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The New Yorker writer chronicles the collapse of a shopping mall in 1982 that sent reverberations through the banking industry, with fault lines stretching deep into the heart of America's speculative and often soft financial institutions. Reprint.
Chantal ran away from home to escape her abusive father. Now she’s on the run again, wanted by the police as a “person of interest” in the suspicious death of her equally abusive pimp boyfriend. Hector and Carlos do piecework for ancient Vancouver kingpin Jake Cappalletti. They’re on their way to Jake’s mini-mansion with ten million bogus U.S. dollars destined for the unsophisticated Russian market when Jake is felled by a stroke. Marty, Jake’s heir apparent, fears a palace revolt. He tells Carlos and Hector to hold on to the cash until Jake recovers or the situation stabilizes. But Carlos is the kind of guy who’d use a pair of bolt-cutters to liberate a Safeway shopping cart rather than temporarily spend a quarter. And Hector is the kind of guy who’d risk paying a hooker like Chantal with Jake’s counterfeit twenties rather than spend his own hard-earned cash. Now Chantal’s running from the copsandCarlos and Hector. Detectives Jack Willows and Claire Parker are searching for Chantal, but they also have problems of their own. Jack’s daughter is in her first year at U.B.C. So far, all she’s learned is how to party. Parker, watching Jack’s kids grow up, is acutely aware of the swift passage of time. She’s wanted children for years, and has finally reached the point where she isn’t willing to wait any longer. Fast, wisecracking, and full of action,Funny Moneyis sure to appeal to both new readers and to loyal fans of Laurence Gough.
When last we saw Tony Valentine -- former cop, lifelong misanthrope, and legendary catcher of casino cheats -- he was just coming up for air after a close brush with the afterlife in his first outing, the acclaimed Grift Sense. This time around, it's personal. Tony Valentine's ex-partner Doyle Flanagan has been blown to pieces by a car bomb. Shortly before his death, Doyle had been filling Valentine in on the details of his latest, most baffling case -- an impressive $6 million blackjack scam at Atlantic City's legendary Bombay casino. Valentine determines that the only way to bring his friend's killers to justice is to crack the Bombay heist himself. But standing between Valentine and his goal is a head-spinning assortment of ruthless gangsters, crooked croupiers, eccentric millionaires, and Croatians with bad haircuts. His only ally: an irresistibly enigmatic female wrestler. With diamond-hard prose, triple-crossing plot twists, and a deliciously noir-inflected atmosphere, Funny Money finds James Swain more than living up to his promise as a razor-sharp storyteller with unlimited surprises up his sleeve.
This fun, fact-filled book about money also tickles the funny bone. Lots of jokes, riddles, and cartoon-style art will keep kids turning the pages as they learn about the history, manufacturing, and details of money. Also included are several really cool paper-folding projects (origami) using a dollar bill. Coin tricks are also explained. Up-to-date information about new coins and currency included.
The San Diego branch of the Secret Service is receiving some absolutely perfect counterfeit U.S. currency in the mail, and getting nervous. A flood of these bogus bucks could cripple the economy - which is just what Mr Gordons threatens to do unless he receives a computer program developed by NASA for use in unmanned space flights. Yet the program is virtually useless within a million miles of earth . . . Just who is this Mr Gordons? What is the source of his mysterious powers? And what is his relationship with the beautiful, brilliant scientist who heads the space research program? Only one man can crack the plot. Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organisation CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of Sinanju by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America's last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U.S. Treasury Department and his team of Secret Government Agents are determined to get that money back! But Steven and his best friends, Russell and Zoopy the giant dog, are more than a match for the Feds. After all, Steven is the president of the Flint Future Detectives Club, and the inventor of fantastic spying and detecting equipment such as the Snoopeeze 9000! From the Hardcover edition.
When Liz and Mark observe two men with large piles of bills at a bus stop, they suspect a robbery has occurred.
Forced to vacate their camp site, the Invincible Four discover an abandoned gold mine nearby. With permission obtained by the owner of the farm where the mine is located, the gang sets up camp. Strange events start to happen both by day and night and soon the Invincible Four are embroiled in yet another exciting adventure.
