[PDF] The End Of A Perfect Day eBook

Author : Ira Levin
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 31,63 MB
Release : 2024-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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A modern dystopian classic that stands alongside 1984 and Brave New World, Ira Levin’s This Perfect Day is a stunningly prescient work of science fiction that asks what it means to remain human in a world increasingly governed by technology and AI. “Chip” (born Li RM35M4419) lives in a future controlled by an all-powerful global supercomputer, UniComp. In this seemingly utopian society, free from war and want, every aspect of human existence is meticulously planned and calibrated for efficiency by Uni, which guides the lives of each member of the Family—the eugenically-merged human race, who share a single language and religion, yet live under constant chemical conditioning and behavioral monitoring—long unaware that their sustenance comes at the expense of all individuality and autonomy. When Chip begins to question Uni’s benevolence, he embarks on a perilous journey to reclaim his true self, and challenge Uni’s rule. Its predictions already proving unnervingly on target, This Perfect Day is a thought-provoking exploration of free will, and of who ultimately holds the reins of power. Levin’s masterful storytelling and vividly imagined world make for an epic tale that’s as unsettling as it is unforgettable.)

Author : Michelle Lores
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,78 MB
Release : 2017-10-16
Category :
ISBN : 9781978344686

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How do you find the perfect ending to the perfect day?The perfect sunset is a great place to start!In this book, you will find a poem about The Perfect Ending to A Perfect Day told alongside beautiful, full-color photographs of the sun sinking low on the horizon.While all days on this earth cannot be perfect, we know Someone whose arms we can always run into~ Someone we can always count on. Yes! Jesus, is the perfect beginning AND ending to any and every day!

Author : Thomas Kinkade
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736906333

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Paintings of outdoor scenes accompanied by quotations and poetry from various authors.

Author : Susan Hill
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 23,51 MB
Release : 2010-10-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0310424771

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A lesson in being content. Ruby's plans for a perfect day with friends ends up more special than she could have imagined!

Author : Rebecca Mead
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 2008-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1440634025

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Astutely observed and deftly witty, One Perfect Day masterfully mixes investigative journalism and social commentary to explore the workings of the wedding industry-an industry that claims to be worth $160 billion to the U.S. economy and which has every interest in ensuring that the American wedding becomes ever more lavish and complex. Taking us inside the workings of the wedding industry-including the swelling ranks of professional event planners, department stores with their online registries, the retailers and manufacturers of bridal gowns, and the Walt Disney Company and its Fairy Tale Weddings program-New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead skillfully holds the mirror up to the bride's deepest hopes and fears about her wedding day, revealing that for better or worse, the way we marry is who we are.

Author : Judith Clarke
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 38,66 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1932425950

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Summary: As her irritating family prepares to celebrate her grandfather's eightieth birthday, sixteen-year-old Lily yearns for just one whole perfect day together.

Author : Bettye Kronstad
Publisher : Jawbone Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,44 MB
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781911036067

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'Hey, you! Beautiful!' The voice was compelling—an order. So I turned around. 'Yeah, you,' he said. 'What are you doing in here? You look normal.' 'I am,' I said. Bettye Kronstad met Lou Reed in 1968 as a nineteen-year-old Columbia University student; they were married, briefly, in 1973. Their relationship spanned some of the most pivotal years of his life and career, from the demise of The Velvet Underground to the writing and recording of his seminal solo masterpieces Transformer, for which Lou wrote ‘Perfect Day’ about an afternoon they spent together in the park, and Berlin, which draws on tales from Bettye’s childhood. In Perfect Day, Bettye looks back on their initially idyllic life together on the Upper East Side; Lou’s struggle to launch a solo career after leaving perhaps the most influential rock band of all time; his work and friendships with fellow stars David Bowie and Iggy Pop; and his descent into drink and drug abuse following the success of Transformer, which sent him spinning out from gentle soul to rock’n’roll animal and brought a swift and calamitous end to their relationship. The result is a powerful and poignant meditation on love, loss, writing, and music.

Author : J. D. Salinger
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 44,18 MB
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316459984

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The "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after World War II, including "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and the first appearance of Salinger's fictional Glass family. Nine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, Nine Stories sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will passed down for many generations to come. The stories: A Perfect Day for Bananafish Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut Just Before the War with the Eskimos The Laughing Man Down at the Dinghy For Esmé--with Love and Squalor Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period Teddy

Author : Julian Barnes
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307957330

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BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.