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Author : Craig Hamilton
Publisher :
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2021-08-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781990491092
While bringing in his latest fugitive, Hal's payday is interrupted by the blue boxes that herald Earth's introduction to the System - a galaxy spanning wave of structured mystical energy that...
Author : Juliet Johnson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 14,81 MB
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1501731319
After the breakup of the USSR, it briefly appeared as though Russia's emerging commercial banks might act as engines of growth for a new capitalist economy. However, despite more than a decade of "reforms," Russia's financial system collapsed in 1998. Why had ambitious efforts to decentralize and liberalize the banking industry failed? In A Fistful of Rubles, Juliet Johnson offers the first comprehensive look at how Russia's banks, once expected to revitalize the nation's economy, instead became one of the largest obstacles to its recovery.Drawing on interviews with Russian bankers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs, Johnson traces the evolution of the banking system from 1987 through the aftermath of the 1998 crash. She describes how dysfunctional institutional procedures left over from the Soviet period hindered the subsequent development of sound financial practices. Johnson argues that these legacies, along with misguided, Western-inspired liberalization policies, led to the creation of parasitic banks for which success depended on political connections rather than on investment strategies. Johnson demonstrates that banking reform efforts ultimately did more harm than good, because Russian officials and their international advisers failed to build the corresponding economic, legal, and political institutions upon which modern market behavior depends.
Author : Terry Mixon
Publisher : Seventh Seal Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 46,16 MB
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Extraterrestrial beings
ISBN : 9781942936701
Fourteen outstanding authors. Fourteen extraordinary stories. One bestselling universe.It's the Twenty-Second Century. The galaxy has opened up to humanity as a hyperactive beehive of stargates and new technologies, and we suddenly find ourselves in a vast playground of different races, environments, and cultures. There's just one catch: we are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain.Enter the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money separates Humans from the majority of the other races. Enter a galaxy not only of mercenaries, but also of Peacemakers, bounty hunters, and even a strung out junkie in the way of a hired assassin.Edited by bestselling authors and universe creators Mark Wandrey and Chris Kennedy, "A Fistful of Credits" includes all-new stories in the Four Horsemen universe by a variety of bestselling authors--and some you may not have heard of...yet. The fourteen authors take on various aspects of the universe, giving you additional insight into a galaxy that isn't at war...but definitely isn't at peace. There's only one thing for sure--anything's possible for a fistful of credits!Inside you'll find:Foreword by Dr. Charles E. Gannon"The Last Alpha" by Mark Wandrey"Breach of Contract" by Terry Mixon"Paint the Sky" by Jason Cordova"Surf and Turf" by Jon R. Osborne"Stand on It" by Kevin Ikenberry"Lost and Found" by Jon Del Arroz"Gilded Cage" by Kacey Ezell"Legends" by Christopher Woods"With the Eagles" by Doug Dandridge"Dead or Alive" by Paul Corcoran"Hide and Seek" by Christopher Nuttall"Information Overload" by Charity Ayres"Enough" by Chris Kennedy"CASPer's Ghost" by Brad R. Torgersen
Author : Tao Wong
Publisher : Starlit Publishing
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1778551351
The World Changes. Dreams Don't. Mystical towers changed the world twenty years ago. Now, Arthur Chua faces the beginner tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, looking to change his destiny. What was once a puzzling mystery has become a necessary part of economic growth. Climbing the Tower is the only form of escape available for one like Arthur, without money or connections. He's not looking to be a hero or famous, just a survivor. Fate, on the other hand, has other plans for him. At long last, the reason for the arrival of the Towers will be revealed, and humanity will once again experience a seismic shift when the truth appears. Of course, Arthur's going to have to survive long enough for that to happen... Climbing the Ranks is a LitRPG Cultivation series set in a tower, similar to the Tower of Gods and Solo Leveling. Written by bestselling author Tao Wong, his other series include the System Apocalypse, A Thousand Li, Hidden Wishes and Adventures on Brad series.
Author : Sue Matheson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,14 MB
Release : 2017-07-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476629439
After a century of reinvention and, frequently, reinterpretation, Western movies continue to contribute to the cultural understanding of the United States. And Western archetypes remain as important emblems of the American experience, relating a complex and coded narrative about heroism and morality, masculinity and femininity, westward expansion and technological progress, and assimilation and settlement. In this collection of new essays, 21 contributors from around the globe examine the "cowboy cool" iconography of film and television Westerns--from bounty hunters in buckskin jackets to denizens of seedy saloons and lonely deserts, from Cecil B. DeMille and John Ford to Steve McQueen and Budd Boetticher, Jr.
Author : Jean Shepherd
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 24,40 MB
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307768708
From the wild and wacky world of favorite funnyman Jean Shepherd, a dozen truer-than-life tales of tailgating on the Jersey Tumpike, infuriating infants, and other everyday catastrophes, defeats, and humiliations that are the familiar fate of Americans everywhere. Jean Shepherd was one of America’s favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas Story. But he was so much more, a comic Garrison Keillor–like figure whose unique voice transcended the airwaves and affected a whole generation of nostalgic Americans. A Fistful of Fig Newtons is classic Jean Shepherd—sidesplittingly funny and sardonically irreverent. It is a brilliant comic assessment of American life—all of them delivered in Jean Shepherd’s witty, classy, unforgettable style.
Author : Tao Wong
Publisher : Starlit Publishing
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 14,85 MB
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1990491790
Information is power, or at least it's the currency Dram deals in in Eternal Night. When the information broker is given a new puzzle relating to the latest upcoming game update, he goes all in. What Dram doesn't know is how far and to what extent the developers have seeded the game. Or what it'll cost him to learn the truth. Good thing it's all a game. Blood Knowledge is the third work in Eternal Night, A Vampire LitRPG Short Story series, written by Tao Wong, author of the bestselling System Apocalypse and A Thousand Li series of books.
Author : Wes Platt
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 2003-02-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595265537
For millennia, the Kamir and their creation, the Il'Ri'Kamm Hive Mind, have warred against each other and their allies. Now, in the 31st Century, the crew of the VES Minerva are charged with the mission of bearing a small boy to a desolate, deadly world where the two ancient races will face each other in a final showdown. If the Minerva succeeds, the two races will annihilate each other and OtherSpace faster-than-light drives will cease functioning. If the Minerva fails, corporeal life will be destroyed. OtherSpace: Storm Warning is a snapshot of the shared epic that has been told online in real-time since 1998, by participants from around the world. The universe and several key characters are the creation of Wes Platt, but the characters of participants help flesh out and spark critical events that shape the history of the text-based improvisational storytelling environment. See the website and logs at www.jointhesaga.com.
Author : Benson C. Satterfield
Publisher : Benson C. Satterfield
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 20,5 MB
Release : 2016-07-24
Category : Art
ISBN :
After a long and bloody war Government inc. has now completed its hostile takeover of mankind. With the war over many are left with skills that have little use in polite society; but where there is a will there is a way. Mercenary work is hard to come by in this brave new universe. In order to stay in business Riley takes the ‘wet work’ contracts that Government inc. needs done. It’s not like the people they send lackeys after are good people anyway... Right? After collecting the credits for a contract a man accosts Riley, he has a different kind of job offer. Using the life of another as blackmail Riley is forced into a world of espionage and assassins. If you like the book tell me about it: "Like" Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bensoncsatterfield/ Follow Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/writtenbybenson
Author : Chris Kennedy
Publisher : Seventh Seal Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,25 MB
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1942936753
The slaughter is on! Across the galaxy, Human mercenaries are being ambushed, and an ever-increasing number of companies aren’t returning from their contracts. Someone even appears to be plotting the demise of the premier Four Horsemen companies, and disaster for the other three companies has only been averted by the narrowest of margins. Sansar Enkh, the president of The Golden Horde, knows her company is likely to be next, but has no idea who is behind the attacks, or when they will strike her beloved Horde. Acting on a prophesy from her dying mother, she knows her only chance is to take the company off-world to draw out the phantom enemy. The Horde is being scouted and an attack is imminent. As the Revelations Cycle draws to a close, will Sansar be able to figure out who is behind the attacks in time to save Earth’s mercenary companies from the horrific fate waiting from them? The fourth horseman is in play, and time is running out to save the Earth and everyone on it!