Financial Fiction

Most people are cautious about any advice they receive concerning their finances. But what if that advice were to come from the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity? In The Holy Spirit, Your Financial Advisor, Dr. Creflo Dollar investigates what the Bible has to say about the role of the Holy Spirit in the area of making and keeping money and discovers some surprising truths.

Weary of fighting, Lucas wants nothing more than to return to Shangri-La and the arms of Sierra. But circumstances conspire against him, and he soon finds himself embroiled in a war he wanted no part of while his loved ones are imperiled by ruthless adversaries who want them dead. The latest installment of The Day After Never series continues in the tradition of the earlier novels, with twists, reversals, and surprises aplenty.

When she discovers the bank is involved in shockingly murky business dealings, Kat realizes she’s treading in dangerous waters. She turns to her confidante and handsome suitor, Daniel McAdam, for help. To exonerate Samuel, Kat and Daniel may have to expose the unseemly financial dealings of prominent aristocrats and government officials, and even those working to bring down the royal family. Kat will risk everything to protect the man who has sacrificed so much for her daughter, even if it means endangering herself and the friends she has come to love.

Someone is posing as the outspoken, blue-eyed, blond attorney and is wreaking havoc around town, apparently determined to destroy everything Bennie loves. Only one person can pull off this double deception: Bennie's identical twin sister, Alice Connelly. But as far as Bennie knows, Alice left Philly long ago and never looked back.

Country music icon Shane Black is this year’s headliner for the New Year’s Eve bash in Times Square, but when violent riots break out, he’ll need more than a six string to escape New York City. After decades of abuse as the world’s reserve currency, the US dollar’s day of reckoning is at hand. Without a functioning monetary system to purchase basic goods, society rapidly descends into abject chaos. Protests, looting, and bloodletting take the place of civility in a country which becomes thoroughly unhinged.

Lieutenant Eli Williams was supposed to be dead. In the two years since his shipwreck, his friends and family mourned him, his brother spent his savings, and his fiancée married someone else. So when he turns up in the middle of the London social season, he quickly becomes the talk of the town. All Eli wants is to set his life back in order and reconnect with Jane Bishop, a friend who has always meant so much more to him, before returning to sea.

Endlich auch als Hörbuch verfügbar: der große Debütroman von Jeffrey Archer. Harvey Metcalfe ist hochintelligent, reich – und ein Betrüger. Sein jüngster Coup: Mit leeren Versprechungen und vorgetäuschten Geschäften hat er vier wohlhabende Männer über Nacht um ihr Vermögen gebracht. Doch diesmal hat er sich die Falschen ausgesucht. Seine Opfer haben sich verbündet, um Metcalfe mit seinen eigenen Waffen zu schlagen. Gemeinsam wollen sie ihn exakt um den Betrag erleichtern, den sie zuvor verloren haben: eine Millionen US-Dollar. Ein gewagtes Spiel beginnt.

This is not a romantic comedy. This is not a fairy tale. This is not what you're expecting. Lies, secrets, betrayal. Marriage, divorce, sex. Love, heartbreak, money. Best friends. Old enemies. Soul mates. Happily Ever After comes in many forms. A Way to Get By is the story of how Brenda and Eddie found theirs.

A few years ago, small-time finance journalist Matthew Prior quit his day job to gamble everything on a quixotic notion: a Web site devoted to financial journalism in the form of blank verse. When his big idea - and his wife's eBay resale business - ends with a whimper (and a garage full of unwanted figurines), they borrow and borrow, whistling past the graveyard of their uncertain dreams.

Eleven years ago during Christmas, Martin Banks' family was thrown into the streets by wealthy landlord Edwin Hartwell. Now, this holiday season, fate has handed Martin an unexpected gift: vengeance. Defeating Hartwell at cards gives Martin the chance to financially ruin the man - but damn, instead of money, Hartwell offers his daughter as payment. And double damn, Martin stupidly accepts. How did retribution turn into seduction? Martin refuses to let himself fall in love, so there must be rules to this game. And perhaps a bit of romance.

A classic of American literature from a Nobel Prize winning author, The Sound and the Fury is widely considered to be one of the best novels of the twentieth century. William Faulkner expertly illustrates the epic and tragic story of the Compson family, three generations of Southern aristocrats on the brink of ruin. Unprecedented for its time, Faulkner weaves a tale spanning nearly two decades, told from multiple points of view in a style all its own.

Bryan LeBlanc worked his way up into a plum position on Wall Street as the boy genius of the foreign exchange desk. Surrounded by "the few, the proud, the completely full of themselves", he decides to give Wall Street a taste of its own medicine and hatches an intricate plan to disappear permanently with just enough misappropriated money - and sailing classes - to spend his golden years cruising the Caribbean. Bryan quickly learns that being a criminal, even a really smart one, is more complicated than he thought. He finds himself on the run in the Cayman Islands, wanted for murder.

The mysterious, violent death of a prominent New England patriarch exposes a nest of dark family secrets in bestselling author Richard North Patterson’s twentieth compelling novel. Adam Blaine arrives on the island of Martha’s Vineyard to attend the funeral of his estranged father, Ben Blaine, a famous and charismatic writer who has served as patriarch of his clan for many years.

The Troll Bridge tells the story of a young boy, Joel, and his encounter with the Troll who lives under a bridge. The greedy Troll charges everyone and everything that crossed the bridge and grew very wealthy. When disaster strikes however he needs the kindness of strangers to save him from a damp and miserable end.

MEURTRES, VOLS, TRAHISONS : LES EFFETS DÉLÈTERES DE L'APPÂT DU GAIN. Dans cette famille bourgeoise et rangée du second empire, la soirée s'annonce des plus tranquilles : Vincent Favoral, caissier de la banque Thaller, reçoit quelques habitués à dîner en famille. Elle vire au drame lorsque Thaller fait irruption en accusant Favoral de détournement de fonds. Favoral paniqué, et encouragé par son patron à se soustraire à la police, s'enfuit. C'est la stupéfaction parmi les convives. Favoral passait en effet pour un homme probe et ordonné, scrupuleux jusqu'à l'excès.

A man is found in his car, having met a painful death. Another man is found in the woods, clearly murdered. DI Aidan Burke seeks to establish the connection between these deaths. The first man is a wealthy property developer. Little is known about the second victim. Burke's sergeant, DS Fiona Moore, sets to work gathering evidence. But the investigation turns up some unusual findings that point to serious organized criminal activity.

This is the story of how Victoria dominates a weak man in every way: financially, sexually, and mentally. Soon, he is pushed to the limit as she makes him do things he never even thought possible.

Conflicting imperatives tear Lucas in different directions as a mounting threat to Shangri-La's survival looms large. In this eighth installment in the best-selling Day After Never series, Lucas faces more ominous challenges than ever before and must risk everything if he, and those he loves, are to survive.

The kids learn how to pursue their life goals through long term focus and balance. Our world is filled with instant gratification, but real success and happiness takes time. Learning discipline, patience, and balance sets you up for a life of prosperity and well-being.

The guides explain the importance of goal setting. Having positive goals keeps you on track and moving forward. Knowing where you are going helps you make healthy choices.