Download or read book The Book of Otto and Liam written by Paul Griner and published by Sarabande Books. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liam is the boy, lying in the hospital, in grave condition, a bullet lodged in his head. Otto is his father, a commercial artist whose marriage has collapsed in the wake of the disaster. Paul Griner’s brave novel taps directly into the vein of a uniquely American tragedy: the school shooting. We know these grotesque and sorrowful events too well. Thankfully, the characters in this drama are finely drawn human beings—those who gain our empathy, those who commit the unspeakable acts, and those conspiracy fanatics who launch a concerted campaign to convince the world that the shooting was a hoax. The Book of Otto and Liam is a suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat read and, at the same time, it is a meditation on the forms evil can take, from the irredeemable act of the shooter himself, to the anger and devastation it causes in the victims’ families. Griner has managed to make an amazing, incredibly powerful book, one that is like no other.
Download or read book Grown Ups written by Marian Keyes and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER! A brand-new book from the #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Woman Who Stole My Life. They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together--birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Johnny's wife, Jessie--who has the most money--insists on it. Under the surface, though, conditions are murkier. While some people clash, other people like each other far too much . . . Still, everything manages to stay under control--that is, until Ed's wife, Cara, gets a concussion and can't keep her thoughts or opinions to herself. One careless remark at Johnny's birthday party, with the entire family present, and Cara starts spilling all their secrets. As everything unravels, each of the adults finds themselves wondering if it's--finally--the time to grow up.
Download or read book The Beauty Series written by Tara Sosa and published by Tara Sosa. This book was released on 2019-12-28 with total page 1966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First love. Second Chances. Friends-to-lovers. Enemies-to-lovers. Roomates-to-lovers. Love-hate. Opposites attract. Forbidden romance. Little sisters. Older brothers. Best friends. Charming billionaires. Inked firefighters. Players meeting their match. Everyone remembers their firsts. First kiss. First love. First heartbreak. First…everything. The first time Liam Sullivan met Samantha Brennan it was an unexpected encounter—a not so ‘meet-cute.’ It was good for him. Bad for her. He wanted her at first sight. She wished she never laid eyes on him. The charming billionaire with all the ink and dimples and flirt, and the girl who’s been burned badly once before by someone he reminds her of? What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Everything could go wrong. Especially when you add in an overbearing older brother, a blast from the past, and a man who will not give up…no matter what. The first time Connor Brennan met Riley Sullivan it was on a blind-date. One he orchestrated as a dare, a challenge. One that came back to bite him in the you know where. That blind-date turned into him meeting his match, his soulmate. But it’s not that simple. Nothing ever is. She’s Liam’s little-sister, and just like Connor, she comes with a wealth of chaos. He loves to throw out challenges—now he must deal with one. But it’s not just challenges standing in his way, or her, or her older brother. Riley has a secret. And when that secret is exposed—the challenge, the chaos? He hasn’t seen anything yet. The first time Aiden Masters met Allie James the best thing that could be said is that they both made it out of the room alive—and so did everyone else. It wasn’t love at first sight. Or second or third. Or tenth. Opposites attract? Not exactly. Forbidden romance? Not that either. More like forbidden everything. Which causes the hate. The animosity. The angst. Which then of course leads to blurred lines, burning sheets, and trouble. So much trouble. You know what they say about hate and love? It’s a thin line. But Aiden’s line is blue. And what’s a cop to do when Allie’s family is embroiled in the criminal? Blur some more lines or move on once and for all. The first time Ryan Flannery met Elizabeth Masters was a meeting that would change everything for him and her. He was knocked, rocked, and thrown. And he didn’t like it one bit. He was someone who’s been around the block a time or two…or a hundred. Definitely a hundred. He knew way too much about the opposite sex that he’s forgotten most of it and them. He’s too much of everything for someone like Beth. She’s working on a list of firsts—first date, first kiss, first…everything. He shouldn’t want her—she belongs with someone better. He should let her complete her list of firsts in peace. With her past she deserves that and more. But it’s complicated. Because he does want her. He wants all her firsts. And he wants her to be his first too—in the way that counts the most. His first love…and his last. His only. Everyone remembers their firsts. Especially them.
Download or read book The Paradise Problem written by Christina Lauren and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christina Lauren, the instant New York Times bestselling and “reigning romance queens” (PopSugar), returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance. Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UCLA. She also thought she’d signed divorce papers when the graduation caps were tossed, and they both went on their merry ways. Three years later, Anna is a starving artist living paycheck to paycheck while West is a Stanford professor. He may be one of four heirs to the Weston Foods conglomerate, but he has little interest in working for the heartless corporation his family built from the ground up. He is interested, however, in his one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. There’s just one catch. Due to an antiquated clause in his grandfather’s will, Liam won’t see a penny until he’s been happily married for five years. Just when Liam thinks he’s in the home stretch, pressure mounts from his family to see this mysterious spouse, and he has no choice but to turn to the one person he’s afraid to introduce to his one-percenter parents—his unpolished, not-so-ex-wife. But in the presence of his family, Liam’s fears quickly shift from whether the feisty, foul-mouthed, paint-splattered Anna can play the part to whether the toxic world of wealth will corrupt someone as pure of heart as his surprisingly grounded and loyal wife. Liam will have to ask himself if the price tag on his flimsy cover story is worth losing true love that sprouted from a lie.
Download or read book Imagine Living Life Well with Perspective Perseverance written by Maureen Whitaker and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 1201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book One: Imagine Living Life Well with Perspective & Perseverance Volume I: Opening & Dastardly Deeds Evil Ones Do to Create Chaos Volume II: Twisty Turns: Finding What Does & Does Not Assist Book One includes Volume I and II. It opens with a crime at a Medieval Society event with the two main characters. Anna and Liam are dealing with injuries and an attempt on Liam's life. The fighters of said event do not use ‘live steel.' Anna finds her husband and discovers he is injured. He is taken to a hospital emergency room for treatment. They talk with the Police. Many events come up once they return home and have to deal with different aspects of Law Enforcement. While in the hospital, Anna and Liam's friends create a special path in their backyard. They are able to use it to regain wellness. They find what works and follow many intuitive trails to become well again. They persevere with their situation having many discussions. The emergency room doctor is curious about their spiritual advents and an unusual injury to Anna. The doctor invites them to visit. They ask many questions, including a design of bracelets they are wearing which is a huge mystery and eventually more is known on it. Liam sets goals and begins to do much better. Not knowing if they will have to change their identity, they work on designs which may work for their Medieval Society. They work with a number of Law Enforcement agents. The have a potluck with their Medieval Society household and the reality of Liam's condition is seen. Anna and Liam's love for each other sustains them. This book leads the way to Book Two: Volumes III and IV and to Book Three: Volumes V and VI.
Download or read book A Face Without a Heart written by Rick R. Reed and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man bargains his soul away, while his painfully beautiful hologram mirrors every sin and each nightmarish step into depravity even cold-blooded murder. Take a thought-provoking tour of the darkest sides of greed, lust, addiction, and violence. Named best horror novel of the year by Queerhorror.com.Praise for A Face Without A Heart"Reed does himself, and his source material proud A penetrating morality tale, a trip into the very heart of darkness."-Hank Wagner, Hellnotes Book Review"Reed's got a knack for presenting the gruesome lower depths of a soul and a body."-Catey Sullivan, New City
Download or read book Flowers by the Sea written by Linda Fullerton and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After suffering a tragic loss, Laura decides to start over in Bodega Bay, California. There, she opens up a nursery and lives in a dream home by the sea. She meets several people, including a lighthouse keeper, and they fall in love. But he has a secret. A ghost of his great-great-grandfather lives in the lighthouse as well. Just as each flower has a meaning, so does each chapter of Laura’s life have a meaning that contributes to a beautiful bouquet of love. About the Author Linda Fullerton is a retired insurance agent who retired early to become a full-time caregiver for her ninety-year-old mother. She’s actively involved with her church and has a deep love of God. Fullerton is also an artist and enjoys painting oil on canvas. Her other hobbies include writing, painting, and working in her flower garden on her one-third acre of land.
Download or read book Liam written by Kathi S. Barton and published by World Castle Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma Hudson wanted to get this over with. Her father had left her in a jam, and the sooner she dropped off his duplicate trucker log books to the Harrisons, the sooner she could get back to work and try to clear her name. Trucking was all she knew, and she was tired of it. Liam Harrison watched the pretty little thing climb into her truck to get the books, but when she slipped and fell back into his arms with a life-threatening cut on her arm, he knew two things: she was his mate, and she would die if he didn’t convert her right now. And when a string of rest-stop murders brings an old vampire friend back into the family’s fold, he informs them Emma was next. It was time to park the truck. They all knew that Emma’s father would come sniffing around to try to swindle her out of more money. It was just a matter of time. But how far would he go to get what he wanted?
Download or read book The Seduction Project written by Miranda Lee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wanting… When Molly transformed herself into a striking redhead, the entire male population of Sydney stood up and took notice! But her new look was for Liam Delaney's benefit alone; she loved him and she wished he felt the same about her. However it was passion that Molly inspired in Liam! And the fact that he thought she had another male admirer only made him desire her more. Though Molly had never rushed into a physical relationship with any man, perhaps the time had come for seduction? Madeover Molly might be, but deep down inside she was just an inexperienced virgin….
Download or read book Hiking with Nietzsche written by John Kaag and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A stimulating book about combating despair and complacency with searching reflection." --Heller McAlpin, NPR.org Named a Best Book of 2018 by NPR. One of Lit Hub's 15 Books You Should Read in September and one of Outside's Best Books of Fall A revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker Friedrich Nietzsche Hiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are is a tale of two philosophical journeys—one made by John Kaag as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years later, in radically different circumstances: he is now a husband and father, and his wife and small child are in tow. Kaag sets off for the Swiss peaks above Sils Maria where Nietzsche wrote his landmark work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Both of Kaag’s journeys are made in search of the wisdom at the core of Nietzsche’s philosophy, yet they deliver him to radically different interpretations and, more crucially, revelations about the human condition. Just as Kaag’s acclaimed debut, American Philosophy: A Love Story, seamlessly wove together his philosophical discoveries with his search for meaning, Hiking with Nietzsche is a fascinating exploration not only of Nietzsche’s ideals but of how his experience of living relates to us as individuals in the twenty-first century. Bold, intimate, and rich with insight, Hiking with Nietzsche is about defeating complacency, balancing sanity and madness, and coming to grips with the unobtainable. As Kaag hikes, alone or with his family, but always with Nietzsche, he recognizes that even slipping can be instructive. It is in the process of climbing, and through the inevitable missteps, that one has the chance, in Nietzsche’s words, to “become who you are."
Download or read book The Ghosts We Keep written by Mason Deaver and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything happens for a reason. At least that's what everyone keeps telling Liam Cooper after his older brother Ethan is killed suddenly in a hit-and-run. Feeling more alone and isolated than ever, Liam has to not only learn to face the world without one of the people he loved the most, but also face the fading relationships of his two best friends in the process. Soon, Liam finds themself spending time with Ethan's best friend, Marcus, who might just be the only person that seems to know exactly what they're going through-for better and for worse. The Ghosts We Keep is an achingly honest portrayal of grief. But it is also about why we live. Why we have to keep moving on, and why we should.
Download or read book Fearless How to be your true confident self written by Liam Hackett and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can be FEARLESS. Fearless helps you find the confidence to be your true self. With vibrant colour illustrations throughout, Fearless shows that by breaking free from labels and stereotypes, together we can build a generation who are healthy, happy and can truly realize their full potential. Fearless explores how stereotypes influence everything – from how you feel about your body, to your interests and career aspirations. Includes: interviews with and quotes from inspirational people who defy stereotypes, such as female politicians and male dancers games and activities to get you thinking outside the box. Written by Liam Hackett – founder of global anti-bullying charity, Ditch the Label.
Download or read book The Consolation Duet written by Corinne Michaels and published by Baae Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liam wasn't supposed to be my happily ever after. He wasn't even on my radar. He was my husband's best friend-forbidden. But my husband died and I fell in love with Liam only to be left shattered into a million pieces. Again. I want him. I need him. I yearn for him, but he's gone. Now I have to decide if it's him I love or if he was just the consolation prize all along.
Download or read book Stewards of Eden written by Sandra L. Richter and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible and the environment. Using her expertise in ancient Israelite society as well as in biblical theology, she walks readers through biblical passages and shares case studies that connect the biblical mandate to current issues. She then calls Christians to apply that message to today's environmental concerns.
Download or read book In the Grand Scheme of Things the Making of Inspiration Through Dog Behaviour written by Jay R. Marchant and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something much more fundamental to our social interactions today than just simple hello's and goodbye's. What if I said that levels of mental illness, obesity, mistrust, inequality, and rates of imprisonment in the human populous have a significant effect on our relationships with not only each other but our dogs as well! If you look at Epidemiology, which literally means "the study of what is upon the people," we have no choice but to include our dogs. It is a highly significant, symbiotic relationship we share. Though there are many social differences in this age we still thrive in social compacts. As I explore this wonderous world dealing with dogs I can't help but stop and question why we seem to be so impatient. Impatient about the weather, inflation, food, dogs, and ourselves. Evolution occurs so slowly yet too fast for us humans to understand it. The answer to this paradox is to simply, "slow down our thinking." When I spend time working with dogs, whether my own dogs or clients, it's all about equality of the senses. It's about "truthful importance." This applies to everything, positive or negative, everyday, every moment.
Download or read book Galbraith written by Catherine Lievens and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Green Hill pride is a mess. Their alpha and their beta were arrested for attempted kidnapping, and the pride is leaderless and waiting for the council to decide what their fate will be. When the council calls to tell them they’re sending a temporary alpha, Liam is relieved. He doesn’t want the pride—his home since he was born—to disappear. Most pride members aren’t happy about someone who’s not one of them becoming their alpha, but if that’s what it takes to allow the pride to survive, Liam is all for it. The Green Hill pride is just business for Galbraith. He’s worked for the council for a decade, and during that time, he’s been sent all over the country to help shifter groups heal and find their way out of trouble. He doesn’t expect the pride to be any different, and mostly, it’s not. But one thing is. The last thing both Gal and Liam expected was to realize they’re mates. Gal is here to work, not to be distracted by Liam, and they both know their bond could complicate everything and feed the dislike of the people who don’t want Gal there. But if Gal doesn’t manage to heal the pride and help them find a way to survive, it will disappear, and his relationship with Liam right along with it.
Download or read book Reign of Malice Prequel to Sleeping Beauty No More written by Aisha Urooj and published by Aisha Urooj. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aurora has spent her whole life in fear of the wicked witch’s curse. But on her sixteenth birthday, everything will change, for better or for worse. What if her worst nightmare comes true? How will her story end? This is not the fairytale you know. In this reimagining, creatures are not always what they seem, be it a demon or a prince. In this story, as Sleeping Beauty awakens, she must fight for her kingdom and all that she holds dear, even when hope seems lost. ‘Reign of Malice’ serves as the prequel to ‘Sleeping Beauty No More’ and concludes with a shocking cliffhanger. Together, ‘Reign of Malice’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty No More’ create a magical and fantastical duology.
