Download or read book Likewise written by Ariel Schrag and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ariel Schrag concludes her turbulent ride through high school in the long-awaited final volume of her acclaimed series of compelling and strikingly honest autobiographical graphic novels. Set in Berkeley, California, Likewise takes us into the holy grail of teenagers, every bit as terrifying as it is liberating: senior year. Struggling with a major longing for her ex-girlfriend who has gone away to college, her parents' post-divorce relationship, anxiety over the future, and all the graphic details of her complicated life, Ariel sets out to document everything and everyone. And when she discovers James Joyce, a whole new world of creativity opens up to her. Written with unabashed honesty, insight, and humor, Likewise is a brave account of one teenage girl's search for truth.

Download or read book Letters to Lily written by Christine Michelle and published by Moonlit Dreams Publications. This book was released on 2020-11-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Lily, You don’t know it yet, but life is full of complications you could never imagine. The impossible, even the devastatingly so, can throw you off course and batter your heart along the way. I know, that doesn’t sound like the start of the best kind of letter a mother could write to her daughter, but there’s a bright side too. There are moments, choices, and course-corrections to get you back on track to the life you were meant to have. You are living proof of that. I won’t hold back. Some of what you’ll read might be hard to hear considering it’s about your mom and dad, but it will all be worth it if you learn from our mistakes. I like to think we went wrong so that you won’t have to one day. Besides, as you know, it all worked out in the end. Sasha I knew Kade was my one before he ever even realized I was a girl. He was mine for a moment, and then fate interceded to take him away from me… Kade Family drama took me away from her. A lie from a friend kept me away. Seeing her again, months later, with a swollen belly as I had my arms wrapped around another woman, that would stain my heart forever. Second chances don’t come often, but there was no way I couldn’t try. Too much was at stake. This is a 91,000+ word, new adult, college, second chance, secret baby, contemporary romance!

Download or read book Hated with a Passion written by Lawanna Damous and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passion Coley began life with the world at her fingertips, due to her father's wealth. When her father was arrested and sentenced to 10 years, she and her mother went from riches to rags within a matter of months. Passion was often left in her grandfather's care which was a big mistake. After being molested and other traumatic events at home, she was placed into foster care where she met her best friend...and worst enemy. When she met Dru Tidwell, her life seemed to be changing for the better. With his New York/Miami ties, they reigned over the streets of Youngstown. Unbeknownst to Dru, she caught him cheating with the only person she trusted in the world and plotted to secretly destroy them and conquer the game all at once...but her plan backfired, leaving Passion to make a devastating, life altering decision that threatened to ruin her career and take her off the streets...permanently. Ride with Passion as she attempts to beat the odds. Will she succeed or succumb to the rough streets of Youngstown, Ohio?

Download or read book Life on the Brink written by Andrew Stephenson and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Life on the Brink: “… an achingly raw memoir that balances existential quandaries with a healthy sense of humor.” - Eric, Editor Have you ever wondered why we’re here or what it’s all for? Do you sometimes get so caught up in your thoughts that you forget that they aren’t real and only exist in your head? What if you could change your perspective and view the events in your life as happening for you, rather than to you? Do you think this could change your reaction? Could it then also have a positive impact on your overall outlook and how you view each day? Life on the Brink is a book of memories and reflections, told with the author’s charismatic and hilarious take on growing up, raising a family and facing life’s many challenges. This book will help you laugh a lot, cry a bit, and slow down long enough to think. You might even end up a little more hopeful and believe the journey to discovery is worth the struggle.

Download or read book A War on People written by Jarrett Zigon and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we see that our contemporary condition is one of war and widely diffused complexity, how do we understand our most basic ethical motivations? What might be the aims of our political activity? A War on People takes up these questions and offers a glimpse of a possible alternative future in this ethnographically and theoretically rich examination of the activity of some unlikely political actors: users of heroin and crack cocaine, both active and former. The result is a groundbreaking book on how anti–drug war political activity offers transformative processes that are termed worldbuilding and enacts nonnormative, open, and relationally inclusive alternatives to such key concepts as community, freedom, and care.

Download or read book The Red Threads of Destiny written by Angela Krout and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Eastern belief, the Red Thread of Destiny is tied to the pinky fingers of destined lovers. It may twist, tangle, but never break. I've noticed in my life that the threads are everywhere, connecting us to people and things that play all sorts of roles in our life. They could be the threads of friendship or even the internet threads which lead us down the rabbit hole at times. Some we notice. Some we don't. Some are all but gone and others Fate throws to us in a moment's need. And I certainly have had some very special threads to consider through my life ... For which I am grateful. The Red Threads of Destiny, we see the journey of Caroline Stark after the loss of her grandfather. His will leaves her as the executor of his estate, and the contents of his safe deposit box lead her from Northeast Arkansas, to Key West, Florida and across the sea to Kyoto, Japan. On her journey she not only discovers threads and secrets of her grandfather's life, she finds strong and lasting threads of her own.

Download or read book Hyperbole and a Half written by Allie Brosh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!

Download or read book A Hustler s Dream written by Chauncey Stevens and published by Chino Dollar. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tragedy and triumph leaps from every page of this sensational memoir by Chauncey “Chino Dolla” Stevens. This book chronicles the personal and professional adventures of a boy, blindly chasing his dreams to become a man. After the death of his grandmother, Chino Dolla finds himself lost in the city streets of Atlanta, GA surrounded by drugs, money and murder. Running from his past demons, Chino Dolla enters the world of entertainment by starting a record label called MasterMind Music. The label helps him find a piece of himself and discover a charismatic rapper by the name of Yung Joc. After executive producing Yung Joc’s 2006 Platinum debut album New Joc City, Chino Dolla finds himself face-to-face with some of the world’s most famous stars. Including world figures like P. Diddy, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, T.I., Beyonce, Big Meech, Young Jeezy, Janet Jackson and more. Along with success Chino also faces betrayal, deceit and the most prolific tragedy of his life. This well-written, educating, and entertaining memoir delivers a powerful message about following your dreams and making the right choices in life.

Download or read book The Secrets That We Bury written by Salem Miles and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No matter how far you run from the past, it always catches up to you. And we aren't exceptions to this rule." *** Following the revelations of The November Party incident, Dalia and her friends must figure out what to do next as time continuously runs out, memories begin to fade and bridges slowly start to burn. But as they get closer to finding solutions to their problems, secrets from the grave begin to surface, and it's up to them to either bury them...or deal with the consequences that come with them.

Download or read book Our Falling Tears written by Isabella Aliza and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna was just a normal teenager with a great best friend and a great boyfriend that loved her... or so she thought. She had a normal life except for the fact that her parents had died when she was just a little girl. She was starting to get happier, after the trauma that it had caused. But when things were starting to get better, back to the way things used to be, things started to change. The one decision that she thought would make her life better, would change her life for the worst.

Download or read book Overdosed Off A Hood Boy s Love written by Tay Mo'nae and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a snake close to home that will do anything to keep Arnez and Lyrica separated. Will they be able to figure it out before it's too late or has too much happened for them to rekindle their past. Arnez was always able to protect Lyrica but can he save her from herself?

Download or read book Detroit Lenacrave and Cleveland written by Brooke! and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was almost as hard headed as it gets while repeatedly insisting on missing and ignoring the entire point that Mom and a few others tried to get me to realize. "GET YOUR EDUCATION!!!" I still had some great times here and there every now and then, and I can only imagine how beautiful-my-life-would-have-been if I would have followed the "The Golden Rules." Some wonderful things have happened to me even though I still feel that I truly did not deserve or even know how to sincerely enjoy thoroughly, but on the other hand, some not so wonderful things have happened to me that I basically brought on myself as a direct result of not following "The Golden Rules." EDUCATION IS A MUST!!! I know my family was not the only family that has gone through a divorce, and I know there are millions of kids who went through divorce without a scratch. I am not blaming any of my failures as a man on the pitfalls of divorce, but I can clearly see now that my "character flaws" were a direct hit stemming from the casualties of my parents divorce. I did not ask to be me, and I certainly did not ask or expect to be stuck on stupid for almost three tenths of a century. It was what it was! If I would have known their divorce would eventually effect me which I believe set the wheels in motion that turned towards me turning out the way I have, I would have started Praying that night. But I had no idea it would, and neither did they. I can only imagine how beautiful my life would have been if their marriage was meant to be, but it was not about me. Brooke!

Download or read book Best Contemporary Monologues for Men 18 35 written by Lawrence Harbison and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lawrence Harbison has selected 100 terrific monologues for men – from contemporary plays, all by characters between the ages of 18 and 35 – perfect for auditions or class. There are comic monologues (laughs) and dramatic monologues (no laughs). Most have a compelling present-tense action for actors to perform. A few are story monologues – and they're great stories. Actors will find pieces by star playwrights such as Don Nigro, Itamar Moses, Stephen Adly Guirgis, and Terence McNally; by exciting up-and-comers such as Nicole Pandolfo, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Crystal Skillman, Greg Kalleres, Reina Hardy, and J. Thalia Cunningham; and information on getting the complete text of each play. This is a must-have resource in the arsenal of every aspiring actor hoping to knock 'em dead with his contemporary piece after bowling over teachers and casting directors alike with a classical excerpt.

Download or read book Live 2 Learn written by Adam Puntolillo and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up I did things that I thought were the things people around me wanted me to do. As I got older I realized that I need to do things that I wanted to do. My life taught me lessons that can never be taught in a school or online. I've been able to adapt and overcome diversity from being incarcerated at a young age to losing a child to becoming one of the best in my profession!

Download or read book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F ck written by Mark Manson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller Over 10 million copies sold In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up. Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek. There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

Download or read book The Substitute Wife Part 3 Gay Erotic Romance written by Keegan Kennedy and published by Keegan Kennedy. This book was released on 2023-08-07 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The romance of Hank and Austin Conroy continues in the third installment of the best-selling short story. Dominant Hank and submissive Austin are about to celebrate Austin's 19th birthday and their one year wedding anniversary. The festivities are halted by the shocking return of Austin no-good mother, Angie. Will her desperate schemes destroy Hank and Austin's bright future together?

Download or read book Behind Every Smile written by Monique La’Lerae Davis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to an individual some can be define as a statistics while others are made to stand out backing up the definition of unique. statistics says I should have died, statistics says i was supposed to suffer from down syndrome. Statistics says i wouldnt be able to walk or talk, statistics told my mom to prepare to bury a child but our GOD said otherwise. Every statistics that was thrown at me never prospered instead, the exact opposite happened and what the doctors didnt expect to happen had fortunately actually happened. However i struggled with a disability but not how others assumed Id struggle for it was more of a mental struggle then a physical struggle. although Im labeled as a disabled person my appearance may, will, shall fool you and throughout this book (and more to come) it will tell you why you should never judge a book by its cover regardless of who or what a person may appear to be for looks can, will be deceiving.