Download or read book My Heart Is a Chainsaw written by Stephen Graham Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest chilling novel that “will give you nightmares. The good kind, of course” (BuzzFeed) from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. “Some girls just don’t know how to die…” Shirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in My Heart Is a Chainsaw, written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones, called “a literary master” by National Book Award winner Tananarive Due and “one of our most talented living writers” by Tommy Orange. Alma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and gentrification, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life. Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own world, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source: horror movies…especially the ones where a masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky history of Proofrock as if it is one of those movies. But when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian Lake, she pulls us into her dizzying, encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers, and predicts exactly how the plot will unfold. Yet, even as Jade drags us into her dark fever dream, a surprising and intimate portrait emerges…a portrait of the scared and traumatized little girl beneath the Jason Voorhees mask: angry, yes, but also a girl who easily cries, fiercely loves, and desperately wants a home. A girl whose feelings are too big for her body. My Heart Is a Chainsaw is her story, her homage to horror and revenge and triumph.

Download or read book The Only Study Guide You ll Ever Need written by Jade Bowler and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've all been there: a new school year starts and there's 8 months till your exams - that's plenty of time, right? Then there's 6 months, 3 months, 1 month and oh, now there's 2 weeks left and you haven't started studying... What happens next is a panic-induced mayhem of highlighting everything in the textbook (without even questioning if it's actually helpful). But I'm here to help you change this! In The Only Study Guide You'll Ever Need, I'll cover a range of different topics including: · How to get started and pick up that pen · Learning techniques that actually work (hello, science of memory!) · The dos and don'ts of timetabling · And combatting fear of failure, perfectionism, exam stress and so much more! As a fellow student now at university, I definitely don't have a PhD in Exam Etiquette but this is the book younger me needed. All I wanted was one place that had a variety of tried-and-tested methods with reassurance from someone who had recently been through the education system. The Only Study Guide You'll Ever Need is just that, and I have collected the best techniques and tools I wish I'd known earlier to help you get through your studies and smash your exams! Jade x

Download or read book Jade City written by Fonda Lee and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this World Fantasy Award-winning novel of magic and kungfu, four siblings battle rival clans for honor and power in an Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis. *Named one of TIME's Top 100 Fantasy Books Of All Time ​* World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, winner Jade is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. It has been mined, traded, stolen, and killed for -- and for centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their magical abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion. Now, the war is over and a new generation of Kauls vies for control of Kekon's bustling capital city. They care about nothing but protecting their own, cornering the jade market, and defending the districts under their protection. Ancient tradition has little place in this rapidly changing nation. When a powerful new drug emerges that lets anyone -- even foreigners -- wield jade, the simmering tension between the Kauls and the rival Ayt family erupts into open violence. The outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones -- and of Kekon itself. Praise for Jade City: "An epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong gangster films but set in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well-imagined that you'll forget you're reading a book." --Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author "A beautifully realized setting, a great cast of characters, and dramatic action scenes. What a fun, gripping read!" --Ann Leckie, Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author "An instantly absorbing tale of blood, honor, family and magic, spiced with unexpectedly tender character beats." --NPR The Green Bone Saga Jade City Jade War Jade Legacy

Download or read book Call Me Iliad written by Hector M. Santos Velez and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iliad, my main character who suffers from amnesia after being shot by a pervert, is now pursued by another. Toerch is his name a man who will go to any extreme to get his way and his sights are on Iliad. So far she' managed to best him at every encounter they've had. But with every set-back, he's found new ways of retaliating. The last incident was especially hurtful for Iliad because the man shot two of her friends. One of them was Diana's brother, a policeman from California visiting her. The other was Trixie, a friend, who in the ensuing death struggle managed to put them both in the river. The raging waters separate the struggling duo and Toerch is picked up by Mahogany, an acquaintance of his. She takes him to the nearest hospital, but when he realizes she's done, getting out of there becomes a priority. He devices a clever plan and with her help, he's gone long before the law discover his whereabouts. Every officer in Athens wants to get their hands on Toerch, as does Iliad.

Download or read book The New Crescent Collection Box Set 70 written by Mary Lou George and published by Siren-BookStrand. This book was released on with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Trouble, Gillian Watson wakes from a coma with a hazy memory but a powerful gift. In order to recover, she moves to the little town of New Crescent where she is welcomed by everyone...except much admired sheriff Travis Sinclair. Travis knows that Gillian is trouble, he feels it in his gut, yet he can't stay away. But when a serial rapist begins to terrorize the town, Gillian uses her uncanny ability to help Travis, intimately involving herself in the investigation and with the sheriff. Will Gillian's mysterious power make her the rapist's next target? In Spirit, Reggie Stanton has always felt connected to the old Bennett House, and it feels like a dream come true when she's asked to restore it. Unfortunately, Chase McCann has also been hired to do the landscaping, which wouldn't be a problem...if Reggie hadn't secretly been in love with him for years. Meanwhile, strange and dangerous things begin to happen around the house. Reggie enlists the help of the meddlesome, matchmaking ghost haunting the garden to help her unravel the mystery of the soul-sucking evil lurking in the library, and she's willing to do whatever it takes. In Prey, Jade Adams is finally free to return home to New Crescent after her abusive father dies. She even lands a plum job working with her childhood crush, Sam Daniels. Sam is still as devastating as ever, but does he still think of her as the tubby kid who'd thrown herself at him years ago, or does he see the vibrant woman she's become? With Christmas approaching and Sam taking an unexpected interest in Jade's sex life, things are looking up. At least until several people are found brutally eviscerated. Is the killer human or animal? Even Sam's skills as a vet and Jade's ability to communicate with animals fail to uncover the truth. But after a few close calls, Jade begins to suspect she is next. A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

Download or read book The Treasure Book 2 The Guardians Trilogy written by C L Moore and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-21 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard, Templar Priest and Knight of St Andrew, has a mission to fulfil. He is the last of his kind, entrusted by King Baldwin and his family, the MacPherson Clan, to protect humanity, and Heaven. He saves Ethan Henry, son of Jacob, in his time - 1179, he was in the right place at the right time, but he isn't the only Being that has been looking for Ethan. Ethan isn't sure of his destiny. When he meets the Templar Knight he can feel things changing. In his family you only fight, but maybe Heaven has something else in mind for him. Serendriel is a misfit Angel, finding Ethan and getting him to safety is his last chance. Serendriel isn't like other Angels. Antares, The Watcher, is grateful that he has been chosen to protect Ethan Henry. With the Henry's, Serendriel and Antares find the one thing they have been missing, family. Ethan Henry and Richard have to retrieve the Templar Treasure from Jerusalem; one cannot do it without the other. They must succeed, Heaven and all of humanity depends on it

Download or read book The Other Side of Divine written by Vanessa Davis Griggs and published by Dafina Books. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of crazy church politics and a huge cast, Griggs keeps this on-going story alive by addressing the challenges of living by Biblical rules with homespun humor. --Publishers Weekly Paris Simmons-Holyfield is finally pregnant with the baby she's dreamed of for so long. There's just one complication: she's not sure who the father is. Apparently, after a night of drinking with her ex-coworker and ally Darius Connors, it could be him. Considering her husband's track record, chances are it is. Still, Paris prays it's not Darius, and decides to keep quiet about her worries. Especially because Darius isn't ready to give up on his crumbling marriage. . . Meanwhile, after a battle to keep her adopted daughter and an ugly confrontation with Paris's family, Gabrielle Mercedes has finally found love and happiness. But when her father shows up, paroled from prison, she fears she's in for another round of trouble. As all three navigate the path from sin to redemption, can they forgive their way to the other side? "I absolutely love Vanessa's unique writing style." --Mary Monroe, New York Times bestselling author

Download or read book Dwarfism Spatiality and Disabling Experiences written by Erin Pritchard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth analysis of the social and spatial experiences of people with dwarfism, an impairment that results in a person being no taller than 4' 10". This book engages with the concept that dwarfism’s most prominent feature – body size and shape – can form the basis of social discrimination and disadvantages within society. By ignoring body size as a disability, it is hard to see the resulting disabling consequences of the built environment. Using a mixed-methods approach and drawing on the work undertaken by human geographers and disability studies academics, this book analyses how the relationship between harmful cultural stereotypes and space shapes everyday experiences of people with dwarfism and works to socially exclude them in diverse ways. Showing how spatial and social barriers are not mutually exclusive but can influence one another, this book responds to the limited academic work on the subject of dwarfism, whilst also contributing to the study of geographies of body size. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, human geography, the built environment, sociology and medical humanities.

Download or read book Loveless Marriage My Dear Ex Please Conduct Yourself with Dignity written by Tea Splasher and published by Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jade Redfern never did manage to make Zephaniah Owens warm up to her even after three years. Once she saw through the truth of all the unendurable shame she experienced, she decided to give up and handed over the divorce papers. “Since you don’t love me, file for a divorce.”She did not expect that she would have another life growing in her after the divorce. When her ex-husband saw her emptying her stomach, he stormed over and trapped her in the washroom.“Whose is it?”“It’s less than a month. Don’t worry, it’s definitely not yours, Mister Owens.” Jade Redfern smiled faintly.

Download or read book Choices written by Carolyn Beaulieu Durand-Boykin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This suspense/thriller covers the whole shebang from the essence of growing up as an only child, which suddenly changes to getting the opportunity (not by choice) to grow up amongst others as this young woman struggles to try to grasp onto the genuine message that was taught to her in the beginning stages of her adolescent years, as she progresses to adulthood where she stumbles on the love of her life only to find that all the things that once gave her an edge to feel as happy and proud as a lark, were the very things that caved in on her utmost dreams. But, it's the struggles of the rise and fall only to rise again through faith that helps this young woman discover that we take daily 'Chances, ' which brings us though daily 'Changes, ' which requires us to handle daily 'Challenges, ' inevitably causing us to deal with daily 'Charges' that stem from the daily 'Choices' we make. Eventually, she understands and figures out that through faith all things are possible, and that karma has its own value of place and timing, as she quickly learns the importance of what it means to wrestle daily with the 5C's!

Download or read book Rejected My Jaded Love Book 3 written by KatVonBeck and published by Infinite Joy. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jade is a plus-sized girl who gets rejected by the Beta of her pack on her 18th birthday when she can finally shift and finds out who her mate is. She was picked on by the kids at school, and fellow pack members, including her family, in the Howling Wolf pack. After finding out a devastating secret about herself, Jade leaves her pack brokenhearted. Jade then starts improving herself so when she goes back to her old pack to accept the rejection, she wants him to know that she has moved on with her life. When her former Alpha sees her again with such a large weight loss, he decided that he wants her to be his Luna, even though they are not mates, even to the point of k********g her. Will she find her second chance mate and get another chance at love in her new pack? When an incident happens that brings Jade and her first mate back around each other, will she change her mind and accept their bond? Or will Jade be rejected by both of her Goddess-given mates?

Download or read book After November written by Leanne Stowers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pamela Howells world has been rocked. After planning a much anticipated and long awaited wedding, her fianc is a no-show. When Pam learns the shocking truth about why he didnt show, it shakes her to her core. Deciding to go on the honeymoon, Pam takes her perpetually single, best friend, Jade Saunders. During the honeymoon, Pam meets who she thinks is the man of her dreams with secrets of his own. Jade also meets someone who turns her world around. At a pivotal point in Pams life, Jade discloses why she is non-committal and refuses to be tethered to a man, revealing a dark secret from her past; known only by her dead sister. From this revelation, Pam makes a life changing decision and Jade is finally unchained from years of torment. Filled with love lost, letting-go, self-discovery and love found, After November, is a unique and moving story that follows Pam through personal trials, disappointments, struggles, and finally finding true contentment.

Download or read book God Don t Play written by Mary Monroe and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe comes the story of two lifelong friends, their secrets and lies, and the new challenge that may divide them once and for all. . . With a lovely home and family, Annette Goode finally has it all. Heaven knows she paid her dues--from an abusive childhood to a rocky start as an adult. Annette's friend Rhoda knows too, for Rhoda has been both her savior and her greatest fear. Their relationship has survived some serious shake-ups. But now that things are good, someone apparently thinks they're a little too good. . . When Annette receives an anonymous--and menacing--birthday gift, it's just the beginning of a slew of hostile letters, vicious phone calls, and vile packages from a female who is obviously disguising her voice. Comforted by Rhoda and Rhoda's teenage daughter, Jade, Annette hopes the problem will somehow disappear. But when the threats extend to her child, Annette realizes the situation is dire. For soon her tormentor reveals exactly what she wants--and how it could destroy everything Annette has built. . . Praise for Mary Monroe "Reminiscent of Zora Neale Hurston." --Publishers Weekly "Watch out Toni Morrison, there is a new sister in town." --Rapport

Download or read book Imagined Love written by Diamond Drake and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willa Caldwell jumps in and out of her volatile and sometimes violent marriage seemingly unaware of the affects her actions have on daughter Jade. Lonely and insecure, Jade often falls prey to those eager to take advantage of her desperate need for love and acceptance. And both she and Willa endure heartache at the hands of those who claim to love them most. As a young adult Jade decides to leave her hometown of Gary, IN, as well as the pain of her past to start anew in sunny California. Sadly, things dont go as hoped and shes left wondering if shell ever experience real love or if it will always be . . . Imagined Love. Diamonds debut novel will leave you thirsty for more. Wanda B. Campbell, best selling author of Illusions This book is one you will fall in love with . . . Dot Magazine I truly enjoyed reading Imagined Love! Turning Pages Book Club Five stars! OOSA Book Club

Download or read book The Rebel Guardian written by Lexi Blake and published by DLZ Entertainment LLC. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Lexi Blake comes a new novel in her Thieves world… After fighting her way across another plane of existence and facing off against ancient witches, there should be nothing more satisfying than coming home. Unfortunately, Kelsey Atwood had a different experience. The world she returned to has changed. Twelve years have passed, and they’ve been twelve hard years for the friends and family she never meant to leave behind. The little boy she adopted is now a grown man. The husbands she longed to see are scattered and on different sides of a war for control of the supernatural world. Her most trusted friend is now the leather-clad minion of the enemy, Myrddin. Dealing with the wreckage of her personal life will have to wait, though, because the only chance at a hopeful future is deciphering an obscure prophecy, and she means to solve it. This quest will take her crew to a nest of primal vampires and the fierce world known as The Under. Filled with fantastic creatures and wonders she never imagined she would see, this new discovery leads her to something she is all too familiar with—a murder to solve and a killer to catch. Trying to reconnect with her husbands and her son is already challenging enough, but as she begins piecing together the story behind the crime, it becomes clear that this mystery may tear down The Under and everyone who calls it home.

Download or read book Earthly Trinity written by Daniel Blackaby and published by Elevate Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The End Has Come. The armies of El Dorado approach like an unstoppable flood. Outnumbered twenty-five to one, Atlantis hastens to ready its feeble defenses. Meanwhile, the mysterious society known as CROSS, long hidden in the shadows, prepares to make its move, wielding an ancient power that could decide the outcome of the war. Racing against time, Cody wrestles with his responsibilities as the Book Keeper, his imminent duel against the Golden King, and worst of all, the haunting secret he has kept from Jade: the revelation that for the Prophecy to be fulfilled—she must die. As the death toll rises and betrayals come from the most unexpected places, Cody and Jade must face their greatest fears to fulfill their destiny, no matter the cost, and save Under-Earth.

Download or read book Problems written by Jade Sharma and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark, raw, and very funny, Problems introduces us to Maya, a young woman with a smart mouth, time to kill, and a heroin hobby that isn't much fun anymore. Maya's been able to get by in New York on her wits and a dead-end bookstore job for years, but when her husband leaves her and her favorite professor ends their affair, her barely-calibrated life descends into chaos, and she has to make some choices. Maya's struggle to be alone, to be a woman, and to be thoughtful and imperfect and alive in a world that doesn't really care what happens to her is rendered with dead-eyed clarity and unnerving charm. This book takes every tired trope about addiction and recovery, "likeable" characters, and redemption narratives, and blows them to pieces. Emily Books is a publishing project and ebook subscription service whose focus is on transgressive writers of the past, present and future, with an emphasis on the writing of women, trans and queer people, writing that blurs genre distinctions and is funny, challenging, and provocative. Jade Sharma is a writer living in New York. She has an MFA from the New School.