Download or read book Somebody s Girl written by Maggie De Vries and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martha knows she is adopted, but she's well-loved and popular, at least until her mother gets pregnant and she feels her parents' attention start to shift. Upset and confused, Martha lashes out at—and loses—her friends. She also makes no secret about her annoyance at being forced to do a school project about sturgeon with Chance, a difficult boy whose foster parents are family friends. To add insult to injury, Martha's birth mother announces that she is getting married and moving away. Now Martha isn't number one in anybody's life. When her mom goes into labor prematurely, Martha realizes that she needs to figure out a way to be a better friend and daughter, and a great sister.
Download or read book Somebody s Someone written by Regina Louise and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this poignant and heart wrenching true story, Regina Louise recounts her childhood search for connection in the face of abuse, neglect, and rejection. What happens to a child when her own parents reject her and sit idly by as others abuse her? In this poignant, heart wrenching debut work, Regina Louise recounts her childhood search for someone to feel connected to. A mother she has never known--but long fantasized about-- deposited her and her half sister at the same group home that she herself fled years before. When another resident beats Regina so badly that she can barely move, she knows that she must leave this terrible place-the only home she knows. Thus begins Regina's fight to survive, utterly alone at the age of 10. A stint living with her mother and her abusive boyfriend is followed by a stay with her father's lily white wife and daughters, who ignore her before turning to abuse and ultimately kicking her out of the house. Regina then tries everything in her search for someone to care for her and to care about, from taking herself to jail to escaping countless foster homes to be near her beloved counselor. Written in her distinctive and unique voice, Regina's story offers an in-depth look at the life of a child who no one wanted. From her initial flight to her eventual discovery of love, your heart will go out to Regina's younger self, and you'll cheer her on as she struggles to be Somebody's Someone.
Download or read book The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner written by Dominic McHugh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics for some of the most beloved musicals in Broadway and Hollywood history. Most notably, with composer Frederick Loewe he created enduring hits such as My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot, and Brigadoon. In The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner, editors and annotators Dominic McHugh and Amy Asch bring all of Lerner's lyrics together for the first time, including numerous draft or alternate versions and songs cut from the shows. Compiled from dozens of archival collections, this invaluable resource and authoritative reference includes both Lerner's classic works and numerous discoveries, including his unproduced MGM movie Huckleberry Finn, selections from his college musicals, and lyrics from three different versions of Paint Your Wagon. This collection also includes extensive material from Lerner's two most ambitious musicals: Love Life, to music by Kurt Weill, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which Lerner wrote with Leonard Bernstein.
Download or read book The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner written by Alan Jay Lerner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lyricist behind such enduring classics as Brigadoon, Camelot, and My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner (1918-86) was a consummate craftsman, refining his work over and over. In this book, editors Dominic McHugh and Amy Asch bring to life the stories behind Lerner's oeuvre while also providing alternative or draft versions of his work. For the theater lover and scholar alike, the book sheds new light on one of musical theater's defining figures.
Download or read book Ghostheart written by R.J. Ellory and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a “master of the genre,” a psychological thriller about a woman lured by curiosity about her dead father into her family’s dark past. (New York Times bestselling authorClive Cussler) Annie O’Neill has it all: a cozy Manhattan apartment, a beautiful bookshop, and a network of supportive friends?but her father died in her childhood, leaving a hole she has yet to fill. When a mysterious man named Forrester enters the shop and claims to be her father’s oldest friend, she jumps at the chance to discover more. But Forrester seems much more interested in telling her a story about a ruthless ganglord and a decades-old betrayal. A betrayal that, she will realize far too slowly, has something very much to do with her. Praised by Alan Furst as a “uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer,” R.J. Ellory, the bestselling author of A Quiet Belief in Angels and City of Lies, is back with a novel packed with mystery, betrayal, and shocking family history. “It’s a bravura performance for readers of literary suspense from a writer whose prose often sings.” —Booklist “This compelling novel, with its shock denouement, is both beautifully written and skillfully crafted and confirms Ellory as one of crime fiction’s new stars.” —The Sunday Telegraph
Download or read book The Case History of Comrade V written by James Park Sloan and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COMRADE V. sits at the white console in the sparsely furnished, windowless room where he is held prisoner reading the daily printout that supplies a constantly altered version of his case history. The story that emerges from the details on the printout, V. concurs, is in many respects accurate: the incredible child prodigy who became a brilliant mathematician, highly respected in his own country and honored throughout the world. Beyond this point, V.'s story and that of his captors differ drastically. According to V., an increasing political awareness made him dangerous to a government which stripped him of his prestigious position and imprisoned him in a mental institution near the capital. And now, V. is convinced, both the daily printout and his psychiatrist are conspiring to shake his belief in his own sanity.
Download or read book The R J Ellory Collection written by R.J. Ellory and published by Orion. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 4039 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises: CANDLEMOTH GHOSTHEART A QUIET VENDETTA CITY OF LIES A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS A SIMPLE ACT OF VIOLENCE THE ANNIVERSARY MAN SAINTS OF NEW YORK
Download or read book DIAMOND written by Al Kirkland and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Failure was an option for Ace, an ex-convict who is determined to succeed, in a new way of life back on the streets of Trenton, New Jersey. Ace attempt to enroll into Trenton Central High School but was rejected. He attempted to avoid a life of crime, and failed. He even failed to listen to the only girl who saved him from a drive-by shooting. But love and determination compels Fran'Sheila to convince Ace that the only way he was going to succeed in life, was by him being with her. After forming a strong bond with each other, a misunderstanding separates the two, having a detrimental effect on their love for each other.
Download or read book Chimney pot Papers written by Charles Stephen Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book How Women Saved the City written by Daphne Spain and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the extensive building projects of these associations - boarding houses, vocational schools, settlement houses, public baths, and playgrounds - she finds evidence of a built environment created by women.".
Download or read book Quill s Window written by George Barr McCutcheon and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book Lost In His Love written by D. Michelle and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kerrington is tall, handsome, and wealthy. He has been with his girlfriend, Tess, for two years, and he is tired of her shit. He stays with her because he feels that he can’t leave her because of the tragedy they endured together. That’s until he sees Kyanna while shopping with Tess. Kyanna had been in a dead-end relationship with her boyfriend for three years. Meeting Kerrington seems like a breath of fresh air, but is it enough to make her leave her boyfriend alone? Can Kerrington let go of his past with Tess and see what the future is like with Ky? Jerika doesn’t do relationships. After a horrible breakup with her ex, Jerika swore off relationships of all kinds, but after meeting Kasson, that doesn’t go as planned. Kasson is just like Jerika, who needs to be in a relationship? Kas' motto is get money, fuck, and go, but after meeting Jerika, he finds it hard not to like her. Will Kasson and Jerika get together, or will they continue to ignore their feelings for each other?
Download or read book The Music Trivia Book of Rock n Roll Music written by Jimmy Correa and published by Vantage Press, Inc. This book was released on 2004 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Johnny Ace to the Zombies, covering R&B, Pop, Country, and everything in between. Take the challenge-- you'll be amazed at what you know, didn't know, or have forgotten.
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Download or read book The Beatles Having Read the Book written by Greg Sterlace and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cottage industry of Beatles publications is more prolific now than it ever was. As the band recedes into the mystic fog of 20th century history we get more and more documentation about their music, their love lives, their personalities, and their finances. I wanted to try to make sense of it by reviewing the best and the worst of the Beatles tomes as they stand side by side in bookstores everywhere. I spent 40 years reading about them knowing that one day I would share my accumulated knowledge with the fans in Pepperland. Having read the book, I'd love to turn you on.
Download or read book Life of a Klansman written by Edward Ball and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A haunting tapestry of interwoven stories that inform us not just about our past but about the resentment-bred demons that are all too present in our society today . . . The interconnected strands of race and history give Ball’s entrancing stories a Faulknerian resonance." —Walter Isaacson, The New York Times Book Review A 2020 NPR staff pick | One of The New York Times' thirteen books to watch for in August | One of The Washington Post's ten books to read in August | A Literary Hub best book of the summer| One of Kirkus Reviews' sixteen best books to read in August The life and times of a militant white supremacist, written by one of his offspring, National Book Award–winner Edward Ball Life of a Klansman tells the story of a warrior in the Ku Klux Klan, a carpenter in Louisiana who took up the cause of fanatical racism during the years after the Civil War. Edward Ball, a descendant of the Klansman, paints a portrait of his family’s anti-black militant that is part history, part memoir rich in personal detail. Sifting through family lore about “our Klansman” as well as public and private records, Ball reconstructs the story of his great-great grandfather, Constant Lecorgne. A white French Creole, father of five, and working class ship carpenter, Lecorgne had a career in white terror of notable and bloody completeness: massacres, night riding, masked marches, street rampages—all part of a tireless effort that he and other Klansmen made to restore white power when it was threatened by the emancipation of four million enslaved African Americans. To offer a non-white view of the Ku-klux, Ball seeks out descendants of African Americans who were once victimized by “our Klansman” and his comrades, and shares their stories. For whites, to have a Klansman in the family tree is no rare thing: Demographic estimates suggest that fifty percent of whites in the United States have at least one ancestor who belonged to the Ku Klux Klan at some point in its history. That is, one-half of white Americans could write a Klan family memoir, if they wished. In an era when racist ideology and violence are again loose in the public square, Life of a Klansman offers a personal origin story of white supremacy. Ball’s family memoir traces the vines that have grown from militant roots in the Old South into the bitter fruit of the present, when whiteness is again a cause that can veer into hate and domestic terror.
