Download or read book The Coat Check Girl written by Laura Buchwald and published by Roan & Weatherford. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes, it's in confronting the shadows that we find the brightest light. Embark on a touching journey with Josie Gray as she navigates the turbulent waters of loss, love, and the supernatural. After bidding farewell to her cherished grandmother, Josie finds herself adrift in a sea of grief, compounded by the complexities of an ambiguous romantic entanglement and the return of her unsettling “gift"—the ability to sense and communicate with spirits. A presence haunts the restaurant where she works, dredging up long-buried memories from her childhood. But amidst the shadows, a luminous figure emerges—the restaurant’s new coat check girl. Mia is a beacon of understanding and solidarity, offering solace in shared experiences and a determination to unravel the mystery shrouding the restless spirit. Bolstered by a vibrant ensemble of characters, from restaurant comrades to familiar faces in the neighborhood, Mia keeps Josie afloat during one of the most difficult seasons of her life, helping her to embrace her unique talents and confront the ghostly enigma looming over them. Set against the backdrop of the bustling restaurant scenes of New York City and New Orleans, The Coat Check Girl is a compelling tale weaving together threads of sorrow, redemption, and the enduring power of connection. Join Josie as she discovers that sometimes, it's in confronting the shadows that we find the brightest light.
Download or read book Welcome Home Captain Fox written by Anthony Weigh and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the legendary hot summer of 1959 and while the Cold War rages and America tunes into I Love Lucy, Captain Jack Fox - believed missing in action in the fields of France fifteen years before - is about to be reunited with his family in the Hamptons. But is this really Jack Fox? And if it isn't, who is this man? And why are there twenty-two other families so intent on claiming him as their own? A sparkling comedy of identity, lost and found, based on Jean Anouilh's hit 1937 play, Le Voyageur sans bagage, Anthony Weigh's Welcome Home, Captain Fox! premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in February 2016.
Download or read book Teenage Romance written by M. Marsh K. M. Marsh and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains several short stories about the simple, innocent romance between a boy and a girl that reflects a much simpler time. A time when just holding hands and giving that certain boy or girl a special look gave you huge butterflies in your stomach and that breathless feeling of excitement and wonderment of, "Does he like me? I mean REALLY like me?" or "Man I hope that look means she likes me, a lot!" These stories are about a young man not afraid to stand up for his lady and willing to risk his own safety to rescue her. I believe a "real" man is NOT afraid to cry and in my stories when someone's heart is breaking he is not afraid to show his true feelings. So grab the tissues, find a comfortable place to sit, pick up this book and be prepared to get lost in a world of good, old fashioned romance. Happy reading!
Download or read book Nightclub written by George Rigakos and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2008 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last thirty years bouncers have emerged as iconic gatekeepers of contemporary cool, exclusivity, and social capital in urban centres around the world. In this groundbreaking empirical study, Rigakos critiques the supposed liberating and expressive potential of nightclubs by theorizing them within the linked themes of risk, consumption and security in late capitalism. People attend nightclubs to be seen and see others, to consume others as aesthetic objects of desire and to elicit desire in others – the desire to be desired. This 'synoptic frenzy', according to Rigakos, fuses surveillance and aesthetic consumption. It fetishizes bodies and amplifies social capitals, producing optic violence and crises of respect fuelled by alcohol. At closing time, populations flow out of the haze of the nightclub and onto city streets, from private spectacle to public nuissance. Mirroring the general late capitalist compulsion to binge and purge, the nightclub's spectacle of consumption produces a litany of unfulfilled courtiers of the night, staggering out of one spectacle and immediatley into another. In this sense, bouncers are not only prime policing agents in the nighttime economy but are producers of an urban risk market – a site of circumscribed transgression and consumption that begins at the door.
Download or read book Danger on the Downs written by Camilla Blythe and published by Bianca Blythe. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deadly house party. Former Hollywood starlet Cora Clarke may be new to England, but she does know that visiting the seaside is supposed to be a soothing experience. The snowy white cliffs and foamy ocean are indeed idyllic, but when her great aunt's employer insists someone is trying to murder her husband, Cora is whisked off to a house party with her pet bichon. When someone soon turns up dead, Cora discovers Sussex might possess scandals that exceed anything a Hollywood director might conjure for the silver screen...
Download or read book Murder City Blues written by Scott Bell and published by Red Adept Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frontenac is a corrupt city of vice, sin, and murder. On a rainy day (but what day isn't rainy in that industrial wasteland?) an underage prostitute and a rookie cop are murdered. No one cares. No one lifts a finger. Killebrew cares. Recently returned from the big war overseas, Killebrew has learned a few skills, like how to break things and kill people. He is now determined to use his knowledge to remove anything and anyone standing between him and justice for his kid sister. With the help of a beautiful lounge singer and some of his old pals from the war, Killebrew intends to smash Frontenac down to its dirty core and stomp all the cockroaches who attempt to flee.
Download or read book Standard Hollywood Depravity written by Adam Christopher and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a speical bonus novella Brisk Money by Adam Christopher The moment Raymond Electromatic set eyes on her, he knew she was the dame marked in his optics, the woman that his boss had warned him about. Honey. As the band shook the hair out of their British faces, stomping and strumming, the go-go dancer’s cage swung, and the events of that otherwise average night were set in motion. A shot, under the cover of darkness, a body bleeding out in a corner, and most of Los Angeles’ population of hired guns hulking, sour-faced over un-drunk whiskey sours at the bar. But as Ray tries to track down the package he was dispatched to the club to retrieve, his own programming might be working against him, sending him down a long hall and straight into a mobster’s paradise. Is Honey still the goal—or was she merely bait for a bigger catch? Just your standard bit of Hollywood depravity, as tracked by the memory tapes of a less-than-standard robot hitman. Standard Hollywood Depravity is a Ray Electromatic mystery by Adam Christopher. Ray Electromatic Mysteries Brisk Money Made to Kill Standard Hollywood Depravity Killing is My Business At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Swinging on a Star written by Johnny Burke and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The fabulous songs of Johnny Burke are here perfectly woven into various settings and scenes as if they always belonged there. We move from a smoky 1920s Chicago Speakeasy, where we hear such songs as Dr. Rhythm and What's New to the
Download or read book Nasty Short and Brutal written by Daniel Nemiroff and published by Exile Editions, Ltd.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of stories takes readers to the fringes of both emotion and society as it explores the not-so-common lives of the everyday weirdos who could be their neighbors or friends. The sure storytelling brings a wide range of chaotic emotions, from love to rage, vividly to life and delves deeply into the characters’ social and cultural experiences.
Download or read book The Wilson Mystery Omnibus written by Mike Knowles and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the first 3 vols. of the Wilson mystery series.
Download or read book Darwin s Nightmare written by Mike Knowles and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hard-hitting crime fiction from the author of Tin Men: “Fans of Charlie Huston and Chuck Palahniuk will probably enjoy Darwin’s Nightmare” (Sacramento Book Review). Wilson spent his entire life under the radar. Few people knew who he was or how to find him. Only two people even knew what he really did—working jobs for one very bad man, illegal jobs no one could ever know about. Wilson was invisible—until the day he crossed the line and risked everything to save the last connection to humanity he had, earning the hatred of a vengeful mob boss, a man who claimed he was Charles Darwin’s worst nightmare. Moving even deeper into the underworld of Hamilton, Ontario, he became a ghost in the city—until one day he took on what seemed like a simple job. Steal a bag from the airport and hand it off. No one said what was in the bag, and no one mentioned who the real owners were or what they would do to get it back. But the bag would set into motion a violent chain of events from which no one will escape untouched . . . “A very good series.” —Booklist “Merciless but honest about being monstrous, Wilson is worthy to stand next to Loren Estleman’s Peter Macklin and Donald Westlake’s Parker.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Archie 574 written by Barbara Slate and published by Archie Comic Publications. This book was released on with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dinner for Six": When the parents of Archie, Betty and Veronica make plans to meet for dinner, the teens are mortified. What if the subject turns to the eternal love triangle? Each imagines, and worries, over what may happen from their unique perspective. Will the dinner conversation leave these love-birds cooked? "A Real Keeper": Mr. Lodge sends Archie home in the rain so Veronica can date the son of a businessman he's hoping to make a deal with. Will the rich kid be a better investment than Archie, or just another one for the "loss" column?
Download or read book World of Archie Double Digest 26 written by Archie Superstars and published by Archie Comic Publications, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Double Digest contains OVER 140 PAGES of content, including fan-favorite Cosmo the Merry Martian! Archie, Betty and Veronica's parents are all going out for dinner, leaving their respective teens behind to fret over what subjects will arise during dinner conversation. Will their secrets be spilled? Will they be embarrassed beyond words? Worse yet, will the famous love triangle tear their families apart? "Dinner for 6" holds all the answers and you're invited to take part!
Download or read book World of Archie Double Digest 85 written by Ian Flynn and published by Archie Comic Publications. This book was released on 2019-01-09 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BRAND NEW LEAD STORY: “The Case of Hiding in Plain Sight” Mr. Lodge knows Archie is sneaking in to visit Veronica, but he can’t prove it—so he gets Detective Sam Hill on the case! Sam sets up an ambush and catches Archie in the act… but he’s shocked by what he discovers!
Download or read book You ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey written by Amber Ruffin and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INDIE NEXT PICK* Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar with humor and heart to share absurd anecdotes about everyday experiences of racism. Now a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers and host of The Amber Ruffin Show, Amber Ruffin lives in New York, where she is no one's First Black Friend and everyone is, as she puts it, "stark raving normal." But Amber's sister Lacey? She's still living in their home state of Nebraska, and trust us, you'll never believe what happened to Lacey. From racist donut shops to strangers putting their whole hand in her hair, from being mistaken for a prostitute to being mistaken for Harriet Tubman, Lacey is a lightning rod for hilariously ridiculous yet all-too-real anecdotes. She's the perfect mix of polite, beautiful, petite, and Black that apparently makes people think "I can say whatever I want to this woman." And now, Amber and Lacey share these entertainingly horrifying stories through their laugh-out-loud sisterly banter. Painfully relatable or shockingly eye-opening (depending on how often you have personally been followed by security at department stores), this book tackles modern-day racism with the perfect balance of levity and gravity.
Download or read book Owned by the Spy written by Jayne Blue and published by Nokay Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-13 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Nina Sharpe, business is about to get tall, dark, and dangerous.... This time, my client is sexy surgeon Rafe Malik, a dashing international playboy who may harbor a dark secret. The FBI thinks he’s funding terrorists and wants me to get close enough to him to find evidence. Except, getting close to Dr. Malik’s hard drive means opening myself to him completely and I can’t help that part of me knows I’ll enjoy it. If that weren’t enough to stir my blood, my hunky FBI handler, Agent Kurt Reynolds has passion in his eyes and a secret of his own that just might bring down my million dollar escort business. Book Themes: billionaire romance, alpha male romance, spy thriller, espionage, political romance, strong female character, law enforcement, men in uniform romance, if you like Calendar Girl
Download or read book Fraulein M written by Caroline Woods and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this multilayered historical novel that explores family secrets and hidden identities, “Woods skillfully captures the disorienting mixture of heady freedom and mounting fear characterizing 1930s Berlin, and the political and gender issues she raises add contemporary relevancy” (Publishers Weekly). Berlin, 1931: Sisters raised in a Catholic orphanage, Berni and Grete Metzger are each other's whole world. That is, until life propels them to opposite sides of seedy, splendid, and violent Weimar Berlin. Berni becomes a cigarette girl, a denizen of the cabaret scene alongside her transgender best friend, who is considering a risky gender reassignment surgery. Meanwhile Grete is hired as a maid to a Nazi family, and begins to form a complicated bond with their son. As Germany barrels toward the Third Reich and ruin, one of the sisters must make a devastating choice. South Carolina, 1970: With the recent death of her father, Janeen Moore yearns to know more about her family history, especially the closely guarded story of her mother's youth in Germany. One day she intercepts a letter intended for her mother: a confession written by a German woman, a plea for forgiveness. What role does Janeen's mother play in this story, and why does she seem so distressed by recent news that a former SS officer has resurfaced in America? Fräulein M. abounds with hidden identities and family secrets. With its multilayered exploration of family ties, hard choices, and the weight of history in our lives, the novel shines light on a brilliant new voice.
