Ling

Ling
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Publisher : Beard Books
Total Pages : 324
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1893122301
ISBN-13 : 9781893122307
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Ling by : Stanley H. Brown

What was most remarkable about Jim Ling among the great players of corporate games is that he invented his own. And it worked for a while. In fact, he convinced some of the smartest people on Wall Street that he had a foolproof way. It has been more that 25 years since Ling strode the scene as creator and CEO of Ling-Temco-Vought, once the 14th largest corporation on Fortune's 500 list. When the financial magic he used wore off, he was ousted from the helm. They even changed the name to plain LTV to get his name off the facade that wound up as a bankrupt steelmaker. Without any education beyond high school in Oklahoma and electrician's training in the Navy during World War II, Ling discovered a way to create free money for a while. He called his series of acquisitions and spin-offs Project Redeployment, which made it sound like something grander than it proved to be. But while it worked, it was dazzling, even compared with Michael Milken's rediscovery of undervalued, high-yield (junk) bonds. Unlike Milken, a convicted felon, Ling was a man of integrity whose worst trouble with the law involved a minor regulatory matter. He believed in himself and his venture so thoroughly -- and wrongheadedly -- that he kept all his own and his children's money in his company's stock and was wiped out. The trouble with financial games is that they are easier to play than focusing on sound management and products, and they are surely more fun to watch.

Severance

Severance
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 305
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780374717117
ISBN-13 : 0374717117
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Severance by : Ling Ma

Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, Severance. "A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring." —Michael Schaub, NPR.org “A satirical spin on the end times-- kind of like The Office meets The Leftovers.” --Estelle Tang, Elle NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: NPR * The New Yorker ("Books We Loved") * Elle * Marie Claire * Amazon Editors * The Paris Review (Staff Favorites) * Refinery29 * Bustle * Buzzfeed * BookPage * Bookish * Mental Floss * Chicago Review of Books * HuffPost * Electric Literature * A.V. Club * Jezebel * Vulture * Literary Hub * Flavorwire Winner of the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award * Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction * Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award * Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel * A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 * An Indie Next Selection Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend. So Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost. Candace won’t be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They’re traveling to a place called the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers? A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines, and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma’s Severance is a moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan satire. Most important, it’s a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.

Ling & Ting

Ling & Ting
Author :
Publisher : LB Kids
Total Pages : 55
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780316400855
ISBN-13 : 0316400858
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Ling & Ting by : Grace Lin

Ling and Ting are twins. They have the same brown eyes. They have the same pink cheeks. They have the same happy smiles. Ling and Ting are two adorable identical twins, and they stick together, whether they are making dumplings, getting their hair cut, or practicing magic tricks. But looks are deceiving--people can be very different, even if they look exactly the same.

The Girl in the Picture

The Girl in the Picture
Author :
Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 404
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781440684128
ISBN-13 : 144068412X
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Girl in the Picture by : Denise Chong

"More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, The Girl in the Picture confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare." —The San Francisco Chronicle On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War. This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.

Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly

Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly
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Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 62
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780316257701
ISBN-13 : 0316257702
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly by : Grace Lin

Ling & Ting are twins. They like to be silly. They like to tell jokes. Most of all, they like to laugh together. Laugh with Ling & Ting! The beloved twins from the Geisel Honor book Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! and Ling & Ting Share a Birthday are back to share their favorite funny stories with beginning readers. This collection of six laugh-out-loud stories is sure to tickle the funny bone of fans and new readers alike.

Ding-a-Ling-a-Ling

Ding-a-Ling-a-Ling
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Publisher : Newbridge Educational Publishing
Total Pages : 16
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1567840558
ISBN-13 : 9781567840551
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Ding-a-Ling-a-Ling by : Bernice Myers

A dog responds to many different bells ringing until finally hopes are fulfilled when the dinner bell rings.

Ding Ling's Fiction

Ding Ling's Fiction
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 222
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0674207653
ISBN-13 : 9780674207653
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Ding Ling's Fiction by : Yi-tsi Mei Feuerwerker

Schoo Ling

Schoo Ling
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 149
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781483626512
ISBN-13 : 1483626512
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Schoo Ling by : Phillip Chapman

book to follow as life is memory given to oneself as written. A thankful message to You all. Read and create your words to create impressive self thought. Be spellbound by the Kingdoms and kingdoms. Animals are all watching dont wait; write and read.

Mei Ling

Mei Ling
Author :
Publisher : Author House
Total Pages : 23
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781491815458
ISBN-13 : 1491815450
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Mei Ling by : Carol Dixon Brandt

Mei Ling is a baby Panda who along with her mother is being sent on loan from China to a zoo in Canada. There is a mixup at one of the stops on the way and Mei Ling ends up in Alaska. There she is found and rescued by a young Alaskan girl called Nolee. The story ends with the joyous reunion of mother and baby at the zoo in Canada.

Ma'ling

Ma'ling
Author :
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 84
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781477160404
ISBN-13 : 147716040X
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Ma'ling by : Willa Ruff

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