Author : Rob Liefeld
Publisher : DC
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 13,16 MB
Release :
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :
What is the dark truth behind Grifter's powers? Find out in this issue! More on the Daemonite threat, new characters are introduced, and tons of bullets fly!
Author : Nathan Edmondson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 2012
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ISBN :
Author : Jim Thompson
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316195936
Jim Thompson's classic The Grifters is one of the best novels ever written about the art of the con, an ingeniously crafted story of deception and betrayal that was the basis for the critically acclaimed film by Stephen Frears and Martin Scorcese. To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworking salesman. He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket. He goes to work every day. He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character. Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roy's pallid hotel room, sits fifty-two thousand dollars — the money Roy makes from his short cons, his "grifting." For years, Roy has effortlessly maintained control over his house-of-cards life — until the simplest con goes wrong, and he finds himself critically injured and at the mercy of the most dangerous woman he ever met: his own mother.
Author : Rob Liefeld
Publisher : DC
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 50,65 MB
Release :
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :
Grifter faces off against the powerful Daemonite known as Synge! Deathblow and Cheshire are along for the ride, which pretty much guarantees nonstop action.
Author : Nathan Edmondson
Publisher : DC
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 33,19 MB
Release :
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :
Grifter's struggle has led him to the headquarters of a hero, but not without a few surprises along the way. Just when the gun-wielding con man thinks he's gotten the upper hand in his situation, he realizes he's put himself in the center of the bull's-eye! Guest-starring Green Arrow!
Author : Rob Liefeld
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1401245714
As part of DC's New 52 event, Grifter stars in his own ongoing series! Former U.S. Army Special Ops soldier turned con-artist Cole Cash found the ability to overhear telepathic communications of the secret and deadly alien imposters the Daemonites who can inhabit humans. Unable to trust anyone, Grifter is now on the run as Special Forces, Daemonites and many more try to hunt him down.
Author : Kent Walker
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 19,96 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0061752509
In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow in her New York City mansion. Suddenly, America was transfixed by a pair of real-life film noir characters. The media couldn't get enough of the twisted relationship between Sante Kimes and her twenty-three-year-old son Kenny. But the most chilling story of all was never told—until now. Kent Walker, Sante's elder son, reveals how he survived forty years of "the Dragon Lady's" very special brand of motherly love and still managed to get away. As a child Kent watched his mother destroy his hardworking father, Ed Walker, and then—with Kent's painful collusion—snare what Sante called "my millionaire." When she married seemingly respectable real-estate developer Ken Kimes, it was a match made in hell. For the next two decades Kent's mother and stepfather indulged in a globetrotting orgy of criminal behaviour. Kent, their would-be recruit, was privy to the family business—torching houses, defrauding friends, crashing White When Kent's half-brother, Kenny was born, Kent was twelve years old—old enough to know that he was his younger sibling's only protector. Kent tried desperately to save Kenny from his mother's sinister bidding. His failure haunts him to this day.
Author : James Swain
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 10,16 MB
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345463838
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. . . .
Author : Michael Pawuk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 45,77 MB
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1440851360
Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.
Author : William McDonald
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 40,22 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0761165762
Obituaries published in the New York times of notable individuals who died from August 2010 through July 2011.
