Download or read book The Girl Who Chewed Her Nails written by Sara Van Buskirk and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A headstrong girl loved to chew her nails. After ignoring many warning signs to stop, she undergoes a BIG transformation. Life became difficult and different in a very unique way. Will she find a way to turn back into a little girl? Will she learn from this BIG lesson and pick her nose ever again? Read to find out!

Download or read book There Must Be a Witness written by Sue Bell Cobb and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True child advocates are not born, they are forged out of frustration and faith. There Must Be A Witness profiles a group of child advocates in Alabama who have devoted themselves to help children thrive—and by extension, to better meet the needs of their communities. This collection of stories, narrated by Sue Bell Cobb, the state’s first female Chief Justice and a former juvenile court judge, draws back the curtain on what drives such advocates. In the case of Liz Huntley, a prominent Birmingham lawyer, and Roberta Crenshaw, a former prison lay counselor, advocacy grew out of enduring the most horrific abuse. For Jannah Bailey, the director of Child Protect, her calling has always been to stand between children and violence. Cobb’s own life of advocacy stems from what she saw in courtrooms across Alabama. As a jurist she was bound to serve the law, but as an advocate she championed some of the state’s most sweeping child policy reforms in recent decades, including a toe-to-toe fight with back-slapping tobacco company lobbyists. Along the way she was humbled by the inspiring group of child advocates she met digging firebreaks against poverty, child abuse and neglect, inadequate medical care, and shortcomings in education. Collectively, the stories included in this volume call us to stand witness and testify to policymakers on behalf of children—to insist that government be used as a force for good in people’s lives.

Download or read book Come In and Cover Me written by Gin Phillips and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moving story of a woman learning to let go of the past in order to move forward with her own future, from the author of Fierce Kingdom. When Ren was twelve years old, she lost her older brother to a car accident. For twenty-five years he’s been a presence in her life, appearing with a song or a reflection in the moonlight. Her connection to the ghosts around her has made her especially sensitive as an archaeologist, understanding the bare outline of our ancestors, recreating lives and stories, and breathing life into those who occupied this world long before us. On the cusp of the most important find of her career, it is the ghosts who are guiding her way. But what they have to tell Ren about herself, and her developing relationship with the first man to really know her since her brother’s death, is unexpected—a discovery about the relationship between the past and the future, and the importance of living in the moment.

Download or read book A Cursed Inheritance written by Kate Ellis and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times The brutal massacre of the Harford family at Potwoolstan Hall in 1985 shocked the country and passed into local folklore. Now, twenty years later, a journalist researching the case has been murdered and the horror is reawakened. DI Wesley Peterson is drawn into the dark history of Potwoolstan Hall as he begins to investigate the murder. The sixteenth-century hall, which is now a New Age healing centre, is reputed to be cursed because of the crimes of its builder and it seems that this inheritance of evil lives on. As more people start to die in violent circumstances, DI Wesley Peterson is faced with his most disturbing case yet. Whether you've read the whole series, or are discovering Kate Ellis's DI Wesley Peterson novels for the first time, this is the perfect, gripping mystery if you love reading Elly Griffiths and Ann Cleeves.

Download or read book Rise written by L. Annette Binder and published by Sarabande Books. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Exceptionally compelling . . . even the stories without surreal contours seem to be set in a world that is not quite our own.” —New York Daily News The stories in Rise are fairytales, except that the witch, lucky Hans, and the frog prince are characters at the fringes of everyday life. There are rockets, swells of starlings, and children who disappear into thin air. L. Annette Binder writes magical tales with authority and restraint, and we believe her stories, every one. “In one of these amazing stories a character says to her husband, ‘Why are you smiling? You’re scaring me.’ That’s how I feel about Rise. There is a yearning so deep in each story, something beautiful and urgent, that the book glows. L. Annette Binder arrives with worlds of empathy and strange surprise.” —Ron Carlson “L. Annette Binder is a stunningly talented writer. Her stories are the stories of outsiders, gripping and heartfelt, heightened with hidden undertones of the surreal. It is this tension that makes the worlds she creates so vibrant, and allows her readers to see so deeply into these characters’ souls. Rise is a beautiful book, and Binder’s words cut clear and straight to the bone.” —Hannah Tinti “She both casts a spell and breaks it. To experience Rise is to experience wonder.” —Laura Kasischke

Download or read book The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Habit written by Stan Berenstain and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Join Mama, Papa, and Brother, as they try and help Sister break a very bad habit . . . biting her nails. Will she manage to get her bad habit under control, or will she end up stuck as a nail nibbler. This beloved story is a perfect way to teach children about the importance of overcoming bad habits.

Download or read book The Terrible Island written by Beatrice Grimshaw and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Girl Who Wasn t Dead written by Samantha Boyette and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prom was supposed to be the biggest night of senior year, but for Jenny Lewis it was the night she almost died. The night someone drugged her, loaded her in a car, and dumped her body in the river. The next morning, her soaked prom dress was found on the riverbank. Her body was never found. People whispered that she’d killed herself or gotten drunk and stupid. People moved on, went to college, and stopped thinking about her. Months later, her ex-girlfriend and three other classmates received a text from an unknown number accusing them of her murder and claiming to have proof. The text? It came from Jenny, not dead and ready to figure out who tried to kill her. There’s going to be an impromptu reunion and no one is leaving until the would-be murderer steps forward.

Download or read book Point Blank written by Mark A. Rempel and published by Tommy Nelson. This book was released on 2002-06-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Seth Anderson wanted to do was to graduate. Point Blank takes us into the final weeks of his senior year as Seth finishes his last assignment-a project for his philosophy class exploring the question, "What is the meaning of life?" Suddenly Seth finds himself in the middle of the worst school shooting in the history of America and forced to find meaning for his own life, while staring point blank at the barrel of a gun. What would you say if a gun was pointed at your head, Point Blank?

Download or read book Savage Disclosure The Nickie Savage Series Book 3 written by R.T. Wolfe and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Nickie Savage is on the heels of a domestic child trafficking ring--the same one responsible for her own childhood abduction. When the ringleaders repeatedly slip her grip, Nickie suspects there's a mole funneling information to an outside source and calls upon her new husband, Duncan Reed, to find the leak. But Nickie needs more than Duncan's photographic memory and computer hacking skills to get back on track. She must make peace with the ghosts of the children she left behind. THE NICKIE SAVAGE SERIES, in order Savage Echoes Savage Deception Savage Rendezvous Savage Disclosure Savage Betrayal Savage Alliance THE BLACK CREEK SERIES, in order Black Creek Burning Flying in Shadows Dark Vengeance

Download or read book How to Stop Nail Biting written by Anonymous and published by Best How To Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author suggests effective ways to permanently quit nail biting.

Download or read book Brothers written by Andrew Blauner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The next best thing to not having a brother (as I do not) is to have Brothers." —Gay Talese Here is a tapestry of stories about the complex and unique relationship that exists between brothers. In this book, some of our finest authors take an unvarnished look at how brothers admire and admonish, revere and revile, connect and compete, love and war with each other. With hearts and minds wide open, and, in some cases, with laugh-out-loud humor, the writers tackle a topic that is as old as the Bible and yet has been, heretofore, overlooked. Contributors range in age from twenty-four to eighty-four, and their stories from comic to tragic. Brothers examines and explores the experiences of love and loyalty and loss, of altruism and anger, of competition and compassion—the confluence of things that conspire to form the unique nature of what it is to be and to have a brother. “Brother.” One of our eternal and quintessential terms of endearment. Tobias Wolff writes, “The good luck of having a brother is partly the luck of having stories to tell.” David Kaczynski, brother of “The Unabomber”: “I’ll start with the premise that a brother shows you who you are—and also who you are not. He’s an image of the self, at one remove . . . You are a ‘we’ with your brother before you are a ‘we’ with any other.” Mikal Gilmore refers to brotherhood as a “fidelity born of blood.” We’ve heard that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. But where do the apples fall in relation to each other? And are we, in fact, our brothers’ keepers, after all? These stories address those questions and more, and are, like the relationships, full of intimacy and pain, joy and rage, burdens and blessings, humor and humanity.

Download or read book Cry Me a River written by Robert Michael and published by Infinite Word Press. This book was released on with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claire Eppington feels unfinished. Her mother died when Claire was young. Her father raised her in a home suffused with grief and loneliness. When she was an adult, her father left her with a gift from her mother: a journal full of memories, hopes, and regrets. Claire can barely bring herself to open the porcelain-encrusted memorial. She is full of resentment, a fear of death, and a nagging sense of incompletion. It is ironic, then, that Claire chooses a career overseeing the final rites of people whose families want their ashes spread at exotic or distant locales. On a trip to Colombia to bring the remains of a client to a remote village on the Rio de Magdalena, Claire finds that her job may be more deadly than she expected. Her assignment allows her to work with Manny Villareal, a handsome and rugged photographer. What Claire does not know is that Manny used to work as a security chief for his family's cartel. When Manny's brother becomes threatened, Claire becomes a pawn in a dangerous game. Pursued by an assassin and pressed by military groups, a rogue DEA agent, and a greedy relative seeking to overthrow the cartel, Manny is forced to make a choice. Does he save his family, or the woman he is beginning to love? Claire is faced with her mother's legacy, a dangerous assignment in a country full of beauty and romance, and the possibility that her greatest fear may become a reality.

Download or read book From Here To Home written by Marie Bostwick and published by Kensington. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Marie Bostwick is my go-to author…always powerful, inspiring, and uplifting." –Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick welcomes readers to the quirky, unforgettable town of Too Much, Texas, in a heartwarming, richly satisfying story of friendship and moving forward… Mary Dell Templeton prefers the quiet charms of Too Much to the bright lights of Dallas any day. She's relieved to be moving back to her hometown--and bringing her cable TV show, Quintessential Quilting, with her. There are just a couple of wrinkles in her plan. Her son, Howard, who is her talented co-host and color consultant, and happens to have Down syndrome, wants to stay in Dallas and become more independent. Meanwhile, Mary Dell's new boss hopes to attract a different demographic--by bringing in a younger co-host. What Holly Silva knows about quilting wouldn't fill a thimble, but she's smart and ambitious. Her career hinges on outshining the formidable Mary Dell in order to earn her own show. Yet as Holly adapts to small-town living and begins a new romance, and Mary Dell considers rekindling an old one, the two find unlikely kinship. For as Mary Dell knows, the women of Too Much have a knack for untangling the knottiest problems when they work together. And sometimes the pattern for happiness is as simple and surprising as it is beautiful… Praise for Marie Bostwick and Her Novels "Fans of Debbie Macomber and Robyn Carr will enjoy this warm, witty novel of rediscovery and personal growth." ­­ --Booklist on The Second Sister "A story that touches women on many levels and yet is filled with humor and a bit of pathos." --Kirkus on Between Heaven and Texas "A brilliant storyteller." --Las Vegas Review-Journal on Threading the Needle “Marie Bostwick is my go-to author…always powerful, inspiring, and uplifting.” –Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Bostwick showcase[s] her gift for writing with warmth and humor, putting her fully formed characters in realistic situations. Too Much, Texas is a place any reader would love to visit, but give this especially to fans of Robyn Carr and Emilie Richards.” – Booklist on From Here to Home "Bostwick succeeds in handling tough subjects with a light hand...Recommended for Bostwick’s fans, and those who appreciate family novels featuring strong women." - Library Journal on From Here to Home “Heartwarming to the core, Bostwick’s latest will touch readers’ hearts. The colorful characters are authentic and endearing, both Mary Dell and Holly being distinctive, strong heroines set within an engaging plot. Bostwick’s expert storytelling is filled with honesty and humor, making this novel set in the quaint town of Too Much, Texas, truly delightful.” – RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars Top Pick for From Here to Home

Download or read book Brothers of Justice written by Stewart Jeens and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An uncompromising thriller set in the last decade of the 20th Century. Criminality is reaching epidemic proportions. The combination of a vociferous liberal lobby, the breakdown of family and school disciplines over three generations and a weak judicial system have produced a society living in fear. A seemingly average rape murder case sets Detective Sergeant Phil Queen on an apparently straightforward investigation, when the suspect is swiftly apprehended. For Gary Hart, the wheels of justice begin to turn. In the country at large, a series of random assaults and deaths are occurring. However, due to their sporadic nature, they merge into the general crime figures and, therefore, no connections are made...

Download or read book The Night of the Comet written by George Bishop (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Alan Broussard is swept up in his science teacher father's community-wide comet-watching activities, which illuminate for the young teen his father's inadequacies, his mother's unhappiness, and his own loss of innocence.

Download or read book The Girl In The Water written by J A Baker and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-10-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unmissable psychological thriller from bestselling author J.A. Baker. When Phoebe and her disabled husband, Martyn, move into a new house in a quiet village, they plan to lead a quiet existence, to keep themselves to themselves. It’s safer that way. But their new neighbour Anna is bored of spending her days alone. She seeks friendship with Phoebe – even though she knows there is something strange about the new couple. What is Phoebe hiding and why are she and her husband so reclusive? Phoebe makes it clear to Anna that she doesn’t want her friendship, that it’s safer for Anna to stay away. Haunted by her past, Phoebe fears that Anna’s arrival in her life may prove to be the catalyst for her undoing. Then Anna gets caught in a storm and is thrown into the river. As the waters rise, she is rescued by Phoebe...and that’s when the truth about her new friend surfaces with deadly results. J.A. Baker is the best-selling author of Local Girl Missing, The Last wife and The Woman in the Woods. What people are saying about J.A. Baker... 'Superbly written with a cast of crazy characters who will make you look differently at your co-workers from now on.’ Bestselling author Valerie Keogh 'Fast-paced, riveting thriller. Gripped until the last page!' Bestselling author Diana Wilkinson 'A twisty, creepy story expertly told. Perfect for reading on dark winter evenings...with the doors double-locked and bolted. Highly recommended!' Bestselling author Amanda James Please Note, this book was previously published as Undercurrent