Drop Us A Line Sucker

Download or read book Drop Us a Line... Sucker! written by James C. Wade and published by Carroll & Graf Pub. This book was released on 1995 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than five years, James Wade, an American businessman living in Switzerland, has been firing off preposterous letters to organizations all over the world, trying to determine whether he can elicit serious replies to bizarre inquiries that are worded to appear as if they may be legitimate. Among the companies he has contacted are Hertz, Listerine, and the Swiss Cheese Union.

Download or read book Yours Ever written by Thomas Mallon and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful investigation of the art of letter writing, Yours Ever explores masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Here are Madame de Sévigné’s devastatingly sharp reports from the French court, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tormented advice to his young daughter, the casually brilliant musings of Flannery O’Connor, the lustful boastings of Lord Byron, and the prison cries of Sacco and Vanzetti, all accompanied by Thomas Mallon’s own insightful commentary. From battlefield confessions to suicide notes, fan letters to hate mail, Yours Ever is an exuberant reintroduction to a vast and entertaining literature—a book that will help to revive, in the digital age, this glorious lost art.

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Download or read book Sucker Bet written by James Swain and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hardened ex-cop, Tony Valentine now nabs hustlers who rob casinos, and the Micanopy Indian Reservation Casino in South Florida desperately needs his expertise. A blackjack dealer has rigged a game, dealt a player eighty-four winning hands in a row, and then disappeared. But the missing dealer is part of an even bigger, far deadlier scheme. Valentine’s trail leads him to Rico Blanco, a ruthless gangster who once worked for John Gotti; his shady, elusive partner-in-crime, Victor Marks; and a bombshell named Candy Hart, a hooker with dreams of love—a combination tailor-made to double-cross. It appears they have a con going down involving a cocky, filthy-rich Brit and his millions of dollars. Valentine’s challenge: to figure out how all the pieces of the seamy puzzle fit together . . . before his luck runs out and his life goes bust.

Download or read book Someone Like You written by Sarah Dessen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-05-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All The world is a terrible place not to have a best friend. Scarlett was always the strong one. Halley was always content to follow in her wake. Then Scarlett’s boyfriend died, and Scarlett learned that she was pregnant. Now Halley has to find the strength to take the lead and help Scarlett get through it. Because true friendship is a promise you keep forever. * “Dessen has written a powerful, polished story.”—School Library Journal, starred review Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Books by Sarah Dessen: That Summer Someone Like You Keeping the Moon Dreamland This Lullaby The Truth About Forever Just Listen Lock and Key Along for the Ride What Happened to Goodbye The Moon and More Saint Anything Once and for All

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