Download or read book Chambermaid written by Saira Rao and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honorable, aspiring attorney’s dream job becomes a dishonorable nightmare in this “funny and charming” debut (Gary Shteyngart, author of Lake Success). Sheila Raj is a recent graduate of Columbia Law School with high aspirations of working for the ACLU. When she lands a coveted year-long federal clerkship with legal goddess Judge Helga Friedman, she cannot help but think that her life is destined for jurisprudential greatness. But law school did not prepare Sheila for the sociopath who greets her on her first day, and pushes her to the brink of resignation. It’s only when she’s assigned to a high-profile death penalty case that Sheila realizes that to survive the year as Friedman’s chambermaid—not just her sanity, but actual lives will hang in the balance. Because Prada be damned, “the devil really wears a black robe” (Jill Kargman, author of Momzillas). “In the world of the federal judiciary, where judges are sacrosanct and impervious to criticism, Saira Rao’s deliciously controversial debut novel ranks with mooning the Supreme Court” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Delivering an outrageous peek into hallowed halls, the “laugh out loud . . . Chambermaid is sure to strike a familiar chord for anyone who’s ever had a jerk for a boss” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).

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Download or read book The Diary of a Chambermaid written by Octave Mirbeau and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel presents itself as the diary of Mademoiselle Célestine R., a chambermaid. Her first employer fetishizes her boots, and she later discovers the elderly man dead, with one of her boots stuffed into his mouth. Later on, Célestine becomes the maid of an upper class couple, Lanlaire, and is perfectly aware that she is entangled in the power struggles of their marriage. Célestine ends by becoming a café hostess, who mistreats her servants in turn! Excerpt: "To-day, September 14, at three o'clock in the afternoon, in mild, gray, and rainy weather, I have entered upon my new place. It is the twelfth in two years. Of course I say nothing of the places which I held in previous years. It would be impossible for me to count them. Ah! I can boast of having seen interiors and faces, and dirty souls. And the end is not yet. Judging from the really extraordinary and dizzy way in which I have rolled, here and there, successively, from houses to employment-bureaus, and from employment-bureaus to houses, from the Bois de Boulogne to the Bastille, from the Observatory to Montmartre, from the Ternes to the Gobelins, everywhere, without ever succeeding in establishing myself anywhere, the masters in these days must be hard to please. It is incredible..."

Download or read book A Chambermaid s Diary written by Octave Mirbeau and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Chambermaid written by Marcus Aurelio and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a young man learn to deal with being victim to a silver bullet from another pretty jaded lass? This is the journey of his descent to rock bottom as he is relegated to the mental asylum where he further endures, relating to his experience of learning to live with himself in his new surroundings. He meets many curious characters in this journey and finds himself a victim again to the shiny silver bullets that land on him-shot from another jaded lass. Those silver bullets are always threatening him there as she bangs and bangs.

Download or read book A Chambermaid s Diary written by Octave Mirbeau and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Maid written by Nita Prose and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE • *WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION* • *SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGAR ALLAN POE BEST NOVEL AWARD* • INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • CITYLINE BOOK CLUB PICK • “A twist-and-turn whodunit, set in a five-star hotel, from the perspective of the maid who finds the body. Think Clue. Think page-turner.”—Glamour A dead body is one mess she can’t clean up on her own. Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her Gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by, but since Gran died a few months ago, Molly has been navigating life's complexities by herself. With gusto, she throws herself into work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection. But Molly’s orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what’s happening, Molly’s unusual demeanour has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black. But will they be able to find the real killer before it’s too late? Both a Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.

Download or read book The World of Horrotica written by David Edward Collier and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE APOCALYPSE DE-CLASSIFIED CASE FILE WAS GATHERED BY THE APOCALYPSE RESISTANCE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE RECOUNTING "THE COMING APOCALYPSE" RECOUNTING PERSONAL NARRATIVE ACCOUNTINGS RECOUNTING THE APOCALYPSE CODEX KNOWN ONLY BY THE APOCALYPSE RESISTANCE REWRITING THE APOCALYPSE CODEX WRITTEN OUT IN 66 APOCALYPSE SCROLLS DISPLAYED INSIDE THE APOCALYPSE MUSEUM WHERE THE 66 APOCALYPSE SCROLLS ARE RE-WRITTEN BY THE APOCALYPSE RESISTANCE RE-WRITING HISTORY STORIES ALREADY WRITTEN BEFORE THE APOCALYPSE CODEX IS WRITTEN INTO STONE.

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Download or read book Publications written by Ballad Society and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Diary of a Chambermaid written by Octave Mirbeau and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel presents itself as the diary of Mademoiselle Célestine R., a chambermaid. Her first employer fetishizes her boots, and she later discovers the elderly man dead, with one of her boots stuffed into his mouth. Later on, Célestine becomes the maid of an upper class couple, Lanlaire, and is perfectly aware that she is entangled in the power struggles of their marriage. Célestine ends by becoming a café hostess, who mistreats her servants in turn!_x000D_ Excerpt:_x000D_ "To-day, September 14, at three o'clock in the afternoon, in mild, gray, and rainy weather, I have entered upon my new place. It is the twelfth in two years. Of course I say nothing of the places which I held in previous years. It would be impossible for me to count them. Ah! I can boast of having seen interiors and faces, and dirty souls. And the end is not yet. Judging from the really extraordinary and dizzy way in which I have rolled, here and there, successively, from houses to employment-bureaus, and from employment-bureaus to houses, from the Bois de Boulogne to the Bastille, from the Observatory to Montmartre, from the Ternes to the Gobelins, everywhere, without ever succeeding in establishing myself anywhere, the masters in these days must be hard to please. It is incredible..."

Download or read book The Observations of Henry written by Jerome K. Jerome and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare to be entertained with 'The Observations of Henry', a witty collection of short stories written by the renowned author Jerome K. Jerome. In this book, readers will be treated to five humorous tales including 'The Ghost of the Marchioness of Appleford', 'The Uses and Abuses of Joseph', 'The Surprise of Mr. Milberry', 'The Probation of James Wrench', and 'The Wooing of Tom Sleight's Wife'. Told through the perspective of a waiter named Henry, these stories are guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and leave you wanting more.

Download or read book Better Living Through Criticism written by A. O. Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight and warm humor, Scott shows that while individual critics--himself included--can make mistakes and find flaws where they shouldn't, criticism as a discipline is one of the noblest, most creative, and urgent activities of modern existence. Using his own film criticism as a starting point--everything from his infamous dismissal of the international blockbuster The Avengers to his intense affection for Pixar's animated Ratatouille--Scott expands outward, easily guiding readers through the complexities of Rilke and Shelley, the origins of Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones, the power of Marina Abramovich and 'Ode on a Grecian Urn.' Drawing on the long tradition of criticism from Aristotle to Susan Sontag, Scott shows that real criticism was and always will be the breath of fresh air that allows true creativity to thrive. "The time for criticism is always now," Scott explains, "because the imperative to think clearly, to insist on the necessary balance of reason and passion, never goes away."

Download or read book The New Gilded Age written by David Grusky and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Income inequality is an increasingly pressing issue in the United States and around the world. This book explores five critical issues to introduce some of the key moral and empirical questions about income, gender, and racial inequality: Do we have a moral obligation to eliminate poverty? Is inequality a necessary evil that's the best way available to motivate economic action and increase total outpt? Can we retain a meaningful democracy even when extreme inequality allows the rich to purchase political privilege? Is the recent stalling out of long-term declines in gender inequality a historic reversal that presages a new gender order? How are racial and ethnic inequalities likely to evolve as minority populations grow ever larger, as intermarriage increases, and as new forms of immigration unfold? Leading public intellectuals debate these questions in a no-holds-barred exploration of our New Gilded Age.

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Download or read book Romanticism and Revolution written by Jon Mee and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romanticism and Revolution: A Readerpresents an anthology of the key texts that both defined the debate over the French Revolution during the 1790s and influenced the Romantic authors. Presents readings chronologically to allow readers to experience the unfolding of the debate as it occurred in the 1790s Provides an accessible and in-depth sampling of the major contributors to the Revolution debate, from Price, Burke, and Paine to Wollstonecraft and Godwin