Download or read book Buddy Cooper Finds a Way written by Neil O'Boyle Connelly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you lose for a living, it's pretty hard to fail. Once, like all of us, Buddy dreamt of success. He and his wife, Alix, had just bought a new place, not too far from the beach. Their daughter, Brook, was out of the hospital. And the fans were cheering him on as the Invincible Man, one of the rising stars of the Southeastern Wrestling Confederacy. Then everything fell apart. An argument over Monday Night Football somehow crossed the line, Alix kicked him out, and Buddy moved in to the Motel 6. After that, winning just didn't seem right, so he traded in his golden cape for a latex mask and became one of the anonymous losers that fans love to hate. Every few weeks, he'd get a new mask, rechristen himself, and step into the ring to get beat all over again -- as the Grave Digger or the Widow Maker, the Deadbeat Dad or the Unknown Kentucky Terror. In the four years since the divorce, his record is 0-186, but that's okay by Buddy. Free of mad notions like happiness and success, he pops pink pills to control his rage and copes with his insomnia by watching John Wayne westerns and QVC. He has his job, his apartment, his truck, his once-a-week visits with Brook. Life as a failure isn't that bad, or so he's convinced himself. But now in an effort to boost pay-per-view ratings, Buddy's boss threatens a shake-up. As part of the plan, Buddy will have to end his safe days as a professional loser. He's actually slated to win a match. What he'll learn, though, is that like all new scripts, this one comes with its own cast and complications: a phone psychic living in fear, an alien-abductee with the secret to salvation, a championship match interrupted by a violent fanatic, what could be faith healings, and perhaps the most unlikely miracle of all -- a second chance to believe. A touching and wonderfully unpredictable literary debut about a professional loser who's forced into a rematch with life, Buddy Cooper Finds a Way announces the arrival of a fresh and original voice in American fiction.
Download or read book Icons of Horror and the Supernatural written by S. T. Joshi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-12-30 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, and many of the most central figures appear over and over again. These figures have gained iconic status and continue to hold sway over popular culture and the modern imagination. This book offers extended entries on 24 of the most enduring and significant figures of horror and the supernatural, including The Sea Creature, The Witch, The Alien, The Vampire, The Werewolf, The Sorcerer, The Ghost, The Siren, The Mummy, The Devil, and The Zombie. Each entry is written by a leading authority on the subject and discusses the topic's essential features and lasting influence, from the classical epics of Homer to the novels of Stephen King. Entries cite sources for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. Entries include illustrations, sidebars of interesting information, and excerpts from key texts. Horror and the supernatural have fascinated people for centuries, with many of the most central figures appearing over and over again across time and cultures. These figures have starred in the world's most widely read literary works, most popular films, and most captivating television series. Because of their popularity and influence, they have attained iconic status and a special place in the popular imagination. This book overviews 24 of the most significant icons of horror and the supernatural.
Download or read book The Miracle Stealer written by Neil Connelly and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andi Grant adores her six-year-old brother, Daniel, a "miracle child" who survived a fall down a mine shaft. People regularly come to him for blessings and healings -- which often seem to work -- but Andi worries about their effects on her brother, especially when she finds signs of a stalker around their home. With the help of her once-and-maybe-future boyfriend Jeff, she comes up with an audacious, dramatic plan to stop the attention on Daniel: an "Anti-Miracle" that will unravel with the slightest examination of the facts, and cast doubt on his powers foerver after.As her plan comes together, the stalker draws closer, and the clock ticks toward Daniel's star appearance at the local Paradise Days celebration, Andi finds herself wrestling with her own beliefs in God and her brother, and wondering if what she really needs is a miracle.
Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 2236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Girl Next Door written by Cynthia Eden and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-05-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He pledged to protect his neighbor, in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s Shadow Agents: Guts and Glory miniseries When Gabrielle Harper’s gutsy investigative reporting attracted a serial killer, her new neighbor began keeping an eye on her. And Cooper Marshall was an Elite Operations Division specialist who thrived on adrenaline, and whose every instinct was geared to protect—even if it meant breaking cover. But when Gabrielle won’t wait around to be the next victim, can Cooper keep her still long enough to save her life? Previously published.
Download or read book Jeff Herman s Guide to Book Publishers Editors and Literary Agents 2006 written by Jeff Herman and published by . This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now updated for 2008, this annual edition of the classic bestselling directory provides everything working writers need to find the most receptive publishers, editors, and agents for their work.
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Download or read book Running Steel Running America written by Judith Stein and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of modern liberalism has been hotly debated in contemporary politics and the academy. Here, Judith Stein uses the steel industry--long considered fundamental to the U.S. economy--to examine liberal policies and priorities after World War II. In a provocative revision of postwar American history, she argues that it was the primacy of foreign commitments and the outdated economic policies of the state, more than the nation's racial conflicts, that transformed American liberalism from the powerful progressivism of the New Deal to the feeble policies of the 1990s. Stein skillfully integrates a number of narratives usually treated in isolation--labor, civil rights, politics, business, and foreign policy--while underscoring the state's focus on the steel industry and its workers. By showing how those who intervened in the industry treated such economic issues as free trade and the globalization of steel production in isolation from the social issues of the day--most notably civil rights and the implementation of affirmative action--Stein advances a larger argument about postwar liberalism. Liberal attempts to address social inequalities without reference to the fundamental and changing workings of the economy, she says, have led to the foundering of the New Deal state.
Download or read book Hearings Reports Public Laws written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 2906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amendments to Expedite the Remedies of the National Labor Relatioms Act Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Labor written by United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Education and Labor written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amendments to Expedite the Remedies of the National Labor Relations Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Special Subcommittee on Labor and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Land South of the Clouds written by Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith and published by University of Louisiana. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is the summer of 1979, the year everyone anticipates the long awaited release of Apocalypse Now, America's frustration with inflation and the long lines to the gas pumps; the top story on every news channel is President Jimmy Carter and his administration's grim dilemma in trying to rescue the American hostages in Iran, and our 10-year-old narrator, Long Vanh, is burdened with the secret his mother, Vu-An, entrusted him to keep: not to tell anyone of her desire to return to Vietnam to be with her father who is serving hard labor in a reeducation camp. Because Long Vanh is a con lai--half Vietnamese, half black--he believes he can become the obedient son despite his shortcomings of not knowing how to decipher the accent marks adorning the words in the letters she receives from the old country, his inability to speak the language, or even maneuver chopsticks properly. He believes if he can compensate for his flaws, she will want to stay in "Asia Minor", an enclave of Los Angeles comprised of veterans and their foreign war wives. She will stay in America to keep the family intact and forget that she ever packed her Samsonite with ao dais, letters, and photographs she made him store in his closet, make her forget that she ever taught him how to lie to anyone who phones that she doesn't live here anymore, that he can even tell them that she is dead. The Land South of the Clouds serves as the companion piece to The Land Baron's Sun: The Story of Lý Loc and His Seven Wives. It is the story of immigrant families meshing into the fabric of American culture, their memories of the old country weighing on their conscience and the repercussions they feel even from thousands of miles away on another continent, in another world, another life"--
Download or read book Harlequin Romantic Suspense October 2017 Box Set written by Jennifer Morey and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles in one collection! MISSION: COLTON JUSTICE The Coltons of Shadow Creek by Jennifer Morey After giving up her son as a surrogate and donor, private investigator Adeline Winters must work with start-up millionaire Jeremy Kincaid, her baby’s father, to save their son from the hands of a vengeful kidnapper—and possibly even Livia Colton herself! THE AGENT’S COVERT AFFAIR To Protect and Serve by Karen Anders For independent Emma St. John, PI, the easy part was going after her kidnapped nephew. The hard part? Working with sexy but annoying NCIS agent Derrick Gunn—and holding on to her heart in the process. GONE IN THE NIGHT Honor Bound by Anna J. Stewart Falling for ex-firefigher Max Kellan while searching for his kidnapped niece—her patient—couldn’t be more inappropriate for Dr. Allie Hollister. Not only because it’s unprofessional, but because Allie’s past is back with a vengeance…and this time, its eyes are set on her. NAVY SEAL PROTECTOR SOS Agency by Bonnie Vanak Threatened with eviction, Shelby Stillwater teams up with the one man who can help save the only home she’s ever known—her former crush, Nick Anderson, the sexy navy SEAL who now owns the ranch she lives on.
Download or read book Navy SEAL Protector written by Bonnie Vanak and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times–Bestselling Author: A sexy hometown hero returns to rescue the one who got away . . . Ten years ago, bad boy Nick Anderson left home—and a brokenhearted Shelby Stillwater in his wake. Now the retired Navy SEAL has inherited the family ranch in Tennessee that Shelby calls home. Almost in foreclosure, the property is being sabotaged to force a sale . . . and Shelby is in mortal danger. As Nick and Shelby work together to stop the vandals, old passions and new threats arise. The ranch carries painful memories, and Nick’s not sure if he’s willing to work to save the land. But as he finds new purpose and a new home, he remains determined to keep Shelby from harm . . . even if it means risking everything he holds dear in the process.
Download or read book Children s Books in Print written by R R Bowker Publishing and published by R. R. Bowker. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
