Download or read book The Devil s Land written by S.A. Abakwue and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Satan took over America, he created a new cult of civilization. For example, he built the flying cities on earth and he deployed them around the weak world. He changes the Oceans, and the major rivers of the world into mere ponds, all to serve his diabolic objectives. He twisted the mind of the peoples’ nation, and even the mind of civilization. And, at a point, the diabolic excesses began to offend God . . . And, God began to react. God began to fight back: He sent down, to the earth, a spy-angel, for each of the U.S. states, to monitor the evil deeds of the devil. And, then, God got even bolder, all to Satanic total displeasure. For example, when God caused the great national idol. Lady of Liberty, to be destroyed, Satan fought back. He speedily re-built it, turning the new idol of the nation into a walking robotic lady: with the exceptional features of the most beautiful lady. He declared a universal war on everything Divine. And, as the war began, there was a great bloodletting. Satan defeated God’s angels who were sent down to fight him; one best time at a season, Satan was able to win a Great God in a holy war. And, having won a great victory, at a very huge loss, he re-built his kingdom, with America as his Universal Capital. And, to prevent God from another invasion, he stationed all his terribly armed flying cities, ready to fight, all in the open sky.

Download or read book The Names of All the Flowers written by Melissa Valentine and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “poignant, painful, and gorgeous” memoir that explores siblinghood, adolescence, and grief for a family shattered by loss (Alicia Garza, cocreator, Black Lives Matter). Melissa and her older brother Junior grow up running around the disparate neighborhoods of 1990s Oakland, two of six children to a white Quaker father and a black Southern mother. But as Junior approaches adolescence, a bullying incident and later a violent attack in school leave him searching for power and a sense of self in all the wrong places; he develops a hard front and falls into drug dealing. Right before Junior’s twentieth birthday, the family is torn apart when he is murdered as a result of gun violence. The Names of All the Flowers connects one tragic death to a collective grief for all black people who die too young. A lyrical recounting of a life lost, Melissa Valentine’s debut memoir is an intimate portrait of a family fractured by the school-to-prison pipeline and an enduring love letter to an adored older brother. It is a call for justice amid endless cycles of violence, grief, and trauma, declaring: “We are all witness and therefore no one is spared from this loss.” “A portrait of a place, a person who died too young, the systems that led to that death, and the keen insights of the author herself. Lyrical and smart, with appropriate undercurrents of rage.” —Emily Raboteau, author of Searching for Zion “Eloquently poignant.” —Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book A Pocket Full of Posies written by Leland Gradney and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melonie Byars is found murdered in the flower shop where she worked. Unfortunately for authorities, there are no witnesses and no clues. The murderer did, though, leave a calling card: a carefully arranged bouquet of flowers. Seattle's best homicide detective, Sgt. Arthur Washington, is called to duty. Washington prides himself on his case closure rate, but this is one case he can't crack. He is completely baffled, and the murder of Ms. Byars remains unsolved. A year and a half later, another murder occurs in the same grizzly manner. Washington is back on the case, but even the top brass of the Seattle Police Department are stumped. Detective Washington will not let this killer get away twice. He's determined to put a stop to the mysterious flower murders. Bodies start to pile up with the same common link. It's not long before the city is in a panic. Paired with a new partner, Washington must catch a killer who's made Seattle his personal bloody playground.

Download or read book Mao A Very Short Introduction written by Delia Davin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mao Zedong was a giant of 20th century history. In this Very Short Introduction, Delia Davin provides an account of Mao the man. From his childhood as a peasant to ruler of the most populous nation on Earth, she considers the major events in his life, his revolutionary writing, and his utopian dreams that culminated in the Cultural Revolution.

Download or read book 44 Hours written by Donna Jay and published by Donna Jay. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universe is definitely trying to punish Jennifer Andrews. Her new colleague, Ellaine Baxter, is not only an annoying, ambitious hard-ass, she’s the woman who broke Jennifer’s best friend’s heart. Now, for added torture, they have to drive to a teambuilding conference together. On their three-hour journey, things go from tense to catastrophic after an unscheduled stop in New Zealand’s wildly beautiful Kaimanawa Forest. Getting lost is just the start of the nightmare. For forty-four exhausting hours, the warring pair must find a way to work together. They might even survive…if they don’t kill each other first. An enemies-to-lovers romance about finding love with the person you least expect.

Download or read book The Space Between written by Rachel Billington and published by Orion. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Pacy and occasionally steamy ... perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon' YOU MAGAZINE 'A beautifully written tale ... 4 Stars' DAILY MAIL 'Billington's perceptive portrait of the complications of modern life is a Jane Austen for the 21st century' GOOD BOOK GUIDE 'She is in the front rank of those who write of women's lives' THE TABLET Alice Lightfoot is far too young to be a widow and a grandmother. Perhaps she'd been too young to be a wife, although she was happy enough at the time. Now, nearly three years after her husband's death, the world suddenly seems to be changing. Her daughter expects Alice's life to revolve around her grandchild, Lily, and everyone else seems to think that Alice must be looking for a new husband - after all, she's such a WIFE. There doesn't seem to be space to decide what Alice wants for herself: does she want a man around, or would independence give her the full life she craves? Alice is a woman at a turning-point, coming out from the protection of a long marriage into the hurly-burly of the wider world. She has far-reaching choices to make and the seriously unexpected to face...

Download or read book Drop Dead Gorgeous written by Linda Howard and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Linda Howard is a superbly original storyteller.”—Iris Johansen Blair Mallory has already survived one murder attempt. Now, while planning her wedding and dealing with holiday-season madness, Blair once again dodges a bullet. Or more precisely, a Buick. And though the driver’s identity remains a mystery, his or her murderous intentions are all too clear. Or are they? After all, Blair’s homicidal ex-husband and his partner in crime/wife are safely behind bars. And even Wyatt Bloodsworth, her police detective groom-to-be, isn’t inclined to believe she’s being targeted again. All of which makes Blair wonder if her close call was simply a mishap. But the wondering stops when she narrowly cheats death again in another seemingly innocent accident. Two strikes is all it takes to convince Blair that she’s back in someone’ s crosshairs. And the only thing more frightening is that Wyatt still doubts her. That means this time, no one will be watching Blair’s back when she sets out to get the drop on her would-be killer–before whoever it is finally drops her.

Download or read book Second Chance written by JF Holland and published by JF Holland. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in the Dennison Property Story Series. Characters to relate to with human failings. Book also contains erotic scenes, humour, chemistry and profanity. It also touches on PTSD (Each book in series is a standalone read in its own right). Jeff Haneran's fighting demons no one else can see. Being ex-military his experiences in the Middle-East have left him suffering not only physical pain, but flashbacks and nightmares of a day that has haunted him ever since. Back in civilian life Jeff finds solace and coping mechanisms in the playboy lifestyle. He successfully masters a cavalier attitude until the return of the only women he's ever loved. Letting Helen Orpington go was one of the hardest decisions Jeff had ever made. Now 5-years on she's unexpectedly back and working for the same company as him. She also has something he never thought he'd want; not after his experiences, yet he now refuses to live without either. Will they get their Second Chance at first love or will Jeff's demons keep them apart?

Download or read book Memories of the Heart written by Felice Stevens and published by Felice Stevens. This book was released on 2015-02-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruthless, Controlling, A Loner. All words used to describe Dr. Micah Steinberg by the hospital staff for their next head of surgery. When a letter arrives from his grandmother’s friend at the assisted living facility, his orderly world tilts dangerously out of control. Josh Rosen had everything until it was revealed much of his world was a lie. Forced to re-evaluate his life, Josh gives up his career and returns home to New York City to care for his beloved grandmother. What Josh didn’t figure on was an attraction to a man who on the surface, appears to be exactly like the life Josh chose to leave behind. As Micah struggles with the reality of his grandmother’s illness, the bond these two share deepens, as Josh helps Micah heal, then open his heart. Micah discovers there is more to life than work, control and success. Josh is in deep but has yet to tell Micah who he really is. When the fight for the hospital’s head of surgery turns ugly, Josh’s past and present collide. Micah must let go of the past and accept who he is, if his life is going to move forward. Life is full of surprises, and as both Micah and Josh learn, love can happen whether you plan for it or not.

Download or read book A Beautiful Distraction written by Kelsie Leverich and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand-new novel in the New York Times bestselling Hard Feelings series—where nothing’s more dangerous than a bad boy with a broken heart… First Sergeant Rafe Murano did everything to the extreme. He trained harder, he fought harder, and, unfortunately, he loved harder. And falling for the wrong woman nearly destroyed him. Home from a deployment and without his missions to consume him, Murano is ravaged by memories of his heartbreak. So he drinks until he’s numb and drowns himself in meaningless one-night stands. But they only take the edge off…. Until he meets Fallon. Haunted by her past, Fallon Kelly knows all too well about the desperate desire for an escape. So when she sees the tatted-up bad boy who’s one punch away from a ride in the back of a squad car, she offers him a distraction—one that quickly becomes an addiction. Little does she know, this bad boy can love so hard, it can break her.…

Download or read book The Valentine s Arrangement written by Kelsie Leverich and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “emotional, spicy-hot story” (Belle's Book Bag) that propelled Kelsie Leverich to the New York Times bestseller list! Tattoo artist Ronnie Clark is counting the days until Valentine’s Day is over. Ronnie doesn’t do romance. She doesn’t do flowers or dates, and she sure as hell doesn’t do love—not anymore. Love leads to heartbreak, and she’s vowed never to let herself get hurt again. Sergeant First Class Kale Emerson is home on his midtour leave from Iraq, but he only has one thing on his mind—returning to his soldiers to finish leading their mission. He’s dedicated to his men and to his country, and he’s not interested in getting wrapped up in a distracting relationship…but casual sex, that’s a different story. From the moment he sees Ronnie, he wants her. And he agrees to her terms: no romance, no fluff—just passion. But as their sexual chemistry ignites, the lines of their arrangement get blurry, and Ronnie starts to push Kale away. And when Kale realizes he’s found his match in this gorgeous razor-tongued woman who is hell-bent against love, winning her heart could be the toughest battle he has ever fought.

Download or read book All Good People Here written by Ashley Flowers and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the propulsive debut novel from the host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie, a journalist uncovers her hometown’s dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor—and the disappearance of another girl twenty years later. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar You can’t ever know for sure what happens behind closed doors. Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the infamous case of January Jacobs, who was discovered in a ditch hours after her family awoke to find her gone. Margot Davies was six at the time, the same age as January—and they were next-door neighbors. In the twenty years since, Margot has grown up, moved away, and become a big-city journalist. But she’s always been haunted by the feeling that it could’ve been her. And the worst part is, January’s killer has never been brought to justice. When Margot returns home to help care for her uncle after he is diagnosed with early-onset dementia, she feels like she’s walked into a time capsule. Wakarusa is exactly how she remembers—genial, stifled, secretive. Then news breaks about five-year-old Natalie Clark from the next town over, who’s gone missing under circumstances eerily similar to January’s. With all the old feelings rushing back, Margot vows to find Natalie and to solve January’s murder once and for all. But the police, Natalie’s family, the townspeople—they all seem to be hiding something. And the deeper Margot digs into Natalie’s disappearance, the more resistance she encounters, and the colder January’s case feels. Could January’s killer still be out there? Is it the same person who took Natalie? And what will it cost to finally discover what truly happened that night twenty years ago? Twisty, chilling, and intense, All Good People Here is a searing tale that asks: What are your neighbors capable of when they think no one is watching?

Download or read book Stolen Prey written by John Sandford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A senseless slaughter leads Lucas Davenport down a twisted path in this thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed—husband, wife, two kids, dogs. On the wall, in blood: “Were coming.” No apostrophe. There’s something about the scene that tugs at Lucas’s cop instincts—it looks an awful lot like the kind of scorched-earth retribution he’s seen from Mexican drug gangs. But this is a seriously upscale town, the husband ran a modest software company, the wife dabbled in local politics. None of it seems to fit. Until it does...

Download or read book Best New Horror 3 written by Stephen Jones and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, and the British Fantasy award of the same category, this anthology includes the best horror stories from 1991. Stories by Jonathan Carroll, Thomas Ligotti, Brian Lumley, Karl Edward Wagner, Garry Kilworth and Peter Straub are included.

Download or read book There It Is written by Steve Warner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Available information at this time. Author will provide once available.

Download or read book A Secret Life written by Christobel Kent and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girls' night out. A bad decision. A life, unravelling When Georgie is persuaded to join two old friends for Ladies' Night, she intends to have fun, to behave like the Georgie she was before marriage and motherhood changed her life. But one drink too many and Georgie's not sure what happened the night before. Now she's starting to wonder just what she's invited in to her life . . .

Download or read book Travelling Soldier written by Jamal El-Amin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-08-26 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travelling Soldier is a book of five original short stories. Brainlocked @ 26,000 Ft: Why should I write a book that nobody's gonna read. I started writing this as a form of therapy after breaking up with my girlfriend. But it's not working. To tell you the truth, I'm bored and sleepy. Midnight: I examined a patient yesterday who scarred me half to death. If he's as powerful as he's demonstrated... Well, I', glad he's on our side. Dissertations from Beyond: I just died, and now you want me to write a book. You know what you can do for me right. Visions: When I saw her, my heart almost stopped. She was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. And now, she was coming right at me. Why I did it: It was a normal day, but I had changed. In one poignant moment, my life would never be the same.