Download or read book Crawling Across Broken Glass written by Lisa Shipley and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women still face gender discrimination. Even though the "glass ceiling" has finally been broken for many women, stories of discrimination are still plentiful. Only 6 percent of those filing employment discrimination lawsuits in federal court ever go to trial and of those that do go to trial, a mere one in three has any chance of winning. That is what makes Lisa Shipley's story amazing: Lisa took a stand, fought back-and won. Lisa Shipley was her organization's top performer, an industry star, and well respected by colleagues. She had always been treated fairly and equitably, and loved her work. All of that took a turn when her organization's new CEO proceeded to belittle Lisa in front of her peers, deliberately exclude her from meetings and events that were crucial to her job performance, and denied her compensation she had earned. Pushed to her limits, Lisa sued her employer for gender discrimination. A jury of her peers found the company and its CEO guilty on all 10 charges in the lawsuit. Lisa's story is an authentic account of what happened when David took on Goliath, complete with the unexpected twists and turns you would only expect to find in a legal thriller-except that this really happened.

Download or read book Dancing on Broken Glass written by Ka Hancock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerfully written debut novel offering an intimate look at one couple's unconventional marriage that survives against all odds. An unvarnished portrait of a marriage that is both ordinary and extraordinary, "Dancing on Broken Glass" takes readers on an unforgettable journey of the heart.

Download or read book Broken Glass Cake written by Meredith Kennedy and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctor/singer/teacher/author Meredith Kennedy chronicles her adventures on five continents, as she leads student groups through Africa and New Zealand, performs as a singer, and explores culture, environment, music, and the recipe for the elusive Broken Glass Cake. Broken Glass Cake: Adventures off the Beaten Path explores the moment and transcends the ordinary by rescuing live seafood, carrying on 3 a.m. conversations with a can of bug spray, delivering a cow by flashlight, searching for giant nocturnal crustaceans, dancing in a spirit possession ceremony, hoping for first contact with extraterrestrials, and making music videos on the island of Zanzibar. Dr. Kennedy's chronicles of life off the beaten path take her from Africa to the South Pacific, to Europe and Central America, all sprinkled with wry humor and delight in the unexpected, with the occasional foray into time warps and imaginary historical characters. Her adventures with her students as she directs college semester abroad programs in remote locations continue to reveal how life happens while you're making plans.Meredith Kennedy is a veterinarian, with a master's degree in vocal performance, and was an Academic Director for World Learning Inc. for ten years in Africa and New Zealand. She is an emergency vet by night, a singer by day and lives in Palo Alto, California, but spends much of her time traveling around the world. Now working on the sequel, Betrayed by the False Banana, Dr. Kennedy writes to avoid sleepwalking through life as a channel-surfing consumer confined by a rampant comfort zone. http: //SBPRA.com/MeredithKenned

Download or read book The Manhattanville Incident written by Jason Medina and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IS HERE! ONE STORY TOLD IN SIX GRIPPING CHRONOLOGICAL TALES THAT WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS WITH ANTICIPATION. PREPARE TO READ THE ULTIMATE SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE ZOMBIE BOOK THAT COMBINES THE SPEED OF 28 DAYS LATER WITH THE CLASSIC SLOW ZOMBIES OF NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. ITS COPS VS. ZOMBIES, AS SURVIVORS TRY DESPERATELY TO ESCAPE FROM A CITY OVERRUN BY PEOPLE INFECTED WITH A DEADLY VIRUS. DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO ESCAPE OR WILL YOU BECOME ONE OF THE UNDEAD?

Download or read book Hillbilly in the Coast Guard written by John Crowder and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Crowder was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. He graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School in 1960 and enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard for four years. He later re-enlisted for another six years. His experiences during this time helped him discover another world outside the hills of West Virginia. After one final personal tragedy in his life, he returned to his birthplace and began life anew. He is a graduate of West Virginia State University and a retired chemical plant electrician with two adult children and four grandchildren. This book was written to tell others how military life can help a young man gain the necessary self-confidence to overcome life's obstacles. The author describes many of the men he worked with on a daily basis and how humor can be found in all walks of life. The writer also gives insight into his personal life as he struggled to support his family. Today's Coast Guard is a far cry from those lean years in the 1960's. The other Guardians who read this memoir will recognize the great differences in technologies between then and now. Life was different when the author served his ten years active duty as a Coast Guardsman. Airconditioned vessels were few-and-far-between. Isolated duty tours on LORAN stations and lighthouses were common. Many of the enlisted personnel qualified for food stamps, but very few would apply.Medical care was sparse unless you were stationed near a military installation with those medical facilities or a Public Health Service Hospital.Work uniforms for enlisted up to and including E-6 were chambray shirts, bell-bottomed dungarees, and a blue ball cap or white hat. Dress uniforms were either dress blues of bell-bottomed trousers and a jumper with white piping or a white uniform of the same except no piping, and a white hat. The author describes a few situations and conditions that give a very small overview of the older Coast Guard. In 1960, the Coast Guard was under the U. S. Treasury Department. Later it was moved to the newly-formed Department of Transportation. Some called this department a wet NASA. The orange slash was added to floating units and aircraft about 1968. Now, the Guardians are under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security. But as we all know, if war is declared, the CG will go under the good ole'U. S. Navy and the Department of Defense. The author was proud to have served as a Guardian, and he is proud of you men and women who are now serving. Those he has had the pleasure of meeting and serving with in today's Coast Guard are generally more aware of the world situation and are certainly better trained than we were. Semper Paratus, always ready, is what we want to be as one of the armed forces of The United States of America. I always pray that God will bless you in your service to keep us safe and free.

Download or read book The Courtesan s Secret written by Claudia Dain and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unrequited love who is in possession of her family?s pearls leaves Lady Louisa Kirkland no choice. She must call on Lady Sophia, an ex-courtesan cleverer than all the other ton matrons combined.

Download or read book Watch Over Me written by Eileen Charbonneau and published by BWL Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first, war widow Kitty Charente thinks she’s showing one of her boss’s salesman a day out on the town. But Luke Kayenta is undercover: he’s a Navajo code talker, and Nazi Agent Helmut Adler is hunting him in 1942 New York City. Isolationists are searching for Luke too. And his superiors at the the U.S. Office of Strategic Services want to know if he’s cracked under torture in Spain.

Download or read book Amidst the Ruins A Tori Spark FBI Suspense Thriller Book Two written by Laura Rise and published by Laura Rise. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a shattered city is hit with aftershocks, FBI Agent Tori Spark must sift through the survivors to decode cryptically staged murder scenes—and decode the killer’s pattern… before he strikes again. AMIDST THE RUINS (A Tori Spark FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 2) is the second novel in a new series by mystery and suspense author Laura Rise. The series begins with AMIDST THE DARKNESS (Book 1). A captivating crime thriller that centers on a brilliant but tortured female protagonist, the Tori Spark series offers an exhilarating experience filled with unrelenting suspense, ingenious narrative turns, shocking revelations, and a fast pace that will have you eagerly turning pages deep into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Mary Burton, and Kendra Elliot are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series are also available!

Download or read book Rhythms Of A Broken Soul written by Brian Masenda and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Rhythms of A Broken Soul” is a collection of poems with a diverse range of subject matter and themes including life, love, politics and matters of faith. It reflects upon the human condition from a uniquely dark and occasionally humorous perspective. Within each of the five volumes the reader will find themes that resonate with their past or present experiences as the author graphically depicts thoughts and feelings that often remain unspoken. Each poem explores a theme in a manner that will generate varying interpretations and stimulate thought and reflection while still providing an extremely entertaining journey for the reader.

Download or read book Over There written by Robert Schoenfeld and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-12-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an unusual and fascinating journey taken by Doctor Robert Schoenfeld to obtain his medical degree in the mid and latter part of the 1950s. In pursuit of his goals, he found himself facing difficult and seemingly impossible obstacles. The story follows Bob from his last year at College, through medical school in Europe and then to his return to Switzerland as Doctor Robert Schoenfeld, decades later. It describes in detail, all the ups and downs during his almost six years as a medical student. He has included many photographs of events and places that are described in the text, which gives the reader a better understanding of his adventures, as well as the magnificent and enthralling scenery that surrounded him during his exciting years abroad. As a college student, if Bob were asked if he could go to a foreign medical school, live in a land where the languages were unfamiliar, where the medical courses were given in either French or German, (which he could neither speak nor understand) and all examinations were oral and yet graduate on time with his doctorate, he would undoubtedly say, youre crazy, it cant be done! Take the trip with Doctor Schoenfeld, and read about the problems he encountered. Enjoy the laughs, and discover the drama, romance, and also the despair, that almost drove him to leave and to what actually made him stay and finally persevere. Go, Over There, and read this very colorful and captivating true human interest story. Doctor Schoenfeld founded and ran a successful group practice on Long Island for the past forty years, and has only recently been semi-retired. He maintains a strong interest in photography and has had two successful photographic exhibits in one of New York Citys most prestigious art galleries, The National Art Club, in Gramercy Park. He married Ursula his Swiss Miss and has three children and four grandchildren, and yes, it all began with a voyage to, Over There

Download or read book Out to Win written by Nora Phoenix and published by Nora Phoenix. This book was released on 2023-01-16 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people are worth coming out for, no matter the costs… Judah has hit rock bottom. He’s broke, he’s homeless, and he’s about to outwear his welcome with his friends. Plus, he's shoved so deep into the closet he's one step away from Narnia. His last chance is entering The Right Note TV contest in the hopes of winning. What he doesn’t count on is losing…his heart. Fellow contestant Denver is sunshine personified, even if his bubbly outside hides the horror he’s survived, and he draws Judah in like a damn magnet. But Judah can’t be out, especially not on national TV. It could cost him everything. But when trouble follows Denver, Judah has to choose: Denver…or winning. Coming out…or losing the man he loves. Out to Win is a steamy stand-alone MM romance with a tough-acting virgin, a bubbly twink with a big heart, a dash of kink, some hot bodyguards in the background, and a sweet HEA. Please note trigger warnings for domestic abuse and sexual assault. This book was previously released as The Time of my Life. It has been reedited and has an extra epilogue. ---

Download or read book On Call written by Allen B. Locklier Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Im a firm believer that to write about the truth sometimes you have to write outside the box. When you follow all the rules in writing and do the same thing that everyone else does, sometimes the real truth takes a slight turn toward the not so realistic but more toward the right way to author a book. Since my book is about actual calls that I responded to as they occurred and so as to keep them as factual as possible, I do use some of the actual language, graphic and raw as it was, in trying to describe the scene as I remember. I do not wish to offend anyone but I feel that to do anything else would be an injustice to my readers. I want realism in my accounts of the calls depicted here in as a first responder. Wont you come along and see?

Download or read book Along the Tracks written by Joseph Rogers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finn Valdez had one hope in his life- to be able to live normally with his friends and family. Of course, life didn't let this happen. Upon the death of his father, he became unable to move on and, in the pursuit of what happened of him, became wrapped up in a game hosted by a mysterious figure known as The Mistress. Now, it's up to him and his friends to get out of the game alive... if 'alive' is a state they want to be in by the end of it.

Download or read book A Walk Through A Window written by kc dyer and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you had a chance to step through a window to the past, would you take it? A Walk Through a Window is the story of Darby, a young girl forced to spend the summer with grandparents she doesn’t know in a place she feels she can never belong. But when a boy down the street extends a hand, it is more than friendship he offers. Together they discover a magical stone window frame that transports them to the very centre of the dramas of our past: the Underground Railroad; the coffin ships of the Irish Potato Famine; and even the Inuit as they crossed the Bering Land Bridge into North America. Over the course of the long, very strange summer, Darby is forced to question part of own her life. And as tragedy threatens her family, that magical walk through a window offers Darby new insight into the people she has always taken for granted – and changes forever her perception of Canada.

Download or read book More Hell on Wheels written by Jean Starnes and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-04-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The stories in this book mirror the image of the author. Jean Starnes is a strong and gutsy lady whose high courage and quirky sense of humor show up in every line she writes. Good reading for all comers.” —Wayne Burton, Author of Manhunt, Fairchild’s Passage and Lockhart’s Nightmare

Download or read book It Will Only Hurt for a Moment written by Delilah S. Dawson and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this highly atmospheric thriller from the Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of The Violence, a young woman hopes to reinvent herself at an isolated artists’ colony . . . only to be drawn into its dark, twisted past. Sarah Carpenter is starting over. She’s on the run—leaving behind her unsupportive, narcissistic ex-boyfriend and alcoholic, abusive mother—and headed for a new beginning at Tranquil Falls, a secluded artists’ colony on the grounds of a closed hotel. There, with no cell signal or internet to distract her, she hopes to rediscover her love for pottery and put the broken pieces of her life back together. But when Sarah uncovers the body of a young woman while digging a hole for a pit kiln, things start to fall apart. Her fellow artists begin to act in troubling ways. The eccentric fiber artist knits an endless scarf. The musician plays the same carousel song over and over until his fingers bleed. The calligrapher grins with ink-stained teeth. Not to mention the haunting dreams Sarah has night after night. When she discovers glass shards in her clay, Sarah wonders if someone is out to get her—or if she’s losing her grip on reality out here in the wilds, where the pounding of the waterfall never, ever fades. As she investigates the beautiful valley and the crumbling resort looming over them all, she unearths a chilling past that refuses to remain buried . . .

Download or read book Time Like Broken Glass written by Jack Mackenzie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of magic one city is the focal point for a desperate struggle that is fought through all of time. Mages harness the powers of different elements - air, fire, ice, metal, even death - and wield that power in their struggle to survive. But one powerful mage can control time itself. Now mages and mortals alike find themselves allied against that power and three heroes, separated by vast gulfs of time, must find a way to save the magic, the great city and existence itself