Author: C. J. S. Thompson
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: characters, charlatans, remarkable, accounts, history, mysteries
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2004-03-05
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0766186067
ISBN-13: 9780766186064

1928. Contents: Mysterious Deaths in Ancient Times; Did Henry I Die from the Effects of Eating Lampreys?; The Mysterious Death of King John; Was the Duke of Clarence Drowned in Malmsey Wine?; Mysterious Deaths in French History; The Mystery of Cumnor Place; The Death of Queen Mary, Was King James I Poisoned?; The Strange Mystery of the Duchess Anne; A Gallant Prince of Wales; The Strange Exploits of a King_s Favorite; The Last Illness and Death of King Charles II; The Mystery of the Royal Touch; The Strange Adventures of Count Caetano, The Gold Maker; The Fascination of a Queen; The Extraordin

Author: Jean-Marie Abgrall
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Keywords: new, charlatans, medical, stealing, healing
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2000-11-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1892941511
ISBN-13: 9781892941510

This book is an eye-opener for anyone who is considering the "softer" approaches to healing. Abgrall shows how wasteful and futile, if not invasive and destructive, many of our popular "holistic" remedies may be. "Healing or Stealing? Medical Charlatans in the New Age" shows how certain cults and "healing" groups victimize people through mental manipulation and mind-control, emptying their wallets while filling their minds with illusions.

Author: Gary Wei
Publisher: Portfolio Trade
Keywords: fakers, charlatans, ripping, thieves, muckraking, street, versus, america, wall
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-05-29
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1591841631
ISBN-13: 9781591841630

Gary Weiss, one of the business world?s most dogged investigative reporters, has written the definitive book about the dark side of Wall Street?not just a few bad apples, but the whole rotten barrel. This is the outrageous, riveting, darkly funny story of what really happens in every corner of the financial system: from Internet tip sites and boiler rooms, to fee-happy mutual funds and hedge funds, to the bluest of blue-chip securities firms. With vivid anecdotes and character studies, Wall Street Versus America will show you how investors are consistently victimized?while sleepy regulators, b