Download or read book Grab a Snake by the Tail written by Padura Leonardo and published by Bitter Lemon Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mario Conde investigates a murder in the Barrio Chino, the rundown Chinatown of Havana. Not his usual beat, but when Conde was asked to take the case by his colleague, the sultry, perfectly proportioned Lieutenant Patricia Chion, a frequent object of his nightly fantasies, he could n’t resist. The case proves to be unusual. Pedro Cuang, a lonely old man, is found hanging naked from a beam in the ceiling of his dingy room. One of his fingers has been amputated and a drawing of two arrows was engraved with a knife on his chest. Was this a ritual Santería killing or a just a sordid settling of accounts in a world of drug trafficking that began to infiltrate Cuban society in the 1980s? Soon Conde discovers unexpected connections, secret businesses and a history of misfortune, uprooting and loneliness that affected many immigrant families from China. As ever with Padura, the story is soaked in atmosphere: the drinking of rum in deliciously smoke-filled bars, the friendships, the food and beautiful women.
Download or read book Love Bears All written by Kal James and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our greatest battle is the war within us. A land of paradise, a world of wonder, buried deep in the enchanted forest, nestled at the foothills of the mountains, a dream came true. A vision his grandfather had for quite some time of such a beautiful and bountiful place, one to call home. This is a story of family and friends that shared the sweetness of love and touched the hard core of survival. As a cub, Little Guh experienced fun and adventure as well as growing pains. He was stricken with hardship at a young age that placed him in a dismal state of mind, with his biggest challenge yet to come. He now had a critical choice to make, one that would impact everyone around him. Life lessons taught him well to love and hope, whether he understood or not; to be kind; to press on and persevere against the odds; turn weakness to strength; and search to find the things that make a difference. He learned in its truest form that life stood still for no one. Little Guh found what mattered most was to face his fears. To overcome and conquer and answer the calling was the difference in life or death. He found that not all things were taught, but some things would come as a gift from deep inside. The truth in his heart would set him free and strengthen his love for family, friends, and home. It is best expressed in his grandfather's words: "the roar of a bear is the roar of truth," A season of love will last forever. Love Bears All
Download or read book The Scumball Saga written by Matthew T Bird and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2112 - A time of prosperity and world peace. The peace is not to last however... A new menace threatens the Earth, one such as the world has never seen... Can the UFIB and its star agents stop the menace that is...Scumball!
Download or read book Animal Novel Legend of the Monkey Warrior written by ouping guo and published by ouping guo. This book was released on with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book God Chooses People Like You written by Beverly Lipford Carroll and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heroes of the Bible werent any more gifted or powerful than you are. They were flawed, ordinary people living ordinary lives and doing ordinary things. Their struggles and temptations were no different from ours. But they allowed their ordinary lives to be interrupted by God, who is anything but ordinary. They chose to obey God when they did not necessarily see a happy ending. And when they did, what we see as a remarkable hero in the Bible is just an ordinary person reflecting the glory of God. Our capabilities are far less influential than the choices we make, and our choices become the stories of our lives. We can continue to serve the pain of our past and be held captive by what we wish we could change, or we can let our belief in the power of God overshadow the size of our enemy and the depth of our weakness. God doesnt need heroes. He wants you. His power and glory are most evident in your weakness. Your past is never too complicated or too far gone for God to redeem into something beautifulresurrection is His specialty.
Download or read book Tales of Old Texas or The Adventures of Bullfrog written by Weldon Reed and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his autobiography, Mark Twain stated, "In the small town of Hannibal, Missouri, when I was a boy, everybody was poor but didn't know it, and everybody was comfortable and did know it." This comment certainly applied to Cleburne, Texas, where Reed grew up from the mid-1940s through the 1950s. At least this was true on his side of town, northeast Cleburne across the Santa Fe railroad tracks. He lived on Sabine Street, and it was still just graveled even when he graduated from high school in 1959. Just about everybody on his street still had outdoor johns even then. Reed has been writing bimonthly articles for his hometown newspaper, the Cleburne Times-Review, since 2016, detailing the zany escapades, ludicrous stunts, and laughable situations he would place himself in from time to time as regular as clockwork. Mix a gullible youngster with a prankster of an uncle and a daredevil father, and anything goes. The incidents were many: a broken arm from falling off a donkey that his Uncle O. B. placed him on, a sore head from attempting to butt down a door after drinking what his uncle said was goat's milk, being put in a jail cell at the age of twelve for stealing a thirty-five-cent wheel bearing for his bicycle, proving pathetic both as a fighter and a football player, he and two friends smoking an entire carton of Luckies in two and a half hours. The list is interminable. Unfortunately, as he grew older, he really did not outgrow this "propensity for absurdity" but continued to demonstrate it on a frequent basis as his family would agree .
Download or read book Tails of the Wolf written by C. R. Eisenback and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tails of the Wolf By: C. R. Eisenback Fifty years into the future, the Great Disaster has left the world in a state of chaos, where famine, plague, and war are rampant. In this new world, legendary figures are born, such as the enigmatic and feared Wolf Matrix, whose name alone invokes terror in those who hear it. But Matrix is not a cruel man, and his story is one of heartbreak and devastating loss. Growing up after the Great Disaster, Matrix and his father roam the earth, dodging gangs and thieves as they searched for a peaceful village to call home. In his teens, Matrix and his father believe they have found paradise, a perfect place to settle down, but Matrix soon learns violence can find you anywhere, spurring him on a lifelong quest of vengeance.
Download or read book The City Trilogy written by Shi Kuo Chang and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forced into the war to save their remaining territory, the indigenous peoples join the Huhui in their continuing struggle against the Shan.".
Download or read book My Steve written by Terri Irwin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Steve is a deeply personal and moving tribute to a man adored by millions of people who never met him, and cherished by those who did. I’d never, ever believed in love at first sight. But I had the strangest, most overwhelming feeling that it was destiny that took me into that little wildlife park that day. Here, Terri Irwin portrays her husband Steve as he really was – a devoted family man, a fervently dedicated environmentalist and a modest bloke who spoke on behalf of those who could not speak for themselves. Uplifting, humorous and heartbreaking, Terri’s moving account is a non-stop adventure, a love story and most of all a fitting and inspiring tribute to a man adored and missed around the world.
Download or read book Survival Op written by Scott Allen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A runaway teenager is kidnapped and imprisoned in an island in the Bermuda Triangle where he is a subject in a series of experiments designed to test his endurance.
Download or read book Sky mending Immortal Companions written by Xiang ErMingDongSheng and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 1065 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If one wasn't a saint, then how could he be ordinary? If an immortal makes a mistake, then all living beings will be in trouble. Close]
Download or read book Gu Ling Spirit Monster written by Chen Defa and published by Sellene Chardou. This book was released on with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally, Grandma Ye didn't care much. After all, there are many spiders and centipedes in rural areas, and people are often bitten, but it doesn't matter. So she just washed her hands with soapy water according to the indigenous method and ignored it
Download or read book Shadow Side The Complete Series written by Odette C. Bell and published by Odette C. Bell. This book was released on with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luna is a cleaner. You can tell by the mop she carries around that matches her no-nonsense manner and blunt wit. There isn’t meant to be anything in this city she can’t clean. Then she runs into a mess that threatens to swallow her and everyone else up in a twisted tale decades in the making. Luna has a rare strain of magic – she can use the shadows to detect spell cores. It makes her a great cleaner but also a target. Because someone has waited a long time to find her. When she reveals her powers in a grand – and awfully embarrassing – scene at the hottest club in town, she also comes to the attention of the hottest vamp. Lennox Seymour – the city’s number one party boy. But Lennox has a secret, and it’s wrapped up in her. When he contracts her to clean the city of scum – of the criminal variety – she starts to realize she might be more to him than meets the eye. And it’s his eyes that hold that secret. For Lennox Seymour might’ve had his true-mate response for Luna. And no matter what she does, what she smacks with her mop, and what she verbally assaults, she can’t fight destiny. She can only take it by the hand, dance with it, and see how long it takes to wrap its lips around hers and kiss her until the end of time. … Shadow Side follows a plucky cleaner and the city’s worst playboy fighting dangerous demons. If you love your urban fantasies with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab Shadow Side: The Complete Series today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series. Shadow Side is the 7th Your True Vampire series. In a world where vampires know their true love at first sight, love brings trouble. Packed with action, humor, and a dash of romance, you can read them separately, so plunge in today.
Download or read book Food for the Heart written by Chah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-06-10 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for the beauty and simplicity of his teachings, Ajahn Chah was Thailand's best-known meditation teacher. His charisma and wisdom influenced many American and European seekers, and helped shape the American Vipassana community. This collection brings together for the first time Ajahn Chah's most powerful teachings, including those on meditation, liberation from suffering, calming the mind, enlightenment and the 'living dhamma'. Most of these talks have previously only been available in limited, private editions and the publication of Food for the Heart therefore represents a momentous occasion: the hugely increased accessibility of his words and wisdom. Western teachers such as Ram Dass and Jack Kornfield have extolled Chah's teachings for years and now readers can experience them directly in this book.
Download or read book Portal to the Dreamtime written by John Koch and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story which validates the reality of spirit. It shows how spirit can influence us in many ways that lead us to making the best choices and achieving the best outcomes. By understanding and embracing spirit, we realise we are not separate, and we become more empowered, more creative and more fulfilled. We leave behind our fears and move into a new love based reality. Wharumbidgi is the guardian spirit of the Sacred Site of the Sleeping Serpent. He reveals the wisdom of the original inhabitants of Australia, and explains how an etheric portal was created by the power of love.
Download or read book At the Edge of the Village written by Lisa Leidenfrost and published by Canon Press & Book Service. This book was released on 2004 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a missionary in Ivory Coast, West Africa is not only about dangers, hard work, and culture shock, interspersed with moments of high joy and deep sorrow; it is life found in the small and daily things, the quotidian experience which renders familiar a vastly different way of life, a life at the edge of the village. This book collects Lisa Leidenfrost's sketches of missionary life, compiled from letters sent home from Ivory Coast to her church in the United States, and they tell of the ordinary and extraordinary, the solemn and the playful, the mundane and the exotic, together creating a down-to-earth portrait of the Gospel at work in a family and society. For over sixteen years, Lisa Leidenfrost has lived, served, and raised four children in Ivory Coast with her husband, Csaba Leidenfrost, a Wycliffe translator to the Bakwe people.
Download or read book Lost written by Tiger Yang and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight problematic teenagers from different backgrounds and social status joined a survival camp their teacher is Mr. Bob. But on the way to the island, the plane crashed. Unfortunately, right after the plane crash, the pilot Capt. Mark died. Their teacher died after a period of time because of a box jellyfish. Following the death of Mr. Bob, the teenagers were transported to other places in the world in pairs. Will they come back home alive? Read this book to find out.
