Download or read book The Faded Yellow Envelope written by Julianna Psarris and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-04-29 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ilai Areli is the director of criminal intelligence for the largest civilian intelligence agency in Toronto, Canada. At age thirty, he is a self-made man with a promising career, supportive friends, and a loving wife. Unable to meet the demanding sacrifices his new promotion entails, his life spirals out of control, leading him to lose everything that he holds dear. At the request of his agency to attend a meeting with the Ministry of National Security and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Dominican Republic, Ilai leaves Toronto on a business trip in hopes of escaping what hes lost. Caught between letting go of his pride and facing the reality of his situation, he is completely unaware that an unforeseen meeting with a pregnant impoverished woman in the slums of Puerto Plata is about to remind him of lifes meaning and change the course of his life forever. Ilai and Shia meet when lifes challenges seem too difficult to bear, but what begins on that sunny afternoon transcends into their unpredictable futures, where only love, fulfillment, sacrifice, and the will to overcome remain.
Download or read book QLab 3 Show Control written by Jeromy Hopgood and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Used from Broadway to Britain’s West End, QLab software is the tool of choice for many of the world’s most prominent sound, projection, and integrated media designers. QLab 3 Show Control: Projects for Live Performances & Installations is a project-based book on QLab software covering sound, video, and show control. With information on both sound and video system basics and the more advanced functions of QLab such as MIDI show control, new OSC capabilities, networking, video effects, and microphone integration, each chapter’s specific projects will allow you to learn the software’s capabilities at your own pace. Tutorials and additional resources are featured at www.focalpress.com/cw/hopgood.
Download or read book The White Rhino Hotel written by Bartle Bull and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Rhino Hotel is a sweeping saga of love and revenge, of greed and loyalty, of pioneers struggling for a new life amidst the beauty and wildness of the African bush in the years immediately after World War I. Desperate to win estates of virgin land, thousands of World War I veterans draw lots, with the winners and their families sailing for Kenya, not knowing what they will find. Like other Europeans and Africans before them, their fates often cross at Lord Penfold's White Rhino Hotel, where guests can gamble away their plantations or satisfy other desires. It is in this setting that Bartle Bull's powerful and wonderfully evocative novel of the driving forces of nature and man's spirit of adventure takes place. At the White Rhino Hotel travelers meet the scheming dwarf Olivio Alavedo, a man obsessed by lust and vengeance. To his enemies, Olivio is a cunning adversary. To the needy Lady Penfold, he is something more personal. To young Anton Rider and the courageous pioneer Gwenn Llewelyn, the dwarf is a subtle friend. Trained by gypsies to hunt, gamble and read fortunes, Rider comes to Africa seeking gold, freedom and adventure, but finds violence and the passions of older women. Hardened by war, herself the victim of violation and loss, Gwenn Llewelyn seeks love as she struggles to build a future in Africa. Set against a background of colonial and natural history, The White Rhino Hotel could only be written by someone who knows and loves Africa and who can tell a stunning tale. Praise for Bartle Bull "Compared with Hemingway or Ruark ... Bull's knowledge of East Africa is profound."—Washington Post Book World "A wing-ding adventure story that I sat down to read on a Saturday night and finished on Sunday morning.... Everything comes together with a satisfying bang."—Boston Globe
Download or read book The Greater India Experiment written by Arkotong Longkumer and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assertion that even institutions often viewed as abhorrent should be dispassionately understood motivates Arkotong Longkumer's pathbreaking ethnography of the Sangh Parivar, a family of organizations comprising the Hindu right. The Greater India Experiment counters the urge to explain away their ideas and actions as inconsequential by demonstrating their efforts to influence local politics and culture in Northeast India. Longkumer constructs a comprehensive understanding of Hindutva, an idea central to the establishment of a Hindu nation-state, by focusing on the Sangh Parivar's engagement with indigenous peoples in a region that has long resisted the "idea of India." Contextualizing their activities as a Hindutva "experiment" within the broader Indian political and cultural landscape, he ultimately paints a unique picture of the country today.
Download or read book Sessional Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Salty Piece of Land written by Jimmy Buffett and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wander to "where the song of the ocean / Meets the salty piece of land" with Tully Mars, washed up from Margaritaville and in the mood for monkeyshines, in a shimmering Caribbean epic by the late king of tropical rock, Jimmy Buffett. It's not on any chart, but the tropical island of Cayo Loco is the perfect place to run away from all your problems. Waking from a ganja buzz on the beach in Tulum, Tully can't believe his eyes when a 142-foot schooner emerges out of the ocean mist. At its helm is Cleopatra Highbourne, the eccentric 101-year-old sea captain who will take him to a lighthouse on a salty piece of land that will change his life forever. From a lovely sunset sail in Punta Margarita to a wild spring-break foam party in San Pedro, Tully encounters an assortment of treasure hunters, rock stars, sailors, seaplane pilots, pirates, and even a ghost or two.
Download or read book The Secrets of Midwives written by Sally Hepworth and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With empathy and keen insight, Sally Hepworth delivers a page-turning novel about the complex, lovely, and even heartbreaking relationships between mothers and daughters.—Emily Gifin Three generations of women Secrets in the present and from the past A captivating tale of life, loss, and love...Neva Bradley, a third-generation midwife, is determined to keep the details surrounding her own pregnancy—including the identity of the baby's father— hidden from her family and co-workers for as long as possible. Her mother, Grace, finds it impossible to let this secret rest. The more Grace prods, the tighter Neva holds to her story, and the more the lifelong differences between private, quiet Neva and open, gregarious Grace strain their relationship. For Floss, Neva's grandmother and a retired midwife, Neva's situation thrusts her back sixty years in time to a secret that eerily mirrors her granddaughter's—one which, if revealed, will have life-changing consequences for them all. As Neva's pregnancy progresses and speculation makes it harder and harder to conceal the truth, Floss wonders if hiding her own truth is ultimately more harmful than telling it. Will these women reveal their secrets and deal with the inevitable consequences? Or are some secrets best kept hidden?
Download or read book Repentance written by Andrew Lam and published by Tiny Fox Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the line that separates coward from hero is not easy to spot. When that line is crossed, to what lengths will a remorseful man go to set things right? That’s a question that had never crossed Daniel Tokunaga’s mind until the U.S. government started calling, wanting to know more about his father’s service with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II. Something happened while his father was fighting the Germans in France, and no one is sure exactly what. At least, no one who’s still alive and willing to give details. Wanting answers, Daniel upends his life to find out what occurred on a small, obscure hilltop half a world away, in a quest for the truth that threatens his marriage, his sanity, and the love of everyone he holds dear. In unraveling his family’s catastrophic past, the only thing for certain is that nothing—his life, career, and family—can ever be the same again.
Download or read book The Final Harvest of Judah Woodbine written by Cynthia Stock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forced into retirement, Judah Woodbine feels useless while his wife still goes to work. He had to quit his job due to a bum leg, leaving him with household chores to fill his days while Rose thrives in her career. One day, however, Rose comes home early, and Judah accidentally kills the woman he loves. Her unexpected death opens the door to memories Judah thought hed lost. To escape present trauma, his mind travels back in time to a childhood marked by illness and a sense of abandonment. A victim of polio, Judah is removed from his family and community for two years to receive proper treatment. When he returns, he is a changed boy, and his mother hides from him due to her own guilt. His home life is never the same. He eventually leaves home to seek peace. He educates himself and builds a career and family. But divorce follows, and then tragedy strikes when a drunk driver injures his son. Judahs life again centers on a hospitalwhere he meets Rose, who will help him find his path to redemption. In order to move forward, Judah must learn to accept life is tainted by tragedy, but enriched with joy, love, and hope.
Download or read book Can t You Hear the Whistle Blowing written by Bill MacWithey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2000-08-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young boy loses his father and his little dog at the same time. Will the ghost of a young Indian girl bring him back from his sadness and despair? Do you believe in angels? The Dove That Saved Charlie will be of special interest. Once a profound druggy and alcoholic, Charlie finds a new life with the help of a simple thing like a dove in his back yard. Do you believe in Ghosts? A young boys ghost is trapped at Barkley Elementary until a kindly school librarian sets him free. Not only does she set him free, but finds love in the doing. When trapped in the desert, how could a helicopter pilot, who died the previous day, come to Bobs rescue? Leftys Ghost must have done it. Is there a place between Heaven and Hell, where we must somehow redeem or condemn ourselves? Wouldnt that be confusing? My Brother, My Haunting will make you laugh, but it will also make you wonder. Will there be human-appearing cyborgs in the future? Can you imagine two cyborgs meeting, each believing the other to be human? (: The stories in Cant You Hear The Whistle Blowing? will entertain in all these areas and more. 25 stories drawn from a repertoire of over a hundred, fifty, by one of todays most entertaining authors. Bill MacWithey receives comments from fans such as, So and so used to be my favorite author until I read your work.
Download or read book The Rules for Breaking written by Ashley Elston and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna Boyd almost lost her life to get what she wanted most in the world: freedom. But just when it seems that her family has finally escaped Witness Protection, the illusion that Anna could resume a normal life comes crashing down. The deadly man Anna knows as Thomas is still on the loose, and now he's using her as a pawn in a dangerous game with the drug cartel determined to silence her forever. When Thomas and a mysterious masked man capture not only Anna but also her fragile younger sister and her boyfriend, Anna decides it's time to break all the rules—even if it means teaming up with the lesser of two evils. Anna will do whatever it takes to protect the people she loves and win her life back once and for all. But her true enemies are hidden in plain sight. Before long, Anna will learn that putting her trust in anyone may be the last mistake she ever makes.
Download or read book Gift of Six written by Michael D. Corney and published by Michael Corney. This book was released on 2011 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alexander the Great 63rd President of the United States written by Paul Seifert and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham Lincoln warned that "the approach of danger" to our Republic would come from within, that we would be the "authors of our own destruction". Lincoln was confident that "all the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined . could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years." The stability of our representative democracy is taken for granted by most Americans. And yet, a careful study of history suggests that economic, social, and political forces at work in contemporary America and the world at large represent significant internal and external threats to the greatest republic in human history. The first two volumes of this fictional trilogy were concerned with internal issues. Alexander the Great, 63rd President of the United States depicts events Lincoln assured us could never happen. But the book also celebrates the resiliency of the American spirit and ends with the promise of restoration of the American Republic.
Download or read book Another Way Over A Novel of Immigration to America written by John J. Michalik and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1910, Jan Brozek is a lone traveler, making his way across a Europe preparing for war, intent on immigration to America to establish a new life for himself and his fiancee, Maria, who will follow once he has earned the money for her passage. Early in his travels he saves the life of Anna Ihnacak, the beautiful daughter of a Hungarian nobleman - their easy attraction creates emotions that, as he travels on, he has difficulty dealing with and understanding. Ready to sail across the Atlantic on the last, three-week leg of his journey, he is stunned when his careful plans are derailed at the last minute and he must choose an alternate course, one that sets him on what would be a two-year odyssey covering three continents.
Download or read book The Forgotten Adventures of Richard Halliburton written by R. Scott Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the charismatic world traveler whose daredevil exploits thrilled millions in the early twentieth century. Born in 1900, Richard Halliburton ran away from his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of nineteen to lead an extraordinary and dramatic life of adventure. Against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, Halliburton’s exploits around the globe made him an internationally known celebrity and the most famous travel writer of his time. From climbing Mount Olympus in Greece to swimming the Panama Canal and flying all the way to Timbuktu, Halliburton experienced and wrote about adventures that others never even believed possible. His youthful spirit and bohemian lifestyle won the hearts of millions, and this absorbing biography tells his story. “He was Marco Polo and Indiana Jones wrapped up in one, with P.T. Barnum’s flippancy and James Bond’s bravado, capped off by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s aristocratic good looks and manners.” —Smithsonian “A concise new biography [that] covers the life of a man of marvels.” —Memphis Magazine
Download or read book Camouflage written by C. C Avram and published by Bookclick 360 Wordeee. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen Stern has reason to be livid. Abandoned at birth by her mother, she was raised by England's greatest psychic. Dubbed a freak by her classmates because she had what they called Hocus Pocus, Helen was never allowed to live a normal existence. Helen prays for an escape, often fantasizing that her birth mother would rescue her from the madness one day. On her fourteenth birthday, Helen meets the exquisite and beautiful billionairess, Andrea Jacobson-Preston, with whom she feels an immediate kinship. In her Rollan Hills home's picturesque English garden, Helen feels compelled to pour out her soul to this stranger. Helen's life shatters when she learns that the woman at her party was, in fact, her birth mother. Vowing revenge, Helen embarks on a secret plan to destroy Andrea Jacobson. Four years later, she turns up on her mother's doorstep—the long-lost daughter who has now come home. Integrating herself into the family, she exemplifies the perfect offspring, loved by everyone, except perhaps the family's old vanguard, Melissa. All the time, however, Helen is plotting Andreas's fall from grace. When Maya, Helens adopted mother, unexpectedly dies, Helen learns the truth surrounding her perceived abandonment. Is it too late to turn back the clock on her clandestine plan, or must she prepare herself for the worst, for the success of her plan will not only destroy her mother but, in the process, destroy her very soul. Camouflage is the sequel to her previous novel, Protégé.
