Download or read book The Secret Life of Dessi written by Fe L. Alberts and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desiree Kalie Jamison is a striking beautysweet, loving, and kind. She believes she has a perfect life and family. Away at college, she has her sights set on living up to the exceptionally high standards set by her parents who are both business entrepreneurs. This was all until the day of the tragic news of her seventeen-year-old sister Nickis suicide attempt shatters her world. During a family therapy session, Nicki unearths a deep-rooted family secret that forces Dessi to view herself and family differently. Come travel alone with Dessi as she takes a roller-coaster ride battling her intense sexual desires while trying to maintain her perfect life and image.
Download or read book My Mother s Truth written by Fe.l.alberts. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janice Lynn Jamison a successful real estate agent and owner of her own company has been a faithful and dedicated wife to the love of her life ,her husband Steven Kale Jamison for the past 25 years. Meeting each other, experiencing love at first sight Janice confessed to having heightened sexual desires from her hurtful dating history. Promising her commitment Steven vow to provide the loving she requires whenever and where ever she wants and needs it. Blessed with a wonderful husband and two beautiful daughters Janice lived an happy, fulfilled life until her life is turned upside down by her youngest daughter Nicki attempted suicide. Family therapy being a requirement for Nicki’s healing, during a session with her mother and sister Dessi, Nicki unveiling of her ugly truth of having a sexual addiction brings forth an unimaginable confession from her older sister Dessi. Reeling with disbelief Janice is left to wonder if her sexual desires stem from a deeper, sinister situation that has somehow affected her daughters as well. The nightmare of her past resurfacing and causing unrest Janice seeks private counselling from Nicki’s therapist on how to tell her daughters the truth about her past and pounders her chances of getting closure from the individuals who were supposed to love her the most. Come alone as Janice shares her story of lost love, pain and agony with her two daughters in hopes of freeing them from their demons to help them heal and live normal lives. Will she be able to maintaining the unconditional love and respect they hold for her and gain the closure she desperately needs.
Download or read book The Island Called Paradise written by Philip D. Beidler and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal and cultural mediation, Philip D. Beidler’s The Island Called Paradise explores the fascinating ways Cuban history and culture have permeated North American consciousness, and vice versa. In The Island Called Paradise, Philip D. Beidler shares his personal discovery of the vast, rich, and astonishing history of the island of Cuba and the interrelatedness of Cuba and the US. Cuba first entered Beidler’s consciousness in the early 1960s when he watched with mesmerized anxiety the televised reports of the Cuban missile crisis, a conflict that reduced a multifaceted, centuries-old history between North America and Cuba to the stark duotones of Cold War politics. Fifty years later, when Beidler traveled to the US’s island neighbor, he found a Cuba unlike the nation portrayed in truculent political rhetoric or in the easy preconceptions of US popular culture. Instead he found an entrancing people and landscape with deep historical connections to the US and a dazzling culture that overwhelmed his creative spirit. In twelve original essays, Beidler reintroduces to English-speaking readers many of the central figures, both real and literary, of Cuban and Cuban-American history. Meet Cecilia Valdés, the young mixed-race heroine of a 1839 novel that takes readers to the poor streets and sumptuous salons of Spanish colonial Cuba, and Narciso López, a real-life Venezuelan adventurer and filibustero who attempted to foment a Cuban uprising against Spain. Both would have been familiar figures to nineteenth-century Americans. Beidler also visits the twentieth-century lives of “the two Ernestos” (Ernest Hemingway and Che Guevara), and the pop-culture Cuban icon Ricky Ricardo. A country not with one history but multiple layers of history, Cuba becomes a fertile island for Beidler’s exploration. Art, he argues, perpetually crosses walls erected by politics, history, and nationality. At its core, The Island Called Paradise renews and refreshes our knowledge of an older Atlantic world even as we begin to envision a future in which the old bonds between our nations may be restored.
Download or read book Italian Novelists Since World War II 1945 1965 written by Augustus Pallotta and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 1997 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on novelists who conveyed through various modes of narration and contrasting viewpoints the social and political realities in which they lived, identifying the war as the cause of those realities. Discusses how the fall of Fascism allowed writers and film-makers freedom of expression but also challenged them with the new realities of national life. During this period Neorealism was first widely applied to the novel as well as cinema.
Download or read book Desi Land written by Shalini Shankar and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desi Land is Shalini Shankar’s lively ethnographic account of South Asian American teen culture during the Silicon Valley dot-com boom. Shankar focuses on how South Asian Americans, or “Desis,” define and manage what it means to be successful in a place brimming with the promise of technology. Between 1999 and 2001 Shankar spent many months “kickin’ it” with Desi teenagers at three Silicon Valley high schools, and she has since followed their lives and stories. The diverse high-school students who populate Desi Land are Muslims, Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs, from South Asia and other locations; they include first- to fourth-generation immigrants whose parents’ careers vary from assembly-line workers to engineers and CEOs. By analyzing how Desi teens’ conceptions and realizations of success are influenced by community values, cultural practices, language use, and material culture, she offers a nuanced portrait of diasporic formations in a transforming urban region. Whether discussing instant messaging or arranged marriages, Desi bling or the pressures of the model minority myth, Shankar foregrounds the teens’ voices, perspectives, and stories. She investigates how Desi teens interact with dialogue and songs from Bollywood films as well as how they use their heritage language in ways that inform local meanings of ethnicity while they also connect to a broader South Asian diasporic consciousness. She analyzes how teens negotiate rules about dating and reconcile them with their longer-term desire to become adult members of their communities. In Desi Land Shankar not only shows how Desi teens of different socioeconomic backgrounds are differently able to succeed in Silicon Valley schools and economies but also how such variance affects meanings of race, class, and community for South Asian Americans.
Download or read book Reel written by Kennedy Ryan and published by Forever. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Broadway actress has a chance at stardom when cast by a major Hollywood director, but the role of her dreams may cost her the love of a lifetime in this epic novel from "one of the finest romance writers of our age." (Entertainment Weekly) For months I stood by, an understudy waiting in the wings, preparing for my time to shine. I never imagined he would watch in the audience that night. Canon Holt. Famous film director. Fascinating. Talented. Fine. Before I could catch my breath, everything changed. I went from backstage Broadway to center stage Hollywood. From being unknown, to my name, Neevah Saint, on everyone's lips when Canon casts me in a star-studded Harlem Renaissance biopic. But stars shine brightest in the dead of night. Forbidden attraction, scandal and circumstances beyond my control jeopardize my dream. Could this one shot—the role of a lifetime, the love of a lifetime—cost me everything? Entertainment Weekly's Best Romances of the Year Washington Post's Best Romances of the Year Barnes & Noble's Best Indie Books of the Year Audiofile Magazine's Best Audiobooks of the Year Thriftstore Books' Best Books of the Year BookBub's Highest Rated Books of the Year
Download or read book Love Resistance Betrayal written by Carole McEntee-Taylor and published by CaroleMcT Books. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, Resistance, Betrayal is a mixture of fact and fiction, based on the true story of Gavino Luna (stage name Gavino De Lunas), a famous Sardinian poet and singer who became a war hero, fought against the regime that ruined his country and was ultimately betrayed. His heart broken, Gavino decides to enlist in the Italian army, persuading his two friends, Nigola and Martine to do the same. Although it’s 1914, and a violent war rages across Europe, Italy has chosen not to become involved. But Benito Mussolini has other ideas, plans that will change Italy forever and draw her into not one, but two World Wars. A patriotic Sardinian, Gavino decides the only way to save his country is to fight against those responsible for dragging them all into hell. As a Slovenian citizen under Austro-Hungarian control Anej has no choice but to defend the Empire from the Italians, but his fight is only just beginning. Determined his own children will grow up free and never be used in other people’s wars Anej joins the struggle for an independent country, a decision that leads to love and heartbreak. Delighted to renew his friendship with ex-lover Margherita Sarfatti, Jewish businessman Moise Pace is happy to provide financial support to her latest prodigy, Benito Mussolini, until he begins to have doubts about the direction the country is heading. As the danger from their German ally increases Moise wishes he’d made different choices. Father Ben Lawrence has no idea why God has chosen him to serve on the Western Front, but he is determined to go wherever he is needed. His faith leads him to the Vatican where he realises his purpose is to save as many people as possible from the scourge of fascism, beginning with Slovenia. Through the Great War, the turbulent decades of the 1920s and 1930s, the occupation of Slovenia and the massacre in the Ardeatine Caves on 24 March 1944, Love, Resistance, Betrayal follows the lives of several people in Sardinia, Italy, Slovenia and the Vatican. ***Contains adult content***
Download or read book The Secrets of Spies written by Heather Vescent and published by Weldon Owen International. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with dastardly details, this collection shares thrilling tales of spies from the ancient world of Sun Tzu to the latest cyber threats. From James Bond to Mata Hari, in scores of books and movies, and on the front pages of newspapers, spies have always captured our imagination. But what’s the truth behind the fiction? The Secrets of Spies sheds light on the mysterious life of the spy, explaining the real-life origins of spying, examining some of history’s most notorious spies and spycatchers, and revealing the role espionage plays today in business, politics, and everyday life. Filled with lavish illustrations and hundreds of full-color photographs, this book provides hours of fun and entertainment for any reader. Narrated in an engaging, compelling style, The Secrets of Spies is a thrilling, in-depth global investigation of the hidden history of espionage. From ninja assassins to computer hackers, the book uncovers the tools, tricks, and techniques that make up the daring art of the spy.
Download or read book Films in Health Sciences Education Learning through moving images written by Kieran Donaghy and published by Edicions Universitat Barcelona. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Goldilocks and the Three Bears written by Bonnie Dobkin and published by Teaching Strategies. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignoring her parents' warning, a curious little girl gets lost in the forest and enters the home of three bears while they are taking a walk and helps herself to their belongings.
Download or read book Horseback Hero written by Xavier Neal and published by Xavier Neal. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cape-less, southern hero. A pencil wielding heroine. A second chance romance that begins in paradise... What's meant to be a five-day tropical vacation swiftly becomes the overdo sequel to a swoon worthy love story. One filled with unexpected danger, dismay, and desire. Will the decision to recreate their once lost future leave them shredding the stubborn pages of their souls apart or will they finally be able to ride off into the sunset like they always dreamed?
Download or read book Natures Oracle The Life and Work of W D Hamilton written by Ullica Segerstrale and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W.D.Hamilton (1936-2000) was responsible for a revolution in thinking about evolutionary biology - a revolution that changed our understanding of life itself. He played a central role in the realization that what matters in evolution is not the survival of the individual but of the survival of its genes. This provided the solution to the long standing problem of animal altruism that vexed even Darwin himself, and in due course resulted in terms like selfish genes, kin selection, and sociobiology becoming familiar to a wider public. Hamilton went on to solve many more major problems, and open up ever new fields - he shaped much of our currentunderstanding of central problems including the evolution of sexual reproduction and ageing. He became world famous and garnered international prizes.But this is all in hindsight. In fact, Hamiltons recognition came late - his career is a classic case of misunderstood genius. In this illuminating and moving biography Ullica Segerstrale documents Hamiltons extraordinary life and work, revealing a man of immense intellectual curiosity, an uncompromising truth-seeker, a naturalist and jungle explorer, a risk-taker, an unconventional scientist with a poets soul and a deep concern for life on earth and mankinds future.
Download or read book Remarkable You written by Chris Dessi and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time to start taking charge of your career. Technology and social media means that it's now easier than ever to stand out, build a personal brand, and stand out from the crowd. As CEO of Silverback Social, Chris Dessi has seen countless people do this first-hand, and the fantastic results of doing so. And now he's showing you how to do the same. In "Remarkable You," Dessi explains how you can take control of your destiny and insulate yourself against the whims of a fickle corporate world that sends jobs abroad, automates them or, simply dissolves them in an attempt to adapt to a changing world. He's been through it himself and emerged more secure -- personally, as well as financially -- than ever before. And so can you. Whether you're looking to move jobs, get a promotion, or start your own business, Remarkable You will help you do what you need to get there.
Download or read book Fretboard Theory written by Desi Serna and published by Desi Serna. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love sitting at home playing guitar, but find yourself playing the same old things over and over without making much progress? When other musicians invite you to jam, do you worry that you won’t be able to keep up? Are you a veteran guitarist who has played for years, but you’re embarrassed to admit you have no idea what you’re doing? If you want to take your guitar playing to the next level, compose songs like you hear on the radio, and improvise your own music, then you need Fretboard Theory. Fretboard Theory by Desi Serna teaches music theory for guitar including scales, chords, progressions, modes and more. The hands-on approach to theory shows you how music "works" on the guitar fretboard by visualizing shapes and patterns and how they connect to make music. Content includes: * Learn pentatonic and major scale patterns as used to play melodies, riffs, solos, and bass lines * Move beyond basic chords and common barre chords by playing the types of chord inversions and chord voicings used by music's most famous players * Chart guitar chord progressions and play by numbers like the pros * Identify correct scales to play over chords and progressions so you can improvise at will * Create new sounds with music modes and get to know Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian * Add variety to your playing by using intervals such as thirds, fourths, and sixths * Increase your chord vocabulary by using added chord tones and extensions to play chord types such as major 7, minor 7, sus2, sus4, add9, and more * Learn how all the different aspects of music fit together to make a great song * See how theory relates to popular styles of music and familiar songs Fretboard Theory will have you mastering music like a pro easier and faster than you ever thought possible. Plus, it's the ONLY GUITAR THEORY RESOURCE in the world that includes important details to hundreds of popular songs. You learn how to play in the style of pop, rock, acoustic, blues, and more! This guitar instruction is perfect whether you want to jam, compose or just understand the music you play better. The material is suitable for both acoustic and electric guitar, plus it features many references to bass. Level: Recommended for intermediate level players on up. Video Fretboard Theory is also available as a 21-hour video series that is sold separately on the author's GuitarMusicTheory.com website. Visit the website and sign up for email lessons to sample the footage. Fretboard Theory Volume II When you're ready to take your playing to the next level, get the second book in the series, Fretboard Theory Volume II, which is also available as a 12-hour video series.
Download or read book Secrets of the Apple Tree written by Carron Brown and published by . This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated book will introduce children to the joys of nature, and show them what wonderful secrets are revealed if you just look a little closer. By holding a light behind each page, children can see the creatures who make a tree their home, from the worms who live among the roots to the birds who nest high up in the branches. The clever see-through reading technique creates an experience of interactive learning, showing both the surface and what is hidden underneath at the same time.
Download or read book Cloud s Best Worst Day Ever written by Amy Novesky and published by Kimochis. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imaginative picture book series by award winning artist Hanako Wakiyama
Download or read book How to Trick the Tooth Fairy written by Erin Danielle Russell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the coauthor of Dork Diaries comes a witty and engaging picture book about a prankster who wants to pull off the best prank of all—pranking the Tooth Fairy! Kaylee loves pulling pranks: from dropping water balloons on passers by to even tricking Santa Claus, she’s a prize-winning prankster! But is she the Princess of Pranks? No! That title is held by none other than the Tooth Fairy. But when Kaylee loses a tooth and the Tooth Fairy goes about her usual tooth-taking business, Kaylee pranks her with a fake frog. As Kaylee and the Tooth Fairy try to out-prank one another, things get way out of hand, until the two finally see eye and eye and decide to share the crown!
