Resultados para "The Privateer" en Política y ciencias sociales

Uno dei più amati autori di libri di viaggio alle prese con un itinerario a dir poco insolito: l’esplorazione della sua dimora inglese, un’ex canonica vittoriana situata in uno sperduto villaggio del Norfolk. La sfida, condotta con divertita maestria, è quella di posare su quanto ci circonda - ambienti, pezzi d’arredamento, utensili e dettagli all’apparenza insignificanti - uno sguardo diverso, attento e capace di svelarci la loro più intima natura di stratificati e misteriosi depositi di Storia.

A classic of investigative reporting, Spooks is a treasure trove of who-shot-who research on the metastasis of the United States intelligence community, whose practices and personnel have engulfed the larger society. Teeming with tales of wiremen, hitmen, and mobsters; crooked politicians and corrupt cops going about their business of regime-change, union-busting, wiretapping, money laundering, and industrial espionage, learn about: Richard Nixon's "Mission Impossible" war on Aristotle Onassis; not-so-deep-fake porno films starring the CIA's enemies; and much more.

This audiobook is a primer for starting an offshore hedge fund.

Churchill fu protagonista di una eccezionale gamma di attività ed esperienze: nominato ufficiale durante il regno della regina Vittoria, partecipò alle guerre coloniali in Africa e alle prime fasi di sviluppo dell'aviazione, ma soprattutto guidò l'Impero britannico nella sua ora più buia, durante i giorni cupi e gloriosi della Seconda guerra mondiale.

Regulation Crowdfunding refers to Title III of the JOBS Act of 2012. This audiobook is an introduction to Title III, especially Rule 506(c).

One in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship." Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are—private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives. In this compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson examines why, despite all this, we continue to talk as if free markets make workers free, and she proposes a better way to think about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers can enjoy real freedom.

Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a profound exploration of humanity’s potential for self-overcoming and the search for meaning in a godless world. Presented in powerful spoken form, Nietzsche’s ideas come alive through the voice of Zarathustra, delivering a poetic and provocative vision of living authentically and embracing life’s challenges with courage and creativity.

Concerns about censorship have once again reached a fever pitch across the liberal West. With a few notable exceptions, complaints about censorship in the twenty-first century West are complaints about the behavior of private parties: employers, media conglomerates, social media platforms, and search engines. To better understand the concerns surrounding nonstate interference with speech, Private Censorship offers an account of censorship, as well as an assessment of the ethical and political issues it raises across contexts.

Drawing on an array of primary sources in multiple languages, Farzin Vejdani argues that the ambiguity in defining the boundaries between private and public in Qajar Iran often corresponded with the jurisdictional friction between government authorities and religious scholars regarding who had the authority to police and punish public crimes.

This audiobook includes 17 chapters about exempt offerings.

NR 1 PÅ SUNDAY TIMES BÄSTSÄLJARLISTA. En skakande skildring från en av Englands mest exklusiva internatskolor.Som åttaåring skickades Charles Spencer till en av Englands mest exklusiva internatskolor. Han ville inte lämna familjen, men det var så man gjorde inom den brittiska överklassen på 1970-talet. Och i många fall fortfarande gör.I denna modiga självbiografi ger prinsessan Dianas bror en klarsynt skildring av mörka hemligheter och övergrepp på internatskolan Maidwell Hall. Han berättar om småpojkarnas hemlängtan, den nyckfulla brutala pennalismen och, inte minst, om vuxenvärldens svek.

Litigation funding has become one of the most compelling alternative asset classes of the last two decades, yet it remains poorly understood and largely inaccessible to private investors. In Private Capital in Litigation Funding, Peter Murray provides a rare, practical insight into how capital is deployed into legal claims, how risk is governed throughout the life of a case, and how returns are ultimately realised, often long before trial.

In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation.

The rules which are relied upon to raise capital allow for different amounts of capital, different types of investors, and different methods for conducting an offering, are: 504 (up to $1 million), 505 (up to $5 million), and 506 (any amount). Reg D programs were designed to provide an exemption to sell securities in a private capital raise without registering the securities, and also to identify the appropriate documentation for properly accepting and using the capital stock or LLC membership units. Equity offerings are preferred by most early stage companies because there are no debt payments.

Business Brokers and Securities Laws is a monograph on securities law and finders fees.

A deeply researched account of the life and legacy of the man who defined the profession of private eye. Allan Pinkerton, the world's most famous private detective, has been an enduring source of fascination since the nineteenth century. But the details of his impact, business empire, and private life have been incomplete. Drawing on overlooked primary sources, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones provides an authoritative account of the man and the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (PNDA).

Running a golf club is hard work, and for the average manager, there's a lot on the to-do list, from members coming through the door to dealing with the committee, from ensuring F&B is running smoothly to making sure the course is up to scratch. And that's before we even get to dealing with the staff! People management is one of the hardest tasks in any organization, but in a golf club, it can be even more challenging. This book is designed to help you navigate those challenges, keep you out of the rough, and run your club safely, legally, and profitably.

In this book, psychotherapist and business coach Lynn Grodzki acts as your personal business coach and shows you how to build an ideal private practice - one that is both highly profitable and personally satisfying. Today, being a talented professional is not enough to ensure the success of your private practice; you also need to be an enthusiastic, talented businessperson. Grodzki's business strategies are effective and immediately useful for a wide range of private practitioners....

Stoppt das Krankenhaussterben! Krankenhäuser in Deutschland und Europa sind längst zum Spekulationsobjekt international agierender, privater Klinikkonzerne geworden. Die Folge: Die Konzerne erzielen Renditen aus dem solidarischen System unseres Gesundheitswesens. Thomas Strohschneider war selbst jahrelang als Chefarzt in einer privatwirtschaftlich geführten Klinik tätig.

A recent report by the research group Massolution opines that crowdfunding and P2P investors injected $1 billion into the US real estate market in 2014 and that the number will double in 2015. New debt participation structures and an increased access to non-US investors are cited as two reasons.