Download or read book My Dad Wears Prison Blues written by L. J. Hamon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This young adult novel tells the story of high school student Joshua, whose father is in prison. Josh's mother is in nursing school, his sister Reeb has her own problems. And the shooting of his best friend makes him long for revenge. But Joshua's father begins writing him letters about the harsh realities of prison life and he soon understands that he has to make the right decisions, or he will end up in the same place. This book includes letters from real prisoners who struggled to make it clear to their children that good choices can make a difference in their lives. And bad choices can cause them to end up in jail themselves. These handwritten letters, given to counselor L.J. Hamon are an invaluable resource which can be used to help council the roughly five million kids whose fathers are currently in prison.
Download or read book Four Seconds A Memoir written by Laura Andrade and published by J Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’m not going to try it,” I said. “You’ll like it,” she argued. “I know I’ll like it,” I said. “That’s why I’m not going to try it.” “Try it just this once and I’ll never ask you to do it again.” That WAS a deal. I slipped back into the driver’s seat while Pat corn-rowed two neat lines of the silky white powder on the back of a plastic cassette tape cover. Fifteen hundred dollars every month, an abusive boyfriend, a molested child, a lost family, hotels for houses, a ruined leg, a gun to my head, a knife to my butt, a jail cell all my own. Black eyes, bruised days, broken hours. Looking back, it seems strange what I gave up to get my roommate off my back. It only took four seconds. *** In her debut memoir, Andrade tells of her years with cocaine and crystal methamphetamines—using, then selling—until all she had left of the life she wanted was a chalk outline and a pack of cigarettes. This is the story of her use and recovery, of the people who frustrated and inspired her, of her decision to leave the drug world. It is the story of her slow, often unsteady walk home.
Download or read book My Dad Is in Jail I Won t Fail written by M.A. Rodriguez and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been a dream which has been in the works for two years. It was written to help my grandchild and other children who have parents who are in prison. In the future I hope to write more books to help children faced with problems.
Download or read book Playing in Time written by Carlo Rotella and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From jazz fantasy camp to running a movie studio; from a fight between an old guy and a fat guy to a fear of clowns—Carlo Rotella’s Playing in Time delivers good stories full of vivid characters, all told with the unique voice and humor that have garnered Rotella many devoted readers in the New York Times Magazine, Boston Globe, and Washington Post Magazine, among others. The two dozen essays in Playing in Time, some of which have never before been published, revolve around the themes and obsessions that have characterized Rotella’s writing from the start: boxing, music, writers, and cities. What holds them together is Rotella’s unique focus on people, craft, and what floats outside the mainstream. “Playing in time” refers to how people make beauty and meaning while working within the constraints and limits forced on them by life, and in his writing Rotella transforms the craft and beauty he so admires in others into an art of his own. Rotella is best known for his writings on boxing, and his essays here do not disappoint. It’s a topic that he turns to for its colorful characters, compelling settings, and formidable life lessons both in and out of the ring. He gives us tales of an older boxer who keeps unretiring and a welterweight who is “about as rich and famous as a 147-pound fighter can get these days,” and a hilarious rumination on why Muhammad Ali’s phrase “I am the greatest” began appearing (in the mouth of Epeus) in translations of The Iliad around 1987. His essays on blues, crime and science fiction writers, and urban spaces are equally and deftly engaging, combining an artist’s eye for detail with a scholar’s sense of research, whether taking us to visit detective writer George Pelecanos or to dance with the proprietress of the Baby Doll Polka Club next to Midway Airport in Chicago. Rotella’s essays are always smart, frequently funny, and consistently surprising. This collection will be welcomed by his many fans and will bring his inimitable style and approach to an even wider audience.
Download or read book Mercy Kill written by Lori Armstrong and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Black Ops army sniper Mercy Gunderson isn’t adjusting well to the laid-back rhythm of civilian life on her family’s ranch in South Dakota. To fill her time, Mercy accepts a temporary bartending gig at a local watering hole. Yet her attempts to settle in back home are tested when Titan Oil, a Canadian company proposing to run an underground pipeline through Eagle River County, sends Jason Hawley, Mercy’s former army buddy, to the area to convince ranchers to get behind the project. While local business owners support the pipeline, Hawley’s presence riles the landowners, and Mercy is torn. After ugly threats and multiple altercations escalate tensions in the county, Mercy discovers Hawley’s brutally mutilated body in the bar parking lot. When it appears Sheriff Dawson cares more about campaigning for reelection than investigating the case, Mercy vows to find Jason Hawley’s killer—even if she has to run against Dawson for sheriff to ensure justice is served. But Mercy soon learns her former military pal had plenty of secrets. Her search for the truth brings unwanted exposure to the county’s dark side and risks deadly repercussions for the entire community.
Download or read book Coming in Deadly written by Christa Wick and published by Christa Wick. This book was released on 2024-06-14 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing down cartel thugs? Maybe it’s drug running bikers? What’s a curvy beauty to do? Find herself a lethal protector - or two - who will do anything to keep her alive. All while keeping her deeply satisfied. ----------------------------- Inside this Dangerous Protector bundle, readers will find: RUTHLESS — If ever there were an angel here in my hell on earth, it’d be shy, sweet Avery Watkins. She’s always been too good to belong to a biker with a past as ugly as mine. All the same, I’ve had a soft spot for her since high school, keeping my distance to keep her safe. But all that changes the moment she risks her life for me. Now? She’s mine — mine to watch over, mine to keep. Previously published as Callan (2014) with revised and added content throughout. HER ONLY CHOICE — Maddox and Carson have always been like night and day opposites. One a cop. The other…not. For eight years now, I’ve quietly loved them from afar while they jumped from one hook-up to the next, seemingly only committed to one woman. Me, but only as their best friend. Or so I thought. Now Carson and I find ourselves at the mercy of a deadly motorcyle club dragging us into their violent world with no choice but to do what we need to survive. Everyone’s watching our every move—including Maddox, the cop, from the outside. And that’s when the real trouble begins. Previously published as Shield Her (2014) with two new extended epilogues from Maddox & Carson. Dark Savior — As an undercover DEA Agent infiltrating the Mexican cartel, I have only one chance to save Garnet Williams when she walks in on a drug deal gone bad. With the two cartel members in the room more than ready to slit the woman's throat, I have to think fast to save her without blowing my investigation. Gazing on her pale, flawless skin, quivering mouth and oh-so-lush curves, inspiration strikes. Until I can spirit her away to Witness Protection, I have no choice but to claim her as my own. Previously published as Captive Curves/Captured by Her Curves (2012) with revisions throughout and an added epilogue.
Download or read book The Making of a Serial Killer written by Danny Rolling and published by Feral House. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man convicted of the vicious murders of five college students in Gainesville, Florida, discusses his motivations and actions in commiting the crimes, reflects on what made him into a killer, and his struggle to come to terms with what he did. Original. IP.
Download or read book Dad s in Prison written by Sandra Cain and published by A & C Black. This book was released on 1999 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows two young boys as they visit their dad in prison for the first time and explains the emotions they feel and the situations they encounter during their visit.
Download or read book Your Eyes in Stars written by M. E. Kerr and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the Depression, this haunting historical novel by M. E. Kerr follows two teenage girls—one German, the other American—whose friendship plays out against the quickly shifting political world stage Jessie Myrer is the daughter of the prison warden in Cayuta County, where there are few foreigners and even fewer Jews. Jessie’s provincial views change when she meets her new across-the-street neighbor. At fifteen, sophisticated, German-born Elisa Stadler is a year older than Jessie. The girls would seem to have little in common, yet they soon become the best of friends. Then one night, they hear the music of the prison band’s spellbinding solo bugler. Convicted murderer and gifted musician Slater Carr is the newest arrival at Cayuta Prison. Jessie and Elisa become obsessed with Slater, who to Jessie is like a local John Dillinger—and who was an unwitting part of a botched robbery in which two people were killed. When a daring escape culminates in murder, Elisa’s family moves back to Germany, where Hitler is rising to power. Years later, Jessie makes a shocking discovery about her long-lost friend. Your Eyes in Stars is a stunning novel about friendship, prejudice, assimilation, and the end of innocence. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Marijane Meaker including rare images from the author’s collection.
Download or read book Eye of the Beholder written by Lowell Cauffiel and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating psychological study of an unrepentant murderer” from a New York Times–bestselling author (Library Journal). Battle Creek, Michigan, is famous as the birthplace of breakfast cereal, and the nearby suburb of Marshall is as wholesome as shredded wheat. Well-known for its colorful Victorian mansions, this stately slice of nineteenth-century Americana became infamous on a frigid night in February of 1991. Newscaster Diane Newton King was stepping out of her car, her children strapped into the backseat, when a sniper’s bullet cut her down. The police assumed that the killer was her stalker—a crazed fan who had been terrorizing King for weeks. But as their investigation ground to a standstill, the police turned to another suspect—one much closer to home. In this gripping retelling of the crime and its aftermath, journalist Lowell Cauffiel re-creates the atmosphere of terror that marked King’s last days, giving us a story of celebrity, obsession, and what it means to kill.
Download or read book Indian Voices written by Alison Owings and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Indian Voices, Alison Owings takes readers on a fresh journey across America, east to west, north to south, and around again. Owings's most recent oral history—engagingly written in a style that entertains and informs—documents what Native Americans say about themselves, their daily lives, and the world around them. Young and old from many tribal nations speak with candor, insight, and (unknown to many non-Natives) humor about what it is like to be a Native American in the twenty-first century. Through intimate interviews many also express their thoughts about the sometimes staggeringly ignorant, if often well-meaning, non-Natives they encounter—some who do not realize Native Americans still exist, much less that they speak English, have cell phones, use the Internet, and might attend powwows and power lunches. Indian Voices, an inspiring and important contribution to the literature about the original Americans, will make every reader rethink the past—and present—of the United States.
Download or read book My Dad Is in Jail written by Amber Ryan and published by Rt Books. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This children's book sets out to normalize the feelings accompanied by the absence of a parent while either in prison or jail. Many children feel responsible for the separation and think they are all alone in their internal struggle for understanding. My Dad Is In Jail describes the good times and the bad times that families face during this transition in their lives.
Download or read book My Dad s in Prison written by Jackie Walter and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple, sensitively written exploration of having a parent in prison. Dad's gone away for a while, but I don't understand why. I miss him. Children with a parent in prison often feel isolated, ashamed - unable to talk about their situation because they are scared of being bullied and judged. They often feel that they are to blame and having a parent in prison marks them as an outcast.
Download or read book My Dad s in Prison written by Tess Rowley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom's dad has done something wrong and has had to go to prison. Tom's mother explains what it's like in prison and where his dad will sleep, eat and work. Tom visits his father in prison and learns the visiting process including searches, scanning and security checks. The book provides children with accurate and useful information about prison to better understand the situation and to help allay their fears.
Download or read book Kensington Blues written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Last Night written by Brendan Lemon and published by Alyson Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a decaying Havana prison, a young American facing death by firing squad writes a letter to his Cuban lover to cut through the lies the two young men have been forced to tell and find an explanation for how a passionate love devolved into obsession, jealousy and murder. Rich and vibrant, the complex mix of tensions, repressions and celebrations of Cuba and the universal drama of love won and lost are captured with aching clarity and sensuality.
Download or read book New Adult eBook Box Set written by Jody Gehrman and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smoldering corporate bad boy. Hot British DJ. Irresistible secret boyfriend. Dark-eyed guitar player. Join authors Amanda Hill, Sarah Tucker, Tyne O'Connell and Jody Gehrman on four rollercoaster rides from London to L.A. and from wrong to oh-so-right. LOVE LIKE THAT by Amanda Hill Handsome, charming Roman is everything Dalton Moss has always wanted—but surly, moody Jeremy is the one she can't stop thinking about. Engaged to one man, magnetically drawn to the other…can Dalton figure out her feelings before she loses them both? THE LAST YEAR OF BEING SINGLE by Sarah Tucker Sarah Giles has the perfect fiancé and the perfect life—until an innocent office flirtation escalates into an erotic obsession. Torn between two men, Sarah writes a scandalously honest diary of one life-changing year, and faces the challenge of writing her own happy ending…. THE SEX WAS GREAT BUT… by Tyne O'Connell Holly Klein is an A-list celebrity with an army of assistants. Leo Monroe is a hotshot DJ from the streets. Scorching, top-secret sex is one thing...but can a Hollywood star and a struggling musician ever seriously work as a couple? SUMMER IN THE LAND OF SKIN by Jody Gehrman All Anna wants is to uncover long-buried family secrets so she can move on with her life. Then she gets tangled up with Arlan, a sinfully attractive guitar player—and over the course of an unforgettable summer, she'll discover that the only way to get free of her past is to embrace it.
