Download or read book The Player and the Pretender written by Erin McCarthy and published by Erin McCarthy. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t fall in love with your boss, or onto his head, lap, or any other body parts… Miles Williams was not my target. So when I fall off a balcony and land on his head the last thing I expect is for him to hire me. I may be a private investigator, but the hot, sexy, pro football player wants me to be his girlfriend. Fake girlfriend, that is. He wants to be free of female attention for the last few games of his career before he retires, and certain women in his life haven’t gotten the message. It’s not my usual job, but I’m game. Only certain people don’t seem to believe we are actually a couple, which is ironic, because my plan to stay professional and not let Miles touch me is an epic failure. Worst. Plan. Ever. Not only am I deliciously ensconced in the player’s bed, I might just have broken through both our defenses and fallen off more than the balcony. I might have fallen head over heels (literally) into love…

Download or read book Reckless written by Chrissie Hynde and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chrissie Hynde, for nearly four decades the singer/songwriter/ undisputed leader of the Pretenders, is a justly legendary figure. Few other rock stars have managed to combine her swagger, sexiness, stage presence, knack for putting words to music, gorgeous voice and just all-around kick-assedness into such a potent and alluring package. From “Tatooed Love Boys” and “Brass in Pocket” to “Talk of the Town” and “Back on the Chain Gang,” her signature songs project a unique mixture of toughness and vulnerability that millions of men and women have related to. A kind of one- woman secret tunnel linking punk and new wave to classic guitar rock, she is one of the great luminaries in rock history. Now, in her no-holds-barred memoir Reckless, Chrissie Hynde tells, with all the fearless candor, sharp humor and depth of feeling we’ve come to expect, exactly where she came from and what her crooked, winding path to stardom entailed. Her All-American upbringing in Akron, Ohio, a child of postwar power and prosperity. Her soul capture, along with tens of millions of her generation, by the gods of sixties rock who came through Cleveland—Mitch Ryder, David Bowie, Jeff Back, Paul Butterfield and Iggy Pop among them. Her shocked witness in 1970 to the horrific shooting of student antiwar protestors at Kent State. Her weakness for the sorts of men she calls “the heavy bikers” and “the get-down boys.” Her flight from Ohio to London in 1973 essentially to escape the former and pursue the latter. Her scuffling years as a brash reviewer for New Musical Express, shop girl at the Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood boutique 'Craft Must Wear Clothes But The Truth Loves To Go Naked', first-hand witness to the birth of the punk movement, and serial band aspirant. And then ,at almost the last possible moment, her meeting of the three musicians who comprised the original line-up of The Pretenders, their work on the indelible first album “The Pretenders,” and the rocket ride to “Instant” stardom, with all the disorientation and hazards that involved. The it all comes crashing back down to earth with the deaths of lead guitarist James Honeyman Scott and bassist Peter Farndon, leaving her bruised and saddened, but far from beaten. Because Chrissie Hynde is, among other things, one of rock’s great survivors. We are lucky to be living in a golden age of great rock memoirs. In the aptly titled Reckless, Chrissie Hynde has given us one of the very best we have. Her mesmerizing presence radiates from every line and page of this book.

Download or read book The Player and the Bookworm written by Erin McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Great Pretender written by Susannah Cahalan and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Destined to become a popular and important book' Jon Ronson 'Fascinating' Sunday Times In the early 1970s, Stanford professor Dr Rosenhan conducted an experiment, sending sane patients into psychiatric wards; the result of which was a damning paper about psychiatric practises. The ripple effects of this paper helped bring the field of psychiatry to its knees, closing down institutions and changing mental health diagnosis forever. But what if that ground-breaking and now-famous experiment was itself deeply flawed? And what does that mean for our understanding of mental illness today? These are the questions Susannah Cahalan asks in her completely engrossing investigation into this staggering case, where nothing is quite as it seems.

Download or read book Mathematical Game Theory and Applications written by Vladimir Mazalov and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematical Game Theory and Applications Mathematical Game Theory and Applications An authoritative and quantitative approach to modern game theory with applications from economics, political science, military science and finance. Mathematical Game Theory and Applications combines both the theoretical and mathematical foundations of game theory with a series of complex applications along with topics presented in a logical progression to achieve a unified presentation of research results. This book covers topics such as two-person games in strategic form, zero-sum games, N-person non-cooperative games in strategic form, two-person games in extensive form, parlor and sport games, bargaining theory, best-choice games, co-operative games and dynamic games. Several classical models used in economics are presented which include Cournot, Bertrand, Hotelling and Stackelberg as well as coverage of modern branches of game theory such as negotiation models, potential games, parlor games and best choice games. Mathematical Game Theory and Applications: Presents a good balance of both theoretical foundations and complex applications of game theory. Features an in-depth analysis of parlor and sport games, networking games, and bargaining models. Provides fundamental results in new branches of game theory, best choice games, network games and dynamic games. Presents numerous examples and exercises along with detailed solutions at the end of each chapter. Is supported by an accompanying website featuring course slides and lecture content. Covering a host of important topics, this book provides a research springboard for graduate students and a reference for researchers who might be working in the areas of applied mathematics, operations research, computer science or economical cybernetics.

Download or read book Dating the Player written by Erin McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dak: I've got a big pro football contract, a big appetite for women, and a big mouth. It gets me into trouble more often than not... but this time it lands me with a nerdy little PR gatekeeper who is supposed to control me. But good luck with that. Eloise and her kitten sweathers and adorable glasses have me thinking about her in a whole different way. Eloise: I'm not your typical nerd girl. Instead of video games, I love football. I've landed my dream job managing social media for my favorite team, but with Dakota North as quarterback it's a 24/7 job. When I'm told I have to spend a week making sure Dak doesn't tweet, he seems determined to use that time to flirt wiht me. I have to ask my self, what is more important - losing my virginity to a bad boy quarterback or keeping my perfect job." -- publisher

Download or read book The Pretender Animorphs 23 written by K. A. Applegate and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone's looking for Tobias. Someone who says she's his long-lost cousin. Tobias isn't sure the person is telling the truth, but she's really nice, and knows a lot about him. And what she tells Tobias definitely gets his attention.It seems a lawyer has discovered Tobias's father's last will and testament. So, Tobias needs to attend the reading. His cousin even offers to go along. But something just doesn't feel quite right. That's when Tobias and the other Animorphs decide to do a little checking on this "cousin." And what they discover will change the rest of Tobias's life...

Download or read book Tales From a Schizophrenic Mind written by Kevin Vollick and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-09-09 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've been living with schizophrenia for just over a decade. This book is my attempt at sharing my experiences with the world. Hopefully most people will find it to be an enjoyable and eye-opening read. The world of schizophrenia is complex for many people living with this "disease", and I believe most doctors just scratch-the-surface when discussing symptoms with the patient, hence my want to write a book about it.

Download or read book Rex Zero The Great Pretender written by Tim Wynne-Jones and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rex Zero's family is moving, again, this time to a different school district, and his old friends will probably forget he even exists. What's more, a trio of bullies is out to get him. Rex's wild and funny adventures continue as he stumbles into seventh grade, pretending to be someone he's not, and using his overactive imagination to resolve one of life's most vexing problems: just when everything is going well, why does it have to change?

Download or read book About That Night written by Erin McCarthy and published by Erin McCarthy. This book was released on 2023-05-14 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes fate needs to hit a charming playboy over the head more than once… What do you do when a hot single mom approaches you with a proposition? No, not that kind. Chastity wants to fake date me. We may have hooked up once (okay, twice) when we were young but now she has me firmly in the friend zone. I’m ready to set my bachelor ways aside and take care of her and her son, but she is refusing because of some so-called curse. Seriously. An actual curse. Where bad things will happen if she and I get horizontal together. Even worse than that? She wants me to teach her how to date other men. To tutor her on flirting and using dating apps so she can find her happily-ever-after with another guy. It sounds like hell, right? But I agree to her crazy plan just so I can spend time with her. Now I’m on the clock to convince a doubtful Chastity that fate is telling us I’m her forever… before she finds some other curse-free guy. This is a friends-to-lovers, best friend's brother, single mom, fated-mates rom com where the hero falls hard and there’s no third act breakup.

Download or read book Pretenders written by Lisi Harrison and published by Poppy. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three girls, two guys, five secret journals. The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries... I am leaking these because I'm tired and I know you are too. The success bar is too high and pretending has become the only way to reach it. Instagrams are filtered, Facebook profiles are embellished, photos are shopped, reality TV is scripted, body parts get upgraded like software, and even professional athletes are cheating. The things we believe in aren't real. We are pretenders.

Download or read book The Billiard Book written by Rawdon Crawley (pseud. van George Frederick Pardon.) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Pretender s Crown written by C. E. Murphy and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiercely intelligent, beautiful, and ready to claim her birthright, she navigates a dangerous world torn between war and witchpower. Seduction and stealth are Belinda Primrose’s skills–weapons befitting the queen’s bastard daughter, a pawn of espionage conceived by Lorraine, ruler of Aulun, and her lover and spymaster, Belinda’s father. Now an accomplished assassin, Belinda uncovers the true game her father never intended her to play. For Belinda has found her witchpower, a legacy born from something not of this earth. In a treacherous world where religion and rebellion rule, Lorraine is now in a position to sweep over the countries of Echon and to back her chosen successor to the throne: Belinda. But Belinda is no longer anyone’s pawn. Lured by the sensual dark magic of Dmitri, envoy to a neighboring throne, yet still drawn to the witchlord embrace of her former lover, Javier, Belinda knows that she has entered a realm where power and control go to those who can master and manipulate their fiercest desires. For the witchpower depends on the skill its wielder holds. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Download or read book The Billiard Book With Numerous Illustrative Diagrams written by Rawdon CRAWLEY (Captain, pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Players and Pretenders written by and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Players and Pretenders tells the story of the flip side of basketball?s ?March Madness,? where the game is played by average players for love, not for money. At the end of the 1970s at Bard College, where there was no pretense of institutional support, Charley Rosen gathered his hoops hopefuls and put together a basketball season whose impact reached far beyond the court. ø Writing with a humorous touch, Rosen details the Running Red Devils? season, simultaneously examining the lives of those who made it so memorable and providing a glimpse of how the team members existed off the courts as both players and pretenders. His book playfully depicts the 1979?80 basketball season at Bard College and the ?sports for fun? side of the game.

Download or read book Becoming God S Faithful Armor Bearer written by Patty Handly and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming Gods Faithful Armor Bearer is a must read for every believer of Jesus Christ. It is a wonderful tool for the church to use in training up leaders to understand what it means to truly serve God. It is a triumphant work, delivered from a heart of brokenness and faith in the promises of God. This book not only has the potential of changing your perspective on serving, it also has the greater potential of changing your life and the way you live out each day.

Download or read book Genuine Pretending written by Hans-Georg Moeller and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genuine Pretending is an innovative and comprehensive new reading of the Zhuangzi that highlights the critical and therapeutic functions of satire and humor. Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio show how this Daoist classic, contrary to contemporary philosophical readings, distances itself from the pursuit of authenticity and subverts the dominant Confucianism of its time through satirical allegories and ironical reflections. With humor and parody, the Zhuangzi exposes the Confucian demand to commit to socially constructed norms as pretense and hypocrisy. The Confucian pursuit of sincerity establishes exemplary models that one is supposed to emulate. In contrast, the Zhuangzi parodies such venerated representations of wisdom and deconstructs the very notion of sagehood. Instead, it urges a playful, skillful, and unattached engagement with socially mandated duties and obligations. The Zhuangzi expounds the Daoist art of what Moeller and D’Ambrosio call “genuine pretending”: the paradoxical skill of not only surviving but thriving by enacting social roles without being tricked into submitting to them or letting them define one’s identity. A provocative rereading of a Chinese philosophical classic, Genuine Pretending also suggests the value of a Daoist outlook today as a way of seeking existential sanity in an age of mass media’s paradoxical quest for originality.