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Age and Guile

Author : P. J. O'Rourke
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555847064
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Age and Guile written by P. J. O'Rourke and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political humorist shares his transformation from dirty hippie to conservative middle-aged grouch: “An incorrigible comic gift” (The New York Times Book Review). The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Give War a Chance was at one time a raving pinko, with scars on his formerly bleeding heart to prove it. In Age and Guile: Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut, P. J. O’Rourke chronicles the remarkable trajectory that took him from the lighthearted fun of the revolutionary barricades to the serious business of the nineteenth hole. How did the O’Rourke of 1970, who summarized the world of “grown-ups” as “materialism, sexual hang-ups, the Republican party, uncomfortable clothes, engagement rings, car accidents, Pat Boone, competition, patriotism, cheating, lying, ranch houses, and TV” come to be in favor of all of those things? What caused his metamorphosis from a beatnik-hippie type comfortable sleeping on dirty mattresses in pot-addled communes during his days as a writer for assorted “underground” papers? Here, O’Rourke shows how his socialist idealism and avant-garde aesthetic tendencies were cured, and how he acquired a healthy and commendable interest in national defense, balanced budgets, Porsches, and Cohiba cigars. From a former editor-in-chief of National Lampoon and frequent NPR guest, this hilarious essay collection shows that there’s hope for all those suffering from acute bohemianism.

Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence and a Bad Haircut

Author : P. J. O'Rourke
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 9781447218913
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence and a Bad Haircut written by P. J. O'Rourke and published by Picador. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: P.J. O'Rourke celebrates his first twenty-five years of journalism with 'a quarter of a century of previously uncollected fulminations, diatribes, philippics, animadversions, bullyrags, readings of the riot act, middle-finger flag-downs, scoffings, slander, calumnies and licks of the rough side of the tongue'. 'This career-spanning anthology condenses one of the most provocative and entertaining careers in twentieth-century journalism . . . P.J. O'Rourke remains the funniest man in print. This book confirms that he has been much longer than we thought' Ikon 'P.J. O'Rourke is routinely billed as "American's premier political humorist" and, for once, it is a claim that is difficult to dispute . . . few other humorists rival O'Rourke for simple comic density' Guardian 'It is not fanciful to think of him as the heir to Swift and Orwell . . . journalism as relentlessly funny as it is deceptively shrewd' Melody Maker 'Age and Guile contains enough firecracker wit to uphold his reputation as America's greatest prose comedian' Financial Times 'O'Rourke remains the wittiest member of the herd' Daily Telegraph

Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut

Author : P. J. O'Rourke
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780330348010
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut written by P. J. O'Rourke and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of All the Trouble in the World. This is a volume of previously uncollected pieces by P.J. O'Rourke, spanning his 25 years in journalism. The work ranges from 1970, when he wrote for the Underground and National Lampoon, to his 1996 position on Rolling Stone magazine.

The Black Prism

Author : Brent Weeks
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316087548
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Black Prism written by Brent Weeks and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2010-08-25 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where magic is tightly controlled, the most powerful man in history must choose between his kingdom and his son in the first book in the epic NYT bestselling Lightbringer series. Guile is the Prism. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live. When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart. If you loved the action and adventure of the Night Angel trilogy, you will devour this incredible epic fantasy series by Brent Weeks.

Ten in the Bed

Author : Tiger Tales
Publisher : Tiger Tales
ISBN 13 : 9781589256187
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book Ten in the Bed written by Tiger Tales and published by Tiger Tales. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were ten in the bed, and the little one said, "Roll over! Roll over!" So they all rolled over and one fell out! Based on the popular song, ten cute and cuddly stuffed animals OINK!, MEOW!, and QUACK! their way off the bed in this lighthearted romp.

Bobby the Bulldozer

Author : Gill Guile
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781743003053
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Bobby the Bulldozer written by Gill Guile and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These charming chubby books are small enough for tiny hands but tough enough to take a beating! Lively and colourful characters will keep readers entertained. The series highlights cooperation as the main characters help their friends, whether it's digging a flower bed or making a pond!

Remarks on Architecture

Author : Ignacy Potocki
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271070544
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Remarks on Architecture written by Ignacy Potocki and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the eighteenth century, the authors of Poland’s 3 May 1791 Constitution became the heirs to a defunct state whose territory had been partitioned by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. At this moment of intensive national postmortem, Ignacy Potocki, an eminent statesman and co-author of the Constitution, wrote the treatise Remarks on Architecture. One of the best-preserved examples of early modern Polish architectural thought, Potocki’s work announces itself as a project of national introspection, with architecture playing a direct role in the betterment of the nation. Addressed to the contemporary Polish nobility, the book argues that architecture is a vessel for cultural values and that it plays an important part in the formation and critique of broader national traditions. Throughout, Potocki conveys the lessons of a Vitruvian canon that shaped Continental classical architectural theory and practice throughout the early modern period. Expertly translated by Carolyn Guile and featuring an introduction that explores Polish Enlightenment architectural writing as an example of cultural exchange, inheritance, and transformation, this edition of Potocki’s treatise broadens our understanding of European architectural history during the early modern period.

The Wolf Age

Author : James Enge
Publisher : Pyr
ISBN 13 : 1616142936
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Wolf Age written by James Enge and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wuruyaaria: city of werewolves, whose raiders range over the dying northlands, capturing human beings for slaves or meat. Wuruyaaria: where a lone immortal maker wages a secret war against the Strange Gods of the Coranians. Wuruyaaria: a democracy where some are more equal than others, and a faction of outcast werewolves is determined to change the balance of power in a long, bloody election year. Their plans are laid; the challenges known; the risks accepted. But all schemes will shatter in the clash between two threats few had foreseen and none had fully understood: a monster from the north on a mission to poison the world, and a stranger from the south named Morlock Ambrosius.

Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science

Author : Diane Stanley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481452495
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science written by Diane Stanley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating look at Ada Lovelace, the pioneering computer programmer and the daughter of the poet Lord Byron." --

The Burning White

Author : Brent Weeks
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316251283
Total Pages : 1269 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book The Burning White written by Brent Weeks and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 1269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning conclusion to the epic New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series, kingdoms clash as Kip struggles to escape his family's shadow in order to protect the land and people he loves. Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He's lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves. Success will condemn his entire empire. As the White King springs his great traps and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip Guile must gather his forces, rally his allies, and scramble to return for one impossible final stand. The long-awaited epic conclusion of Brent Weeks's New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series. Lightbringer The Black Prism The Blinding Knife The Broken Eye The Blood MirrorThe Burning White For more from Brent Weeks, check out: Night Angel The Way of Shadows Shadow's Edge Beyond the Shadows The Night Angel Trilogy: 10th Anniversary EditionNight Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus)Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel

A Very Merry Christmas

Author : Maudie Powell-Tuck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848959033
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book A Very Merry Christmas written by Maudie Powell-Tuck and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snuggle up with your little one and share this wonderfully festive story about the many different ways we celebrate Christmas. Mr and Mrs Mouse are having a party. But their guests arrive with the strangest things: dinosaur cakes, cactuses... “This isn’t like Christmas at all!” squeaks Mr Mouse. Little does he realise things are about to get very Christmasssy indeed! This sturdy board book is the perfect way to introduce young children to different Christmas traditions. Toddler-tough pages will withstand wear and tear and little hands will love the squishy padded cover – with special sparkles! A laugh-out-loud winter story with something for children and adults alike!

None of My Business

Author : P. J. O'Rourke
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 0802146430
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book None of My Business written by P. J. O'Rourke and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times–bestselling author takes on subjects from banking to bitcoin: “Another winner from an A-list humorist.” ―Booklist Sharp-witted satirist and author of Parliament of Whores P. J. O’Rourke takes on his scariest subjects yet—business, investment, finance, and the political chicanery behind them. Want to get rich overnight for free in three easy steps with no risk? Then don’t buy this book. (Actually, if you believe there’s a book that can do that, you shouldn’t buy any books because you probably can’t read.) P. J. O’Rourke’s approach to business, investment, and finance is different. He takes the risks for you in his chapter “How I Learned Economics by Watching People Try to Kill Each Other.” He proposes “A Way to Raise Taxes That We’ll All Love”—a 200% tax on celebrities. He offers a brief history of economic transitions before exploring the world of high tech innovation with a chapter on “Unnovations,” which asks, “The Internet—whose idea was it to put all the idiots on earth in touch with each other?” He misunderstands bitcoin, which seems “like a weird scam invented by strange geeks with weaponized slide rules in the high school Evil Math Club.” And finally, he offers a fanciful short story about the morning that P. J. wakes up and finds that all the world’s goods and services are free! “The funniest writer in America.” ―The Wall Street Journal

A Guile of Dragons

Author : James Enge
Publisher : Pyr
ISBN 13 : 161614629X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book A Guile of Dragons written by James Enge and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's dwarves vs dragons in this origin story for Enge's signature character, Morlock Ambrosius! Before history began, the dwarves of Thrymhaiam fought against the dragons as the Longest War raged in the deep roads beneath the Northhold. Now the dragons have returned, allied with the dead kings of Cor and backed by the masked gods of Fate and Chaos. The dwarves are cut off from the Graith of Guardians in the south. Their defenders are taken prisoner or corrupted by dragonspells. The weight of guarding the Northhold now rests on the crooked shoulders of a traitor's son, Morlock syr Theorn (also called Ambrosius). But his wounded mind has learned a dark secret in the hidden ways under the mountains. Regin and Fafnir were brothers, and the Longest War can never be over... From the Trade Paperback edition.

A Fortunate Age

Author : Joanna Smith Rakoff
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781416596332
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (963 download)

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Download or read book A Fortunate Age written by Joanna Smith Rakoff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like The Group, Mary McCarthy's classic tale about coming of age in New York, Joanna Smith Rakoff 's richly drawn and immensely satisfying first novel details the lives of a group of Oberlin graduates whose ambitions and friendships threaten to unravel as they chase their dreams, shed their youth, and build their lives in Brooklyn during the late 1990s and the turn of the twenty-first century. There's Lil, a would-be scholar whose marriage to an egotistical writer initially brings the group back together (and ultimately drives it apart); Beth, who struggles to let go of her old beau Dave, a onetime piano prodigy trapped by his own insecurity; Emily, an actor perpetually on the verge of success -- and starvation -- who grapples with her jealousy of Tal, whose acting career has taken off. At the center of their orbit is wry, charismatic Sadie Peregrine, who coolly observes her friends' mistakes but can't quite manage to avoid making her own. As they begin their careers, marry, and have children, they must navigate the shifting dynamics of their friendships and of the world around them. Set against the backdrop of the vast economic and political changes of the era -- from the decadent age of dot-com millionaires to the sobering post-September 2001 landscape -- Smith Rakoff's deeply affecting characters and incisive social commentary are reminiscent of the great Victorian novels. This brilliant and ambitious debut captures a generation and heralds the arrival of a bold and important new writer.

When I Was a Child I Read Books

Author : Marilynne Robinson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374709416
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book When I Was a Child I Read Books written by Marilynne Robinson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In When I Was a Child I Read Books she returns to and expands upon the themes which have preoccupied her work with renewed vigor. In "Austerity as Ideology," she tackles the global debt crisis, and the charged political and social political climate in this country that makes finding a solution to our financial troubles so challenging. In "Open Thy Hand Wide" she searches out the deeply embedded role of generosity in Christian faith. And in "When I Was a Child," one of her most personal essays to date, an account of her childhood in Idaho becomes an exploration of individualism and the myth of the American West. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of our essential writers.

Modern Manners

Author : P. J. O'Rourke
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802199062
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Modern Manners written by P. J. O'Rourke and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “extremely funny” take on the decline of civility, from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of How the Hell Did This Happen? (The Plain Dealer). In Modern Manners, cultural guru P. J. O’Rourke provides the essential accessory for the truly contemporary man or woman—a rulebook for living in a world without rules. Traditionally, good manners were a means of becoming as bland and invisible as everyone else, thus avoiding calling attention to one’s own awkwardness and stupidity. Today, with everyone wanting to appear special, stupidity is at a premium, and manners—as outrageous and bizarre as possible—are a wonderful way to distinguish ourselves, or at least have a fine time trying. This irreverent and hilarious guide to anti-etiquette offers pointed advice on topics from sex and entertaining to reading habits and death. With the most up-to-date forms of vulgarity, churlishness, and presumption, the latest fashions in discourtesy and barbarous display, O’Rourke is our guide to the art of incivility. “Modern Manners is O’Rourke doing what he has always done: making hilarious, insightful, often vicious fun of the world and all its inhabitants.” —People “A reader who rushes through [Modern Manners] from cover to cover—like I did—will feel like a child who has gorged on chocolate cake: happy, but a bit disappointed that it’s all gone. The reason O’Rourke’s book is so successful, however, is not just his great sense of humor. O’Rourke’s writing has a cutting edge behind it, which makes a reader’s laughter just a bit thought-provoking, and just a bit rueful . . . Very funny.” —Chicago Tribune

Huff and Puff and the New Train

Author : Tish Rabe
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062111078
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Huff and Puff and the New Train written by Tish Rabe and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huff and Puff are a team who stay on track: Huff pulls the train. Puff pushes the train. But when a new speedy train challenges the pair to a race, the caboose and engine must find out if slow and steady can win the race. Ready, set, go! With colorful illustrations from Gill Guile and fun, simple rhymes and verse from Tish Rabe, Huff and Puff will help beginning readers and train lovers strengthen their reading skills. This is a My First I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for shared reading with a child. Supports the Common Core State Standards.