Download or read book How to Be Safe A Novel written by Tom McAllister and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year “Explosive” –Entertainment Weekly “Scalding” –The New Yorker “One of the most highly acclaimed novels of the year thus far.” –Bustle FORMER TEACHER HAD MOTIVE. Recently suspended for a so-called outburst, high school English teacher Anna Crawford is stewing over the injustice at home when she is shocked to see herself named on television as a suspect in a shooting at the school where she works. Though she is quickly exonerated, and the actual teenage murderer identified, her life is nevertheless held up for relentless scrutiny and judgment as this quiet town descends into media mania. Gun sales skyrocket, victims are transformed into martyrs, and the rules of public mourning are ruthlessly enforced. Anna decides to wholeheartedly reject the culpability she’s somehow been assigned, and the rampant sexism that comes with it, both in person and online. A piercing feminist howl written in trenchant prose, How to Be Safe is a compulsively readable, darkly funny exposé of the hypocrisy that ensues when illusions of peace are shattered.
Download or read book That Night written by Gillian McAllister and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY PICK 'Incredibly tense and gripping' ADELE PARKS 'Kept me guessing and kept me fooled. Clever, pacy and so gripping that my heart raced' C.L. TAYOR 'This absolutely blew me away. Properly unputdownable' 5***** READER REVIEW 'Another unputdownable what-would-you-do thriller, rich with McAllister's trademark twists and emotional depth' ERIN KELLY ________ What would you do to protect your family? ANYTHING. During a family holiday in Italy, you get an urgent call from your sister. There's been an accident: she hit a man with her car and he's dead. She asks for your help. She'd cover for you, so will you do the same for her? But when the police come calling, the lies start . . . And you each begin to doubt one another. What really happened that night? Who is lying to who? AND WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO CRACK? ________ 'From its propulsive opening to its devastating finale, That Night explores the terrible cost of family loyalty and the lines all of us might cross for those we love. Her best yet' TM LOGAN 'Tautly plotted and beautifully written. Gillian McAllister just gets better and better' Clare Mackintosh 'That Night was like watching a gripping, tense and claustrophobic box set! My heart was in my mouth the whole time. Her best yet' Claire Douglas 'Almost unbearably tense and an utterly absorbing read' Rosamund Lupton 'Had me absolutely gripped. Claustrophobic and tense and completely absorbing' Jane Fallon 'Beautifully written and incredibly gripping . . . it gave me genuine shivers. Masterfully done' Beth O'Leary 'So slippery, you will struggle to catch your breath. Gillian McAllister has secured her throne as the queen of the moral dilemma' Holly Seddon 'That Night is yet another triumph, intricately plotted and beautifully written' Jill Mansell 'That Night crept into my every waking thought. A claustrophobic, twisty novel that will have you asking, "what would I do?"' Lia Louis READERS ARE HOOKED BY THAT NIGHT: 'A masterpiece' 5***** Reader Review 'I'm speechless . . . cannot recommend enough' 5***** Reader Review 'A pressure cooker of panic, excitement, fear, anger . . . I cannot rave about this enough!' 5***** Reader Review 'WOW! WOW! WOW! The twists and shocks blew me away' 5***** Reader Review Praise for Gillian McAllister 'I read it in a breathless day and a half' Lisa Jewell 'Perfection. Intriguing and compelling' Clare Mackintosh 'As tense as a piano string' Sunday Times 'Addictive, clever, twisty' Sun
Download or read book McAllister s Last Ride written by Bill Cartwright and published by Robert Hale Ltd. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Marshal Brent McAllister is told by the doctor that he has less than a year to live, he decides that he will not wait passively for death to overtake him. Instead, he determines to hunt down and dispose of the worst men in the state; vicious and depraved criminals, whom the law cannot touch. It is McAllister's expectation that in the course of this quest, he may find a quick and easy death from a bullet, rather than a lingering end in a hospital bed.
Download or read book The Tin Snail written by Cameron Mcallister and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Half-silly, half-serious and full of human interest."--The Wall Street Journal Get ready for a wild ride with this classic and fun World War II adventure about a boy who helps invent a car the Nazis would love to get their hands on! Thirteen-year-old Angelo knows that his father’s job is in jeopardy. Only one thing can save it: inventing a car the world has never seen before. On vacation in the French countryside, Angelo gets an idea. So far, cars have only been made for the rich. Someone should create a car for everyday working people. Angelo thinks he’ss up to the challenge! After a lot of failures, and some rather painful crashes, Angelo, with help from his friend Camille and some other villagers, builds a prototype that just might work. But testing it won’t be easy—especially when war is declared and he finds out the Nazis are planning to steal his design! This funny adventure will have you speeding through the pages. So buckle up and enjoy the wild ride! "Kids will appreciate Angelo's confident, headlong enthusiasm and his hilarious mishaps driving across pocked fields, while adults will enjoy the new angle on both automotive and war history."--Kirkus Reviews "An unusual look at a much-studied historical period . . . Black-and-white chapter-heading illustrations are a charming addition."--Booklist "A feel-good story about the French Resistance that might very well inspire more than a few designers and engineers.--School Library Journal “A captivating book for young people of all ages.” —T.E. Carhart, bestselling author of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank “Charming.” —The Guardian “A thoroughly engaging read.” —The Spectator “Feel-good, funny, romping, filmic adventure.” —The Sunday Times “A fantastic family read.” —Mr Ripley’s Enchanted Books “Refreshingly different and very engaging.” —Reading Zone “A delightful book.” —Historical Novel Society “Unusual and delightful.” —Parents in Touch “I loved this delightful novel. It’s intended for middle grade readers but people of all ages will love it.” —The Bookbag
Download or read book Beauty and Revolution in Science written by James W. McAllister and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explaining why he embraced the theory of relativity, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist P. A. M. Dirac stated, "It is the essential beauty of the theory which I feel is the real reason for believing in it." How reasonable and rational can science be when its practitioners speak of "revolutions" in their thinking and extol certain theories for their "beauty"? James W. McAllister addresses this question with the first systematic study of the aesthetic evaluations that scientists pass on their theories.Using a wealth of other examples, McAllister explains how scientists' aesthetic preferences are influenced by the empirical track record of theories, describes the origin and development of aesthetic styles of theorizing, and reconsiders whether simplicity is an empirical or an aesthetic virtue of theories. McAllister then advances an innovative model of scientific revolutions, in opposition to that of Thomas S. Kuhn.Three detailed studies demonstrate the interconnection of empirical performance, beauty, and revolution. One examines the impact of new construction materials on the history of architecture. Another reexamines the transition from the Ptolemaic system to Kepler's theory in planetary astronomy, and the third documents the rise of relativity and quantum theory in the twentieth century.
Download or read book Society as I Have Found it written by Ward McAllister and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Samuel Ward McAllister (December 1827?January 31, 1895) was the self-appointed arbiter of New York society from the 1860s to the early 1890s."--Wikipedia.
Download or read book The Choice written by Gillian McAllister and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick Wrong Place, Wrong Time and Just Another Missing Person comes a captivating, ingenious novel about a woman who must make an impossible decision.... “A Sliding Doors thriller with a moral dilemma at its heart. Brilliant.”—Claire Douglas, author of Last Seen Alive It's the end of a night out and Joanna is walking home alone. Then she hears the sound every woman dreads: footsteps behind her, getting faster. She's sure it's him—the man from the bar who wouldn't leave her alone. So Joanna makes a snap decision. She turns, she pushes. Her pursuer tumbles down the steps and lies motionless, facedown on the ground. Now what? Addictive and compelling, The Choice follows the two paths Joanna's future might take, depending on the choice she makes. If she calls the police right away, she can save the man's life. Yet doing so puts her own innocence at risk, as she waits for judgment on a charge of assault and the hope that her husband and everyone she loves will stand by her. But if she runs and goes home as if nothing has happened, no one will ever know. No one saw her do it, and it's only up to Joanna to keep quiet...forever. “Almost unbearably tense.”—The New York Times Book Review
Download or read book ANTONIDES FORBIDDEN WIFE written by Anne McAllister and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years ago Ally asked PJ, a free-spirited surfer, to marry her on paper. She needed her grandmother’s inheritance so she could run away from her arrogant father and make her dream come true. And to claim it, she had to get married as her grandmother’s will stated. Ten years later, Ally, who’s now a successful designer, visits PJ and finds that he’s the president of a big company. Feeling intimidated by him, she manages to ask him for a divorce. He then tells her they must try to live like a married couple. But why would they if there’s no love between them?
Download or read book The Last Wild Wolves written by Ian McAllister and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through text and photographs describes the lives of wolf packs living on the coast of British Columbia.
Download or read book Miss McAllister s Ghost written by Elizabeth Fensham and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three children, Cassie and her two brothers Mick (at 13, one year younger than Cassie) and Wilf (8-years-old) discover a very old lady living a time-forgotten life in a nearby suburb. Her house is cut off from the world, she is largely self-sufficient but has a believable means by which she supplements her food requirements. Over the course of the story Miss McAllister moves from irascible and overbearing stranger to become the centre of the children's lives. Their own parents, caught up in their own lives, are on the periphery of their childrens. Miss McAllister provides stability, a much-needed sense of responsibility, a standard of ethical behaviour and ultimately, love. Miss McAllister provides a form of family togetherness.
Download or read book The Civil War Letters of General Robert McAllister written by James I. Robertson, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not a flamboyant leader or a braggart, General Robert McAllister was one of the quietly efficient commanders whose noble gallantry ultimately proved to be the salvation of the Union. He took part in all but two engagements of the Army of the Potomac and was twice wounded and three times promoted for heroism on the battlefield. Not daring to keep a diary that might fall into enemy hands, McAllister wrote daily to his wife and daughters, providing an intricately detailed description of his wartime ordeal for posterity. Refined by James I. Robertson, Jr.’s expert editing, the 637 letters presented here provide a comprehensive look at the experiences of the Army of the Potomac and one often-overlooked Civil War general.
Download or read book McAllister s Scottish Law of Leases written by Lorna Richardson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering residential, commercial and agricultural leases the fifth edition provides guidance on a wide range of topics including local authority tenancies, crofts, the Agricultural Holdings Acts and valuations of market rent. The fifth edition: - Takes full account of recent legislative changes including the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 and the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013. - Details relevant new case law and the many changes in residential leases including legislation to abolish sales of public sector housing (the 'Right to Buy' scheme) and the introduction of the new 'private residential tenancy' covering renting rights. - Covers the Scottish Law Commission's review of commercial leases regarding how leases are terminated. - Covers the new Modern Limited Duration Tenancy for agricultural tenants, introduced by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016.
Download or read book McAllister Fights written by Matt Chisholm and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rem McAllister, toughest living legend of the Old West, was caught. Caught between his loyalty to the Indians and his loyalty to the Army. He found himself walking a tightrope -and if he fell, death was waiting below on both sides... Another gunsmoke-filled Rem McAllister adventure
Download or read book McAllister written by Matt Chisholm and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rem McAllister took the job reluctantly. He was to lead an army mule-train laden with gold across the desert from Mesquite Springs - and he knew that with Clancy and the ruthless Franchon Gang on the rampage, and Gaton and his Apaches out for white scalps, there wasn't much chance of its getting through. So when the mule-train was bushwhacked, the army escort massacred, the gold stolen and he himself wounded, McAllister wasn't really surprised. Just good and mad. And out for bullet-fast revenge.
Download or read book Really Professional Internet Person written by Jenn McAllister and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through her pranks, sketches, and videos about everyday life, Jenn has become a mouthpiece for millennials and one of YouTube's fastest rising stars! Jenn McAllister, better known as JennxPenn, has been obsessed with making videos since she found her parents video camera at the age of eight. A shy child, Jenn turned to film because, unlike with life, you can always have a do-over. Really Professional Internet Person offers both an insider's guide to building a successful YouTube channel and an intimate portrait of the surreality of insta-fame and the harsh reality of high school. Brimming with honesty, heart and Jenn's patented sense of humor, Really Professional Internet Person features top ten lists, photos, screenshots, social media posts and never-before-posted stories chronicling Jenn's journey from an anxious middle-schooler just trying to fit in, to a YouTube sensation unafraid to stand out.
Download or read book THE McALLISTER BRAND written by William Neil Martin and published by BookLocker.com. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas – 1881 – Twenty- one-year-old Matt Scanlon, having recently graduated from journalism school, arrives in Texas filled with hopes of writing about life in the West. On the westbound stagecoach out of Fort Worth he makes the acquaintance of Wade McAllister, owner of the largest ranch in that part of the country. It is the beginning of a strong and lasting friendship. In the coming months Matt is kidnapped following a bank robbery, left for dead on the open prairie, falls in love with McAllister’s daughter, takes part in a cattle round-up and befriends a noted gunfighter. A person of strong Christian faith, Matt becomes a leading force in the building of the first church within a radius of sixty miles. This is a story of finding a home, love, adventure, forgiveness and Christian charity at the expansive McAllister ranch.
