Download or read book The Other Americans written by Laila Lalami and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST*** Winner of the Arab American Book Award in Fiction Finalist for the Kirkus Prize in Fiction Finalist for the California Book Award Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize A Los Angeles Times bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, NPR, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dallas Morning News, The Guardian, Variety, and Kirkus Reviews Late one spring night in California, Driss Guerraoui—father, husband, business owner, Moroccan immigrant—is hit and killed by a speeding car. The aftermath of his death brings together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraoui's daughter Nora, a jazz composer returning to the small town in the Mojave she thought she'd left for good; her mother, Maryam, who still pines for her life in the old country; Efraín, an undocumented witness whose fear of deportation prevents him from coming forward; Jeremy, an old friend of Nora’s and an Iraqi War veteran; Coleman, a detective who is slowly discovering her son’s secrets; Anderson, a neighbor trying to reconnect with his family; and the murdered man himself. As the characters—deeply divided by race, religion, and class—tell their stories, each in their own voice, connections among them emerge. Driss’s family confronts its secrets, a town faces its hypocrisies, and love—messy and unpredictable—is born. Timely, riveting, and unforgettable, The Other Americans is at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture.
Download or read book I Am Laila and I Know Things written by Laila Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 120-page Laila Journal features: 120 wide-ruled lined pages 6 x 9 inches in size - big enough for your daily writings and also small enough to take with you smooth white-color paper, perfect for ink, gel pens, pencils or even colored pencils a black matte-finish cover for an elegant, professional look and feel This (I Am Laila And I Know Things) journal can be used for writing poetry, jotting down your brilliant ideas, recording your accomplishments and much more. Use it as a diary or gratitude journal, a travel journal or to record your food intake or progress toward your fitness and life goals. The simple lined pages allow you to use it however you wish. Our journals to write in offer a wide variety of journals, so keep one by your bedside as a dream journal, one in your car to record mileage and expenses, one by your computer for login names and passwords, and one in your purse or backpack to jot down random thoughts and inspirations throughout the day. Paper journals never need to be charged and of course no batteries are required! You only need your thoughts and dreams and something to write with. This Laila journal makes a wonderful present, so put a smile on someone's face today!
Download or read book Blood Bound written by Trinity Cunningham and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Valca Order, led by the tyrant Kingston, plans to expand its territory and is gathering the strongest men from every town in Kartha for its army. Twin brothers Raidan and Dimitri Dairner won’t let that happen. Dimitri has a plan to stop the conscription. He persuades Raidan to follow him into a cave where an old acquaintance, the mysterious Adrik, awaits them. Dimitri believes Adrik has a way to give them magic and, with that, the power to stop Kingston. Adrik confirms this, telling the brothers they are the descendants of the guardian of a magical stone—the Weldafire Stone—and by binding them to it, they will possess insurmountable power. But Raidan does not trust Adrik, who has tricked him in his past. Despite Raidan’s objections, Adrik begins the ritual until he is thwarted, and only Raidan becomes bound to the stone. Suddenly thrust into a world of magic and war, Raidan rejects the magic he possesses for fear of it and only wants to get his family far away from the dangers they face. But if he does nothing, innocent people will die and the oppressive rule of The Valca Order will only worsen. On top of that, an elusive enemy pursues the stone and its power, and if he succeeds, it could mean the end of Kartha. Only Raidan has the power to stop him and protect the people—but can he let go of the past and accept his destiny before it’s too late? A thrilling, epic fantasy adventure full of twists and turns, Blood Bound is the first book in the Guardians of the Weldafire Stone series.
Download or read book Finding Laila written by T.K. Rapp and published by T.K. Rapp. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joey, Cole, Haden and Braxton have been a constant in my life since I was five, and I have loved being one of the guys. I've been cheerleader. I've been study partner. I've been listener. When we're young, we don't realize the profound impact certain people will have on our lives. I had no idea twelve years ago I'd meet four boys who would turn out to be my best friends, my soul mates - my barmy. Now school is almost done, our last summer together is drawing closer, and I'm trying to hold on to what we have while I still can. After this we'll have to say goodbye to each other, as our choices will take our lives in different directions. But I don't know if our friendship can survive once secrets and surprises begin revealing themselves to us at every turn. When it's all said and done, will our friendships remain unbreakable? Or will our once strong bond prove to be weaker than we anticipated? Letting go is harder than I thought, but some changes are necessary. And finding Laila...finding myself...may be the greatest journey of all.
Download or read book Wicked and Forever Trees Laila Part Two written by Shayla Black and published by Shelley Bradley LLC. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this steamy former military security team series from New York Times bestselling author Shayla Black He’ll make her his again…even if he has to seduce her. When the woman he loves is taken, Forest “Trees” Scott abandons a mission to save her from the enemy. Fearing the worst, he moves heaven and earth to find her—until he realizes Laila Torres left him of her own free will for the man who used her for six years. He’s stunned and wrecked. She played him—and he fell for it. One thing he’s not doing? Giving up. He’ll find her and he’ll make her pay…in his bed. Laila is devastated by her tormentor’s return, but when he threatens the bodyguard she’s so foolishly fallen for, she risks everything—including her life—to protect Trees. As a mere pawn in a deadly game played by factions of a cartel, she and Trees have no future unless she can somehow destroy them. But she doesn’t count on Trees hunting her down, stripping her soul bare, and insisting in the sexiest way possible that she belongs to him and always will. But danger awaits around every corner, and secrets abound. As Trees and Laila fight for their future, their enemies close in. Will they let go of their hurts and trust in their love before it’s too late? **Stories in this series are told in a duet of two full-length novels. Each duet can be read as a standalone. Includes strong language, sexy times, alpha male attitude, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Enjoy!**
Download or read book Moonlit Destiny written by Lyra Mistweaver and published by Lyra Mistweaver. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a mesmerizing journey with "Moonlit Destiny," a spellbinding tale where magic, destiny, and untamed passion intertwine. On the night of her birthday, Hazel stumbles into a world beyond her wildest imaginations—a mysterious bar that serves as a sanctuary to the enigmatic and alluring Raze, Nolan, and Griffin. But these are no ordinary patrons; they are lycans, blessed with the ancient power to transform into wolves, living on the fringes of our world to escape the prying eyes of humanity. As the moon climbs high, Hazel discovers a prophecy that binds her fate to these three soul-stirring lycans. Together, they are thrust into a vortex of magic, prophecies, and destinies that demand sacrifice but promise love in its purest, most untamed form. Each page of "Moonlit Destiny" is a testament to the power of love that defies norms and the destiny that binds souls across realms. Dive into a world where love transcends the boundaries of the human and the supernatural. "Moonlit Destiny" is not just a book; it's a gateway to a world where every heartbeat and every whisper of the wind speaks of a love that was written in the stars. Perfect for fans of paranormal romance and tales of fated love, this book will lead you on a journey of discovery, passion, and destiny. Hazel and her lycan soulmates are about to discover that when fate plays its hand, no bond is too sacred, and no sacrifice too great. In the end, will love be enough to overcome destiny's trials? Join them under the cover of night, where secrets unveil, and destinies are fulfilled. "Moonlit Destiny" - Your next unforgettable read awaits, where every turn of the page is a step closer to uncovering the ultimate truth of love and destiny.
Download or read book The Simple Past written by Driss Chraibi and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Simple Past came out in 1954, and both in France and its author’s native Morocco the book caused an explosion of fury. The protagonist, who shares the author’s name, Driss, comes from a Moroccan family of means, his father a self-made tea merchant, the most devout of Muslims, quick to be provoked and ready to lash out verbally or physically, continually bent on subduing his timid wife and many children to his iron and ever-righteous will. He is known, simply, as the Lord, and Driss, who is in high school, is in full revolt against both him and the French colonial authorities, for whom, as much as for his father, he is no one. Driss Chraïbi’s classic coming-of-age story is about colonialism, Islam, the subjection of women, and finding, as his novel does, a voice that is as cutting and coruscating as it is original and free.
Download or read book Out of Heart written by Irfan Master and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donating your heart is the most precious gift of all. LONGLISTED for the 2018 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL Adam is a teenage boy who lives with his mum and younger sister. His dad has left them although lives close by. His sister no longer speaks and his mum works two jobs. Adam feels the weight of the world upon his shoulders. Then his grandfather dies and in doing so he donates a very precious gift - his heart. William is the recipient of Adam's grandfather's heart. He has no family and feels rootless and alone. In fact, he feels no particular reason to live. And then he meets Adam's family. William has received much, but it appears that he has much to offer Adam and his family too. A powerful tale of love and strength in adversity.
Download or read book Wicked and Enslaved Trees Laila The Complete Duet written by Shayla Black and published by Shelley Bradley LLC. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this steamy former military security team series from New York Times bestselling author Shayla Black Wicked and Enslaved is the complete, uncensored story of Trees and Laila. This Former Military Security Team romance collection includes: Wicked as Seduction (Trees & Laila, Part One) He’ll protect her…even if he has to take her captive to save her. Tech wiz and former elite soldier Forest “Trees” Scott had one mission: Rescue the woman being hunted by a vicious cartel and get her to safety. It should have been simple…but the minute he sees the wary beauty with haunted eyes, his desire for her complicates everything. So does her stubborn refusal to trust him. When Trees is forced to abduct her, she vows to hate him—even as he finds himself falling in love… For six years, Laila Torres has known nothing but brutality at the hands of men, so when the massive stranger with the forbidding mien kidnaps her, she’s frightened—and furious. But the giant’s protective care shocks her. With every word, he proves steadfast. With every forbidden touch, he awakens the woman in her. Soon, she’s facing the terrifying realization that he’s also dangerously close to capturing her heart. But their ruthless enemies are closing in, threatening everything Laila holds dear. When she’s forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice, will she trust Trees and their love to save her? Wicked and Forever (Trees & Laila, Part Two) He’ll make her his again…even if he has to seduce her. When the woman he loves is taken, Forest “Trees” Scott abandons a mission to save her from the enemy. Fearing the worst, he moves heaven and earth to find her—until he realizes Laila Torres left him of her own free will for the man who used her for six years. He’s stunned and wrecked. She played him—and he fell for it. One thing he’s not doing? Giving up. He’ll find her and he’ll make her pay…in his bed. Laila is devastated by her tormentor’s return, but when he threatens the bodyguard she’s so foolishly fallen for, she risks everything—including her life—to protect Trees. As a mere pawn in a deadly game played by factions of a cartel, she and Trees have no future unless she can somehow destroy them. But she doesn’t count on Trees hunting her down, stripping her soul bare, and insisting in the sexiest way possible that she belongs to him and always will. But danger awaits around every corner, and secrets abound. As Trees and Laila fight for their future, their enemies close in. Will they let go of their hurts and trust in their love before it’s too late?
Download or read book Slither of Darkness written by Lydia Renfield and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slither of Darkness by Lydia Renfield [--------------------------------------------]
Download or read book Unreal Shadow written by Aaliah Austin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is not as simple as it looks. If there is happiness there will be joy, if there is hatred there is love. Life is a see-saw that has to be balanced, going down never means one cannot come up again. In Sanias life every fall was a lesson and every lesson pulled her up She was a warrior and had a thirst for love true love and true life which in reality is very complicated. Sania like anyone wanted a normal life. She fell, she rose, she cried she fought, she.....all for true love. Love! Is it real; is it perfect, does it change things around you? So much to absorb....one never knows unless one experiences it. Sania had to find the truth and to do so she had to jump in the well as it says you never know how deep it is unless you jump in it. Now years later, Sania risks her marriage to uncover the truth and this truth will change her life.
Download or read book Dirty Little Secret written by Lydia Miranda and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Laila Chance wants to be like Glinda the Good Witch and float away in her magical bubble. Better yet, she wishes she could be Medusa and turn both her abusive parents to stone. When her father finally leaves one weekend after a violent confrontation, Laila hopes he is never coming back. In the meantime, all she can do is pray and attempt to find solace in her creative writing classroom. As she tries to maintain a stable home life, care for her younger brother, and excel in high school, Laila becomes overwhelmed. In an attempt to express herself, she transforms a creative writing assignment into her life story--written under an alias. As her mothers abusive tendencies worsen and the schools golden boy takes an interest in her, Laila is torn between making herself happy and being a good sister. But when her assignment falls into the wrong hands and someone pieces together the truth, Laila thinks things cannot get any worse--until her father returns with a dark purpose. In this compelling young adult tale, a teenager must keep her enemies close and her secrets even closer as her world crumbles around her and she struggles to find happiness.
Download or read book The Bronzed Beasts written by Roshani Chokshi and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to the dark and glamorous 19th century world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with the final riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever in The Bronzed Beasts. After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy to locate Séverin. Meanwhile, Séverin must balance the deranged whims of the Patriarch of the Fallen House and discover the location of a temple beneath a plague island where the Divine Lyre can be played and all that he desires will come to pass. With only ten days until Laila expires, the crew will face plague pits and deadly masquerades, unearthly songs and the shining steps of a temple whose powers might offer divinity itself...but at a price they may not be willing to pay.
Download or read book The Obstacles written by Eloy Urroz Kanan and published by Dalkey Archive Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most remarkable books of contemporary Mexican literature, The Obstacles is the story of young writers coming of age in a world dominated entirely by their own fictions. It tells, in alternating chapters, the stories of two teenagers, Ricardo and Elias, who are characters in each others' novels. Ricardo lives in Mexico City with his mother, who is mourning the recent death of her husband. Elias, an orphan, lives in Las Remoras, a town on the Baja Peninsula that has been invented and meticulously imagined by Ricardo. Blurring our notions of reality and fiction, Eloy Urroz takes the reader into a world where characters invent characters and challenge their creators. And the book's conclusion--in which a surprising connection between Ricardo and Elias is revealed--shows that not even fiction can be controlled in a world of such incredible unpredictability."--Publisher's website.
Download or read book We Also Own the Night written by K HariVansh and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 40 years of experience in a laboratory he knew its ins and outs, aspirations of the people who worked there, their fights, love and malice. But he writes without his involvement in the affairs of the people, though he has observed them from very close quarters. "We Also Own The Night" is the first novel of a new author from India but already a best seller, appreciated by main publishers in the UK. It is wonderful to go through and you will love it.
Download or read book Guarding the Soldier s Secret written by Kathleen Creighton and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sexy soldier comes back from the dead to protect his daughter and her beautiful guardian. Desperate to save his young daughter's life, soldier Hunt Grainger tasked war correspondent Yancy Malone with smuggling Laila to the US. Now, years later, Yancy and Laila are back in Afghanistan—and face-to-face with the man they both thought was dead. Hunt is desperate to reconnect with the child he barely knows and the headstrong redhead he never forgot. When Laila and Yancy are targeted by a group hell-bent on revenge, Hunt's protective instincts kick into overdrive. Their only option: hide out at Yancy's family ranch until the threat subsides. But Hunt's own secrets might lead everyone he loves into even more danger!
Download or read book Married to a Prince written by Calista Kyle and published by Calista Kyle. This book was released on with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laila Greer never believed in fairy tales. She was too busy living in the real world and dealing with real world problems to waste time trying to find Prince Charming. That is until Andreas De Berg walked into her life. Disgraced and sent away by his family, Prince Andreas arrives in New York looking for a fresh start. The last thing he needs is to be tempted by some beautiful hotel clerk. It’s what got him in trouble the last time. Unfortunately for Andreas, one look at Laila and he knew it was a losing battle. Laila wants nothing to do with the handsome arrogant stranger when he shows up at her hotel without reservations, but finds herself inexplicably drawn to him against her better judgment. But happily ever after isn’t so easy in the real world, and painful secrets from their past threaten to destroy their happiness. Can a regular working class girl and a playboy prince overcome all the obstacles in their way to live happily ever after? Full Length (107,000 word) Contemporary Royal Romance
