Author : Spencer Baum
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 2004-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595326757
Joey Hamilton makes a mistake on a simple wrestling maneuver during his World Title competition, and his botched scripted match is televised nationally. With Joey injured, other professional wrestlers engage in violence, drug use, back-stabbing, and desperation as they try to earn the top spot.
Author : Rachel Matthews
Publisher : RavenFire Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Manhattan food critic Valentina Aragon is reluctant to visit small town River Valley. When her mentor insists it will help recharge her creativity (with the possibility of a promotion), Val figures there is nothing to lose. A trip to the local B&B turns out to be just what the doctor ordered, and Val easily loses herself in the warm citizens and welcoming town. The last thing she expects is a run-in with an unmannerly yet very handsome landscape designer. Brandon Scott never expected to lose his heart. With a full workload to keep him busy and a reluctance to start a relationship, love is the last thing on his mind. Though he isn’t exactly welcoming to the local inn’s pretty new boarder, an opportunity to make it up to her draws them closer together. As the golden leaves fall and River Valley embraces the chilly autumn season, acquaintances turn into friends and more, a community comes together to save a local treasure, and a figure from Brandon’s past may jeopardize his thriving business and possible future with Val.
Author : Ken Follett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 24,78 MB
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101543558
Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .
Author : D.R. Dorsey
Publisher : D'Andre R Dorsey
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,77 MB
Release : 2020-12-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 1792358059
"At what point do you stop feeling when you’re incinerated? That’s not what is on the minds of most 9 year old's, however young Raiden was not in the position of you or me at that age. Why? You ask. Well for one thing he had ears that made the term sharp hearing way too literal and for another he had just watched his parent's caravan be engulfed in flames..." Raiden and Ginx have always been troublemakers but when Raiden defends a dying man in golden armor, he is thrust into a world of Djinns and Dragons. Now wearing the golden armor himself, he meets an exiled young princess with extraordinary powers of the Slighted and finds himself on a journey to exact revenge on the man responsible for his parent's murder. Along the way, they are opposed at seemingly every turn by the villainous Emerald who also wields Slighted energy and Lord Pennasus father to Ginx and wielder of the Djinnbreaker. Fortunately, they aren't alone in their journey and find many allies some with deeper connections than they think... If you enjoy action, Egyptian-inspired fantasy, adventure and steampunk science fiction this could be the book for you! If you are intrigued by an interesting take on a "Cinderella" tale meets Ben 10, then you may have just found your new favorite series ! Debut novel of author D.R.Dorsey, I hope you enjoy MILLENIUM KNIGHTS
Author : Nicole Terez Dutton
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 31,85 MB
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0822978415
Winner of the 2011 Cave Canem Poetry Prize “Nicole Terez Dutton’s fierce and formidable debut throbs with restless beauty and a lyrical undercurrent that is both empowered and unpredictable. Every poem is unsettling in that delicious way that changes and challenges the reader. There is nothing here that does not hurtle forward.” —Patricia Smith Chosen by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association as a 2013 Honor Book Winner for poetry.
Author : Molly Bang
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,84 MB
Release : 1994
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9780688070168
The Stone Diariesis the story of one woman's life; a truly sensuous novel that reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century. Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood and old age. Bewildered by her inability to understand her own role, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her own story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiography.
Author : Michael Leach
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,56 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780702231360
Launched with the enthusiasm and support of many thousands of Australians, the One Nation party gave expression to the anger and disenchantment of voters drawn to Pauline Hanson's views on race, immigration and national identity. In this landmark study, scholars in political and social research bring into focus the character and origins of One Nation; its organisation and right-wing links; the unprecedented role of an influential minor party in state parliament; and its indelible impact upon Australian political life. In particular this timely new book analysis One Nation's electoral failure in the 1998 federal and the subsequent NSW elections, and its subsequent deregistration and investigation for fraud. There is a key chapter on Aboriginal Australia written from the Murri perspective, while other chapters offer up intriguing social commentary on the wider issues of an Australian political populism; national identity; and the impact of globalisation.
Author : Keah Brown
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,21 MB
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1982100559
From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America. Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn’t always been the case. Born with cerebral palsy, her greatest desire used to be normalcy and refuge from the steady stream of self-hate society strengthened inside her. But after years of introspection and reaching out to others in her community, she has reclaimed herself and changed her perspective. In The Pretty One, Brown gives a contemporary and relatable voice to the disabled—so often portrayed as mute, weak, or isolated. With clear, fresh, and light-hearted prose, these essays explore everything from her relationship with her able-bodied identical twin (called “the pretty one” by friends) to navigating romance; her deep affinity for all things pop culture—and her disappointment with the media’s distorted view of disability; and her declaration of self-love with the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute. By “smashing stigmas, empowering her community, and celebrating herself” (Teen Vogue), Brown and The Pretty One aims to expand the conversation about disability and inspire self-love for people of all backgrounds.
Author : Neal Stephenson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 1051 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062458736
New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves, Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon returns with a wildly inventive and entertaining science fiction thriller—Paradise Lost by way of Philip K. Dick—that unfolds in the near future, in parallel worlds. In his youth, Richard “Dodge” Forthrast founded Corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a multibillionaire. Now in his middle years, Dodge appreciates his comfortable, unencumbered life, managing his myriad business interests, and spending time with his beloved niece Zula and her young daughter, Sophia. One beautiful autumn day, while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, something goes irrevocably wrong. Dodge is pronounced brain dead and put on life support, leaving his stunned family and close friends with difficult decisions. Long ago, when a much younger Dodge drew up his will, he directed that his body be given to a cryonics company now owned by enigmatic tech entrepreneur Elmo Shepherd. Legally bound to follow the directive despite their misgivings, Dodge’s family has his brain scanned and its data structures uploaded and stored in the cloud, until it can eventually be revived. In the coming years, technology allows Dodge’s brain to be turned back on. It is an achievement that is nothing less than the disruption of death itself. An eternal afterlife—the Bitworld—is created, in which humans continue to exist as digital souls. But this brave new immortal world is not the Utopia it might first seem . . . Fall, or Dodge in Hell is pure, unadulterated fun: a grand drama of analog and digital, man and machine, angels and demons, gods and followers, the finite and the eternal. In this exhilarating epic, Neal Stephenson raises profound existential questions and touches on the revolutionary breakthroughs that are transforming our future. Combining the technological, philosophical, and spiritual in one grand myth, he delivers a mind-blowing speculative literary saga for the modern age.
Author : Anthony McGowan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781781125175
A bleakly poetic and powerful teen drama, from the best-selling author of The Knife That Killed Me. Mog clings to the social fringe by association with Chris. But when Chris befriends loser Duffy and threatens Mog's status, Mog takes drastic action. There will be consequences... A new edition of tragic tale of betrayal, sparsely and finely told by a master of teen storytelling.
