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"From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency and his potential comeback. Few journalists working today have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few understand him and his motivations better....
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THE CONFIDENCE MANUAL
You're about to discover how to greatly improve your self-esteem, become more confident, and start living life with the self-respect you deserve!
Self-confidence is a driving force for the actions we take in life, and ultimately effects the outcomes, success and happiness we experience.
Everyone deserves to have a high level of confidence and self-esteem. Unfortunately, for many of us this is not the case.
This book will...
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The Confidence Man (1857) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. After the failure of his novels Moby-Dick (1851) and Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852), Melville struggled to find a publisher who would accept his work. When it was published, The Confidence Man was seen as a flawed, unnecessarily complicated novel, and beyond several collections of poetry, it all but ended Melville's career as a professional writer. When Melville's work was...
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"Male, female, deft, fraudulent, constantly shifting: which of the ̀masquerade' of passengers on the Mississippi steamboat Fidèle is 'the confidence man'? The central motif of Melville's last and most ̀modern' novel can be seen as a symbol of American cultural history."--Publisher's description.
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.Although most people do not think of Herman Melville as a particularly funny writer, his "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and The Confidence Man have kept readers laughing for a century and a half.
"Bartleby" is a simultaneously accurate and absurd depiction of life in a Wall Street office in the middle of the nineteenth century. It is the gentle comedy of a boss' helpless...
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Jay Robert Nash takes you into the real and fascinating world of the criminal elite-the con man. Hustlers and Con Men is an entertaining look at the boldest, most sophisticated, most wildly imaginative criminals of the past 200 years, including the Gondorf brothers, Lou Blonger, Charles Ponzi, Madam Zingara, "Paper Collar Joe" Kratalsky, and hundreds of others. Here, too, are their extraordinary schemes: the mail-order flim-flam, the lonely-hearts...
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The confidence man held a fascination for Melville, Hawthorne, Howells, Johnson J. Hooper, Bret Harte, and Mark Twain. In this study the writers are grouped in such a way as to emphasize certain large-scale cultural patterns of nineteenth-century America. Primary attention is given to the con man character himself and the ways in which he reflects the unique qualities and perceptions of a given writer. Originally published in 1973.
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Journey to worlds both real and imagined with these timeless landmarks of literature.
Don Quixoteby Miguel de Cervantes: Considered by many to be the first modern novel, this witty epic follows the famed nobleman from La Mancha on his quest to live up to the ideals of a chivalrous knight.
Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift: The classic satire that takes Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and other fantastical corners of the world.
The Confidence-Manby...
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Should 'The Powerfully Confident Man' need lots of hot women in his life? Does he need status and respect? Does he need a great variety of sexual adventure?
The truth of the matter is this; 'The Powerfully Confident Man' needs nothing, he may want things but that is a very different place to be coming from.
Imagine being able to confidently interact, impress and attract everyone you meet. To always make a vigorously positive first impression and...
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You are a man on a path. Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't and you might not know why. Do you have an issue of people thinking that you are uncultured, or worse, juvenile? We created Confidence and Ignorance to help you figure out the areas that you need to focus on so that you can grow. We wrote this for men, because that is what we have experience with and understand, but several of these points could help anyone. Confidence attracts...
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13 Things To Tap Into Your Masculinity and be Confident Man. Being a man in today's modern world is not the same as before. About 40% of kids are raised in single family household. Young men are lost without a father figure. They dont know how to be man or what a man is supposed to do in modern society. In this book you will find the core values of being a man and how to handle the real world. This book is for young men and adult males who struggle...
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This book is a motivational guide for women to help you walk with confidence and boldness into your destiny.
Because sometimes we need a visual stimulant to help motivate us to achieve our goals, we use the noticeable way many white men carry themselves with confidence from day-to-day, not burdened by any of the negative stereotypes and negative perceptions that women and people of color often carry around.
WalK liKe a WhiTe MaN™ empowers you to...
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Self Confidence, Self Help for Man and For Woman, N.L.P exercises
Are you now in a low position of your life and you would want to feel better?
Are you starting to feel down on life and your own image?
Do you feel low? Lonely? Worthless?
If you answered "yes" to any of these, then this is the perfect, educational and informational book for you!
Hello! Welcome to this guide to "Self Esteem Workbook".
Everything You Need to Know About the Self Confidence...
15) Confidence With Women Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: How to Flirt with Women and What Women Want In A Man
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Confidence With Women Bundle, 2 IN 1 Bundle: How to Flirt with Women and What Women Want In A Man
Do you want to date many women? Or are you already looking at settling down and wanting to meet the right one for you? Meeting women and dating can be a bit daunting sometimes. One of the books in this bundle is designed to educate both people in the PUA community and people who are interested in being better at finding women and dating them. PUA stands...
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"The American negroes are the only people in the history of the world. . . . That ever became free without any effort on their own." W. E. Woodward stated this in his biography of General Ulysses S. Grant. Nothing could be farther from the truth as will be seen in this history which will show that the African Americans fighting in the Civil War may have been the deciding factor in determining the outcome.
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