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Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud [Audiobook]


Free Download Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You: The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9781004153848 | 2024 | 6 hours and 43 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 184 MB
Author: Becky Holmes
Narrator: Becky Holmes

Online romance fraud is a problem across the globe. It causes financial and emotional devastation, yet many people refuse to take it seriously. This is the story of one middle-aged woman in a cardigan determined to understand this growing phenomenon. No other woman has had so many online romances – from Keanu Reeves to Brad Pitt to Prince William – and Becky Holmes is a favourite among peacekeeping soldiers and oil rig workers who desperately need iTunes vouchers. By winding up scammers and investigating the truth behind their profiles, Becky shines a revealing, revolting and hilarious light on a very shady corner of the internet. Featuring first-hand accounts of victims, examples of scripts used by fraudsters, a look into the psychology of fraud and of course plenty of Becky’s hysterical interactions with scammers, this is a must-listen for anyone who needs a reminder that Keanu Reeves is NOT in love with them.

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Murky waters British spas in eighteenth-century medicine and literature


Free Download Sophie Vasset, "Murky waters: British spas in eighteenth-century medicine and literature "
English | ISBN: 1526159716 | 2022 | 304 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Murky waters challenges the refined image of spa towns in eighteenth-century Britain by unveiling darker and more ambivalent contemporary representations. It reasserts the centrality of health in British spas by looking at disease, the representation of treatment and the social networks of care woven into spa towns. The book explores the great variety of medical and literary discourses on the numerous British spas in the long eighteenth century and offers a rare look at spas beyond Bath. Following the thread of ‘murkiness’, it explores the underwater culture of spas, from the gender fluidity of users to the local and national political dimensions, as well as the financial risks taken by gamblers and investors. It thus brings a fresh look at mineral waters and a pinch of salt to health-related discourses.

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