Download or read book More or Less Dead written by Alice Driver and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, people disappear, their bodies dumped in deserted city lots or jettisoned in the unforgiving desert. All too many of them are women. More or Less Dead analyzes how such violence against women has been represented in news media, books, films, photography, and art. Alice Driver argues that the various cultural reports often express anxiety or criticism about how women traverse and inhabit the geography of Ciudad Juárez and further the idea of the public female body as hypersexualized. Rather than searching for justice, the various media—art, photography, and even graffiti—often reuse victimized bodies in sensationalist, attention-grabbing ways. In order to counteract such views, local activists mark the city with graffiti and memorials that create a living memory of the violence and try to humanize the victims of these crimes. The phrase “more or less dead” was coined by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño in his novel 2666, a penetrating fictional study of Juárez. Driver explains that victims are “more or less dead” because their bodies are never found or aren’t properly identified, leaving families with an uncertainty lasting for decades—or forever. The author’s clear, precise journalistic style tackles the ethics of representing feminicide victims in Ciudad Juárez. Making a distinction between the words “femicide” (the murder of girls or women) and “feminicide” (murder as a gender-driven event), one of her interviewees says, “Women are killed for being women, and they are victims of masculine violence because they are women. It is a crime of hate against the female gender. These are crimes of power.”

Download or read book Eternal Death written by Lily Strange and published by Lily Strange. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Long-Buried Secret Is About To Surface With her long-awaited second marriage finally about to become a reality, acclaimed novelist Terry Bruckham is besieged with painful and terrifying memories. Those most closely associated with her are also assailed by disturbing dreams and obsessive thoughts. A sinister plan is being enacted in the Earth's Dreamlands, home to the sleeping and the Earthbound dead, as a troubled spirit wrestles with the warring pieces of his own psyche for the well-being or destruction of everything that exists. Discover the world beyond the wall of sleep and its marvelous residents, both good and evil.

Download or read book Better Living Through Plastic Explosives written by Zsuzsi Gartner and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an emerging master of short fiction and one of Canada's most distinctive voices, a collection of stories as heartbreaking as those of Lorrie Moore and as hilariously off-kilter as something out of McSweeney's. In Better Living through Plastic Explosives, Zsuzsi Gartner delivers a powerful second dose of the lacerating satire that marked her acclaimed debut, All the Anxious Girls on Earth, but with even greater depth and darker humour. Whether she casts her eye on evolution and modern manhood when an upscale cul-de-sac is thrown into chaos after a redneck moves into the neighbourhood, international adoption, war photography, real estate, the movie industry, motivational speakers, or terrorism, Gartner filets the righteous and the ridiculous with dexterity in equal, glorious measure. These stories ruthlessly expose our most secret desires, and allow us to snort with laughter at the grotesque world we'd live in if we all got what we wanted.

Download or read book This Is Not a Love Scene written by S. C. Megale and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This Is Not A Love Scene rings brilliantly true from the first page to the last." —David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author Funny, emotional, and refreshingly honest, S.C. Megale’s This is Not a Love Scene is for anyone who can relate to feeling different while navigating the terrifying and thrilling waters of first love. Lights, camera—all Maeve needs is action. But at eighteen, a rare form of muscular dystrophy usually stands in the way of romance. She's got her friends, her humor, and a passion for filmmaking to keep her focus off consistent rejection...and the hot older guy starring in her senior film project. Tall, bearded, and always swaying, Cole Stone is everything Maeve can't be. And she likes it. Between takes, their chemistry is shockingly electric. Suddenly, Maeve gets a taste of typical teenage dating life, but girls in wheelchairs don’t get the hot guy—right? Cole’s attention challenges everything she once believed about her self-image and hopes for love. But figuring this out, both emotionally and physically, won't be easy for either of them. Maeve must choose between what she needs and what she wants, while Cole has a tendency to avoid decisions altogether. And the future might not wait for either.

Download or read book Skirt Steak written by Charlotte Druckman and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Skirt Steak takes us deep into the world of more than 70 of the most brilliant women chefs working today"--P. [4] of cover.

Download or read book The Planet Lara Trilogy written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 1135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome aboard as we set sail for an unforgettable riches-to-sensible-shoes journey with the captivating WELCOME TO PLANET LARA trilogy ebook boxset! Join Lara J. Clarke as she navigates the twists and turns of her late grandfather’s eco-utopian legacy on the gorgeous Thalia Island. In Welcome to Planet Lara (Book 1), Lara must trade her lavish lifestyle for hiking boots (eww!) after her grandfather’s will stipulates that she step into the role of the island’s Project Administrator—or lose access to the family fortune. As she faces the challenges of her new reality, Lara discovers a bizarre, sinister force threatening the island’s security. With the help of charming lead engineer Finan Rowleigh, she must protect her grandfather’s precious sanctuary while unexpectedly finding love along the way. Planet Lara: Tempest (Book 2) finds Lara at the helm of her “planet,” grappling with personal loss, Finan’s sudden departure, and the reappearance of a fugitive connected to her mother’s past. As cryptic clues and menacing consequences linked to the Dea Vitae cult surface, Lara and Finan must work together to unravel the mystery before it destroys everything they hold dear. In the thrilling conclusion, Planet Lara: Sanctuary (Book 3), Lara must rely on her Thalia Island family to bring Finan home and save the island that has become home. With long-buried secrets exposed and terrifying new threats emerging, Lara faces a reckoning that will test her resilience and the strength of her relationships. This enviromance series, set against the stunning backdrop of British Columbia’s West Coast, offers a perfect blend of romance, suspense, and environmental consciousness. Don’t miss your chance to own the complete WELCOME TO PLANET LARA trilogy in one convenient boxset. Immerse yourself in Lara’s world, where love, family, and the fight for a sustainable future intertwine in an unforgettable adventure!

Download or read book Beautiful Bad written by Annie Ward and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect marriage reveals its dark secrets in this psychological thriller of a devoted wife, her veteran husband, and a shocking murder. Maddie and Ian’s love story began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in the British Army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian’s PTSD; her concerns for the safety of their young son; and the couple’s tangled and tumultuous past with Jo. From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime.

Download or read book the tiller of waters written by hoda barakat and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spellbinding novel narrates the many-layered recollections of a hallucinating man in devastated Beirut. The desolate, almost surreal, urban landscape is enriched by the unfolding of the family sagas of Niqula Mitri and his beloved Shamsa, the Kurdish maid. Mitri reminisces about his Egyptian mother and his father who came back to settle in Beirut after a long stay in Egypt. Both Mitri and his father are textile merchants and see the world through the code of cloth, from the intimacy of linen, velvet, and silk to the most impersonal of synthetics. Shamsa in turn relates her story, the myriad adventures of her parents and grandparents who moved from Iraqi Kurdistan to Beirut. Haunting scenes of pastoral Kurds are juxtaposed against the sedentary decadence of metropolitan residents. Barakat weaves into her sophisticated narrative shreds of scientific discourse about herbal plants and textile crafts, customs and manners of Arabs, Armenians, and Kurds, mythological figures from ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, and Arabia, the theosophy of the African Dogons and the medieval Byzantines, and historical accounts of the Crusades in the Holy Land and the silk route to China.

Download or read book Letters to Josep written by Levy Daniella and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of letters from a religious Jew in Israel to a Christian friend in Barcelona on life as an Orthodox Jew. Equal parts lighthearted and insightful, it's a thorough and entertaining introduction to the basic concepts of Judaism.

Download or read book Raptor Red written by Robert T. Bakker and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers. She is an intelligent killer... So begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read. The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains of prehistoric Utah, and the eyes belong to an unforgettable heroine. Her name is Raptor Red, and she is a female Raptor dinosaur. Painting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells his story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his revolutionary theories in this exciting tale. From a tragic loss to the fierce struggle for survival to a daring migration to the Pacific Ocean to escape a deadly new predator, Raptor Red combines fact an fiction to capture for the first time the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the most magnificent, enigmatic creatures ever to walk the face of the earth.

Download or read book The Party Bible written by Connor Pritchard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-07-18 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hallefrickinlujah, it’s here--your ultimate party-planning guide. Forget the stuffy dinner conversations. And the plates of cheese. And the wine (unless it’s boxed, or bottled three-buck Chuck). It’s time to tap into a powder keg of debauchery. Brought to you by Connor and Dominic, founders of The 5th Year and scholars in the art of the party, this book serves up dozens of out-of-the-box ideas, along with advice on throwing a successful shindig and plenty of suggestions on how to take the shenanigans to the next level. You’ll find ridiculously fun ways to get your drink on, like . . . Tour de Franzia: Spandex-clad partiers chant, ?Go, go, go? as their wine-mouthed friends race through boxes of the classy stuff. Brownbag Surprise: Guests have to MacGyver their own costumes out of whatever’s inside the brownbag they’re given. Fake Wake: It’s like a real Irish wake--except even the stiff’s drunk. Donkey Punch Dinner Party: Where placing your Cleveland Steamer Meatballs between a bowl of Dirty Sanchez Seven-Layer Dip and a tray of Dutch Oven Biscuits isn’t out of place. So ditch the popped-collar polos and wayfarers and move on from the played-out ’80s theme. It’s time to try something new. And as entertaining as it is instructive, this book is destined to become your gospel whenever you’re looking for a good time. The party’s on.

Download or read book Reeling written by Sarah Stonich and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RayAnne’s next adventure takes our intrepid heroine, haunted by her beloved grandmother’s death, to New Zealand to film a new season of her all-women fishing talk show What stage of grief is it when your grandmother’s ghost keeps popping up on your electronic devices? Denial? For RayAnne that seems to be the stage for launching the second season of Fishing!—in New Zealand. Ready or not, she is taking public television’s first all-women fishing talk show on the road, putting the cold Minnesota winter in the rearview mirror—which, it turns out, Gran is haunting, too. After a challenging first season, and RayAnne’s serendipitous ascension to host, there’s a lot at stake. With camera-wielding twins Rongo and Rangi along as crew and tour guides, RayAnne and her indefatigable producer Cassi set out across New Zealand in search of noteworthy women who fish: a skipjack boat captain navigating sexist harbors; a writer of historical suffragette fiction, which is, apparently, a thing; a reclusive Māori octogenarian who ties fishing flies for dignitaries. Their stories, and a good dose of the country’s history, are almost enough to take the edge off RayAnne’s homesickness and grief, to say nothing of jetlag—and it doesn’t hurt to discover a bird dog who fishes, an anti-fashionista, a pair of sisters fishing their way through recovery, and . . . a Hobbit? Meanwhile, the romantic and family entanglements she left behind at home haven’t exactly come untangled in her absence. Those who met RayAnne in Fishing!, Sarah Stonich’s first outing with the intrepid, accidental talk-show host, will encounter familiar and unexpected pleasures in her latest antics—and a story whose lighthearted surface and surprising depths will charm readers who now find her for the first time.

Download or read book Teacher s Pet written by Jordan Silver and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the forbidden can be too hard to resist. Even for someone like me...I never would've imagined that I could be that person. I've read the stories, and seen the fallout. And yet here I am, befallen by the same fate as those who tried and failed before me.But has anyone ever felt this way about the forbidden lover?Sure he was of age, but would the world even care, or will they, if found out, just see the teacher and the student....She might be the teacher in class, but there's no doubt who takes the lead in our bed.I know she's worried about us being caught, so I'll do everything in my power to protect her, to keep anyone from knowing what we've come to mean to each other. But we've come too far to turn back. No matter what, no matter the risk, I won't let her go.

Download or read book Godiva written by Darlene Mellors and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book My name is Godiva Radcliffe and my code name is Goddess. The past sixteen years, I have lived my life on the edge. Today my unit retired from the military, after serving in a top secret special forces unit of five badass bitches. With the military in our past, we have to move onto the next stage of our lives... as civilians. After all the years together, our unit has decided that we should start our new life together. Over the years, the girls and I built a bond and have become a family. We agree to relocate to a small town in Western Pennsylvania, a place one of us grew up. Each one of us has a unique skill that makes our unit strong. All of us are beautiful, but we aren’t the angels we appear to be. My entire life, all I’ve ever known is violence, pain, and disappointment from men. Until the day I walk into a brick house of muscle. From the moment I look up into his sky blue eyes, I know that resisting him will be senseless. His arrogant and dominating personality leaves me wanting to submit to him unlike my everyday life as a former squad leader. For the first time in almost twenty years, I find myself wanting to give myself to a man. After one day of earth shattering bliss, my life changes, in a heartbeat, into sheer terror. The man who violated me all those years ago finds me and kidnaps me. Justice (Ice) Stryker is a retired marine and the current President of the Devil Dawgs MC. He loves his bar and club, and is highly respected amongst his brothers. He doesn’t do relationships. Every woman he’s known has always had an agenda. They only want him for his status or his rocker. What he really wants is a woman who will challenge him. A woman that is hot as hell, strong, independent, and respects the club's code and his brothers. No woman has ever met his high standards. Until the day a short, sandy blonde haired woman taps him on the shoulder and tells him off. Something a woman has ever done. One look at her, his sister's friend, he can’t stop thinking about the curvy, green-eyed beauty with the smart ass mouth. Having her just once in his bed, he knows once will never be enough. Finding himself wanting to change his status for her. He starts to unravel when she is kidnapped. His sister informs him about her damaged trust in men. It doesn’t matter to him. He’s no saint either. He will stop at nothing to get her back. About the Author Darlene Mellors loves to hang out with her friends and play darts. She runs a small bar in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, with her husband of 30 years. When she’s not at the bar, you can find her floating down the river, traveling to play darts, or relaxing in her pool at home.

Download or read book The Mountains Wild written by Sarah Stewart Taylor and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With its evocative Dublin setting, lyrical prose, tough but sympathetic heroine, and a killer twist in the plot, Sarah Stewart Taylor's The Mountains Wild should top everyone's must-read lists this year!" — New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie In a series debut for fans of Tana French and Kate Atkinson, set in Dublin and New York, homicide detective Maggie D'arcy finally tackles the case that changed the course of her life. Twenty-three years ago, Maggie D'arcy's family received a call from the Dublin police. Her cousin Erin has been missing for several days. Maggie herself spent weeks in Ireland, trying to track Erin's movements, working beside the police. But it was to no avail: no trace of her was ever found. The experience inspired Maggie to become a cop. Now, back on Long Island, more than 20 years have passed. Maggie is a detective and a divorced mother of a teenager. When the Gardaí call to say that Erin's scarf has been found and another young woman has gone missing, Maggie returns to Ireland, awakening all the complicated feelings from the first trip. The despair and frustration of not knowing what happened to Erin. Her attraction to Erin's coworker, now a professor, who never fully explained their relationship. And her determination to solve the case, once and for all. A lyrical, deeply drawn portrait of a woman - and a country - over two decades - The Mountains Wild introduces a compelling new mystery series from a mesmerizing author.

Download or read book Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes written by Jonathan Auxier and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Gardener, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher—a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. When he tries the first pair, he is instantly transported to a hidden island where he is presented with a special quest: to travel to the dangerous Vanished Kingdom and rescue a people in need. Along with his loyal sidekick—a knight who has been turned into an unfortunate combination of horse and cat—and the magic eyes, he embarks on an unforgettable, swashbuckling adventure to discover his true destiny. Be sure to read the companion book, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard. Praise for Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes “Auxier has a juggler’s dexterity with prose that makes this fantastical tale quicken the senses.” –Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book The Latinx Guide to Graduate School written by Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Latinx Guide to Graduate School Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and Magdalena L. Barrera provide prospective and current Latinx graduate students in the humanities and social sciences fields with a roadmap for surviving and thriving in advanced-degree programs. They document the unwritten rules of graduate education that impact Latinx students, demystifying and clarifying the essential requirements for navigating graduate school that Latinx students may not know because they are often the first in their families to walk that path. Topics range from identifying the purpose of graduate research, finding the right program, and putting together a strong application to developing a graduate student identity, cultivating professional and personal relationships, and mapping out a post--graduate school career. The book also includes resources for undocumented students. Equal parts how-to guide, personal reflection, manifesto, and academic musing, this book gives a culturally resonant perspective that speaks to the unique Latinx graduate student experience.