The Grift
The Grift

Author: Clay Cane

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2024-01-30

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1728290236

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republicans. Clay Cane lays out how Black Republicanism has been mangled by opportunists who are apologists for racism. After the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique of both political parties, civil rights for all Americans, reinventing an economy based on exploitation, and, most importantly, building thriving Black communities. How did Black Republicanism devolve from revolutionaries like Frederick Douglass to the puppets in the Trump era? Whether it's radical conservatives like South Carolina Senator Tim Scott or Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, they are consistently viral news and continuously upholding egregious laws at the expense of their Black brethren. Black faces in high places providing cover for explicit bigotry is one of the greatest threats to the liberation of Black and brown people. By studying these figures and their tactics, Cane exposes the grift and lays out a plan to emancipate our future.

Grift Sense
Grift Sense

Author: James Swain

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2003-04-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0345463838

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Amidst the neon and the big special ugly of Las Vegas, mild-mannered Frank Fontaine is beating the brains out of the Acropolis Casino. The house cops think the dealer, a blonde named Nola, is part of the con, but no one can prove a thing. For Tony Valentine, it’s the first new scam he’s seen in decades—and maybe the best. Three things Tony knows: The blonde is guilty, the grifter has lived a former life, and the biggest scam is the one that hasn’t happened yet. In a dream world of fake Greek statues, statuesque hostesses, and a casino owner whose sex life might just burn down his own house, Tony Valentine is plying his special trade. While some people have a sixth sense, Tony has a grift sense—and he needs it now to separate a grifter from a scam that’s worse than anyone’s wildest dreams. . . .

The Grift
The Grift

Author: Debra Ginsberg

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2008-08-12

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0307450023

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What happens when a pseudo psychic suddenly gets the real gift? Marina Marks has been on the grift as a psychic since she was a child, forced into the business by a junkie mother who was always desperate for her next fix—and willing to use her solemn dark-haired daughter to peddle an extra buck. As an adult, Marina has earned a handsome living preying on the dreams and fears of her clients. She doesn’t believe there is such a thing as psychic ability, but she does believe in intuition. Her gift is the ability to gain the trust of her clients and subtly raise her fees as they become more attached to her and her readings. But when Marina moves her “intuitive counseling” business out of muggy, cloying Florida to the milder environs of southern California, her past follows her. As she takes on new clients—a trophy wife desperate to bear a child, a gay man involved with a closeted psychiatrist, and a philandering businessman who’s smitten with her—a former client resurfaces in an eerie way. Suddenly, Marina is in love for the first time, but it is a romance whose roots lie deep in her past and threaten her efforts to reinvent herself. As Marina’s life gets more and more entangled with those of her clients, she makes a startling discovery: she suddenly has the actual ability to see the future. After predicting a murder exactly as it happens, she becomes the sole suspect. Now she’s the desperate one—desperate to clear her name and to discover the meaning behind her visions.

The Gift of Grift
The Gift of Grift

Author: Di Davis

Publisher: Dusky Cove Books

Published:

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13:

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When a con artist turns up dead in his small town, can gift shop owner Ray clear his name? Ray Watson is ready for a quiet December in Dusky Cove, the cutest little resort town up and down the North Carolina coast. All he has do is watch his gift shop and the B&B across the street for a few days. A happy occasion brings back a familiar face to Dusky Cove. But when the hometown boy turns out to be a con artist, the reunion is a little less than joyful. Especially once he turns up dead. The trouble gets even deeper when the grifter’s victims become prime suspects—including Ray. With the town’s resident sleuth on vacation, it falls to Ray and his wife Katie to clear his name. Can he find who really killed the con?

Caught Up in the Grift
Caught Up in the Grift

Author: C A R

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2012-07

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 161897534X

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Caught up in the Grift is a must-read novel about love, careers, and self-realization. Four women find themselves drawn to a place called Paradise, which is exactly what they are hoping to find, but will they? Meet Charlese. She is climbing the corporate ladder of success, but when a grifter makes her his next mark, will she be able to hold it all together or will one bad decision alter her future? Amy is fierce, fearless and sassy, never letting anyone or anything stop her from getting what or whom she wants. Will she ever be able to care about anyone else or will her selfish ways lead her to a lonely road of self-destruction? Lisa has traveled a long way to get a fresh start on life and find happiness. Did she really escape her past for Paradise or will she learn there is no such thing as "Paradise" after all? Denise will go to every extreme to convince her special friend, Will, that she is the lady for him. After waiting for what seems like a lifetime, will she learn that all her waiting was in vain? Journey on the Grift as these powerful women share their world. You will experience page-turning twists and inspiring turns as they wind their way through life. Don't miss out on your opportunity to meet ... The Grifter! About the Author: New on the scene, New York City novelist C A R is quiet in presence but strong in force. Caught up In The Grift is her first novel. She has since written four more. For more information visit http: // www.car.vpweb.com. Publisher's Website: http: //sbpra.com/CAR

The Grift
The Grift

Author: Debra Ginsberg

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2009-08-04

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0307382737

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Marina Marks has been on the grift since she was a child, forced into the psychic business by a junkie mother who was always willing to use her daughter to scam an extra buck. But when Marina wakes up one day with the actual ability to see the future, she finds her freedom–and her life–in danger. After predicting a murder exactly as it happens, Marina becomes the sole suspect. Now she’s desperate to clear her name–and to discover the meaning behind her visions. “[A] clever thriller . . . Ginsberg has a way with offbeat characters.” –New York Times Book Review

Unmasked
Unmasked

Author: Andy Ngo

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1546059563

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In this #1 national bestseller, a journalist who's been attacked by Antifa writes a deeply researched and reported account of the group's history and tactics. When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those who'd been following Ngo's reporting in outlets like the New York Post and Quillette knew that the attack was only the latest in a long line of crimes perpetrated by Antifa. In Unmasked, Andy Ngo tells the story of this violent extremist movement from the very beginning. He includes interviews with former followers of the group, people who've been attacked by them, and incorporates stories from his own life. This book contains a trove of documents obtained by the author, published for the first time ever.

Five Ways of Being
Five Ways of Being

Author: Gavin Grift

Publisher:

Published: 2023-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780645931426

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*Learn how and who we can become to enable the learning and growth of others*Discover what it takes to be become a trustworthy, brave, engaging, purposeful and growth focused leader of learning*Explore 32 evidence-based practical strategies to improve their ability to genuinely lead learning in others*Embody the Five Ways of Being in your leadership to influence what you think, do and say every day

The Mars Mystery
The Mars Mystery

Author: Graham Hancock

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2010-08-11

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0307557790

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An asteroid transformed Mars from a lush planet with rivers and oceans into a bleak and icy hell. Is Earth condemned to the same fate, or can we protect ourselves and our planet from extinction? In his most riveting and revealing book yet, Graham Hancock examines the evidence that the barren Red Planet was once home to a lush environment of flowing rivers, lakes, and oceans. Could Mars have sustained life and civilization? Megaliths found on the parched shores of Cydonia, a former Martian ocean, mirror the geometrical conventions of the pyramids at Egypt's Giza necropolis. Especially startling is a Sphinx-like structure depicting a face with distinguishable diadem, teeth, mouth and an Egyptian-style headdress. Might there be a connection between the structures of Egypt and those of Mars? Why does NASA continue to dismiss these remarkable anomalies as "a trick of light"? Hancock points to the intriguing possibility that ancient Martian civilization is communicating with us through the remarkable structures it left behind. In exploring the possible traces left by the Martian civilization and the cosmic cataclysm that may have ended it, The Mars Mystery is both an illumination of our ancient past and a warning--that we still have time to heed--about our ultimate fate.

The Grift of the Magi
The Grift of the Magi

Author: Ally Carter

Publisher:

Published: 2016-11-14

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781620512586

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Katarina Bishop is a thief. To many it wouldn't matter that she now uses her considerable skills to re-steal valuable works of art and return them to their rightful homes.She's still a thief.So that's why Kat's surprised when an Interpol agent comes to her one snowy evening, asking for Kat's help.The Magi Miracle Network was set to auction off a very rare, very valuable Faberge egg two days before Christmas, but the egg's been stolen and now the charity's reputation--and their future--is on the line.Kat's family and Interpol might be opposite sides of most jobs, but someone just stole Christmas.Now it's up to Kat and her crew to steal it back.