Download or read book Boys Keep Swinging A Memoir written by Jake Shears and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jake Shears – world famous singer, songwriter, actor and LGBTQ+ icon – comes this wide-eyed and determined coming-of- age story; an unforgettable literary account of a man overcoming the odds and finding his true voice. Long before hitting the stage as the lead singer of the iconic glam rock band Scissor Sisters, Jake Shears was Jason Sellards, a teenage boy living a fraught life, resulting in a confusing and confining time in high school as his classmates bullied him and few teachers showed sympathy. It wasn’t until years later, while living and studying in New York City, that Jason would find his voice as an artist and, with a group of friends and musicians who were also thirsting for stardom and freedom, form the band Scissor Sisters. First performing in the smoky gay nightclubs of New York, then finding massive success in the United Kingdom, Scissor Sisters would become revered by the LGBTQ+ community, sell out venues worldwide, and win multiple accolades with hits like Take Your Mama and I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’, as well as their cult-favourite cover of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb. Candid and courageous, Shears’ writing sings with the same powerful, spirited presence that he brings to his live performances. Following a misfit boy’s development into a dazzling rock star, Boys Keep Swinging is a raucously entertaining memoir that will be an inspiration to anyone with determination and a dream. ‘This is a beautiful, fascinating memoir by a beautiful guy who has lived a fascinating life – and he has the insights and receipts to prove it. Wonderful!’ - Dan Savage

Download or read book What My Mother and I Don t Talk About written by Michele Filgate and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You will devour these beautifully written—and very important—tales of honesty, pain, and resilience” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls) from fifteen brilliant writers who explore how what we don’t talk about with our mothers affects us, for better or for worse. As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize that she was actually trying to write about how this affected her relationship with her mother. When it was finally published, the essay went viral, shared on social media by Anne Lamott, Rebecca Solnit, and many others. This gave Filgate an idea, and the resulting anthology offers a candid look at our relationships with our mothers. Leslie Jamison writes about trying to discover who her seemingly perfect mother was before ever becoming a mom. In Cathi Hanauer’s hilarious piece, she finally gets a chance to have a conversation with her mother that isn’t interrupted by her domineering (but lovable) father. André Aciman writes about what it was like to have a deaf mother. Melissa Febos uses mythology as a lens to look at her close-knit relationship with her psychotherapist mother. And Julianna Baggott talks about having a mom who tells her everything. As Filgate writes, “Our mothers are our first homes, and that’s why we’re always trying to return to them.” There’s relief in acknowledging how what we couldn’t say for so long is a way to heal our relationships with others and, perhaps most important, with ourselves. Contributions by Cathi Hanauer, Melissa Febos, Alexander Chee, Dylan Landis, Bernice L. McFadden, Julianna Baggott, Lynn Steger Strong, Kiese Laymon, Carmen Maria Machado, André Aciman, Sari Botton, Nayomi Munaweera, Brandon Taylor, and Leslie Jamison.

Download or read book Innocent Betrayal written by Silvia Abarrategui and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on some of the author's and her husband's personal experiences, INNOCENT BETRAYAL explores the hidden currents of Cuban counterintelligence during the 1970s and 80s in a novel that will sweep you from the daily calamities of Cuban reality, the opulence of Havana's diplomatic corps, to the ruthlessness of the Cuban secret police. Betrayal and love intertwine in the hostile ambiance of an island torn by revolution. INNOCENT BETRAYAL is a story of love overcoming betrayal.

Download or read book The Diary of Dawid Sierakowiak written by Dawid Sierakowiak and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the evening I had to prepare food and cook supper, which exhausted me totally. In politics there's absolutely nothing new. Again, out of impatience I feel myself beginning to fall into melancholy. There is really no way out of this for us." This is Dawid Sierakowiak's final diary entry. Soon after writing it, the young author died of tuberculosis, exhaustion, and starvation--the Holocaust syndrome known as "ghetto disease." After the liberation of the Łódź Ghetto, his notebooks were found stacked on a cookstove, ready to be burned for heat. Young Sierakowiak was one of more than 60,000 Jews who perished in that notorious urban slave camp, a man-made hell which was the longest surviving concentration of Jews in Nazi Europe. The diary comprises a remarkable legacy left to humanity by its teenage author. It is one of the most fastidiously detailed accounts ever rendered of modern life in human bondage. Off mountain climbing and studying in southern Poland during the summer of 1939, Dawid begins his diary with a heady enthusiasm to experience life, learn languages, and read great literature. He returns home under the quickly gathering clouds of war. Abruptly Łódź is occupied by the Nazis, and the Sierakowiak family is among the city's 200,000 Jews who are soon forced into a sealed ghetto, completely cut off from the outside world. With intimate, undefended prose, the diary's young author begins to describe the relentless horror of their predicament: his daily struggle to obtain food to survive; trying to make reason out of a world gone mad; coping with the plagues of death and deportation. Repeatedly he rallies himself against fear and pessimism, fighting the cold, disease, and exhaustion which finally consume him. Physical pain and emotional woe hold him constantly at the edge of endurance. Hunger tears Dawid's family apart, turning his father into a thief who steals bread from his wife and children. The wonder of the diary is that every bit of hardship yields wisdom from Dawid's remarkable intellect. Reading it, you become a prisoner with him in the ghetto, and with discomfiting intimacy you begin to experience the incredible process by which the vast majority of the Jews of Europe were annihilated in World War II. Significantly, the youth has no doubt about the consequence of deportation out of the ghetto: "Deportation into lard," he calls it. A committed communist and the unit leader of an underground organization, he crusades for more food for the ghetto's school children. But when invited to pledge his life to a suicide resistance squad, he writes that he cannot become a "professional revolutionary." He owes his strength and life to the care of his family.

Download or read book The Secret Room written by J H Trembley and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Sunflower Chronicles begins a journey into the sun. Benjamin and his friends discover a secret room in the attic above his bedroom. And within, a quantum computer who leads them into the fourth dimension. The boys attempt to survive in school and on the streets as they fight to overcome the problems of adolescence while discovering the secrets of the universe within Benjimin’s own home. Their journey takes them to a silo in Oregon, where they are transported to the dark side of the moon. Throughout each step, a US marshal, believing the boys are terrorists, is hot on their trail. About the Author J H Trembley graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College. He now lives in Elgin, Illinois, near his family. In his spare time, he enjoys writing reading, and completing crossword puzzles.

Download or read book The Girl in Times Square written by Paullina Simons and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International bestselling author Paullina Simons delivers a riveting novel about a young woman whose search for her missing friend turns into a life-shattering odyssey. The truth will change her forever. Living in bustling New York City, Lily Quinn has plenty of distractions and is struggling to finish college as well as pay her rent. But that all pales in comparison when Amy, her best friend and roommate, disappears without a trace. Spencer O’Malley, a cynical NYPD detective assigned to Amy’s case, immediately captures Lily’s attention. Though he is wary and wrestling with his own demons, he, too, is irresistibly drawn to Lily. But fate has more in store for Lily than she ever expected. As she looks deeper into the mystery surrounding Amy’s disappearance, Lily finds answers she never imagined she’d find—answers that challenge everything she knows about her own life. Lily’s search puts her on a collision course with tragedy and love, and gives her a glimpse into the abyss that swallowed her friend . . . until she faces a final confrontation with her own life-changing destiny. “Part mystery, part romance, part family drama . . . in other words, the perfect book.”—Daily Mail

Download or read book Journey into Disaster written by Konstantin von Weberg and published by Konstantin von Weberg. This book was released on 2022-07-11 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen days of hell — as a prisoner — in a godforsaken, hot and run-down Asian Police Station. The German engineer Thomas Heger is arrested during his vacation in the Philippines. What is he accused of and how do five little Filipino boys and their parents fit into the story? Are the accusations against the German justified? Where does the truth end and where does the fantasy begin? Who is the victim and who is the perpetrator? And who are the outrageous people who immediately start making money with Heger? What very special Filipino mentality does the German have to painfully learn and accept? Where do Western and Asian philosophies of life as well as customs and traditions collide? What is his experience with the police and what about accommodation at the police station? How do his family, friends and work colleagues in Germany react to the terrible story? What about his Filipino friends from the coastal village? What happens to the alleged child victims? Is Heger able to pull his head out of the noose? Embark on a Journey into Disaster and discover a very special Asian world.

Download or read book Expanding the Rainbow My Road to Adopting a Baby with Down Syndrome written by Sarah-Jane Cavilry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-18 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a mother's journey toward her dream: adopting a child with Down syndrome.

Download or read book Cop s Secret Baby written by Rachel Foster and published by DM Publishing. This book was released on with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chip Curtis is recently divorced and not ready for another relationship. His wife Jennifer left him after she decided she didn’t want kids with him because of his career as a police officer. It made her too scared. Sophia is recently widowed with a two year old daughter, Madelyn. Her husband left her enough money from his passing to have her dream hair salon. Now one of his friends has broken into her salon and the businesses around it. Chip not only helps catch him but also helps bring her peace and comfort. Now they’re falling for each other and just when Sophia is ready for Chip to meet Madelyn, his ex shows up. Will Chip be able to fight for Sophia or will he try to fix his failed marriage with his now ex wife?

Download or read book Rain Logan written by Lacey Lee and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lifeless town of Penorwood is about to be brought back to life when 15-year-old Rain Logan finds herself on her grandmother’s doorstep with nothing to lose and a secret to keep. After a devastating event leads Rain to run away from her life in the concrete City, she turns to her grandmother, who she barely knows, and develops an identity that no one saw coming. From hidden family secrets to a dark force with a century-old chip on his shoulder, Rain must clean up the mess that is her legacy and hopes she can survive her scariest and darkest dreams when they become a reality. Because.... for the first time in her life, Rain feels absolutely alone.

Download or read book Wives Behind the Blue written by Monica Amor and published by Wordcrafts Press. This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 18 wives of law enforcement officers share their stories, and offer encouragement, wisdom and prayers for their fellow wives behind the blue.

Download or read book Small Steps Long Journey written by Eric R. Inouye and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-06-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small Steps - Long Journey, is an autobiography novel that depicts my struggle to survive a nine-week coma and overcome the dependency of others. In August 1985, a drunk driver torpedoed through his red light and blasted into my smaller mini truck. Instantly, i fell comatose for nine weeks, but the real story is in my tenacity to overcome obstacles in my life that were not there before. As an athlete through school, I succumbed to a life far different than the playing field. Faced with difficulties that were taken for granted, suddenly my world became a battlefield just to survive. I take the reader on a voyage into the unknown disabled community, where I candidly express my emotions. The accident left me vulnerable, which allowed my father in close. We were both too stubborn to show weakness and that kept us apart. My hopes are to share my story and inspire those who are injured everyday, whether it is doctors & nurses or families & friends of those who recewive care. I take the reader on ajourney where hopefully you can find comfort in one person ́s survival.

Download or read book Falling written by Cali MacKay and published by Cali MacKay. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I don't know who thought it was a good idea to put me in charge of protecting the gorgeous twenty-something year-old daughter of an heiress. Yet here I am, doing my best to keep her alive and out of a hitman’s cross hairs. Unfortunately, the heiress refuses to listen to a damn word anyone says and she treats her daughter, Isabelle, like shit--which doesn't sit well with me. When the heiress gets herself killed, I can't say I'm heartbroken, given how horrible she's been to Isabelle. And when Isabelle begs me to keep her alive, there’s no way I can turn her down. Not when I haven’t been able to shake her from my thoughts from the moment I laid eyes on her. In typical Blackthorn fashion, I’m falling for her fast and hard. But there’s still a killer on the loose, and it turns out the heiress had some secrets she'd have preferred to take to her grave. Now, it’s not just Isabelle's life that’s at stake, but my heart, and there’s a damn good chance I’m going to lose them both. *** This story has a Happily Ever After for the couple and can be read as a stand alone, though there are small plot points that will continue in upcoming books. ***

Download or read book Secrets in a Small Town written by Nicole Stiling and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Town manager Savannah Castillo has everything under control, just the way she likes it. But when she starts to receive unsolicited gifts and messages from a stranger, her life turns to chaos. Against her better judgment, Savannah accepts Deputy Chief Mackenzie Blake’s help in the investigation and is more than a little annoyed when Mackenzie suggests herself as a part-time, live-in bodyguard. Savannah isn’t Mackenzie’s favorite person. She’s rude and entitled, and she always has to have the last word. Always. But when she and her daughter Eliana need help, protecting them becomes more than just a job. Mackenzie’s mission is to find the person harassing them before they cause real harm. Savannah’s fleeting and incredibly sexy smiles don’t make the task any easier, and there’s no time for distractions. Not when someone waits in the shadows, watching and preparing to strike.

Download or read book Sorry Son written by Avery Kronstadt and published by Avery Kronstadt. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Godkind's, prominent cancer research scientist are tragically murdered in their laboratory. Leaving their son Drew to be cared for by his uncle John. John trains the rebellious Drew in martial arts, ensures that he pursues his education. Uncle John focused on solving the murders forms a close relationship with officer Keeley. John being an investigative reporter takes Drew on adventures around the world. John keeps the Godkind's laboratory staffed an operating. Well aware that the laboratory may still be a target. Drew makes the decision to pursue his own life. Always knowing that he will inherit the laboratory. Drew just wanted to live his own life, find his love, enjoy his interests. Until they wouldn't let him. Narrated by Drew in the first person, this first chapter is an exciting insight to life changing events, relationships and personal integrity.

Download or read book Lizzie written by Maxine Kumin and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lizzie, age eleven, does not let her wheelchair get in the way of her curiosity. After she is partially paralyzed in a diving accident, Lizzie and her single mom are starting life over in a small town in Florida, where Lizzie’s thirst for knowledge and adventure makes her some unlikely friends and gets her into some sticky situations. Resilient and precocious, Lizzie has a passion for learning new words (especially those with Latin roots) and a propensity for finding trouble, which is how she ends up stumbling upon criminal activities involving seedy characters, beautiful golden monkeys, and murder.

Download or read book The World According to Fannie Davis written by Bridgett M. Davis and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on the Today Show: This true story of an unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and their life in the Detroit numbers of the 1960s and 1970s highlights "the outstanding humanity of black America" (James McBride). In 1958, the very same year that an unknown songwriter named Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found Motown Records, a pretty young mother from Nashville, Tennessee, borrowed $100 from her brother to run a numbers racket out of her home. That woman was Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis's mother. Part bookie, part banker, mother, wife, and granddaughter of slaves, Fannie ran her numbers business for thirty-four years, doing what it took to survive in a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal. She created a loving, joyful home, sent her children to the best schools, bought them the best clothes, mothered them to the highest standard, and when the tragedy of urban life struck, soldiered on with her stated belief: "Dying is easy. Living takes guts." A daughter's moving homage to an extraordinary parent, The World According to Fannie Davis is also the suspenseful, unforgettable story about the lengths to which a mother will go to "make a way out of no way" and provide a prosperous life for her family -- and how those sacrifices resonate over time.