Download or read book Raised as a Goon 2 written by Ghost and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TAURUS thought he had witnessed every kind of cold blooded treachery imaginable until he walked in on his brother and his woman having sex on his living room floor. The emotions that raged inside of him were volcanic, and he wanted to kill. Family over everything was supposed to be the code, but what happens when it's put to a serious test? Reeling from the double betrayal, Taurus does what a real man must do. But those who betrayed him aren't standing on solid principles and his own flesh and blood forces Taurus to make a deadly choice that brings death and destruction into the family's circle. Complete hell breaks out, and all vows of love are forgotten, but Taurus is intent on holding his family together. In the midst of immeasurable turmoil, Taurus is forced to master the underworld so his family can bounce back and become the dynasty his father envisioned. Little does he know. his older brother, JUICE, is doing all that he can from behind bars to have him killed. Step into a world where money is thicker than loyalty, and anything goes. RAISED AS A GOON 2 will cause you nightmares

Download or read book Raised as a Goon written by Ghost and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From birth they were taught by their father to have cold hearts and no compassion. Often they were pitted against one another in an effort to determine which brother was strongest and more fit to take over the family's Underworld business when their pops stepped down. TAURUS, like his brother, JUICE, was RAISED AS A GOON. When the young killa stepped off of the proverbial porch, the streets weren't ready for the beast he was bred to be. Things quickly get hectic when the many enemies their family has accrued comes for blood the minute their father is out of the picture. But Taurus refuses to fold. With his entire family's life on the line, and the clock running out, the young goon must win the ultimate game of survival or lose his life by the hands of one from his own bloodline. In this first installment of an unforgettable street tale, MONEY OVER EVERYTHING, including loyalty, will ring hard in your ear and leave your mouth hanging wide open.

Download or read book A Visit From the Goon Squad written by Jennifer Egan and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2010 Jennifer Egan's spellbinding novel circles the lives of Bennie Salazar, an ageing former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the troubled young woman he employs. We first meet Sasha in her mid-thirties, on her therapist's couch in New York City, confronting her longstanding compulsion to steal. We meet Bennie at the melancholy nadir of his adult life - divorced, struggling to connect with his nine-year-old son, listening to a washed-up band in the basement of a suburban house. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other's pasts, the reader does, in intimate detail, along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs, over many years, in many places. With music pulsing on every page, this is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption. Breathtaking work from one of our boldest writers. 'Irresistible. Fiction of the highest quality' Sunday Times 'Egan's precise, calm underwater prose is a persistent pleasure' Daily Telegraph 'Stories that defy narrative convention' Financial Times 'A must-read' Sunday Times

Download or read book I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son written by Kent Russell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a chirp, a smirk, and a nod, Kent Russell crisscrosses the country, seeking immersive experiences and revelations on society’s ragged edge. He pitches a tent among the Insane Clown Posse’s fans, known as Juggalos, treks to the end of the continent to find out how a legendary hockey enforcer is preparing for his own death, and explores the Amish obsession with baseball as well as his own obsession with horror, blood, and guts. Between these reports from the world at large, Russell introduces us to his raging and inimitable forebears—above all, his large-living, volatile, hard-as-nails dad. I Am Sorry to Think I Have Raised a Timid Son is a haunting and howling portrait of America—and American manhood—and the introduction of a ferociously brilliant new voice navigating the junctures between savagery and civilization within himself.

Download or read book Raised As A Goon 5 written by Ghost and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TAURUS thinks the worst part of the war on him and his family is over until he returns home and discovers that his enemies have touched someone close to his heart and soul. Reeling from the unexpected atrocity, Taurus must find a way to steady his mind and respond with cleverness and unrelenting force. Being RAISED AS A GOON has its advantages, if he can think before reacting. But will he have the patience to plot strategically before clapping back? Or will his murderous mindset be his downfall? Meanwhile, HOOD RICH demands Taurus' assistance, as he takes on a deadly crew of lunatics out of Philadelphia that are gunning to keep Hood Rich off the throne. One wrong move may cause Taurus his life. Complicating Taurus' plight are the women in his life. While he's hustling, killing and risking his life to protect and provide them with all that they want, they're at each other's throats, vying for his love and a commitment, which causes unnecessary drama and distraction. Can one man handle this much chaos in his life and still come out on top? Or will the sins of his past finally force him to REAP WHAT HE HAS SOWN?

Download or read book Against All Odds written by Drew Lyon and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Terry Fox embarked on his famous attempt to run across Canada with one leg having been amputated in 1980, he inspired awe. Young readers will delight in reading about Fox and athletes like him in Real Heroes of Sport: Against All Odds.

Download or read book Web of Lies written by Jennifer Estep and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times–bestselling author of Spider’s Bite comes a sequel that’s “just as hard-edged and compelling as the first” (Romantic Times). Curiosity is definitely going to get me dead one of these days. Probably real soon. I’m Gin Blanco. You might know me as the Spider, the most feared assassin in the South. I’m retired now, but trouble still has a way of finding me. Like the other day when two punks tried to rob my popular barbecue joint, the Pork Pit. Then there was the barrage of gunfire on the restaurant. Only, for once, those kill shots weren’t aimed at me. They were meant for Violet Fox. Ever since I agreed to help Violet and her grandfather protect their property from an evil coal-mining tycoon, I’m beginning to wonder if I’m really retired. So is Detective Donovan Caine. The only honest cop in Ashland is having a real hard time reconciling his attraction to me with his Boy Scout mentality. And I can barely keep my hands off his sexy body. What can I say? I’m a Stone elemental with a little Ice magic thrown in, but my heart isn’t made of solid rock. Luckily, Gin Blanco always gets her man . . . dead or alive. “A fantastic sequel in every respect . . . This second installment is even more steamy, suspenseful, and full of mystery and adventure. Packed with pulse-pounding action and suspense, this urban fantasy truly delivers.” —SciFiChick.com

Download or read book Heart of a Goon Series One written by Danny Trevathan and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lenny, a.k.a. Low/Lowdown's father is murdered during a hit he did for the Mafia, his death leaves his blood flowing through his son. For the murder, Lenny's father was going to be placed amongst the elite within the crime family's organization, while also becoming the first black to sit at the table in the Cartel. Lenny is unaware of his history and true calling. However, when someone close to him is killed, it ignites what is already in his heart and embedded in his soul. Lenny hits the streets with a passion, and becomes one of the most vicious young Goons to ever touch the streets. As bodies stack up, he becomes several people's biggest nightmare, and others greatest hood idol. *Love/hate makes a woman not tell a man of his newborn. *Rape victim makes their own justice *Blood is shed between friends over a woman *War causes the death of the innocent Heart of a Goon, captivates readers and leaves them thirsty for more. Read Part one of this series if you dare, and I promise you, you'll be hooked.

Download or read book The Goon Volume 11 The Deformed of Body and the Devious of Mind written by Eric Powell and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sparkly, skinny-jean wearin' vampires, wiener-eatin' hoboes, multinational midgets, and 2010 Queen of Burlesque star, Roxi DLite, are just a few of the obstacles Goon and Franky are up against in this new collection from Dark Horse Comics! Plus, guest writer Evan Dorkin (Milk and Cheese, Beasts of Burden) pits Goon against the horrendous, bacon-eating behemoth, the Ten-in-One! Collects The Goon issues #34-#37, The Goon in "An Irish Wake" from USA Today, and The Goon's on Vacation from Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities and the Ghastly Fiend of London. * Eisner Award-winning series! "Eric Powell's great series The Goon deftly combines lowbrow humor with unexpected emotional depth in its ongoing story of a big, not-so-dumb guy who does battle with zombies in a town seemingly dreamt up by Tom Waits." –- The Onion A.V. Club

Download or read book The Candy House written by Jennifer Egan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE of the TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR by THE NEW YORK TIMES * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY * SLATE* THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER * Also named one of the BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by Vanity Fair, Time, NPR, The Guardian, Oprah Daily, Self, Vogue, The New Yorker, BBC, Vulture, and many more! OLIVIA WILDE to direct A24's TV adaptation of THE CANDY HOUSE and A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD! From one of the most celebrated writers of our time comes an “inventive, effervescent” (Oprah Daily) novel about the memory and quest for authenticity and human connection. The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is “one of those tech demi-gods with whom we’re all on a first name basis.” Bix is forty, with four kids, restless, and desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or “externalizing” memory. Within a decade, Bix’s new technology, “Own Your Unconscious”—which allows you access to every memory you’ve ever had, and to share your memories in exchange for access to the memories of others—has seduced multitudes. In the world of Egan’s spectacular imagination, there are “counters” who track and exploit desires and there are “eluders,” those who understand the price of taking a bite of the Candy House. Egan introduces these characters in an astonishing array of narrative styles—from omniscient to first person plural to a duet of voices, an epistolary chapter, and a chapter of tweets. Intellectually dazzling, The Candy House is also a moving testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for connection, family, privacy, and love. “A beautiful exploration of loss, memory, and history” (San Francisco Chronicle), “this is minimalist maximalism. It’s as if Egan compressed a big 19th-century novel onto a flash drive” (The New York Times).

Download or read book Traphouse King 2 written by Hood Rich and published by Traphouse King. This book was released on 2018-08-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also, I need the spine and back cover done for TRAP HOUSE KING 2. It's 201 pages. Here's the synopsis. RICH is making boss moves like never before, locking down the game and shining with his newfound drug money riches. With his right-hand man, PAPER, by his side, other street pharmacists can only watch with jealousy and envy, as the two friends catapult to the top. But trapping ain't ever easy or without drama. Now that AALIYAH has given Rich the keys to the game, she feels she has earned the right to be his main woman, but CHASITY is just as determined as Aaliyah to stake her claim. Both women will stop at nothing to be the victor, which causes the TRAP HOUSE KING much peril. Meanwhile, the haters on the streets are mounting up to take what Rich has built. With money coming in by the duffel bag, and his enemies coming out of the woodworks, how will Rich overcome the inherent treachery of the insidious life he's chosen? Will he remain a boss? Or will he shrivel under the intense heat brought by savages, and the women whose love for him just might become his undoing?

Download or read book Magic on the Line written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allison Beckstrom has willingly paid the price of pain to use magic, and has obeyed the rules of the Authority, the clandestine organization that makes-and enforces-all magic policy. But when the Authority's new boss, Bartholomew Wray, refuses to believe that the sudden rash of deaths in Portland might be caused by magic, Allie must choose to follow the Authority's rules, or turn against the very people for whom she's risked her life. To stop the plague of dark magic spreading through the city, all that she values will be on the line: her magic, her memories, her life. Now, as dead magic users rise to feed upon the innocent and the people closest to her begin to fall, Allie is about to run out of options.

Download or read book Native Tongue written by Carl Hiaasen and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author comes a novel in which dedicated, if somewhat demented, environmentalists battle sleazy real estate developers in the Florida Keys. "Rips, zips, hurtles, keeping us turning the pages at breakfinger pace." —New York Times Book Review When the precious clue-tongued mango voles at the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills on North Key Largo are stolen by heartless, ruthless thugs, Joe Winder wants to uncover why, and find the voles. Joe is lately a PR man for the Amazing Kingdom theme park, but now that the voles are gone, Winder is dragged along in their wake through a series of weird and lethal events that begin with the sleazy real-estate agent/villain Francis X. Kingsbury and can end only one way....

Download or read book The Turner House written by Angela Flournoy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel centered on the journey of the Turner family and its thirteen siblings, particularly the eldest and youngest, as they face the ghosts of their pasts--both an actual haint and the specter of addiction--the imminent loss of their mother, and the necessary abandonment of their family home in struggling Detroit.

Download or read book Midnight Flight written by V.C. Andrews and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2011-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They lived on the wild side. Now these bad girls are paying the price. At Dr. Foreman's School for Girls, the "students" sleep in barns, work on a farm in the blazing heat, and are subjected to ruthless guards who watch their every move. It's an institution run by the dreadful Dr. Foreman, a woman who delights in administering the worst form of punishment -- the mysterious Ice Room where the girls face their darkest fears. Now Phoebe, Teal, and Robin -- three girls from very different worlds -- are the newcomers in this desert hell. During their stay, each girl will be tempted to commit the ultimate crime of betrayal as Dr. Foreman cleverly tries to turn them against each other -- until they learn that the only way to survive is to stick together...and fight back.

Download or read book Born into It written by Jay Baruchel and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Fever Pitch meets Anchor Boy, Montreal Canadiens superfan Jay Baruchel tells us why he loves the Habs no matter what It’s no secret that Jay Baruchel is a die-hard fan of the Montreal Canadiens. He talks about the team at every opportunity, wears their gear proudly in interviews and on the street, appeared in a series of videos promoting the team, and was once named honorary captain by owner Geoff Molson and Habs tough guy Chris Nilan. As he has said publicly, “I was raised both Catholic and Jewish, but really more than anything just a Habs fan.” In Born Into It, Baruchel’s lifelong memories as a Canadiens’ fan explode on the page in a collection of hilarious, heartfelt and nostalgic stories that draw on his childhood experiences as a homer living in Montreal and the enemy living in the Maple Leaf stronghold of Oshawa, Ontario. Knuckles drawn, and with the rouge, bleu et blanc emblazoned on just about every piece of clothing he owns, Baruchel shares all in the same spirit with which he laid his soul bare in his hugely popular Goon movies. Born Into It is a memoir unlike any other, and a book not to be missed.

Download or read book Traphouse King written by Hood Rich and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RICH watched his mother overdose from a lethal hit of heroin that he supplied to her. Crushed and reeling from his mom's death, and his complicity in it, Rich is left with the heavy burden of supporting his younger sisters, KEYONNA and KESHA, who are now solely depending on him, but neither of the three are of age to live on their own. In steps ANDREA, a close friend of their deceased mother, but Andrea isn't just providing them a roof over their heads. Immediately, she laces Rich with money as she schools the young savage on how to become a true TRAPHOUSE KING. It doesn't take long for the lessons to click in his head and for him to master the trap. Along the way, the road is bumpy and the monsters of the slums work collectively to bring him down. But to Rich, failure isn't an option and anyone in his way will be dealt with, by any means necessary. The obstacles intensify when Keyonna does the unexplainable, which will knock Rich to his knees. Will the young hood god be able to overcome heartache like he concurs the game? Will a burgeoning love of his own become an added strength or a downfall waiting to happen? The drug trap is where hundreds of thousands of dollars are made, and it's also where lives are shattered beyond repair. Which will be Rich's fate?