The Rig
Title | The Rig PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Ducie |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0544503112 |
In this action-packed fantastically-imagined thriller, fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed him at the Rig, a specialist juvenile holding facility in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. No one can escape from the Rig. But Will Drake likes a challenge . . .
The Rig
Title | The Rig PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Levy |
Publisher | Titan Books (US, CA) |
Pages | 567 |
Release | 2018-05-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1785655647 |
On a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with unbelievable ramifications. One man survives the vicious attacks, but is left with a morbid fascination with death; the perfect candidate for the perilous job of working on a rig. Welcome to the System. Here the concept of a god has been abandoned, and a new faith pervades: AfterLife, a social media platform that allows subscribers a chance at resurrection, based on the votes of other users. So many Lives, forever interlinked, and one structure at the centre of it all: the rig.
The Three Little Rigs
Title | The Three Little Rigs PDF eBook |
Author | David Gordon |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2005-05-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0060581182 |
"Little rig, little rig, let me come in!" "Not by the chrome on my chinny chin chin." "Then I’ll crash and I’ll bash and I’ll smash your house in." When the three little rigs set out to build their own garages, each one thinks that his is going to be the strongest. But then the big bad wrecking ball comes to call and threatens to smash their new homes to smithereens. The brothers learn that it’s only by bravery and teamwork that they can win the day. A comic sequel to the ugly truckling.
How to Rig an Election
Title | How to Rig an Election PDF eBook |
Author | Nic Cheeseman |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2024-07-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0300280831 |
An engrossing analysis of the pseudo-democratic methods employed by despots around the world to retain control Contrary to what is commonly believed, authoritarian leaders who agree to hold elections are generally able to remain in power longer than autocrats who refuse to allow the populace to vote. In this engaging and provocative book, Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas expose the limitations of national elections as a means of promoting democratization, and reveal the six essential strategies that dictators use to undermine the electoral process in order to guarantee victory for themselves. Based on their firsthand experiences as election watchers and their hundreds of interviews with presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, election officials, and conspirators, Cheeseman and Klaas document instances of election rigging from Argentina to Zimbabwe, including notable examples from Brazil, India, Nigeria, Russia, and the United States—touching on the 2016 election. This eye-opening study offers a sobering overview of corrupted professional politics, while providing fertile intellectual ground for the development of new solutions for protecting democracy from authoritarian subversion.
The Rig Veda
Title | The Rig Veda PDF eBook |
Author | Wendy Doniger |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2005-03-31 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0141923989 |
The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda (c. 1200-900 BC) is a collection of over 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides a unique insight into early Indian mythology, religion and culture. This selection of 108 of the hymns, chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, focuses on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, the sacred plant soma and the gods. Inspirational and profound, it provides a fascinating introduction to one of the founding texts of Hindu scripture - an awesome and venerable ancient work of Vedic ritual, prayer, philosophy, legend and faith.
Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs...She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse
Title | Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs...She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Carter |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2005-08-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1741153816 |
'Great two-fisted writing from the far side of hell.' - John Birmingham, bestselling author of He Died with a Felafel in his Hand 'A unique look at a gritty game. Relentlessly funny and obsessively readable.' - Phillip Noyce, director of The Quiet American and Clear and Present Danger Paul Carter has been shot at, hijacked and held hostage. He's almost died of dysentery in Asia and toothache in Russia, watched a Texan lose his mind in the jungles of Asia, lost a lot of money backing a mouse against a scorpion in a fight to the death, and been served cocktails by an orang-utan on an ocean freighter. And that's just his day job. Taking postings in some of the world's wildest and most remote regions, not to mention some of the roughest oil rigs on the planet, Paul has worked, gotten into trouble and been given serious talkings to in locations as far-flung as the North Sea, Middle East, Borneo and Tunisia, as exotic as Sumatera, Vietnam and Thailand, and as flat out dangerous as Columbia, Nigeria and Russia, with some of the maddest, baddest and strangest people you could ever hope not to meet. Strap yourself in for an exhilarating, crazed, sometimes terrifying, usually bloody funny ride through one man's adventures in the oil trade. When not getting into trouble on the rigs Paul lives a quiet life in Sydney.
The Rig Veda
Title | The Rig Veda PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph T. H. Griffith, Translator |
Publisher | Library of Alexandria |
Pages | 1187 |
Release | |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1465579494 |