Download or read book The Best Known Unknown written by John F. Maraglino and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who has ever stepped onto a playing field, or looked into his father's eyes seeking solace in an uncertain world, will enjoy this captivating read. The Best Known Unknown is the memoir of John, a man trying to break away from the depths of depression, and the mental and physical abuse he endured from his family. He was born in 1946 in the Bronx, and as a child clings to the lessons and teachings of his father, as he fights through the dysfunction of his mother's family. Stories taught by his father of survival in the streets made John mentally strong, but he lost his father when he was 16. With the lessons he learned, John overcomes the horrors that surround him. A romp through one man's life, with all its attendant joy, sorrow and lessons, The Best Known Unknown brings the reader along for a great ride. With laughter and tears, the irony of life is told from a young boy's time with his father, to the fields of sport, where honor is earned through the strength of one's arm and ultimately - the will to overcome. - N. True Light, pharmacist John Maraglino's storytelling and his honesty and charisma make you root for him - and make this a very enjoyable read!The stories run the gamut from funny, sad, touching, heart wrenching, scary, crazy, ridiculous and beyond! You will LOVE THIS BOOK! - Dr. Ronald M. Guberman, New York physician About the Author: John F. Maraglino hopes his story will help others. He lives in White Plains, New York, and is writing his next three books. Publisher's website: http: //SBPRA.com/JohnFMaraglin

Download or read book Cracked Up written by David Hall and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: : Growing up under the greatest generation I was taught with hard work comes success. Through life’s journeys there will be moments of brief failures. During these times it is about faith, hope and the will to never give up. I left a career as a police officer to become a chiropractor. The dream was to build a practice that would help change people\'s lives through chiropractic performance. I worked hard and was becoming successful but through bad business decisions and uncontrollable circumstances it all crashed. The dream was shattered. Suddenly I was a total failure. I was about to crack up. The business and my world were surrounded with drugs, sex and alcohol. There would be depression, anxiety, fatigue, thoughts of suicide and finally bankruptcy. There were no cookbooks or self-help guides to get through the broken dream. Strength would come from family, great friends, exercise and never giving up on the dream. Failure will test confidence, will and your faith. Hope will keep you alive during the battle. Throughout my life I had more success than failures. The past will help with your future. It allowed me to write my own cookbook to overcome my struggle with the moment of failure. Failure is not the end of the dream. It can be the beginning of a new dream. Don't crack up and remember Life is always good. David R. Hall

Download or read book Trick of the Light written by Rob Thurman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View our feature on Rob Thurman’s Trick of the Light.When Trixa learns of a powerful artifact known as the Light of Life, she knows she’s hit the jackpot. Both sides—angel and demon—would give anything for it. But first she has to find it. And as Heaven and Hell ready for an apocalyptic throwdown, Trixa must decide where her true loyalty lies, and what she’s ready to fight for. Because in her world, if you line up on the wrong side, you pay with more than your life…

Download or read book Fiance for Keeps A Second Chance Contemporary Romance written by Gail Chianese and published by Gail Chianese. This book was released on with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three’s the charm, but with these two, it may be the last straw… Brody Nichols The last person I expected to grace my door was Denise. She canceled our wedding five years ago. Ghosted me after a weekend fling four months ago. Now she needed my legal help? I never could tell her no. I’ve never stopped loving her. And this mess she’s gotten herself into? There’s only one way I can protect her, but she’s not going to like it. Denise Saunders I expected surprises, hijinks, and shenanigans on Finding Mr. Right, but meeting the last contestant—Brody—has left me trying to decide if I’m irritated or intrigued. The bachelors are hot, interesting, and charming, but they’re not Brody and I can’t deny…he’s The One—and always has been. But once I come clean about the past, there may be one less bachelor. Fiancé for Keeps is the third book in the West Side Bachelorette Series, but all books in the series can be read as a standalone. For fans of Lucy Score, Amy Daws, and Melanie Harlow who like sassy heroines, standup heroes, and second chances, with some twists and sweet and sexy moments. Enjoy! "Engaging and down-to-earth…features characters readers can root for." --Library Journal "This book will make your heart smile." —Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author "A series destined for the keeper shelf!" —Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times bestselling author "Convincing characters, hot love scenes, and emotional depth." —Library Journal, Starred Review

Download or read book I left my husband for the au pair written by Michele Macfarlane and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I left my husband for the au pair is the fascinating autobiographical account of a British wife and mother whose life is turned upside down when she meets and falls in love with her au pair after an adventurous move to South Africa. Returning to her roots was always part of the plan but Michele never anticipated what might happen when she got there. Michele Macfarlane was born in South Africa in 1968 and moved to the UK when she was 14 years old. This memoir delves into the issues that are faced during the process of ‘coming out’ and explores the emotional landscape of lesbian women as they explore and come to terms with, their sexuality. Michele met her husband in Coventry where she attended drama college. At the age of 24, she became a full-time mother and home educator. After their third child was born, the happily married couple decided to embark on a new adventure that would take them to Cape Town, South Africa. Though the move was just what the family needed, caring for her children became more difficult when she was diagnosed with the degenerative eye disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa which causes tunnel vision, headaches and eventual blindness. As her visual impairment worsened with age, Michele appointed an au pair to assist with driving and childcare. She believed that falling madly in love, even when the act of loving itself risked everything, could happen to anyone – but she never expected it to happen to her... This book, bravely written with raw honesty, is a candid memoir of how two women found each other at an inopportune time in both of their lives. The author speaks directly and openly about her erotic self-disovery as she explains how their blossoming romance was shocking news to be received by their family and friends. Michele Macfarlane has been inspired by a number of different authors including Ben Elton, Melinda Furguson and Ali Smith. Author, Marianne Keyes has also been an inspiration to Michele’s writing style with her ability to convey people’s emotions with such vivid imagery. I left my husband for the au pair is a true story that will appeal to anyone intrigued by alternate sexual orientations and those that have experienced divorce, midlife-crisis and love. Michele is an advocate and ambassador for Retina South Africa. After successfully following her heart, Michele is now divorced from her husband but remains in Cape Town with her partner and four children.

Download or read book Slagdrop Presents America You re Welcome written by Andrew Hilbert and published by Weekly Weird Monthly. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slagdrop Presents America... You're Welcome! is the lovechild of blind jingoism and bullshit.

Download or read book My Dad s Billionaire Best Friend written by Lexie Miers and published by Harley Romance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be swept away by this FREE contemporary whirlwind romance and experience the rush of first-time love as college student Chastity and billionaire Axel play their risky game of cat and mouse. The steam and excitement will not only satisfy but lead you right into Book 2 of the Axel and Chastity trilogy! A billionaire playboy and the most eligible bachelor in the city, Axel thought he had it all… until he met Chastity. When their paths cross, all bets are off. It’s an instant attraction. Chastity is young, sweet, sassy, and refreshingly curvaceous. Her drive and honesty intrigue him, and he soon finds that one taste will never be enough. But life’s a bitch, and Chastity is his best friend’s daughter. Axel has a mind to call it off—but the problem is Chastity wants him too. Even if it means betraying her father’s trust and potentially breaking his heart…

Download or read book My Best Mistake written by Carole Wolfe and published by Blind Vista Press. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this FREE first in series women’s fiction novel by award-winning author Carole Wolfe Everybody wants something from her. She’s just looking for a little peace and quiet… Tired mother Tasha Gerome wishes she weren’t such a mess. With a deadbeat ex-husband hounding her for cash, a house so bad the cleaning service quit, and a rich doctor falsely accusing her of writing him poor reviews, she’s desperate for anything to go right. And when she’s completely ignored at a speed-dating event, she fears she’ll never get herself together. As her drunken former spouse continues to dog her and embarrasses the kids in public, Tasha struggles to find any solution to the crushing stress-fest. But with help from her estranged sister and a boost from her ex-brother-in-law, she tries to summon the inner strength to finally put her fuzzy-pink-pig-slippered foot down. Can Tasha work up the courage to live on her own terms? My Best Mistake is the first book in the My Best series of humorous women’s fiction novels. If you like quirky characters, domestic chaos, and indomitable spirits, then you’ll love Carole Wolfe’s sidesplitting suburban romp. Buy My Best Mistake to grab the reins today!

Download or read book This Chicken Life written by Fiona Scott-Norman and published by Plum. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having chickens in your life is so hot right now. If you're not obsessed yourself, you know someone who is. Within a few years, keeping backyard chooks has gone from being something your nonna did, to the mainstream. Chickens are in inner-city backyards and comedy gigs, old people's homes and poultry shows, prisons and weddings. Regional poultry clubs have been revitalised by the influx of tree-changers and hipsters intoxicated with exotic heritage breeds.Rescue chickens are the new black, and the perfect feel-good accompaniment to your rescue dog. Chickens are an essential component of the permaculture, locavore, sustainability, self-sufficiency and low food mile movements. Chickens are owning Instagram. Chickens are everywhere. A collaboration between writer, comic and chicken owner, Fiona Scott-Norman, and acclaimed photographer, Ilana Rose, This Chicken Life is a collection of stories about chickens and the Australians who love them. You'll meet Jareth Bullivant, an animal liberationist who takes his rescue broilers Twistie and Sephiroth to the beach. Nik Round, a Victorian advertising executive who is focused on saving a heritage breed. Summer Farrelly from Queensland, a twelve-year-old with autism who connects with the world through her chooks and has started a chicken therapy program. Shane Secombe, who rescues the unwanted roosters of Alice Springs and gives them a second life at the prison. And Adele Scott, a burlesque performer and interior designer with tattoos and a permaculture garden. Oh, and Costa. Funny, joyful and moving, This Chicken Life unpacks an obsession and a love affair. Chickens and humans, heart to heart, face to beak. This is no fad, it's a way of life. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

Download or read book Fianc for Keeps written by Gail Chianese and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A sassy new voice in contemporary romance!” —Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times bestselling author With one cancelled wedding, one weekend fling, and a lot of history behind them, can a career-minded former couple finally get on the fast-track to true love—with each other?... Tired of working long hours with no one to come home to, ER doctor Denise Saunders accepts a chance to compete on a reality dating show. But there’s only one person she trusts to review the contract—attorney Brody Nichols, the man she left at the altar five years ago. Needless to say, Brody is floored. Unable to convince her to opt out, and unwilling to stand by while she risks getting burned by the spotlight, he can only think of one way to protect the woman he’s never stopped loving. Denise expected some surprises on Finding Mr. Right, but she’s beyond shocked to meet the last contestant: Brody. She doesn’t know whether to feel punk’d, pissed, or relieved. Yet as a series of hot hijinks and dueling bachelors ensues, Denise can’t deny he’s The One—and always has been. She knows she’ll have to come clean about their past to the show’s other contestants—and to Brody. But once she tells him the real reason she played the runaway bride, Brody may be the one to walk. Is honesty a risk she’s brave enough to take?... Praise for Gail Chianese and her West Side Romance series! “Engaging and down-to-earth...features characters readers can root for.” --Library Journal “This book will make your heart smile.” —Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author “A series destined for the keeper shelf!” —Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times bestselling author “The West Side Romance series is like the perfect pick-me-up latte—hot and steamy, with a layer of frothy fun on the top!” --Jessica Andersan, New York Times bestselling author “Convincing characters, hot love scenes, and emotional depth.” —Library Journal, Starred Review

Download or read book DEAD AND GONE written by Ed Russo and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-07-17 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Life sometimes is a struggle. We have to do what we can to survive. Sometimes we make foolish decisions in life. We all have been there. At times we feel hopeless, unable to persevere. The one thing I've learned is that you have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and keep going. Life is full of uncertainties; we have to expect the unexpected. "Being a child of abuse can sometimes be overwhelming. It's really hard when no one listens to you, and there is no one to confirm that you are abused. You feel lost, and the more you deny what happened, the more lost you become. I am a child of abuse. In order to deal with the pain, I created another world for myself. Later I would use drugs to escape my pain. As an adult I felt so much shame for what happened to me, that I retreated into a world of drugs and prostitution. This is my story." -------- Jasmine S.

Download or read book Tape Op written by Larry Crane and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). This book features interviews and articles from issues 11 to 20 of Tape Op , an independently published magazine founded in 1996. With a fiercely loyal readership, Tape Op covers creative and practical music recording topics from the famous studios to musicians creating masterpieces in their bedrooms. Creativity, technique, equipment, passion and learning collide in this entertaining, value-rich publication. Interviews and articles in this volume include Abbey Road Studio, Butch Vig, Jim Dickinson, Joe Chiccarelli, Ani DiFranco, Fugazi, The Flaming Lips, and Ween.

Download or read book How to Live Forever written by Barry Burnett and published by How To Live Forever. This book was released on 2011 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet David Black, a young family doc whose solo practice has spectacularly tanked. So has his marriage; the two are not unrelated. His best friend, Oz, wants him to reinvent himself, offering their fellow Boulderites everything they need to live forever (or at least long enough for Oz to profit and retire). David balks. At first.What follows is a romp of a read, a comedy with heart - from the characters who staff the new clinic to pursuit by pheromone-crazed wildlife, a real live cliff-hanger, and the love that, in the end, might just save him. Visit the exotic New-Age mecca of Boulder, Colorado, and get to know--David, hapless idealist and reluctant hero,Junie Blanche, Ph.D. candidate and New Orleans immigrant,Oz Garcia, entrepreneur and Master of Bad Habits,Shriana, organic beauty and trophy wife aspirant,Don Gilmore, hypochondriac and hemp magnate,Cyrus P. Flint, slowly expiring longevity scientist,Miss Paula and Dr. Biggs, fearsomely muscular HGH hawkers,Beatriz Hanacanahuolipalipalulu, Kava Kava smuggler......and, of course, the happy but complicated staff of the Forever Clinic:Dr. Quinn Quinn, former health guru and cross-dressing fugitive,Nancy Ouvenstrasser, lonely masseuse and closet intellectual,Adeline and Thomas Thinna, starving diet & fitness pros,and Howie Krishna, Yogitation instructor and actual Real Thing.(Warning: while many local statutes prohibit the sale of How To Live Forever as a wellness and longevity guide, there remains a modest danger that the reader might inadvertently absorb one if not more aspects of its radically nonradical 'Reasonable Approach to Semi-Optimal Health'.)

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Download or read book Unemployed written by Laura Dolan-Hayes and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desperate and overwhelmed by the mind-numbing sameness of each day during ten months of unemployment and no interviews, our heroine Laurie slowly unravels as she lowers her employment expectations. Coming apart at the seams from the pounding boredom, she accepts a job she is extremely overqualified for, because she is willing to take anything at this point. Watch as Lauries flawed and negative thinking takes her anything job from bad to worse to intolerable. Based on a true story, Unemployed shows how Lauries family, including a crazy and outspoken mother-in-law, gets what theyre thinking about, for better or worse, each and every time. Like a swarming band of locusts, the family brings on nervousness, lack of money, a raucous trip in an inner tube, a whopping case of hemorrhoids, the pursuit of a replacement dog (just in case), the medicinal consumption of gallons of red wine, and some pretty lively dinner conversation. Lauries thoughts take one shockingly simple turn, and the door to the life of her dreams swings wide open. If youre unemployed, working in a job you hate, have the boss from hell, have a crazy mother-in-law, or you simply like to laugh, you will relate to Unemployed: How Desperation Led Me to the Worst Job Ever.

Download or read book Yoga for Regular Guys written by Diamond Dallas Page and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there's one obstacle to selling wellness books to guys, it's this: none of them are written by professional wrestlers.In the nick of time, the one and only DDP-Diamond Dallas Page-steps out of the ring and onto the mat to offer Yoga for Regular Guys. Most yoga books marketed to men are earnest and straightforward. Yoga for Regular Guys brims with guy humour and an extremely irreverant attitude but still manages to pack in a legitimate, comprehensive and rigorous introduction to real yoga practice. The foreword is written by Rob Zombie of the band White Zombie.

Download or read book Vanished written by Kat Richardson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The toughest case yet for Greywalker Harper Blaine... Why did Seattle investigator Harper Blaine-as opposed to others with near-death experiences-become a Greywalker? When Harper digs into her own past, she unearths some unpleasant truths about her father's early death as well as a mysterious puzzle. Forced by some very demanding vampires to take on an investigation in London, she soon discovers her present trouble sin England are entangled with her dark past back in Seattle-and her ultimate destiny as a Greywalker.