Download or read book Beautiful Brutality The Family Ties at the Heart of Boxing written by Adam Smith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boxing. The Sport of Kings. And for every king, there are kingmakers and princes, determined heirs and ruthless pretenders to the throne. Boxers may enter the ring alone, but behind them are their families, many of whom have spent a career in the fight game themselves. And all are caught up in this most beautiful but brutal of sports. Beautiful Brutality is the first book to examine the world of boxing from the perspective of family. With unprecedented access to the likes of the Calzaghes, Mayweathers, Hattons and Khans, Sky Sports boxing expert Adam Smith lays bare the raw emotion at the heart of the sport. How does it feel when your son is taking a pummelling? Can a father make rational judgements from the corner of the ring, in the frenzied atmosphere of a fight? And how much strength does a boxer take from his family, or the family figures that so many trainers and promoters become? Passionate, hard-hitting and with astonishing revelations about the world of boxing, Beautiful Brutality is written from the heart, by an author with a unique knowledge and experience of the fight game.

Download or read book Beautiful Broken Girls written by Kim Savage and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remember the places you touched me. Ben touched seven parts of Mira Cillo: her palm, hair, chest, cheek, lips, throat, and heart. It was the last one that broke her. After Mira's death, she sends Ben on a quest to find notes she left him in the seven places where they touched—notes that explain why she and her sister, Francesca, drowned themselves in the quarry lake. How Ben interprets those notes has everything to do with the way he was touched by a bad coach years ago. But the truth behind the girls’ suicides is far more complicated, involving a dangerous infatuation, a deadly miracle, and a crushing lie. BEAUTIFUL BROKEN GIRLS is a stunning release from Kim Savage, the author of the critically acclaimed After the Woods.

Download or read book Beautiful Grief written by Katherine Rose and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no escaping death. The death of a loved one drops us to our knees, and yet, death is a natural part of the human condition. All of us will suffer loss. In Beautiful Grief, Tony Rose and his daughter, Katie, extract the lessons they learned from the death of Tony's son and Katie's brother: *Grief stretches your emotional bandwidth. The extent to which you can feel joy, love, and compassion is directly proportional to the amount of pain, grief, and devastation you have felt. *The death of a loved one leaves you standing on the threshold between your previous way and what will become your new way, but "different" and "less" are not synonyms. Your new life will be different, but it need not be less. *When you allow the future to unfold, you can find, create, and allow moments of happiness to stack on top of other moments of happiness, so that moments become days, and days become weeks, and the weeks become a life of beauty. As you read this book, you will realize that you can unshackle yourself from grief. Indeed, you will come to understand that grief is your companion. Your pain carries lessons, asking you to grow to be wise, resilient, and--yes--even happy.

Download or read book Brutal Beauty written by Walton Ford and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book One Beautiful Dream written by Jennifer Fulwiler and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible to pursue your passions, love your family, and not feel guilty about wanting to do both? One Beautiful Dream is your invitation to the unexpected joy of saying yes to the life you long to live. Work and family, individuality and motherhood, the creative life and family life—women are told constantly that they can’t have it all. One Beautiful Dream is the deeply personal, often humorous tale of what happened when one woman dared to believe that you can have it all—if you’re willing to reimagine what having it all looks like. Jennifer Fulwiler is the last person you might expect to be the mother of six young children. First of all, she’s an introvert only child, self-described workaholic, and former atheist who never intended to have a family. Oh, and Jennifer has a blood-clotting disorder exacerbated by pregnancy that has threatened her life on more than one occasion. One Beautiful Dream is the story of what happens when one woman embarks on the wild experiment of chasing her dreams with multiple kids in diapers. It’s the tale of learning that opening your life to others means that everything will get noisy and chaotic, but that it is in this mess that you’ll find real joy. Jennifer’s quest takes her in search of wisdom from a cast of colorful characters, including her Ivy-League-educated husband, her Texan mother-in-law who crushes wasps with her fist while arguing with wrong number calls about politics, and a best friend who’s never afraid to tell it like it is. Through it all, Jennifer moves toward the realization that the life you need is not the life you would have originally chosen for yourself. And maybe, just maybe, it’s better that way. Hilarious, highly relatable, and brutally honest, Jennifer’s story will spark clarity and comfort to your own tug-of-war between all that is good and beautiful about family life and the incredible sacrifice it entails. Parenthood, personal ambitions, family planning, and faith—it’s complicated. Let this book be your invitation to the unexpected, yet beautiful dream of saying yes to them all, with God’s help.

Download or read book Slice of Cherry written by Dia Reeves and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kit and Fancy Cordelle are sisters and best friends. They are daughters of the infamous Bonesaw Killer and are used to feeling like outsiders. Itś no surprise when Kit and Fancy start to give in to their deepest desire - the desire to kill.

Download or read book Sylvia Plath written by Suman Agarwal and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 2003 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book celebrates Sylvia Plath's achievements as a highly prolific writer who brought a path breaking revolution in the world of poetry thereby making each woman feel the pulse of life. A confessionalist of both weight and colour, Plath was not scared to openly pen down her feelings what she underwent and in no way was she different or less as compared to her contemporaries and the modernists. This enigmatic personality plunged into depression and resorted to hair raising incident of rendering a note to her life by committing suicide at the age of 32. Disdaining political and social subjects, Plath was a different breed from the beat-nicks of her own time and all this goes to prove that she was stunningly original and a powerful poet. Even 40 years after her death in 1963, her place in English literature, is assured. Twentieth century has been a devastating one especially when one is to peep into writers’ personal life which has been nerve wrecking and this book is an attempt to analyze Plath, her life, writings and also her relation to modern poets.

Download or read book The William H Gass Reader written by William H. Gass and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his career, William Gass relentlessly pushed at the boundaries of language, celebrating the music of the sentence and the aesthetics of the written word. Now, the best and most important of his work is collected in one volume. There are essays on Plato, Hobbes, James, Joyce, Beckett, Stein, Gaddis, Sterne, Ford Madox Ford, Thomas Mann. There are pieces that examine the inner workings of writing. There is his masterful short fiction, from the perfectly crafted novella “In Camera” to the mythical “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country.” And there are excerpts from his novels, including his magnum opus, The Tunnel. Taken together, this collection is a peerless, essential celebration of literature—and an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to understand how great writing works.

Download or read book ELUNCHA Missing Children The Missing written by O'rie Igwe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ELUNCHA: Missing Children is a series of African Fiction -- fantasy, to be precise -- that takes a surface look into the mysterious disappearances of over 200 children in Umunnadi village.Book 1 -- "The Missing" -- sees Chioma, Eluncha's brother's daughter mysteriously missing under his very nose! For a Master Hunter Eluncha is, that's unthinkable: considering, also, the fact that his brother, Ebube, was mysteriously petrified some two days ago by an unknown force!Determined to rescue his niece and the 200 missing children, Eluncha's plan is further thwarted by the trouble-making Chief Judge Madugu, an arch enemy of his late father, whose presence alone spells nothing but trouble. Speaking of which, Eluncha gets himself in jail for hitting the Chief Judge out of provocation.Hopeless and helpless, he needs the help of his secret lover, Princess Enora, to bail him out of jail as his chances of rescuing Chioma, plus the 200 lost children grows slim...And time is running out...

Download or read book Either Way We ll Be All Right written by Eric Tonjes and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eric Tonjes and his wife, Elizabeth, were confronted with these questions when she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Shattered by grief, Eric had to wrestle with what it means to follow Jesus when everything else seems to be giving way. What he found in that journey were powerful truths about God that could sustain him and his family even as death drew near." --Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book The Ragionamenti Or Dialogues of the Divine Pietro Aretino written by Pietro Aretino and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Harlequin Desire April 2023 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Joanne Rock and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be transported to the luxurious worlds of American tycoons, ranchers and family dynasties. Get ready for bold encounters and sizzling chemistry. Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! This box set includes: Make Believe Match Texas Cattleman’s Club: The Wedding By USA TODAY bestselling author Joanne Rock Wedding fever has hit the town of Royal, Texas and Jessica Lewis has made a deal with the devil! But will pretending her one-night-stand—none other than bad boy CEO Oliver Price—is her fiancée blur the lines of their deal? After Hours Agenda 404 Sound By Kianna Alexander Would Pierce Hamilton seduce a rival to get the upper hand in business? Hell yes! But straightlaced CEO Nia Woodson won’t fall for the sexy playboy’s charms. Until an unexpected partnership awakens feelings she never knew…and an untamed desire that could jeopardize everything…. Her Best Kept Secret By Naima Simone Event planner Lenora Daniels is scandalized to learn her smoking-hot one-night stand is her ex’s estranged brother…and her newest client! CEO Joaquin Iverson can’t forget the explosive passion they shared. And working together on the party of the season might lead to the love of a lifetime. For more stories filled with scandal and powerful heroes, look for Harlequin® Desire’s April 2023 Box set 1 of 2.

Download or read book Angels Flight written by Nalini Singh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times Bestselling author Nalini Singh, warrior angels, vampire hunters and angels gone bad heat up this altogether sizzling paranormal alternate universe. ANGELS’ FLIGHT In Angel’s Wolf a vampire becomes fascinated with the seductive angel who rules Louisiana. But all is not what it appears to be in her court. In Angels’ Judgment a hunter must track one of her own gone bad, while surviving the deadly tests placed in her way by the archangels themselves. Unexpected backup comes from a stranger who might just be the most lethal threat of all… Plus FIRST TIME IN PRINT In Angels’ Pawn a vampire hunter faces off against two rival factions and the angel manipulating them both, and a vampire whose help is not entirely selfless… And NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED In Angels’ Dance an angel trapped in the mountain stronghold of the Refuge finds herself under siege by a warrior angel from a martial court.

Download or read book Her Best Kept Secret written by Naima Simone and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take one event planner, add a former motorcycle racer and multiply by one scorching night in bed and you get…coworkers?! USA TODAY bestselling author Naima Simone's spicy romance proves desire can’t be ignored. Nore Daniels has sworn off love…only her powerful new client drives her to delicious distraction! After the crushing end of her engagement, event planner Nore Daniels is through with love. Except her plan to throw herself into work ends with landing in the bed of sexy former motorcycle racer and CEO Joaquin Iverson. Now he wants Nore to work for him—and it’s a business arrangement that may require a decidedly personal touch… Their chemistry is undeniably off the charts—but when it comes to trust, both Nore and Joaquin have been burned before. And when Nore discovers that he’s the brother of her ex-fiancé, it might send both their worlds spinning out of control… Harlequin Desire transports you to the luxurious worlds of American tycoons, ranchers and family dynasties. Get ready for bold encounters and sizzling chemistry.

Download or read book Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas written by William H. Gass and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of The Tunnel and A Temple of Texts come four interrelated novellas that explore good and evil, action and thought, redemption and possession. The reader will encounter here a traveling salesman who gets lost in the kitschy clutter of a small town in Illinois, a young woman in rural Iowa who loses touch with the outside world and turns to the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop as anchor, and the coming-of-age story of a devilish young man named Luther (who might as well be called Lucifer). These stories are filled with the familiar style, brilliance, philosophy, and wit that fans of William Gass have come to expect and cherish.

Download or read book Outcast written by Gary D. Svee and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the outskirts of a Montana frontier town, a fugitive risks his life to protect a mother and her son The miners, innocents all, didn’t recognize the beast that stalked in their midst until an early blizzard stripped them of shelter and food. They huddled in one tent, listening to the winter winds sing of their deaths. Hunger stalked these men, felling them one by one. Miles Standish is on the run, an innocent man accused of unspeakable crimes. The Moose Creek Cannibal, as he is known, seeks refuge in an isolated cabin near the hardscrabble town of Last Chance, Montana. Hoping to lie low, he is pulled instead into the lives of his neighbors, Iona and her son Arch. He soon learns that they too are victims of those eager to believe lies rather than seek the truth. Meanwhile, Samuel Bodner, the only other person to survive the freezing hell at the Moose Creek Mine, relentlessly stalks the Moose Creek Cannibal. The pursuit has so dominated Miles’s every waking moment that he sometimes wonders if Bodner’s gruesome allegations might actually be true. As he comes to care deeply for Iona and Arch, Miles must decide if he is willing to sacrifice his freedom in order to save his friends from the evil visited on them.

Download or read book 2020 The Year of the Asterisk written by Greg Gerding and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it over? Are we safe yet? What the hell happened? Or, rather, more aptly: What didn't happen? In 2020, we were deceived and misled. Each day offered a new challenge, revealed some new horror, and there was no relief in being told it was simply the nature of the world, the nature of our society. 2020 was the kind of thing that happens to people in textbooks, except it was happening in real time to all of us. We probably need group therapy to make sense of it all, to address our individual and collective wounds. This book is in pursuit of doing just that: Offer some kind of catharsis to the whole ordeal. “2020 is shaping up to be one of the most garbage years in American history. What statement do you want to make about it?” This was the prompt advanced to writers of the essays in this collection, capturing experiences raw and personal, and attempting to make sense of the extraordinary situation we found ourselves in. Very few walked away unscathed. Such a confluence of issues: COVID, Trump, racism, poverty, health under siege, sexism, police brutality, Black Lives Matter, protests, federal troops occupying American cities and beating on citizens, masks and social distancing, businesses shuttered, entire industries closed, schools moved online, major sports halted, and more. As the effects of 2020 continue rippling, the future already begs to know, “What the hell happened that year?” We hope this collection will clarify, or perhaps at least de-fog a bit. Essays as testimony provide an intimate lens, a snapshot in time. And perhaps a way to make sense of some of the chaos, so we can move forward with fresh eyes. Contributors: Rashaun J. Allen, Jason Arment, Rabb Asad, Joe Austin, DeMisty D. Bellinger, John S. Blake, Shannon Brazil, Tracy Burkholder, Suzanne Burns, Brendan Canty, Adrian Ernesto Cepeda, Stacey Y. Clark, Eve Connell, Zaji Cox, Alex Dang, Leah Noble Davidson, Sean Davis, Chris Dupuy, James Jay Edwards, Brian S. Ellis, Jenny Forrester, Kenning JP García, Lauren Gilmore, Dian Greenwood, Joseph Edwin Haeger, Ally Henny, Jackie Shannon Hollis, Gabino Iglesias, Ashley James, Tim Mays, Wryly T. McCutchen, Travis Laurence Naught, Dang Nguyen, Isobel O'Hare, Florencia Orlandoni, Linda Rand, Skyler Reed, Christine Maul Rice, Kate Ristau, Leyna Rynearson, Liz Scott, Kimberly Sheridan, Corie Skolnick, Amoja Sumler, Ben Tanzer, Nancy Townsley, Chris Valle, Ran Walker, Eric Witchey, Ellen Yaffa, Jason Zenobia