Download or read book Say Goodbye to Your Southern Accent written by Jennifer Adams and published by Language Success Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Prodigal Women A Novel written by Nancy Hale and published by Library of America. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover the sensational 1942 bestseller that unveiled the Jazz Age as women lived it As seen in THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW and VANITY FAIR Set in Boston, New York, and Virginia, The Prodigal Women tells the intertwined stories of three young women who come of age in the Roaring Twenties, not flappers and golden girls but flesh-and-blood female protagonists looking wearily—and warily—at the paths open to women in a rapidly changing world. Leda March, “frantic with self-consciousness and envy and desire,” is the daughter of poorer relations of a prominent Boston family and an aspiring poet torn between an impulse to conformity and the pursuit of personal freedom. Betsy Jekyll, newly arrived with her family from Virginia, becomes Leda’s closest childhood friend, bringing a beguiling new warmth and openness into the New Englander’s life. But Betsy soon abandons Boston to land a job at a fashion magazine and enjoy life as a single woman in New York before falling in love with—and marrying—an abusive, controlling man. Betsy’s older sister, Maizie, a Southern belle idolized by the two younger friends and pursued by numerous men, grows tired of “running around” and fatefully looks for happiness in marriage to a turbulent artist. When The Prodigal Women was published in 1942, its uncompromising portrayal of women’s shifting roles, open sexuality, and ambivalence toward motherhood made it a succèss de scandale, spending twenty-three weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Now Library of America restores Nancy Hale’s lost classic to print with a new introduction by Kate Bolick exploring how the novel measures “the gap between what liberation looks like, and what it actually is.”
Download or read book Spring Showers written by Sarah Dressler and published by 5 Prince Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practically left at the altar will be written on Thandie Nkosi’s headstone if she doesn’t run far enough away from her past. Out of money and out of options, she finds temporary solace and a job she’s wholly unqualified for as the Director of Activities at a new resort. Meanwhile, a potential investor sends a consultant to assess the resort’s viability. Grant, who is running from his own trauma, runs right into Thandie on the first day’s hike. Their connection electrifies as storms threaten the future of the resort itself. With the power out, their attraction heats up. It’s clear that if he will ever move on, Grant needs to come to terms with his own loss. He hides his secret from Thandie, but the more he pulls away, the harder he falls for her. Will his past loss cloud him from love? Can Thandie allow her heart to bloom again?
Download or read book The Parts We Lost written by Amy Marden and published by Amy Marden. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s home from the war, but his own battle is just beginning. After 9/11, Nolan Wright knew enlisting in the army was his ticket out of small-town South Carolina. He’d return a decorated war hero and finally earn his parents’ approval. But when his unfinished tour in Afghanistan leaves him disabled, he comes home to a life—and a family—he barely recognizes. Benji idolized his older brother, but being abandoned once by Nolan was painful enough. Now, Benji shuns him, vowing to spend one awesome summer with his best friend instead. That is, until Nolan offers Benji a real chance at the relationship he always wanted. Benji must choose: spend his summer with the best friend who’s been there or with the brother who hasn’t. But Nolan isn’t finding a new normal, not even close, and the family he needs is unraveling. Benji must find a way to forgive his brother and convince Nolan there is life after war. If he fails, Benji risks losing his brother forever.
Download or read book The Nottingham Connection written by Lee Arbouin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four women a potter, a caterer, a councillor and a teacher all have a connection with Nottingham. They tell of their Jamaican childhood and their lives resettling as early immigrants in England. The journeys, full of pathos and often laced with humour, provide insight into their inner strength, values, and triumph over adversity. Here, history becomes Her-story.
Download or read book The Masquerade of Lillian Booth Kincaid written by Ada Val and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-03-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lillian often finds herself asking the question: Why me?I was Lillian booth kincaid. I was the daughter of Ramon Luzon-Kincaid and Stella booth. Two people who never really could love each other. But got together long enough to make me. My masquerade dance is over. I had to take it off my mask to revile my sadness, my grief, my shame, my pain, my lost hope, and dreams. I had to watch as my last bit of happiness got sucked down the drain.This story takes a close look at Lillian's most awkward years. It reads more like a group of snapshots then the story of Lillian's life. It explores her complex and often combative home life with her mother Stella and her equally abusive relationship with her boyfriend Xavier how it pushes her to the edge.
Download or read book Made in China written by Leon G. Chabot and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of 9/11, with our best and brightest people consumed by the relentless hunt for bin Laden and al-Qaeda, a new threat of terror from a source completely undetected by US intelligence grows dangerously closer with each passing moment. One man alone has six days to stop it. October 16, 1964: The Beatles have invaded US shores, and communist Red China has become the newest member of the nuclear club. Once again, the world has changed forever. By the early 1970s, it had become evident to certain party leaders that China’s missile technology was severely lagging, hence the fledgling nation could never become a true superpower as were the US and the Soviets. An alternate plan was needed. Led by their most brilliant scientist, a renegade faction of the Red Regime formed a secret alliance with a dissident splinter of the North Korean military. Through the hand of the Chinese Tong and an unwitting American Mafia, the group set into motion a deadly thirty-year plan. Sam Mason is writing what he expects will be his most thrilling book yet. But as he delves into his research, Sam slowly comes to realize that his fantastic plot is a grim and imminent reality. An ex–Navy SEAL, Mason acquires proof of the sinister scheme, only to find himself hunted by teams of Asian assassins. Now it is up to Sam to convince the commander in chief of the deadly Chinese plot.
Download or read book The Last Night in London written by Karen White and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a captivating story of friendship, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. London, 1939. Beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. When Eva falls in love with Graham St. John, an aristocrat and Royal Air Force pilot, she can’t believe her luck—she’s getting everything she ever wanted. Then the Blitz devastates her world, and Eva finds herself slipping into a web of intrigue, spies, and secrets. As Eva struggles to protect her friendship with Precious and everything she holds dear, all it takes is one unwary moment to change their lives forever… London, 2019. American journalist Maddie Warner, whose life has been marked by the tragic loss of her mother, travels to London to interview Precious about her life in pre-WWII London. Maddie has been careful to close herself off to others, but in Precious she recognizes someone whose grief rivals her own—but unlike Maddie, Precious hasn’t allowed it to crush her. Maddie finds herself drawn to both Precious and to Colin, her enigmatic surrogate nephew. As Maddie gets closer to her, she begins to unravel Precious’s haunting past—a story of friendship, betrayal, and the unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
Download or read book The Big Man s Daughter written by Owen Fitzstephen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 18 year-old Rita Gaspereaux is suddenly "orphaned" when her con-artist father's illegal enterprise blows up around her. Alone and broke in San Francisco 1922, she must now navigate his criminal world, all the time haunted by tales of a black bird statuette reputed to possess otherworldly, wish-fulfilling powers. Rita has learned much from her father about the dark fringes of society. But has she learned enough? Fortunately, she is not without her own resources. What helps her most to cope with the greed, cruelty, and deceit around her is her almost obsessive reading of fiction, particularly the novel she possesses (and is possessed by) at the time of her father’s death. This book-within-the-book, a source of escape and solace for the blossoming young con-artist, tells the story of another 18 year-old, a Dorothy G. from Kansas. The two young women couldn't be more different. But as the story proceeds their lives become entwined in unexpected ways. The haunting conclusion is breathtaking.
Download or read book The Terminal List written by Jack Carr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Atria Book. Atria Books has a great book for every reader.
Download or read book Jack Carr Boxed Set written by Jack Carr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 1323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A white-knuckled boxed set featuring the first three “absolutely awesome” (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author) thrillers in the instant #1 New York Times bestselling Terminal List series, coming to Amazon Prime. In The Terminal List, we’re introduced to James Reece, a Navy SEAL with nothing left to lose when he discovers that the very government he has spent his career working for was behind the deaths of his teammates in Afghanistan. He embarks on an “intense” (Chuck Norris) journey for vengeance that will have you glued to your seat until the final page. Now a wanted terrorist in True Believer, Reece is the only one who can help the United States government track down and take out a dangerous Iraqi commando. But Reece may have bit off more than he can chew when he uncovers a global conspiracy of deadly proportions. Finally, in this “badass, high velocity round of reading” (Marc Cameron, New York Times bestselling author), Savage Son follows Reece as he recovers in the Montana wilderness, unaware that the Russian mafia has him in their crosshairs. “Explosive and riveting” (Kevin Maurer, coauthor of No Easy Day), this boxed set is a must-have for any fan of Brad Thor and Vince Flynn.
Download or read book Manifest Destiny written by Michael Czuboka and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manifest Destiny is a novel that is based largely on events that took place during the Korean War in the early 1950’s. Conflict, romance, mystery, the stigma associated with mental illness and humorous events take place. The cultural characteristics of the era, and especially those of the small towns of Canada and home of the main protagonist, are portrayed. The lives of the principal characters before, during and after the war are described. Peter Farley, the main protagonist, becomes romantically involved with several women, and especially with an American nurse in Korea. The Soviet Embassy in Ottawa recruits a Canadian communist fellow traveller to spy on Canadian Forces in Korea and his identity remains a mystery until near the end of the book. Combat occurs against the Chinese and North Korean communist forces in Korea. Peter Farley becomes a prisoner of war and returns to Canada to a difficult and uncertain future because his mind has been damaged by torture that he endured while in captivity.
Download or read book The Consequences of Love and Vengeance written by N. E. Henderson and published by N. E. Henderson. This book was released on 2023-10-23 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It began with an interview that should have been mundane, and it ended with me becoming a foster mom and my boss demanding I uncover evidence to put a man behind bars—for life. I believed I was one of the good ones. Incorruptible. I certainly wasn’t a member of the Dirty Blue like others I knew. Then, I met Drago Acerbi. I soon realized nothing could have prepared me for the consequences of falling in love with the enemy—a dangerous criminal whom I'm supposed to lock up. Yet, I was the one keeping our relationship a secret. Drago knew that. He also knew I had a job to do. What he didn’t know was that the baby I was protecting was his son. At least, he didn’t until my superior discovered our forbidden love affair—and I lost everything. My career. The man I had fallen for. The baby I’d grown to love. A life I didn’t know I wanted. I’d soon learn I wasn’t the only one harboring a secret they wanted to keep hidden from the world. That’s when I found out exactly who Drago Acerbi really was, and it sent a chill down my spine. This book has it all. Scandal. Action-packed suspense and drama. A plot twist that’ll have your jaw dropping. Protective hero vibes. And a kidnapping. It’s detective romance with light mafia/organized crime.
Download or read book HEY DUMB POLAK written by Edward Jesko and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My husband Edward passed away at home in Oceanside, California on July 20. 2023 where he has lived since 2015. He was compelled to write his autobiography for various reasons, mainly he loved to read and write. In 2006 he published an autobiography titled “A Journey Into Exile” and “ e Polish - American”. Unfortunately he did not live to see his book titled “ Hey, Dumb Polak” to be published. For most part this book is autobiographical about enlisting with the US Air Force and time spent in France and Germany. is book is also a collection of his life stories in di erent times and places as he travels and seen the world and experienced it. In this book he goes into more details than he brie y wrote about it in “ e Polish - American”. I miss him and want to publish his writings to honor him and ful ll his wishes. —Helena Jesko
Download or read book Hunter s Moon written by Don Hoesel and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riveting Suspense from Up-and-Coming Author
Download or read book The Profession written by Bill Bratton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Engaging. . . a remarkably candid account. . . Succeeding as a centrist in public life these days can be an almost impossible task. But centrism in law enforcement may be the most delicate challenge of all. Bratton’s ability to practice it was a startling phenomenon.” –New York Times Book Review The epic, transformative career of Bill Bratton, legendary police commissioner and police reformer, in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York When Bill Bratton became a Boston street cop after his return from serving in Vietnam, he was dismayed by the corrupt old guard, and it is fair to say the old guard was dismayed by him, too. But his success fighting crime could not be denied. Propelled by extraordinary results, Bratton had a dazzling rise, and ultimately a dazzling career, becoming the most famous police commissioner of modern times. The Profession is the story of that career in full. Everywhere he went, Bratton slashed crime rates and professionalized the vocation of the cop. He and his team created the revolutionary program CompStat, the Big Bang of modern data-driven policing. But his career has not been without controversy, and central to the reckoning of The Profession is the fundamental crisis of relations between the Black community and law enforcement; a crisis he now believes has been inflamed by the unforeseen consequences of some well-intentioned policies. Building trust between a police force and the community it is sworn to protect is in many ways, Bratton argues, the first task--without genuine trust in law enforcement to do what is right, little else is possible. The Profession is both a searching examination of the path of policing over the past fifty years, for good and also for ill, and a master class in transformative leadership. Bill Bratton was never brought into a police department to maintain the status quo; wherever he went--from Boston in the '80s to the New York Police Department in the '90s to Los Angeles after the beating of Rodney King to New York again in the era of unchecked stop-and-frisk--root-and-branch reinvention was the order of the day and he met the challenge. There are few other positions on Earth in which life-and-death stakes combine with intense public scrutiny and turbulent political crosswinds as they do for the police chief of a major American city, even more so after counterterrorism entered the mix in the twenty-first century. Now more than ever, when the role of the police in society is under a microscope like never before, Bill Bratton's authority on the subject of improving law enforcement is profoundly useful. A riveting combination of cop stories and community involvement, The Profession presents not only a fascinating and colorful life at the heights of law-enforcement leadership, but the vision for the future of American policing that we sorely need.
