Download or read book Dirty Secret written by Jessie Sholl and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at compulsive hoarding by a woman whose mother suffers from the disease. To be the child of a compulsive hoarder is to live in a permanent state of unease. Because if my mother is one of those crazy junk-house people, then what does that make me? When her divorced mother was diagnosed with cancer, New York City writer Jessie Sholl returned to her hometown of Minneapolis to help her prepare for her upcoming surgery and get her affairs in order. While a daunting task for any adult dealing with an aging parent, it’s compounded for Sholl by one lifelong, complex, and confounding truth: her mother is a compulsive hoarder. Dirty Secret is a daughter’s powerful memoir of confronting her mother’s disorder, of searching for the normalcy that was never hers as a child, and, finally, cleaning out the clutter of her mother’s home in the hopes of salvaging the true heart of their relationship—before it’s too late. Growing up, young Jessie knew her mother wasn’t like other mothers: chronically disorganized, she might forgo picking Jessie up from kindergarten to spend the afternoon thrift store shopping. Now, tracing the downward spiral in her mother’s hoarding behavior to the death of a long-time boyfriend, she bravely wades into a pathological sea of stuff: broken appliances, moldy cowboy boots, twenty identical pairs of graying bargain-bin sneakers, abandoned arts and crafts, newspapers, magazines, a dresser drawer crammed with discarded eyeglasses, shovelfuls of junk mail . . . the things that become a hoarder’s “treasures.” With candor, wit, and not a drop of sentimentality, Jessie Sholl explores the many personal and psychological ramifications of hoarding while telling an unforgettable mother-daughter tale.

Download or read book Dirty Secrets Dirty Lies written by Ray Traylor and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t Let a Dirty Secret Block Your Way to Success! What’s holding you back from achieving your full potential for Christ? Usually we hide our struggles out of shame or guilt. If you or someone you love has a dirty secret, then this book is for you. Learn how to: • Tap into God’s unlimited power • Be controlled by your faith and will, not by your feelings • Visualize yourself as the man or woman God intends you to be • Thrive no matter what life throws at you • Never be caught off guard by the difficulties of life • Overcome shame, guilt, anger, anxiety, and depression • Create a supportive environment in which you will flourish Here are a few examples of more than a dozen case studies you’ll find in Dirty Secrets, Dirty Lies. These people overcame their obstacles by applying these principles. You can, too! • Jared’s journey to recovery started when he realized that gambling is a losing proposition. • Josh and Brittney discovered the underlying issue that convinced them they must train their son to be good. • Joey learned the hard way that infatuation can wreck your emotions and that it is easy to be tricked. • Amy’s husband discovered how to help her understand how worries had paralyzed her. • Margie learned how ministering to others could help her overcome her weight problem. • When Richard’s church practiced “tough love,” he became less abusive and more loving. • Stephanie learned to trust God when she realized God really cared about her . For over 35 years, Ray Traylor has ministered to hundreds of people individually and in small groups. He is a conference speaker and workshop leader for churches and Christian organizations. He is happily married to Brenda Traylor, and together they have five adult children and one grandson.

Download or read book Twisted Lies written by Sedona Venez and published by Sedona Venez. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash your heart’s desire with Twisted Lies – the captivating tale of a fierce fashionista and a tantalizing tycoon entangled in a dangerous dance of love, betrayal, and vengeance. Sinthia Michaels, an ambitious starlet of the fashion world, is on the brink of achieving everything she’s worked for. But when the intoxicating and enigmatic Core McKay strides into her life, everything changes. Once a kingpin in New York City’s menacing underworld, he’s now a millionaire businessman with secrets darker than the city’s shadowed alleys. Their connection is instant, their chemistry explosive. But this is more than just a fiery romance – it’s a chess match where every move could lead to ecstasy or ruin. In his quest for retribution against a depraved politician, Core weaves a web of treachery and deceit. He sees Sin as the perfect pawn in his dangerous game – but he didn’t anticipate the passion that ignites between them. The world of fashion is ruthless, politics are savage, and the criminal underworld? It’s merciless. Yet, Sin didn’t claw her way to the top without learning to scratch back. Even if it means fighting the man, she’s hopelessly falling for. Will their explosive affair lead to love...or a deadly endgame? Dive into Twisted Lies, a tantalizing tale of desire, revenge, and redemption that will leave you breathless and begging for more. Perfect for fans of Sylvia Day, E.L. James, and J. Kenner. Experience the thrilling world of high fashion, gritty politics, and forbidden love. Don’t wait - let Twisted Lies capture your heart today!

Download or read book Dirty Secrets Dirty Lies written by Ray Traylor and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t Let a Dirty Secret Block Your Way to Success! What’s holding you back from achieving your full potential for Christ? Usually we hide our struggles out of shame or guilt. If you or someone you love has a dirty secret, then this book is for you. Learn how to: • Tap into God’s unlimited power • Be controlled by your faith and will, not by your feelings • Visualize yourself as the man or woman God intends you to be • Thrive no matter what life throws at you • Never be caught off guard by the difficulties of life • Overcome shame, guilt, anger, anxiety, and depression • Create a supportive environment in which you will flourish Here are a few examples of more than a dozen case studies you’ll find in Dirty Secrets, Dirty Lies. These people overcame their obstacles by applying these principles. You can, too! • Jared’s journey to recovery started when he realized that gambling is a losing proposition. • Josh and Brittney discovered the underlying issue that convinced them they must train their son to be good. • Joey learned the hard way that infatuation can wreck your emotions and that it is easy to be tricked. • Amy’s husband discovered how to help her understand how worries had paralyzed her. • Margie learned how ministering to others could help her overcome her weight problem. • When Richard’s church practiced “tough love,” he became less abusive and more loving. • Stephanie learned to trust God when she realized God really cared about her . For over 35 years, Ray Traylor has ministered to hundreds of people individually and in small groups. He is a conference speaker and workshop leader for churches and Christian organizations. He is happily married to Brenda Traylor, and together they have five adult children and one grandson.

Download or read book All the Dirty Secrets written by Aggie Blum Thompson and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the upscale DC private school scene, where silence can easily be bought, Aggie Blum Thompson's All the Dirty Secrets asks how far you would go to protect your status and your family, and if some secrets should ever be revealed. One warm summer night twenty-five years ago, Liza Gold and her friends celebrated their high school graduation with a party on the beach. It should have been the best night of their lives, only one of them never came back out of the ocean. The tragedy haunted Liza Gold for years. Now, she's a recently divorced working mom struggling to connect with her standoffish teenager daughter Zoe when history repeats itself. Another young woman has drowned at Beach Week, and this time the victim is Zoe’s secret best friend. Liza begins to suspect that the two deaths are somehow related, which causes her to face hard truths and take an unflinching look at the people she’s called her closest friends for the past two decades. She must discover what really happened to both women before it’s too late. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Dirty Lies written by Emma Hart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bad boy drummer Aidan Burke of Dirty B takes center stage in New York Times bestselling author Emma Hart’s hotly anticipated follow-up to Dirty Past and Dirty Secret! Aidan Burke is the perfect rebound guy for Jessie Law after she catches her asshole ex-boyfriend with his hands down some other girl’s pants. The world-famous drummer of Dirty B isn’t shy about his preference for no-strings-attached relationships, so when she meets him on a night out, she takes him up on his simple proposal: One night of fun. Hot sex. Zero expectations. But Dirty B’s tour is over, and they’re back in South Carolina—which means running into Aidan more often than Jessie would like. When Aidan saves Jessie from her ex-boyfriend by insisting the two are dating, the band’s manager convinces them to keep up the charade in the hopes of re-inventing Dirty B’s image as lovable bad boys, as opposed to d-bags. Now all Aidan and Jessie have to do is put on a very obvious, very public show to convince everyone their affection is real. But pretending to be in a relationship is harder than it seems. Aidan’s hordes of jealous fans have no problem bombarding Jessie with threatening messages online—and worse. And things only get more complicated when Jessie realizes her feelings for Aidan may not be so fake after all. Can Jessie live with the risks? And is Aidan willing to let her?

Download or read book Dirty Secret written by Emma Hart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Game series, a sizzling and steamy romance about second chances. Conner Burke never expected Sofie Callahan to come back. Where she’s been for the last two and half years is a mystery, and so is the reason she left in the first place. Now, though, she’s back in their hometown of Shelton Bay, South Carolina, at the same time Conner’s band Dirty B. is home on a tour break. Sofie Callahan has spent the months since her father’s death avoiding anything to do with her hometown. But with her brother in Afghanistan, she has no choice but to return and sort out her father’s house, even if it means facing the boy she fell in love with and revealing the reason she left. Conner has questions, and when his broken heart and her guilty one collide, Sofie has to start answering them. Their present is rocky, their future unknown. Only one thing is certain: Sofie’s daughter will change everything.

Download or read book Dirty Secret written by Mira Lyn Kelly and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've had my share of puck bunnies, but this one was different. Allie. The girl with the sexy, shy smile and the sweetest, wettest mouth I ever tasted. She blew my mind and then slid out of my bed without giving me her number. I knew I should forget the woman who ghosted me, yet for months, I searched the crowds, the streets...everywhere looking for her face. Then, I got traded. This new team hates me. Something about my chronic case of resting prick face and that fight with the captain when the season started. My left hook, his jaw. Yeah, we go back and not in a good way. Coach says no more "confrontational BS" or I won't play. That's a hit my NHL career can't take. So the plan is simple. Keep my head down and my fists checked. There's just one problem. I found Allie. She's the captain's little sister and even though my career depends on keeping the peace between myself and my teammates... I can't stay away from the one woman I can't have. As it turns out, neither can she. **All books in this series are interconnected but can be read as standalones

Download or read book Sweet Little Lies written by J D Hollyfield and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He wasn't what destiny had in store for me.He was everything wrong in a man I was supposed to fall in love with.He was dangerous.His eyes told me so.The words he tempted me with were simply sweet little lies to lure me in. And now...I'm trapped in his web of desire and temptation.She only had herself to blame.Taunting the beast with the forbidden fruit.A man can only be tempted for so long, until he takes a bite. Devours his prey.Now she's my pretty little toy.And I will stop at nothing to break her. Unless...She breaks me first.

Download or read book Dirty Little Secrets written by Kerry Cohen and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They have sex too early and for the wrong reasons. They get STDs. They get pregnant too young. They have "friends with benefits" but with no benefit to themselves. They don't get called. They get dumped. They hate themselves for being unlovable for being needy. They are loose girls they are everywhere and they need our help. In the provocative hit memoir Loose Girl, Kerry Cohen explored her own promiscuity with brutal candor and stunning clarity. Dirty Little Secrets is the eye-opening follow-up readers have been clamoring for, a riveting look at today's adolescent girls who use sex as a means to prove their worth. Cohen lays bare the hard truths about this dangerous life that reveals itself in girls you wouldn't expect and in ways you might not see—and that can seriously damage and hurt these girls. Featuring stories from self-admitted loose girls across the country, Dirty Little Secrets is an unforgettable wake-up call for our culture, ourselves, and our vulnerable daughters. "Very few people can write about teen girls' sexual promiscuity with the candor, empathy, and intelligence Kerry Cohen does...I think any girl who reads this will recognize at least one girl she knows—and that girl may be looking back at her in the mirror." —Rosalind Wiseman, new york times bestselling author of QUEEN BEES AND WANNABES and BOYS, GIRLS, AND OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS "As compassionate as it is enlightening, Kerry Cohen's Dirty Little Secrets argues for female safety and desire, and provides a road map for authentically healthy, vital sexuality." —Jennifer Baumgardner, author of Look Both Ways, F 'Em, and Manifesta "A must-read, for it sheds light on the truth behind the secrets and lies teens tell themselves... Women of all ages can relate and benefit from this book—I can't recommend it enough. Dirty Little Secrets is urgently needed." —Amber Smith, model and star of Dr. Drew Pinsky's Celebrity Rehab and Celebrity Sex Rehab "Kerry Cohen has 'been there'—and it shows in her empathy, her insight, and her remarkable ability to draw out the truth...Dirty Little Secrets busts the myths, breaks down walls, and takes us where we need to go to understand the private lives of so many young women today." —Hugo Schwyzer, PhD, Pasadena City College, Coauthor, Beauty, Disrupted: the Carré Otis Story

Download or read book Dirty Secrets written by Richard Murphy and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when the rich are allowed to hide their money in tax havens, and what we should do about it The Panama Papers were a reminder of how the superrich are allowed to hide their wealth from the rest of us. Dirty Secrets uncovers the extent of the corruption behind this crisis and shows what needs to be done in the face of this unregulated spread of rampant greed. Tax havens, we are often told, are part of the global architecture of capitalism, providing a freedom from regulation necessary to make markets work. In this book, leading authority Richard Murphy uncovers the truth behind this lie. The fact of the matter is that this increasingly popular practice threatens the foundations of democracy, sowing mistrust and creating a regime based upon opacity. As Murphy shows, how we manage our economy is a political decision, and one that can be changed. Dirty Secrets proposes ways to regulate tax havens and what the world might look like without them.

Download or read book Dirty Little Lies written by Lora Leigh and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her name is Grace Maddox, and everybody knows that she is a marked woman. And only Zack Richards, who has loved her since he was a kid, can protect her...

Download or read book Dangerous Lies written by Becca Fitzpatrick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After witnessing a murder, high school senior Stella Gordon is sent to Nebraska for her own safety where she chafes at her protection, but when she meets Chet Falconer it becomes harder for her to keep her guard up, and soon she has to deal with the real threat to her life as her enemies are actually closer than she thinks.

Download or read book Twisted Lies 2 written by Sedona Venez and published by Sedona Venez. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emotional, steamy enemies to lovers romance by USA Today bestselling author Sedona Venez. IMPORTANT NOTE: The books of Dirty Secrets must be read in order: Twisted Lies Twisted Lies 2 Twisted Lies 3 Twisted Lies 4 About Twisted Lies 2: Everything’s fair in love and murder... Sinthia Michaels has lost everything. Core McKay has nothing to lose. In one fell swoop, Sin has lost the support of her retailers, her couture line, and everything she’s worked for her entire life. Behind it all is the man she’s undeniably attracted to—and the man she despises just as much as she adores. Core is after one thing—his mother’s killer. He will stop at nothing to obtain his own version of justice, even if it means using the woman, he loves to get what he wants. Dark nights. Steamy passion. Lingering shadows in the corners. Core’s criminal past has come back to haunt him, and Sin has become the target of a political showdown that could end her life. Is she willing to risk it all for love? But that’s what you get when you fall for a ruthless guy like Core McKay. A Continuing Story: Dirty Secrets is told in four installments, or episodes, like a TV show. Each episode includes a cliffhanger to entice the reader to tune in for the next one! If you’re not a fan of the serial format, be sure to join my mailing list at Sedonavenez.com to be informed when a complete bundle is available! In Twisted Lies 3: Core is irresistible. Sin won’t go down without a fight. The tension between Sin and Core has reached a boiling point. She knows how hard she’s worked to get where she is today, but only Core can satisfy all the dark desires she’s kept buried far below the surface. The sensation of his touch, his taste, and his voice make Sin question everything that’s come before. Core remains ruthless and stunningly good-looking. He’s the master of his domain, and he’ll stop at nothing to avenge the wrongs of the past. If he has to destroy Sin to accomplish his goals…so be it.

Download or read book Dirty Lies written by Tamara Lush and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Italian on the run from the Mafia. A reporter seeking the truth. Will they reveal their feelings before danger strikes?Luca Rossi lost everything when he wrote a bestselling expose on the Mafia. Now he's hiding out in Florida, plotting his next move. But when a curvy and inquisitive journalist stumbles into his backyard looking for a scoop, his long-buried desires are awakened.Skylar Shaw doesn't have time for men. She's too busy making a name for herself at a small paper so she can jump to a better job. When she meets Luca she's convinced she can can keep things casual, but she soon discovers that dark forces want both of them dead...If you like sun, sex, and suspense, then you'll love this thriller of secrets and seduction! Dirty Lies is a standalone contemporary romance.* This book was previously published in 2015 under the title HOT SHADE. This edition is a significant rewrite of that novel.

Download or read book Secrets and Lies written by Nicky Hager and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can Americans concerned about the environment learn about a campaign to promote clearcutting in New Zealand? This book offers a playbook for a PR effort that could take place anywhere -- and demonstrates the lengths logging firms and governments will go to get what they want. It's a blueprint for an end run around democracy in New Zealand, in Europe, in the United States.Most of us have no way of knowing what goes on behind the news: what isn't true, what we are not being told and who is pulling the strings. This book changes that. Using the example of environmental controversy -- in this case logging of West Coast native forests by the New Zealand state-owned Timberlands West Coast -- Nicky Hager and Bob Burton have produced a remarkable expose of how governments and business interests can use public relations to manipulate political debate. The story that emerges, of unscrupulous PR tactics by the international PR firm Shandwick and a casual policy of telling the public what is useful rather than what is true, serves as a warning and an example of the same forces at work in the United States.Using hundreds of pages of internal PR documents that were leaked by insiders offended at what they saw happening, Secrets and Lies provides a unique window on how PR muscle can steamroll public opinion. We see Timberlands systematically attacking critics, arranging the creation of an 'independent' pro-logging community, group, cultivating allies in academia, government and environmental groups, compromising the independence of politicians and journalists and much more -- all for the unworthy cause of keeping native forest logging going after most New Zealanders believed it should end.

Download or read book Sex Lies And Dirty Secrets written by Jamie Sobrato and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientist Macy has discovered that sensual pleasure can cause a dip in the male IQ. Therefore sleeping with work rival Griffin should give her the competitive edge. But she didn’t bank on her plan leaving her open to this red-hot man’s own charms...