The Story Of A Lonely Man

Author : Chris Power
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374719074

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A Lonely Man by Chris Power Pdf

"Elegant . . . A superb suspense novel, imbued with moral and narrative complexity and an omnipresent low cloud cover of dread.” —Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post Two British men meet by chance in Berlin. Robert is trying and failing to finish his next book while balancing his responsibilities as a husband and father. Patrick, a recent arrival in the city, is secretive about his past, but eventually reveals that he has been ghostwriting the autobiography of a Russian oligarch. The oligarch has turned up dead, and Patrick claims to be a hunted man himself. Although Robert doubts the truth of Patrick’s story, it fascinates him, and he thinks it might hold the key to his own foundering novel. Working to gain the other man’s trust, Robert draws out the details of Patrick’s past while ensnaring himself ever more tightly in what might be either a fantasist’s creation or a lethal international plot. Through an elegant existential game of cat and mouse, Chris Power’s A Lonely Man depicts an attempt to create art at the cost of empathy. Robert must decide what is his for the taking—and whether some stories are too dangerous to tell.

Author : Tom Hooker
Publisher : America Star Books
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1630049654

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The Story of a Lonely Man by Tom Hooker Pdf

Jeremy Lasker is a young man who, after a serious accident, chooses to live off the grid in the foothills of the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. This is the story of his struggles and triumphs as he re-invents himself and carves his niche in the mountains. He discovers the life of a loner involves hard work, as he builds his cabin, single-handedly and works to tame the land of his homestead. He first must learn to accept himself and over time realizes the healing elixir (his beloved scotch) isn't as important to his survival as is his tattered bible and his belief in himself. He first must learn that the scars of his accident are much uglier through his own eyes than through the eyes of others.

Author : Bruce Jay Friedman
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802197429

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The Lonely Guy and The Slightly Older Guy by Bruce Jay Friedman Pdf

The New York Times–bestselling author finds the pulse of the aging American male in two ingeniously funny novels. “I just laughed myself sick” (Neil Simon). Two classic works of comic self-help fiction by “one of the funniest writers in America” available together for the first time in a single ebook edition (John Gregory Dunne). With its “sparkling . . . winsome and true” look at the single male in America—from his sad new apartment furnishings to his career struggles to the mystifying dating world—Bruce Jay Friedman’s The Lonely Guy’s Book of Life was as cringingly relatable to both men and women when it was first published in 1978 as is today (The New York Times Book Review). The inspiration for Steve Martin’s classic cult film comedy, The Lonely Guy, it was hailed as “the funniest book of this year, or most any other. You don’t close this book. You just start reading it again immediately. I loved every page–and laughed out loud on most of them” (Dan Jenkins, author of Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect). Twenty years later, Friedman returned to the subject with The Slightly Older Guy, finding his quarry no longer alone, maybe a little less lonely, not so young anymore, faltering at fashion, pondering a new career, but just as resiliently witty. Featuring a new afterword, The Considerably Older Guy offers advice on such topics as divorce, grandchildren, exercise, diet, and insomnia. “If you believe in reading, then when a book comes along by Friedman, you have to read it. It’s as simple as that” (The Washington Post Book World).

Author : Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Publisher : Image
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307568649

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The Lonely Man of Faith by Joseph B. Soloveitchik Pdf

Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the rabbi known as “The Rav” by his followers worldwide, was a leading authority on the meaning of Jewish law and prominent force in building bridges between traditional Orthodox Judaism and the modern world. In THE LONELY MAN OF FAITH, a soaring, eloquent essay first published in Tradition magazine in 1965, Soloveitchik investigates the essential loneliness of the person of faith in our narcissistic, materially oriented, utilitarian society. In this modern classic, Soloveitchik uses the story of Adam and Eve as a springboard, interweaving insights from such important Western philosophers as Kierkegaard and Kant with innovative readings of Genesis to provide guidance for the faithful in today’s world. He explains prayer as “the harbinger of moral reformation,” and discusses with empathy and understanding the despair and exasperation of individuals who seek personal redemption through direct knowledge of a God who seems remote and unapproachable. He shows that while the faithful may become members of a religious community, their true home is “the abode of loneliness.” In a moving personal testimony, Soloveitchik demonstrates a deep-seated commitment, intellectual courage, and integrity that people of all religions will respond to.

Author : Louis L'Amour
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553899382

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The Lonely Men by Louis L'Amour Pdf

In The Lonely Men, Louis L’Amour spins the tale of a man who must elude an Apache trap—only to discover that his greatest enemy might be very close to home. Tell Sackett had fought his share of Indians and managed to take something of value from his battles: a deep and abiding respect. But that respect is lost when Apache braves kidnap his nephew, forcing Tell to cross the border into the Sierra Madres to bring the boy back. What troubles Tell more, though, is the boy’s mother: Could she possibly be inventing a rescue mission to deliver her husband’s brother into an ambush? Tell knows that the only things he can depend on are his wits and cold steel. But against such adversaries, even these formidable weapons may not be enough.

Author : Cesare U.S. Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1981653287

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Back to Serve by Cesare U.S. Army Pdf

Back to Serve is a fictional memoir about a soon-to-be-retired army captain, Nico Corretti, who after a career in the military is ready to begin his civilian life with his family. But first, he must out-process and then drive halfway across the country to get home, during which he has an improbable encounter with a Russian woman who informs him that his safety and his postservice stability may be in jeopardy. On the long drive home, he considers the plausibility of her claim and reflects on his past and future.Once home, he relishes the quality time with his family, which includes visiting his father in his hometown. But afterward, he discovers the limited employment opportunities in the slow recovery years after the Great Recession. He undergoes an extended unemployment period before anxiously and dutifully taking a government-contract position abroad, which turns out to be more perilous than he had originally been briefed. And the mysterious Russian woman he met may lead him to some of the answers he was searching for, as well as to some dangers and desires that he wasn't. Upon completion of his contract job in Europe, he enjoys a well-deserved respite at home. But it's short lived, as a swell of terrorist attacks against the United States require (or demand) more of his military service. Torn between being there for his family and his duty to his country, Captain Corretti is coldly reminded that the two actually are mutually inclusive. He's sent back to a familiar place, the Middle East, and in the process, he may be able to avenge the soldiers he had lost under his command. But he'll need to reach deeper within himself than he ever has before in order to succeed on the battlefield and in life.

Author : Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Publisher : Image
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780385514088

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The Lonely Man of Faith by Joseph B. Soloveitchik Pdf

Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the rabbi known as “The Rav” by his followers worldwide, was a leading authority on the meaning of Jewish law and prominent force in building bridges between traditional Orthodox Judaism and the modern world. In The Lonely Man of Faith, a soaring, eloquent essay first published in Tradition magazine in 1965, Soloveitchik investigates the essential loneliness of the person of faith in our narcissistic, materially oriented, utilitarian society. In this modern classic, Soloveitchik uses the story of Adam and Eve as a springboard, interweaving insights from such important Western philosophers as Kierkegaard and Kant with innovative readings of Genesis to provide guidance for the faithful in today’s world. He explains prayer as “the harbinger of moral reformation,” and discusses with empathy and understanding the despair and exasperation of individuals who seek personal redemption through direct knowledge of a God who seems remote and unapproachable. He shows that while the faithful may become members of a religious community, their true home is “the abode of loneliness.” In a moving personal testimony, Soloveitchik demonstrates a deep-seated commitment, intellectual courage, and integrity to which people of all religions will respond.

Author : Mike Gayle
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781538720158

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All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle Pdf

If you loved A Man Called Ove, then prepare to be delighted as Jamaican immigrant Hubert rediscovers the world he'd turned his back on this "warm, funny" novel (Good Housekeeping). In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfillment. But it's a lie. In reality, Hubert's days are all the same, dragging on without him seeing a single soul. Until he receives some good news—good news that in one way turns out to be the worst news ever, news that will force him out again, into a world he has long since turned his back on. The news that his daughter is coming for a visit. Now Hubert faces a seemingly impossible task: to make his real life resemble his fake life before the truth comes out. Along the way Hubert stumbles across a second chance at love, renews a cherished friendship, and finds himself roped into an audacious community scheme that seeks to end loneliness once and for all . . . Life is certainly beginning to happen to Hubert Bird. But with the origin of his earlier isolation always lurking in the shadows, will he ever get to live the life he's pretended to have for so long?

Author : Robert Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : French drama
ISBN : UCAL:B2821957

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Trap for a Lonely Man by Robert Thomas Pdf

Author : Jeff Ragsdale,David Shields,Michael Logan
Publisher : Amazon Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN : 1612183247

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Jeff, One Lonely Guy by Jeff Ragsdale,David Shields,Michael Logan Pdf

In October 2011, Jeff Ragsdale, a down-and-out actor and stand-up comedian, posted a flyer around Lower Manhattan asking people to call him if they wanted to talk. He thought he'd get a dozen calls; instead he got hundreds, and then thousands once pictures of the flyer went viral on the net. The calls came from all over the country and from as far away as Spain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Taiwan, and Australia. Jeff spoke to as many people as he could, answering his phone all day long. Here are the conversations, texts, and voicemails of a particular moment in time - a hilarious, dark, intimate portrait of the way we live now. "OMG I love this It's so Russian - very reminiscent of the Chekhov story 'Complaint Book' (entries in a complaint book at the railway station)." - Elif Batuman, Author of The Possessed "With Reality Hunger, David Shields offered us a manifest, yet unlike most manifestoes, Reality Hunger actually changed the world. Here, by teaming up with Ragsdale and Logan, Shields has now embodied his ethos - we have crossed over the threshold and are now strangely, terrifyingly, beautifully - in this transformed world." - Nick Flynn, Author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

Author : William H. Gass
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1564782131

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The Tunnel by William H. Gass Pdf

"Gass has produced a book that burrows inside us then wails like a beast, a book that mainlines a century's terror direct to the brain."--Voice Literary Supplement

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Sin
ISBN : BL:A0021125175

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The Lonely Man. [A Religious Tract.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Roosevelt,Sidney Shalett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:75022309

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Affectionately, F.D.R. by James Roosevelt,Sidney Shalett Pdf

Author : Calvin Warden II
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781662906169

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Journal of a Lonely Man by Calvin Warden II Pdf

The book you now hold in your hands contains pieces of my soul. Some of these pieces go back further them my own memories. There is an ample sampling of things that run through my mind. I believe and hope that there is something in here that everyone can understand and relate to. So please enjoy as you read through a variety subjects and styles while keeping in mind that there is plenty more to discover.

Author : Rob Gray
Publisher : Crimson
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780592305

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Great Brand Blunders by Rob Gray Pdf

What causes some marketing campaigns to go spectacularly wrong? Why might new product launches, publicity stunts or rebranding exercises be doomed to failure? How can you prevent a social media backlash spiralling out of control? When should you apologise, cut your losses, make a U-turn? Great Brand Blunders takes an informed and at times acerbic look at the worst marketing and social media disasters of all time - and treats them as an amazing learning opportunity. The first book for several years to examine brand failures - and the first with a special focus on social media - Great Brand Blunders offers a mix of entertaining commentary and authoritative advice, and features several first-hand interviews with those involved. A fascinating roll-call of over 150 A-list brands in sticky situations, the book will be required reading not only for professional marketers, academics and students, but for anyone interested in the gritty stories and testing challenges that lie behind the polished brand images marketers hope to present to the public. From awful advertising to ridiculous brand extensions, via misguided sales promotions and ill-conceived social media activity, Great Brand Blunders pulls no punches, putting rash decisions under the microscope and offering advice on how to avoid landing in the same foul mess yourself.