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Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2021-11-09
Total Pages: 265
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Those Other Days" is a collection of short stories by E. Phillips Oppenheim. It contains ghost stories, bizarre adventures, strange mysteries, and romance. The stories depict young men courting women, psychic phenomena, and humorous situations. The book is Victorian in its spirit and full of the era's romanticism.
Author: Edward Phillips Oppenheim
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2010-01-11
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 1429959622
DOWNLOAD EBOOKQuantum wormhole technology brings about the end of human privacy in a novel “fizzing with ideas” by two of science fiction’s most acclaimed authors (Kirkus Reviews). From Arthur C. Clarke, the brilliant mind that brought us 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Stephen Baxter, the Philip K. Dick Award–winning author of The Time Ships, comes a novel of a day, not so far in the future, when the barriers of time and distance have suddenly turned to glass. When a brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses cutting-edge physics to enable people everywhere, at trivial cost, to see one another at all times—around every corner, through every wall—the result is the sudden and complete abolition of human privacy, forever. Then the same technology proves able to look backward in time as well. The Light of Other Days is a story that will change your view of what it is to be human.
Author: Donald Newlove
Publisher: Tough Poets Press
Published: 2022-03
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780578362212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNovelist Donald Newlove (1928-2021) contemplates how alcoholism has affected the lives and work of other writers, as well as himself. ". . . a passionate blend: part autobiography, part confessional, part sketches of famous alcoholic writers and part sermon on the dangers of 'Drunkspeare' . . . its bird song and purling ravishment, bliss of self-love. . . . Like improvisational jazz . . . the Newlove sound is robust and swinging, the mark of a man who has discovered that his talent is intoxication enough." - R.Z. Sheppard, Time "Newlove's memoir makes The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson seem like a dull college weekend. It is, quite simply, terrifying, a tale to chill the blood of anyone who's ever hoisted a drink in a bar. It is a book with both literary merit and social value of the most redeeming sort imaginable." - Judson Hand, New York Daily News "Those Drinking Days ought to be read. It is an astonishing, moving memoir." - Joel Oppenheimer, New York Times
Author: Amitai Baruchi-Unna
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Published: 2017
Total Pages: 718
ISBN-13: 9781575067605
DOWNLOAD EBOOK31 essays by colleagues, friends, and students of Mordechai Cogan, who is known worldwide for his study of biblical history and also of Near Eastern history, particularly at the time of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Author: Shane Parrish
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2024-10-15
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0593719972
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.
Author: David Nicholls
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2010-06-15
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 0307739309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNOW A NETFLIX SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • TWO PEOPLE. ONE DAY. TWENTY YEARS. • What starts as a fleeting connection between two strangers soon becomes a deep bond that spans decades. • "[An] instant classic. . . . One of the most ...emotionally riveting love stories you’ll ever encounter." —People It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. They face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Dex and Em must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself. As the years go by, the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed. "[A] surprisingly deep romance...so thoroughly satisfying." —Entertainment Weekly
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2010-07-15
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0307576183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBOOKER PRIZE WINNER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is “an intricate and dazzling novel” (The New York Times) about the perfect butler and his fading, insular world in post-World War II England. This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the "great gentleman," Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's "greatness," and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life.
Author: Sarah Reid
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Published: 2020-02-06
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9781734589900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHE OTHER DAYS looks at the reasons we lie to ourselves and those we love, and the measures we take in order to avoid our deepest fears and shame. Told through alternating perspectives, THE OTHER DAYS is a portrait of two sisters making the physical and emotional journey back to one another after nearly a decade apart. Thalia Athens, raised on both coasts by a single mother, has spent her adulthood close to home, and now helps run the family business: The Athens Hotel, an austere and storied Victorian gem on the secluded, dreamy coast of Maine. When Thalia receives word that her younger sister, Cassia, is on her way home following an eight year absence -- and that she has big news she intends to share -- Thalia's world is thrown into chaos. Coinciding with the threat of Cassia's return and its ensuing upheavals, Hildebrandt Treacy, a blocked writer and semi-permanent guest of The Athens, who is hiding out in Maine for his own clouded reasons, takes a liking to Thalia, and the two are drawn into a relationship that surprises both of them with its depth and intimacy. Meanwhile, in Perth, Australia, Cassia Athens embarks on a weeklong trek across continents and oceans, navigating the implications of her recent failures in love and career, and the disappointing results of her search for her unknown father. As the sisters each traverse uncharted romantic territory and recover from wounds left by previous relationships, long-held family secrets are revealed, psychological breakthroughs are made, and the realities of everyone involved are rearranged into unimagined but promising new patterns.
Author: Neil Pasricha
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-03-01
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0425238903
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on the award-winning 10-million-plus-hit blog 1000 Awesome Things, The Book of Awesome is an international bestselling high five for humanity and a big celebration of life’s little moments. Sometimes it’s easy to forget the things that make us smile. With a 24/7 news cycle reporting that the polar ice caps are melting, hurricanes are swirling in the seas, wars are heating up around the world, and the job market is in a deep freeze, it’s tempting to feel that the world is falling apart. But awesome things are all around us, like: • Popping Bubble Wrap • Wearing underwear just out of the dryer • Fixing electronics by smacking them • Getting called up to the dinner buffet first at a wedding • Watching The Price Is Right when you’re home sick • Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row • Waking up and realizing it’s Saturday The Book of Awesome reminds us that the best things in life are free (yes, your grandma was right). With laugh-out-loud observations from award-winning comedy writer Neil Pasricha, The Book of Awesome is filled with smile-inducing moments on every page that make you feel like a kid looking at the world for the first time. Read it and you’ll remember all the things there are to feel good about. A New York Times Bestseller • USA Today Bestseller • Globe and Mail Bestseller • Toronto Star Bestseller • Vancouver Sun Bestseller • Macleans Bestseller • Winner of the Forest of Reading Award
