My Misspent Youth
My Misspent Youth

Author: Meghan Daum

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2014-12-23

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1250067693

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The cult classic essay collection from “one of the most emotionally exacting, mercilessly candid, deeply funny . . . writers of our time” (Cheryl Strayed, The New York Times Book Review). First published in 2001, My Misspent Youthcaptured a generation’s uneasy coming of age as the world made its chaotic way into a new millennium. It also established Meghan Daum as a leading literary voice, widely celebrated for her fresh, provocative approach to the hidden fault lines of America’s cultural landscape. From her New Yorker essays about the financial demands of big-city ambition and the ethereal, strangely old-fashioned allure of cyber-relationships to her dazzlingly hilarious riff about musical passions that give way to middle-brow paraphernalia, Daum delves into the center of things while closely examining the detritus that spills out along the way. With precision and well-balanced irony, Daum implicates herself as readily as she does the targets that fascinate and horrify her.

Misspent Youth
Misspent Youth

Author: Peter F. Hamilton

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2009-08-21

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0330468219

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A gripping introduction to the world of Peter F. Hamilton’s Commonwealth Saga, Misspent Youth is set in the near-future, over three hundred years before Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Stephen Baxter. Jeff Baker is granted the gift of eternal youth. However, it’s not all it seems . . . It is 2040 and, after decades of research, we can finally rejuvenate a human being. At seventy-eight years old, Jeff Baker – renowned inventor and philanthropist – has given the world much of his creative genius. He’s therefore selected as first choice for this gift. At first, rejuvenation feels like a miracle. Until the glow begins to fade. Personal relationships start to break down and the world waits for more brilliant new work. Living the dream will come at a cost, but can Jeff pay the price? ‘The owner of the most powerful imagination in science fiction’ – Ken Follett, author of The Pillars of the Earth ‘Hamilton handles massive ideas with enviable ease’ – Guardian

Cleaving
Cleaving

Author: Julie Powell

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2009-12-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0316054488

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Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do -- until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her memoir, Cleaving. Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where she buries herself in the details of food. She learns how to break down a side of beef and French a rack of ribs -- tough physical work that only sometimes distracts her from thoughts of afternoon trysts. The camaraderie at Fleischer's leads Julie to search out fellow butchers around the world -- from South America to Europe to Africa. At the end of her odyssey, she has learned a new art and perhaps even mastered her unruly heart.

Never Bullshit the Client
Never Bullshit the Client

Author: Richard M. Ennis

Publisher: Carom Press

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781733207201

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Never Bullshit the Client is three stories: Richard Ennis' career as a pioneer investment consultant, award-winning author, editor, innovator and founder of a premier firm. Second, the evolution of the field known as "institutional investment consulting." The third, the history of EnnisKnupp until it was acquired by Aon.

Do-Over!
Do-Over!

Author: Robin Hemley

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2009-05-11

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0316053260

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Robin Hemley's childhood made a wedgie of his memory, leaving him sore and embarrassed for over forty years. He was the most pitiful kindergartner, the least spirited summer camper, and dateless for prom. In fact, there's nary an event from his youth that couldn't use improvement. If only he could do them all over a few decades later, with an adult's wisdom, perspective, and giant-like height . . . In the spirit of cult film classics like Billy Madison and Wet Hot American Summer, in Do-Over! Hemley reencounters papier-mâché, revisits his childhood home, and finally attends the prom -- bringing readers the thrill of recapturing a misspent youth and discovering what's most important: simple pleasures, second chances, and the forgotten joys of recess.

Drinking with Men
Drinking with Men

Author: Rosie Schaap

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-01-24

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1101603127

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NPR “Best Books of 2013” BookPage Best Books of 2013 Library Journal Best Books of 2013: Memoir Flavorwire 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2013 A vivid, funny, and poignant memoir that celebrates the distinct lure of the camaraderie and community one finds drinking in bars. Rosie Schaap has always loved bars: the wood and brass and jukeboxes, the knowing bartenders, and especially the sometimes surprising but always comforting company of regulars. Starting with her misspent youth in the bar car of a regional railroad, where at fifteen she told commuters’ fortunes in exchange for beer, and continuing today as she slings cocktails at a neighborhood joint in Brooklyn, Schaap has learned her way around both sides of a bar and come to realize how powerful the fellowship among regular patrons can be. In Drinking with Men, Schaap shares her unending quest for the perfect local haunt, which takes her from a dive outside Los Angeles to a Dublin pub full of poets, and from small-town New England taverns to a character-filled bar in Manhattan’s TriBeCa. Drinking alongside artists and expats, ironworkers and soccer fanatics, she finds these places offer a safe haven, a respite, and a place to feel most like herself. In rich, colorful prose, Schaap brings to life these seedy, warm, and wonderful rooms. Drinking with Men is a love letter to the bars, pubs, and taverns that have been Schaap’s refuge, and a celebration of the uniquely civilizing source of community that is bar culture at its best.

Dyslexic Sukcess
Dyslexic Sukcess

Author: Tod Megibow

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1434966518

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Tim Mills was not lazy. He was dyslexic. When Tim was growing up, no one had ever heard of dyslexia, or learning disabilities, so his father thought he was just lazy. His father's only cure for laziness was a good beating. Thus, violence was something Tim hated. That's why he could not figure out why Sissy, who had no real grudge against Walker, wanted to kill Walker. But Walker was dead and Sissy had been convicted of killing him at the first trial. But this was the second trial, the first reversed on appeal, and this was Tim's last chance to find out who really killed Walker. Would he get the answer by looking at the case from a dyslexic point of view?

Experimental Proofs
Experimental Proofs

Author: Jonathan Edward Feinstein

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-06-23

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1312279141

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In Book Five of "Ars Scientiaque Magicae," the Tzali now have a claw-hold on Maiyim's moon and a massive asteroid invasion base from which they are preparing for the final invasion of Maiyim. Meanwhile, the sinister Sons and Daughters of Maiyim are manipulating both sides to their own ends, but when the Maiyim Strike Force suddenly invades the Olen School and abducts the Tzali loner and their ally, Pulac-pa, they all have a new set of enemies to deal with.

The Warlord
The Warlord

Author: Dean Murray

Publisher: Fir'shan Publishing

Published: 2016-09-23

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1939363594

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Faced with helping to murder hundreds of thousands of innocents—including Brennan, the rebel leader she's grown to love—Skye did the only thing she could. She defected and fought her way through the Society's troops, bringing along all of the people who meant the most to her. Armed with a captured Society dropship and the advantage of surprise, Skye and Brennan finally have a chance to make a future for themselves but first they are going to have to fight their way past the Society's single most dangerous asset, and this time even Skye might not be able to guarantee their success.