Download or read book Do As I Say Not As I Do written by Frederick James Preston and published by Written in Black Pub. This book was released on 1994-12-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel illustrating the relationship between a crack-cocaine addict father and his gifted teenage son.
Download or read book You Think It I ll Say It written by Curtis Sittenfeld and published by Random House Large Print. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every bit as smart, sensitive, funny, and genuine as her phenomenally popular novels,"* a dazzling collection from the New York Times bestselling author of Prep, American Wife, and Eligible "I really loved all the characters in this book. They're so complex and interesting, and in every story, you'll find them going through these pivotal moments in their lives."--Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Pick) NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PEOPLE AND USA TODAY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post - NPR - Financial Times - San Francisco Chronicle - New York Public Library - Refinery29 A suburban mother of two fantasizes about the downfall of an old friend whose wholesome lifestyle empire may or may not be built on a lie. A high-powered lawyer honeymooning with her husband is caught off guard by the appearance of the girl who tormented her in high school. A shy Ivy League student learns the truth about a classmate's seemingly enviable life. Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with this first collection of short fiction, her "astonishing gift for creating characters that take up residence in readers' heads" (The Washington Post) is showcased like never before. Throughout the ten stories in You Think It, I'll Say It, Sittenfeld upends assumptions about class, relationships, and gender roles in a nation that feels both adrift and viscerally divided. With moving insight and uncanny precision, Curtis Sittenfeld pinpoints the questionable decisions, missed connections, and sometimes extraordinary coincidences that make up a life. Indeed, she writes what we're all thinking--if only we could express it with the wit of a master satirist, the storytelling gifts of an old-fashioned raconteur, and the vision of an American original. *Booklist (starred review) LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION "At once psychologically acute, deftly crafted and deeply pleasurable."--San Francisco Chronicle "Witty and buoyant . . . Each deceptively simple and breezy story is masterfully paced and crafted."--Chicago Tribune "Perfectly paced, witty and laced with unexpected twists: Every story here sticks its landing. Whatever Sittenfeld] writes, we'll read it."--People "Razor-sharp, often hilarious . . . Curtis Sittenfeld] is a sharp observer of human nature and human relationships. . . . A witty, breezy, zeitgeist-y collection."--USA Today
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Download or read book You re Saying It Wrong written by Ross Petras and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For word nerds and grammar geeks, a witty guide to the most commonly mispronounced words, along with their correct pronunciations and pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and histories of use and misuse. With wit and good humor, this handy little book not only saves us from sticky linguistic situations but also provides fascinating cocktail-party-ready anecdotes. Entries reveal how to pronounce boatswain like an old salt on the deck of a ship, trompe l'oeil like a bona fide art expert, and haricot vert like a foodie, while arming us with the knowledge of why certain words are correctly pronounced the "slangy" way (they came about before dictionaries), what stalks of grain have to do with pronunciation, and more. With bonus sidebars like "How to Sound like a Seasoned Traveler" and "How to Sound Cultured," readers will be able to speak about foreign foods and places, fashion, philosophy, and literature with authority.
Download or read book How You Say It written by Katherine D. Kinzler and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2020 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We gravitate toward people like us; it's human nature. Race, class, and gender affect this social identity, but one overlooked factor can be even more powerful: the way we speak. As pioneering psychologist Katherine Kinzler reveals in How You Say It, that's because our speech largely reflects the voices we heard as children. We can change how we speak to some extent, whether by "code-switching" between dialects or learning a new language. But for the most part we are forever marked by our native tongue-and are hardwired to prejudge others by theirs, often with serious consequences. Your accent alone can determine the economic opportunity or discrimination you encounter in life, making speech one of the most urgent social-justice issues of our day. Ultimately, Kinzler shows, our linguistic differences can also be a force for good. For her research reveals that exposure to different languages is beneficial-a paradox that hints at the benefits we can reap from mastering this ancient source of tribalism"--
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Download or read book As They Say Book 1 written by D.K. Daniels and published by D.K. Daniels. This book was released on 2022-01-29 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Half Price Launch until Jan 31st) "Remember all those summer crushes? Well this is one." When a new boy arrives in the middle of the night in a small, quiet rural town in Ireland, local boy Adam Walsh takes an interest in the new kid. Adam is a popular small-town boy who gets paired with the new arrival. Ross, however, is a city boy, hailing from London. Being total opposites, they somehow manage to cross paths. Soon the boys are forced to bond by adults, and it sets forth the confusion of love. What appears to start as nothing more than nervous giggles and jittery speech turns into a pact neither boy can come to understand. A bond that will forever change both teenagers, and they'll experience something more than friendship. It seems like a dream, and everybody is scared until the ball drops, and someone finally makes a move. How will the boy's parents, friends, and love for each other come together? Will it either work in their favor or wedge them apart forever? As They Say, is a story of how two boys fall in love during the months of an Irish summer. Due to unforeseen circumstances, they meet one another, and after a somewhat sceptical introduction, they become fast friends. And eventually, love begins to set in.
Download or read book Mind written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi written by Mississippi. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1 is a reprint of 1834 edition.
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Download or read book As my Portuguese Grandfather used to say written by Jose Antonio Ribeiro Neto and published by Jose Antonio Ribeiro Neto. This book was released on 2021-09-18 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the book "As my Portuguese Grandfather said - Guidelines for Reinventing Yourself in the Covid-19 era." Black Swans are unexpected, unlikely events that take place in our lives. The Covid-19 pandemic is a low-probability, high-impact black swan event. This is a book of guidance and self-help to address these events that transform our lives forever. To address them, we need to start again and face life head-on. You have to reinvent yourself. To address them, we need to start again and face life head-on. You have to reinvent yourself. The author uses phrases that his Portuguese grandparents applied when life demanded to simplify, lift the mood, face, overcome difficulties and touch the lives forward. The phrases are distributed throughout the book utilized in the best situations to illustrate the context with suggested arguments as guidelines to reinvent yourself. The book covers topics and guidelines that will give you an incentive to an upset, as did our grandparents, fighting and reinventing itself several times in his life. About the book This book seeks to provide guidance for facing unexpected, improbable events that happen in our lives and transform us. It aims to: - Awaken your winning instinct by providing information, guidance, and knowledge to seek alternative paths after unexpected events. - Collaborate to face disasters that happen in life without explanation or time marked. Alert that you can start over, to reinvent yourself. - Guide by providing ideas and suggestions to make you more confident to start over, developing new goals and plans in your life. - Reinvent yourself in the sense of an alert, a ray of light that hit you, causing changes in attitudes and actions to seek a better life. What will we learn in this book? Let's learn how it's possible to reinvent yourself to face unexpected events in our lives, like Covid-19. The book is organized into two parts that guided us in this task. 1 - To overcome black swan events and Reinvent yourself: - Be self-critical and resilient. Have courage and overcome fear; - Enjoy the gifts received from God; - Develop intuition, our sixth sense for survival; - Develop skills and competencies in new areas; - Learn to have focus and productivity. Avoid digital distraction. - Learn to use the time well. Long live the present moment; - Learn to dream and to develop scenarios for the future; - Learn from mistakes, pray, have faith and positive attitudes; - Learn to live with losses. Get rid of nonconformity; - Enjoy the Pygmalion effect to come out ahead again; - Beware of chaos, insignificant events that change lives. 2 - Some techniques and factors that can help you Reinvent yourself: - Reinvent yourself with longevity; - Reinvent yourself as an entrepreneur; - Be a friend of Pareto and apply the 80/20 rule; - Learn from top performers and become one of them; - Take practical advice from geniuses and entrepreneurs; - Apply the 5-hour rule to learn new things; - Learn to have more focus with the Pomodoro technique; - Reinvent yourself in human relationships; This book can be a guide in your life, so you can realize reinventing yourself importance, seek alternative ways, and come out victorious. Regards. Author José Antonio (Zezinho).
Download or read book Do As I Say written by Sarah Steel and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of being human is the desire to belong. It can make us unspeakably vulnerable to the manipulations of others. Cult leaders prey on this desire, but so do many unscrupulous operators hiding in plain sight. Sarah Steel, the creator of the popular 'Let's Talk About Sects' podcast, has researched the cults you've heard of - and dozens you haven't. What strikes her most are not the differences between bizarre cult behaviour and 'normal' behaviour but the depressing similarities. Her work reveals that we are all susceptible to the power of cult dynamics. In Do As I Say, Sarah Steel tells the human tale behind the sensationalism. Sharing deeply personal stories, gathered over years of interviews with survivors, and some shocking tales about the world's most famous cults, she sheds light on the high cost of unchecked coercive behaviours to individuals and communities at large. Praise for Do As I Say 'Sarah uses the stories of survivors to tease out the common threads of coercive control shared by cults and found in other parts of society. The result is a much-needed spotlight on the behaviours and personalities we are likely to encounter even if we never go anywhere near a cult.' - David Gillespie, bestselling author and lawyer 'In times of uncertainty when you long for simple answers and have a deep desire for community, you can find yourself incrementally handing over your agency to a charismatic but authoritarian and manipulative leader or group-think. In this book Sarah Steel has brilliantly charted how this happens in all sorts of ways and for all sorts of people; it provides an invaluable map to navigate this dangerous terrain.' - Reverend Tim Costello AO 'This book is a most comprehensive and studied look at cults, the leaders, and perhaps most importantly the survivors. Sarah Steel has given the world a real gem - one that will not only educate but also help to destigmatize those who have been harmed by cults and con artists. Bravo!' - Dr Janja Lalich, cult expert, academic and former cult member
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Download or read book Personal Passenger Safety in Railway Stations written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal passenger safety in railway Stations : Oral and written evidence, oral evidence taken on Wednesday 19 April 2006
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