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Keep It Fake

Author : Eric Wilson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374181020
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Keep It Fake written by Eric Wilson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shoot straight from the hip. Tell it like it is. Keep it real. We love these commands, especially in America, because they invoke what we love to believe: that there is an authentic self to which we can be true. But while we mock Tricky Dick and Slick Willie, we are inventing identities on Facebook, paying thousands for plastic surgeries, tuning into news that simply verifies our opinions. This is frontier forthrightness gone dreamy: reality bites, after all, and faith-based initiatives trump reality-based ones, and becoming disillusioned is a downer. In his new book, part memoir, part cultural analysis, Keep It Fake: Inventing an Authentic Life, Eric G. Wilson clarifies this confusion. He draws on neuroscience, psychology, sociology, philosophy, art, film, literature, and his own life to explore the possibility that there's no such thing as unwavering reality. Whether our left brains are shaping the raw data of our right into fabulous stories, or we are so saturated by society's conventions that we're always acting out prefab scripts, we can't help but be phony. But are some fakes more real than others? Are certain lies true? In lively prose—honest, provocative, erudite, witty, wide-ranging (as likely to riff on Bill Murray as to contemplate Plato)—Keep It Fakeanswers these questions, uncovering bracing truths about what it means to be human and helping us turn our necessary lying into artful living.

Jake the Fake Keeps It Real

Author : Craig Robinson
Publisher : Crown Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0553523511
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Jake the Fake Keeps It Real written by Craig Robinson and published by Crown Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.

Overcoming Fake Talk: How to Hold REAL Conversations that Create Respect, Build Relationships, and Get Results

Author : John Stoker
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071815805
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)

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Book Synopsis Overcoming Fake Talk: How to Hold REAL Conversations that Create Respect, Build Relationships, and Get Results by : John Stoker

Download or read book Overcoming Fake Talk: How to Hold REAL Conversations that Create Respect, Build Relationships, and Get Results written by John Stoker and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MAKE EVERY CONVERSATION A REAL CONVERSATION THAT GETS RESULTS In Overcoming Fake Talk, business communication guru John R. Stoker offers proven advice for turning challenging confrontations into rewarding exchanges that foster collaboration, improve performance, and achieve results. "Overcoming Fake Talk is a thorough compendium of ideas, frameworks, examples, and actions to improve conversations. Stoker's four 'REAL' conversation skills and eight principles give the novice and master insights and guidelines for improving conversation." -- Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Partner, The RBL Group; and author of The Why of Work "Great questions, great suggestions. . . . Bravo! I will put Stoker's ideas to use in my own practice." -- Beverly Kaye, founder and co-CEO, Career Systems International, and coauthor of Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go "Adhering to and implementing these principles will dramatically increase your ability to communicate and improve your relationships in your professional and personal life." -- Hyrum W. Smith, cofounder, FranklinCovey "An insightful blend of rock-solid theory accompanied by compelling examples of the huge distinction between real and fake communication." -- John H. Zenger, CEO, Zenger Folkman, and coauthor of How to Be Exceptional "Stoker teaches true principles for getting Results, Respect, and great Relationships using REAL conversation." -- Brent D. Peterson, PhD, coauthor of Fake Work

Against Happiness

Author : Eric G. Wilson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429944218
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Against Happiness written by Eric G. Wilson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans are addicted to happiness. When we're not popping pills, we leaf through scientific studies that take for granted our quest for happiness, or read self-help books by everyone from armchair philosophers and clinical psychologists to the Dalai Lama on how to achieve a trouble-free life: Stumbling on Happiness; Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment; The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living. The titles themselves draw a stark portrait of the war on melancholy. More than any other generation, Americans of today believe in the transformative power of positive thinking. But who says we're supposed to be happy? Where does it say that in the Bible, or in the Constitution? In Against Happiness, the scholar Eric G. Wilson argues that melancholia is necessary to any thriving culture, that it is the muse of great literature, painting, music, and innovation—and that it is the force underlying original insights. Francisco Goya, Emily Dickinson, Marcel Proust, and Abraham Lincoln were all confirmed melancholics. So enough Prozac-ing of our brains. Let's embrace our depressive sides as the wellspring of creativity. What most people take for contentment, Wilson argues, is living death, and what the majority takes for depression is a vital force. In Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy, Wilson suggests it would be better to relish the blues that make humans people.

His Fiancé To Keep

Author : Vivian Wood
Publisher : Vivian Wood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book His Fiancé To Keep written by Vivian Wood and published by Vivian Wood. This book was released on with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly single billionaire entangled with a problematic ex-girlfriend. It was a nightmare convincing her that he had moved on. In the midst of calling off their wedding, he concocted a scheme to rid himself of her for good by involving a charming yet inexperienced wedding planner. Samantha, the unsuspecting wedding planner, became the linchpin in Connor’s plan as he proposed a fake engagement that she couldn't turn down. The offer came with a promise of funding for her dream business. Despite her initial hesitation, she eventually agreed to play along. He should’ve known then that the attraction he felt would only grow when they were forced to kiss and hold hands in front of others. Although he vowed not to act on his growing attraction towards her, he couldn't resist Samantha's infectious smile and alluring curves. In public, he portrayed the devoted fiancé flawlessly. However, their pretend relationship took an unforeseen turn as their chemistry intensified, blurring the boundaries between reality and pretense. As they continued their charade of being madly in love, he suggested exploring a friends-with-benefits arrangement. Their staged affection led to passionate kisses and a night of undeniable desire. With each forbidden moment they shared, their connection deepened beyond what they had anticipated. Amidst the facade they maintained, genuine feelings blossomed between them, defying the constraints of their fake engagement. Would they be able to navigate the challenges that arose from pretending to be in love? Or would their intense but counterfeit romance shatter their hearts and jeopardize any chance at a true happily ever after? From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Vivian Wood comes a new billionaire best friend’s little sister romance. Fans of King of Wrath by Ana Huang, The Fine Print by Lauren Asher, and My Dark Romeo by Parker S. Huntington and LJ Shen will love this book. keywords: wealthy, lavish, billionaire, empire, obscenely good looks, jealous, kiss, ruthless pursuit, good girl, mine, I’m falling for her, night of passion, rich, sexy, off limits, forbidden, fake fiancé, just pretending, acting like we're in love

Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool

Author : Craig Robinson
Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0553523597
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool written by Craig Robinson and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the third book in this laugh-out-loud series about a class clown faking his way through middle school from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight. Life couldn't be better for Jake. He's a student at Music and Arts Academy and a budding comedian, and he finally put an end to his fake-ster ways . . . or so he thought. There's a new girl at school, and Jake would do anything to impress her, even pretending to be a master chef. And a world-renowned barber? But at home, Jake is less impressed with his mom's news: she's pregnant. Now Jake has to fake being happy about becoming the Middle Child. The King of Cool is about to drop his chill. Luckily, he has good friends and laughs on his side, along with more than two hundred illustrations--all about him!

Fake Blood

Author : Whitney Gardner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481495585
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Fake Blood written by Whitney Gardner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “LOL funny.” –Girls Life A Huffington Post Best Children’s Book of 2018 A middle schooler comes head-to-head with his vampire slayer crush in this laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel that’s a perfect coming-of-age story for anyone who’s ever felt too young, too small, or too average. It’s the beginning of the new school year and AJ feels like everyone is changing but him. He hasn’t grown or had any exciting summer adventures like his best friends have. He even has the same crush he’s harbored for years. So AJ decides to take matters into his own hands. But how could a girl like Nia Winters ever like plain vanilla AJ when she only has eyes for vampires? When AJ and Nia are paired up for a group project on Transylvania, it may be AJ’s chance to win over Nia’s affection by dressing up like the vamp of her dreams. And soon enough he’s got more of Nia’s attention than he bargained for when he learns she’s a slayer. Now AJ has to worry about self-preservation while also trying to save everyone he cares about from a real-life threat lurking in the shadows of Spoons Middle School.

Original Fake

Author : Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0399173269
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Original Fake written by Kirstin Cronn-Mills and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Frankie Neumann's an introvert, and he's always been the outsider in his family of performers, but all that's about to change once he finds an outlet for his artistic talents"--

Keep It Fake

Author : Eric G. Wilson
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN 13 : 0374709475
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Keep It Fake written by Eric G. Wilson and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shoot straight from the hip. Tell it like it is. Keep it real. We love these commands, especially in America, because they appeal to what we want to believe: that there's an authentic self to which we can be true. But while we mock Tricky Dick and Slick Willie, we're inventing identities on Facebook, paying thousands for plastic surgeries, and tuning in to news that simply verifies our opinions. Reality bites, after all, and becoming disillusioned is a downer. In his new book Keep It Fake: Inventing an Authentic Life, Eric G. Wilson investigates this phenomenon. Hedraws on neuroscience, psychology, sociology, philosophy, art, film, literature, and his own life to explore the possibility that there's no such thing as unwavering reality. Whether our left brains are shaping the raw data of our right into fabulous stories or we're so saturated by society's conventions that we're always acting out prefab scripts, we can't help but be phony. But is that really so bad? We're used to being scolded for being fake, but Wilson doesn't scold--because he doesn't think we need to be reprimanded. Our ability to remake ourselves into the people we want to be, or at least remake ourselves to look like the people we want to be, is in fact a magical process that can be liberating in its own way. Because if we're all a bunch of fakes, shouldn't we embrace that? And if everything really is fake, then doesn't the fake become real--really? In lively prose--honest, provocative, witty, wide-ranging (as likely to riff on Bill Murray as to contemplate Plato)--Keep It Fake answers these questions, uncovering bracing truths about what it means to be human and helping us turn our necessary lying into artful living.

Fake Accounts

Author : Lauren Oyler
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1646221249
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Fake Accounts written by Lauren Oyler and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE * A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "An invigorating work, deadly precise in its skewering of people, places and things . . . Stylish, despairing and very funny, Fake Accounts . . . adroitly maps the dwindling gap between the individual and the world." —Katie Kitamura, The New York Times Book Review A woman in a tailspin discovers that her boyfriend is an anonymous online conspiracy theorist in this “absolutely brilliant take on the bizarre and despicable ways the internet has warped our perception of reality” (Elle, One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year). On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, a young woman snoops through her boyfriend's phone and makes a startling discovery: he's an anonymous internet conspiracy theorist, and a popular one at that. Already fluent in internet fakery, irony, and outrage, she's not exactly shocked by the revelation. Actually, she's relieved--he was always a little distant--and she plots to end their floundering relationship while on a trip to the Women's March in DC. But this is only the first in a series of bizarre twists that expose a world whose truths are shaped by online lies. Suddenly left with no reason to stay in New York and increasingly alienated from her friends and colleagues, our unnamed narrator flees to Berlin, embarking on her own cycles of manipulation in the deceptive spaces of her daily life, from dating apps to expat meetups, open-plan offices to bureaucratic waiting rooms. She begins to think she can't trust anyone--shouldn't the feeling be mutual? Narrated with seductive confidence and subversive wit, Fake Accounts challenges the way current conversations about the self and community, delusions and gaslighting, and fiction and reality play out in the internet age.

Famous in a Small Town

Author : Kylie Scott
Publisher : Kylie Scott LLC
ISBN 13 : 0648457338
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Famous in a Small Town written by Kylie Scott and published by Kylie Scott LLC. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What chance does a small-town girl have with a world-famous rock star? Two years after his wife’s death, rock star Garrett Hayes hasn’t moved on. But he has moved out of L.A. Where better to escape his past than a small town in the northern California mountains? If only he could get the townsfolk of Wildwood to leave him the hell alone. Ani Bennet returned to her hometown for some much-needed serenity. The last thing she needs is a grumpy, too hot for his own good, rich and famous rock star living next door—and rent-free in her brain. She set her fangirl tendencies aside and deleted his photo from her cell when they became neighbors. But when Garrett asks for help, she can’t say no. The problem is, spending time together is making those fangirl feelings resurface—and bringing them to a whole new level. What chance does a small-town girl have with world-famous rock star? It’s time for Ani to set her fears aside and find out.

Keeping Up Appearances

Author : Elizabeth Stevens
Publisher : Sleeping Dragon Books
ISBN 13 : 0648264874
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Keeping Up Appearances written by Elizabeth Stevens and published by Sleeping Dragon Books. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three's a crowd, but four's a war. Big girl undies? Check. Speech planned? Check. Nerves of steel? Check. A single crush? …not check…? What do you do when you find your best friend/crush kissing your other best friend on the day you were going to declare your feelings for him? You only agree to fake date your crush’s rival. The King of the Bows, popular golden (play)boy, and all around douche, Xander wouldn’t be my last choice for a boyfriend. Across the school, battlelines are drawn and sides are taken between the new ’it’ couple of my former best friends and the excitingly scandalous pairing of me and King Douche. Xander keeps distracting me from the plan; make Jason jealous. He insists on holding my hand and kissing me and being nice. Ugh. Xander’s not nice and he’s not the relationship type, but he’s doing a damned good job of acting both parts. He calls it ‘keeping up appearances’, I call it ‘take one more pass at my arse and I’ll break your nose’. They say all’s fair in love and war, but what’s so fair about falling for the wrong guy when your two best friends are on the other side of the battlelines? Please be aware that this story is set in Australia and therefore uses Australian English spelling and syntax.

Real Fake

Author : Carolyn Keene
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416938818
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Real Fake written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-07-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While appearing on a reality TV show filmed in Paris, Nancy begins to receive creepy e-mail messages.

A Child Called It

Author : Dave Pelzer
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1558743669
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book A Child Called It written by Dave Pelzer and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 1995-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiographical account that tells the story of a child's abuse at the hands of his alcoholic mother.

Bookishness

Author : Jessica Pressman
Publisher : Literature Now
ISBN 13 : 9780231195133
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Bookishness written by Jessica Pressman and published by Literature Now. This book was released on 2020 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessica Pressman explores the rise of "bookishness" as an identity and an aesthetic strategy that proliferates from store-window décor to experimental writing. Ranging from literature to kitsch objects, stop-motion animation films to book design, she considers the multivalent meanings of books in contemporary culture.

Fake Baby

Author : Amy McDaid
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 0143774646
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Fake Baby written by Amy McDaid and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fake Baby is a tender and funny exploration of the power of words, our perception of resilience and what it means to be real. Nine Days. One City. Three Oddballs. Stephen’s dead father is threatening to destroy the world. If Stephen commits the ultimate sacrifice and throws himself into the harbour, he will save humanity. The last thing he needs is a Jehovah’s Witness masquerading as a schoolboy and an admission to a mental health facility. * Jaanvi steals a life-like doll called James and cares for him as if he were her dead baby. Her husband demands she return him. But she and James have already bonded, and it’s nobody’s business how she decides to grieve. * Lucas, pharmacist and all-round nice guy, is having one of the worst weeks of his life. His employees forgot his birthday, his mother’s gone manic, and now his favourite customer is in hospital because of a medication error he made. Can he make things right? Or is life all downhill after forty? 'A darkly funny satire that's both moving and wise.' - Paula Morris

The Fake

Author : Rebecca Jenshak
Publisher : Rebecca Jenshak
ISBN 13 : 1951815009
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Fake written by Rebecca Jenshak and published by Rebecca Jenshak. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a one-night stand turn into your fake girlfriend? Senior year. I should be partying and living it up with my friends before graduation, but one more mistake and I’m off the team. Enter Chloe. She comes into my life at a low point, but she becomes the bright spot I reach for every day. She’s the kind of girl who makes a guy want to be a better man. And for a while, I even start to believe I’ve changed enough to deserve her. I’ve got my eye on the future, and I’m letting my past stay where it belongs. But the thing about the past… it always comes back to bite you when you least expect it. For fans of: Helena Hunting, Elle Kennedy, Lauren Asher, Emily Henry, Avon Gale, Toni Aleo, Kristen Callihan, LJ Shen, Jana Aston, Karina Halle, Meghan March, Jay Crownover, Anna Todd, Geneva Lee, Audrey Carlan, Jill Shalvis, Helen Hoang, Christina Lauren, Sally Thorne, Penny Reid, Julia Kent, Kelly Jamieson, Kendall Ryan, Kennedy Ryan, Lauren Blakely, Lexi Ryan, Jen Frederick, Sara Ney, Nana Malone. Keywords: basketball, basketball romance, sports romance, new adult romance, sexy romance, steamy romance, valley u basketball, alpha males, alpha romance, roommates, one night stand, college romance, fake relationship.