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Death Taxes And Sports Whimsy

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Author : William Russo
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2011-12-25

Death Taxes And Sports Whimsy written by William Russo and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-25 with Humor categories.

Whether sports shall turn out to be heroic in our lives, or whether that station will be held by any other endeavor, these pages must show. To begin our sports fanaticism with the beginning of 2012, we record that we can hardly wait for the fetid events of 2011 to fade away. At twelve o'clock on January 1st, we may remark that a new clock will start on the Sports Circus Maximus. In consideration of the near pleasantries we have catalogued in this volume, we may cry over spilled milk, or we could notice the smell coming from the fireplace indicates a rally squirrel fell down the chimney after Santa Claus departed. None of these is as pungent as the aroma that remains from the ending of 2011. A few unlucky fans in Boston sports still smell the stench of fried chicken and spilled beer. Sports fans are generally destined to be unlucky in life. One's favorite team rarely wins the championship. And second, we have been privileged and cursed to see the hobgoblins and ghosts attached to the venal and vain athletes in all sports. Our sports fanaticism is instructive at worst. We are taught by drop-outs of high culture. This year provided more rot and garbage than usual, ranging from lockouts in two major sports, sex abuse scandals at two major universities, and endless examples of venal sin from major athletes, including an NFL player doubling as a drug kingpin in Chicago, and the Antichrist seemed to be everywhere on the playing field. We have been reduced to the pathetic cry of, "Wait till next year!" No one could have predicted how eventful the year has been. Our values may have been verified by the result, but our sports heroes have been falsified by history. We have been exposed to exposing athletes, more than can be found after an oil spill or last call at the saloon. Monta Ellis, Michael Vick, and Shaun White have taken 'l' out with their pubic hairs. As we wait for the New Year and the clock to strike twelve, providing us with new hope, we may also wonder if a Houston Asteroid could be in our American League future.

Sex Drugs Sports And Whimsy

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Author : William Russo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-03-21

Sex Drugs Sports And Whimsy written by William Russo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-21 with categories.

Now, back in print, the original sports humor book that put the target on the backs of every player who showed too much pride. SEX, DRUGS, SPORTS & WHIMSY takes aim at the Boston sports scene in particular where players often meet the cruel fate of fandom.LONG TIME AGO BOOKS is happy to present the return of SEX, DRUGS, SPORTS & WHIMSY. Be sure to read Volume 2 as well as LIES, STATS & WHIMSY or DEATH, TAXES, & SPORTS WHIMSY.

Rebellion Rascals And Revenue

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Author : Michael Keen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-06

Rebellion Rascals And Revenue written by Michael Keen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Business & Economics categories.

An engaging and enlightening account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair. Sometimes they fail grotesquely, as when, in 1898, the British ignited a rebellion in Sierra Leone by imposing a tax on huts—and, in repressing it, ended up burning the very huts they intended to tax. Sometimes they succeed astonishingly, as when, in eighteenth-century Britain, a cut in the tax on tea massively increased revenue. In this entertaining book, two leading authorities on taxation, Michael Keen and Joel Slemrod, provide a fascinating and informative tour through these and many other episodes in tax history, both preposterous and dramatic—from the plundering described by Herodotus and an Incan tax payable in lice to the (misremembered) Boston Tea Party and the scandals of the Panama Papers. Along the way, readers meet a colorful cast of tax rascals, and even a few tax heroes. While it is hard to fathom the inspiration behind such taxes as one on ships that tended to make them sink, Keen and Slemrod show that yesterday’s tax systems have more in common with ours than we may think. Georgian England’s window tax now seems quaint, but was an ingenious way of judging wealth unobtrusively. And Tsar Peter the Great’s tax on beards aimed to induce the nobility to shave, much like today’s carbon taxes aim to slow global warming. Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue is a surprising and one-of-a-kind account of how history illuminates the perennial challenges and timeless principles of taxation—and how the past holds clues to solving the tax problems of today.

Putting Makeup On Dead People

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Author : Jen Violi
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-05-24

Putting Makeup On Dead People written by Jen Violi and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-24 with Juvenile Fiction categories.

Since her father's death four years ago, Donna has gone through the motions of living: her friendships are empty, she's clueless about what to do after high school graduation, and her grief keeps her isolated, cut off even from the one parent she has left. That is until she's standing in front of the dead body of a classmate at Brighton Brothers' Funeral Home. At that moment, Donna realizes what might just give her life purpose is comforting others in death.

Sporting Magazine

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1802

Sporting Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1802 with Hunting categories.

Reports Of The United States Board Of Tax Appeals

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Author : United States. Board of Tax Appeals
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931

Reports Of The United States Board Of Tax Appeals written by United States. Board of Tax Appeals and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.

Peaces

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Author : Helen Oyeyemi
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2021-04-06

Peaces written by Helen Oyeyemi and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Fiction categories.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE'Intoxicating.' New York Magazine'Oyeyemi is a master.' New York Times'Welcome back to the magical, maddening milieu of Oyeyemi's singular fiction, in which trapdoors spring open and revelations emerge like Russian nesting dolls.' O, the Oprah MagazinePeaces is the story of Otto and Xavier Shin, a couple who embark on a mysterious train journey that takes them far beyond any destination they could have anticipated. As the carriages roll along they discover each is more curious and fascinating than the last, becoming embroiled in this strange train and its intrigue. Who is Ava Kapoor, the sole full-time inhabitant of the train, and what is her relationship to a man named Prem? Are they passengers or prisoners? We discover who orchestrated the journey, hurtling them all into their past for clues.

In The Great Green Room

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Author : Amy Gary
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2017-01-10

In The Great Green Room written by Amy Gary and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The extraordinary life of the woman behind the beloved children’s classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes alive in this fascinating biography of Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret’s books have sold millions of copies all over the world, but few people know that she was at the center of a children’s book publishing revolution. Her whimsy and imagination fueled a steady stream of stories, book ideas, songs, and poems and she was renowned for her prolific writing and business savvy, as well as her stunning beauty and endless thirst for adventure. Margaret started her writing career by helping to shape the curriculum for the Bank Street School for children, making it her mission to create stories that would rise above traditional fairy tales and allowed girls to see themselves as equal to boys. At the same time, she also experimented endlessly with her own writing. Margaret would spend days researching subjects, picking daisies, cloud gazing, and observing nature, all in an effort to precisely capture a child’s sense of awe and wonder as they discovered the world. Clever, quirky, and incredibly talented, Margaret embraced life with passion, lived extravagantly off of her royalties, went on rabbit hunts, and carried on long and troubled love affairs with both men and women. Among them were two great loves in Margaret’s life. One was a gender-bending poet and the ex-wife of John Barrymore. She went by the stage name of Michael Strange and she and Margaret had a tempestuous yet secret relationship, at one point living next door to each other so that they could be together. After the dissolution of their relationship and Michael’s death, Margaret became engaged to a younger man, who also happened to be the son of a Rockefeller and a Carnegie. But before they could marry Margaret died unexpectedly at the age of forty-two, leaving behind a cache of unpublished work and a timeless collection of books that would go on become classics in children’s literature. In In the Great Green Room, author Amy Gary captures the eccentric and exceptional life of Margaret Wise Brown, and drawing on newly-discovered personal letters and diaries, reveals an intimate portrait of a creative genius whose unrivaled talent breathed new life in to the literary world.

Reports Of The United States Board Of Tax Appeals

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931-12

Reports Of The United States Board Of Tax Appeals written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931-12 with Taxation categories.

Reports Of The U S Board Of Tax Appeals

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Author : United States. Board of Tax Appeals
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932

Reports Of The U S Board Of Tax Appeals written by United States. Board of Tax Appeals and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Taxation categories.