In Spite Of All A Novel

Author : Camilla Bruce
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593102589

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In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce Pdf

“Riveting! Camilla, high-five! Amazing work!”—Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered An audacious novel of feminine rage about one of the most prolific female serial killers in American history--and the men who drove her to it. They whisper about her in Chicago. Men come to her with their hopes, their dreams--their fortunes. But no one sees them leave. No one sees them at all after they come to call on the Widow of La Porte. The good people of Indiana may have their suspicions, but if those fools knew what she'd given up, what was taken from her, how she'd suffered, surely they'd understand. Belle Gunness learned a long time ago that a woman has to make her own way in this world. That's all it is. A bloody means to an end. A glorious enterprise meant to raise her from the bleak, colorless drudgery of her childhood to the life she deserves. After all, vermin always survive.

Author : V. M. Knox
Publisher : A Clement Wisdom Novel
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0648592014

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In Spite of All Terror by V. M. Knox Pdf

September 1940. Britain stands alone facing an immanent Nazi invasion. Handpicked groups of men form the covert Auxiliary Units; ordinary by day, they will be saboteurs and assassins by night. In Spite of All Terror is the first in a series of crime thrillers that will keep you hungry for the next piece of this wartime puzzle.

Author : Simon McCarthy-Jones
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781541646988

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Spite by Simon McCarthy-Jones Pdf

Spite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving. Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people? As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we're looking at it wrong. Spite isn't just what we feel when a car cuts us off or when a partner cheats. It's what we feel when we want to punish a bad act simply because it was bad. Spite is our fairness instinct, an innate resistance to exploitation, and it is one of the building blocks of human civilization. As McCarthy-Jones explains, some of history's most important developments—the rise of religions, governments, and even moral codes—were actually redirections of spiteful impulses. A provocative, engaging read, Spite shows that if you really want to understand what makes us human, you can't just look at noble ideas like altruism and cooperation. You need to understand our darker impulses as well.

Author : Joel Schwartzberg
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523094127

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Get to the Point! by Joel Schwartzberg Pdf

Whether you want to improve your impact in speeches, staff meetings, pitches, emails, PowerPoint presentations, or any other communication setting, this book provides a novel approach that teaches you how to go from simply sharing a thought to making a difference. --

Author : Edna Lyall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:179939659

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In spite of all by Edna Lyall Pdf

Author : Scarlette Pike
Publisher : Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462128068

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In Spite of Lions by Scarlette Pike Pdf

Anna's life has always been controlled by her domineering mother and expectations of London's high society. Hoping to start over, she changes her name and boards the first boat to Africa. As Anna adjusts to a drastically different life in the barren landscape of Africa, she finds hope that she can finally be free from her past. But when a battle between Europeans and the African tribe she has come to call her family looms, she realizes that her past may never truly leave her, and she must make a decision that will not just affect her own life, but also the lives of the people she loves.

Author : Anna E. Collins
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369718747

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Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins Pdf

Falling in love is the ultimate payback in this delightful, breezy romcom about an interior designer who teams up with an enigmatic architect at her firm to get revenge on her ex the only way she knows how: by building a spite house next door “Filled with sizzling chemistry and delicious revenge, Love at First Spite had me smiling from start to finish. This is one debut you don’t want to miss!” —Kate Bromley, author of Talk Bookish to Me They say living well is the best revenge. But sometimes, spreading the misery seems a whole lot more satisfying. That’s interior designer Dani Porter’s justification for buying the vacant lot next to her ex-fiancé’s house…the house they were supposed to live in together, before he cheated on her with their Realtor. Dani plans to build a vacation rental that will a) mess with his view and his peace of mind and b) prove that Dani is not someone to be stepped on. Welcome to project Spite House. That plan quickly becomes complicated when Dani is forced to team up with Wyatt Montego, the handsome, haughty architect at her firm, and the only person available to draw up blueprints. Wyatt is terse and stern, the kind of man who eats his sandwich with a knife and fork. But as they spend time together on- and off-site, Dani glimpses something deeper beneath that hard veneer, something surprising, vulnerable, and real. And the closer she gets to her goal, the more she wonders if winning revenge could mean losing something infinitely sweeter… “Rollickingly, fast-paced… Fans of Emily Henry’s tales will enjoy Collins’ imaginative rom-com.” —Booklist “Wyatt is the perfect grumpy romance hero with a heart of gold. An enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story that’s sure to delight rom-com fans.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : Edna Lyall
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752410693

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In Spite of All by Edna Lyall Pdf

Reproduction of the original: In Spite of All by Edna Lyall

Author : Deb Palmer,Sandy Palmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1644164361

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In Spite of Us by Deb Palmer,Sandy Palmer Pdf

Sandy is sober, moving toward God and a better life. Deb is not sober. She believes a sober life would be like staying awake through major surgery--seeing--feeling--hearing--all. God is not a destination on her map. What happens when this unlikely match agrees to a blind date? Remarkably, a second date. The awkward, mishap affair is like a stroll through a maze of dominoes triggered to collapse with the next breath. Solo, they're a mess, but as a duet? God help them They are modern-day characters right out of the Bible. Remember the sheep? That pesky fellow wandering off causing the shepherd to leave the ninety-nine and take care of it? That's them. What lengths will God go to save this couple from their worst enemy--themselves?

Author : Christopher Plummer
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307373120

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In Spite of Myself by Christopher Plummer Pdf

Canada’s most celebrated and acclaimed actor lets loose in a magnificent memoir that will delight and enchant readers across the country. A rollicking, rich self-portrait written by one of today’s greatest living actors. The story of a “young wastrel, incurably romantic, spoiled rotten” – his privileged Montreal background, rich in Victorian gentility, included steam yachts, rare orchid farms, music lessons in Paris and Berlin – “who tore himself away from the ski slopes to break into the big, bad world of theater not from the streets up but from an Edwardian living room down.” Plummer writes of his early acting days – on radio and stage with William Shatner and other fellow Canadians; of the early days of the Stratford Festival in southern Ontario; of his Broadway debut at twenty-four in The Starcross Story, starring Eva Le Gallienne (“It opened and closed in one night, but what a night!”); of joining Peter Hall’s Royal Shakespeare Company (its other members included Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave and Peter O’Toole); of his first picture, Stage Struck, directed by Sidney Lumet; and of The Sound of Music, which he affectionately dubbed “S&M.” He writes about his legendary colleagues: Dame Judith Anderson (“the Tasmanian devil from Down Under”); Sir Tyrone Guthrie; Sir Laurence Olivier; Elia Kazan (“this chameleon of chameleons might change into you, wear your skin, steal your soul”); and “that reprobate” Jason Robards, among many others. A revelation of the wild and exuberant ride that is the actor’s – at least this actor’s – life.

Author : Edna Lyall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798618446365

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In Spite of All by Edna Lyall Pdf

Presently the two playmates grew tired of snowballing and retired to a little arbour, commonly called the sun-trap, for here on the coldest days warmth could generally be found. There was a lull in the merry sounds, but it was only the calm which precedes a storm, for before long came a vehement expostulation, "Gabriel! Gabriel! let me have it. I will have it."

Author : Iain Reid
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501126925

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I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid Pdf

Jake and a woman known only as The Girlfriend are taking a long drive to meet his parents at their secluded farm. But when Jake takes a sudden detour, leaving The Girlfriend stranded at a deserted high school, the story transforms into a twisted combination of the darkest unease, psychological frailty, and a look into the limitations of solitude.

Author : Edna Lyall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436880653

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In Spite of All: A Novel (1901) by Edna Lyall Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : John Dickson Carr
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471905223

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In Spite of Thunder by John Dickson Carr Pdf

On his return to Geneva, Brian Innes must meet Audrey Page and find a way to prevent her from joining the strangely temperamental group of people gathered around film star Eve Eden at the Villa Rosalind. With characteristic stubbornness, if not trusting naivety, she refuses to be detained and is immediately encircled by terror, while the jaws of a murder trap swing closed. Fortunately, Dr Gideon Fell is on hand, and when the murderer strikes with an invisible weapon, Fell accepts the challenge with brilliance and wit.

Author : Lisa Anselmo
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466875821

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My (Part-Time) Paris Life by Lisa Anselmo Pdf

Poignant, touching, and lively, this memoir of a woman who loses her mother and creates a new life for herself in Paris will speak to anyone who has lost a parent or reinvented themselves. Lisa Anselmo wrapped her entire life around her mother, a strong woman who was a defining force in her daughter’s life—maybe too defining. When her mother dies from breast cancer, Lisa realizes she hadn’t built a life of her own, and struggles to find her purpose. Who is she without her mother—and her mother’s expectations? Desperate for answers, she reaches for a lifeline in the form of an apartment in Paris, refusing to play it safe for the first time. What starts out as a lurching act of survival sets Lisa on a course that reshapes her life in ways she never could have imagined. But how can you imagine a life bigger than anything you’ve ever known? In the vein of Eat, Pray, Love and Wild, My (Part-time) Paris Life a story is for anyone who’s ever felt lost or hopeless, but still holds out hope of something more. This candid memoir explores one woman’s search for peace and meaning, and how the ups and downs of expat life in Paris taught her to let go of fear, find self-worth, and create real, lasting happiness.