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The Birthday Boys

Author : Beryl Bainbridge
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-08-26
ISBN 10 : 9780748125258
Pages : 192 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (125 downloads)

Download The Birthday Boys in PDF Full Online by Beryl Bainbridge and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliantly realized evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. 'Bainbridge's account of the horribly familiar story is both fresh and sure-footed. The power of her imagination, her clarity of expression and mastery of language are more striking than anything else I have read this year' Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph The Birthday Boys is one of Beryl Bainbridge's most acclaimed novels, telling the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Dr Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.

The Ghost and the Birthday Boy

Author : Bobbi Holmes
Publisher : Robeth Publishing
Release Date : 2021-08-17
ISBN 10 :
Pages : pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)

Download The Ghost and the Birthday Boy in PDF Full Online by Bobbi Holmes and published by Robeth Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily and Ian’s families come to Frederickport to celebrate Connor’s first Birthday. Bringing the in-laws together is not always easy, especially when uninvited guests from the spirit realm show up.

The Birthday Boy

Author : Manish N. Prasad
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2012-11
ISBN 10 : 9781479741045
Pages : 52 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (741 downloads)

Download The Birthday Boy in PDF Full Online by Manish N. Prasad and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When something special something good or bad happens to you, note the date. Years later maybe more, maybe less on that same date, something else will happen. I m not saying what. It could be good. It could be bad. But it ll be something you ll remember. Note the date. It could be the same day and/or the same month. And if it is the same day and/or the same month, it is a date of fate."

The Birthday Boy

Author : Al Hine
Publisher :
Release Date : 1959
ISBN 10 : UCAL:B3463233
Pages : 396 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)

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Birthday Boy

Author : Dereen Taylor
Publisher : Evans Brothers
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 10 : 023753469X
Pages : 36 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (237 downloads)

Download Birthday Boy in PDF Full Online by Dereen Taylor and published by Evans Brothers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the "Twisters" series, which are first reading books made up of real stories with a beginning, a middle and an end, and turn-the-page appeal. Accompanied by bright, colourful pictures, which help develop visual literacy skills, this title features a birthday party and all the friends have arrived.

Beyond Price

Author : J. David Velleman
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2015-10-08
ISBN 10 : 9781783741670
Pages : 232 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (741 downloads)

Download Beyond Price in PDF Full Online by J. David Velleman and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In nine lively essays, bioethicist J. David Velleman challenges the prevailing consensus about assisted suicide and reproductive technology, articulating an original approach to the ethics of creating and ending human lives. He argues that assistance in dying is appropriate only at the point where talk of suicide is not, and he raises moral objections to anonymous donor conception. In their place, Velleman champions a morality of valuing personhood over happiness in making end-of-life decisions, and respecting the personhood of future children in making decisions about procreation. These controversial views are defended with philosophical rigor while remaining accessible to the general reader. Written over Velleman's 30 years of undergraduate teaching in bioethics, the essays have never before been collected and made available to a non-academic audience. They will open new lines of debate on issues of intense public interest.

All Note Long

Author : Annabeth Albert
Publisher : Lyrical Press
Release Date : 2016-08-02
ISBN 10 : 9781601835062
Pages : 347 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (835 downloads)

Download All Note Long in PDF Full Online by Annabeth Albert and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giving true love a spin . . . Michelin Moses is a country music star on the rise. With a hit single under his Texas-sized belt buckle and a sold-out concert tour underway, his childhood dreams of making it big are finally coming true. But there’s one thing missing—a promise to his dying mother that he’d find it—him—when the time was right. With a little luck, he won’t have to wait too long . . . Lucky Ramirez is a hunky boy toy who dances at The Broom Closet, one of West Hollywood’s hottest gay bars. He loves what he does, and he’s good at it—almost as good as he is at playing dumb when he spots Michelin Moses at the bar. What happens next is off the charts—and keeps Michelin coming back for more. He’s just not sure it’s the right move for his career. But if Lucky gets his way, Michelin will get Lucky—and no matter how the media spins it, neither of them will be faking it . . . Praise for the Portland Heat series “Tremendously charming and sexy.”—RT Book Reviews on Served Hot “A really enjoyable story.”—Joyfully Jay on Baked Fresh “Sometimes an author just gets everything right...Absolutely perfect.”—Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews on Delivered Fast

Understanding Beryl Bainbridge

Author : Brett Josef Grubisic
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2008
ISBN 10 : 1570037566
Pages : 212 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (57 downloads)

Download Understanding Beryl Bainbridge in PDF Full Online by Brett Josef Grubisic and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this introduction to prolific British novelist Beryl Bainbridge, Brett Josef Grubisic provides a biographical sketch of the writer, discussion of her motivations and techniques, and a detailed survey of her fiction that places the works in the traditions of British black comedy, social novels, and historical fiction. In approaching her works, Grubisic maps Bainbridge's movement from social to historical novels, beginning with the comic historicism of Young Adolf and continuing to her most recent fiction, The Birthday Boys, Every Man for Himself, Master Georgie, and According to Queeney. Grubisic holds that in portraying historical events through a variety of narrative techniques or from oblique vantage points, Bainbridge's latest novels partially ally themselves with the style and ideological concerns of literary postmodernism while still recalling the defining view of hardship established in her youth."--BOOK JACKET.

The Angel Maker

Author : Stefan Brijs
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2008-09-18
ISBN 10 : 9780297855668
Pages : 352 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (855 downloads)

Download The Angel Maker in PDF Full Online by Stefan Brijs and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2008-09-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative, intriguing and dark fairytale. After many years Doctor Victor Hoppe returns to the small village he grew up in. His return after an absence of many years generates a lot of interest - and suspicion - as he is accompanied by three triplets, all of whom share the same physical deformity as the doctor - a hare lip. These children are very quiet and are rarely seen in the village. But with time, and a series of apparently miraculous cures and tales of the wife he lost, the doctor begins to win the villagers over. He hires an ex schoolmistress, Charlotte, to look after the children. But the longer she works with the doctor, the more she begins to suspect that the children - and the doctor - aren't what they seem...

Beryl Bainbridge

Author : Huw Marsh
Publisher : Northcote House Pub Limited
Release Date : 2014
ISBN 10 : 9780746312193
Pages : 131 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (312 downloads)

Download Beryl Bainbridge in PDF Full Online by Huw Marsh and published by Northcote House Pub Limited. This book was released on 2014 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beryl Bainbridge is one of Britain's major post-war novelists. This study analyses Bainbridge's work in relation to some of the pressing debates in post-war literary studies. It frames Bainbridge's work within her life and times, describing her unique approach to fictionalising her own past and Britain's more distant historical past. Topics covered include Bainbridge's vexed relationship with feminism; her approach to comedy; her treatment of autobiography; her interest in myth-making and national tragedy; and her un-theorised yet subtly postmodernist views about history, fiction and memory. With generous reference to Bainbridge's peers, her literary influences and those influenced by her work, Marsh identifies the major phases of Bainbridge's career, contextualising each with material from Bainbridge's journalism, essays interviews and unpublished papers. Suitable or all readers of Bainbridge's novels and including suggestions for further reading, Marsh's book combines awareness of recent literary criticism and theory with accessible, contextualised readings.

Fired!

Author : Annabelle Gurwitch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-03-10
ISBN 10 : 9780743297608
Pages : 258 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (297 downloads)

Download Fired! in PDF Full Online by Annabelle Gurwitch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-03-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've ever been fired, you're in good company. That's what actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch discovered when she was fired by her idol Woody Allen ("You look retarded"). She confided her tale of woe to her friend Felicity Huffman, who made Annabelle laugh with her own stories. Annabelle realized that there was a world of people out there waiting to laugh at the experience that virtually everyone shares, and she began to collect stories of being fired from friends and colleagues. Soon she was contributing regular "Fired!" segments to Day to Day on NPR and gathering friends to appear with her in sold-out performances of Fired! in Los Angeles and New York. Fired!, her documentary film inspired by these stories, comes out in 2006. This book is a collection of hilarious but true tales from people who've all gotten the ax, the boot, or been canned at some point in their lives. In "That's a Fact," Andy Borowitz tells the story of being fired as a writer for the television sitcom The Facts of Life after being informed that he just didn't "get" Tootie. "Take that hanger off your head, you idiot!" were the last words Jeff Garlin heard before being fired from Spec's Music store after only one day on the job, just one of the many firings he recounts in "That Garlin Boy." In "Jimmy the Idiot," Dana Gould sums up his firing from the cast of the sitcom Working that led him to become a producer of The Simpsons: "In the second episode, I was a math genius, in the third -- a motocross racer, and in the fourth episode I was replaced by a chimp, but nobody noticed." In "Poor Judgment," Illeana Douglas tells about being fired after a few hours of working as a coat check girl: "How is it possible to be fired from hanging coats? I have arms. I know what coats are. I don't come home and throw my coat on the floor. I hang it in a closet. I have experience." How did Bob Saget find out he was being phased out of his job on The Morning Program? "One day I showed up and my hosting chair was gone!" With an all-star cast from Tim Allen to Morgan Spurlock, from Anne Meara to David Cross, and contributions from people from all over the country, this book proves it's not the bounce that counts, it's the bounce back.

The Boy Behind the Curtain

Author : Tim Winton
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2017-05-04
ISBN 10 : 9781509816965
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (816 downloads)

Download The Boy Behind the Curtain in PDF Full Online by Tim Winton and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eclectic and impassioned, a collection that affirms the power of the written word.' – Observer The Boy Behind the Curtain is a portrait of a life, a place and a man. In this deeply personal collection of true stories and essays Tim Winton shows how moments from his childhood and life growing up have shaped his views on class, faith, fundamentalism, the environment, and – most pressingly – how all his experiences have made him a writer. From unexpected links between car crashes and faith, surfing and writing, to the story of his upbringing in the changing Australian landscape, The Boy Behind the Curtain is an impassioned, funny, joyous, astonishing collection of memories, and Winton's most personal book to date.

Memoirs Of A Sai Student

Author : Aravind Balasubramanya
Publisher : Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division
Release Date : 2013-10-12
ISBN 10 : 9789350691410
Pages : 201 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (691 downloads)

Download Memoirs Of A Sai Student in PDF Full Online by Aravind Balasubramanya and published by Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division. This book was released on 2013-10-12 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this written account of his experiences as a student and devotee of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Aravind Balasubramanya shares, with his simple, lucid, and heartfelt style of writing, captivating stories of his time with our beloved Swami. Read and bring to vivid life in the mind's eye the plays, the plots, the schemes, and the traps hatched, and the love that the author has for Swami, which the Lord reciprocated during his time as a student in Swami's school and university. Throughout Memoirs Of A Sai Student, the author reveals the labyrinth of evolution that is life, through which Swami guided him safely and moulded him into an ardent devotee of the Lord and an acclaimed speaker.

The Seven Laws of Love

Author : Dave Willis
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Release Date : 2016-01-05
ISBN 10 : 9780718034344
Pages : 272 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (34 downloads)

Download The Seven Laws of Love in PDF Full Online by Dave Willis and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Seven Laws of Love is insightful, compelling, inspiring, grounded, and immeasurably practical. We love this book! Everyone needs to read it. Don’t miss out on its powerful message.” —Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott, authors of Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts In our fast-paced, success-obsessed culture, we’re constantly tempted to chase after things that don’t matter. We’ve been conditioned to value possessions over people, status over relationships, and ourselves over God. But the reality is this: God created love to be the centerpiece of our lives. In The Seven Laws of Love, Dave Willis makes the case for a love revival and proves that in returning to a life of love we have no greater model than the one who is love himself. In Dave’s humorous, touching, down-to-earth style, The Seven Laws of Love takes you on a journey through the ins and outs of everyday relationships—with your spouse, your children, your friends, and your coworkers—using practical, applicable examples and guiding principles that demonstrate what a life of love actually looks like. There is no higher calling on earth than to love and be loved. It’s time to learn The Seven Laws of Love, and to make loving a priority over all other pursuits. Anything else isn’t really living.

Contemporary British Novelists

Author : Nick Rennison
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2004-12-31
ISBN 10 : 9781134604708
Pages : 212 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (64 downloads)

Download Contemporary British Novelists in PDF Full Online by Nick Rennison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-12-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a broad range of contemporary British novelists from Iain Banks to Jeanette Winterson, Louis de Bernieres to Irvine Welsh and Salman Rushdie, this book offers an excellent introductory guide to the contemporary literary scene. Each entry includes concise biographical information on each of the key novelists and analysis of their major works and themes. Fully cross-referenced and containing extensive guides to further reading, Fifty Contemporary British Novelists is the ideal guide to modern British fiction for both the student and the contemporary fiction buff alike.

Crossroads in Literature and Culture

Author : Jacek Fabiszak
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-11-05
ISBN 10 : 9783642219948
Pages : 532 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (219 downloads)

Download Crossroads in Literature and Culture in PDF Full Online by Jacek Fabiszak and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains a selection of papers focusing on the idea of crossing boundaries in literary and cultural texts composed in English. The authors come from different methodological schools and analyse texts coming from different periods and cultures, trying to find common ground (the theme of the volume) between the apparently generically and temporarily varied works and phenomena. In this way, a plethora of perspectives is offered, perspectives which represent a high standard both in terms of theoretical reflection and in-depth analysis of selected texts. Consequently, the volume is addressed to a wide scope of both scholars and students working in the field of English and American literary and cultural studies; furthermore, it will be of interest also to students interested in theoretical issues linked with investigations into literature and culture.

Redefining Success

Author : W Brett Wilson
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Release Date : 2012-11-06
ISBN 10 : 9780143186793
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (186 downloads)

Download Redefining Success in PDF Full Online by W Brett Wilson and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W. Brett Wilson, Dragons' Den co-star and Risky Business host, often gets asked about his secrets to success. He became one of Canada's top investment bankers because he was driven, willing to take risks and saw opportunity where others saw roadblocks. But along the path to business success, he tripped over a multitude of misguided priorities. For many years, Wilson pursued business with uncompromising focus, working long hours, seven days a week. In the process, his marriage and his health suffered greatly: he was rarely home as his children were growing up, divorce became inevitable and cancer struck at age forty-three. He truly learned the hard way that one can find financial success and the respect of business peers while almost losing what matters most: health, family and friends. Redefining Success details how Wilson was forced to redefine his life, making health and key relationships his first priorities. Through trial and error, he discovered that these simple virtues are foundational for real, enduring success, both in business and in life. Wilson's compelling insights are the basis for Redefining Success. Not just for entrepreneurs and business people, the book outlines how we can change our lives for the better by re-evaluating our personal definitions of success, then reworking them into a life plan that is feasible, lasting and rewarding. Inspirational and paradigm-changing, Redefining Success will help you implement and sustain lasting, positive change in your life—and make your world a little more meaningful—everyday.