HEART VS. HUMBUG

HEART VS. HUMBUG
Author: M.J. Rodgers
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2012-07-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459283937

He Said the Law Couldn't Afford a Heart… Attorney Brett Merlin—alias the Magician—was certain he'd squashed one senior citizen's Christmas crusade against his Scrooge of a client. Until he met opposing counsel, the fiery, flame-haired Octavia Osborne…and his open-and-shut civil suit escalated to murder in the first degree. Suddenly, the magician of law found himself up against a mistress of legal abracadabra, who pulled more countersuits out of her attorney's brief than Santa did presents out of his sleigh. What Brett saw as a matter of law, Octavia saw as a matter of heart. Either way, he was out to set some surprising new precedents—both legal and personal.

The Humbugs of the World: Hoaxes, Deceits and Con Artists

The Humbugs of the World: Hoaxes, Deceits and Con Artists
Author: P. T. Barnum
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2019-12-18
Genre: True Crime
ISBN:

The Humbugs of the World is a book about hoaxes by famous American businessman P. T. Barnum. Barnum tells tales of some of the world's greatest deceits, cheats, cons, and delusions, all of which go under the definition of "humbug". He takes the reader on a tour of flakes through history, describing the ways in which even the brightest fell for the conmen and hucksters of their times. The book also shows just how little changes through the centuries, and how many of the descriptions of cons, swindles and quacks are as relevant today as in Barnum's time.

Oz and the Musical

Oz and the Musical
Author: Ryan Bunch
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2022
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0190843136

"The Wizard is a lovable humbug, an artful salesman who gives his customers something to believe in, even if the thing is known to be pretend. Playing a role, he presents Dorothy's friends with talismans of brains, heart and courage and takes pride in showing them how he accomplished his illusions. Why do Dorothy's friends put their faith in the Wizard's abilities to grant their requests even after he has shown them that he has only been putting on a show? Perhaps his virtuoso performances inspire their own, and ours too. His humbug guides the philosophy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the theatrical style of the first Oz musical, the extravaganza of 1902, with implications for "American" performance and participation"--

Revolutionary Conversations

Revolutionary Conversations
Author: Mark H. Fowler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2014-03-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9780991146826

Who would imagine that one word could change your life? Introducing the S.H.A.R.E. Tools, which together spell the word that leads to positive connections and the success of Revolutionary Conversations. Developed over the course of 25 years by business re-engineering specialist Mark Fowler and refined with human resources professional Noal McDonald and noted public relations authority and NGO leader Barbara Gaughen-Muller, the S.H.A.R.E Tools are five simple, flexible pathways that lead to productive, constructive conversations by creating an exceptional connection between two or more people. You can use the Tools to solve problems, improve hiring and training, promote employee engagement, develop and implement marketing initiatives, unite a group around a common purpose, and anything else that requires interaction for superior success. The book is packed with examples showing how the Tools fit easily into every kind of conversation, from the boardroom to the shop floor; from high-stakes negotiations to staff meetings; from water-cooler conversations to job interviews. And if your definition of success (or your job description ) is to build peace and a better world, well, the Tools can help there, too. You'll find that the S.H.A.R.E. Tools blend naturally into your own speaking style, there are no scripts or complicated rules to learn, you don't have to use them perfectly to get positive results, and you'll quickly get better at using them. So, start today to develop a Language of Success that will advance your goals, encourage collaboration, increase the momentum of your business, and energize your career and your life. With the S.H.A.R.E. Tools, success is just a conversation away.

Zozimus

Zozimus
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 460
Release: 1871
Genre: English literature
ISBN:

HALLOWEEN COLLECTION TREAT

HALLOWEEN COLLECTION TREAT
Author: Wilhelm Hauff
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 17486
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This meticulously edited horror collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: H. P. Lovecraft: The Tomb The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House Bram Stoker: Dracula The Dualists Edgar Allan Poe: The Cask of Amontillado The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Premature Burial Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Evil Eye Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Terror William Hope Hodgson: The Ghost Pirates The Night Land Algernon Blackwood: The Willows The Wendigo A Haunted Island Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla The Wyvern Mystery The Dead Sexton M. R. James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow E. F. Benson: The Terror by Night Wilkie Collins: The Dead Secret The Haunted Hotel Arthur Conan Doyle: The Beetle Hunter The Black Doctor Charles Dickens: The Signal-Man The aunted House Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Third Person Rudyard Kipling: The Phantom Rickshaw My Own True Ghost Story Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Markheim The Body-Snatcher Robert E. Howard: Beyond the Black River Devil in Iron People of the Dark Nathaniel Hawthorne: Rappaccini's Daughter The Birth Mark Ambrose Bierce: Can Such Things Be? Present at a Hanging M. P. Shiel: Shapes in the Fire Ralph Adams Cram: Black Spirits and White Grant Allen: Dr. Greatrex's Engagement The Mysterious Occurrence in Piccadilly Frederick Marryat: The Phantom Ship The Were-Wolf James Malcolm Rymer: Sweeney Todd H. G. Wells: The Island of Doctor Moreau Nikolai Gogol: Dead Souls H. H. Munro (Saki): The Wolves of Cernogratz Mary Elizabeth Braddon: The Shadow in the Corner Fred M. White: Powers of Darkness The Doom of London Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Haunted and the Haunters E. T. A. Hoffmann: The Devil's Elixirs The Deserted House Marie Belloc Lowndes: From Out the Vast Deep Eleanor M. Ingram: The Thing from the Lake Marie Corelli: The Sorrows of Satan Thomas Reid ...

7 Best Short Stories by Wilhelm Hauff

7 Best Short Stories by Wilhelm Hauff
Author: Wilhem Hauff
Publisher: Tacet Books
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2020-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8577776964

Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist best known for his fairy tales. Considering his brief life, Hauff was an extraordinarily prolific writer. The freshness and originality of his talent, his inventiveness, and his genial humour have won him a high place among the southern German prose writers of the early nineteenth century. This book contains: - The Severed Hand. - The Cold Heart. - The Little Glass Man. - The Story Of The Caliph Stork. - The Story Of Little Muck. - Nose, The Dwarf. - How The Stories Were Found.