Vancouver Nights

Vancouver Nights

Blythe Stone

Nonfiction / Sociology / Economics

Relationship dynamics are rocked when Olivia bumps into her ex after ten years of successful avoidance. Hitting on the new girlfriend might be a bad place to start. Nevertheless, the charitable two invite Olivia to stay with them in Vancouver while Nat works on a new horror film with a real jerk of a director.
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After Reed

After Reed

Blythe Stone

Nonfiction / Sociology / Economics

A fairy-tale of sorts, for the women who are very sick of losing their lovely representation day-in and day-out. After Reed follows the character Leanne as she comes back into the reality she’s been trying to shut out. The death of her girlfriend comes as such a shock that she completely shuts down. Her best friend, and former lover, Natalie, becomes her caretaker and watcher, taking her to a secluded safe space to try and nurse her back into the realm of the living but her young lover Reed may not exactly be gone and Leah will have a long angst-filled journey in figuring that out for the betterment of her future and the triumphant return of her happiness once more. **
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Blackbird

Blackbird

Tom Wright

Nonfiction / Business / Economics

"Dr. Deborah Serach Gold died on the cross sometime during a night of freezing rain in late October of my last year at Three. It probably wasn't the worst thing that happened to her that day, but it had been over two decades in the making . . ." The day after a terrible storm, electricity still crackling in the air, a woman is found dead on the outskirts of a Texan town. She has been brutally attacked and nailed to a cross. The victim is Dr Deborah Gold, a psychologist who has taken a lot of people's secrets to her grave. Which means a lot of suspects for Detective Jim Beaudry Bonham to investigate. And lately he could use some psychological help himself . . .
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Hacker's Diary

Hacker's Diary

Adam Smith

Economics / Philosophy / Ethics

A debut novel by Adam Prockstem Smith. He is living in Israel and after several months of work in Duty-Free he comes up with an idea how to elegantly rob the place. As a computer science and computer application enthusiast, he lives the life of a writer in the Middle East. The main hero in this book is a Hacker and he describes in a diary manner the mind that stands behind a perfect cybercrime. The book has resources, points of enlightenment and philosophical ruminations. It has every aspect of a good afternoon read for every type of reader that is not afraid to be spoken by the intelligent author. Throughout this book, you will learn about Dark Web and elementary aspects of planning a cybercrime. It is a fiction nonetheless, not a practical guide.
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The Orange Balloon Dog

The Orange Balloon Dog

Don Thompson

Art / Nonfiction / Economics

'Thought provoking.' Richard Morrison, The TimesWithin forty-eight hours in the autumn of 2014, buyers in the Sotheby's and Christie's New York auction houses spent $1.7 billion on contemporary art. In The Orange Balloon Dog, economist and bestselling author Don Thompson cites this and other fascinating examples to explore the sometimes baffling activities of the high-end contemporary art market. He examines what is at play in the exchange of vast amounts of money and what nudges buyers, even on the subconscious level, to imbue a creation with such high commercial value. Thompson analyses the behaviours of buyers and sellers and delves into the competitions that define and alter the value of art in today's international market, from New York to London, Singapore to Beijing. Take heed if your fortunes are tied up in stainless steel balloon dogs – Thompson also warns of a looming bust of the contemporary art price balloon.
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