Born Losers

Born Losers
Author: Scott A. Sandage
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2006-04-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674015104

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What makes somebody a Loser, a person doomed to unfulfilled dreams and humiliation? Nobody is born to lose, and yet failure embodies our worst fears. The Loser is our national bogeyman, and his history over the past two hundred years reveals the dark side of success, how economic striving reshaped the self and soul of America. From colonial days to the Columbine tragedy, Scott Sandage explores how failure evolved from a business loss into a personality deficit, from a career setback to a gauge of our self-worth. From hundreds of private diaries, family letters, business records, and even early credit reports, Sandage reconstructs the dramas of real-life Willy Lomans. He unearths their confessions and denials, foolish hopes and lost faith, sticking places and changing times. Dreamers, suckers, and nobodies come to life in the major scenes of American history, like the Civil War and the approach of big business, showing how the national quest for success remade the individual ordeal of failure. Born Losers is a pioneering work of American cultural history, which connects everyday attitudes and anxieties about failure to lofty ideals of individualism and salesmanship of self. Sandage's storytelling will resonate with all of us as it brings to life forgotten men and women who wrestled with The Loser--the label and the experience--in the days when American capitalism was building a nation of winners.

Natural Born Loser

Natural Born Loser
Author: Oliver Phommavanh
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2018-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1742538568

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I'm Raymond, and my school is a joke. It's full of bullies and troublemakers. My solution? Be a nobody and fade into the background. But our new principal has blown my cover because he's chosen me as a prefect! It was looking pretty bad, until I made a crazy promise to get new air con for the classrooms. Now I'm REALLY in trouble!

The Born Loser

The Born Loser
Author: Art Sansom
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1970
Genre: Losers
ISBN:

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The Born Loser's Guide to Life

The Born Loser's Guide to Life
Author: Art Sansom
Publisher: Pharos Books
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1990-03-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780886875886

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Cartoons offer a humorous look at Brutus Thornapple's encounters with plumbers, real estate agents, bosses, coworkers, children, the police, dogs, waiters, doctors, and his wife

The Loser

The Loser
Author: Thomas Bernhard
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2010-11-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307773469

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Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovation ranks with Beckett and Kafka, his outrageously cantankerous voice recalls Dostoevsky, but his gift for lacerating, lyrical, provocative prose is incomparably his own.One of Bernhard's most acclaimed novels, The Loser centers on a fictional relationship between piano virtuoso Glenn Gould and two of his fellow students who feel compelled to renounce their musical ambitions in the face of Gould's incomparable genius. One commits suicide, while the other-- the obsessive, witty, and self-mocking narrator-- has retreated into obscurity. Written as a monologue in one remarkable unbroken paragraph, The Loser is a brilliant meditation on success, failure, genius, and fame.

The Born Loser

The Born Loser
Author: Alt Sansom
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1981
Genre: American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN: 9780864460011

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Loser

Loser
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061756822

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From renowned Newbery-winning author Jerry Spinelli comes a powerful story about how not fitting in just might lead to an incredible life. This classic book is perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Carl Hiaasen. Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his own feet, and falls down with laughter over a word like "Jabip." Other kids have their own word to describe him, but Zinkoff is too busy to hear it. He doesn't know he's not like everyone else. And one winter night, Zinkoff's differences show that any name can someday become "hero." With some of his finest writing to date and great wit and humor, Jerry Spinelli creates a story about a boy's individuality surpassing the need to fit in and the genuine importance of failure. As readers follow Zinkoff from first through sixth grade, it becomes impossible not to identify with and root for him through failures and triumphs. The perfect classroom read.

Born to be a Loser

Born to be a Loser
Author: Johnnie Allan
Publisher: Jadfel Pub
Total Pages: 341
Release: 1992
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780961933524

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Loser/Queen

Loser/Queen
Author: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2010-12-21
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1416996478

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Cammy Hall is what anyone would describe as a loser. She lives with her grandparents and has adopted their way of life… right down to the comfortable shoes and early bedtime. And can she help it that she actually likes to knit? At school, her skills with knitting needles and some yarn go completely unappreciated: people like Bekka Bell reign while Cammy and her best friend, the fearless Danish exchange student Gerdi, watch from the sidelines. Cammy’s used to being an outsider; after years of humiliating moments, her goal is simply to fly under the radar. Then she suddenly starts receiving mysterious text messages that lead her right to all the embarrassing secrets about the most popular kids in school. Cammy never expected to be able to climb up the high school food chain, and the agenda of the texter may be questionable—but how can she possibly give up the chance to be Queen? This is the print version of the groundbreaking online interactive serial LOSER/QUEEN that premiered in July 2010 on www.loserqueen.com. Each week, readers voted on major plot twists. The winning choice was then encorporated into the next week's chapters. Now that voting—and the book—are complete, LOSER/QUEEN will be published as a paperback and packed with extras from the author… and readers will have the opportunity to own the book they helped create! Jodi Lynn Anderson, the national bestselling author of Peaches and The Secrets of Peaches, has lived in Georgia, Costa Rica, and New York, but she currently lives in Washington, D.C. Brittney Lee is a designer and animator. She lives in Emeryville, CA.

Born Loser

Born Loser
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Zines
ISBN:

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