Con Artists Memoir

Diego Armando Maradona diceva: "Chi ruba a un ladro ha cent'anni di perdono". È davvero così? In modo sprezzante e semplicistico la si chiama truffa. Spesso però si tratta di prodotti di ingegno, colpi di genio, macchinazioni da grande attore, manipolazioni da ipnotista. In una sola parola: opere d'arte. Alcuni studi scientifici hanno rilevato un aumento esponenziale delle truffe nei Paesi occidentali in concomitanza con periodi di crisi economica. Questo, quindi, è il momento giusto per ogni truffatore di talento.

The dark web is the internet's evil twin, where anything can be bought and sold. Drugs, weapons, and hackers-for-hire are available at the touch of a button. Most who visit merely look around, happy to satisfy their curiosity before leaving, never to return. But some are sucked into the criminal underworld and find themselves doing things they would never have contemplated in the real world—ordering a hit on a love rival or bidding on an auction for a sex slave—like the people in this book.

Influyente intelectual y activista en pro de los Derechos Humanos y las reformas en la República Popular China, el reciente ganador del Premio Nobel de la Paz 2010, es presidente del Centro Independiente Chino PEN desde 2003, pese a la detención sufrida por sus ideas en 2008, y su condena a 11 años de cárcel el 25 de diciembre.

Ascolta e scopri il capolavoro della più famosa pittrice messicana! Nel mondo dell'arte, Frida Kahlo è una delle donne più famose, insieme a pochi altri nomi noti come Tamara de Lempicka, Artemisia Gentileschi ed Elisabetta Sirani. Simbolo per eccellenza del suo Paese, il Messico, e della condizione sociale della donna nella metà del secolo scorso, Kahlo visse una vita breve ma molto intensa, tra incredibili sofferenze fisiche, un matrimonio con Diego Rivera che le portò tante gioie quanti dolori e una carriera altalenante.

Authorized User is based on the true story involving early '90s Sony hip hop artist Tim Dog. Allegedly, Tim Dog the con artist had been victimizing unsuspecting victims for approximately a decade and a half with little to no attention from law enforcement. Based on the evidence and reports later received by law enforcement, Tim Dog targeted single mothers, young aspiring artists, and even a few men in his fictitious business circle.

La obra de Joaquín Sorolla es una de las más populares de la historia del arte español. Paradójicamente, su apasionante vida es poco conocida. Requerido por las élites sociales e intelectuales de Europa y América, fue uno de los grandes artistas de su época, que triunfó en los salones de París y en la emergente Nueva York. Habitó el fascinante mundo de finales del siglo xix e inicios del XX, con el desarrollo de la modernidad y la llegada de los grandes inventos.

Edgar Laplante was a small-time grifter, an erstwhile vaudeville performer, and an unabashed charmer. But after years of playing thankless gigs and traveling with medicine shows, he decided to undertake the most demanding and bravura performance of his life. In the fall of 1917, Laplante reinvented himself as Chief White Elk: war hero, sports star, civil rights campaigner, Cherokee nation leader - and total fraud.

The ultimate collection of Australia's craziest cons and mad schemes from a master storyteller. Australia is the birthplace and setting of some of the wildest, craziest and least-likely-to-succeed cons and rorts in history. From the cleverest double-crosses to the most unlikely and maddest schemes, master storyteller Jim Haynes reminds us that we've never been shy of pulling a trick or two.

A Hollywood starlet on a smash-hit sitcom enjoys rising fame, unaware that her greatest fan is hell-bent on meeting his crush. A gameshow winner turns to writing books. When one is given a scathing review, he tracks down the reviewer with bloody results. Men keep turning up at a newlywed's home convinced that she has placed a Craigslist ad for a rough fantasy roleplay. Stalkers takes you into the twisted world of cyberstalking, catfishing, rejected suitors, jealous exes, and celebrity stalkers, and the devastating impact their obsessions can have on their victims.

The true face of injustice unmasks itself in this confounding book as we explore the cases of 10 people who have been put on death row for crimes they did not commit: true stories of despair, fear, anguish, and injustice that have become a permanent part of their lives even after being exonerated. Some of these people have lost their lives because of the poor investigations carried out by police. Some of these people have been victims of circumstance, while others were framed and set up for murders. Corruption in the police department becomes more evident as each case unfolds.

Carolyn Woods lebte glücklich in einem ruhigen Dorf in den Cotswolds, als plötzlich ein attraktiver Fremder in ihr Leben trat. Er stellte sich als Mark Conway vor, und zu ihrer Überraschung war Carolyn schnell von diesem mysteriösen Mann fasziniert. Der reiche Schweizer Bankier (der später gestand, ein Spion zu sein) nahm Carolyn mit in eine aufregende, glamouröse Welt. Einige Dinge jedoch waren seltsam, und sie begann, ihren Liebhaber zu hinterfragen.

Im Jahr 2019 beginnt der erfahrene Journalist Mark Seal, den verdächtigen Tod des Musikmoguls Peter Ikin zu untersuchen. Dieser hatte nur zweiunddreißig Tage vor seinem Tod einen gut aussehenden, eleganten Franzosen namens Alexandre geheiratet, der nun Ansprüche auf das Vermögen seines verstorbenen Mannes geltend machen will. Als Seal sich in den Fall vertieft, führt ihn die Spurensuche nach dem unglaublichen Leben von Alexandre Despallières von Paris über London bis nach Beverly Hills.

En 1927, Charley Braggs llegó a casa y encontró a dos de sus hijas muertas. El médico que observó a las niñas en sus últimos momentos diagnosticó que había sido a causa de una intoxicación alimentaria. No fue necesario realizar una autopsia. Su esposa, Nannie, atribuyó a los granos de avena contaminados como la causa de la intoxicación, pero Charley no estaba convencido.

"'Om du inte är snäll, så kommer Rottenikken och tar dig!' Hur många olydiga barn från krigstiden är det inte som idag kan minnas detta hot från sina föräldrar? Rottenikken - Rolf Erling Knutsen - är en av de märkligaste personerna i norsk rättshistoria." Knutsen härjade som värst i norska Telemark när landet var under tysk ockupation. Den norska allmänheten lärde känna honom genom sensationellt dramatiska tidningsartiklar, och hans våldsamma rykte användes av nazisterna i skrämselpropagandan mot den norska motståndsrörelsen.

Våren 1987 inkommer ett brev till Sveriges ambassad i London som genast väcker personalens intresse och sympatier. I brevet beskriver ett äldre brittiskt par hur de lurats av en svensk baron, som lovat dem ett arbete som inte existerade i verkligheten. Brevet överlämnas till svensk polis, som åker för att intervjua paret i England. Paret hade kommit i kontakt med baronen, som givit dem arbete på sitt slott i Portugal. De hade blivit lovade en hög lön och ett hem på slottet, och i förberedelse för flytten sålde de sitt hus och sina ägodelar.

En 1988, los detectives del Departamento de Policía de Sacramento, fueron llamados para investigar la desaparición de un hombre en su última dirección conocida: una casa de huéspedes para ancianos, indigentes y enfermos mentales. La propietaria, Dorothea Puente, era una adorable anciana que cuidaba de los vagabundos y del resto de los náufragos de la sociedad. ¿Estaban perdiendo el tiempo persiguiendo a una anciana encantadora y caritativa o se estaban acercando a una asesina encubierta que explotaba a los miembros más vulnerables de la sociedad?

Nordisk Kriminalreportage indeholder en lang række spændende og autentiske politisager fra Sverige, Norge, Finland og Island. Sagerne er skrevet af de politifolk, der var med i opklaringsarbejdet. Sagerne er alle afsluttede, og domsfældelse har fundet sted. Det er hæsblæsende læsning, og ofte overgår virkeligheden fantasien. Læseren kommer med ind bag nogle af de mest dramatiske sager i skandinavisk politihistorie, og får stiftet bekendtskab med det puslespil, det er at finde frem til gerningsmændene.

Max the Forger is an artist and gentleman whose colorful lifestyle has spanned over 70 years. He has lived under the strict regime of Barnardo’s children’s homes, been an elephant handler in the circus, lived rough, busked his way from Brighton to Bombay, sold his fakes up and down the country, dined with dukes, socialized with celebrities, associated with gangsters, served time in prison, and donated tens of thousands to charity. And through it all, he never stopped smiling, and loving life - and missing his mum.

Entre mayo y junio de 2019, se juzgó en Nueva York al falso gurú de la autoayuda, Keith Raniere, por un cúmulo de delitos que incluyen lavado de dinero, esclavitud sexual, extorsión, entre otros. Raniere aseguró por años ante sus fieles ser el hombre más inteligente y ético del mundo, aunque nunca demostró ninguno de estos dos atributos.

In November 1974, British MP and former cabinet minister John Stonehouse walked into the sea off a beach in Miami and disappeared, seemingly drowned. Then he was found—on the other side of the world, in Australia—and his extraordinary story began to come to light: a Labour cabinet minister and a devoted family man, also in a long-term affair with his secretary, and a spy for the Czech State Security agency, who had committed fraud and attempted to fake his own death to escape catastrophic business failures.