Con Women

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in...

In 1911 two British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, read a brochure about a revolutionary fasting treatment that promised a lifetime of good health. The sanatorium in the village of Olalla, west of Seattle, was surrounded by a beautiful forest, sparkling waters and fresh air. The sisters agreed it sounded perfect and exactly the restorative holiday they needed. But within a month of arriving, under the supervision of Doctor Linda Burfield Hazzard, Claire and Dora began to realise the frightening truth – they were not patients but prisoners at the isolated sanitorium.

175 countries, four billion dollars, one scam: the thrilling rise and fall of the biggest cryptocurrency con in history and the woman behind it all In 2016, on stage at Wembley Arena in front of thousands of adoring fans, Dr. Ruja Ignatova promised her followers a financial revolution. The...

At 5:02 p.m. on June 5, 1986, an emergency call came into the local sheriff’s office in the small town of Auburn, Washington State. A distressed housewife, Stella Nickell, said her husband, Bruce, was having a seizure. Officers rushed to the Nickells' mobile home to find Stella standing frozen at the door…. Bruce was on the floor fighting for his life.

Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself from terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet. She built a global business based upon her claims. There was just one problem: she'd never had cancer. In 2015, journalists uncovered the truth: this hero of the wellness world, with over 200,000 followers, international book deals and a best-selling smartphone app, was a fraud.

Dr. James Kauffman and his wife, April, were the perfect couple: a respected endocrinologist and a beautiful radio host. But under the surface lurked a world of drugs, sex, and biker gangs. A world Dr. Kauffman would kill to keep secret.

Explore the incredible work of the Lord in the hearts and lives of women in the Muslim world! In these gripping stories of Christ's presence straight from the underground church, Pastor Tom Doyle and his wife, JoAnn, show you how women in Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iran are leading their...

“Lush, engrossing and full of mystery and dark magic" (BookPage), Labyrinth's Heart is the thrilling conclusion to M. A. Carrick's Rook & Rose trilogy, in which a con artist, a vigilante, and a crime lord become reluctant allies in the quest to save their city from a dangerous ancient magic...

Fortune favors the bold. Magic favors the liars. Ren is a liar and a thief, a pattern-reader and a daughter of no clan. Raised in the slums of Nadežra, she fled that world to save her sister. Now, she has returned with one goal: to trick her way into a noble house, securing her fortune and...

FBI special agent Kate O’Hare has made it her mission to nail international con artist Nicolas Fox. When she discovers his plot to plunder a venture capitalist’s 20th-story Chicago penthouse of all its cash and treasures while the self-proclaimed "King of Hostile Takeovers" is getting married, Kate is 85 percent - okay maybe 92 percent - sure that she’s finally going to bag Nick Fox. Problem is, first Kate has to convince her boss, building security, and maybe even herself, that wedding planner Merrill Stubing is actually Nicolas Fox. Second, she has to figure out how to corner and capture him without disrupting the event of the year.

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Domitilla Paciotti sa esattamente ciò che vuole. O quasi. Trent’anni, single incallita e una doppia identità da difendere: di giorno, Domitilla veste i panni dell’algida editrice della Memory Publishing, specializzata in biografie storiche e memoriali; di notte, scrive appassionanti romance erotici con lo pseudonimo di Tilly D. Powell. Due lati opposti del suo carattere che ha sempre voluto mantenere separati, ma per salvare la sua azienda dalla bancarotta, qualche compromesso dovrà pur accettarlo.

Por fin estas despierto. Te levantas y miras el reloj. Atonito, te das cuenta de que ya son las 10 de la manana y acabas de empezar.

From viral comedy sensation James Veitch (as seen on TED, Conan, and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon) comes a collection of laugh-out-loud funny exchanges with email scammers. The Nigerian prince eager to fork over his inheritance, the family friend stranded unexpectedly in Norway, the lonely...

A lume di candela o su un prato fiorito, in cucina o - le più fortunate - in una stanza tutta per sé, le donne hanno sempre letto. E fintanto che i loro occhi si posavano su libri scelti dagli uomini, non hanno mai fatto troppa paura. Così, per secoli, le donne hanno conosciuto solo gli scritti dei padri, gli stessi che fin da bambina anche Dacia Maraini ha divorato, e che hanno nutrito la sua fantasia.

Abraham Shakespeare thought he had seen it all until he was befriended by Dee Dee Moore. She promised to write an article or a book about him but soon became his friend. She saw that he was tired of being used for his money, so she offered to help. She would place his money into an LLC where she would have control over it. When he caught wind of how much Dee Dee was stealing from his account, he became enraged. He confronted Dee Dee over her theft and, she had one answer for him: two bullets to the chest....

A clever con artist, a legendary vigilante, and a dashing crime lord must fight to free their city from the clutches of a dark and ancient magic in the second novel of M. A. Carrick's “utterly captivating” Rook & Rose trilogy. (S. A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass) TRUST IS THE...

Un devocional diario práctico que seguramente calentará el corazón de cualquier mujer que busque obtener sabiduría a medida que se acerca a Dios.

Are you tired of the outdated advice that tells you to use cheesy pick-up lines, manipulation, or dishonest tactics to win a woman's heart? It's time to ditch those old, toxic approaches and embrace a more genuine and respectful way to connect with women. In "The Man's Guide to Flirting With Women...Without Being An Asshole," Ryan Evans presents a fresh, modern perspective on the art of flirting, grounded in honesty, respect, and authenticity.

Durante el invierno de 2010, en un pequeño pueblo del interior de Mallorca, Anna y Marina, dos hermanas que fueron separadas en su juventud, se reencuentran para vender una panadería que han heredado de una misteriosa mujer a la que creen no conocer.