Granite Elephants
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Granite Elephants
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Author : Tom Rhyne
language : en
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Release Date : 2021-10-19
Granite Elephants written by Tom Rhyne and has been published by Greenleaf Book Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-19 with Fiction categories.
“That’s what always worries me about you two. Killings bring a lot of heat.” Granite Elephants, Tom Rhyne’s debut work, is a clever, entertaining thriller with a likeable protagonist in widower Jury Garrett, a near-50 ex-cop who spends some of his time as a private investigator, but only on cases he likes. “He took another slow drag on his cigarette and stared at the ceiling. I still don’t understand why he wouldn’t help us use his system for our military applications. Why can’t we keep this son-of-a-bitch under control? He’s a geek, not Jason fuckin’ Bourne.” Set in Austin and Brussels, Rhyne’s story opens with a Sunday-night phone call from a young and beautiful wife, Janelle Kinlaw, whose husband, Walter, an equally young high-tech entrepreneur, has disappeared during a trip to Europe. Jury’s work on her case soon leads him into conflicts with the U.S. Army—who had funded Walter’s start-up company in Austin—some criminal types wanting to collect on a New York agency’s sub rosa loan, the Austin Police Department, and a highly placed banking official located in a secured office in Brussels. As Jury follows a complex series of rabbit trails to find out “Where’s Walter?,” he leans on former associates whose specialized knowledge (including applications of artificial intelligence to international currency trading) helps him get closer to the missing entrepreneur. Anyone who has spent time in Austin will find this quick-moving, down-to-earth page-turner of very special interest. Rhyne will definitely leave you wondering where Jury goes from here. Tom Rhyne has been involved with computer technology since 1957, when he built a computer that won the science fair in his hometown of La Marque, Texas. Since then, he has earned three degrees, including a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, which he competed in 1967. He then moved back to Texas to teach computer engineering at Texas A&M. He has also worked for NASA, Texas Instruments, and Motorola. He is a registered agent with the U.S. Patent Office and has served as an expert witness in over a hundred patent cases involving computer technology and fraud detection.
Granite Elephants
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Author : Tom Rhyne
language : en
Publisher: River Grove Books
Release Date : 2021-10-19
Granite Elephants written by Tom Rhyne and has been published by River Grove Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-19 with Fiction categories.
"That's what always worries me about you two. Killings bring a lot of heat." Granite Elephants, Tom Rhyne's debut work, is an entertaining thriller with a likeable and relatable protagonist, Jury Garrett, a near-50 ex-cop who spends some of his time as a private investigator, but only on cases he likes. Set in Austin, Texas, and Belgium, the story starts with a phone call from a young and beautiful wife, Janelle Kinlaw, whose husband, Walter, an equally young high-tech entrepreneur, has disappeared during a trip to Europe. Jury's work on her case soon leads him into conflicts with the U.S. Army, who had funded Walter's start-up company in Austin, with some criminal types who wanted to collect on a sub rosa loan their New York lending agency had made to him, with the Austin Police Department, and with a highly placed banking official in Brussels. As Jury follows a complex series of rabbit trails to find out "Where's Walter," he uses a number of former associates whose specialized knowledge helps him learn why the entrepreneur had gone missing, knowledge that includes applications of artificial intelligence to international currency trading. Anyone who has spent time in Austin will find this well-crafted, down-to-earth page-turner of very special interest.
A Truth About Elephants
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Author : Vernon Paddock
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-10-30
A Truth About Elephants written by Vernon Paddock and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-30 with Religion categories.
From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth. From the laziness that is content with half-truth. From the arrogance that thinks it has all truth. -O GOD of Truth deliver us!
North Central Section Of The Geological Society Of America
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Author : Donald L. Biggs
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Release Date : 1987
North Central Section Of The Geological Society Of America written by Donald L. Biggs and has been published by Geological Society of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Science categories.
The Memory Of Tiresias
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Author : Mikhail Iampolski
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998-10-26
The Memory Of Tiresias written by Mikhail Iampolski and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-26 with Performing Arts categories.
The concept of intertextuality has proven of inestimable value in recent attempts to understand the nature of literature and its relation to other systems of cultural meaning. In The Memory of Tiresias, Mikhail Iamposlki presents the first sustained attempt to develop a theory of cinematic intertextuality. Building on the insights of semiotics and contemporary film theory, Iampolski defines cinema as a chain of transparent, mimetic fragments intermixed with quotations he calls "textual anomalies." These challenge the normalization of meaning and seek to open reading out onto the unlimited field of cultural history, which is understood in texts as a semiotically active extract, already inscribed. Quotations obstruct mimesis and are consequently transformed in the process of semiosis, an operation that Iampolski defines as reading in an aura of enigma. In a series of brilliant analyses of films by D.W. Griffith, Sergei Eisenstein, and Luis Buñuel, he presents different strategies of intertextual reading in their work. His book suggests the continuing centrality of semiotic analysis and is certain to interest film historians and theorists, as well as readers in cultural and literary studies.
Art And Risk In Ancient Yoruba
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Author : Suzanne Preston Blier
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-02
Art And Risk In Ancient Yoruba written by Suzanne Preston Blier and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-02 with Social Science categories.
In this book, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the intersection of art, risk and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife and the striking ways that ancient Ife artworks inform society, politics, history and religion. Yoruba art offers a unique lens into one of Africa's most important and least understood early civilizations, one whose historic arts have long been of interest to local residents and Westerners alike because of their tour-de-force visual power and technical complexity. Among the complementary subjects explored are questions of art making, art viewing and aesthetics in the famed ancient Nigerian city-state, as well as the attendant risks and danger assumed by artists, patrons and viewers alike in certain forms of subject matter and modes of portrayal, including unique genres of body marking, portraiture, animal symbolism and regalia. This volume celebrates art, history and the shared passion and skill with which the remarkable artists of early Ife sought to define their past for generations of viewers.
The Every Day Book Or The Guide To The Year
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Author : William Hone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1859
The Every Day Book Or The Guide To The Year written by William Hone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1859 with categories.
The Every Day Book And Table Book Or Everlasting Calendar Of Popular Amusements Sports Pastimes Ceremonies Etc
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Author : William Hone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1838
The Every Day Book And Table Book Or Everlasting Calendar Of Popular Amusements Sports Pastimes Ceremonies Etc written by William Hone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1838 with categories.
The Every Day Book
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Author : William Hone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1827
The Every Day Book written by William Hone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1827 with Calendars categories.
The Every Day Book And Table Book
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Author : William Hone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1830
The Every Day Book And Table Book written by William Hone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1830 with Days categories.