A breakneck-paced novel that unites a beautiful former CIA agent with a tough and haunted ex-Special Forces operative, Death Echo is a top-rank thriller in the vein of Iris Johansen, Tami Hoag, and Lisa Gardner—and a dazzling example of ... Found inside... for example.2 Or the Russian oligarch and friend of Putin, ... and his new bride spent a holiday on one of the world's most expensive sailing yachts. A former Wall Street Journal reporter and author of The Proving Ground presents a narrative account of the construction of a $40 million yacht through the experiences of its contributors, tracing the audacious Ponzi scheme devised by its ... Found insideRobert Frank has been loitering on the docks of yacht marinas, pestering his way into charity balls, and schmoozing with real estate agents selling mega-houses to capture the story of the twenty-first century’s nouveau riche: House ... Found inside – Page 9Oliver made sure to complain loudly as the boat eased out of the boat slip. ... out of control—heading straight for a Russian billionaire's luxury yacht. Found insideThe well-todo class of the oligarch era, sailing their boats and boasting about whose sloop was biggest. ... 'I am walking from my big yacht to my big car. The riveting biography of a remarkable ship and the remarkable man who built it, Mine's Bigger is an unforgettable profile of ambition, hubris, audacity, and the imagination of a legendary entrepreneur. This book sprang from three handwritten lines by Ivan Bunin, Russia’s first winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. In this penetrating analysis of the role of political leadership in the Cold War's ending, Archie Brown shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet Union with no alternative but to admit defeat is ... Found inside – Page 34Stamm managed to sail through the horrendous conditions and the 43 year old ... Last month, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich threw down the gauntlet to ... Found insideA penetrating look into the extreme plutocracy Vladimir Putin has created and its implications for Russia's future This insightful study explores how the economic system Vladimir Putin has developed in Russia works to consolidate control ... Entertaining and educational, this book not only covers who owns luxury yachts, where they travel, and what taking care of their eccentric owners is like, but it describes the awe-inspiring benefits of the job, the skills required, and a ... Found insideShe was positive she'd written down the name of the yacht, but now she ... playground of Russian oligarchs and European royalty who arrive on yachts ... Found inside – Page 26B. Nicholson, who bought a schooner during World War II, not to sail but for ... Last month we reported that Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's yacht Le ... Found inside – Page iReaching from the Meiji Restoration to the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, Clancy's innovative study not only moves earthquakes nearer to the centre of modern Japanese history but also shows how fundamentally Japan shaped the global art ... Found inside – Page 81Today, as well as sailing yachts of anything from 10 to 85 metres in length, ... called the Eclipse' commissioned by Russian oil oligarch Roman Abramovich. Found insideDrawing on previously neglected archival material, Jukka Gronow examines how such new pleasures were advertised and enjoyed. Chrystia Freeland, acclaimed business journalist and Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters, has unprecedented access to the richest and most successful people on the planet, from Davos to Dubai, and dissects their lives with intelligence, ... Found inside – Page 218... turn a Russian oligarch green with envy. In 1926 he took possession of the Cutty Sark, a powerful 263-foot steam yacht built on the Clyde. Found inside... Manafort quit the campaign and went sailing on a yacht with Barrack. ... is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of ... Found inside... got offered a job as first mate on a yacht belonging to a Russian oligarch. ... boat as it goes through the water, to hear the wind over the sails and ... Found insideIlea Stronovich, Sinister Russian Oligarch and Oxford University Graduate. ... Le lion d`or, Dufour 45E sailing yacht, property of Armentrude`s father. Found inside – Page 15THE WEALTHY SKIPPER Everything on Jonathan's yachts is electric and can be ... games (he bought the club from a Russian oligarch with last year's bonus). Found inside – Page 37Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko spent $450 million having his Sailing Yacht A built. With three masts measuring 90 metres (295 feet), ... Found inside – Page 19in the beam with a huge sail area which allowed her to reach and maintain speeds in ... was their guest of honour, the Russian oligarch Vladimir Chekov. Found insideThe largest sailing vessel ever built in Britain, the fivemasted Kobenhaven, ... The yacht Eclipse, owned by the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovitch, ... In No Billionaire Left Behind, Angelique Haugerud, who embedded herself within the "Billionaires" and was granted the name "Ivana Itall," explores the inner workings of these faux billionaires and mines the depths of democracy's ... Praise for The Last Leonardo “The story of the world’s most expensive painting is narrated with great gusto and formidably researched detail in Ben Lewis’s book. . . Found insideNo wonder Russian oligarchs are so keen on very big yachts. ... known then by its Swedish name of Gamla Karleby and locally as the Town of a Thousand Sails, ... Found inside – Page 375Taylor: “You know, all the giant yachts are owned by royalty from the Middle East with a couple of Russian oligarchs thrown in. Found insideWhen I say 'yacht', I mean 'super yacht'. Not a yacht with a sail. An oligarch yacht, times two. A Russian doll of yachts. Found inside – Page 140São Jorge A long narrow island a few hours sail from Horta. ... The no-expense-spared 110-foot yacht of a Russian oligarch was where a penniless friend was ... Found inside – Page 129Well apparently his yacht was bigger than the one owned by Roman Abramovich ... as Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch and boss of Chelsea football club. Found inside – Page 42The 38-year-old Russian billionaire, the owner of England's Chelsea soccer ... sailing yachts, Oyster I%Marine has released its first power yacht in many ... Found insideAn insightful and clarifying book for our turbulent times, The Dawn of Eurasia argues that the artificial separation of the world's largest island cannot hold, and the sooner we realise it, the better. Found inside... sending out the message that size the first designer doesn't matter ( well , not too much ) , feet ) , the largest of the three mega - yachts belonging to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich . His fleet also includes to harness new but sail does . Found insideThe innovative conceptual framework of the book is important and timely not only for Hungary, but also for other post-communist countries subjected to autocratic rules. ÿ Found insideCarole was aware that both of the Russians had left the country; ... a large and no doubt expensive sailing yacht as its crew expertly reduced sail in ... Found insideThe Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History Ben Mezrich ... THE waisthigh railing on the deck of a onehundredfiftyfoot sailing yacht, ... Found inside... Trip,” set on state of the art luxury yacht off the coast of Cabo San Luca. ... a billionaire Russian oligarch, as he sets sail on The Bianca with his ... Found insideThe word 'yacht' may be misleading, possibly implying the grandeur and ostentation of hedgefund traders and Russian oligarchs. Coral is a Rustler 31, ... Found insideIn this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Found inside... a billionaire Russian oligarch, as he sets sail on The Bianca with his sexy ... Also five dynamic, powerful and famous couples invited on the yacht's ... Found inside – Page 43... family trust of the Russian billionaire collector Dmitry E. Rybolovlev. ... Sailing Yacht A is a sail-assisted motor yacht built in Kiel by Nobiskrug ... Found inside – Page 39From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie Elisabeth Schimpfössl ... over into the sailing club grounds, which are full of boats, yachts, catamarans, and other craft. This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Found inside – Page 253 The next morning , we'd just decided to sail to Mykonos for supplies when ... your father's yacht and we interrupted some Russian oligarch with a boat ... Found inside – Page 113boats in small dinghies; decks are being varnished, sails pulled from ... now tie up at a huge quay built to accommodate a Russian oligarch's new boat. Found insideFrom Russian oligarchs to small-time dodgy car ringers, they all want the same thing: a tanned blonde and a penis substitute.' As if in ... The sailing boat was drifting in the channel as the skipper fought with a line which trailed behind the boat. 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