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A Taste for Intrigue

Author : Philip Short
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 9780805088533
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (885 download)

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Download or read book A Taste for Intrigue written by Philip Short and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man who changed the course of modern France In 1981, François Mitterrand became France's first popularly elected socialist president. By the time he completed his mandate, he had led the country for 14 years, longer than any other French head of state in modern times. Mitterrand mirrored France in all its imperfections and tragedies, its cowardice and glory, its weakness and its strength. In the wake of the Observatory affair (in which he orchestrated his own assassination attempt), his secretiveness and mistrust grew more pronounced, especially when details of a second family came to light; he was a mixture of "Machiavelli, Don Corleone, Casanova and the Little Prince," said his doctor. During the German occupation, Mitterrand hedged his bets by joining Petain's Vichy government. Later in 1943, under the nom de guerre of Morland (and 30 other aliases), Mitterrand quit Vichy for the Resistance and a paramilitary organization. He changed the ground rules of French social and political debate in ways more far-reaching and fundamental than any other modern leader before him, helping set the agenda for France and Europe for generations to come. Philip Short's A Taste for Intrigue will fill the gap and become the standard against which all other Mitterrand biographies are set.

François Mitterrand

Author : Ronald Tiersky
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742524736
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book François Mitterrand written by Ronald Tiersky and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiersky examines the three major themes of Mitterrand's presidency-socialism, national reconciliation, and the reconstruction of Europe-and shows that on each count, Mitterrand left a decisive mark.

My Life in Politics

Author : Jacques Chirac
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1137088036
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book My Life in Politics written by Jacques Chirac and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl, and Francois Mitterand, Jacques Chirac is one of the most iconic statesmen of the twentieth century. Two-time president of France, mayor of Paris, and international politician, a recent poll voted him the most admired political figure in France, with current president Nicolas Sarkozy ranking in 32nd place. This memoir covers the full scope of Chirac's political career of more than 50 years and includes the last century's most significant events. A protégé of General de Gaulle, Chirac started political life after France's defeat in Algeria in the early 1960s. He then became Prime Minister George de Pompidou's "bulldozer" and a personal negotiator with Saddam Hussein for France's oil interests in the Persian Gulf. He sold Iraq its first nuclear reactor and incurred the wrath of the United States and Israel, which he discusses in striking detail. As mayor of Paris, Chirac was famed for his success in beautifying the City of Lights and keeping it whole during the heady days of the 1968 riots. As president in the 1990s and early 2000s, Chirac took controversial steps to privatize the economy and plan the European Union. Chirac seldom pulls punches and in several dramatic chapters describes his opposition to the US invasion of Iraq in 2002 and his personal meetings with George W. Bush. These landmark events are brought into sharp focus in this memoir that the popular French magazine Paris Match said "steals the show" even after its author decamped the presidential palace.

Taste Test

Author : Kelly Fiore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802734758
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Taste Test written by Kelly Fiore and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you can grill it, smoke it, or fry it, Nora Henderson knows all about it. She's been basting baby back ribs and pulling pork at her father's barbeque joint since she was tall enough to reach the counter. When she's accepted to Taste Test, a reality-television teen cooking competition, Nora can't wait to leave her humble hometown behind, even if it means saying good-bye to her dad and her best friend, Billy. Once she's on set, run-ins with her high-society roommate and the maddeningly handsome-not to mention talented-son of a famous chef, Christian Van Lorten, mean Nora must work even harder to prove herself. But as mysterious accidents plague the kitchen arena, protecting her heart from one annoyingly charming fellow contestant in particular becomes the least of her concerns. Someone is conducting real-life eliminations, and if Nora doesn't figure out who, she could be next to get chopped for good. With romance and intrigue as delectable as the winning recipes included in the story, this debut novel will be devoured by all.

Taste of Intrigue

Author : Taisha Demay
Publisher : Rhys World Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781945999024
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Taste of Intrigue written by Taisha Demay and published by Rhys World Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, the day the town West Lake Businessman¿s Benefactor¿s Committee announces they need a caterer for their annual ball, the oven mitts come off! Because in this close-knit community when it comes to scoring the biggest and most prestigious contract, there is no such thing as honor among friends, and soon the sabotage begins. From the moment Nichelle Watson discovers a body in the freezer of a party she¿s catering, things really start to unravel for the much sought-after caterer, with no end in sight. Can Nichelle and the detective assigned to the case, Zion Taylor, figure out just who it is that¿s trying to thwart her efforts of landing the job, or will they end up becoming one of the victims?

A Taste for Passion

Author : Patrice Michelle
Publisher : Ellora's Cave
ISBN 13 : 9781843605690
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book A Taste for Passion written by Patrice Michelle and published by Ellora's Cave. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rana Sterling finally finds the man of her dreams and BOY does he know how to push all the right buttons. Only, Mr. Tall, Dark and Too-Good-to-Be-True turns out to be just that; he's a real live, fanged vampire! Lucian Trevane has a duty to fulfill. He's expected to take the role of Vit?, leader of the vampires in three days. But he knows he won't take the position without his wife by his side. Now, after seventy years of searching for his reincarnated fianc?, he finally finds the woman of his dreams in Rana Sterling. Rana may respond to his lovemaking, but she refuses to become his vampire wife. As if their lives aren't complicated enough, throw in a vengeful vampire, a surprise twist, and the fact Rana and Lucian can't deny the strong attraction that exists between them and you've just stepped into A TASTE OF PASSION.

The Outsider

Author : Frederick Forsyth
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698407121
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book The Outsider written by Frederick Forsyth and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Frederick Forsyth, the grand master of international suspense, comes his most intriguing story ever—his own. For more than forty years, Frederick Forsyth has been writing extraordinary real-world novels of intrigue, from the groundbreaking The Day of the Jackal to the prescient The Kill List. Whether writing about the murky world of arms dealers, the shadowy Nazi underground movement, or the intricacies of worldwide drug cartels, every plot has been chillingly plausible because every detail has been minutely researched. But what most people don’t know is that some of his greatest stories of intrigue have been in his own life. He was the RAF’s youngest pilot at the age of nineteen, barely escaped the wrath of an arms dealer in Hamburg, got strafed by a MiG during the Nigerian civil war, landed during a bloody coup in Guinea-Bissau (and was accused of helping fund a 1973 coup in Equatorial Guinea). The Stasi arrested him, the Israelis feted him, the IRA threatened him, and a certain attractive Czech secret police agent—well, her actions were a bit more intimate. And that’s just for starters. It is a memoir like no other—and a book of pure delight.

A Taste for Monsters

Author : Matthew J. Kirby
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545817943
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book A Taste for Monsters written by Matthew J. Kirby and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “lovely, suspenseful, lyrical” ghost story set in Jack the Ripper’s London from the Edgar and PEN Award-winning author of Icefall (Kirkus Reviews). London 1888, and Jack the Ripper is terrorizing the people of the city. Evelyn, a young woman disfigured by her dangerous work in a matchstick factory with nowhere to go, does not know what to make of her new position as a maid to the Elephant Man in London Hospital. Evelyn wanted to be locked away from the world, like he is, shut away from the filth and dangers of the streets. But in Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, she finds a gentle kindred, who does not recoil from her, and who understands her pain. When the murders begin, however, Joseph and Evelyn are haunted nightly by the ghosts of the Ripper’s dead, setting Evelyn on a path to facing her fears and uncovering humanity’s worst nightmares, in which the real monsters are men. “[A] grisly fantasy . . . Evelyn—all grit, anger, and distrust—is a complex and engaging character, the slums and slang of Victorian-era London are carefully delineated, and the eventual revelation of Leather Apron’s identity and fate will leave readers gasping.” —Publishers Weekly “This historical fiction blends horror with mystery and results in wonderfully crafted storytelling with strong, well-drawn characters . . . A great read for fans of history, true crime, or ghost stories.” —School Library Journal “Kirby’s character development, particularly his portrayal of the extraordinary Mr. Merrick, is consistently impressive. Austen devotees are sure to appreciate Kirby’s commitment to the gothic entanglements of Northanger Abbey.” —Booklist

Powerhouse

Author : Rebecca York
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1426848404
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Powerhouse written by Rebecca York and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Test Subject: Matt Whitlock Ability: Thought manipulation Weakness: Shelley Young's sudden return—and the heartbreaking news of their four-year-old son's kidnapping It had been five years since he'd last laid eyes on Shelley Young, but Colorado rancher Matt Whitlock would never forget the moment she'd left his ranch without a backward glance. Now, with fear for his son's safety lying heavily in his heart, working together quickly became like old times—as did the rekindling of an attraction that had never really been extinguished. Following leads deep into the snowy mountains of South Dakota, Matt knew it was time to reveal the truth about his past…and its connection to bringing the little boy home.

The Hollywood Intrigue #9

Author : Steve Stevenson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0448486806
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book The Hollywood Intrigue #9 written by Steve Stevenson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A producer and his cast are in Hollywood filming a new movie, Fatal Error, when suspicious things start happening on set. The producer is convinced that someone is trying to prevent the film being made, so Agatha Mistery and her cousin Dash are enlisted to find the saboteur. Together with their stuntman uncle, they must find the culprit before things go too far.

All Too Human

Author : George Stephanopoulos
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316041920
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book All Too Human written by George Stephanopoulos and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Too Human is a new-generation political memoir, written from the refreshing perspective of one who got his hands on the levers of awesome power at an early age. At thirty, the author was at Bill Clinton's side during the presidential campaign of 1992, & for the next five years he was rarely more than a step away from the president & his other advisers at every important moment of the first term. What Liar's Poker did to Wall Street, this book will do to politics. It is an irreverent & intimate portrait of how the nation's weighty business is conducted by people whose egos & idiosyncrasies are no sturdier than anyone else's. Including sharp portraits of the Clintons, Al Gore, Dick Morris, Colin Powell, & scores of others, as well as candid & revelatory accounts of the famous debacles & triumphs of an administration that constantly went over the top, All Too Human is, like its author, a brilliant combination of pragmatic insight & idealism. It is destined to be the most important & enduring book to come out of the Clinton administration.

Mitterrand

Author : Philip Short
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099597896
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Mitterrand written by Philip Short and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's most glamorous, complicated political figures. Aesthete, sensualist, bookworm, politician of Machiavellian cunning: FranCois Mitterrand was a man of exceptional gifts and exceptional flaws who, during his fourteen years as President, strove to drag his tradition-bound and change-averse country into the modern world. As a statesman and as a human being, he was the incarnation of the mercurial, contrarian France which Britain and America find so perennially frustrating. He embodied the ambiguities and the contradictions of a nation whose modern identity is founded on a stubborn refusal to fit into the Anglo-American scheme of things. Yet he changed France more profoundly than any of his recent predecessors, arguably including even his great rival, Charles de Gaulle. During the war he was both the leader of a resistance movement and decorated for services to the collaborationist regime in Vichy. After flirting with the far Right, he entered parliament with the backing of conservatives and the Catholic Church before becoming the undisputed leader of the Left. As President he brought the French Communists into the government the better to destroy them. And all the while he managed to find time for an extraordinarily complicated private life. This is a human as much as a political biography, and a captivating portrait of a life that mirrored Mitterrand's times.

Venom's Taste

Author : Lisa Smedman
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 0786957042
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Venom's Taste written by Lisa Smedman and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times–bestselling author: When an evil cult forms an alliance with Sybil’s Chosen, the humans of Hlondeth face horrors unlike any other Enter the mysterious world of Hlondeth, a city populated by the humanoid serpents known as the yuan-ti, and ruled by House Extaminos. This powerful House of Serpents is the ultimate target of The Pox, a human cult whose members worship the goddess of plague and disease. Not only that, but they have begun to work the deadly will of Sybil’s Chosen, a dangerous cabal of yuan-ti who will turn Hlondeth citizens into freakish ‘tainted ones’. Amid this chaos is a human psionic named Arvin, who suddenly finds himself embroiled in schemes far beyond his understanding. His recruitment to the local thieves guild sends him down a twisted path of danger and corruption, bringing him face to face with the dreaded Pox and the true nature of his psionic powers. Elsewhere, hope emerges in the form of a yuan-ti half-blood, Dediana—the only one who can stop Sibyl and her puppet organization from turning all humans into the slaves of heartless, serpentine masters.

Taste Of Intrigue

Author : Taisha Demay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Taste Of Intrigue written by Taisha Demay and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murphy's Law States: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And on the day the town of West Lake's Businessman's Benefactor Committee announces they need a caterer for their annual ball, the oven mitts come off! Because in this close-knit community, when it comes to scoring the biggest and most prestigious contract, there's no such thing as honor among friends; and soon the sabotage begins. From the moment chef and caterer Nichelle Watson discovers a dead body in the freezer of a party she's catering, things start to unravel for the most sought-after caterer, with no end in sight. Determined to clear her name, Nichelle along with the detective assigned to the case, Zion Taylor work together to try and figure out who it is that's trying to thwart her efforts from landing the job. But as things escalate and the bodies mount up, will they succeed or end up becoming on of the victims?

Eyeball Wars

Author : David Meerman Scott
Publisher : Freshspot Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780970141484
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book Eyeball Wars written by David Meerman Scott and published by Freshspot Publishing. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Click on Richard Williams, who has it all youth, wealth, A-list party action and a gorgeous TV-star girlfriend. He's the third generation of world-wide newspaper dynasty, Williams Media Group, publisher of big city tabloids. But Richard's got a big problem to go with his big assets: his jet-set lifestyle doesn't fly with his media-baron father. Pierce Williams kicks Richard out of the family business with nothing but the shell of an Internet company to his name."--Jacket.

Tall Men, Short Shorts

Author : Leigh Montville
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0525567313
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Tall Men, Short Shorts written by Leigh Montville and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "part memoir, part sports story" (Wall Street Journal) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bam chronicles the clash of NBA titans over seven riveting games—Celtics versus Lakers, Russell versus Chamberlain—covered by one young reporter. Welcome to the 1969 NBA Finals! They don’t set up any better than this. The greatest basketball player of all time - Bill Russell - and his juggernaut Boston Celtics, winners of ten (ten!) of the previous twelve NBA championships, squeak through one more playoff run and land in the Finals again. Russell’s opponent? The fearsome 7’1” next-generation superstar, Wilt Chamberlain, recently traded to the LA Lakers to form the league’s first dream team. Bill Russell and John Havlicek versus Chamberlain, Jerry West and Elgin Baylor. The 1969 Celtics are at the end of their dominance. The 1969 Lakers are unstoppable. Add to the mix one newly minted reporter. Covering the epic series is a wide-eyed young sports writer named Leigh Montville. Years before becoming an award-winning legend himself at The Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated, twenty-four-year-old Montville is ordered by his editor at the Globe to get on a plane to L.A. (first time!) to write about his luminous heroes, the biggest of big men. What follows is a raucous, colorful, joyous account of one of the greatest seven-game series in NBA history. Set against a backdrop of the late sixties, Montville’s reporting and recollections transport readers to a singular time – with rampant racial tension on the streets and on the court, with the emergence of a still relatively small league on its way to becoming a billion-dollar industry, and to an era when newspaper journalism and the written word served as the crucial lifeline between sports and sports fans. And there was basketball – seven breathtaking, see-saw games, highlight-reel moments from an unprecedented cast of future Hall of Famers (including player-coach Russell as the first-ever black head coach in the NBA), coast-to-coast travels and the clack-clack-clack of typewriter keys racing against tight deadlines. Tall Men, Short Shorts is a masterpiece of sports journalism with a charming touch of personal memoir. Leigh Montville has crafted his most entertaining book yet, richly enshrining luminous players and moments in a unique American time.

A Taste of Gold and Iron

Author : Alexandra Rowland
Publisher : Tordotcom
ISBN 13 : 1250800404
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book A Taste of Gold and Iron written by Alexandra Rowland and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now an Indie Next pick! A Most Anticipated Pick for BookRiot | FanFi Addict | The Nerd Daily | io9 | We Are Bookish | Buzzfeed Book of the Year for Kirkus Reviews, Book of the Year for Gizmodo “A delicious tangle of romance, fealty, and dangerous politics.”—Tasha Suri The Goblin Emperor meets "Magnificent Century" in Alexandra Rowland's A Taste of Gold and Iron, where a queer central romance unfolds in a fantasy world reminiscent of the Ottoman Empire. Kadou, the shy prince of Arasht, finds himself at odds with one of the most powerful ambassadors at court—the body-father of the queen's new child—in an altercation which results in his humiliation. To prove his loyalty to the queen, his sister, Kadou takes responsibility for the investigation of a break-in at one of their guilds, with the help of his newly appointed bodyguard, the coldly handsome Evemer, who seems to tolerate him at best. In Arasht, where princes can touch-taste precious metals with their fingers and myth runs side by side with history, counterfeiting is heresy, and the conspiracy they discover could cripple the kingdom’s financial standing and bring about its ruin. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.