Download or read book Keep Away from Psycho Joe written by Brent Michael Kelley and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruben "Ruby" Thomas and his mother moved to the little town of Bluehills at the beginning of his freshman schoolyear, and since then he's been branded a troublemaker by teachers; the class clown by students. School is out for the summer, and Ruby doesn't know how he'll fill his days. Ideally, he'd just pass the time watching movies with his pal Cludes... and Cludes' lovely cousin Justine.Whatever he does, he'll want to keep away from the neighbor up the road, a man known around town as Psycho Joe. If the crude flyers posted all over town are to be believed, Psycho Joe is a dangerous man - especially to young people. He never leaves the house, except to chase people away with a shovel or crossbow. Unfortunately for Ruby, to get to Cludes' house he has to go past Joe's.Ruby's curious nature drives him to find answers about his mad neighbor, but each answer leads to deeper, darker questions. What is Psycho Joe hiding? What are those symbols painted on his house? Just how dangerous is he?Ruby should have listened with they told him...KEEP AWAY FROM PSYCHO JOE.
Download or read book Changing Their Minds written by George C. Edwards and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In George C. Edward III's Changing their Minds? Donald Trump and Presidential Leadership, Edwards looks at the microcosm of Donald Trump's first term as president and uses it to evaluate current theories of the power of presidential persuasion. Edwards contends that the idea of the bully pulpit-the argument that presidents have the ability to persuade the public and members of Congress to support their policies because of their office and the media attention they receive-is nonsense, and that the way presidents accomplish their goals is by identifying strategic opportunities-alliances with rising interest groups or the cultivation of members of Congress-to make progress on issues for which there is already support for the president's position. Edwards is critical of presidents who think they can successfully restructure the politics of the country. His argument is that Trump had relatively limited opportunities to change the dialogue around issues such as health care and has done a bad job of taking advantage of the opportunities that he has been offered, except on taxes. He also looks at the way Trump has dealt with Congress and, placing it in the context of scholarly work on presidential-congressional relations, shows why Trump has been a failure in dealing with the legislature"--
Download or read book You Love Me written by Caroline Kepnes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Can’t get enough of Joe Goldberg? Don’t miss the latest thriller in Caroline Kepnes’s compulsively readable You series, with an all-new plot not seen in the blockbuster Netflix show. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE • “Fiendish, fast-paced, and very funny.”—Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train Joe Goldberg is done with the cities. He’s done with the muck and the posers, done with Love. Now he’s saying hello to nature, to simple pleasures on a cozy island in the Pacific Northwest. For the first time in a long time, he can just breathe. He gets a job at the local library—he does know a thing or two about books—and that’s where he meets her: Mary Kay DiMarco. Librarian. Joe won’t meddle, he will not obsess. He’ll win her the old-fashioned way . . . by providing a shoulder to cry on, a helping hand. Over time, they’ll both heal their wounds and begin their happily ever after in this sleepy town. The trouble is . . . Mary Kay already has a life. She’s a mother. She’s a friend. She’s . . . busy. True love can only triumph if both people are willing to make room for the real thing. Joe cleared his decks. He’s ready. And hopefully, with his encouragement and undying support, Mary Kay will do the right thing and make room for him.
Download or read book The Lost Art of a Dying Breed written by Matthew Jackson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Art of a Dying Breed features 4 short stories and a myriad of poetry blended throughout. The Guardian is a story of a young man attempting to rescue a young woman from a rapidly hope fading situation. The Big Hurt is a science fiction tale of revenge, sacrifice and forgiveness, as the hero attempts to thwart the birth of an evil galactic government. Dialogue is a romantic drama about pain and love. Agent Zero is on the trail of a serial killer in the fourth tale. Completing the series is my rules on surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, pure stereotypical satire and comedy.
Download or read book Positive Stories For Negative Times written by Sabrina Mahfouz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five exciting new plays for young people written specifically in response to a world in the midst of a pandemic, accompanied by a handbook from Wonder Fools theatre company with guidance for staging the plays either online or live in the space. Commissioned as part of Wonder Fools' national participatory project Positive Stories for Negative Times, these five plays offer a variety of stories, styles and forms for ages 8-25. These original and innovative plays are: Is This A Fairytale? by Bea Websater A new play that rips apart the traditional fairy tale canon and turns it on its head in a surprising, inventive and unconventional way. Ages 8+ Hold Out Your Hand by Chris Thorpe A dynamic text asking questions about place, where we are now and the moment we are living through. Ages 13+ The Pack by Stef Smith A playful and poetic exploration about getting lost in the loneliness of your living room and trying to find your way home. Ages 13+ Ozymandias by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse A contemporary story inspired by Percy Shelley's 19th century poem of the same name, exploring power, oppression and racism through the eyes of young people. Ages 16+ Bad Bored Women of the Rooms by Sabrina Mahfouz A storytelling adventure through the centuries of women and girls who have spent a lot of time stuck in a room. Ages 18+ The accompanying handbook includes step-by-step guidance on how to produce the plays either online or live in the space, and bespoke exercises and instructions on how to approach directing each play.
Download or read book Chuggie and the Desecration of Stagwater written by Brent Michael Kelley and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Norchug Mot Losiat, Chuggie to his friends, is walking Drought. When, in his rambling, he stumbles upon the remote city of Stagwater, he finds love, temptation, and treachery. He fights against men, demons, and his own nature to battle the sinister forces threatening the city. But Chuggie? All he wants is a boat."--Back cover.
Download or read book Bitter Tweet written by Alan Cashman and published by Alan Cashman. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 1153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He rose as a populist and fell as an insurrectionist. The presidency of Donald J. Trump was built on collusion, bribery, scandal, and lies. Trump is famed for his use of Twitter, a digital machine gun he relished in firing. Over a five-year period, he fully integrated Twitter into the very fabric of his administration, ultimately re-shaping the presidency and the power that came with it. In a presidency like no other, Trump woke up to Twitter, went to bed with it, and took comfort in how much it revolved around him. Bitter Tweet is a chronological story that explores the fascinating presidency of Donald J. Trump, inspired by his own words. A captivating tale of corruption, bribery, collusion, and fascism. By exploring the contexts and consequences of his most infamous tweets, we gain an insight into just how the American political system works…… or in some cases does not.
Download or read book American Psycho written by Bret Easton Ellis and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cult classic, adapted into a film starring Christian Bale. Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do? Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks, youth, charm, a job on Wall Street, reservations at every new restaurant in town and a line of girls around the block. He is also a psychopath. A man addicted to his superficial, perfect life, he pulls us into a dark underworld where the American Dream becomes a nightmare . . . With an introduction by Irvine Welsh, Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho is one of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time. A multi-million-copy bestseller hailed as a modern classic, it is a violent black comedy about the darkest side of human nature.
Download or read book City of Toys written by Lindy S Hudis and published by Lachesis Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2013-02-23 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trump The Art of the Deal written by Donald J. Trump and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Donald J. Trump lays out his professional and personal worldview in this classic work—a firsthand account of the rise of America’s foremost deal-maker. “I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: If you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.”—Donald J. Trump Here is Trump in action—how he runs his organization and how he runs his life—as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and challenges conventional thinking. But even a maverick plays by rules, and Trump has formulated time-tested guidelines for success. He isolates the common elements in his greatest accomplishments; he shatters myths; he names names, spells out the zeros, and fully reveals the deal-maker’s art. And throughout, Trump talks—really talks—about how he does it. Trump: The Art of the Deal is an unguarded look at the mind of a brilliant entrepreneur—the ultimate read for anyone interested in the man behind the spotlight. Praise for Trump: The Art of the Deal “Trump makes one believe for a moment in the American dream again.”—The New York Times “Donald Trump is a deal maker. He is a deal maker the way lions are carnivores and water is wet.”—Chicago Tribune “Fascinating . . . wholly absorbing . . . conveys Trump’s larger-than-life demeanor so vibrantly that the reader’s attention is instantly and fully claimed.”—Boston Herald “A chatty, generous, chutzpa-filled autobiography.”—New York Post
Download or read book Sometimes I Lie written by Alice Feeney and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?
Download or read book Make America Stronger Together Again written by Gregory T. Christensen and published by American Blueprint Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make America Stronger Together Again discusses Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and a presidential campaign from hell, but it is so much more than that. It’s a vision for a better country, a more engaged electorate, and a return to a level of civility worthy of the country our founding fathers dreamed we could be. The book begins by reflecting on the lives of two starkly different political candidates. From there it recaps the election of the century, putting a historical perspective on the political scandals of the Trump era. The second half of the book offers a clear blueprint for America in the future. A country where everyone has a place, where everyone’s voice is heard, and where anyone can run for elected office…and win.
Download or read book A Multitude of Mercies written by Fay Freimuth and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nan's sister, Laura Harris, is far from perfect. Laura is sick with the kind of frightening illness that drives people away. Despite her imperfections, Laura has an incredible capacity to love, and, because of this trait, she is extremely vulnerable.
Download or read book Graveyard Dirt written by Jessica Aspen and published by JJ Fantasy Press. This book was released on 2024-08-29 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beware the dark, it’s full of ghoulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night. But I’m not afraid, I’m a night witch and I thrive in the darkness. It caresses my skin and shows me the subtle mysteries of the night. And this October I, Jayda Ebonwick, will be inducted into the coven as a fully-fledged night witch. So watch out! I’m about to have access to all the truly dark delicious spells my family has been hoarding for years. Or at least, that was the plan. Apparently, the graveyard dirt I collected from Salem isn’t sinister enough for the Council. Grrr. So, now I need to enter the oldest, most haunted, cemetery in Boulder and collect dirt from the grave of a serial killer. And I need to go alone. But I’m a creature of the dark. Those ghosts and ghouls better watch out for me! And so should you. Join Jayda as she ventures deeper into the dark. Read GRAVEYARD DIRT 💀🖤💀🖤💀🖤💀🖤💀 Don't be mistaken. This story isn't full of hearts and roses. It isn't sweet. And I'm not the good girl. I'm not someone who finds out they're magical and gets sent to a fabulous school. I'm not someone whose life changed when she met vampires who sparkle. I'm not pretty or athletic or nice. I'm Jayda Ebonwick, Night Witch. Bold, bad, and a little spicy. (Okay, a lot spicy.) And this Halloween my life changed. Dig into GRAVEYARD DIRT and discover the not-so-pretty side of magic.
Download or read book Psycho Cybernetics Updated and Expanded written by Maxwell Maltz and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landmark self-help bestseller that has inspired and enhanced the lives of more than 30 million readers. In this updated edition, with a new introduction and editorial commentary by Matt Furey, president of the Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, the original 1960 text has been annotated and amplified to make Maxwell Maltz's message even more relevant for the contemporary reader. Maltz was the first researcher and author to explain how the self-image (a term he popularized) has complete control over an individual's ability to achieve, or fail to achieve, any goal. He developed techniques for improving and managing self-image visualization, mental rehearsal and relaxation which have informed and inspired countless motivational gurus, sports psychologists, and self-help practitioners for more than sixty years. Rooted in solid science, the classic teachings in Psycho-Cybernetics continue to provide a prescription for thinking and acting that lead to life-enhancing, quantifiable results.
Download or read book Try Keeping Secrets written by Richard Stubbs and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like most ambitious young men, Joe Lucas had worked hard to gain his Electrical Engineering degree, and once he was qualifi ed he took it on himself to start his own business manufacturing electronic devices that would make Australian homes, factories and offi ces more secure. There was definitely a niche market for such manufactured items, with the steady rise in house breaks, after-hours theft from business houses and confi dential and personal documents being stolen from government departments and the like. ,br> Joe immediately grasped the opportunity to make and customize sophisticated electronic devices, that would hopefully combat the newer methods criminals were now using to break the law. During this time he also met and fell in love with a young lady called Sophie Hamm, and in less than two year's they were married. He was also advised to make Sophie a fi fty-percent silent' partner in his manufacturing business, being assured there were many fi nancial benefi ts to be had, doing it that way. ,br> A short while later, and with two young daughters under fi ve, he was soon to discover that his wife Sophie had cleverly been keeping a secret from him, helped along by his overpowering and domineering mother-in-law. It happened again to him a few months later, when Joe was visiting the city of Adelaide in South Australia, only this time it was one of his last remaining relatives his mother's older sister, and he was shocked to fi nd she too had been keeping a secret from him? It's hard to keep secrets in families.
Download or read book Fadeaway Joe written by Hugh Lessig and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of S. A. Cosby and Allen Eskens, Joe Pendergast must go all in one last time as he grapples with the ghosts of his past–and present–in this gritty, high-stakes thriller. Sixty-four-year-old Joe has known violence his entire life. For forty years, he’s worked as an enforcer for loan shark and close friend Maxie Smith, breaking more than a few bones along the way. When Maxie abruptly fires him, Joe isn’t sure where to lay the blame—on Maxie, the man he once considered his brother, or on the early-onset Alzheimer’s that made Maxie lose faith in him in the first place. To keep his head above water, he begins to operate a food truck that’s barely getting by. Desperate to regain some purpose in his life, Joe makes a life-altering decision: he’s going to take down Maxie Smith by any means necessary, once and for all. However, his plan of revenge is sidelined when he meets twenty-two-year-old Paula Jessup, a wise-cracking amateur detective with a few scheming cards up her sleeve, who’s on the run from a trafficking ring she’s been investigating. The two form an unlikely bond: Paula needs some protection and Joe needs a purpose. With the stakes running high and the clock ticking down—will this gamble pay off?
