Enough Rope

Enough Rope
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 145
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780593466353
ISBN-13 : 0593466357
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Enough Rope by : Dorothy Parker

Now available as a stand-alone edition, the famous humorist’s debut collection—a runaway bestseller in 1926—ranges from lighthearted self-deprecation to acid-tongued satire, all the while gleefully puncturing sentimental clichés about relations between men and women. Known as the wittiest woman in America and a founder of the fabled Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was also one of the Jazz Age’s most beloved poets. Her verbal dexterity and cynical humor were on full display in the many poems she published in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Life and collected in her first book in 1926. The poems in Enough Rope range from lighthearted self-deprecation to acid-tongued satire, all the while gleefully puncturing sentimental clichés about the relations between men and women. Unfortunate Coincidence By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying— Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying.

Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot

Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015035266512
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot by : Allen I. Holub

C and C++ programmers who are looking for innovative ways to improve their code will find them in this first-of-its-kind reference. Holub has put together an indispensable set of guidelines, tips, and techniques that readers can use immediately to create elegant, efficient code in any C or C++ program.

Enough Rope

Enough Rope
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Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Total Pages : 896
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0060559675
ISBN-13 : 9780060559670
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Enough Rope by : Lawrence Block

Enough Rope, a collection of superb stories, establishes the extraordinary skill, power, and versatility of contemporary Grand Master Lawrence Block. Block's beloved series characters are on hand, including ex-cop Matt Scudder, bookselling burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, and the disarming duo of Chip Harrison and Leo Haig. Here, too, are Keller, the wistful hit man, and the natty attorney Martin Ehrengraf. Keeping them company are dozens of other refugees from Block's dazzling imagination, all caught up in more ingenious plots than you can shake a blunt instrument at. Half a dozen of Block's stories have been short-listed for the Edgar Award, and three have won it outright. All the tales in Block's three previous collections are here, along with two dozen new stories. Some will keep you on the edge of the chair. Others will make you roll on the floor laughing. Enough Rope is an essential volume for Lawrence Block fans, and a dazzling introduction for others to the wonderful world of Block magic!

Not Enough Rope

Not Enough Rope
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Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages : 28
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0573623538
ISBN-13 : 9780573623530
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Not Enough Rope by : Elaine May

The Blunderer

The Blunderer
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 268
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780393345049
ISBN-13 : 0393345041
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Blunderer by : Patricia Highsmith

"Highsmith's novels are peerlessly disturbing...bad dreams that keep us thrashing for the rest of the night." —The New Yorker For two years, Walter Stackhouse has been a faithful and supportive husband to his wife, Clara. She is distant and neurotic, and Walter finds himself harboring gruesome fantasies about her demise. When Clara's dead body turns up at the bottom of a cliff in a manner uncannily resembling the recent death of a woman named Helen Kimmel who was murdered by her husband, Walter finds himself under intense scrutiny. He commits several blunders that claim his career and his reputation, cost him his friends, and eventually threaten his life. The Blunderer examines the dark obsessions that lie beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary people. With unerring psychological insight, Patricia Highsmith portrays characters who cross the precarious line separating fantasy from reality.

Rope Burn

Rope Burn
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Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages : 62
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780807571118
ISBN-13 : 0807571113
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Rope Burn by : Jan Siebold

Richard gets frustrated by most of Mr. Best's assignments, but this latest one is the worst. He has to write a composition about a proverb that illustrates something that has happened in his life. And as if that isn't bad enough, Mr. Best has told him he needs to find his "writing voice." While working on the assignment, Richard finds his voice in more ways than one. He discovers that being himself makes a big difference in his writing and in his life.

A Rope from the Sky

A Rope from the Sky
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 649
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781643130880
ISBN-13 : 1643130889
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis A Rope from the Sky by : Zach Vertin

The untold story of America's attempt to forge a nation from scratch, from euphoric birth to heart-wrenching collapse. South Sudan's independence was celebrated around the world—a triumph for global justice and an end to one of the world's most devastating wars. But the party would not last long: South Sudan's freedom fighters soon plunged their new nation into chaos, shattering the promise of liberation and exposing the hubris of their foreign backers. Chronicling extraordinary stories of hope, identity, and survival, A Rope from the Sky journeys inside an epic tale of paradise won and then lost. This character-driven narrative is first a story of power, promise, greed, compassion, violence, and redemption from the world's most neglected patch of territory. But it is also a story about the best and worst of America—both its big-hearted ideals and its difficult reckoning with the limits of American power amid a changing global landscape. Zach's Vertin's firsthand acounts, from deadly war zones to the halls of Washington power, brings readers inside this remarkable episode—an unprecedented experiment in state-building and a cautionary tale. It is brilliant and breathtaking, a moder-day Greek tragedy that will challenge our perspectives on global politics.

Enough Rope

Enough Rope
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Publisher : Quercus Publishing
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1848664265
ISBN-13 : 9781848664265
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Enough Rope by : Barbara Nadel

Private investigator and ex-soldier Lee Arnold and superintendent Paul Venus are by no means friends, but when Venus' son Harry is kidnapped and ransom demands arrive from an address in Arnold's patch in east London, the superintendent doesn't know who else to turn to. Arnold and his partner Mumtaz Hakim soon find themselves chasing leads into several of the East End's uneasily coexisting communities. Mumtaz uncovers a link to one of the area's powerful Bangladeshi families, whose property empire has always seemed suspicious, while Arnold suspects the involvement of more old-fashioned East End gangsters, and wonders if some of the nastier rumours about Venus himself might be true. And neither Mumtaz nor Lee like the look of the children of the super-rich, arriving in droves in the trendy parts of Hoxton and Shoreditch and living in luxury just a stone's throw from grinding urban poverty. The truth, however, is stranger and more dangerous than either Arnold or Hakim imagine. Enough Rope is a powerful and thrilling novel of London's ever-evolving dark side.

Touching the Void

Touching the Void
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Publisher : Direct Authors
Total Pages : 346
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780957519305
ISBN-13 : 0957519303
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Touching the Void by : Joe Simpson

The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.

Knots on a Counting Rope

Knots on a Counting Rope
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 36
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780805054798
ISBN-13 : 0805054790
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Knots on a Counting Rope by : Bill Martin

A grandfather and his blind grandson reminisce about the young boy's birth, his first horse and an exiciting horse race.