Download or read book The Book of Night Women written by Marlon James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the WINNER of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings "An undeniable success.” — The New York Times Book Review A true triumph of voice and storytelling, The Book of Night Women rings with both profound authenticity and a distinctly contemporary energy. It is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they- and she-will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings, desires, and identity, Lilith starts to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman, and risks becoming the conspiracy's weak link. But the real revelation of the book-the secret to the stirring imagery and insistent prose-is Marlon James himself, a young writer at once breathtakingly daring and wholly in command of his craft.
Download or read book A Brief History of Seven Killings written by Marlon James and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers, and ghosts against a backdrop of social and political turmoil.
Download or read book Black Leopard Red Wolf written by Marlon James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award The New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, and The Washington Post "A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." --Neil Gaiman "Gripping, action-packed....The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times The epic novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings In the stunning first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. As Tracker follows the boy's scent--from one ancient city to another; into dense forests and across deep rivers--he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he struggles to survive, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And perhaps the most important questions of all: Who is telling the truth, and who is lying? Drawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written a novel unlike anything that's come before it: a saga of breathtaking adventure that's also an ambitious, involving read. Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters, Black Leopard, Red Wolf is both surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, and our need to understand them both.
Download or read book How to Audition written by Gordon Hunt and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 1977 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shoulda Woulda Coulda written by La Jill Hunt and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2008-12-23 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working hard to care for his kids, Craig Coleman is determined to live a drama-free life until he encounters his brother's ex, while Paige Michaels comes to grips with her husband's betrayal and prepares to leave her seemingly perfect life behind. Reprint.
Download or read book Really Dying Trying to Make It Trenton New Jersey written by Marlon Bennet and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Year s Best Fantasy written by Paula Guran and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning fantasy editor Paula Guran invites you to join an array of accomplished authors on an extraordinary and enchanting expedition. Seventeen fantastical stories weave a wonderful web of magic, revelation, and of course, adventure. The Year's Best Fantasy, Volume Three explores alternative realities that mirror a world much like our own, yet push the limits of one's imagination. Buckle up and enjoy the ride! This is a collection of tales fantasy fanatics won't want to miss.
Download or read book Surrendering When Pain Is Transformed into Extraordinary Blessings written by Kenia Nuñez and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the world, she appeared to have it all: a loving husband, three beautiful children, a gorgeous house, a secure and fulfilling job, a contagious smile, and a hip attitudebut did she? After years of secretly running on empty, Kenia Nuez spiraled into a depression that would threaten her grasp on life and nearly destroy her marriage. It was not until cancer came after her strong, athletic husband did Kenia realize that life is meant to be lived with purpose and enjoyed to its fullest extent. Her story inspired hundreds of Facebook followers as her posts brought them along her roller coaster journey of discovery. Written with poignancy and sincere empathy, she chronicles the first eight months of widowhood. The reader soon understands that her beloved John-Marlon is her angel sprinkling miracles along the way. You, too, will begin to believe that we each have our own unique guiding light urging us to take positive, transformative action here on earth. This is a must-read for anyone touched by uncertainty or pain.
Download or read book The Carousel Keeps Turning written by Pamela Evans and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friendship and fairgrounds help to heal a broken heart in this sixties London saga. Pam Evans, much-loved author of In the Dark Streets Shining and The Apple of Her Eye, transports us to the swinging sixties in this heart-breaking saga of friendship, hope and a mother's love. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Cathy Sharp. Covered with bruises, Maddie Brown can only think about getting as far away as possible from Barking and her violent husband. Richmond, at the other end of the District Line, seems as good a place to go as any. It's a hot bank holiday in 1960 and Maddie, clutching her five-year-old daughter, follows the Richmond crowds swarming towards the river where a vibrant fairground is in full swing. The noise and fun do little to soothe her pain but an encounter with a fairground owner's daughter is to change her life for ever. Janice is a kind, warm-hearted single mother who, seeing their distress, determines to help them. Before long, Maddie is working for the Fenners, revelling in the spirit of the fairground. But an ugly past, when it is left unresolved, has a habit of catching up with the present and Maddie eventually realises that she must fight like never before to keep a hold of all that she loves... What readers are saying about The Carousel Keeps Turning: 'This is around the fifth book of Pamela Evans that I have read and they still have me sitting on the edge of my seat or sat bolt upright in bed with anticipation of what is going to happen next' 'Gripping. I loved the story-line and found it hard to put the book down! I would certainly recommend it'
Download or read book Don t Get Done Get Dom written by Dominic Littlewood and published by Headline. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BBC1 consumer affairs programme Don't Get Done, Get Dom is now in its fourth series, and has over 1 million regular viewers. The show is aired morning weekdays on a six-week run. Consumer rights champion Dominic Littlewood takes on big companies and stands up for the man in street when they've been short-changed. Dom brings his expertise in buying and selling and man-on-a-mission energy to this book, laying down some easy-to-follow principles that will help people to find bargains, negotiate the best deals and beat the credit crunch. It is full of sound advice for making the most of your money and encapsulates the techniques Dom has perfected in his years as a haggling hero. This timely and much-needed book will appeal not only to viewers of the show but to all money-conscious consumers.
Download or read book Keith Richards written by Victor Bockris and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2003-06-19 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1992, Victor Bockris's celebrated biography was the first to recognize Richards's pivotal role in the Stones' legend. Now that book on rock's most incredible survivor has been expanded to accommodate ten more years of his storied life.
Download or read book The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eleven written by N. K. Jemisin and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Taming the Montana Millionaire written by Teresa Southwick and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the rumors be believed? Haley Anderson and Marlon Cates? The major crush who kissed her…only to vanish from her life six years ago? Thunder Canyon's bad-boy-made-good is back. And no way is Haley letting the gorgeous billionaire playboy anywhere near her heart. But Marlon seems determined to prove he's a changed man. And the way he's endearing himself to the teens at her community center is making Haley wonder if he's planning to make his stay a permanent one. Because Marlon hasn't forgotten that kiss, either. Stay tuned, loyal readers, to find out if Marlon can become Haley's—and Thunder Canyon's—true hometown hero!
Download or read book The Girl Who Walked Home Alone written by Charlotte Chandler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-03-10 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even a short list of Bette Davis's most famous films -- Of Human Bondage; Jezebel; Dark Victory; The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex; Now, Voyager; All About Eve; What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? -- reveals instantly what a major force she was in Hollywood. Her distinctive voice, her remarkable eyes, her astonishing range and depth of characterization -- all these qualities combined to make Bette Davis one of the finest performers in film history. Drawing on extensive conversations with Bette Davis during the last decade of her life, Charlotte Chandler gives us a biography in which the great actress speaks for herself. (It was she who suggested that Chandler write this book.) Chandler also spoke with directors, actors, and others who knew and worked with Davis. As a result Davis comes to life in these pages -- a dynamic, forceful presence once again, just as she was on the screen. Though she owed everything to her mother, Ruthie, Bette Davis remained fascinated all her life by her hard-to-please father, who walked out on his family. She remembered the disappointment -- which never left -- over her father's lack of interest in her, and she believed that her resentment of him was probably a major factor in her four failed marriages: she kept putting her men in a position where they would eventually disappoint her. She spoke happily of her love affairs with Howard Hughes and William Wyler; she recalled her leading men, favorite co-stars, and unloved rivals; and she took great care to refute the persistent Hollywood legend that she was difficult to work with. Alone and ill, she faced her last days with bravery and dignity. The Girl Who Walked Home Alone is a brilliant portrait of an enduring icon from Hollywood's golden age and an unforgettable biography of the real woman behind the star.
Download or read book The Fifties written by David Halberstam and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vivid New York Times bestseller about 1950s America from a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist is “an engrossing sail across a pivotal decade” (Time). Joe McCarthy. Marilyn Monroe. The H-bomb. Ozzie and Harriet. Elvis. Civil rights. It’s undeniable: The fifties were a defining decade for America, complete with sweeping cultural change and political upheaval. This decade is also the focus of David Halberstam’s triumphant The Fifties, which stands as an enduring classic and was an instant New York Times bestseller upon its publication. More than a survey of the decade, it is a masterfully woven examination of far-reaching change, from the unexpected popularity of Holiday Inn to the marketing savvy behind McDonald’s expansion. A meditation on the staggering influence of image and rhetoric, The Fifties is vintage Halberstam, who was hailed by the Denver Post as “a lively, graceful writer who makes you . . . understand how much of our time was born in those years.” This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.
Download or read book The Dylan Tapes written by Anthony Scaduto and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The raw material and interviews behind Anthony Scaduto’s iconic biography of Bob Dylan draw an intimate and multifaceted portrait of the singer-songwriter who defined his era When Anthony Scaduto’s Bob Dylan: An Intimate Biography was first published in 1971, the Nobel Prize–winning songwriter, at thirty, had already released some of the most iconic albums of the 1960s, including Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. Scaduto’s book was one of the first to take an investigative journalist’s approach to its subject and set the standard for rock music biography. The Dylan Tapes, compiled from thirty-six hours of interviews, is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Scaduto’s landmark book—and a close-up encounter with pivotal figures in Dylan’s life. These reel-to-reel tapes, found in a box in Scaduto’s basement, are a never-bootlegged trove of archival material about Dylan, drawn from conversations with those closest to him during the early years of his career. In the era of ten-second takes, these interviews offer uncommon depth and immediacy as we listen to friends and lovers recall the Dylan they knew as he created his professional persona and perfected his craft—from folk music, protest songs, and electric rock through the traumatic impact of a motorcycle crash to his later, more self-reflecting songwriting. Echo Helstrom, Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country,” is here, as are Suze Rotolo, who graced the cover of the Freewheelin’ album, and Joan Baez, remembering her relationship “to Bobby.” We hear from Mike Porco, who gave Dylan his first gig in New York City; Sid and Bob Gleason, who introduced him to his hero Woody Guthrie; folk artists from Greenwich Village, like Phil Ochs and Ramblin’ Jack Eliot; John Hammond Sr., who gave him his first record contract; plus a host of musicians, activists, folk historians, and archivists—and, of course, Dylan himself. From these reflections and frank conversations, many published here for the first time, a complex, finely observed picture emerges of one of the best known yet most enigmatic musicians of our time.
Download or read book A Woman and the Men That Loves Her written by Maleshia Lewis and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As you read the story A Woman and The Men That Loves Her. Tamern is twenty four years old. She is married to one of the biggest drug dealers in Baton Rouge. She is a daddys girl and he would do anything to keep his daughter happy rather its killing or paying people to kill. Keith cheats on her one day it hurts her so bad that she leaves him you will now come in a world of lies, cheating and sometimes even beatings. She will get stuck in a two way love affair will she choose Keith or the Other man. Will Tamern stay with Keith or will she leave him. Find it all out in A Woman and the Men That Loves Her. facebook.com/A Woman & the Men That Loves Her
