Author: Tom Rachman
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385671040
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman's wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English language newspaper as they struggle to keep it - and themselves - afloat. Fifty years and many changes have ensued since the paper was founded by an enigmatic millionaire, and now, amid the stained carpeting and dingy office furniture, the staff's personal dramas seem far more important than the daily headlines. Kathleen, the imperious editor in chief, is smarting from a betrayal in her open marriage; Arthur, the lazy obituary writer, is transformed by a personal tragedy; Abby, the embattled financial officer, discovers that her job cuts and her love life are intertwined in a most unexpected way. Out in the field, a veteran Paris freelancer goes to desperate lengths for his next byline, while the new Cairo stringer is mercilessly manipulated by an outrageous war correspondent with an outsize ego. And in the shadows is the isolated young publisher who pays more attention to his prized basset hound, Schopenhauer, than to the fate of his family's quirky newspaper. As the era of print news gives way to the Internet age and this imperfect crew stumbles toward an uncertain future, the paper's rich history is revealed, including the surprising truth about its founder's intentions. Spirited, moving, and highly original, The Imperfectionists will establish Tom Rachman as one of our most perceptive, assured literary talents.
The Imperfectionists
Author: Tom Rachman
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385671040
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman's wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English language newspaper as they struggle to keep it - and themselves - afloat. Fifty years and many changes have ensued since the paper was founded by an enigmatic millionaire, and now, amid the stained carpeting and dingy office furniture, the staff's personal dramas seem far more important than the daily headlines. Kathleen, the imperious editor in chief, is smarting from a betrayal in her open marriage; Arthur, the lazy obituary writer, is transformed by a personal tragedy; Abby, the embattled financial officer, discovers that her job cuts and her love life are intertwined in a most unexpected way. Out in the field, a veteran Paris freelancer goes to desperate lengths for his next byline, while the new Cairo stringer is mercilessly manipulated by an outrageous war correspondent with an outsize ego. And in the shadows is the isolated young publisher who pays more attention to his prized basset hound, Schopenhauer, than to the fate of his family's quirky newspaper. As the era of print news gives way to the Internet age and this imperfect crew stumbles toward an uncertain future, the paper's rich history is revealed, including the surprising truth about its founder's intentions. Spirited, moving, and highly original, The Imperfectionists will establish Tom Rachman as one of our most perceptive, assured literary talents.
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 0385671040
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman's wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English language newspaper as they struggle to keep it - and themselves - afloat. Fifty years and many changes have ensued since the paper was founded by an enigmatic millionaire, and now, amid the stained carpeting and dingy office furniture, the staff's personal dramas seem far more important than the daily headlines. Kathleen, the imperious editor in chief, is smarting from a betrayal in her open marriage; Arthur, the lazy obituary writer, is transformed by a personal tragedy; Abby, the embattled financial officer, discovers that her job cuts and her love life are intertwined in a most unexpected way. Out in the field, a veteran Paris freelancer goes to desperate lengths for his next byline, while the new Cairo stringer is mercilessly manipulated by an outrageous war correspondent with an outsize ego. And in the shadows is the isolated young publisher who pays more attention to his prized basset hound, Schopenhauer, than to the fate of his family's quirky newspaper. As the era of print news gives way to the Internet age and this imperfect crew stumbles toward an uncertain future, the paper's rich history is revealed, including the surprising truth about its founder's intentions. Spirited, moving, and highly original, The Imperfectionists will establish Tom Rachman as one of our most perceptive, assured literary talents.
Some Stay, Some Die
Author: Jay W. Ess
Publisher: novum pro Verlag
ISBN: 3991074133
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
A country at war with itself; the conquered struggling to find their place in a new order; a love story in the unspoilt African bush. Jasper Jackson has spent his childhood in Rhodesia, and serves as a Selous Scout in the war for independence. Despite coming out on the losing side, he is able to see a future after the politicians institute a new order. He tries to play his roles in building a new country by creating an exclusive safari business with his partner Sophie. Before long they manage to persuade Jasper's old Selous partner, Henry, to join them. Jasper becomes an expert on the subject of the southern African elephant. Through his friends in the nation's capital, Jasper becomes involved in the corrupt world of ivory poaching, working to save the elephant from extinction.
Publisher: novum pro Verlag
ISBN: 3991074133
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
A country at war with itself; the conquered struggling to find their place in a new order; a love story in the unspoilt African bush. Jasper Jackson has spent his childhood in Rhodesia, and serves as a Selous Scout in the war for independence. Despite coming out on the losing side, he is able to see a future after the politicians institute a new order. He tries to play his roles in building a new country by creating an exclusive safari business with his partner Sophie. Before long they manage to persuade Jasper's old Selous partner, Henry, to join them. Jasper becomes an expert on the subject of the southern African elephant. Through his friends in the nation's capital, Jasper becomes involved in the corrupt world of ivory poaching, working to save the elephant from extinction.
Hot Valor
Author: Lynn Raye Harris
Publisher: H.O.T. Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1941002188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A second chance, secret identity, enemies to lovers, military protector romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Lynn Raye Harris. Disgraced. Hunted. On the run. Colonel John “Viper” Mendez is having a bad day. Accused of using the Hostile Operations Team to assassinate a foreign official, he’s gone from respected military commander to fugitive in the space of an hour. On the run, hunted, and stripped of his honor, Mendez vows to uncover the truth. Russian spy Ekaterina “Kat” Kasharin is a carbon copy of the woman Mendez loved and lost twenty years ago. Kat claims to be her twin - but Valentina never mentioned a twin. Though Mendez doesn’t trust the deadly beauty, she’s the only one willing to help clear his name. Working together is strictly business. Until the attraction between them reaches the boiling point. When long-buried secrets finally emerge, the fallout will shatter everything Mendez believes in. But when danger stalks closer than ever, he’ll have to make a choice. Forgive the mistakes of the past. Or watch history repeat itself… **Start reading the Hostile Operations Team Series - Strike Team 1 today and enjoy an action-packed, seriously romantic and steamy-good-fun military romantic suspense. Each book can be read as a standalone. No cliffhangers or cheating and a guaranteed happily-ever-after ending! KEYWORDS: Military romance, Navy SEAL romance, romantic suspense, alpha hero, action romance, romance suspense, protector romance, on the road, redemption, forbidden love, secret baby, disguise, enemies to lovers, accidental pregnancy, reunion, tortured hero, tortured heroine, mistaken identity, office romance, revenge, secrets, Military romance, alpha hero, action romance, protector hero, road trip, redemption, forbidden love, secret baby, disguise, enemies to lovers, accidental pregnancy, reunion, tortured hero, tortured heroine, mistaken identity, office romance, revenge, secrets, workplace romance, faked death, forced proximity, later in life, partners in fighting crime, second chance, shared pasts, starting over, betrayal, tragic past
Publisher: H.O.T. Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1941002188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A second chance, secret identity, enemies to lovers, military protector romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Lynn Raye Harris. Disgraced. Hunted. On the run. Colonel John “Viper” Mendez is having a bad day. Accused of using the Hostile Operations Team to assassinate a foreign official, he’s gone from respected military commander to fugitive in the space of an hour. On the run, hunted, and stripped of his honor, Mendez vows to uncover the truth. Russian spy Ekaterina “Kat” Kasharin is a carbon copy of the woman Mendez loved and lost twenty years ago. Kat claims to be her twin - but Valentina never mentioned a twin. Though Mendez doesn’t trust the deadly beauty, she’s the only one willing to help clear his name. Working together is strictly business. Until the attraction between them reaches the boiling point. When long-buried secrets finally emerge, the fallout will shatter everything Mendez believes in. But when danger stalks closer than ever, he’ll have to make a choice. Forgive the mistakes of the past. Or watch history repeat itself… **Start reading the Hostile Operations Team Series - Strike Team 1 today and enjoy an action-packed, seriously romantic and steamy-good-fun military romantic suspense. Each book can be read as a standalone. No cliffhangers or cheating and a guaranteed happily-ever-after ending! KEYWORDS: Military romance, Navy SEAL romance, romantic suspense, alpha hero, action romance, romance suspense, protector romance, on the road, redemption, forbidden love, secret baby, disguise, enemies to lovers, accidental pregnancy, reunion, tortured hero, tortured heroine, mistaken identity, office romance, revenge, secrets, Military romance, alpha hero, action romance, protector hero, road trip, redemption, forbidden love, secret baby, disguise, enemies to lovers, accidental pregnancy, reunion, tortured hero, tortured heroine, mistaken identity, office romance, revenge, secrets, workplace romance, faked death, forced proximity, later in life, partners in fighting crime, second chance, shared pasts, starting over, betrayal, tragic past
Aviation Safety, Human Factors - System Engineering - Flight Operations - Economics - Strategies - Management
Author: Hans M. Soekkha
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466563850
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 815
Book Description
Questions concerning safety in aviation attract a great deal of attention, due to the growth in this industry and the number of fatal accidents in recent years. The aerospace industry has always been deeply concerned with the permanent prevention of accidents and the conscientious safeguarding of all imaginable critical factors surrounding the organization of processes in aeronautical technology. However, the developments in aircraft technology and control systems require further improvements to meet future safety demands. This book embodies the proceedings of the 1997 International Aviation Safety Conference, and contains 60 talks by internationally recognized experts on various aspects of aviation safety. Subjects covered include: Human interfaces and man-machine interactions; Flight safety engineering and operational control systems; Aircraft development and integrated safety designs; Safety strategies relating to risk insurance and economics; Corporate aspects and safety management factors --- including airlines services and airport security environment.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466563850
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 815
Book Description
Questions concerning safety in aviation attract a great deal of attention, due to the growth in this industry and the number of fatal accidents in recent years. The aerospace industry has always been deeply concerned with the permanent prevention of accidents and the conscientious safeguarding of all imaginable critical factors surrounding the organization of processes in aeronautical technology. However, the developments in aircraft technology and control systems require further improvements to meet future safety demands. This book embodies the proceedings of the 1997 International Aviation Safety Conference, and contains 60 talks by internationally recognized experts on various aspects of aviation safety. Subjects covered include: Human interfaces and man-machine interactions; Flight safety engineering and operational control systems; Aircraft development and integrated safety designs; Safety strategies relating to risk insurance and economics; Corporate aspects and safety management factors --- including airlines services and airport security environment.
Airport Services Manual
Author: International Civil Aviation Organization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airports
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airports
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Grydscaen
Author: Natsuya Uesugi
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499058039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
The short stories that make up the science fiction anthology Grydscaen: Tribute focus on the hackers in the series. Intrusion, infiltration, government overreach, selling data, smuggling psi inducer drugs, and social engineeringit is all covered. When the young adult Faid is solicited by George, the rich and powerful member of the corporate board of the SenseNet, Faids life in the Echelons drastically changes. Besides becoming Georges host, Faid starts the Packrat hackers and embarks on his mission of taking down the government and stopping them from rounding up psychics for experimentation. Faid recruits Acolyte from the Terror Hack to run an elite group of hackers called the Acolytes. When Raven, a hacker known for getting away clean, gets confronted on a job with Faid. It is not too long until the government tracks him down. And we meet Rom, the homeless psychic. But he is hiding something. He just might be the most elite hacker the Packrats have. Intrigue, fast-paced action, and technology, Grydscaen: Tribute shows where the hackers rule. Whose side are you on?
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499058039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
The short stories that make up the science fiction anthology Grydscaen: Tribute focus on the hackers in the series. Intrusion, infiltration, government overreach, selling data, smuggling psi inducer drugs, and social engineeringit is all covered. When the young adult Faid is solicited by George, the rich and powerful member of the corporate board of the SenseNet, Faids life in the Echelons drastically changes. Besides becoming Georges host, Faid starts the Packrat hackers and embarks on his mission of taking down the government and stopping them from rounding up psychics for experimentation. Faid recruits Acolyte from the Terror Hack to run an elite group of hackers called the Acolytes. When Raven, a hacker known for getting away clean, gets confronted on a job with Faid. It is not too long until the government tracks him down. And we meet Rom, the homeless psychic. But he is hiding something. He just might be the most elite hacker the Packrats have. Intrigue, fast-paced action, and technology, Grydscaen: Tribute shows where the hackers rule. Whose side are you on?
News for Farmer Cooperatives
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Secret Sanction
Author: Brian Haig
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0759527660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Word of Honor meets A Few Good Men in a stunning thriller that pits the Green Berets, C.I.A., and White House against a top Army lawyer in an Investigation that could put the U.S. military on trial. A battalion of Serbs has been senselessly murdered in Kosovo and the Green Berets stand accused. Now, Major Sean Drummond, a top Army lawyer, is assigned to investigate this unspeakable atrocity. But of course, no one saw anything. Drummond gets consistently suspicious depositions from all of the Green Berets: Supposedly pursued by Serb soldiers, they left the engagement with wounded Serbs firing at them, and no one can explain the number of deaths. Teamed with a straight-laced prosecutor and a sexy defense attorney, Drummond probes further but forces continue to hide the truth. Soon a reporter is found dead, Drummond suspects there's a traitor on his team, and everyone from the CIA to the president may be involved in a cover-up that could threaten the stability of the most powerful nation in theworld.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0759527660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Word of Honor meets A Few Good Men in a stunning thriller that pits the Green Berets, C.I.A., and White House against a top Army lawyer in an Investigation that could put the U.S. military on trial. A battalion of Serbs has been senselessly murdered in Kosovo and the Green Berets stand accused. Now, Major Sean Drummond, a top Army lawyer, is assigned to investigate this unspeakable atrocity. But of course, no one saw anything. Drummond gets consistently suspicious depositions from all of the Green Berets: Supposedly pursued by Serb soldiers, they left the engagement with wounded Serbs firing at them, and no one can explain the number of deaths. Teamed with a straight-laced prosecutor and a sexy defense attorney, Drummond probes further but forces continue to hide the truth. Soon a reporter is found dead, Drummond suspects there's a traitor on his team, and everyone from the CIA to the president may be involved in a cover-up that could threaten the stability of the most powerful nation in theworld.
U.S. Terminal Procedures
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
One Hundred Victories
Author: Linda Robinson
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 1610391497
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
An acclaimed military expert describes the evolution of the military's special ops division through studying the elite group in Afghanistan with unprecedented access to mountain compounds, secret missions, troops and commanders.
Publisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 1610391497
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
An acclaimed military expert describes the evolution of the military's special ops division through studying the elite group in Afghanistan with unprecedented access to mountain compounds, secret missions, troops and commanders.