Download or read book Scritch Scratch written by Lindsay Currie and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a teeth-chattering, eyes bulging, shuddering-and-shaking, chills-at-the-back-of-your-neck ghost story. I loved it!"—R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series For fans of Small Spaces and the Goosebumps series by R.L Stine comes a chilling ghost story based on real Chicago history about a malevolent spirit, an unlucky girl, and a haunting mystery that will tie the two together. Claire has absolutely no interest in the paranormal. She's a scientist, which is why she can't think of anything worse than having to help out her dad on one of his ghost-themed Chicago bus tours. She thinks she's made it through when she sees a boy with a sad face and dark eyes at the back of the bus. There's something off about his presence, especially because when she checks at the end of the tour...he's gone. Claire tries to brush it off, she must be imagining things, letting her dad's ghost stories get the best of her. But then the scratching starts. Voices whisper to her in the dark. The number 396 appears everywhere she turns. And the boy with the dark eyes starts following her. Claire is being haunted. The boy from the bus wants something...and Claire needs to find out what before it's too late. Pick up Scritch Scratch if you are looking for: A book for middle school students, 5th grade to 9th grade A story with a strong female protagonist that explores bravery, friendship, and family Mystery books for kids 9-12 Chilling ghost stories and ghost books for kids (perfect for Halloween!) Historical mysteries and Chicago history books for kids

Download or read book Faith in the Halls of Power written by D. Michael Lindsay and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-29 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evangelicals, once at the periphery of American life, now wield power in the White House and on Wall Street, at Harvard and in Hollywood. How have they reached the pinnacles of power in such a short time? And what does this mean for evangelicals--and for America? Drawing on personal interviews with an astonishing array of prominent Americans--including two former Presidents, dozens of political and government leaders, more than 100 top business executives, plus Hollywood moguls, intellectuals, athletes, and other powerful figures--D. Michael Lindsay shows first-hand how they are bringing their vision of moral leadership into the public square. This riveting volume tells us who the real evangelical power brokers are, how they rose to prominence, and what they're doing with their clout. Lindsay reveals that evangelicals are now at home in the executive suite and on the studio lot, and from those lofty perches they have used their influence, money, and ideas to build up the evangelical movement and introduce it to wider American society. They are leaders of powerful institutions and their goals are ambitious--to bring Christian principles to bear on virtually every aspect of American life. Along the way, the book is packed with fascinating stories and striking insights. Lindsay shows how evangelicals became a force in American foreign policy, how Fortune 500 companies are becoming faith-friendly, and how the new generation of the faithful is led by "cosmopolitan evangelicals." These are well-educated men and women who read both The New York Times and Christianity Today, and who are wary of the evangelical masses' penchant for polarizing rhetoric, apocalyptic pot-boilers, and bad Christian rock. Perhaps most startling is the importance of personal relationships between leaders--a quiet conversation after Bible study can have more impact than thousands of people marching in the streets. Faith in the Halls of Power takes us inside the rarified world of the evangelical elite--beyond the hysterical panic and chest-thumping pride--to give us the real story behind the evangelical ascendancy in America. "This important work should be required reading for anyone who wants to opine publicly on what American evangelicals are really up to." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "For people wanting an understanding of how evangelicals have acquired so much power, money, and influence in the past 30 years, this is the ultimate insider's book." --Sojourners Magazine "Anybody who wants to understand the nexus between God and power in modern America should start here." --The Economist "Fascinating." --John Schmalzbauer, Wall Street Journal

Download or read book Battling Bella written by Leandra Ruth Zarnow and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bella Abzug’s promotion of women’s and gay rights, universal childcare, green energy, and more provoked not only fierce opposition from Republicans but a split within her own party. The story of this notorious, galvanizing force in the Democrats’ “New Politics” insurgency is a biography for our times. Before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, or Hillary Clinton, there was New York’s Bella Abzug. With a fiery rhetorical style forged in the 1960s antiwar movement, Abzug vigorously promoted gender parity, economic justice, and the need to “bring Congress back to the people.” The 1970 congressional election season saw Abzug, in her trademark broad-brimmed hats, campaigning on the slogan “This Woman’s Place Is in the House—the House of Representatives.” Having won her seat, she advanced the feminist agenda in ways big and small, from gaining full access for congresswomen to the House swimming pool to cofounding the National Women’s Political Caucus to putting the title “Ms.” into the political lexicon. Beyond women’s rights, “Sister Bella” promoted gay rights, privacy rights, and human rights, and pushed legislation relating to urban, environmental, and foreign affairs. Her stint in Congress lasted just six years—it ended when she decided to seek the Democrats’ 1976 New York Senate nomination, a race she lost to Daniel Patrick Moynihan by less than 1 percent. Their primary contest, while gendered, was also an ideological struggle for the heart of the Democratic Party. Abzug’s protest politics had helped for a time to shift the center of politics to the left, but her progressive positions also fueled a backlash from conservatives who thought change was going too far. This deeply researched political biography highlights how, as 1960s radicalism moved protest into electoral politics, Abzug drew fire from establishment politicians across the political spectrum—but also inspired a generation of women.

Download or read book It Was Always This Way written by Leigh Donnelly and published by Leigh Donnelly. This book was released on 2021-07-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two neighbors like family; one mistake that could ruin everything. Neighbors Julia Herrick and Lindsay Moore have enjoyed a decade of joint vacations, family dinners, and holiday parties with their two families practically melding into one. So when Lindsay off-handedly announces the Moores are moving in a week’s time for her job, Julia is shocked and devastated. A mess of emotions, she turns to Lindsay’s husband, Denny, for comfort. But as reassuring touches turn to gentle caresses, Julia can’t tell if her feelings for Denny are real or merely a desperate attempt to distract herself from the pain of losing her best friend. Denny can’t understand why Lindsay suddenly wants to move from the idyllic development where they’ve raised their kids, alongside the Herrick kids, for the past decade. With his marriage already on the verge of collapse, their impending move becomes the tipping point for Denny to act on his illicit feelings towards Julia. But what happens if she returns his affections? Are they both willing to give up the lives they’ve known (and thought they loved) to take a chance on each other? Because no matter how it turns out, no one will escape the aftermath of their decisions.

Download or read book Lindsay written by Laura Newell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-13 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am writing a series of Christian romance novels. I am sending you the first book, entitled “Lindsay” The books are targeted to women, but I think men would enjoy them, as well. Lindsay is a princess. Amy is promised to a Swiss Duke, Jean Luc Sinclair. Lindsay is an artist, and she is not comfortable being in the public eye. Quietly, she has a strong Christian belief. Lindsay decides to disguise herself, and runs away to New York City. Once there, she befriends a teenage drug addict and prostitute named Debbie. Lindsay takes her in, and tells her about God. Lindsay meets an American politician named Peter Edwards, who lives in Washington, D.C. In an effort to be close to Peter, Lindsay and Debbie move to Washington, D.C. Peter and Lindsay soon become close friends, and he encourages her to further peruse her art. Lindsay then gets word that her father has suffered a heart attack. Feeling guilty for having left her family, Lindsay returns home, and agrees to marry Nicholas. Soon after, Peter realizes that he loves Lindsay, but she is gone. He talks to a minister, and receives Christ. He hires a private investigator, and discovers that Lindsay is a princess, and about to be married. He visits Debbie, who has returned home to her parents, and she confides that Lindsay really loves him, not the Prince. Peter then travels to interrupt the wedding, and Lindsay declares that she belongs with him.

Download or read book The Innocent Wife written by Amy Lloyd and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman falls in love with a celebrity convict, only to discover a truth more sinister than she could imagine in this “compulsively readable thriller” (Booklist, starred review). Twenty years ago, Dennis Danson was arrested and imprisoned for the brutal murder of a young girl in Florida’s Red River County. Now he’s the subject of a true-crime documentary that’s whipping up a frenzy online to uncover the truth and free a man who has been wrongly convicted. A thousand miles away in England, Samantha is obsessed with Dennis’s case. She exchanges letters with him, and is quickly won over by his charm and kindness to her. Soon she has left her old life behind to marry him and campaign for his release. When the campaign is successful and Dennis is freed, however, Sam begins to discover new details that suggest he may not be quite so innocent after all. But how do you confront your husband when you don’t want to know the truth? Winner of the Daily Mail First Novel Competition

Download or read book Chambers s Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Board written by Bill Bos and published by Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Board is the story of five kids who inherit money, power, technology - and with a little help along the way - try to take over the world. Set in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1995, Jennifer and Brian are two kids who aren't part of the popular set. But they do know the difference between right and wrong. After the two fall in love, together they devise a plan of action to fight back and stop ... The Board. This intense suspense novel will keep you guessing throughout. Bill Bos Lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and is writing his next novel. Publisher's website: http: //sbprabooks.com/BillBos

Download or read book The Family Herald written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Last Robbery at Cold Springs written by Merlin Hatcher and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1885, by age nineteen, psychopath Bobby Nicks has killed five people. Dismissed U.S. security agent, Jake Rance hires Nicks and former lawman, Rayme Noon, along with Kansas rancher, Jim Lucas for a robbery of federal certificates in Cold Springs, Colorado. After receiving a telegram, U.S. Marshal Talley pursues the robbers through Colorado and Kansas.

Download or read book Twice in a Lifetime written by Marta Perry and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her family calls brokenhearted Georgia Lee Bodine home to Charleston, she knows there's trouble. Her beloved grandmother hired some fancy lawyer to carry out eccentric requests—and unearth an old family secret. Georgia plans to send Matthew Harper packing until she discovers how much the widowed father cares about her grandmother. And that his heart is even more deeply guarded than her own. As they work together on the Bodine history, they uncover a surprise about themselves: that love can strike twice in a lifetime.

Download or read book Chambers s Journal of Popular Literature Science and Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Wide wide World By E Wetherell written by Elizabeth WETHERELL (pseud. [i.e. Susan Bogert Warner.]) and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Broken Ones written by Ren Richards and published by Serpent's Tail. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK * 'Masterfully plotted, incredibly twisted. Put this one on your 2020 list!' SAMANTHA DOWNING, Sunday Times bestselling author of My Lovely Wife 'Darkly atmospheric and haunting. A brilliant ending that I'm still thinking about...' VANESSA SAVAGE, author of The Woman in the Dark 'An emotional rollercoaster, I devoured this book' SHERRI SMITH, author of The Captives Nell didn't know if she loved her baby... but did she kill her? A bestselling true crime writer, Nell tells other people's stories. But there is one story she won't tell. Ten years ago, she was a teenage mother with a four-year-old she found desperately hard to love. Then the little girl disappeared. As Nell begins to interview the subject of her next book, a woman convicted of murdering her twin sister, it becomes clear that someone has uncovered her true identity. And they know that Nell didn't tell the truth about the day her daughter vanished... Discover this addictive read, perfect for fans of My Perfect Wife and The Woman in Cabin 10 'Atmospheric and dramatic... I loved it' JULIA BARRETT, author of My Sister is Missing 'Cleverly written, intriguing and twisty' KAREN HAMILTON, bestselling author of The Perfect Girlfriend 'A spellbinding, beautifully written mystery' ALICE BLANCHARD, author of The Breathtaker 'Creepy and compelling, a compulsive and very human thriller' FRAN DORRICOTT, author of After the Eclipse

Download or read book The Queen of the Serpents written by S. L. Hawton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before twelve-year-old Megan Blayne moves to Hollow Mountain, she believes that nothing can ever come between herself and her twin sister, Cate. Even though they have different personalities, they are forever bonded by blood and wear matching green amber rings. But just as myths about peculiar happenings around the town begin to overwhelm their daily conversations, Cate--and her ring--suddenly disappear. After Megan embarks on a desperate search to find her twin, she is met by a mysterious serpent who opens his mouth and drops Cate's ring at her feet. But as quickly as the snake appears, it disappears, along with the ring. Terrified and more worried about Cate than ever, Megan sets out on a daring adventure in a fantasy world more dangerous than she ever imagined. As she begins unraveling a complex puzzle that she hopes will lead her to Cate, Megan encounters a strange boy, an evil lord, and serpent people who will do anything to get the one thing they want most. In this fantasy novel, a girl on a quest to find her missing sister must rely on help from an unlikely new friend as she attempts to save two worlds from a terrible fate.

Download or read book The Killing Ride written by Christine Michelle and published by Moonlit Dreams Publications. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J-Bird: I finally felt that itch to settle down that my parents and older brother, Deck, had been hounding me about. Lindsay Parker was the first girl to stir that itch in me. Which made it that much more unfortunate when she introduced me to her best friend, Christina. That girl blew me away the first day we met, but she would forever remain off limits because she would never betray her best friend even if I scraped Lindsay off first. So, I stuck it out with Lindsay and longed for her best friend for seven long months and the announcement that I was about to be a father. Then it all crashed down around me in the most literal sense possible along with the lies I'd been fed. There’s an evil inside me that destroys the women who dare to love me. Never again, and especially not with the one I really wanted, needed, fell so hard for. I would spare her my curse, even if it killed me. Christina: I was in love with my best friend’s man! It was getting harder to hide my feelings especially when I had to watch them cuddled up together. My feelings sent me running away to Savannah, Georgia. Sure, it wasn't far, but I moved in with my aunt to become her nanny while I suffered through blind date boredom on top of blind date disaster trying to find anyone who could make me forget the one man I couldn’t have. It seemed to work until they came to visit to share their good news. I wish I could have been happy for my friend while she got everything I wanted. Instead, I smiled to her face and cursed the fates that night for her meeting him first. I wished I could go back and shove all that bitter resentment down, because by morning, I blamed myself for the ill wishes I had thrown into the universe. By morning, reality came crashing in, and it changed everything. The Killing Ride is book 4 of the Aces High MC - Charleston Series which you must read in order! There is no cheating in this book by the main characters. There is strong language, violence, heartbreak, and both sweet and hot sex scenes. Those are the only warnings you need before diving in. The Killing Ride is book 4 in a 7 book series that must be read in order! Book 1: The Other Princess Book 2: A Love So Hard Book 3: The Princess and the Prospect Book 4: The Killing Ride Book 5: A Twist of Fate Book 6: Everlasting Book 7: A Year and a Day (novella)

Download or read book Final Edition Union Jack written by Val McDermid and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two mysteries in one volume featuring the investigating journalist, from the Diamond Dagger Award-winning author. Final Edition When Alison Maxwell, a well-known Glaswegian journalist with an irresistible sexual attraction to both sexes, is found murdered, the police look no further than the owner of the scarf used to strangle her. Reporter Lindsay Gordon, however, suspects there’s more to the story. Maxwell was a serial seductress who kept a secret record of her encounters, including one with Lindsay herself. Recalling the threats that followed the end of the relationship, Lindsay knows all too well the feelings of rage, fear, and passion that Alison Maxwell could invoke—and she will be stepping into a sordid world of lies to solve the case. “Compelling characters [and] a mystery that is profoundly twisted.”—Bay Area Reporter Union Jack When unethical union leader Tom Jack falls to his death from the window of Lindsay Gordon’s tenth-floor hotel room after a spectacularly public row between the two of them, it seems the only way to prove her innocence is to find the real culprit. But that will requireuncovering a seething cauldron of blackmail, corruption and abuse of power, all brought to the boil by her investigation. “A wonderful read?thrilling, scary and funny.”?Evening Standard (UK)