Download or read book Caged Eyes written by Lynn K. Hall and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider’s account of misogyny and rape in the US military and her extraordinary path to recovery and activism Desperate to realize her childhood dream of being an astronaut, Lynn K. Hall was an enthusiastic young cadet. For Hall, the military offered an escape from her chaotic home—her erratic mother, absent biological father, and a man she called “dad” who sexually abused her. Resolute and committed to the Air Force Academy, Hall survived the ordeals of a first-year cadet: intense hazing from upperclassmen, grueling physical training, and demanding coursework. But she’s dismissed from the Academy when, after being raped by an upperclassman and contracting herpes, she is diagnosed with meningitis and left with chronic and debilitating pain. Betrayed by the Academy and overcome with shame, Hall candidly recounts her loss of self, the dissociation from her body and the forfeiture of her individuality as a result of the military’s demands and her perpetrator’s abuse. Forced to leave the military and return to the civilian world, Hall turns to extreme sports to cope with and overcome PTSD and chronic pain. She, in turn, reclaims herself on the mountain trails of the Colorado Rockies. An intimate account of grappling with shame and a misogynistic culture that condones rape and blames victims, Caged Eyes is also a transformative story of how it’s possible to help yourself and others in the aftermath of a profound injustice.
Download or read book Caged written by Ellison Cooper and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FBI profiler Sayer Altair hunts a brilliant serial killer with a dangerous obsession in Caged, a gripping thriller from debut author Ellison Cooper. In a residential Washington, D.C. neighborhood, a young woman's body is found in the basement of an abandoned house--starved to death in a cage, along with the video footage of a dark and deadly ritual. The victim is identified as the daughter of a prominent D.C. politician, and it falls to the FBI to track down the unconscionable psychopath who murdered her. FBI special agent Sayer Altair would rather conduct research on criminality than catch actual criminals. But when she's offered a promotion hinging on her next assignment, she reluctantly accepts the "Cage Killer" case. Taunted by a photo of another victim at the mercy of this vicious killer, Sayer and her team are driven to put an end to these grisly homicides. During the investigation, clues emerge connecting the murders to Sayer's past. Now, the stakes are personal, and the deeper Sayer is drawn into the deadly web, the more she believes she is the only one who can uncover the killer's identity. Told with devastating detail, shocking twists and unrelenting suspense, Cooper proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall.
Download or read book Best European Fiction 2012 written by Aleksandar Hemon and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third year, the Best European Fiction series has become a mainstay in the literary landscape, each year featuring new voices from throughout Europe alongside more established names such as Hilary Mantel, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Ingo Schulze, George Konrad, Victor Pelevin, and Enrique Vila-Matas. For 2012, Aleksandar Hemon introduces a whole new cross-section of European fiction, and there are a few editorial changes as well. For the first time, the preface will be by an American—Nicole Krauss—and the stories, one per country/language, will be arranged within themes (love, art, war, the body), to facilitate book club and reading group discussions.
Download or read book Exile Nation written by Charles Shaw and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An "extraordinary" work of spiritual journalism that grapples with the themes of drugs, prisons, politics, and spirituality through Shaw’s personal story (Chicago Tribune), originally published as a series on Reality Sandwich and The Huffington Post. In 2005, Shaw was arrested in Chicago for possession of MDMA and was sent to prison for one year. Shaw not only looks at the current prison system and its many destructive flaws, but also at how American culture regards criminals and those who live outside of society. He begins his story at Chicago’s Cook County Jail, and uses its sprawling, highly corrupt infrastructure to build upon his overarching argument. This is an insider’s look at the forgotten or excluded segments of our society, the disenfranchised lifestyles and subcultures existing in what Shaw calls the “exile nation.” They are those who lost some or all of their ability to participate in the full opportunities of society because of an arrest or conviction for a non-violent, drug-related, or “moral offense,” those who cannot participate in the credit economy, and those with lifestyle choices that involve radical politics and sexuality, cognitive liberty, and unorthodox spiritual and healing practices. Together they make up the new “evolutionary counterculture” of the most significant epoch in human history.
Download or read book The Search for Montana Red written by Ralph Cotton and published by Cotton-Branch Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-20 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ranger Lives for the Hunt - The Outlaw Lives for the Killing - Now They Are About to Come Face to Face at Last. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is a man of courage with a lightning-quick draw. His goal is swift justice, and his aim is as sure as death. With a .58 caliber rifle behind his saddle and a list of outlaws next to his heart, he tracks his prey relentlessly, alone, and to the bitter end. No one under the badlands sun would put the Ranger’s skills to the test like Montana Red Hollis, a man more brutal than any beast and more cunning than any desperado the Ranger has ever hunted. No one is safe from the wrath of Montana Red and, until the Ranger took up the search, no one was brave enough to stop him. Now, on the high badlands where the fastest gun rules and only the strongest survive, a bloodthirsty killer is about to meet his match. From master storyteller Ralph Cotton comes an extraordinary story about lawmen and the lawless—and of gun justice in the rugged American West.
Download or read book Caged Warrior written by Lindsey Piper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nynn gives birth to the first natural-born Dragon King, but after her and her son are kidnapped by an evil scientist, it is up to Leto, a superhuman Cage warrior, and Nynn, with her new-found powers, to save Nynn's son.
Download or read book Songs of Sunshine written by Marianne Farningham and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Anthology of Magazine Verse and Anthology of Poems from the Seventeen Previously Published Braithwaite Anthologies written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Anthology of Magazine Verse written by William Stanley Braithwaite and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume for 1958 includes "Anthology of poems from the seventeen previously published Braithwaite anthologies."
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Download or read book Caged written by Amy Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★★★★★ "This is an absolutely superb book! Very well written, the choice of language is well executed and the plot just flows effortlessly."★★★★★ "If you're a fan of Divergent or The Hunger Games this book is easily on the same level. Caged is brilliantly crafted and won't let you put it down."★★★★★ "This book is all that the blurb promises and beyond."In Eden Cavalleri's world, zoos don't exist. The Anthros do: a twisted place where cybernetics come to gawk at humans imprisoned behind glass. The machines have taken over the world above ground, and they intend to exterminate or imprison what's left of the human race. Eden's job as a runner is simple: survive long enough to bring back much needed supplies to the other humans hiding in tunnels beneath the city. But after a botched supply run lands her under the glass domes as a zoo exhibit, her mission changes. Now, she has to learn to save herself instead of everyone else. A prisoner and lab rat, Eden is subjected to nightmarish and excruciating experiments at the hands of the machines. Their end goal is clear: turn her into one of them. Escaping seems impossible, unless she places her trust in the hands of her exhibit mate, a strange boy who was born within the zoo. If the machines succeed, though, Eden will be forced to hunt down other humans--even her own family.She's used to running and hiding from her problems, but when the decision is made to face them head on, Eden learns that pride and confidence aren't always good attributes to have. Trusting others may be her hamartia, and the price she pays for her freedom will be life-altering.
Download or read book Rooktime written by A. W. Stewart and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooktime It is an ordinary summer's day when Mark and Laura Murray set off for a picnic. To their astonishment, as they ride round a familiar corner they find their way blocked by a high hedge. Abandoning their bikes, they push through the tangle of spiky twigs and find themselves not in Pike Lane, as they had expected, but standing at the edge of a vast lake. Although they do not know it, they are in Rookland, kingdom of Silver Crest, lord of the birdmen: creatures with the bodies of men and the heads and talons of giant birds. Two of Silver Crest's servants are at this moment rowing across the lake to capture the brother and sister, in order to add them to the team of other children who already work as slaves in the pine forests of Rookland. Will Mark and Laura be condemned to live for ever as prisoners of these vicious birdmen, with their terrifying eyes on the backs of their hands, and their malicious pets, the rook-spies? 'Rooktime' tells of the many dangers they and their fellow slaves have to face, dangers that unite them all and reveal reserves of courage they never knew they possessed.
