Foe

Author : Iain Reid
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501127454
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foe written by Iain Reid and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Now a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal* A taut, psychological thriller from Iain Reid, “one of the most talented purveyors of weird, dark narratives in contemporary fiction” (Los Angeles Review of Books). Severe climate change has ravaged the country, leaving behind a charred wasteland. Junior and Henrietta live a comfortable if solitary life on one of the last remaining farms. Their private existence is disturbed the day a stranger comes to the door with alarming news. Junior has been randomly selected to travel far away from the farm, but the most unusual part is that arrangements have already been made so that when he leaves, Henrietta won’t have a chance to miss him. She won’t be left alone—not even for a moment. Henrietta will have company. Familiar company. Told in Iain Reid’s sparse, biting style, Foe is a “mind-bending and genre-defying work of genius” (Liz Nugent, author of Unraveling Oliver) that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

Author : J. M. Coetzee
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524705497
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foe written by J. M. Coetzee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the same electrical intensity of language and insight that he brought to Waiting for the Barbarians, J.M. Coetzee reinvents the story of Robinson Crusoe—and in so doing, directs our attention to the seduction and tyranny of storytelling itself. J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays of Jesus, is now available from Viking. Late Essays: 2006-2016 will be available January 2018. In 1720 the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe is approached by Susan Barton, lately a castaway on a desert island. She wants him to tell her story, and that of the enigmatic man who has become her rescuer, companion, master and sometimes lover: Cruso. Cruso is dead, and his manservant, Friday, is incapable of speech. As she tries to relate the truth about him, the ambitious Barton cannot help turning Cruso into her invention. For as narrated by Foe—as by Coetzee himself—the stories we thought we knew acquire depths that are at once treacherous, elegant, and unexpectedly moving.

Author : Adam Galinsky
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 030772025X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friend & Foe written by Adam Galinsky and published by Currency. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to succeed? This question has fueled a long-running debate. Some have argued that humans are fundamentally competitive, and that pursuing self-interest is the best way to get ahead. Others claim that humans are born to cooperate and that we are most successful when we collaborate with others. In FRIEND AND FOE, researchers Galinsky and Schweitzer explain why this debate misses the mark. Rather than being hardwired to compete or cooperate, we have evolved to do both. In every relationship, from co-workers to friends to spouses to siblings we are both friends and foes. It is only by learning how to strike the right balance between these two forces that we can improve our long-term relationships and get more of what we want. Here, Galinsky and Schweitzer draw on original, cutting edge research from their own labs and from across the social sciences as well as vivid real-world examples to show how to maximize success in work and in life by deftly navigating the tension between cooperation and competition. They offer insights and advice ranging from: how to gain power and keep it, how to build trust and repair trust once it’s broken, how to diffuse workplace conflict and bias, how to find the right comparisons to motivate us and make us happier, and how to succeed in negotiations – ensuring that we achieve our own goals and satisfy those of our counterparts. Along the way, they pose and offer surprising answers to a number of perplexing puzzles: when does too much talent undermine success; why can acting less competently gain you status and authority, where do many gender differences in the workplace really come from, how can you use deception to build trust, and why do you want to go last on American Idol and in many interview situations, but make the first offer when negotiating the sale of a new car. We perform at our very best when we hold cooperation and competition in the right balance. This book is a guide for navigating our social and professional worlds by learning when to cooperate as a friend and when to compete as a foe—and how to be better at both.

Author : Michael Morpurgo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780008641160
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friend Or Foe written by Michael Morpurgo and published by . This book was released on 2024-08-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friend or Foe is a gripping World War II story from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

Author : Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395730812
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire written by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses forest fires and the effect that they have on both people and the natural world.

Author : John Ringo
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1618246380
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manxome Foe written by John Ringo and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Startling Innovations. Cool Space Ships. Evil Alien Butt Blasted to Smithereens! Outpost Attack! Gateway HD 36951 lies in ruins. All survivors slaughtered. A single, truncated message sent back to Earth. Something very bad indeed is afoot, and the A.S.S. Vorpal Blade (reanuclear submarine converted to warp-drive space ship) is sent to investigate. But the ferocious, voracious enemy Dreen wait for no man (or other carbon-based lifeform), and the Blade and her crew are soon the only hope for an alien species pushed to the brink of extinction. Turn back and abandon a new ally or face a heavily-armed Dreen destroyer head on. For the Blade's rough-and-ready crew, it's no contest. And now, with an infusion of technical know-how from humanity's new ally, chaos itself has become a weapon! New York Times and USA Today multiple best-seller John Ringo joins with NASA and DOD consultant Travis S. Taylor ¾ author of Warp Speed and The Quantum Connection At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo." ¾Philadelphia Weekly Press on New York Times multiple best-seller John Ringo. "[T]his thoroughly enjoyable ride should appeal to techno-thriller fans as well as to military SF buffs." ¾Publishers Weekly on John Ringo and Travis S. Taylor's Into the Looking Glass.

Author : Polly Platt
Publisher : Culture Crossings Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Or Foe? written by Polly Platt and published by Culture Crossings Limited. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the etiquette, social life and customs in France from a humoristic perspective.

Author : Edward Green
Publisher : Windheim Publishing Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781732792012
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hannibal's Foe written by Edward Green and published by Windheim Publishing Incorporated. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannibal, a name used to terrify millions. Long before that pale shade Lecter came on the scene, the original Hannibal shook the foundations of the ancient world. Do you remember who defeated him? Few remember. But those who do never forget. You can Ride with the Legion. You can fight the Carthaginian hordes in desperate battles. You can risk daring rescues. You can escape from an enemy's grasp. You can survive defeat to fight another day. Read the exciting real-life story that reads like a Hollywood action movie script. Only it's true. Richard Sharpe. Horatio Hornblower. Jack Aubrey. All fictional characters. Try a little history in your Historical Fiction. Read about the man who really did it all, and lived to tell the tale. Grab your gladius and a copy of Hannibal's Foe today.

Author : Hannah S. Campbell
Publisher : Cartoon Network Books
ISBN 13 : 0399542728
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ultimate Foe-Down Activity Book written by Hannah S. Campbell and published by Cartoon Network Books. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defeat the baddies of Cartoon Network's comedy adventure show Mighty Magiswords in this sticker activity book! Being a Warrior-for-Hire is challenging enough without a bunch of rascally ne'er-do-wells running around causing extra trouble. Help Prohyas and Vambre take on some of their most persistent enemies like Witch Way, Hoppus, Nohyas, and many more in this 32-page sticker and activity book. Packed with puzzles, quizzes, games, and two sheets of stickers, this book contains hours of foe-vanquishing fun!

Author : Iain Reid
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 150112692X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I'm Thinking of Ending Things written by Iain Reid and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake and a woman known only as The Girlfriend are taking a long drive to meet his parents at their secluded farm. But when Jake takes a sudden detour, leaving The Girlfriend stranded at a deserted high school, the story transforms into a twisted combination of the darkest unease, psychological frailty, and a look into the limitations of solitude.