Download or read book Not From Around Here written by Brandon J O'Brien and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tidy categories may suit the media, but people are more complex up close. News outlets, historians, and sociologists can (and do) tell us all about the statistics, but they don’t (and can’t) tell us about what it’s really like in a given place—how the squish of creek water between your toes or the crunch of autumn leaves on a city sidewalk shape your sense of normal and good and right. To understand that—to understand the people in the places—we need stories. We need to listen, get to know the nuance of people, and have empathy for their way of seeing things. Brandon O’Brien is, in many ways, a man torn between places. Raised in the rural South, educated in the suburbs, and now living and doing ministry in Manhattan, he’s seen these places, and their complexity, up close. With the knack of a natural storyteller, he shares what he learned about himself, faith, and the people who make up America on his own journey through it.

Download or read book Crazy Me written by James Patrick Kelly and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I share a house with Crazy Me. We get along, except when he sneaks out of the house to pretend to be me. If only it weren't quite so true. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Crazy on the Bayou written by Humberto Fontova and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “…they prove there is no party like a bayou party in America's Sportsman's Paradise.” —Ted Nugent You say grilling and eating a giant rat you killed yourself is uncouth? Between slaying nutria for a Mardi Gras celebration, lying in wait for mallards in Venice, or fighting off a wild hog, these Cajun boys know their way around Louisiana’s bayous. For these home-grown, southern hunters, the swamp really is a land of abundance. The cast of Cajun characters lampoons not just the city dwellers who venture into the swamp seeking a duck-hunting adventure like they’ve seen on TV, but also themselves and the other local residents they encounter. Everyone is fair game in this laugh-out-loud book full of fun, practical advice, and a new Cuban-Cajun recipe in each chapter!

Download or read book Quiet Crazy written by Joyce Durham Barrett and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2013-04-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sheriff has come to "put away" Elizabeth Miller--to take her to the state mental hospital. "Well, I may be crazy," Elizabeth tells us, "but I know I'm not wild-crazy, just maybe quiet-crazy, and I don't know which one is worse." For someone about to be penned up with the "crazy folks," you wouldn't think she'd be so calm and analytical. But Elizabeth Miller knows that her trip to the asylum is her last chance at an independent life, her last chance at getting away from Angela--the little dead girl inside her who won't die, who threatens to take over her life. In the hospital, she will find beauty and terror, but most of all, she will find her own inner strength--the strength to heal herself and to face the family and small town she has had to flee. Joyce Durham Barrett's debut novel is the uplifting story of one woman who triuimphs of a terrible past and wakes up to find the world as an adult: ready to embrace it in all its complications, its many shades of meaning and uncertainty, its degrees of good and bad, its wild, wonderful, terrifying, thrilling reality.

Download or read book Storm Crazy Bonus Editions Books 1 2 Storm Crazy Cry Me a River written by Livia Quinn and published by Campbell Hill Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Destiny, or should I say Middle Earth… Jack Lang, sheriff, former Navy pilot. To say Destiny was not what I expected would be like saying Wolverine's fingernails were long enough for a manicure. I'd been looking for Mayberry, a quaint little safe town to raise my daughter. That ship sailed when I met Tempest Pomeroy, who turned out to be a storm witch with a djinn brother and an ex who was… hell, I don't know what he is. But I wasn’t sure I could stay. I had a teenage daughter to consider. Tempe Pomeroy, Tempestaerie, mail lady, and - as Jack likes to say - trouble magnet. Isn't it just like a man to exit a relationship when he finds out a woman has a few little secrets? In case you haven't figured it out, I'm the woman with the secrets. Following Jack's, um, enlightenment, he finally started investigating my little brother's disappearance, but time is running out and our relationship has gone from attraction to suspicion, support to friendship, romance to oh-my-god-get-away-from-me revulsion. Jack’s an ex-Navy pilot. He says he wants to know “everything”. He may stick around, help me save my brother and discover the whereabouts of my mother, but I doubt he’ll still want to take me to the Mardi Gras ball, once he knows “everything”. He'll probably take the first jet out of Middle Earth. 'Cause there’s a lot of everything…

Download or read book Crazy About Love written by Cassie Mae and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Doing It for Love (“The perfect blend of humor and sizzle.”—Rachel Harris) comes a hilarious and heartwarming rom-com about two people who are meant to be . . . even if they can’t quite seem to get it together. Single again on Valentine’s Day, struggling actor Alec Tucker agrees to help out his longtime friend—and unrequited love—Theresa Jones by filling in as one of the bachelors for her company’s charity auction. Alec figures it couldn’t hurt to meet someone new. Still, working with Theresa reminds him of all the reasons he never got over her. So it feels a little bittersweet when, out of nowhere, a beautiful young street artist buys a date with him for a whopping four grand. Little does he know, Theresa’s had a major change of heart. She’s crushed when someone else wins a date with Alec—but she isn’t going down without a fight. After a pep talk from her best friend, Theresa makes a desperate move that goes against her better judgment . . . and things only get crazier from there. But with Alec ready to move on and Theresa afraid she’s pushed him away for good, maybe a little crazy is exactly what they need—before they both miss their shot. Praise for Crazy About Love “Mae's third contemporary (after No Interest in Love) wins the reader over with a sympathetic, accurate portrayal of unrequited crushes and the terror of confessing romantic feelings. Even the most cynical reader will find themselves rooting for this pair.”—Publishers Weekly “This was a fun read that was both funny and sadly sweet at times. Not only did I love the story, but I liked the way it was laid out, giving both view points in two different halves of the book.”—The Romance Factor “OH MY GOSH. THIS BOOK. THIS FREAKING BOOK.”—The Bookdragon “An entertaining romance with some comical relief and a whole lot of sexual tension.”—Twin Spin “Sweet and sexy, funny and heart-wrenching, Crazy About Love is crazy good! I seriously loved this book!”—USA Today bestselling author Laura Drewry “A sweet and humorous friends-to-lovers story, Crazy About Love had me flipping the pages, unable to put the book down. I loved everything about this story!”—Stina Lindenblatt, author of This One Moment “Crazy About Love is fun, funny, and full of heart! Alec is my new Book Boyfriend of the Year!”—Julie Cross, author of Third Degree “Crazy About Love had me clutching my chest, smiling and my heart beating with love at each turn of the page. A friends-to-lovers that will make you want to stay up all night reading.”—Ginger Scott, author of This Is Falling Praise for Cassie Mae’s All About Love series “Doing It for Love is fresh and fun. Cassie Mae made me fall in love!”—New York Times bestselling author Rachel Harris “Witty and unique, Doing It for Love will put the spice back into your bookshelf.”—New York Times bestselling author Carey Heywood “With the sassy, fun, and lively No Interest in Love, Cassie Mae delivers an entertaining read.”—New York Times bestselling author Lori Wilde “Yet another winner from Cassie Mae! Sexy, sweet, and wonderfully clever, No Interest in Love solidifies her spot on my auto-buy list!”—USA Today bestselling author Lauren Layne Includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.

Download or read book Heatwave and Crazy Birds written by Gabriela Avigur-Rotem and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her archeologist father died, Loya Kaplan left Israel seemingly for good, severing all ties to her past. Twenty-five years later, she's a flight attendant without friends or family, happiest in the temporary and artificial world of airports. Sleepwalking through life, Loya is summoned back to Israel following the death of David—her father's friend, or rival, or lover, or nemesis?—who has named Loya as his heir. Returning now to a country that has become alien to her, and the house where she was raised, filled with relics not only of her own past but of her family and even ancient history, Loya's story splits, deliriously, in two: the life she once led in an improvised neighborhood, filled with concentration- camp refugees and secrets, colliding with the antiseptic, well-fed present day.

Download or read book Crux written by James Byron Huggins and published by WildBlue Press. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unspeakable horror is unleashed in this riveting thriller from the international bestselling author of Dark Visions and Hunter. In an experiment to discover what secrets are hidden within the infinite vastness of the galaxy, scientists create a machine so powerful that it rips a hole through space and time. But instead of revealing the dark world of their own universe the machine opens a gateway to a universe infinitely more horrifying . . . and infinitely evil. After seven physicists vanish during a routine test of the highly guarded Hadron Super Collider in Geneva, a series of grisly murders also begin at the facility and an elite squad of American military operators are dispatched to discover the truth behind the hideous slaughter. Meanwhile, the sister of a missing scientist hires a mysterious, powerful stranger known only as Isaiah to discover the fate of her sister. Working against time, the two teams risk everything in their quest to learn the insidious truth behind the most dangerous machine in the world, and soon find that the Super Collider did not just open a gateway to the furthest reaches of the galaxy: It opened a far more terrifying gateway, for it bridged the gulf between Earth and Hell . . . Praise for James Byron Huggins “Huggins writes like a man possessed.”—Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author “May be the thriller of the year.”—BookPage on Cain “Pure entertainment.”—Publishers Weekly on Hunter

Download or read book Crazy Dog Song written by Mack Mangham and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brooding Gothic novel of suspense that reaches beyond the grave. Snooky, the retarded black boy, and Crazy Dog, the itinerant hound wander onto the decaying Voshaylee plantation. They witness without understanding, the love between Elizabeth and B.K. outside modern-day Atlanta, battling the power of Elizabeth's mother Maria from beyond the grave, Philip's endless love for his dead wife Maria and the bizarre love of the ever-naked young Travis and the mistress of Gavonlee, well into her eighties, as she attempts to quiet the crying imaginary child locked in her bedroom closet. Around these sick, weird but hypnotic characters revolve Bo Skooter, Miss Lucy's husband who is killed in circumstances as strange as his marriage, The Baby, Miss Lucy's daughter who found so little love as an unnamed child that she enjoys her mother's descent into dementia. Mother, Elizabeth's obese aberrant relative manipulates all. Philip seldom leaves his own rooms…and for very good reasons. Over all these twisted people hovers Maria, effecting more havoc from the grave than ever when alive. And then there is the pet snake. You may hate Crazy Dog Song but you will never forget it.

Download or read book Crazy About a Cowboy written by Dylann Crush and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local cowboy Jasper Taylor has to decide if it’s more important to help his hometown of Ido, Texas win a contest or for him to win the heart of the woman he loves. The little town of Ido, Texas, is up against some big competition. With the state tourism department on a search for the most romantic town in Texas, Ido is pulling out all the stops to win the title. Leading the effort is the newly appointed hospitality host Jasper Taylor. If he can secure the honor for Ido, he'll be able to hang onto his family's land. But when the reigning Miss Lovin' Texas and celebrity judge, Delilah Stone, rolls into town, she isn't exactly welcomed with open arms. Delilah's ready to put her beauty queen days behind her, and the only thing standing in her way is spending the next thirty days in Ido. It should be an easy gig, but someone in town is tired of all of the recent publicity. Somehow everything that ought to go right is suddenly going wrong. Now it's up to Jasper to convince Delilah to give Ido another chance by showing her just how romantic the small town can be...without losing his own heart in the process.

Download or read book After I Fall written by Jessica Scott and published by Thirty One Fox Books. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her entire life has been a lie. Being with Eli is the most honest thing she’s ever done. Parker Hauser lives the perfect life and knows exactly where she's been and where she's going. Parker has to be perfect. Perfect grades, perfect body, perfect life. Until she meets Eli Winter. Eli throws her entire life into chaos when he denies her the one thing she wants from him. One chance encounter stokes her desire for the man who refused to touch her and left her questioning everything. When Parker tries to help his new business, the spotlight turns on Eli's military record. And sins from the war he's tried to forget may come back to destroy them both.

Download or read book Crazy Creek Christmas written by Lisa J. Lickel and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crazy Creek, Wyoming saves Leah Hanes's life. Running on fumes and bald tires, she thanks heaven for the Wimmers who recommend her to the Rocking J Ranch as a winter cook. Leah arrives to discover the ranch and the people need more than a cook. Noel Johansen, heir of the Rocking J, happily left for the big city years ago. When he loses his family in a terrible accident, the best thing for everyone is to sell the place, ditch the memories, and move on. But his brother-in-law has other plans, and the beautiful new cook they've hired for the season threatens Noel's desire to remain detached. The ranch represents Noel's future and selling it becomes more important than ever when one more tragedy leaves him with nothing. But memories can't be bought and sold, nor can a broken conscience heal itself. Home, heart, and future are irrevocably tied in Crazy Creek.

Download or read book Clearwater Crazy written by Al Rennie and published by Smashwords. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred has taken on an insurance scam investigation that turns into a murder case when the one witness who can prove the scam is murdered. Jeremy goes AWOL from his job with Homeland. Mia is quickly becoming the Donald Trump of the Clearwater real estate scene. Joe runs into some gender problems at the men's shelter, and Coop is going through some life style changes. Another crazy romp in paradise!

Download or read book Crazy written by Linda Phillips and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura is a typical fifteen-year-old growing up in the 1960s, navigating her way through classes, friendships, and even a new romance. But she's carrying around a secret: her mother is suffering from a mental illness. No one in Laura's family will talk about her mother's past hospitalizations or increasingly erratic behavior, and Laura is confused and frightened. Laura finds some refuge in art, but when her mother suffers a breakdown after taking painting back up again herself, even art ceases to provide much comfort. Eloquent and compelling, this powerful novel-in-verse tackles complex themes in a way that will have readers rooting for Laura to find the courage to get the answers she needs.

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Download or read book 100 Ways to Motivate Others written by Steve Chandler and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2008-08-13 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "100 Ways to Motivate Others" is the culmination of many years of successful leadership coaching and training by bestselling author Chandler and attorney Richardson, and the natural follow-up to Chandler's "100 Ways to Motivate Yourself" and "Reinventing Yourself."

Download or read book Crazy about You Deal for Love written by Barbara Mcmahon and published by Hard Shell Word Factory. This book was released on 2004 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: