Download or read book A SECOND CHANCE written by Horatio M Bennett and published by Horatio M Bennett. This book was released on 2009 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four of them died untimely deaths - and so were rejected at either ends: Heaven did not want them. Hell could not keep them So the sent them back with an indictment of humanity... Sarah felt little Jo’s body grew tense, and she instinctively looked towards the door. It was only a faint, scatting sound, but recognizable. Footsteps were approaching. She was not expecting anyone. She had not turned a trick in weeks, not since Jerry died. She really was not interested in being with anyone for a spell, if ever again. Jerry’s death still hurts. It was not that Jerry was kind to her, or even considerate, but he was the closest thing she had as family. Of course, he wasn’t family; in fact, he was her pimp and only protector. The number of scars resulting from his years of physical abuse would have eliminated him from her will, if she had anything to will. But Jerry was Jerry, and that was all he could ever be... Sarah listened closely as the steps softly approached. Maybe someone was going to one of the other apartments on the floor. She knew it was not the wayward caretaker. No, he would walk boldly and banged on the door as if he had rights. Sarah waited curiously as the footsteps lightly padded along the bare floors. The steps were hesitant, but obviously belonging to someone with above average weight. From the way the sound followed the footsteps, Sarah was sure the walker was a man, and big one at that. Certainly, not the skinny caretaker. The floor creaked as the person moved forward. As the sound drew near her door it stopped. The air carried an atmosphere of imminent danger.

Download or read book Nobody written by Allan A. Zarbock and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-06-12 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the life of the title character as he struggles to attach some understanding to the unforgiving world that seems determined to consume him. At school, he's confronted with indifferent administrators, both over-demanding and hardhearted teachers, and a variety of bullies. At home, he's simply left alone--forgotten--to fend for himself. His father is long gone and barely a memory. His mother is more concerned with surviving her own life rather than being a mother to Nobody. Therefore, all Nobody can hope for in life is to survive, one minute at a time, which leaves little ambition for homework. Even though life seems like a sick, twisted joke with the laugh always at his expense, Nobody searches inside himself to find the strength to endure and eventually overcomes his fate. Nobody understands that it's up to himself alone to find his own path as he tries to decide whether or not to drop out of high school.

Download or read book Miss Nettie s Girls written by Constance Evelyn and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Way that I Love You written by Aikea Gordon and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way that I Love You: An Urban Tale of Love and Betrayal By: Aikea Gordon Devonte is your typical young man from the hood. Nicole would give anything necessary for him and vice versa. She's been there through all the ups and downs. She understands him...so why can't he treat her right? Life has a way of catching up to you, whether it’s good or bad. What goes around comes around. We've all been in at least one bad relationship that was toxic or taught us a life lesson. Anyone can relate to The Way that I Love You, whether you've lost someone, had a bad relationship, in the streets, been hurt or betrayed, you'll be able to find some version of yourself in at least one character. Those who share experiences with the characters will find comfort in that and feel like they aren't alone and they can change their situation.

Download or read book Have a Little Faith written by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacquelin Thomas, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, J.D. Mason, and Sandra Kitt present a heartwarming collection of four stories about faith, family and forgiveness.

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Download or read book Represent written by Chris Ceraso and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their exposé of Gen Z, The New York Times qualified its members as the “most diverse generation in American history". Recent Broadway hits have found a successful formula in productions showcasing the emotional turmoil of contemporary young people, yet the majority of these works represent predominantly white voices, both in terms of authorship and representation. Non-white characters tend to exist only in a world of colorblind casting rather than speaking to their distinct racial and cultural heritage. This anthology helps correct that balance and presents a unique offering of plays written for multicultural teenagers by diverse authors who have spent a significant part of their careers working closely with young people in urban settings. The playwrights - among them award winners such as Chisa Hutchinson and Nilaja Sun - have created texts that are dramatic and comic, satirical and earnest, touchingly real, and amusingly surreal. Varying in length and format, suitable for classrooms and youth groups of all sizes, the plays address such themes as ethnic and cultural identity; ancestry and assimilation; bullying and self-empowerment; disenfranchisement and alienation; parental pressure to over-achieve, youth activism and community-building; and the very real perils of daily school life in an era of gun proliferation.

Download or read book Under A Calico Moon written by Ellie Lynn and published by Deslisle Publications. This book was released on 2018 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovering from the death of his brother, Chet Bowman is finally finding a sense of normalcy. He's through hiding from the world on his ranch, and he's tired of being alone. He's ready to act on his long-time attraction to Lil Kersey, the sultry saloon owner who runs his favorite watering hole. While his relationship with Lil blossoms, their courtship comes under fire from the former marshal of Calico, now gone rogue. As Austen Riley ramps up his revenge on the cowboy who thwarted his plans to control Calico, Lil struggles to survive Austen's unwanted attentions. When the dust settles after one final gun fight, will Lil and Chet find their happily ever after? Or will Austen's maniacal revenge tear them apart forever?

Download or read book Argosy All story Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trail s End written by George W. Ogden and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seth Craddock and Calvin Morgan are pitted against each other in a lawless town with corrupt judge and evil outlaws. Who will ultimately win in this game of blood and revenge? Excerpt: "Bones of dead buffalo, bones of dead horses, bones of dead men. The tribute exacted by the Kansas prairie: bones. A waste of bones, a sepulcher that did not hide its bones, but spread them, exulting in its treasures, to bleach and crumble under the stern sun upon its sterile wastes. Bones of deserted houses, skeletons of men's hopes sketched in the dimming furrows which the grasses were reclaiming for their own..."

Download or read book From Another Place and Time written by R. R. Paolino and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Paolinos six short stories entitled From Another Place and Time is strongly influenced by his early years of growing up in the Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area. Those years, unfortunately, were overshadowed by the pale cloud of the Great Depression and the tragic events of the Second World War. Slowed by a learning disability, his writing interests and style didnt develop until later in life. Since then, his creative energy and imagination have continued to inspire him to test his writing skills.

Download or read book The Life of the Outlaw Boxed Set written by George W. Ogden and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 1313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously formatted collection of the greatest western novels by George W. Ogden for your reading pleasure. Contents: Trail's End The Rustler of Wind River The Flockmaster of Poison Creek The Bondboy The Duke of Chimney Butte Claim Number One

Download or read book The Third Mrs Galway written by Deirdre Sinnott and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antislavery agitation is rocking Utica in 1835 when a young bride discovers an enslaved family hiding in her shed, setting in motion the exhumation of long-buried family secrets. “In this eloquent debut, a diverse cast of characters embodies the political, class, and racial upheavals of its time and milieu, and does it all in living local color . . . [A] powerful look at the prologue to Emancipation.” —Kirkus Reviews It’s 1835 in Utica, New York, and newlywed Helen Galway discovers a secret: two people who have escaped enslavement are hiding in the shack behind her husband’s house. Suddenly, she is at the center of the era’s greatest moral dilemma: Should she be a “good wife” and report the fugitives? Or will she defy convention and come to their aid? Within her home, Helen is haunted by the previous Mrs. Galway, recently deceased but still an oppressive presence. Her husband, injured by a drunken tumble off his horse, is assisted by a doctor of questionable ambitions who keeps a close eye on Helen. In charge of all things domestic is Maggie—formerly enslaved by the Galway family and freed when emancipation came to New York eight years earlier. Abolitionists arriving in Utica to found the New York State Anti-Slavery Society are accused by the local papers of being traitors to the Constitution. Everyone faces dangerous choices as they navigate this intensely heated personal and political landscape.

Download or read book Brooklyn Suite written by Michael Angrosino and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of linked stories, Michael Angrosino imaginatively re-creates the Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York where he grew up in the 1950s. This working-class ethnic enclave was in a state of flux; seemingly timeless verities were being challenged as a younger generation prepared for the great dispersion to the middle-class suburbs. Angrosino's stories are built around vivid neighborhood characters making their way through the joys, sorrows, and confusions of everyday life in a community that was soon to vanish. Meet: Ike, the embittered candystore owner who comes to grief when he tries to arrange a marriage for a long-lost relative; Sadie, the whimsical bag-lady who somewhat improbably pines to settle down; Pally, the tormented boxer who destroys his sister's happiness; Mattie, the optimistic good samaritan desperately trying to extricate himself from the coils of an ancient family vendetta; Sammy T., the undertaker with "connections"; Old Man Conforti, the dying pigeon racer; the Del Lagos, the world's most hopeless streetcorner doo-wop group-and many more. In good Italian fashion, these stories deal with sin and redemption, but with plentiful helpings of good music and delicious food.

Download or read book Blind Innocence written by A. Adams Jones and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tarells story is one that couldnt have stayed hidden. He was both humbled in the sight of God through his innocence and abused in the blindness of many in their own ignorance. This story will evoke emotions ranging from sadness to joy, while making you laugh in between. In a world where movies and literature reign supreme, Blind Innocence offers a unique story that has yet to be portrayed, offering a refreshingly, new journey through the life of a troubled adolescent. Tarell is mentally challenged and has been through a lot in his young life, suffering abuse from both his biological mother and his adoptive mother, women in general, and society. Just when it appears as though things are finally starting to look up for Tarell, who after meeting his biological family, all hell breaks loose. What started out as a dream quickly becomes reality, and soon, it all turns out to be a nightmare. Then he meets Debbie, a young girl who, among all the other women he came across, has a heart filled with compassion and sorrow after hearing his story. Debbie talks her mother into taking in the homeless Tarell, but more drama erupts when Debbies mother, a conniving, Christian woman, uses his mental disability against him in order to pacify her insecurities, causing him to endure even more mental and emotional damage. But as they say, What doesnt break you will only make you strong. Blind Innocence shares a poignant glimpse into one mans life as he faces seemingly insurmountable odds and slowly tries to create a meaningful life. After everything Tarell has been through, will he be broken, or arise, victorious and strong?

Download or read book Time s Fool written by Glyn Maxwell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edmund Lea perpetually rides a ghost train -- except every seven years on Christmas Eve, when he is allowed to revisit his home town. Like Wagner's Flying Dutchman, Edmund is condemned to eternity alone until he determines how to lift the curse upon him. Time passes, from 1970 to 2019, but Edmund remains seventeen, unable to age and watching the world grow older. He tries in vain to break the spell by way of true love, repentance, hedonism; he tries to change the world and he tries to die. Characters move in and out of Maxwell's story like Dante's figures in Hell, but Edmund's own Virgil is a careless and unhelpful poet, a portrait of the author as a student. The tale is told in formal terza rima, but its language and tone, its humor and sense of homesickness, are decidedly contemporary. It is a brilliant achievement.