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No Loyalty

Author : De'nesha Diamond

Publisher : Dafina

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 12,13 MB

Release : 2018-07-31

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1496711483

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DANGEROUS LIAISONS DE'NESHA DIAMOND She's watching. She's planning. She's past done waiting. Klaudya Ramsey is out for revenge on her own mother. Nichelle seduced Klaudya's wealthy, disloyal husband, had her innocent daughter jailed—and stole her life. Now Klaudya plays on her mom's insatiable greed and her husband's gullibility to take them down hard. But a secret Klaudya never saw coming could turn her vengeful dream into an inescapable nightmare . . . TEARS OF BLOOD A'ZAYLER Their bond is unbreakable. They always have each other's backs—though that's the only thing identical twins Aiden and Kayden Lattimore have in common. So when hard-driving achiever Aiden accidentally gets in major-league trouble, Kayden does his brother's jail time for him. Too bad Aiden is taking care of Kayden's beautiful wife all too well. And now Kayden is about to teach Aiden a lesson in betrayal these brothers may not survive . . .



On Loyalty and Loyalties

Author : John Kleinig

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 327 pages

File Size : 39,13 MB

Release : 2014-05-02

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 019937127X

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Deep friendship may express profound loyalty, but so too may virulent nationalism. What can and should we say about this Janus-faced virtue of the will? This volume explores at length the contours of an important and troubling virtue -- its cognates, contrasts, and perversions; its strengths and weaknesses; its awkward relations with universal morality; its oppositional form and limits; as well as the ways in which it functions in various associative connections, such as friendship and familial relations, organizations and professions, nations, countries, and religious tradition.



No Love No Loyalty

Author : Goon Squad

Publisher :

Page : 222 pages

File Size : 14,36 MB

Release : 2018-12-17

Category :

ISBN : 9781791884680

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LONG STRETCHES IN THE SLAMMER CAN MAKE THE AMATEUR HUSTLER TAPOUT AND CALL IT QUITS. Not Fool, tho. He's a decorated vet from the original war on drugs. After his recent release, he touches back down in his old 'hood with a new plug and a game plan to lay a new pipeline, and he doesn't waste any time making his presence felt among the local heavies. At the moment, it just so happens that the heaviest local of them all is Fool's twin brother, RunThang. He's another combat veteran from way back when crack first hit the streets like a terrorist attack, and heroin was causing more casualties than a suicide bomber. Back in those days, the twins were the main perpetrators pumping up those statistics. It's never been a secret around the 'hood that Fool was the twin born with the brains, but RunThang popped out of the pussy holding most of the muscle. Eventually, jealousy and old grudges split that family bond, and to nobody's surprise, RunThang doesn't welcome his twin brother home with open arms. Just as gang jump-ins only work on pipsqueaks and peons, OG status only works in the movies. In the real gangland of the streets, loyalties line up behind the man who can bake the most bread and feed the block. But out-of-sight means out-of-mind, and while Fool has been M.I.A. for six long years, RunThang has a crew of young soldiers he's been keeping well fed. When it comes to the crumbs on their table, competition is never welcomed, always frowned upon, and they won't hesitate to greet the twin with hollow points and buckshots.



No-no Boy

Author : John Okada

Publisher :

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 14,98 MB

Release : 1957

Category : Japanese

ISBN :

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Exit, Voice, and Loyalty

Author : Albert O. Hirschman

Publisher : Harvard University Press

Page : 180 pages

File Size : 38,59 MB

Release : 1970

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780674276604

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An innovator in contemporary thought on economic and political development looks here at decline rather than growth. Albert O. Hirschman makes a basic distinction between alternative ways of reacting to deterioration in business firms and, in general, to dissatisfaction with organizations: one, “exit,” is for the member to quit the organization or for the customer to switch to the competing product, and the other, “voice,” is for members or customers to agitate and exert influence for change “from within.” The efficiency of the competitive mechanism, with its total reliance on exit, is questioned for certain important situations. As exit often undercuts voice while being unable to counteract decline, loyalty is seen in the function of retarding exit and of permitting voice to play its proper role. The interplay of the three concepts turns out to illuminate a wide range of economic, social, and political phenomena. As the author states in the preface, “having found my own unifying way of looking at issues as diverse as competition and the two-party system, divorce and the American character, black power and the failure of ‘unhappy’ top officials to resign over Vietnam, I decided to let myself go a little.”



John Okada

Author : Frank Abe

Publisher : University of Washington Press

Page : 377 pages

File Size : 22,71 MB

Release : 2018-07-03

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0295743530

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No-No Boy, John Okada’s only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II and, upon release from federal prison after the war, is cast out by his divided community. In 1957, the novel faced a similar rejection until it was rediscovered and reissued in 1976 to become a celebrated classic of American literature. As a result of Okada’s untimely death at age forty-seven, the author’s life and other works have remained obscure. This compelling collection offers the first full-length examination of Okada’s development as an artist, placing recently discovered writing by Okada alongside essays that reassess his lasting legacy. Meticulously researched biographical details, insight from friends and relatives, and a trove of intimate photographs illuminate Okada’s early life in Seattle, military service, and careers as a public librarian and a technical writer in the aerospace industry. This volume is an essential companion to No-No Boy.



Loyalty

Author : Ingrid Thoft

Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons

Page : 498 pages

File Size : 39,37 MB

Release : 2014-03-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0425268527

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Protecting the interests of her managerial father and dysfunctional family business by working as a private investigator, Fina tackles the most challenging case of her career when a sister-in-law goes missing, a situation that is compromised by police questions and her brother's mysterious reticence.



A Higher Loyalty

Author : James Comey

Publisher : Flatiron Books

Page : 303 pages

File Size : 17,73 MB

Release : 2018-04-17

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1250192463

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#1 New York Times Bestseller now in paperback with new material The inspiration for The Comey Rule, the Showtime limited series starring Jeff Daniels premiering September 2020 In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.



Sincere

Author : Storm Writer

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 30,97 MB

Release : 2018-07-26

Category : African Americans

ISBN : 9781724234247

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Carter. A name that rings bells in the streets. My birthright. My pride. Never did I imagine it would be the very thing that tore my family apart Sincere Sincere is the baby of the Carter family, but he's a savage at heart. With his father's good looks and boss mindset, his book smarts make him a force to be reckoned with. Dudes know not to test him, and chicks crave him enough to toss all morals out the window for a small taste of his... swag. But he only has eyes for one girl, and no matter how much he denies it, he craves her just as much as she secretly desires him. Just one problem: she's the girlfriend of his best friend. Will he respect the bro code and let his feelings ride, or will he be loyal to himself and follow his heart? Jasmine is the true definition of a girl in progress-the boring, basic girl in the background. Finally stepping out of her comfort zone, she drops jaws, turns heads, and breaks necks when she debuts her new look, but only one head has captured her interest from day one. A guy that now has hear ready to say, "forget a friend zone" and take things to the next level. Is it wrong to like one guy and lust after another? A gut-wrenching betrayal leads Jasmine to seek the answer, but will the bloody war be worth the prize in the end? Kayla is the daughter of street royalty, so if it don't look and smell like money, it doesn't exist as far as she's concerned. She's all set to marry the love of her life, but a single night in Vegas leaves her questioning love, lust, and everything in between. When she comes face to face with the biggest betrayal of her life, she slips into a deadly affair that can only end one way. Shots are fired, but who's left standing when the smoke clears? Cash Carter is the true definition of POWER. After passing his empire down to his brothers, he's living a stress-free life far away from dirty money and the drama of the hustle. But you never stop loving the hustle, and when the streets come calling, old secrets are uncovered that leave him no choice but to get his hands dirty. He traded the streets for love, but is love strong enough to erase his lies, secrets, and betrayal?



The End of Loyalty

Author : Rick Wartzman

Publisher : PublicAffairs

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 21,97 MB

Release : 2018-10-09

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781541724020

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Having a good, stable job used to be the bedrock of the American Dream. Not anymore. In this richly detailed and eye-opening book, Rick Wartzman chronicles the erosion of the relationship between American companies and their workers. Through the stories of four major employers--General Motors, General Electric, Kodak, and Coca-Cola--he shows how big businesses once took responsibility for providing their workers and retirees with an array of social benefits. At the height of the post-World War II economy, these companies also believed that worker pay needed to be kept high in order to preserve morale and keep the economy humming. Productivity boomed. But the corporate social contract didn't last. By tracing the ups and downs of these four corporate icons over seventy years, Wartzman illustrates just how much has been lost: job security and steadily rising pay, guaranteed pensions, robust health benefits, and much more. Charting the Golden Age of the '50s and '60s; the turbulent years of the '70s and '80s; and the growth of downsizing, outsourcing, and instability in the modern era, Wartzman's narrative is a biography of the American Dream gone sideways. Deeply researched and compelling, The End of Loyalty will make you rethink how Americans can begin to resurrect the middle class. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times book prize in current interestA best business book of the year in economics, Strategy+Business