The Death Of A Civil Servant

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : Alma Books
ISBN 13 : 0714545732
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of a Civil Servant written by Anton Chekhov and published by Alma Books. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Death of a Civil Servant', an administrative clerk accidentally sneezes on a hierarchical superior at the opera, which results in great embarrassment and hilarious and futile attempts at atonement. The other short stories included in this volume, 'A Calculated Marriage', 'The Culprit', 'The Exclamation Mark', 'The Speech-Maker', 'Who Is to Blame?' and 'A Defenceless Creature' are in the same absurdly comical vein.This short collection shows Chekhov in an amusing, playful light, poking fun at the greed, sycophancy and ignorance of his characters, with the moral detachment that also characterizes his major, serious works.

Author : Jamil Ahmad
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0670085332
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wandering Falcon written by Jamil Ahmad and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2011 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boy known as Tor Baz—the black falcon —wanders between tribes. He meets men who fight under different flags, and women who risk everything if they break their society’s code of honour. Where has he come from, and where will destiny take him? Set in the decades before the rise of the Taliban, Jamil Ahmad’s stunning debut takes us to the essence of human life in the forbidden areas where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet. Today the ‘tribal areas’ are often spoken about as a remote region, a hotbed of conspiracies, drone attacks and conflict. In The Wandering Falcon, this highly traditional, honour-bound culture is revealed from the inside for the first time. With rare tenderness and perception, Jamil Ahmad describes a world of custom and cruelty, of love and gentleness, of hardship and survival; a fragile, unforgiving world that is changing as modern forces make themselves known. With the fate-defying story of Tor Baz, he has written an unforgettable novel of insight, compassion and timeless wisdom. It is true, I am neither a Mahsud nor a Wazir. But I can tell you as little about who I am as I can about who I shall be. Think of Tor Baz as your hunting falcon. That should be enough.

Author : American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781590318737
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Author : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Publisher : Hesperus Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843911746
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Exclamation Mark written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by Hesperus Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A civil servant stands accused of not understanding the rules of punctuation. He begins to go through the correct use of commas and semicolons before arriving at the exclamation mark, which, he realizes, in 40 years of writing, he has never used. From here he develops a bizarre and paranoid fantasy in which everyday objects transform into malevolent exclamation marks. Written when Chekhov was on the verge of becoming a literary celebrity, this is an enlightening new selection that reveals the author’s often neglected comic talents.

Author : Xiaofang Wang
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 : 9780734399588
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civil Servant's Notebook written by Xiaofang Wang and published by Viking. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dongzhou City needs a new Mayor. Government corridors are awash with rumor and subterfuge as the local Communist Party mandarins go through the motions of selecting a candidate. Dangerous factions begin to form around the two contenders, Liu Yihe and Peng Guoliang. Devious plots, seduction, blackmail and bribery are all on the table in a no-holds-barred scramble for political prestige and personal gain. At the center of it all is a notebook whose pages contain information they shouldn't. Penned by a former insider, this book offers a glimpse into the distorted psyches of those who roam the guarded halls of Chinese political power. "Serve the people" is just about the last thing on their minds.

Author : Mark Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317318048
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945–85 written by Mark Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years following World War II the health and well-being of the nation was of primary concern to the British government. The essays in this collection examine the relationship between health and stress in post-war Britain through a series of carefully connected case studies.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CSRS and FERS Handbook for Personnel and Payroll Offices written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Wright
Publisher : CNIB
ISBN 13 : 9780773671836
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spycatcher [sound Recording] : the Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer written by Peter Wright and published by CNIB. This book was released on 1988 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Oliver Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781414010397
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civil Servant written by James Oliver Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Final Curve On a rainy Sunday night before the convening of the Georgia General Assembly, Henry Perkins, fired and disgraced former mail services director in the Office of Secretary of State, loses control of his car and plunges to his death. Ten years later three prominent legislators, former co-workers who had a hand in his dismissal, die in car accidents almost in a re-creation of his death. Is it mishap or murder? Marcus Norwood, the governor's ruthless chief of staff, has a terrible secret to hide. House Secretary, Renae Stewart, is harboring a strong desire for revenge. Representative Randy Joe Reynolds is a vicious racist who will risk everything to promote his twisted agenda and protect the legacy of his peach empire. Lena Lawrence is the seductive legislative aide, whose insatiable lust for love and power may drive her over the edge. The Final Curve is a compelling, suspenseful and fictional tale of love, lies and deception with a glimpse of government and history under the gold dome.

Author : Michael Frayn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350013447
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sneeze written by Michael Frayn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn, The Sneeze introduces readers to a less familiar selection of work by one of the greatest precursors of modern drama. First published in 1989, this reissue includes The Sneeze; The Alien Corn; The Bear; The Evils of Tobacco; The Inspector-General; Swan Song; The Prospect, and Plots. Michael Frayn's translations of Chekhov's work marry the expertise of the translator with the innate understanding of a master dramatist and are widely regarded as the truest, most authentic renderings of Chekhov's work: 'His keen imaginative sympathy with the great Russian dramatist extends beyond translation . . . But translation is an art at which he excels.' Spectator