Forever 51

Author : Pamela Skjolsvik
Publisher : Fawkes Press
ISBN 13 : 1945419636
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forever 51 written by Pamela Skjolsvik and published by Fawkes Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veronica is eternally fifty-one years old with a proclivity for problematic drinking. Like most hormonally challenged women negotiating the change of life, she is a hot mess. To retain her sanity, she attends weekly AA meetings and adheres to a strict diet of organic, locally-sourced, (mostly) cruelty-free human blood from the hospice facility where she works. Her life stopped being fun about a hundred years ago, right about the time her teenage daughter stole her soul and took off for California with a hot, older guy. These days, Veronica’s existence is just that – an existence, as flat and empty as her own non-reflection in the bathroom mirror. When her estranged daughter contacts her via Facebook, Veronica learns that she has one chance to escape her eternal personal summer: she must find and apologize to every one of the people she’s turned into vampires in the last century. That is, if they’re still out there. With raging hormones and a ticking clock, Veronica embarks on a last-ditch road trip to regain her mortality, reclaim her humanity, and ultimately, die on her own terms.

Author : Oliver Buckton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498567584
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Many Facets of Diamonds Are Forever written by Oliver Buckton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diamonds Are Forever—the fourth James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, published in 1956—is widely recognized as one of the most intriguing and original works in the 007 series. With its exciting settings including West Africa, Las Vegas, and the horse-racing center of Saratoga Springs, the novel explores the thrilling themes of diamond smuggling, gambling, gangsters, sex, and espionage. Moreover, the novel is unique in being set outside the conventional Cold War milieu of other Fleming novels, allowing readers to explore Fleming’s views of America without reference to its Cold War antagonist, the Soviet Union. This collection of essays is the first to explore Fleming’s novel in depth, as well as delve into the remarkable 1971 film adaptation directed by Guy Hamilton (who also directed Goldfinger), and starring Sean Connery in his final “official” appearance as 007. Updating Fleming’s novel for the post-1960s culture of sexual liberation and mass-market consumerism, Hamilton’s film departs from the novel by introducing Ernst Stavro Blofeld—the head of SPECTRE and James Bond’s nemesis—as the arch-villain. The ten original essays in this collection focus on diverse themes such as the central role of Tiffany Case—one of Fleming’s most memorable “Bond girls”—in novel and film; Fleming’s fascination with diamonds, reflected in this novels intertextual connections to the non-fiction book The Diamond Smugglers; the author’s ambivalent relationship with American culture; the literary style of Diamonds Are Forever, including its generic status as a “Hollywood novel”; and the role of homosexuality in the novel and film versions of Diamonds Are Forever. Bringing together established Bond scholars and new emerging critics, this collection offers unique insight into one of the most influential works of modern popular culture, casting new light on the many facets of Diamonds Are Forever.

Author : Kathy Reichs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439102449
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bones Are Forever written by Kathy Reichs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, a producer of the Fox hit show Bones, is back with her fifteenth "pulse-pounding" (Publishers Weekly) novel featuring North America's favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan--a story of infanticide and murder set in the high stakes, high danger world of diamond mining. Beneath a diamond's perfect surface lies a story of violence and greed. Just like bones... In a run-down Montreal apartment, Tempe finds heartbreaking evidence of three innocent lives ended. The landlord says Alma Rogers lives there--is she the same woman who checked into a city hospital as Amy Roberts, then fled before doctors could treat her uncontrolled bleeding? Is she Alva Rodriguez, sought by a man who appeared at the crime scene? Heading up an investigation crackling with the sexual tension of past intimacies, Tempe leads homicide detective Andrew Ryan and police sergeant Ollie Hasty along the woman's trail and into the farthest reaches of mining country--where the grim industry of unearthing diamonds exacts a price in blood. And where the truths the unlikely trio uncovers are more sinister than they could have imagined.

Author : Maurice S. Rawlings
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1606470108
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Live Forever written by Maurice S. Rawlings and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barring devastating accidents and disseminated cancer, man usually dies because of the failure of just one organ. Theoretically, through progressive replacement of failing organs, man could live forever and veritably spout the fountain of youth for the first time in history. However, a critical four-hour survival time between organ donor and recipient is a limiting factor for making organ replacement feasible. To start the fountain flowing, to offer transplantation on demand, and to anticipate over-flowing demands, would require one of the greatest discoveries of the decade-a simple means for organ preservation. Through meticulous research and happenstance, Dr. Frederick Middleton does indeed discover a unique freeze-dry formula to preserve organs without fracturing the cell walls, so invariably typical of any freezing or thawing process. But, as with all things good, a profiteering underworld soon corrupts the organ exchange business, garnering fortunes from trusting recipients who hopefully would give most anything they own for one just more fling at life. Within this milieu, this struggle for life, lies a stream of patients whose heart-rending stories question traditional concepts for dealing with the dying. UPDATED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Maurice S. Rawlings, M.D. - Physician to President Dwight Eisenhower - Physician to Joint Chiefs of Staff - Assoc. Clinical Professor of Medicine, Univ. of Tennessee - National Teaching Faculty, American Heart Association - Medical Director, Aventis and ZLB Bio-science Laboratories - Author of Beyond Death's Door, Before Death Comes, Life Wish, and To Hell and Back. (Multiple languages. The first and last publications were also made into movies). - Fellow, American Colleges of Cardiology, Angiology and Chest Physicians - Diplomat, American Board of Cardiology - Chairman, TVA Medical Retirement Board - Pilot, Instrument, Multi-engine

Author : Michael Gilfix
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469187345
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beat Estate Tax Forever written by Michael Gilfix and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " I worked all my life to build what I have. I'll be damned if I'll let it all go out the window on my death." B. T., a client of the Gilfix and La Poll office "Protect $5 million or $10 million this year?! Amazing. And Gilfix explains how accessible it is." Andy Cohen, CEO, Caring.com " Thanks for showing us how to keep everything for our kids and, better yet, for our grandkids!" G. C., a client of the Gilfix and La Poll office A must read if your estate is over $1 million.

Author : Judy Blume
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416934006
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forever . . . written by Judy Blume and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-04-24 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two high school seniors believe their love to be so strong that it will last forever.

Author : Darlene Shortridge
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1617392448
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Until Forever written by Darlene Shortridge and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was something she would never forgive herself for... it wasn't until lunchtime that Jessi remembered to call home. No answer. She tried calling several times while she ate her lunch. Still no answer. She closed her eyes and rested her arms and head on her desk. She breathed deeply, wishing she had remembered to call earlier. Until Forever is a story of a young family that is torn apart by the devastating effects of alcoholism. Can healing take place in a relationship when an unforgivable act is committed? Will Jessi's pain and Mark's guilt keep them apart forever, or will unforeseen circumstances bind them together? 'Darlene is an extremely gifted and exciting new author. Her story of a family suffering and growing and changing manages to leap beyond the clichés of the genre and stand as an original work.' -Cliff Graham, Author of Day of War 'Until Forever delves into the difficult realms of reconciliation, redemption, and forgiveness. Shortridge illustrates a story that is at times poignant and compelling. I found myself vicariously experiencing Jessi and Mark's tragic loss and desperately wanted them to be fully healed and restored. If you battle with the perception that you are unconditionally loved and forgiven by God, this novel is for you.' -Jeral Davis, Author of Tomorrow

Author : Kieran Flanagan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0730359190
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forever Skills written by Kieran Flanagan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What skills will matter most for work, business and life in the future? Where should you focus your energy and effort when the world is changing at an extraordinary rate? How can you future proof yourself, your organisation and your kids? In this ground-breaking book Kieran Flanagan and Dan Gregory have interviewed hundreds of successful business people, educators, futurists, economists and historians to uncover the key skills that will always be critical to success in business and in life. Where most futurists increase your sense of panic and anxiety with dystopian images of the not-too-distant future characterised by Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking our jobs, algorithms hacking our most private moments and Austrian-accented cyborgs raising our children, Kieran and Dan remind us that we need to look beyond the things changing around us and focus on the things that won’t change within us. Identify the skills you have that will always be relevant Gain insight from business leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, sport leaders and more Learn why each skill matters, and how to make it stronger Discover the things that won’t change as we inch toward the future These 12 FOREVER SKILLS are designed to set you up for whatever the future may throw at you plus help you get more success in your work and life, today.

Author : John E. Findling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598846221
Total Pages : 1455 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Happened? An Encyclopedia of Events That Changed America Forever [4 volumes] written by John E. Findling and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 1455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and highly readable collection of essays highlights 50 important events that changed the course of American history. What Happened? An Encyclopedia of Events That Changed America Forever is designed to introduce beginning U.S. history students and lay readers to the most significant events in the nation's history. More than that, it also will give readers insight into why a particular event is important. This book consists of 50 chapters in four volumes, each dealing with a critically important event in American history from the 17th century to the present. Each chapter includes a factual essay on the subject prepared by John Findling or Frank Thackeray. The factual material is augmented with an interpretive essay on the same subject, written by a specialist in the field. Through this juxtaposition, readers can learn not only about the who, what, and where of an event, but also why it is important in the sweep of American history.

Author : Gabriel Wyner
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 038534810X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fluent Forever written by Gabriel Wyner and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.