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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The mentor The mentor Sebastian Stuart To cure a husband's writing block, a wife hires an assistant. The assistant is pretty and turns out to be a talented writer. The husband seduces her, intent on using her to gain fame, unaware she int… OL17738156W
Cube squared Cube squared Christian McPherson Colin MacDonald is about to face his greatest challenge yet: middle age. By day he is a cubicle-bound civil servant, but by night he is a horror novelist writing the vampire-zombie apocalypse. With t… OL17939721W
A company man A company man Marc-Antoine Caillot "Caillot's 1730 memoir recounts a young man's voyage from Paris to New Orleans, where he served the Company of the Indies. An introduction and annotations provide historical context to this intimate … OL19666742W
The room The room Jonas Karlsson Bjorn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works--a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Bjorn is in his r… OL19994441W
The CEO buys in The CEO buys in Nancy Herkness Billionaire businessman Nathan intends to win a bet that says he can find a woman to love him for something other than his money, and when he is helped out by new assistant Chloe when he is sick, he … OL20006532W
The assistants The assistants Camille Perri When a technical error at a multinational media conglomerate gives a financially strapped veteran employee a chance to pay off her student loans in ways the company will never notice, she embarks on … OL20027041W
Literally dead Literally dead James Conroy In the midst of the Great Depression, one man must do battle against corruption with nothing but his wits and a host of great literary figures? Amos Jansen is merely a clerk. He is not a crime fighte… OL28217172W
An outcast of the islands An outcast of the islands Joseph Conrad Conrad’s Second novel (An Outcast of the Islands) is about the colonial enterprise and their faults while they take a region. The characters are complex and deep. It makes for a great read.Please Not… OL38634W
Die Angestellten vor dem Nationalsozialismus Die Angestellten vor dem Nationalsozialismus Hans Speier 202 p. ; 24 cm OL4647778W
Confessions of a Diplomatic Pouch Clerk Confessions of a Diplomatic Pouch Clerk James A. Abrahamson The author was in the US. Foreign Service from 1957 to 1969. This is a true story of his experiences while employed as a diplomatic pouch clerk in the American Consulate General in Sydney, Australia … OL9680567W