Download or read book Happy Birthday Jesus written by Ronald L. Ruiz and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Happy Birthday Jesús is an insightful and spell-binding novel of and about our times, when the relationship between race and violence dominates the news and threatens not only our personal security but our confidence in our social processes. This novel recreates the making of a sociopath. It is written by a criminal defense lawyer whose extensive experience has been representing individuals such as the protagonist Jesús Olivas. Whether Jesús is a victim or the bane of society is left to the reader's judgment in this novel which details the painful recollections of Jesús himself. What is clear, however, is that the boiling pot of Jesús' emotions that finally erupts in senseless violence has ben cooking for years on the flames of religious fanaticism, poverty and race hatred. All of the social institutions that should have nurtured and protected Jesús – family, school, church, the court – ultimately failed him, leading him to strike back uncontrollably, irrationally.

Download or read book Jess written by Gary Yates and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jess is a hard working, fifty year old modern day cowboy, a bachelor who wants to make his life more meaningful in some way. In disagreement with, and embarrassed by the attitudes of a few of today's ranchers and other users of our public lands towards the environment, he finally makes a stand against his anti-environmental employer. Living alone in a cow camp in northern Nevada, Jess recalls incidents and acquaintances from his past as he tries to come to grips with his fear that he has wasted his life working on horseback and taking care of livestock. In this lonely and isolated cow camp, he recalls some of the outrageous acts of disregard for public lands and wildlife that he has witnessed over the years. When his boss tries to cheat on his grazing lease, Jess's act of defiance produces surprising results. The author describes the daily life of the present day working cowboy in a way that lends genuine, true to life authenticity to the story.

Download or read book A Brother Is Born written by Angie Thompson and published by Quiet Waters Press. This book was released on 2019-08-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benny's coming hadn't changed anything—or had it? With a new foster kid joining Alex Carson's family, everyone is prepared for changes. So when Benny slips into the tight-knit group with barely a ripple, the family is at once surprised and delighted. But beneath the surface, deeper waters are stirred as Alex finds herself at odds with Jess over his jokes on the unsuspecting and gullible Benny. Will Jess's teasing and her own insecurities separate Alex from her brother? Or can a surprising source teach them a needed lesson in love?

Download or read book Birthday Surprise written by Michelle Misra and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To cheer her friend Jess up for her birthday, Ella plans a magical birthday surprise, but her surprise ends up being a glittery disaster.

Download or read book The Book of Jess written by R. Seeley and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well, fine. Happy 21st Birthday Jess. I was really trying to figure out something that would be special and could be kept, so, of course, I went with a book (obviously). I figured I'd put all our memories in one place, but, that turned out to be difficult so, there is some memories, some future planning and some other pages. Enjoy. Fill out the book, read the book, laugh at the book. And have a very happy birthday.

Download or read book Wave Riders written by Lauren St John and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sea almost killed them, and now it must lead them to the truth in this standalone middle-grade eco-mystery about twins lost on the high seas from the author of the bestselling novel The White Giraffe. Twelve-year-old Jess and Jude live a dream life on a battered old yacht, sailing from one exotic destination to the next with their guardian. But when he vanishes one night after an argument with a stranger, the twins are left alone, facing an incoming storm and an unknown enemy. Surviving at sea is just the start of an adventure that will take them an ocean away to the former home of their missing parents and pit them against one of the world’s most powerful men. How far do they dare go, and what will they risk, to find the truth about who they are really are? Wave Riders from Lauren St John is an exciting and compelling middle-grade tale of sailing, family, and identity.

Download or read book Complete Mandarin Chinese written by Janet Lai and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn Chinese (Mandarin) in 4 Simple Steps. With Living Language Complete Chinese: The Basics, you'll start by learning words, and then you'll progress to phrases, sentences, and conversations. This simple four-step building block approach will have you speaking with confidence right from the beginning, and you'll be able to learn gradually and effectively. If you're confident in your pronunciation, then this coursebook includes everything you need - vocabulary, grammar, culture, and practice. But you can also use this book along with the four hours of recordings included in the Living Language Complete Chinese: The Basics compact disc package, which also includes a handy learner's dictionary. This comprehensive coursebook includes: • 40 step-by-step lessons • Practical vocabulary and authentic everyday usage • Simple explanations and plenty of examples • Supplemental sections, including e-mail and internet resources • A comprehensive grammar reference section

Download or read book Birthday Boyfriend written by Liz Isaacson and published by AEJ Creative Works. This book was released on with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this cowboy romance series with plenty of sweet romance, unrequited love, secret crushes, workplace romance, older brother's best friend romance, friends to lovers romance, and family saga from USA Today bestselling author, Liz Isaacson! This Quinn cowgirl doesn't need a lot for her birthday...just the cowboy she's been crushing on for months. Will Flynn ever see Jessie standing right in front of him? Jessica Quinn has a hard time with cowboys seeing her as more than another pair of hands or the brains behind the calf auctions for her family's ranch. No one wants to play poker with her, because she can read people like an open book. And the one cowboy she wants to notice her? Her older brother's best friend and the one man who seems incapable of making a commitment. Flynn Hollister has been at Quinn Valley Ranch for five years, since his dad died and his mom had to sell the farm Flynn thought he'd inherit. Rhodes and Jessie are the only two people who've always accepted him for who he is, and dancing, dating, and laughing keep his misery at bay. He's always had a soft spot for Jessie that he's never acted on—and he's in the middle of a 30-day female fast—when she shows up to poker night the day before her birthday. Can Flynn find a way to put his heartache in the past and make himself Jessie's birthday boyfriend? Or will Jessie lose her heart to the wild cowboy who can't be tamed?

Download or read book Her Unexpected Baby written by Trish Wylie and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dana and Adam are constantly at each other at Donovan and Lewis Design Studio, but with him being a ladies' man and her a single mother, it's to be expected. When Adam offers to be Dana's date to a reunion to show up her ex and the father of her daughter, a night of work becomes dangerously mixed with pleasure. Soon, the pair bounce from bickering at each other to Adam helping out Dana, whether it be fixing her roof or fixing her heart. Why are they so sweet together now? Could it be because of her unexpected baby?

Download or read book Sleepless written by Erica Gerald Mason and published by Erica Gerald Mason. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Under the Mistletoe written by Katie Flynn and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curl up with this festive, uplifting and heartwarming romantic saga . . . ____________ 'A real page turner, the novel is packed full of romance, drama and a desire to find her family' Under the Christmas Tree ____________ Liverpool, 1940 When war comes to Britain, Jessica Wilson and her friend Ruby seize the opportunity to leave behind the orphanage they grew up in and start new lives in the NAAFI. With only forged papers as identification the girls expect to be turned away but are delighted with an offer of work. For the first time in their lives they experience real independence and it isn't long before they're spending their evenings enjoying the delights of Liverpool. When Jessica meets the handsome Tom, she feels as though her life is complete, but after a chance encounter with a friend, she soon learns that not everything is as it seems. As Jessica begins to uncover the truth, she unravels a web of lies, starting with the night of her birth, and she will need the support of her friends if she is to get her Christmas wish . . . ____________ **The final novel in the trilogy, OVER THE RAINBOW is available now**

Download or read book Top Pot Hand Forged Doughnuts written by Mark Klebeck and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fifty master recipes, a primer with secrets for success, and visual inspiration for creating handmade doughnuts at home from Top Pot, Seattle's premium doughnut-maker. Dubbed "America's Best Doughnuts" by MSN, and awarded the honor of "Best Donuts Ever" by AOL, Top Pot is the biggest artisanal doughnut brand known to enthusiasts. Top Pot has also forged strong connections in the commercial and retail world, garnering exclusive contracts with Starbucks, Seattle's Best, Qwest Field, and Whole Foods. Just as Miette is THE boutique cakery, Top pot is THE gourmet doughnut bakery"--

Download or read book The Day He Stopped In written by Elana Johnson and published by AEJ Creative Works. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A widowed park ranger, her twelve-year-old son, and the Chief of Police who's secretly kept an eye on both of them... Janey Germaine is tired of entertaining tourists in Olympic National Park all day and trying to keep her twelve-year-old son occupied at night. When long-time friend and the Chief of Police, Adam Herrin, offers to take the boy on a ride-along one fall evening, Janey starts to see him in a different light. Adam has had a crush on Janey since college. But she married his best friend and started a family before her husband died in a tragic accident. Since then, he's been hiding his feelings and biding his time because of Jess, Janey's son. But as he and the boy spend more time together, he wonders if maybe they're all finally ready to move on...including Janey. He figures if he just keeps stopping in on them, she might finally start to see him too. Do Adam and Janey have the courage to take their relationship out of the friend zone? Continue this sweet/clean contemporary beach romance series with THE DAY HE STOPPED IN - a second chance romance by USA Today bestselling author Elana Johnson.

Download or read book Missing Pieces written by Sarah Irwin and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Save the occasional sighting of local celebrity, Evan Bay, nothing ever seemed to happen in the little town of Trenton, North Carolina. For high school junior, Lauren Carrington, that was perfectly fine. Her world changes, however, when cracks begin to surface in the lives of her family and long, deep-seated secrets of her friends come to light. Will forgiveness and understanding be enough to see them through? Or will deception and comparison tear them apart? 1

Download or read book A Better Next written by Maren Cooper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jess Lawson, a forty-five-year-old healthcare consultant, wife, and mother of two, has spent most of her adulthood fostering the illusion of having a perfect life. Her impending empty-nest syndrome as her youngest child prepares to start college is troubling enough, but when her doctor husband, Arthur, announces his intention to take a prestigious new job on the other side of the country—and relocate without Jess—her world quickly crumbles. Amid their acrimonious divorce, revelations about Arthur's infidelity come to light; and at work, instead of the revitalized career Jess is hoping for, she uncovers surprising financial corruption that threatens a scandal for her client—and the well-being of the many unsuspecting patients and physicians they serve. Ultimately, this superwoman is forced to acknowledge that her put-together veneer can't hold up under the weight of these new burdens. She also, however, refuses to wallow in victimhood. So what now? A smart, relatable story for every woman who’s gone bold to sort out her next chapter, A Better Next shows how—with a little soul searching and a supportive circle of friends and colleagues—it’s possible to redefine happiness and establish a liberating, new normal at any stage of life.

Download or read book THE MAN FOR HER written by Ann Evans and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes it just feels right Everybody knows Adam Connor is the ideal man for Jesslyn Russell. But… Jess knows she'd never fit into Adam's world. He's looking for a wealthy, sophisticated woman—someone who'll help him make his farm, Rising Star, the most successful racing stable around. Not someone like Jess, who cares more about whether the horses are happy than whether they win. Adam knows he has no future with Jess. He messed up at their first meeting when he told her his plans included marrying someone who appreciated his goals and his life-style. So now, even though Jess is living on his farm, using his shower, befriending his sister—and capturing his heart—it's too late to undo the damage. Looks as if there are a few things Jess and Adam don't know!

Download or read book The Nobodies written by Alanna Schubach and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of two young women whose friendship offered—and demanded—more than either should share. For fans of Sally Rooney and Claire North. “Sometimes I wondered if I imagined it,” said Nina. “But deep down I knew I didn’t.” Jess said, “We did too much damage for it not to be real.” Jess and Nina, Nina and Jess ... to everyone else they’re typical best friends, sharing closeness and confidences in their own little world. But Nina and Jess have a secret. Simply by touching their foreheads together, they can swap bodies. In Jess’s assertive persona, self-conscious Nina turns bolder, free to say what she’s frightened to voice on her own. Inhabiting Nina, Jess becomes part of the loving, stable family she craves. Now, in crisis after her father’s death, Jess has reentered Nina’s life following a long separation. Once again they switch bodies, and their worlds begin to mesh. Each deceives the other, confesses, is forgiven. But how deeply can you sink into another’s life before there’s nothing left of you? Set against the vibrant backdrop of New York City, The Nobodies poses questions about the nature of intimacy, the many flavors of betrayal, and the value of female friendships.