The Trophy Book

Author : Kristin Miller
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524799526

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The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristin Miller Pdf

Meet the trophy wives of Presidio Terrace, San Francisco’s most exclusive—and most deadly—neighborhood in this shrewd, darkly compelling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of In Her Shadow. Mystery writer Brooke Davies is the new wife on the block. Her tech-billionaire husband, Jack, twenty-two years her senior, whisked her to the Bay Area via private jet and purchased a modest mansion on the same day. He demands perfection, and before now, Brooke has had no problem playing the role of a doting housewife. But as she befriends other wives on the street and spends considerable time away from Jack, he worries if he doesn’t control Brooke’s every move, she will reveal the truth behind their “perfect” marriage. Erin King, famed news anchor and chair of the community board, is no stranger to maintaining an image—though being married to a plastic surgeon helps. But the skyrocketing success of her career has worn her love life thin, and her professional ambitions have pushed Mason away. Quitting her job is a Hail Mary attempt at keeping him interested, to steer him away from finding a young trophy wife. But is it enough, and is Mason truly the man she thought he was? Georgia St. Claire allegedly cashed in on the deaths of her first two husbands, earning her the nickname “Black Widow”—and the stares and whispers of her curious neighbors. Rumored to have murdered both men for their fortunes, she claims to have found true love in her third marriage, yet her mysterious, captivating allure keeps everyone guessing. Then a tragic accident forces the residents of Presidio Terrace to ask: Has Georgia struck again? And what is she really capable of doing to protect her secrets?

Author : Michael Griffith
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780810152182

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Trophy by Michael Griffith Pdf

Vada Prickett is a 29-year-old Hose Associate at a car wash in South Carolina, and Darla, the woman he loves, is about to marry his friend, rival, and life-long neighbor, Wyatt Yancey. Vada has “spent his life waiting for the thing to get a proper start.” But it will never get that start, for Vada, as this wildly original novel opens, is being crushed to death by Wyatt’s latest animal trophy, a stuffed grizzly bear Vada has been helping him to smuggle—against Darla’s wishes—into Wyatt’s house. It turns out that the cliché is true—at the moment of death, your life does flash before your eyes. Trophy, the account of a man’s final, fleeting instant on earth, joins Vada as he attempts to make that flash last as long as possible. As he lies dying, too soon and too absurdly, Vada tries to unravel the mysteries of his life. He first bargains with God, then rages against the dying of the light. Exhausted, Vada proceeds to prolong, in every way available to a man in his dire circumstances, the time he has remaining. Just beneath Griffith’s dark humor and witty take on our present-day culture lies a meditation on memory and identity and the power of language over both.

Author : Frankie Dettori,Andrew Mann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sports
ISBN : 1840467754

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What Every Man Wants by Frankie Dettori,Andrew Mann Pdf

If you like your sport, the chances are you've dreamed about winning one of the trophies in this book. If you love your sport, you've probably dreamt about them all.Whether you have aspirations to one day claim one of these beautiful prizes as your own, or you've finally and begrudgingly accepted that your championship-winning days are over, What Every Man Wants is definitely for you.As the ultimate guide to the world's most sought-after sporting prizes, it tells you everything you need to know. Enjoy a potted history of each trophy and the championship for which it's contested, before reliving the most memorable moments of drama that have unfolded over the years in pursuit of that beautiful prize.This essential sporting guide, introduced by the legendary Frankie Dettori, will reveal all the facts, codes and magic that make these holy grails pretty much what every man wants ...

Author : Bruce Tulgan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119190752

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Not Everyone Gets A Trophy by Bruce Tulgan Pdf

Adapt your management methods to harness Millennial potential Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage the Millennials provides employers with a workable game plan for turning Millennials into the stellar workforce they have the potential to be. The culmination of over two decades of research, this book provides employers with a practical framework for engaging, developing, and retaining the new generation of employees. This new revised and updated edition expands the discussion to include the new 'second-wave' Millennials, those Tulgan refers to as 'Generation Z,' and explores the ways in which these methods and tactics are becoming increasingly critical in the face of the profoundly changing global workforce. Baby Boomers are aging out and the newest generation is flowing in. Savvy employers are proactively harnessing the talent and potential these younger workers bring to the table. This book shows how to become a savvy employer and. . . Understand the generational shift occurring in the workplace Recruit, motivate, engage, and retain the newest new young workforce Discover best practices through proven strategies, case studies, and step-by-step instructions Explore new research on the second-wave Millennials ('Generation Z') as well as continuing research on the first-wave Millennials ('Generation Y') Teach Millennials how to manage themselves, help their managers manage them, and how to become new leaders themselves It's not your imagination—Millennial workers are different, but that difference is shaped by the same forces that make potentially exceptional workers. Employers who can engage Millennials' passion and loyalty have great things ahead. Not Everyone Gets a Trophy is your handbook for building the next great workforce.

Author : C. J. Box
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101204962

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Trophy Hunt by C. J. Box Pdf

In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Joe Pickett series, the Wyoming game warden is up against a vicious killer who's more beast than man... Local authorities in Twelve Sleep County, Wyoming, are quick to label a rash of animal mutilations as the work of a grizzly bear, but game warden Joe Pickett suspects that something far more sinister is afoot. And when the bodies of two men are found disfigured in the same way, his worst fears are confirmed: A modern-day Jack the Ripper is on the loose—and the killings have just begun.

Author : John Reynolds Gardiner
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062009661

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Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner Pdf

John Reynolds Gardiner's classic action-packed adventure story about a thrilling dogsled race has captivated readers for more than thirty years. Based on a Rocky Mountain legend, Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, who lives with his grandfather in Wyoming. When Grandfather falls ill, he is no longer able to work the farm, which is in danger of foreclosure. Little Willy is determined to win the National Dogsled Race—the prize money would save the farm and his grandfather. But he isn't the only one who desperately wants to win. Willy and his brave dog Searchlight must face off against experienced racers, including a Native American man named Stone Fox, who has never lost a race. Exciting and heartwarming, this novel has sold millions of copies and was named a New York Times Outstanding Children's Book.

Author : Eileen Holland
Publisher : Crwth Press
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781775331971

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Sophie Trophy by Eileen Holland Pdf

Sophie's friends think she has the best ideas. She's funny and she has a great imagination. But when a spider escapes in her Grade 3 classroom, Sophie's wacky plans go hilariously wrong. Does Sophie Trophy give up? No! She's determined to save the day - and the spider - no matter what.

Author : Paula Daly
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802189882

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The Trophy Child by Paula Daly Pdf

A police detective becomes entangled with a controlling mother, a missing daughter, and a dangerous web of dysfunction in this “terrific page-turner” (The Guardian). Karen Bloom is not the coddling type. This tiger mom is raising her ten-year-old daughter for success—at school, at music lessons, at dance classes, at everything. Meanwhile, in their idyllic suburb in England’s Lake District, Karen’s husband frequently heads for the pub; her teenage stepdaughter grows more and more troubled; and her son falls deeper into drugs. When Karen’s trophy child, Bronte, briefly disappears, Detective Sergeant Joanne Aspinall steps in, but soon discovers she has a shocking intimate connection to the family—whose perfect façade begins to crack as Karen’s comments to the media infuriate the community. Then tight-lipped Bronte returns home—but another member of the household goes missing, in this chilling tale of mystery and suspense by the author of The Mistake I Made and Just What Kind of Mother Are You? “Absorbing . . . unexpected plot twists and sly commentary . . . will keep readers turning the pages.” —Publishers Weekly “An outstanding new thriller writer.” —Booklist (starred review)

Author : Pierre Bayard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781596917149

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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard Pdf

In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of "non-reading"-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them.

Author : Douglas Brunt
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250114815

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Trophy Son by Douglas Brunt Pdf

"Trophy Son brings Conroy's The Great Santini and Malamud's The Natural into the present day...A terrific book." -Harlan Coben Private lessons. Professional coaches. Specialized camps for sports, math, music, and other fields. Today’s children are pushed to achieve excellence—or else. But at what cost? New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt’s third novel, Trophy Son, tells the story of a tennis prodigy, from young childhood to the finals of the US Open, Wimbledon, and other tournaments around the world. Growing up in the wealthy suburbs of Philadelphia, Anton Stratis is groomed to be one thing only: the #1 tennis player in the world. Trained relentlessly by his obsessive father, a former athlete who plans every minute of his son’s life, Anton both aspires to greatness and resents its all-consuming demands. Lonely and isolated—removed from school and socialization to focus on tennis—Anton explodes from nowhere onto the professional scene and soon becomes one of the top-ranked players in the world, with a coach, a trainer, and an entourage. But as Anton struggles to find a balance between stardom and family, he begins to make compromises—first with himself, then with his health, and finally with the rules of tennis, a mix that will threaten to destroy everything he has worked for. Trophy Son offers an inside look at the dangers of extraordinary pressure to achieve, whether in sports or any field, through the eyes of a young man defying his parents’ ambitions as he seeks a life of his own.

Author : Frederick Courteney Selous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : NYPL:33433082458344

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Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa by Frederick Courteney Selous Pdf

Author : Steffen Jacobsen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628727883

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Trophy by Steffen Jacobsen Pdf

For Fans of Jo Nesbø, Stieg Larsson, and Henning Mankell, a Gripping Nordic Thriller That Was a Bestseller in Denmark After the death of her industrialist father, Elizabeth Caspersen finds a compromising DVD in his safe: it seems to show two people being hunted to their death in a gruesome, well-organized manhunt. Michael Sander, a private investigator and security consultant, is hired to find out who the victims are and why Caspersen was involved. Meanwhile, police investigator Lene Jensen is investigating the death of a decorated war veteran found hanged on his wedding night. Having recently come into money, the man appears to have been driven to suicide, but the question is, why? As the two cases begin to intertwine, Lene and Michael uncover a chilling secret: the existence of a hunting club formed by Denmark’s elite businessmen, where the targets are humans who are carefully selected and made to run for their lives. As their investigations take them into the darkest depths of humanity, uncovering crimes that reach further than they ever imagined, Lene and Michael must team up to overcome an opponent who outstrips them in resources and lethal danger—before they become the ones who are hunted.

Author : Chasta Hamilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 154451428X

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Trash the Trophies by Chasta Hamilton Pdf

Author : Angela Shelf Medearis
Publisher : Scholastic Incorporated
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0439523257

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The Case of the Missing Trophy by Angela Shelf Medearis Pdf

The science fair trophy is missing and Cameron and his friends only have until Friday to find it.

Author : Jaquavis,Ashley
Publisher : Urban Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781622862832

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The Trophy Wife by Jaquavis,Ashley Pdf

Love, lies, adultery, and death. Ashley and JaQuavis introduce readers to London, a beautiful immigrant from Trinidad. She was given to her husband by her father in order to settle a debt. Standing by her husband's side to make him the envy of his associates is a day in the life, but behind closed doors, their relationship becomes cold, and the abuse that she encounters has her looking for a way out. When she meets a young thug named Kalil, he opens her eyes to a world she never knew. Afraid of the repercussions of her actions, she avoids Kalil at all costs, but his relentless pursuit makes their love inevitable. Enter the world of The Trophy Wife. Her story will keep you guessing until the final page, and the outcome will leave you breathless.