Download or read book The Boy with a Bird in His Chest written by Emme Lund and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize A “poignantly rendered and illuminating” (The Washington Post) coming-of-age story about “the ways in which family, grief, love, queerness, and vulnerability all intersect” (Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author). Perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Thirty Names of Night. Though Owen Tanner has never met anyone else who has a chatty bird in their chest, medical forums would call him a Terror. From the moment Gail emerged between Owen’s ribs, his mother knew that she had to hide him away from the world. After a decade spent in isolation, Owen takes a brazen trip outdoors and his life is upended forever. Suddenly, he is forced to flee the home that had once felt so confining and hide in plain sight with his uncle and cousin in Washington. There, he feels the joy of finding a family among friends; of sharing the bird in his chest and being embraced fully; of falling in love and feeling the devastating heartbreak of rejection before finding a spark of happiness in the most unexpected place; of living his truth regardless of how hard the thieves of joy may try to tear him down. But the threat of the Army of Acronyms is a constant, looming presence, making Owen wonder if he’ll ever find a way out of the cycle of fear. “An honest celebration of life and everything we need right now in a book” (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize–winning author), The Boy with a Bird in His Chest grapples with the fear, depression, and feelings of isolation that come with believing that we will never be loved for who we truly are and learning to live fully and openly regardless.

Download or read book Last Run written by Leonard B. Scott and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1990-07-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the men of Sierra Company, 75th Rangers, the Vietnam war means more than loyalty to their country. It means loyalty to each other. You don't choose your comrades in war—they are assigned to you. And there, in the jungle, where there is no past or future, men from totally different backgrounds forget their differences and struggle with the basic questions of survival. The Last Run is an action-packed story of men at war—and of the unseen wounds our veterans brought home. Author Leonard B. Scott also wrote the bestselling Vietnam novel Charlie Mike, which was hailed by The Washington Post as “vivid, compelling . . . One of the finest novels yet written about the Vietnam war.” Like Charlie Mike, The Last Run is a story you will never forget.

Download or read book Banger written by Charlie Flowers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of the Riz Sabir Thrillers series will know of Riz's wife, the hard-bitten, gum-chewing girl gang leader Holly ""Bang-Bang"" Kirpachi. ... Ever wondered how she got like that? - How did she meet Riz? - How did she join that girl gang? - How did she get all those awful tattoos? - And why does she think she's Japanese? Well, wonder no more. These and other questions you've been dying to ask are answered in... BANGER: Holly's school diaries from 2005 to 2007 BANGER: A sweeping tale of street racing, burlesque and Yakuza that flies from Dubai to Singapore to Tokyo and... Romford BANGER: REBELLION RUNS IN THE FAMILY

Download or read book Shrewdest Faction written by Kay Bennson and published by Kay Bennson. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The simulation was only the beginning… When the Chi Rho Iota Corporation announces that the second round of War Game XRI will be at a different school, Cassie Routhier and her squad are convinced it’s game over for Settontown High. Their new opponents have an entire squad of champions, a group that rules with fear and goes by the Shrewdest Faction. The more Cassie learns about them, the more happy she is to be injured and watching everyone else from the sidelines. Cassie gets herself in trouble when she overhears something she shouldn’t. There’s no way she can stand among the Chi Rho Iota Corporation and act like nothing is wrong. When facing the Shrewdest Faction seems like the better choice, Cassie knows there is no going back to the way things were before. She must choose a battle inside the simulation

Download or read book Carl Weber s Kingpins Memphis written by Raynesha Pittman and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With both parents in love with their addiction to freebasing cocaine, Ethan found it easier to pack up and leave his home city years ago. Crossing many miles, he landed in Tennessee, where his survival instincts and drive to succeed led him to become the deadliest kingpin in Memphis. He goes by the name of Minister, and he prefers to fly under the radar, making moves that can only be traced back to a ghost whose origin and location are a mystery.

Download or read book This Bright Future written by Bobby Hall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist ... A self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and--with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education--he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and uncharted wilderness of the social media age"--

Download or read book Return written by Andra-Cristiana Stan and published by Andra-Cristiana Stan. This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billionaire romance and curvy romance with the touch of unseen forces.... Return is the third book in the Icy Shots on a Hot Billionaire series. Eric and Selena’s story continues from where it is left, only that this time, things from the far past come into present, threatening her life and their baby’s. Though you’re used to the insane story and the persons they are, more craziness is added as their life gets a touch or more of the paranormal and how they are bonded from previous lives, a fate that was meant to be for their love story, but seasoning it with more dangers, having a series of battles that might put their love and life at steak. Will they prevail and their pure love for each other and their baby’s life will be secured? As a hint of what’s coming upon you with this third book in the series, Angel and Satan are no longer just nicknames… They didn’t know how right they were… But not against each other… For what’s coming their way… Author promises a HEA, though the twists and turns will be as never before… And yes, you’ll have same romance, comedy, action, and all the suit you’ve been used to so far, just added adrenaline…

Download or read book Wild Fire written by Christine Feehan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heat of passion—and danger—rises like jungle fire in this novel of the Leopard people by #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan… Called on a dangerous assignment, leopard shifter Conner Vega returns to the Panama rainforest of his homeland, looking every bit the civilized male. But as a member of the most lethal of the shifter tribes, he doesn’t have a civilized bone in his body. He carries the scent of a wild animal in its prime, he bears the soul-crushing sins of past kills—and he’s branded by the scars of shame inflicted by the woman he betrayed. Isabeau Chandler’s a Borneo shifter who’s never forgiven Conner—or forgotten him. The mating urge is still with her, and when she crosses Conner’s path, passions run like wild fire. But as Conner’s mission draws Isabeau closer, another betrayal lies waiting in the shadows—and it’s the most perilous and intimate one of all.

Download or read book Addicted to Chinese food written by Turone L. Green and published by Xlibris US. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addicted to Chinese food Lucy was married to an Asian drug lord who put her in a bad neighborhood, in the ghetto, as a punishment for her love of African American culture. Lucy falls for a neighborhood male; then the addiction began. She meets a man named Sean. Sean couldnt shake what he felt for Lucy, a small crush became an addiction, a daily visit to the Chinese restaurant built interest on two people who should have never had been. What was once a daily visit to the restaurant turned into a full-blown relationship. Lucy was married, but didnt let Sean know she was married to a Chinese mobster who Lucy wasnt happy with physically, mentally, and sexually. She found love in a man she felt destined to. It was completely unexpected. Lee, Lucys husband, finds out about Lucys infidelities from his cooks through a phone call from prison as he was serving a stint and choose to have Lucy and Sean executed, which leads to Sean being on the run. Lee is indecisive about what he wanted to do with his wife, the woman he still loved.

Download or read book Of Bread and Boyfriends written by Hollis Shiloh and published by Spare Words Press. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob is a wolf shifter and a country boy, the alpha of a hardscrabble pack barely making ends meet. He loves his home and family dearly, but times are tough. It's a lot of responsibility to carry. The newcomer to town, a handsome, shy bear shifter, has caught his attention in a big way. Jacob has no problem with being gay. He just wishes he could get Henry to talk to him for more than a couple of seconds at a time. And maybe marry him tomorrow. Henry's annoyingly hot friend keeps getting in the way, though... Henry is a sweet, gentle baker who has problems of his own. He isn't sure he'll ever be ready to commit to a mate, but he's definitely drawn to Jacob. He daydreams about him, bakes for him, looks forward to his every visit...but wolves don't do casual, and Henry can barely make plans past next week, much less for his whole future. Fox shifter Atticus, Henry's dearest friend, has complicated feelings of his own. He loves Henry devotedly, even if his feelings will never be returned. This new, prickling tension between him and the wolf shifter is no fun. Does he have to keep feeling things for guys who will never be interested? Besides, he plans to stay single for life. Can Jacob, Henry, and Atticus each figure out what they want out of life—and what, if anything, they'll be to each other? low heat ~55,000 words

Download or read book Crush written by Nicole Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Crash and Clash will be dying to get their hands on this third red-hot romance featuring Lucy and Jude. Anyone who loved, Slammedby Colleen Hoover, Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire and Just For Now by Abbi Glines will love this series from Nicole.

Download or read book Badass Christian written by Kyle Alexander and published by Habakkuk Transcriptions Company. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An old African American grandmother tries to instill spiritual values in her willful naïve granddaughter before she dies, but Sugar would need more than old wives’ tales for her Gen-X, dirty-south world, she would need faith of her own.

Download or read book Muchacho A Novel written by Louanne Johnson and published by Ember. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring YA debut from the author of Dangerous Minds. Eddie Corazon is angry. He’s also very smart. But he’s working pretty hard at being a juvenile delinquent. He blows off school, even though he’s a secret reader. He hangs with his cousins, who will always back him up—when they aren’t in jail. Then along comes Lupe, who makes his blood race. She sees something in Eddie he doesn’t even see in himself. A heart, and a mind, and something more: a poet. But in Eddie’s world, it’s a thin line between tragedy and glory. And what goes down is entirely in Eddie’s hands. Gripping, thought-provoking, and hopeful, Muchacho is a rare and inspiring story about one teen’s determination to fight his circumstances and shape his own destiny.

Download or read book Badass written by Shannen Doherty and published by Three Rivers Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The actress best known for her performances in "Beverley Hills 90210" and "Charmed" offers advice on how to live with confidence and style, sharing stories of personal hardships while discussing dating, shopping, and handling rivals.

Download or read book Forever Notorious written by Kathleen Brooks and published by Laurens Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abigail Mueez knows all about being something you’re not. Everyone knows she works security in Washington D.C., but that wasn’t exactly the truth. There are many layers of deception in Abby’s life from her job to the man she’s with—a man she doesn’t have time to fall in love with when her life and so much more was on the line. Too bad she didn’t tell her heart that. He knew there was more to Abby than everyone else saw, but he never asked. He had his own secrets to keep. But then the President called and all deceptions fell to the side as more than just their truths are laid bare. With bullets flying and lives at stake, could he and Abby do the scariest thing possible—become the couple that would set the town of Keeneston on fire?

Download or read book The Crash Trilogy written by Nicole Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Larson lives for wearing the satin down on her ballet shoes, and has her sights firmly set on a place at Juilliard. She's on her way to the top and has so far been careful to keep trouble out of her life. Well, up until now… Jude Ryder is the quintessential bad boy and everything a girl like Lucy needs to stay away from, especially if she wants to hold onto her dream future. But Lucy's about to find out that staying away is the only thing she's incapable of. Full of passion, steamy scenes and hot romance this ebook collection of Nicole Williams' CrashTrilogy is perfect fans of New Adult!

Download or read book Hustlin Fo Love written by Corey N. Smalls and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corey Gary is nothing but a low class street runner for a local drug dealer until the day he gets caught in a drug bust. While serving five years in South Carolina's Department of Corrections, the woman he love the most— and mother of his only child—betrays his trust and love. Now, he's back on the streets, and he's got a plan. Corey is going to get back what belongs to him, including his son and the love of his life. He also plans to conquer the lucrative market of Myrtle Beach. A wise forty- dollar investment becomes millions after Corey is introduced to a half- Nicaraguan, half-Cuban drug lord from Central America. Using the alias Walt Diznee, Corey turns a small business into serious street cred. Unfortunately, the love of his life gets involved in a relationship with another drug pusher, placing all of them in jeopardy. Meanwhile, an ex-stripper named Felicia gets a second chance at life when Mr. Teflon sends her to college. She ends up a federal agent and is now playing both sides to traffic cocaine across state lines. Will her path help or hinder Corey? It turns out loyalty is everything in this rough world of hate, envy, and death.