Download or read book Someone Like Me written by M. R. Carey and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A TAUT, CLEVER THRILLER THAT LEFT ME UTTERLY BEREFT WHEN I'D FINISHED. IT'S A MASTERPIECE' Louise Jensen, bestselling author of The Sister From the author of the million-copy bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts comes a heart-stopping psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming and a heroine you can't trust . . . THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY. Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she's devoted to bringing up her kids in a loving home. But there's another side to Liz, one that's dark and malicious. She will do anything to get her way - no matter how extreme. And when her alter-ego takes control, the consequences are devastating. Someone Like Me is the intoxicating new thriller from the phenomenal M. R. Carey. A modern take on the Jekyll and Hyde tale, think Gone Girl meets Stephen King - but you won't have read anything quite like this before . . . Praise for M. R. Carey: 'An intense, haunting thriller with heart. You will not want to put this down' Laini Taylor 'Carey writes with compassion and fire' Lauren Beukes 'Enigmatic and utterly gripping' Harper's Bazaar 'Keeps you on tenterhooks as the action unfolds' Elle 'Heartfelt, remorseless and painfully human . . . a jewel' Joss Whedon 'Original, thrilling and powerful' Guardian 'If you only read one novel this year, make sure it's this one' Martina Cole

Download or read book Someone Like Me written by Julissa Arce and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable true story from social justice advocate and national bestselling author Julissa Arce about her journey to belong in America while growing up undocumented in Texas. Born in the picturesque town of Taxco, Mexico, Julissa Arce was left behind for months at a time with her two sisters, a nanny, and her grandma while her parents worked tirelessly in America in hopes of building a home and providing a better life for their children. That is, until her parents brought Julissa to Texas to live with them. From then on, Julissa secretly lived as an undocumented immigrant, went on to become a scholarship winner and an honors college graduate, and climbed the ladder to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs. This moving, at times heartbreaking, but always inspiring story will show young readers that anything is possible. Julissa's story provides a deep look into the little-understood world of a new generation of undocumented immigrants in the United States today--kids who live next door, sit next to you in class, or may even be one of your best friends.

Download or read book 13 Consequence Street written by Miriam Pina Vanek and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a historical fiction about Mary, based on the murders perpetuated at Gilgo Beach in Long Island, New York.

Download or read book Lure Me written by Jolie Damman and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He thinks he’s better than everyone. And he might as well be. Everyone sucks up to him in Faith High. I’m the new girl. He can’t touch me. But one night – after an infamous encounter – was all it took for the 'King' on campus to set his fiery eyes on me. And now, running away from him isn’t an option. Fighting isn’t much better, either. But I’m not going to bow. I faced worse before. Though I guess I should have seen it coming. Fighting the 'King' just made his temptations for me intenser… He won’t stop until he’s finished. Main themes included in this story: - Dark high school - Enemies to lovers - Bad boy - Young, new adult dynamics - First time - Contemporary, steamy romance And many more. HEA guaranteed! Characters are 18+

Download or read book A Consequence of Ordinary written by Zoli Rozen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Consequence of Ordinary brings you deep into the mind of a generation without direction. Three best friends experience their own rites of passage as they struggle to interpret the very things that drive them after their friend Elliot commits suicide. The narrator fears the nine-to-five lifestyle. When he has no choice but to accept it, he finds that all it takes is one stranger, a man named Theodore Paz-a sometimes mad, sometimes wise ghostwriter, to help him blur the lines of ordinary. Tom Lasso is the successful son of New York City's future mayor, Stuart Lasso. Tom must choose between the life he's made for himself and the life Stuart envisioned for Tom as a device in his political campaign. Meter Stensen is about to take over his family's furniture business when he realizes that he doesn't want the safe life anymore-he wants to take chances and fall in love. A Consequence of Ordinary examines a society dangerously similar to our own. It blends a unique style of prose with distinct social commentary to tell the story of three men who find themselves lost in the new world order, carved from the very passive-aggressive nature that has taken over America's twenty-something crowd.

Download or read book I Don t Believe You written by John Ralph Tuccitto and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is not practical; line up in a queue, Romantics can’t accept a rejection at face value. The height of insecurity, the dearth of regret, My spirit is broken, expectations I must reset. Convenient truths, I’m addicted to bullshit, This book is an account of a mind that doesn’t quit. I’m a designer by trade, an artist with a lit fuse, Passionate introspection, just my sanity to lose. You are not alone; the pain of living is severe, Some say it’s weakness; I say it’s clear. The gifts you give so freely, your beautiful attention, I’m humbled severely, with the rise of ascension. The nucleus of shame, the torture of fact, I will guide you into my oblivion, you’ll return fully intact. I Don’t Believe You is a passionate account of a person who cannot ignore the pervasive itch of shame’s triggers, like mental health, the stigma of charity, body issues, drugs, suicide, politics, religion, love, marriage, parenthood, and hope. Reader, I want to eat your heart from a horizon apart, so it sits next to mine in my chest. Let’s kiss minds without the friction of flesh, let the gelatin of our eyes mesh like the teeth of rotating cogs. I would scrape my teeth across pavement if I thought it could infect you with my love. Experience what it means to plunge into yourself like a diving bell and decipher the nonsense of the men in your life through my experience. This book will make you think.

Download or read book A Whim and Its Consequence written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Mental Health Consequences of Torture written by Ellen Gerrity and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997 the National Institute of Mental Health assembled a working group of international experts to address the mental health consequences of torture and related violence and trauma; report on the status of scientific knowledge; and include research recommendations with implications for treatment, services, and policy development. This book, dedicated to those who experience the horrors of torture and those who work to end it, is based on that report.

Download or read book On his Knees written by Jolie Damman and published by . This book was released on with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why he's gotten his eyes set on me all of a sudden, I don't know. He's gorgeous and he dresses the part. His bad-boy attitude is just one of his many facets, and they make me fall hard for him. I should be stronger than this, but I'm not. His presence alone is enough to keep me frozen in place whenever he comes across me. His smug face is proof that he thinks I'm below him, and his smoldering eyes… They make me hope there's something underneath all the torment he punishes me with. I should hate him, but I don't… not anymore. I know he thinks he owns me, and he won't stop until he makes me kneel. It's not going to happen, though... I'm the one that's going to make him sink to his knees. This dark high school romance bundle includes the following stories: Take Control, Stop Dreaming (Dark College), Stop Running, Lure Me, Under his Mercy, Have no Fear, and Fallen Angel.

Download or read book Urban Reform and Its Consequences written by Susan Welch and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout this century, reformers have fought to eliminate party control of city politics. As a result, the majority of American cities today elect council members in at-large and nonpartisan elections. This result of the turn-of-the-century Progressive movement, which worked for election rules that eliminated the power of the urban machine and the working class on which it was based, is today still a subject of lively debate. For example, in the mid-1980s, regular Democrats in Chicago sought to institute a nonpartisan mayoral election. Supporters thought that reform would make the electoral process more democratic, while opponents charged that it was meant to dilute the voting powers of blacks. Clearly, the effect of urban reform remains an important issue for scholars and politicians alike. Susan Welch and Timothy Bledsoe clarify a portion of the debate by investigating how election structures affect candidates and the nature of representation. They examine the different effects of district versus at-large elections and of partisan versus nonpartisan elections. Who gets elected? Are representatives' socioeconomic status and party affiliation related to election form? Are election structures related to how those who are elected approach their jobs? Do they see themselves as representatives concerned with the good of the city as a whole? Urban Reform and Its Consequences reports an unprecedented wealth of data drawn from a sample of nearly 1,000 council members and communities with populations between 50,000 and 1 million across 42 states. The sample includes communities that use a variety of election procedures. This study is therefore the most comprehensive and accurate to date. Welch and Bledsoe conclude that nonpartisan and at-large elections do give city councils a more middle- and upper-middle-class character and have changed the way representatives view their jobs. Reform measures have not, however, produced councils that are significantly more conservative or more prone to conflict. Overall, the authors conclude that partisan and district elections are more likely to represent the whole community and to make the council more accountable to the electorate.

Download or read book Someone Like Me written by M. R. Carey and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A naïve divorced mother of two faces the darkest parts of herself in this heart-stopping thriller from the author of USA Today bestseller, The Girl With All the Gifts. Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she's devoted to bringing up her two kids in a loving home. But there's another side to Liz -- one that's dark and malicious. She will do anything to get her way, no matter how extreme. And when this other side of her takes control, the consequences are devastating. Love her or hate her: there are two sides to every story. . .

Download or read book Major for Murder written by Heather C. Myers and published by Heather C Myers. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one believes that Caine Butcher was murdered. That’s the first thing sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne learns when the school paper assigns her the article commemorating the anniversary of the death of Seaside Prep’s best hockey player. The article should have been an easy fluff piece. Yet, when Finley investigates the popular senior’s past, she discovers there’s more to his death than meets the eye. Faking stats. Cheating on his girlfriend. Betraying his brother. If any of this came to light the golden boy’s image would be tarnished forever. But would any of those things be worth killing him over? The further Finley digs into the matter, the more she finds herself tumbling down a dangerous rabbit hole. Her best friend, who had a relationship with the deceased, won't speak to her. The victim’s brother, Liam, is as enigmatic as he is attractive, making him impossible to trust with all the questions swirling through Finley’s mind. Soon it becomes evident wounds of the past won’t heal until dark secrets are revealed. Too bad Finley doesn’t know who the truth will incriminate... and who it will set free. Major for Murder is the first book in a thrilling young adult mystery series by a USA Today Best Selling Author! Fans of A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER and ONE OF US IS LYING will be enraptured by the intrigue and suspense found on every page!

Download or read book Consequences of Someone Like Me written by Cy Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vampire's Rose is the first book in a series that depict the lives and problems for a unique group of people, Vampires. These men and women live in the shadows of society, forced to keep what they really are a secret from the rest of mankind. Like every other group of people in the world, some Vampires are good while others are evil. The story revolves around Katherine, a kind hearted vampire who makes her living as a master thief. The recent loss of her husband has left her without a partner. Yet Jason, a vampire she sometimes works for, has a plan. It is a dangerous heist to steal a priceless work of art from a ruthless vampire. The job will pay well if she can do it. Maybe well enough to retire, but there is a problem. Jason's plan rests on the shoulders of a mere mortal. He is a simple construction worker named Dustin, which knows nothing about being a criminal, art or Vampires.

Download or read book Consequence written by Eric Fair and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of "8 Books You Need to Read" by Vulture A man questions everything--his faith, his morality, his country--as he recounts his experience as an interrogator in Iraq; an unprecedented memoir and "an act of incredible bravery" (Phil Klay, author of Redeployment). In 2004, after several months as an interrogator, Eric Fair’s call to serve his country has led him to a dark and frightening place. By the time he leaves Iraq after that first deployment, Fair will have participated in or witnessed a variety of aggressive interrogation techniques including sleep deprivation, stress positions, diet manipulation, exposure, and isolation. Years later, with his health and marriage crumbling, haunted by the role he played in what we now know as “enhanced interrogation,” it is Fair’s desire to speak out that becomes a key to his survival. Spare and haunting, Eric Fair’s memoir urgently questions the very depths of who he, and we as a country, have become.

Download or read book An Unintended Consequence written by Randy Keel and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Riley, a retired attorney, is living the good life. Traveling to exotic places and spoiling their granddaughter, Essy, he and his wife Janice are enjoying the fruits of their labor. They live in Dyersburg, a small town in rural West Tennessee. Their family is blindsided by a horrific accident. Sam’s wife and daughter are killed instantly upon impact. His three-year-old granddaughter dies on the operating table. Sam learns that the person responsible is in the United States illegally. His family was killed by a person that isn’t supposed to be here in the first place. The government has failed to protect them. He blames Congress for the devastation of his family and the grief he is forced to endure. Sam’s life is shattered. The tragedy has warped his respect for the law and overruled his conscience. He decides that the only way immigration law will be enforced is to make Congress feel his pain. Sam was about to learn that once you leave the straight and narrow, things happen that affect you to your core. Once he starts down the dark path he has chosen, he will never be the same again, but he doesn’t care. Sam is on a mission. From Tennessee to Washington DC, from becoming a serial killer to a senator, he has committed his life to justice for his family and the American people. He fully intends to hold our congressmen accountable for their actions. His goal is to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into our country or die trying.

Download or read book Ever After written by LJ Bourne and published by Waterside Dreams Press. This book was released on 2024-01-26 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past and present collide in a murderous way, shattering the new life Mark and Eva built, in this thrilling and suspenseful new mystery novel by LJ Bourne. Old Hurts Hit Hard. Nearly six years ago, true crime writer Eva Lah and her partner, US Military Special Investigator Mark Novak caught a ruthless serial killer nicknamed The Fairytale Killer. Eva wrote a successful book about his crimes and has traveled the world giving talks on the subject. Now she is giving the last lecture about him to a group of elite scholars and top law enforcement officials at a picturesque castle. Mark and Eva are both ready to leave what happened six years ago behind them. Until a young woman dressed as a princess is found dead in Eva’s hotel room. But this murder can’t possibly be the work of The Fairytale Killer. Eva and Mark race against the clock to find the person behind the killings before history repeats itself in all its gruesome glory. And before this murderer finishes what the Fairytale Killer started. A must read for fans of Donna Leon, Lisa Gardener and Karin Slaughter! EVER AFTER, the fourth book in the E&M Investigations series, is a standalone, fast-paced and gripping crime mystery novel full of twists and turns. It's impossible to put down!