Lovers, Inc.
Lovers, Inc.

Author: Barbara Ricch

Publisher: Babelcube Inc.

Published: 2021-06-12

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1667404040

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Peter is a Class 3 agent from Lovers, Inc. and he loves the double life he has. Day after day in a new city, with a new name, a new identity, and a new case to solve. Just on the verge of a promotion and to raise substantially his gains, a new mission is assigned to him. What seemed to be an easy task, to get a social climber away from a promising soccer player, turned out to be a difficult mission. What our seasoned agent was not counting on was that his target would make him have a meeting with his past. Conflicting feelings will appear. Peter needs to fulfill his job, but can he really be loyal to the company and act as he should? Or perhaps his heart will speak louder?

Love, Inc.
Love, Inc.

Author: Laurie Essig

Publisher: University of California Press

Published: 2019-02-05

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0520295013

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The notion of “happily ever after” has been ingrained in many of us since childhood—meet someone, date, have the big white wedding, and enjoy your well-deserved future. But why do we buy into this idea? Is love really all we need? Author Laurie Essig invites us to flip this concept of romance on its head and see it for what it really is—an ideology that we desperately cling to as a way to cope with the fact that we believe we cannot control or affect the societal, economic, and political structures around us. From climate change to nuclear war, white nationalism to the worship of wealth and conspicuous consumption—as the future becomes seemingly less secure, Americans turn away from the public sphere and find shelter in the private. Essig argues that when we do this, we allow romance to blind us to the real work that needs to be done—building global movements that inspire a change in government policies to address economic and social inequality.

Jennifer Government
Jennifer Government

Author: Max Barry

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2004-01-06

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 140007634X

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A wickedly satirical and outrageous thriller about globalization and marketing hype, Jennifer Government is the best novel in the world ever. "Funny and clever.... A kind of ad-world version of Dr. Strangelove.... [Barry] unleashes enough wit and surprise to make his story a total blast." --The New York Times Book Review "Wicked and wonderful.... [It] does just about everything right.... Fast-moving, funny, involving." --The Washington Post Book World Taxation has been abolished, the government has been privatized, and employees take the surname of the company they work for. It's a brave new corporate world, but you don't want to be caught without a platinum credit card--as lowly Merchandising Officer Hack Nike is about to find out. Trapped into building street cred for a new line of $2500 sneakers by shooting customers, Hack attracts the barcode-tattooed eye of the legendary Jennifer Government. A stressed-out single mom, corporate watchdog, and government agent who has to rustle up funding before she's allowed to fight crime, Jennifer Government is holding a closing down sale--and everything must go.