Download or read book Skipping a Beat written by SARAH PEKKANEN and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the outside, Julia and Michael seem to have it all. Both products of difficult childhoods in rural West Virginia, they become high school sweethearts. Now in their thirties, they're living a rarified life in a multi-million-dollar, Washington, D.C. home. Julia is a sought-after party planner and Michael has just sold his beverage company for $70 million. Then Michael collapses. Four minutes and eight seconds after his cardiac arrest, a portable defibrillator jumpstarts his heart. But in those lost minutes he becomes a different man. Money is meaningless to him and he wants to give it all away. Julia, who sees her life reflected in scenes from the world's great operas, has three weeks to make a choice: Walk away from the man she once adored, but who became a stranger to her even before this pronouncement, or give in to her husband's pleas for a second chance and a promise of a poorer but happier life?

Download or read book Skipping a Beat written by Sarah Pekkanen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the acclaimed The Opposite of Me, a poignant, witty novel about marriage, forgiveness, and the choices that give shape—and limits—to our lives. What would you do if your husband suddenly wanted to rewrite all of the rules of your relationship? This is the question at the heart of Skipping a Beat, Pekkanen’s thought-provoking second book. From the outside, Julia and Michael seem to have it all. Both products of difficult childhoods in rural West Virginia—where they were simply Julie and Mike—they become high school sweethearts and fall in love. Shortly after graduation, they flee their small town to start afresh. Now thirty-somethings, they are living a rarified life in their multi-million-dollar, Washington D.C. home. Julia is a highly sought-after party planner, while Michael has just sold his wildly successful flavored water company for $70 million. But one day, Michael collapses in his office. Four minutes and eight seconds after his cardiac arrest, a portable defibrillator jump-starts his heart. But in those lost minutes he becomes a different man. Money is meaningless to him—and he wants to give it all away. Julia, who sees bits of her life reflected in scenes from the world’s great operas, is now facing with a choice she never anticipated. Should she should walk away from the man she once adored—but who truthfully became a stranger to her long before this pronouncement—or give in to her husband's pleas for a second chance and a promise of a poorer but happier life? As wry and engaging as her debut, but with quiet depth and newfound maturity, Skipping a Beat is an unforgettable portrait of a marriage whose glamorous surface belies the complications and betrayals beneath.

Download or read book Skip a Beat written by Chantal Roome and published by Chantal Roome. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes doing the wrong thing is the only way to do the right thing. A disgraced ex-cop looking for a career change. A moody drummer trying to keep his demons at bay. Can vandalism and ill-conceived revenge plans be enough mend their lives and bind them to each other? Aiden's past is always on his mind and it keeps him from living wholly in the present. When he finds himself falling for Rhea, a recently fired ex-cop, he pushes away, because it's the only way he knows how to protect the people he loves. When Rhea arrests a man with the right friends her only reward is a pink-slip and a goodbye. When she meets Aiden while exploring other job options she can't help but be attracted to the athletic, yet slightly nerdy, drummer, even though he does everything he can to convince her otherwise. Grumpy grandpas, inappropriate grannies, quirky friends, rock stars, and pen!s graffiti abound in this journey to love for two very different people from remarkably similar backgrounds. It stands alone, and has a happily ever after to get your heart beating double time.

Download or read book Missing a Beat written by Mark Cohen and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1961, Beat writer Seymour Krim set Greenwich Village on its ear with a slim volume of essays that featured an unleashed voice, a brash title, and a foreword by Norman Mailer. James Baldwin called Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer an "extraordinary volume." Saul Bellow published an excerpt in his journal The Noble Savage, and Mailer saluted Krim’s jazzy prose with its "shifts and shatterings of mood." Despite such praise and critical attention, Krim’s work is excluded from most Beat anthologies and is little known outside literary circles. With Missing a Beat, a collection of eighteen essays by Krim published between 1957 and 1989, Cohen introduces this influential writer to a new generation. In the Village Voice, New York Magazine, New York Times, and elsewhere, Krim pioneered a new style of subjective and personal reporting to write about the postwar American scene from a Jewish angle. Aggressively unacademic, Krim’s journalism displays the "rapid, nervous, breathless tempo" that Irving Howe called a hallmark of Jewish literature. Krim outlived his early literary fame, but he produced an impressive body of work and was a tremendous prose stylist. Missing a Beat resurrects an American original, finding Krim a new literary home among such celebrated writers as Norman Mailer, David Mamet, and Saul Bellow.

Download or read book Skip Beat Vol 26 written by Yoshiki Nakamura and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kyoko thinks she's survived Valentine's Day, but that's just the kind of attitude that gets her in trouble with the president of LME. Lory is very disappointed in the girls of the Love Me Section and sets up special new assignments to teach them the power of love. But will the president's strange methods have any affect on the troubled souls of Chiori, Moko and Kyoko? -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Skip Beat Vol 36 written by Yoshiki Nakamura and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kyoko’s time in Guam is coming to an end, and with it her role as Setsu. She’s sad that she won’t have an excuse to be near Ren anymore, but unbeknownst to her, Ren is even more affected by their parting than she is! Facing his demons finally let him believe in the bright future Kyoko represents. But back in Japan, her dark past is rearing its ugly head. Will it get in the way of Kyoko’s hopes of a happily ever after?! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Skip Beat Vol 16 written by Yoshiki Nakamura and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saving Kyoko from Reino's attack has finally knocked some sense into Sho's head, and he realizes how much he cares for her. But before he can declare his devotion, Ren shows up to ruin the moment. Both men realize that Kyoko has no idea of their true feelings for her and begin a secret battle for her affections! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Skip Beat Vol 44 written by Yoshiki Nakamura and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kyoko thought she’d be able to relax now that she’s secured the role of Momiji, but various romantic misunderstandings are making her life more stressful than ever. How can she focus on being an amazing actress when a photo of Ren kissing a famous actress just leaked! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Skip Beat Vol 25 written by Yoshiki Nakamura and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kyoko's Valentine's battle with Reino has finally gained her Sho's attention—but now it's the last thing she wants! Sho is determined to make her obsessed with him, and shows up on set with an over-the-top gift to taunt her. But when Kyoko explains her true relationship with Reino, Sho makes an inexcusable move. Has he undone her years of healing in one fell swoop?! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Skip Beat Vol 32 written by Yoshiki Nakamura and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ren’s trademark cool is beginning to crumble under the strain of maintaining his various personas. And the sudden manly attention being directed at Kyoko from fellow actor Kijima and a newly determined Sho aren’t helping matters. Will Kyoko’s good luck charm keep him in check, or will the beast chained inside him destroy them all?! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Three of a Kind written by Terri Lyne Carrington and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-09-18 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This non-fiction illustrated poem is about three women who became musical companions through their love of jazz. Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington and Esperanza Spalding toured the world, sharing their love for each other and their listeners, while igniting imaginations and challenging perceptions of gender roles in their beloved art form. This poem is written and illustrated in the spirit of encouraging young girls from all over to play instruments and dream big.

Download or read book Skip Beat Vol 1 written by Yoshiki Nakamura and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kyoko knows she's not plain and uninteresting, no matter what Sho says. With the help of a little makeover, Kyoko's ready to exact her revenge. But first she needs to land an audition, and she sets her sights on the agency where Sho's lead rival works. Her persistence pays off, but her broken heart turns out to be a disadvantage. Kyoko has lost the will to love anybody, let alone fans she's never met. Can the agency see past this problem to Kyoko's true star potential? -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Skip Beat Vol 45 written by Yoshiki Nakamura and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The news that Ren is dating a hot older woman is all over town, and Kyoko is doing her best to ignore it. But how can she pretend it isn’t happening when Ren insists on talking to her about it?! -- VIZ Media

Download or read book In The Beat of the Moment written by Breanna Lynn and published by Breanna Lynn Productions. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is friendship set on fire...so what do you call it when you fall for your enemy? Meredith Most people have never met the real me. No one needs to when I’m their favorite party girl. The one person everyone wants, but the one heart that can’t be tempted. I’ve worked so hard to establish my footloose facade that even I’m starting to believe it. So why can’t I stop thinking about Nick Rhodes? Nick The smart me would turn and run the moment he laid eyes on Meredith Pryce. The strong me would walk away from her as easily as I do every other woman. But the first kiss makes me dumb. The second kiss makes me weak. The third kiss makes me certain… Being with Meredith for one night won’t do it. Maybe not even two. But every night after the first is a chance to break each other’s hearts. The only question is which one of us will do it first. In The Beat of the Moment is the second book in the Heart Beats series. If you like guarded heroes, charismatic heroines, and off the charts chemistry, you don't want to miss the next HEA in Breanna Lynn's debut series.

Download or read book Perspective written by Christie Leigh Babirad and published by TouchPoint Press. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many different ways to look at life’s situations and adventures. Within the tingling emotions of the truest love, the burning pain of a heartbreak that may never receive closure or justice, the stirring of new ideas that will bring you into a better world for yourself and loved ones; within all of these emotions, PERSPECTIVE is the star. Perspective is the common thread through all the events of life that, depending on how you view what takes place, brings you to the other side for better or worse. Perspective will always be the main player in your story of what you love, embrace, and manifest, as well as what you dislike and need to set free from your heart. Which stance will you take? Which outlook will lead you to the life beyond your childhood dreams and fantasies? The power is always within you, within your chosen perspective. Get ready for a poetic and lyrical ride through the heart as it faces love, passion, hurt, opinions, and existential conclusions. This is “Perspective.” Praise for PERSPECTIVE: POEMS “Christie Leigh Babirad’s book, Perspective: Poems is fantastic! The poems and pictures bring you on such a great journey. I love Christie’s writing and I highly recommend this book.” —Michel Goguen, Songwriter and Musician for “Open Strum” and founder of the “Music for Critters” fundraiser “Another beautiful, moving collection of poems by Christie Leigh Babirad, Perspective: Poems reaches into the heart and gently taps. Running through themes of love, loss, gain, nostalgia, courage, and hope, Babirad’s poems illuminate the human experience from her unique point of view and allows for a shared connection. Paired with her captivating photographs, each poem causes readers to pause and reflect on what it is to live in this messy, complicated, wonderous world, and to be grateful that we are, despite our differences, all in this together.” —Becky Marietta, Author of White River Red: A Novel “In her third poetry collection, Perspective, prolific poet Christie Leigh Babirad brings us phrases that move us, lessons that clarify, and philosophy that has staying power. She strings words in her own special way that shine a light on her understanding of the depths of the human heart. A great motivational collection to pick up if you’re feeling down. Gorgeous black-and-white prints illustrate each poem.” —Kathryn Brown Ramsperger, Award-Winning Author, Journalist, and Humanitarian

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