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Swedish Marxist Noir - Per Hellgren - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Swedish Marxist Noir - Per Hellgren - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Marxist theories have had a profound influence on crime fiction, beginning with the works of the American writers of the 1930s. This study explores the development of a Swedish Marxist noir subgenre after the 1990s through a Marxist reading of central works, from the Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler to the 1960s social crime fiction of Sjowall-Wahloo to modern bestselling authors such as Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Roslund & Hellstrom, Jens Lapidus, Arne Dahl and others. The works of these writers show a common thread of Marxist worldview in their portrayal of a modern world gone wrong.

DKK 582.00
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Major League Umpires' Performance, 2007-2010 - Andrew Goldblatt - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Major League Umpires' Performance, 2007-2010 - Andrew Goldblatt - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Thirty years into baseball''s sabermetric revolution, relatively little attention has been paid to the impact of a major league umpire''s ball-and-strike judgment on game results. This welcome study corrects this omission by profiling more than ninety current umpires, summarizing their professional history, and charting their performance at home plate from 2007 through 2010. Annual and four-season rankings place the umpires according to four categories: runs per nine innings, walks per nine innings, strikeouts per nine innings, and strikeout-to-walk ratio. The statistical analysis reveals that the home plate umpire''s influence on a game can be huge, both in terms of runs scored and the distribution of walks and strikeouts. By introducing umpires as individuals and encouraging a rational discussion of their work, this examination depicts umpires as dynamic actors whose impact on the game can be measured, analyzed, and enjoyed.

DKK 402.00
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Women in the American Revolution - Sudie Doggett Wike - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Women in the American Revolution - Sudie Doggett Wike - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Without the support of American women, victory in the Revolutionary War would not have been possible. They followed the Continental Army, handling a range of jobs that were usually performed by men. On the orders of General Washington, some were hired as nurses for $2 per month and one full ration per day--disease was rampant and nurse mortality was high. A few served with artillery units or masqueraded as men to fight in the ranks. The author focuses on the many key roles women filled in the struggle for independence, from farming to making saltpeter to spying.

DKK 402.00
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Iron Man McGinnity - Don Doxsie - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Iron Man McGinnity - Don Doxsie - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This biography traces the hard life and colorful career of "Iron Man" McGinnity from his childhood working the coalfields of Illinois to his death in 1929. McGinnity may have been the most durable hurler in the history of the sport, often pitching both games of a doubleheader. He averaged more wins per season in his 10-year major league career than any pitcher in history, and continued to pitch for two more decades in the minor leagues before retiring at 54.

DKK 314.00
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Big Sam Thompson - Roy Kerr - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Big Sam Thompson - Roy Kerr - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Forgotten today, Sam Thompson (1860-1922) was one of the most dominant five skills players of his era. At the plate, he batted .331, was second among 19th century players in home runs, and ranks first all-time in RBI per game (.923). In his prime, he averaged 25 steals a season. Defensively, he registered 283 outfield assists (12th all-time), and is first among all outfielders (with 1,000+ games) in his ratio of assists per game with one every 4.9 games. Using a primitive fielding glove with no webbing or pocket, he compiled the highest fielding average of any outfielder (1,000+ games) who completed his career before 1900. At age 46, 10 years after his last full major league season, Thompson played eight games for the injury-plagued Detroit Tigers, winning one contest with his bat and saving several others with spectacular catches in the outfield. This comprehensive biography traces Thompson''s life and career from his childhood in rural Danville, Indiana, to his last days as a U.S. deputy marshal in Detroit, and clarifies his status of one of the greatest players in baseball''s long and storied history.

DKK 320.00
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Theda Bara, My Mentor - Beverly F. Stout - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Theda Bara, My Mentor - Beverly F. Stout - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

As movie patrons sat in darkened theaters in January 1914, they were mesmerized by an alluring temptress with long sable hair and kohl-rimmed eyes. Theda Bara--"the vamp," as she would come to be known--would soon be one of the highest paid film stars of the 1910s, earning an unheard of $4,000 per week, before retiring from the screen in 1926. In 1946, at age five, the author met Bara--then 61--at her Beverly Hills home and the actress became her mentor. This memoir is the story of their friendship.

DKK 314.00
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Scene of the Crime - David Geherin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Scene of the Crime - David Geherin - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Offering analysis of the fiction of 15 authors for whom the setting greatly contributes to their overall literary style, this book focuses on the many ways that "place" figures in modern crime and mystery novels. The authors (and their settings) are: Georges Simenon (Paris), Donna Leon (Venice), Tony Hillerman (American Southwest), Walter Mosley (South Central Los Angeles), George P. Pelecanos (Washington, D.C.), Sara Paretsky (Chicago), James Lee Burke (Southern Louisiana), Carl Hiaasen (South Florida), Ian Rankin (Edinburgh), Alexander McCall Smith (Botswana), James McClure (South Africa), Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo (Stockholm), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Mexico City), Leonardo Sciascia (Sicily) and Lindsey Davis (Ancient Rome).

DKK 402.00
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Three-Pointer! - Lukasz Muniowski - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Three-Pointer! - Lukasz Muniowski - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The three-point shot has been an NBA institution for more than 40 years, with the first long-distance bombs fired on October 12, 1979. The game has since changed dramatically. Critics today contend that three-pointers have gotten out of hand. Attempts rose from 2.8 per game in the 1979-1980 season to 18.4 in 2011-2012 to 32 in 2018-2019. Charting this development, this volume focuses on examples of 12 performances by 12 exceptional shooters--with mention of many more. Starting with Chris Ford and ending with Steph Curry, the author shows how these athletes have changed the NBA one shot at a time.

DKK 314.00
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Soviet Spies Worldwide - Peter Polack - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Soviet Spies Worldwide - Peter Polack - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Between 1970 and 1986, countries around the world expelled hundreds of Soviet officials and personnel for espionage or other misconduct. One official source puts the number at 672 for the 16-year period, or an average of 42 expulsions per year. Some were forced to live in numerous countries over the years while assuming different identities, their true names never to be discovered. This text documents nearly five hundred Soviet spies who were expelled, exposed or recalled, as well as acts of espionage in nearly one hundred countries. From infiltrating Swiss operations in Indonesia to operating within the Syrian embassy in Moscow, this encyclopedia provides a country-by-country list of various Soviet subversive efforts around the world.

DKK 1000.00
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Professional Wrestling and the Law - Alex B. Long - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Professional Wrestling and the Law - Alex B. Long - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Written by a law professor (who also happens to be a wrestling fan), this book is an entertaining and informative exploration of legal cases involving professional wrestling. Relying upon judicial decisions and court documents, it discusses the legal theories and procedures involved in legal disputes involving professional wrestling and explores how the legal system--an institution devoted to arriving at the truth involved in any conflict--has dealt with the business of professional wrestling, a business with a long history of obscuring the truth. Topics include: the legal issues involved when a wrestler goes into the crowd and beats up a fan; Hulk Hogan''s defamation lawsuit against World Championship Wrestling for statements made during a live pay-per-view event; and race and sex discrimination in professional wrestling.

DKK 446.00
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Movies at Home - Kerry Segrave - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Movies at Home - Kerry Segrave - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The relationship of Hollywood and television, initially turbulent, has ultimately been profitable from the first sally in what was expected to be a war of attrition, up through the soliciting of movies by major networks, independent stations, basic cable networks, premium cable channels, pay-per-view systems and even the corner video store. When their initial efforts to acquire ownership interests in television outlets were thwarted, Hollywood''s major movie studios determined to withhold from the tube not only their films but also their actors, no doubt in hopes of making the rival medium appear a weak substitute for cinema. With ticket sales shrinking and television set purchases booming, the studios, erasing their last contemptuously drawn line in the sand, grudgingly released their films to television--and made a fortune.

DKK 314.00
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Mixed Martial Arts and the Quest for Legitimacy - Mark S. Williams - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Mixed Martial Arts and the Quest for Legitimacy - Mark S. Williams - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Mixed martial arts or MMA is widely regarded as the fastest growing sport. Events fill stadiums around the world and draw vast television audiences, earning strong revenue through pay-per-view at a time when other sports have abandoned it. In 2016, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was bought by the massive talent agency WME-IMG for $4 billion. Despite this success, much of the public remains uneasy with the sport, which critics have denounced as "human cockfighting." Through an exploration of violence, class, gender, race and nationalism, the author finds that MMA is both an expression of the positive values of martial arts and a spectacle defined by narcissism, hate and patriarchy. The long-term success of MMA will depend on the ability of promoters and athletes to resist indulging in spectacle at the expense of sport.

DKK 314.00
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Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth - Allen A. Debus - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth - Allen A. Debus - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

During the 2010s, science fiction''s immortal adversaries King Kong and Godzilla, representing our conflicts per Carl Sagan''s "dream dragons" analogy, made comebacks in American cinema. The blockbuster Kaiju resurged onto the screen, depicting these protectors of an Earth plagued by mankind''s hubris and folly. With Earth''s future hanging in the balance, their climactic 2021 staging settled a score between the two giant monsters, resolving Toho''s classic 1963 film King Kong vs. Godzilla . As formidable creatures emerging from Time''s Tomb on Mother Earth, metaphorical Kong and Godzilla are considered here in light of new millennial environmentalism''s stark reality. This book, nostalgic in tone, explores the meaning of Kong and Godzilla as planetary saviors--titanic protectors of a theoretical "living Earth" Gaia--defending the globe from a prehistoric plague of adversaries.

DKK 402.00
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Baseball Ratings - Charles F. Faber - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Baseball Ratings - Charles F. Faber - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In this third edition of Baseball Ratings , author Charles Faber combines the second edition ("great fodder for arguments"-- Booklist ) with his book on 19th-century greats, Baseball Pioneers ("very impressive"-- Reference and User Services Quarterly ; "a notable and … worthwhile addition"-- ARBA ), updating the ratings and expanding the commentary in each. The result, Baseball Ratings: The All-Time Best Players at Each Position, 1876 to the Present , is that rarest of rankings books--a time-tested, comprehensive reference work that invites reading. Batters, fielders and pitchers from all major leagues since 1876 are ranked by position and, for pitchers, according to role (e.g., starter, middle reliever, closer) according to career, peak, and per-season achievement. All big league players with at least five years of eligibility are rated, and appendices identify underrated and overrated players, rate multiposition players, and sort the great by handedness.

DKK 489.00
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My Most-Wanted Marijuana Mom - David Mcnelis - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

My Most-Wanted Marijuana Mom - David Mcnelis - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

"You are about to enter a world of drug smuggling, drug greed, and drug murder." With those words, the West Palm Beach assistant DA began the 1986 murder trial of Judy "Haas" McNelis. The only woman on the U.S. Federal Marshal''s 15 Most-Wanted List, she gained infamy as head of the "Haas Organization," a reputed $267 million per year marijuana empire. But before her jet-set lifestyle as a drug "queen-pin," Haas was simply a divorcee with two young children and a penchant for growing pot. David McNelis'' candid memoir recounts his life with a brash, free-spirited mother determined to achieve success in the male-dominated world of international narcotics smuggling. A studious kid striving for normalcy, McNelis is thrust into an extraordinary adventure where dealers, smugglers, daredevil pilots, federal agents, hitmen, and even an accused KGB spy all become part of "normal" life.

DKK 183.00
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The Hat That Killed a Billion Birds - Arthur G. Sharp - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Hat That Killed a Billion Birds - Arthur G. Sharp - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, it was common practice for milliners to decorate women''s hats with birds'' feathers and plumes--and sometimes with the birds themselves. As many as 300 million birds per year were killed for this fashionable enterprise, causing the extinction of some entire species and the endangerment of others. Lawmakers and bird aficionados were slow to react to the effects of this practice, which went on almost unabated for a quarter of a century. Then, noted naturalists like George Bird Grinnell, William T. Hornaday, and President Theodore Roosevelt, who recognized the economic benefits birds provided, banded together to pass meaningful legislation to protect them and to curb the production of murderous millinery. This book explores the troubled history of millinery and its complicated relationship to birds and conservation. It explores why it took so long for the slaughter to end and how the efforts of individuals and groups brought about change.

DKK 402.00
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Spitballers - Richard B. Faber - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Spitballers - Richard B. Faber - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

On September 10, 1934, grizzled reliever Burleigh Grimes helped the Pittsburgh Pirates to an inconsequential 9-7 win over the New York Giants in the Polo Grounds. For Grimes, the September contest marked his 270th and final win. For baseball, it marked the last time a legal spitballer would win a major league contest. Though the pitch had been banned in 1920, the American and National leagues both agreed to grant two exemptions per team to spitballers who were already in the majors. In 1921, both leagues agreed to extend grandfather provisions to cover the veteran spitball pitchers for the remainder of their careers. Under the extended rule, 17 pitchers were granted exemptions for their careers. This work looks at the lives and careers of these 17: Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Jack Quinn, Urban Shocker, Stan Coveleskie, Bill Doak, Ray Caldwell, Clarence Mitchell, Dutch Leonard, Ray Fisher, Dick Rudolph, Allen Sothoron, Phil Douglas, Allan Russell, Doc Ayers, Dana Fillingim and Marvin Goodwin.

DKK 271.00
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The American Cardiovascular Pandemic - David Gordon - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The American Cardiovascular Pandemic - David Gordon - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

As Americans and citizens of other industrializing countries began to enjoy lives of increasing affluence and ease during the first half of the 20th century, a rising tide of heart attacks and strokes displaced infectious diseases as the leading cause of death, killing millions in the United States and throughout the world. Although cardiovascular disease remains serious and widespread, the significant decline of per capita deaths is one of the greatest accomplishments of modern public health and medicine. Death rates from heart attack and stroke have fallen dramatically by 80% in the past 50 years -- the progress has been hard won by a combination of basic and applied laboratory research, broad and far-reaching epidemiological studies by physicians, scientists, and public health experts. Cardiovascular disease is no longer viewed as an as an inevitable feature of the natural course of aging, and complacency has given way to hope. This book focuses on developments that influenced the rise and decline of cardiovascular mortality since 1900, but also includes insider insights from the author, a 42-year NIH employee.

DKK 402.00
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Connecticut Gridiron - William J. Ryczek - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Connecticut Gridiron - William J. Ryczek - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This narrative history of minor league football teams in Connecticut in the 1960s and 1970s is based on extensive newspaper and periodical research and interviews with nearly 70 former players, broadcasters and journalists. Only a few players--like Marv Hubbard, Lou Piccone and Bob Tucker--made it to the NFL, but many more played for as little as $25 per game in their quest to make it big or just have fun. Wealthy men like Pete Savin and Frank D''Addario owned teams in Hartford and Bridgeport. In the days before cable television saturated the media with live sports, small town fans turned out to support their local heroes, often men who worked on construction crews during the week and stopped by the diner Sunday morning to talk football. Now in their 60s, 70s and 80s, these men share their stories of a simpler era; the good times, like the Hartford Knights'' 1968 ACFL championship season, and the long bus rides and missed paydays that were as much a part of minor league ball as first downs and interceptions.

DKK 314.00
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The Durable Runner - Alison Heilig - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Durable Runner - Alison Heilig - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Part sport and part exercise, running boosts health, longevity, and mental well-being. However, running is a demanding activity that can potentially tax the runner''s body and mind. Therefore, possessing durability for running--a fusion of toughness and flexibility--is desirable to enhance a runner''s physical and mental experience. This book--the first of its kind to combine corrective exercise, self-myofascial release, and yoga--empowers runners with measures to avoid unnecessary pain, injury, and burnout. It is a comprehensive guide to creating a simple and efficient system of personalized supplemental training in which runners learn to identify and address areas of imbalance and overuse. These training methods increase strength, stability, mobility, and resiliency, and require as little as 15 minutes per day to implement. (For each technique, the author has produced a video, and live links are included in the enhanced ebook edition.) Runners can decrease the risk of injury, improve running performance, and maintain joint health. The result: a more durable body and mind that will support your running--and your life--for years to come.

DKK 258.00
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Lynchings in Kansas, 1850s-1932 - Harriet C. Frazier - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Lynchings in Kansas, 1850s-1932 - Harriet C. Frazier - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 1933, Genevieve Yost, Kansas State Historical Society cataloger, published a "History of Lynching in Kansas." The present book is a development of that work, researched with the benefit of modern technology. The author locates 58 lynchings Yost missed and removes 19 from her list that for various reasons are not lynchings in Kansas. Yost apparently catalogued her 123 entries, some containing up to six names, based on her newspaper sources'' headlines, not the actual stories on the lynchings. Her catalog places some events in counties that did not exist at the time of the lynching. In this book, errors in her data are corrected: misspelled names, incorrect places and dates, and the number of victims per incident. In agreement with Yost, the author finds that most of the victims were white men who were horse thieves, their deaths taking place in the eastern tier of counties bordering Missouri, an area then and now where most Kansans lived. The last lynching in Kansas took place in 1932 in the extreme northwest of the state, and an interview of an eyewitness is included.

DKK 402.00
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American Television Abroad - Kerry Segrave - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

American Television Abroad - Kerry Segrave - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Once the major Hollywood studios got over their loathing of television as an entertainment medium, they moved quickly to try to dominate both domestic and international programming. In the United States, the eight major studios controlled an overwhelming majority of all television programming by the early 1950s. Their efforts in foreign markets were not quite so successful, but by the 1990s U.S. distributors controlled about 75 percent of the international television trade. Hollywood''s efforts in television were often thwarted by governments that recognized the airwaves as a public resource and intervened in varying degrees to keep the studios'' programing off the air in their countries. Still the U.S. industry found various ways to provide American fare to foreign viewers. Even into the 1980s, for example, some Hollywood shows could be bought by foreign broadcasters for fees as low as $25 per segment. Despite these efforts the American studios have never been able to completely dominate foreign airwaves: Viewers usually prefer their own, domestic fare to that offered by Hollywood. This history fully documents the U.S. television industry''s efforts in foreign markets and how it continues to look for new markets.

DKK 402.00
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So Far, So Funny - Hal Kanter - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

So Far, So Funny - Hal Kanter - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

At 18, Hal Kanter first came to Hollywood to work as the ghost writer for a comic strip for the princely sum of $10 per week - before he was fired. It was then he heard an Eddie Cantor radio show and realised that he could write better jokes than the famed comedian's writers were providing him. Interestingly enough, Cantor's writers agreed with him, at least to some degree, and hired the brash young man to work with them on the Jack Oakie radio show. Thus was born one of the more interesting and varied careers in Hollywood. Kanter's writing career went from radio shows to screenplays to television series. Along the way he worked with such luminaries as Bob Hope, Frank Capra, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and a host of others. Awarded an Emmy for writing The George Gobel Show, he was the creator of Julia, the ground-breaking television series. Though he went on to enjoy great success as a producer and director, Kanter always considered himself, first and foremost, a writer. And just how many scripts has he written? ""More than I can lift,"" he says.

DKK 245.00
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Virtually Obscene - Amy E. White - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Virtually Obscene - Amy E. White - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Free porn. The phrase conjures images of search engine scams, computer viruses and spam emails. It also hints at an important debate--not over cost-free porn, per se, but over a regulation-free internet. As internet usage exploded in the 1990s, so too did the utopian vision of universal access to unregulated information. Differing ideas of obscenity and the United States government''s dominion over the web, though, have forced a serious dilemma, centered on internet pornography, that involves regulation, freedom of information, first amendment rights, feminism and morality. This book examines the phenomenon of internet pornography, demonstrating how that debate is an important case study in the wider argument over internet regulation. Chapters objectively uncover the flaws of the most common arguments for and against regulation, and examine efforts to regulate the internet; community standards of obscenity as grounds for regulation; the free speech debate; and harm to children, women and the moral environment. The author offers a final analysis that regulation of sexually explicit materials is ultimately futile, and that the utility of an unregulated internet outweighs arguments against regulated sexually explicit materials.

DKK 314.00
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Elder Fraud Wars - David Neil Kirkman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Elder Fraud Wars - David Neil Kirkman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

By recounting actual court cases, this book examines the multi-billion-dollar elder fraud industry, the special vulnerabilities of those it targets, and the ease and frequency with which it obtains hundreds of thousands of dollars per victim. It also reveals successful strategies for combating that industry and the important contributions to that effort by concerned bankers, doctors, reporters and others in the private sector. The cases reveal an increasingly sophisticated global industry that targets each victim with a series of repeat "hits." This tactic--criminals call it "reloading"--sets the elder fraud industry apart from groups that defraud younger individuals. Twelve key age-related fraud vulnerabilities are illustrated in the cases. So, too, are the scammers'' skills in mapping their target''s unique combination of vulnerabilities and then tailoring their narratives to exploit each one. Most of the cases highlight actual victims, scam artists or fraud fighters. Their individual stories range from inspiring and sometimes comical to frustrating and deeply disturbing. Readers with aging parents, law enforcement officials, medical professionals, members of the financial industry and others who work with older adults will find it particularly useful.

DKK 314.00
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