Download or read book Fragile Lives written by Arlette Farge and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich and complex texture of working-class neighborhoods in eighteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in this collage of the experiences of ordinary people--men and women, rich and poor, masters and servants, neighbors and colleagues. Exploring three arenas of conflict and solidarity--the home, the workplace, and the street--Arlette Farge offers the reader an intimate social history, bringing long-dead citizens and vanished social groups back to life with sensitivity and perception.
Download or read book Fragile Lives written by Jane A. Adams and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Rina Martin Mystery When a body is washed up on a beach, it's assumed it must be Edward Parker, who fell from a cliff a couple of weeks before. But it is discovered to be that of Pat Duggan, son of local nightclub owner, Jimmy. Pat had been abducted twice. And, to complicate matters, the missing Edward Parker worked for Jimmy Duggan and disappeared at the same time as Duggan's son. Coincidence? Mac and Rina don't think so . . .
Download or read book Fragile Lives in Fragile Ecosystems written by International Rice Research Institute and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 991 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fragile lives in fragile ecosystems: Feeding the world's poor from neglected rice ecosystems was the theme of the 1995 International Rice Research Conference. During the February meeting, participants assessed progress in rice research and identified new research approaches for reducing constraints and improving productivity and sustainability of less favored and fragile rice producing areas - these are the upland, rainfed lowland, and flood-prone ecosystems.
Download or read book Yemen Fragile lives in hungry times written by Ashley Clements and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 2011 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widespread hunger and chronic malnutrition have taken hold in Yemen. A protracted political stalemate over much of the past six months has left the government in paralysis, prompting a fuel crisis that has brought the economy to the verge of collapse. A recent study by Oxfam found many communities to be on the brink of disaster. In other parts of the country the United Nations has found that some vulnerable communities are now facing critical levels of malnutrition. Donors remain deeply divided over their approaches to the region's poorest country, thus delaying responses and hindering funding. Hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance have been suspended. As the crisis builds, however, inaction is no longer an option. Interventions that address both immediate humanitarian needs and longer-term structural concerns must be urgently scaled up.
Download or read book Fragile Lies written by Laura Elliot and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published under title: Deceptions.
Download or read book Fragile Lies written by Lilian Harris and published by Lilian Harris. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THEIR ARRANGEMENT IS PERFECT UNTIL IT ISN'T. Since the devastation of her ex-fiancé's affair, Lexi hasn't felt a deep attraction to anyone, until she meets Jax. What begins with flirtatious texts, turns into much more. But there's one catch: he only wants to be friends...with benefits. He's gorgeous, funny, and well--she hasn't had any action in a year, so she agrees. Though Lexi knows they're temporary, her feelings for him aren't. Jax is used to hookups, but with Lexi, one night just isn't enough. She's beautiful, sassy, and everything he wants in a woman. With time, his need for her turns into something he never bargained for, but he knows he can't have her. His dark nightmares enslave him. His secrets keep his heart locked away. So he lets her go, knowing if he doesn't, his demons would destroy her light. Could he shatter all that keeps him prisoner or would their hearts be the only things left shattered? Fragile Lies is a steamy contemporary romance and isn't suitable for those under 18. It contains strong language, sexual situations and references. It is the 2nd book in the Fragile Hearts series and part I of Jax and Lexi's story. It contains a cliffhanger and must be read with Fragile Truths. Both books can be read as a stand-alone romance, but you first meet the couple in Fragile Scars. Author Note: Below is a trigger warning for those who may need it. Please stop reading now if you don't want one. * * * This story contains instances of PTSD. If these are triggers for you, please proceed with caution.
Download or read book Our Fragile Lives written by Marilyn Glenn and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A human drama set in the East Midlands and Cornwall England. It tells the tale of a family and the trials and tribulations that they are faced with. It tells of how a decision made with the very best of intentions isn't always the best decision. It shows us that the benefit of foresight would be a useful gift but regretting in hindsight is a pointless exercise.--- When Tom and Grace Harrison discover that their mentally challenged nubile daughter is pregnant, their world is shattered. Sixteen year old Verity denies having had sexual relations with her boyfriend Paul and begs her parents not to tell him. Her parents remain in the dark regarding the father of Verity's child but with the help of the rest of the family a plan is put into action. The plan will benefit Verity's childless sister June; but at what cost? Lives will be lost, relationships will be tested as secrets and lies threaten to surface at any moment. The fragility of life and fatal actions are a constant theme. Despite the serious subject, the story isn't lacking in humour; ensuring what I believe is an enjoyable read.
Download or read book Fragile Truths written by Lilian Harris and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THEY WEREN'T MEANT TO FALL IN LOVE, YET THEY DID. After the brutal way Jax broke her heart, Lexi's done with him for good. But once she sees him again after months apart, all those feelings she still has come crashing back in, and the last thing she wants is to fall back in bed with the man who tore her love apart. Finally facing his demons, Jax wants to be the man Lexi deserves. But when he comes begging for a second chance, he finds something he never expected. And just when he thinks he's finally won her heart, a devastating event tears their life apart before it ever had a chance to start. Can their hearts ever heal or will tragedy follow them until their love is nothing but ashes? Fragile Truths is a steamy contemporary romance and isn't suitable for those under 18. It contains strong language, sexual situations and references. It is the 3rd book in the Fragile Hearts series and the end of Jax and Lexi's story. It must be read with Fragile Lies. Both books can be read as a stand-alone romance, but you first meet the couple in Fragile Scars. Author Note: Below is a trigger warning for those who may need it. It is a huge spoiler so please stop reading now if you don't want one. This story contains a miscarriage and mentions sexual assault. If these are triggers for you, please proceed with caution.
Download or read book Fragile Computing written by Laura Kocksch and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Nature of Fragile Things written by Susan Meissner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear. From the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War and As Bright as Heaven comes a gripping novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity.
Download or read book Anti Fragile written by Conrad Riker and published by Conrad Riker. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of being treated like a fragile snowflake? Feeling suffocated by safe spaces and trigger warnings? Discover the secrets to building resilience and thriving in a world poisoned by safetyism. Do you feel like the world is out to protect you from every little bump and bruise? Are you constantly surrounded by people who seem to be more sensitive to offense than capable of handling adverse situations? If you're fed up with the culture of constant protection and want to regain your freedom to live a full and authentic life, then this book is for you. Here's what else you'll find inside: 1. Unlock Your Inner Warrior: Learn how to embrace risk, failure, and adversity to build mental toughness and resilience. 2. Raise Strong Kids: Discover the importance of rough and tumble play and the role of fathers in shaping resilient children. 3. Break Free from Litigation Culture: Understand the consequences of overregulation and learn how to challenge the fear of lawsuits. 4. Cultivate Anti-Fragility: Learn how to embrace life's challenges and turn them into opportunities for growth. 5. Master the Art of Debate: Navigate the balance of protection and overprotection to foster healthy intellectual growth and development. 6. Embrace Uncertainty: Learn how to thrive in an uncertain world by adapting and growing from challenges. 7. Overcome Victimhood: Break free from the mentality of helplessness and take control of your life. 8. Fuel Your Passion: Ignite your inner drive and motivate yourself to create a life of purpose and fulfillment. Don't let safetyism rob you of your freedom and zest for life. Take control and embrace the power of resilience with "Anti-Fragile: The Rise of Resilience in a World of Overprotection." Order your copy today!
Download or read book Fragile Finance written by A. Nesvetailova and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-10-17 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fragile Finance examines financial crisis in the era of global credit. Drawing on the work of Hyman Minsky, the book discusses the global financial system over the past decade, suggesting that financial fragility stems from an explosive combination of financial innovation, over-borrowing, and progressive illiquidity of financial structures.
Download or read book Security Development and the Fragile State written by David Carment and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reconceptualises the notions of state failure and fragility, to provide a new policy-relevant framework on these issues. In a wide-ranging treatment, drawing on large samples and case studies, the authors create an alternative model of the fragile state emphasizing the multidimensional, multifaceted nature of the "fragile state problematique."
Download or read book A Fragile Life written by Todd May and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “His discussion of the ways in which those who try to make themselves invulnerable . . . undermine what makes us most human, is clear and bracing.” —Los Angeles Review of Books In a moving examination of life and the trials that beset it, Todd May shows that our fragility, our ability to suffer, is actually one of the most important aspects of our humanity. May starts with a simple but hard truth: suffering is inevitable. At the most basic level, we suffer physically—a sprained ankle or a bad back. But we also suffer insults and indifference. We suffer from overburdened schedules and unforeseen circumstances, from moral dilemmas and emotional heartaches. Even just thinking about our own mortality—the fact that we only live one life—can lead us to tremendous suffering. No wonder philosophies such as Buddhism, Taoism, Stoicism, and even Epicureanism—all of which counsel us to rise above these plights—have had appeal over the centuries. May highlights the tremendous value of these philosophies and the ways they can guide us toward better lives, but he also exposes a major drawback to their tenets: such invulnerability is too emotionally disengaged from the world, leading us to place too great a distance between ourselves and our experience. Rather than seeking absolute immunity, he argues most of us just want to hurt less and learn how to embrace and accept what suffering we do endure in a meaningful way. Offering a guide on how to positively engage suffering, May ultimately lays out a new way of thinking about how we exist in the world.
Download or read book Fragile Pieces written by Lilian Harris and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVEN THE STRONGEST HEART CAN BREAK. Gabe I can't be with you anymore. That's what she said when she tore my heart into pieces as I lay in a hospital bed. Those words, they cut deeper than any wounds I bore on my flesh. And almost six years later, nothing has hurt me more. Now she's back, begging for a job at my company, desperate for money. I swore I'd make her hurt if I ever saw her again, but one look and I'm back to a place where she once loved me. Where nothing ruined us. And now, being so close, my name on her lips, could we ever go back? Or will we repeat the ghost of our past? Mia I didn't want to leave him. But I had to. Or so I thought. Back then, staying seemed impossible. I was held captive by my own fear. It wouldn't allow me to see that loving him was all I needed. But I'm back now and I want him. But there's something he doesn't know--the real reason why I left. And once he finds out, the second chance I've dreamed of will be nothing but a fantasy. Fragile Pieces is the 4th book in the Fragile Hearts series and a complete standalone, but you first meet the hero in Fragile Scars.
Download or read book Fragile written by Lisa Unger and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2010 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning new stand-alone psychological thriller from bestselling author Lisa Unger. A small towns secrets are exposed when a teenager goes missing in circumstances similar to another young girl's disappearance twenty years before. 'But how do you know he didn't hurt her?' Jones asks his wife, Maggie anguished when their son's girlfriend, Charlene, vanishes. Eerie parallels soon emerge between this disappearance and the abduction that shook their community years ago. Maggie can hardly believe that her husband, a police officer, suspects Ricky of causing Charlene's disappearance. Ricky is his father's son in all the most important ways and she suddenly realizes that might be exactly what Jones fears. In a town where the past is always present, nobody is above suspicion, not even a son in the eyes of his father. Determined to uncover the truth, Maggie pursues her own leads into Charlene's disappearance and exposes a long-buried town secret-one that could destroy everything she holds dear. This thrilling novel about one community's intricate yet fragile bonds will leave readers asking, How well do I know the people I love? and how far would I go to protect them?
Download or read book Incerto written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and published by Random House Trade. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 1873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landmark five-book series--all together in one boxed set The Incerto is an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision making when we don't understand the world, expressed in the form of a personal essay with autobiographical sections, stories, parables, and philosophical, historical, and scientific discussions, in non-overlapping volumes that can be accessed in any order. The main thread is that while there is inordinate uncertainty about what is going on, there is great certainty as to what one should do about it. This boxed set includes: FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS THE BLACK SWAN THE BED OF PROCRUSTES ANTIFRAGILE SKIN IN THE GAME
