[PDF] Please Do Not Disturb eBook

Author : Robert Glancy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1632864312

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A funny, disturbing, and deeply affecting novel of power, corruption, and innocence in colonial Africa, by the author of Terms & Conditions. As the African nation of Bwalo prepares for The Big Day--the only day in the year the ailing King talks to his subjects--we meet five very different people: Charlie, a curious boy with a dangerous dictaphone habit, eavesdrops on the eccentric guests of the Mirage Hotel. Sean, an Irishman who's given his heart (and the best part of his liver) to Bwalo, struggles to write the great African novel--if only his crazed fiancée and fierce thirst would stop distracting him. Josef, the mythmaker and kingmaker who paved the way for Tafumo's rise to power, starts to hear the ominous rattle of skeletons in his closet. Hope, the nurse caring for the King, keeps the old man alive, maintaining the façade of the powerful ruler as she mourns her own broken dreams. And in the countdown to the Big Day, storm clouds gather as a petty criminal, Jack, smuggles something into Bwalo--specifically to the Mirage Hotel--that will change the lives of all of them forever.

Author : Helen McCloy
Publisher : Orion
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,74 MB
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1471912612

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The sign read 'Do Not Disturb', and at first Edith Talbot ignored the pitiful whimpering that came through the door. The hotel clerk assured her that the room was occupied by a sick boy under the care of a physician. Later in the night, when the cries resumed, she felt something must be done, and she made the fatal mistake of knocking on the door ... From then on things begin to happen, strange things that at first seem like coincidence but crescendo into a series of hair-raising events. 'Continuous action, and extra good writing' Saturday Review of Literature

Author : Michela Wrong
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 16,3 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1610398432

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A powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold the world after one of the deadliest genocides of the twentieth century. We think we know the story of Africa’s Great Lakes region. Following the Rwandan genocide, an idealistic group of young rebels overthrew the brutal regime in Kigali, ushering in an era of peace and stability that made Rwanda the donor darling of the West, winning comparisons with Switzerland and Singapore. But the truth was considerably more sinister. Vividly sourcing her story with direct testimony from key participants, Wrong uses the story of the murder of Patrick Karegeya, once Rwanda’s head of external intelligence and a quicksilver operator of supple charm, to paint the portrait of a modern African dictatorship created in the chilling likeness of Paul Kagame, the president who sanctioned his former friend’s assassination.

Author : Cindy Huggett
Publisher : Association for Talent Development
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1562865765

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Are your virtual training tools ready for a tune-up? You've discovered the best way to reach remote audiences without boarding a single plane. And you've learned that an effective virtual training program is relatively short, highly relevant, and extremely engaging. Now you need the tried-and-true tools that will make your next program an all-out success. Virtual Training Tools and Templates: An Action Guide to Live Online Learning offers proven resources for delivering top-notch virtual training programs. Make expert trainer Cindy Huggett's professional array of virtual tools your own, and discover new perspectives from a range of training trailblazers. You'll find their real-world lessons learned and get full access to their secrets of the trade. Starting with a simple four-step process (get started, get ready, get buy-in, and get going), Huggett helps you select the right technology, then offers detailed sections on how to design content, develop activities, and work with both facilitators and producers. And if you're wondering how to prepare participants and evaluate program results, Huggett does not disappoint. Follow along as she guides you with new and relevant tips, tools, and templates every step of the way. A virtual training pioneer, Huggett wrote this book for you---instructional designers, facilitating trainers, learning coordinators, and training managers. And she continues to experiment with creative techniques and hone her skills so you can jump in with confidence. This complete guide builds on the author's popular The Virtual Training Guidebook---use them together or on their own to delve into Huggett's holistic approach to virtual training.

Author : Laurence Geller
Publisher : Bonus Books, Inc.
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1566253004

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Blackmail, violence, sexual manipulation and betrayal abound in this provocative thriller based in the exotic and cutthroat world of the European luxury hotel business-written from the insider perspective of renowned hotel executive Geller, CEO of Strategic Hotels & Resorts.

Author : Kara Cutruzzula
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1647009308

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This best-selling, bold motivational journal is for everyone seeking to boost their productivity. Do It For Yourself combines the pop-art-inspired graphics of Subliming with 75 thought-provoking prompts. Whether you’re embarking on a new project or planning your future, understanding what makes you tick is the crucial first step in making things happen. Choose any goal and work through the five stages of the journal: * Getting going * Building momentum * Overcoming setbacks * Following through * Seeking closure Or just open it to the phase you’re in now. Each exercise is designed to help reorient your outlook, overcome roadblocks, and encourage mindfulness, with powerful typographic quotes to inspire you along the way. Kara Cutruzzula has chronicled her creative output (highs, lows, in-betweens) and offered productivity tips and insights in the newsletter Brass Ring Daily. Vanity Fair called it “a life coach in your inbox.” That’s what she does for you here! In her introduction she writes, “Motivation. Want more of it? Of course you do. Motivation is the not-so-secret sauce to getting closer to what you want. Sure, you can dream and plan and plot, but without motivation to see a goal through, often your wild ambitions can feel stalled—or worse, like they’re nowhere to be found. You need motivation to blow past the roadblocks that arrive in every shape, size, and form.” In these pages, find the much-needed space to focus your energy, clear up mental clutter, and set yourself up for success. Because isn’t it time you did it for yourself? If you love Do It For Yourself, check out the other two journals in the series: Do It Today and Do It (or Don’t) are on sale now! *

Author : Lin Shenmilu
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 2020-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1648977170

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During the Mid-Autumn Festival, she was drugged by the First Lady and was known for her insults. The scumbag wanted to take her life. She endured her schemes and vowed to kill her enemies. Her cousin was ruthless. Her relatives were wicked. With a flip of her hand, she destroyed them all! The court was full of deceit, treacherous officials taking charge. Let's see how she would flatly kill those evil villains and help her husband achieve the throne!

Author : Lian XiaoGe
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 37,14 MB
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1649485476

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It should have been something worth celebrating if she was able to coldly and successfully take off the shell of a bachelor dog. Unexpectedly, on the night of their wedding, an earth-shattering thing happened and sent her to hell. An unfamiliar and charming man had arrogantly declared his allegiance to her. Not only did he want her cold body, but he also wanted to take away her heart! Cold panic, chaos, she never dreamed that she would encounter this kind of misfortune. However, the worst was yet to come. The parents who valued boys and girls did not love each other. They quarreled endlessly and broke off all ties. The warm, jade-like husband of the same person actually wanted to send her to the owner's bed in order to get promoted. Just when the world was about to be deserted, the tyrannical man, with the wings of an angel, landed in front of her. He extended his hand to her and said, "Marry me, my Cinderella!"

Author : Brenda Hampton
Publisher : Urban Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 21,94 MB
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1599831708

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Essence Bestselling Author Brenda Hampton presents Don't Even Go There, the story of Chase Jenkins, a troublemaking, backstabbing diva, who will stop at nothing to get what she wants, even going after her boss's husband.

Author : Serge Demyanenko
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462805272

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This romance novel, although fiction, is based on the true life adventures of the author. It is about real life, but a life few people know exists, and even fewer get to experience. The narrator is a brother-in-arms and brother-in-spirit of the protagonist, Nick Malenko, who sets out to tell these scandalous tales for Nick would never do so himself, disdaining publicity and public acclaim. Nick is a young man who happens to be smart, good-looking, a rebel at heart, and self-disciplined because of his upbringing. He is an athlete but also a voracious reader, loves learning and worships at the altar of Venus. He goes to the best schools but he rebels early. He marries a woman of color against the convention of the day. He has decided that his goal in life is to become the commander of a parachute infantry battalion in the Regular Army of the United States, a goal he exceeds in time. He graduates as a distinguished military graduate and is commissioned in the regular army. Because he is quadrilingual and his educaton and training, the three letter agencies become interested in him. He enters the shadowy world of intelligence. And then his troubles begin. He is bright but lacks the experience to be wise. So he mistakes sex and passion for love, learning for wisdom and in order to gain a measure of immortality he plunges into one adventure after another thinking that thumbing his nose at fate will bring him immortality. In both war-time and cold-war settings he plunges from one adventure to another, from one romance to another. The settings are bedrooms and battlefields and the corridors of power in Vietnam: Korea; Washington, D.C.; Germany; San Antonio, Texas; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Los Angeles, California. Many years after he started on his journey he realizes that all he was searching for he has had at home. He finds that he had love all along, and immortality through his loving family and finally, finally, wisdom comes. His long-suffering wife used to say to him: “In your relentless search you create great upheaval and great stress for those around you. Being married to you is madness.” That is why his friends called him “The Mad Russian” or “The Madman.” That is the reason for the book title.