Confidence games : lawyers, accountants, and the tax shelter industry / by Rostain, Tanina

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments and note on sources -- Introduction -- The rise of the tax shelter market -- The IRS under siege -- Why do shelters matter -- Gimme shelter -- Accounting firms -- The skunkworks -- Watson's choice -- Accounting for fraud -- Dances with wolves -- Law firms -- The Texas juggernaut -- Lowering the bar -- The reckoning -- Turning the tide -- The government closes in -- Endgame: KPMG and Jenkens -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.…”
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Movies (and other things) : a collection of questions asked, answered, illustrated / by Serrano, Shea

Myth and the movies : discovering the mythic structure of 50 unforgettable films / by Voytilla, Stuart, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…The mythic structure of the hero's journey -- Archetypes : the roles characters play -- The mythic structure of action adventure -- The treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) -- Seven samurai (1954) -- Raiders of the lost ark (1981) -- Die hard (1988) -- Thelma and Louise (1991) -- The mythic structure of the western -- High noon (1952) -- The searchers (1956) -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) -- Dances with wolves (1990) -- Unforgiven (1992) -- The mythic structure of horror -- Invasion of the body snatchers (1956) -- Jaws (1975) -- Halloween (1978) -- The fly (1986) -- The silence of the lambs (1991) -- The mythic structure of the thriller -- Double indemnity (1944) -- Notorious (1946) -- Chinatown (1974) -- La femme Nikita (1990) -- The fugitive (1993) -- The mythic structure of war -- All quiet on the western front (1930) -- They were expendable (1945) -- The bridge on the River Kwai (1957) -- Das boot (1981) -- Platoon (1986) -- The mythic structure of drama. …”