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Intrigue and suspense-filled anticipation draws the reader into a network, involving embezzlement and kidnapping, within a prominent Financial Organization. Criminal minds challenge and attempt to out-maneuver each other, deception is the key element, which control and order the state of affairs. At the heart of it all, CEOS are seemingly silent and Police Officials are given false information to deflect attention from the core of whats really going on. Local Police and International Espionage Experts converge on the case, from different angles. The Police are initially focused on unearthing fraud possibilities, while International Espionage Experts, have only one goal in mind, the capture of the internationally known, and technologically savvy culprit.
Art Tatum defined the limits of the possible in jazz piano. Gunther Schuller called Tatum's playing "a marvel of perfection.... His deep-in-the-keys full piano sonority, the tone and touch control in pyrotechnical passages...are miracles of performance." Whitney Balliett wrote "no pianist has ever hit notes more beautifully. Each one--no matter how fast the tempo--was light and complete and resonant, like the letters on a finely printed page." His famous runs have been compared to the arc left against the night sky by a Fourth-of-July sparkler. And to have heard him play, one musician said, "was as awe-inspiring as to have seen the Grand Canyon or Halley's Comet." Now, in Too Marvelous For W...
"This is a collection of 283 genealogies which I have compiled over a period of twenty years as a professional genealogist. ... While I have dealt with some of Oglethorpe's settlers, the vast majority of the genealogies included in this collection deal with Georgians who descend from settlers from other states."--Note to the Reader.
A facsimile reprint of the Second Edition (1994) of this genealogical guide to 25,000 descendants of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, and his only known son, Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King George) County, Virginia. Complete with illustrations, photos, comprehensive given and surname indexes, and historical introduction.
From the time of early settlement in Virginia, water-powered mills played a primary role in the state's economy. This work provides an overview of grain milling in Floyd County, Virginia, from 1770 to the present day. Topics covered include the difficulties involved in identifying early mills, the importance of mill site selection, water wheel types, laws regulating mills, the decline of milling and physical remains of abandoned mill sites. The main body of the book provides individual histories of 140 grist, flour, and feed mills, a few of which also processed wool. The histories are based primarily on oral histories, title deed records, and local newspapers. More than 100 photographs and maps supplement the text, and tables provide production figures for various mills from industrial censuses of 1850, 1870, and 1880.
The third edition of this perennial bestseller is for ANY student who needs to write a research paper. Written for the student who isn't sure how to start, as well as those who need a refresher, Research Paper Handbook walks students through the nuts and bolts of writing an effective research paper while avoiding common pitfalls. They'll learn how to: Establish a research topic Gather information Search sources ranging from the Internet and television programs to books and newspapers Take notes and draft outlines Write using an academic style Create bibliographies and citations Use MLA and APA styles Take advantage of technological support.
Vol. 1 : Colonial families to the Revolutionary War period.-- Vol. 2 : Revolutionary War families to the mid-1800s. -- Vol. 3 : Descendants of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina families.
A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers, and ghosts against a backdrop of social and political turmoil.