Download or read book Jeremy and Amy written by Jeremy Keeling and published by Short Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremy Keeling first met Amy, an abandoned orang-utan, in the 1960s and a friendship was formed that would become the defining relationship of both their lives. Jeremy went on to create Monkey World in Dorset, a sanctuary for beleagured primates, rescued from poachers and scientists on daring raids all over the world.
Download or read book Truth Will Be Told written by Frances E. Pitts and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen year old Amy Harris has discovered her mother missing. Finding out what has happened to her is a challenge. Just who does want to know what happened? Since Amy’s father was also deceased, George Ingram welcomes his grand-daughter to his horse ranch. The Kentucky hills prove to be a great place to find peace after such a traumatic happening. George Ingram and his two ranch-hands take Amy under their wings. Amy and George vow to find out what has happened to Vera Harris. A climb on horseback up through the back hills of the ranch leads to a hazardous trip. What happened to her saddle? Why doesn’t Uncle Johnny want her at the creek? Amy’s love for the ranch leads her to important clues. George and Amy gathered facts and clues and turned them over to a sheriff from another county who takes this case to court.
Download or read book Jeremy written by Horace Walpole and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Jeremy by Horace Walpole
Download or read book Jeremy written by Hugh Walpole and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by George H. Doran Company in New York, 1919.
Download or read book Shadowed Destiny written by Rita Gallagher and published by Delta. This book was released on 2008-12-24 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleeing the squalor of the New York docks and the brutalities of her cruel stepfather, Amy Fitzgerald is adopted by a wealthy Maine shipowner and grows to womanhood haunted by the bitter past that threatens her future love.
Download or read book Ty Tanner and a Bull Named Cranky written by Pat Forbis and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ty Tanner and a Bull Named Cranky is a book about a wish of a seventy year old former world-champion bull rider who wants to ride one more time.
Download or read book An Asperger Leader s Guide to Living and Leading Change written by Rosalind Bergemann and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) often struggle with change and this is magnified when it is part of their professional role to manage and lead change. Written by a business leader with Asperger Syndrome, this practical guide provides advice and strategies for coping with and implementing change in the workplace. Combining theory and practice with case studies and hands-on tools, the book aims to help those who find change particularly difficult to overcome these challenges and use their unique talents and skills to become change champions in the workplace. The book explores the change management life cycle and how it affects leaders with AS and teaches key skills for successfully leading change, preparing staff for change, and dealing with the effects of change on the organisation as a whole. This is a vital leadership development handbook for executive-level business professionals with Asperger Syndrome as well as those who aspire to careers in these roles.
Download or read book The Value of Names and Other Plays written by Jeffrey Sweet and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-14 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning a quarter of a century, this collection of plays demonstrates author Jeffrey Sweet’s eye for the drama of human relationships. Sweet works with sensitivity and irony to confront both personal politics and the impact of historical change. These nine works, taken together, present a playwright who extends the struggles of his small circles of characters to his audience and humanity in general. The title work, first mounted in 1982, is a comedy-drama about the aftermath of the blacklist whose continued relevance makes it a frequently produced play today. The family drama Porch suggests larger social changes through the interaction of a small-town shopkeeper and his defiant daughter. The lauded American Enterprise, set in the Chicago of the robber barons, is a song-filled true story about a millionaire whose stubborn idealism leads to disaster. Stay Till Morning is a rueful comedy about sex and accommodation in the Florida Keys. The three plays that grew out of his fascination with the effects of World War II—Berlin ’45, Court-Martial at Fort Devens, and The Action Against Sol Schumann—dramatize the ways in which that conflict transformed private fates. Each script is accompanied by an extended introduction from the playwright as well as complete performance notes.
Download or read book Banished to the Homeland written by David C. Brotherton and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1996 U.S. Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act has led to the forcible deportation of tens of thousands of Dominicans from the United States. Following thousands of these individuals over a seven-year period, David C. Brotherton and Luis Barrios use a unique combination of sociological and criminological reasoning to isolate the forces that motivate emigrants to leave their homeland and then commit crimes in the Unites States violating the very terms of their stay. Housed in urban landscapes rife with gangs, drugs, and tenuous working conditions, these individuals, the authors find, repeatedly play out a tragic scenario, influenced by long-standing historical injustices, punitive politics, and increasingly conservative attitudes undermining basic human rights and freedoms. Brotherton and Barrios conclude that a simultaneous process of cultural inclusion and socioeconomic exclusion best explains the trajectory of emigration, settlement, and rejection, and they mark in the behavior of deportees the contradictory effects of dependency and colonialism: the seductive draw of capitalism typified by the American dream versus the material needs of immigrant life; the interests of an elite security state versus the desires of immigrant workers and families to succeed; and the ambitions of the Latino community versus the political realities of those designing crime and immigration laws, which disadvantage poor and vulnerable populations. Filled with riveting life stories and uncommon ethnographic research, this volume relates the modern deportee's journey to broader theoretical studies in transnationalism, assimilation, and social control.
Download or read book The million Dollar Inmate written by Heather Ahn-Redding and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kinds of beliefs do most Americans hold about crime and violence, and where do these beliefs come from? What kinds of people are sent to prison--are the average inmates dangerous criminals, or are they involved in low-level drug-related, property, or public-order offenses? Who is ultimately paying for their time in prison? The "Million Dollar Inmate" highlights the financial and social costs of America's incarceration of non-violent offenders. With its focus on the specific population of non-violent offenders, this book provides a unique, sociological approach to the problem of handling such a large population at such tremendous costs--paid, for the most part, by taxpayers. Basing her insight on extensive research into the origins of America's correctional systems, the visible and non-visible costs incurred by the practice of incarcerating nonviolent offenders, and the goals of the prison system, Heather Ahn-Redding dares to expose flaws in current correctional practices and suggest ways they can be not only changed but also re-envisioned. Ideally suited to researchers, advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and policymakers.
Download or read book Sunrise in Savannah written by DH Park and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunrise in Savannah follows the highs and lows of the life of Jeremy Byron. Having been removed from the home of abusive parents, Jeremy was sent to live with his less-than-enthusiastic grandmother in Savannah. Despite a difficult start to his life, Jeremy excelled in high school, gaining him admittance to Georgia Tech. Scholarships, and hard work allowed him to pursue his love of architecture. The family of his college roommate, the Millers, all but adopted Jeremy as a third son. Graduation permanently took Jeremy back to Savannah where he joined a small architectural practice. Suddenly being left in charge of the practice at a young age, Jeremy grew and prospered. Betrayal by someone close shook Jeremy to the very foundation of his being and threatened the family harmony he had grown to love. A sudden visit from an unexpected visitor to his office forever changed Jeremy’s life. Following the highlights and tragedies, the joys and sadness of this young man’s life will test all your emotions in Sunrise in Savannah.
Download or read book Countdown written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The President Is Missing, an undercover CIA officer has seven days to save her country—and her family—from the world’s most dangerous double-agent. Agent Amy Cornwall excels at working from the shadows—until a botched field operation reveals dark dealings between her bosses and an informant. And a hidden plot by a terrorist genius that could kill thousands of Americans. Among them: her husband and daughter. She has to go dark. The Division wants to erase her. And they know every detail about her identity, her history, and her family. Agent Cornwall's countdown has begun.
Download or read book Free written by Lauren Kessler and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 95 percent of the millions of American men and women who go to prison eventually get out. What happens to them? There's Arnoldo, who came of age inside a maximum security penitentiary, now free after nineteen years. Trevor and Catherine, who spent half of their young lives behind bars for terrible crimes committed when they were kids. Dave, inside the walls for 34 years, now about to reenter an unrecognizable world. Vicki, a five-time loser who had cycled in and out of prison for more than a third of her life. They are simultaneously joyful and overwhelmed at the prospect of freedom. Anxious, confused, sometimes terrified, and often ill-prepared to face the challenges of the free world, all are intent on reclaiming and remaking their lives. What is the road they must travel from caged to free? How do they navigate their way home? A gripping and empathetic work of immersion reportage, FREE reveals what awaits them and the hundreds of thousands of others who are released from prison every year: the first rush of freedom followed quickly by institutionalized obstacles and logistical roadblocks, grinding bureaucracies, lack of resources, societal stigmas and damning self-perceptions, the sometimes overwhelming psychological challenges. Veteran reporter Lauren Kessler, both clear-eyed and compassionate, follows six people whose diverse stories paint an intimate portrait of struggle, persistence, and resilience. The truth—the many truths—about life after lockup is more interesting, more nuanced, and both more troubling and more deeply triumphant than we know.
Download or read book Prisoner Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration written by Daniel P. Mears and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding and Improving Prisoner Reentry Outcomes Prisoner Reentry is an engaging and comprehensive examination of prisoner reentry and how to improve public safety, well-being, and justice in the “era of mass incarceration.” Renowned authors Daniel P. Mears and Joshua C. Cochran investigate historical trends in incarceration and punishment policy, the salience of in-prison and post-prison contexts and experiences for reentry, and the importance of understanding group differences in offending, punishment, and social context. Using extensive reliance on both theory and empirical research, the authors identify how reentry reflects criminal justice policy in America and, at the same time, has profound implications for crime prevention and justice. Readers will develop a diverse foundation for current policies, identify the implications of reentry for families, community, and society at large, and gain a conceptual and empirical toolkit for analyzing and improving the lives of those released from prison.
Download or read book Hollowed Out written by Jeremy S. Adams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do teachers have a front row seat to America’s decline? Jeremy S. Adams, a teacher at both the high school and college levels, thinks so. Adams has spent decades trying to instill wisdom, ambition, and a love of learning in his students. And yet, as he notes, when teachers get together, they often share an arresting conclusion: Something has gone terribly wrong. Something essential is missing in our young people. Their curiosity seems stunted, their reason undeveloped, their values uninformed, their knowledge lacking, and most worrying of all, their humanity diminished. Digital hermits of a sort unfamiliar to an older generation, they have little interest in marriage and family. They largely dismiss—and are shockingly ignorant of—religion. They sneer at patriotism, sympathize with riots and vandalism, and regard American society and civilization as so radically flawed that it must be dismantled. Often friendless and depressed, they eat alone, study alone, and even “socialize” alone. Educators like Adams see a generation slipping away. The problems that have hollowed out our young people have been festering for years. A year of COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing have magnified them. The result could be a generation—and our nation’s future—lost in a miasma of alienation and stupefaction. In his stunning new book, Hollowed Out, Jeremy S. Adams reveals why students have rejected the wisdom, culture, and institutions of Western civilization—and what we can do to win them back. Poignant, frightening, and yet inspiring, this is a book for every parent, teacher, and patriot concerned for our young people and our country
Download or read book Jeremy written by Hugh Walpole and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This antiquarian volume contains the narrative of a year in the life of a content, normal but extremely imaginative boy growing up with his two siblings and his dog, Hamlet, in Colchester-by-the-sea, Cornwall. It is a heart-warming and humorous tale written with an affection and insight that is indicative of its autobiographical nature. 'Jeremy' is a lovely text worthy of a place on any bookshelf, and one not to be missed by fans and collectors of Walpole's work. The chapters of this book include: The Birthday, The Family Dog, Christmas Pantomime, Miss Jones, The Sea-Captain, Family Pride, Religion, The Cow Farm, The Awakening of Charlotte, and more. Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884 - 1941) was English novelist who was born in New Zealand. This volume is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Download or read book Megan Scott Michael Elliott Mystery Series Box Set Books 4 6 written by Sandra Nikolai and published by Vemcort Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery Series Box Set - Books 4-6: Dark Deeds (Book 4) Broken Trust (Book 5) Cold Revenge: A Psychological Thriller (Book 6) You'll want to add these three thrilling mysteries by award-winning author Sandra Nikolai to your reading list! Dark Deeds – Book 4 Where evil lurks, no one is safe. The suspicious fire that destroyed the shed exposes a surprise corpse—not what ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott expected when they reserved a cabin at their friends’ lakeside resort in rural Ontario. Fear overshadows their visit like a looming storm. Their friends are receiving anonymous threatening letters. An elderly resident is reported missing. Locals are wary. They aren’t used to outsiders snooping around town, asking questions. When Michael makes a connection to a cold case, evidence points to an ex-convict looking for revenge. He’s had reconstructive surgery. He could be anyone. Terror blankets the town as the body count mounts. The killer is playing dangerous mind games with everyone—especially with Megan. If she doesn’t find him first, she could well become his next victim. “Extremely well-plotted and punctuated with shocks… delivers great twists and turns.” — Reviewer “A solid, well-written taut mystery.” — Reviewer Broken Trust – Book 5 Hotel rooms often come with perks. A corpse isn’t one of them. Ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott are stunned to discover the body of a young woman in their hotel room. She’s wearing a black lace teddy. A carafe of red wine and two glasses sit on a table. Her purse contains thousands of dollars, three business cards, and a supply of pills — opioids. With Michael researching the recent opioid crisis for the media, this revelation hits close to home. Who is this woman and how did she get into their hotel room? As Megan and Michael dig deeper, elusive conspirators up the stakes and threaten to block their efforts at any cost. Is their trust in each other enough to save them on a perilous quest for a cold-blooded killer? “An exciting murder mystery, a brainteaser with intriguing twists and turns.” — Reviewer “Captivating reading…surprising twists!” — Reviewer Cold Revenge: A Psychological Thriller – Book 6 The message is one simple word: Vengeance. Anonymous threats aren’t unusual for a crime reporter. Even direct threats face to face are common, most never amounting to more than words. Michael Elliot has assisted the police with putting enough criminals behind bars to have earned his fair share. But when Megan Scott, the love of his life and frequent investigative partner, goes missing, Michael realizes this threat is real. He has a list of five potential kidnappers, each more cold-blooded than the last, for the police to investigate. Michael’s instincts often steer him in the right direction, but he can’t wait for the police to find Megan. Someone is out for revenge, and now they’ve given him just forty-eight hours to find her or she dies. How is he going to beat the killer at their sick game? “A hair-raising read…a hot page-turner.” — Reviewer “Great twists and turns. Grab it and read it!” — Reviewer Keywords: mystery, mysteries, mystery novel, thrillers, suspense, international mystery, ghostwriter, crime reporter, investigative reporter, journalist, murder investigation, police procedural, interrogation, justice, legal, lawyer, inheritance, money, police detective, contemporary, clean thriller, bookclub, cosy mystery, cozy mystery, adventure, news, small town, dead body, political, fraud, drugs, organized crime, diploma mill, theft, gold, gold bullion, robbery, identity, kidnap, kidnapping, real estate, historian, cabin in the woods, convict, prison, medical examiner, autopsy, betrayal, Agatha Christie, female sleuth, amateur sleuth, stalker, secrets, hero, heroine, psychopath, psychological suspense, domestic thriller, romantic suspense, women's fiction, jealousy, envy, revenge, vengeance, white collar crime, Sandra Nikolai, Celina Grace, A J Finn, David Baldacci, Diane Capri, Kendra Elliott, Rachel Abbott, Linwood Barclay, Lisa Scottoline, Leighann Dobbs, L A Dobbs, Louise Penny, M A Comley, Canadian authors, RCMP, provincial police, Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, Ontario.
