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The Great Mistake
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Author : Jonathan Lee
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2021-06-17
The Great Mistake written by Jonathan Lee and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-17 with Fiction categories.
The 'Father of Greater New York' is dead. Shot outside his Park Avenue mansion in the year of our Lord, 1903. In the hour of his death, will the truth of his life finally break free? Born to a struggling farming family in 1820, Andrew Haswell Green was a self-made man who reshaped Manhattan, built Central Park and turned New York into a modern metropolis. Now, at eighty-three, when he thought the world could hold no more surprises, he is murdered. As the detective assigned to the case traces his ghost across the city, other spectres appear: a wealthy courtesan; a broken-hearted man in a bowler hat; and an ambitious politician, Samuel, whose lifelong friendship was a source of joy and frustration. In a life of industry and restraint, where is the space for love? As restlessly inventive and absorbing as its protagonist, The Great Mistake is the story of a city, and a singular man, transformed by longing.
The Great Mistake
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Author : Christopher Newfield
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2016-11-15
The Great Mistake written by Christopher Newfield and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with Education categories.
A remarkable indictment of how misguided business policies have undermined the American higher education system. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL Higher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented student debt. For over a decade, the realm of American higher education has been wracked with self-doubt and mutual recrimination, with no clear solutions on the horizon. How did this happen? In this stunning new book, Christopher Newfield offers readers an in-depth analysis of the “great mistake” that led to the cycle of decline and dissolution, a mistake that impacts every public college and university in America. What might occur, he asserts, is no less than locked-in economic inequality and the fall of the middle class. In The Great Mistake, Newfield asks how we can fix higher education, given the damage done by private-sector models. The current accepted wisdom—that to succeed, universities should be more like businesses—is dead wrong. Newfield combines firsthand experience with expert analysis to show that private funding and private-sector methods cannot replace public funding or improve efficiency, arguing that business-minded practices have increased costs and gravely damaged the university’s value to society. It is imperative that universities move beyond the destructive policies that have led them to destabilize their finances, raise tuition, overbuild facilities, create a national student debt crisis, and lower educational quality. Laying out an interconnected cycle of mistakes, from subsidizing the private sector to “the poor get poorer” funding policies, Newfield clearly demonstrates how decisions made in government, in the corporate world, and at colleges themselves contribute to the dismantling of once-great public higher education. A powerful, hopeful critique of the unnecessary death spiral of higher education, The Great Mistake is essential reading for those who wonder why students have been paying more to get less and for everyone who cares about the role the higher education system plays in improving the lives of average Americans.
Einstein S Greatest Mistake
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Author : David Bodanis
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2016-10-18
Einstein S Greatest Mistake written by David Bodanis and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“What Bodanis does brilliantly is to give us a feel for Einstein as a person. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that does this as well” (Popular Science). In this “fascinating” biography, the acclaimed author of E=mc2 reveals that in spite of his indisputable brilliance, Albert Einstein found himself ignored by most working scientists during the final decades of his life, his ideas opposed by even his closest friends (Forbes). How did this happen? Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity, and helped lead us into the atomic age. This book goes beyond his remarkable intellect and accomplishments to examine the man himself, from the skeptical, erratic student to the world’s greatest physicist to the fallen-from-grace celebrity. An intimate biography that “imparts fresh insight into the genius—and failures—of the 20th century’s most celebrated scientist,” Einstein’s Greatest Mistake reveals what we owe Einstein today—and how much more he might have achieved if not for his all-too-human flaws (Publishers Weekly). Named a Science Book of the Year by the Sunday Times and one of the Top Five Science Books of 2016 by ABC News Australia, this unique book “offers a window onto Einstein’s achievements and missteps, as well as his life—his friendships, his complicated love life (two marriages, many affairs) and his isolation from other scientists at the end of his life” (BookPage).
The Great Mistake
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Author : Jonathan Lee
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2022-05-17
The Great Mistake written by Jonathan Lee and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-17 with Fiction categories.
An exultant novel of New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, about one man's rise to fame and fortune, and his mysterious murder—“engrossing” (Wall Street Journal), “immersive” (The New Yorker), and “seriously entertaining” (The Sunday Times, London). Andrew Haswell Green is dead, shot at the venerable age of eighty-three, when he thought life could hold no more surprises. The killing—on Park Avenue in broad daylight, on Friday the thirteenth—shook the city. Born to a struggling farmer, Green was a self-made man without whom there would be no Central Park, no Metropolitan Museum of Art, no Museum of Natural History, no New York Public Library. But Green had a secret, a life locked within him that now, in the hour of his death, may finally break free. A work of tremendous depth and piercing emotion, The Great Mistake is the story of a city transformed, a murder that made a private man infamous, and a portrait of a singular individual who found the world closed off to him—yet enlarged it.
Regina S Big Mistake
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Author : Marissa Moss
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1995-03-27
Regina S Big Mistake written by Marissa Moss and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-03-27 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
When told to draw a jungle in art class, Regina experiences feelings of failure and creative insecurity, but manages to create a beautiful picture that's all her own.
My Biggest Mistake
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Author : Leddy Harper
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-07-30
My Biggest Mistake written by Leddy Harper and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-30 with categories.
Edie had spent her whole life planning her future, imagining her husband, her kids, and even which minivan she'd drive. Lucky for her, she didn't have to wait long, marrying her high school sweetheart right after graduation. All of Edie's dreams had come true, until they were no longer her dreams. Unable to deal with the lingering depression caused by having children, she left her whole life behind, walking away from the one thing she'd always wanted. Donovan Leery loved his wife with everything he had and could never imagine life without her. Until he came home from work one day and found a letter from Edie, explaining she needed a break. Not only leaving him to live his life without her, but alone to raise their three small children. But what happens when Edie is ready to come home? When she's ready to fight for it all back? She knew it wouldn't be easy. But she didn't care. After spending years getting her life back together, she was ready to fight for her family. And a fight is what Donovan would give her. She'd fight to make up for her Biggest Mistake.
High Dive
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Author : Jonathan Lee
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2016-03-08
High Dive written by Jonathan Lee and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-08 with Fiction categories.
**Named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle** “Devastating . . . Inspired . . . We make so many complex emotional investments in the lives of Lee’s characters that it takes a monk’s restraint not to flip to the very end of the book before you get there.” —Jennifer Senior, New York Times In September 1984, a bomb was planted at the Grand Hotel in the seaside town of Brighton, England, set to explode in twenty-four days when the British prime minister and her entire cabinet would be staying there. High Dive not only takes us inside this audacious assassination attempt—a decisive act of violence on the world stage—but also imagines its way into a group of unforgettable characters. Nimbly weaving together fact and fiction, comedy and tragedy, the story switches among the perspectives of Dan, a young IRA explosives expert; Moose, a former star athlete gone to seed, who is now the deputy hotel manager; and Freya, his teenage daughter, trying to decide what comes after high school. Over the course of a mere four weeks, as the prime minister’s arrival draws closer, each of their lives will be transformed forever. A bold, astonishingly intimate novel of laughter and heartbreak, High Dive is a moving portrait of clashing loyalties, guilt and regret, and how individuals become the grist of history.
Cinderella The Great Mouse Mistake
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Author : Disney Book Group
language : en
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Release Date : 2011-03-22
Cinderella The Great Mouse Mistake written by Disney Book Group and has been published by Disney Electronic Content this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-22 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
When Cinderella's mouse friend Gus picks roses from Lady Tremaine's garden for his dear Cinderelly, Cinderella gets in a lot of trouble. She takes Gus into town to replace the rosebush, but forgets that it's the day of the big village fair. Gus gets so excited that he accidentally knocks over a giant cake prepared for the King!
The Great Mistake
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Author : Mike Bamiloye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Great Mistake written by Mike Bamiloye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Christian drama categories.
The First Mistake
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Author : Sandie Jones
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2019-05-30
The First Mistake written by Sandie Jones and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-30 with Fiction categories.
The First Mistake is the stunning second novel from The Other Woman author Sandie Jones, who delivers twist after heart-stopping twist, in this addictively readable domestic suspense about a wife, her husband, and her best friend. Perfect for fans of The Mother-in-Law and My Lovely Wife. For Alice, life has never been better. After the death of her first husband, she has remarried, has a successful business, two children and a beautiful house. In Beth, she also has the best friend she has always wanted. A friend without judgement, she is the most trustworthy and loyal person Alice knows. So when Alice begins to suspect her husband Nathan is having an affair, Alice turns to Beth to help her find the truth. She can trust Beth, can't she . . .?