The Official Filthy Rich Handbook
Title | The Official Filthy Rich Handbook PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Tennant |
Publisher | Workman Publishing |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2008-01-01 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 0761147039 |
A hilarious guide to the world of the very rich furnishes whimsical advice on how to live large in the land of plenty, covering everything from the difference between a butler and a majordomo to guidelines on bodyguards, cosmetic procedures, and the world's best party locales. Original.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Title | How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Mohsin Hamid |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 2013-03-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 110160378X |
"Mr. Hamid reaffirms his place as one of his generation's most inventive and gifted writers." –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A globalized version of The Great Gatsby . . . [Hamid's] book is nearly that good." –Alan Cheuse, NPR "Marvelous and moving." –TIME Magazine From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Exit West, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for wealth and love His first two novels established Mohsin Hamid as a radically inventive storyteller with his finger on the world’s pulse. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia meets that reputation—and exceeds it. The astonishing and riveting tale of a man’s journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, it steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by ambitious youths all over “rising Asia.” It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on that most fluid, and increasingly scarce, of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises along with his, their paths crossing and recrossing, a lifelong affair sparked and snuffed and sparked again by the forces that careen their fates along. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is a striking slice of contemporary life at a time of crushing upheaval. Romantic without being sentimental, political without being didactic, and spiritual without being religious, it brings an unflinching gaze to the violence and hope it depicts. And it creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change.
True Prep
Title | True Prep PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Birnbach |
Publisher | Knopf |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2011-11-01 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 0375712011 |
The author of "The Official Preppy Handbook" evaluates the world of preppies thirty years later, tracing how this generation has adapted to such modern challenges as the Internet, cell phones, and political correctness.
Class
Title | Class PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Fussell |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0671792253 |
This book describes the living-room artifacts, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from top to bottom.
Underground Piping Handbook
Title | Underground Piping Handbook PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence A. Peggs |
Publisher | Steve Parish |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN |
Somebody To Love
Title | Somebody To Love PDF eBook |
Author | Kristan Higgins |
Publisher | HQN Books |
Pages | 430 |
Release | 2012-04-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0373776586 |
Parker Welles, a single mother whose family has just lost everything, finds love in an unexpected place when she travels to Maine to sell her lone possession, a decrepit house in need of repair.
Used and Rare
Title | Used and Rare PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Goldstone |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2010-04-01 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 0312207492 |
Journey into the world of book collecting with the Goldstones-rediscover the joy of reading, laugh, and fall in love with books all over again. The idea that books had stories associated with them that had nothing to do with the stories inside them was new to us. We had always valued the history, the world of ideas contained between the covers of a book or, as in the case of The Night Visitor, some special personal significance. Now, for the first time, we began to appreciate that there was a history and a world of ideas embodied by the books themselves. Part travel story, part love story, and part memoir, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone's Used and Rare provides a delightful love letter to book lovers everywhere.