Download or read book Your Loving Arms written by Gwendolyn Bikis and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just of jail, and feeling free only when she's,high, Beth wants only one thing: to see her,ex-lover, Tammy, the beautiful black artist who,offered her the only emotional, financial and,personal security Beth had ever known. Seasoned,with flavours of poetry, defiance and courage,Your Loving Arms ranges from the streets of East,Baltimore to the front porches of North Carolina,from college dorms to prison yards. along the way,this powerful novel confronts addiction, racism,self-hatred and distrust - and reveals the honest,love and friendship that can transcend them all.

Download or read book slick but not slick enough written by Comeassia Miles and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hooked written by Lonny Shavelson and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shavelson is a physician and journalist who followed five addicts through various drug rehabilitation programs in California. Their stories, often told in their own words and punctuated by bandw photos Shavelson took as the five traversed the system and the streets, highlight the links between drug addiction, mental illness, and trauma, including child abuse. Shavelson argues for an integrated approach to drug treatment that addresses the fundamental causes of drug abuse, not just its outward symptoms and behaviors. c. Book News Inc.

Download or read book The Turn of the Key written by Ruth Ware and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A superb suspense writer…Brava, Ruth Ware. I daresay even Henry James would be impressed.” —Maureen Corrigan, author of So We Read On “This appropriately twisty Turn of the Screw update finds the Woman in Cabin 10 author in her most menacing mode, unfurling a shocking saga of murder and deception.” —Entertainment Weekly From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lying Game and The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes this thrilling novel that explores the dark side of technology. When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten—by the luxurious “smart” home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare—one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the events that led to her incarceration. It wasn’t just the constant surveillance from the home’s cameras, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming music, or turned the lights off at the worst possible time. It wasn’t just the girls, who turned out to be a far cry from the immaculately behaved model children she met at her interview. It wasn’t even the way she was left alone for weeks at a time, with no adults around apart from the enigmatic handyman. It was everything. She knows she’s made mistakes. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn’t always ideal. She’s not innocent, by any means. But, she maintains, she’s not guilty—at least not of murder—but somebody is. Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, The Turn of the Key is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.

Download or read book Preacher Man written by Charles Carroll Lee and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-05-19 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The members of the fictional Saint Marks Baptist Church have become involved in blackmail, lust, greed, adultery and illegal activities. Occasionally, they will seek the advice from the Reverend Darren McCade. However, questioning his call into the ministry, Darren is becoming increasingly annoyed that his sermons are falling on deaf ear and by the members behavior on and off the churchs property. Darren also has to contend with some ailing church members, a strained marriage and some very deep personal and professional issues as he leads his wayward flock toward spiritual fulfillment. Daren recounts this fictional story in his own words, as well as his own personal battles until the catastrophic conclusion. Charles Carroll lee breathes life into the all new, complex, and over-the-edge characters that will be hard to forget in this fast moving novel .. Preacher Man.

Download or read book Southern Fried Life written by David Luck and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dylan Jacobs, Debbie and John John Rachel, Stuart Dauzart, and Phoebe Werner-Sury have been friends for a long time. The five of them share a special bond, and despite the ups and downs of life, theyve stayed in touch. Nowon the eve of their thirty-second high school class reunionthe middle-aged friends relive their youth for one long weekend. For three fun-filled days, they leave behind worries about unplanned pregnancies, divorce, bankruptcy, substance abuse, bizarre baptisms, unfair kiddy glamour pageants, poorly fried catfish, and one freak accident caused by a fake pig. They recall the joy of the past, come to grips with the present, and celebrate the future. Set in central Louisiana, this humorous story reminds us that we should always take the time to stop and smell the bacon. Its midlife crisis fried over easy and seasoned to hilarious perfection. This hysterical story proves that when life throws you a side of nasty porkmake jerky! Phaedra Parks, attorney, TV Personality, and author of Secrets of the Southern Belle Southern Fried Life is a gumbo full of tragedies, love, laughter, bad behavior, honest mistakes, and friendships that will last forever. Norman Korpi, artist, filmmaker, star of MTVs The Real World, and inventor of the Aero-Tray

Download or read book The Best American Short Plays 1991 1992 written by Howard Stein and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1992 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.

Download or read book The Devils Within written by Vincent Edwards and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Torch was a detective for the New York City police department, working homicide. Some said that he was the best when it came down to finding killers and bringing them in, or so everyone thought. Eric's whole life had been around murder and death. He had the best training from his past. There were many that hated him or loved him, not that he really cared. They say one moment can change your whole life and Eric was living proof of that.

Download or read book Hol Human Occupied Landfill written by Chris Elliott and published by The CaBil. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Plan A written by Deb Caletti and published by Labyrinth Road. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice. From the acclaimed author of A Heart in a Body in the World, this is both an achingly tender love story and a bold, badly needed battle cry about bodily autonomy and the experiences that connect us. Ivy can’t entirely believe it when the plus sign appears on the test. She didn’t even know it was possible from . . . what happened. But it is, and now she is, and instead of spending the summer working at the local drugstore and swooning over her boyfriend, Lorenzo, suddenly she’s planning a cross-country road trip to her grandmother’s house on the West Coast, where she can legally obtain an abortion. Escaping her small Texas town and the judgment of her friends and neighbors, Ivy hits the road with Lorenzo, who, determined to make the best of their “abortion road trip love story,” has transformed the journey into a whirlwind tour of the world: all the way from Paris, Texas, to Rome, Oregon . . . and every rest-stop diner and corny roadside attraction along the way. And while Ivy can’t run from the incessant pressure of others’ opinions about her body or from her own expectations and insecurities, she discovers a new world of healing and hope. As the women she encounters share their stories, she chips away at the stigma, silence, and shame surrounding reproductive rights while those collective experiences guide her to her own rightful destination.

Download or read book Cycle 2 Lying Wasted Under a Broken Coda written by Dominic Lyne and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "So what makes me feel like me? Truly the Dom I want to be? Going out, drinking, using drugs and ending up somewhere with someone random or a friend. Alcohol, drugs and sex. That is Dom. Dom is reckless, Dom doesn't give a fuck. Burn bright and fall in flames. A bright star. One of the crazy ones."These diary entries take the reader into the author's mind, revealing how he perceives the world around him, his thoughts and addictions. It provides an interesting insight - both through words and images - into the mind of someone who is truly not connected with 'reality'. A look into the otherside of the mirror.

Download or read book Famished written by Edwin F. Becker and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eaten Alive??? Earl Mason was your average small town pharmacist whose hidden sideline was manufacturing Methamphetamine for the largest drug dealer in southwest Missouri. In a failed attempt to improve his meth recipe and give these emaciated drug addicts a case of the munchies, he adds a powerful hunger enzyme that alters and damages their brain. It creates uncontrollable aggression and hunger which is focused solely on their species. They want human flesh! In effect, he creates a mindless cannibal that is stronger, faster, and impervious to pain. As the problem manifests, read how each drastically different town, with varying law enforcement resources attempts to deal with, and contain the problem. What would you do if 911 was busy? Written as a novel, the premise has turned out to be prophetic as evidenced in recent news headlines. They blame bath salts. However, one of the main ingredients is methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV.) The key is the first four letters..Meth. This drug when mixed with a number of other chemicals can produce unimaginable effects on the hypothalamus part of the brain. Ever wonder why an anti-depressant can have the contradictory side effect of suicide? Simply because dousing the hypothalamus with chemicals can be unpredictable, and a known fact in the pharmaceutical and medical communities. So the human behavior I describe has already occurred when a man ate another mans face in Miami, then cannibalism in Canada, then Louisiana. So who is next? Did you ever wonder what could be more horrifying then a zombie? Reality!

Download or read book Pursuit of Honor written by Vince Flynn and published by Atria/Emily Bestler Books. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mitch Rapp—the “mainstay of the modern techno-thriller” (New York Journal of Books)—returns in this exhilarating political thriller as he fights for the sake of his country and the pursuit of honor. Less than a week after a series of deadly explosions devastated Washington, DC, key officials are up in arms over whether to make friends or foes of the clandestine elite counterterrorism operatives that stepped between the enemy and countless American lives. Not for the first time, Mitch Rapp finds himself struggling to illustrate the realities of national security to politicians who are content to sit on the sidelines. Meanwhile, three al-Qaeda terrorists are still at large, and Rapp has been unofficially ordered to find them by any means necessary. No one knows the personal, physical, and emotional sacrifices required of the job better than Rapp. When he sees his colleague Mike Nash cracking under the pressure, he makes a call he hopes will save his friend, assuage the naysayers on Capitol Hill, and get him one step closer to the enemy before it’s too late. Once again, Rapp proves himself to be a hero unafraid “to walk the fine line between the moral high ground and violence” (The Salt Lake Tribune) for our country’s safety and for the pursuit of honor.

Download or read book The Failures written by Benjamin Liar and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a debut voice comes a genre-breaking blend of apocalyptic sci-fi and epic fantasy about a scattered group of unlikely heroes traveling across their broken mechanical planet to stave off eternal darkness. A tightly-coiled puzzle of a thrill ride, The Failures launches The Wanderlands trilogy Welcome to the Wanderlands. A vast machine made for reasons unknown, the Wanderlands was broken long ago. First went the sky, splintering and cracking, and then very slowly, the whole machine—the whole world—began to go dark. Meet the Failures. Following the summons of a strange dream, a scattering of adventurers, degenerates, and children find themselves drawn toward the same place: the vast underground Keep. They will discover there that they have been called for a purpose—and that purpose could be the destruction of everything they love. The end is nigh. For below the Keep, imprisoned in the greatest cage ever built by magicians and gods, lies the buried Giant. It is the most powerful of its kind, and its purpose is the annihilation of all civilization. But any kind of power, no matter how terrible, is precious in the dimming Wanderlands, and those that crave it are making their moves. All machines can be broken, and the final cracks are spreading. It will take only the careless actions of two cheerful monsters to tip the Wanderlands towards an endless dark...or help it find its way back to the light.

Download or read book Brandenburg Gate written by Henry Porter and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "accomplished retro thriller" ("The Sunday Telegraph"), Porter captures the tense final moments of the Berlin Wall in the multilayered story of a former foreign agent faced with unbearable choices.

Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2009 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed of: Dictionary of slang and unconventional English / by E. Partridge. 8th ed.1984.