Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Download or read book Unconditional Love written by Rosaland Caselberry and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erica and Marcus embark on a new journey of love. A journey filled with drama, doubt and unforeseen obstacles. As they struggle to gain control of their relationship, it inevitably becomes the battle of the Ex’s. Through these difficulties, both Marcus and Erica learn more about their own strengths and weaknesses. Will Erica go back to what is familiar to her or choose Marcus and the baggage that comes with loving him? Can Marcus break the strongholds of his past and let love take control? Is Erica able to let her faith and patience trample over all that tries to come between them in their journey to find each other? In the uncertainty, they each realize that unconditional love is worth the fight.

Download or read book Hyperbole and a Half written by Allie Brosh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!

Download or read book The Waves of Love written by Venus Yetim and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is Claire seeing nightmares? Is it a message? A sign? Why dont they stop but instead reoccur every night? She doesnt have answers to her questions. But will Jack Wave be the answer to her dreams? She has never even met him in person. A mysterious man that appears from nowhere but shows up to Claires marine bio class, where he searches for Claire. People start to talk and question. He keeps saying Claire. He is here for Claire. He keeps showing up to her dreams. Will he show his true self to her? Why is he so secretive? Who is he really? Why is he here? Who is he here for? Why is he hiding from everyone? Hes trying to look so strong, but his weakness is Claire. No matter how much he hides his secrets, Claire will track him and search him to find out his deepest, darkest secrets. Somethings happened. For a reason, those dreams show the future.

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Download or read book Shark Island written by Chris Jameson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shark attack survivor believes she has already lived through her worst nightmare. She's dead wrong. . . Naomi Cardiff is not one to give up without a fight—and now, after learning about a series of shark attacks in Cape Cod, she’s joined a team of scientists to put a stop to the terror. The plan: to lure the sharks to a remote island far from the populated coastline. Meanwhile, a fierce Nor’Easter is underway. . . In the midst of the storm, an alarming number of Great Whites have come to slaughter the seals in a vicious feeding frenzy. When sharks ram and breach the hull, Naomi and her team must jump ship and swim desperately through a sea of circling fins and gaping jaws to the tiny island. But as the swells from the storm begin to swallow their rocky refuge, how will they manage to make it out alive?

Download or read book Her Christmas Wish Designed by Love written by Sherelle Green and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HER CHRISTMAS WISH When Kyra Reed discovers that Luke O’Connor is in LA, the Bare Sophistication manager vows to make him pay for breaking her heart. Her revenge goes south when the real-estate mogul entices her into his bed and reawakens her desire. But Luke is bound by a long-ago promise, and Kyra is wary of trusting him again. Will they get their secret holiday wish—to be each other’s by Christmas? DESIGNED BY LOVE “Flings without strings” is Jeremy Hunter’s credo while he grows his California robotics company. But he craves a deeper connection after sharing assistant professor Serita Edwards’s bed during a weeklong conference. When they unexpectedly meet again, he’s ready to take things to the next level. But his company’s newest hire won’t mix business and pleasure. Unless Jeremy can win Serita’s heart with his hands-on approach to life…and love.

Download or read book Escaping Me written by Elizabeth Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-07-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All she wants to do is forget. Forget the memory of walking in on her boyfriend in the middle of, well, another girl. Forget how she had her entire life planned out. And forget about being perfect all the time. Unfortunately, she is Whitney Vandaveer, and despite the fact that she has moved to the middle of nowhere—she can't.He's always known he would never be more than nothing. No job, no money, no future. Cole Pritchett has accepted the fact that he will always be the screw up, and he is okay with it. Until he meets her.Here's the thing they quickly find out—sometimes we all need a little help escaping who we think we are.

Download or read book Love on the Rocks A Positano Tale written by Catie Costa and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirtysomething best friends Kit and Bridget flee their humdrum lives to spend the summer in Positano, the infamous "Pearl of the Amalfi," for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation filled with frivolously expensive and tantalizingly wonderful experiences-and that was just the food. Kit is in love with the cliff side resort town -and with Lassino, a pizza chef who lives there. At the prospect of spending the summer in a country synonymous with pizza and gelato, neurotically obsessive and weight-conscious Bridget is already in panic mode. But she's ready to risk a few pounds to get away from it all for a few months. So she and Kit rent an apartment, and they invite their friends over for a visit. They find themselves with no shortage of good friends who want to spend time in Italy on the cheap. Their idyllic summer getaway flies by, thanks to a wedding, a death threat, a missing teen, a lunatic Australian, love on the rocks, a pregnancy, and lots and lots of sparkly prosecco.

Download or read book Catching Cassidy Harborside Nights 1 Love in Bloom Contemporary Romance written by Melissa Foster and published by World Literary Press. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harborside Nights is a sexy, hot, and evocatively real new adult contemporary romance series that follows a group of friends who come together after college--and tragedy--to build their lives. They're tough, edgy, and accepting--most of the time. Wyatt My summer plans didn’t include falling for my best friend I never imagined that instead of celebrating my college graduation and spending the summer in Harborside partying with my friends, my twin sister and I would be dealing with the death of our parents and taking over their bar. I’ve never been one to think past tomorrow. How am I supposed to run a freaking bar? Now more than ever, I need my best friend, Cassidy, by my side. The trouble is, the more we’re together, the more I want to kiss her, and when I do, I won’t want to stop there. Cassidy A summer of grief, growing up, and…losing my best friend? Wyatt has always been there for me, helping me pass my classes and fending off unwanted advances, while driving me insane with his one-night stands. But that's what best friends are for, isn't it? Having each other's backs, no matter what? There was never any doubt that I’d remain by his side all summer, but I didn’t expect to start seeing the six-two, infuriatingly-handsome, shameless flirt as more than a friend. He may be a sure thing for the summer, but I need more. I’ve got a real job in another city to begin in the fall, and I won’t give up my future, or my heart, for a summer fling. Harborside Nights series Catching Cassidy (Het) Discovering Delilah (F/F) Tempting Tristan (M/M) Characters from the Love in Bloom series will appear in the Harborside Nights books. "A wonderful emotional and touching story, about friends to lovers, family and friendship that will pull on our heartstrings. If you love romance, great stories, wonderful characters, family, and steamy sex; Melissa Foster is one of the best." Barb Liebman, The Reading Cafe *CATCHING CASSIDY is a SILVER MEDAL Winner! Readers' Favorite Award, Realistic Fiction* "Catching Cassidy is laugh out loud funny, heartwarming, sexy, and hands down one of my favorite reads so far this year!" -- #1 NYT Bestselling Author of The Bet, Rachel Van Dyken "You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" -- New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak "The whole Love in Bloom series is pretty amazing, but Bursting with Love just blew me away. It's sweet and heartbreaking and sexy and easily one of the best romances I've ever read." -- Fic Central "Melissa Foster has an amazing penmanship in being able to create a world where family is of utmost importance, friendship is never to be abused, and that true love and trust is something that you can never break." Kathleen, Alpha Book Club "Like Nora Roberts, Melissa Foster has captivated me with her fantastic, sexy, romantic stories." K. Winning, avid reader "Sensual, sexy, and satisfying. A captivating blend of the dance between lust, love, and life." -- Bestselling author, Keri Nola (on The Bradens) "Melissa Foster writes the best contemporary romance I have ever read. 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Download or read book How to Kill a Rock Star written by Tiffanie DeBartolo and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Funny, tender, edgy. I wanted the love story to go on forever."—Joan Johnston, bestselling author of No Longer a Stranger Written in the wonderfully honest, edgy, and hilarious voice she perfected in God-Shaped Hole, Tiffanie DeBartolo shines in a passionate new story of music, love, and sacrifice. Eliza Caelum, a young music journalist, is finally getting her footing in New York when she meets Paul Hudson, a talented songwriter and lead singer of the band Bananafish. They soon realize they share more than a reverence for rock music and plunge headlong into love. When Bananafish is signed by a big corporate label, and Paul is on his way to becoming a major rock star, Eliza's past forces her to make a heartbreaking decision that might be the key to Paul's sudden disappearance. A layered and emotional look into the world of music, this raw summer read will resonate with readers who loved Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Praise for Tiffanie DeBartolo's God-Shaped Hole: "From highs to heartbreak, DeBartolo conjures an affair to remember."—People "Honest, raw, and engaging."—Booklist "This generation's Love Story."—Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Stand Off written by Andrew Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a senior at Pine Mountain Academy, fifteen-year-old Ryan Dean West becomes captain of the rugby team, shares his dormitory room with twelve-year-old prodigy Sam Abernathy, and through the course of the year learns to appreciate things he has tried to resist, including change.

Download or read book Red Maple Falls Series Bundle Books 4 6 written by Theresa Paolo and published by TMP Books Inc. . This book was released on 2019-01-07 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love blooms in the New Hampshire town of Red Maple Falls in this newest collection of utterly romantic small-town love stories! Join the rest of the Hayes siblings as they each find love in the most unexpected of ways. Catching Cooper: Cooper and Sarah A sexy travel blogger and a single mom can't evade love in this small-town romance. Cooper Hayes, a travel blogger, is always in search of his next adventure. He loves his big family and the small town he grew up in, but after a prolonged visit home, the itch to take off grows, until he meets an uptight woman with gorgeous eyes and a sharp tongue. Something about her, and her immunity to his charm, makes him question everything. Sarah Kramer, a single mother who puts her son above everything else, refuses to even glance in a man's direction. Then she comes face to face with the elusive Cooper Hayes, a man not only of mystery and intrigue but someone who pushes her buttons and gets her hot in a way no man ever has, and she can't deny the instant attraction, even if he is an over-confident jerk. Sarah agrees to go on a date with Cooper, to give herself one night of fun. But their night takes a turn, reminding her she's a mom above everything else, and giving her no choice but to put an end to the growing desires. Unfortunately, living in a small town makes it impossible to avoid each other, and it's only a matter of time before their undeniable chemistry explodes. Will Sarah finally be able to open her heart to a man? And if she does, will it be reason enough for Cooper to stay? Hung Up on Hadley: Hadley and Sam For over twenty years she secretly loved her brother's best friend, but now the secret is out. Hadley Hayes has been in love with her brother's best friend for as long as she can remember. Now at thirty-one, she's determined to make Sam see her as more than just the little girl who used to follow him around the family farm. Aware of his fear of commitment, she's ready to show him that happily ever after isn't just meant for the fairy tales. Sam Bennett, Red Maple Falls fire chief and notorious bachelor, swore he'd never make a pass at any of his best friend's sisters, but when Hadley confesses her feelings, he can no longer deny their chemistry. Trying to hold on to a promise he made when he was only fifteen becomes increasingly hard as their relationship intensifies. When a tragic turn of events sends Sam spiraling it reminds him that he's not the hero who everyone sees--he's the kid from the wrong side of the tracks who never really belonged. Determined to prove Sam's worth,Hadley refuses to give up on him, but will her love be enough to pull him from the ashes or will their happily ever after go down in flames? Dreaming of Daisy: Daisy and Nick She left him once to live her dream, but can she do it again? With big dreams of seeing her name in lights on Broadway, Daisy Hayes left behind her small town, family, and the only boy she ever loved. Six years later, broke,unsuccessful, and on the brink of being homeless, she refuses to accept that she failed. But when she receives a phone call from home, she has no choice but to get on the next train and face the past she ran out on all those years ago. Nick Davis has never fully recovered after his high school sweetheart disappeared without an explanation only hours after he proposed. Throwing himself into school or work, and his father's illness, kept him going. But with his dad now gone and his career a success, he's out of distractions. So when Daisy Hayes comes back to town and he's face-to-face with the girl who broke his heart, he is forced to confront the demons of his past. Unable to avoid each other, tensions heat up, old chemistry resurfaces, and a love they both thought was lost is found. But with one refusing to look back and the other refusing to let go, their second chance at forever might be over before it even begins.

Download or read book A New Beginning written by John Stewart and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Beginning is an action-packed story about one family’s struggle to take on a new life on a new planet. June and David Randall and their two kids never expected to wake up one day and leave Earth for good. Their love for each other and their fight for life are all they have in this new world. June’s invention of a radical new pacemaker gets the attention of the inhabitants of Planet Zerr and the Universal Alliance. They come to Earth to take June back to Zerr, but find they get more than they bargained for! First June’s family lands on a galaxy space station and then it’s on to Planet Zerr. Along the way, things are not what they seem. David is in for the fight of his life trying to keep his wife and kids safe from would-be kidnappers. The Randall family ends up in the center of a rebellion on Zerr, where the fight for June’s Adrenal-Pacer means victory for the planet that possesses it. Adding more spice to the story, June’s secret admirer from Planet Neriah continues to be a formidable enemy when she least expects it. Jonah, a Special Forces soldier, never gives up his mission to take June for his planet’s gain … and for his own pleasures.

Download or read book Surviving High School written by Lele Pons and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lele is a bulls-eye target at her new school in Miami until, overnight, her digital fame catapults the girl with cheerleader looks, a seriously silly personality, and a self-deprecating funny bone into the popular crowd. Now she's facing a whole new set of challenges--the relentless drama, the ruthless cliques, the unexpected internet celebrity--all while trying to keep her grades up and make her parents proud"--

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