Age And Guile

Author : P. J. O'Rourke
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781555847067

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Age and Guile by P. J. O'Rourke Pdf

The political humorist shares his transformation from dirty hippie to conservative middle-aged grouch: “An incorrigible comic gift” (The New York Times Book Review). The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Give War a Chance was at one time a raving pinko, with scars on his formerly bleeding heart to prove it. In Age and Guile: Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut, P. J. O’Rourke chronicles the remarkable trajectory that took him from the lighthearted fun of the revolutionary barricades to the serious business of the nineteenth hole. How did the O’Rourke of 1970, who summarized the world of “grown-ups” as “materialism, sexual hang-ups, the Republican party, uncomfortable clothes, engagement rings, car accidents, Pat Boone, competition, patriotism, cheating, lying, ranch houses, and TV” come to be in favor of all of those things? What caused his metamorphosis from a beatnik-hippie type comfortable sleeping on dirty mattresses in pot-addled communes during his days as a writer for assorted “underground” papers? Here, O’Rourke shows how his socialist idealism and avant-garde aesthetic tendencies were cured, and how he acquired a healthy and commendable interest in national defense, balanced budgets, Porsches, and Cohiba cigars. From a former editor-in-chief of National Lampoon and frequent NPR guest, this hilarious essay collection shows that there’s hope for all those suffering from acute bohemianism.

Author : Brent Weeks
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 715 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316087544

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The Black Prism by Brent Weeks Pdf

In a world where magic is tightly controlled, the most powerful man in history must choose between his kingdom and his son in the first book in the epic NYT bestselling Lightbringer series. Guile is the Prism. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live. When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart. If you loved the action and adventure of the Night Angel trilogy, you will devour this incredible epic fantasy series by Brent Weeks.

Author : P. J. O'Rourke
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781555847104

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Eat the Rich by P. J. O'Rourke Pdf

A New York Times bestseller: “The funniest writer in America” takes on the global economy (The Wall Street Journal). In this book, renowned political humorist P. J. O’Rourke, author of Parliament of Whores and How the Hell Did This Happen? leads us on a hysterical whirlwind world tour from the “good capitalism” of Wall Street to the “bad socialism” of Cuba in search of the answer to an age-old question: “Why do some places prosper and thrive, while others just suck?” With stops in Albania, Sweden, Hong Kong, Moscow, and Tanzania, O’Rourke takes a look at the complexities of economics with a big dose of the incomparable wit that has made him one of today’s most refreshing commentators. “O’Rourke has done the unthinkable: he’s made money funny.” —Forbes FYI “[O’Rourke is] witty, smart and—though he hides it under a tough coat of cynicism—a fine reporter . . . Delightful.” —The New York Times Book Review

Author : Constance Cooper
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780544451735

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Guile by Constance Cooper Pdf

“A fun read, with a bit of fantasy and mystery, and it’s sure to put a smile on your face (did I mention it has a talking cat?).”—Here’s to Happy Endings Yonie Watereye lives in the bayou. The water there is full of guile, a power that changes people and objects. Yonie, 16, makes a living investigating objects affected by guile, but in fact it’s her talking cat, LaRue, who has the power to see guile. Yonie becomes aware that someone is sending harmful guile-changed objects to certain people, including herself. Her investigation becomes entwined with her hunt for the secrets of her mother’s past and leads her to discover dangers hidden within her own family. In the suspenseful adventure that follows, Yonie and her feline companion face challenges that could end their adventuring forever. * A Junior Library Guild Selection * “The setting is a blend of Venice’s canals and Louisiana’s bogs; the plot is an almost cozy mystery with red herrings aplenty; the heroine is as plucky as her sidekick is prickly. Add just a dash of romance and you’ve got yourself a fine gumbo of a book that, while satisfying in one gulp, may also have readers returning for second helpings.”—Bulletin “The plot is invigorating and exciting . . . Unexpected twists leave readers both on edge and fulfilled.”—Kirkus Reviews “Memorable, well-drawn characters . . . Those who like unusual fantasies will enjoy this and will identify with the appealing Yonie as she searches for her roots and a place to belong.”—Booklist

Author : Brent Weeks
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 1269 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316251280

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The Burning White by Brent Weeks Pdf

In this stunning conclusion to the epic New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series, kingdoms clash as Kip struggles to escape his family's shadow in order to protect the land and people he loves. Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He's lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves. Success will condemn his entire empire. As the White King springs his great traps and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip Guile must gather his forces, rally his allies, and scramble to return for one impossible final stand. The long-awaited epic conclusion of Brent Weeks's New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series. Lightbringer The Black Prism The Blinding Knife The Broken Eye The Blood MirrorThe Burning White For more from Brent Weeks, check out: Night Angel The Way of Shadows Shadow's Edge Beyond the Shadows The Night Angel Trilogy: 10th Anniversary EditionNight Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus)Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel

Author : Tiger Tales
Publisher : Tiger Tales
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1589256182

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Ten in the Bed by Tiger Tales Pdf

There were ten in the bed, and the little one said, "Roll over! Roll over!" So they all rolled over and one fell out! Based on the popular song, ten cute and cuddly stuffed animals OINK!, MEOW!, and QUACK! their way off the bed in this lighthearted romp.

Author : Brent Weeks
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316251310

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The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks Pdf

Gavin Guile is missing, leaving Kip and his allies to face the White King's horde in the fourth novel of the NYT bestselling Lightbringer series by Brent Week's. When does an empire fall? The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four-and those are falling before the White King's armies. Gavin Guile, ex-emperor, ex-Prism, ex-galley slave, formerly the one man who might have averted war, is now lost, broken, and trapped in a prison crafted by his own hands to hold a great magical genius. But Gavin has no magic at all. Worse, in this prison, Gavin may not be alone. Kip Guile will make a last, desperate attempt to stop the White King's growing horde. Karris White attempts to knit together an empire falling apart, helped only by her murderous and possibly treasonous father-in-law Andross Guile. Meanwhile, Teia's new talents will find a darker use-and the cost might be too much to bear. Together, they will fight to prevent a tainted empire from becoming something even worse. Devour this blockbuster epic fantasy series that had Peter V. Brett saying, "Brent Weeks is so good, it's starting to tick me off!"

Author : Hannelore Cayre
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781773054421

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The Godmother by Hannelore Cayre Pdf

Inspiration for the major motion picture Mama Weed; translated from the international bestseller La Daronne, winner of the European Crime Fiction Prize and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, France’s most prestigious prize for crime fiction Meet Patience Portefeux, a fifty-three-year-old, underpaid Franco-Arab interpreter for the Ministry of Justice who specializes in phone tapping. Widowed after the sudden death of her husband, Patience is now wedged between university fees for her grown-up daughters and nursing home costs for her aging mother. Happening upon an especially revealing set of police wiretaps ahead of all other authorities, Patience makes a life-altering decision that sees her intervening in — and infiltrating — the machinations of a massive drug deal. She thus embarks on an entirely new career path: Patience becomes The Godmother. This is not the French idyll of postcards and stock photos. With a gallery of traffickers, dealers, police officers, and politicians, The Godmother casts its sharp and amusing gaze on everyday survival in contemporary France. With an unforgettable woman at its center, Hannelore Cayre’s bestselling novel reveals a European criminal underground that has rarely been seen.

Author : Alissa Johnson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781492620549

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A Gift for Guile by Alissa Johnson Pdf

She's a liar. She's a con. She's a thief. And God help him, but he'll do anything to keep her safe. Beautiful and conniving, maddening and brilliant, Esther is everything private detective Samuel Brass shouldn't want. Esther knows she's put herself in terrible danger, but nothing will stop her from making amends-not her family's enemies, not old fears, and certainly not the domineering, interfering, and undeniably handsome former officer of the Scotland Yard. Yet whenever he's near, Samuel makes her long for a life that can never be hers...and wish she were worthy of being saved. Second in an exciting late Victorian romance series from a RITA Award nominee! Thief Takers Series: A Talent for Trickery, Book 1 A Gift for Guile, Book 2 Dangerous Deceit, Coming Soon "From the first page, Johnson seizes readers' attention... Losing none of her witty dialogue or clever plotting, she pulls readers this way and that as the story swiftly turns from suspense to romance and back again."-RT Book Reviews on A Talent for Trickery

Author : Ignacy Potocki
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780271070544

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Remarks on Architecture by Ignacy Potocki Pdf

At the end of the eighteenth century, the authors of Poland’s 3 May 1791 Constitution became the heirs to a defunct state whose territory had been partitioned by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. At this moment of intensive national postmortem, Ignacy Potocki, an eminent statesman and co-author of the Constitution, wrote the treatise Remarks on Architecture. One of the best-preserved examples of early modern Polish architectural thought, Potocki’s work announces itself as a project of national introspection, with architecture playing a direct role in the betterment of the nation. Addressed to the contemporary Polish nobility, the book argues that architecture is a vessel for cultural values and that it plays an important part in the formation and critique of broader national traditions. Throughout, Potocki conveys the lessons of a Vitruvian canon that shaped Continental classical architectural theory and practice throughout the early modern period. Expertly translated by Carolyn Guile and featuring an introduction that explores Polish Enlightenment architectural writing as an example of cultural exchange, inheritance, and transformation, this edition of Potocki’s treatise broadens our understanding of European architectural history during the early modern period.

Author : P. J. O'Rourke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Journalists
ISBN : 132235720X

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Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut by P. J. O'Rourke Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Bear
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429986489

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Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear Pdf

A powerful new fantasy from Hugo award–winning author Elizabeth Bear, Range of Ghosts creates a world both deep and broad, where a sorcerer-prince seeks world domination for the glory of his God. Temur, grandson of the Great Khan, is walking from a battlefield where he was left for dead. All around lie the fallen armies of his cousin and his brother who made war to rule the Khaganate. Temur is now the legitimate heir by blood to his grandfather's throne, but he is not the strongest. Going into exile is the only way to survive his ruthless cousin. Once-Princess Samarkar is climbing the thousand steps of the Citadel of the Wizards of Tsarepheth. She was heir to the Rasan Empire until her father got a son on a new wife. Then she was sent to be the wife of a Prince in Song, but that marriage ended in battle and blood. Now she has renounced her worldly power to seek the magical power of the wizards. These two will come together to stand against the hidden cult that has so carefully brought all the empires of the Celadon Highway to strife and civil war through guile and deceit and sorcerous power. The Eternal Sky Trilogy #1 Range of Ghosts #2 Shattered Pillars #3 Steles of the Sky At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Maudie Powell-Tuck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Animals
ISBN : 1848959036

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A Very Merry Christmas by Maudie Powell-Tuck Pdf

Snuggle up with your little one and share this wonderfully festive story about the many different ways we celebrate Christmas. Mr and Mrs Mouse are having a party. But their guests arrive with the strangest things: dinosaur cakes, cactuses... “This isn’t like Christmas at all!” squeaks Mr Mouse. Little does he realise things are about to get very Christmasssy indeed! This sturdy board book is the perfect way to introduce young children to different Christmas traditions. Toddler-tough pages will withstand wear and tear and little hands will love the squishy padded cover – with special sparkles! A laugh-out-loud winter story with something for children and adults alike!

Author : Gill Guile
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Bulldozers
ISBN : 1743003056

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Bobby the Bulldozer by Gill Guile Pdf

These charming chubby books are small enough for tiny hands but tough enough to take a beating! Lively and colourful characters will keep readers entertained. The series highlights cooperation as the main characters help their friends, whether it's digging a flower bed or making a pond!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Tender Moments
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1774021382

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Kiss Those Toes by Anonim Pdf

A group of forest animals play a game of hide-and-seek with their children.