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Author: Baje Fletcher
Publisher: Glitz and Glamour Publishing
Published: 2010-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780615248240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFletcher's guide discusses how to dress, what to say, which environments to frequent, and what subjects to study, in order to attract wealthy men with one's mind and not by using sex.
Author: Sanjena Sathian
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 198488204X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2021 * One of NPR's Best Books of 2021 * New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize “Dizzyingly original, fiercely funny, deeply wise.” —Celeste Ng, #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere “Sanjena Sathian’s Gold Diggers is a work of 24-karat genius.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post How far would you go for a piece of the American dream? A magical realist coming-of-age story, Gold Diggers skewers the model minority myth to tell a hilarious and moving story about immigrant identity, community, and the underside of ambition. A floundering second-generation teenager growing up in the Bush-era Atlanta suburbs, Neil Narayan is funny and smart but struggles to bear the weight of expectations of his family and their Asian American enclave. He tries to want their version of success, but mostly, Neil just wants his neighbor across the cul-de-sac, Anita Dayal. When he discovers that Anita is the beneficiary of an ancient, alchemical potion made from stolen gold—a “lemonade” that harnesses the ambition of the gold’s original owner—Neil sees his chance to get ahead. But events spiral into a tragedy that rips their community apart. Years later in the Bay Area, Neil still bristles against his community's expectations—and finds he might need one more hit of that lemonade, no matter the cost. Sanjena Sathian’s astonishing debut offers a fine-grained, profoundly intelligent, and bitingly funny investigation into what's required to make it in America. Soon to be a series produced by Mindy Kaling!
Author: Brian Donovan
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2020-10-05
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1469660296
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe stereotype of the "gold digger" has had a fascinating trajectory in twentieth-century America, from tales of greedy flapper-era chorus girls to tabloid coverage of Anna Nicole Smith and her octogenarian tycoon husband. The term entered American vernacular in the 1910s as women began to assert greater power over courtship, marriage, and finances, threatening men's control of legal and economic structures. Over the course of the century, the gold digger stereotype reappeared as women pressed for further control over love, sex, and money while laws failed to keep pace with such realignments. The gold digger can be seen in silent films, vaudeville jokes, hip hop lyrics, and reality television. Whether feared, admired, or desired, the figure of the gold digger appears almost everywhere gender, sexuality, class, and race collide. This fascinating interdisciplinary work reveals the assumptions and disputes around women's sexual agency in American life, shedding new light on the cultural and legal forces underpinning romantic, sexual, and marital relationships.
Author: Gillian Godden
Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
Published: 2021-07-29
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1802800417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMoney talks... And blonde bombshell Julie isn't afraid to ask for what she wants. With her mother locked up for murder, all Julie cares about is protecting her younger sister, Frankie. But penniless and alone on the streets of Liverpool, Julie realises that there’s only one sure fire way to make cash fast – the oldest trade. The men mean nothing to Julie, until she meets Ralph Goldstein, an ex-con who’ll do whatever it takes to make his way to top. And the only man Julie can trust. Separately, Ralph and Julie’s lives are filled with risk and danger. But when they meet, their blend of personality and ambition could be the best thing that ever happened ... or the worst. Will their pasts be their downfall, or will they make it big...together?A brilliantly dark and gritty story about one woman's fight for survival. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Caz Finlay and Heather Atkinson. This book was previously published as Gold.
Author: Butta 'Fly' Jonez
Publisher: Booktango
Published: 2014-02-18
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 1468944290
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDating is a Game, and those with the knowledge—win. This book levels the playing field, giving women the edge in the dating game. "How to be a Female Player" teaches women how to date strategically and effectively, just like men DO and have done for ages. It teaches women how to date smart, how to get what they want from men, and how to use what they have to turn men ON and OUT! There are women who get played and women who know how to play the game. Attracting men, holding their interest, being the kind of woman men pursue...is all a GAME...a head game any woman can learn. And that's what being a female player is--snagging 'em, grabbing 'em, and bagging 'em. You can be the girl who has her pick of the litter or the girl perpetually crying over spilled milk. You can be the girl who's dating calendar is full or the girl who is waiting for a guy to think of her and call. You can be the chick with a GAME PLAN or the chick with no GAME. No matter what age you are or how long you've been in the dating game, "How to be a Female Player" has a tip or trick YOU CAN USE TODAY to get more out of dating--certainly more than the effort you put in! Don't hate the player, learn her GAME! Peep Game from The Female Mack, Butta 'Fly' Jonez
Author: Constance Rosenblum
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2015-08-18
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 1627798242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sparkling biography of the original blonde whom gentlemen preferred, a woman who made a career of marrying millionaires and became the first tabloid celebrity. One of America's most talked about personalities during the Jazz Age, Peggy Hopkins Joyce was the quintessential gold digger, the real-life Lorelei Lee. Married six times, to several millionaires and even a count, Joyce had no discernible talent except self-promotion. A barber's daughter from Norfolk, Virginia, who rose to become a Ziegfeld Girl and, briefly, a movie star, Joyce was the precursor of the modern celebrity-a person famous for being famous. Her scandalous exploits-spending a million dollars in a week, conducting torrid love affairs with the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Walter Chrysler-were irresistible to the new breed of tabloid journalists in search of sensation and to audiences hungry for the possibilities her life seemed to promise. Joyce's march across Broadway, Hollywood, and the nation's front pages was only slowed by the true nemesis of the glamour girl: old age. She died in 1957, alone and forgotten-until now. In prose as vibrant as its subject, Constance Rosenblum's Gold Digger brings to life the woman who singularly epitomized this confident and hedonistic era.
Author: Shelly Ellis
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1617733954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter an old flame who broke her heart arrives back in town, Cynthia Gibbons must keep her daughter away from her ex's son to prevent history from repeating itself.
Author: Tasmina Perry
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2013-02-14
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 0007386370
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGlamour, intrigue and betrayal merge in the new novel from The Sunday Times bestselling author of Daddy’s Girls
Author: Maggie Callanan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-02-14
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1451677294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this moving and compassionate classic—now updated with new material from the authors—hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intimate experiences with patients at the end of life, drawn from more than twenty years’ experience tending the terminally ill. Through their stories we come to appreciate the near-miraculous ways in which the dying communicate their needs, reveal their feelings, and even choreograph their own final moments; we also discover the gifts—of wisdom, faith, and love—that the dying leave for the living to share. Filled with practical advice on responding to the requests of the dying and helping them prepare emotionally and spiritually for death, Final Gifts shows how we can help the dying person live fully to the very end.
Author: Sue Nyathi
Publisher: Pan Macmillan South africa
Published: 2019-05-01
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 1770106820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt’s 2008 and the height of Zimbabwe’s economic demise. A group of passengers is huddled in a Toyota Quantum about to embark on a treacherous expedition to the City of Gold. Amongst them is Gugulethu, who is hoping to be reconciled with her mother; Dumisani, an ambitious young man who believes he will strike it rich, Chamunorwa and Chenai, twins running from their troubled past; and Portia and Nkosi, a mother and son desperate to be reunited with a husband and father they see once a year. They have paid a high price for the dangerous passage to what they believe is a better life; an escape from the vicious vagaries of their present life in Bulawayo. In their minds, the streets of Johannesburg are paved with gold but they will have to dig deep to get close to any gold, dirtying themselves in the process. Told with brave honesty and bold description, the stories of the individual immigrants are simultaneously heart-breaking and heart-warming.
