Download or read book The Handyman s Promise written by Nick Poff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handyman Ed Stephens, whose romantic fantasies came true in The Handyman's Dream, and who learned about building a successful relationship in The Handyman's Reality, is back for another adventure in life and romance in The Handyman's Promise. By the autumn of 1983, Ed's life partner, Rick Benton, has been working in Indianapolis for more than a year as he pursues a new career in real estate. Ed eagerly anticipates the day Rick will return home to Porterfield full-time. Their time apart has allowed Ed to contemplate the maintenance of a long-term gay relationship, and to reevaluate his definition of a successful marriage. With the aid of both hindsight and foresight, Ed and Rick are able to move optimistically toward their mutual goals. Although their journey has its share of joyful surprises, several unfortunate events and a sudden tragedy force Ed to once again question their future in a small Indiana town amid the stark realities of gay life in the early 1980s. Once again Ed and Rick's friends and families are along for the ride to provide love, support, humor, and occasional aggravation. As always, Mrs. Hilda Penfield, Ed's bountiful mentor, is close by with words of wisdom as Ed continues to learn how to blend his dreams into day-to-day living. With yet another soundtrack of timeless pop classics, author Nick Poff extends a third invitation to enjoy the heartwarming journey of Ed Stephens and Rick Benton as they continue to explore the mysteries of love and life.
Download or read book Pitiful Criminals written by Greg Bottoms and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pitiful Criminals, Greg Bottoms offers thirteen genre–bending chapters from his past that take a close look at the lives of small–time criminals driven, often by confusion and desperation, to deeds that range from the absurd to the heinous. We meet the author's schizophrenic arsonist brother, a depressed pot grower, a damaged ex–dealer who barely escaped a violent burglary, a born–again teenage shooter, and other alienated Americans pushed to extremes by psychology and circumstance. Forceful, poetic, unique, and utterly uncompromising, it is an unforgettable tour of the dark side of the human condition. Greg Bottoms's innovative fiction and creative nonfiction have focused on the American South, the effects of violence on individual lives, criminal behavior, mental illness, ecstatic and spiritual experience, and class in America. He blends explicitly autobiographical and biographical content with artful storytelling, a cultural journalist's observations, and a philosopher's deep inquiry into the strange ways we live now. This is postmodern crime fiction at its gritty and original best.
Download or read book The Cheap Handyman written by B.S. Harris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious adventures in home renovations and repairs, from a real-life Red Green. Meet Brian Harris, a (mostly) retired, self-proclaimed jack of all trades with a knack for home improvements and inventive money-saving schemes. Armed with a soldering gun, his trusty 9-foot ladder, and of course the handyman’s secret weapon—duct tape—Brian’s projects start out as simple chores: trim a tree branch, stain the cedar siding on his home...but all too often they end in costly disaster. Sometimes he’s trying to do the right thing, like the time he wrecked his pool while saving some baby ducks. Often, he channels his inner MacGyver: he once taped his hockey skate back together so he could finish his rec-league game, only to get suspended for falling on the referee when it broke (again). But usually, he’s just trying to save a buck, like the time he accidentally destroyed an expensive car key fob because he wouldn’t pay the (outrageous) $10 fee to have the new battery professionally replaced. Filled with funny and entertaining true stories from the everyday life of an average guy just trying to save a few dollars, The Cheap Handyman is a tribute to anyone who has ever thought, “Sure! I can do that!”
Download or read book Sinful Promises written by Kendall Talbot and published by Kendall Talbot books. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One reckless night with Roman ruined everything. Now it’s over, and it’s all my fault. As if my life wasn’t already in shambles, my mother dropped a bombshell—this time, she really is dying. Leaving Europe to be with her is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. But when I sift through her belongings, a shocking discovery turns everything I knew about my miserable childhood upside down. My heart is shattered. My mind is on the brink of chaos. And all I have are bittersweet memories of Roman. He's the man of my dreams, but will he ever forgive me for what I did? SINFUL PROMISES is BOOK THREE in the Six Months of Sin series. Don’t miss the explosive conclusion packed with drama, giggles, and a whole lot of steaminess. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride of emotions that will have you shedding both ugly and beautiful tears until the very last page.
Download or read book Living Philosophy written by Ray Billington and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Do I Owe You Something written by Michael Mewshaw and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his unblinking but fair-minded memoir, Mewshaw grants us the sizable pleasure of passing time with some of the twentieth century's finest and most interesting writers.".
Download or read book You Own Me written by Susan Shumaker and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katie--a lonely young woman without a past, seeks seclusion; timid yet explosive. David--a family man without a family; insecure with something to prove. Duncan--a man's man; happily married but in love with his best mate's girl. Sydney Crane--a lost soul. Running from a traumatic past, twenty-four-year-old Katie Nelson leaves America to start over in small-town England. She purchases a used bookshop and intends to disappear into the countryside. She is determined to make a new life in a new place with a new name. Who is the real Katie? What is she hiding? Plagued by paranoia, fear, and memory issues, Katie is satisfied with her self-imposed isolation until her calm is broken when two very different men notice her. One is infatuated. One is obsessed.
Download or read book When Evil Rules written by Michele R. McPhee and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true crime story of a notorious arsonist and murderer who kept a Cape Cod town in fear thanks to crooked cops. The Cape Cod beach town of Falmouth seemed like a lovely place to visit. But those who lived there year-round knew its other, darker side… Local businessman and infamous bully Melvin Reine had started setting the homes of his so-called enemies on fire. Few of his victims—or even the police—ever dared to implicate him. Because those who did would pay the price… Mysterious events kept creeping up in Falmouth. The disappearance of Melvin’s wife, a dead man found in a cranberry bog, a teenager slated to testify against Melvin who boarded a ferry, never to be seen again—was Melvin somehow responsible? Only one police officer, John Busby, had the guts to press him for answers. One day he found himself on the wrong end of a sawed-off shotgun…but managed to survive the attack. This is the shocking true story about what can happen to an all-American town when evil rules.
Download or read book THE RELUCTANT HUNK written by Lorna Michaels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I Want That Man." And Ariel wanted scientist Jeff McBride for just one thing—to do a series on hurricanes for her TV station. She knew every woman in Corpus Christi would tune in to watch the drop-dead-gorgeous man. Convincing Jeff to work for her was going to be hard. He despised reporters and didn't intend on becoming a "TV Twinkie." Convincing herself that she didn't care what he thought of her was going to be a lot harder. Especially once she realized that she wanted the reluctant hunk for herself.
Download or read book Promises written by Angela Verdenius and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brought up by an abusive father, he left his old life a long time ago. He's worked hard to be a decent man, to be in control, to make a good life for himself. Then he meets his neighbour who has her own past, and suddenly he's very much afraid that he is
Download or read book The Handyman s Reality written by Nick Poff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of handyman Ed Stephens and his mailman boyfriend Rick Benton continues in this follow-up to The Handyman's Dream.
Download or read book Challenging History written by Gerald Berube and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose of this book is to hopefully encourage readers that history is a resource an open mind can learn from in order to help make better useful decisions. This book exposes events in the American history of people that made decisions to benefit self and others based on bibical standards. Some of my personal testimony was mentioned in order to encourage who so ever to see and accept themselves as they are because God does, and He didn't create anyone or anything inperfect. My past and present helped me to prepare for my future relationships and decisions. The people noted in this book made decisions according to the satus quo within their environment and made a decision on how to witness a better way to live. Hopefully you as a reader or one searching for answers can find self worth by encouraging you to dig deep into reviewing history, scripture and your soul in order to receive that connection. I encourage you to look up some of the events noted within this book and see for yourself how the truth written in history can be relevant for decision making for today and tomorrow.
Download or read book The Single Parent written by Linda Ranson Jacobs and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you became a single parent through divorce, death, adoption, or some other situation, you've probably wondered what the future holds for you and your children. Will you be able to provide the emotional, financial, and spiritual support your family needs? The Single Parent will encourage you in your journey and help avert problems before they arise. It is filled with wise counsel, biblical truth, and real-life stories--the author's own as well as those of the many single moms and dads who have come across her path through the years. It will help you bolster your abilities in such areas as · improving your child's behavior · negotiating boundaries · graciously seeking and accepting help from others · trusting God in the process God cares for the single parent and will provide for you and your children. Let this book give you the tools you need as you walk with him in this journey.
Download or read book L A Cops A Story of Honor Sex Tragedy written by Samuel Turner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L.A. Cops is primarily a work of fiction; with a few exceptions, the names of my characters as well as most of the cities and counties in the San Joaquin Valley are figments of my imagination. If the reader believes that I have written about actual places, as well as real crimes, that is his right to do so. I can only say in my defense that all writers have stored in their memory-cells recollections of actual events, and frequently borrow from those storage banks ideas that eventually go together to make up a story, or even an entire novel. That’s how writers of fiction make a living; unless the work is pure science-fiction, the more closely it resembles real-life situations, the more likely it will sell, because we all experience something inside when we can relate to the characters, events, or locales in a story. I have used real situations—and in several instances—actual places in the chapters that deal with World War II. Of course, built within that framework, I’ve taken the liberty to make my characters more colorful, gallant, or tyrannical than may have been the actual case. I wasn’t old enough during that period to have had personal experiences of this nature, but some of the military individuals I’ve introduced you to may approximately match some that I ran into during my own years in the Air Force. After all, no one period in time has its own special hold on good, decent people, nor on those who have made life less than great for those they have come in contact with. You will find both types playing important roles in my book.
Download or read book Amalgamated Engineers Journal and Monthly Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Vigilante s Diary written by Jeffrey Berry and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When justice fails I take charge and bring justice into my own hands. If you are a criminal run and hope I never get you. Prison is the safest place but they are full since I started this new job with the help of my friends. A woman crime reporter that gives me my information and a homeless war vet. Between the three of us crime is on the run. Violence brings violence and that is just one of the tools I use. Fear is my best friend and works very well as the criminals are turning them self into prison thinking they will be safe but they get the surprise of their lives when there is no where to hide.
Download or read book Nightbirds written by Lawrence M. James and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nightbirds is the graphic and violent story of a serial killer and two FBI agents who are trying to stop him before he becomes the most prolific serial killer in United States history. Driven by events that occurred many years before and a perspective that requires his own form of brutal redemption, the killer quickly targets and murders each victim, leaving behind a body and a signature in the trophy he takes from each of them. The principal characters include Lou Mark (a relatively young FBI agent with a unique gift), Tom Anglen (an experienced FBI agent who has worked in the Serial Killer Division for twenty years), their families, the victims, and the killer. Mark and Anglen track the serial killer from one city to another through the women he chooses, all of whom are strikingly similar in age and appearance. At each crime scene, as Mark and Anglen see what appears to have been consensual sex, followed almost immediately by a savage murder, they realize that they have to understand the legend of the nightbirds to catch the killer. The author is working on a sequel to Nightbirds, which should be available later this year.
