Download or read book Indeed Jasmine written by Deborah Gerrish and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indeed Jasmine is a collection of poems that are verbal paintings, art of the particular, in which visualized thought and sensory language are born out of nothing—the place where the luminous intersects the obscure. Each poem experienced carries the reader through a journey of emotions and draws one in again and again in a fraternal embrace. These painterly poems celebrate life through the lens of family, the natural world, the spiritual world, and express how it feels to be human through the gamut of joy, suffering, and longing. Whether it be haiku, ode, elegy, lyric, or narrative, the poet invites the reader into a world of poetic conversations that vacillate between epiphany, mystery, despair, and exaltation. Each vignette is chock-full of personal witnessing. As the poet confronts grief and human relationships, lauds beauty and the enigma of the natural world, and raises philosophical questions, these poetic songs delight, enlighten, and draw the reader into a deeper understanding of the wonderment of being alive.

Download or read book Gunpowder Embers written by John Ringo and published by Baen Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the smoking ruins of our world, will the struggle for yesterday's technology spark tomorrow's global war? A new postapocalyptic novel, in which a young cowboy claims his destiny—and tries to prevent a catastophic war—from New York Times best-selling author John Ringo, Kacey Ezell, and Christopher L. Smith. WAR IN THE SMOKING RUINS OF TOMORROW! Thirty years ago, the world ended. Giant electrovoric ants and pterodons came through a rift in space-time, millions of humans died, and that was that. Without electricity, human ingenuity has provided some creative work-arounds to the energy problem, but most people survive at subsistence level. For Chuck Gordon, the simple life of a rancher was enough. But then he met a mysterious dying stranger and now he’s on the road of destiny across America accompanied by a warrior monk, a beautiful dragon tamer, a runaway cultist, and a mystic drunken lecher—all searching for the key to reclaiming humanity’s past—and future. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About The Valley of Shadows by John Ringo: ". . . fast-paced . . . building to an exciting climax . . . Ringo and Massa have written an end-of-the-world novel that is unconventional and entertaining."—Daily News of Galveston County About Black Tide Rising, coedited by John Ringo (featuring stories by Kacey Ezell and Christopher L. Smith): “. . . an entertaining batch of . . . action-packed tales. Certainly, fans of Ringo’s particular brand of action-adventure will be pleased.”—Booklist "This anthology broadens Ringo’s Black Tide world, serving up doses of humanity amid the ravenous afflicted. Comedy has a place in this harsh reality, and these stories stir adventure and emotion at a frantic clip throughout. Zombie fiction fans will be thrilled."—Library Journal About the Black Tide Rising Series: “Not only has Ringo found a mostly unexplored corner of the zombie landscape, he's using the zombie frame to tackle a broader theme: the collapse and rebirth of civilization. The zombie scenes are exciting, sure, but its the human story that keeps us involved. A fine series.”—Booklist on the Black Tide Rising Series About John Ringo: “[Ringo’s work is] peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse.”—Library Journal “. . . Explosive. . . . Fans . . . will appreciate Ringo’s lively narrative and flavorful characters.”—Publishers Weekly “. . . practically impossible not to read in one sitting . . . exceedingly impressive . . . executed with skill, verve, and wit.”—Booklist “Crackerjack storytelling.”—Starlog About the work of Kacey Ezell: "Gritty, dark and damp. Much like the war itself."—Michael Z. Williamson, best-selling author of A Long Time Until Now "I loved Minds of Men."—D.J. Butler, best-selling author of Witchy Eye

Download or read book The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12 Book Bundle written by Anne Rice and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 5192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international bestseller and beloved cultural touchstone, Anne Rice’s classic novel Interview with the Vampire starts “where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth” (Chicago Tribune). But that’s only the beginning. Over the course of twelve interwoven novels, Rice crafts a richly imagined, magnificently transporting epic around her chilling, charismatic antihero, Lestat. An aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France who lives to become a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, Lestat rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying existence. Now, with the publication of the complete series in one convenient eBook bundle, there has never been a better time to devour the entirety of The Vampire Chronicles. Gathered here are the ten books that comprise the original saga: INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE THE VAMPIRE LESTAT QUEEN OF THE DAMNED THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF MEMNOCH THE DEVIL THE VAMPIRE ARMAND MERRICK BLOOD AND GOLD BLACKWOOD FARM BLOOD CANTICLE . . . as well as the two books of the New Tales of the Vampires: PANDORA VITTORIO, THE VAMPIRE Praise for the novels of Anne Rice “Brilliant . . . [Rice’s] undead characters are utterly alive.”—The New York Times Book Review “If you surrender and go with her . . . you have surrendered to enchantment, as in a voluptuous dream.”—The Boston Globe “Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Unrelentingly erotic . . . sometimes beautiful, and always unforgettable.”—The Washington Post “Rice has created universes within universes, traveling back in time as far as ancient, pre-pyramidic Egypt and journeying from the frozen mountain peaks of Nepal to the crowded, sweating streets of southern Florida.”—Los Angeles Times “Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires.”—The Village Voice

Download or read book Sword God Legend written by , Zhenyinfang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mu Tianfeng is a man of great talent. After joining lanwenmei college, we started a wonderful journey. He won the first prize in the battle of the four families. He won the first place in the college competition and became a proud disciple of Dragon God.Once sealed evil spirits appeared in the mainland. , Mu Tianfeng takes the place of the human race, confronts the evil spirit, and finally defeats this super strong opponent. After the victory, with three peerless beauties, he left endless legends and became the sword God that everyone admired.

Download or read book Bravado written by Peter Frensdorf and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-03-02 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bravado is a work of fiction rich in glamour and intimacy, set against a backdrop of the high-pressure world of the rich and famous. Jennifer Barrows is a young freelance reporter who meets Paul Berg, a young boxer who surprises her with his character and down-to-earth nature. Jennifer is immediately attracted to Paul and doesn't understand why at the end of their evening together, he snubs her obvious sexual attraction to him, leaving her frustrated. In her anger, she writes an article that is highly critical of Paul.This leads to the couple separating and going their separate ways. Jennifer's life takes a twist she could never have imagined in her wildest dreams. One day, attending a concert of the famous pop-star Domino, Paul cannot believe his eyes, because that girl is.... his Jennifer!The story is ripping along, and there is always something happening to keep the reader turning the pages, desperate to find out what happens next.

Download or read book Doted by My Billionaire Husband Part I written by Myrna and published by HK HAIDU TECHNOLOGY LIMITED. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being painful and raged after catching her fiancé cheating on her sister, Isabella Watson met Joseph Parker, the cold and handsome billionaire, and they had a one-night stand. While Katherine Adrian, who secretly loved Joseph, has been making mischief and troubles. In the face of misunderstandings and obstacles, how would Isabella fight back? Will their love conquer the challenges they face?

Download or read book The Color of Civics written by Matthew D. Nelsen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores how to forge more empowering and equitable spaces for civic learning by centering the agency and lived experiences of marginalized groups. It reimagines the role of education in preparing all kids for democratic participation, highlights a crucial point of political socialization, and provides actionable advice for policymakers hoping to equalize democratic opportunities for young people in the United States. The book makes four primary claims. First, it argues that traditional civic education courses have not lived up to their promise to foster democratic capacity, especially for marginalized students. In response, it presents a new approach to civic education that aims to foster political empowerment by centering critical categories of knowledge-those that highlight the agency and grassroots political action of marginalized groups- and historically grounded conversations about current events. Second, it demonstrates that such an approach to civic education increases rates of intended political participation among young people of color and heightens political empathy among white youth. Third, it highlights the agency of teachers in processes of socialization, exploring how their attitudes and lived experiences drive the creation and implementation of more empowering civic learning environments. Fourth, it argues that teachers and students-those who spend the most time in social studies classrooms-should drive initiatives to revitalize civic education. These insights should inform the work of policymakers looking to make civic education more empowering for young people throughout the United States"--

Download or read book Star Risk LTD written by Chris Bunch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the right price, they’ll go anywhere in the galaxy. They’ll do anything, fight anyone, face any danger. M’chel Riss was stagnating in the Alliance Marines, assigned to a desolate post in the middle of nowhere. Then a fortuitous chance brought her to the attention of Star Risk, Ltd., a ragtag bunch of misfits struggling to make a living. Their first mission: spring a dangerous super-soldier trapped in a maximum security prison. For money, fame, glory . . . mostly money.

Download or read book Another Improbable Love Story That Was written by Willie Price and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another fascinating lovers fairytale beginning during slavery and ending after the last cattle drive to Dodge City. This story will take the reader back to the cultural and political conditions during the nineteenth-century in America. The beautiful and gracious teller of this spectacular improbable love story is an Afro-American Centurion. Rosemary spins an epic, thrilling narrative of life and love along the Mississippi River in the young United States, as well as the Saint John River in Canada. This bold adventure takes the reader on many well traveled rivers and roads leading to arrogance, betrayal, envy, revenge and murder. True love crosses forbidden borders and human boundaries in this interesting and rebellious tale of passions during the often raw brutality of the times. Step back into turbulent scenarios during historical periods and enjoy this titillating, Another improbable love story that was. Enjoy!

Download or read book Mississippi Madness written by Eugenia Riley and published by Eugenia Riley Classics. This book was released on 2017-02-11 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s a fairy-tale come true when handsome, gallant Jared Hampton rescues lovely, penniless Jasmine Dubroc, and takes her back to antebellum Natchez as the queen of his heart. But obstacles threaten their budding love, and a villain is on the loose! A fun, passionate, and touching historical romance.

Download or read book Assimilating Asians written by Patricia P. Chu and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2000-03-29 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the central tasks of Asian American literature, argues Patricia P. Chu, has been to construct Asian American identities in the face of existing, and often contradictory, ideas about what it means to be an American. Chu examines the model of the Anglo-American bildungsroman and shows how Asian American writers have adapted it to express their troubled and unstable position in the United States. By aligning themselves with U.S. democratic ideals while also questioning the historical realities of exclusion, internment, and discrimination, Asian American authors, contends Chu, do two kinds of ideological work: they claim Americanness for Asian Americans, and they create accounts of Asian ethnicity that deploy their specific cultures and histories to challenge established notions of Americanness. Chu further demonstrates that Asian American male and female writers engage different strategies in the struggle to adapt, reflecting their particular, gender-based relationships to immigration, work, and cultural representation. While offering fresh perspectives on the well-known writings—both fiction and memoir—of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Bharati Mukherjee, Frank Chin, and David Mura, Assimilating Asians also provides new insight into the work of less recognized but nevertheless important writers like Carlos Bulosan, Edith Eaton, Younghill Kang, Milton Murayama, and John Okada. As she explores this expansive range of texts—published over the course of the last century by authors of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Indian origin or descent—Chu is able to illuminate her argument by linking it to key historical and cultural events. Assimilating Asians makes an important contribution to the fields of Asian American, American, and women’s studies. Scholars of Asian American literature and culture, as well as of ethnicity and assimilation, will find particular interest and value in this book.

Download or read book The Line written by Suzanna Mitchell-Egan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Inspired by true events." A world of power and greed, controlled by an evil. They know your greatest fear. They know your greatest desire. They know who you are. Exciting and New Author Susanna Mitchell - Egan brings us the forbidden truth in the Middle East. It will make you cry... It will make you angry... It will make you wonder why no one asked for help... Or Did They?

Download or read book Rites of Passage in Postcolonial Women s Writing written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings a variety of new approaches and contexts to modern and contemporary women’s writing. Contributors include both new and well-established scholars from Europe, Australia, the USA, and the Caribbean. Their essays draw on, adapt, and challenge anthropological perspectives on rites of passage derived from the work of Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner. Collectively, the essays suggest that women’s writing and women’s experiences from diverse cultures go beyond any straightforward notion of a threefold structure of separation, transition, and incorporation. Some essays include discussion of traditional rites of passage such as birth, motherhood, marriage, death, and bereavement; others are interested in exploring less traditional, more fluid, and/or problematic rites such as abortion, living with HIV/AIDS, and coming into political consciousness. Contributors seek ways of linking writing on rites of passage to feminist, postcolonial, and psychoanalytic theories which foreground margins, borders, and the outsider. The three opening essays explore the work of the Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera, whose groundbreaking work explored taboo subjects such as infanticide and incest. A wide range of other essays focus on writers from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe, including Jean Rhys, Bharati Mukherjee, Arundhati Roy, Jean Arasanayagam, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, and Eva Sallis. Rites of Passage in Postcolonial Women’s Writing will be of interest to scholars working in the fields of postcolonial and modern and contemporary women’s writing, and to students on literature and women’s studies courses who want to study women’s writing from a cross-cultural perspective and from different theoretical positions. Contributors: Lizzy Attree, Lopamudra Basu, Katrin Berndt, Gay Breyley, Helen Cousins, Tanya Dalziell, Alexandra Dumitrescu, Anna Gething, Jessica Gildersleeve, Sharanya Jayawickrama, Kimberley M. Jew, Polina Mackay, Alexandra W. Schultheis, Rachel Slater, Irene Visser.

Download or read book Jasmine S Journey written by Livingston Holloway and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jasmine does not like middle school at all. With her father away in the army, Jasmine struggles to endure every boring day of eighth grade. Desperate to escape her unhappy reality, Jasmine etches her feelings into her desk in an effort to prove that she really is a mean kid. As the days drag on, it seems nothing is going to pull Jasmine out of her misery. Although her teacher, Mrs. Truth, is excited to teach the students about African history and culture, Jasmine is less than enthused. But after Mrs. Truth introduces Jasmine to a ten-year-old African American historian, Garvey leads Jasmine on an educational journey of self-discovery where she soon realizes that learning can be fun. Jasmines Journey is the tale of a middle schoolers challenges as she battles personal obstacles and learns an important lesson that she is as great as those who came before her.

Download or read book Be Who You Are to Get What You Want written by Damali Peterman and published by Heligo Books. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Invaluable information ... that will help you show up as yourself - and leverage that to your advantage' - SUNNY HOSTIN '[A] groundbreaking, powerful book' - TIFFANY ALICHE 'Essential advice for anyone who has felt underestimated in a negotiation' - DOUGLAS STONE Negotiation can make the difference between success and failure, a win or a loss, a 'no' or a 'yes'. But what if you are coming up against a brick wall due to implicit prejudice or even outright discrimination? Celebrated lawyer and mediator Damali Peterman leads a complete course in negotiation. Drawing on decades of training and experience as a negotiator in high-stakes situations, Peterman has developed successful strategies that will help you become the best communicator that you can be. She takes readers into the boardroom as well as out into real life, showing the application of negotiation and how everything is potentially up for discussion - from navigating a potential promotion to maximising the trade-in value of your car. At every step, Peterman acknowledges that the unique way you show up in the world will impact your negotiations in all sorts of surprising ways ... and that this can, in fact, be a good thing. Because when you show up prepared and proud of who you are, you'll reap the rewards. Be Who You Are to Get What You Want is a masterclass in how to engage in effective, sympathetic and successful negotiation while retaining your identity.

Download or read book Lipstick written by Kotra Siva Rama Krishna and published by Kotra Siva Rama Krishna. This book was released on 2024-08-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just before Sirisha started along with her brother Anirudh and parents Chalapathi and Malathi to the village of her uncle Chidanandam, a beggar Middoo prophesied to her that she would enter into a place which she did not visit for a long time and where an evil power was eagerly waiting for her. The further soothsaying of his was she would be forced to live a life she did not like and she needed to make her dearest people unhappy to escape from that. As going to her uncle’s home was indeed after fifteen years or so and as most people said that Middoo’s prophesy hundred percent would come true, she started feeling fear. Making her fear even more her brother Anirudh said to her that an evil goddess Kasakuva would come onto the women of that village and the evil power said by Middoo might be that. Once entering into that village, she and her brother Anirudh were dumbfounded when they learnt that their parents and uncle’s family decided to perform their marriages with their first cousins Jayanth and Ragini. What happened to that brother and sister’s lives from then on in that village, how much Middoo’s prophesy has come true is the story of the spicy hot romantic thriller ‘Lipstick’

Download or read book Race Community and Urban Schools written by Stuart Greene and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-26 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important book, award-winning author Stuart Greene enters the ongoing conversation about low-income African American families and their role in helping their children flourish. Greene focuses on parents’ self-defined roles within the context of race, urban development, and an economy that has created opportunity for some and displaced others. Moving beyond analysis to action, the author describes a partnering strategy to help educators understand the lived experiences of children and families and to use their funds of knowledge as resources for teaching. This book combines critical race theory, critical geography, first-hand accounts, and research on literacy practices at home to provide a powerful tool that will help teachers and administrators see families in new ways. Book Features: Describes a partnering model that encourages educators to consider the social, cultural, racial, and economic factors that shape parent engagement with schools.Identifies important areas of misunderstanding between African American parents and their children’s teachers.Incorporates personal narratives of children whose voices are rarely part of research on parent involvement. “Race, Community, and Urban Schools will make a difference in the lives of teachers and administrators. As you read this book, you may find yourself moved, intrigued, or saddened by some of the examples Stuart Greene provides. And throughout, you will find yourself rethinking, reprocessing, and recreating some of your most cherished ideas or preconceived notions about African American families.” —From the Foreword by Patricia Edwards, Michigan State University “This powerful—and hopeful—book challenges dominant portrayals of African American parent disengagement in their children’s education and exposes relations of race, power, and urban restructuring that exclude low-income parents of color. Through counterstories of parents’ deep commitment to their children’s education, Stuart Greene opens a space for us to think differently about creating democratic family-school partnerships.” —Pauline Lipman, professor, University of Illinois at Chicago