Download or read book Your First Page written by Peter Selgin and published by Serving House Books. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tree of Smoke written by Denis Johnson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That’s me. This is the story of Skip Sands—spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong—and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel. This is also the story of the Houston brothers, Bill and James, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war in which the line between disinformation and delusion has blurred away. In its vision of human folly, and its gritty, sympathetic portraits of men and women desperate for an end to their loneliness, whether in sex or death or by the grace of God, this is a story like nothing in our literature. Tree of Smoke is Denis Johnson’s first full-length novel in nine years, and his most gripping, beautiful, and powerful work to date. Tree of Smoke is the 2007 National Book Award Winner for Fiction.

Download or read book Simple Stories written by Ingo Schulze and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prize-winning German writer Ingo Schulze's first novel, Simple Stories, is a marvel of storytelling and craft. Set in the East German town of Altenburg after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it deftly leaps among an array of confused characters caught in the crossroads of their country’s history: a lovelorn waitress who falls for a visiting West German investor; an art historian turned traveling salesman; a former Communist official plagued by his past; an unsuccessful writer who asks his neighbor to break his leg so that he can continue to live on welfare. Schulze skillfully intercuts an assortment of moving and comic vignettes about seemingly unconnected people, gradually linking them into an exhilarating whole of tidal unity and emotional force, until we see that all the time we have been reading a novel in glittering fragments, spun by a master. With a piercing eye for detail and a magical ear for dialogue, Schulze portrays the tragi-comedy of ordinary people caught up in the last great historical upheaval of the century.

Download or read book Sunnyside Road written by K. B. Pellegrino and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A serial killer hunts the beautiful street of Sunnyside Road, an elegant neighborhood in Western Massachusetts. So far, six preteens are dead, and families are devastated. Despite involvement by the FBI, state police, and local authorities, no clues are forthcoming, and citizens hunker down in fear of further death. The neighborhood becomes an isolated island of potential bloodshed as no one can afford to move. Who would buy a grand home on a street cloaked in carnage? Sergei is the proud patriarch of a family of Russian immigrants who now lives in dread, as his little Anya is the killer’s preferred age. He senses the evil nearby but knows not how to fight back. Meanwhile, Captain Beauregard, lead detective of the Major Crimes Unit, works with his team to identify the homicidal maniac behind the horrific killings. Through diligence and an interesting partnership with a criminal defense attorney, Beauregard ceaselessly pursues the truth. He will not allow the loss of another child, no matter the cost.

Download or read book Blowing Smoke written by Giselle Renarde and published by Giselle Renarde. This book was released on 1901 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She worked in a vegan bakery. Tattoos, piercings, plaid shirt, tight jeans. Her black hair was always tied back in a bandana, which made her look like some kind of pin-up princess. She brought me coconut macaroons one day, special delivery. You’ll never believe what happened next. I barely believe it myself. Who’d have guessed two girls on one block could harbour the same desire for such a forbidden act?

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Download or read book Womenfolks written by Shirley Abbott and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic that has been in print since its first publication in 1983, Womenfolks is both a personal memoir and a meditation on the often pernicious mythologies of southern cultural history. Shirley Abbott gives us the gritty, independent women of the backwoods, the South’s true heroines, whose hardscrabble world is one of red dirt and hard work—a far cry from the hoopskirts and magnolias of southern lore. As honest, vibrant, and remarkable as the women whose stories illuminate these pages, Womenfolks draws a vivid portrait of a rural culture beset by poverty and sustained by deeply rooted traditions. In her new preface to this edition, Abbott assesses what has changed—and what may never change—about the burdens of southern history and expresses her hope that the better angels of our nature may prevail in our still-new century.

Download or read book The Geez written by PARKES and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning new collection from Nii Ayikwei Parkes features poems which embrace play, love and the ephemeral such as water bodies, blood/heritage, history and gossip; and a healthy dose of music and popular culture.Concerned with the phase of life sometimes referred to as the midlife crisis, The Geez navigates the blurred lines between age and youth; the real and the imagined; what is seen and what is - what catches the gaze and what lies beneath. Conceived in four sections, the collection moves from play, to love, to gossip and - finally - to explorations of the intersections of self and contemporary culture, including a segment inspired by blues legends, riffing on the myth of the crossroads, as well as an eleven-part love letter to the African diaspora - specifically African-Americans, whose sacrifices have contributed to the still-suppressed freedoms of Black folk globally. A number of the poems in The Geez are written in a form called the Gimbal, which was developed by Nii - initially to work through his enduring grief at the loss of his father. It evokes the workings of a gyroscope - spinning but stable -a state that echoes the liminality that anchors this collection.

Download or read book Redemption at Hawk s Landing written by Rita Herron and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A missing sister, a murdered father and a dangerous reunion years in the making. The last place Honey Granger wants to be is Tumbleweed, Texas—the judgmental town that made her childhood a living hell. But when Sheriff Harrison Hawk informs her that her alcoholic father has been murdered, she reluctantly joins his investigation. The sexy sheriff has long suspected Honey’s father in his sister’s disappearance and vows to solve both mysteries. But keeping his professional distance from the vulnerable blonde proves nearly impossible. He’ll guard her 24/7 until her life is out of danger. But how will she feel if Harrison proves her father was a murderer? Badge of Justice

Download or read book Harlequin Intrigue December 2017 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Rita Herron and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance. REDEMPTION AT HAWK’S LANDING Badge of Justice by Rita Herron The murder of her father has brought Honey Granger back to her small Texas town, but despite his attraction to Honey the hot Sheriff Harrison Hawk has his own motives for looking into her father’s death—the disappearance of his sister. PROTECTOR’S INSTINCT Omega Sector: Under Seige by Janie Crouch When former police detective Zane Wales couldn’t protect Caroline Gill, he left both her and the force behind, unable to face his failure. But now that a psychopath has Caroline in his sights, can Zane find the courage to face the past and protect the woman he loves still? THE DEPUTY’S WITNESS The Protectors of Riker County by Tyler Anne Snell Testifying against a trio of lethal bank robbers has drawn a target on Alyssa Garner’s back, and the only man who can save her from the crosshairs is cop Caleb Foster, who harbors secrets of his own… Look for Harlequin Intrigue’s December 2017 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more edge-of-your seat romantic suspense! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Intrigue!

Download or read book F BOMB Curvy Vigilantes Box Set 2 written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2024-10-18 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this steamy BBW romantic suspense series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Mary E Thompson. There’s an evil in their city. An evil that’s stalking the night and taking innocent women. But these women are not so innocent. They’re fighting back. They’re getting justice. And they’re doing it together, for the ones who can no longer fight for themselves. Fierce Mackenzie was not going to stand by and watch a killer go free. She had to expose the truth. But the truth was not as simple as she thought, and the dead woman… Not so dead. Holden loved Mackenzie forever, but no matter how many times he tried to get close, she skirted out of reach. Being trapped in a snowstorm gives him the chance to show her how much he wants her, and leaves her no choice but to trust him when the danger she’s chasing comes to the door. Fatal Raina escaped her abusive ex and thought that would be the end of it. But he was so much worse than she knew. Adam thought he could keep Raina safe, but no one was as vicious as her ex. Or as determined. Going on the run was the easy answer while the FBI searched, but pretending to be a couple was even easier. But just one slip and it all could be over. Fear Edie is set on revenge. For the lives stolen from her and her cousin. She dons her mask and sets out to bring down everyone connected to the organization that held her against her will for months, leaving gifts for the police to take lowlifes off the streets. Pryce knows the gifts are criminals. But the vigilante leaving them isn’t innocent. He wants her caught just as much as the people she’s bringing in. But there’s one thing he might want more… Edie.

Download or read book Fierce written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2023-03-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the 4th book in the steamy BBW romantic suspense series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Mary E Thompson. Justice is coming… because she’s bringing it. Mackenzie never wanted anyone else to go through the same hell she went through. Being wrongly accused of murder nearly broke her, but letting someone get away with murder would be worse. She was convinced she knew the truth, until she discovered the woman who was supposed to be dead was very much alive. Holden has been in love with Mackenzie since the day they met. She’s smart and stunning and completely oblivious of his feelings for her. He’s finally ready to ask her out, but she has her other plans. Bringing justice to the city’s most dangerous criminal. And she refuses to let Holden help. Trust doesn’t come easily for Mackenzie, but facing evil alone is not something she can do. Holden has always been kind, and she quickly learns he’s also funny and smart and a damn good kisser. But none of that will help her get justice for the woman on the other end of the phone as she gasps for her last breath. A breath Mackenzie will make sure was not a waste.

Download or read book Touch of Enchantment written by Teresa Medeiros and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-01-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Breath of Magic and Shadows and Lace comes a beguiling new time-travel love story in the hilarious, magical voice that has made Teresa Medeiros one of the nation's most beloved romance writers. Heiress Tabitha Lennox considered her paranormal talents more a curse than a gift. So she dedicated her life to the cold, rational world of science. Until the day she examined the mysterious amulet her mother had left her and found herself catapulted seven centuries into the past—directly into the path of a rearing black charger ridden by a chain-mailed warrior. Sir Colin of Ravenshaw had returned from the Crusades to find his castle in ruins, his enemy poised to overrun the land where generations of Ravenshaws had ruled. The last thing he expected was to half trample a damsel with odd garb and even odder manners. But it is her strange talent that will create trouble beyond Colin's wildest imaginings. For everyone knows that a witch must be burned...but it is Colin's heart that is aflame, over an enchanting woman he must not love, yet cannot live without.

Download or read book Deep Blue Spells written by August Tern and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy deeply troubled about his future. An aging drifter tormented by the past. They meet by a campfire in late summer and their lives are forever changed.

Download or read book When the Wind Blows written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While grieving her husband's murder, a young Colorado veterinarian meets a troubled FBI agent and begins to uncover the world's most sinister secrets in this thriller from James Patterson. Frannie O'Neill is a young and talented veterinarian living in Colorado. Plagued by the mysterious murder of her husband, Frannie throws herself into her work, but it is not long before another bizarre murder occurs and Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. Late one night, near the woods of her animal hospital, Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon that will change the course of her life forever: an eleven-year-old girl named Max. With breathtaking energy, Max leads Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science. Bold and compelling, When the Wind Blows is a story of suspense and passion as only James Patterson could tell it.

Download or read book Faulkner Aviation and Modern War written by Michael Zeitlin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faulkner, Aviation, and Modern War frames William Faulkner's airplane narratives against major scenes of the early 20th century: the Great War, the rise of European fascism in the 1920s and 30s, the Second World War, and the aviation arms race extending from the Wright Flyer in 1903 into the Cold War era. Placing biographical accounts of Faulkner's time in the Royal Air Force Canada against analysis of such works as Soldiers' Pay (1926), "All the Dead Pilots" (1931), Pylon (1935), and A Fable (1954), this book situates Faulkner's aviation writing within transatlantic historical contexts that have not been sufficiently appreciated in Faulkner's work. Michael Zeitlin unpacks a broad selection of Faulkner's novels, stories, film treatments, essays, book reviews, and letters to outline Faulkner's complex and ambivalent relationship to the ideologies of masculine performance and martial heroism in an age dominated by industrialism and military technology.

Download or read book How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease written by United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report considers the biological and behavioral mechanisms that may underlie the pathogenicity of tobacco smoke. Many Surgeon General's reports have considered research findings on mechanisms in assessing the biological plausibility of associations observed in epidemiologic studies. Mechanisms of disease are important because they may provide plausibility, which is one of the guideline criteria for assessing evidence on causation. This report specifically reviews the evidence on the potential mechanisms by which smoking causes diseases and considers whether a mechanism is likely to be operative in the production of human disease by tobacco smoke. This evidence is relevant to understanding how smoking causes disease, to identifying those who may be particularly susceptible, and to assessing the potential risks of tobacco products.