Ross Perot who lost $450 million in one day, Saul Steinberg's attempt to take over Chemical Bank, and the fall of America's "Last Gatsby, " Eddie Gilbert. Included are the stories of such high-profile personalities as H. It was a time when greed drove the market and fast money was being made and lost as the "go-go" stocks surged and plunged. You read it because it is a wonderful description of the way things were in a different time and place." -From the Foreword by Michael Lewis The Go-Go Years is the harrowing and humorous story of the growth stocks of the 1960s and how their meteoric rise caused a multitude of small investors to thrive until the devastating market crashes in the 1970s. You do not read this book to see our present situation reenacted in the past, with only the names changed. The Go-Go Years "The Go-Go Years is not to be read in the usual manner of Wall Street classics.
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Nikki has the perfect solution: to hire a fake boyfriend. But she has no time to meet men or to try the newest dating app, she’s too busy working as a video producer for an advertising agency. Nikki can’t possibly survive an entire week trapped home as the family’s spinster. No one wants to be single at the holidays.Įven Little Miss Grinch, Nikki, a successful and independent woman, must face her bachelorette status at the most horrible time of the year.ĭecember is her personal version of holly-jolly hell: a merry torture made of couples kissing at every corner, forced vacation days, and an inescapable family reunion.Īnd when her baby sister announces she’s engaged-to Paul, the man Nikki is secretly in love with-and that he’s spending the holidays with them, Christmas starts looking bluer than ever. When Liam’s and Parker’s lives collide, the ugly truth about who they really are, and who they hope to become reveals itself when they least expect it. Rather than break away from his father’s standards, he finds himself mindlessly pursuing them, in turn sacrificing anything that would actually make him happy. Sure, he’s a partner in one of New York’s most prestigious law firms, but he’ll never be more than a failure in the eyes of his boss, his father. His plan works perfectly until one day when Parker Ryan threatens to expose his carefully concealed world. Hiding who he is, where he’s from, why he’s running, and especially who he’s left behind, Liam has run away from everything he’s ever known. Hell-bent on erasing any memories of his previous life, he knows that starting over is all he can do. That’s what he wants everyone to believe, anyway. Both are written in a style that is, if not challenging, then definitely demanding of one’s full attention. Both are set in the past and involve a murder mystery. Superficially they have so many similarities: both are translations, one from Turkish and one from Italian. This book reminds me a lot of The Name of the Rose. The time is the past and the setting is, as always, that battleground between change and tradition. Centred around a workshop of miniaturists who are working on a somewhat controversial book for the Sultan, My Name is Red dips into some of the questions raised in the sixteenth century as the Ottoman Empire continued to coexist uneasily next to the Christian nations of Western Europe. From there, Orhan Pamuk goes on to hop perspectives every chapter, weaving a story of magic and mystery in sixteenth-century Istanbul. He hopes his murderer will be found and brought to justice (the more creative the better). Elegant Effendi describes the sensations of knowing he is dead, of his spirit decoupling from his body. My Name is Red opens with the voice of a dead man. The other, Sacré Bleu, was an irreverent “comedy d’art” by Christopher Moore. This is the second work of historical fiction I’ve read in a month that has a colour in its title and features art as a significant component of its story. You don't have to be an International footballer to make a difference – even the smallest changes can have the biggest impact. Marcus uses the power of his voice to shine a light on the injustices that he cares passionately about, and now he wants to help YOU find the power in yours! From surrounding yourself with the right team, to showing kindness to those around you, to celebrating and championing difference, You Can Do It shows you that your voice really does matter and that you can do anything you put your mind to. Now the nation's favourite footballer wants to show YOU how to achieve your dreams, in this positive and inspiring guide for life. Marcus Rashford MBE is famous worldwide for his skills both on and off the pitch – but before he was a Manchester United and England footballer, and long before he started his inspiring campaign to end child food poverty, he was just an ordinary kid from Wythenshawe, South Manchester. Inspired by true events, Muted is a fearless exploration of the dark side of the music industry, the business of exploitation, how a girl's dreams can be used against her - and what it takes to fight back. As the dream turns into a nightmare, she must make a choice: lose her big break, or get broken. Even the painful sacrifices and the lies the girls have to tell are all worth it.ĭenver begins to realize that she's trapped in Merc's world, struggling to hold on to her own voice. Unclick that mute button, be loud as hell, and recognize that there’s power in sharing your truthand it starts with protecting and believing Black women and girls. Merc gives them everything: parties, perks, wild nights - plus hours and hours in the recording studio. Tami Charles wrote Muted from a place of experience as a member of a 1990s R&B singing group. So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world, Sean "Mercury" Ellis. Muted by Tami Charles A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown. A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds!įor seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Aethelbald in this book was a Christ like character, he wasn’t Christ but just an allegory of Him. We all seek after the “lovers” we think we love when really Aethelbald a.k.a Jesus Christ is there offering us uncontrollable love. I loved the allegory in it too.Īlso can I just say that I got very frustrated with Una at multiple points in this, but then realized how similar we all are to her. This entire book was so beautiful and very well written. If you were to ask me why I love this book so much, I honestly couldn’t tell you why. Oh my word…….THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING!!!!!! Why have I not read it before now?!?! Timeless Fantasy That Will Keep You Spellbound Only those courageous enough to risk everything have a hope of fighting off this advancing evil. Soon the Dragon King himself is in Parumvir and Una, in giving her heart away unwisely, finds herself in his sights. Una, smitten instead with a more dashing prince, refuses Aethelbald’s offer–and ignores his cautions with dire consequences. A dragon is rumored to be on the hunt and blazing a path of terror. Prince Aethelbald of mysterious Farthestshore has travelled a great distance to prove his love–and also to bring hushed warnings of danger. She dreams of a charming prince, but when her first suitor arrives, he’s not what she’d hoped. Princess Una of Parumvir has come of age and will soon marry. Where You Can Buy It: Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Life Way, and Christian Book Genres: Christian, Fantasy, Romace, Allegory But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she’s instead somehow sucked into Rhen’s cursed world.Ī prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn’t know where she is or what to believe. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. Nothing has ever been easy for Harper Lacy. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Sequel: A Heart so Fierce and Broken – Out Now Synopsis (From GoodReads): Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy Romance, Retelling You walk around with a lesser gravity, a low-helium balloon the day after a birthday party.” “G” is the name of a story and the name of the drug the narrator of the story takes with her best friend, Bonnie, on her last night in New York. The sensation of invisibility is one of floating. “Without question, the best part of taking G is the beginning. (There are echoes of Ma’s debut novel, in which a pandemic turns people into zombies that repeat the same everyday action over and over.) In the stories that follow, Ma uses elements of the fantastic but grounds them in a reality that is more recognizably our own. This piece feels uncanny in the Freudian sense-as if it is peopled not by actual humans but by ghosts or automata. The husband’s dialogue is rendered in dollar signs. Her hundred ex-boyfriends live in the “largest but ugliest wing.” While the narrator takes these past lovers on outings to Moon Juice and LACMA, the husband works at an investment firm. The narrator of “Los Angeles” lives with her husband, their children, and the children’s au pairs in the east and west wings of their home. Short stories from the author of Severance, winner of the 2018 Kirkus Prize for fiction. For those who wish to reconsider whether or not there is indeed room for faith, The Last Superstition provides an eloquent response to some challenging notions about our modern world. With its meticulous review of history and clear reasoning, this book will appeal to both academics and casual readers alike. Meticulously researched, The Last Superstition makes an irrefutable case for rational argument against those who deny both philosophy and faith.įor anyone wishing to understand why atheism falls short of its considerable claims, The Last Superstition presents a persuasive and rational explanation. He demonstrates why it is misguided to prioritize such ideas over traditional moral systems, seeking instead to uncover and restore a belief in something greater and beyond ourselves. Using careful reasoning and logic, Feser refutes the notion of atheism as a valid path in life. In this book, Edward Feser argues that the new atheism which so often dominates discourse is based on an unfounded and mechanistic worldview-one which fails to properly acknowledge the fundamental teleological view of life espoused by the ancient philosophers. The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism offers a timely and thought-provoking rebuttal of modern atheism. 10 Problems in the Traditionalist Movement Check out best quotes by Edward Feser in various categories like The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism, Reason and Consciousness along with. |