Download or read book Lenny s Dare written by M. H. Bittner and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1941, the Schultz family lives a modest suburban life in a small town in central New Jersey -- even as the shadow of war grows closer. Though painfully aware of the dire political climate of the time, they work hard to instill their children with wholesome American values rather than crippling existential fears. Lenny, oldest of the five children, succeeds at school, plays alley ball with his friends and siblings, and occasionally listens to the radio or his father’s conversations, which all seem to center around the events in Europe. Life is good. That is, until the neighborhood bully, Louis, comes along. A neglected child doomed to inherit the violent, racist ways of his alcoholic father, Louis increasingly antagonizes Lenny, culminating in a foolhardy dare to see which of them is brave enough to enter the Prescotts' allegedly haunted mansion. Lenny accepts Louis's challenge not out of spite or a desire to be seen as brave, but out of a need to prove to the world what he already knows to be true: that Louis, like all bullies, tyrants, and war-mongering dictators, is a coward. The only hope for liberation lies in direct confrontation, not appeasement. Can Lenny keep the evil at home at bay while the forces of evil are gathering abroad? Lenny’s Dare: A Novel of Youth in a Time of War captures the essential incongruity of pre-WWII American life -- a world where children at home grew, played, and went to school while great forces abroad gathered like clouds portending the deadliest storm the world had ever seen.
Download or read book Lenny s Dare written by M. H. Bittner and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1941, the Schultz family lives a modest suburban life in a small town in central New Jersey -- even as the shadow of war grows closer. Though painfully aware of the dire political climate of the time, they work hard to instill their children with wholesome American values rather than crippling existential fears. Lenny, oldest of the five children, succeeds at school, plays alley ball with his friends and siblings, and occasionally listens to the radio or his father's conversations, which all seem to center around the events in Europe. Life is good. That is, until the neighborhood bully, Louis, comes along. A neglected child doomed to inherit the violent, racist ways of his alcoholic father, Louis increasingly antagonizes Lenny, culminating in a foolhardy dare to see which of them is brave enough to enter the Prescotts' allegedly haunted mansion. Lenny accepts Louis's challenge not out of spite or a desire to be seen as brave, but out of a need to prove to the world what he already knows to be true: that Louis, like all bullies, tyrants, and war-mongering dictators, is a coward. The only hope for liberation lies in direct confrontation, not appeasement. Can Lenny keep the evil at home at bay while the forces of evil are gathering abroad? Lenny's Dare: A Novel of Youth in a Time of War captures the essential incongruity of pre-WWII American life -- a world where children at home grew, played, and went to school while great forces abroad gathered like clouds portending the deadliest storm the world had ever seen.
Download or read book Lenny Meets Donnie Dare Ya written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are your children dared at school or playground?Would they know what to do if they were dared or bullied?Have you started a proactive conversation with your child about this topic?Would a book like this with a story your child can relate to, colourful pictures and discussion questions help you and your child start a conversation?Donnie is a new student from another school and he starts to dare Lenny to do interesting things.Will Lenny do the dares?What will be the results?How will Lenny and his friends deal with it?
Download or read book The Lenny Super Book written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lenny Super Book is here.It features: "Lenny Meets Donnie Dare Ya", "Lenny Meets Patty Put Down", & "Lenny Meets Bully Bailey."Does your child deal with Bullying or Dares? Would they know what to do if they did? Is it helpful to have a book like this one, with a fun story your child can relate and questions to help you and your child start a conversation on the topic?Think how important learning about Kid's Help Phone Services will be for your child as they age."Lenny Meets Donnie Dare Ya" takes the child through dealing with difficult behaviours from others and possible the consequences."Lenny Meets Patty Put Down" shows what it is like to call a help phone services for a child and creates awareness that these services exist."Lenny Meets Bully Bailey" deals with bullying, what may cause a nice person to start bullying suddenly and how their friends react.
Download or read book Chicago Is Calling Me Home written by John Warren Self and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Film and the Afterlife written by David Rankin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how post-death existence is represented in popular film, looking at issues such as continuity, personal identity, and the nature of existence beyond the grave. Film often returns to the theme of dying, death and the afterlife, both directly and indirectly, because there are very few subjects as compelling and universal. The book compares the representation of death, dying and the afterlife in films to scholarly surveys of attitudes towards life-after-death through the analysis of twenty films made between the end of World War II and now. It looks at the portrayals of stages between death and a final destination; spatio-temporal and personal continuity; the nature of afterlife existence in terms of embodiment, or not; and the contact between the worlds of the living and the dead. This book offers a wide-ranging view on a compelling subject in film. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of Religion and Film, Religion and Media, the Philosophy of Religion, and the Sociology of Religion, as well as Religion, Media and Film Studies more generally .
Download or read book The Antenatal Group written by Amy Bratley and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven months pregnant, Mel is dumped by her partner and is suddenly facing parenthood alone. But at her antenatal class, she meets a group of women who quickly become invaluable friends in the terrifying new world of birth and babies . . . Katy – rich, successful and with the dream husband – has her delivery planned to perfection. But she soon realizes that nature doesn’t always follow suit. Lexi, loud and confident, is coping well on her own. Until the only man she has ever loved reappears at the most unexpected moment. Rebecca is the youngest of the group – not long out of her teens, in fact –but she’s determined to hold onto her dreams, even without her family’s support. Erin already seems to be an expert on babies, but her quiet nature hides a secret tragedy. When you’re contemplating pain relief, birth positions and sleepless nights you really need a good friend – or four. ‘I LOVE it. It's so good and really makes me feel like one of the girls . . . a perfect read for anyone who is a mum to be’ Member review, thebabywebsite.com
Download or read book Lenny The Leprechaun written by Ciarán S. McCreanor and published by To Purchase This Book. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lenny and his friends discover that their little Town is in danger of the fearsome red Giant (Dearge Mor a colossal Giant.) The four giants of Ireland have been summoned to protect the island and its people.The Leprechaun's pot of gold is the only thing that can stop the Púca spirits of Dearge mor's conquest of destruction. Leprechaun's adventures with his friends the Gnomes must help the mortals but closely followed by Trolls who wish to reclaim the Leprechaun's gold and return it to Troll mountain"I'm Lenny the Leprechaun with me pot of gold, I love to sing and dance and I love to say hello, cause I'm a cheeky leprechaun just to let you know that you'll never get your hands on me lovely pot of gold."
Download or read book Circuitry written by Andrew Barrett (Playwright) and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Circuitry is an outrageously funny, unapologetic ninety-minute play that takes us on a year long whirlwind global trip through the exclusive world of the Circuit Party. It is part realism and part absurdism and totally fabulous as it follows one gay New Yorker¿s quest for love through this seductive world in 1996. As HIV/AIDS remains a major part of the gay community worldwide, Circuitry takes a glimpse backwards to question the state of a large group of gay men today.
Download or read book United States of Grace written by Lenny Duncan and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This lyrical testament to life as 'a blind date with mercy' will challenge and inspire."--Publishers Weekly [Starred Review] In 1991, when he was 13 years old, Lenny Duncan stepped out of his house in West Philadelphia, walked to the Greyhound station, and bought a ticket--the start of his great American adventure. Today Duncan, who inspired and challenged audiences with his breakout first book, Dear Church, brings us a deeply personal story about growing up Black and queer in the U.S. In his characteristically powerful voice he recounts hitchhiking across the country, spending time in solitary confinement, battling for sobriety, and discovering a deep faith, examining pressing issues like poverty, mass incarceration, white supremacy, and LGBTQ inclusion through an intimate portrayal of his life's struggles and joys. United States of Grace is a love story about America, revealing the joy and resilience of those places in this country many call "the margins" but that Lenny Duncan has called home. This book makes the bold claim that God is present with us in the most difficult of circumstances, bringing life out of death.
Download or read book Existential Hell written by Lawrence J. Corneck and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes Life Just Isn’t Fair Screenplay Trilogy Examines Daily Life’s Darker Side NEW YORK – It seems Hollywood is perpetually searching for action-packed scripts, set in the heart of gritty urban jungles, that bring to life all the shady characters an audience could ever want to know. Lawrence J. Corneck packs all that and more into his new screenplay trilogy, Existential Hell (now available through AuthorHouse). The first entry in Existential Hell is “Game of Life,” an edgy, cat and mouse drama the author dubs, “High Noon in High Heels.” In it, Lenny, an attorney, is sent by his dominatrix mistress to purchase an instant camera. With his nails still painted and nylons tucked into his loafers, he manages to get the camera without drawing too much attention to himself. It is not until the instamatic is stolen that things get more than a little uncomfortable for Lenny. He fears that the pictures will be used to pressure him to discontinue an attempt to disbar a powerful gaming lawyer. In a final twist, it is revealed that the writer of the script is Lenny’s alter ego, Lonny. Corneck next takes readers back in time as he presents “Suffer the Child,” the prequel to “Game of Life.” In this second installment, a mother’s choice to become a dominatrix to support her daughter’s drug habit instead of enduring a painful temporary withdrawal fails miserably. Jade, the dominatrix from “Game of Life,” seeks Lonny’s help through the promise of sexual favors to assist her in a bitter custody dispute with her husband, Rick. Their daughter, Carrie, is denied a normal teenage life. Rick is an investment banker and addict whose income is derived largely from drug deals. When Carrie follows him into the abysmal world of drug addiction, Jade turns a blind eye until Carrie meets an untimely demise. Depression and suicide visit the remaining characters as Jade tries one last time to correct the balance of nature and save a soul. Corneck rounds out this trilogy with “Beware the Dancing Elephants,” the nail-biting sequel to “Game of Life,” in which a blood debt must be repaid. The Mafia has ordered a hit on Lonny. He is also coerced into wearing a wire for the FBI in order to gather information on a reputed mobster. To add to his troubles, he must also aid the FBI in arresting an international financial fugitive. Throughout a bungled kidnapping attempt and his attempts to stay one step ahead of his enemies, Lonny finds his greatest challenge in trying to save the life of an old school chum. Corneck is a graduate of Brooklyn College, the University of Chicago Law School and New York University’s Graduate School of Law. He has experience as in-house counsel to large corporations and has also been an attorney in private practice. Existential Hell is his first published book, but more are currently in the works. More information is available at www.LawrenceJCorneck.com. AuthorHouse is the premier publishing house for emerging authors and new voices in literature. For more information, please visit www.authorhouse.com. ###
Download or read book Slow Motion written by Dani Shapiro and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the most gifted writers of her generation comes the harrowing and exquisitely written true story of how a family tragedy saved her life. Dani Shapiro was a young girl from a deeply religious home who became the girlfriend of a famous and flamboyant married attorney—her best friend's stepfather. The moment Lenny Klein entered her life, everything changed: she dropped out of college, began to drink heavily, and became estranged from her family and friends. But then the phone call came. There had been an accident on a snowy road near her family's home in New Jersey, and both her parents lay hospitalized in critical condition. This haunting memoir traces her journey back into the world she had left behind. At a time when she was barely able to take care of herself, she was faced with the terrifying task of taking care of two people who needed her desperately. Dani Shapiro charts a riveting emotional course as she retraces her isolated, overprotected Orthodox Jewish childhood in an anti-Semitic suburb, and draws the connections between that childhood and her inevitable rebellion and self-destructiveness. She tells of a life nearly ruined by the gift of beauty, and then saved by the worst thing imaginable. This is a beautiful and unforgettable memoir of a life utterly transformed by tragedy.
Download or read book Last True Hero written by Diana Gardin and published by Forever Yours. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With her usual charm and engaging storytelling Diana Gardin has once again proved why she's my new go-to author." -- #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken For seven years he's fought for his country. Now he'll fight for her. Army Ranger Dare Conners has been through hell. He's left combat behind, yet the memories that refuse to fade are proving just as dangerous. Ordered to take R&R, he joins his buddy for beaches, beers, and babes-if that can't cure him, nothing will. But when he meets Berkeley, a woman who affects him like no one else, a new kind of battle begins . . . An Admiral's daughter, Berkeley knows her life has been planned since birth. The right school, the right boyfriend-and now that she's graduated-the right marriage. But after years of being right, Berkeley is ready to be a little wrong. And Dare Conners has wrong written all over him. The sexy soldier has a body built for sin and secrets he won't share. What starts as a fling quickly grows into something more. But summer can't last forever, and when the truth comes out, both Berkeley and Dare could be in for quite a fall. "Last True Hero is the perfect escape. Diana Gardin is a fresh new voice in contemporary romance." -- Lia Riley
Download or read book In A Mirror written by Emily Bourne and published by Halo & Claws Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tortured by peer pressure, broken hearts, messed up parents, and off-the-charts anxiety, can the twins uncover their similarities, beyond identical reflections, and survive high school hell? Since taking opposing sides during their parents’ divorce, twin sisters Brittany and Charli have zero in common. Hell freezes over when they both attend an insane party with a rumour mill set to overdrive. Skatergirl Charli hears whispers circulating about her, her boyfriend, and her virginity status. With no tolerance for bullies, she’d rather ignore everyone and hide with her studies. But if she goes to extremes to achieve academic success, would it be worth alienating her two best friends? And if the rumours persist, and she loses her boyfriend, will the despair spiral her out of control? Timid Brittany is in wild panic after hearing a rumour her crush spent time with another girl. Wanting the spotlight, she’s determined to make the cheer squad. But getting the attention she craves heightens her anxiety. What if everyone discovers she’s a loser? Desperately trying to fit in and land her dream boyfriend, will peer pressure lure her into dangerous situations? Is Brittany destined to become the bully her sister hates? Is Charli becoming an outcast on a path to social isolation? And with the return of their secretive father, old wounds reopen. When every conversation morphs into a heated argument, is the fate of their sisterhood doomed? "A rollercoaster ride of emotions!" Read In A Mirror today to join the sisterhood, swoon over gorgeous crushes, battle evil cheerleaders, and escape high school hell! For fans of The Clique, The List, Gossip Girl, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, Becky Albertalli & John Green. If you love heartwarming and emotionally gripping books with moments to make you laugh out loud, you'll love this contemporary coming-of-age teen drama.
Download or read book Dear Church written by Lenny Duncan and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make all the headlines, but Duncan sees something else at work--drawing a direct line between the church's lack of diversity and the church's lack of vitality. The problems the ELCA faces are theological, not sociological. But so are the answers. Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of Duncan's denomination and the broader mainline Christian community of faith. Dear Church rejects the narrative of church decline and calls everyone--leaders and laity alike--to the front lines of the churchÂs renewal through racial equality and justice. It is time for the church to rise up, dust itself off, and take on forces of this world that act against God: whiteness, misogyny, nationalism, homophobia, and economic injustice. Duncan gives a blueprint for the way forward and urges us to follow in the revolutionary path of Jesus.
Download or read book The Last Friend You ll Ever Have written by Sarah M. Anderson and published by Sarah M. Anderson. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzie Cain has more problems than she can count—the least of which is the fact that, if she touches a person, that person’s going to die within the week. That, at least, she can work with. If people want to give her money to hang out with terrible people, well—it isn’t anyone’s idea of a good time, but it’s a living. She has bigger problems. For starters, she doesn’t know who she is. Oh, she knows she’s Suzie, orphan and foster kid. She knows she’s dangerous. But why? Where did she come from? Her only clue is an old photo of a very angry woman with some sort of…shadow hovering behind her and a strange poem—or is it a curse?—written on the back. And now she’s picked up a new problem, a biker named Ace who seems to be tracking her across state lines. He’s operating under the assumption that Suzie is a mercenary for hire, just like he is—and he doesn’t like the competition. But when she’s got the chance, she doesn’t touch him and she doesn’t know why. If Suzie can break her curse, she can change her luck. But life is never that simple. Because of course not. CW: Sexual assault, curses, morally gray heroines, ice cream in egregious quantities.
Download or read book She Beat s written by Blair Stone and published by House of Blair. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchcraft.
