Download or read book Thoughts of Discord written by Dominic Lyne and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go back... existing in an alternate world. Chemically calm or chemically enhanced. The choice always a pill, a line, a glass. Record the pain, get it out from the head. Let the words echo into the air, vibrations locked in the surroundings for eternity. One chance, one redemption, one way of escape. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Thoughts of Discord continues the story of the author's life from the painful end of The Mushroom Diaries. Behind the backdrop of trying to produce his band's debut album Self Degraded Suicide, Thoughts of Discord follows his fall into the depths of depression and drug addiction. This is the solitary journey into the mouth of the abyss. A study of a person. A study of a soul. Another twisted love story.
Download or read book The Ghosts of Belfast written by Stuart Neville and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Northern Ireland's troubles may be over, but peace has not erased the crimes of the past. Gerry Fegan, a former paramilitary contract killer, is haunted by the ghosts of the twelve people he slaughtered. ... In order to appease the ghosts, Fegan is going to have to kill the men who gave him orders"--Page 4 of cover
Download or read book Give Me Three written by West Greene and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s always been straight, so imagine his surprise when he finds himself attracted to the veterinarian and his husband… Jaxon When I lost my wife to cancer, I thought my life would forever be in shambles. I didn’t know how to be a parent without her. I didn’t know how to be a functioning adult without her. Somehow, I managed it. I healed. I moved on. Moving to Gainesville, FL to be closer to my son and his boyfriends, who were basically my own kids, too, was an easy decision. But it’s that “easy” decision that flips my entire world upside down. When I take Ash, the tiny little kitten I found in my overgrown backyard, to the vet, I don’t expect to be attracted to the younger blonde veterinarian. I don’t know what to do when my body reacts to his teasing and flirting. I’ve always been straight. And when his husband pops into the office, surprising him with lunch, I find I’m just as attracted to him, too. I begin crashing. I’m forty-three-years old. I’m way too old to be having a bi-awakening or some strange gay-for-them moment. But I am. I am 100% having an identity crisis at forty-three. And the hot veterinarian and his husband? Yeah, they’re not letting me escape. They want me. And they’re determined to make me theirs by any means necessary. **Please read the author’s note at the beginning of the book before deciding to read! Thanks!
Download or read book 2072 written by Thancy Fat and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years hence (2072) our, and our diminishing progenies', lives have altered immeasurably. Work for money ceased more than two decades earlier. We see this starting in 2022. Where will it go from here and now? The people of the Environs lead peaceful and conscientious lives. A system of bartering works to address the needs of the cohesive, contemplative population. Conflict is nonexistent – a thing of the distant past, like paid labour. However, when one errant Environite inexplicably threatens this blissful way-of-life, two highly-regarded citizens, Naro and Dirwan, must journey beyond where any Environite has travelled before in search of a solution to a potentially-severe social conflict. Stumbling upon another society, the two men quickly learn the precious uniqueness of the Environs. And so too do the leaders in the Township. There, greed is the norm. Material wealth is valued above all else. Citizens fight daily to survive while an isolated few enjoy now-rare luxuries. For Dirwan, the Township is a shock to his core, having known nothing but the tranquility of the Environs. For Naro, the ways of the Township are not entirely unfamiliar, as he recalls what life was like pre-Shift in the 2020s and early-2030s. Will the rampant distrust and avarice in the Township disrupt Naro’s and Dirwan’s mission? Or will the Township’s governess, Jaedao, befriend the two pilgrims and somehow help foster hope over greed?
Download or read book Banana Girl written by Michelle Lee and published by Transit Lounge . This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michele Lee describes herself as the ‘fence-sitting’ middle child in a large Hmong-Australian family. Banana Girl is the explosive and poignant memoir of her rites of passage. Sexy, irreverent and nuanced, Lee isn’t afraid to lay herself and her relationships bare. Intimacy in an on-line world, sexual adventures and Gen Y yearnings, turning thirty as an Asian-Australian woman in inner city Melbourne, and the travails of becoming an artist, all capture Lee’s riveting gaze. The result is a book that is erotic, witty and revealing, a gutsy true story of self-acceptance that takes hold and won’t let go.
Download or read book The Homing Pigeons written by Sid Bahri and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the middle of the catastrophic 2008 recession, Aditya, a jobless, penniless man meets an attractive stranger in a bar. Little does he know that his life will change forever. When Radhika, a young, rich widow, marries off her stepdaughter, little does she know that the freedom she has yearned for is not exactly how she had envisioned it. They say homing pigeons always come back to their mate, no matter where you leave them on the face of this earth. The Homing Pigeons is the story of love between these two unsuspecting characters as it is of lust, greed, separations, prejudices and crumbling spines.
Download or read book Sideswiped written by Lia Riley and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of those books I wish I could read for the first time again . . . It's beautiful, heart-wrenching, and something that everyone needs to read for themselves." -BooksbyMigs.com on Upside Down It was only meant to last the summer . . . Talia Stolfi has seen more than her share of loss in her twenty-one years. But then fate brought her Bran Lockhart, and her dark world was suddenly and spectacularly illuminated. So if being with Bran means leaving her colorless SoCal life for rugged and wild Australia, then that's what she'll do. But as much as Talia longs to give herself over completely to a new beginning, the fears of her past are still lurking in the shadows. Bran Lockhart knows that living without the beautiful girl who stole his heart will be torment, so he'll take whatever time with her he can. But even though she has packed up her life in California and is back in his arms for the time being, she can't stay forever. And the remaining time they have together is ticking by way too fast. Though fate seems determined to tear them apart, they won't give up without a fight-because while time may have limits, their love is infinite . . .
Download or read book Sex Drugs Rock Roll and Nursing written by Raymond Moore and published by Raymond Moore. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you read about what I got up to I know you'll probably think I got what I deserved. You're right — I totally agree. Many of you won't like me no doubt and that's ok — I understand, I really do. I'm not all bad, though. I left the Isle of Skye in the early eighties to start my nursing course in Edinburgh and it's fair to say that I embraced the Capital City's temptations with arms wide open. When I moved into a shared flat I met Bill, a musician, and got involved with his band Low Down - you know, helping them out, doing a bit of driving and humping gear - it was great fun. Low Down was truly phenomenal. Man, I totally loved their music. We took drugs, I mean, I took drugs. Nothing heavy like, just recreational and I met a lot of girls who I didn't treat right and I'm not proud of my behaviour — that's the truth. Look, nursing was a female-dominated profession and male nurses were thin on the ground -- the opportunities for getting up to mischief were many. I worked hard and played harder. A lot of stuff I regret now. Especially what I did to Lisa – and others. Anyway it couldn't last, could it? They way I was living – something had to give. And it did.
Download or read book Blood Bones Dodge written by Jeanne St. James and published by Double-J Romance, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-07-18 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First mistake: He let his guard down... If it wasn’t for his cellmate, Rook, during his last bid in prison, Dodge never would’ve landed in Manning Grove. In that small town in upstate Pennsylvania, he found his tribe. His brotherhood. His family. Especially after years of having nothing. Being a part of the Blood Fury MC, life is good. Solid. It gives him something he’s never had before. Stability and roots. He’s successfully managing Crazy Pete’s bar. He has his choice of women. He has zero complaints. Then she walks in. He tries his best to ignore her, until it becomes impossible. The moment she begins to sing on stage, it flips him inside out and upside down. Her sinful, sultry voice drags him under her spell and never lets him go. The only problem is, no one knows who she is. Including him. Not until it’s too late. Note: Blood & Bones: Dodge is the tenth book in the Blood Fury MC series. This AGE GAP (OM/YW) romance has no cheating, no cliffhanger, and has an HEA. It’s best to read this series in order.
Download or read book The Dead Season written by Tessa Wegert and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senior Investigator Shana Merchant has spent years running from her past. But she never imagined a murder case would drive her to the most dangerous place of all—home. After leaving the NYPD following her abduction by serial killer Blake Bram, Shana Merchant hoped for a fresh start in the Thousand Islands of Upstate New York. Her former tormentor has other plans. Shana and Bram share more than just a hometown, and he won’t let her forget it. When the decades-old skeleton of Shana's estranged uncle is uncovered, Bram issues a challenge: Return home to Vermont and solve the cold case, or the blood he spills next will be on her hands. As Shana interviews members of her family and the community, mining for secrets that could help her solve her uncle's murder, she begins to realize how little she remembers of her childhood. And when Bram grows impatient and kidnaps again, leaving a trail of clues Shana alone can understand, she knows his new victim will only survive if she wins the psychopath’s twisted game. In order to solve one mystery, Shana must wade into her murky past to unravel another.
Download or read book Kickin Rocks written by Marianne K. Marin and published by Bywater Books. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jada Baker might be a millennial, but she was born to worry—about her mom, about her job, about abused animals, and about the growing hatred she sees playing out in the news every day. But she also believes that the system will work, that goodness will win out over evil, and that she can find a love as rich and deep as the love her parents have for one another. And when Amie Luca, a veterinarian whose compassion and dedication to helping mistreated animals captures her heart, Jada finally begins to trust that she has found what she’s been searching for all along. When the system suddenly fails them and their happiness is threatened by ugly hate and bitter homophobia, the young couple turns to help from a woman who has learned the hard way that kicking rocks is painful and that it takes unwavering persistence to move them. Dusty Logan fought for the ERA, she’s suffered with friends through the AIDS crisis, and she’s battled for the right to openly love a woman—but a lifetime of fighting has left her exhausted and disengaged. Yet when she sees a new generation of women facing old, familiar challenges, her spirit to fight the good fight once more is rekindled—and Jada and Amie might have a shot at real happiness after all.
Download or read book Rules for Others to Live By written by Richard Greenberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Richard Greenberg turns life upside down and sideways. Reading the provocative Rules for Others to Live By is like having dinner with a friend whose point of view shakes up and invariably runs counter to conventional thinking. He’s a debunker of the pretensions of daily life.” —Delia Ephron, author of Sister Mother Husband Dog and Siracusa Between stressing about his theater friends and reconciling his complicated feelings about an inconsistently wonderful New York City, Tony Award–winning playwright and Pulitzer finalist Richard Greenberg also maintains a reputation for being something of a hermit. He takes the time to privately process the absurdity of the world outside, and the result is this hysterically funny and daringly thoughtful collection of original essays. In Rules for Others to Live By, he shares lessons from his highly successful writing career, observations from two long decades of residence on a three-block stretch of Manhattan, and musings from a complicated and occasionally taxing social life. Firmly sympathetic to the struggles of the more bizarre and unstable among us, Greenberg tackles a range of topics—from the difficulties of friendship to the art of writing, the pain of heartbreak to the curiously unpredictable weather of his neighborhood, and the moderate hypochondria that comes with age, as well as the more serious health crises that unfortunately also come with age. In essays that are at turns quietly subversive and thoroughly hopeful and life-affirming, Greenberg’s distinct and hilarious voice articulates our own mild obsessions and the idiosyncrasies that we can only hope will go unnoticed in a crowd.
Download or read book 20 Days of Tuck written by R.W. Clinger and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2015-05-30 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction critic Micah Berk makes a point to spend as much time as possible with neighbor and pianist Tuck Martini. During twenty days of a particularly hot August on the shores of Lake Erie, the two men fall head over heels in love. A year later and life has unexpectedly changed for Micah. He meets and falls hard for Carl Bascoe, an irresistible and dark-haired carpenter. Carl is witty, romantic, and the sweetest guy along the lake. What happens when events from Micah’s past mix with those in his present? What will Micah do when various ties between his twenty days with Tuck and his current days with Carl begin to unravel? Will Micah finally experience the true meaning of endless love?
Download or read book Working Class Man written by Jimmy Barnes and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SEQUEL TO THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER WORKING CLASS BOY It's a life too big and a story too extraordinary for just one book. Jimmy Barnes has lived many lives - from Glaswegian migrant kid to iconic front man, from solo superstar to proud father of his own musical clan. In this hugely anticipated sequel to his critically acclaimed bestseller, Working Class Boy, Jimmy picks up the story of his life as he leaves Adelaide in the back of an old truck with a then unknown band called Cold Chisel. A spellbinding and searingly honest reflection on success, fame and addiction; this self-penned memoir reveals how Jimmy Barnes used the fuel of childhood trauma to ignite and propel Australia's greatest rock'n'roll story. But beyond the combustible merry-go-round of fame, drugs and rehab, across the Cold Chisel, solo and soul years - this is a story about how it's never too late to try and put things right.
Download or read book Dead Pretty written by David Mark and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One girl missing. One girl dead. A stunning new novel from one of Britain's most original crime writers, Dead Pretty finds Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy and Detective Superintendent Trish Pharaoh grappling with vigilantes, unsolved murders, and a killer far too close to home. While a colleague struggles to solve the recent killing of a man too vile to have mourners, Aector McAvoy, Detective Sergeant of the Humberside Police's murder squad, is still haunted by the past. His devotion to his cases is unshakeable, but it’s been nine months since Hannah Kelly disappeared in the quiet English countryside, and it is becoming harder to convince himself that she is just missing instead of dead... especially when another young woman is found brutally murdered. As McAvoy looks for connections between the women, his boss Trish Pharaoh is preoccupied with troubles of her own. Reuben Hollow--a man convicted of murder with the help of perjured testimony from the Humberside Police--has just been released from prison after a high-profile wrongful conviction suit, putting Pharaoh's reputation at stake. But when her house is broken into and her children threatened, she soon learns it is not only her good name that’s in danger. As the cases intertwine and Pharaoh’s behavior becomes more erratic, McAvoy must question who he can trust if he is to uncover Hannah's fate and find justice for the dead--without joining them himself. Gritty, atmospheric, and endlessly entertaining, David Mark's Dead Pretty is an absorbing, twisty ride readers won’t soon forget.
Download or read book 90 Day Geisha written by Chelsea Haywood and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introspective journey into the glamorous world—and temptations—of Japanese nightlife, by former model Chelsea Haywood. The hard-drinking, drug-taking, all-night culture that dominates Tokyo’s Roppongi district can be a surreal place. Overworked Japanese business men will pay handsomely for the services of a hostess—someone to talk to, someone to provide hot towels and drinks, and sometimes just a companion with whom to sing karaoke with all night. Intrigued by rumors of this strange subculture and armed with her 90-day work visa and new husband, Matt, Chelsea throws herself into the lion’s den. Yet what she discovers about herself and about the inhabitants of this nocturnal life far exceeds her expectations. Hostessing, she comes to find, has “very little to do with sex, quite a lot to do with psychology, and nothing to do with prostitution.” Her personality and conversation skills are her top commodity, and Chelsea quickly finds herself charmed by these billionaire men, many of whom are funny, intelligent, even kind, and often, very lonely. But as she becomes more and more attached to her clients, Chelsea soon finds herself getting burned at her own game, as the endless presents, compliments, and destructive atmosphere of alcohol and drugs threaten to take both her marriage, and her sanity, to the edge.
Download or read book Love and Chaos written by Gemma Burgess and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continues the story of our five favorite grads sharing a brownstone and starting out in New York City through Angie's eyes. On a journey from private jets and yacht parties to dirty subways and hipster bars via crazy storms, flash floods, and retail jobs from hell, Angie discovers who she is, what she wants, how she's going to get it - and a crazy little thing called true love. Meanwhile, her roommates lives are imploding, too. Coco's self-medicating and self-loathing, Pia's breaking up and cracking up, Madeleine's finding her voice and Julia might, just might, have met someone she can actually date
