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Look carefully at the spelling of the author's name and the book's title: Fake books often misspell the author's name or provide a variation of the book's actual title. If you do fall for a fake ...
419 is a novel by Canadian writer Will Ferguson.Published by Penguin Canada in 2012, the novel was the winner of the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize. [1]Titled for the section of the Nigerian Criminal Code that deals with fraud, the events of the novel are set in motion by Henry Curtis, a retired school teacher in Calgary, Alberta, who dies in a car accident after becoming embroiled in an advance ...
Rainmaking is a simple scam in which the trickster promises to use their power or influence over a complex system to make it do something favourable for the mark. Classically this was promising to make it rain, [ 91 ] but more modern examples include getting someone's app "featured" on an app store , obtaining pass marks in a university ...
A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is merely described (summary review) or analyzed based on content, style, and merit. [ 1 ] A book review may be a primary source , an opinion piece, a summary review, or a scholarly view. [ 2 ]
“Mozart in Motion: His Work and His World in Pieces” by Patrick Mackie (Macmillan Publishers). Writing a biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart nowadays is no easy task.
Charles Redheffer was an American inventor who claimed to have invented a perpetual motion machine. First appearing in Philadelphia, Redheffer exhibited his machine to the public, charging high prices for viewing. When he applied to the government for more money, a group of inspectors were sent to examine the machine.
In case you haven't heard by now, Research In Motion (NAS: RIMM) isn't doing so hot. It's faced with plunging BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook tablet shipments, along with shrinking revenue.
Upon release, the book was quickly sold out in certain Malaysian book chains. [6] In a Financial Times review, the book is described as perfect material for a Hollywood script. [7] It was longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award in 2018. [8] [9] Billion Dollar Whale has been listed as a New York Times ...