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| blue bloods family business: Family Business Megan Matthews, 2021-05-25 Family bonds are at stake in the first Pelican Bay billionaire romance from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. We’ve all heard the story. Rich jerk pays a hot chick to be his fake fiancé, and they fall madly in love. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen this time. When my cousin offered $2 million to a family friend, I thought he’d lost his mind. Then I met her. Mari Chambers hasn’t been in America for two years, but now she’s here and alone. Her Guatemala humanitarian project needs more funding, and my cousin’s offer is the payday she can’t refuse no matter his conditions. She’ll put up with anything to get her money, but I can’t sit back and watch her crumble. I also won’t let her fall in love with anyone besides me. Mari’s about to find out there’s more than one billionaire in this town. I’m not as flashy as my cousin, but I’ll flicker all the lights to get her attention. What will my cousin do when I steal his fake fiancé? Love a twist on a classic trope? Read how this fake fiancé story plays out by grabbing a copy of Family Business today! For fans of the Pelican Bay Security series. This is your chance to visit with more of your favorite characters.Family bonds are at stake in the first Pelican Bay billionaire romance from USA TODAY Bestselling author Megan Matthews. We’ve all heard the story. Rich jerk pays a hot chick to be his fake fiancé, and they fall madly in love. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen this time. When my cousin offered $2 million to a family friend, I thought he’d lost his mind. Then I met her. Mari Chambers hasn’t been in America for two years, but now she’s here and alone. Her Guatemala humanitarian project needs more funding, and my cousin’s offer is the payday she can’t refuse no matter his conditions. She’ll put up with anything to get her money, but I can’t sit back and watch her crumble. I also won’t let her fall in love with anyone besides me. Mari’s about to find out there’s more than one billionaire in this town. I’m not as flashy as my cousin, but I’ll flicker all the lights to get her attention. What will my cousin do when I steal his fake fiancé? Love a twist on a classic trope? Read how this fake fiancé story plays out by grabbing a copy of Family Business today! For fans of the Pelican Bay Security series. This is your chance to visit with more of your favorite characters. |
| blue bloods family business: The Family Business Book Paul Keogh, 2022-02-03 Family-owned businesses are among the most notable and numerous in the world. Some are global brands employing thousands – think Walmart, Ford and JCB – others are much smaller, more local enterprises run by their owners and staffed entirely by their family. But however big or small, running or working in a family business, and the bringing together of two conflicting and complex worlds – family and business – often presents very unique challenges for everyone involved, be they part of the family or employees and advisors. The Family Business Book draws on Paul Keogh’s expertise and decades of work with family businesses of all sizes, all around the world, to help their owners, family members and employees feel informed, empowered and equipped to make the right decisions and navigate the ups and downs, successes and disappointments. Easy to read and packed with top tips, discover essential and honest guidance on: Juggling the demands of work with the expectations of family. Handling conflict and rivalries whilst dealing with intricate family dynamics. Putting effective communication at the heart of both worlds. Building clear structures and establishing sensible governance. Making critical decisions and managing change – in the family and the business! Talking about money and planning for succession. Functioning better as a family is the key to a better functioning family business, so from divorce to death, and deceit to desertion, this book never shies away from asking the difficult questions and discussing the complicated issues that families in business face to make sure both their worlds survive and thrive. |
| blue bloods family business: When the Astors Owned New York Justin Kaplan, 2006-06-01 In this marvelous anecdotal history, Justin Kaplan––Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Mark Twain––vividly brings to life a glittering, bygone age. Endowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, cousins John Jacob Astor IV and William Waldorf Astor vied for primacy in New York society, producing the grandest hotels ever seen in a marriage of ostentation and efficiency that transformed American social behavior. Kaplan exposes it all in exquisite detail, taking readers from the 1890s to the Roaring Twenties in a combination of biography, history, architectural appreciation, and pure reading pleasure |
| blue bloods family business: The Patriarch Susan Tifft, 1993-02 The Patriarch traces the turbulent history of one of the nation's most powerful newspaper companies and the family that built it. Based on years of archival research and interviews with Bingham intimates, it is a searing examination of three generations of an American family beset with mystery and vicious rivalry. 16 pages of photos. |
| blue bloods family business: Kentucky Blue Bloods Jan Scarbrough, 2019-02-14 Regina Ward, granddaughter of Corbin Ward, breeder of multiple stakes winners, had blood as blue as anyone in Kentucky. But what her grandfather had built, her father had gambled away. He’d already lost four prized horses to an arrogant, infuriating Brit. Reggie isn’t about to lose her heart to him as well. Caretaker to his family’s thoroughbred racing empire, Parker Stuart has zero tolerance for anyone who slights him or his blue-blooded British family. Reggie may have considered their brief, torrid affair no more than a spring fling, but she’d run off with Parker’s heart when she’d dumped him. Now it’s time to settle the score. It’s up to Reggie to save what’s left of her family homestead and her proud Kentucky heritage. But when Parker shows up to collect his horses, all bets are off. Reggie’s never been a gambler and Parker despises losing. But when Kentucky blue blood tangles with British blue blood, are they willing to take a gamble on love? Bluegrass Reunion Series: contemporary romances about second chances set in the Bluegrass of Kentucky that can be read as standalone novels with happily ever after endings and no cliffhangers. |
| blue bloods family business: The King and the Kindergarten Teacher Shanae Johnson, 2019-02-19 He’s the king of his domain. She’s the queen of nap time. Can they learn to rule with their hearts? Esmeralda Pickett reigns over the subjects in her kindergarten class. She’s probably the last adult who still believes in fairy tales because all the stories do for her young charges is put the kids to sleep. Esme dreams of being swept off her feet by a charming prince, so when she’s saved from the dangers of texting while walking by a real live king, she’s certain her storybook romance is set to begin. Though sparks fly between the king and the kindergarten teacher, the pages get stuck when Esme learns that the monarch can only marry a woman of royal blood. And while she’s a true blue New Yorker, her blood is as red as it comes. King Leonidas’s first wife was selected for him at birth. Now a widower, Leo has the right to choose his second wife, but it won’t be the love match he’s secretly dreamed of making. The small country of Cordoba is facing an economic crisis, and marrying a rich duchess would secure his people’s future. But can his heart afford another loveless marriage? As Esme and Leo get to know one another, it’s clear there’s a thing between them. But another thing— her lack of royal blood—is keeping them apart. As the clock ticks closer to midnight, will Esme get her storybook ending? Or will this fairytale turn grim? Find out if love will reign in this light-hearted, sweet romance of royal engagements. The King and the Kindergarten Teacher is the first in a series of royal romances that are beyond the common tale! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Palatino} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 18.0px; font: 13.0px Palatino} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} |
| blue bloods family business: Business is Business PT 6 Silk White, 2016-02-25 Millie Mason has got the entire, Mason family in a bunch of hot water. The only problem is this time she's not sure if she can get them out of such a deep hole. With a bounty on her head, Millie Mason is forced to go to extreme measures to keep herself alive as well as her family. |
| blue bloods family business: The Power of Charisma Dan Strutzel, Traci Shoblom, 2018-10-09 Most everyone has something they are passionate about. But without the ability to actually effect change, things just stay the same. To truly inspire change, we must be able to explain the problem, inspire people to join us, and create a vision for the new reality that motivates others to take the actions that lead to lasting transformation. Inspiring change requires charisma—the ability to communicate a clear, visionary, and inspirational message that captivates and motivates an audience. Charisma, a social skill, like listening, can be learned. Once learned, it becomes the difference between being heard or ignored. Whether you’re the head of a company, a Girl Scout troop leader, or a freelance artist all alone in your studio, charisma can help you get what you want. |
| blue bloods family business: Secrets Unused C. Gary Johnston, 2019-01-18 Many would say that Dr. Michael O’Byrne has it all. With a beautiful, smart, if somewhat snobbish wife, a loving young daughter, a successful practice, and an elegant home in the burbs, his life seems perfect. But his cushy existence is suddenly threatened when mysterious emails begin arriving from a woman from his past. A woman he last saw at a class reunion years ago who now wants to meet him—at a very odd place and time. Intrigued, Michael welcomes the private diversion, and takes the emails at face value, purposely avoiding a serious search as to who, or even what, is really behind them. <br><br> Knowing the magnitude of the risk, he formulates a credible plan and alibi to justify his absence. But at the last minute, problems arise, suspicious things, warning, perhaps, that Michael should call the whole thing off. But no. If his escalating guilt and apprehension can’t stop him, nothing can. <br><br> Finally the long-awaited day arrives—a day when nothing but the unexpected occurs and one Michael wishes would both end and continue. And when it’s over, one thing is certain. This day in June will live secretly in his mind forever. <br><br> Twists, surprises, deceptions, revenge—Secrets Unused has them all. With this psychological tour de force, a bookmark may not be necessary. Because putting it down might not be possible… |
| blue bloods family business: Fireflies in the Delta Dan Dane, 2000-02-20 Fireflies in the Delta is an examination of why innocent inmates in jail confess to crimes they did not commit. A deputy sheriff, motivated by an illicit love affair and hunger for power, gets an illiterate vagrant to confess to a murder commited by his lover's brothers. A newly elected, idealistic District Attorney refuses to use the false confession as the resolution of the case. This unwittingly draws him into a power struggle with the diabolical deputy and those in the criminal justice system aligned with him. The resolution of this struggle may be too true to life for many readers. |
| blue bloods family business: The Rebel Royals Boxset, Books 1-3 Shanae Johnson, 2019-05-02 Find out if love will reign in these light-hearted, sweet romance of royal engagements that are beyond the common tale! THE KING AND THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER Esmeralda Pickett reigns over the subjects in her kindergarten class. She’s probably the last adult who still believes in fairy tales because all the stories do for her young charges is put the kids to sleep. Esme dreams of being swept off her feet by a charming prince, so when she’s saved from the dangers of texting while walking by a real live king, she’s certain her storybook romance is set to begin. Though sparks fly between the king and the kindergarten teacher, the pages get stuck when Esme learns that the monarch can only marry a woman of royal blood. And while she’s a true blue New Yorker, her blood is as red as it comes. King Leonidas’s first wife was selected for him at birth. Now a widower, Leo has the right to choose his second wife, but it won’t be the love match he’s secretly dreamed of making. The small country of Cordoba is facing an economic crisis, and marrying a rich duchess would secure his people’s future. But can his heart afford another loveless marriage? As Esme and Leo get to know one another, it’s clear there’s a thing between them. But another thing— her lack of royal blood—is keeping them apart. As the clock ticks closer to midnight, will Esme get her storybook ending? Or will this fairytale turn grim? THE PRINCE AND THE PIE MAKER Prince Alexander, Cordoba’s notorious second son, was spared the burden of ruling the monarchy, much to the nation’s relief. His exploits around the world have made him tabloid fodder, so when he wants to pursue his dream of opening a fusion restaurant, no one takes him seriously. The only way to convince investors he’s a good risk is to secure his inheritance—which will only happen after he marries. Too bad Alex never intends to get married. New York City pie maker, Jan Peppers was left at the altar on her wedding day. Even worse, she can’t afford to leave her business partnership with her ex and his new wife who toss salt in her wounds on the regular. Jan’s chance for freedom comes in the form of a deal with Prince Alex—become his chef and fake fiancée and open the restaurant they’ve both dreamed of. As luck would have it Jan never intends to walk down the aisle again. Now they just have to convince the world that a playboy prince would fall for a plain Jane of a pie maker. As Alex and Jan plan the menu, feelings start to heat up in the kitchen. But if the truth of their fake engagement comes out, Alex’s investors will back out and Jan will face another humiliating jilting. Or maybe they’ll serve up a real relationship that’s something to savor for all time. THE DUKE AND THE DJ Diego Zhi Wen de Bernadino, the Duke of Mondego, vowed to never follow the blue blood tradition of marrying for money. Unfortunately, left in crippling debt by his profligate father, and with his mother and staff threatened with destitution, marrying for love is not an option. When a tech billionairess hosts a party in Cordoba, he’s determined to win her affection. But his prestigious education and mastery of four languages hasn’t prepared him for a party girl’s unique vocabulary—his big seduction gets lost in translation. DJ Spin d’Elle’s upbringing left her wary of the monied, noble class. Spin lives her life for the next party and gives away everything she doesn’t need. But when she meets the delicious duke, the record scratches and her tune changes. Though she agrees to help him woo her employer, she soon finds the music they make together is sweeter. With so much in common, will the duke and the DJ be able to remix their duet? Or will the pressures of money and duty cause the tune to fade out? |
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| blue bloods family business: Moon Pool Jim Broman, 2014-12-20 From a fifth-grader who brought a pickled octopus in a jar for show-and-tell, to a high-school dropout who joined the military tactical fighter squadron, to a deep-water diver, international entrepreneur, and adventurer, to a hippie and Australian bushman, author Jim Broman has seen it all, done it all, and lived it all. Throughout his storied life, Broman made the most of the wisdom gained through diving and living. Moon Pool tells how he discovered life is a series of moon pools, the openings in drill ships divers jump into in order to traverse the oceans depths. Some of the moon pools brought Broman to the face of death; others have shown him the true meaning of life. Theyve all been life-altering experiences in their own way: challenges, opportunities for growth or change or healing, incredible moments of varying duration filled with deep and far-reaching significance. This memoir describes his life of risk and adventure and also his love of nature and the sea, set against the backdrop of some of the most magnificent exotic locales in the world. By his own admission, Broman always loved thrills and extremes. But it takes more than loving them to survive combat and deep-water diving. You have to know how to access the inner core of yourself if youre going to make it and thrive through extreme situations. This memoir chronicles his adventures, his inward journey, and the place where they merged: the moon pool. |
| blue bloods family business: True Prep Lisa Birnbach, Chip Kidd, 2010-09-07 From Lisa Birnbach, the author of The Official Preppy Handbook, comes True Prep, which looks at how the old guard of natural-fiber-loving, dog-worshipping, G&T-soaked preppies adapts to the new order of the Internet, cell phones, rehab, political correctness, reality TV, and . . . polar fleece. |
| blue bloods family business: Big Business and Industrial Conflict in Nineteenth-Century France Lenard R. Berlanstein, 2023-11-10 Founded in 1855, the Parisian Gas Company (PGC) quickly developed into one of France's greatest industrial enterprises, an exemplar of the new industrial capitalism that was beginning to transform the French economy. The PGC supplied at least half the coal gas consumed in France through the 1870s and became the city's single largest employer of clerical and factory labor. Representing a new form and scale of capitalistic endeavor, the firm's history illuminates the social tensions that accompanied the nation's industrialization and democratization. To study the company over its fifty-year life is to see industrializing France writ small. Using previously untapped company archives, Lenard R. Berlanstein has written a rich and detailed study that skillfully bridges the divide between business, social, and labor history. |
| blue bloods family business: Scribes and Scoundrels George Galt, 1997 Sexual entanglements, the libel suit of the decade, an accusation of plagiarism, and a sudden suicide layer this witty, acid-tongued journey through the Canadian media world of the 1990s. |
| blue bloods family business: Dust Be the Serpent's Meat Carver Wendell Waters, 2003-10-16 Set in a small town near the Gulf of Mexico, this novel is both social commentary on the lives of Black folk, as well as examination of the lives of five Black boys during the summer of 1954. The adult Black folk in Riverville are keenly aware of family histories which have developed under segregation, but which are inter-related to the white community. The diversity, resilience, and faults of these characters do not hinder their progress towards equality. |
| blue bloods family business: Women who Give Away Millions Iris Nowell, 1996-10-22 This book pays tribute to 14 women who donated millions of dollars to causes close to their hearts. Iris Nowell is the author of five books. Writing her 1996 book, Women Who Give Away Millions, has given her a solid foundation of philanthropy, the not-for-profit sector, and the wealthy. She has also written a memoir of Canadian artist Harold Town, and a biography of artist, filmmaker, and impassioned feminist, Joyce Wieland. |
| blue bloods family business: The Romanov Effect Mark J. Brodowski, 2005-06-02 Andre Romanov had a dream to save Russia from economic destruction; to create a corporate model for all future Russian companies. Roy Ferrell was the ruthless American hired to aid Romanov in his vision. This combination proved catastrophic for the world, because together, they exploited everyone and every technology for their own advantage and began the corporate wars. Their giant corporation, Infotech, broke free of the bonds of Russia and was let loose upon the rest of the world. John Christian was born in the ashes left behind from the insatiable Infotech and would be humanity’s only hope for salvation. |
| blue bloods family business: Blind Man's Alley Justin Peacock, 2010-08-10 From the author of the Edgar Award–nominated legal thriller A Cure for Night, an ambitious and compulsively readable novel set in the cutthroat world of New York real estate. A concrete floor three hundred feet up in the Aurora Tower condo development in SoHo has collapsed, hurling three workers to their deaths. The developer, Roth Properties (owned by the famously abrasive Simon Roth), faces a vast tangle of legal problems, including allegations of mob connections. Roth’s longtime lawyers, the elite midtown law firm of Blake and Wolcott, is assigned the task of cleaning up the mess. Much of the work lands on the plate of smart, cynical, and seasoned associate Duncan Riley; as a result, he falls into the powerful orbit of Leah Roth, the beautiful daughter of Simon Roth and the designated inheritor of his real estate empire. Meanwhile, Riley pursues a seemingly small pro bono case in which he attempts to forestall the eviction of Rafael Nazario and his grandmother from public housing in the wake of a pot bust. One night Rafael is picked up and charged with the murder of the private security cop who caught him, a murder that took place in another controversial “mixed income” housing development being built by . . . Roth Properties. Duncan Riley is now walking the knife edge of legal ethics and personal morality. Blind Man’s Alley is a suspenseful and kaleidoscopic journey through a world where the only rule is self- preservation. The New York Times Book Review said of A Cure for Night that “[Peacock] heads toward Scott Turow country . . . he’s got a good chance to make partner.” This taut, topical, and socially alert thriller delivers on that promise. |
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| blue bloods family business: Sequels Janet G. Husband, Jonathan F. Husband, 2009-07-30 A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series. |
| blue bloods family business: Blood+Death John Lee Brook, 2016-02-08 The White Sister... The Bony Lady... The Godmother... The Pretty Girl... This is Santa Muerte, personification of death. A veiled skeleton with an unquenchable thirst for destruction, Santa Muerte is Mexico’s grim and vengeful goddess. She is worshipped by outcasts and sinners, those for whom the traditional Christian deities of Jesus and the Virgin Mary have no place. For the notorious drug cartels, Santa Muerte is venerated as the saint who does not judge. She provides divine protection against authority and from rival gangs, demanding human sacrifice in return. The cult of Santa Muerte has become inextricably linked to the Mexican cartels over the past decade, resulting in barbaric rituals that have escalated the tide of violence across the streets. Bodies of cartel members are executed en masse at Santa Muerte shrines, and rumors abound of even worse atrocities in the name of magical protection. This book is the story of unholy alliance, of drug gangs and Santa Muerte, and a galvanic passion for blood and death. |
| blue bloods family business: Bluebloods & Rednecks Charles D. Anderson, 1996 Battle of Windmill, eastern Ontario counties of Leeds Grenville political violence in 1820 and 1830. |
| blue bloods family business: The Urban Establishment Frederic Cople Jaher, 1982 |
| blue bloods family business: Politics in Place I. W. Gray, 1991 History of the marginalisation of Aborigines in the context of a wider study of local politics in the Shire of Cowra, New South Wales; formation and survival of Erambie; race relations, political representation and power; effects of State Government policy. |
| blue bloods family business: LIFE , 1967-03-10 LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use. |
| blue bloods family business: The War Between the Classes Gloria Miklowitz, 2009-01-21 What are Amy and Adam going to do about their love life? Neither Amy's traditionalist Japanese parents nor Adam's snobby, upper-class mother will accept their relationship. To make things worse, Amy and Adam are involved in the color game at school, an experiment that's designed to make students aware of class and racial prejudices. Now the experiment threatens to alienate Amy from her friends and tear her apart from Adam. She knows it's time to rebel against the color game. But will the rest of the class follow her lead? |
| blue bloods family business: Media Monsters Sally Young , 2023-06-01 In 1941, the paper emperors of the Australian newspaper industry helped bring down Robert Menzies. Over the next 30 years, they grew into media monsters. This book reveals the transformation from the golden age of newspapers during World War II, through Menzies’ return and the rise of television, to Gough Whitlam’s ‘It’s Time’ victory in 1972. During this crucial period, twelve independent newspaper companies turned into a handful of multimedia giants. They controlled newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations. Their size and reach was unique in the western world. Playing politics was vital to this transformation. The newspaper industry was animated by friendships and rivalries, favours and deals, and backed by money and influence, including from mining companies, banks and the Catholic Church. Even internationally, Australia’s newspaper owners and executives were considered a shrewd and ruthless bunch. The hard men of the industry included Rupert Murdoch, Frank Packer, Warwick Fairfax’s top executive Rupert Henderson, and Jack Williams, the unsung empire builder of the Herald and Weekly Times. In Media Monsters, Sally Young, the award-winning author of Paper Emperors, uncovers the key players, their political connections and campaigns, and their corporate failures and triumphs. She explores how the companies they ran still influence Australia today. ‘Essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in how power has been exercised in this country.’ — Frank Bongiorno ‘A masterful account of the rise and rise of Australia’s newspaper dynasties.’ — Bridget Griffen-Foley ‘Original and deep, Media Monsters provides a rich source of fresh information and analysis to the history of the Australian press.’ — Rodney Tiffen ‘An absorbing, if salutary, history lesson.’ — Julia Taylor, Books + Publishing |
| blue bloods family business: Love, Lust, and Regrets in the Deep South Julia A. Roberts, 2016-12-16 It is 1943 when Robert Madison V returns home to the Deep South, injured but relieved to be removed from the horrors of World War II. Now that his parents are gone, it is up to Robert to carry on his familys hardware business in the sleepy town of Davenport. While working tirelessly, Robert builds a successful business. Now all he needs is a wife. Annabelle Adams is a farm girl who has curves in all the right places and wants a rich man to carry her away from poverty and into the sunset. When Robert falls in love with her and they marry, it seems all is right with the world, although she has not professed her love for him. As time passes, only Annabelle and her maid, Eloise, know that she is entertaining other wealthy men while Robert is at work and keeping a secret journal that details every lustful moment. But when their unhappy union propels Robert down an unimaginable path, he receives a tiny gift that will eventually help expose the deception that envelops the Madison family. In this tale of love, deception, and forgiveness, a family residing in the Deep South after World War II harbors secrets that, when revealed, have the power to change everything. |
| blue bloods family business: Circle Around the Sun M. D. Johnson, 2021-05-03 In the aftermath of 9/11, lecturer Emily Cowan, called back into government service, revisits her past. Gathering intelligence as her own search for ethnic identity unfolds, Emily returns to the greatest game of all, as hidden in a desolate cave in the Afghan mountains is the reason the fight against terrorism must continue. “Circle Around The Sun” marks the fictional debut of Emily Cowan, a charismatic and often highly deviant legend in the making. With biting wit, candor and firsthand knowledge of her subject, M. D. Johnson has created a spy thriller masterpiece with a brilliant cast of characters. |
| blue bloods family business: Not Exactly the Finest Kind Scott Honey, 2011-06-02 Do you like a good ghost, alien, angel, rock n roll coming of age story thats really screwed up? This may be your type of tale! More than two decades following his fifteen seconds of fame, former 1980s rock star Steve Finney now entertains in the Florida Keys as a part-time lounge act and full time bartender. Old friends drag Steve out of the tropical hideout back up to his old home state of Maine for, of all things, a high school reunion and a funeral. But then the inevitable trip back in time and to his old hometown up north gets weird as ancient aliens, angels, and ghosts from the past and present (are they all the same?) try to guide Steve on and off the path. Joining the former rockers coming-of-age journey are some equally confused old friends. The restaurant manager who hates people. A medium who chaotically misinterprets the latest cause he is involved with and the voices he hears, and another buddy whose family is dying off like an endangered species. All of these events come to a head during another summer in the small tourist trap town of Acorn Bay, Maine. Oh yeah, and theres a thirty-eight-pound talking lobster. |
| blue bloods family business: LIFE , 1967-03-10 LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use. |
| blue bloods family business: Blue Joe Domanick, 2016-08-23 American policing is in crisis. Here, award-winning investigative journalist Joe Domanick reveals the troubled history of American policing over the past quarter century. He begins in the early 1990s with the beating of Rodney King and the L.A. riots, when the Los Angeles Police Department was caught between a corrupt and racist past and the demands of a rapidly changing urban population. Across the country, American cities faced similar challenges to law and order. In New York, William J. Bratton was spearheading the reorganization of the New York City Transit Police and later the 35,000-strong New York Police Department. His efforts resulted in a dramatic decrease in crime, yet introduced highly controversial policing strategies. In 2002, when Bratton was named the LAPD's new chief, he implemented the lessons learned in New York to change a department that previously had been impervious to reform. Blue ends in 2015 with the LAPD on its unfinished road to reform, as events in Los Angeles, New York, Baltimore, and Ferguson, Missouri, raise alarms about the very strategies Bratton pioneered, and about aggressive racial profiling and the militarization of police departments throughout the United States. Domanick tells his story through the lives of the people who lived it. Along with Bratton, he introduces William Parker, the legendary LAPD police chief; Tom Bradley, the first black mayor of Los Angeles; and Charlie Beck, the hard-nosed ex-gang cop who replaced Bratton as LAPD chief. The result is both intimate and expansive: a gripping narrative that asks big questions about what constitutes good and bad policing and how best to prevent crime, control police abuse, and ease tensions between the police and the powerless. Blue is not only a page-turning read but an essential addition to our scholarship.--Adapted from book jacket. |
| blue bloods family business: Encyclopedia of Television Pilots Vincent Terrace, 2020-01-17 On November 27, 1937, NBC presented TV's first pilot film, Sherlock Holmes (then called an experiment). Thousands of pilot films (both unaired and televised) have been produced since. This updated and restyled book contains 2,470 alphabetically arranged pilot films broadcast from 1937 to 2019. Entries contain the concept, cast and character information, credits (producer, writer, director), dates, genre and network or cable affiliation. In addition to a complete performer's index, two appendices have been included: one detailing the pilot films that led to a series and a second that lists the programs that were spun off from one series into another. Never telecast pilot films can be found in the companion volume, The Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018. Both volumes are the most complete and detailed sources for such information, a great deal of which is based on viewing the actual programs. |
| blue bloods family business: Paper Emperors Sally Young, 2019-03-01 ‘A tour de force.’ — Professor Rodney Tiffen Before newspapers were ravaged by the digital age, they were a powerful force, especially in Australia — a country of newspaper giants and kingmakers. This magisterial book reveals who owned Australia’s newspapers and how they used them to wield political power. A corporate and political history of Australian newspapers spanning 140 years, it explains how Australia’s media system came to be dominated by a handful of empires and powerful family dynasties. Many are household names, even now: Murdoch, Fairfax, Syme, Packer. Written with verve and insight and showing unparalleled command of a vast range of sources, Sally Young shows how newspaper owners influenced policy-making, lobbied and bullied politicians, and shaped internal party politics. The book begins in 1803 with Australia’s first newspaper owner — a convict who became a wealthy bank owner — giving the industry a blend of notoriety, power and wealth from the start. Throughout the twentieth century, Australians were unaware that they were reading newspapers owned by secret bankrupts and failed land boomers, powerful mining magnates, Underbelly-style gangsters, bankers, and corporate titans. It ends with the downfall of Menzies in 1941 and his conviction that a handful of press barons brought him down. The intervening years are packed with political drama, business machinations and a struggle for readers, all while the newspaper barons are peddling power and influence. |
| blue bloods family business: The Devil's Chosen Robert W Barker, 2005 Faster, faster come the German shouts. Louder and more impatient. Into the ravine they run. 'Schnell! Schnell!' No time to think. No time to escape. Fear chokes their hearts. Breathing comes quick and shallow. No place to hide. No place to go but down the bank, down into nature's quiet embrace, open to greet them, open to enfold them. The brutality and terror of the Holocaust is chillingly brought back to life in this series of fictional accounts from author Robert Barker. SS officer Hans Grüber, the sometimes confused and troubled perpetrator, acts as our guide by connecting the scenes in the different stories. With a focus on the stark, personal decisions made by the perpetrators and victims alike, The Devil's Chosen raises disturbing and enduring questions. Do we summon the bravery to stand against evil, or do we abandon all to save ourselves? Do we have the right and the power to forgive the silent bystanders as well as those responsible? What is our role? The Devil's Chosen brings the actions and decisions of both the victims and the perpetrators into focus against the unforgiving background of terror and death. |
| blue bloods family business: Donald Trump, a Clear and Current Danger Lenzy Kelley, 2019-10-08 The purpose of this book is to focus on how Donald Trump’s cruelty, negligence, corruption, dishonesty, racism, lies and malevolence have combined to put democracy in America into crisis. The majority of the comments in this book have been ripped from the print and social media headlines. This book is not a series of paragraphs citing the Trump presidency. It is instead a series of bulletize comments related to Donald Trump. Its primary purpose is to remind readers where we have been, what has been said and done. Hopefully, it will provide the knowledge we need as we approach the 2020 elections. Publication of this book was not in time for the Nov 2018 mid-term elections. However, it will be published well in advance of 2020. As such, please remember the 2020 election is not so much about Republicans vs Democrats. It is about saving our country of 330 million people from becoming an authoritarian state ruled by a wanna-be dictator/paranoid builder, his dress design daughter, his despot loving son-of a felon son-in-law. |
| blue bloods family business: Run Your Own Corporation Garrett Sutton, 2013-02-28 “I’ve set up my corporation. Now what do I do?” All too often business owners and real estate investors are asking this question. They have formed their protective entity – be it a corporation, LLC or LP – and don’t know what to do next. “Run Your Own Corporation” provides the solution to this very common dilemma. Breaking down the requirements chronologically (ie the first day, first quarter, first year) the book sets forth all the tax and corporate and legal matters new business owners must comply with. Written by Rich Dad’s Advisor Garrett Sutton, Esq., who also authored the companion edition “Start Your Own Corporation”, the book clearly identifies what must be done to properly maintain and operate your corporation entity. From the first day, when employer identification numbers must be obtained in order to open up a bank account, to the fifth year when trademark renewals must be filed, and all the requirements in between, “Run Your Own Corporation” is a unique resource that all business owners and investors must have. Rich Dad/Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki states, “Run Your Own Corporation is the missing link for most entrepreneurs. They’ve set up their entity, but don’t know the next steps. Garrett Sutton’s book provides valuable information needed at the crucial start up phase of operations. It is highly recommended reading.” When “Start Your Own Corporation” is combined with “Run Your Own Corporation” readers have a two book set that offers the complete corporate picture. |
| blue bloods family business: Fan CULTure Kristin M. Barton, Jonathan Malcolm Lampley, 2013-11-21 Fan CULTure explores how present-day fans interact with the films, television shows, books, and pop culture artifacts they love. From creating original works of fanfiction to influencing the content of major primetime series through social media, fans are no longer passive consumers. They have evolved into active participants in creating and shaping these works. The all-new essays in this collection provide in-depth analyses of how fans interact with such popular franchises as Harry Potter, Lost, Supernatural, Lord of the Rings and Joss Whedon's Serenity, and examines as well topics not based on media-like fans of LEGO building blocks, Disneyland, and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow. |
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