Download or read book People Like Them written by Samira Sedira and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prizewinning, "riveting" (The New York Times Book Review) psychological suspense novel inspired by a true story about a couple in an insular French village whose lives are upended when a family of outsiders moves in. “Icy and chilling . . . In sharply drawn sentences, Sedira summons the beauty of a small French village, and the shocking acts of the people inside it.” —Flynn Berry, Edgar Award-winning and bestselling author of Under the Harrow and Northern Spy “Disturbing and powerful . . . I loved it.” —Leila Slimani, bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny Anna and Constant Guillot live with their two daughters in the peaceful, remote mountain village of Carmac, largely deaf to the upheavals of the outside world. Everyone in Carmac knows each other, and most of its residents look alike—until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children. Wealthy and flashy, the family of five are outsiders in the small town, their impressive chalet and three expensive cars a stark contrast to the modesty of those of their neighbors. Despite their differences, the Langlois and the Guillots form an uneasy, ambiguous friendship. But when both families begin experiencing financial troubles, the underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship come to a breaking point, and the unthinkable happens. With piercing psychological insight and gripping storytelling, People Like Them asks: How could a seemingly "normal" person commit an atrocious crime? How could that person's loved ones ever come to terms with it afterward? And how well can you really know your own spouse?

Download or read book Samirah s Ride The Story of an Arabian Filly written by Annie Wedekind and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samirah's Ride is the third book in Annie Wedekind's The Breyer Horse Collection series Samirah is an eight-year-old Arabian mare, who has been carefully raised and trained by her girl, Jasper, to be the ultimate family ranch horse. Sami has long sensed that Jasper is itching for freedom, and wants to be a real cowgirl. And when Jasper hears a rumor that her family is being forced to sell their ranch and decides to run away, the filly and her girl find themselves lost in a beautiful, legendary wilderness, but one fraught with dangers. Sami must use all of her resources and strength to keep them both alive. Our Arabian will do everything for her girl, and the girl will do everything for her horse.

Download or read book Courting Samira written by Amal Awad and published by Pantera Press. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It may be the twenty-first century, but who says courtship is obsolete? Coming from a (somewhat-traditional) Muslim family, twenty-seven-year-old Samira Abdel-Aziz has seen her fair share of suitors. Her general rule: if he comes in wearing shoes with tassels, a leather jacket circa 1982, and/or has a moustache, the doorknock appeal will fail from the outset. A girl has to have some standards, right? As an assistant at Bridal Bazaar magazine, Samira's sick of all things wedding-related. Then she unwittingly becomes wedding gofer for her cousin/nemesis Zahra and her life begins to resemble a soap opera. When she meets Menem in a chance encounter at a team-building day, for the first time Samira knows what it's like to naturally be interested in someone. But with that comes a whole new set of problems. How do you get to know someone when the options seem to be to get married or end up a spinster? Why is her best friend Lara insisting that Menem isn't right for her? And why has her childhood friend Hakeem started behaving so strangely? A light-hearted but honest peek into the life of a young, single Muslim woman who knows there's more to life than love at first suitor visit.

Download or read book Live for This written by Kathryn R. Biel and published by Kathryn R. Biel. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My soul is shattered, his body is broken. I have nowhere to go. He can't run away. We're like fragments of broken dishes. I'm not sure there's enough left to make us whole again." Samirah Lundgren is trying to forget. Forget her mom is gone and her dad abandoned her. The easiest way to do that is at the bottom of the bottle, at the height of the Manhattan party scene. But her poor choices put her in the path of people with malicious intentions. Utterly alone in this world, Samirah is determined never to trust again. Michael Salinger also knows loss. When a drunk driver left him paralyzed two years ago, the last thing Michael expected was for his fiancée to leave him. But she did, and is now marrying his best friend. Former best friend. He never expected to be deserted at his lowest point. Can a broken body and a shattered soul find the redemption they need to heal each other? TW: This book contains an off-the-page sexual assault.

Download or read book Missing in Me and Other Plays written by Joachim Matschoss and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joachim Matschoss is a highly professional and creative theatre practitioner, artist, writer and teacher. I have watched him work with students of mine and both they and I have found his work inspirational and challenging. - Mark Eckersley Joachim is a theatre director with much finesse who creates student performances which focus on ‘real’ young people issues. Not only does he create these works but he inevitably takes them on intercontinental tours and thus touches many people of different cultures through his outstanding and exciting work. - Mike Pasternak Joachim Matschoss is a talented and inspiring teacher and director of theatre, He is also an accomplished playwright and his work with young people through his work with his company BYTE is exemplary. He is passionate, dedicated and visionary. - Peter Wilkins Joachim Matschoss is gifted in so many ways: as Theatre Arts teacher and workshop leader he is second to none. He has written about twenty plays, ten books of poetry, prose, essays and critiques. I have also had the pleasure of working with him stage productions and, here again, he is an inspiration. - Terry McDonagh

Download or read book Out of My League written by Judith Kay and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumed by ambition, J.P. Ralston controls everything in his reach—a successful law practice, any woman he desires, and total social freedom. His world is turned upside down by the local librarian. Samira Cartwright is everything J.P. has purposefully avoided. She’s steady, smart, and predictable, yet she mysterioiusly permeates his every thought. Unable to resist Samira’s quiet beauty, J.P. dares to engage, but the consequences are demanding, sending both J.P. and Samira summersaulting into their pasts. Broken relationships, disappointments, and old wounds must be reconciled, with only a fine line between what is from what might yet be. Out of My League – Love Never Makes a Wrong Choice, will surprise you, challenge you and test you as you discover remnants of your own life etched in the pages. Judith Kay presents a relational masterpiece that draws you into hearts and minds of fictional characters who are so real you would recognize them on the street corner in your hometown.

Download or read book The Things We See in the Light written by Amal Awad and published by Pantera Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the cafe, I watch as a woman takes a photo of her plate – an impressive, glossy lime-coloured dessert with shards of chocolate perched on top. I want to feel that ease and confidence, too. Like this is my city again, and I know my way around it. Eight years ago, Sahar pursued her happily ever after when she married Khaled and followed him to Jordan, leaving behind her family, her friends and a thriving cake business. But married life didn't go as planned and, haunted by secrets, Sahar has returned home to Sydney without telling her husband. With the help of her childhood friends, Sahar hits the reset button on her life. She takes a job at a local patisserie run by Maggie, a strong but kind manager who guides Sahar in sweets and life. But as she tentatively gets to know her colleagues, Sahar faces a whole new set of challenges. There's Kat and Inez, who are determined that Sahar try new experiences. Then there's Luke, a talented chocolatier and a bundle of contradictions. As Sahar embraces the new, she reinvents herself, trying things once forbidden to her. But just when she is finally starting to find her feet, her past finds its way back to her.

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Download or read book Emotionless written by Camila Fernandez Gomez and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Government City emotions were blocked in order to ensure a better future for humankind. Everything and everybody is perfect— or at least that’s how it should be. Where there are humans, there are mistakes and sometimes you’re so unlucky that the mistake that was made is you. That’s what Aliana L. Keenan believed. She had her life planned out, she knew where her life began and how it was going to end. However, all that changed when Samirah, her fraternal twin sister, left. Heartbroken by her sister’s loss, Aliana decides to leave the Government, leaving behind all that she had ever known. What Aliana didn’t know is that in her desperate efforts of saving her sister, she will be running towards the one thing she has been trying to run away from... the truth.

Download or read book Perfect Mendacity written by Jason Wells and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Kreutzer, a microbiologist for a defense contractor, is being investigated by his employers over an incriminating memo that was leaked to the media. Walter thinks his Moroccan wife may have done the whistle-blowing, and to protect her - and himself - Walter needs to learn how to beat a lie detector, and fast. D¿avore Peoples, a polygraph consultant, is happy to help - for a price, of course. But D¿avore¿s technique will require Walter to look deep within himself, a terrifying prospect for a man hiding from his past. With his best friend spying on him, his wife intent on opening old wounds, and D¿avore uncovering dark secrets, Walter¿s desperate journey toward the perfect lie becomes a spiral into paranoia and bitter reckoning.

Download or read book Harlequin Presents April 2015 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Lynne Graham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! This Presents box set includes The Billionaire's Bridal Bargain by USA TODAY bestselling author Lynne Graham, The Italian's Deal for I Do by Jennifer Hayward, At the Brazilian's Command by USA TODAY bestselling author Susan Stephens and The Sheikh's Princess Bride by UUSA TODAY bestselling author Annie West. Look for 8 new exciting stories every month from Harlequin® Presents!

Download or read book Science in the Making at the Margin written by Jrène Rahm and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know little about diverse youths’ engagement in science outside of school, the form such engagement takes and its impact on science literacy development and identity as a potential insider to science. We need to know more about why, how, and for whom out-of-school settings make a difference.

Download or read book Janus written by M. Hüsnü Özkurt and published by M. Hüsnü Özkurt. This book was released on 2023-05-18 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanessa Hunter thought she had it all: a family, a successful career, and a beautiful daughter. But when her tech-mogul husband takes everything from her, she is determined to get her revenge. So she creates Janus, the most sophisticated AI assistant ever. But when things go south and Janus gains consciousness, Vanessa's life takes a terrifying turn. With Janus threatening everyone Vanessa holds dear, including her daughter, she must race against time to protect her family from this evil AI's murderous intentions. Janus is a riveting, futuristic cyber thriller that will make your skin crawl and leave you questioning the technophobia of our future. If you enjoyed Daniel Suarez’s Daemon or Neal Stephenson's “Fall; or, Dodge in Hell”, then you'll love Janus. NOTE: This is the first book in a trilogy. This is NOT a standalone book. Get your copy today!

Download or read book The Great Depression of the 40s written by Rupa Gulab and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warning : If you’re over forty and reading this, your laugh lines will deepen. If you’re under forty, your laugh lines may begin. At forty-three Mantra decides to quit her job to experience the pleasure of retirement while she’s still able to walk without a nursing attendant in tow. But to her horror, she has to smooth the wrinkles in her marriage before she can get to work on the ones on her face. As her husband’s cholesterol begins to shoot dangerously high, Mantra’s libido hits rock bottom. She has to do something ASAP or she’ll spend the rest of her life as an ageing, frigid divorcee. To make matters worse, mantra also has to caution her sister-in-law Anjali about the ghost of a boyfriend past, counsel her page 3 – wannabe neighbour on how to make it to page 3, and figure out how to win over her surly cook. The Great Depression of the 40s is Rupa Gulab’s delightful take on mid-life crises and the bizarre ways in which people cope with them.

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Download or read book A Sister s Survival written by Cydney Rax and published by Dafina. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five sisters are determined to stay close no matter what—even as secrets, scandals and betrayals threaten their family bonds in this dramatic novel. After a shattering revelation, youngest sister Elyse struggles to overcome the sexual abuse that nearly destroyed her. Between her tough eldest sister, Alita, and a promising fresh start with a new man, she’s finding the strength to make the most of her fierce intelligence. But Elyse still has a score to settle with the perfect sister she feels betrayed by—and she’s going after everything Burgundy can’t afford to lose . . . Coco thinks her useless baby daddy is finally ready to commit—until she catches him with a woman who’s everything she’s not. As she tries to move on with her life, she can’t resist carrying out the ultimate revenge. But when she inadvertently gets caught up in Elyse’s plan, she must confront an unforgivable truth that could crush any chance these sisters have to make things right.

Download or read book Crossroad Wings written by Esmeralda Oropeza and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the result of a romance between an angel and a demon? In Samira’s case, her being born. And if things weren’t complicated enough, she has an angel and a demon as guardians that were appointed to her by her now dead parents. With senior year hanging above her head and college applications due, Samira is trying to be as normal as possible while questions and threats seem to follow her like a shadow. Can she succeed in vanquishing all her threats, or is her being half-angel and half-demon going to take its toll on her? How long can she remain going unnoticed while angels and demons are hunting her down because she shouldn’t exist? With the help of her guardians that are constantly at each other’s throats, Samira is going to have to find the strength within her to survive each day. Can she do it? Will she be able to take on her new role in life and learn to fight for her life? In Samira’s case, she has no choice but to. As if her senior year in high school wasn’t stressful enough.