Russian Banks

Twenty hours to disappear. One mistake could be fatal. Anastasia Pestova is a quiet teller at the Bank of Moscow, in a city that doesn't notice if she breathes. But when millions of rubles vanish through her terminal, she is suddenly the centre of a money laundering conspiracy. With authorities watching the gates, she has less than twenty hours to catch a ship to America. And she accidentally hitched a ride with a murderer.

The renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Mieville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution, and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions?

Will he avenge his family or acknowledge the woman he loves is no longer his enemy? Fifteen years ago, the mafia murdered my family. I’m Connor Barrett - the most powerful man in NYC. I fund politicians, sleep with beautiful women and my enemies don’t know I exist. Yet. I’ve been single-minded in my revenge until a woman with sinful curves pours a drink down the front of my Armani tux. When I learn her surname and discover she is a mafia princess, I have a decision to make. Use her or toss her. But I’m not keeping her. When I agree to become her fake fiancé to get close to her ...

Stanley McKnight is at the top of his game, a private banker with talent, and more than a bit of luck. When he is promoted by his Swiss private bank, Laville & Cie, to take on their largest Russian clients, it looks like his star will only continue to rise. As McKnight follows his clients around the world, coming up with new ways to skirt the law and wash their money, he must play an increasingly feverish game of cat-and-mouse between the American government, and the state-sanctioned Russian mob.

"Kingdom of Lies is a brilliant and bold debut, as full of suspense as the best crime thrillers.” —Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author of Blood Oath In the tradition of Michael Lewis and Tom Wolfe, a fascinating and frightening behind-the-scenes look at the interconnected...

In Bank 3.0, Brett King brings the story up to date with the latest trends redefining financial services and payments - from the global scramble for dominance of the mobile wallet and the expectations created by tablet computing to the operationalizing of the cloud, the explosion of social media, and the rise of the de-banked consumer, who doesn't need a bank at all.

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Сыновья всегда становятся подобием своих отцов. Отец молодого Джерри сможет гордиться своим мальчиком, которого не испугала разбушевавшаяся непогода, тьма и бушующая река Сакраменто. Как взрослый, он взял на себя ответственность за жизнь двух людей и не бросил их над пропастью бездны, проявив мужество, стойкость и поистине силу духа.

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