Download or read book The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap written by Paulette Mahurin and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-23 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A women's Brokeback Mountain. The year 1895 was filled with memorable historical events: the Dreyfus Affair divided France; Booker T. Washington gave his Atlanta address; the United States expanded the effects of the Monroe Doctrine to cover South America; and Oscar Wilde was tried and convicted for gross indecency under Britain's recently passed law that made sex between males a criminal offense. When news of Wilde's conviction went out over telegraphs worldwide, it threw a small Nevada town into chaos. This is the story of what happened when the lives of its citizens were impacted by the news of Oscar Wilde's imprisonment. It is a chronicle of hatred and prejudice with all its unintended and devastating consequences, and how love and friendship bring strength and healing. All profits are going to Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center, Ventura County, CA. (the first and only no-kill animal shelter in Ventura County). For further info please contact the author on Facebook. Buy a book; save a life.
Download or read book Raising My Rainbow written by Lori Duron and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron’s frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her family's adventures of distress and happiness raising a gender-creative son. Whereas her older son, Chase, is a Lego-loving, sports-playing boy's boy, Lori's younger son, C.J., would much rather twirl around in a pink sparkly tutu, with a Disney Princess in each hand while singing Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi." C.J. is gender variant or gender nonconforming, whichever you prefer. Whatever the term, Lori has a boy who likes girl stuff—really likes girl stuff. He floats on the gender-variation spectrum from super-macho-masculine on the left all the way to super-girly-feminine on the right. He's not all pink and not all blue. He's a muddled mess or a rainbow creation. Lori and her family choose to see the rainbow. Written in Lori's uniquely witty and warm voice and launched by her incredibly popular blog of the same name, Raising My Rainbow is the unforgettable story of her wonderful family as they navigate the often challenging but never dull privilege of raising a slightly effeminate, possibly gay, totally fabulous son. Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader’s guide and bonus content
Download or read book The Lost Pearl written by Lara Zuberi and published by Lara Zuberi. This book was released on 2012-07-29 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything changes for nine-year-old Sana Shah when she witnesses the horror of her father's assassination. She suffers through the pain of losing him, while realizing the worth of lessons learnt from him as pearls of wisdom. The tragedy forces Sana to leave her home in Pakistan and move across the globe to California. As time passes, she remains tormented by her memories as she struggles to rediscover her identity in a foreign land. Keen on pursuing journalism, she attends Stanford, where she meets a law student, Ahmer. They are drawn together by their cultural heritage, as well as their shared experience of having lost and endured. He becomes the source of her happiness as well as the catalyst in mending her strained relationship with her family. As the story unfolds, however, their lives become intertwined in unexpected ways. The obstacles are countless, and may be impossible to overcome. Spanning nearly two decades and set against a backdrop of landmark political events in both Pakistan and America in recent history, The Lost Pearl is an emotional tale about the strength of the human bond and the consequences of a truth left untold.
Download or read book The Great Pyramid Mystery written by Stephen S. Douglas and published by Stephen S Douglas. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Pyramid of Giza is still the biggest mystery of all time, in more ways than one! Many have spent a lifetime trying to uncover its secrets. But now, New Discoveries are Revealed which may turn it upside down and back on its earliest rumors. Discover it for yourself; Who, What, Where, When, Why and How it was built. Everything you ever wanted to know about this Great Pyramid in one fact-filled book. (easy to understand format) Also, connect Egypt's famous Seven Years of Famine directly to The Great Pyramid Mystery. In the final chapter, follow Pharaoh Khufu and his Governor Joseph in their historic action adventure. Pharaoh is murdered, yet two young friends are determined the Old Kingdom will survive. This book has been acknowledged by the Royal British Museum and varied Historians. Both the Egyptologist and beginner will enjoy reading The Great Pyramid Mystery.
Download or read book The Seven Year Dress written by Paulette Mahurin and published by Early Girl Enterprises, LLC. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen Stein, a beautiful teenager, and her family were torn asunder, ultimately bringing her to Auschwitz. She suffered heinous indignities at the hands of the SS. In that death camp, Helen also encountered compassion, selfless acts of kindness, and friendship. --Cover.
Download or read book Reign of Blood The Vampires of Vegas Book 1 written by Alexia Purdy and published by Lyrical Lit. Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-25 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Never tease anything that wants to eat you. My name is April Tate and my blood is the new gold. Vampires and hybrids have overrun my world, once vibrant with life, but now a graveyard of death shrouded in shadows. I fight to survive; I fight for my mother and brother. The journey is full of turns that I am quite unprepared for. And I'm just hoping to make it to the next Vegas sunrise..." In a post-apocalyptic world, a viral epidemic has wiped out most of the earth’s population, leaving behind few humans but untold numbers of mutated vampires. April is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives in the remains of Las Vegas one year after the outbreak. She has become a ferocious vampire killer and after her family is abducted, she goes searching for them. What she finds is a new breed of vampire, unlike any she has seen before. Unsure of whom she can trust, she discovers that her view of the world is not as black and white as she once thought, and she's willing to bend the rules to rescue her family. But in trying to save them, she may only succeed in bringing her fragile world crashing down around her. Books available in this series: Resonant Reign of Blood Disarming Amplified Elijah: The Miel Chronicles Brevity Fluxion - Coming Soon!
Download or read book Empire of Silver Conqueror Book 4 written by Conn Iggulden and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4th novel in the bestselling Conqueror series, continuing the life and adventures of the mighty Khan dynasty.
Download or read book Missing in Shanghai written by Jean Harrod and published by Diplomatic Crime Series. This book was released on 2018 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jess is working on the China desk in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It's her job to ensure the State visit of the Chinese Premier runs smoothly. But tensions are running high. Jess uncovers a shocking secret - a British diplomat, Marianne Henderson, went missing in Shanghai in 1984 and has never been seen again. Not only that, all evidence she ever existed vanished with her. When Jess starts asking questions, she is warned off. But she is caught up in a chain of events she has no power to control. As she digs in the past to find out what happened to Marianne, Jess finds herself in grave danger." -- Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Go Away Home written by Carol Bodensteiner and published by Lake Union Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go Away Home, a World War One-era novel, tells the story of a young Iowa woman who wants to make her own decisions and decide her own future at a time when rural women saw limited options. As she pursues her dream, she comes to realize that to get what you want, you often have to give up something else you want just as much. A captivating coming-of-age novel that explores the enduring themes of family, friendship and love as well as death and grief, this novel will resonate with anyone who has confronted the conflict between dreams and reality and come to recognize that getting what you want can be a two-edged sword.
Download or read book The Two Elsies written by Martha Finley and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The New Death and Others written by James Hutchings and published by James Hutchings. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ghost of Lily Painter written by Caitlin Davies and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first time Annie Sweet sees 43 Stanley Road, the house is so perfect she almost feels as though it has chosen her. But with her husband seeming more distant, and her daughter wrapped up in her friends and new school, Annie is increasingly left alone to mull over the past. She soon becomes consumed by the house and everyone who has lived there before her, especially a young music hall singer called Lily Painter, whose sparkling performances were the talk of London. As Annie delves further into the past she unravels the case of two notorious baby farmers, who cruelly preyed on vulnerable unmarried mothers. And until she solves the mystery at the heart of the scandal, the ghost of Lily Painter will never be able to rest. Based on true events, Caitlin Davies skilfully blends fact and fiction to bring to life part of our sinister past. Spanning an entire century, from the journals of an Edwardian police inspector to a doomed wartime love affair, The Ghost of Lily Painter is a gripping and poignant novel. 'Davies's prose is elegant and spare' Sunday Times
Download or read book A Wistful Eye written by D. J. Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1910 and fifty-six year old William Henry Kelly, a caulker at Belfast's Queen's Island shipyard, is engaged in building the White Star liner Titanic, when Belle, his beloved wife of 30 years, is brutally murdered. Based on the true story of the author's great grandfather, this is an account of life in Belfast's shipyards and working class districts during the turbulent first quarter of the 20th century. Set against the background of the construction and demise of Belfast's iconic but ill-fated super liner, and the effects of the First World War on industrial and community relations in Belfast, it tells the story of an ordinary but intelligent working man's battle with social injustice and with the demons within himself. This tale of a hard-working man, whose personal tragedy is eclipsed by by that of the doomed ship and her fifteen hundred lost souls, is told with humour, pathos and an affection for the characters.
Download or read book Gifted written by Jenny Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plagued by recurring dreams of a faceless, yet strangely familiar man, and struggling to adapt to unique powers, Morgan Cauldwell moves halfway across the country to Manchester Academy. Once at MAC, Morgan meets the mysterious Chase Thomas. He knows more about Morgan than she knows about herself, and through him, Morgan learns she is Gifted. With the help of Chase and the Gifted Council, Morgan begins to learn how to control and develop the powers that have kept her isolated her whole life. While the mysteries of her dream man begin to unfold, Morgan's powers quickly surpass even the Council's expectations. But how much power should one person be allowed to possess...and at what price? Morgan finds herself face to face with her worst nightmares, where nothing is as it seems and not all Gifted are content with the powers they've been given.
Download or read book The House of Dunlap written by James Arthur Macclannahan 1925- Hanna and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historical novel is the story of the Dunlap family, one of the most influential families in mid-19th century America, and their struggles to maintain their power and prestige amidst the social and political upheavals of the time. Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, this book is a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and redemption, and a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Ice Cold in Alex 1958 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic war film starring acting legend John Mills. Ice Cold in Alex refers to the beer that an army ambulance Captain has promised himself as a reward when he, two nurses, a mechanic and a mysterious South African officer complete their arduous and perilous trek across the deserts of North Africa to Alexandria. As immortalised in a certain television advert for lager, the iconic bar scene is just one of the film's classic moments.
