Download or read book Silent Death written by Karen Kissane (Aus) and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist Karen Kissane follows the accused into the courtroom, telling the inside story of one of Australia’s most controversial trials and the marriage at its centre. A compelling combination of great writing, true crime and courtroom drama. Julie and Jamie Ramage were the perfect middle-class Australian couple with everything: children at private schools, he a company director and she a financial controller for a fashion house. But Julie walked out of their seemingly perfect marriage. And then, one day, he killed her. Beneath the veneer of perfection there had lain a relationship marred by affairs, obsession and a history of violence. Jamie confessed to the killing - but declared that he had been provoked and therefore not guilty of murder as his wife had driven him over the edge. Jamie's defence of provocation was successful and he is now serving a prison sentence for the lesser crime of manslaughter. The woman he strangled the life from and buried in a shallow grave had no voice in court and no way of telling her story. Silent Death tells Julie's story - but also takes us into the disturbing wider situation - how a killing took place in the comfort and security of a moneyed life; how friends and family either didn't see or think they should be involved. And it is the story of how a court case is about tactics and procedure first - and justice second.

Download or read book Homeschool Bravely written by Jamie Erickson and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quiet the voices of "not good enough" and step courageously into guilt-free homeschooling Many homeschool parents have a long-term relationship with self-doubt. "Did I make the right decision?" "Could someone else do this better?" "Am I robbing my kids of something by not sending them to ‘regular school’?" What if there’s a better way? Not a 3-step technique or a shiny, new curriculum, but a change in perspective that transforms the way you plan, teach, and homeschool? Homeschool Bravely teaches you to see homeschooling as a calling, helps you overthrow the tyranny of impossible expectations, and guides you through the common bumps in the road, including how to: juggle school and parenting with toddlers at home teach a struggling learner plan with the end in mind accept your own limitations without feeling guilty stay the course even in the face of criticism Reclaim your hope, renew your purpose, and transform your homeschool. Because the truth is: God will use every part of your homeschool, even your fears, faults, and failures, to weave good plans for your kids.

Download or read book Engleby written by Sebastian Faulks and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Mike Engleby, a second-year student at university. Despite the fact that Mike is obviously intelligent, and involved in many clubs, it is clear that something about Mike is not quite right. When he becomes fixated on a classmate named Jennifer Arkland, and she goes missing, we are left with the looming question: Is Mike Engleby involved?

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Download or read book Goddess written by Kelly Gardiner and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sparkling, witty and compelling novel based on the tragic rise and fall of the beautiful seventeenth century swordswoman and opera singer, Julie d'Aubigny (also known as La Maupin), a woman whose story is too remarkable to be true - and yet it is. Versailles, 1686: Julie d'Aubigny, a striking young girl taught to fence and fight in the court of the Sun King, is taken as mistress by the King's Master of Horse. tempestuous, swashbuckling and volatile, within two years she has run away with her fencing master, fallen in love with a nun and is hiding from the authorities, sentenced to be burnt at the stake. Within another year, she has become a beloved star at the famed Paris Opera. Her lovers include some of Europe's most powerful men and France's most beautiful women. Yet Julie is destined to die alone in a convent at the age of 33. Based on an extraordinary true story, this is an original, dazzling and witty novel - a compelling portrait of an unforgettable woman. 'I thought the book was utterly fascinating, dazzlingly original and inventive, and written with such wit and flair. the character of Julie is drawn so poignantly - what a woman!' Kate Forsyth 'An engaging and skilfully told tale of a singular character' Sydney Morning Herald 'The divine creature who plummets 'from the painted clouds' to center stage in Kelly Gardiner's gender-bending picaresque Goddess, is based on an actual historical character, Julie d'Aubigny. Scenes sparkle with period details and sensory impressions: all spectacle and shimmer, all gesture and pose, Baroque mask and mirror and role-play. Gardiner does this very well. And her goddess fascinates.' New York Times Book Review 'This is a wonderful story, made all the more gripping for being founded on truth. Gardiner undertakes to bring this ambiguous and outrageous woman back to life ... she succeeds with flair ... I wholeheartedly recommend this book as the most exquisitely-rendered historical novel I have read in years.' Historical Novel Society review

Download or read book Code Name Verity written by Elizabeth Wein and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss Elizabeth Wein’s stunning new novel, Stateless The beloved #1 New York Times bestseller, a "fiendishly plotted" (New York Times) "heart-in-your mouth adventure" (Washington Post) that "will take wing and soar into your heart" (Laurie Halse Anderson) October 11th, 1943—A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun. When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy? A universally acclaimed Michael L. Printz Award Honor book, Code Name Verity is a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other.

Download or read book Dog Medicine written by Julie Barton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest and deeply moving debut memoir about a young woman’s battle with depression and how her dog saved her life A New York Times Bestseller “Dog Medicine simply has to be your next must-read.” —Cheryl Strayed At twenty-two, Julie Barton collapsed on her kitchen floor in Manhattan. She was one year out of college and severely depressed. Summoned by Julie’s incoherent phone call, her mother raced from Ohio to New York and took her home. Haunted by troubling childhood memories, Julie continued to sink into suicidal depression. Psychiatrists, therapists, and family tried to intervene, but nothing reached her until the day she decided to do one hopeful thing: adopt a Golden Retriever puppy she named Bunker. Dog Medicine captures the anguish of depression, the slow path to recovery, the beauty of forgiveness, and the astonishing ways animals can help heal even the most broken hearts and minds.

Download or read book His Valentine Triplets written by Tina Leonard and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You could knock Rafe Callahan over with a feather. He and the very prim, very proper Judge Julie Jenkins are having triplets Rafe doesn't expect their precious news to end the bad blood between the Callahans and Jenkinses. And as for saving his family's New Mexico ranch, with three brothers married off, Rafe's in fourth place. But that doesn't stop the die-hard bachelor from proposing--feud or no feud. Julie always had a soft spot for the long, lean cowboy. But Rafe's still a Callahan, and if she says "I do," she'll be dealing with an army of bad-tempered in-laws and out-laws. Rafe's promised her it wouldn't be forever--just until their baby girls are born. That doesn't stop the mother-to-be from dreaming of a future at Rancho Diablo--with Rafe as the happy father

Download or read book The Private Arrangement written by Catherine Brooks Vandehey and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strikingly beautiful 18-year-old Miranda Sinclair wins a two-year modeling contract in NYC. Where she meets the owner of the modeling empire multi-billionaire Alexander Anderson. He falls in love with her at first sight and offers her another five-year contract. He mentors her for an executive position for Marketing and Advertising. She is a Supermodel and his fiancee. He wants her to sign a prenuptial agreement and she refuses. Shortly after that he begins to spend time away on business trips out of town. He changes from the guy she deeply loved and respected. She sees him in tabloid photos on those business trips with other beautiful women. She becomes broken hearted and leaves his magnificent diamond ring with a note that says she needs time alone to think. She owns 49% of the company that he left her buy for pennies on the dollar. He promised her the other 51% as his wedding gift to her. She helps a desperate friend by taking a short term nanny position for a widower and his five-year-old daughter. She instantly falls in love when she looks into Matthew Newman's deep blue eyes. Her gift of ESP helps her know by the touch of his hand that they were soulmates who shared lifetimes before. They make wild passionate love. She finds out she's pregnant and isn't sure who's the father. She finds out her ex did have a secret he was hiding but it wasn't what she thought.

Download or read book The Shade of the Moon written by Susan Beth Pfeffer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eagerly awaited addition to the dystopian series begun with New York Times best-seller Life As We Knew It, Jon Evans is one of the lucky ones--until he realizes that escaping his safe haven may be the only way to truly survive.

Download or read book The Sicilian s Stolen Son written by Lynne Graham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this secret baby romance from a USA Today–bestselling author, a scandalous Sicilian will claim his son . . . with a very convenient ring. The only link Jemima Barber has to her troubled late twin sister is her nephew. So when the boy’s father storms into their lives, to reclaim the child who was stolen from him, Jemima lets the forbidding Sicilian believe she is her smooth seductress of a sister . . . Though his son’s mother might be gentler than Luciano Vitale remembers, he’s resolved to make her pay in the most pleasurable way imaginable. But when he discovers she’s a virgin—her secret is out! Now Luciano has a new proposal: Jemima can atone for her sister’s sins . . . by becoming his wife!

Download or read book Five Books in One written by ANURAG S PANDEY and published by ANURAG S PANDEY. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Five Books in One!" is collection of five books. Those five books are 1- Fitoor, 2-Just for Fun, 3-The Burning Desire, 4-Truth Always Wins and 5- The Face Scratcher. The Face Scratcher is itself collection of 5 exciting & thriller short stories. So this book has total nine stories. They all are unique, entertaining and inspiring. And of course "Five Books in One!" is "FIVE BOOKS" in price of one too! Fitoor: Story of an impractical guy, who learns to become practical after mishandling some superpower. He accidentally gets able to know and manipulate others' mind, but eventually he uses it against self only. Just for Fun: Love story of a careless boy, who turns a boon into a curse and becomes a living hero ghost. The Burning Desire: Story of Love, Hate and Past Life Connections Truth Always Wins: A life-changing story of a common man Amit, who was oblivious to the fact that he was completely under the influence of unknown creatures Rakshak & Bhakshak. The Face Scratcher: Collection of five exciting & thriller short stories The Face Scratcher: The Story of kids’ fight with the mysterious killer creature Shivanand: A rebel who wanted to awaken the hero within the common man. The Truth: The story of a victim of black magic, who mastered Tantra. Antas: The story of a psychologist who was able to transform baddies into good people and whom all the villains wanted to kill at any cost. U R Mine! The story of the lizard-fearing boy Joy, who battles the dreaded ghost Buka and the super-powerful monk Chen for his love. Five Books in One! Namaskar! I am Anurag Pandey (since 1978). I am writer, author, poet, lyricist and computer programmer. My poems have been published in national newspapers and magazines of India like Navbharat Times, Kadambini etc. I have written Story/ Dialogues/ Screenplay for various TV Shows like Lady Inspector, Shaka Laka Boom Boom, Indonesian TV shows etc. At present I live in Bhubaneswar, India. Meditation, yoga, mystery, paranormal, supernatural, love, relationships are some of my favorite topics to read and write.

Download or read book Crushing Summer written by C.M. Stunich and published by Sarian Royal. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CRUSHING SUMMER - YA Romantic Mystery (Single Book, Complete Story, No Cliff Hanger) Recommended for ages 16 and Up. From the Amazon Bestselling Author of 'Losing Me, Finding You' and 'Get Bent' "I wanted to kiss his face off. And I didn't even know him." I'm a girl. I met a boy. Why can't it stay that simple? Here, in this town, summer doesn't just mean tiny bikinis and sunglasses, white toothed grins and lounging at the beach. It means pain. And loss. And false promises. It means liars pretending to be saints, friends pretending to be enemies, rivals pretending to be lovers. For me, it means being crushed. The Crush, actually. The one they all want simply because they were told to. It means being surrounded by beautiful faces and gorgeous bodies, sweet words and sizzling kisses. It means being wanted and despised. My name is Chloe Summer, and I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, this summer could be my last. Also Available From CM Stunich -Tasting Never (New Adult Contemporary Romance) -Losing Me, Finding You (New Adult Biker Romance) -Hell Inc. (Comedic Paranormal Romance) -Broken Pasts (Adult Contemporary Romance) CRUSHING SUMMER EXCERPT: “Tonight is Assignment Night.” Casper remained still, listening, not at all nervous about what I was going to say. He didn't think it was going to be bad or that it was going to affect him, but I knew it would. Somehow, I just knew. “Like, for classes or something?” “Like, for the summer. All summer. Tonight, all the students, ages thirteen to eighteen, will be assigned a title. Most of them will stay Students, but a select lucky and unlucky few will be … Something else.” Casper gave me a look that said I was totally and completely nuts. Again, I attempted a smile, but this one fell even flatter than the first. I resorted to keeping my eyes on the sea and letting my fidgety hands spin the conch around in circles. “You know all the stereotypes people think about when they talk about high school? Jocks? Losers? Party boys? Goths?” Casper pulled a cigarette out of his pocket and slipped it between his lips. “Yeah, sure, okay.” “Well … on Assignment Night, tonight, people get nominated by their peers for certain … positions, and then they have to act them out until the Friday before Labor Day. Every day until that day, at midnight, they have to be who everyone wants them to be, for good or bad. And everyone else, the Students, they have to play along.” “Um, you're kidding right? Is this some kind of game?” My faux smiled turned into a grimace. “I wish it were. If it were just a game, it'd be fun, right? But it's not. I mean, I used to think it was, but not anymore. People get hurt playing this game.” I paused, not necessarily for dramatic effect, but there it was. “They get killed."

Download or read book The Remnant of Truth Seekers written by Mary Ruth Whitley and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have had the pleasure of living my entire life in a family of Christians. My children had many nonbelieving friends while growing up. As they individually reached out to their circle of friends, some saw the light and became believers, but not all accepted Jesus as their Savior. Others would tell one of my four children that they became Christians after watching how he or she had grown into adulthood committed to follow Christ. As a family, we would have discussions about the rapture because of Scripture or even books we read. Our concern was for our friends and relatives who never made a commitment to love the Lord. Our conversations left us wondering if (after the rapture) they would remember our talks and seek an answer, or would they just give up""believing it was too late? The Remnant of Truth Seekers "" Living God's Final Prophecies is a realistic, different, and definitely unique scenario of what might possibly occur after the rapture. Characters and locations develop as the story gains momentum. Readers will be drawn into the lives of these people as they watch them struggle and work through seven years of prophetic, biblical discovery. As truths are uncovered, they must be applied to their lives. Survival depends on community living much like the book of Acts. Life is now totally relevant to what the prophets in the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New Testament, penned for mankind. Life for the remnant parallels much of what is found in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Revelation, as well as the unfulfilled prophecies in the New Testament. The end of their saga does not come at Armageddon, but when God Almighty is reigning on and in His new heaven and new earth. The Holy Bible will always define "real life" for anyone who is interested in knowing the truth!

Download or read book The Anatomy of Prose written by Sacha Black and published by Atlas Black Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do your sentences fail to sound the way you want? Are they lackluster, with flat characters and settings? Is your prose full of bad habits and crutches? In The Anatomy of Prose, you’ll discover: A step-by-step guide to creating descriptions that sing The key to crafting character emotions that will hook a reader How to harness all five senses to make your stories come alive, deepening your reader's experience Tips and tricks for balancing details at the sentence level Methods for strengthening each sentence through strategic word choice, rhythm and flow Dozens of literary devices, and how to utilize them to give your prose power Tactics for differentiating characters in dialogue as well as making it punchy and unforgettable A comprehensive prose-specific self-editing check list How to embody your character's personality at the sentence level The most common pitfalls and mistakes to avoid The Anatomy of Prose is a comprehensive writing guide that will help you create sensational sentences. Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned writer, this book will power up your prose, eliminate line-level distractions and help you find the perfect balance of show and tell. By the end of this book, you'll know how to strengthen your sentences to give your story, prose and characters the extra sparkle they need to capture a reader's heart. If you like dark humor, learning through examples and want to create perfect prose, then you’ll love Sacha Black’s guide to crafting sensational sentences. Read The Anatomy of Prose today and start creating kick-ass stories.

Download or read book A Lesson in Dying written by Ann Cleeves and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again. A Lesson in Dying is the first mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. Who hung the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Halloween Party? Almost everyone in Heppleburn either hated or feared the viper-tongued Harold Medburn. Inspector Ramsay is convinced it was the headmaster’s enigmatic wife but Jack Robson, school governor and caretaker, is determined to prove her innocence. With the help of his restless daughter Patty, Jack digs into the secrets of Heppleburn, and uncovers a cesspit of lies, adultery, blackmail and madness . . . Continue the classic whodunit series with Murder in My Backyard.

Download or read book High on Arrival written by Mackenzie Phillips and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not long before her fiftieth birthday,Mackenzie Phillips walked into Los Angeles International Airport. She was on her way to a reunion for One Day at a Time, the hugely popular 70s sitcom on which she once starred as the lovable rebel Julie Cooper. Within minutes of entering the security checkpoint, Mackenzie was in handcuffs, arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin. Born into rock and roll royalty, flying in Learjets to the Virgin Islands at five, making pot brownies with her father's friends at eleven, Mackenzie grew up in an all-access kingdom of hippie freedom and heroin cool. It was a kingdom over which her father, the legendary John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, presided, often in absentia, as a spellbinding, visionary phantom. When Mackenzie was a teenager, Hollywood and the world took notice of the charming, talented, precocious child actor after her star-making turn in American Graffiti. As a young woman she joinedthe nonstop party in the hedonistic pleasure dome her father created for himself and his fellow revelers, and a rapt TV audience watched as Julie Cooper wasted away before their eyes. By the time Mackenzie discovered how deep and dark her father's trip was going, it was too late. And as an adult, she has paid dearly for a lifetime of excess, working tirelessly to reconcile a wonderful, terrible past in which she succumbed to the power of addiction and the pull of her magnetic father. As her astounding, outrageous, and often tender life story unfolds, the actor-musician-mother shares her lifelong battle with personal demons and near-fatal addictions. She overcomes seemingly impossible obstacles again and again and journeys toward redemption and peace. By exposing the shadows and secrets of the past to the light of day, the star who turned up High on Arrivalhas finally come back down to earth -- to stay.