The Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cufflinks
Author: JAMES. ANDERSON
Publisher:
Published: 2021-08-19
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780749027575
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The Affair of the Mutilated Mink
Author: James Anderson
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2011-01-10
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0749009284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Earl of Burford can't believe his luck; Rex Ransom, his favourite star from the 'talkies', and his hot-shot producer, Haggermeir, want to film their next feature at Alderley, the family's seventeenth-century country estate. Somewhat less enthusiastic is the Countess, who suddenly finds herself hosting an impromptu house party for the incoming Hollywood crowd. It's almost too much for poor Merryweather, the family's imperturbable butler, to cope with. And that's before there's a murder in the dead of night. By morning Inspector Wilkins of the Westshire Constabulary is cast in the unlikely role of hero, as he tiptoes through the evidence and endeavours to unravel the slightly batty, thoroughly baffling mystery.and work out just what a mutilated mink coat has to do with anything.
The Legal Affair
Author: Nisha Sharma
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-08-18
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 0062854186
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“I am all about those Singh brothers!”— Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author Rajneet Hothi built her empire with sweat, blood, and information. She knows everything there is to know about Ajay Singh, the future CEO of Bharat, Inc., as well as how crucial he is in securing her future. But she didn’t expect the passion that burst between them the first time they went head-to-head. She’d never felt anything like it before, especially during her marriage to her soon-to-be-ex-husband. When her company is blamed for her ex’s dirty dealings with Bharat, she’s forced to prove that Ajay is no match for her in the art of business or seduction. Ajay shouldn’t trust Raj or her company. He’s on the verge of losing everything his family has worked to achieve, but he can’t stop thinking about the breathtaking way Raj opens her mind, body and heart to him. Throwing his infamous caution to the wind, he tempts the gorgeous CEO into his bedroom and boardroom. He soon realizes he wants Raj by his side and he’s willing to fight the people he’s always protected to be with her. When Raj and Ajay discover the source behind Bharat’s leak, they must trust each other and work together to defy the odds and save the Singh legacy.
Different Seasons
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2016-01-01
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 1501141171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption—from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters. This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption. Next is “Apt Pupil,” the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. In “The Body,” four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. This novella became the movie Stand By Me. Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “The Breathing Method.” “The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is,” hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons.
Esquire The Handbook of Men's Style
Author: Esquire
Publisher: Hearst Home & Hearst Home Kids
Published: 2024-10-22
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 195839503X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA completely revised edition of the essential manual for dressing—and feeling—your very best, featuring Esquire's signature wit and humor and 200+ photos and illustrations Expert menswear and grooming advice for young and experienced professionals—from building a wardrobe and discerning clothing quality to self-expression through fashion Style is a way of speaking to the world. Like it or not, what you wear and how you wear it matters. In this best-selling guide from the editors of Esquire, you’ll learn how to hone your personal style—and even have some fun while you’re at it. In this pocket-sized handbook, style-minded individuals will find expert advice on how to: Buy suits and other formal wear for their immediate and long-term needs Navigate an increasingly dressed-down world while still looking your absolute best Accessorize and style your clothes to level up your outfits Choose the right clothes for all shapes and sizes and how to make grooming choices to look your best Play with previously gendered pieces like pearl necklaces and embrace genderless dressing trends Define menswears trends like Gorpcore, Normcore and Stealth Wealth and decide if they are worth investing in Determine quality and identify different fabrics and materials Care for you clothes so they last Build a wardrobe and signature style with foundational pieces (a white tee is a must) and standout pieces you love Throughout readers will find style icons—including classics like Frank Sinatra and George Clooney, and new tastemakers like Donald Glover, Travis Kelce, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Harry Styles, and ASAP Rocky—who demonstrate great taste and original personal expression. Visually bold with hundreds of photos and illustrations, this sophisticated reference book is the ideal gift for fashion enthusiasts.
Murder at Madingley Grange
Author: Caroline Graham
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem Press
Published: 2014-11-15
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 1631940147
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe acclaimed author of the Inspector Barnaby series offers a madcap manor house mystery: “well-written, witty, and elegantly plotted” (The Guardian, UK). Simon Hannaford is in need of some fast money, and murder seems the obvious solution. Specifically, a 1930s Murder Mystery Weekend, to be held at Madingley Grange, his aunt’s superbly hideous gothic mansion. Simon and his sister are meant to be house-sitting, but surely Aunt Maude would not begrudge them the chance to earn a few nearly honest shekels. As the guests arrive—each one dottier than the last—Simon’s grand plans quickly go awry. Meanwhile, the staff Simon hired on the cheap are busy hatching larcenous plans of their own. But when an actual body turns up, deprived of actual life, Simon’s charade of detection is suddenly forced to begin in earnest.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Author: Maya Angelou
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010-07-21
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 030747772X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.
The Infatuations
Author: Javier Marías
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2013-08-13
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0307960730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST • From the award-winning, internationally bestselling Spanish author of A Heart So White comes an immersive, provocative novel propelled by a seemingly random murder. "Sometimes startling, sometimes hilarious, and always intelligent ... Marías [has] a penetrating empathy."—The New York Times Book Review Each day before work María Dolz stops at the same café. There she finds herself drawn to a couple who is also there every morning. Observing their seemingly perfect life helps her escape the listlessness of her own. But when the man is brutally murdered and María approaches the widow to offer her condolences, what began as mere observation turns into an increasingly complicated entanglement. Invited into the widow's home, she meets—and falls in love with—a man who sheds disturbing new light on the crime. As María recounts this story, we are given a murder mystery brilliantly encased in a metaphysical enquiry, a novel that grapples with questions of love and death, chance and coincidence, and above all, with the slippery essence of the truth and how it is told.
The Leonard Bernstein Letters
Author: Leonard Bernstein
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013-10-29
Total Pages: 903
ISBN-13: 0300186541
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“With their intellectual brilliance, humor and wonderful eye for detail, Leonard Bernstein’s letters blow all biographies out of the water.”—The Economist (2013 Book of the Year) Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and versatile musician—a brilliant conductor who attained international superstar status, and a gifted composer of Broadway musicals (West Side Story), symphonies (Age of Anxiety), choral works (Chichester Psalms), film scores (On the Waterfront), and much more. Bernstein was also an enthusiastic letter writer, and this book is the first to present a wide-ranging selection of his correspondence. The letters have been selected for the insights they offer into the passions of his life—musical and personal—and the extravagant scope of his musical and extra-musical activities. Bernstein’s letters tell much about this complex man, his collaborators, his mentors, and others close to him. His galaxy of correspondents encompassed, among others, Aaron Copland, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, Thornton Wilder, Boris Pasternak, Bette Davis, Adolph Green, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and family members including his wife Felicia and his sister Shirley. The majority of these letters have never been published before. They have been carefully chosen to demonstrate the breadth of Bernstein’s musical interests, his constant struggle to find the time to compose, his turbulent and complex sexuality, his political activities, and his endless capacity for hard work. Beyond all this, these writings provide a glimpse of the man behind the legends: his humanity, warmth, volatility, intellectual brilliance, wonderful eye for descriptive detail, and humor. “The correspondence from and to the remarkable conductor is full of pleasure and insights.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Exhaustive, thrilling [and] indispensable.”—USA Today (starred review)
The Shot
Author: Philip Kerr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 067104141X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs President Jack Kennedy takes power, the mob decide to succeed where the CIA has failed and take out Fidel Castro. They despatch a hit man, but it soon turns out that he has his own agenda and target - the President. But is the hitman operating alone, or does someone else want Kennedy dead?
