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Book The Femme Fatale Job

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kat Simons
  • Publisher : T&D Publishing
  • Release : 2024-10-22
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 123 pages

Download or read book The Femme Fatale Job written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one saw her coming… After the last job for the dragon king, Myra vows never again. No more. But for Christopher, and for whatever these feelings developing between them might be… She can’t say no. Especially if the job involves a damsel in distress. Myra’s dragon shifter prince just can’t resist rescuing people in trouble. And when he needs a thief to do that, Myra happily jumps in. The job might be skirting the line between working for the dragon king and not working for the dragon king, but Myra willingly walks that line for Christopher. What starts out as a simple case of helping one woman rescue her career, though, quickly turns into something Myra never expected, something no one expected. A foe so deadly, so terrifying, that if they get this wrong, the entire island of Manhattan could burn. Pitting a magical thief and her dragon shifter prince against one of the most terrifying creatures on the planet… How can they possibly survive? By stealing something of course. Before everything goes up in flames. keywords: Romantasy, Paranormal Romance, Shapeshifter Romance, Shifter Romance, Dragon Shifter Romance, Urban fantasy, urban fantasy romance, heist fantasy, paranormal urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal fantasy, dark fantasy, horror fantasy, mystery fantasy, paranormal mystery, crime fiction, magic fantasy, witches and wizards, urban fantasy magic, dragons and myths, alternate history romance

Book Full Time Job

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rachel Kanouse
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 90 pages

Download or read book Full Time Job written by Rachel Kanouse and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Femme Fatale

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julie Grossman
  • Publisher : Rutgers University Press
  • Release : 2020-09-18
  • ISBN : 0813598249
  • Pages : 175 pages

Download or read book The Femme Fatale written by Julie Grossman and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The femme Fatale takes a long view on the figure of the femme fatale, exploring her style, language, and stories from silent cinema to contemporary television. Author Julie Grossman provides a history of some of this dynamic figure's eruptions in film, TV, and culture generally, exploring the notions of female ambition, frustration, and intelligence that undergird the power and fascination of the femme fatale across time and media. We see how the fatal woman often mediates contradictory views on women's lives and their desire to gain fulfillment in a hostile or otherwise challenging environment. Embodied by some of the most charismatic female performers in Hollywood history, from Theda Bara and Barbara Stanwyck to Hedy Lamarr, Reese Witherspoon, and Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh, the femme fatale remains an active source of pleasure and subversion. Femmes Fatales pays particular attention to performance not only as a prominent feature of these works' production-established in part through references to studio press books and popular reviews--but also as a theme within the narrative (in, for example, the idea of the deceitful, untrustworthy, or "performing" woman). Focusing on expressive moments and scenes in texts that are celebrated and also those that are lesser known, this volume attends to the variety, trauma, wit, and transgressions of the femme fatale, emphasizing how this figure continually provokes us to reflect on rigid conventions and social roles. Femmes Fatales generates questions and analysis that speak to why stories about gender and criminality featuring tough and smart women are so endlessly thrilling"--

Book Cracking The Java Interview

Download or read book Cracking The Java Interview written by Harry. H. Chaudhary. and published by ORACLE PRESS || PROGRAMMERS MIND USA . This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ∞ Inside Topics at a Glance ∞ 01.Preface, Hold On ! First Read It ! It will Help You ! 02.Interview Myths. 03.Convincing them you’re right for the job. 04.Can you do the job? 05.Your potential to tackle New Tasks. 06.Employers Love Motivated Employees. 07.The ‘Big Five’ Questions. 08.Building Rapport and Trust. 09.Ten Effective Answers To Common Questions. 10.The Apple Interview. 11.The Google Interview. 12.The Microsoft Interview. 13.The Yahoo Interview. 14.The Facebook Interview. 15.Interview FAQ’S - I 16.How to Prepare for Technical Questions. 17.Handling Technical Questions in easy way. 18.Top Ten Mistakes Candidates Make. 19.The 16 Most Revealing Interview Questions & Answers. 20.Java Interview Questions & Answers. 350+ Q/A (PART-1) 21.Java Interview Questions & Answers. 350+ Q/A (PART-2) 22.Java Interview Questions & Answers. 250+ Q/A (PART- 3) 23.Top 10+ Advance Java Que-Ans for Experienced Programmers. 24.Java Random All-In-One Que-Answers 50+ Q/A (PART- 4) 25.Java Random All-In-One Que-Answers 250+ Q/A (PART- 5) 26.Java Concurrency Interview Que-Answers 27.Java Collection Interview Que-Answers 40+ 28.Java Exception Interview Que-Answers 15+ 29.Java Interview Brain Wash Que & Ans. 201+ Q/A (PART- 6) 30.Java 8 Features for Developers – Lambdas.(PART- 7) 31.Java 8 Functional interface,Stream & Time API. (PART- 8) 32.Java Random Brain Drills Que-Answers 50+ 33.Java Random String Que-Answers 20+ 34.Finally Kick on Java and Say Bye Bye.. 35.Java Coding Standards (Advance) 36.Java Code Clarity/Maintainability/ 37.Java DataBase Issues/Analysis. 38.Dress/Body Appropriately Guidelines By Pictures & Graphics. ∞ Essential Java Interview Skills--Made Easy! ∞ I mentioned approx 2000+ Java Technical Questions and 200+ Non- Technical Questions for before the technical round. This book is world’s Biggest Java Interview book you ever read. That's why this book is Best-selling book of 2014 in Job Hunting & Campus Interview of Top MNC's. Must See sample of this book or at the end of description please see "Inside Contents" press down key and see how beautiful interview book it is. The main objective of this interview book is not to give you just magical interview question & tricks, I have followed a pattern of improving the question solution with deep Questions-Answers explanations with different interview complexities for each interview problem, you will find multiple solutions for complex interview questions. What Special – In this book I covered and explained several topics of latest Java 8 Features in detail for Developers & Freshers, Topics Like– Lambdas. Java 8 Functional interface, Stream and Time API. As a job seeker if you read the complete book with good understanding & seriously, i am 101% sure you will challenge any Interview & Interviewers (Specially Java) in this world. and this is the objective of this book. This book contains more than Two Thousands Technical Java Questions and 200 Non-Technical Questions like before This book is very much useful for I.T professionals and the students of Engineering Degree and Masters during their Campus Interview and academic preparations. If you read as a student preparing for Interview for Computer Science or Information Technology, the content of this book covers all the required topics in full details. While writing the book, an intense care has been taken to help students who are preparing for these kinds of technical interview rounds. Both Physical Paperback and Digital Editions Are Available on LuLu.com & Amazon.com ||Google Books & Google Play Book Stores ,Order today and Get a Discounted Copy. According to the Last year and this year Data that we have collected from different sources, More than 5,67,000 students and IT professionals gone through this book and Successfully Cracked their jobs in IT industry and Other industries as well. Don’t Forget to write a customer review or comment about this book. For Data structure and Algorithms & C-C++ Interview questions, Read Harry’s Upcoming Book- “Cracking the C & C++ Interview” and Cracking the “Algorithms Interview” Tell your friends about this ultimate Java Book.

Book Cracking The Programming Interview

Download or read book Cracking The Programming Interview written by Harry. H. Chaudhary. and published by ORACLE PRESS || PROGRAMMERS MIND USA . This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ∞ Inside Topics at a Glance ∞ 01.Preface, Hold On ! First Read It ! It will Help You ! 02.Interview Myths. 03.Convincing them you’re right for the job. 04.Can you do the job? 05.Your potential to tackle New Tasks. 06.Employers Love Motivated Employees. 07.The ‘Big Five’ Questions. 08.Building Rapport and Trust. 09.Ten Effective Answers To Common Questions. 10.The Apple Interview. 11.The Google Interview. 12.The Microsoft Interview. 13.The Yahoo Interview. 14.The Facebook Interview. 15.Interview FAQ’S - I 16.How to Prepare for Technical Questions. 17.Handling Technical Questions in easy way. 18.Top Ten Mistakes Candidates Make. 19.The 16 Most Revealing Interview Questions & Answers. 20.Java Interview Questions & Answers. 350+ Q/A (PART-1) 21.Java Interview Questions & Answers. 350+ Q/A (PART-2) 22.Java Interview Questions & Answers. 250+ Q/A (PART- 3) 23.Top 10+ Advance Java Que-Ans for Experienced Programmers. 24.Java Random All-In-One Que-Answers 50+ Q/A (PART- 4) 25.Java Random All-In-One Que-Answers 250+ Q/A (PART- 5) 26.Java Concurrency Interview Que-Answers 27.Java Collection Interview Que-Answers 40+ 28.Java Exception Interview Que-Answers 15+ 29.Java Interview Brain Wash Que & Ans. 201+ Q/A (PART- 6) 30.Java 8 Features for Developers – Lambdas.(PART- 7) 31.Java 8 Functional interface,Stream & Time API. (PART- 8) 32.Java Random Brain Drills Que-Answers 50+ 33.Java Random String Que-Answers 20+ 34.Finally Kick on Java and Say Bye Bye.. 35.Java Coding Standards (Advance) 36.Java Code Clarity/Maintainability/ 37.Java DataBase Issues/Analysis. 38.Dress/Body Appropriately Guidelines By Pictures & Graphics. ∞ Essential Java Interview Skills--Made Easy! ∞ I mentioned approx 2000+ Java Technical Questions and 200+ Non- Technical Questions for before the technical round. This book is world’s Biggest Java Interview book you ever read. That's why this book is Best-selling book of 2014 in Job Hunting & Campus Interview of Top MNC's. Must See sample of this book or at the end of description please see "Inside Contents" press down key and see how beautiful interview book it is. The main objective of this interview book is not to give you just magical interview question & tricks, I have followed a pattern of improving the question solution with deep Questions-Answers explanations with different interview complexities for each interview problem, you will find multiple solutions for complex interview questions. What Special – In this book I covered and explained several topics of latest Java 8 Features in detail for Developers & Freshers, Topics Like– Lambdas. Java 8 Functional interface, Stream and Time API. As a job seeker if you read the complete book with good understanding & seriously, i am 101% sure you will challenge any Interview & Interviewers (Specially Java) in this world. and this is the objective of this book. This book contains more than Two Thousands Technical Java Questions and 200 Non-Technical Questions like before This book is very much useful for I.T professionals and the students of Engineering Degree and Masters during their Campus Interview and academic preparations. If you read as a student preparing for Interview for Computer Science or Information Technology, the content of this book covers all the required topics in full details. While writing the book, an intense care has been taken to help students who are preparing for these kinds of technical interview rounds. Both Physical Paperback and Digital Editions Are Available on LuLu.com & Amazon.com ||Google Books & Google Play Book Stores ,Order today and Get a Discounted Copy. According to the Last year and this year Data that we have collected from different sources, More than 5,67,000 students and IT professionals gone through this book and Successfully Cracked their jobs in IT industry and Other industries as well. Don’t Forget to write a customer review or comment about this book. For Data structure and Algorithms & C-C++ Interview questions, Read Harry’s Upcoming Book- “Cracking the C & C++ Interview” and Cracking the “Algorithms Interview” Tell your friends about this ultimate Java Book.

Book CRACKING THE CODING INTERVIEW

Download or read book CRACKING THE CODING INTERVIEW written by Harry - The Anonymous Hacktivist and published by ORACLE PRESS || PROGRAMMERS MIND USA . This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ∞ Essential Java Interview Skills--Made Easy! ∞ I mentioned approx 2000+ Java Technical Questions and 200+ Non- Technical Questions for before the technical round. This book is world’s Biggest Java Interview book you ever read. That's why this book is Best-selling book of 2014 in Job Hunting & Campus Interview of Top MNC's. Must See sample of this book or at the end of description please see "Inside Contents" press down key and see how beautiful interview book it is. The main objective of this interview book is not to give you just magical interview question & tricks, I have followed a pattern of improving the question solution with deep Questions-Answers explanations with different interview complexities for each interview problem, you will find multiple solutions for complex interview questions. What Special – In this book I covered and explained several topics of latest Java 8 Features in detail for Developers & Freshers, Topics Like– Lambdas. Java 8 Functional interface, Stream and Time API. As a job seeker if you read the complete book with good understanding & seriously, i am 101% sure you will challenge any Interview & Interviewers (Specially Java) in this world. and this is the objective of this book. This book contains more than Two Thousands Technical Java Questions and 200 Non-Technical Questions like before This book is very much useful for I.T professionals and the students of Engineering Degree and Masters during their Campus Interview and academic preparations. If you read as a student preparing for Interview for Computer Science or Information Technology, the content of this book covers all the required topics in full details. While writing the book, an intense care has been taken to help students who are preparing for these kinds of technical interview rounds. Both Physical Paperback and Digital Editions Are Available on LuLu.com & Amazon.com ||Google Books & Google Play Book Stores , Order today and Get a Discounted Copy. According to the Last year and this year Data that we have collected from different sources, More than 5,67,000 students and IT professionals gone through this book and Successfully Cracked their jobs in IT industry and Other industries as well. Don’t Forget to write a customer review or comment about this book. For Data structure and Algorithms & C-C++ Interview questions, Read Harry’s Upcoming Book- “Cracking the C & C++ Interview” and Cracking the “Algorithms Interview” Tell your friends about this ultimate Java Book. ∞ Inside Topics at a Glance ∞ 01.Preface, Hold On ! First Read It ! It will Help You ! 02.Interview Myths. 03.Convincing them you’re right for the job. 04.Can you do the job? 05.Your potential to tackle New Tasks. 06.Employers Love Motivated Employees. 07.The ‘Big Five’ Questions. 08.Building Rapport and Trust. 09.Ten Effective Answers To Common Questions. 10.The Apple Interview. 11.The Google Interview. 12.The Microsoft Interview. 13.The Yahoo Interview. 14.The Facebook Interview. 15.Interview FAQ’S - I 16.How to Prepare for Technical Questions. 17.Handling Technical Questions in easy way. 18.Top Ten Mistakes Candidates Make. 19.The 16 Most Revealing Interview Questions & Answers. 20.Java Interview Questions & Answers. 350+ Q/A (PART-1) 21.Java Interview Questions & Answers. 350+ Q/A (PART-2) 22.Java Interview Questions & Answers. 250+ Q/A (PART- 3) 23.Top 10+ Advance Java Que-Ans for Experienced Programmers. 24.Java Random All-In-One Que-Answers 50+ Q/A (PART- 4) 25.Java Random All-In-One Que-Answers 250+ Q/A (PART- 5) 26.Java Concurrency Interview Que-Answers 27.Java Collection Interview Que-Answers 40+ 28.Java Exception Interview Que-Answers 15+ 29.Java Interview Brain Wash Que & Ans. 201+ Q/A (PART- 6) 30.Java 8 Features for Developers – Lambdas.(PART- 7) 31.Java 8 Functional interface,Stream & Time API. (PART- 8) 32.Java Random Brain Drills Que-Answers 50+ 33.Java Random String Que-Answers 20+ 34.Finally Kick on Java and Say Bye Bye.. 35.Java Coding Standards (Advance) 36.Java Code Clarity/Maintainability/ 37.Java DataBase Issues/Analysis. 38.Dress/Body Appropriately Guidelines By Pictures & Graphics.

Book Working Girls

    Book Details:
  • Author : Yvonne Tasker
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2002-09-11
  • ISBN : 1134826591
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Working Girls written by Yvonne Tasker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working Girls investigates the thematic concerns of contemporary Hollywood cinema, and its ambivalent articulation of women as both active, and defined by sexual performance, asking whether new Hollywood cinema has responded to feminism and contemporary sexual identities. Whether analysing the rise of films centred around female friendships, or the entrance of pop stars such as Whitney Houston and Madonna into film, Working Girls is an authoritative investigation of the presence of women both as film makers and actors in contemporary mainstream cinema.

Book Career Movies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jack Boozer
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2010-01-01
  • ISBN : 0292783140
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book Career Movies written by Jack Boozer and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achieving the American Dream became inextricably linked with career/business success after World War II, as an increasingly consumerist America learned to define the dream through possessions and status. Not surprisingly, Hollywood films in the postwar years reflected the country's preoccupation with work and career success, offering both dramatic and comedic visions of the career quest and its effects on personal fulfillment, family relations, women's roles, and the creation (or destruction) of just and caring communities. In this book, Jack Boozer argues that the career/business film achieved such variety and prominence in the years between 1945 and 2001 that it should be considered a legitimate film genre. Analyzing numerous well-known films from the entire period, he defines the genre as one in which a protagonist strives for career success that often proves to be either elusive despite hard work, or unfulfilling despite material rewards and status. Boozer also explores several distinct subgenres of the career movie—the corporate executive films of the 1950s; the career struggles of (single, married, and/or parenting) women; the entrepreneurial film as it is also embodied in texts about immigrants and racial and ethnic minorities and business-oriented femmes fatales; the explosion of promotionalism and the corporatization of employment; and, finally, the blurring of work and private life in the brave new world of the televirtuality film.

Book Reimagining Delilah   s Afterlives as Femme Fatale

Download or read book Reimagining Delilah s Afterlives as Femme Fatale written by Caroline Blyth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Samson and Delilah in Judges 16 has been studied and retold over the centuries by biblical interpreters, artists, musicians, filmmakers and writers. Within these scholarly and cultural retellings, Delilah is frequently fashioned as the quintessential femme fatale - the shamelessly seductive 'fatal woman' whose sexual treachery ultimately leads to Samson's downfall. Yet these ubiquitous portrayals of Delilah as femme fatale tend to eclipse the many other viable readings of her character that lie, underexplored, within the ambiguity-laden narrative of Judges 16 - interpretations that offer alternative and more sympathetic portrayals of her biblical persona. In Reimagining Delilah's Afterlives as Femme Fatale, Caroline Blyth guides readers through an in-depth exploration of Delilah's afterlives as femme fatale in both biblical interpretation and popular culture, tracing the social and historical factors that may have inspired them. She then considers alternative afterlives for Delilah's character, using as inspiration both the Judges 16 narrative and a number of cultural texts which deconstruct traditional understandings of the femme fatale, thereby inviting readers to view this iconic biblical character in new and fascinating lights.

Book Women  Work and Family in the British  Canadian and Norwegian Offshore Oilfields

Download or read book Women Work and Family in the British Canadian and Norwegian Offshore Oilfields written by Jane Lewis and published by Springer. This book was released on 1988-06-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Extravagances

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cristina Giorcelli
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 2015-12-01
  • ISBN : 1452944792
  • Pages : 419 pages

Download or read book Extravagances written by Cristina Giorcelli and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This final volume in the four-volume series Habits of Being shows how the dialectic between everyday appearance and outrageous acts is mediated through clothing and accessories. It considers how clothing and accessories can move quickly from the ordinary to the extravagant. Employing many different approaches, these essays explore how wearing an object—a crown, a flower, an earring, a corsage, a veil, even a length of material—can stray beyond the bounds of the body on which it is placed into the discrepant territory of flagrantly excessive public signs of love, status, honor, prestige, power, desire, and display. The varied contributions of scholars (historians, ethnographers, literary and film critics) and artists (photographers, sculptors, writers, weavers, and embroiderers) take up the threads of these forays into history, psyche, and aesthetics in surprising and useful ways. With examples from around the world, contributors address how the simple action of ornamenting the body, even with something as common as a button, are open to elaborate interpretations—which themselves offer new understandings of human behavior and artistic endeavor. When our “habits of being” receive close scrutiny, they seem anything but habitual. Contributors: Mariapia Bobbiobi; Camilla Cattarulla, U of Rome Three; Paola Colaiacomo, Sapienza, U of Rome; Maria Damon, Pratt Institute of Art; Joanne B. Eicher, U of Minnesota; Maria Giulia Fabi, U of Ferrara; Margherita di Fazio; Adeena Karasick, Fordham U; Tarrah Krajnak, Pitzer College; Charlotte Nekola, William Paterson U; Victoria R. Pass, Maryland Institute College of Art; Amanda Salvioni, U of Macerata; Maria Anita Stefanelli, U of Rome Three.

Book Radio Reader

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michele Hilmes
  • Publisher : Psychology Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780415928212
  • Pages : 596 pages

Download or read book Radio Reader written by Michele Hilmes and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book Uncontained

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth A. Wheeler
  • Publisher : Rutgers University Press
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9780813529738
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Uncontained written by Elizabeth A. Wheeler and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the post-war era, American urban fiction was dominated by the imagery of containment. This book offers a critique of this familiar story, evident in the noir narratives of James M. Cain and in work by Ellison, Roth, Salinger, Percy, Capote and others.

Book Never at Ease

Download or read book Never at Ease written by Paulette Breau and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the journey of a young woman as she fulfills her dream of becoming an RCMP officer and enters a world of excitement and honour serving the Canadian public. This is Paulette’s story of survival, loneliness, and the will to constantly push forward, even after traumatizing events. As the only woman in a forty-man detachment, Paulette Breau overcame not only the dangers of the profession but also its despicable subculture. Her accounts of undercover work, the sexual advances of coworkers, and the constant harassment endured over thirty years shines a penetrating light onto the challenges faced by women in a male-dominated occupation. In writing this book, she seeks to be a role model to some and a source of support and compassion to others. This is her story.

Book Bazin at Work

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andre Bazin
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2014-04-04
  • ISBN : 1136634290
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book Bazin at Work written by Andre Bazin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bazin's impact on film art, as theorist and critic, is considered to be greater than that of any single director, actor, or producer. He is credited with almost single-handedly establishing the study of film as an accepted intellectual pursuit, as well as with being the spiritual father of the French New Wave. Bazin at Work is the first English collection of disparate Bazin writings since the appearance of the second volume of What Is Cinema? in 1971. It includes work from Cahiers le cinema (which he founded and which is the most influential single critical periodical in the history of the cinema) and Esprit. He addresses filmmakers including Rossellini, Eisenstein, Pagnol, and Capra and well-known films including La Strada, Citizen Kane, Scarface, and The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Book A Science Career Against all Odds

Download or read book A Science Career Against all Odds written by Bernhard Wunderlich and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today is Sunday, June 17, 2007. Father’s Day. Naturally, the obligatory, carefully selected cards, phone calls, and small gifts arrived from the children and grandchildren. Best wishes for Father’s Day were also the first words in the morning from Heidel, my wife of 54 years, although for many years I had made the comment: “I am not your father. ” But, in the frame of my life’s experiences th th in the 20 century, as I intend to summarize them over the next few years, the 17 of June has much deeper significance. This was the day in 1953 when we finally fled from our life of oppression which had lasted 20 years. Two successive dictatorships, one of Hitler and the other of Stalin, caused the most horrific slaughter of civilians and soldiers, eclipsing all prior history. During these first years of my life, I was plainly lucky to survive. After this day, I had a much better chance to experience the freedom needed to lead a life of creativity, satisfaction, and ultimately prosperity, all directed largely by our own decisions. th The 17 of June 1953 was a Wednesday. I stayed in the apartment of my parents in my hometown of Brandenburg, in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the former Russian occupied zone of Germany. The summer vacation of the Humboldt University in East Berlin, some 40 mi further east, had just started. But, I was alone with my father, “Vati.

Book The Life and Work of Isidore Snapper  1889 1973

Download or read book The Life and Work of Isidore Snapper 1889 1973 written by Arie Berghout and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Isidore Snapper (1889-1973), the son of a diamond worker, was defined by ambition, cosmopolitanism, conflict, and antisemitism. As a Professor of Medicine in Amsterdam, Beijing and New York, he played a major role in important developments in medicine during the first half of the last century. He was a medical celebrity who combined supreme bedside skills and diagnostic acumen, masterly integrated with basic science at a time when big egos were still tolerated and accommodated. Never living a boring moment, Snapper acted as a football referee and sport scientist at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928, was a POW of the Japanese and a consultant to the US War Department, and finally fell in love with a CIA agent. His Bedside Medicine became a bestseller. This book presents the story of one of the last great generalists, a race of physicians that is now extinct, and a great champion of the holistic approach to patients. His legacy is still refreshing, topical and challenging for anyone with an interest in all matters of health.