Folly

Paperback. English. Umuzi. 2013. In good condition. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Author's name is 'under embargo until publication'.

Author: Dorothy Sayers Title: Striding Folly Publisher: New English Library Year: 1972 (first published 1939) Cover: Paperback Pages: 124 Condition: Fair. Cover worn. Pages lightly tanned. Previous owner's name on flyleaf.   Please note: Shipping (via SAPO ordinary domestic parcel post with tracking) will be R55.00. To reduce shipping expenses, I am happy to combine orders, but the cost of postage depends on the weight of the parcel, so, if combining, please ask for a quote.    

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Author: Alan Axelrod Publisher: Sterling (2008) ISBN-10: 1402797788 ISBN-13: 9781402797781 Condition: Very Good. The cover has some rubbing and wear to edges and corners. Else a very good copy. Binding: Softcover Pages: 342 Dimensions: 15.1 x 2.5 x 22.7 cm +++ by Alan Axelrod +++ Using the same engrossing anecdotal format that proved so popular in Profiles in Audacity, bestselling author Alan Axelrod turns to the dark side of audacious decision-making and explores history's most tragic errors. While Axelrod looks at the hopelessly dumb and the overtly evil, the main focus is on smart people who had the best of intentions - but whose plans went disastrously wrong. The 35 compelling, often poignant stories include: the sailing of the Titanic; Edward Bernays's 1929 campaign to recruit women smokers; Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of the Nazis and Ken Lay's deception with Enron. These are cautionary tales - albeit with exquisite twists ranging from acerbic to horrific.

  Author: Frances Parkinson Keyes  Title: Fieldings Folly  This edition: 1947 Pages:335 Condition: Good

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The ideas and policies that are percolating down from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and Capitol Hill--increased government intervention, calls to spread the wealth around, onerous regulations, and bailouts for all--are not new. We've been down this road before. We know where it leads. It is that forlorn byway that Friedrich von Hayek called the Road to Serfdom. The good news is we don't have to go down that road again. Resurrecting 18th-century style pamphleteering, Encounter Broadsides provide the intellectual ammunition for the battle over America's future. From the folly of Obamacare, to the politicization of the Justice Department, or disastrous efforts to nationalize our education system, each Encounter Broadside assaults a new tentacle of the rising statism. Now, for the first time, The New Leviathan collects these salvos in one essential handbook. The New Leviathan is edited by Roger Kimball with contributions from John R. Bolton, Daniel DiSalvo, Richard A. Epstein, Peter Ferrara, John Fund, Victor Davis Hanson, Andrew C. McCarthy, Betsy McCaughey, Stephen Moore, Michael B. Mukasey, Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Rich Trzupek, and Kevin D. Williamson. Together, they make the definitive case for liberty and democratic capitalism at a time when they are under siege from the resurgence of collectivist sentiment. Features Summary The ideas and policies that are percolating down from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and Capitol Hill--increased government intervention, calls to "spread the wealth around... Author Roger Kimball Publisher Encounter Books,USA Release date 20120817 Pages 368 ISBN 1-59403-632-2 ISBN 13 978-1-59403-632-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Winner of Australian "Indies" Fiction Book of the Year 2013. #5 in Kirkus Review's Best Historical Fiction Book of 2013 list One family. Nine momentous days. An unforgettable novel of love and folly and heartbreak. It is 1939 and Australia is about to go to war. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Richmond it is business--your own and everyone else's--as usual. And young Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stablehand, is living the most important day of his life. Ambitious in scope and structure, triumphantly realised, this is a novel about one family and every family. It is about dreams and fights and sacrifices. And finally, of course, it is--as it must be--about love. Toni Jordan has a BSc in physiology and qualifications in marketing and professional writing. Her debut novel, "Addition," has been published in sixteen countries and won numerous awards. Jordan lives in Melbourne, Australia. Features Summary Winner of Australian "Indies" Fiction Book of the Year 2013. #5 in Kirkus Review's Best Historical Fiction Book of 2013 list One family. Nine momentous days... Author Toni Jordan Publisher The Text Publishing Company Release date 20120822 Pages 172 ISBN 1-921922-83-4 ISBN 13 978-1-921922-83-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Turning sixty isn't the end; it's only the beginning.Michael Cosgrove had a beautiful family, a successful career, and a lovely Southern California home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. At age sixty, he decided to leave all that behind to sail around the world.With the vision of rugged individualism and salty tales to share with his grandchildren, Cosgrove quickly realized that sailing around the world wasn't as easy as he had imagined. From a psychotic crewmate, to sleep deprivation and mental breakdowns, to constant storms and hallucinations, Cosgrove rode the waves, trying to keep his idea of doing something grand" alive. Alone, and thousands of miles away from everyone he loved, he was forced to ask himself one question: What in God's name am I doing here?In his attempt to avoid the inevitable (growing old, weak, frail), Cosgrove runs amok. He breaks his budget to outfit the boat and then refuses to read the manuals. He enters unfamiliar harbors in the dead of night, hires a violent first mate, and sails headlong into ferocious storms. At the same time, he longs for the simpler days when his four daughters were still children, when his first marriage was still intact, and when his dreams were still within reach. Though driven by scenes of sheer terror, absurd folly, and deep inner searching, the tone is always buoyant and laugh-out-loud funny.Imperfect Passage is the story of one man's perseverance against Father Time and Mother Nature, proving that with enough will, one can indeed conquer the unconquerable. Features Summary Turning sixty isn't the end; it's only the beginning. Michael Cosgrove had a beautiful family, a successful career, and a lovely Southern California home overlooking the Pacific Ocean... Author Michael Cosgrove Publisher Skyhorse Publishing Release date 20150311 Pages 303 ISBN 1-63220-500-9 ISBN 13 978-1-63220-500-1

Paperback. English. Granta Books. 2004. ISBN: 9781862077185. 216pp. Fair/good condition in paperback. By the author of the best-selling Straw Dogs, this book is a characteristically trenchant and unflinchingly clear-sighted collection of reflections on our contemporary lot. Whether writing about the future of our species on this planet, the folly of our faith in technological progress, or the self-deceptions of the liberal establishment, John Gray dares to be heretical like few other thinkers today. Book No: 465796