Download or read book Holly Freakin Hughes written by Kelsey Kingsley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Meet Holly Hughes, a moderately successful teen advice columnist living in a studio apartment on the Upper East Side with her boyfriend Stephen. She has it all, but at the ripe age of thirty-one, she wants more. She wants to be married, she wants a family, and she's going to have it all with Stephen. At least, that's what she thought, until Stephen announces he's gay, and the domino effect of unfortunate events begins. She soon finds herself unemployed, single, and living in her sister's house on Long Island, working as her niece's babysitter for less than minimum wage. She's pretty certain she's destined to live in the Land of Mediocrity forever. And then, her niece runs face-first into a tall, handsome man at the bookstore" -- Amazon.com.
Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Download or read book Tell Me Goodnight written by Kelsey Kingsley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how I fell in love with a broken man and his three little princesses. It is tragic, but it is true. And with truth, there is almost always tragedy.Tessa Lang has dreams of becoming the world's next great author of horror novels. So, when she's given the opportunity to write full-time, she sets out to do just that. There's just one little problem.She's not scary. At all.It seems that her plans are ruined, until she meets heartbroken pianist, Jon O'Dell and his three little girls. Suddenly, she finds herself full of inspiration, and with the advice from her grandmother and best-selling novelist, M.L. Lang, Tessa decides to write what her heart wants - romance. But as her novel moves steadily along, relationships start to develop, and Jon's heart begins to mend, Tessa finds herself facing another unexpected dilemma. What happens when you fall in love with your muse?
Download or read book The Life We Wanted written by Kelsey Kingsley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You have too many rules.""And you don't have enough."Sebastian Moore thought he had it all.A drumming gig with one of the world's biggest up-and-coming stars. The looks and charm to get him any woman he laid his eyes on. All the friends he could ever ask for.But something was always missing.That is, until he receives a letter, telling him that he's a father to a fifteen-year-old boy.Now, with the addition of his son, a love interest he never expected, and a whole new set of responsibilities, Sebastian finds himself happier than he's ever been.But old habits die hard, and when life finally gives him everything he wanted, he'll have to find a way to keep his past from ruining the present.
Download or read book Black Swan Green written by David Mitchell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Selected by Time as One of the Ten Best Books of the Year | A New York Times Notable Book | Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World, The Christian Science Monitor, Rocky Mountain News, and Kirkus Reviews | A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist | Winner of the ALA Alex Award | Finalist for the Costa Novel Award From award-winning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of adulthood and the old on the cusp of the new. Black Swan Green tracks a single year in what is, for thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a short story in its own right, create an exquisitely observed world that is anything but sleepy. A world of Kissingeresque realpolitik enacted in boys’ games on a frozen lake; of “nightcreeping” through the summer backyards of strangers; of the tabloid-fueled thrills of the Falklands War and its human toll; of the cruel, luscious Dawn Madden and her power-hungry boyfriend, Ross Wilcox; of a certain Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck, an elderly bohemian emigré who is both more and less than she appears; of Jason’s search to replace his dead grandfather’s irreplaceable smashed watch before the crime is discovered; of first cigarettes, first kisses, first Duran Duran LPs, and first deaths; of Margaret Thatcher’s recession; of Gypsies camping in the woods and the hysteria they inspire; and, even closer to home, of a slow-motion divorce in four seasons. Pointed, funny, profound, left-field, elegiac, and painted with the stuff of life, Black Swan Green is David Mitchell’s subtlest and most effective achievement to date. Praise for Black Swan Green “[David Mitchell has created] one of the most endearing, smart, and funny young narrators ever to rise up from the pages of a novel. . . . The always fresh and brilliant writing will carry readers back to their own childhoods. . . . This enchanting novel makes us remember exactly what it was like.”—The Boston Globe “[David Mitchell is a] prodigiously daring and imaginative young writer. . . . As in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Herman Melville, one feels the roof of the narrative lifted off and oneself in thrall.”—Time
Download or read book The Directors written by Pierre S. Hughes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not money, not even violence, but greed. Man’s bottomless well to satisfy the self and to grab more power begets all the evils in this world. Greed, the primal root of sin, triggers man’s ruthlessness and selfishness to consume him, screwing his morals and virtues and blinding him from the righteous path he once knew. With this, author Pierre S. Hughes pens an indelible and impactful story of selfish ambitions and broken dreams. What becomes of an egocentric man, whose philosophy is narrowed by the acquisition of influence and wealth, after cruelly getting rid of his opponents, including his wife, readers can follow in The Directors. Chris Jones, a small-town mayor who was once a nobody, rises to the top of the financial world and finds himself becoming obsessed with power, thinking that he has the invincibility to shut down anyone that comes in his way. With money, power, and greed, Chris sets a foundation that leads a once dark and unsuccessful town back into a path of destruction. This book houses a truly powerful novel, one that elaborates on how some people can become entrenched in the depths of money, power, and greed that they lose sight of what really matters. Once you open this book, you will not want to put it down only because you will become enthralled to see what happens next. Packed with action, drama, and suspense, The Directors will keep you on your feet, wondering what will happen next.
Download or read book Funky Winkerbean written by Tom Batiuk and published by Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collecting the socially aware syndicated comic strip.
Download or read book The Solace of Leaving Early written by Haven Kimmel and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2002-07-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using small-town life as a springboard to explore the loftiest of ideas, Haven Kimmel’s irresistibly smart and generous first novel is at once a romance and a haunting meditation on grief and faith. Langston Braverman returns to Haddington, Indiana (pop. 3,062) after walking out on an academic career that has equipped her for little but lording it over other people. Amos Townsend is trying to minister to a congregation that would prefer simple affirmations to his esoteric brand of theology. What draws these difficult—if not impossible—people together are two wounded little girls who call themselves Immaculata and Epiphany. They are the daughters of Langston’s childhood friend and the witnesses to her murder. And their need for love is so urgent that neither Langston nor Amos can resist it, though they do their best to resist each other. Deftly walking the tightrope between tragedy and comedy, The Solace of Leaving Early is a joyous story about finding one’s better self through accepting the shortcomings of others.
Download or read book A Guide to Gender 2nd Edition written by Sam Killermann and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition was featured as #1 best-seller in Gender on Amazon, and is being used by gender studies & sociology professors on 3 continents. Now with a new foreword by the author, brand new chapters, fixed tpyos, and more gender! 100% of royalties from this edition go directly to hues, a global justice collective. Where do we start, when it comes to learning about something that's everywhere, infused into everything, and is often one of the primary lenses through which we see ourselves and others? When it comes to understanding gender, it's best to begin with deep breath, then with section one of this book by social justice advocate Sam Killermann, who uses clear language, helpful examples, and a bit of humor to help the medicine go down. This book is not overwhelming, it's not overly complicated, and it's not exhausting to read. It is a few hundred pages of gender exploration, social justice how-tos, practical resources, and fun graphics & comics. Sam dissects gender using a comprehensive, non-binary toolkit, with a focus on making this subject accessible and enjoyable. All this to help you understand something that is so commonly misunderstood, but something we all think we get: gender. A Guide to Gender is broken into four sections: Basic Training (which sets the foundation of knowledge for the book, defining concepts of social justice, oppression, privilege, and more); Breaking through the Binary (beginning with a discussion of gender norms, and working toward a more nuanced understanding of gender identity, gender expression, and sex); Feminism & Gender Equity (how feminism can be a solution to the injustices folks of all genders face); and Social Justice Competence (a series of short, practical lessons that will help readers put the learning from the book to work). It's written for people who want to learn for themselves, educators who are hoping to better communicate themes of gender to others, and activists who want to add a gender equity lens to their vision of justice. It's not meant to be the end of one's journey into understanding gender, but a great place to start. Because gender is something we all deserve to understand.
Download or read book Daisies and Devin written by Kelsey Kingsley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every story has a hero. Devin O'Leary was mine. Everybody has a dream,And mine could take me far.Just me, and my voice,A stage, and this guitar.With patience and some luck,I could see me, standing there.But, that was before I met her-The girl with the purple hair.Enchanted by her beauty,By her soul, and then, her eyes.I saw the broken girl within,And my dream became her life.So, I found myself on a journey,Of tragedy and letting go,Of happiness and daisies,Of serenades and Poe.But no one taught us how to cope,With life's unpredictable scheme.Still, I'm the hero in her story,And she's my only dream.
Download or read book O Solo Homo written by Holly Hughes and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fresh, funny, sad, and sexy . . . [A] diverse collection of good, honest, and soundly structured monologue writing” (David Drake, Obie Award–winning actor and playwright). O Solo Homo is a diverse, definitive, and hugely entertaining collection representing the cutting edge of queer solo performance. The pieces in O Solo Homo touch nerves that run deep—from sex, politics, community, and health to the struggles and joys of family, friends, and lovers. Peggy Shaw, of Split Britches, revisits how she learned to be butch. The late Ron Vawter, of the Wooster Group, juxtaposes the lives of two very different men who died of AIDS: diva filmmaker Jack Smith and Nixon crony Roy Cohn. Tim Miller, one of the NEA 4, surveys the landscape of gay desire before and after the advent of AIDS. And Carmelita Tropicana, the “national songbird of Cuba,” makes an unforgettable, hilarious return to Havana. “A funny, personal, powerful primer of identity, performance and politics. O Solo Homo is a must read.” —Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of How I Learned to Drive “Naked passion, fiery intellect and dissatisfaction with the status quo mark all good performance art. This collection embodies those elements at their best. Each piece makes you sit up and listen.” —Jewelle Gomez, author of The Gilda Stories “O Solo Homo represents the most significant and vibrant cross-section of queer solo performance since the gospels. A must-have field guide for the amateur and professional alike. Ten thumbs up!” —The Five Lesbian Brothers
Download or read book Best Food Writing 2012 written by Holly Hughes and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our fascination with what we eat, its provenance, and its preparation just keeps growing—and food writing has continued to explode. Once again, editor Holly Hughes plumbs magazines, newspapers, newsletters, books, and websites for the year's finest culinary prose—“stories for connoisseurs, celebrations of the specialized, the odd, or simply the excellent” (Entertainment Weekly). Featuring essays and articles from established food writers and rising stars, as well as some literary surprises, Best Food Writing 2012 captures the trends, big stories, and new voices. From going hunting to going vegan, from soup-to-nuts or farm-to-table, there's something for every foodie in the newest edition of this acclaimed series. Previous contributors include: Brett Anderson, Dan Barber, Frank Bruni, John T. Edge, Jonathan Gold, Gabrielle Hamilton, Jessica B. Harris, Madhur Jaffrey, Francis Lam, David Leite, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Molly O'Neill, Kevin Pang, Ruth Reichl, Alan Richman, Kim Severson, Jason Sheehan, Sam Sifton, John Thorne, and Calvin Trillin.
Download or read book Dangerous written by Alycia Linwood and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-25 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ria is an eighteen-year-old girl who has just started going to the University of Magic, a special university for those who have one of the four elements: fire, water, air and earth. There she meets Michael, a boy whose element is different than hers which makes their romantic involvement seem impossible because mixing of elements can have horrible consequences. She also feels threatened by Adrian, a dangerous magic disease carrier. Ria's best friend, Paula, is fascinated by Adrian like most of the girls at the university and wants him to help her with her research about the disease. All Ria's beliefs are put to the test when she starts having the symptoms of the disease and the only person she can turn to is Adrian.
Download or read book The Druid Series written by Marata Eros and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOW: When a mercenary group of vampires discover there is a true Druid Queen within their grasp, they begin targeting Druid females in the region in the hopes of capturing their prize, Holly. Beau doesn't remember his past and finds out in a startling climax of protection what he truly is and how that will change his life forever. Aubree is living an independent college existence until she feels the pull of her lineage come full circle in an impossible summons of genetics. Can the Reapers protect their Queen, gather the undiscovered Druid females to their inner sanctum and squelch the threat of a new breed of vampire predators? SEED: Beau finds himself absorbed into a blended coven of Druid and Reaper, his former life gone forever. Or so he believes. When snippets of Beau's past begin to encroach, he realizes the web of destiny has caught him like a plump spider and it threatens his newfound connection with Aubree. Kier has stolen the Queen of the Vampire and has plans of degradation for her future. As a rare Druid himself with a high standing within the faction, he will use Holly to further his coven. Until Kier discovers what his Druid lineage has in store for him. The intrinsic power of one small female begins to systematically break down the house of cards he's made for himself. Will Beau be a slave of his memories or rise above them to claim what is rightfully his? Who will emerge as Holly's unlikely savior? Can the fruit of the Druid's womb save vampire from certain extinction? PLOW: When Holly awakens from the deep thrall cast by her faction kidnapper, she is struck with hopelessness until she discovers the power her Druid Lineage has over him. Kier is an elite stolen warrior of the faction who does the bidding of his adopted group but with his pulsing biology waiting for just the right catalyst to put his true nature into play. Beau and Aubree are pitted against each other only to discover that their Druid mating offers protection from those that would destroy them. Can they seek refuge amongst their Reaper kin that will harbor them in safe waters, or will the Druid priest's dark secret plague them wherever they go? Constantine seeks to destroy a rare Exotic and finds himself under a spell he cannot break, his nature used against him. Will he get another chance to force her submission while she stands under guard of the most powerful vampire of their kind? Can the Reapers win the battle without losing the war?
Download or read book Wicked Sexy written by J. T. Geissinger and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A badass ex-Special Ops officer and a smartass hacker fight a dangerous enemy...and a blistering attraction to each other. Connor Hughes is an ex-special ops officer, CEO of Metrix Security, and bonafide badass. His private security firm is renowned for its effectiveness. He's renowned for his lethal precision and iron self-control. But when the former Marine meets a gorgeous young hacker with a mouth as smart as her brain, his control unravels in ways he never could have predicted. Tabitha West is a genius MIT dropout with a bad attitude, an obsession with Hello Kitty and piercings in unmentionable places. Tabby amuses herself by outwitting the most secure technology systems on the planet. Known in hacker circles as Polaroid due to her photographic memory, she's as secretive as she is accustomed to working alone. So when Connor decides she's the only one who can help him catch a cyber criminal intent on taking down one of his clients, she tells him exactly where he can stick it. But when the cyber criminal turns out to be the Hannibal Lecter of computer crime--and a dark presence from Tabby's past--Tabby and Connor are drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. They quickly find themselves fighting not only their common enemy, but also an explosive desire that threatens to consume them. When the stakes are this high and the game this deadly, will falling in love be the most dangerous move of all?
Download or read book Bond Girl written by Erin Duffy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’m crazy about Bond Girl. Erin Duffy is a fresh, funny, and fabulous new voice.” —Adriana Trigiani, author of Brava, Valentine The Devil Wears Prada meets Wall Street in Bond Girl—a hilarious, fast–paced race through the jungle of high finance in four–inch heels. An author who spent ten years working on Wall Street, Erin Duffy has parlayed her stock market savvy into a fresh, hip, funny, and sexy novel about a bright, young, newly minted B-school graduate’s rise at one of the Street’s most prestigious brokerage firms—only to confront the possible destruction of her dreams in the infamous 2008 financial bust. Bond Girl is a blue chip hoot for anyone who loves smart and fun contemporary woman’s fiction.
Download or read book Kneel written by Dani René and published by Dani Rene Books. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the USA Today bestselling author comes a story of two shattered souls trying to find love in the dark. It's raw, unapologetic, and carnal. "Greed was my vice. A sin that led to my addiction." I hid the monster from everyone, including myself. Emotions were firmly locked away. As much control as I had in my life, I could never control my heart. Eva exposed me. She begged and pleaded, and I swore I'd make her kneel. And when she finally did, I broke the only jewel I ever owned.
