Added by: Cheramie | Karma: 275.78 | E-Books, Fiction literature | 23 January 2010
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Let the Great World Spin: A Novel by Colum McCannColum McCann has worked some exquisite magic with Let the Great World Spin, conjuring a novel of electromagnetic force that defies gravity. It's August of 1974, a summer "hot and serious and full of death and betrayal," and Watergate and the Vietnam War make the world feel precarious.
This book defines more than 4,200 insurance terms that should be understood by agents, brokers, actuaries, underwriters, personnel professionals dealing with employee-benefit programs, and consumers who need to understand the insurance policies they plan to buy. Terminology covers life, health, property, and casualty insurance, as well as retirement plans. This new, heavily updated edition has been expanded with approximately 200 newterms, and updatings of many other terms to reflect the current state of the insurance industry.
Added by: mysticat | Karma: 0 | E-Books, Fiction literature | 24 June 2009
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Rex Stout "Nero Wolfe collection" Nero Wolfe and his investigator/bodyguard/secretary ARCHIE GOODWIN are just as much "eyes" as their predecessors Holmes and Watson – with a big helping of the American P.I. genes that defined the genre. reuploaded, new books added Thanks to taxipro!
Added by: Kaldagan | Karma: 115.48 | E-Books, Fiction literature | 4 June 2009
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It is always night in the city of Ember. But there is no moon, no stars. The only light during the regular twelve hours of "day" comes from floodlamps that cast a yellowish glow over the streets of the city. Beyond are the pitch-black Unknown Regions, which no one has ever explored because an understanding of fire and electricity has been lost, and with it the idea of a Moveable Light...
Added by: sahand | Karma: 57.96 | E-Books, Fiction literature | 25 February 2009
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It is the dawn of the Eighteenth Century. At the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty East India Trading Company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates on the high seas. After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage – a death or glory mission in the name of Empire and the crown.