Fortunes

Author : Carley Fortune
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735243767

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Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right. They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of spending summers in cottage country, on the glittering lakeshore of her childhood, she stays in a stylish apartment in Toronto, keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart. Until Percy receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without. For six summers during their youth, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm nights working in his family’s restaurant, Percy and Sam had been inseparable. And when Percy returns to the lake, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until she can confront the decisions she made, they’ll never know whether their love is bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past. Told over the course of six years in the past and one weekend in the present, Every Summer After is a gorgeously romantic look at love and the people and choices that mark us forever.

Author : Peter Ho Davies
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780544263789

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The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies Pdf

Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for literature that confronts racism and examines diversity Winner of the 2017 Chautauqua Prize Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize A New York Times Notable Book "Riveting and luminous...Like the best books, this one haunts the reader well after the end."—Jesmyn Ward “[A] complex, beautiful novel . . . Stunning.”—NPR, Best Books of 2016 “Intense and dreamlike . . . filled with quiet resonances across time.”—The New Yorker Sly, funny, intelligent, and artfully structured, The Fortunes recasts American history through the lives of Chinese Americans and reimagines the multigenerational novel through the fractures of immigrant family experience. Inhabiting four lives—a railroad baron’s valet who unwittingly ignites an explosion in Chinese labor; Hollywood’s first Chinese movie star; a hate-crime victim whose death mobilizes the Asian American community; and a biracial writer visiting China for an adoption—this novel captures and capsizes over a century of our history, showing that even as family bonds are denied and broken, a community can survive—as much through love as blood. “A prophetic work, with passages of surpassing beauty.”—Joyce Carol Oates, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award citation “A poignant, cascading four-part novel . . . Outstanding.”—David Mitchell, Guardian “The most honest, unflinching, cathartically biting novel I’ve read about the Chinese American experience.”—Celeste Ng

Author : Willard Sterne Randall
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781524745943

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The Founders' Fortunes by Willard Sterne Randall Pdf

An illuminating financial history of the Founding Fathers, revealing how their personal finances shaped the Constitution and the new nation In 1776, upon the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers concluded America’s most consequential document with a curious note, pledging “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” Lives and honor did indeed hang in the balance, yet just what were their fortunes? How much did the Founders stand to gain or lose through independence? And what lingering consequences did their respective financial stakes have on liberty, justice, and the fate of the fledgling United States of America? In this landmark account, historian Willard Sterne Randall investigates the private financial affairs of the Founders, illuminating like never before how and why the Revolution came about. The Founders’ Fortunes uncovers how these leaders waged war, crafted a constitution, and forged a new nation influenced in part by their own financial interests. In an era where these very issues have become daily national questions, the result is a remarkable and insightful new understanding of our nation’s bedrock values.

Author : Mercedes Lackey
Publisher : LUNA
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426814822

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Fortune's Fool by Mercedes Lackey Pdf

The seventh daughter of the Sea King, Ekaterina is more than a pampered princess-she's also the family spy. Which makes her the perfect emissary to check out interesting happenings in the neighboring kingdom…and nothing interests her more than Sasha, the seventh son of the king of Belrus. Ekaterina suspects he's far from the fool people think him. But before she can find out what lies beneath his facade, she is kidnapped! Trapped in a castle at the mercy of a possessive Jinn, Ekaterina knows her chances of being found are slim. Now fortune, a fool and a paper bird are the only things she can count on-along with her own clever mind and intrepid heart.…

Author : Daniel Altman
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1429950498

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Outrageous Fortunes by Daniel Altman Pdf

A Harvard-trained economist's startling predictions reveal critical challenges in the decades ahead, helping individuals, businesses, and governments to make smarter decisions As individuals, companies, and countries struggle to recover from the economic crisis, many are narrowly focused on forecasts for the next week, month, or quarter. Yet they should be asking what the global economy will look like in the years to come—where will the long-term risks and opportunities arise? These are the questions that Daniel Altman confronts in his provocative and indispensable book. The fate of the global economy, Altman argues, will be determined by deeper factors than those that move markets from moment to moment. His incisive analysis brings together hidden trends, societal pressures, and policy endgames to make twelve surprising but logical predictions about the years ahead. And his forecasts for the future raise a pressing question for today: With so many challenges awaiting us, are our political and economic institutions up to the task? Outrageous Fortunes tells which industries will grow, which economies will crumble, which investments will pay off, and where the next big crisis may occur. Altman's carefully reasoned text is an essential guide for the road ahead.

Author : Gustavus Myers
Publisher : Jovian Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781537803845

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History of the Great American Fortunes by Gustavus Myers Pdf

Originally published in 1910, a primary source for the business and development of American power in the nineteenth century. Originally published in 1910, a primary source for the business and development of American power in the nineteenth century.

Author : EBBE. DOMMISSE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1776191463

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Fortunes by EBBE. DOMMISSE Pdf

A comprehensive work based on personal interviews and insider knowledge - bound to become a classic The past three decades have seen a remarkable rise of Afrikaners in business. With Koos Bekker at its helm, media group Naspers began dominating the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and was turned into a global consumer internet group. Johann Rupert strongly extended Richemont's share internationally in the upper-end market of luxury goods, while Christo Wiese and Whitey Basson at Pepkor and Shoprite became Africa's largest clothing and food retailers. Fortunesdescribes how these and other business leaders, such as Jannie Mouton, Michiel le Roux, Douw Steyn, Roelof Botha, Hendrik du Toit and a number of commercial farmers, built their empires. It looks at their life and business philosophies and what makes them such successful entrepreneurs. Recent years have also seen the sensational collapse of Steinhoff International, the furniture retailer led by Markus Jooste that destroyed some of these fortunes. While Jooste is the topic of one of the chapters, another looks at the philanthropic projects most of these tycoons are involved in.

Author : Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V001485908

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Eva's Fortunes by Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies Pdf

Author : Rafael Sabatini
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479458332

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Fortune's Fool by Rafael Sabatini Pdf

Late of Cromwell's army, Col. Holles finds it impossible to obtain a commission with the royalists. At his wit's end for money, daily he becomes more impatient and embittered, until, careless of his reputation, he decides to fling away honor as well, and undertakes for the Duke of Buckingham the abduction of a popular actress. Of what happens thereafter, of a thrilling duel and strange adventures, of Col. Holles's fight for redemption, Sabatini tells in his finest style.

Author : Sir Walter Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : CHI:099011315

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The Fortunes of Nigel by Sir Walter Scott Pdf

Author : William Hamilton Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112053586142

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The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran by William Hamilton Maxwell Pdf

Author : William Dean Howells
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387033243

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A Hazard of New Fortunes; Complete by William Dean Howells Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Leonore Davidoff,Catherine Hall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135144050

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Family Fortunes by Leonore Davidoff,Catherine Hall Pdf

Family Fortunes has become a seminal text in class and gender history. Published to wide critical acclaim in 1987, its influence in the field continues to be extensive. It has cast new light on the perception of middle-class society and gender relations between 1780 and 1850. This revised edition contains a substantial new introduction, placing the original survey in its historiographical context. Leonore Davidoff and Catherine Hall evaluate the readings their text has received and broaden their study by taking into account recent developments and shifts in the field. They apply current perceptions of history to their original project, and see new motives and meanings emerge that reinforce their argument.

Author : John R. Logan,Harvey Luskin Molotch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520254282

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Urban Fortunes by John R. Logan,Harvey Luskin Molotch Pdf

"Twenty years after publication, Urban Fortunes remains the best book on urban sociology around. Starting from a political economy analysis, Logan and Molotch develop a picture of the formative processes creating the contemporary American city while managing to avoid the pitfalls of determinism."—Susan Fainstein, Harvard University

Author : Austin Clarke
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307364258

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Storm of Fortune by Austin Clarke Pdf

This is the second book in Austin Clarke’s groundbreaking Toronto Trilogy about the lives of black people in Canada. In Storm of Fortune, Clarke brings us into a circle of West Indian domestics—their friends, lovers, spouses, and employers—living in Toronto in the late 1950s. In lush, invigorating prose, Clarke illuminates the world of Bernice Leach—a world inhabited by earthy, garrulous, but terribly isolated people, all living, working, and struggling within an alien, white, Canadian culture. He brilliantly articulates the unsettled attitudes of his characters towards themselves, their community, and their fellow immigrants, exploring questions of status and social mobility. In turn, he unites these themes into a devastating commentary on the quest for success in North America. Dominated by warm, superbly drawn characters and pulsing with the nation language of Clarke’s characters’ speech, Storm of Fortune is a window into one of the most dynamic periods of Canadian history—one that has brought so much to bear on our present.