Download or read book Where the Heart Is written by Billie Letts and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A down on her luck pregnant teen finds herself living in a shopping center in this Oprah's Book Club selection that inspired the film starring Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman. Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small Southwest town–a group of down-to-earth, deeply caring people willing to help a homeless, jobless girl. From Bible-thumping blue-haired Sister Thelma Husband to eccentric librarian Forney Hull, they are about to take her–and you, too–on a moving, funny, and unforgettable journey.

Download or read book A Little Bit of Numerology written by Novalee Wilder and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crash course in how to use the age-old spiritual and practical study of numbers in your own life, including calculating your essence and name vibration. Through the energetic power of numbers, it’s possible to gain insights into the core of who we are and what specific gifts and challenges we are here to master. Practicing numerologist Novalee Wilder provides an overview of the ancient esoteric system of numerology, including its history and origins. A step-by-step guide shows how to calculate your essence by examining the numbers one through nine, and using the results to explore your personality, understand essential life lessons, and figure out goals. Wilder also discusses the concept of name vibrations, the Numeroscope (a numerologist’s greatest tool), understanding others through numerology (using famous figures throughout history as examples), and applying this knowledge to your daily life.

Download or read book Bear Temptation written by Novalee Swan and published by Novalee Swan. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bar. A game of pool. A bet… When grizzly shifter Bear Reid arrives in Rosewood, Tennessee, he doesn't expect to find a luscious redhead waiting tables and fending off barflies with sugar-coated threats. She's a ray of sunshine in purgatory and he wants her. Bad. So he buys the bar. Kelly McKenna has a head for numbers, but she takes one look at her enigmatic new boss—all malt hair and whiskey eyes—and finally understands what it means to crave. Eventually, sweet flirtation leads to a not-so-sweet game of pool. And a bet. Winner takes all. But there's something Kelly doesn't know about Bear. A secret that could destroy her trust and her heart forever. Bear Temptation is the first book in Novalee Swan's Shifter Town series. It features her trademark heat and emotional intensity and is perfect for readers who love sexy shifter romance and small-town charm. About This Series Rosewood, Tennessee—or Shifter Town, as the locals call it—has the biggest population of shifters co-existing with humans in the country. Lions, bears, wolves . . . you name it and this town has it. Along with more than its fair share of alphas. They're the lawmen, bartenders, construction workers. Ever met an alpha librarian? In Shifter Town you will. These strong, sexy men find their mates in the women of Rosewood, some willingly and some a little less so, but always in a story worth telling in this hot new series with small town charm by Novalee Swan.

Download or read book Modernity Reimagined An Analytic Guide written by Chandra Mukerji and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Book Award in 2012, Chandra Mukerji offers with this remarkable new book an explanation of the birth and subsequent proliferation of the many strands in the braid of modernity. The journey she takes us on is dedicated to teasing those strands apart, using forms of cultural analysis from the social sciences to approach history with fresh eyes. Faced with the problem of trying to understand what is hardest to see: the familiar, she gains analytic distance and clarity by juxtaposing cultural analysis with history, asking how modernity began and how people conjured into existence the world we now recognize as modern. Part I describes the genesis of key modern social forms: the modern self, communities of strangers, the modern state, and the industrial world economy. Part II focuses on modern social types: races, genders, and childhood. Part III focuses on some of the cultural artifacts and activities of the contemporary world that people have invented and used to cope with the burdens of self-making and to react against the broken promises of modern discourse and the silent injuries of material modernism. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 color photographs in its 10 chapters, MODERNITY REIMAGINED is not just an explanation, an analysis of how modern life came to be, it is also a model for how to do cultural thinking about today’s world.

Download or read book Mother Dear written by Nova Lee Maier and published by AmazonCrossing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's only one thing worse than doing the unthinkable: what you're willing to do to hide it. Helen lives a decent, uncomplicated life. Satisfied in her career, she's raising three happy teenagers, and her family has the most envied house on the street. Admittedly, she's growing just a little disenchanted with her marriage to her workaholic husband, Werner. But that's nothing she can't fix. Then one day Helen comes home to something completely unexpected that threatens to shatter her carefully cultivated world. For disaffected, young petty criminals Ralf and Brian, it was a scheme to make some cash: a quick home invasion. The targets they've chosen are Helen and Werner. With Ralf as lookout, Brian disappears into Helen and Werner's house. But he never comes out. And Helen's nightmare is just beginning. She can't possibly imagine how much worse it can get or just how far she'll need to go to protect her family.

Download or read book Blockbuster Plots Pure and Simple written by Martha Alderson and published by Illusion Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blockbuster Plots Pure and Simple presents step-by-step strategies that demystify the structure of story. Track the 7 most important elements of scene - pre-plot; cause and effect; conflict, tension, suspence; complex characters; compelling action; clarify theme; re-vision rewrites. You will be able to develop a multi-layered plotline for your story.

Download or read book Wal Mart World written by Stanley D. Brunn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now that Wal-Mart has conquered the US, can it conquer the world? As Wal-Mart World shows, the corporation is certainly trying. For a number of years, Wal-Mart has been the largest company in the United States. Now, though, it is the largest company in the world. Its global labor practices and outsourcing strategies represent for many what contemporary economic globalization is all about. But Wal-Mart is not standing still, and is opening up stores everywhere. From Germany to Beijing to Mexico City to Tokyo, more than a billion shoppers can now hunt for bargains at a Wal-Mart superstore. Wal-Mart World is the first book to look at this incredibly important phenomenon in global perspective, with chapters that range from its growth in the US and impact on labor relations here to its fortunes overseas. How Wal-Mart manages this transition in the near future will play a significant role in the determining the character of the global economy. Wal-Mart World's impressively broad scope makes it necessary reading for anyone interested in the global impact of this economic colossus.

Download or read book Blood Beloved A Romantasy Novel written by Ember Blackthorn and published by Ember Blackthorn. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild longings. Sumptuous magic. And legends come to life… Her prince has been bespelled by another. Her body has been claimed by a goddess. And her budding magic burns beneath her skin. Now, as Marigold faces this world of monsters, curses, and legends made flesh, she finds herself at a breaking point—and the future of Therador hangs in the balance. Blood & Beloved is the stunning continuation of the Curse & Kingdom series, an epic tale of spellbinding love, exquisite magic, and bargains bound by blood. CURSE & KINGDOM is an ongoing fantasy romance series full of spicy romance, lush magic, and enchanted, oh-so-sexy heroes. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Rebecca Yarros, Jennifer L. Armentrout, K.F. Breene, Carrie Ann Ryan, Raven Kennedy, Elise Kova, LJ Andrews, Sav R. Miller, and C.N. Crawford! Keywords: fantasy romance, fantasy romance novels, new adult fantasy, new adult fantasy romance, portal fantasy, love triangle, fantasy love triangle, slow burn romance, slow burn fantasy romance, multiple love interests, royal romance, magic romance, magic, sorceress, warrior hero, prince, brooding prince, assassin, rogue, enchanted forest, fairy tale, fairy tale retelling, fairytale, fantasy romance series, na fantasy, na fantasy series, new adult fantasy series, portal fantasy series, paranormal, paranormal fantasy romance, paranormal romance, shifter, shifter romance, shifter hero

Download or read book Cross Country Conspiracy written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twins Domingo and Carmen Rivera are ready for the big Camp Rivals Race, when the four camps compete in an annual cross-country running competition, but this year there are problems: in the boys' race there is a pile-up, and Andy, Domingo's old friend, manages to prevent him from winning--but when Andy sends a text warning Carmen to watch out in the girls' race the twins become convinced that some of the other kids are cheating by working together to sabotage rival runners.

Download or read book Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Chick Flick written by Kimberly Potts and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to point out all the valuable life lessons that can be found in even the cheesiest, weepiest, most over-the-top chick flicks features fun chapters with overarching life lessons, backed up by examples from favorite films.

Download or read book The Treatise of the Nearly Immortal written by Stiller Whistman Pryce and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How would you react, if by heresy, you were denounced a demon for simple powers bestowed upon you through gifts of unfathomable imagination? You find a new Messiah. A troubled young man is tutored through the imagined persona of Jack the Ripper to become hero to the underworld. When Hurley Mastic moves into a rural neighborhood, the inhabitants of Hermit Row begin meeting their tragic deaths. The rash of gruesome murders is but a drop in the bucket compared to humanity's fate as the young man's creation seeks to control the world's female population through world domination, beginning with the town of Flagstaff, Arizona. This thrilling Alice in Wonderland tale pits a young man's Vampires against their intended prey, a pack of ruthless and sexually charged female protagonists who fight to escape becoming futuristic playthings. Compare your sanity to the mind of a sociopath in this delicately crafted adventure in a novel torn between realities. You choose which side wins.

Download or read book Chasing My Rejected Luna written by MerandaH. and published by StarNovel (HK) Co., Limited. This book was released on 2024-02-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daddy, please! Please don’t do this!” I begged with my hands. “It’s done, Tegan. The contract is signed. You will leave tonight to be the Alpha King’s contracted mate. You will bear him an heir within three months, or you will regret it!” He roared out, his face showing me just how angry he truly was. I silently wept at the cards fate played me. I will be nothing more than a baby-making machine for the cruelest Alpha known, Ezra Hendricks. Tegan Declan is a shy she-wolf who was born deaf. She is starting a new life as a disabled wolf in a new pack. She is the new contracted mate to the Alpha King, Ezra Hendricks. “Being deaf was a quality I would hate my son to have. As a wolf, you need all your senses to be able to lead, protect, and stay alive. Lacking hearing would not benefit anyone; it could lead to mass destruction and the loss of many lives. It would not be a good quality for a king. This brought me back to my question. What makes her think she is fit to be my Queen? I want to know what she thinks her strengths are. Would they outweigh her weaknesses?” This is book 1 of the trilogy series.

Download or read book Neoliberal Culture written by Patricia Ventura and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Departing from the conventional understanding of neoliberalism as a set of economic and political policies favoring free markets, Neoliberal Culture presents a framework for analyzing neoliberalism in the United States as a culture-or structure of feeling- which shapes American everyday life. The book proposes five 'components' as the keys to any study of American neoliberal culture: biopower, corporatocracy, globalization, the erosion of welfare-state society, and hyperlegality, these five components enabling rich analyses of key artifacts of the neoliberal era, including the Iraq War, Las Vegas, welfare reform, Walmart, and Oprah's Book Club. Carefully organized according to its central themes and adopting a case study approach in order to allow for thorough, illustrated analyses, this book is an important tool for scholars and students of contemporary cultural studies, popular culture, American Studies, and sociology.

Download or read book The Unplugged Hours written by Hannah Brencher and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TED Talks speaker and mental health advocate Hannah Brencher inspires readers to unplug from technology and cultivate a life of presence, connection and wonder. We engage with our phones more than 2,000 times each day... imagine what we could gain if we unplugged. Driven by a growing feeling of anxiety, and guided by her faith, Hannah Brencher set herself the challenge of reaching 1,000 digital device-free hours over a year. This book contains everything she learned along the way. Rather than advocating we ditch technology, Hannah encourages small, attainable changes through a series of meditations on themes such as: • the importance of truly connecting with others • how insecurity feeds digital addiction • learning to be alone • appreciating the mundane beauty of everyday life. This book will open our eyes to the wonderful things that can happen when we untether ourselves from our devices and live a life more present.

Download or read book Writing Blockbuster Plots written by Martha Alderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plotting a story filled with memorable, engaging scenes from beginning to end can feel like an insurmountable challenge. Having the right plan - and the tools to execute it - can make all the difference. Writing Blockbuster Plots pulls back the curtain on story structure with step-by-step strategies and visuals that turn plotting and scene writing into a no-stress endeavor. In this completely revised and updated edition, celebrated writing instructor and plot consultant Martha Alderson helps you navigate the intricacies of story with the help of her exclusive Plot Planner and Scene Tracker tools. Using Alderson’s effective, accessible techniques, you'll be able to: • PLOT your story from beginning to end with a focus on dramatic action, the emotional development of your characters, and thematic significance. • ENSURE that each scene contributes meaningfully to the narrative by tracking the seven essential elements of scene. • LINK scenes by cause and effect to create a tight, seamless narrative. • INJECT tension and conflict to keep readers glued to the page. • TARGET weak areas in your story and learn how to fix them. Filled with examples from both classic and contemporary novels, as well as illustrations of the Plot Planner and Scene Tracker in action, Writing Blockbuster Plots strips the confusion out of the plotting process, enabling you to write a story that deserves a standing ovation.

Download or read book Homesickness written by Ryan Hediger and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a posthumanist concept of nostalgia to analyze steadily widening themes of animality, home, travel, slavery, shopping, and war in U.S. literature after 1945 In the Anthropocene, as climate change renders environments less stable, the human desire for place underscores the weakness of the individual in the face of the world. In this book, Ryan Hediger introduces a distinctive notion of homesickness, one in which the longing for place demonstrates not only human vulnerability but also intersubjectivity beyond the human. Arguing that this feeling is unavoidable and characteristically posthumanist, Hediger studies the complex mix of attitudes toward home, the homely, and the familiar in an age of resurgent cosmopolitanism, especially eco-cosmopolitanism. Homesickness closely examines U.S. literature mostly after 1945, including prominent writers such as Annie Proulx, Marilynne Robinson, and Ernest Hemingway, in light of the challenges and themes of the Anthropocene. Hediger argues that our desire for home is shorthand for a set of important hopes worth defending—serious and genuine relationships to places and their biotic regimes and landforms; membership in vital cultures, human and nonhuman; resistance to capital-infused forms of globalization that flatten differences and turn life and place into mere resources. Our homesickness, according to Hediger, is inevitable because the self is necessarily constructed with reference to the material past. Therefore, homesickness is not something to dismiss as nostalgic or reactionary but is rather a structure of feeling to come to terms with and even to cultivate. Recasting an expansive range of fields through the lens of homesickness—from ecocriticism to animal studies and disability studies, (eco)philosophy to posthumanist theory—Homesickness speaks not only to the desire for a physical structure or place but also to a wide range of longings and dislocations, including those related to subjectivity, memory, bodies, literary form, and language.

Download or read book The Poop Song written by Eric Litwin and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A satisfyingly silly picture book sing-along about pooping—a topic kids find hilarious and parents find necessary! Discover how cats, pelicans, space aliens, and even dinosaurs poop in this rollicking, rhyming verse that's sure to elicit giggles. With plenty of hilarious pictures and a catchy chorus that encourages young children to use the toilet, this laugh-out-loud story is the go-to potty training book that every family needs. • A playful approach to potty training • Full of humor that is silly, not disgusting • From the bestselling author of Pete the Cat: I Love my White Shoes Everybody's pooping all day long. That's why we sing the pooping song! A former elementary school teacher, Eric Litwin's books interweave traditional reading methods with music and movement to make learning fun and effective. • Children's books for kids ages 2–4 • Perfect for families potty training • Great for fans of silly picture books