Download or read book written by Ellen Mckinney and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liliana Jacobs the city's Assistant District Attorney walked out of the courtroom with confidence gaining reputation of wins more than losses. But confidence on a personal level proving a challenge all the men in her life seem to have something to prove. When paired with a newly made detective Aubrey Marcelus, she has to keep a civil tongue as they try and solve a murder with very few clues, the evidence nil as who committed such a heinous crime. Will time run out and a murder be unsolved? Watch as clues unfold and these two try and catch the murderer. When Liliana meets this obsequious detective sparks fly. Love slowly developing until she's matched wits with a fast talking, shrewd attorney, Marshall Agee. Who wants more from Liliana, than she is willing to give his persistence pays off when Liliana falls head over heals for him. But even his persuasive charm can't keep her in a commitment. Meanwhile Aubrey falls ill with appendicitis Maureen Bennett a Scottish nurse with a talented bedside manner tends to more than just his needs. Does his true love lie in this beautiful young nurse or will Liliana be his thorn.

Download or read book Know Your Price written by Andre M. Perry and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deliberate devaluation of Blacks and their communities has had very real, far-reaching, and negative economic and social effects. An enduring white supremacist myth claims brutal conditions in Black communities are mainly the result of Black people's collective choices and moral failings. “That's just how they are” or “there's really no excuse”: we've all heard those not so subtle digs. But there is nothing wrong with Black people that ending racism can't solve. We haven't known how much the country will gain by properly valuing homes and businesses, family structures, voters, and school districts in Black neighborhoods. And we need to know. Noted educator, journalist, and scholar Andre Perry takes readers on a tour of six Black-majority cities whose assets and strengths are undervalued. Perry begins in his hometown of Wilkinsburg, a small city east of Pittsburgh that, unlike its much larger neighbor, is struggling and failing to attract new jobs and industry. Bringing his own personal story of growing up in Black-majority Wilkinsburg, Perry also spotlights five others where he has deep connections: Detroit, Birmingham, New Orleans, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. He provides an intimate look at the assets that should be of greater value to residents—and that can be if they demand it. Perry provides a new means of determining the value of Black communities. Rejecting policies shaped by flawed perspectives of the past and present, it gives fresh insights on the historical effects of racism and provides a new value paradigm to limit them in the future. Know Your Price demonstrates the worth of Black people's intrinsic personal strengths, real property, and traditional institutions. These assets are a means of empowerment and, as Perry argues in this provocative and very personal book, are what we need to know and understand to build Black prosperity.

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Download or read book Liliana s Invincible Summer Pulitzer Prize winner written by Cristina Rivera Garza and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister’s murderer to justice years after the fact” (The Boston Globe), from “one of Mexico’s greatest living writers” (Jonathan Lethem). “Part memoir, part true-crime story, Garza’s chronicle is both personal and political.”—The Washington Post A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Washington Post, Time, Chicago Public Library, She Reads, Electric Lit October 18, 2019. Cristina Rivera Garza travels from her home in Texas to Mexico City, in search of an old, unresolved criminal file. “My name is Cristina Rivera Garza,” she writes in her request to the attorney general, “and I am writing to you as a relative of Liliana Rivera Garza, who was murdered on July 16, 1990.” It’s been twenty-nine years. Twenty-nine years, three months, and two days since Liliana was murdered by an abusive ex-boyfriend. Inspired by feminist movements across the world and enraged by the global epidemic of femicide and intimate partner violence, Cristina embarks on a path toward justice. Liliana’s Invincible Summer is the account—and the outcome—of that quest . In luminous, poetic prose, Rivera Garza tells a singular yet universally resonant story: Liliana is a spirited, wondrously hopeful young woman who tried to survive in a world of increasingly normalized gendered violence. Rivera Garza traces her sister’s history, depicting everything from Liliana’s early romance with a handsome but possessive and short-tempered man to that exhilarating final summer of 1990 when she loved, thought, and traveled more widely and freely than she ever had before. Using her skills as an acclaimed scholar, novelist, and poet, Rivera Garza collected and curated evidence—handwritten letters, police reports, school notebooks, interviews with Liliana’s loved ones—to document her sister’s life. Through this remarkable and genre-defying memoir, she confronts the trauma of losing her sister and examines how this tragedy continues to shape who she is—and what she fights for—today.

Download or read book Royal House of Shadows Part 12 of 12 written by Nalini Singh and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published as Lord of the Abyss. Part 12 of 12 in the Royal House of Shadows serialization. All 12 parts were previously published as full books:• Lord of the Vampires by Gena Showalter (Parts 1—3 of Royal House of Shadows) • Lord of Rage by Jill Monroe (Parts 4—6 of Royal House of Shadows) • Lord of the Wolfyn by Jessica Andersen (Parts 7—9 of Royal House of Shadows) • Lord of the Abyss by Nalini Singh (Parts 10—12 of Royal House of Shadows) The battle for Elden The Blood Sorcerer has unleashed his most powerful army onhis daughter and her prince, hoping to stop them before they reach Elden. But his planfails, and Micah finally recovers the memories that reveal his destiny. Even if heprevails in the ultimate battle, it will take the combined power of his brothers andsister—Nicolai, Dayn, and Breena—to save Liliana. As they battle for the kingdom stolenfrom their parents, the princes and princess of Elden fight for everyone they love. Whatdoes the future hold for them and their realm? This installment is approximately 25K words

Download or read book Harlequin Presents December 2016 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Lynne Graham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Presents brings you a collection of four new titles! This Presents box set includes: THE GREEK'S CHRISTMAS BRIDE Christmas with a Tycoon by Lynne Graham The conditions of cynical bachelor Apollo Metraxis's inheritance force him to marry! Pixie Robinson's debts leave her defenseless—but her untouched vulnerability on their wedding night strikes a chord in Apollo's cynical heart. And then he discovers that she's carrying two Metraxis heirs! MARRIED FOR THE SHEIKH'S DUTY Brides for Billionaires by Tara Pammi Sheikh Zayn Al-Ghamdi's reputation has already been damaged by scandal—so when Amalia Christensen blackmails him, he has to make her his temporary fiancée! But Amalia unleashes a hunger in Zayn that tempts him to take their relationship from business to bedroom… THE GUARDIAN'S VIRGIN WARD One Night With Consequences by Caitlin Crews Domineering Spaniard Izar Agustin couldn't have imagined that his ward, innocent Liliana Girard Brooks, would become such an alluring woman. One night of sensual abandon shows Liliana the unconscious desires of her body… But the consequences of that night bind them together…forever! SURRENDERING TO THE VENGEFUL ITALIAN Irresistible Mediterranean Tycoons by Angela Bissell Not even his foe's stunning daughter, Helena Shaw, will halt Leonardo Vincenti's vengeance. Leo knows that Helena would never willingly return to his side, so he blackmails her. But the passion that undid them before soon forces them both to the brink of surrender… Be sure to collect Harlequin® Presents' December 2016 Box set 1 of 2!

Download or read book The Guardian s Virgin Ward written by Caitlin Crews and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An orphaned heiress becomes a feisty woman her wealthy guardian can’t resist in this Christmas romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. When domineering Spaniard Izar Agustin was made guardian to innocent Liliana Girard Brooks, he couldn’t have known that the passing years would turn this young girl into an alluring woman begging to be shown the unconscious desires of her body. For as long as she can remember, Liliana’s coolly elusive keeper has haunted her fevered imagination. Hoping to sever the ties that bind them, she recklessly gives in to one night of sensual abandon, shattering her naive fantasies irrevocably. But the consequences of that night will bind them together . . . forever!

Download or read book The Best Plays of 2014 written by Lawrence Harbison and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). Comical, offbeat, poignant, and fresh, The Best Plays of 2014 presents six of the most original plays of the year in a single volume selected by renowned editor Lawrence Harbison. * The Country House , a comedy about a deeply dramatic family, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies. * Dinner with the Boys , an offbeat, dark comedy by Dan Lauria about some old-time wise guys who want to have a good Italian meal and a few laughs and tie up some loose ends before dessert. * Mala Hierba by Tanya Saracho, inspired by Latin American culture, which pits human yearnings against the power of culturally predetermined obligations. * Based on real events, Our Lady of Kibeho by Katori Hall was hailed as the "most important new play of the year!" by Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal . * When January Feels Like Summer by Cori Thomas presents five lives colliding as a feeling of change hums in the air during one strangely warm winter in Central Harlem. * Year of the Rooster ( New York Times Critics' Pick) by Eric Dufault a fiercely comic play about cockfighting, connections, and clawing your way to the top.

Download or read book Valentin s Diary written by Valentin Diaz and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you recover from a devastating heartbreak, otherwise known as broken heart syndrome? The sufferer experiences heart pain, shortness of breath and even thinks he may be dying. Do you give in to overwhelming grief? Or do you, like the author, have personal dialogues with God searching for insight? In the beginning there is denial and bargaining: “God, here is my game plan. If it be Your will, let me have Liliana... and I will give her back to you.” Then anger and bitterness. “What’s wrong with me God? I hate this. Why can’t you just snap your fingers and make it happen? Finally, acceptance. The long six-year journey to recovery is over. The reader will not only learn about God’s plan for the author, but will learn something about God’s divine purpose in their lives as well.

Download or read book Every Thing Counts the Akashic Reader written by Jim Curtiss and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elijah Counts travels through Central Europe in search of identity, integrity and love. Finding all of these in Liliana, a Czech university student, and literally following his dreams, Elijah's path transforms him into a husband, a father, a modern-day mystic, and ultimately a reader of the fabled Akashic Records.

Download or read book My Name Is Light written by Elsa Osorio and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-08-05 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vacationing in Madrid with her husband and newborn son, Luz, a twenty-one-year-old Argentinean, secretly searches for her real father, a political activist who disappeared during the country's dictatorship in the 1970s. Original.

Download or read book Mass Culture and Italian Society from Fascism to the Cold War written by David A. Forgacs and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1930s to the 50s in Italy commercial cultural products were transformed by new reproductive technologies and ways of marketing and distribution, and the appetite for radio, films, music and magazines boomed. This book uses new evidence to explore possible continuities between the uses of mass culture before and after World War II.

Download or read book Contemporary Plays by Women of Color written by Roberta Uno and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 1379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the two decades since the first edition of Contemporary Plays by Women of Color was published, its significance to the theatrical landscape in the United States has grown exponentially. Work by female writers and writers of color is more widely produced, published, and studied than ever before. Drawing from an exciting range of theaters, large and small, from across the country, Roberta Uno brings together an up-to-date selection of plays from renowned and emerging playwrights tackling a variety of topics. From the playful to the painful, this revised and updated edition presents a rich array of voices, aesthetics, and stories for a transforming America.

Download or read book Cunning as a Trickster written by Kendra Moreno and published by Kendra Moreno. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is a weapon. . . Evangeline is used to being sought after. As a star, her power is a deeply coveted prize, but when she finds herself in yet another dungeon, she’s starting to wonder if she’s destined to a life of imprisonment. She only wants to be free, but the worlds are desperate to keep her from living a life unburdened. The Grimm Forest is an entirely new beast for Eva, but none of that compares to the glorious trickster dropped in the cell beside hers. Rumpelstiltskin is a selfish monster, but beneath his illusions and deals, Eva sees a creature worthy of love. Still, there are at least a hundred reasons to ignore the feelings. Things are turning upside down in Grimm and Eva isn’t sure what she can do to help. Locked away in the dungeons, she should be worried about fighting for her own freedom, not about how her heart aches when Rumple looks at her. The worlds are unstable. The darkness is rising. Will Evangaline’s glow be enough to keep her in the light? Or will she lose the very core of who she is to the trickster who dares to call her by name? The darkness is coming to Grimm. . . If you like Sarah J Maas, Gena Showalter, J.R. Ward, Laura Thalassa, or Jennifer L. Armentrout, you won’t be able to put down this highly addictive twisted fairy tale. Reading Order: The Sons of Wonderland Mad as a Hatter Late as a Rabbit Feral as a Cat Cruel as a Queen The Daughters of Neverland Vicious as a Darling Fierce as a Tiger Lily Wicked as a Pixie Monstrous as a Croc The Heirs of Oz Heartless as a Tin Man Empty as a Scarecrow Cowardly as a Lion Vengeful as a Beauty The Lords of Grimm Cunning as a Trickster Bitter as a Captain What reviewers are saying about Kendra’s other books: ★★★★★ ’I don't even know where to start because I am missing words to describe how much I loved this book. I've read a lot of gripping books, but this was by far one of the most addictive! For several hours, I could not focus on anything, the world disappeared and I was in Wonderland.’ ★★★★★ ‘Unlike anything you've ever read’ ★★★★★ ‘The story kept me hooked and I couldn't stop reading.’ ★★★★★ ‘ This is one of the best series I have ever read and I hope for more. The author's imagination and talent are a thing of beauty. . .’ ★★★★★ ‘Brilliant. Captivating. Absolutely addicting!’ ★★★★★ ‘The plot is gripping, the world is beautifully constructed, the descriptions are vivid, and the characters wonderfully well developed.’ ★★★★★ ‘Every book she writes is magic!!’ ★★★★★ ‘I love everything about this story and I love this author so much. I know when I get her book that it’s going to be a fantastic read and she never disappoints. . .’ ★★★★★ ‘Kendra has the power to make you love books you don't normally read or look twice at.’ ★★★★★ ‘If you like strong, quick witted, heroic women & sweet, sexy & dangerous Norse gods this book is for you!’

Download or read book When a Flower Is Reborn written by Rosa Isolde Reuque Paillalef and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-06 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVTestimonial text by a Mapuche woman, with commentary and other ethnographic interventions by a U.S. historian./div

Download or read book An Immigrant written by Roxana Nastase and published by Scarlet Leaf. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stand-alone crime novel, Victor is on the trail of soulless killers and ends up at the tip of a blade. Will he survive with his hide in one piece? ‘An Immigrant’ is a crime novel weaved with suspense, twists and turns, romance and dry humor now and then. It will intrigue and hook you. A touch of paranormal will sprinkle the story and raise the interest a notch. Don’t miss your chance to delve into a convoluted intrigue and meet unique characters. Oh, and don’t forget – you will get a bonus at the end of the novel – the recipe for one of the most delicious Romanian cakes. It melts in your mouth, with an explosion of flavors. Disclaimer: the taste matches the calories and it is addictive.

Download or read book On the Border of Opportunity written by Marleen C. Pugach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-07-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993, the author set out to try and gain some understanding about school and community in Havens, New Mexico--a place where she had the opportunity to be immersed in border culture, where she could learn how the border figured into everyday life, and where she could pay uninterrupted attention to the issues as they occurred in the personal and professional lives of those who taught in and administered the schools--and in the lives of the students who studied there. This book offers an interpretation that is disciplined by the long hours, days, and months spent in Havens, and by the personal stance the author brings to the study of a place and its people. This book tells the story of Havens from the perspective of what it is, of the present in all of its complexity, and as a window on what might exist in the future in this border community. It begins with a description of Havens and its inevitable interdependence with its Mexican neighbors, followed by an introduction of three "cultural mediators"--two students and one teacher from Havens High School. Focusing on the relationship between the use of Spanish and English, the language landscape in the community and in the schools is laid out. This is followed by a specific description of the development of bilingual education programs in the district, and an introduction of the social structure of the high school, describing the students' interactions across cultural lines. The final chapter presents an alternative metaphor for thinking about the border and identifies markers of opportunity that already exist in Havens as it works toward defining what it means to be a bicultural and binational community.