Download or read book Behaving This Way Is All I Have Left written by Gonzalo Riedel and published by Insomniac Press. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman poisons her husband, who sputters and keels over but will not die. A man has his restaurant burned down, then retraces the steps, certain he has made a mistake. A tightrope walker slips off the cable and dangles over the crowd by her fingers. Despite their best efforts, people always screw up. Riedel writes about fools and low-lifes who cannot help but make mistakes. His stories are taut and perversely funny, often punctuated with moments of heartbreak, and his characters are classic scumbags who put their own interests before all others — to hell with everyone else.

Download or read book No Further Messages written by Brett Savory and published by ChiZine. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not, and never has been, about you. Any of you. This is not, and never has been, about good and bad. This makes no sense to you, I know. I have taken all who are worthy. There will be no further messages. Twenty-one short stories by Brett Alexander Savory, featuring three tales original to this collection. Praise for No Further Messages "Savory deserves to make a great impression on both our highly mutable genre and the reading public." —Peter Straub "A stylish and intelligent writer. File under Original and Startling." —Ramsey Campbell "If you gave me 10 words to describe Brett Savory's writing style, I'd only need 5: Like A House On Fire." —Craig Davidson

Download or read book Straight Up No Sippin written by George Stowers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-04-02 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the summer of 2000, George Stowers has worked onboard some of the largest and newest cruise ships that ply the earth's waters. His time onboard these grand, floating resorts has afforded him the opportunity to visit world renowned ports in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Western coasts of the Unites States and Mexico as well as all of the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Stowers entered the cruising industry as a sales assistant in the onboard gift shops and then moved into the position of Internet Manager. For those who have always wondered what this unique lifestyle of cruise ship employment entails, his memoirs in "Straight Up, No Sippin'" provide insightful answers through witty narratives, keen observation of "vacation" behavior, and frank, self evaluation.

Download or read book Wait What written by J-Wunder and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A must-read book. His shocking tales and genius revelations reveal the absurdity of life and love and sex.”—Elizabeth Jayne Liu, Head Homette, Flourish in Progress J-Wunder has shocked, entertained, and advised millions of visitors on his blog, Ghetto Genius, since 2010. Wait . . . What?! collects the best and the most ridiculous stories, best-of lists, and advice columns, with never-before-seen insights into the wild life of J-Wunder and his partners in crime, Anonymous and The Ringer. Highlights include: The epic saga of hooking up with Cat Woman—the craziest cat lady on Match.Com The Hate List of Facebook (parts 1, 2, and 3): Everything we hate about the largest social network The Daily Grind: advice and stories to encourage you to work hard and play even harder Straight talking relationship advice, from the only guy willing to tell it like it is Blogging taught J-Wunder not to take life too seriously, and sharing his misfortunes not only makes people laugh, but helps them with their own problems. Like a train wreck you can’t look away from, Wait . . . What?!: Life Advice From a Ghetto Genius is filled with stories that are too hilarious and horrifying to be anything but true.

Download or read book Love Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals written by Jesse Armstrong and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing."

Download or read book Humana Festival 2006 written by Adrien-Alice Lawson Hansel and published by Playscripts, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of all ten scripts from the 2006 Humana Festival of New American Plays.

Download or read book The Sister Souljah Collection 2 written by Sister Souljah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this special collection, rediscover two of the #1 New York Times bestselling author’s classic novels: A Deeper Love Inside and Life After Death. The author of The Coldest Winter Ever, the million-selling raw and powerful Brooklyn tale that shook the foundation of literature and coughed up the most loved, celebrated, and imitated character ever etched onto a page, offers readers that familiar feeling, gritty hardcore, perfectly woven storytelling in her two passionate follow-up novels, A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story and the recently released Life After Death. Real readers and true Winter fans gotta get all three reads to keep up with the first family of nonstop dope style, fashionable hustle. Unpredictable, shocking, creative, and unforgettable novels all written by Sister Souljah.

Download or read book Fistful of Benjamins written by Kiki Swinson and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kiki Swinson's 'Special Delivery', sees U.S. Postal service employee Gabriella Vasquez and her boyfriend, Eduardo, set-up the ultimate hustle - a drug distribution scheme using Gabriela's mail route. Business is booming - until the Feds bust up the operation. Will they betray each other for the ultimate pay-out? In De'nesha Diamond's 'Gun Play', Julian Smith doesn't remember anything about his past after he woke up in a hospital with a sexy nurse, Malena, by his side. Yet Julian is haunted by dreams of another woman. With someone targeting him and Malena, who can he trust?

Download or read book The Changing Boundaries and Nature of the Modern Art World written by Richard Kalina and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concentrating on the shifting boundaries and definition of art, Richard Kalina offers a panoramic view of the contemporary art scene over the last 30 years. His focus is on the ongoing development of concepts, the transformation of art worlds and the social matrices in which they are created. Discussing painting in general and abstract painting in particular, his survey takes in photorealism, sculpture and art forms found outside of the modernist tradition. Kalina's group of artists includes Mel Bochner, Joan Mitchell, Cy Twombly, Franz West, and Alma Thomas who, in their ongoing projects, explicitly or implicitly questioned the aesthetic assumptions of their times. Merging an examination of animating philosophies and context - political, social, and personal - with a sharply focused look at the works of art themselves, Kalina brings us closer to understanding the social matrices in which art is embedded and responds to bigger questions about the object nature of the work of art in today's world.

Download or read book Once a Marine written by Nick Popaditch and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silver Star–awarded marine chronicles his service in Iraq in this “transcendent memoir of military service and its personal consequences” (Ralph Peters, Lt. Col., ret., author of Looking For Trouble). In April, 2003, an AP photographer captured a striking image seen around the world of Gunny Sergeant Nick Popaditch smoking a victory cigar in his tank, the haunting statue of Saddam Hussein hovering in the background. Though immortalized in that moment as “The Cigar Marine,” Popaditch’s fighting was far from over. The following year, he fought heroically in the battle for Fallujah and suffered grievous head wounds that left him legally blind and partially deaf. But he faced the toughest fight of his life when he returned home: the battle to remain the man and Marine he was. At first, Nick fights to get back to where he was in Iraq-in the cupola of an M1A1 main battle tank, leading Marines in combat. As the seriousness and permanence of his disabilities become more evident, Nick fights to remain in the Corps in any capacity and help his brothers in arms. Then, following a medical retirement, he battles for rightful recognition and compensation for his disabilities. Throughout his harrowing ordeal, Nick fights to maintain his honor and loyalty, waging all these battles the same way—the Marine way—because anything less would be a betrayal of all he holds dear.

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Download or read book At Sea written by Lester Wertheimer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II has just ended. Europe is in ruins, and the seas are littered with mines. At this moment in history eighteen-year-old Peter Newman, rudderless and discontent, abandons his conventional, middle class family and runs away to sea. Peter is inspired by the romantic adventures of Richard Halliburton. He longs to view the Taj Mahal by moonlight, swim the Hellespont, and fall in love with a Kashmiri maiden. Instead he lands on the SS Umatilla, a rusty tanker heading for ports unknown. Truly a fish out of water, he is surrounded by a wacky crew of eccentrics, misfits, and rogues. Some shipmates become close friends, but others grow to be dangerous enemies. Peter's adventures turn out to be quite different from what he expects. In a narrative filled with humor, suspense, and adventure, our hero spends nine months at sea, loses his innocence, and discovers a new meaning of life.

Download or read book Backfired Magic written by Jade Alters and published by Untamed Love LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I think my boss and I would make a great match, if only I could get him to pay attention to me and I’m not against using magic to tip the scales in my favor. The thing is, I’m only half-witch but I guess that’ll have to do. Needless to say, my spell doesn’t quite have the intended affect. Luckily, the four wildly hot guys running Pierce’s magic shop step in to help me but I’m not sure even they can protect me from the situation I’ve gotten myself into. Backfired Magic is a steamy insta-love reverse harem paranormal romance in the Mates & Magic collection of stand-alone stories. Great for a quick and steamy escape without all the commitment. Meant for adults 18+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are a fan of Sky Winters, Terry Bolryder, Chloe Vincent, Sarah J. Stone and Candace Ayers, you're going to love this insta-love steamy romance! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keywords: paranormal romance, romantic books, romance ebooks, books to read and download, contemporary romance, paranormal romance books, ebooks romance, romance books for adults no cliffhangers, supernatural romance books, paranormal romance books full novel, steamy romance books, happily ever after, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, happy for now, HFN, reverse harem, menage, why choose, MMF, shifter books free, adventure, instalove witch, spell, magic, shifters, witchcraft, mystery, fast-paced,

Download or read book Suffering of the Condemned written by Omar Rivera Guadalupe and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-05-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of horror and the macabre have entertained and intrigued us for thousands of years. We wish we could have avoided many of these stories, because they traumatized us mentally by occupying that small part of our mind where memories dwell. They became part of our subcouncious, and they are so unforgettable that they come forth from that part of our brain when we are in places and situations that we feel are dangerous. Have you ever been in a wooded area, and you imagined a ghostly presence present just because you read or heard a story at some time? Horror stories can be compelling and unforgettable, and that is what this book aims at accomplishing. These horror stories were designed to transport you to places and introduce you to characters that you will dislike and fear, but like those stories that consumed our memories, these stories will stick with you forever. Memories of horror stories have a way of playing tricks with our minds, and the stories in this book are no different.

Download or read book On This Day in History Sh t Went Down written by James Fell and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious, irreverent guide to world history you never knew you needed, featuring 366 profanity-filled tales of triumph and terror, science and stupidity, courage and cowardice Those who cannot remember the past . . . need a history teacher who says “f*ck” a lot. Nazis are bad. The worst kind of bad. There are no very fine people among them. If you disagree, you won’t like this book. Still here? Cool. You are about to receive an education unlike any you’ve previously experienced. In this uproarious and informative tour from ancient times to the modern day and everything in between, James Fell, the self-proclaimed “sweary historian,” reveals a past replete with deeds both noble and despicable. Throughout the book, he provides insightful analysis of all the sh!t that went down. Behold! • In 1927, actress Mae West was sent to jail for “corrupting the morals of youth” with her first Broadway play, titled Sex. She served the time and followed up with a play about homosexuality. • In 1419, church reformers in Prague, vexed over their leader having been burned at the stake, defenestrated city leaders from a high window. They died, because those kinds of Czechs don’t bounce. • If you were in the province of Shaanxi in China on January 23, 1556, then it sucked to be you. It wasn’t the biggest earthquake ever, but it was the deadliest day in history. • In 362 B.C.E., a battle between Greek city states debilitated both sides, making the region ripe for conquering by Phillip of Macedon—aka Alex the Great’s dad—and spelling the end of Greek democracy. • In 1343, the husband of noblewoman Jeanne de Clisson was unjustly executed by the king of France. Furious, Jeanne became a pirate, selling all her possessions to fund a fleet and exact revenge. • During World War II, three Dutch teens used their beauty to lure Nazis into the forest with the promise of a good time, then out came the guns and BLAM! They sent them off to Nazi hell. If reading history doesn’t make you want to swear like a mom with a red-wine hangover walking barefoot through a LEGO-filled living room, then you’re not reading the right history. Across the ages, over 100 billion humans have lived and died. Some were motivated by greed, others by generosity. Many dedicated themselves to the art of killing, while others were focused on curing. There have been grave mistakes, and moments of greatness. And that is why . . . sh!t happens. Every day.

Download or read book The Vandal written by Hamish Linklater and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Night, cold, a bus stop in Kingston, New York. A woman waits. A boy comes up.

Download or read book Unalaska Alaska the Novel written by Wolf Larsen and published by Author House. This book was released on 2008-03-21 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unalaska, Alaska is closely based on Wolf Larsens experiences living and working on Americas final frontier. Unalaska, Alaska is about life on commercial fishing boats at the top of the world. The main character Jay works 115 hour weeks on the Bering Sea, which has some of the worst weather in the world. After a year and a half on the fishing boats Jay begins living and working on the island of Unalaska, Alaska which is one of the most remote corners of the North American continent. The novel Unalaska, Alaska is as wild as the island itself - an untamed frontier town where guns and groceries are sold side by side at the local supermarket.