States and Canada. He hired women in management and elderly people in his sales force, and anticipated some of the retail models that are used today by global companies such as Ikea and Wal-Mart. His most remarkable insight was to recognize the marketing potential of the new medium of silent film. In 1921 he created a 3-hour film about his life and company that was screened for free all over North America. The movie, a precursor to today's infomercial, attracted prospective buyers for the 5,000 salespeople who sold the company's stock. Almost 60,000 people bought the stock, three times the number who bought into Charles Ponzi's better-known scheme. Eventually, his big ideas became too grandiose, such as developing Niagara Falls into a permanent international exhibition dedicated to commerce and technology, and the investors lost all their money when the company collapsed in 1923 amid fraud charges. With no other published accounts of this scandal, the story told in Steel's was doomed to be lost until the author discovered the document trove that brought it back to life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Timothy W. Bader. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/012915/bk_acx0_012915_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Manhattan Mayhem: An Anthology of Tales in Celebration of the 70th year of the Mystery Writers of America , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 640min
Take a crime-filled tour of Manhattan with this collection of all-new mystery stories compiled and edited by Mary Higgins Clark - with contributions by Lee Child, Jeffrey Deaver, Ben H. Winters, and others. From the streets of Harlem to the winding paths of Central Park to the high-rise towers of Wall Street, Manhattan is brimming with motivation, opportunity, means... and unsolved mysteries. In this new collection of stories, brought together by Mystery Writers of America and edited by bestselling suspense author Mary Higgins Clark, neighborhoods in the borough come to life - or death - with their own cases to be cracked. From the Flatiron District (Lee Child) to Greenwich Village (Jeffrey Deaver), from Times Square (Brendan DuBois) to the NY Public Library (Susan Isaacs), this collection of fifteen original short stories will lead listeners all over the Big Apple. The full copyright information can be found below: Volume © 2015 by Mystery Writers of America, Inc. P 2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Introduction © 2015 by Mary Higgins Clark. “The Five-Dollar Dress” © 2015 by Mary Higgins Clark. “White Rabbit” © 2015 by Julie Hyzy. “The Picture of the Lonely Diner” © 2015 by Lee Child. “Three Little Words” © 2015 by Nancy Pickard. “Damage Control” © 2015 by Thomas H. Cook. “The Day after Victory” © 2015 by Brendan DuBois. “Serial Benefactor” © 2015 by Jon L. Breen. “Trapped!” © 2015 by Ben H. Winters. “Wall Street Rodeo” © 2015 by Angela Zeman. “Copycats” © 2015 by N. J. Ayres. “Red-Headed Stepchild” © 2015 by Margaret Maron. “Sutton Death Overtime” © 2015 by Judith Kelman. “Dizzy and Gillespie” © 2015 by Persia Walker. “Me and Mikey” © 2015 by T. Jefferson Parker. “Evermore” © 2015 by Justin Scott. “Chin Yong-Yun Makes a Shiddach” © 2015 b ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: January LaVoy, Peter Berkrot, Dick Hill. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/007034/bk_brll_007034_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse
"Nina Schick is alerting us to a danger from the future that is already here." - Adam Boulton, Editor at Large, Sky News"Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse is an urgent, thoughtful and thoroughly-researched book that raises uncomfortable questions about the way that information is being distorted by states and individuals... A must-read." - Greg Williams, Editor in Chief of WIRED UK"Essential reading for any one interested about the shocking way information is and will be manipulated." - Lord Edward Vaizey"Schick's Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse is a short, sharp book that hits you like a punch in the stomach." - Nick Cohen, The Observer"Deep Fakes is an uncomfortable but gripping read, probing the way in which the internet has been flooded with disinformation and dark arts propaganda." - Jim Pickard, Chief Political Correspondent, Financial Times"A searing insight into a world so many of us find difficult to understand. I was gripped from the first page." - Iain Dale, Broadcaster"With this powerful book, Nina Schick has done us all a great public service...It's your civic duty to read it." - Jamie Susskind, author of Future Politics"Gripping, alarming and morally vital." - Ian Dunt, Host of Remainiacs PodcastDeep Fakes are coming, and we are not ready. Advanced AI technology is now able to create video of people doing things they never did, in places they have never been, saying things they never said. In the hands of rogue states, terrorists, criminals or crazed individuals, they represent a disturbing new threat to democracy and personal liberty. Deep Fakes can be misused to shift public opinion, swing Presidential elections, or blackmail, coerce, and silence individuals. And when combined with the destabilising overload of disinformation that has been dubbed 'the Infocalypse', we are potentially facing a danger of world-changing proportions.Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse is International Political Technology Advisor Nina Schick's stark warning about a future we all need to understand before it's too late.- Shop: buecher
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Nancy Pickard Presents Malice Domestic 13: Mystery Most Geographical
Nancy Pickard Presents Malice Domestic 13: Mystery Most Geographical: ab 5.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Pickard County Atlas
Pickard County Atlas - A Novel: ab 11.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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A Marine Story
Die bemerkenswert durchtrainierte, sexy Schauspielerin und Akrobatin Dreya Weber (u.a. ''GYMNAST - Bande der Liebe'') spielt die hoch dekorierte Offizierin Alex, die völlig unerwartet aus dem aktiven Dienst des U.S. Marine Corps entlassen wird. Ohne Perspektive und zurück in ihrer kleinen, konservativen Heimatstadt willigt Alex spontan ein, die frühreife, rebellische Teenagerin Saffron (Paris Pickard) zu trainieren und auf den rechten Weg zu bringen. Dabei kommen sich die beiden auch emotional i- Shop: odax
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