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Gangsterland : a novel
\"Sal Cupertine is a legendary hit man for the Chicago Mafia, known for his ability to get in and out of a crime without a trace. Until now, that is. His first-ever mistake forces Sal to botch an assassination, killing three undercover FBI agents in the process. This puts too much heat on Sal, and he knows this botched job will be his death sentence to the Mafia. So he agrees to their radical idea to save his own skin. A few surgeries and some intensive training later, and Sal Cupertine is gone, disappeared into the identity of Rabbi David Cohen. Leading his growing congregation in Las Vegas, overseeing the population and the temple and the new cemetery, Rabbi Cohen feels his wicked past slipping away from him, surprising even himself as he spouts quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament. Yet, as it turns out, the Mafia isn't quite done with him yet. Soon the new cemetery is being used as both a money and body-laundering scheme for the Chicago family. And that rogue FBI agent on his trail, seeking vengeance for the murder of his three fellow agents, isn't going to let Sal fade so easily into the desert. Gangsterland is the wickedly dark and funny new novel by a writer at the height of his power - a morality tale set in a desert landscape as ruthless and barren as those who inhabit it. \"-- Provided by publisher.
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Local Legend
'Paul Trembling scores a winning goal with this highly enjoyable mystery, which has more exciting twists and turns than the beautiful game itself.' AMY MYERS, author of the Nell Drury and Tom Wasp crime series It was him; Graham was sure of it.He might not have seen Adi Varney for years, but no one forgets their oldest friend's face.
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The maddest obsession
\"She fears the dark. He rules it. Her dresses are too tight, her heels too tall. She laughs too loudly, eats without decorum, and mixes up most sayings in the book. Little do most know it's just a sparkly disguise, there to hide one panic attack at a time? Nobody can crack Gianna's facade...no one anyway, until he comes along. Most see a paragon of morality; a special agent upholding the law. In the New York underworld, others know him as a hustler, a killer, his nature as cold as the heart of ice in his chest. Christian Allister has always followed the life plan he'd envisioned in his youth, beneath the harsh lights of a frigid, damp cell. With a proclivity for order and the number three, he's never been tempted to veer off course. But perhaps one should never say never. One winter night and their lives intertwine. She hates him--his stone-cold demeanor, his arrogance and too-perceptive eye--but over the years, even as their games consist of insulting each other's looks and intelligence, she begins to live to play with him. Nowhere in Christian's plans had he ever prepared for Gianna. She's chaos embodied, not his type, and married, but none of that can stop his eyes from following her wherever she goes. All along, she doesn't even know that she's his--his frustration, his fascination. His maddest obsession.\"--Back cover.
La puissance séductrice des économies prédatrices : fragrance de santal dans la contrebande des ressources environnementales en Inde du Sud
Le présent article traite de la fabrique chaotique du capitalisme prédateur à partir d’une étude ethnographique des logiques déployées par une chaîne d’acteurs impliqués dans l’éradication successive de deux essences forestières dans le sud de l’Inde, des années 1980 à aujourd’hui. Il retrace une histoire de la contrebande de ces bois précieux dans deux États indiens frontaliers et de la criminalisation d’une population dite « tribale » engagée au plus bas de l’échelle des chaînes de prédation. Grâce à l’incertitude générée par les entrelacements mafieux entre le politique, l’État, l’économie ainsi qu’entre le légal et l’illégal, de multiples opportunités économiques, dangereuses mais rémunératrices, s’ouvrent néanmoins à ces acteurs du trafic, mais aussi aux policiers, avocats, juges, et politiciens-contrebandiers. Les saisir requiert des « prises de confiance » risquées, parfois mortelles, mais indispensables pour espérer s’élever dans cette économie. La prédation capitaliste des ressources environnementales assure ici sa reproduction par la puissance séductrice d’une activité illicite, attirante et menaçante, qui oblige ceux qui y prennent part à se trouver simultanément dans des positions de proie et de prédateur. Cette réversibilité des positions stimule une participation complice à la contrebande : en étant à la fois proie et prédateur, créditeur et endetté, extorqueur et extorqué, chacun devient potentiellement éligible à l’obtention d’un micro-privilège ou d’un micro-bénéfice. Ces logiques prédatrices se déclinent dans des gammes relationnelles asymétriques marquées par une distinction troublée entre amitiés et trahisons, fiction et réalité, extorsion et protection, ainsi que dette, don et coercition. De tels environnements sont propices à des sous-marchés de la prédation, encouragés par des acteurs juridiques et policiers qui utilisent la loi comme une arme pour extorquer les travailleurs du bois qu’ils arrêtent. Loin de se situer hors du capitalisme, nous montrons que cette économie illicite, par ses usages de la loi et de la violence, en est une forme pleinement contemporaine.
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City on fire : a novel
\"Two criminal empires together control all of New England. Until a beautiful woman comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire. Danny Ryan yearns for a more “legit” life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like family and the family he has sworn to protect, he becomes a leader, a ruthless strategist, and a master of a treacherous game in which the winners live and the losers die. From the gritty streets of Providence to the glittering screens of Hollywood to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, two rival crime families ignite a war that will leave only one standing. The winner will forge a dynasty.\"-- Adapted from front flap.
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Bad Boy Romances
There is no question that the romance genre continues to grow in popularity. In part, this is because romance writers have been quick to explore new avenues for their stories. Here, Tarulli takes a look at one of the newest trends in romance fiction: bad boy romances.
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A companion to women in the ancient world
A COMPANION TO WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD A Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach.
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