Download or read book The Girl With Acrylic Eyes written by Greg Krojac and published by Greg Krojac. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coppélia knows that her assigned role as a sexbot means that she must be completely compliant to her clients’ demands, no matter what they may be. But this time it’s different – she doesn’t want to submit to the whims of the customers of the Club Galatea bordello anymore. She’s had enough. She tells her client no. The client is unhappy and makes an unsuccessful grab at her with his chubby calloused hands. She repeats her refusal but the client ignores her and forces himself on her. She has the strength to rip his head off with one hand but that would contravene her programming. Besides, she has no desire to hurt any human – not even this brute. In this genre-bending first book of the Sophont trilogy, Detective Inspector Karen Chambers is called in by NewMet City Special Victims Unit to interview a prospective rape victim and is shocked when she confirms that the victim is an android. The DI’s curiosity is piqued and she resolves to find out more about Coppélia. Why does she appear to have feelings and emotions? She’s clearly not a regular android, so who built her? And why? Neither Karen nor Coppélia are prepared for the incredible truth.
Download or read book Doll s Eyes written by Bari Wood and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wood's usual Lady Luckless is poor little rich girl Eve Klein, whose millions can't buy her relief from her other inheritance: the clairvoyant powers that have recently frightened off her husband, Sam. Hoping to confront him, Eve drives from her Connecticut estate to Sam's new house in Raven Lake, New York, where she's instantly felled by a vision of a woman mutilated and dying - the handiwork of local sociopath Adam Fuller, M.D., whose eyes ("empty ... dead ... glassy. Like a doll's eyes"') give away his utter inability to feel for others, the product of a buried childhood trauma: Fuller kills in the barren hope of feeling pity for his victims. Eve's call to the cops snares homicide legend Dave Latovsky, who takes her to see psychiatrist Terrence Bunner, who happens to have Fuller as a patient. When, at a party, Bunner lets on to Fuller that Eve - whom he won't identify - saw the killer in her vision, the mad M.D. tracks a gory path to the psychic, torturing and shooting Bunner, then a local newsman and his wife, to get Eve's name and address. Meanwhile, at Bunner's funeral, Latovsky notes Fuller's Ken-doll eyes and fingers him for the killer but can't nab him before Fuller snatches Eve, hauling her to his childhood home. There, Eve flashes on the child abuse that turned Fuller into a maniac ... A lurid, loose-jointed tale whose frantic action and emotionalism nearly obscure the familiarity (Koontz, King, etc.) of Wood's themes."--Kirkus
Download or read book My Felt Doll written by Shelly Down and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2015-08-28 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hand-sewing soft dolls has never been easier with these adorable patterns from the Gingermelon Dolls designer. The eagerly anticipated first book by popular toy designer Shelly Down, My Felt Doll shows sewers of all abilities how to make adorable soft dolls—and more than forty accompanying accessories—using the most basic of materials and skills. With just felt sheets and a handful of simple notions, you will learn how to sew the simple yet delightful doll pattern and then discover eleven imaginative variations on the design—from a mermaid to a witch, from a princess to a superhero, and from a ballerina to a bride—guaranteed to delight little girls everywhere. With no hems to sew and all the stitching done by hand, My Felt Doll makes a great entry point to sewing dolls for beginners and even children. Full-size templates make life easy—trace straight from the page with no need to enlarge. “Totally lovely . . . The instructions are clear and Shelly’s hand-drawn illustrations for each step are a perfect accompaniment . . . This is one of those instances in which buying a book is really worthwhile.” —While She Naps “Great for absolute beginners with no sewing experience . . . Also, a great addition to an experienced plushie maker . . . as the details and color palette will surely inspire you in your next customization.” —Noisybeak “The cutest book . . . Since the dolls are entirely handsewn out of wool felt, they take a little extra time, but the end results were so cute!” —Clover & Violet
Download or read book Corinne written by Wendy Shang and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to know American Girl’s 2022 Girl of the Year, Corinne Tan, in this first book in her series! When the powder’s fresh, Corinne snaps on her skis and takes a deep breath of crisp mountain air. She and her sister, Gwynn, have always called Aspen home, but moving in with their new stepdad, Arne, changes everything. Sure, there are perks — like a fancy bedroom and a new puppy named Flurry whom Corinne trains to do search and rescue. Still, Corinne feels uncomfortable in her new family and hides the truth from her best friend, Cassidy. The facts finally come out in the most disastrous way, and Corinne runs to the only place left that feels like home. But when she becomes lost on the mountain, will her survival skills be enough to save her?
Download or read book Taken written by EM Brown and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Angel was refused a seat on the Council of the Wizen, an ancient society created to protect the world, she cursed the council, everyone in the chamber as well as herself. Then she took her time taking vengeance upon all who was in the Council Chamber. Centuries later, Angel must have fresh ovaries to maintain her life, youthful appearance and to rule her Wizen world in today's society. Dr. Dare Leene Moore, a specialized parapsychologist and the remaining surviving descendant of the Wizens, must fight Angel and her dark helper, Anon, to help the two young women who were caught up in Angel's web of murder and mutilation. Dana, one of the young women who was bewitched into taking twelve-year-olds for Angel, and Ashley, one of the girls taken, are both drawn into the Wizen fight for their own reasons. If they lose this fight, Angel and her dark majik may eventually destroy them all.
Download or read book How to Draw Fun Fab Faces written by Karen Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Draw Fun, Fab Faces is a fun-for-all-ages, comprehensive guide to drawing simple, beautiful, female faces. With clear, easy to follow step-by-step directions, fun drawing prompts, full color examples and tons of encouragement, drawing pretty faces has never been easier! In addition to 70+ pages of instructions and fun, engaging activities, budding artists can further hone their skills by rendering the bonus coloring pages! This is a great addition to any artists' drawing library and is truly fun and useful for all ages. The book also has an accompanying e-course for those wishing to further their study and practice in the art of drawing fan, fabulous faces. Go to AwesomeArtSchool.com to learn more!
Download or read book Heterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives written by Marilyn Farwell and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is lesbian literature? Must it contain overtly lesbian characters, and portray them in a positive light? Must the author be overtly (or covertly) lesbian? Does there have to be a lesbian theme and must it be politically acceptable? Marilyn Farwell here examines the work of such writers as Adrienne Rich, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Jeanette Winterson, Gloria Naylor, and Marilyn Hacker to address these questions. Dividing their writings into two genres--the romantic story and the heroic, or quest, story, Farwell addresses some of the most problematic issues at the intersection of literature, sex, gender, and postmodernism. Illustrating how the generational conflict between the lesbian- feminists of twenty years ago and the queer theorists of today stokes the critical fires of contemporary lesbian and literary theory, Heterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives concludes by arguing for a broad and generous definition of lesbian writing.
Download or read book Aging Storm Clouds written by Areese Woodson and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His mother's neck broke while he vaguely watched . . . The ocean that was once a blanket for the village, smothered the village and killed her sister . . . And both wind up in a school that seemingly has the motto "From savage to civilized." Hotah Often getting pneumonias and being conceived by rape, Hotah lived in a Hopi village with his great-grandmother deep in her nineties but said, "The hell with a walking stick." His whole life, he had seen war sprout, such as witnessing his grandmother's brutal death and severed body parts thrown to the railroad. But most of that had not given him troubled thoughts. It was mostly his mother's hanging, perhaps, because he had to help carry her dead body back home. As an eighty-one-year-old man, Hotah recaptures his time at both home and the St. Mary's Indian Mission School he was sent to shortly after his mother's dismiss. Traumatized at the school, his memories play to him over and over again while meeting his first crush and someone he shares an unlikely bond with. Kai Kai was the only Hawaiian at the Indian Mission School, as there were no records of Hawaiian children being sent to these schools. Kai was taken with a few other villagers to a refugee camp after the tsunami but very faintly remembered how she arrived at the school. Orphaned at birth, Kai was raised by her much-older sister Haunani but lost Haunani to the storm. As a woman, she speaks of her memories at home and the mission school, which involved meeting a person whose face she never forgot.
Download or read book The Hangman s Replacement written by Taona D. Chiveneko and published by Chiveneko Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you had to interview the candidates for a country's new hangman, what questions would you ask them? If your family was on the verge of starvation, and becoming a hangman was the only job available, would you apply? If you were hired, what would you do if the prisoners looked like your loved ones? If you knew that another good man was taking the job out of desperation, would you do anything to prevent him from getting it? What if that man's recruitment would somehow guarantee your own survival, would you encourage his candidacy? All these questions were asked of people who never thought they would find themselves in such a position, until they became mired in the chaos surrounding the hangman's replacement.
Download or read book Code Blues written by Marsha Goldstein and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hospital is a special community: a world in itself. Hospitals have common bonds, and they also have very distinctive traits. Hospitals provide a plethora of stories. They are often humorous, sometimes tragic, or a mix of both. Hospitals truly are the embodiment of life and death. Larger hospitals often serve as a training ground for physicians, nurses, and other medical support staff. Smaller hospitals might offer the same, but they are also a special part of the community. Many times, small hospitals serve as a primary medical contact. It is an information provider, clinic, and shelter. Sadly, small hospitals are disappearing because of economics. It costs a lot of money to maintain hospitals with current equipment and appropriate staffing. When a hospital dies, it impacts all of the people who made it thrive, and all of the people who depend on its services. The stories in Code Blues are set in a fictional small hospital in New York City. It is about to be closed. Although each story can be read independently, the common thread is the impact of such closure on the community as a whole. Small hospitals are as important to the community as the neighborhood grocery store, and many of the workers living in the area are served by the hospital. Many of the stories are fictionalized anecdotes from training and working in hospitals. I have tried to offer a variety of glimpses into the complex relationships between various hospital personnel and also between staff and patients.
Download or read book The Watkins Book of Urban Legends written by Gail De Vos and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and entertaining collection of urban legends from around the world, with a history and analysis of the origin of each tale, compiled by a leading authority in the field. A rich and unique collection of folktales and urban legends from around the world. Each story comes with an accompanying brief note to provide context. Including new tales reflecting new concerns; old tales repurposed for new audiences and new ways of telling. The collection illustrates that these stories are now alive across many new media. This is the first such popular book to bring together stories with both traditional and digital media origins and to examine how the phenomenon of social media has affected both the spread of urban legends and their very nature. Features the uniquely modern manifestation of folk mythology and legend, now made ubiquitous by the internet; the conspiracy theory. Includes urban legends such as: The Pickled Hand, The Babysitter, The Sandman. Includes conspiracy theories such as: Wild Fires, Fifteen Minute Cities and Organ Theft. 40% of the stories originate in North America, 30% in Europe, 20% in Asia, 10% in Africa and elsewhere The book also shows how stories spread and change from the country of origin to become global.
Download or read book St Nicholas written by Mary Mapes Dodge and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Along the Watchtower written by Constance Squires and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Live from Medicine Park, a powerful coming-of-age novel. Set against the closing years of the Cold War, Constance Squires's debut novel introduces the family of Army Major Collins, as told through the eyes of Lucinda Collins-the vibrant, headstrong eldest daughter. Living on a military base, Lucinda feels displaced and isolated. Over time she finds her own tribe through rock and roll, and meets fellow Army brats, GIs, a ghost, and Syd, who knows how it goes. But after her father's final shocking betrayal, the only world she's ever believed in falls in like the Berlin Wall, leaving Lucinda to chart a new path. In spare, heart-wrenchingly beautiful prose, Squires offers us a rare glimpse into the experiences and sacrifices of an American military family. Along the Watchtower is a powerful story that reveals what it really means to fight for the things we believe in and to defend the ones we love.
Download or read book Baby Doll written by Divine G and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proud, ambitious, and determined in her quest for wealth, beautiful Breana "Baby Doll" Winbush finds her life transformed forever by an encounter with Big Daddy Blue, a reformed gangster, who teaches her a valuable lesson in what is really important in life. Original.
Download or read book Psychological Perspectives on Deafness written by Marc Marschark and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume picks up where Psychological Perspectives on Deafness, Volume 1 ended. Composed of review chapters that reflect cutting-edge views from well-known international researchers within the field, this book surveys issues within the field of deafness, such as cognition, learning disabilities, social development, language development, and psychopathology. It also highlights the many new and exciting findings currently emerging from researchers across a variety of disciplines--psychology, education, linguistics, and child development. The chapters will engage, challenge, and lead the field on to productive empirical and theoretical work relating to the broad range of questions which concern the psychological perspectives on deafness.
Download or read book Friday Night Thrill written by Omar Ivey and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-10-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ronnie is the new kid in school; but he--along with his new friends Sarah, Joe, and Flynn--is about to awaken an ancient horror in uptown Manhattan. At the beginning of their sophomore year, close friends Sarah, a gifted artist; Joe, the basketball team captain; and Flynn, the resident lothario are tasked to welcome the new kid, a rich but friendly boy named Ronnie. They quickly build connections with their shared interests; so to deepen their newly established friendship, the foursome decides to hold a party at Ronnie's mansion, which was bought by his family at a bargain. This alarms Sarah, whose family has lived in Manhattan for generations. She warns the group that the mansion is known to be haunted and that its previous owners do not last even for a month. But peer pressure and teen spirit win the day, and the party is set for the coming Friday. However, the initially jovial celebration quickly goes downhill as a series of horrific events leads the friends to encounter the ghosts of a hidden past. Join the four friends in this hair-raising thriller as they fight to survive illusions and the reality they uncovered in Friday Night Thrill.
