A Tiger's Tale of a Born Loser
Author: Ralph Spencer
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2003-10
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781563118593
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Born Losers
Author: Scott A. Sandage
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2006-04-30
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780674015104
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What makes somebody a Loser, a person doomed to unfulfilled dreams and humiliation? Nobody is born to lose, and yet failure embodies our worst fears. The Loser is our national bogeyman, and his history over the past two hundred years reveals the dark side of success, how economic striving reshaped the self and soul of America. From colonial days to the Columbine tragedy, Scott Sandage explores how failure evolved from a business loss into a personality deficit, from a career setback to a gauge of our self-worth. From hundreds of private diaries, family letters, business records, and even early credit reports, Sandage reconstructs the dramas of real-life Willy Lomans. He unearths their confessions and denials, foolish hopes and lost faith, sticking places and changing times. Dreamers, suckers, and nobodies come to life in the major scenes of American history, like the Civil War and the approach of big business, showing how the national quest for success remade the individual ordeal of failure. Born Losers is a pioneering work of American cultural history, which connects everyday attitudes and anxieties about failure to lofty ideals of individualism and salesmanship of self. Sandage's storytelling will resonate with all of us as it brings to life forgotten men and women who wrestled with The Loser--the label and the experience--in the days when American capitalism was building a nation of winners.
TLA Video & DVD Guide 2005
Author: David Bleiler
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2004-10
Total Pages: 817
ISBN-13: 0312316909
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This 2005 edition of the annual critical guide that focuses on independent and international films as well as the best in the mainstream contains reviews for more than 10,000 films, more than 300 photos, a comprehensive selection of cinema from more than 50 countries, and much more.
Loser/Queen
Author: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-12-21
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781416996477
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Cammy Hall is what anyone would describe as a loser. She lives with her grandparents and has adopted their way of life… right down to the comfortable shoes and early bedtime. And can she help it that she actually likes to knit? At school, her skills with knitting needles and some yarn go completely unappreciated: people like Bekka Bell reign while Cammy and her best friend, the fearless Danish exchange student Gerdi, watch from the sidelines. Cammy’s used to being an outsider; after years of humiliating moments, her goal is simply to fly under the radar. Then she suddenly starts receiving mysterious text messages that lead her right to all the embarrassing secrets about the most popular kids in school. Cammy never expected to be able to climb up the high school food chain, and the agenda of the texter may be questionable—but how can she possibly give up the chance to be Queen? This is the print version of the groundbreaking online interactive serial LOSER/QUEEN that premiered in July 2010 on www.loserqueen.com. Each week, readers voted on major plot twists. The winning choice was then encorporated into the next week's chapters. Now that voting—and the book—are complete, LOSER/QUEEN will be published as a paperback and packed with extras from the author… and readers will have the opportunity to own the book they helped create! Jodi Lynn Anderson, the national bestselling author of Peaches and The Secrets of Peaches, has lived in Georgia, Costa Rica, and New York, but she currently lives in Washington, D.C. Brittney Lee is a designer and animator. She lives in Emeryville, CA.
The Buying and Selling of America's Newspapers
Author: Loren Ghiglione
Publisher: R. J. Berg Company
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 224
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Author: Gale Group
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Published: 2000-08
Total Pages: 1830
ISBN-13: 9781578591206
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Containing the most extensive listing of movies available on video and a multitude of cross-referencing within its 10 primary indexes, this new edition includes 1,000 new movies (23,000 in all), expanded indexing, a fresh new introduction and more of the beloved categories.
Taoist Astrology
Author: Susan Levitt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1997-06-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1620550636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This guide brings Chinese astrology back to its ancient roots, providing all the information you need for understanding one of the world's oldest systems of divination. The ancient Chinese people developed a sophisticated science of astrology that continues to have profound influence in China today. Rooted in the fundamentals of Taoism, it evolved into a system vastly different from Western astrology. Rather than determining personality by the time of the year in which you are born, in Taoist astrology it is the year itself that determines your character. The years form a twelve-year cycle of signs, each named after an animal. Additionally, your personality depends on which of the five traditional Taoist elements you are born under--water, wood, fire, earth, or metal. This makes for a cycle of sixty unique signs. Taoist Astrology includes information for each sign's personality, compatibility, child-parent relations, and rising and falling fortunes during the twelve-year cycle. Discussions of yin and yang, Confucianism and Buddhism, Taoist alchemy, and the connection between Taoist astrology and Western astrology give you all the background you need for understanding one of the oldest systems of divination known to humanity. Taoist Astrology differs from other books on the subject by grounding its concepts in the ancient traditions from which it originated.
The Born Losers
TLA Film, Video, and DVD Guide 2002-2003
Author: David Bleiler
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2001-11-03
Total Pages: 785
ISBN-13: 0312282095
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A film, video, and DVD guide for the true lover of the cinema, this volume focuses on independent and international films as well as the best of the mainstream. 450 photos throughout.
Mishmi Folk Tales of Lohit Valley
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Publisher: Mittal Publications
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9788183241069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Collection of folk tales, originating in Mishmi language, and retold in English, pravalent in regions surrounding the Lohit River Valley, located in Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
