The Con Job

Author : Matt Forbeck
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101618507
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Con Job written by Matt Forbeck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich and powerful take what they want. We steal it back for you. When a disreputable dealer starts swindling aged and ailing comic-book creators out of their wealth—and their high-valued comics and artwork—the daughter of one victim comes to ex-insurance investigator Nathan Ford and his team of counter-crooks for help. Their scheme: run a con at the Comic-Con International, where the crook intends to sell the goods. But there’s more going on than simple theft. An arson plot is in motion that will not only destroy countless rare collectibles, but may end up costing lives. With time short, the team must take down a ruthless mark whose true motives have yet to be revealed…

Author : Suzanne Doyle-Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956268822
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Con Job written by Suzanne Doyle-Morris and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Con Job tackles one of the biggest workplace cons of all time - the way most workplaces over-reward confidence, bravado and showmanship and undervalue competence, skill and expertise. Having interviewed nearly 40 senior leaders, from around the world Dr Suzanne Doyle-Morris uses the best of their advice and how we should be defining confidence so that it works for more of us - not just 'the status quo' of current leaders. If you're different from the leadership at your workplace and have been overlooked, The Con Job is for you! Not progressing at work is often blamed on 'lack of confidence', but this excuse is a total con job. It misses genuine competence, conveniently rewards the status quo and distracts us from understanding the context of what really drives confidence in different groups of people. This hoax means we fail to get the right people into the best jobs. This book identifies the battles worth fighting to give you the skills you need to: Capitalise on what you are doing well to silence the 'imposter'. Convince others to value your hard-earned experience. Redefine confidence so it doesn't continue to advantage the 'status quo'. Are you ready to debunk the greatest 'Con Job' in order to get ahead?

Author : Crystal Wright
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621574393
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Con Job written by Crystal Wright and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-01-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Democrat Party likes to pose as the party of compassion. But where is the compassion in "sanctuary cities" that allow foreign criminals to prey on innocent Americans? Where is the compassion in encouraging envy and lawlessness? Crystal Wright isn't falling for the liberal con job any longer. A one-time (2008) Obama supporter herself—and now a totally fearless "Conservative Black Chick"—Wright blows the whistle on the Democrat Party and its policies that are destroying America. In Con Job you'll learn why Democrat politicians have no problem with inner-city riots; why Democrats so fervently defend Planned Parenthood, how Democrats are remaking America through massive immigration and more. The 2016 presidential election is set to be one of the most consequential in American history—and Crystal Wright's book is the one you need to help friends and family avoid falling for the Democrat con job yet again.

Author : Shana Silver
Publisher : Swoon Reads
ISBN 13 : 1250266807
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Con Code written by Shana Silver and published by Swoon Reads. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teen forger and thief forms a criminal crew from her high school friends (and crush) to perform a series of heists leading to the location of her missing mother in this action-packed contemporary YA novel, The Con Code. By day, seventeen-year-old Fiona Spangler runs small cons for her ritzy prep-school classmates: getting them out of tests and forging fake hall passes. But by night, Fiona joins her dad on riskier heists: stealing back the clue-filled forgeries her mom scattered across the country before she disappeared. Fiona desperately hopes that her mother will be waiting at the end of the scavenger hunt she left behind. And they are SO close. Just three more heists remain, but then disaster strikes when Fiona’s dad is captured by the FBI. Desperate to finish the job and save what’s left of her family, Fiona assembles of crew of teen criminals: a master of disguise who can transform into anyone, a talented hacker who only communicates in glares, and a rival con artist with a vendetta against—and possible crush on—Fiona. All they have to do is perform three nearly impossible heists, solve her mother’s incredibly complex clues, and evade the FBI. Easy, right? Praise for Shana Silver's Mind Games: “An edge-of-your-seat thriller that will keep readers guessing. The complex plot, the occasional twists, and the quick pacing make this a difficult read to put down.” —School Library Journal "It's a YA Michael Crichton novel, minus the 100-page master class intro on quantum mechanics, biotech, and string theory...Mind Games is an absolute blast. If you are a fan of Memento or Strange Days, this one's definitely for you!" —NPR

Author : Greg Cox
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101622245
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bestseller Job written by Greg Cox and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new Leverage Novel in the series that includes The Con Job and The Zoo Job The rich and powerful take what they want. We steal it back for you. THE BESTSELLER JOB After bestselling author Gavin Lee is killed by a hit-and-run driver, his estranged brother Brad appears out of nowhere to claim the estate, cutting off Gavin’s girlfriend and secret collaborator, Denise. Luckily, Denise knows Gavin had a good friend in Eliot Spencer. It’s not money Denise is worried about. Gavin had intended to donate much of his profits to human-rights organizations, and Brad has no plan to honor those wishes. So the team sets out to use Brad’s own greed to get him out of the picture. But soon Denise notices she’s being followed. Is it Brad? Her boyfriend’s mysterious informant? Or his killer? Whoever it is, Nate and the crew will have to read between the lines if they’re going to close the book on this case. Based on the hit TV series Leverage!

Author : R. Paul Wilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493016113
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Con written by R. Paul Wilson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sucker is still born every minute. In this modern and interconnected world, con-men are lurking everywhere – it’s never been easier for them to dupe us, take from us, and infiltrate our lives. One of the world’s leading and celebrated experts on con-games takes the reader through the history of cons, how they’ve been updated to the modern age, how they work, how to spot them, and how to protect yourself from being the victim of one. R. Paul Wilson is a con-man who works for the other side – our side. He has spent a lifetime learning, performing, studying, and teaching about the ins and outs of the con world in order to open up our eyes to the dangers lurking about us – and to show us how not to get taken. Paul has never made a living as a con-man, profiting off of marks – he has used his expertise throughout his life to help people avoid cons. In this fascinating book, Paul takes the reader through the history and developments of the con game, what elements from the past are based on basic human psychology and have stood the test of time, what has been updated for the modern era and how it’s getting used in the computer age, the structure of how these cons work, and – most importantly - how to recognize one, protect yourself and your loved ones, and avoid becoming just another sucker.

Author : Laura VanArendonk Baugh
Publisher : Æclipse Press
ISBN 13 : 0985934964
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Con Job written by Laura VanArendonk Baugh and published by Æclipse Press. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob just wanted to have a good time with his friend Samantha and fellow geeks at the fan convention. But when dead bodies start turning up, Jacob has to start a little early on his hoped-for detective career. After all, the police are out of their depth in a world where nearly everyone wears a costume or uses an alias. But Jacob has a secret of his own, and it looks like someone is bent on revealing him to the entire con. If Jacob’s history comes out, his police career will end before it begins, even if he can find the killer. And if he can’t, more fans will die.

Author : Ralph Hancox
Publisher : Fictive Press
ISBN 13 : 1927663202
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Con Job written by Ralph Hancox and published by Fictive Press. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gregor “Legs” Morowitz, on parole and virtually destitute, is offered his old job back at a Canadian boutique documentary and advertising company. The owners want him to head the team investigating the illegal drug trade in North America for a new TV documentary series, Look at the Evidence. As production begins, Legs faces a wary, even hostile, crew, and then a series of personal setbacks. At the same time, the company finds itself battling unknown enemies on multiple fronts, forcing the owners to take decisive, but sometimes wrong-headed action. In this first book of The Fabufestan Exposés, it becomes increasingly clear that things are not quite as they appear, and to get at the truth, they must all look hard at the evidence.

Author : Imad A. Moosa
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785369954
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Econometrics as a Con Art written by Imad A. Moosa and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imad Moosa challenges convention with this comprehensive and compelling critique of econometrics, condemning the common practices of misapplied statistical methods in both economics and finance.

Author : C. J. Miller
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0373279086
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taken by the Con written by C. J. Miller and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sexy scammer is determined to steal an FBI agent's heart Her new partner in crime-fighting makes Lucia Huntington uncomfortably hot. To catch an embezzler, the beautiful FBI agent must work with ex-con Cash Stonealthough they couldn't be more different. Career-driven Lucia lives by the rules, while devilishly charming Cash gleefully bends them. Unbeknownst to Lucia, Cash once did wrong for the right reasonhis ailing son. Now he claims he's working for the FBI to go on the straight and narrow. But as the case turns dangerous with deadly attacks, Lucia questions her trust in Cash. He's reliable and protective, making her yearn for the passionate bond that's always eluded her. But is their entire relationship one big con?