Download or read book Walk Me to the Corner written by Anneli Furmark and published by Drawn and Quarterly. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Elise is middle aged and satisfied in her marriage with her husband when she meets Dagmar. What ensues is an affair that unsettles her whole life. A portrait of middle-age relationships and sexuality."--

Download or read book The Untold Secrets written by Avis R. Waters and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compelling story of how I survived daily torture and, the secret abuse that was inflicted upon me by my mother, a stranger, and my brother. Also, how I survived other dangerous compelling life situations as well through my faith in God.

Download or read book A Thug s Redemption written by Yani and published by Anitbeet Productions. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not your typical "thug" in this urban-tragic drama full of suspense with a twist of irony. A Thug's Redemption hits home for many urban youths who simply just want to make it out of the 'hood ALIVE! Taking place in one of the roughest neighborhoods in North Philly during a time when crime and violence was as normal as hot-sauce on fried chicken, and the temptations of the profitable street pharmacy business seemed to be a fast escape from the impoverish and hellish nightmare that Jamal and his brother lived in, this street lit novel teaches a harsh life lesson that will either cause Jamal to make wiser decisions, or destroy him completely. What starts out as an eye for an eye mindset to avenge his best friend's murder, who Jamal believed was killed because of his own actions, sucks him into the street life and lands him right in the middle of a drug war between his cousin Samir, a prominent head figure in the drug dealing business, rival drug gangs, and crooked Philadelphia Police Officers. Jamal is viewed as a "thug", a misguided, trouble making, dope dealing, dice shooting, fist fighting thug who is more likely to see the closing lid to his casket or the sliding bars to a jail cell before the age of 21. But those who know Jamal personally understand that really all he wants is to keep his brother safe and have a life with a beautiful young lady named Tamera who helps him to see that there is much more to life outside of what he's been exposed to in North Philly. But can Jamal really have that life, or is it like Biggie Smalls said- "It was all a dream..."? A desperate move by his younger brother Shawn brings back the haunting night from Jamal's past where he caught his first body, killing the person responsible for taking out his best friend. And now despite how hard he's tried to protect his brother from the life he was exposed to, Shawn could possibly face jail time for a murder he didn't commit or worse... Just when Jamal thinks he's out debt to his cousin Samir for helping him carrying out the hit years before, Jamal is back at his mercy only this time, the payment for his debt may be more than what he can afford to spare. In this urban fiction drama, what goes around, comes around and Karma comes back to claim what the universe is owed in the worse possible way for Jamal. But to protect the people he loves, Jamal is willing to do whatever it takes, even if it costs him his life.

Download or read book When All the Men Were Gone written by Ronald G. Capalaces and published by Lazarus Publishers LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of life in Binghamton, New York and its First Ward during the World War II years.

Download or read book Walk Me Home written by Liza Kendall and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feel-good, funny second chance romance proves it's never too late for love in the small Texas ranch town of Silverlake. Firefighter Jake Braddock is used to fixing things, and he's never met a problem he couldn't solve—except for his sweet ex-girlfriend Charlotte Nash. Charlie Nash has been a big-city girl ever since her family made a clean break from their small town, after the tragedy that drove a wedge between Jake and her wealthy parents. She's never gotten over abandoning Jake—and he hasn't, either. Then Charlie returns to Silverlake to stand as a bridesmaid opposite Jake in her cousin's wedding. The event sparks awkwardness, laughter, and heartbreak as they dance to the tune of the craziest bride in the west...and repair broken family bonds. Can their long-lost love find a second chance?

Download or read book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet written by Jamie Ford and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sentimental, heartfelt….the exploration of Henry’s changing relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers turning pages...A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a shameful episode in American history, but cautions us to examine the present and take heed we don’t repeat those injustices."-- Kirkus Reviews “A tender and satisfying novel set in a time and a place lost forever, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet gives us a glimpse of the damage that is caused by war--not the sweeping damage of the battlefield, but the cold, cruel damage to the hearts and humanity of individual people. Especially relevant in today's world, this is a beautifully written book that will make you think. And, more importantly, it will make you feel." -- Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain “Jamie Ford's first novel explores the age-old conflicts between father and son, the beauty and sadness of what happened to Japanese Americans in the Seattle area during World War II, and the depths and longing of deep-heart love. An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut.” -- Lisa See, bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol. This simple act takes old Henry Lee back to the 1940s, at the height of the war, when young Henry’s world is a jumble of confusion and excitement, and to his father, who is obsessed with the war in China and having Henry grow up American. While “scholarshipping” at the exclusive Rainier Elementary, where the white kids ignore him, Henry meets Keiko Okabe, a young Japanese American student. Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews, and FBI raids, Henry and Keiko forge a bond of friendship–and innocent love–that transcends the long-standing prejudices of their Old World ancestors. And after Keiko and her family are swept up in the evacuations to the internment camps, she and Henry are left only with the hope that the war will end, and that their promise to each other will be kept. Forty years later, Henry Lee is certain that the parasol belonged to Keiko. In the hotel’s dark dusty basement he begins looking for signs of the Okabe family’s belongings and for a long-lost object whose value he cannot begin to measure. Now a widower, Henry is still trying to find his voice–words that might explain the actions of his nationalistic father; words that might bridge the gap between him and his modern, Chinese American son; words that might help him confront the choices he made many years ago. Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is an extraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope. In Henry and Keiko, Jamie Ford has created an unforgettable duo whose story teaches us of the power of forgiveness and the human heart. BONUS: This edition contains a Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet discussion guide and an excerpt from Jamie Ford's Love and Other Consolation Prizes.

Download or read book Dream Quest written by Melvin J. Coleman and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dream Quest is an original factual account of a search for answers to the whys and why nots of a struggle for freedom and peace of mind to fulfill a dream through raw will and determination.

Download or read book At the End of the Day written by Marianne and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: B Carson, a beautiful young woman,who bore a striking resemblance to the young film star Maureen O' Hara. She shared a small country cottage with her six siblings and her widowed mother Mary. Patrick Myers was her first real boyfriend,they were married within a year of meeting, it seemed like a marriage made in heaven ,but B was yet to discover Patrick's dark side,a side that would turn her life and the life of her twelve children into a hell on earth. B Carson, a beautiful young woman,who bore a striking resemblance to the young film star Maureen O' Hara. She shared a small country cottage with her six siblings and her widowed mother Mary. Patrick Myers was her first real boyfriend,they were married within a year of meeting, it seemed like a marriage made in heaven ,but B was yet to discover Patrick's dark side,a side that would turn her life and the life of her twelve children into a hell on earth. Mary, one of B's eight daughter's met and fell in love with Barry Kelly,a handsome seventeen year old, one month after he fifteenth birthday, the year was 1958. She wasn't to know back then the long road she was about to travel,would be paved with many a cross to lie heavily on her young shoulder's. For thirty five years she will walk the same path as B {her mother} toward a loveless marriage,scourged with alcoholism,gambling,violence and poverty. Mary remained in her marriage out of loyalty to her young husband,aware that the real Barry was trapped inside the monster he had become.

Download or read book Non Compliance written by Paige Daniels and published by Grimbold Books, Kristell Ink. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I used to matter... but now I'm just a girl in a ghetto, a statistic of the Non-Compliance Sector. Shea Kelly had a brilliant career in technology, but after refusing to implant an invasive government device in her body she was sent to a modern day reservation: a Non-Compliance Sector, a lawless community run by thugs and organized crime. She's made a life for herself as a resourceful barkeep, and hacks for goods on the black market with her best friend Wynne, a computer genius and part-time stripper. Life is pretty quiet under the reigning Boss, apart from run-ins with his right hand man, the mighty Quinn: until Danny Rose threatens to take over the sector. Pushed to the edge, Shea decides to fight back ...

Download or read book Moise and the World of Reason written by Tennessee Williams and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s not to like about Tennessee Williams’s most forthright work about homosexual love, with its gay figure skaters, runaways, and sex? An erotic, sensual, and comic novel that was a generation ahead of its time, Moise and the World of Reason has at its center the need of three people for each other: Lance, the beautiful black figure skater full of love and lust for young men as well as a craving for drugs; the nameless gay young narrator, a runaway writer from Alabama who lives near the piers of New York City’s West Village, c. 1975, frantically filling notebooks with his observations; and Moise, a young woman who speaks in riddles and can never finish her paintings or consummate her affairs. The long unavailable Moise and the World of Reason represents a kind of uncensored Williams, radically frank, fully articulated, and deeply tender: a true gem.

Download or read book Return to Love The Complete Series written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laugh out loud with the complete Return to Love series! SHE’S GOTTA BE MINE, BOOK 1 Dumped by her husband for his former sweetheart, Roberta Jones Spivey reinvents herself. The new Bobbie Jones—new haircut, new attitude—follows her almost ex to Cottonmouth, California. The best way to show him his mistake: take up with the town bad boy, sexy Nick Angel—who’s reputed to be a serial killer. It’s all going according to plan...until murder rocks Cottonmouth. Of course Nick didn’t do it...did he? FOOL’S GOLD, BOOK 2 When his sister puts out a distress call, Sheriff Braxton heads out of Cottonmouth to Goldstone, Nevada, never suspecting he’s going to have to offer advice to the lovelorn. A scary enough prospect, but when murder happens, Brax is suddenly hip-deep in small-town secrets. Then there’s Simone Chandler. Is she the real thing, or, as with everything else in Goldstone, is she Fool’s Gold? CAN’T FORGET YOU, BOOK 3 There’s something very special about the house Maggie grew up in. It’s sort of...alive. With a mind of its own. And it has plans for the people living there now. Still grieving for her grandmother and trying to fix up a house that seems to be falling down around her, Maggie’s got more trouble than she can handle. Then things go from bad to worse when Samson the dog starts digging in the basement… The Return to Love bundle is contemporary romantic comedy / mystery. PRAISE FOR JENNIFER SKULLY NOVELS “Skully's novel is a triumph. It's fabulously funny, with top-notch dialogue, terrific pacing and witty compelling characters.” Romantic Times Huntress Reviews: “A witty novel that will keep you engrossed until the very end!” Huntress Reviews “An absolute delight.” Road to Romance Reviews “Jennifer Skully combines humor, mystery, hot sex, fascinating characters, and annoying relatives into one winning book.” Romance Reviews Today.

Download or read book The Parents and Educators Manual of Teenage Rebirth written by Bruce G. Bentley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescence marks a special and unique stage in human growth and development, but it can be an extremely challenging time for both parents and teenagers. In The Parents' and Educators' Manual of Teenage "Rebirth," author Bruce G. Bentley provides an understanding of how teenagers think, feel, and experience themselves in relation to others and the world with the goal of assisting them in their battle to master adolescence. To help those caring for teens gain a greater understanding of child and adolescent psychology, Bentley applies principles of those disciplines, along with psychologically pertinent literature, to real-life stories of puberty, bullying, aggressive behavior, abuse, and suicide. This manual provides parents and educators with effective tools to understand, inform, challenge, and guide teens through adolescence so they can develop an independent and strengthened adulthood. It also offers teens a descriptive road map of what they can expect and what they can do to help ease anxieties and fears as they encounter life's uncertainties; it helps them to be better prepared for the changes or "rebirths" into new realms of relationships and responsibilities. The Parents' and Educators' Manual of Teenage "Rebirth" aims to ease the journey through the dark, mysterious, and wonderful world of adolescence- with its joys and struggles-and beyond.

Download or read book Lost in Antiquity written by William Kurfman and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With astonishing insight and vivid narration, Kurfman writes an inspiring account of a young man's passage into maturity.

Download or read book Escape from Disaster written by Paul Simko and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has not been written for commercial purposes and will not be available to the public. The main object of the author is to leave a record of his unusual life experiences to his children and grandchildren and above all to the generations to come. His hope and desire is that this book should serve as the beginning of a record of the family and that each generation will add their own experiences. The book will only be given as a gift to family members and close friends.

Download or read book My Fight Your Fight written by Ronda Rousey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medallist and reigning UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion is the most sought after and recognisable female athlete in the world: seen on the cover of ESPN magazine and profiled by the New Yorker, she stars films like Entourage and Fast & Furious 7. In this inspiring memoir, Rousey charts her path to glory, exposing her tragic childhood, settling numerous scores and sharing the habits that create champions - her extreme fight week diet regimen, her gruelling workouts and the mind games she plays before knocking out every opponent she's ever faced.

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Download or read book Farewell Fair Child written by J.J. Amirikhas and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-02-18 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is about a young man's coming of age while going through four years of high school. It is autobiographical, but not an autobiography. It also has allusions to the story of Cyrano de Bergerac, and some references to Catcher in the Rye. It is in three parts, with a prologue and an epilogue. Part one covers freshman year, part two sophomore and junior years, and part three senior year. As mentioned, it involves the social and sexual awakening of a young man, and it covers the years of childhood to adolescence. There is also a brief section about the young man's native country of Iran.