
by Tom King
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“A crazy American epic” –NewsweekComplex, contentious, and blessed with the perfect-pitch ability to find the next big talent, David Geffen has shaped American popular culture and transformed the way Hollywood does business. His dazzling career has included the roles of power agent, record-industry mogul, Broadway producer, and billionaire Hollywood studio founder–but from the beginning his accomplishments have been shadowed by the ruthlessness with which he has pursued fame, money, and power. With The Operator, Tom King–who interviewed Geffen for the book and had unimpeded access to his circle of intimates–presents a mesmerizing chronicle of Geffen’s meteoric rise from the mailroom at William Morris, as well as a captivating tour of thirty sizzling years of Hollywood history. Drawing on the recollections of celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Yoko Ono, Warren Beatty, Courtney Love, Paul Simon, and even Cher (whom Geffen nearly married), The Operator transports readers to a world that is as ruthless as it is dazzling, revealing a great American story about success and the bargains made for it. “A detailed portrait of Hollywood’s premier manipulator…The Operator is as much a composite portrait of the ‘New Hollywood’ as it is of the fifty-seven-year-old partner in DreamWorks SKG.” –San Francisco Chronicle“Illuminating...[The Operator] shows how raging ambition and chutzpah are as much valued as talent–or more so–in determining success.” –Philadelphia Inquirer
A collection of original short stories and confessions from both women and men, these stories have been compiled specially for those in love with women's breasts. This salacious body of work has been edited by a genuine enthusiast, drawing on extensive experience and an unashamed obsession with full breasts, from the pleasingly womanly to the downright gigantic. This an epic journey to the heights of breast worship.
On July 2, 1937, nearing the end of a flight around the world, aviation pioneers Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific. Despite a massive search, they were never found. Their fate remains a mystery to this day.Earhart's last generally accepted radio message put her on course that likely would have brought her close to Nikumaroro - then called Gardner Island - a tiny, uninhabited atoll in the Phoenix Islands.In early 1939, British authorities in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony launched the Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme, and began to clear Gardner Island for coconut planting. In early 1940, the colonists found thirteen human bones near the island's southeast end, along with a sextant box, a Benedictine bottle, some corks, and a woman's shoe.In Thirteen Bones, author Tom King imagines the discovery and its aftermath through the eyes of the discoverers.Thirteen Bones is fiction, incorporating facts uncovered by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery - TIGHAR - during twenty years of investigation into Earhart's and Noonan's disappearance. It includes the flurry of telegrams that went between Settlement Scheme Administrator Gerald B. Gallagher and his superiors in Fiji, reporting the discovery and deciding what to do about it. It proposes a geopolitical reason that the British authorities did not report the discovery to the Americans - even though the bones were suspected to be Earhart's.Woven around the tale of the bones, Thirteen Bones tells the story of the Nikumaroro colony, its tragic hero Gallagher, and its adventurous Tunguru (I-Kiribati) and Tuvaluan colonists. The Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme (whose acronym its creators cherished) was one of the last expansions of the British Empire. It was created as the world spiraled into war, and it died as Great Britain struggled to adapt to post-war realities.Nikumaroro is a tiny island, and its people had limited contact with the outside world - a world that Thirteen Bones' protagonist, Keaki, dreams about and struggles to understand. But that world imposed itself on the island's small community in many ways - not least, perhaps, by making Nikumaroro the place where Amelia Earhart left her bones.
Few bands can claim to have defined a musical genre; fewer can claim to have invented one. Metallica has done both. The world’s greatest exponents of the art of Thrash Metal have spent more than twenty five years taking their blistering hard rock around the world; in doing so they have sold an incredible 90 million albums.Now, in the company of band insiders and the foremost rock critics and metal heads in the industry, here is the story of the band from the inside, featuring a superb critical assessment of the band and its work from the early days in Los Angeles through to the storming St. Anger and the end of an era which saw Metallica dominate the metal world.Drawing on rare archive interviews with guitarist James Hetfield and former bassist Jason Newsted, hear how the band drew on British heavy metal and US punk to fashion their extraordinary sound. Share in the band’s successes, and its trials and tribulations, including the tragic death of bass player Cliff Burton in Sweden in 1986.This book also features a comprehensive track by track analysis of Metallica’s studio releases.A must have for any serious music fan; this completely independent critical review leaves no stone unturned as it explores the Metallica legend.
The hilarious adventures of local newspaper reporter Tom King, as he sets out to blaze a trail round his own backyard. The Thames Estuary has existed for aeons. The earliest known humans in Britain set up home on its shores. Yet until now, nobody seems to have thought of walking round it. As he stumbled round the unfashionable end of the Thames, accompanied by his history-hating dog, the author began to understand just why. There were endless mishaps, often brought about by journalistic nosiness, the search for stories, and the mud. Yet along the way, as he discovered and recalled the people, places, secrets and wild creatures of this unexpected wilderness, something astonishing happened. He fell in love with it.
The methods used for inventory valuation have been transformed with SAP S/4HANA. The material ledger is now integrated with the Universal Journal and is the sole means for valuing materials. This book covers how valuation is managed in up to three different currencies, in parallel, without requiring the actual costing functionality. Learn how the material ledger interacts with the Universal Journal and how to configure the currencies used for parallel valuation. Investigate various valuation approaches and see how legal, group, and profit center valuation views can be used to help understand company profitability. Be guided through the configuration steps that enable these multiple valuation approaches. For those who are using or intending to use actual costing, learn how the actual cost is determined and the steps required to set this up to achieve maximum benefit. Find out how the actual costing run works and how alternative valuation runs can be used to provide additional information about inventory values. Review the optional business functions FIN_CO_COGM for parallel valuation of cost of goods manufactured, and LOG_MM_SIT for intercompany stock-in-transit and actual costing to see how they can be used for additional analysis of inventory. Investigate the different forms of balance sheet valuation and how they interact with the material ledger.Valuation in parallel currencies, with and without transfer pricingDefining currencies and using them with the material ledgerValuation using standard cost, moving average cost, and actual costBalance sheet valuation methods
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers are certainly one of the greatest and most influential acts of the last 30 years. To date the Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold over 70 million records worldwide, and to this day continue to show how a number of influences can form one cohesive style of music. Whilst never conforming to a set style, the band have been making music in a league of their own for decades. This eBook traces the Red Hot Chilli Peppers story from their early days to the fame and stardom as the world wide rock phenomenon that we know today. Also included is a complete track-by-track analysis of the band’s studio releases. This amazing eBook puts the colossus that is the Red Hot Chilli Peppers under the microscope and is essential for any fan of the band.
A forgotten, mid-level employee in a big company, Bill Abernathy is finally given a chance to get somewhere in the organization. All he has to do to get ahead is follow company orders and become a suicide bomber!Bill works for Project Rising Spirit. His particular department is dedicated to finding and killing PRS’s greatest enemy, the infamous Toyo Harada. It is Toyo in fact who singles Bill out for promotion. While slaughtering PRS troops during a failed attack, Toyo saves Bill, sending him back to his bosses with a message. PRS has never had an employee who met Harada in person, and they convince Bill this turn of events represents a big career opportunity. To demonstrate the investment they’re prepared to make in Bill, they implant a nanite bomb inside him – a device that is meant to blow up the next time Bill sees Toyo Harada in person.In addition to being a thrill-a-page adventure, Tom King’s You Are Not the First and There Will Be More After You is scathing satire in the best tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller’s Catch 22.Praise for Tom King:“[A Once Crowded Sky] is an exciting post-millennial conflict allegory, which echoes the terror of Alana Moore’s writing for Watchman …” - A.V. Club
A history, written to commemorate the 100 centenary of Southend's Royal Charter.
by Tom King
This book tells the story of how three young men made themselves into one of the most popular bands in the world, and how their distinctive sound has come to influence a whole new generation of guitar groups and define a musical genre. One of the world's greatest exponents of punk rock, Green Day have spent more than twenty-five years taking their blistering punk rock around the world; in doing so they have sold an incredible 65 million albums. This book draws upon the memories of a host of band associates, including Larry Livermore, the founder of Lookout Records and former band mate of Tre Cool, who was an important figure during the band's early days, and John Lucasey, the owner of Studio 880 where the band recorded their classic 'American Idiot' album, who provides the background to that best selling record. Also featured is a track by track analysis of every official Green Day release to 'Bullet in a Bible'. This completely independent critical review leaves no stone unturned as it explores the Green Day legend. This is the essential companion for every Green Day fan on the planet.
A story about Jenny,a normal girl who through no fault of her own, finds herself back at a babysitters after school. With a recurring incontinence issue and meeting a new friend, the babysitter takes a more "active" role.
W Foulsham & Co 057200172XPaperback collectible edition circa 1950's of 'Thirty-one Patience Single and Double Pack', by Tom King
How can we save archaeological sites, tribal sacred places, and important historic buildings and landscapes while getting on with the work of the modern world? That's among the challenges of "cultural resource management" or CRM Tom King is a leading practitioner of and writer about CRM, and since 2005 has been writing essays on the subject -- mostly "curmudgeonly" critiques of the way CRM and environmental impact assessment (EIA) are done -- on his weblog: "Tom King's CRM Plus." This book, designed as a supplementary text for use in CRM, EIA, historic preservation, and anthropology/archaeology classes, presents most of King's essays and accompanying discussions, organized for easy access and reference.
SAP S/4HANA bringt eine neue Struktur in die Bestandsbewertung. Mit Integration in das Universal Journal wird das Material-Ledger zum zentralen Mittel der Bewertung von Materialien, die sich auch ohne die Istkalkulation in bis zu drei verschiedenen Währungen parallel führen lassen.Erfahren Sie, wie das Material-Ledger mit dem Universal Journal zusammenarbeitet und wie Sie die Währungen für die parallele Bewertung konfigurieren. Lassen Sie sich durch die Konfiguration der legalen, der konzernbezogenen und der Profit-Center-Bewertung führen und lernen Sie, wie diese Ihnen helfen können, die Rentabilität Ihres Unternehmens besser zu verstehen. Leser, die die Istkalkulation einsetzen oder dies beabsichtigen, erfahren, wie diese optimal eingerichtet und zur Ermittlung der Istkosten genutzt wird.Der Autor erklärt darüber hinaus den Einsatz alternativer Bewertungsläufe, mit denen Sie zusätzliche Informationen über Ihre Bestandswerte erhalten. Spannend sind in diesem Zusammenhang auch die optionalen Business Functions FIN_CO_COGM für die parallele Bewertung der Herstellkosten und LOG_MM_SIT für die buchungskreisübergreifende Transitbestands- und Istkalkulation. Untersuchen Sie abschließend die verschiedenen Formen der Bilanzbewertung, und wie sie mit dem Material-Ledger zusammenwirken.Bewertung in parallelen Währungen, mit und ohne TransferpreiseWährungen definieren und mit dem Material-Ledger einsetzenBewertung mit Standard-, Ist- und gleitenden DurchschnittskostenMethoden der Bilanzbewertung
by Tom King
by Tom King
by Tom King
Contiene: Batman vol.3 #6, Detective Comics vol.1 # 939, Nightwing vol.4 # 4.Batman cercherà di salvare una persona che però non vuole essere salvata, mentre lo scontro con la Colonia si fa sempre più violento. Nel frattempo Nightwing, supportato dal suo nuovo alleato, è pronto a mettere in difficoltà una delle organizzazioni più pericolose di Gotham City!
by Tom King
Mark Bourdais, a successful high-tech entrepreneur, finds himself in a snowfield, his wife gone, his dreams shattered. As he tries to pick up the pieces, is he on a mission of revenge or justice?Assembling an unusual team, Mark uses his skills as a leader and as an innovator to take action against all odds. Government agencies with massive budgets took years to accomplish the particular objective Mark now undertakes. Some team members have long-standing loyalties to Mark, while two others are a daring young woman and a rescue pilot, each with their own motivations.Battling diverse and competing forces, the private team goes up against professionals of all stripes; but sometimes it’s best not to underestimate the power of dedicated amateurs…