Download or read book Gunfight written by Ryan Busse and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the nation and bringing cultural division to a boiling point. As an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationist-all things that the firearms industry was built on-Ryan Busse chased a childhood dream and built a successful career selling millions of firearms for one of America's most popular gun companies. But blinded by the promise of massive profits, the gun industry abandoned its self-imposed decency in favor of hardline conservatism and McCarthyesque internal policing, sowing irreparable division in our politics and society. That drove Busse to do something few other gun executives have done: he's ending his 30-year career in the industry to show us how and why we got here. Gunfight is an insider's call-out of a wild, secretive, and critically important industry. It shows us how America's gun industry shifted from prioritizing safety and ethics to one that is addicted to fear, conspiracy, intolerance, and secrecy. It recounts Busse's personal transformation and shows how authoritarianism spreads in the guise of freedom, how voicing one's conscience becomes an act of treason in a culture that demands sameness and loyalty. Gunfight offers a valuable perspective as the nation struggles to choose between armed violence or healing.

Download or read book The Dog Who Spoke with Gods written by Diane Jessup and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-06-23 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young pre-med student comes across Damien, a pit bull being used in laboratory experiments on campus, she has no way of knowing how drastically her life--and her beliefs--will change.

Download or read book ONE BRIDE DELIVERED written by Jeanne Allan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Need a wife to take kare of a little kid. Has to bake cookys and smile a lot. Was this newspaper ad a child's cry for help? Cheyenne Lassiter reacted instantly and discovered a love-starved little boy. His uncle, Thomas Steele, seemingly had no place in his life for family…or for love. Cheyenne's sensitive heart went out to both of them. Deny it as much as he might, the more time Thomas spent with Davy, the more he appeared to be softening toward his late brother's son. Could Cheyenne hope that this business-focused man might eventually discover he'd make fine father and husband material?

Download or read book One Man s Life and Thoughts written by Charles T. Johnson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One Mans Thoughts and Life in Good time and Bad' is a compilation of Charles Johnson life and situations that he saw and lived that gave him a thought to write about. He takes a situation and coverts into a story poem with a moral ending. Every poem has a description following the poem that explains why it was written and the Spiritual lesson that he got from that situation. The book is not totally about him but describes how all things can have a message that can show each of us how we can view our life and learn how we all can grow Spiritually in our own life.

Download or read book THE FERTILITY FACTOR written by Jennifer Mikels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHE WANTED TO HAVE HIS BABY As a nurse at the city’s busiest birth center, Lara Mancini knew all about delivering babies. But what she really wanted was a child of her own, and her secret crush—handsome, charming Dr. Derek Cross—was ideal father material. Didn’t he have an adorable five-year-old son to prove it? But her biological clock was nearing its final countdown. So Lara would have to light a fire under her reticent boss and do more than steal a passionate kiss in a trapped elevator. Because she didn’t just want Derek’s baby—she wanted everything that went with it, including a march down the aisle with this sexy single dad….

Download or read book Age Is Just A Number written by Eric Gober and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's something to be said for life experience, a little gray at the temple...And then there is the appeal of youth.When it comes to what the heart wants, Age Is Just A Number.STORIES INCLUDED:TWENTY LIGHT YEARS BETWEEN USEric GoberAn alien encounter...An unfortunate misstep...A lightning fast journey through space...The laws of physics are about to wreak havoc on Walt and Michael's May-December love.ALL ROADS LEAD WITHINLayla DorineWhen James spotted Rogue, a young man for whom wandering is like breathing, half-dozing on the hood of his car, he never expected that warning him about the dangers of sleeping out in the open would lead to a weekly visitor at his door. NORTH PASTURELily VeldenUpon the death of his grandfather, up and coming Fantasy author, Thomas, returns home.A place he left four years earlier to get over his unrequited love for Sam Fletcher, his older, straight, and very much married neighbor.Thomas soon discovers, however, that things are much changed with Sam...AMERICAN MASTER BAKERDale Cameron LowryBaking is a way of life for Joey, a young pastry chef vying for first place in the popular reality show American Master Bakers. But the judges have been showing favoritism to Terence, an aggravatingly attractive older man with more experience under his belt. When the competition gets hot, so do the two men. Can a relationship that started in hatred end in love?ALPHA AND OMEGA: THE CLAIMINGEddy LeFeyA young Omega shifter meets a much older Alpha.Will Elliot let Issac help him be who he is too afraid to be?STAND AND DELIVERAsta IdoneaNecessity has forced former soldier Captain Keen to assume the occupation of gentleman highwayman. His fortunes take a turn, however, the night he stops the Marquis de Beaumont's coach and gets more than he bargained for when he utters the words "e;Stand and deliver!"e;LOST AND FOUNDLouise LyonsThe loss of his best friend leads Phil to find love.TRAIL TO LOVEKassandra LeaThere's only one thing Kit Conley likes more than horses and that's Roman Meadery. But will the elite rider ever notice him?CRUISING WITH LOVECarol PedrosoGus is under the thumb of a controlling father. Can meeting his mate give him a reason to make a break for freedom?Nelson is twice Gus' age, and very protective of what is his.What will happen when Gus' father tries to split them up? And what surprises does Nelson have up his sleeve?NEAR MISSAimee BrissayA few seconds, that's all it takes to make a difference between life and death.Between killing someone and stopping on time. But is it enough to turn yourself around when you've hit bottom? Or to make you recognize something good when you have it?

Download or read book Brown Dog written by Jim Harrison and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of novellas featuring the titular Indian underscores Jim Harrison’s place as one of America’s most irrepressible writers. A New York Times–bestselling author Jim Harrison is one of America’s most beloved writers, and of all his creations, Brown Dog, a bawdy, reckless, down-on-his-luck Michigan Indian, has earned cult status with readers in the decades since his first appearance. Brown Dog gathers all the Brown Dog novellas, including one never-published one, into one volume—the ideal introduction (or reintroduction) to Harrison’s irresistible Everyman. In these novellas, BD rescues the preserved body of an Indian from Lake Superior’s cold waters; overindulges in food, drink, and women while just scraping by in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula; wanders Los Angeles in search of an ersatz Native activist who stole his bearskin; adopts two Native children; and flees the authorities, then returns across the Canadian border aboard an Indian rock band’s tour bus. The collection culminates with He Dog, never before published, which finds BD marginally employed and still looking for love (or sometimes just a few beers and a roll in the hay), as he goes on a road trip from Michigan to Montana and back, arriving home to the prospect of family stability and, perhaps, a chance at redemption.

Download or read book Good News I Failed a Story of Inventing in Minnesota written by D. P. Cornelius and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreams - sometimes they change the world, sometimes they just plain fall through. Over the course of a weekend at grandpa's farm near Luverne, Minnesota, 14-year-old Josh Lindstrom gets in touch with his dreams as they spend their time inventing, and grandpa relates the stories of some of the great Minnesota inventors. Success, however, does not come easily. So, is there anything to be learned from the inventors that preceded them, especially those of the aptly named Greatest Generation? Josh and his grandpa discover together that when it comes to dreams of inventing, failure is okay. As Minnesota inventor Earl Bakken had said, "Failure is closer to success than inaction." Some surprises are revealed along the way, and the unexpected ending soars with a heartfelt and compelling, once-in-a-lifetime, encounter. An appendix featuring profiles of the Minnesota 80 serves as a resource of the state's key inventors.

Download or read book It s It s A Dog Named Blitz written by Mike Sidders and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To one that hunts, a dog is never just a dog. The partnership and bonding between owner and dog often cement to a point where the dog becomes as much of a hunting buddy as any of the two-legged kind. Simply put, the dog ultimately serves as confidant, comedian, and companion. And for one already in the midst of loss, the relationship is far deeper. It becomes one first of distraction, then of comfort, then of deep emotional bonding. Unfortunately, the relationship can end up as its own story of loss. It's, It's a Dog Named Blitz is the whirlwind story of a new puppy that came into a grieving young man's life, and how the relationship and adventures unfolded. It is a story about laughs, love, life, and loss, and how a rambunctious Yellow Labrador dog came to steal a breaking heart. 100%% of any profits generated by the sale of this book will be donated to The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration: ftd-picks.org and The Alzheimer's Association: alz.org.

Download or read book Persistence Of Vision written by Gerry Eugene and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerry Eugene's 'Persistence of Vision' is a collection of twenty-five short stories, many of them interrelated. Set in a timespan that reaches from the stone age to the present, these stories transport readers to all quarters of the globe. Here, you will encounter tales of vengeful gods, aliens with death rays, buried treasure, bank robberies, time travel, zombies, mob wars, psychedelic hallucinations, broken hearts, crime lords... and more!

Download or read book Sweet Tea Jesus Shoes written by Deborah Smith and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six award winning authors have created a poignant, humorous collection of nostalgic tales. Here life's lessons are handed down--liberally sprinkled with hilarity--from eccentric relatives, outrageous pets and unrepentant neighbors, and served up with a generous dollop of that most valued of all Southern commodities: good old fashioned storytelling. From Mississippi to Georgia, from Florida to Tennessee, these daughters of the South will take you on a lush tour of the times and the places they know best, each voice as refreshing and inviting as a glass of cold sweet tea on a hot afternoon.

Download or read book Stony Mesa Sagas written by Chip Ward and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursued by a mad assassin after their arrest for chaining themselves to a mining site gate, Luna Waxwing and Hip Hop Hopi seek refuge in the remote village of Stony Mesa. Immersed in the diverse cultures and conflicts of the contemporary West, the young couple struggles to understand the wild lands that surround them, while trying to understand one another. There are many versions of how that Fourth of July celebration in Stony Mesa, now known as the Apple Days Riot, unraveled but all agree that it started when Otis Dooley hit Bo Hineyman square in the back with a fresh horse turd. Splat! And the rest is history. After living for four years in wilderness, Chip Ward moved to the edge of an environmental sacrifice zone, where he organized and led several campaigns to make polluters accountable. He co–founded HEAL Utah and served on the board of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance for several years. Starting as a bookmobile librarian, Ward ended his library career as the assistant director of the Salt Lake City Public Library. He is the author of two books, Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West and Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land. He writes regularly for Tomdispatch.com. His essay about homelessness, "How the Public Library Became the Heartbreak Hotel," is the inspiration for the movie The Public, now in production.

Download or read book The Invader written by Beverly Blackman-Mounce and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With teamwork and determination, what else could be impossible? On a 160-acre ranch in Texas, Grandpa Rex peacefully lived. One Christmas season, his grandkids and friends visited. Unexpectedly their visits turn into an awesome adventure for all of them. When Beob, the man who works in the government lab, became obsessed with capturing aliens, he started to put everyone at risk just to fulfil his greed. Because of Beob’s obsession, Grandpa Rex and some of their friends are put in danger and the world’s safety is threatened. Only the rest of the family can help in saving Grandpa Rex as well as the entire human race. Will they be able to save Grandpa Rex and the rest of the gang? Will Beob prosper with his evil plans? Will this be the end of everything? Join the gang in their thrilling adventure involving aliens and a whole lot more as you continue to flip the pages!

Download or read book Husbands Lovers written by Beatriz Williams and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two women—separated by decades and continents, and united by an exotic family heirloom—reclaim secrets and lost loves in this sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives. “My favorite kind of page-turner—unputdownable!”—Martha Hall Kelly, author of The Golden Doves New England, 2022. Three years ago, single mother Mallory Dunne received the telephone call every parent dreads—her ten-year-old son, Sam, had been airlifted from summer camp with acute poisoning from a toxic death cap mushroom, leaving him fighting for his life. Now, searching for the donor kidney that will give her son a chance for a normal life, Mallory’s forced to confront two harrowing secrets from her past: her mother’s adoption from an infamous Irish orphanage in 1952, and her own all-consuming summer romance fourteen years earlier with her childhood best friend, Monk Adams— one of the world’s most beloved singer-songwriters—a fairy tale cut short by a devastating betrayal. Cairo, 1951. After suffering tragedy beyond comprehension in the war, Hungarian refugee Hannah Ainsworth has forged a respectable new life for herself—marriage to a wealthy British diplomat with a coveted posting in glamorous Cairo. But a fateful encounter with the enigmatic manager of a hotel bristling with spies leads to a passionate affair that will reawaken Hannah’s longing for everything she once lost. As revolution simmers in the Egyptian streets, a pregnant Hannah finds herself snared in a game of intrigue between two men . . . and an act of sacrifice that will echo down the generations. Timeless and bittersweet, Husbands & Lovers takes readers on an unforgettable journey of heartbreak and redemption, from the revolutionary fires of midcentury Egypt to the moneyed beaches of contemporary New England. Acclaimed author Beatriz Williams has written a poignant and beautifully voiced novel of deeply human characters entangled by morally complex issues—of privilege, class, and the female experience—inside worlds brought shimmeringly to life.

Download or read book The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy written by Elizabeth Dutro and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is trauma and what does it mean for the literacy curriculum? In this book, elementary teachers will learn how to approach difficult experiences through the everyday instruction and interactions in their classrooms. Readers will look inside classrooms and literacies across genres to see what can unfold when teachers are committed to compassionate, critical, and relational practice. Weaving her own challenging experiences into chapters brimming with children’s writing and voices, Dutro emphasizes that issues of power and privilege matter centrally to how attention to trauma positions children. The book includes questions and prompts for discussion, reflection, and practice and describes pedagogies and strategies designed to provide opportunities for children to bring the varied experiences of life, including trauma, to their school literacies, especially their writing, in positive, meaningful, and supported ways. Book Features: Offers a reconceptualization of trauma as a source of connection, reciprocity, knowledge, and literacy engagement. Identifies three key tenets that teachers can follow to ensure that children’s experiences and perspectives are honored. Shares classroom stories and literacy lessons, including many examples of children’s writing. Includes sum-up reflections and discussion prompts. Provides up-to-date lists of resources.

Download or read book MCTAVISH AND TWINS written by Trisha David and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KIDS & KISSES She was surely just a gold digger? Why else would Erin O'Connell come back to Australia to live with her grandfather? Mike McTavish was convinced she was only out for what she could get—but when he saw Erin handle his orphaned twin niece and nephew so tenderly, he began to doubt his own conclusions, particularly when he compared Erin with his fiancée, Caroline. Mike wasn't so sure Caroline really cared for the children, who definitely didn't care for her. But having committed himself to the engagement, how could he back out honorably? Even if not to do so would mean heartache for himself, Erin and the children…. From the author of McAllister's Baby Where kids and kisses go hand in hand

Download or read book Kept in the Dark written by Nina Bawden and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: