Download or read book An Eclectic Mix written by Stephen Kimber and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is indeed an eclectic mix: 13 stories with different tones, hues, purposes and characters. A bildungsroman in which a young man confronts some monumental truths about himself, a re-imagined history in which an Aboriginal youth with a gift for clairvoyance makes the ultimate sacrifice, a series of linked tales where questions are asked about just what makes someone crazy, and a sci -fi'ish piece where the camera narrates an account of a future reality show hosting an execution of mass murderer that goes wrong. There's even a semi-autobiographical tale of a fisherman who risks freezing to retrieve a lure (it's a matter of principle). Something for everyone, we hope.

Download or read book An Eclectic Mix written by Volume Four and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Fourth Volume in our series of AN ECLECTIC MIX - a collection of short stories, some of which were winners of our paperback short story competition. These eighteen intriguing stories by various authors will transport you into worlds of fantasy, science-fiction ... and much more.

Download or read book An Eclectic Mix written by Volume Eight and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included within this book are fourteen short stories, seven of which were winners in AudioArcadia's last writing competition. The reader will be entranced by these fascinating, intriguing and, at times, humorous accounts of human situations. Below is a precis of each of the seven winning entries from the specially selected seven different authors: HABITS OF MAN: An afterword of the author's attempt at psycho-educational literature. HA: The entertaining story about a group of hypochondriacs. GRAVE RESERVATIONS: A dark tale concerning the dinner date of four friends. GATEWAY TO THE SOUL: Atra's new AI eyes had been the saving of his sanity until ... THE WHITEOUT: Annie is a creature of habit but something inside her is unravelling. HONESTY IS THE BEST POVERTY: A cleaner finds a stash of money in a wastepaper bin. What should she do? THE HOLIDAY READING LIST: Sir Robert Buckley, MP, does not wish to be interviewed. This book contains adult language.

Download or read book AN ECLECTIC MIX VOLUME ONE written by Edited by Lindsay Fairgrieve and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Eclectic Mix - Volume One - is a collection of factual and fictional writings by twelve authors, some of whom live in the USA and some in Europe. Their work falls under various genres and embraces themes of political satire, fantasy, animal welfare and lastly, but by no means least, religious and philosophical thought. There is even a tale about a parrot on a train journey ...

Download or read book AN ECLECTIC MIX VOLUME TWO written by Edited by Lindsay Fairgrieve and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Eclectic Mix, Volume Two, offers a selection of unique short stories by various authors. Below are some of the fascinating stories you will find in this book. "Judgement Day" - M'rek had had to decide whether the planet lived or died. He reported back that this race would soon be safe. But had he been wrong? "Electronic Warfare" - Major Archibald Hicks (Rtd.)has redesigned a ghettoblaster and is determined to wage a private war against loud noise and those who produce it. "The Duck and Thistle" - Thistle is an acoustic engineering student on work placement in her local police station. She naïvely tries to stand up for women's rights by kneeing an offending chauvinistic constable in the groin - and expects a severe reprimand.

Download or read book An Eclectic Mix Volume Seven written by International Winning Short Stories and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of international short stories, most of them winners of AudioArcadia.com's writing competition. The winning authors live around the world and come from Europe, Singapore, Jordan and the USA. These stories are highly original and a must-read for lovers of this genre.

Download or read book An Eclectic Mix Volume Five written by Edited by Lindsay Fairgrieve and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yet another volume of winning short stories from eleven authors; these stories contain mixes of humour, sadness, irony (and more). You will discover within the pages of this book tales of human behaviour - sometimes comprehensible, sometimes not ...

Download or read book An Eclectic Mix Volume Nine written by A Collection of Short Stories and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the ninth volume of AudioArcadia.com's series entitled AN ECLECTIC MIX. Within these pages are contained ten winning stories by ten different authors whose entries, amongst many others, were submitted to our short story competition which ended on 30th June this year. There are a total of twelve stories in this book which we hope you will find fascinating and intriguing, one way or another. Full details of how to enter our current writing competition can be viewed by clicking the 'Competition' tab on our website.

Download or read book AN ECLECTIC MIX VOLUME THREE written by Edited by Lindsay Fairgrieve and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN ECLECTIC MIX, VOLUME THREE contains a collection of short stories from eleven authors, some of whom live in Europe, some in the USA. These fictional stories take you into the realms of fantasy, realism, humour and other genres. Also included in this book is a poem by a nine year old schoolboy. An eclectic mix, indeed, to keep the reader enthralled and entertained, whatever your taste! AudioArcadia runs short story competitions all year - visit www.audioarcadia.com/competition for full details or email [email protected]

Download or read book You have Me for Company written by Hemangi Sarode-Prasad and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-help books guide you to make lemonade when life throws lemons at you. But do they really give you a step-by-step recipe of the same? When a psychologist summarises the numerous interesting stories that she has witnessed in her therapy chamber, the result is one such book that promises you a refreshingly new perspective of looking at failure and loss. Containing lyrical accounts of people who’ve made it against all odds, this book is an eclectic mix of new-age short poetry and couplets that make it a thoughtful individual’s best companion. Read away, to discover new facets of life.

Download or read book An Eclectic Mix Volume Six written by Edited by Lindsay Fairgrieve and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Eclectic Mix, Volume Six, offers a selection of twenty-three unique short stories by various authors; some of the stories in this book were winners in Audio Arcadia's short story competition.

Download or read book Grand Union written by Zadie Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal! A dazzling collection of short fiction Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable voice to mine the fraught and complex experience of life in the modern world. Interleaving eleven completely new and unpublished stories with some of her best-loved pieces from The New Yorker and elsewhere, Smith presents a dizzyingly rich and varied collection of fiction. Moving exhilaratingly across genres and perspectives, from the historic to the vividly current to the slyly dystopian, Grand Union is a sharply alert and prescient collection about time and place, identity and rebirth, the persistent legacies that haunt our present selves and the uncanny futures that rush up to meet us. Nothing is off limits, and everything—when captured by Smith’s brilliant gaze—feels fresh and relevant. Perfectly paced and utterly original, Grand Union highlights the wonders Zadie Smith can do.

Download or read book Cosmogramma written by Courttia Newland and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his sharply crafted, unnerving first collection of speculative fiction shorts, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora. Robots used as human proxies in a war become driven by all-too-human desires; Kill Parties roam the streets of a post-apocalyptic world; a matriarchal race of mer creatures depends on inter-breeding with mortals to survive; mysterious seeds appear in cities across the world, growing into the likeness of people in their vicinity. Through transfigured bodies and impossible encounters, Newland brings a sharp, fresh eye to age-old themes of the human capacity for greed, ambition and self-destruction, but ultimately of our strength and resilience.

Download or read book Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps written by Jennifer Garvey Berger and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and consultant Jennifer Garvey Berger has worked with all types of leaders—from top executives at Google to nonprofit directors who are trying to make a dent in social change. She hears a version of the same plea from every client in nearly every sector around the world: "I know that complexity and uncertainty are testing my instincts, but I don't know which to trust. Is there some way to know what to do when I can't know what's next?" Her newest work is an answer to this plea. Using her background in adult development, complexity theories, and leadership consultancy, Garvey Berger discerns five pernicious and pervasive "mind traps" to frame the book. These are: the desire for simple stories, our sense that we are right, our desire to get along with others in our group, our fixation with control, and our constant quest to protect and defend our egos. In addition to understanding why these natural impulses steer us wrong in a fast-moving world, leaders will get powerful questions and approaches that help them escape these patterns.

Download or read book Modern Mix written by Eddie Ross and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this richly illustrated style guide from an unabashed hoarder of all things beautiful, design editor and entertaining expert Eddie Ross reveals his insider secrets to creating exciting interiors, table settings and parties with chic and accessible finds that celebrate who you are and what you love. Featuring never-before-published photographs of Eddie’s own homes—his eclectic apartment in New York and Pine Hill Farm in Connecticut—Modern Mix cracks the code to navigating thrift shops, yard sales and flea markets with confidence. Funny and insightful, Eddie is like a trusted friend on the front lines of flea markets and thrifting, telling you what to look for, where to find it and how to restore it. Then he shows you how to use color and pattern to infuse your finds with a fresh, playful spirit, combining high and low, new and old, classic and modern elements into a warm and inviting style that expresses your personality. In each of the book’s eight chapters—Inspire, Discover, Acquire, Restore, Curate, Mix, Style and Entertain—Eddie builds upon the essential insights he reveals at every turn, culminating in a gorgeous grand finale of gawk-worthy rooms, table settings, bars, buffets and parties. With more than 350 full-color photographs, time-saving tips and real-life shortcuts to decorating and entertaining beautifully on a budget, Modern Mix will open your eyes to the extraordinary possibilities within your reach and inspire you to live every day colorfully and creatively. EDDIE ROSS is the East Coast Editor of Better Homes & Gardens. He has worked as a design, decorating and food editor for House Beautiful, Martha Stewart Living and Food Network. Recognized by design aficionados for his inventive,out-of-the-box approach to high-style decorating and entertaining on a budget, Eddie has re-imagined the aesthetic possibilities in secondhand finds, imbuing them with a chic and colorful sophistication within everyone’s reach. His sold-out tours of flea markets across the country have empowered legions of devoted followers to find the best things they canand, at the same time, to give fresh, new life to what they may already own. A trained chef from the Culinary Institute of America, Eddie has styled parties and table settings featured in House Beautiful, Southern Living and InStyle. His design work has been published in Domino, Vanity Fair, Country Living and theNew York Times. He also appeared in Bravo’s interior design competition series Top Design and entertaining specials for HGTV. JAITHAN KOCHAR has designed the interiors of restaurants, clubs, hotels and retail environments around the globe. He has written for national and regional publications, including Southern Living and Hamptons magazines. He is a graduate of the Lawrenceville School in Princeton, New Jersey. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from StanfordUniversity and a Master of Interior Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Download or read book My Country Tis of Thee written by Claire Rudolf Murphy and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other, one song traces America's history of patriotism and protest. Everyone knows the words to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." What most don't realize is that this iconic song has been a beacon of change for hundreds of years. Generations of protesters and civil rights pioneers have created new lyrics, beginning in royalist Britain and continuing through conflicts in colonial times, the American Revolution, the suffragist and labor movements, and the struggles for black and Native American civil rights. With spectacular illustrations by Caldecott Honor–winning artist Bryan Collier, My Country, 'Tis of Thee offers a fascinating insight into the American fight for freedom.

Download or read book Handbook of Probation written by Loraine Gelsthorpe and published by Willan. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date source of information and analysis about all aspects of the work of the Probation Service. It takes full account of the many changes that the Probation Service has undergone over the last few years, and is currently undergoing as probation becomes part of the broader National Offender Management Service. Contributors to the book are drawn from leading academics and practitioners in the field, drawing upon the best expertise available. Running through the book is a concern with a range of key current issues such as addressing the diversity of offenders and creating effective links with other criminal justice agencies, and it includes perspectives from both probation service staff and from offenders and victims. This book is an essential text for practitioners, trainees and students of probation and those studying it as part of a wider criminology or criminal justice course.