Patrick Evans
1) Salt Picnic
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All the time on the island there had been something she was looking for. She knew she had to keep this in mind, and that she'd know what it was when she found it. Whatever it proved to be. It's 1956 and Iola arrives on the island of Ibiza, on the fringes of Franco's Spain, with little more than a Spanish phrasebook. Soon she meets a fascinating American photographer who falls in and out of focus: is he really a photographer, and who exactly is the...
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Raymond Thomas Lawrence was one of the great literary colossi to bestride the twentieth century. Seven years after Lawrence's death, however, the four trustees of the literary trust set up to memorialize New Zealand's greatest writer are facing rising costs and dwindling visitor numbers at the Residence. While fending off a self-appointed biographer, they find themselves confronting the secrets of their own intimate relationships with The Master....
3) Gifted
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One day in 1955, the father of New Zealand fiction" finds a young woman on his doorstep. A writer herself, she has recently emerged from a lengthy stay in the hospital for mental health problems and is seeking a safe place to live and write. The woman is Janet Frame, and the man who willingly takes her in is Frank Sargeson. Imaginative and intriguing, this novel explores two famous New Zealand personalities through a fictionalized account of the time...
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Know the Brilliant Entrepreneur who Lives Life to the Fullest and Makes Waves Wherever He Goes As he left school, Richard Branson's headmaster commented that he would either go to jail or become a millionaire. He was right about the latter. Today, Branson is worth billions, $4.5 billion to be exact. He is the founder of the Virgin Group which controls over 400 companies in various sectors. At the core of his business philosophy is the idea of service....
5) Bluffworld
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‘Zum Bullshitter geht der Preis', so said the great German author-philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (1774). Or, did he? Can we trust what we never quite knew about because we never quite got around to reading it in the first place? Is it safe to rely on what we overhear in the university common-room or even out there in the real world? And does it matter? In Bluffworld we are taken through the bildung of a...
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They call him the Oracle of Omaha. And, though, Warren Buffett is the most successful investor of our time, he is surprisingly down to earth. At an early age, he started by working at his grandfather's grocery store, and now his net worth is close to $70 billion. In his early career, he had been the subject of controversy. He underwent a fraud investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. He has even had to let go of the man who was most...
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En el interior del libro Biografías de 6 Hombres de Negocios, usted aprenderá los secretos de los principales hombres de negocios y cómo alcanzaron el éxito.
¿Alguna vez se ha preguntado qué separa a un emprendedor exitoso de uno no exitoso?
Muchas personas se han preguntado exactamente la misma pregunta una y otra vez.
A diferencia de la explicación absurda de "se siente bien", compilamos la información de aplicación para que usted la...
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Get a Glimpse into the Mind of a Visionary and Learn How He Became the Richest Man in America
He started with a big goal, which was to put a computer in every home. Bill Gates nearly did just that. He had been the richest man on Earth for many years. He co-founded and has led Microsoft Corporation to become the most valuable software company, which still dominates the personal computer market.
Reaching the zenith of stardom, Bill Gates retired as...
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A Glimpse into the Life of a Genius and Why he Almost Always Comes Out on Top Elon Musk is the epitome of success. The poster boy of innovation and forward-thinking, he has founded companies such as Tesla Motors and SpaceX. These enterprises have gone on to become billion-dollar businesses making Musk the envy of every present and wannabe entrepreneur. The visionary has defied all odds and made possible what his critics thought impossible. Every glory...