Download or read book Her Ladyship s Girl written by Anwyn Moyle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anwyn Moyle was born at the end of the First World War in a small mining village in Wales. At the age of sixteen, she was sent to London to earn her living, where she found a live-in job as a scullery maid. Her day began at 5 a.m., cleaning grates and lighting fires, then she would scrub floors and polish the house - all for two shillings a week, one of which she had to send home to her mother. Things improved when she secured the position of lady's maid in a housein Belgravia, on five shillings a week. Anwyn was required to be a hairdresser, beautician, confidante and secretary. Reporting directly to the lady of the house, she was expected to cover up her mistress's affairs. Her time as a lady's maid was over when she was caught with a young aristocrat in her room and banished from the house, but Anwyn found further employment in a variety of houses, working above and below stairs. However, she found her niche in the jolly working-class atmosphere of the capital city's pubs. London between the wars and during the Blitz is richly evoked and, despite all her hardships, Anwyn never asks for the readers' sympathy. Her story is full of gregariousness and eccentricity, as well as being a poignant account of the history of a woman with an indomitable spirit and love of life.
Download or read book Coin Operated Boy written by Steven Prouse and published by Arcana Studio. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two stories - one world! Coin Operated Boy tells the tales of two self-aware robots and their relationships with their respective creators. Genesis wants a love without complications and she'll engineer the perfect boy to get it. Enter Daniel, Genie's clockwork creation. Then, Sara thinks she is a girl just like any other, but when the reality that she's an android hits her, she hits back!
Download or read book Artificial Women written by Julie Wosk and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What distinguishes humanity from artificial beings? What do constructed creatures tell us about ourselves? From sex dolls to Siri, talking Barbies to the Bride of Frankenstein, Artificial Women explores the ways in which today's simulated females--both real and fictional--reflect and expose our own ideas about gender and female identity. Join Julie Wosk as she probes the realm of compliant sex workers, nurturing caretakers, genial servants, and rebellious creations in film, television, literature, art, photography, and current developments in robotics. These modern-day Galateas must embrace their own synthetic nature while also striving for authenticity and autonomy, all the while foregrounding gender stereotypes and changing perceptions of women and their roles. They embody the paradoxes and tensions that continue to arise in our increasingly simulated world, where the lines between the real and the virtual only continue to blur. As these "artificial women" become ever more lifelike, so too do the questions they raise become more provocative, and more illuminating of our own conceptions and conventions. Artificial Women pushes the boundaries of gender, sexuality, and culture studies to consider new digital technologies, artificial intelligences, and burgeoning simulations.
Download or read book The Girls written by Emma Cline and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT BESTSELLER • An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Financial Times, Esquire, Newsweek, Vogue, Glamour, People, The Huffington Post, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Out, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Slate Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, charged—a place where she feels desperate to be accepted. As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award • Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • Emma Cline—One of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists Praise for The Girls “Spellbinding . . . a seductive and arresting coming-of-age story.”—The New York Times Book Review “Extraordinary . . . Debut novels like this are rare, indeed.”—The Washington Post “Hypnotic.”—The Wall Street Journal “Gorgeous.”—Los Angeles Times “Savage.”—The Guardian “Astonishing.”—The Boston Globe “Superbly written.”—James Wood, The New Yorker “Intensely consuming.”—Richard Ford “A spectacular achievement.”—Lucy Atkins, The Times “Thrilling.”—Jennifer Egan “Compelling and startling.”—The Economist
Download or read book Coin Operated Girl written by Jade Blue and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Jade, a sexy and educated woman of color from Philadelphia who decides to travel as an exotic dancer to the island of Guam. While there she discovers a world of money, sex and sand.
Download or read book Authorizing Royalties for Musical Compositions on Coin operated Machines written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dead Girls written by JB Woods and published by JB Woods. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I nearly died when I was shot in the head. Now, I see things that aren't alive. They said it was a murder-suicide, that my father killed my mother, tried to kill me, then killed himself. I don't remember it like that. In fact, I don't remember it at all. But I'm left feeling alone, confused, and afraid, mostly of the things I see that no else can. Ghosts. I never believed in them before, but now I can't stop seeing them, and they want something from me. Am I losing my mind? Or am I the only one who can help them find peace from beyond the grave? I'll do whatever I can to help them, but I could very well become one of them if I'm not careful. My name is Casey Pope and I see dead people. Casey may be the only person who can save a missing girl and get justice for two others who have been abducted and murdered in a small South Carolina town. Can she figure out who to trust with her newfound ability to communicate with the dead, or will she become a killer's next victim?
Download or read book An Irish Solution written by Cormac Millar and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seamus Joyce has got a few things on his mind. He has just been appointed Acting Director of iDEA, the Irish Drug Enforcement Agency. His wife is in hospital, dying of an unidentified ailment. And he is starting to question the purpose of his own existence. It's a tricky time at iDEA: an ambitious new Minister for Justice is anxious to secure a few big scalps in the Dublin drug trade, and Joyce is expected to put himself on the front line of the fight. Soon he begins to suspect that the police, in league with the Minister, are bending the rules - and he still doesn't quite understand what the rules are. Why is money being paid into his bank account from an unnamed source in Liechtenstein? Why are his phones being tapped? And why are troubled schoolgirl and a diminutive nun accusing him of being at the heart of a lethal conspiracy
Download or read book The Delinquent Girl written by Clyde Bennett Vedder and published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 1975 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rendition of Musical Compositions on Coin operated Machines written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to remove music performance royalty payment exemption given to jukebox operators.
Download or read book Rendition of Musical Compositions on Coin Operated Machines written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to remove music performance royalty payment exemption given to jukebox operators.
Download or read book Property is a Girl s Best Friend written by Propertywomen.com and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're 18 or 80, whether you have $800 or $800 000, you can invest in property — you just need the know-how. Property is a Girl's Best Friend is the essential property investing guide for Australian and New Zealand women who want financial freedom. With case studies and hot tips to inspire and guide you, let Propertywomen.com show you: 7 property investing strategies for capital gain and cash flow — find out which suits your personality the 25 steps to teach you property investing techniques to uncover great deals that one property woman used to buy 26 properties in just 28 months 16 ways for you to eliminate costly habits that hold you back financially how one property woman made $1 million in just one year with a $1 option 11 top tips to reduce tax legally and increase cash flow. Move over diamonds, property is now a girl's best friend! Property is a Girl's Best Friend is the essential property investing guide for Australian and New Zealand women who want financial freedom.
Download or read book You A Christian Girl s Guide to Growing Up written by Nancy N. Rue and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fun and interactive book from bestselling author Nancy Rue, all the questions girls 8 to 12 ask about their changing bodies and growing up are answered, along with advice and health tips designed to help you become the confident, beautiful young woman God created you to be. Whether you’re noticing new curves and hair growing where it never did before, or feel like your emotions are always on the surface, you likely have a lot of questions about what is going on inside you … and what it means. No matter how big the question or how embarrassing it may sound, Nancy Rue is here with answers. Inside You! A Christian Girl’s Guide to Growing Up, you’ll discover: honest answers to your changing-body questions health and beauty tips quizzes and journaling space to help you figure out where you are in your puberty journey medical and spiritual facts on the things you wonder about advice from girls like you who have been where you are Most importantly, you’ll discover the true beauty that is revealed as you grow closer to God, and all the things you’re going through are actually part of his plan for the beautiful, confident, grown-up you! You! A Christian Girl’s Guide to Growing Up: can be used as a supplement to school health classes looks at puberty from a Christian perspective helps make adolescence understandable and manageable for young girls features a conversational tone and fun features
Download or read book Vengeance Is Mine written by Larry Williams and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Police Chief Luke Johnson, widower and parent of twin boys, struggles to restore law and order when confronted by abductions and murder in Somerset, Indiana, his home town. This mystery novel takes us from the Midwest to South America and back, strewing victims of abductions and murders in its wake. Four individuals independently arrive in Somerset and impact Chief Johnson's life. Gino Ciavatta, from NYPD, is hired to bolster Somerset 's police force. Lauren Hubble flees an abusive relationship in Nebraska . Ryan Bolger, youth pastor, seeks solace and employment. Aaron Carver follows Lauren to Somerset . Three attractive women in Somerset vie for Luke Johnson's affection: Amelia Conroy, CEO of the small city's largest company, often invites him to escort her to company dinners and dances, hoping to spark his interest in her; Marci Stewart, twin sister to Luke's deceased wife, wonders if he will ever fall in love with her; Lauren Hubble relies on Luke's congenial nature, and her lack of familiarity with Somerset, to win him over. Luke is hesitant in each instance. He believes he has not yet recovered from his wife's death four years earlier. Mark, one of Chief Johnson's twelve-year-old twin sons is kidnapped. Luke receives a ransom note: "Got your kid. You will never see him alive again. Vengeance is mine!" Moses Feltner, an old man living on Sugar Creek, sees a man acting suspiciously in Pine Hills Forest Preserve and reports it to Chief Johnson. Luke's other son, Matt, armed with only a baseball, faces the kidnapper. Matt has to deliver a perfect strike, or lose his twin brother forever, and his own life as well.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1944-03-25 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Download or read book The Art of Asking written by Amanda Palmer and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD BY BRENE BROWN and POSTSCRIPT FROM BRAIN PICKINGS CREATOR MARIA POPOVA Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter. Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn't alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In this groundbreaking book, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of THE ART OF ASKING. Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet. THE ART OF ASKING will inspire readers to rethink their own ideas about asking, giving, art, and love.
Download or read book Industry and Product Classification Manual written by United States. SIC Coding Task Group and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
