Download or read book Flyin West and Other Plays written by Pearl Cleage and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pearl Cleage is a passionate, challenging playwright whose concerns for the species are unmistakable and profound. As a woman, as an African-American, her artistic objectivity and sensitivity to history combine with, but do not overshadow, her capacity to dig for truth and present it flat out as she sees it – with a finger snap or a shout and sometimes with a wink. Among the most satisfying roles I’ve undertaken on stage is surely Miss Leah in Flyin’ West. She brings the bushel nuggets of drama and humor that capture the ear, the heart and the imagination. She’s devilish, too.” –Academy Award® Nominee Ruby Dee “Ms. Cleage writes with amazing grace and killer instinct.” –Alvin Klein, New York Times “Pearl Cleage is a brilliant storyteller. I am always engrossed in the drama and compassion she brings to her characters. Flyin’ West, Bourbon at the Border, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Late Bus to Mecca and Chain are marvelous examples of a playwright at the top of her form, bravely moving into the new century.” –Woodie King, Jr., Producing Director, New Federal Theatre Pearl Cleage’s body of work for the stage provides us with a remarkable and penetrating look at the African-American experience over the last 100 years. This volume collects her major full-length plays and one-acts, including Flyin’ West, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Bourbon at the Border, Chain and Late Bus to Mecca. PEARL CLEAGE is an Atlanta-based writer whose recent plays have premiered at The Alliance Theatre Company with subsequent productions throughout the country. Her first novel What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day was a recent Oprah’s Book Club Selection and a national bestseller. She is a former columnist of the Atlanta Tribune and a contributor to Essence Magazine.

Download or read book The Shadow Cabinet written by Maureen Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling third installment to the Edgar-nominated, bestselling series Rory and her friends are reeling from a series of sudden and tragic events. While racked with grief, Rory tries to determine if she acted in time to save a member of the squad. If she did, how do you find a ghost? Also, Rory’s classmate Charlotte has been kidnapped by Jane and her nefarious organization. Evidence is uncovered of a forty-year-old cult, ten missing teenagers, and a likely mass murder. Everything indicates that Charlotte’s in danger, and it seems that something much bigger and much more terrible is coming. Time is running out as Rory fights to find her friends and the ghost squad struggles to stop Jane from unleashing her spectral nightmare on the entire city. In the process, they’ll discover the existence of an organization that underpins London itself—and Rory will learn that someone she trusts has been keeping a tremendous secret.

Download or read book Nod If You Can Hear Me written by Paul Heins and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Pablo and his dog Sunshine on their Gonzo journey of awakening and discovery. This saga begins when Pablo returns from his hitch in the U.S. Navy and completes his first two years of junior college. His search for knowledge, wisdom, and his place in life takes him over six thousand miles covering nine states, two countries, and a multitude of players including rock stars, shamans, and Hollywood celebrities. This is the first installment of the Chronicles of Pablo series. Follow him and his canine companion on this trip of a lifetime!

Download or read book The Bafflers written by Phat Chanse and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nathan Strongbow, one of the leading scientists in propulsion technology and quantum physics, found himself strangely teemed up with detective Burns. In a desperate attempt to uncover the mystery of a string of deaths seemingly related to industrial espionage and the disappearance of a team of scientists who had come into the possession of his pet project, while all around him, chaos ran rampant. His project had gone awry during one of the trials but before he could solve the puzzling enigma, it was copied and used by his competitors, leaving the same effect to happen over and over until sheer madness reined over a once fearless city.

Download or read book Kingsley written by M. Rashid and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-08-26 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Kingsley is certainly no stranger to the criminal world. His family’s history, past and present, is imbedded with that world. But...the only real connection to his family is with his cousin (Sean) and the inherited criminal abilities he uses for his job. Isolated from the life that brings his family profits... Raymond decides to fight against the criminal world that he was sheltered from. Ultimately bringing him face to face with parts of his past. Facing enemies he has never imaged and left Soul searching for answers...ultimately causing him to fight for his life. In the pursuit of the Truth... Raymond Kingsley will learn one of the hardest lessons any criminally gifted good guy will ever have to...

Download or read book Bed 12 written by Alison Murdoch and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when the most important person in your life is about to die?Who can help you?How do you keep going?When Alison Murdoch's husband catches viral encephalitis and falls into a life-threatening coma, everything changes. 'Bed 12' is a survival guide to the world of acute medicine, and a poignant and darkly comic account of what it's like to fight for someone's life.Over the course of a summer, machines beep and clatter, medical staff come and go, and family and friends of varying beliefs offer well-intentioned advice. For someone unfamiliar with hospitals, death and dying, the insights of Buddhism assume a greater relevance than ever before. This book is an astute, profound and uplifting insight into how to cope with despair, heartache and the unknown.'The object of my concern-or rather the entire focus of my current existence-is now lying in Bed 12.''Riveting!'Dr Bob Grove, former Chief Executive, the Centre for Mental HealthREVIEWS''Bed 12' is a love letter to the NHS, and the everyday acts of kindness that keep it afloat ... this is a precious gem of a book.'Dr Phil Hammond, NHS doctor, writer, broadcaster and comedian 'A powerfully moving book revealing the healing power that resides within the minds and hearts of each one of us.'Thupten Jinpa, principal English translator to the Dalai Lama'A fascinating and inspiring read for anyone who has experienced the serious illness of a friend or relative, or who wonders about their own mortality.'Professor Clare Gerada MBE'This is a miraculous story told with great humanity.'The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres KCVO DD FSA, Bishop of London (1995-2017)'A remarkable achievement. Bed 12 contains so much from which those of us providing intensive care could and should learn.'Richard Beale, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Guys's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust'It should be on the reading list for all nurses and doctors.'Dr Bob Grove, former Chief Executive, the Centre for Mental Health

Download or read book The Runaway Heiress written by Meg Tilly and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You'll stay up long past your bedtime to finish this fast-paced thrill ride where a couple runs up against the dark side of human nature and an enemy who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan A brave woman on the run from her vindictive husband faces a dangerous path in the thrilling new romantic suspense novel from Oscar-nominated actress Meg Tilly. Sarah Rainsford has been on the run for more than three years. She's changed identities yet again in hopes of throwing her violent estranged husband, a police lieutenant, off her trail. Since she's still legally married to him, and he is willing to bend any laws to get his hands on her inheritance, he'll stop at nothing to locate her. With a new name and fake ID papers, she lands a job as a personal assistant to none other than Hollywood's golden boy director Mick Talford. He's a difficult client but she senses hidden depths to him. Once Mick and Sarah combine forces in a desperate attempt to keep Sarah out of harm's way, they build a strong bond . . . but with danger trailing them, is it enough to keep them both alive?

Download or read book Run the Risk written by Scott Frost and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting thriller from the screenwriter of Twin Peaks and The X-Files. LAPD homicide detective and single mother Alex Delillo knows the risks of the job. But when a series of explosions is detonated by a serial bomber and Alex’s teenage daughter is kidnapped, she discovers the catastrophic stakes as well. The bomber’s next plan: to unleash his incendiary powers on live TV. No one can stop him—because no one can find him. What he’s igniting in Alex is more than a contest of wills and a race against time. It’s white-hot rage. And a mother’s revenge.

Download or read book Laws of the Blood 1 the Hunt written by Susan Sizemore and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Primal Heat. In the first book of the series, readers are introduced to the Enforcers, an elite group of vampires who must serve and protect their secret community-and uphold the Laws of the Blood.

Download or read book The League of Dark Men written by John Creasey and published by Ipso Books. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling Department Z series continues as an assassination attempt leads to political turmoil—from the author who sold eighty million books worldwide. Agent Gordon Craigie faces a crisis of international proportions when an attempted assassination of a Russian diplomat at a top-level international conference in London threatens negotiations. Craigie and the Department Z team must work to ensure the safety of all the delegates whilst investigating the attack. It soon becomes increasingly obvious the attack they’re dealing with was run by a highly professional organization and the team is starting to feel out of their depth. Will Department Z be able to match wits with bullets as they attempt to take down the assassins? How will they negotiate the political minefield where one false step could lead to worldwide disaster? “Mr. Creasey realizes that it is the principal business of thrillers to thrill.” —Church Times “Little appears in the newspapers about the Secret Service, but that little makes anything on the subject probable fiction. Mr. Creasey proves himself worthy of the chance.” —The Times Literary Supplement

Download or read book Only Three Weeks written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book King Costa written by Peter D. Bull and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vinnie Miller is a successful drug importer on the Costa del Sol. He lures his son John into the firm, although he didn't want anything to do with the gang. Due to the hatred John has for Vinnie, he plans the takeover of the business with the help of a gang member. John tracks down his long lost brother, and between the three men, they con Vinnie into believing that a load of cannabis has been seized by the Spanish police. In a fit of anger, Vinnie kills two of his mules, but doesn't tell John what he's done. John perpetuates the illusion that the police are onto them. Vinnie disappears to his villa in Barbados. In a drink and drug binge, he beats up his new Barbadian girlfriend and leaves her scarred for life. With the help of Troy, a local man, John and his brother plan the horrific death of their father. Troy's friend is arrested for another murder and informs on him. Troy informs on the brothers, and the whole thing falls apart when arrests are simultaneously made in Spain and the UK.

Download or read book Mr Monk and the New Lieutenant written by Hy Conrad and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new story starring Adrian Monk by Edgar® Award–nominated Monk screenwriter and coexecutive producer Hy Conrad. It’s compulsive, page-turning fun. Monk and Natalie have finally settled into a new office routine. Now they just need to work things out with their neighbors—a print shop run by hippies whose music leaks through the walls, driving Monk nuts. But the detectives soon have a more serious conflict to deal with: Captain Stottlemeyer’s new lieutenant, A.J. Cartledge—a man of limited skills whom Monk finds insufferable. Even the presence of Lieutenant Cartledge won’t keep Monk and Natalie from attending the funeral of Judge Oberlin, and it’s a good thing. In typical fashion, Monk examines the body in the casket—and finds evidence of poison. The judge was murdered. While there are no traces of the poison at the judge’s house, Monk detects that there had been an intruder. The next rainy day, when Captain Stottlemeyer begins to show the same symptoms, Monk deduces that there’s a diabolical killer at work, someone who wanted both the judge and the captain dead. Monk and Natalie turn to the captain’s ex-lieutenant in Summit, New Jersey for help, but even that might not be enough to solve this crime. With his friend in danger and an enemy close, Monk will have to put his reservations aside to crack the case in time.

Download or read book Highland Spirits written by Amanda Scott and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final volume of Amanda Scott’s engrossing Highland series, a Scottish heiress falls in love with a man who seems to have been plucked from her dreams Penelope MacCrichton watches the tall, broad-shouldered figure walk toward her across the mist-shrouded loch. Is he a phantom, a restless, sensual spirit fated to live only in her secret fantasies? Or is he the seductive, brooding stranger she meets later in London . . . who may not be a stranger at all? Michael Mingary, Earl of Kintyre, is enchanted by the reserved Highland heiress, even as he’s haunted by unsettling dreams of a ghostly Scottish castle. Desperate to save his family legacy, he strikes a bargain with the Campbells—a clan with whom he has an old score to settle. But when Penelope makes a bold counter-proposal, he’s tempted beyond all measure. Surrendering to passion, Michael and Penelope gamble on a love that holds the promise of the future—a love that could be the fulfillment of all their dreams. Highland Spirits is the 4th book in the Highland Series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Download or read book The Dark Dreamweaver EasyRead Large Bold Edition written by Nick Ruth and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guided by a Monarch caterpillar wizard, David travels to the land of dreams, discovers his own magic, and saves two worlds.

Download or read book The Quiet Tenant written by Clémence Michallon and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BEST SELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR • GMA BUZZ PICK • “A bravura feat of storytelling...daring and completely satisfying.” —James Patterson, #1 best-selling author A PULSE-POUNDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER NARRATED BY THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM: HIS 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, HIS GIRLFRIEND—AND THE ONE VICTIM HE HAS SPARED "Intelligent and suspenseful." —Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World “All…of the expected suspense and psychological tension, but offering a story about women—the ones who didn’t know the evil that lurked within, the ones who tried to placate or fight but still perished, the ones who might actually survive. Haunting but never prurient…truly unforgettable.” — Alafair Burke, author of The Wife Aidan Thomas is a hard-working family man and a somewhat beloved figure in the small upstate New York town where he lives. He’s the kind of man who always lends a hand and has a good word for everyone. But Aidan has a dark secret he’s been keeping from everyone in town and those closest to him. He’s a kidnapper and serial killer. Aidan has murdered eight women and there’s a ninth he has earmarked for death: Rachel, imprisoned in a backyard shed, fearing for her life. When Aidan’s wife dies, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter Cecilia are forced to move. Aidan has no choice but to bring Rachel along, introducing her to Cecilia as a “family friend” who needs a place to stay. Aidan is betting on Rachel, after five years of captivity, being too brainwashed and fearful to attempt to escape. But Rachel is a fighter and survivor, and recognizes Cecilia might just be the lifeline she has waited for all these years. As Rachel tests the boundaries of her new living situation, she begins to form a tenuous connection with Cecilia. And when Emily, a local restaurant owner, develops a crush on the handsome widower, she finds herself drawn into Rachel and Cecilia’s orbit, coming dangerously close to discovering Aidan’s secret. Told through the perspectives of Rachel, Cecilia, and Emily, The Quiet Tenant explores the psychological impact of Aidan’s crimes on the women in his life—and the bonds between those women that give them the strength to fight back. Both a searing thriller and an astute study of trauma, survival, and the dynamics of power, The Quiet Tenant is an electrifying debut thriller by a major talent.

Download or read book Within an Inch of His Life written by Émile Gaboriau and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: