Download or read book Cha Cha Stays Calm written by Mari Bolte and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2024 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cha Cha the Vizsla wanted to be a bomb-sniffing dog like her parents, but she can't resist the temptation to retrieve the fake bombs when she finds them, so she needs a new job, one that will fit her skills.
Download or read book Cha Cha Stays Calm written by Mari Bolte and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2024 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cha Cha the Vizsla wanted to be a bomb-sniffing dog like her parents, but she can't resist the temptation to retrieve the fake bombs when she finds them, so she needs a new job, one that will fit her skills.
Download or read book Cha Cha Cha written by Jane Heller and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned by her husband and facing foreclosure on her home, Alison Waxman Koff takes a job as a maid for malicious celebrity biographer Melanie Moloney, only to find herself the prime suspect in her employer's murder.
Download or read book Hurdles in the Dark written by Elvira K. Gonzalez and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Mexican-American teen girl dreams of winning an athletic scholarship against all odds in a Texas border town. This true story of survival, strength, and triumph is perfect for fans of Educated and Athlete A. Twenty-four hours: that's how long fourteen-year-old Elvira Gonzalez is given to come up with the $40,000 she needs to save her kidnapped mother from a drug cartel. It's 2006 and Elvira's hometown of Laredo, Texas, has become engulfed by the Mexican Drug War. Elvira's life is unraveling around her—setting her on a harrowing path that leads her to being locked up in one of South Texas's worst juvenile detention centers. After Elvira's released from juvie, she's resolved to never go back. That's when her unexpected salvation arrives in the form of 33-inch-high plastic hurdles. Determined to win a track scholarship out of Laredo, Elvira begins breaking into the school, alone, at 5:30 in the morning to practice hurdling. Soon, she catches the attention of a renowned high school coach, an adult man in his 30s. As they train, their coach-student relationship begins to change, becoming sexual. At just seventeen years old, Elvira experiences the dangers many young athletes face, especially those who are marginalized. In spite of these towering obstacles, Elvira eventually propels herself to become one of the top ranked hurdlers in the USA and the first in her family to go to college. This inspiring true story of grit, tenacity, and hope traces Elvira's path as she overcomes impossible hurdles in her race to freedom.
Download or read book The Fictionalizer written by Michael Schulze and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the mad, mysterious, and unreliable world of the Fictionalizer! Waldo Stanton, a high-technology executive, takes a frightening but revelatory journey from Manhattan to Los Angeles in the last two months of 1999. Waldo suffers from paranoid schizophrenic psychosis, and his condition has been worsened by his psychiatrist, who has his own strange agenda. Following some life-changing and traumatizing incidents, Waldo heads west to confront the person he suspects is responsible: his identical twin brother, Richard Light, CEO of a shadowy corporate empire based in Hollywood. Light seeks to perfect a drug called the Fictionalizer, which could purportedly modify reality itself. As Waldo travels cross country, he invades several of Light's heavily guarded office buildings to uncover information about the development effort. But as the narrative progresses, questions arise: How much of this journey is "fact," how much "fiction"? Who is who in the world of Waldo's multiple personalities? Will Waldo find Light? Will the Fictionalizer work? If so, what does Light intend to do with it? And what will happen then? Praise for Love Song - Michael Schulze's previous novel (available on Kindle): "To read Love Song, a work twenty years in the creation, an audacious and uncompromising descent into the American fascination with violence and the contemporary pornography of horror, is to be abruptly within the terrifying/intriguing sphere of brutal novelty, something 'deep, formless, and profoundly dangerous.' It plays with genres - the horror story, the play-within-a-play, the psychosexual mystery-thriller - in streams of language that test the weight-bearing capacity of the printed page . . . ." -from the Review of Contemporary Fiction, October 2003 "As well as the stylistic qualities, I like the attitude of this book. Not the puling whine of the postmodernist, the cringing minimalist -- but good muscular revulsion, a cadenced roar against the nastiness of humanity ...." -Laura Argiri, author of The God in Flight Customer reviews: "You'd need bionic nerves to take on this novel. Young bionic nerves. The book is drenched in sex and violence. And monsters. And paranoia. It made me feel titillated, repelled, baffled, and indicted all at the same time. Still, the narrative, at least at the beginning, barrels like a semi rolling downhill, and even at the end, when the text begins to break down into seemingly random words and letters, the momentum holds. How the author does that, I don't know. The observations are acute; the language has a sort of vibrating flatness, like an obscene joke being told with a face so straight you could roll a marble across it ...." -Sue Cologgi "Love Song is a highly creative, multidimensional effort combining a detective story, subconscious undertones, and a myriad of characters in a fantasy that's surprisingly readable. This is the book Stephen King might write if he were willing to take the time... it's a fascinating tour de force that works on many levels ...." -Doug Grant
Download or read book Accident Prone written by Michelle McGriff and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misery loves company. More than an old cliché, those words become an obsession for Phoebe DuChamp. Once the popular and pretty all-American high school sweetheart, Phoebe lost it all when she married the wrong man soon after graduation. Harold, the star quarterback and king of the playboys, has made Phoebe's life miserable for ten years. Instead of divorcing Harold, Phoebe finally devises a way to make his life miserable too. Her plot backfires, however, when she becomes a victim in a tragic boating accident. When Harold is unable to collect on her million-dollar insurance policy, it appears that Phoebe may have won out in the end. Shy and quiet, Lacy was less than popular in high school, and often walked in the shadow of her unlikely best friend, Phoebe. Now she's content to live behind the scenes as a voiceover actress for a well-liked cartoon character. When she finds herself the beneficiary of Phoebe's insurance policy, Lacy's quiet life is thrown into the spotlight—especially when cryptic clues start to point to murder. Phoebe's brother, homicide detective Marcel DuChamp, just won't allow "The Case of the Accident Prone Prom Queen" to rest. If he's not careful, he could trip into something that will take him on more turns and loops than a rollercoaster ride.
Download or read book Korean Attitudes Toward the United States written by David I. Steinberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length work in English dealing with the crucial and troubled relationship between Korea and the United States. Leading scholars in the field examine the various historical, political, cultural, and psychological aspects of Korean-American relations in the context of American global and East Asian relationships, especially with Japan.
Download or read book Inter Korean Relations written by S. Kim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-09-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In post-cold War thinking, North Korea was expected to collapse and be absorbed into a single Korean state by the democratic regime in South Korea. Fifteen years later, this has not happened, and June 2000 saw a summit making the warmest inter-Korean relations yet. Over that time period, the two Korean states found instead new mechanisms and methods for interacting with each other on the level of de facto if not yet completely de jure sovereign states and have begun to overcome some of the shadows cast by the partition and violent war that befell the peninsula following World War II. This book examines the origins, dynamics, and impacts of these multi-level relations between North and South Korea, situating them variously as two incomplete nation-states, as a single national entity, and within a larger international environment. The Contributors demonstrate how inter-Korean relations have fostered new forms of conflict management and reconciliation on the peninsula.
Download or read book Chihuahuas For Dummies written by Kim Campbell Thornton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-01-20 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep up to date with the latest info on raising, training, and living with your Chihuahua Chihuahuas For Dummies is your guide to discovering whether a Chihuahua is the right addition to your family and to caring for these little dogs once they’re under your roof. This fun book answers your most pressing questions about the breed’s needs and temperament, plus offers loads of friendly advice on everything a Chihuahua owner should know. You’ll also find fun facts and trivia, amusing and informative anecdotes, and tips on how to have a great time with your Chihuahua. This down-to-earth For Dummies reference is the only book you'll need to help you have the best possible experience with these very affectionate and adorable doggos. Understand the Chihuahua’s characteristics and body language Keep your dog healthy and happy with diet, exercise, and socialization Deal with bad behavior like biting, barking, and jumping Train your Chihuahua in the basics—sit, stay, heel, and come This is the book for anyone planning to adopt a Chihuahua and needing all the facts, plus current Chihuahua owners who need advice on training or are thinking of adding another member to their current fur family.
Download or read book I Once Loved You Humbly written by Mo Yiran and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She had been as low as a speck of dust, but fortunately, she had met him. However, after three years of being in love, she was still unable to resist all the misunderstandings. They had missed each other three years ago, and now they were reunited three years later. However, he was no longer the him from before ... His repeated injuries had caused her to grow further and further away. It wasn't until she left that he realized what she had done for him. It was a pity that he didn't know Mo Lu. He said, "Hello, my name is Bo Lengqing." "I have a strange familiarity with you."
Download or read book Parallel Lies written by Ridley Pearson and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2001-10-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penzler Pick, June 2001: Ridley Pearson, who has written 14 previous books, many of them featuring his Seattle cop Lou Boldt, ups the ante in his latest thriller. Northern Union Railroad has been experiencing a series of accidents with their freight trains, but it is not until they find a freight car covered with blood that they call in outside help. Peter Tyler used to be a cop, until he nearly beat a black man to death and lost his badge. When he gets a second chance via an old friend at the National Transportation Safety Board, he drives a convertible through a snowstorm with the top down (he suffers from claustrophobia) to view the freight car. He arrives at the scene to discover that he will have to deal with Northern Union's own security officer, Nell Priest, a black woman who already knows Tyler's history. Meanwhile, Umberto Alvarez, the train wrecker, is systematically working his way towards his ultimate wreck, Northern's F.A.S.T. train, due to make its maiden run from New York to Washington, D.C. Alvarez lost his wife and children when their car stalled between the gates at a crossing and were crushed by one of Northern's trains. Although Northern Union was cleared of all responsibility and Alvarez's wife was found negligent, he doesn't think that's so. As Peter Tyler's investigation proceeds, he begins to come to the same conclusion. Closing in on Alvarez, he tries to interview the crossing guard who was on duty the day the wreck occurred. On arriving at the man's apartment, he finds the man bludgeoned to death--with the same stick with which Tyler beat the black man all that time ago. It's time to get paranoid. Who at Northern is covering up and what role does Nell play in all this? As always in a Ridley Pearson thriller, the action doesn't stop until the final page. --Otto Penzler
Download or read book Reclaim Love written by Giordana Silverberg and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the face of a breakup or loss, the idea of finding meaning and moving on seems impossible. While we cannot stop the loss from occurring, we can change our thoughts around it. These difficult events can remind us that relationships are lessons and true gifts. A broken heart is an open heart, and endings are also beginnings. Reclaim Love aims to empower an extraordinary new way of thinking about broken hearts and inspire you to seek out another chance at love. Author Giordana Silverberg writes from her own experiences of losing her partner to cancer and later finding new love. She presents tools that can help transform your grief to love by uncovering and releasing any fears, limiting beliefs, and unhealthy patterns that block you from finding and having the love you truly desire. The guidance offered here can comfort you on your journey to healing, acceptance, and closure from the past, allowing to manifest the future and love you deserve. This self-help guide explores the emotions that result from the loss of a loved one or relationship and helps those suffering to move from grief to love.
Download or read book Pointing Out the Great Way written by Daniel P. Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-10-10 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books have been published in recent years on the topic of mahamudra, or meditation on the fundamentally clear nature of the mind. This book is different in the systematic way it draws from a variety of source texts in order to construct a complete, graded path of practice informed by an understanding of the particular obstacles faced by meditators in the West. Dan Brown is a clinical psychotherapist who has also spent much time evaluating the experiences of meditators on longterm retreats. He knows the Tibetan literature on mahamudra meditation and has over thirty years of both personal meditation experience and observation of the experiences of others. He co-wrote, with Ken Wilber and Jack Engler, the book Transformations in Consciousness, and he teaches an annual seminar on mahamudra meditation at the Esalen Institute. Pointing Out the Great Way is a spiritual manual that describes the Tibetan Buddhist meditation known as mahamudra from the perspective of the 'gradual path.' The gradual path is a progressive process of training that is often contrasted to sudden realization. As such, this book contains a step-by-step description of the ways to practice, precise descriptions of the various stages and their intended realizations, and the typical problems that arise along with their remedies. Simply put, mahamudra meditation involves penetrative focus, free of conceptual elaboration, upon the very nature of conscious awareness. A unique feature of this book is its integrative approach to the stages of mahamudra meditation. A number of works on Buddhist meditation stages in general and mahamudra meditation in particular are already available in English, yet none, single text or commentary on the stages of mahamudra meditation, captures the inner experience of these stages in sufficient detail to convey its richness. This book represents the needed alternative by integrating material from a variety of root texts, practical manuals,
Download or read book Truly Madly Sheeply written by Heather Vogel Frederick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When someone keeps stealing Jack-o'-lanterns and a mysterious haunting begins at her Aunt and Uncle's old farm, Truly and the other Pumpkin Falls Private Eyes work to uncover the cause behind the fall shenanigans in their home town.
Download or read book Bright Infinite Future written by Mark Green and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Blending the historical, biographical and political, this wide-ranging "memoir + manifesto" describes how the values of the 1960s are shaping a new progressive majority in 2016 and beyond. Multi-faceted Mark Green--bestselling author, public interest lawyer, elected official--guides us through contemporary American politics as Johnson retaliates against his antiwar work; Nader launches the modern consumer movement; Clinton wins the 1992 New York primary and therefore the nomination; the author debates Castro in Havana on human rights; and Green loses the closest NYC mayoral election in a century to Bloomberg after 9/11 in a perfect storm of money, terrorism, and race. As Public Advocate for New York City, Green is Mayor Giuiliani's bête noir--he exposes the NYPD's racial profiling, kills off Joe Camel, inspires the city's 311 system, and shows how a person who believes in positive, progressive government can make it work for average citizens. Starting with the consequential movements of the 1960s, Bright, Infinite Future tracks how a rising tide of minority and Millennial voters, the GOP's lurch from mainstream to extreme, and the contrast between the disastrous presidency of Bush 43 and the successful ones of Clinton and Obama are leading to a new era of "progressive patriotism" that will culminate in the 2016 presidential election. Full of behind-the-scenes stories about boldfaced names, this will be the 2016 book for liberals looking to Leonard Bernstein's 'bright, infinite future," conservatives who want to know what they're up against, and readers who want to know what it takes and what it's like "in the arena." "--
Download or read book The Suffering Soldier King written by Cha Cha and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-10-25 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Third and Only Way written by Helen Bevington and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beatrix Potter, Sappho, Yeats, Alexander the Great, Montaigne, Saint Cecilia, Virginia Woolf, Liv Ullmann, and many others, Bevington finds in these lives a path that has guided her search away from solitude. Through her reflections on the ten years that followed her son's death, we become aware of how far she has traveled, how the search has brightened, how she has eloquently evolved into old age. In the end she is sitting, like the Buddha, under her own fig tree,
