Download or read book A Woman Named Leona written by Cynthia Falconer Miller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the following pages of this book, you will discover the compelling and sometimes tragically sad life of Leona. You will follow her through her school days and her first heart break. You will be with her family at the family ranch when people take refuge there when their little town is ravaged by fire at the hands of the masochistic arsonist that had been the mayor of Duddleyville for several years. You will watch Leona as she endures unbearable beatings and verbal abuse at the hands of the man that raped her, and then convicted her that no man would want her after she had been with him, so he strong armed her into marrying him and continued his abusive treatment of her even after the birth of their son. Watch as Leona gathers the strength to leave to escape the abuse in the middle of a blizzard, taking her infant son with her. Follow her through the years of raising her son as a single woman in fifties, while living in a small rural town in the central plains of the U.S. Share her life as she suffers tragedy and grief at the death of her only sibling. Fell the heart wrenching sadness she feels at being disowned by her loving father, as well as the joy she experiences when she admits she has fallen in love with Leonard, the caretaker that discovered her and her son so long ago when she escaped her husband. Take a step back in the time and follow Leona through her life, and watch how she develops the strength to overcome unbearable challenges that life puts her path to true love and happiness.
Download or read book My Name is Leona written by Carol Gahara Harris and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leona, a little girl who does not like her name, finds out that her name was picked just for her, on purpose, with love, and deliberately, by her parents.
Download or read book Her Father s Name written by Florence Marryat and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Film Noir and the Arts of Lighting written by Patrick Keating and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-12 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other set of films from the classical era, the Hollywood film noir is known for its lighting: the cast shadows, the blinking street signs, the eyes sparkling in the darkness. Each effect is rich in symbolism, evoking a world of danger and doppelgangers. But what happens if we set aside the symbolism? This book offers a new account of film noir lighting, grounded in a larger theory of Hollywood cinematography as emotionally engaging storytelling. Above all, noir lighting is dynamic, switching from darkness to brightness and back again as characters change, locations shift, and fates unfold. Richly illustrated, Film Noir and the Arts of Lighting features in-depth analyses of eleven classic movies: The Asphalt Jungle, Sorry, Wrong Number, Odds against Tomorrow, The Letter, I Wake Up Screaming, Phantom Lady, Strangers on a Train, Sweet Smell of Success, Gaslight, Secret beyond the Door, and Touch of Evil.
Download or read book God Don T Forsake Me Now written by Cynthia Falconer Miller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book continues in the life of Raymond, Leonas son, as he carries on the duties at the Assistance House that his mother had started years ago. Although this book will show the softer side of Raymond and his family, we also see the effects of abuse. Raymond is forced to face the brutality of his biological father his mother had gathered the strength to leave shortly after giving birth to Raymond. Never had his mother said a bad word about George Mackey Jr. but George shows a side of himself that even Leona could not have imagined possible of the beast she had been forced to marry. Like his mother, Raymond stands his ground against the terror George causes at both ranches that are home to Raymond, but also rises above the tragedy that George leaves in his wake.
Download or read book Translated Woman written by Ruth Behar and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated Woman tells the story of an unforgettable encounter between Ruth Behar, a Cuban-American feminist anthropologist, and Esperanza Hernández, a Mexican street peddler. The tale of Esperanza's extraordinary life yields unexpected and profound reflections on the mutual desires that bind together anthropologists and their "subjects."
Download or read book Lady Trent Mystery 3 in 1 Bundle written by Gilbert Morris and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mermaid in the Basement Serafina Trent is a woman about to take 19th Century London by storm. She’s a woman of means . . . but not the typical Victorian lady who feels her place is to be seen and not heard. When her brother's most recent female dalliance, a beautiful actress, is found murdered, all evidence points to him. Especially since the actress had just rejected him in a most public manner. Now everyone believes Clive is headed for the gallows. Everyone but Serafina. Determined to prove her brother's innocence, Serafina finds herself working with unlikely allies—including Dylan Tremayne, a passionate storyteller and actor with a criminal past. A Conspiracy of Ravens With the aid of her partner Dylan Tremayne, Lady Serafina Trent aims to help her neighbors—the Haydens—determine who the true heir is to their sizable estate. After some investigating, she shocks the Haydens when she reveals that the child they believed had died at birth is actually alive and living as a criminal in London's worst slump. Then the Hayden's butler is murdered and the stakes are dangerously raised. Lady Trent’s sleuthing skills are put to the test in a Victorian mystery about mischief, murder, and a lost heir. Sonnet to a Dead Contessa In 1858 London women of British nobility are being murdered with alarming frequency, so Scotland Yard calls on Lady Serafina Trent and her crime-solving partner, Dylan Tremayne, to help piece together the perplexing clues. With Dylan's help, Serafina has garnered acclaim as a brilliant detective—solving mysteries by relying on her astute observation and scientific reasoning. But in the midst of solving these crimes, Serafina's relationship with Dylan meets unexpected stress when his childhood sweetheart returns. Torn between desire and decorum, Serafina desperately wants Dylan to be happy—but in the arms of another woman? After a lifetime of viewing the world through a practical lens, Serafina begins to examine her own soul—and realizes her need for Jesus. Yet will her faith save her life when all clues point to Serafina as the murderer's next victim?
Download or read book The Queer Sixties written by Patricia Juliana Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Queer Sixties assembles an impressive group of cultural critics to go against the grain of 1960s studies, and proposes new and different ways of the last decade before the closet doors swung open. Imbued with the zeitgeist of the 60s, this playful and powerful collection rescues the persistence of the queer imaginary.
Download or read book Mosquito written by Gayl Jones and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the highly acclaimed author of Corregidora and The Healing—a rare and unforgettable journey set along the US–Mexico border about identity, immigration, and “the new underground railroad.” “Jones’s great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.”—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker First discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. In Mosquito, she examines the US–Mexico border crisis through the eyes of Sojourner Nadine Jane Johnson, an African American truck driver known as Mosquito. Her journey beings after discovering a stowaway who nearly gives birth in the back of her truck, sparking her accidental and yet growing involvement in “the new underground railroad,” a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants. As Mosquito’s understanding of the immigrants’s need to forge new lives and identities deepens, so too does Mosquito’s romance with Ray, a gentle revolutionary, philosopher, and, perhaps, a priest. Along the road, Mosquito introduces us to Delgadina, a Chicana bartender who fries cactus, writes haunting stories, and studies to become a detective; Monkey Bread, a childhood pal who is, improbably, assistant to a blonde star in Hollywood; Maria, the stowaway who names her baby Journal, a misspelled tribute to her unwitting benefactor Sojourner; and many more.
Download or read book The Secrets of the Old Mansion written by Michael J. Benton and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel is a work of fiction; Names, places, Characters, and incidents either are the products of the Author's imagination/and/or use fictional; Any resemblance to actual persons, (except where used by permission, or the Author himself) living or dead, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental; NOTE: Although this book is fictional, some of the ideas and events are based upon the personal life of the Author. Some Cities, states, counties and places are real. This will give the reader a general idea of the time, place and era the Author is using. Written with all ages in mind, this story focus on secrets and mysteries which are uncovered when Mike Benton arrives in Ellisville to look over his inheritance of the huge three story Benton Mansion and the Plantation left to him by his late uncle, John Benton. NOTE: While this book is written with all age groups in mind, and while it is semi-Christian, and based upon the faith the boys and Mike have in the Lord, there are a few words and scenes which vary, but are the everyday life style of people. This book is meant for entertainment and to help the readers, regardless of age, to know what it's like just to be human.
Download or read book A Conspiracy of Ravens written by Gilbert Morris and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2008-08-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Trent's sleuthing skills are put to the test in a Victorian mystery about mischief, murder, and a lost heir. With the aid of her partner Dylan Tremayne, Lady Serafina Trent aims to help her neighbors—the Haydens—determine who the true heir is to their sizable estate. After some investigating, she shocks the Haydens when she reveals that the child they believed had died at birth is actually alive and living as a criminal in London's worst slum. Then the Hayden's butler is murdered and the stakes are dangerously raised. Lady Serafina must employ her famous scientific reasoning to help her discover answers before foul play strikes again—though her beloved reason fails to explain her growing attraction to Dylan . . . Enjoy Victorian England through the eyes of Christian Fiction's most beloved author.
Download or read book Andrew V McLaglen written by Stephen B. Armstrong and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a comprehensive survey of the film and television career of London-born director Andrew V. McLaglen. An opening biography considers the events and circumstances that contributed to his development as a filmmaker, including his relationships with his actor father Victor McLaglen, fellow director John Ford, and motion picture icon John Wayne, who collaborated with Andrew McLaglen on such films as McLintock! (1963), Hellfighters (1968), The Undefeated (1969) and Chisum (1970). An extensive annotated filmography covers every theatrical feature film McLaglen directed, as well as his television productions and the films he worked on prior to becoming a director. Appendices provide information on the numerous documentaries in which McLaglen has appeared, and a list of stage plays he has directed since his retirement from motion pictures in 1989.
Download or read book The Murderer s Daughter written by Jonathan Kellerman and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the creator of the acclaimed Alex Delaware series comes a tour de force standalone novel that illustrates perfectly why “Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of the psychological thriller” (People). Includes bonus material! A brilliant, deeply dedicated psychologist, Grace Blades has a gift for treating troubled souls and tormented psyches—perhaps because she bears her own invisible scars: Only five years old when she witnessed her parents’ deaths in a bloody murder-suicide, Grace took refuge in her fierce intellect and found comfort in the loving couple who adopted her. But even as an adult with an accomplished professional life, Grace still has a dark, secret side. When her two worlds shockingly converge, Grace’s harrowing past returns with a vengeance. Both Grace and her newest patient are stunned when they recognize each other from a recent encounter. Haunted by his bleak past, mild-mannered Andrew Toner is desperate for Grace’s renowned therapeutic expertise and more than willing to ignore their connection. And while Grace is tempted to explore his case, which seems to eerily echo her grim early years, she refuses—a decision she regrets when a homicide detective appears on her doorstep. An evil she thought she’d outrun has reared its head again, but Grace fears that a police inquiry will expose her double life. Launching her own personal investigation leads her to a murderously manipulative foe, one whose warped craving for power forces Grace back into the chaos and madness she’d long ago fled.
Download or read book Punish the Sinners written by John Saul and published by Dell. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italy 1252. Inquisition. Accusation. Fear. Torture. The guilty and the innocent dying for sins real and imagined in the flames of the burning stake. Neilsville, 1978. Peter Blasam has come to this sleepy desert town to teach its youth, and finds a mystery of mounting horror. Something is happening to the young girls of St. Francis Xavier High School -- something evil. In bloodlet and terror a suicide contagion has swept the two... while a dark order of its holy men enacts a secret medieval ritual. Is hysteria manipulating these innocent children into violent self-destruction? Or has supernatural force, a thirteenth-century madness, returned to... Punish The Sinners.
Download or read book Martin the Foundling written by Eugène Sue and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Victorian Freak Show written by Lillian Craton and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Victorian freak show was at once mainstream and subversive. Spectacles of strange, exotic, and titillating bodies drew large middle-class audiences in England throughout much of the nineteenth century, and souvenir portraits of performing freaks even found their way into Victorian family albums. At the same time, the imagery and practices of the freak show shocked Victorian sensibilities and sparked controversy about both the boundaries of physical normalcy and morality in entertainment. Marketing tactics for the freak show often made use of common ideological assumptions - compulsory female domesticity and British imperial authority, for instance - but reflected these ideas with the surreal distortion of a fun-house mirror. Not surprisingly, the popular fiction written for middle-class Victorian readers also calls upon imagery of extreme physical difference, and the odd-bodied characters that people nineteenth-century fiction raise meaningful questions about the relationships between physical difference and the social expectations that shaped Victorian life." "This book is primarily an aesthetic analysis of freak show imagery as it appears in Victorian popular fiction, including the works of Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Guy de Maupassant, Florence Marryat, and Lewis Carroll. It argues that, in spite of a strong nineteenth-century impulse to define and defend normalcy, images of radical physical difference are often framed in surprisingly positive ways in Victorian fiction. The dwarves, fat people, and bearded ladies who intrude on the more conventional imagery of Victorian novels serve to shift the meaning of those works' main plots and characters, sometimes sharpening satires of the nineteenth-century treatment of the poor or disabled, sometimes offering new traits and behaviors as supplements for restrictive social norms." --Book Jacket.
Download or read book Woman s Home Companion written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
