Author: Laura Dave Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1476789320 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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In the modern world, where celebrity is a careful construct, Laura Dave's compelling, enticing novel explores the devastating effect of the secrets people keep in public, and in private. This is a fresh, provocative look at a woman teetering between a scrupulously assembled life and the redemptive power of revealing the truth.
Author: Dave Eggers Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0385351402 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 404
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives—a “compulsively readable parable for the 21st century” (Vanity Fair). When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
Author: James Jones Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 145321576X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1327
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James Jones’s saga of life in the American Midwest, newly revised five decades after it was first published and including a new foreword by his daughter, Kaylie Jones After the blockbuster international success of From Here to Eternity, James Jones retreated from public life, making his home at the Handy Writers’ Colony in Illinois. His goal was to write something larger than a war novel, and the result, six years in the making, was Some Came Running, a stirring portrait of small-town life in the American Midwest at a time when our country and its people were striving to find their place in the new postwar world. Five decades later, it has been revised and reedited under the direction of the Jones estate to allow for a leaner, tighter read. The result is the masterpiece Jones intended: a tale whose brutal honesty is as shocking now as on the day it was first published. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author’s estate.
Author: J Waldo Sacks Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1456875590 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 313
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“I like to wake up next to him.” That afternoon at the restaurant, Peggy’s words shattered with finality, any denial routine Rollie had been entertaining about his wife’s goings-on and her absences while he was at work and running back and forth from Vegas... Rollie thought they had found happiness in the marriage that had some turbulent beginnings. They had hung on and seemed to have put together the best years of the relationship. Then at 38; the lump --and nothing was the same ... He couldn’t imagine life without Peggy. It was unraveling fast. He didn’t seem to know a damn thing anymore. Where did it go wrong, he asked everyone who’d listen? How will he pick up the pieces of his life? In Weep With One Eye the intriguing answers await, and from places Rollie would never have imagined...
Author: Lorraine Mace Publisher: Headline Accent ISBN: 1786156849 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 205
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CAN TWO WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT? A man is found by the side of a canal, comatose and brutally attacked. It quickly becomes clear that someone is abducting men and subjecting them to horrific acts of torture. After three days they're released, fighting for their lives and refusing to speak. A councillor is accused of fraud. Montague Mason is an upstanding member of the community. That is until he's publicly accused of stealing the youth centre's funds - an accusation that threatens to rip through the very heart of the community and expose his best-kept secret. But how far would he go to protect himself? Two cases. One deadly answer. As the two cases collide, D.I. Paolo Sterling finds he has more questions than answers. And, when torture escalates to murder, he suddenly finds himself in a race against time to find the killer and put an end to the depravity - once and for all. *PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS RAGE AND RETRIBUTION* Lorraine Mace returns with the fourth unflinching and totally gripping instalment in her dark and gritty series featuring DI Paolo Sterling. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, M. J. Arlidge and Karin Slaughter. 'Lorraine Mace has done it again. Crime fiction at its absolute finest' MARION TODD 'What an opening! Lorraine certainly knows how to write a gripping thriller. A chilling read' KAREN KING LOVE FOR LORRAINE MACE'S WRITING: 'I. Am. Not. Okay. That ending - mind blown!!!! Rage and Retribution deserves ALL the stars! It is AMAZING!' 5* Reader Review 'Wow, just wow is all I can say. The whole series is just too good to miss.' 5* Reader Review 'I am an absolutely massive fan of this series . . . the books are just getting better and better' 5* Reader Review 'I am blown away by this story and LOVE everything about it. I cannot wait for the next instalment.' 5* Reader Review 'OMG! That opening scene' 5* Reader Review 'I could not put my kindle down while reading this!' 5* Reader Review
Author: Dave Barry Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 1501161164 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 240
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In this “little gem” (Washington Independent Review of Books), Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Barry learns how to age happily from his old but joyful dog, Lucy. As Dave Barry turns seventy—not happily—he realizes that his dog, Lucy, is dealing with old age far better than he is. She has more friends, fewer worries, and way more fun. So Dave decides to figure out how Lucy manages to stay so happy, to see if he can make his own life happier by doing the things she does (except for drinking from the toilet). He reconnects with old friends and tries to make new ones—which turns out to be a struggle, because Lucy likes people a lot more than he does. And he gets back in touch with two ridiculous but fun groups from his past: the Lawn Rangers, a group of guys who march in parades pushing lawnmowers and twirling brooms (alcohol is involved), and the Rock Bottom Remainders, the world’s oldest and least-talented all-author band. With each new lesson, Dave riffs hilariously on dogs, people, and life in general, while also pondering Deep Questions, such as when it’s okay to lie. (Answer: when scallops are involved.) Lessons From Lucy shows readers a new side to Dave Barry that’s “touching and sentimental, but there’s still a laugh on every page” (The Sacramento Bee). The master humorist has written a witty and affable guide to joyous living at any age.
Author: Geoff Williams Publisher: ISBN: Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 344
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An account of an incredible 3,423-mile foot race across America, the Great Foot Race of 1928, and C.C. Pyle, the legendary sports promoter who masterminded the event. A year before the Great Depression, endurance fads were all the rage, from dance marathons to flagpole sitting, and spectators would shell out hard-earned cash to watch. When notorious sports agent and promoter C.C. Pyle offered a $25,000 prize for a foot race from Los Angeles to New York, 199 runners from all over the world took their marks and half a million spectators flocked to the starting line. The race was grueling, but an astonishing 55 participants made it to the Madison Square Garden finish line 84 days later. In re-creating this classic American drama, the author accessed never-before-published material and the support of several descendants of the participants.--From publisher description.
Author: Martin Hall Publisher: Turner Publishing Company ISBN: 1118486579 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 475
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One of Golf Digest's 10 Best Teachers in America (No. 7) helps you master the most difficult short-game shots in golf, just the way Seve Ballesteros did Here's one golf book you should definitely own if you want to improve your game and lower your scores. Top golf instructor Martin Hall, host of Golf Channel's weekly TV show, School of Golf, teaches you how to conquer challenging short-game shots as played by one of the all-time masters of the short game, Seve Ballesteros. By the time you're done with this book you'll have a fresh arsenal of short-game shots to choose from, whether it be running the ball through a bunker or hooking it around a tree, or hitting a super-high, super-soft flop shot that lands on the green like a butterfly with sore feet. You'll uncover the secrets that made Ballesteros the most dominant and respected short-game player of his era?and put them to work to boost your own game. Presents easy-to-follow techniques for improving your short game, with more than fifty shots inspired by five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros Offers valuable insights into the imagination and thought process of Ballesteros, one of golf's greatest innovators, as well as tips for the average golfer on how to escape the most difficult short-game situations Written by Martin Hall, one of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers and the 2008 PGA Teacher of the Year Draws on Hall's hours of experience watching Ballesteros hit balls and create shots up close while playing on the European PGA Tour Includes never-before published photos of Ballesteros at the peak of his career, hitting many of the shots in the book
Author: Darryl Moss Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1514494191 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 278
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Set in Perth, Western Australia, a has-been SAS soldier, Al Connor, divorced and out of luck, is called back to join a secret elite group called SAD (Seek and Destroy). He was one of the best but now finds himself expendable. Outnumbered and against all odds, he battles for survival against a fierce alien presence that is very unpredictable. In the turmoil, he finds true love and adopts a child left by the alien's carnage. He faces the thought of his own mortality and of his newfound family. He is confronting a life-and-death situation every time he faces the aliens. He has to balance his everyday life and the savagery of the aliens in a spasmodic and sometimes impossible dilemma.
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