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Author : Graham Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-03-04
Powder Wars written by Graham Johnson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-04 with Social Science categories.
Gangster Paul Grimes was a one-man crimewave with a breathtaking capacity to steal. Any villains who got in his way were made to pay - often with their blood. But when his son died of a drugs overdose, the old-school mobster swore revenge on the new generation of Liverpool-based heroin and cocaine dealers. Against all odds, he turned undercover informant. The first gangster to fall foul of Grimes' change of heart was Curtis Warren, aka 'Cocky', the wealthiest and most successful criminal in British history. Grimes infiltrated his cocaine cartel and led Customs to the largest narcotics seizure on record, putting Warren in the dock in the drugs trial of the twentieth century. After turning his attention to heroin baron John Haase, Grimes rose to become the boss of the villain's notoriously bloodthirsty 'security firm' - a professional gang of racketeers addicted to cocaine, explosive violence and non-stop criminality. But as his net began to tighten, Grimes was confronted with the ultimate dilemma. He discovered his second son was now a rising star in the drugs business. The life-or-death question was: should he shop him or not? Powder Wars also reveals the secrets behind one of the most controversial episodes in British judicial history - how former Home Secretary Michael Howard was duped into granting John Haase a Royal Pardon. Today, Paul Grimes has a £100,000 contract on his head and is a real-life dead man walking. Powder Wars is a riveting account of modern gangsters told in brutal detail.
Baking Powder Wars
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Author : Linda Civitello
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2017-05-22
Baking Powder Wars written by Linda Civitello and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-22 with Cooking categories.
First patented in 1856, baking powder sparked a classic American struggle for business supremacy. For nearly a century, brands battled to win loyal consumers for the new leavening miracle, transforming American commerce and advertising even as they touched off a chemical revolution in the world's kitchens. Linda Civitello chronicles the titanic struggle that reshaped America's diet and rewrote its recipes. Presidents and robber barons, bare-knuckle litigation and bold-faced bribery, competing formulas and ruthless pricing--Civitello shows how hundreds of companies sought market control, focusing on the big four of Rumford, Calumet, Clabber Girl, and the once-popular brand Royal. She also tells the war's untold stories, from Royal's claims that its competitors sold poison, to the Ku Klux Klan's campaign against Clabber Girl and its German Catholic owners. Exhaustively researched and rich with detail, Baking Powder Wars is the forgotten story of how a dawning industry raised Cain--and cakes, cookies, muffins, pancakes, donuts, and biscuits.
Black Powder War
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Author : Naomi Novik
language : en
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Release Date : 2009-02-03
Black Powder War written by Naomi Novik and has been published by Subterranean Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-03 with Fiction categories.
Limited to 500 signed numbered illustrated copies.
Cespen The Endless City
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Author : Christopher Wolf
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-10-29
Cespen The Endless City written by Christopher Wolf and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-29 with categories.
No orcs, no ogres, just thieves trying to survive the night. In Cespen, The Endless City, an epic fantasy tale, the Baron Thieves Guild rules every thief in the Seven Square sub-district with an iron fist. In this shadowy world of the night, respect is everything: the difference between freedom and slavery, between wealth and poverty, and between life and death. My main character James and his crew of criminals plan to get that respect any way they can. The story begins with the main character James Makerin and his boys agreeing to fight a war for their overlord, a very powerful and highly respected Baron thief by the name of Black Eye. Another powerful Baron by the name of Kaylen is the target. Black Eye promises respect, wealth, power and glory; he promises lies. Daggers stab, crossbow bolts fly; blood flows over the cobblestone as open warfare explodes between James and Kaylen's forces. Casualties are felt on both sides as brothers' fall and friend's morn. No one feels the loss more than James as his best friend is one of those who have fallen. Power and respect mean nothing to James now-only vengeance. Wining a major battle against Kaylen, James can taste victory. All that is required is the final blow. Thinking his future in the Guild secure, James is stunned to discover that his overlord is afraid he has become too powerful for his own good, and plans to murder him once the war is won. Through a combination of deception and force, James devises a plan to assassinate both Kaylen and Black Eye at the same time. With loyalty, daring, and a little bit of luck James stands triumphant over his enemies, elevating him from a common thief to a powerful figure within the Baron Thieves Guild. Little does James know, that with this victory he has involved himself in an inter-guild conflict that he couldn't possibly survive. Only a promise he made to a dying friend to leave the dangerous life of a thief might get him out alive. Will James keep his promise? Or will he fight?
Black Guild
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Author : J. Ashman
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-06-13
Black Guild written by J. Ashman and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-13 with categories.
With sufficient scheming & force of will, the unthinkable becomes the inevitable. Marked for death by the Black Guild, King Barrison's lords scramble to see him protected. But what repercussions come from a master assassin acting behind another's back? What comes from said master involving another guild altogether? War, plain and simple, although the resulting conflict is anything but. From gargantuan scale-suspended land-masses to leagues of caravan paths across plateaus and passes, Brisance crumbles into disarray and a single name is whispered on the lips of many: Dignaaln, emissary.
Pills Powder And Smoke
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Author : Antony Loewenstein
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2019-08-21
Pills Powder And Smoke written by Antony Loewenstein and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-21 with Law categories.
Like the never-ending war on terror, the drugs war is a multi-billion-dollar industry that won’t go down without a fight. Pills, Powder, and Smoke explains why. The war on drugs has been official American policy since the 1970s, with the UK, Europe, and much of the world following suit. It is at best a failed policy, according to bestselling author Antony Loewenstein. Its direct results have included mass incarceration in the US, extreme violence in different parts of the world, the backing of dictatorships, and surging drug addiction globally. And now the Trump administration is unleashing diplomatic and military forces against any softening of the conflict. Pills, Powder, and Smoke investigates the individuals, officials, activists, victims, DEA agents, and traffickers caught up in this deadly war. Travelling through the UK, the US, Australia, Honduras, the Philippines, and Guinea-Bissau, Loewenstein uncovers the secrets of the drug war, why it’s so hard to end, and who is really profiting from it. In reporting on the frontlines across the globe — from the streets of London’s King’s Cross to the killing fields of Central America to major cocaine transit routes in West Africa — Loewenstein reveals how the war on drugs has become the most deadly war in modern times. Designed and inspired by Washington, its agenda has nothing to do with ending drug use or addiction, but is all about controlling markets, territories, and people. Instead, Loewenstein argues, the legalisation and regulation of all drugs would be a much more realistic and humane approach. The evidence presented in this book will persuade many readers that he’s right.
The Coats Of Cespen
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Author : Christopher Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-11-05
The Coats Of Cespen written by Christopher Wolf and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-05 with categories.
It's been five years since James had left the life of a Baron thief. He has a family now, a regular job, and friends with regular jobs. More surprisingly, he's actually up during the daytime. His current home, the Sheen Alley neighborhood, is flooded with the smiles of its residents and the chirping of birds. He's living the Straight life and keeping his friend Dell's last dyeing request: stay out of the thief game and raise his boy right. However, Red Dragon powder, the most addictive drug the city of Cespen has ever seen is running rabid throughout the other neighborhoods, causing the rest of the Seven Square sub-district to burn under the chaos of the Powder Wars. Soon those fires nip at James' doorstep and he'll have to pull his long time sheathed dagger to put them out. The Coats of Cespen starts out with the main character, James Makerin, worrying about his initiation fight for a boxing club he wants to join: the Coats. Most of his friends and co-workers already belong to the organization, and he feels that if he can't cut it he will have no future in the honest life he has worked so hard to build. His fears are un-founded. Even though he loses the bout, none of his peers hold it against him. James is welcomed with open arms. The months pass by. His new baby girl is born. Life seems good until he, along with his friends, are fired from their job due to too many robberies of product from Red Dragon Powder addicted criminals. James' home, the Seven Square sub-district, has become too lawless: the local businesses are fleeing to other safer parts of the city. James comes to a decision, either follow his employer example, or fight back. He chooses fight back. The livelihood of everyone he cares about depends on his success. James spends the rest of the book wrestling with who he was as a thief: a very powerful and respected criminal, and who he is now: a humble family man, all the while combating his old comrades of the Baron Thieves Guild. Will James stay true to the honest man he has become? Or, will he lose himself in crime and murder? Will he embrace the thief he used to be?
Black Powder War
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Author : Naomi Novik
language : en
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date : 2006-05-30
Black Powder War written by Naomi Novik and has been published by Del Rey this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-30 with Fiction categories.
In the third novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, Captain Will Laurence and his dragon transport precious cargo while fending off enemies on all sides. “A splendid series.”—Anne McCaffrey After their fateful adventure in China, Captain Will Laurence of His Majesty’ s Aerial Corps and his extraordinary dragon, Temeraire, are waylaid by a mysterious envoy bearing urgent new orders from Britain. Three valuable dragon eggs have been purchased from the Ottoman Empire, and Laurence and Temeraire must detour to Istanbul to escort the precious cargo back to England. Time is of the essence if the eggs are to be borne home before hatching. Yet disaster threatens the mission at every turn—thanks to the diabolical machinations of the Chinese dragon Lien, who blames Temeraire for her master’s death and vows to ally herself with Napoleon and take vengeance. Then, faced with shattering betrayal in an unexpected place, Laurence, Temeraire, and their squad must launch a daring offensive. But what chance do they have against the massed forces of Bonaparte’s implacable army? Don’t miss any of Naomi Novik’s magical Temeraire series HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON • THRONE OF JADE • BLACK POWDER WAR • EMPIRE OF IVORY • VICTORY OF EAGLES • TONGUES OF SERPENTS • CRUCIBLE OF GOLD • BLOOD OF TYRANTS • LEAGUE OF DRAGONS
Black Cross
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Author : J P Ashman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-12-05
Black Cross written by J P Ashman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with categories.
Black Cross - Winner of the 'Most Complex' award and group finalist in Mark Lawrence's Self Published Fantasy Blog Off competition 2015. "This is quite an epic saga, and surprisingly political. There are factions, and back biting, plenty of twists and turns, violence and bloodshed - everything epic fantasy fans enjoy." bookwormblues
The Chemistry Of Fear
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Author : Jonathan Rees
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2021-07-06
The Chemistry Of Fear written by Jonathan Rees and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Harvey Wiley spent most of his professional life advocating for food free of adulterants and preservatives. He was a proponent of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, and he ran the Division (later Bureau) of Chemistry at the US Department of Agriculture from 1883 to 1912. He gained fame for the so-called Poison Squad experiments-in which Wiley's own employees at the USDA consumed food mixed with additives and were studied for their body chemistry. In this biography, Jonathan Rees examines Wiley's many and varied conflicts over food safety"--