Schemers

Schemers
Author: Bill Pronzini
Publisher: Forge Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2009-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429992603

A new Nameless Detective story from the 2008 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master... A locked room mystery that goes from stolen books to stolen lives and the hunt for a phantom stalker with a penchant for pouring acid to make his point give Nameless and his partner Jake more than enough work to earn their fees—as long as neither turns his back at the wrong moment. Nameless wasn't supposed to come into the office on Mondays; he wasn't supposed to answer the phone. On this Monday, he did both. The call was from Barney Rivera—once a friend, now despised—at Great Western Insurance. Against his better judgment, Nameless agreed to meet with him. The investigation was relatively simple: a multimillionaire rare books collector had reported the theft of eight volumes, worth a half million dollars. From a locked library. To which he has the only key. The books were all crime fiction and suspense--a locked room mystery about mysteries. This ordinary Monday brought a second oddball case. The Henderson brothers were being stalked. Someone had dug up the ashes of their late father and poured acid over them, then destroyed the headstone the same way, and left a sign warning that this was just the beginning. Searching for peace of mind and the distraction of work, Jake Runyon is more than happy to bring an end to the brothers' terror. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Schemers

The Schemers
Author: George Augustine Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 1914
Genre:
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The Schemers

The Schemers
Author: Edward Francis Harkins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 410
Release: 1903
Genre:
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Lazy Idle Schemers

Lazy Idle Schemers
Author: Gregory Dobbins
Publisher: Field Day Publications
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2010
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0946755507

Gregory Dobbins argues that the cultural politics of Irish modernism lie precisely in its engagement with the concept of idleness.

The Little LISPer

The Little LISPer
Author: Daniel P. Friedman
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1989
Genre: Computers
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The Schemers

The Schemers
Author: Ruth Fenisong
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1957
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
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Dreamers and Schemers

Dreamers and Schemers
Author: Barry Siegel
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2020-09-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520379713

How one man brought the Olympics to Los Angeles, fueling the city's urban transformation. Dreamers and Schemers chronicles how Los Angeles’s pursuit and staging of the 1932 Olympic Games during the depths of the Great Depression helped fuel the city’s transformation from a seedy frontier village to a world-famous metropolis. Leading that pursuit was the “Prince of Realtors,” William May (Billy) Garland, a prominent figure in early Los Angeles. In important respects, the story of Billy Garland is the story of Los Angeles. After arriving in Southern California in 1890, he and his allies drove much of the city’s historic expansion in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Then, from 1920 to 1932, he directed the city’s bid for the 1932 Olympic Games. Garland’s quest to host the Olympics provides an unusually revealing window onto a particular time, place, and way of life. Reconstructing the narrative from Garland’s visionary notion to its consequential aftermath, Barry Siegel shows how one man’s grit and imagination made California history.