Download or read book You Haven t Changed a Bit written by Astrid Blodgett and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2013-08-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through mesmerizing forays into characterization, voicing, and narrative technique, and with a clean economy of style rare even in short fiction, Astrid Blodgett conjures the moral and existential freight of her fully fledged characters in the throes of realistic moments. From the fascinatingly unhinged hero of "Getting the Cat," to the dreamy survey of prairie landscape and childhood experience of "New Summer Dresses," to the fatal irony of "Ice Break," readers will be hooked from first sentences and carried along on crisp prose. You Haven't Changed a Bit shimmers with the energy of a first book while affording readers the subtlety, complexity, and range of an accomplished master of the genre.

Download or read book In Search of Africa written by Manthia Diawara and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There I was, standing alone, unable to cry as I said goodbye to Sidimé Laye, my best friend, and to the revolution that had opened the door of modernity for me--the revolution that had invented me." This book gives us the story of a quest for a childhood friend, for the past and present, and above all for an Africa that is struggling to find its future. In 1996 Manthia Diawara, a distinguished professor of film and literature in New York City, returns to Guinea, thirty-two years after he and his family were expelled from the newly liberated country. He is beginning work on a documentary about Sékou Touré, the dictator who was Guinea's first post-independence leader. Despite the years that have gone by, Diawara expects to be welcomed as an insider, and is shocked to discover that he is not. The Africa that Diawara finds is not the one on the verge of barbarism, as described in the Western press. Yet neither is it the Africa of his childhood, when the excitement of independence made everything seem possible for young Africans. His search for Sidimé Laye leads Diawara to profound meditations on Africa's culture. He suggests solutions that might overcome the stultifying legacy of colonialism and age-old social practices, yet that will mobilize indigenous strengths and energies. In the face of Africa's dilemmas, Diawara accords an important role to the culture of the diaspora as well as to traditional music and literature--to James Brown, Miles Davis, and Salif Kéita, to Richard Wright, Spike Lee, and the ancient epics of the griots. And Diawara's journey enlightens us in the most disarming way with humor, conversations, and well-told tales.

Download or read book Lonesome Dove written by Larry McMurtry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1986 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.

Download or read book Mugshots written by Kimberly M. Fraker Ed.D and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of real-life lessons, Mugshots: Life’s Moments Captured for Christ serves as a reminder that God is in everything – the good, the bad, and the very ugly. Categorized into six themed sections, each individual Mugshot offers a snapshot of everyday life linked to scripture. Written to encourage quality spiritual time, this book is suited for savoring in small servings as a daily devotional, so get caught in the act of prayerfulness as you take time to sit back with your favorite mug, in your favorite place, and meet God face to face, every day.

Download or read book 365 Prescriptions for the Soul written by Dr. Bernie Siegel and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2009 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Bernie Siegel writes with humorous, down-to-earth wisdom that has improved the lives of countless readers. In 365 Prescriptions for the Soul, he treats us to his most user-friendly work of all: daily doses of inspiration and humor that gently and joyfully help us live more peaceful, loving, and fulfilling lives. “Bernie Siegel dispenses spiritual medicine that’s good for you, and feels good too! I highly recommend these daily doses of eternal wisdom.” — Marianne Williamson, author of Everyday Grace

Download or read book Life s Moments written by Thaddaeus D. Caldwell and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life's Moments: A Story of My Life's Relationships in the Form of Poetry is Thaddaeus D. Caldwell's riveting collection of poetry that, when read as a book, will produce an intriguing tale of love and passion both lost and gained.

Download or read book The Silent Woman written by Katharine Laura and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-02-06 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems was written over a period of almost 20 years, in Switzerland, where the author resided as a foreigner. The poems were inspired by nature and the mystical feelings it induces, as well as by a quest to comprehend this state of being called life - from our very limited human standpoint. Some poems are related to deeply personal experiences; others embracegenerally the human condition and its psychology. Depending on the spontaneous feelings at the time a poem took form, it would be composed in english or french - whichever language best suited the ambience of the moment. The french poems have been recently translated – which was difficult and a new experience for the author. An endeavor was made to re-create the same mood and tone of the originals.

Download or read book On Wings of the Morning written by Dan Verner and published by eLectio Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Otto Kerchner dreams of escaping his father’s Wisconsin dairy farm and becoming a flier like his hero Charles Lindbergh. When a small airport is built on an adjoining property, Otto trades odd jobs for flight lessons and becomes a pilot at 16. When World War II breaks out, he enlists in the Army Air Corps and finds himself a year later high over Germany at the controls of a B-17. Otto and his crew fly 23 missions untouched, but then his world shatters, and he must draw on reserves of faith and courage he never imagined. On Wings of the Morning brings to life the ordinary men and women of the Greatest Generation who, stirred by fate and fortune, accomplished extraordinary things. Faithful in its depiction of events and evocative across a spectrum of emotions, this gentle but incisive tale will engage, inform and move readers of all ages.

Download or read book Dead Heat written by CJ Carver and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia Parish was glad to leave behind the damp heat, the bugs and the deadly wilderness of Nulgarra, Northern Queensland. But when a plane she is on crashes, she suddenly finds herself back in the outback. As it becomes clear that the crash was no accident, Georgia has to come to the sinister realisation that someone might want her dead. But who? The trail of clues Georgia follows takes her into the heart of the most exotic, colourful and savage landscape on earth. With relentless criminals behind her, and something far worse ahead, Georgia needs to escape from a merciless enemy who may know her all too well . . . Dead Heat is a heart-stopping, fast-paced adventure from CJ Carver, author of Gone Without Trace and Blood Junction. Dead Heat features India Kane from Blood Junction and Black Tide.

Download or read book A Man in Full written by Tom Wolfe and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bonfire of the Vanities defined an era--and established Tom Wolfe as our prime fictional chronicler of America at its most outrageous and alive. With A Man in Full, the time the setting is Atlanta, Georgia--a racially mixed late-century boomtown full of fresh wealth, avid speculators, and worldly-wise politicians. Big men. Big money. Big games. Big libidos. Big trouble. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta real-estate entrepreneur turned conglomerate king, whose expansionist ambitions and outsize ego have at last hit up against reality. Charlie has a 28,000-acre quail-shooting plantation, a young and demanding second wife--and a half-empty office tower with a staggering load of debt. When star running back Fareek Fanon--the pride of one of Atlanta's grimmest slums--is accused of raping an Atlanta blueblood's daughter, the city's delicate racial balance is shattered overnight. Networks of illegal Asian immigrants crisscrossing the continent, daily life behind bars, shady real-estate syndicates, cast-off first wives of the corporate elite, the racially charged politics of college sports--Wolfe shows us the disparate worlds of contemporary America with all the verve, wit, and insight that have made him our most phenomenal, most admired contemporary novelist. A Man in Full is a 1998 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

Download or read book Dead Heat written by Caroline Carver and published by Mysterious Press. This book was released on 2009-06-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia Parish never regretted leaving northern Queensland, Australia, to pursue her career. But after surviving a plane crash she finds herself back there, struggling to comprehend a sinister fact - the plane she was on was sabotaged. Was it someone hoping to kill the man who never arrived to take the flight? Or did it have something to do with the two other strange passengers? Georgia's search for the truth plunges her into a harsh and unforgiving landscape, across oceans and into crocodile-infested swamps. There, unable to trust anyone, she discovers more than just her own life is at stake.

Download or read book The Wrong Kind of Money written by Stephen Birmingham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping novel of dark family secrets, bigotry, lust, and lies set in the world of the phenomenally wealthy The Liebling family is among the wealthiest in New York, but in the eyes of “old money” gentile aristocrats like the patrician Van Degans, they will always be lower-class Jewish nouveau riche—especially since it’s common knowledge that patriarch Jules Liebling built the powerful Ingraham Corporation from the profits he made selling liquor during Prohibition while in cahoots with dangerous mobsters. Jules is long dead and his widow, Hannah, runs the business with a tyrannical hand. Hannah is reluctant to turn over the reins to the heir apparent, her capable son Noah, despite the fact that she is now well into her eighties. But when Noah’s wife, Carol, meets Georgette Van Degan for lunch at Le Cirque, gossip circulates around Manhattan about a thaw between the families and, quite possibly, a partnership. As rumors fly, family skeletons on both sides are exposed, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and even violence. Author Stephen Birmingham explores the dark side of wealth, family, and privilege in The Wrong Kind of Money, brilliantly displaying his phenomenal storytelling skill along with his intimate knowledge of the lives of America’s aristocrats.

Download or read book ONE MORE KNIGHT written by Kathleen Creighton and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOR HER CHILD's SAKE Years ago, Charlene "Charly" Phelps had been talked into leaving her hometown and her baby behind—to giver her son the life she never could. Then, on a visit home, she saw a picture of a boy who seemed impossibly familiar—and knew she had to get out of town. Again. How she ended up in jail was another matter—the question was, how could she get out? She had only one phone call…. …which Troy Starr happened to answer. He knew that Charly had a reputation for trouble, but troubleshooting was Troy's business. And though she acted as if he was the last man on earth she wanted to be near, Troy figured it was only a matter of time before this soft-at-the-core lady fell for him—and time was something Troy had plenty of….

Download or read book Golden Fleecing written by Lorenzo Semple (Jr.) and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1960 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rodeo Southwest written by Diane M. Cece and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Lacey and Samuel Embers were outlaws who split from the Younger Brothers Gang. Their handles were the Nevada Kid and Smokey. After the robbery of the Kingston-Downey Express, they took honest jobs while seeking refuge at a prominent cattle ranch. Tom had been shot through the left thigh, and taking on honest jobs was the only way Smokey could get his partner back on his feet again without getting captured. When returning to the O'Connor ranch from a cattle drive up north, they had no idea their cover was revealed to the local sheriff. They were arrested, tried, and convicted to prison terms. Smokey was released after five years, but Tom Lacey (the Nevada Kid) had to stay an extra two for misbehavior. What got Nevada the two extra years was his stubbornness and his bad-boy attitude. It was his sour venom that got him in there in the first place--that along with his love, respect, and damned cursed weakness for beautiful women. In book 3 of the Southwest Series, the Nevada Kid and Smokey are released from prison. Nevada heads southwest and joins the Broken Arrow Ranch rodeo circuit to make some fast money, hoping to reach the goal he set for himself of buying a cattle ranch. What kind of trouble does he get into there with his new friend Recordina "Ricki," the barrel racer? Who is cutting cinch straps, trying to cause a planned murder to look like an accident?

Download or read book Bottled Up written by K.J. Emrick and published by South Coast Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A weekend getaway to a beautiful beachside town with an old friend should have been a relaxing change of pace for Dell Powers. But then, when is her life ever relaxing? While walking on the beach Dell discovers a quite unique, antique bottle complete with a note inside. Thinking it would make a great addition to her Inn, she digs it out of the sand. Her weekend takes a turn for the dangerous shortly after, so Dell packs up and heads home early, where she is safe. Could this bottle be more than it seems? At home, she and her son, Kevin, set out to solve the mystery but she soon discovers that trouble has followed her home to Lakeshore. Can they put the puzzle pieces together before something terrible happens?

Download or read book Double Life written by B. Michael Moro and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-06-23 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I decided to write my third manuscript, "Double Life", it was a very tough decision to go actually ahead with it. My writing style incorporates a lot of my personal experiences into the building of a story. “Double Life” is a story about the Memoirs of a young man and how he went from a relatively innocent teenager to transforming into a feared, violent wise guy and deep cover agent. The story is about his double life. A calm life with his family and the separate life of a vicious hunter/assassin and body guard. It's a story of his life in organized crime and of being recruited to work indirectly for the government. It's an emotional roller coaster ride for the main character from his mid teens to his mid thirties. His love for the Ladies and how his Double Life eventually brought him into forced retirement, after it burned him out and had him seeking peace and solitude. In the end he had to find the one special woman he could finish his life out with that he felt completely comfortable with and to raise a family of their own. “Double Life” is a raw and powerful story that will grip the reader tightly. It will pull you into its world as you feel yourself becoming a part of the main character, or at least as close as a close friend can be. When the end comes, you will feel the anguish of a story that needs to be told. If you can put the book down you will be in deep thought, wondering what it would be like to be the main character and having your world evolve into a very dangerous, adrenaline filled rush of life, death, conspiracy, trafficking, and living a “Double Life”.