Download or read book Good Old Days My Ass written by David A. Fryxell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Not-So-Glorious Days With the uncertain economy, lingering wars, and the ever-present threats of everything from bird flu to Bieber Fever, it's tempting to long for the "good old days." But just how good were they? Buckle up for a bumpy ride down memory lane (and try not to get trampled) as these 665 funny history facts and terrifying truths reveal the unfortunate reality of life during the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From patents that should still be pending to hairdos that attract vermin, these horrors will leave you thankful you didn't have to struggle to live through them. Brace yourself as the truth hits you like an ice-cold Victorian-era shower with enough pressure to knock you unconscious. Get ready to shudder with laughter (or horror) at these funny moments in history that are not to be forgotten.
Download or read book 21 Good Old Days written by Gabrielle May and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was broken, shattered and everything was taken away from me. I had no choice but to give up. Give up on everything. Give up on myself. Every time I tried to move on, the strings in my life pull me back so strong that neither could I move an inch from where I was nor could I break those strings. Why did they do this to me? How could they do this to me? I lost everything. I LOST MYSELF! Why am I living? For what? For whom? I stood there in front of the bathroom mirror tapping my fingers on the basin, thinking that my strings would pull me back any moment but something made me feel they weren’t gonna pull me this time and for the last time I looked into the mirror ‘INTO THE MIRROR’ to see myself but what I saw was all the terrible things that happened in my life, every possible reason why I could end my life right now. I closed my eyes and all I could remember was the 21 good old days in my miserable life...
Download or read book How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass written by Christopher Dicarlo and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this witty, incisive guide to critical thinking the author provides you with the tools to allow you to question beliefs and assumptions held by those who claim to know what they’re talking about. These days there are many people whom we need to question: politicians, lawyers, doctors, teachers, clergy members, bankers, car salesmen, and your boss. This book will empower you with the ability to spot faulty reasoning and, by asking the right sorts of questions, hold people accountable not only for what they believe but how they behave. By using this book you’ll learn to analyze your own thoughts, ideas, and beliefs, and why you act on them (or don’t). This, in turn, will help you to understand why others might hold opposing views. And the best way to change our own or others’ behavior or attitudes is to gain greater clarity about underlying motives and thought processes. In a media-driven world of talking heads, gurus, urban legends, and hype, learning to think more clearly and critically, and helping others to do the same, is one of the most important things you can do.
Download or read book Wish List written by Fern Michaels and published by Kensington. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former Hollywood star discovers the one thing she has always wished for could come true in this classic novel of second chances and timeless love by #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels. Now in trade paperback for the first time! A brilliant movie career, two adoring husbands—none of it is enough to erase the memory of Ariel Hart’s one true love. Back when she was plain, shy Aggie Bixby, a dark-eyed young man named Felix touched her heart . . . then vanished from her life. Now, she’s about to do something shocking and outrageous—sell her house and leave Hollywood behind. Making her new home in the quiet town of Chula Vista, she meets Lex Sanders, a wealthy rancher and breeder of Arabian horses. Ariel sees something familiar in his smoldering eyes—something that triggers long-buried memories of a love so pure and so perfect, it couldn’t possibly last . . . Or could it?
Download or read book Farewell To The Good Old Days written by David R. Greatrix and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farewell to the Good Old Days is a lively and intimate tale by David Greatrix, a man who has lived a dynamic professional life, first as an aerospace engineer and then as a professor of the subject. The book, leaning heavily on the actual life experiences of Greatrix and a number of his academic colleagues close and far away, is divided into two discrete parts; the book’s narrator for both parts is nominally a fictional consolidated representation of Greatrix, drawing from various sources in addition to the author. Part One covers the narrator’s childhood and early adulthood, followed by his moving into his years of growth as a professional breaking into the challenging field of aerospace engineering. Part Two tracks the narrator’s subsequent twenty-five-year academic career as a professor of aerospace engineering at a university in a major urban centre. Prominent in this story are the many challenges the narrator encounters in his navigation of academe in a high-profile setting for engineering education. In an emotional narrative that never strays far from various shades of humour, the narrator shares the details of his teaching and research experience at his institution, frequently bumping up against the pointy bits of an evolving cosmopolitan academic culture. In colourful detail, the narrator reveals the small successes, notable failures, unexpected events, and crushing disappointments that describe his tenure at his university. The narrator is especially candid in his revelations about episodes of betrayal. He takes aim at big targets, including the Canadian government, university administrators, and the academic superstructure as a whole. The result is an enlightening view into an individual’s complicated experience in a demanding world that serves as a microcosm of society at large.
Download or read book Soul Patch written by Reed Farrel Coleman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the New York Times-bestselling Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot Ex-NYPD cop turned P.I. and entrepreneur, Moe Prager is faced with a gut-wrenching case. The apparent suicide of his old friend and NYPD Chief of Detectives, Larry McDonald, forces Moe back onto the decaying Coney Island streets he patrolled when he was in uniform. But now, beneath the boardwalk and behind the rusted and crumbling rides of the midway, he finds a trail of death, betrayal, and corruption reaching back to 1972. As Faulkner once said, ''The past is never dead. It isn’t even past.'' So it goes for Moe Prager in Soul Patch.
Download or read book Council of Bears written by Pete Merrill and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Pete Merrill's second book about bears. The first, Ralph, Conversations with a Bear, describes his meeting in the woods near his home with curmudgeonly old Ralph Shakesbear and his young grandson Macduff. Their relationship was usually contentious -- Ralph considers Homo sapiens an inferior lot. "Human beans," as he calls them, "are a dysfunctional species who are forever shooting themselves in the foot." Pete and Ralph managed to maintain tolerable relations until the pressures of encroaching civilization became intolerable. Pete agreed to help relocate Ralph and Duffy to Olympic National Park where Ralph thought they could "live in peace" as every bear has a right to, away from the corrupting influence of the "beans". In Council of Bears we find the aging Ralph, now Alpha bear, elder statesman and self-appointed ursine major domo, attempting to organize all the bears in the south end of the park. His authority apparently does not extend to his irrepressible adolescent grandson, Macduff who much prefers driving the park rangers crazy and keeping campers on constant alert. Macduff considers that he is doing the campers a favor -- providing them with wilderness adventures they can "tell their grandchildren about".
Download or read book One Weekend a Month My Ass written by Bill Clifford and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Santa s Secret Sex Journal written by Seth Kinstle and published by Seth Kinstle. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect Christmas gag gift for that special someone. If you struggle trying to find the perfect present for a person you know with a sense of humor, look no further. This journal has all the steamy details you need to make your holiday complete. Armed with a arsenal of crude rants and over the top sexy segments. You'll be sure to prank your way into the new year with this holiday favorite. What better way to set the mood than to gift something as ridiculous as this? So much for the typical boring presents you endlessly scroll through online. Throw a log on the fire as you snuggle up to your Christmas tree for the spoof of a lifetime. You'll get exclusive access to all the sexy things Santa has been up to. As well as his captivating complicated relationship issues with Mrs. Claus. What are you waiting for? Let's unwrap this bad boy and call it a new year.
Download or read book Way Past Dead written by Steven Womack and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his cash flow down to a slow drip, times are tight for Nashville gumshoe Harry James Denton. Things are tough all over Music City, U.S.A. And in some instances, they're murder, as Harry finds out the hard way when he lands a case he'd rather not touch. When rising country singer Rebecca Gibson is found viciously beaten to death in her home, a heap of damning evidence points straight to her ex-husband, Slim Gibson -- half of the struggling songwriting team with whom Harry shares office space and an occasional beer. Slim and Rebecca were last seen making beautiful music at a local club just hours before the killing. Yet while probing beneath the sweet harmony, Harry discovers the dark history of a marriage made somewhere south of heaven -- and delves into the cutthroat world of the C&W music business, where deceit, betrayal, passion, and vengeance are sung about . . . and ruthlessly performed. "A rising star among the current crop of American novelists." -- Nashville Banner From the Paperback edition.
Download or read book Fizz Riah written by T'Nesha Sims and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riah has been dealt a tough hand in life. With a drug addicted mother and her father in prison, Riah is just trying to handle things as best she can being so young. Although she is drop dead gorgeous, she becomes self conscious about herself after her father is imprisoned for the rape of her cousin, De’Kiya. With her father gone and her mother in her own world, Riah just needs someone to save her. Will an unexpected love be the key to save Riah from herself or will it all end tragically? De’Kiya finally has her life back on track after being sexually violated at a young age by her aunt’s husband. She’s accomplished a lot in life, but when she finds that her aunt is using drugs and has stolen money from someone, De’Kiya finds herself having to pay it back. Will money be the only thing she has to pay or will she find herself paying with love when she falls for the guy that she owes? Fizz and Dozer have the city of Atlanta on lock with the drug game and money is always the motive for them. When they meet two beautiful women that add joy and love to their lives, the motive quickly changes! What happens when love comes around to blind you and leave you open for the enemy to take you out? Can Fizz and Dozer protect themselves or will they find their lives ending in the worst way? Nikki, is the older sister of Fizz and Dozer. She and her family have been dealing with their mother’s cancer battle for sometime now and it has caused Nikki to lose focus. But when her mother’s health shifts unexpectedly and things get better, Nikki decides to focus on herself and the new man in her life. The same man that happens to be after her brothers. Nikki has always been her brother’s keeper, but when the enemy is sleeping right next to her, can Nikki save her brothers from death’s trap or will it all be too late?
Download or read book Hitman with a Limp written by Mitchell Pickett and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marshall Jones was a legendary hitman (at least in his own mind) before a gunshot wound to his ankle forced his early retirement. After limping through a decade of booze, pills, and cheap prostitutes, Marshalls life has become a constant state of misery. One day Marshall learns that Mason, his estranged brother, owes two million dollars to a ruthless drug lord named Medrano. Marshall has to travel to Costa Rica in order to kill Medrano, save his brother, and earn a huge payday. Marshall initially refuses the job, but when he learns that Elise, his twelve-year-old niece, is also involved in the mess, Marshall decides to come out of retirement and get back into the business of killing. Things immediately go wrong for Marshall and he realizes that hes not only rusty, but begins to question whether he ever had any skills as a contract killer in the first place. Dropped into an environment thats part paradise and part hell-on-earth, Marshall is forced to deal with psychotic drug dealers, a deadbeat brother, a sassy niece and the realization that life isnt easy being a hitman with a limp.
Download or read book The Robespierre Trilogy written by Steve M and published by Steve M. This book was released on 101 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conspiracy, Uprising, and Utopia. Together. The Robespierre Conspiracy LIKE. RETWEET. SHARE. That will bring government guns to your door. You don't just wake up one morning in a Dystopia. There is a path. There is a story. Bobby Calhoun is a young Houston television reporter with a comfortable life. He’s got a good job, a pretty fiance, and he manages to slide through life without too much effort. Two days from now he will be in over his head and on his way to becoming the most hated man in America. Will he survive his own mistakes? Anderson is a former soldier. Between his divorce, credit card debt, and a truck without insurance, the American dream is nowhere in sight. Then he is offered a job by a mysterious man named Martin – five million dollars is a lot of money! Will Anderson unleash a new Reign of Terror? A decade ago Carl Millibank told reporters he would become America's first trillionaire. He is running the the American response to China. Can he keep America on the road to dystopia? In a trade war the winning country is the one whose people lose the most. Wide-spread systemic failures are coming and they are all according to plan. The biggest change to America in over 150 years is coming and there is nothing we can do to stop it. Welcome to a new America. It starts two days from today. The Robespierre Uprising 60 Million Americans in camps form the backbone of a unique American Dystopia. Ten years later and the initial boom is over. America is in a deep recession and only phony government statistics tell us that everything is fine. The Income Paradox has arrived. In the new American future, much has changed -- Now there is a northern wall and a southern wall on our borders. Getting into America is hard - getting out is even harder. Abortion is illegal again. Being LGBT is is also illegal again. Church attendance is necessary to avoid the camps. Atheists now face a death sentence in America. All pregnancy tests are transmitted to your church and they manage the pregnancy - even helping you choose an appropriate biblical name. English is the official language. Speaking anything else is a crime while on American soil. Our military is now available for hire by other countries, and has become our largest source of government revenues. In short, it's the sort of America some people dream of. Strong and Wrong. Sydney Delos is Vice President and keeps it all running. He has the President's ear and is her right-hand. Still, he knows it's not working the way it was advertised. And he's scared. The person he loves the most is at risk from the rules he administers. Then, there is the Hinton Confession. Chris Hinton ran the CIA for twenty three years. On his death bed, he confessed to the Reno bombing, San Diego and Boston, too. He confessed to every act of terrorism he orchestrated on behalf of the Democratic Party in order to swing elections their way. But as a life-long Republican, he didn't mention a single act done for his side, and there were many. Now Vice President Delos must decide whether to use the confession to transform the electoral map forever. Enrique Saba is a member of The Inbreds, a card and chip copying gang that live outside of the law. Americans are mad and getting madder. It will only take a spark. And it is coming from a long forgotten chapter in American history. The Robespierre Utopia Sydney Delos is old and desperate. America is not what you think. Can Sydney keep the old ways from returning? Who will take the caretaker’s position after him? The final chapter to the American trauma. Read The Robespierre Trilogy while its still legal.
Download or read book The Robespierre Uprising written by Steve M and published by Steve M. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 60 Million. That's how many people were sent to the transformational labor camps.Welcome to the American Dystopia. Ten years later and the initial boom is over. America is in a recession and only phony government statistics tell us that everything is fine. The Income Paradox has arrived. In the American future, much has changed -- Now there is a northern wall and a southern wall on our borders Getting into America is hard - getting out is even harder Abortion is illegal again Being LGBT is back in the shadows and illegal again Church attendance is necessary to avoid the camps Atheists now face a death sentence in god-fearing America All pregnancy tests are transmitted to your church and they manage the pregnancy - even helping you choose an appropriate biblical name English is the official language. Speaking anything else is a crime Our military is now available for hire by other countries, and has become our largest source of government revenues. In short, it's the sort of America some people dream of. Strong and Wrong. Bobby only survived the camps because of his one act of bravery. He's not a brave man. But desperation causes some people to be something they are not. Sydney Delos is Vice President and keeps it all running. He has the President's ear and is her right-hand.. Still, he knows it's not working the way it was advertised. And he's scared. The person he loves the most is at risk from the rules he administers. Then, there is the Hinton Confession. Chris Hinton ran the CIA for twenty three years. On his death bed, he confessed to the Reno bombing, San Diego and Boston, too. He confessed to every act of terrorism he orchestrated on behalf of the Democratic Party in order to swing elections their way. But as a life-long Republican, he didn't mention a single act done for his side, and there were many. Now Vice President Delos must decide whether to use the confession to transform the electoral map forever. Enrique Saba is a member of The Inbreds, a card and chip copying gang that live outside of the law. They steal your data then they steal your money. This small-time thief dreams of getting his mother and sister safely to Spain. Americans are tired. Americans are poor. Americans have become their own huddled masses. Americans are angry. Only a spark is needed.. And it is coming.
Download or read book The Good Life Chronicles written by D. J. Blue and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Good Life was a publication that was sent out on a semi-regular basis to a small group of friends/colleagues/subscribers beginning in November 1993 and concluding in September 2002. This book is a compilation of those issues. The subject material is varied and diverse---the bulk of it is a recounting of real life experiences, both mundane and dramatic, frequently analyzed from sociological, philosophical, psychological and humanistic perspectives. It also includes commentary on sociological issues, as well as topical commentary on the events of the day: the O.J. Simpson trial, the death of Princess Diana, and September 11, 2001. Sports topics of the day are discussed, and a smattering of poetry is also included, as well as reader commentary. It is an open-minded and multi-faceted book unlike any other you have read or will read.
Download or read book Against All Odds written by Jessica Renee and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the lives of Sevyn, Cali and Ty as they face the test of every day challenges. Each woman strives to with stand the test of survival, forgiveness, and acceptance. Each with their own priority in focus can they make it or will life swallow them whole?! With the odds stacked heavily against them, see how things go from sugar to shit in the blink of an eye.
Download or read book Makin Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
