Download or read book The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro written by Antonio Tabucchi and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-17 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary thriller of heroin rings and headless bodies uncovers social ills and corruption in modern day Portugal, whileas in all of Tabucchi's workblurring genre boundaries. Antonio Tabucchi, Italy's premier writer and a best-selling author throughout Europe, draws together Manolo the gypsy, Firmino, a young tabloid journalist with a weakness for Lukacs and Vittorini, and Don Fernando, an overweight lawyer with a professed resemblance to the actor Charles Laughton, to solve a murder that leads far up and down Portugal's social ladder. As the investigation leads deeper into Portugal's power structure, the novel defies expectations, departing from the formulaic twists of a suspense story to consider the moral weight of power and its abuse.

Download or read book The Question of the Missing Head written by E. J. Copperman and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Hoenig answers questions for a living. And as a man with Asperger's Syndrome, his unique personality helps him ferret out almost any answer there is. But his latest question is a rather odd one—who stole a preserved head from the Garden State Cryonics Institute? Arriving at the scene of the crime accompanied by his new colleague, Ms. Washburn, Samuel finds that what started out as a theft has escalated to murder. With suspects and motives emerging at a rapid rate, one final question remains—can Samuel's powers of deduction uncover a killer in the face of overwhelming odds? Praise: A Mystery Scene Best Book of 2014 "[A] delightful and clever mystery."—Publishers Weekly "Delightfully fresh and witty...Pure heaven."—Mystery Scene "In this well-crafted story, the Asperger's element...provides a unique point of view on crime-solving, as well as offering a sensitive look at a too-often-misunderstood condition."—Booklist "Copperman/Cohen succeeds in providing a glimpse not only of the challenges experienced by those with Asperger's, but also of their unique gifts."—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine "Cleverly written and humorous."—Crimespree Magazine

Download or read book Her Missing Pieces written by Susan Sands and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showing up from the dead is best done in person… Sixteen years ago, teenager Sadie Brubaker disappeared from her small Georgia town without a trace. Sheriff Chase Blackburn was a young deputy who worked the case diligently, refusing to give up even when others did. Her disappearance haunts him still, making him question the town and his law enforcement skills. Then one afternoon, astonishingly, Sadie, still heart-breakingly beautiful, arrives with no memory and a suitcase full of questions. When her mother dies, Sadie discovers her entire life is a lie. Her “mother” found her traumatized and injured at a bus stop—a teen with no memory and created an instant family. Sadie knew she had amnesia but never why, so she sets out for the town she doesn’t remember, determined to dig up the answers. Sadie and the sheriff work together to solve the puzzle pieces of her life so she can understand who she was, decide who she wants to be, and if they can have a future together.

Download or read book Dr Pookie and the Case of His Missing Thought written by and published by Square Monkey Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this mystery adventure, Dr. Pookie the bear shares the exciting and curious tale of the time he lost his thought. What is a bear to do when his friends and neighbors dare to attack his reputation? When Dr. Pookie begins to receive unwanted attention in the local newspapers, he does what any intelligent, sophisticated, well-to-do bear would do; he invites all of his friends and neighbors up to the tippy top of Bear Mountain for a lovely dinner party. After all, there is nothing more delightful than to be entertained by the most famous bear in the Little Royal Forest. Dr. Pookie then proceeds to tell his story and the hilarious adventure that follows as he frantically searches for his missing thought. Kids will join all the furry creatures in the Little Royal Forest as they search high and low for Dr. Pookie's missing thought.

Download or read book Where Are the Missing People written by Jimmy Evans and published by Tipping Point Press. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique, practical book—written to be read by those remaining on earth after the Rapture—Jimmy Evans reveals the truth of the Bible about the end times. With compassion and deep insight into the prophecies of Scripture, he explains the disappearance of millions of believers around the world and gives future readers a glimpse into the events of the Tribulation. From the rise of the Antichrist to the ultimate redemption provided by Jesus, this hopeful book is a must-read for anyone navigating the future. Buy it for family members or friends. Leave it on your desk or coffee table. Put it in a place where a future reader can find it. The truths in this book will literally transform their lives. And it may be necessary sooner than you think.

Download or read book Missing Frames written by Scooter and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden disabilities are real. Just ask Scooter, survivor of two traumatic brain injuriesone from a 1976 car accident and the other related to a 2009 fall. Limited cognitively, Scooter suffers from memory loss and chronic pain. Still, Scooter is living proof that after a sudden life change, it truly is possible to overcome adversity, find joy and forgiveness, and become a stronger person. In her inspirational narrative, Scooter shares a glimpse into the events before, during, and after her second life-changing injury as she attempted to find her way back from the darkness of amnesia and into the light of healing. As she battled physical discomfort and psychological challenges that involved all aspects of perception, thinking, reasoning, and memory, Scooter details how she relied on an archangel physician to provide the tether to reality and much-needed structure while she bravely battled many obstacles to reclaim and rebuild her life as an intelligent and resilient single mother. Missing Frames shares the true story of one womans journey through unseen health challenges as she finds peace and strength amid pain and suffering and raises awareness about invisible disabilities.

Download or read book The Lost written by J. D. Robb and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring an In Death story from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb, this thrilling anthology ventures into a world where the rules of love, time, and place can be forever lost... In J. D. Robb’s "Missing in Death," Detective Eve Dallas investigates a female tourist’s disappearance during a ferry ride and starts to wonder…if she didn’t jump, and she’s not on board, then where in the world is she? In Patricia Gaffney’s "The Dog Days of Laurie Summer," a woman awakens after a severe accident to find a world as familiar as it is unsettling. In Mary Blayney’s "Lost in Paradise," a man locked in an island fortress finds hope for freedom in an enigmatic nurse. And Ruth Ryan Langan’s "Legacy" belongs to a young woman who unearths a family secret buried on the grounds of a magnificent but imposing Irish castle.

Download or read book The Lost Self written by Todd E. Feinberg M.D. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Self: Pathologies of the Brain and Identity is an in-depth exploration into one of the most mysterious and controversial topics in neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, and psychology-namely, the search for the biological basis of the self. The Lost Self is a guide to understanding how the brain creates who we are, and what happens when things go wrong.

Download or read book Over My Head written by Margaret Winslow and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a pioneering female geologist explores the topography of South America and the shifting landscape of women in the sciencesA satisfying journey through 1970s sexual politics and the lands of the southernmost part of the Earth. Kirkus Reviews Somewhere near the bottom edge of the earth, a young woman attempts to balance on a slippery rock ledge. With her back pressed against an overhanging cliff face, her arms too weak to climb, and the tide rising at an alarming rate, there is nowhere to go. So how did she come to be alone on a sinking knife edge in Tierra del Fuego, halfway between the Beagle Channel and Cape Horn, seven thousand miles from New York? In her fascinating travel memoir, Margaret Winslow offers a compelling glimpse into her misadventures as an inexperienced geologist as she begins pioneering field research in southern South America. Beginning in the mid-1970s, Winslow details her unforgettable experiences that include clinging to a ledge alone as the tide rises over her boot tops, facing near-death experiences with killer whales, and encountering an antediluvian creature with a cavernous mouth and yellow teethall while tracing her evolution from an ill-prepared beginner to a competent leader. Over My Head captures one womans historic journeys into uncharted fjords and trackless forests as she attempts to navigate through the almost exclusively male world of field geology and discovers she must learn to rely on her own inner compass in order to survive.

Download or read book The Lost Reflection written by Bruce Jones and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Denman is an ex CIA agent and mercenary turned private investigator who arrives in New Orleans to probe a centuries old myth. It illuminates a modern labyrinth of adventure love and vampires, culminating in an epic battle of destiny and revenge.

Download or read book the not so late night thoughts of missing you written by lauren olczak and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a world that we face every day, people we encounter, and the beauty we find in nature, all truly difficult to explain. This book will be your guide to navigating this beautiful thing we call life. The included collection of 30 poems is here to provide comfort and peace in a world that we must face every day...and tries to offer words that many are reluctant to say.

Download or read book Bang Your Head written by Dewey Robertson and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with candor and the wisdom of experience, this account tells of struggles with substance--and with self--and of strength both in and out of the ring for the wrestler known as The Missing Link.

Download or read book The Missing written by C. L. Taylor and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this harrowing psychological thriller about a missing teenage boy whose mother must expose the secrets within their own family if she wants to find her son—perfect for fans of Reconstructing Amelia. You love your family. They make you feel safe. You trust them. Or do you…? When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire Wilkinson, blames herself. She’s not the only one. There isn’t a single member of Billy’s family that doesn’t feel guilty. But the Wilkinsons are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn’t until six months later, after an appeal for information goes horribly wrong, that the truth begins to surface. Claire is sure of two things—that Billy is still alive and that her friends and family had nothing to do with his disappearance. A mother’s instinct is never wrong. Or is it…? Combining an unreliable narrator and fast-paced storytelling, The Missing is a chilling novel of psychological suspense that will thoroughly captivate and obsess readers. “The Missing has a delicious sense of foreboding from the first page, luring us into the heart of a family with terrible secrets and making us wait, with pounding hearts for the final, agonizing twist. Loved it.”—Fiona Barton, author of The Widow

Download or read book The Missing Pearls written by Emilie Benson Knipe and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Tree of Lost Dreams written by Frank Sousa and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-22 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tree of Lost Dreams takes Johnny DaSilva and his Big Tree buddies from youths who lived out their fantasies of heroism high on the towering limbs of the Big Tree to the real world. While trying and failing to enter WW II because of their youth, they were greeted with the Korean War. Johnnys words Now we have our own war were received with some standing tall on their high limb while others deciding to instead abandon the heights and place their two feet squarely on the ground. Johnny, Righty, Scoff, Rhesus and others bought into Johnnys words, If we dont fight them there, we will fight them here. The two young girls that were in love with Johnny, wealthy and popular Yelena, and poor and abused Bernadette, are now women. It took little time for the Big Tree gang to learn the great distance between the lofty fresh air of their beloved Tree to the lowly face in the muck, nearly impossible to breathe gasps of battlefield blood and barf. Johnny suffers the epitome of the wounds of the lower depths and the different directions it spirals him, Yelena and Bernadette into. Hopefully you have read the Tree of Young Dreamers, Frank Sousas first novel of the Tree Trilogy. The third, the Tree of New Roots is underway.

Download or read book The Lost Monks of Avalon written by Andrew David Doyle and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The humourous, captivating and enlightening fantasy adventure The Lost Monks Of Avalon takes place at an enclave of 5th century Scottish Cistercian Monks, where one member of the Order had been secretly implanted within their ranks. This Novice is manipulated by a higher Order of beings from the Orion's belt cluster known as "Avalonian Temple Dwellers" who are on a desperate crusade to inhabit the planet Earth since the universe as they know it is about to implode. Will the young monk be able to thwart the mission and protect the Keys of Nergal and return them to the planet Avalon? Follow the intrepid adventure in this gripping and visceral novel.

Download or read book Steady Calm and Brave written by Kimberly Brown and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steady, Calm, and Brave is a practical guidebook for life’s most difficult moments. Meditation teacher Kimberly Brown shows you how to meet unexpected circumstances—a serious health crisis, a looming natural disaster, a terrifying accident—with patience, clarity, and kindness. You’ll learn how to support yourself and others with simple mindfulness exercises and compassion techniques drawn from the Buddhist tradition. These transformative practices will help you manage anxiety and cope with loss. You’ll discover you can truly engage with your struggles and create a sense of ease and peace and resilience even in the worst moments. With relatable stories and beneficial Buddhist teachings, Steady, Calm, and Brave offers soothing support for anyone facing extraordinary challenges. It’s a path to self-compassion and comfort in the midst of uncertainty, that illuminates how to survive a crisis without falling apart, running away, or losing your mind. With insightful reflections and exercises, you’ll develop the wisdom and understanding you need to face intense difficulty, and the confidence to recognize you have all the tools you need to survive—and even thrive—in a crisis and beyond.