Download or read book Goodbye Lucille written by Segun Afolabi and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2008 Authors' Club Best First Novel Award It's Berlin; sometime in the 1980s. Vincent is an overweight, vaguely unhappy photographer who lives in a small flat in a house owned by a demented landlady. His neighbours and friends include an ex-marine transsexual escort girl, an East European refugee, a Nigerian playboy and various 'artistic types'. Vincent misses Lucille, the girl he left behind in London; he has not spoken to his adoptive father for years and resents his older brother's success. He isn't doing very much at all. Then a chance encounter in a bar, the murder of a local politician and an urgent letter from his aunt shake up his world and Vincent finally has to stop slacking and take some control. Building on themes explored in his collection of short stories, A Life Elsewhere, Afolabi presents a Germany of immigrants and insiders both. This is a moving novel about the personal politics of identity and a gentle exploration of the nature of true love.
Download or read book Everett Anderson s Nine Month Long written by Lucille Clifton and published by Henry Holt Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1978 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Another fine addition to the continuing saga of Everett Anderson & his family, this book welcomes a new baby to share the family's love." -Young Children
Download or read book All Ahead Full written by William M. Craighead and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LSM 215 Veteran William M. Craighead recounts his memoirs of LSM 215 life during World War II. *Read about the USS LSM 215 with its crew of young men, two-thirds of whom were younger than 20; and their 22 months together aboard ship. Coming from all parts of America, most had never been to sea before. Traveling on the open ocean on a landing craft became a staggering adventure but they learned to adapt to long periods at sea on a vessel with a shallow draft and no keel... *The part LSM 215 played in the war in the Pacific...the invasion of Okinawa. The historic battle included the largest onslaught of the war by suicidal kamikaze pilots. It was at Okinawa that the Navy suffered its heaviest losses in ships and manpower during World War II. Miraculously, all the crew survived with two shipmates receiving the Purple Heart as a result of kamikaze attacks... *Their journey as they took occupation troops and supplies into Northern China, a China still ancient and medieval. Finally, homeward bound, after only a few days at sea, the ship began to leak badly at several vulnerable locations. Read how the crew worked day and night for two weeks, manning the pumps until the got to Pearl Harbor. They were going home, so it was ALL AHEAD FULL! *And much more...
Download or read book Troubled Daughters Twisted Wives written by Sarah Weinman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen chilling tales from the pioneering women who created the domestic suspense genre Murderous wives, deranged husbands, deceitful children, and vengeful friends. Few know these characters—and their creators—better than Sarah Weinman. One of today’s preeminent authorities on crime fiction, Weinman asks: Where would bestselling authors like Gillian Flynn, Sue Grafton, or Tana French be without the women writers who came before them? In Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives, Weinman brings together fourteen hair-raising tales by women who—from the 1940s through the mid-1970s—took a scalpel to contemporary society and sliced away to reveal its dark essence. Lovers of crime fiction from any era will welcome this deliciously dark tribute to a largely forgotten generation of women writers.
Download or read book Restoration The Complete Series written by Bayla Dornon and published by Bayla Dornon. This book was released on 2021-11-20 with total page 2132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exciting full four-book series! Three unlikely friends, Chris, Mary, and George, come together as they flee the homes where they no longer fit, and begin a journey of self-discovery. At the Center for Restoration, they find freedom, acceptance and love, and begin the journey out of the patriarchal religious and societal constraints that caused them to flee their families and homes. The novels in the RESTORATION Series follow the struggles of three characters brought together in their escape from homes and lives that don't accept them — Chris, a young gay man; George a disinherited rich boy; and Mary, a victim of patriarchal domestic violence, strive to reach the freedom and happiness of a world free from religious hegemony. Filled with the passions and pathos of the young, the series examines in depth the inherent conflict between all religion and democracy in a pluralistic society. For the tortured victims of patriarchal religions in America, running away is only the beginning of an arduous journey away from mental and emotional slavery to ancient thinking, and towards self-discovery and the principles of the Enlightenment. Restoration, Book One. "The Only True Religion" and "Liberation" Fleeing his hyper-religious family when they threaten him with anti-gay conversion therapy, Chris Brenner finds both refuge and first love within the humanist Center for Restoration. But now, caught in the turmoil and social unrest of the Trump age, the San Francisco-based Center for Restoration faces a new threat, and Chris and his friends must fight for its very existence Restoration, Book Two. “Autrefois” Stunned by a tragic loss, young Chris Brenner and the friends he made at the Center for Restoration struggle to make sense of a world suddenly filled with pain. As Chris, George and Mary all cope in their own ways, Chris receives a precious gift from the past, which leads him on a voyage of discovery, deepening his knowledge of both the Center and the life of the man he loves. Restoration, Book Three: "The Masters" Chris Brenner has a hard choice to make: stay with his friends in San Francisco, surrounded by the memories of his dead boyfriend; or move to a city thousands of miles away? His friends, Mary and George have already relocated to Manhattan, for family reasons. But life in New York turns out to be quite different from that they expected— and Chris soon finds himself on a path he never imagined. Restoration, Book Four: "The Book Of The Dead" Since he fled from his religious fundamentalist family over a year ago, young Chris Brenner has completed his first year as an initiate at the Center for Restoration, and become a student of Theresa Smith, one of the founders of the organization. Now, alone in his former teacher’s apartment in Manhattan, delving into the deceased Master's past through her writings, Chris begins to find the purpose.
Download or read book The hick written by Zibia Gasparetto and published by Editora Vida e Consciência. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though he does not know how to read or write, the heir of an enormous fortune makes us think and better understand life, keeping us confident in the great kindness and cleverness of God.
Download or read book The Adventures of the Submariner S Son written by Tom Swicegood and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a beautiful, young, well-to-do young woman sits upon her familys beach on the shore of a secluded island in the Florida Keys, a man clad in little more than the ancient ocean salt emerges from the waves. Gnther Prien is a young German officer stationed on a cruise ship, and Eola Pinder is little more than putty in his hands. Their encounter leads to the birth of a son, Thomas Luther, who is destined for a life of adventure as he desperately seeks the love of a father throughout some of the worst events Key West and the world have ever seen. Toms life shapes up to be one adventure after another. He experiences an unlikely rescue as his room goes up in flames around his cribflames that may have been started by the man Tom believes is his father. Hes held hostage during a bank robbery and is nearly swept overboard from the deck of a freighter off Cape Hattaras during a major hurricane. Finally, in the midst of World War II, he finds himself carried away in a German submarinein the hands of the enemyby a man who turns out to be his father. In this rich historical novel, an unlikely cast of characters struggles to find the strength to survive not only some of the most horrible tragedies in Floridas history, but some of the most difficult lessons individuals can learn in a lifetime.
Download or read book Alan Ayckbourn Plays 4 written by Alan Ayckbourn and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Revengers' Comedies A hugely entertaining pitch that recalls the old movies to which it frequently pays homage - Strangers on a Train, Rebecca, Kind Hearts and Coronets - and expands after intermission to reveal an immensely disturbing vision of contemporary middle-class England poisoned by the rise of economic ruthlessness and the collapse of ethics. New York Times Things We Do for Love Lloyds Private Banking Playwright of the Year Award One of his best, his most shockingly and uproariously funny: a cruel and hilarious masterpiece of tragic comedy and comic tragedy. Sunday Times House & Garden The triumph of his ingenuity lies in the fact that you have to see both plays . . . A second time round, in whichever order you take them, characters will deepen, while those you know become the background. It is a superb Ayckbourn joke that a comedy about non-communication should depend on the sharpest communication skills. Sunday Times
Download or read book The Coretta Scott King Awards 1970 1999 written by Henrietta M. Smith and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides annotations of the winning and honor books, biographies of prominent African American authors and illustrators, and interviews with Jerry Pinkney and author Walter Dean Myers.
Download or read book A Flea in Her Ear written by Georges Feydeau and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Although the adaptor has moved the action of the play into the twentieth century (which serves to heighten the sexual allusions which make the play so hilarious), the action follows the pattern of the famous original: a complex series of
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Download or read book Poetry Therapy written by Nicholas Mazza and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, poetry therapy has been formally recognized as a valuable form of treatment, and it has been proven effective worldwide with a diverse group of clients. The second edition of Poetry Therapy, written by a pioneer and leader in the field, updates the only integrated poetry therapy practice model with a host of contemporary issues, including the use of social media and slam/performance poetry. It’s a truly invaluable resource for any serious practitioner, educator, or researcher interested in poetry therapy, bibliotherapy, writing, and healing, or the broader area of creative/expressive arts therapies.
Download or read book Wolf Husband So Fierce written by Na NianDongZhi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was rumored that the cold-faced CEO of the 'abstinence department', why did he look like he was going to eat her up the moment he saw her? He even used every means at his disposal to drag people to his side, hustle them into the hotel, and lock them in the dark room. Hey, boss, this is our first time meeting each other, who's your darling calling me?!
Download or read book Professor Lundy s Guide to Rock Music Connoisseurship written by Duane Emerson Lundy and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This empirical and theoretical book should be of interest to anyone who dares to consider the contentious topic of measuring and justifying aesthetic value in music, as well as the issue of how experts compare to nonexperts in terms of aesthetic fluency, aesthetic sensitivity and aesthetic judgment in appraising music. The book should be both practical and personal for anyone who has a music collection and loves to see it grow continuously but wisely. What makes someone an expert? The key issue tackled here is how one develops into such a connoisseur of music. Overall, the book should spark much healthy debate about rock music quality and aesthetics in general, both among scholars of aesthetics and the musically passionate general public. Many of the ideas for connoisseur development for music could also be applied to appraisal in other areas of aesthetics beyond music, such as films, visual art, or literature. Words of Praise Professor Lundy's Guide to Rock Music Connoisseurship is simply fantastic. It is written with elegance, eloquence, and passion. His vast knowledge of rock’n’roll will enlighten every reader, and his enthusiasm for this topic is infectious. The book is designed to be comprehensible to any reader, but also carefully cited to please the most demanding scholar. He successfully aims to teach the reader how to become expert in evaluating the aesthetic quality of music, using a precision system to guide us into deeper and defensible judgements on what pieces of music are the best and which are the worst. This is a beautiful book that enriches the heart and brightens the mind. --Rhett Diessner, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Lewis-Clark State College, author of Understanding the Beauty Appreciation Trait: Empirical Research on Seeking Beauty in All Things Aesthetic judgments of music are important, but poorly understood. To the everyday listener, they may seem arbitrary or otherwise inexplicable. In this book, Professor Lundy offers an unashamedly positive view on aesthetic judgments, emphasizing their rational nature and showing how various non-aesthetic biases that do exist can be minimized. The result is a joyful celebration of music, science, and connoisseurship, which is sure to spark further interest and debate on this fascinating topic. --Professor Patrik N. Juslin, Music Psychology Group, Uppsala University, Sweden
Download or read book Ashuan Greed written by Janna Ruth and published by Janna Ruth. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 2762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic, Demons & High School Drama All Lucille ever wanted was a normal high school experience: learn cool stuff, make new friends, and maybe flirt with a guy or two. But her hometown doesn’t do normal. Not when her hand erupts into flames, her new friends are obsessed with magic, and the cute boys might be the monsters her grandma always warned her about. Lucille discovers she’s a witch. In fact, she’s one of the chosen ones. Together with her friends, she must defend the city against blood-thirsty vampires, rabid werewolves, and possessive demons. All while juggling school, dating, and family drama. But when tragedy strikes the town, Lucille begins to realise that exchanging normalcy for magic might just cost her her life. The Ashuan Greed boxset is an ensemble-led, action-packed YA urban fantasy series with teenage monster hunters, supernatural creatures, and wondrous magic. If you liked Buffy’s wit and snarky one-liners, the magic of Charmed, or the supernatural drama of the Vampire Diaries, you’ll love this magical adventure. Join Lucille and her friends on the hunt today with the first three Ashuan books in one set. This box set includes the complete Ashuan Greed trilogy. The adventure continues in Ashuan Lust.
Download or read book A Place Without Twilight written by Peter Feibleman and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-13 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the New Orleans of the ‘30s and ‘40s, things—and people—are supposed to be black and white. Cille and her light-skinned brothers are neither. They are “the color that looks not-quite white next to a white man, and not-quite colored next to a colored man. It was a non-color in a place where you had to be something.” The daughter of a dreamy alcoholic father who introduces Cille to “Mr. Keats and Mr. Shelley” but who exits her life too soon, and a mother who teaches her children not the love of God but the fear of him, young Cille struggles for balance and identity in a world where race and class define people for life, and where her brothers destroy themselves beating against the bars of the cage of a divided culture. “A Place Without Twilight is the best novel of 1958, and Peter Feibleman the most exciting discovery.”—NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE “An artistic achievement....An ardent new talent telling in fine, sensuous prose the story of an inbetween Alice in a wonderland of blacks and whites.”—NEW YORK TIMES “Engrossing, brilliant, moving.... A full-fledged, first rate achievement.”—CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Download or read book Across the Invisible Line written by Shirley Kyle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ostracized by her white parents when she marries Jim Lyman, a black man, Mandy confronts the devastating racism in Los Angeles in the l950's. She leaves her church, her hometown and lifelong friends to live with her husband, a scientist, in the black community. When Jim faces discrimination on his job, difficulty in finding suitable housing and the hidden prejudices of some of their white friends, Mandy becomes increasingly discouraged about their ability to be happy in a racist society. During a horrendous trial when Jim is wrongly accused of sexual harassment, he has a fatal heart attack. Mandy returns to college for her teaching credentials to support their two children and encounters further racial biases in the school. She strives alone to deal with these challenges and the problems faced by her mixed children. Her beliefs are further tested when her son decides to marry a white girl. Should she encourage him?
