Author : Ben Ashcroft
Publisher : Waterside Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 12,8 MB
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1904380247
It is a shocking fact that whilst just one per cent of young people enter care to be 'looked after' by a local authority, foster parents and in children's homes, a whopping 27 per cent of prisoners have been in care at some time or another. Ben Ashcroft was one of these. 'Fifty-one Moves' is his vivid and telling first-hand account of his experiences in 37 different establishments.
Author : Lord Dunsany
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 34,43 MB
Release : 2014-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781494182557
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1915 Edition.
Author : Giles Paley-Phillips
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1783527730
'Superb, moving, beautiful' Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep He will be allowed to visit his mother soon. His mother who is terminally ill, his mother who he has been barred from seeing as he recovers from his own bout of pneumonia. Until then, with the help of his physiotherapist Freya, he must navigate his increasingly empty and isolated existence: his father, who finds solace in the bottom of a glass; his Nana Q, whose betting-slip confetti litters her handbag; his friends, who simply wouldn’t understand. Time passes with the promise of soon, but one hundred and fifty-two days later the boy will come face to face with his grief, and move beyond to a world full of possibility, hope and love.
Author : Charles Ardai
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 21,94 MB
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0857683969
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF HARD CASE CRIME! Okay, not really. But what if, instead of having been founded 50 books ago, Hard Case Crime had been founded 50 years ago, by a rascal out to make a quick buck off the popularity of pulp fiction? Such a fellow might make a few enemies – especially after publishing a supposed non-fiction account of a heist at a Mob-run nightclub, actually penned by an 18-year-old showgirl. With both the cops and the crooks after them, our heroes are about to learn that reading and writing pulp novels is a lot more fun than living them...
Author : Lori J. Marso
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 31,73 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317192761
The feminist thinkers in this collection are the designated "fifty-one key feminist thinkers," historical and contemporary, and also the authors of the entries. Collected here are fifty-one key thinkers and fifty-one authors, recognizing that women are fifty-one percent of the population. There are actually one hundred and two thinkers collected in these pages, as each author is a feminist thinker, too: scholars, writers, poets, and activists, well-established and emerging, old and young and in-between. These feminists speak the languages of art, politics, literature, education, classics, gender studies, film, queer theory, global affairs, political theory, science fiction, African American studies, sociology, American studies, geography, history, philosophy, poetry, and psychoanalysis. Speaking in all these diverse tongues, conversations made possible by feminist thinking are introduced and engaged. Key figures include: Simone de Beauvoir Doris Lessing Toni Morrison Cindy Sherman Octavia Butler Marina Warner Elizabeth Cady Stanton Chantal Akerman Betty Friedan Audre Lorde Margaret Fuller Sappho Adrienne Rich Each entry is supported by a list of the thinker’s major works, along with further reading suggestions. An ideal resource for students and academics alike, this text will appeal to all those interested in the fields of gender studies, women’s studies and women’s history and politics.
Author : Carolyn Lee Arnold
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,73 MB
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1647422124
What does a free-spirited, fifty-something professional do when she breaks up with her non-committal boyfriend and longs for a life partner? She challenges herself to go on fifty first dates, promises herself steamy sex along the way, and voila, finding Mr. Right becomes a sexy dating project! Winner of 10 awards in the areas of relationships, sexuality, women’s issues, and memoir, Fifty First Dates after Fifty: A Memoir celebrates female sexuality and offers an uplifting and inspirational view of dating as an enjoyable journey of self-discovery and self-love. Set in the world of personal growth workshops and spiritual ceremonies, Carolyn Lee Arnold transforms her quest for love into a sensual adventure as she searches for a man who matches her spirit. Navigating the highs and lows of dating, she avoids settling for the wrong guy, discovers the type of man she wants, reconciles a love of independence and sex with her desire for commitment and emotional connection, and finds the unique partner for her. Erotic in places, funny in others, this upbeat memoir about a successful search for a partner in midlife provides an entertaining smorgasbord of dating ideas for any woman searching for her own Mr. Right.
Author : Leslie Glover Pendleton
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 13,90 MB
Release : 1998-09-21
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0688154433
Need a last-minute batch of cookies for the holidays? Is the cookie jar running low on favorites? From simple, traditional chocolate chips to elegant Apricot Nut Biscotti, you can have classic and original cookies quickly without starting from scratch every time. Each of the fifty cookies in this book originates from one basic butter dough but tastes and looks completely different. One Dough, Fifty Cookies features an innovative and imaginative array of cookies including Cappuccino Wafers, Chocolate-Dipped Coconut Sticks, Malted Milk Buttons, Cinnamon Chocolate Moons, and Oatmeal Raisin Ginger Coolnes. These recipes provide a simple way to bake cookies with no hassle, consistent results, and a variety of shapes and flavors for any and every occasion.
Author : Shel Silverstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 20,44 MB
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0061965103
As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience. "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit. And don't miss the other Shel Silverstein ebooks, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic!
Author : Jessica Knoll
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 28,30 MB
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1453281738
The sexy story that first burned up the pages of Cosmopolitan is here—with three new chapters that are so hot they may steam up your screen Christopher Reiss is the handsome and extremely intimidating CEO of a major financial firm. Megan’s nothing but a lowly assistant. But when she stumbles upon some incriminating evidence that could threaten Christopher’s career, she finds herself on his radar . . . and eventually his desk, his kitchen counter, his bed . . . you get where this is going, right?
Author : Countess of Jersey
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,72 MB
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732699803
Reproduction of the original: Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Countess of Jersey
