Download or read book Bad Stories written by Steve Almond and published by Red Hen Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Almond draws on everything from The Grapes of Wrath to the voting practices of his babysitter to dismantle the false narratives about American democracy.” —Cheryl Strayed, international-bestselling author of Wild Like a lot of Americans, Steve Almond spent the weeks after the 2016 election lying awake, in a state of dread and bewilderment. The problem wasn’t just the election, but the fact that nobody could explain, in any sort of coherent way, why America had elected a cruel, corrupt, and incompetent man to the Presidency. Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country is Almond’s effort to make sense of our historical moment, to connect certain dots that go unconnected amid the deluge of hot takes and think pieces. Almond looks to literary voices—from Melville to Orwell, from Bradbury to Baldwin—to help explain the roots of our moral erosion as a people. The book argues that Trumpism is a bad outcome arising directly from the bad stories we tell ourselves. To understand how we got here, we have to confront our cultural delusions: our obsession with entertainment, sports, and political parody, the degeneration of our free press into a for-profit industry, our enduring pathologies of race, class, immigration, and tribalism. Bad Stories is a lamentation aimed at providing clarity. It’s the book you can pass along to an anguished fellow traveler with the promise, This will help you understand what the hell happened to our country. “Almond holds up literature as a guide through America’s age-old moral dilemmas and finds hope for his country in family, forgiveness, and political resistance.” —Booklist

Download or read book Love Luck Clusterf ck written by Bree Dahlia and published by Bree Dahlia. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Image written by D.L. Mueller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment Major Bahr informed Marcus Reed of the attempt on the presidents life, Reed knew that POLI had her work cut out for her. POLI, an acronym for Personal Operating Logic Interface, is an artificial intelligent (AI) operating system developed by Logic Interface (LI). Major Bahr, along with Kate Stavey, the Director of Operations for the CIAs Langley counter-terrorism division, spearheads the investigation on the assassination attempt. Disturbing details are revealed early on in the investigation. When Reed is contacted by John McMaster, a longtime friend with a special request Reed could not refuse him, John, a priest with the Diocese, told him that he is part of a team assigned to analyze the Shroud of Turin and that during the examination, they discovered particles of blood imbedded deep within the fabric. Reed understood that if these were truly blood particles from Jesus Christ, the next (the only) logical step would be to perform DNA testing on those particles. He told John that if they get an accurate DNA reading, then POLI will be able to generate an AI image from the DNA. It wasnt long after having the particles analyzed and returned to LI that they realized something had gone unexpectedly wrong. The newly processed image had overridden POLI. Image is a novel about what happens when the government, religion, and technology collide. Events unravel as an attempt to generate an image of Jesus Christ through DNA goes awry.

Download or read book What the Hell Just Happened written by Richy K. Chandler and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You feel like you're...how can I put it...falling?' This inspirational gift book helps readers overcome troubling times in their lives. Through vivid illustrations and positive affirmations, the book shows how you can face your past and embrace your future. The author provides thoughtful tips to remind you of what you can be at your emotionally strongest and smartest. Written by successful graphic novelist Richy K. Chandler, this will help you face life head-on and appreciate all that is good in your life. Ideal to gift to anyone going through a rough patch, or for use by therapists and counsellors.

Download or read book The Road to Weird written by Peggy Tibbetts and published by Zumaya Publications LLC. This book was released on with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carly's Ghost Carly's not happy about moving, until she discovers their new house is haunted. Of course, nobody in her family is going to believe there might be danger from an unseen resident, and Carly must solve a puzzle to make sure they stay safe. Harpo Marx Is Seeing Things Harpo Marx was just your average kid--with a not-too-average name--until she gets a nasty bump on the head in gymnastics. From that point on, Harpo has a new talent, one that could make everyone think she's crazy--until the day she's the only one who can save her baby brother's life.

Download or read book Trail to the Palisades written by Keith R. Ostling and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-09-21 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second in a 3-novel series featuring Dan Currie, a gambler turned business man in an 1870s gold mining town high in the Colorado Rockies. Currie had always considered himself a lucky man. He'd won a non-producing gold mine in a poker game and soon hit one of the biggest strikes in Colorado. He and his wife, Etta, now owned several mines, a bank, a hotel, and a large ranch with thousands of cattle. But Currie's luck had suddenly turned bad. A huge explosion tore his highest producing gold mine apart. His bank was robbed. One of his young cowboys was brutally murdered when rustlers hit his ranch. Currie was shot off a cliff and nearly drowned. And now, someone had hired Sam Gash, a dangerous professional assassin to murder him. Lightening fast with a gun, Gash was also known to kill from ambush on occasion. One thing was certain. When Gash and Currie met, someone would surely die.

Download or read book The Rough Cut written by Douglas Corleone and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riley Vasher hasn’t spoken to her friend Piper Kingsley for years . . . now she’s making a documentary about her murder. Documentary filmmaker Riley Vasher has been living a low-key life on the island of Oahu with her long-time boyfriend Brody. This all changes when Brody overhears on his police scanner that popular TV weathergirl Piper Kingsley has been murdered. When Piper’s boyfriend, Ethan Jakes, is arrested for the crime, a high-profile murder trial is sure to follow – and Riley and Brody sense their chance to make a name for themselves. Riley convinces Ethan she can help him if they make a documentary about the trial, and recommends the brilliant but eccentric defense lawyer Nicholas Church. But as the trial nears and Riley becomes personally involved in the case, the lines of truth soon begin to blur and she finds herself becoming part of the story.

Download or read book Requiem for The Ripper written by Brian L. Porter and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Forbes is desperate. The former solicitor to Jack Reid, he believes that the soul of the notorious Victorian serial killer, Jack the Ripper is haunting him. Seeking help, William contacts criminal psychologist David Hemswell who invites William to his remote Scottish island home, Skerries Rock. Together with David's friend Kate, a paranormal investigator, they begin to understand the terror that Forbes is facing. But what are they really up against, and can they survive the final confrontation in Requiem for the Ripper?

Download or read book Operation Sea Ghost written by Mack Maloney and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snake Nolan and his resourceful black ops team of pirate hunters must race against time to stop a ruthless band of modern-day pirates, who, on a suicide mission, are targeting New York City with a mysterious weapon of mass destruction.

Download or read book The Dream Assassin Volume 1 written by Roman Harambura and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Humanity’s Greatest Gift Imagination” Roman expresses that we as humans have the ability to think by thought power, as humans on this most precious Earth we each have the power within us to create through manifestation anything we choose simply by the power of our own thoughts. Roman believes we are all thinking beings that every thought we each have has the possibilities of becoming our own reality be it negative thoughts or positive thoughts which in turn creates our personal existence either in a negative way or a positive way, he says we are not in reality physical it only appears to be that way because we are so highly conditioned by our own beliefs systems, we are in fact “Living Energy” in the making of becoming “Living Consciousness”. The main reason he wrote and created his new book: “The Dream Assassin” was to show all of humanity that “Imagination” is real, and at the same time create magnificent imaginative magic that would not only bring awareness but ignite the true inner passion of every individual that reads this book, but also to see the movie when it is created in the future to come. As “Albert Einstein the great Theoretical Physicist” said on many occasions: “Reality is merely an Illusion all be it a very persistent one”. It’s like saying just because you cannot touch something doesn’t mean it is not real, because it may be vibrating simply at another level of consciousness.

Download or read book Images written by Lauri Broadbent and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Professor Michael Peterson learns he has a terminal brain tumor and is faced with no other viable options, he promises complete confidentially to undergo an experimental and highly secretive operation in brain cell grafting. While recuperating, he begins to have flashes of fragmented images that have no connection to his life. He soon realizes he is an unwilling participant in a murder plan initiated by his donor. Drawn into a maze of deceit and danger, Michael must choose between keeping his word to the person who saved his life or making an attempt to save the life of a complete stranger.

Download or read book The O Neil Brothers Complete Collection written by Sarah Morgan and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indulge with these irresistible and heart-warming summer romances by USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan! Featuring previously published titles Sleigh Bells in the Snow, Suddenly Last Summer and Maybe This Christmas. Sleigh Bells in the Snow Once upon a time, Christmas was Kayla Green’s favorite time of year. Now all the workaholic wants for Christmas is for it to be over—as fast as possible! So when duty calls her to snowy Vermont to close a deal with a new client, Kayla is grateful for an excuse to avoid the holidays for another year. Jackson O’Neil left a thriving business behind to return home and salvage his family’s resort—it’s in his blood, and he can’t let it fail. Now that he’s got marketing whiz Kayla Green working with him to put Snow Crystal on the map, success is on the horizon. The fact they strike enough sparks off each other to power all the Christmas lights in Vermont is just an added bonus. Kayla might be an expert at her job, but she’s out of her depth with Jackson—he makes her crave the happy-ever-after she once dreamed of, and it’s terrifying. As the snowflakes continue to swirl, will the woman who doesn’t believe in the magic of Christmas finally fall under its spell? Suddenly Last Summer Fiery French chef ƒlise Philippe is having a seriously bad day. Not only have the grand opening plans for her beloved café fallen apart, but Sean O’Neil is back in town and looking more delectable than ever. Memories of the electrifying night they shared last summer leave ƒlise very tempted, but she knows all too well that eventually Sean will be leaving…again. Being back in Vermont—even temporarily—is surgeon Sean O’Neil’s worst nightmare. Returning home to the Snow Crystal Resort means confronting the guilt he feels about rejecting his family’s lifestyle years ago. But discovering that ƒlise is still in Vermont and still sets his blood racing is a very welcome distraction! Remembering last summer and how good they were together is going to make walking away more difficult than he could imagine…. Maybe This Christmas This winter, ex-skiing champion, reformed heartbreaker and single dad Tyler O’Neil has only one mission—making sure his daughter, Jess, has the best Christmas ever. The fact that his best friend, Brenna, is also temporarily moving into his chalet at the overbooked Snow Crystal resort is a delicious distraction he’s simply going to have to ignore. Theirs is the one relationship he’s never ruined, and he’s not about to start now. Ski pro Brenna Daniels knows all about the perils of unrequited love—she’s been in love with Tyler for years. But living with him is absolute torture… How can she concentrate on being his friend when he’s sleeping in the room next door? Then when Tyler kisses Brenna, suddenly the relationship she’s always dreamed of feels so close she could almost touch it. Could this be the Christmas her dreams of a happy-ever-after finally come true? Originally published in 2013 and 2014.

Download or read book They Do written by Larry Hopewell and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is about a young man who went fishing and he wanted to take the camera to take a picture of the big fish he was going to catch. He got to his destination and once he got there he noticed a UFO hovering over the nuclear plant. He went for his Camera to take a picture of UFO, The camera flashed after he took the picture. The UFO moved in his direction and a beam of light came down on him from the UFO. Bobby, woke up 3-4 hours later without a fish and in a daze. He couldn't quite remember what happened. So he decided to drive home. On his way home his thoughts began to resurface. Needing some allies and not knowing whether to talk to the FBI or the police, Bobby turned to his and high school science teacher, Mr. Spizer.

Download or read book Suddenly Last Summer written by Sarah Morgan (Romance fiction writer) and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When surgeon Sean O'Neil returns to his Vermont hometown for a family visit and encounters French chef Élise Philippe, with whom he had a one-night stand the previous summer, they are both tempted to pick up where they left off.

Download or read book Hide And Seek written by Lois Carroll and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman hiding from family abuse and another seeking her lost family each discover that happiness and love can grow from sadness when they don't give up the pursuit.

Download or read book Hearts in Florence written by A.M. Willard and published by A.M. Willard . This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Valentine's Day, and I'm stuck in Florence, Italy with Mr. Dark and handsome. Did I mention I don't know him, and he wants the same thing I came here for? Except at some point the lines cross, and what he wants is more than the canvas- it's me. Every time he looks at me, I forget the real reason why I'm here. This trip isn't for pleasure, no it's meant to be all business. But I can't help but think what it would be like to have a night with Pierce where we both give into our desires. Can we embrace the passion that’s ignited over our holiday weekend, or will it crumble to pieces once we return to the states?

Download or read book Train Man written by P. T. Deutermann and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a dark night, a bridge is blown to smithereens, thunderously plunging a one-hundred-car-train deep into the Mississippi River. In Washington, the FBI scrambles--sending Assistant Director Hush Hanson and agent Carolyn Lang to investigate the deadly act of domestic terror. Hanson is a team player and killer marksman. Lang has an agenda of her own. By the time the two agents leave Washington, they are on a collision course with each other. And another bridge has exploded. Now, the investigation is exploding into an inter-agency feud. The brass is after a terrorist cell, while Hanson and Land suspect a single man--the Train Man--is bringing down the bridges on by one. But as more death and destruction strike the river, on one can guess that far greater danger is looming. A top-secret, emergency shipment of unstable nuclear waste has been sent west by train. And when the nukes meets the river there will be no way across, no time to turn back, and almost no chance to stop the deadliest disaster of all...