The Arrogant Years

Author : Lucette Lagnado
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062092564

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The Arrogant Years by Lucette Lagnado Pdf

“[Lagnado writes] in crystalline yet melodious prose.” —New York Times Lucette Lagnado’s acclaimed, award-winning The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit (“[a] crushing, brilliant book” —New York Times Book Review) told the powerfully moving story of her Jewish family’s exile from Egypt. In her extraordinary follow-up memoir, The Arrogant Years, Lagnado revisits her first years in America, and describes a difficult coming-of-age tragically interrupted by a bout with cancer at age 16. At once a poignant mother and daughter story and a magnificent snapshot of the turbulent ’60s and ’70s, The Arrogant Years is a stunning work of memory and resilience that ranges from Cairo to Brooklyn and beyond—the unforgettable true story of a remarkable young woman’s determination to push past the boundaries of her life and make her way in the wider world.

Author : Lucette Lagnado
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061827501

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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit by Lucette Lagnado Pdf

“Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ” —Miami Herald In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty and cosmopolitan glamour of Cairo in the years before Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rise to power. With Nasser’s nationalization of Egyptian industry, her father, Leon, a boulevardier who conducted business in his white sharkskin suit, loses everything, and departs with the family for any land that will take them. The poverty and hardships they encounter in their flight from Cairo to Paris to New York are strikingly juxtaposed against the beauty and comforts of the lives they left behind. An inversion of the American dream set against the stunning portraits of three world cities, Lucette Lagnado’s memoir offers a grand and sweeping story of faith, tradition, tragedy, and triumph.

Author : Goldie Golding
Publisher : Mesorah Publications
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0899065007

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Arrogant Ari Learns a Lesson by Goldie Golding Pdf

Ari was so arrogant then he learned a lesson.

Author : Stephen Jenks,Fritz Steele
Publisher : Seapoint Books and Media
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Interpersonal communication
ISBN : 0983062242

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The Arrogant Leader by Stephen Jenks,Fritz Steele Pdf

Leadership roles have been populated by people who tend to take an "I'm better than you" stance toward the lesser mortals around them. Unfortunately, arrogance is a luxury that organizations can no longer afford (if they ever could). We explore leadership arrogance and examine the costs on the leaders themselves, those around them, and their organizations. Learn to understand and deal with arrogant behavior so that it doesn't sabotage personal competence, relationships, and organizational survival.

Author : Anne Mather
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488743146

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The Arrogant Duke by Anne Mather Pdf

For years, Juliet's father had used his wealth, power and influence to rule her life. But now, she was free to make her own decisions. She had assumed a new name and identity, and had run away to a job on this beautiful West Indian island. But had she jumped from the frying pan into the fire? Bad as her father had been, her employer, the Duque Felipe Ricardo de Castro, turned out to be even more domineering. And what was worse –– Juliet fell in love with him!

Author : Oluwatope Oyewole
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781662420399

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The Arrogant Horse by Oluwatope Oyewole Pdf

At the Animal Kingdom, strength and ability (power) rule the jungle, and winning a long seven-mile race will determine who will rule the kingdom for a whole year. Now the unbelievable has just happened. Goliath the Arrogant Horse, known as the fastest runner and the current leader in the kingdom, has just been challenged to the famous race by David the Wise Tortoise, also known as the slowest runner in the kingdom, and the loser’s honor is on the line. Now the race is on.

Author : Michael Clarke,Nicholas Penny
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0719008719

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The Arrogant Connoisseur by Michael Clarke,Nicholas Penny Pdf

Author : Abhijit Bhaduri
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789350295168

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Mediocre But Arrogant by Abhijit Bhaduri Pdf

A quirky read about a confused MBA waylaid by love and life Three years of college, and Abbey has no answer to the question 'what next?'. Luckily for him, fate, that chancy thing, lands him in an MBA course at a topnotch B-School, the Management Institute of Jamshedpur. At MIJ, Abbey finds his life turned upside down - what with professors like Haathi and Chatto, friends like Rascal Rusty and Pappu, and gorgeous girls like Ayesha and Keya. Will the two years at MIJ bag Abbey a job? Will this be where he finds love? Mediocre But Arrogant is the story of being young in India. It is about the roller coaster that is hostel life, bad grades, chai at the dhaba and, not least, being in love. Read on to know why MBA spells 'mediocre but arrogant'. 'Loaded with humour and narrated at a cracking pace'- The Week 'The authenticity of the dialogues, friends, incidents, phattas, attitudes are the book's heart'- Deccan Herald

Author : Zara Cox
Publisher : Forever
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781478970231

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Arrogant Bastard by Zara Cox Pdf

"An exotically filthy, devastatingly beautiful story that will captivate and tease you long after the book is finished." -- Audrey Carlan, New York Times bestselling author on Beautiful Liar I'm known as the Black Widow because the desires I hide inside are pure poison. I was a different person once. Faith, a young wife, hoping to become a mother. My life was pleasant. Stable. It was hell. Until Killian Knight opened my eyes to a world of espionage and intrigue. He saw something in me, something I was too afraid to acknowledge. I didn't want to be excited by the danger. Didn't want to crave the wicked passion only he could provide. But I did want, so now I run. And I pay. I never meant to corrupt her, but I'm not sorry. After all, I'm already damned. After four years of searching and longing, I've finally found her. Faith, the one person in the world I breathe for. She lives beneath my skin as surely as I wear proof of our transgressions inked on my body. And like the forbidden fruit that doomed us from the beginning, our end is inevitable. We lived with no regret. We loved without inhibition. We betrayed those closest to us. We killed for that love. Now...we will burn in hell together.

Author : John Creasey
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755145324

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The Arrogant Artist by John Creasey Pdf

A quandary for John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’). A young brash artist is found half-dead, with a noose around his neck, on the same day he had attempted to get Mannering to finance his career. The artist's terrified girlfriend desperately seeks help. Has the man tried to kill himself, or is it a case of attempted murder?

Author : William J. Lederer,Eugene Burdick
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393318672

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Ugly American by William J. Lederer,Eugene Burdick Pdf

The ineffectual Ambassador is just one of the handicaps facing the Americans as Southeast Asia becomes increasingly involved with Communism.

Author : Birister Sharma
Publisher : Birister Sharma
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Moving The Arrogant Mountain by Birister Sharma Pdf

Bhuvan was a simple man, who would want to live a decent life along with his beloved wife, Gauri and his two children. However, his fate has different plans for him. At his young age, he lost his beloved wife in the mishap. Then, his entire course of life was changed. He devoted himself in a mission impossible. His own people urged him to give up this madness. But, he didn’t give up his mission. He was firm in his mission to carve a road in the heart of the giant mountain. ‘Moving the Arrogant Mountain’ is a story inspired by a real story. It is a story full of hardship, tragedy, challenge, revenge and courage.

Author : William Golding
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571290581

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding Pdf

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.

Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726416770

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On Judgment Day by Hans Christian Andersen Pdf

The supreme day is the holiest day. It is when we are near death and we must face what we have done with our life. The noblest face it without fear, others tremble. However, when it comes, we still have much to learn about life. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Match Girl". His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen's whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films "The Little Mermaid" in 1989 and "Frozen", which is loosely based on "The Snow Queen", in 2013. Thanks to Andersen's contribution to children's literature, his birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day.

Author : Anzia Yezierska
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780822382010

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Arrogant Beggar by Anzia Yezierska Pdf

The target of intense critical comment when it was first published in 1927, Arrogant Beggar’s scathing attack on charity-run boardinghouses remains one of Anzia Yezierska’s most devastating works of social criticism. The novel follows the fortunes of its young Jewish narrator, Adele Lindner, as she leaves the impoverished conditions of New York’s Lower East Side and tries to rise in the world. Portraying Adele’s experiences at the Hellman Home for Working Girls, the first half of the novel exposes the “sickening farce” of institutionalized charity while portraying the class tensions that divided affluent German American Jews from more recently arrived Russian American Jews. The second half of the novel takes Adele back to her ghetto origins as she explores an alternative model of philanthropy by opening a restaurant that combines the communitarian ideals of Old World shtetl tradition with the contingencies of New World capitalism. Within the context of this radical message, Yezierska revisits the themes that have made her work famous, confronting complex questions of ethnic identity, assimilation, and female self-realization. Katherine Stubbs’s introduction provides a comprehensive and compelling historical, social, and literary context for this extraordinary novel and discusses the critical reaction to its publication in light of Yezierska’s biography and the once much-publicized and mythologized version of her life story. Unavailable for over sixty years, Arrogant Beggar will be enjoyed by general readers of fiction and be of crucial importance for feminist critics, students of ethnic literature. It will also prove an exciting and richly rewarding text for students and scholars of Jewish studies, immigrant literature, women’s writing, American history, and working-class fiction.