Download or read book Night Terrors written by Stella Drexler and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mia's at her wit's end. She hasn't had a moment alone since the last attack, and the twins won't let up, the twins aren't the only ones a little too interested in Mia these days. Lorien's new boyfriend, Ashton Wolfe, wants Mia to help him write a book about what happened with Mr. Quillen earlier in the year, but when she agrees, she discovers that might not be all he's after, and he might know a lot more than he let on. Waiting for her before school every day, following her to all her classes, and popping up the second she has a single moment to herself. Even worse, they won't even tell her what's been happening on Flicker Island and why they're so sure she's still in danger. And Mia and the twins have bigger problems than another nosy journalist, though. Something terrible is simmering on the island, but Mia is determined to see it for herself, anyway. As she meets the strange inhabitants of the island and sees what they can really do, she realizes they might be every bit as dangerous and ruthless as Ian said. Even the mainland doesn't feel so safe anymore. When she arrives home, Mia starts sharing horrible nightmares with Ian, and she starts to fear they've brought something back with them from the island. As the nightmares become more and more real, Mia and the twins have to figure out who is behind them before the dreams start to leak into reality and destroy them all in this chilling conclusion to the Nightmare Island Series.

Download or read book Lewis Alexis written by Mo Ougouadfel and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was never meant to be a book; I guess Lewis Alexis’s life has inspired me a lot. He became part of me—his thoughts matched with my words to find the particular meaning of life, to find where his freedom lies. I just sometimes wonder whether life is possible with a lack of ambition, despair, and lassitude. An Algerian broken heart, victim of his own destiny, runaway from his land and defied the purpose of his existence; it’s in London that he landed. He became an adventurer seeking peace of mind and questioning everything on his way in order to find the home of his own faith. Whether what he did was wrong or right, no one knows, it was his way.

Download or read book Tell Me Jackson Spirit written by Dick Fancy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-01-23 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Content, the Plot. The Potent, the Clot. The Poet, the Trout. Burp. This book has neither subject nor object, nor author nor reader. It is not a book about life but is a life itself, many lives, as they slip into and out of eachother. Falling to their deaths. And back again. From Reality to Dream, and back again. So many times that you forget which side of the mirror you're on. It's the cracked looking glass of a servant, where the ego dissolves into the group phantasm of the unavowable community, dreaming of mythological revolution, that will finally bring about the Time when Hearts fall In Love.

Download or read book Dream Walker written by Stella Drexler and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Ian Crane rescued her from Tegan Hathaway's killer and revealed his dangerous powers, Mia Burke is more determined than ever to find out what's really happening on Flicker Island. As she gets closer to the truth, she gets closer to Ian, but their budding relationship may fall apart when she learns the secret of the island and its dangerous, mysterious inhabitants. Then a new teacher arrives at Davenport High School, and Mia's life is turned upside down. She can't seem to do anything right, and no matter how hard she tries, Mrs. Temple seems to be out to get her.

Download or read book Another Glass of Tea written by Katherine Ward and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating story of love, loss, family, and friendship from debut author Katherine Ward. Fiona, a teenager from Canada, embarks on the ultimate adventure — a year abroad in Turkey. Though leaving her loving family has her nerves on edge, she is immediately enveloped by the intoxicating sights and sounds of İstanbul. From the delicious food and incredible architecture, to a new group of best friends and a welcoming host family, Fiona starts to develop an uncanny sense of feeling . . . at home. It isn’t long before she has one more reason to love this country and all it has to offer: the handsome and charismatic Metin. A whirlwind romance catches them both off guard and with limited time together, Fiona’s return to Canada ticks down in their minds and their hearts. Fiona returns to her homeland and life brings her another love, a busy career and a bustling family, but after a devastating loss, Fiona questions whether she can ever be truly happy again. When memories to İstanbul beckon, she rediscovers the wonders of the city and enjoys the camaraderie of old friends, who have, themselves, grown to be strong women. And one evening, over a glass of tea, she begins to feel romance in the air.

Download or read book False Awakening written by Stella Drexler and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-26 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mia Burke's life was pretty ordinary; that is, until she begins her junior year at Davenport High. A local sweetheart goes missing, Mia begins her dream job as editor of the school newspaper, and she meets two of Flicker Island's residents who've come to the mainland for the school year: kind and beautiful Aylin Crane and her gorgeous, arrogant twin, Ian. Mia notices right away there's something strange about the twins and their little island. So how come no one else notices the twins seem to possess some unusual abilities? And why do Mia's parents act so weird when she mentions Flicker Island, like they've fallen under some sort of spell?

Download or read book Children s Peer Talk written by Asta Cekaite and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside and outside the classroom, children of all ages spend time interacting with their peers. Through these early interactions, children make sense of the world and co-construct their childhood culture, while simultaneously engaging in interactional activities which provide the stepping stones for discursive, social and cognitive development. This collection brings together an international team of researchers to document how children's peer talk can contribute to their socialization and demonstrates that if we are to understand how children learn in everyday interactions we must take into account peer group cultures, talk, and activities. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of language acquisition, sociolinguistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis, and related disciplines. It examines naturally occurring talk of children aged from three to twelve years from a range of language communities, and includes ten studies documenting children's interactions and a comprehensive overview of relevant research.

Download or read book Chained by Night written by Larissa Ione and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Larissa Ione sets the night on fire with a thrilling new novel of irresistible hungers and immortal enemies in a world as sensual and dark as her Demonica series… THE FUTURE OF HIS TRIBE Leader of the vampire clan MoonBound, Hunter will do what he must to save his people from extinction—or worse, a torturous eternity as vampire slaves and subjects of human experimentation. To keep his enemies at bay, he has agreed to mate a rival clan leader’s daughter in return for peace between the clans and an ally in the looming war with the humans. THE LOVER OF HIS SOUL But survival comes at a price. First, Hunter must break an ancient curse by successfully negotiating three deadly tests. Then he must resist the searing passions of the gorgeous vampire warrior he despises but is bound to mate. Will Hunter stay true to his word? Or will he risk everything for the woman he really loves: the vampire seductress’s identical twin sister?

Download or read book Statistical Methods for Healthcare Performance Monitoring written by Alex Bottle and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare is important to everyone, yet large variations in its quality have been well documented both between and within many countries. With demand and expenditure rising, it’s more crucial than ever to know how well the healthcare system and all its components – from staff member to regional network – are performing. This requires data, which inevitably differ in form and quality. It also requires statistical methods, the output of which needs to be presented so that it can be understood by whoever needs it to make decisions. Statistical Methods for Healthcare Performance Monitoring covers measuring quality, types of data, risk adjustment, defining good and bad performance, statistical monitoring, presenting the results to different audiences and evaluating the monitoring system itself. Using examples from around the world, it brings all the issues and perspectives together in a largely non-technical way for clinicians, managers and methodologists. Statistical Methods for Healthcare Performance Monitoring is aimed at statisticians and researchers who need to know how to measure and compare performance, health service regulators, health service managers with responsibilities for monitoring performance, and quality improvement scientists, including those involved in clinical audits.

Download or read book doomed written by Herbert Smetan and published by novum publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In chaos theory, the butterfly effect refers to the sensitive dependence on initial conditions, where minimal changes in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can lead to large differences in a later stage. Beyond the climate sciences, the concept of the domino effect is similarly used as a broader term for any situation in which a relatively minor change is expected to cause significant black swan events. In this context, the simple flap of a butterfly's wings can trigger tornados in far distant regions. But it was not long before the beginning of this millennium that almost simultaneously and everywhere such butterflies began to swarm. Under these circumstances, the Doomsday Clock appears to have lost its pendulum as its hands spin faster and faster. Any serious problem like this requires a devil's advocate to hold up the worst-case scenario to the public, so they simply cannot look away. As a former chief executive officer, the author is well aware of the importance of psycho-sociologically driven collective behaviors—no matter the state of affairs. That's why the novelist focused on the underlying group dynamics with regard to an imminent ecological apocalypse when he plotted the storyline on hand. His protagonist, a man, badly scarred by the suicide of his wife, who wanted to take him with her to the death, fulfils the most ardent wish of his youth and goes on a circumnavigation of the globe on the yacht La Vie—which he reconstructed from a mere wreck. Nevertheless, even in the remotest corners of the earth, he cannot escape himself. On his journey, he meets strong women who lead him back to life. Together they develop an ingenious gambit to save our planet Earth from an environmental doomsday after all—and provocatively hold up a mirror to society. A passionate novel about perseverance and an escape from one's own failures along winding paths, authentically told by an author who draws on a wealth of life experience. A story that illustrates that every failure carries the immanent obligation to change.

Download or read book The Secrets We Live In written by Fazle Chowdhury and published by Puffins Publishers Private Limited. This book was released on 2021-12-25 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2013, Paris has a new Ambassador in the middle of a refugee crisis. He is young, the son of a wealthy businessman, and himself a self-made millionaire. Zain Auzaar has set his sights on creating his legacy; to get a nuclear agreement accepted by world powers. His obstacles are many, including the covert nature of his security team who have their priorities, a high-stake prisoner whom they must deliver to halt what they believe to halt a dire terrorist situation. Others want to derail his plans. Going so far as to assassinate him. And then there is a woman. One who when he meets her and gets shocked as she looks exactly like a lost love. The woman says she is someone else but speaks of moments where Auzaar is frequently at odds with himself to believe she may be the same woman. Chowdhury sets up a thriller novel with episodes of unfulfilled dreams, deception, love, mystery, and the avoidance of ruin.

Download or read book Why Am I Here written by Francis Ferguson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-03 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His insensitivity having driven him into a desperate situation, Colin flies off to Thailand. He winds up in an ethnic minority village, where he is told that he has some kind of a 'mission.' The catch is, nobody can tell him what it is - he has to find out for himself. His search leads him into a deeply spiritual world where he is urged to draw lessons from his past lives.

Download or read book Miranda and Her Daughters written by Cate Garrison and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MIRANDA AND HER DAUGHTERS turns the Cinderella story on its head. Stepmothers traditionally get a terrible rap. Fathers and mothers--even mothers-in-law--may be good or bad, but stepmothers are always ""wicked."" But now that blended families are almost the norm, we need to challenge the stereotype. MIRANDA addresses the issue head-on in a way that is quirky, sexy, playful and, at times, serious. It takes the storyline from the Brothers Grimm, but brings it up to date, gives it a distinctly adult flavor, and sets it between London, England, and Portland, Oregon. The tale will appeal to women--and men--who take on the difficult job of raising other people's children, as well as their own. More, it provides the missing 'back story': how Cinderella's father met his second wife, or why the new wife's two daughters had a problem with shoes. Above all, it shows that the protagonists in most cobbled-together marriages are well-meaning, if only human.

Download or read book Divorce Turkish Style written by Esmahan Aykol and published by Bitter Lemon Press. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Esmahan Aykol: "Kati could be the love child of Miss Marple and NPR's Andrei Codrescu. It doesn't matter who done it. What matters is that Aykol uses the genre to tell us more about the world than we're used to."—Newsday "An offbeat amateur sleuth with a distinctive narrative voice. Fans of Amanda Cross's Kate Fansler and Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher will find a lot to like."—Publishers Weekly Kati owns Istanbul's only mystery book store and, as usual, gets involved in a case that is none of her business. Every day, a beautiful woman lunches alone in the restaurant next to the bookstore. When the woman is found dead in her apartment, Kati immediately recognizes the stranger from the restaurant in images in the newspaper photos. Although the police believe it was an accident, Kati suspects something more sinister has happened. Sani Ankaraligil was an attractive young woman and a politically active ecologist in the middle of a divorce from her wealthy husband. So who would benefit from her death? The industrial companies Sani had accused of polluting the rivers of western Turkey, or her jealous husband seeking revenge through an honor killing, or a Thracian separatist group? The investigation pulls Kati into murkier waters: the marriage may have been a sham, designed to cover up Sani's husband's homosexuality . . . the role of her mother-in-law goes from distasteful to outright criminal.

Download or read book A Knife to the Heart Ikmen Mystery 21 written by Barbara Nadel and published by Headline. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara Nadel's gripping Ikmen mysteries are the inspiration behind The Turkish Detective, BBC Two's sensational eight-part TV crime drama series, out now. The twenty-first chilling Istanbul crime thriller starring Çetin Ikmen, 'the Morse of Istanbul' (Daily Telegraph), from Silver Dagger Award-winning author Barbara Nadel. Not to be missed by fans of Donna Leon. A derelict villa near Istanbul holds dark spirits, secrets and murder... Retired inspector Çetin Ikmen must confront his demons to reveal the shocking truth behind a young girl's death... When historian Suzan Tan is asked to examine the contents of a derelict villa on the Bosphorus, she is intrigued to discover a Ouija board among the artefacts. Forty years ago, a young girl was found with a knife in her heart in this villa. It is said that before her death this very Ouija board spelled out her name.The verdict was suicide - but what if it was a brutal act of murder and her killer was still walking free? Suzan asks Ikmen to solve the case, and despite his reluctance to get involved, he soon finds himself drawn into the mystery. With the help of his friend Inspector Süleyman, Ikmen delves into Istanbul's dark underbelly to uncover a terrifying tale of secrets, lies and murder.

Download or read book Double Illusion Ikmen Mystery 25 written by Barbara Nadel and published by Headline. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping twenty-fifth Ikmen mystery from award-winning crime writer Barbara Nadel will delight her many fans. Don't miss Ikmen and Suleyman in the sensational TV series The Turkish Detective When Ates Bocuk, son of a feared Istanbul gang leader, is arrested for the brutal murder of his Roma lover, feelings of vengeance are ignited among rival Turkish gangs and the Roma community. Forensic evidence is stacked against him, but Ates refuses to speak, and Inspector Suleyman suspects that there is more to the case than meets the eye. Then Cetin Ikmen discovers that Ates is psychotic and believes that everyone in his life is an imposter, which suggests that Ates might in fact be a victim of a far more sinister game . . . As violence erupts, Suleyman and his team work tirelessly to expose a shocking tale of corruption, power and betrayal - but not before more blood is shed on these dark and dangerous streets.

Download or read book A Relational Approach to Educational Inequality written by R. Nazli Somel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her research R. Nazlı Somel focuses on the topic of educational inequality, both from a theoretical perspective and through an empirical analysis. After a review of prominent approaches to educational inequality and their criticism, she offers a novel strategy to study the issue based on Relational Sociology and using the relational approaches of Charles Tilly and Pierre Bourdieu. Three relational characteristics of educational inequality are identified that are its relativity, cumulativeness, and being an organized practice. The author then applies this relational perspective to an in-depth study on an Istanbul primary school, analyses students, teachers and school organization in relation to each other and to Turkish education system and society.