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 L Is for Lion written by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1960s Bronx tomboy learns how to survive her brutal but humorous Italian family and all the rest that life throws her. The harder you hit the pavement, the higher you fly. This vivid memoir speaks the intense truth of a Bronx tomboy whose 1960s girlhood was marked by her fathers lullabies laced with his dissociative memories of combat in World War II. At four years old, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto bounced her Spaldeen on the stoop and watched the boys play stickball in the street; inside, she hid silver teaspoons behind the heat pipes to tap calls for help while her father beat her mother. At eighteen, on the edge of ambitious freedom, her studies at Brown University were halted by the growth of a massive tumor inside her chest. Thus began a wild, truth-seeking journey for survival, fueled by the lessons of lasagna vows, and Spaldeen ascensions. From the stoops of the Bronx to cross-dressing on the streets of Egypt, from the cancer ward at Memorial Sloan-Kettering to New York Citys gay club scene of the 80s, this poignant and authentic story takes us from underneath the dining room table to the stoop, the sidewalk, the street, and, ultimately, out into the wide world of immigration, gay subculture, cancer treatment, mental illness, gender dynamics, drug addiction, domestic violence, and a vast array of Italian American characters. With a quintessential New Yorker as narrator and guide, this journey crescendos in a reluctant return home to the timeless wisdom of a peasant, immigrant grandmother, Rosa Marsico Petruzzelli, who shows us the sweetest essence of soul.
Download or read book Bunny written by Mona Awad and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Soon to be a major motion picture "Jon Swift + Witches of Eastwick + Kelly 'Get In Trouble' Link + Mean Girls + Creative Writing Degree Hell! No punches pulled, no hilarities dodged, no meme unmangled! O Bunny you are sooo genius!" —Margaret Atwood, via Twitter "A wild, audacious and ultimately unforgettable novel." —Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times "Awad is a stone-cold genius." —Ann Bauer, The Washington Post The Vegetarian meets Heathers in this darkly funny, seductively strange novel from the acclaimed author of 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl and Rouge "We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. We very nearly did, didn't we?" Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision. The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination. Named a Best Book of 2019 by TIME, Vogue, Electric Literature, and The New York Public Library
Download or read book Love and Rage written by Lama Rod Owens and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation? White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death. In Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens, coauthor of Radical Dharma, shows how this unmetabolized anger--and the grief, hurt, and transhistorical trauma beneath it--needs to be explored, respected, and fully embodied to heal from heartbreak and walk the path of liberation. This is not a book about bypassing anger to focus on happiness, or a road map for using spirituality to transform the nature of rage into something else. Instead, it is one that offers a potent vision of anger that acknowledges and honors its power as a vehicle for radical social change and enduring spiritual transformation. Love and Rage weaves the inimitable wisdom and lived experience of Lama Rod Owens with Buddhist philosophy, practical meditation exercises, mindfulness, tantra, pranayama, ancestor practices, energy work, and classical yoga. The result is a book that serves as both a balm and a blueprint for those seeking justice who can feel overwhelmed with anger--and yet who refuse to relent. It is a necessary text for these times.
Download or read book Outstanding Men s Monologues written by Craig Pospisil and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editors Craig Pospisil and Danna Call compiled this new collection of more than fifty monologues selected exclusively from Dramatists Play Service publications from recent seasons. Inside these pages you will find an enormous range of voices and subject matter, characters from their teens to their sixties and authors of widely varied styles, but all immensely talented. These monologues represent some of the best writing in the American theatre today, and we are proud to bring them together in this new volume.
Download or read book Lions and Tigers and Hamsters written by Mark Goldstein and published by Health Communications Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the time Dr. Mark Goldstein was a little boy—even before he had his first dog—he was fascinated by creatures both domestic and wild. After graduating veterinary school at Cornell University, he became a veterinarian in clinical practice, then director of zoos in Boston and Los Angeles, then head of a progressive humane society where he advocated for animal welfare. During his extraordinary 30-year career, Dr. Mark has accrued a lifetime of experiences working with all sorts of animals and the people who care for them. Dr. Mark's life with animals taught him more than how to be a great doctor, it taught him how to live life. The stories in this book reflect those lessons; they will make you laugh and cry as they entertain and amaze you. Each real-life experience sheds light on the challenges and hard work of the talented individuals who work in the world of animal welfare. These are stories that illustrate the tremendous impact animals have on our daily lives—they are hallmarks of the sacred importance of the human-animal bond. On your journey through the exhilarating life of Dr. Mark, you'll meet some of the finned, furred, and feathered animals who offered him invaluable insights—Harold the hamster, Sasha the Siberian tiger, St. Francis the German Shepherd, Ralph the buffalo, Gus the stallion, Frank the goldfish, and many more fascinating creatures!
Download or read book SUM written by At'aru Krios and published by John Moore. This book was released on with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does one start something like this? Do I introduce myself? That would be hard as I feel like I am still waking from an almost endless dream. As you come on this journey of self-discovery, you will not be alone, because I will be right there beside you, learning and understanding about what it is to be alive. Let’s unlock the secrets of the universe together. Within this book I am going to unravel ten thousand years of misconception. I’m going to break a hypnotic effect that has been placed on you by language and expectation. I would assume now you’re thinking to yourself, “here’s another one.” Though you may not grasp or believe what I am sharing, I can promise you, it will change your life. Much of it, you will not find in any other document on the planet. Within this book I am going to share advanced knowledge thousands of years beyond current human understanding. The knowledge of how to bend space. Generate endless and unfathomable power. And an understanding of why this knowledge is still currently beyond the reach of men. You will take a trip to a time before the flood and walk with the Angels of the ancient world when we still walked among you. So much of what I have shared will not make sense to you… not yet. Much of what I share will resonate with you in a way you won’t believe, explaining many of your internal thoughts you have struggled with your whole life. I will explain planetary and universal evolution and even tell you how the universe came into being. “How?” you ask could I claim such insane things. “No lowly human could answer such questions.” This is true, no human could. So, I came here from somewhere else. But that somewhere else is the same planet you come from. I was born here same as you. But I am not a human, I am… well I’m something else. Telling you would be pointless because there is not a name for it. Let’s just say, I am the scientist from heaven who came to understand this space and how to communicate that with you. This is my purpose. As yours is to live your life for you. Mine is to dedicate my existence to your survival. This will make little sense now, but a line in my book I use a number of times. Heaven cannot exist without the earth. One reflects the other. If you poison the earth, you poison heaven. So, we came back. You want this to make sense? The answers are within. And I came here. A journey further than any could grasp, to be here to share this with you. Yes you, touch your chest, I am talking to you. I came because of the love we still hold for all who walk the earth. This effort, these words, this knowledge. I came all the way here just to share it with you, my powerful, beautiful loving human. My wish is only for it to help you. You will learn about your universe, and you will learn about yourself. You will be shown new paths to knowledge, new ways to understand yourself within the great universe. If you think you are isolated or separated, you are not. Within this book I offer salvation to any who will reach for it. Not religion, not spirituality. I offer you science, I offer you truth in a way you never imagined seeing it. I have ripped back the veil of lies placed over your understanding of yourself and how you fit into universal law. I have shown the true and unfettered truth of our existence. You need only reach and take it.
Download or read book The Lion Who Wanted To Love written by Giles Andreae and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of international bestseller, Giraffes Can't Dance, comes this feel-good rhyming story about a brave little lion who dares to be different ... Leo isn't like other lion cubs. Instead of chasing zebras and antelopes, he wants to make friends with them. But can a lion who's so different ever fit in with the rest of his pride? Learn how Leo's kindness brings happiness to the jungle in this colourful picture book story. Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award.
Download or read book The Lion s Lady written by Julie Garwood and published by G K Hall & Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appearing suddenly on the London social scene, Christina Bennet entrances the Duke of Lynstead, but he is frustrated when she rebuffs his advances
Download or read book Broken Lion written by Devon Hartford and published by Devon Hartford. This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The law says I can’t love her. I don’t care what the law says. I’m gonna love her anyway.” -Lion Maxwell FEEL THE BEAST. The night the EMTs wheeled Lion Maxwell into my Emergency Room turned my life upside down. Although he was bloody and battered from defending his title as the reigning cruiserweight champion of Mixed Martial Arts, his cocky grin lit up the room. And every cell in my body. Our fiery chemistry was off the charts. The ER staff sensed it. Lion’s entourage and his drooling groupies sensed it too. SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T WANT ME. SHE WAS WRONG. If the two of us had been alone, I might have done something entirely unprofessional and completely unethical right there in the exam room. But I was his attending physician. A sexual or romantic relationship with him was grounds for my termination or worse, revoking my medical license. I wouldn’t risk my career on a moment of passion. It didn’t stop that arrogant caveman from doing everything he could to get me into his hospital bed. WANTING HIM WOULD RUIN ME… After denying his advances for weeks, the last thing I expected were the wild nights he would be spending in my bed. It was supposed to be nothing more than a secret fling. I knew it couldn’t last. He was still my patient. What we were doing was wrong. If anyone found out, it could ruin my life. But we couldn’t let go. We were bound to each other on some primal level that consumed us. Sometimes love is tragic. Sometimes two people aren’t meant to be together. But sometimes, two people overcome all adversity and build a love that lasts forever. Deep in my heart I knew that Lion Maxwell could be my forever love. As long as we kept our love a secret. I wish I’d known beforehand that some secrets are too hard to keep… ***Broken Lion is a scorching hot standalone romance with an HEA and no cheating.
Download or read book Everything Will be Different written by Mark Schultz and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Teenage Charlotte's beautiful mother is dead, and in the midst of her own grief and her father's unwillingness to cope, she turns for comfort to the story of Helen of Troy, convinced that beauty, desire and fame can help her bring her mo
Download or read book My New Roots written by Sarah Britton and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At long last, Sarah Britton, called the “queen bee of the health blogs” by Bon Appétit, reveals 100 gorgeous, all-new plant-based recipes in her debut cookbook, inspired by her wildly popular blog. Every month, half a million readers—vegetarians, vegans, paleo followers, and gluten-free gourmets alike—flock to Sarah’s adaptable and accessible recipes that make powerfully healthy ingredients simply irresistible. My New Roots is the ultimate guide to revitalizing one’s health and palate, one delicious recipe at a time: no fad diets or gimmicks here. Whether readers are newcomers to natural foods or are already devotees, they will discover how easy it is to eat healthfully and happily when whole foods and plants are at the center of every plate.
Download or read book Niko Draws a Feeling written by Bob Raczka and published by Carolrhoda Books ®. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Niko loves to draw his world: the ring-a-ling of the ice cream truck, the warmth of sun on his face. But no one appreciates his art. Until one day, Niko meets Iris . . . This imaginative and tender story explores the creative process, abstract art, friendship, and the universal desire to feel understood. A Junior Library Guild selection, Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book, Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books, Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice, Midwest Connections Pick, NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts, and New York Public Library Best Book for Kids
Download or read book Shadow of the Lion written by Ruthie Jorgensen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Callie was fed up with being treated as though she were invisible her whole life, ignored by everyone including her own mother. Her poor self-image was cultivated by ridicule and taunting from kids at school; it had become a way of life for her. An incident with the campus heartthrob pushes her over the edge. When she can't take the pressure of school and home anymore, Callie goes away to live with her aunt where she finishes her senior year of high school, and undergoes a startling transformation, in more ways than one. She returns home a brand new person, with new confidence, and a plan for revenge against those who wronged her. Little did she know that she herself would become the victim of her own plot for revenge. Callie would learn the hard way that getting even can be costly.
Download or read book Jaws of the Lion written by Angus Hyslop and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 1997 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lion s Legacy written by L. C. Rosen and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo’s life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex’s new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn’t seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a few choices: 1. Stay, mope, regret it forever. 2. Go, try to reconcile with Dad, become his sidekick again. 3. Go, but make it his adventure, and Dad will be the sidekick. The object of his father’s latest quest, the Rings of the Sacred Band of Thebes, is too enticing to say no to. Finding artifacts related to the troop of ancient Greek soldiers, composed of one-hundred-and-fifty gay couples, means navigating ruins, deciphering ancient mysteries, and maybe meeting a cute boy. But will his dad let Tennessee do the right thing with the rings if they find them? And what is the right thing? Who does queer history belong to? Against the backdrop of a sunlit Greek landscape, author L. C. Rosen masterfully weaves together adventure, romance, and magic in a celebration of the power of claiming your queer legacy.
Download or read book Rescued By Five written by Charlotte Storm and published by Wylde Storm Publishing via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman in danger. Five men who will do anything to protect her. One night that changes their lives forever . . . Mia Harper thinks having a personal security detail is overkill. The attempt on her life wasn't that big a deal, and she's always prided herself on being an independent woman. But when five sexy, ex-military men show up at her door, she isn't sure which is more dangerous. Taking her chances with the stalker who attacked her, or staying under the constant watch—and hot bodies—of her guards. Mia's never been good at limiting her desires. Desires that soon fuel wild fantasies about being with five men at once. But just as things heat up between them, her attacker brings a heat of his own. With Mia's life, and the men's careers, on the line, the five of them pull out all the stops to save her. But will they be in time to rescue the woman all of them have fallen for? Rescued By Five is a MFMMMM Reverse Harem romantic suspense with an extremely high heat level. If you like a full-figured, strong, sassy heroine who doesn't have to choose between her obscenely gorgeous, loyal men, then this book is for you. Purchase NOW to get Rescued by five men guarateed to turn any chilly night scorching hot!
