Download or read book Jesus Never Drove a Desoto written by Denis O'Rourke and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles private investigators, Nick Gamble and his long time fiancée Vera Foxxe have retired and moved to Sun City Coyote, a Phoenix area Over-55 community that boasts America’s lowest crime rate. It’s true. Until Nick and Vera arrive, Sun City Coyote geriatrics have experienced death in only two ways, those time-tested ways of all retirement communities: natural causes, and my golf cart has the right of way, so move your F-ing Buick.

Download or read book Toxicity written by Denis O’Rourke and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toxicity In this exciting prequel to ORourkes thrilling debut novel, Proposition, Napa Valley attorney, Riley Scofield is up to her pretty neck in another toxic mess. And this time its not just environmental. Rileys trying to mend a long-standing feud between the Scofield and Royster families when shes asked to represent the sale of a clients condemned toxic property. When Riley discovers the contamination reports have been falsified, the clients property value goes upway up. The client tells everyone about their good luck, and suddenly, Riley has an office full of new clients needing help with their contamination problems. It seems like a win-win. Riley is busier than ever, but shes also in the way of someones plan for making millions turning Napa Valleys toxic properties green. They drop a hint on Rileya hint that goes boom. Rileys fighting on three toxic fronts now: an environmental conspiracy, a fifty-year blood feud, and most importantstaying alive. Includes a bonus chapter of Denis ORourkes upcoming novel, Jesus Never Drove a Desoto. www.denisorourke.com Murder Menace Merriment

Download or read book The Philistine Gamble written by Denis O'Rourke and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Philistine Gamble, ORourke adds mystery and a noir style to his mantra of Murder, Menace and Merriment. Compost happens. Discount private eye Nick Gamble says that a lot, usually when he opens the mail, but today its worse. Our flawed and philandering PI finds his friend and mentor, Bishop Francis Xavier Augustini, dead in the church office. It doesnt help when one of LAPDs not-so-finest Lieutenant Hardcastle catches Nick at the murder scene and takes him in for questioning. When Hardcastle asks for the thousandth time why Gamble killed his friend, Nick finally confesses. It was Amway. The Bishop said I had to hold meetings, invite my friends. I only wanted to sell the soap. We argued. Nick wants to know who really killed his friend, but the Russian Mafia, the Vatican Police, too many bad cops, and a three thousand-year-old, muscle-bound geezer keep getting in the way. Theyre all after the same thingan ancient manuscript worth millions. Nicks going to need a lot of help, and he gets it. Theres Leo the massive mailman, a mini fridge with a bum leg and a trick door, a secret underwear gun, and Vera Foxxe, Nicks able assistant and long-time bride to bethe sexiest woman on earth. If you dont believe it, ask the Dalai Lama. This double feature will keep you guessingand laughinguntil the last page. Twice. Sorry, youll have to bring your own popcorn. Includes a preview of Toxicity. Attorney Riley Scofield returns in Denis ORourkes exciting prequel to Proposition. Read inside: Acclaim for Denis ORourkes stories.

Download or read book Groovy Gumshoes written by Jack Bates and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sixties were a time of great cultural upheaval, when long-established social norms were challenged and everything changed: from music to fashion to social mores. And the Leave It to Beaver households in Middle America didn’t know what to make of it all. In the midst of this, private eyes tried to understand and bridge the generational divide while providing their clients with legal and extra-legal detecting services. From old-school private eyes with their flat-tops, off-the-rack suits, and well-worn brogues to the new breed of private eyes with their shoulder-length hair, bell-bottoms, and hemp sandals, the shamuses in Groovy Gumshoes take readers on a rollicking romp through the Sixties. With stories by Jack Bates, C.W. Blackwell, Michael Bracken, N.M. Cedeño, Hugh Lessig, Steve Liskow, Adam Meyer, Tom Milani, Neil S. Plakcy, Stephen D. Rogers, Mark Thielman, Grant Tracey, Mark Troy, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, and Robb White.

Download or read book Breaking Through written by Francisco Jiménez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Download or read book Ray written by Barry Hannah and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A shorthand epic of extraordinary power . . . A novel of brilliant particulars and dizzying juxtapositions” from the acclaimed southern author of Geronimo Rex (Newsweek). Nominated for the American Book Award, Ray is the bizarre, hilarious, and consistently adventurous story of a life on the edge. Dr. Ray—a womanizer, small-town drunk, vigilante, poet, adoring husband—is a man trying to make sense of life in the twentieth century. In flight from the death he dealt flying over Vietnam, Dr. Ray struggles with those bound to him by need, sickness, lunacy, by blood and by love. “This novel hangs in the memory like a fishhook. It will haunt you long after you have finally put it down. Barry Hannah is a talent to reckon with, and I can only hope that Ray finds an audience it deserves.” —Harry Crews, The Washington Post Book World

Download or read book Maddy S Place written by R L Bowden and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex & Drugs & Rock n Bowl This is serious business. Newly promoted Chief Homicide Detective Jack Diamonds first case is to solve the death of the towns most famous resident, professional bowler Biff Bower. Bowers body was found standing upright on the eve of his annual Memorial Day weekend bowling tournament. An illegal, grueling 72-hour winner-take-all marathon tournament. Detective Diamonds previous experience is of a 20-year veteran beat cop, whose duties were consisted of berating jaywalkers and checking parking meters. Promoted out of necessity and working with a skeleton crew, Diamond must do most of the legwork himself along with Lydia, Biff Bowers, mysterious, young personal biographer. Lydia was also the last known person to have seen Bower alive. Through Lydia, Diamond gets to know Maddys Place. A home for wayward girls that Bower frequented often during his turbulent youth. He gets to know the influences that he had on it, as well. Within Bower's fifty-year career and the people who shared his life may lie the clues that led to his demise.

Download or read book New Orleans Christian Advocate written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Money Bank Credit and Economic Cycles written by Jesús Huerta de Soto and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 2006 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Velva Jean Learns to Drive written by Jennifer Niven and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places—soon to be a Netflix film starring Elle Fanning—presents a coming-of-age debut about ill-fated love during the Great Depression—and what it means to be a woman with ambition. Velva Jean’s mother urged her to “live out there in the great wide world,” and growing up in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean dreams of becoming a big-time singer in Nashville. Then she falls in love with Harley Bright, a handsome juvenile delinquent turned revival preacher. As their tumultuous love story unfolds, Velva Jean must choose between keeping her hard-won home and pursuing her dream of singing in the Grand Ole Opry. Like All the Bright Places, hailed as a “charming love story about [an] unlikely and endearing pair” (New York Times Book Review), Jennifer Niven’s debut novel is a big-hearted story about the struggle to find happiness.

Download or read book Live to Fight Another Day written by Paul J. Verheyden and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul’s life-changing events: 1. Born a triplet in 1955 – 4th of 6 children in family 2. Mom died when I was 5 years old in 1961. She was 45. 3. Dad married Mother when I was 7 in 1963. 4. Acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior Lord at age 13, 1968. 5. College & single life- ages 18-26, 1974 - 1981. 6. Older sister died when I was 23 in 1978. She was 29. 7. Married at age 27 in 1982. 8. Birth of 1st daughter in 1986. 9. Birth of 1st son in 1987. 10. Delta Plane Crash when I was 33 in 1988. 11. Registered Architect, State of TX at age 34 in 1989. 12. Birth of 2nd son in 1990. 13. Car crash when I was 36 in 1991. 14. Registered Interior Designer, State of TX, age 38 in 1993. 15. Birth of 2nd daughter in 1993. 16. Mother died when I was 40 in 1995. She was 82. 17. Dad married Laverna when I was 41 in 1996. 18. Separation of both legs simultaneously at age 44 in 2000. 19. Miracle of the Crusaders Football Team at age 47 in 2003. 20. Dad died when I was 50 in 2006. He was 90. 21. Brain Surgery at age 53 in Jan. 2009. 22. 2 seizures with work and income loss at 53 in Feb. 2009. 23. Shoulder Surgery twice at 53 in Mar. 2009. Use the Bible Reading charts in the back of the book to read through the Bible in one year!

Download or read book Oregon s First White Men written by Daniel Franklin Howard and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Preacher s Commentary Complete 35 Volume Set Genesis Revelation written by Leslie C. Allen and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2010-01-31 with total page 11405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written BY Preachers and Teachers FOR Preachers and Teachers The Preacher's Commentary, Complete 35-Volume Set: Genesis–Revelation offers pastors, teachers, and Bible study leaders clear and compelling insights into the entire Bible that will equip them to understand, apply, and teach the truth in God's Word. Each volume is written by one of today's top scholars, and includes: Innovative ideas for preaching and teaching God's Word Vibrant paragraph-by-paragraph exposition Impelling real-life illustrations Insightful and relevant contemporary application An introduction, which reveals the author's approach A full outline of the biblical book being covered Scripture passages (using the New King James Version) and explanations Covering the entire Bible and combining fresh insights with readable exposition and relatable examples, The Preacher's Commentary will help you minister to others and see their lives transformed through the power of God's Word. Whether preacher, teacher, or Bible study leader--if you're a communicator, The Preacher's Commentary will help you share God's Word more effectively with others. Volumes and authors include: Genesis by D. Stuart Briscoe Exodus by Maxie D. Dunnam Leviticus by Gary W. Demarest Numbers by James Philip Deuteronomy by John C. Maxwell Joshua by John A. Huffman, Jr. Judges & Ruth by David Jackman 1 & 2 Samuel by Kenneth L. Chafin 1 & 2 Kings by Russell H. Dilday 1 & 2 Chronicles by Leslie C. Allen Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther by Mark D. Roberts Job by David L. McKenna Psalms 1-72 by Donald M. Williams Psalms 73-150 by Donald M. Williams Proverbs by David A. Hubbard Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon by David A. Hubbard Isaiah 1-39 by David L. McKenna Isaiah 40-66 by David L. McKenna Jeremiah & Lamentations by John Guest Ezekiel by Douglas Stuart Daniel by Sinclair B. Ferguson Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah by Lloyd J. Ogilvie Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. Matthew by Myron S. Augsburger Mark by David L. McKenna Luke by Bruce Larson John by Roger L. Fredrikson Acts by Lloyd J. Ogilvie Romans by D. Stuart Briscoe 1 & 2 Corinthians by Kenneth L. Chafin Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon by Maxie D. Dunnam 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus by Gary W. Demarest Hebrews by Louis H. Evans, Jr. James, 1 & 2 Peter, and Jude by Paul A. Cedar 1, 2 & 3 John, and Revelation by Earl F. Palmer

Download or read book Borrowed Hearts written by Rick DeMarinis and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Borrowed Hearts traces the development of Rick DeMarinis's incantatory voice, including newer work as well as stories selected from his three previous, highly acclaimed collections: Under Wheat (1986), the winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for short fiction; The Coming of the Free World, a New York Times Notable Book (1988); and The Voice of America (1991). The title story was included in 1991's The Best Stories of the South, and "Your Story" was played on National Public Radio's Selected Shorts.

Download or read book Long Change written by Don Gillmor and published by Random House Canada. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Gillmor's brilliant new novel, Long Change, examines the world of oil through the life and loves of one man; both stories are epic. Fleeing his violent, Pentecostal father, as well as a crime he committed in the parking lot of the first bar he ever entered, Ritt Devlin leaves Texas at fifteen, crossing the border into Alberta. Big for his age, he soon finds work on an oil rig on the outskirts of Medicine Hat. But that's not the life he wants, and he saves up to study geology. By the time he's in his early twenties he's the head of his own oil company. Spanning almost seventy years, and following the geology and politics of oil from Texas to the Canadian oil patch, to Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Azerbaijan, various political capitals, and the Arctic, Long Change is divided into three parts, each of them framed by one of Ritt's marriages. The first, to his great love, Oda, shows the beginnings of his company; that marriage is cut short when Oda dies of cancer while carrying their first child. His second wife is Deirdre, an elegant lawyer who helps Ritt expand Mackenzie Oil, but who needs more than business from her marriage. Then there is Alexa, a late middle age fling, a bad idea on both sides, in some ways as violent and delusional as the oil business. The vision that drives Ritt throughout his life is to drill in pristine Arctic waters, and he pulls it off. But then comes the inevitable disaster. Ritt, now in his eighties, is not the man he was in any sense of the word. As he staggers away from the scene of the disaster, through the Arctic night, we know the dream of oil and of his own company is also burning in the night...

Download or read book A Childlike Faith written by Tonya King Richard and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Friday night, August 7, 1987, my three youngest children-Amanda (eleven), Kevin (nine), and Craig (eight)-went with their daddy, my cousin Coby (seventeen, we had taken him in to live with us), and Amanda's friend Samantha to see the movie He-Man: Masters of the Universe. Craig, our youngest, had just celebrated his eighth birthday on Monday on the third (he was our seventh wedding anniversary gift). Our oldest daughter Michelle (fourteen years) had asked to go "eat and ride" with a friend and would be back by ten o'clock that night. I stayed home to wait for their return. My family would never return home on Aster Dr. The strangest fact about what happened that fateful night was that Amanda knew she was going to die. She did not know when or how. She never seemed to be afraid, but in Amanda's last eight months on this earth, she began to ask me and other family members, "Am I going to die?" She would also ask this strange question about her younger brothers whenever they fell ill or if they were injured while playing. This is not a happily-ever-after type fairy tale. No one except for God and the hosts of heaven can rejoice the death of a child. This is a true, gut-wrenching story about love, gratitude, relationships, mistakes, forgiveness through repentance, and, most of all, faith. I know with every fiber of my being my three children are with God in heaven. You see, they believed in Jesus more than they believed in anyone! After losing them, I can clearly see God had a plan for their short lives here on this earth. As a repentant, forgiving, born-again Christian, I am simply...His witness. God had a plan for my three youngest children. This is their story, or, as some say, "their legacy of love."

Download or read book Home written by Marilynne Robinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Gilead" pens a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations.