It’s Called a Spade

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Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1973674890
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (736 download)

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Book Synopsis It’s Called a Spade by : JJ Barrows

Download or read book It’s Called a Spade written by JJ Barrows and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “it’s called a spade” is a reference to calling life like it is instead of hiding the tough stuff and pretending like everything is fine. It’s a collection of stories about life, about people and God, recovery and relapse, heartache and brokenness, and the reality that life is hard, even if you believe in God, even if you don’t. But there is also hope and humor and healing that comes without answers. This is a collection of stories from a human who almost disappeared in her efforts to be seen, a girl who called spades hearts and smiled while bluffing.

Spade & Archer

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030727148X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Book Synopsis Spade & Archer by : Joe Gores

Download or read book Spade & Archer written by Joe Gores and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-02-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderfully dark, pitch-perfect noir prequel to The Maltese Falcon, featuring Dashiell Hammett’s beloved detective, Sam Spade. It’s 1921—seven years before Sam Spade will solve the famous case of the Maltese Falcon. He’s just set up his own agency in San Francisco and he gets off to a quick start, working cases (he doesn’t do domestic) and hiring a bright young secretary named Effie Perrine. When he’s hired by a prominent San Francisco banker to find his missing son, Spade gets the break he’s been looking for. He spends the next few years dealing with booze runners, waterfront thugs, banking swindlers, gold smugglers, and bumbling cops. He brings in Miles Archer as a partner to help bolster the agency, though it was Archer who stole his girl while he was fighting in World War I. All along, Spade will tangle with an enigmatic villain who holds a long-standing grudge against Spade. And, of course, he’ll fall in love—though it won’t turn out for the best. It never does with dames.

Call a Spade a Spade

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Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Call a Spade a Spade by : Wolfgang Mieder

Download or read book Call a Spade a Spade written by Wolfgang Mieder and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to trace the origin, history, dissemination, and meaning of the well-known proverbial expression «to call a spade a spade.» The first four chapters discuss the previous scholarship on this classical phrase turned proverb, trace its history from Aristophanes to Erasmus of Rotterdam, review the appearance of the expression in dictionaries of quotations, and analyze the inclusion of the phrase in proverb and idiom collections. The fifth chapter treats various meanings of the word «spade» - shovel, eunuch, playing card, and «black.» This is followed by four chapters dealing with the appearance of the phrase in literary texts from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, in scholarly writings, in the mass media, in advertisements, and in cartoons. A significant chapter shows how the innocuous proverbial phrase became a racial slur in the written media. The final chapter contains four demographic studies based on questionnaires to show the various interpretations of the «spade»-phrase among modern English speakers, including its unfortunate misuse as a stereotypical statement.

Mutual Aid

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Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1839762128
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)

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Book Synopsis Mutual Aid by : Dean Spade

Download or read book Mutual Aid written by Dean Spade and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around the globe, people are faced with a spiralling succession of crises, from the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change-induced fires, floods, and storms to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, racist policing, brutal immigration enforcement, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality. As governments fail to respond to—or actively engineer—each crisis, ordinary people are finding bold and innovative ways to share resources and support the vulnerable. Survival work, when done alongside social movement demands for transformative change, is called mutual aid. This book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid, describes how mutual aid is a crucial part of powerful movements for social justice, and offers concrete tools for organizing, such as how to work in groups, how to foster a collective decision-making process, how to prevent and address conflict, and how to deal with burnout. Writing for those new to activism as well as those who have been in social movements for a long time, Dean Spade draws on years of organizing to offer a radical vision of community mobilization, social transformation, compassionate activism, and solidarity.

A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles by : James Augustus Henry Murray

Download or read book A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ace of Spades

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Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 125080082X
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Book Synopsis Ace of Spades by : Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Download or read book Ace of Spades written by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully. All you need to know is . . . I’m here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do. —Aces When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too. Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures. As Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly? With heart-pounding suspense and relevant social commentary comes a high-octane thriller from debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.

Style

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743250672
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (56 download)

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Book Synopsis Style by : Kate Spade

Download or read book Style written by Kate Spade and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-04-14 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a guide to personal style, sharing practical information and modern dress etiquette guidelines in such areas as identifying flattering colors and cuts and preparing a wardrobe for a variety of needs and occasions.

Bloody Spade

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ISBN 13 : 9780993647277
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (472 download)

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Book Synopsis Bloody Spade by : Brittany M Willows

Download or read book Bloody Spade written by Brittany M Willows and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl full of heart A thief touched by darkness A boy with a fiery temper An unwitting servant of evil The era of magic was once thought to be a myth, but after the Reemergence ushered forces both dark and light into the mundane world, it has since become a harsh reality. Now those affected by this strange power-a specialized group of Empowered called Jokers, known collectively as Cardplay-must protect their world from the darkness that threatens to consume it, all the while fighting for equality in a society clinging to normalcy. But the Reemergence was only the beginning. When another influx occurs on the seventh anniversary of that fateful event, an unfortunate encounter at ground zero lands Iori Ryone, a teenage boy in possession of a corrupt and legendary magic, in the care of recent Joker graduate Ellen Amelia Jane. From him, she learns the Reemergence may not have been the inevitable natural disaster it first seemed. Someone is trying to tear down the barrier that separates the magical realms from the mundane. The question is, can Cardplay stop them before it's too late? Bloody Spade is the first installment in an urban fantasy duology that follows a cat-eared thief and a spirited girl as they try to navigate his wild magic, her hotheaded brother, a sinister plot, and the feelings they're developing for each other.

A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1010 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words by : James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps

Download or read book A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words written by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Almost Interesting

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Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062376985
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Almost Interesting written by David Spade and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Spade is best known for his harsh “Hollywood” Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy, and his seven-year stint as Dennis Finch on the series Just Shoot Me. Now, with a wit as dry as the weather in his home state of Arizona, the “comic brat extraordinaire” tells his story in Almost Interesting. First Taking fans back to his childhood as a wannabe cool younger brother and recounting his excruciating road-tour to fame—when he was regularly mistaken for a ten year-old, Spade then dishes about his time crisscrossing the country as a comedian, for low-paying gigs and dragging along his mother’s old suitcase full of props. He also covers his years on SNL during the beloved Rock/Sandler/Farley era of the 1990s, including his close working relationship and friendship with Chris Farley and brags about the ridiculous perks that fame has brought into his life, including the constant fear of being fired, a crazy ex-assistant who attacked him while he was sleeping, a run-in with Eddie Murphy on the mean streets of Beverly Hills, and of course an endless supply of hot chicks. Sometimes dirty, always funny, and as sharp as a tack, Almost Interesting reminds you why David Spade is one of our generation’s favorite funny guys.

Good Husband, Great Marriage

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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 075957216X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Book Synopsis Good Husband, Great Marriage by : Robert Mark Alter

Download or read book Good Husband, Great Marriage written by Robert Mark Alter and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For men, and the women who love them, this is a highly controversial book on how to get - and be - a good husband. This book will appeal to the countless women who resent that their husbands never listen and that they have to nag in order to get them to do anything around the house; who feel like their husbands are always pawing at them to have sex; and who want more from their marriage. It will appeal to men who want to have more sex, less nagging, and wives who adore them. In short, Good Husband, Great Marriage is the book for everyone. Good Husband, Great Marriage is a hard-hitting, no-nonsense guidebook for men and women to help them fix their marriages. Robert Alter's central, controversial argument: the man is primarily responsible for the marital problems. Alter says to women: "You are right to want what you want from him." He says to men: "Stop thinking it's your wife's fault, and transform yourself into the good husband you know you have in you. " In 50 chapters, Alter describes the problem areas men face and what actions they can take to fix them. The chapters include: "How to Know When You're Being a Man as Opposed to When You're Being an Asshole," "How to Talk to Her," and "Your Anger: Cut the Shit." Alter's approach is straightforward and logical; he speaks to men in a language they understand. In addition, sections of the book will be geared for women where Alter will give advice to women on what they can do.

Normal Life

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Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 082237479X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Book Synopsis Normal Life by : Dean Spade

Download or read book Normal Life written by Dean Spade and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and Expanded Edition Wait—what's wrong with rights? It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil rights and "equality" strategies of lesbian and gay rights organizations by agitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee nondiscrimination and equal protection under the law. This approach assumes that the best way to address the poverty and criminalization that plague trans populations is to gain legal recognition and inclusion in the state's institutions. But is this strategy effective? In Normal Life Dean Spade presents revelatory critiques of the legal equality framework for social change, and points to examples of transformative grassroots trans activism that is raising demands that go beyond traditional civil rights reforms. Spade explodes assumptions about what legal rights can do for marginalized populations, and describes transformative resistance processes and formations that address the root causes of harm and violence. In the new afterword to this revised and expanded edition, Spade notes the rapid mainstreaming of trans politics and finds that his predictions that gaining legal recognition will fail to benefit trans populations are coming to fruition. Spade examines recent efforts by the Obama administration and trans equality advocates to "pinkwash" state violence by articulating the US military and prison systems as sites for trans inclusion reforms. In the context of recent increased mainstream visibility of trans people and trans politics, Spade continues to advocate for the dismantling of systems of state violence that shorten the lives of trans people. Now more than ever, Normal Life is an urgent call for justice and trans liberation, and the radical transformations it will require.

Public Love

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Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN 13 : 9780811821537
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Public Love written by Talmage Cooley and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever made it in the back of a cab? Or in an elevator? If not, you've missed out because a lot of people have, and these 44 stories prove it. Shocking, bold, fun-Public Love is impossible to put down. Each first-person confessional describes the how, when, and where of a public sex act. Complete with grainy colour photos of the lusty locales, these absolutely true tales offer a sophisticated twist on a timeless subject. Prepare to blush, chuckle, and wonder if you should be having more fun.

World Building

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472586549
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book World Building written by Joanna Gavins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Building represents the state-of-the-discipline in worlds-based approaches to discourse, collected together for the first time. Over the last 40 years the 'text-as-world' metaphor has become one of the most prevalent and productive means of describing the experiencing of producing and receiving discourse. This has been the case in a range of disciplines, including stylistics, cognitive poetics, narratology, discourse analysis and literary theory. The metaphor has enabled analysts to formulate a variety of frameworks for describing and examining the textual and conceptual mechanics involved in human communication, articulating these variously through such concepts as 'possible worlds', 'text-worlds' and 'storyworlds'. Each of these key approaches shares an understanding of discourse as a logically grounded, cognitively and pragmatically complex phenomenon. Discourse in this sense is capable of producing highly immersive and emotionally affecting conceptual spaces in the minds of discourse participants. The chapters examine how best to document and analyze this and this is an essential collection for stylisticians, linguists and narrative theorists.

All the Year Round

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All the Year Round written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories

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Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Book Synopsis The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories by : Dashiell Hammett

Download or read book The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories written by Dashiell Hammett and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories" by Dashiell Hammett. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Sovereign Wealth Funds

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199942773
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Book Synopsis Sovereign Wealth Funds by : Christopher Balding

Download or read book Sovereign Wealth Funds written by Christopher Balding and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sovereign wealth funds are a growing and dynamic force in international finance. The shifting international economic relations from capital rich states gives them new power in influencing the global agenda. Despite controlling trillions of dollars in the biggest companies in the world, little is known about the opaque funds of oil rich and non-democratic governments. This is the first book to compile a history of sovereign wealth funds recounting the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's involvement with the scandal-plagued BCCI bank and Chinese arms exports to Iran. By constructing a history within the proper context of oil driven surpluses and large inflationary pressures with no international investment framework, this book explains the development and growth of sovereign wealth funds. The economics of capital surplus countries and investment strategies are examined in order to better understand sovereign wealth fund creation and growth. In a straightforward and accessible style, the author examines the complex and amazing growth of an unknown group of investors controlling trillions of dollars worldwide.