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The Party Forever

Author : Rowan Callick
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137365521

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A century after its underground beginnings, the Chinese Communist Party today exerts far-reaching control over every aspect of private life. Beyond its legendary control of the internet within China's borders, even seemingly non-political domains are subject to its authority: routine business deals require party approval; university courses reflect party doctrine; and party families amass incredible wealth while other enterprises are squeezed out. Experts predicted that the Party leadership would mellow as the country's economic fortunes soar, but the next generation of political heavyweights is keeping a tight grip on the reins of power. Today's huge new class of young professionals, whether they believe in the Party's ideology or not, are as focused as ever on strengthening the Party's role and silencing dissent. In The Party Forever, Rowan Callick goes behind the scenes to reveal the workings of China's political elite, introduce us to its future leaders and explore how prepared it is to meet the challenges of its new role in the twenty-first century. This is an essential and eye-opening account of this poorly understood but hugely influential player in world politics.

The Awesome Super Fantastic Forever Party Storybook

Author : Joni Eareckson Tada
Publisher : The Good Book Company
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781784987626

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The Awesome Super Fantastic Forever Party Storybook by Joni Eareckson Tada Pdf

Excite children with the truth about heaven and the new creation. What will heaven be like? Answering this question for kids can be challenging, especially as it’s hard to get past the myths. This beautifully illustrated, biblically faithful storybook by Joni Eareckson Tada excites children with this truth-that when Jesus comes back to this world, he will bring heaven with him! There will be a new creation where we’ll have new hearts and a new body, living in a new city. And best of all, we’ll be with Jesus, forever! It will be better than we can ever imagine. Kids are encouraged to respond to Jesus’ invitation personally by repenting and believing. They will also be inspired to invite others, and to ask Jesus to come soon.

Welcome to the Party

Author : Gabrielle Union
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062999184

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Welcome to the Party by Gabrielle Union Pdf

Praised by fan favorites including Hoda Kotb, Kim & Khloe Kardashian, and Jimmy Fallon! Inspired by the eagerly awaited birth of her daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning actress Gabrielle Union pens a festive and universal love letter from parents to little ones, perfect for welcoming a baby to the party of life! Reminiscent of favorites such as The Wonderful Things You’ll Be by Emily Winfield Martin, I’ve Loved You Since Forever by Hoda Kotb, and Take Heart, My Child by Ainsley Earhardt, Welcome to the Party is an upbeat celebration of new life that you’ll want to enjoy with your tiny guest of honor over and over again. A great gift for all occasions, especially Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, baby showers, and birthdays.

Party Time

Author : Rowan Callick
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781863955911

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Who is running China? Where does real power lie? In Party Time, Rowan Callick goes behind the scenes of reveal the workings of the county's political elite. This is a vivid, ground-breaking book about the world's most powerful institutions: the Chinese Communist Party. Nearly a century after its underground beginnings in a Shanghai schoolroom, the party today exerts remarkable control. Business deals require party approval. University courses reflect party doctrine. Party families amass incredible wealth while other enterprises are squeezed out. The party itself has over 80 million members, who range from lowly functionaries to unapproachable princelings. Why and how do people join the party? Who are its up-and-coming leaders, how are they educated and what visions do they have for China's future? Callick show that this is a pivotal time for the party. Far from mellowing, the new leadership is as focused as ever on strengthening its role and silencing dissent. But how prepared is it for the challenges it now faces, and what will its success or failure mean for China and the world? 'Party Time is a remarkable portrait of China today. Rowan Callick writes with a twofold strength: 1) the outstanding quality of his information drawn mostly from the source: the Chinese people themselves (officials and dissenters, millionaires and paupers, artists, students, country people, urbanites, old and young) and 2) a rare ability not to draw conclusions, but to raise the questions that truly matter, with a subtle mixture of clear-sightedness, awe and human compassion.' - Simon Leys

Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever

Author : Tom Neely
Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781621068372

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Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever by Tom Neely Pdf

In the latest installment of the greatest love story ever told, Glenn's mother, freshly unearthed from beneath the bricks, moves in with him and Henry. Without giving too much away, Glenn's mommy issues come to the surface as she critiques his art, replaces his wardrobe, scrubs their dungeon, and recalls his childhood. Glenn tries to sell his signature to a UPS driver, takes a punch, and has some daydreaming adventures with a plunger. Henry, "a loud guy with a good work ethic," shows his darker side and indifference to a fan as he drinks black coffee and bonds with Glenn over their distaste for their own bands; two men who suffer best alone together. Additional pin up art by Andy Belanger, Katie Skelly, and Tom Scioli. Darkest and best issue yet.

Forever is a very long time

Author : Prashant sharma
Publisher : BlueRose Publishers
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Forever is a very long time by Prashant sharma Pdf

A story of people who thought they had made decisions which would last forever. Radha, a girl stuck in a middle class household in the 90s, tries to live her dreams, and ends up giving away her most valuable possession to Hari. Hari, a young professional, stuck in a dilemma of friendship and love, ends up giving it away to Raj. Raj, the homeless, aimless and hopeless beggar, gets lucky and rich, but a chance interaction with a political heir changes his life forever. Rajdhir, the father of the undeserving political heir, stuck in party politics of power and loyalty, ends up changing the political reins of the country. Each story has a twist - and shows how circumstances make you do things you never thought you were capable of, because,forever is a very long time. About the Author:- Prashant Sharma - making hay while the sun shines. Prashant currently lives in Dubai with his wife and son. He is an MBA graduate from IIM Lucknow (2009) and works in a multinational bank. He is a national bestselling author, having sold more than 30,000 copies of his books.

I Love You Forever and a Day

Author : Amelia Hepworth
Publisher : Tiger Tales
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781680102604

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I Love You Forever and a Day by Amelia Hepworth Pdf

From the Author-Illustrator duo of the best-selling I Love You to the Moon and Back, this sweet, uplifting story will show a little one just how strong your love is throughout the day and night. If I could imagine a day just for you, the sun would be shining; the sky would be blue. You make me so happy; you make my world bright, for you are my sunshine--my day and my night. It's a beautiful, sunny day, and Bear and Little Bear set out for a day full of adventure. They climb trees, sing songs, tell stories, and swim in the river. And at the end of the day, Big Bear carries Little Bear home. A sweet, uplifting companion book by the best-selling duo, Amelia Hepworth and Tim Warnes.

Brazil - Emerging Forever?

Author : Victor Krasilshchikov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030502089

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Brazil - Emerging Forever? by Victor Krasilshchikov Pdf

This book discusses the social and economic problems currently faced by Brazil as one of the largest “emerging countries”. It examines the prospects of Brazilian development from an interdisciplinary perspective, and studies both socio-economic and political variables. The book embraces the large period of Brazil's development in the 20th and the first decades of the 21st Century. The peculiar attention is drawn to the short period of prosperity under the left-centrist governments as a continuation of the previous conservative modernisation model, which produced an increased dependency on China and a premature deindustrialisation of the economy. Assessing Brazilian statistics on households’ incomes and consumption, the book subsequently discusses the lack of strong social actors as the main problem in today’s Brazil. In closing, it examines probable scenarios for the country’s development and compares the situation to other “emerging countries”, including the Asian giants, China and India. The book addresses the needs of researchers in the fields of political science, economics and sociology who are seeking a better understanding of emerging countries, and the Brazilian case in particular.

Forever, Erma

Author : Erma Bombeck
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781453290095

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Forever, Erma by Erma Bombeck Pdf

New York Times Bestseller: This anthology of Erma Bombeck’s most memorable and humorous essays is a tribute to one of America’s sharpest wits. When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between. With grace, good humor, and razor-sharp prose, she gently skewered every aspect of the American family. This collection holds the best of her columns—not just her famous quips, but also the heartbreaking observations that gave her writing such weight. In 1969, Erma wrote: “screaming kids, unpaid bills, green leftovers, husbands behind newspapers, basketballs in the bathroom. They’re real . . . they’re warm . . . they’re the only bit of normalcy left in this cockeyed world, and I’m going to cling to it like life itself.” With what Publishers Weekly calls her “infectious sense of human absurdity,” Erma Bombeck’s writing remains a timeless examination of the still-cockeyed world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More

Author : Alexei Yurchak
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400849109

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Soviet socialism was based on paradoxes that were revealed by the peculiar experience of its collapse. To the people who lived in that system the collapse seemed both completely unexpected and completely unsurprising. At the moment of collapse it suddenly became obvious that Soviet life had always seemed simultaneously eternal and stagnating, vigorous and ailing, bleak and full of promise. Although these characteristics may appear mutually exclusive, in fact they were mutually constitutive. This book explores the paradoxes of Soviet life during the period of "late socialism" (1960s-1980s) through the eyes of the last Soviet generation. Focusing on the major transformation of the 1950s at the level of discourse, ideology, language, and ritual, Alexei Yurchak traces the emergence of multiple unanticipated meanings, communities, relations, ideals, and pursuits that this transformation subsequently enabled. His historical, anthropological, and linguistic analysis draws on rich ethnographic material from Late Socialism and the post-Soviet period. The model of Soviet socialism that emerges provides an alternative to binary accounts that describe that system as a dichotomy of official culture and unofficial culture, the state and the people, public self and private self, truth and lie--and ignore the crucial fact that, for many Soviet citizens, the fundamental values, ideals, and realities of socialism were genuinely important, although they routinely transgressed and reinterpreted the norms and rules of the socialist state.

The Afterlife of the Party

Author : Marlene Perez
Publisher : Entangled: Teen
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781640639034

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The Afterlife of the Party by Marlene Perez Pdf

I didn’t even want to go to the party. I just wanted to stay home with my librarian-witch grandmother and her mystical book club. But my best friend Skyler begged me. So I went. Not only was it the worst party of my life, it was the last party of my life. I should have known there was something really strange about the band—especially when the lead singer bit me before taking off with my best friend. Now I'm chasing down a band of dangerous vamps with my best guy friend, Vaughn. Who also happens to be the boy I’ve been secretly crushing on forever. And out on the road, anything can happen. All I ever wanted was for things to change with Vaughn. For him to finally see the real me. But this isn’t exactly what I had in mind. So be it. Let the afterlife begin. The Afterlife series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 The Afterlife of the Party Book #2 I'm with the Banned Book #3 A Sucker for You

The Truth About Forever

Author : Sarah Dessen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781440638503

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The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen Pdf

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All Expect the unexpected. Macy’s got her whole summer carefully planned. But her plans didn’t include a job at Wish Catering. And they certainly didn’t include Wes. But Macy soon discovers that the things you expect least are sometimes the things you need most. “Dessen gracefully balances comedy with tragedy and introduces a complex heroine worth getting to know.” —Publishers Weekly Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Books by Sarah Dessen: That Summer Someone Like You Keeping the Moon Dreamland This Lullaby The Truth About Forever Just Listen Lock and Key Along for the Ride What Happened to Goodbye The Moon and More Saint Anything Once and for All

Forever . . .

Author : Judy Blume
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781481414425

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Originally published by Bradbury Press in 1975.

Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever

Author : Pete Thomas
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781101599846

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Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever by Pete Thomas Pdf

Foreword by Jillian Michaels One of the most successful contestants on NBC’s The Biggest Loser shares his time-tested fitness program, which has helped hundreds of his students lose weight . . . and keep it off. Pete Thomas weighed more than 400 pounds when he landed on the NBC hit reality show The Biggest Loser. Nine months later, he won the $100,000 prize after losing a whopping 185 pounds. Determined to help others, he now teaches a weight-loss program that has led to lasting results in hundreds of students from all walks of life. In Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever, he makes his phenomenal four-step process available to everyone. Raised in and out of foster care because of his mother’s mental illness, Thomas knew the pain of physical and emotional hunger throughout his childhood. This has given him special insight as a weight-loss coach, and his turnaround is a remarkable testament to his program. These fundamentals provide lasting results: start with a commitment to lose just one pound at a time; create transformational life changes in your mind, mouth, and muscles; get rid of even those last, few, pesky extra pounds; and learn how to maintain a lifetime of fitness and health. Easy-to-implement action steps will keep readers motivated. With recent achievements that include completing two triathlons and delivering the keynote address at the National Congress on Obesity, Thomas’s inspiring story will help all readers discover the winner within.

Forever Free

Author : Eric Foner
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307834584

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From one of our most distinguished historians, a new examination of the vitally important years of Emancipation and Reconstruction during and immediately following the Civil War–a necessary reconsideration that emphasizes the era’s political and cultural meaning for today’s America. In Forever Free, Eric Foner overturns numerous assumptions growing out of the traditional understanding of the period, which is based almost exclusively on white sources and shaped by (often unconscious) racism. He presents the period as a time of determination, especially on the part of recently emancipated black Americans, to put into effect the principles of equal rights and citizenship for all. Drawing on a wide range of long-neglected documents, he places a new emphasis on the centrality of the black experience to an understanding of the era. We see African Americans as active agents in overthrowing slavery, in helping win the Civil War, and–even more actively–in shaping Reconstruction and creating a legacy long obscured and misunderstood. Foner makes clear how, by war’s end, freed slaves in the South built on networks of church and family in order to exercise their right of suffrage as well as gain access to education, land, and employment. He shows us that the birth of the Ku Klux Klan and renewed acts of racial violence were retaliation for the progress made by blacks soon after the war. He refutes lingering misconceptions about Reconstruction, including the attribution of its ills to corrupt African American politicians and “carpetbaggers,” and connects it to the movements for civil rights and racial justice. Joshua Brown’s illustrated commentary on the era’s graphic art and photographs complements the narrative. He offers a unique portrait of how Americans envisioned their world and time. Forever Free is an essential contribution to our understanding of the events that fundamentally reshaped American life after the Civil War–a persuasive reading of history that transforms our sense of the era from a time of failure and despair to a threshold of hope and achievement.