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Spy smuggler : Paul Lelaud, France, 1942-1944 / by Eldridge, Jim,1944-;
A story about the French Resistance during the Second World War, viewed through the eyes of thirteen year old Paul Lelaud.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Teenage boys; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2007, c2004., Scholastic Canada,
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Death of a Smuggler. by Beaton, M C.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: DEATH OF A SPY, ISBN 9781538743300. M. C. Beaton, hailed as the "Queen of Crime" by the Globe and Mail, was the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Agatha Raisin novels--the basis for the hit series on Acorn TV and public television--as well as the Hamish Macbeth series. Born in Scotland, Beaton started her career writing historical romances under several pseudonyms as well as her maiden name, Marion Chesney. Her books have sold more than twenty-two million copies worldwide.A long-time friend of M. C. Beaton, R. W. Green has written numerous works of fiction and non-fiction. He lives in Surrey with his family and a black Labrador called Flynn.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional; FICTION / Small Town & Rural;
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High : confessions of a pot smuggler / by O'Dea, Brian;
Subjects: O'Dea, Brian; Drug traffic; Marijuana; Smugglers;
© c2006., Random House Canada,
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The looting machine : warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa's wealth / by Burgis, Tom.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A curse of riches -- Futungo, Inc. -- "It is forbidden to piss in the park" -- Incubators of poverty -- Guanxi -- when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled -- A bridge to Beijing -- Finance and cyanide -- God has nothing to do with it -- Black gold -- the new money kings -- Complicity.The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of the world's population, its share of global manufacturing stood in 2011 exactly where it stood in 2000: at 1 percent. In his first book, The Looting Machine , Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, gold and coltan deposits attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. And the vagaries of resource-dependent economies could pitch Africa's new middle class back into destitution just as quickly as they climbed out of it. The ground beneath their feet is as precarious as a Congolese mine shaft; their prosperity could spill away like crude from a busted pipeline. This catastrophic social disintegration is not merely a continuation of Africa's past as a colonial victim. The looting now is accelerating as never before. As global demand for Africa's resources rises, a handful of Africans are becoming legitimately rich but the vast majority, like the continent as a whole, is being fleeced. Outsiders tend to think of Africa as a great drain of philanthropy. But look more closely at the resource industry and the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world looks rather different.LSC
Subjects: Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources;
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Stormy persuasion / by Lindsey, Johanna,author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Regency fiction.; Aristocracy (Social class); Malory family (Fictitious characters); Man-woman relationships; Smugglers;
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3x world champ : the death-defying true story of a kickboxer turned drug smuggler ... turned business icon / by Pryor, Ted,1958-author.;
"Three-Time World Champ tells the electric story of how Ted became the master of the run-and-gun smuggling business around the Caribbean islands, hustling in hundreds of millions of dollars in weed under the noses of cops and coast guard patrols-until a dubious traffic stop began the unraveling of everything"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Pryor, Ted, 1958-; Businesspeople; Drug traffic; Kickboxing; Martial artists; Smugglers;
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Three-Time World Champ The Death-Defying True Story of a Kickboxer Turned Drug Smuggler . . . Turned Bu siness Icon [electronic resource] : by Pryor, Ted.aut; cloudLibrary;
The thrilling true story of the rise and fall of a kickboxing legend in the notorious 1980s Miami crime scene . . . and the shocking end that that led him to a new life. From 1982 to 1987, Thaddeus J. “Ted” Pryor was the middleweight kickboxing champion of the world. But behind the scenes, he was a key player in the biggest marijuana trafficking operation in American history. As a renowned athlete, TV model, and bodyguard to stars like Elvis Presley, he drew the attention of the head of the Miami mafia. When the kingpin wanted protection—and some flash—he made Ted his personal intimidator, keeping the peace in the celebrity-drenched nightclub scene and beyond.  But when the gangster blocked him from getting in on the big money of the smuggling business, Ted started his own.  Three-Time World Champ tells the electric story of how Ted became the master of the run-and-gun smuggling business around the Caribbean islands, hustling in hundreds of millions of dollars in weed under the noses of cops and coast guard patrols—until a dubious traffic stop began the unraveling of everything. What began as easy money became a ringside seat to kidnapping, murder, police double-crosses, and a harrowing turn in prison.  Three-Time World Champ brings readers directly into the action of neon-soaked, 1980s Miami, chronicling the rise and fall—and rise again—of an amazing man: a world champ of kickboxing and a world champ of smuggling who, in a wholly unexpected turn, becomes world champ of a business completely removed from everything that came before. It’s harrowing, it’s thrilling, and it happened just like this: the wild life of a Three-Time World Champ.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Criminals & Outlaws; Organized Crime; Sports;
© 2024., BenBella Books,
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The curse of Pietro Houdini : a novel / by Miller, Derek B.,1970-author.;
"August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey's shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed 'Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican,' rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls. But can Massimo believe what Pietro is saying, particularly when Massimo has secrets too? Who is this extraordinary man? When it becomes evident that Montecassino will soon become the front line in the war, Pietro Houdini and Massimo execute a plan to smuggle three priceless Titian paintings to safety down the mountain. They are joined by a nurse concealing a nefarious past, a café owner turned murderer, a wounded but chipper German soldier, and a pair of lovers along with their injured mule, Ferrari. Together they will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin their way through battlefields to survive, all while smuggling the Renaissance masterpieces and the bag full of ancient Greek gold they have rescued from the 'safe keeping' of the Germans"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Art; Monasteries; Orphans; Painting; Secrecy; Smugglers; World War, 1939-1945;
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Jamaica Inn [videorecording] / by Lowthorpe, Philippa,television director.; Findlay, Jessica Brown,1989-actor.; McNulty, Matthew,1982-actor.; Harris, Sean,1966-actor.; Whalley, Joanne,1964-actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Du Maurier, Daphne,1907-1989.Jamaica Inn.Videorecording.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.;
Jessica Brown Findlay, Matthew McNulty, Sean Harris, Joanna Whalley.Originally broadcast on television in 2014.Orphaned by her mother's death, Mary Yellan (Jessica Brown Findlay, Downton Abbey) travels to Cornwall to join her aunt, Patience (Joanne Whalley, Wolf Hall). Arriving at the isolated Jamaica Inn, Mary is met by a brutish, menacing man - her uncle, Joss (Sean Harris, The Borgias). She soon learns that no guests stay at the inn, and Joss is part of a savage gang of smugglers. Meanwhile, she's drawn to the handsome, mysterious Jem Merlyn (Matthew McNulty, The Paradise), Joss's younger brother.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989.; Families; Smugglers; Television mini-series.;
For private home use only.
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Mr. Nice. by Rose, Bernard,film director.; Sevigny, Chloe,actor.; Glover, Crispin,actor.; Thewlis, David,actor.; Pataky, Elsa,actor.; Tosar, Luis,actor.; Ifans, Rhys,actor.; Entertainment One Films Canada Inc (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Chloe Sevigny, Crispin Glover, David Thewlis, Elsa Pataky, Luis Tosar, Rhys IfansOriginally produced by Entertainment One Films Canada Inc in 2010.The life story of Howard Marks, an elite British drug smuggler.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Crime.; Motion pictures, British.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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