Fortune's Folly

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Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1429992395
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Fortune's Folly by : Deva Fagan

Download or read book Fortune's Folly written by Deva Fagan and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since her mother died and her father lost his shoemaking skills, Fortunata has survived by telling fake fortunes. But when she's tricked into telling a grand fortune for a prince, she is faced with the impossible task of fulfilling her wild prophecy—or her father will be put to death. Now Fortunata has to help Prince Leonato secure a magic sword, vanquish a wicked witch, discover a long-lost golden shoe, and rescue the princess who fits it. If only she hadn't fallen in love with the prince herself !

Fortune's Folly

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Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 150925384X
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis Fortune's Folly by : Barbara Jean Miller

Download or read book Fortune's Folly written by Barbara Jean Miller and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roxanne Whitcomb plans to spend her London season finding a rich backer for her brother’s inventions until she meets Spencer Tanner and realizes she cannot marry for money. Tanner is attracted to her wit and startled by her lively nature, but assumes that, like other women, she needs protection. Her London debut is ruined by the arrival of her estranged mother and guardian, recalling gossip about her father’s suicide and mother’s untimely remarriage. Roxanne decides to tackle her problems by rescuing her mother and protecting her brother, but Tanner is reluctant to offer help, doubting her theory on why this would be necessary. Then he discovers the independent Rox can also be resourceful and courageous.

Scandals of an Innocent (De lady's van Fortune's Folly, Book 3)

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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 1408928124
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Scandals of an Innocent (De lady's van Fortune's Folly, Book 3) written by Nicola Cornick and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Blackmail is such an ugly word, Miss Lister. It is essential that I marry you. So let us call it a bargain. ”

Fortune's Rising

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Publisher : 47North
ISBN 13 : 9781477823996
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (239 download)

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Book Synopsis Fortune's Rising by : Sara King

Download or read book Fortune's Rising written by Sara King and published by 47North. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the supertech Coalition government, Fortune's colonists are enslaved to harvest the highly valuable brain-enhancing drug Yolk, often losing their sanity and lives in the process. The population is dying off and the planet is becoming a police state whose only purpose is to harvest Yolk. But a revolution is in the air, fueled by an unlikely band of rebels: Anna Landborn, a brilliant, sociopathic child, and her quiet, lethally gifted sister, Magali; Runaway Joel, a virtuous military pilot turned tormented smuggler; Milar Whitecliff, a tattooed, chess-playing fugitive full of hatred and heart; Doberman, a simple robot in the throes of a startling transformation; and Tatiana Eyre, a captured Coalition soldier torn between loyalty and love. As their paths and fates collide, the battle to spark a full-scale uprising is violently challenged by the Nephyrs, the government's elite army of sadistic, near-indestructible cyborgs. But the prophecies of a mad soothsayer have foretold the coming of a hero destined to turn the tide--and the fight for freedom is just beginning. Revised edition: Previously published as Outer Bounds: Fortune's Rising, this edition of Fortune's Rising includes editorial revisions.

The Great Mirror of Folly

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ISBN 13 : 9780300162462
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (624 download)

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Book Synopsis The Great Mirror of Folly by : William N. Goetzmann

Download or read book The Great Mirror of Folly written by William N. Goetzmann and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's first global stock market bubble suddenly burst in 1720, destroying the dreams and fortunes of speculators in London, Paris, and Amsterdam virtually overnight. Their folly and misfortune inspired the publication of an extraordinary Dutch collection of satirical prints, plays, poetry, commentary, and financial prospectuses entitled Het groote Tafereel de Dwaasheid (The Great Mirror of Folly), a unique and lavish record of the financial crisis and its cultural dimensions. The current book adopts the title. It is a book about the book, a wide-ranging interdisciplinary collaboration that uncovers the meaning and influence of the Tafereel and the profound, lasting, and multifaceted impact of the crash of 1720 on European cultures and financial markets.

Fortunes of Fate: Prequel Story

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Publisher : Christina McKnight
ISBN 13 : 1945089512
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Fortunes of Fate: Prequel Story written by Christina McKnight and published by Christina McKnight. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Countess to Outcast… Shunned by England’s Beau Monde because of her Barbadian heritage, Miss A’laya Banesworth has spent her life yearning for true acceptance. When the Earl of Holderness courts her, she thinks that she’s found true love. Quickly, A’laya discovers that her marriage is only one of convenience. Though she is now a countess, A’laya still faces disapproval and scorn from her new husband’s family. Only the birth of her daughter, Katherina brings her happiness. But A’laya does not anticipate how wicked her enemies are. Katherina is stolen from her, and A’laya is left without resources to find her. Still, she searches desperately, holding out hope that her daughter is still alive. As the years pass, A’laya travels the English countryside as a fortune teller, yearning to be reunited with Katherina. The bond between mother and daughter is strong—so strong that when fate and fortune collide, love abounds...

Thale's Folly

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Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0593356462
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Book Synopsis Thale's Folly by : Dorothy Gilman

Download or read book Thale's Folly written by Dorothy Gilman and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Yorker becomes ensnared by the eerie drama unfolding at a derelict New England family home in this charming mystery from the author of the Mrs. Pollifax novels. “Delightful . . . a suspenseful romp . . . highly recommended.”—Booklist At the request of his father, New York City novelist Andrew Thale tackles an odd assignment—to check out an old family property in Massachusetts, neglected since Aunt Harriet Thale’s death years ago. But far from being deserted, Thale’s Folly, as Andrew discovers, is fully inhabited—by a quartet of charming squatters, former “guests” of kindhearted Harriet. There is elegant Miss L’Hommedieu, Gussie the witch, Leo the bibliophile, and beautiful Tarragon, who is unlike any girl Andrew has ever met in Manhattan. Andrew is entranced by these unworldly creatures and their simple life. Yet all is not well in Thale’s Folly. A thief breaks into the farmhouse, an old friend of the “family” disappears, and Andrew and Tarragon are drawn into mysteries they cannot fathom. . . .

Tales from the Folly

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Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1625675011
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis Tales from the Folly by : Ben Aaronovitch

Download or read book Tales from the Folly written by Ben Aaronovitch and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the world of Rivers of London in this first short story collection from bestselling author, Ben Aaronovitch. Tales from the Folly is a carefully curated collection that gathers together previously published stories and brand new tales in the same place for the first time. Each tale features a new introduction from the author, filled with insight and anecdote offering the reader a deeper into this absorbing fictional world. This is a must read for any Rivers of London fan. Join Peter, Nightingale, Abigail, Agent Reynolds and Tobias Winter for a series of perfectly portioned tales. Discover what’s haunting a lonely motorway service station, who still wanders the shelves of a popular London bookshop, and what exactly happened to the River Lugg... With an introduction from internationally bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris. This collection includes: The Home Crowd Advantage The Domestic The Cockpit The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Granny King of The Rats A Rare Book of Cunning Device A Dedicated Follower of Fashion Favourite Uncle Vanessa Sommer’s Other Christmas List Three Rivers, Two Husbands and a Baby Moments One-Three Praise for the Rivers of London series: “Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real London” –Nick Frost “A superlative blend of whimsy and grit...Jim Butcher meets Douglas Adams” —Publishers Weekly “...my favorite current series... delightful, compulsive and fresh—with a love of multicultural London evident on every page, wonderfully diverse characters, magic, mystery, and mayhem. Once you start, you will literally not be able to put them down.” —Lavie Tidhar in Washington Post “...recounted with deadpan British wit and irony...packed with fascinating historical detail... Lively and amusing and different.” —Kirkus

The English Folly

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Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1800346727
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis The English Folly by : Gwyn Headley

Download or read book The English Folly written by Gwyn Headley and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If this were a novel, the tales of astounding wealth, sexual perversion, murder, munificence, rape, insanity, brutality, slavery, religious mania, selfishness, snobbery, charity, suicide, generosity, theft, madness, wickedness, failure and eccentricity which unfold in these pages would be too concentrated to allow for the willing suspension of disbelief. All these sins and virtues, and more, are displayed by the characters in this book, some exhibiting several of them simultaneously. Folly builders were not as we are. They never built what we now call follies. They built for beauty, utility, improvement; it is only we, struggling after them with our imperfect understanding, who dismiss their prodigious constructions as follies. Follies can be found around the world, but England is their spiritual home. Having written the definitive books on follies in Great Britain, Benelux and the USA, Headley & Meulenkamp have turned their attention to the folly builders themselves, people so blinded by fashion or driven by some nameless ideology that they expended great fortunes on making their point in brick, stone and flint. Most follies are simply misunderstood buildings, and this book studies the motives, characters, decisions and delusions of their builders. If there was madness in their building, fortunately there was no method in it.

Banvard's Folly

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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466892056
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Banvard's Folly written by Paul Collins and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Hearteningly strange . . . Collins exhumes little-known figures [and] recounts their perversely inspiring battles against the more logical ways of the world.” —The Onion Here are thirteen unforgettable portraits of forgotten people: men and women who might have claimed their share of renown but who, whether from ill timing, skullduggery, monomania, the tinge of madness, or plain bad luck—or perhaps some combination of them all—leapt straight from life into thankless obscurity. Collins brings them back to glorious life. John Banvard was an artist whose colossal panoramic canvasses (one behemoth depiction of the entire eastern shore of the Mississippi River was simply known as “The Three Mile Painting”) made him the richest and most famous artist of his day . . . before he decided to go head to head with P. T. Barnum. René Blondot was a distinguished French physicist whose celebrated discovery of a new form of radiation, called the N-Ray, went terribly awry. At the tender age of seventeen, William Henry Ireland signed “William Shakespeare” to a book and launched a short but meteoric career as a forger of undiscovered works by the Bard—until he pushed his luck too far. Collins’ love for what he calls the “forgotten ephemera of genius” give his portraits of these figures and the other ten men and women in Banvard’s Folly sympathetic depth and poignant relevance. Their effect is not to make us sneer or revel in schadenfreude; here are no cautionary tales. Rather, here are brief introductions—acts of excavation and reclamation—to people whom history may have forgotten, but whom now we cannot.

This Time Is Different

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691152640
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book This Time Is Different written by Carmen M. Reinhart and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-07 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An empirical investigation of financial crises during the last 800 years.

Lady Isabella's Splendid Folly

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ISBN 13 : 9781070966502
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (665 download)

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Book Synopsis Lady Isabella's Splendid Folly by : Fortunes of Fate

Download or read book Lady Isabella's Splendid Folly written by Fortunes of Fate and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is only one path to true love, no matter how fate, fortune, or destiny play.Lady Isabella Fortescue has tired of trying to bring a man up to scratch. At thirty-one, she's put herself on the shelf and is glad for it, except she wants to have one splendid folly to call her own before that happens. But the unorthodox arrival of a horribly rude man makes her think even a scandal isn't possible.Captain Peregrine St. John has sworn off women-indefinitely. With the ill-luck of his last relationship fresh in his mind, he retires from naval service sporting a bum leg and a shattered heart. Rustication proves beyond boring, and a visit to a gypsy fair has him face down in the mud on a stormy afternoon. The heated admonishment from a lady only further cements his attitude on the fairer sex.As fate would have it, Isabella and Peregrine are neighbors in Buckinghamshire. As country social life throws them together, tempers rise with each new meeting and sparks fly. Verbal banter gives way to wicked glances, and teasing kisses flare into passion on one glorious night. Fortune might predict happiness or foolish error, but love can only bloom if they listen to true desires hidden deep inside their hearts.

Nature's Fortune

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Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465046967
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Nature's Fortune written by Mark R Tercek and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is nature worth? The answer to this question -- which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms -- is revolutionizing the way we do business. In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer Jonathan Adams argue that nature is not only the foundation of human well-being, but also the smartest commercial investment any business or government can make. The forests, floodplains, and oyster reefs often seen simply as raw materials or as obstacles to be cleared in the name of progress are, in fact as important to our future prosperity as technology or law or business innovation. Who invests in nature, and why? What rates of return can it produce? When is protecting nature a good investment? With stories from the South Pacific to the California coast, from the Andes to the Gulf of Mexico and even to New York City, Nature's Fortune shows how viewing nature as green infrastructure allows for breakthroughs not only in conservation -- protecting water supplies; enhancing the health of fisheries; making cities more sustainable, livable and safe; and dealing with unavoidable climate change -- but in economic progress, as well. Organizations obviously depend on the environment for key resources -- water, trees, and land. But they can also reap substantial commercial benefits in the form of risk mitigation, cost reduction, new investment opportunities, and the protection of assets. Once leaders learn how to account for nature in financial terms, they can incorporate that value into the organization's decisions and activities, just as habitually as they consider cost, revenue, and ROI. A must-read for business leaders, CEOs, investors, and environmentalists alike, Nature's Fortune offers an essential guide to the world's economic -- and environmental -- well-being.

Miss Fortune's First Kiss

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Publisher : Annabelle anders
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miss Fortune's First Kiss written by Annabelle Anders and published by Annabelle anders. This book was released on 2020-01-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A widowed earl, a governess who is far too clever for her own good, two motherless little girls, and one small dog who manages to bring them all together…"Your First Kiss holds the answer to all that you desire." The fortune drew only laughter from Matilda Fortune when Madame Zeta, a visiting gypsy uttered the ridiculous words.. At eight and twenty, Tildy's first kiss had long come and gone. As had the gentleman who bestowed it...The Earl of Willoughby, widowed and lost, has given up on love. Since the death of his wife, he's lived in a fog. In route to London for the season, his mischievous daughters insist upon stopping at a small village to have their fortunes told at a traveling fair. If only he hadn't allowed the gypsy to read his palm. Is it possible, his future is hidden in the past?

The March of Folly

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Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0345308239
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book The March of Folly written by Barbara W. Tuchman and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 1985-02-12 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government. Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives. In brilliant detail, Tuchman illuminates four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly: the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by the Renaissance popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain’s George III, and the United States’ own persistent mistakes in Vietnam. Throughout The March of Folly, Tuchman’s incomparable talent for animating the people, places, and events of history is on spectacular display. Praise for The March of Folly “A glittering narrative . . . a moral [book] on the crimes and follies of governments and the misfortunes the governed suffer in consequence.”—The New York Times Book Review “An admirable survey . . . I haven’t read a more relevant book in years.”—John Kenneth Galbraith, The Boston Sunday Globe “A superb chronicle . . . a masterly examination.”—Chicago Sun-Times

Fortune's Final Folly

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Publisher : Fortunes of Fate
ISBN 13 : 9781945089534
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (895 download)

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Download or read book Fortune's Final Folly written by Fortunes of Fate and published by Fortunes of Fate. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TWIST OF FATE...Miss Katherina Elliott leads a simple life, teaching impoverished children in London's East End. Though her school is small, to Kate it is everything: a chance to give back to her community, and a continuation of her parents' work. Kate knows little of her family's past or the circumstances of her birth-only that every three months, an envelope with no forwarding address arrives at her solicitor's office, containing enough money to pay the school's every mounting bills. She tells herself that she needs nothing more in her life, yet she longs for the handsome solicitor across the street.Lord Joshua Stuart, the second son of the Duke of Beaufort, has never fit in with the rest of his haughty elite family. Though he has a practice on Bond Street, he's always preferred working in Cheapside, where he can make a real difference. It has nothing to do with his attractive, sweet neighbor across the street-or so he tells himself. But when Kate's school is set ablaze, Joshua realizes that if they can find out who is sending the envelopes every several months, they might be able to get more funds to rebuild the school. As Joshua and Kate work to uncover the identity of the mysterious benefactor, they grow closer, until their love for each other can no longer be denied. Their search brings them to the famed fortune teller Madame Zeta, who holds the key to Kate's past. But when Kate's fate intertwines with Madame Zeta's, nothing will ever be the same. Will her love for Joshua survive fortune's twists, or will they end up as the final folly?

The Praise of Folly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Praise of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: