Author : Jessica Gadziala
Publisher :
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 39,37 MB
Release : 2020-07-12
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ISBN :
You didn't have to be in the criminal underbelly to understand one fundamental rule: You don't mess with the mafia.But what other choice did I have?* This book has some dark themes but is not a "dark" mafia book
Author : Jessica Gadziala
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 21,11 MB
Release : 2021-06-10
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ISBN :
I made a deal with a devil in a black suit. Stuck in a life that had been nothing but misery, when I saw an opportunity to break free, I grabbed it with both hands. That opportunity came in the form of Lucky Grassi-a capo in the New Jersey mafia, and the one man who could help me navigate the dangers of my plan. I never planned for it to be anything more than a professional arrangement. One touch from him had me rethinking all my plans for my future. But there was still danger all around. There was no way to know if we would even live long enough to explore what was growing between us...
Author : Jessica Gadziala
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2020-08-29
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ISBN :
- A standalone mafia romance -I couldn't stop my father from getting involved with the mafia.When I was kidnapped and held as collateral for his debt, a lifetime of cleaning up his messes told me I couldn't count on his help, either.I would need to save myself.A woman could only be pushed so far.And I was finished with being a victim.There was one problem.Lorenzo Costa.Underboss to the most powerful don of NYC's Five Families.Powerful.Cunning.Ruthless.And far too sinful for his - or my - own good.Our attraction grows in a city of old resentments, boiling tensions, resurfacing ghosts, and a shift in power that threatens to spill more blood than the families have seen in generations.Lives would be lost.Loyalties would be tested, And through it all I wondered, would Lorenzo's and my new bond weather the coming storm?Would we would survive at a
Author : Julia Flynn Siler
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 33,61 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1101875275
During the first hundred years of Chinese immigration--from 1848 to 1943--San Francisco was home to a shockingly extensive underground slave trade in Asian women, who were exploited as prostitutes and indentured servants. In this gripping, necessary book, bestselling author Julia Flynn Siler shines a light on this little-known chapter in our history--and gives us a vivid portrait of the safe house to which enslaved women escaped. The Occidental Mission Home, situated on the edge of Chinatown, served as a gateway to freedom for thousands. Run by a courageous group of female Christian abolitionists, it survived earthquakes, fire, bubonic plague, and violent attacks. We meet Dolly Cameron, who ran the home from 1899 to 1934, and Tien Fuh Wu, who arrived at the house as a young child after her abuse as a household slave drew the attention of authorities. Wu would grow up to become Cameron's translator, deputy director, and steadfast friend. Siler shows how Dolly and her colleagues defied convention and even law--physically rescuing young girls from brothels, snatching them from their smugglers--and how they helped bring the exploiters to justice. Riveting and revelatory, The White Devil's Daughters is a timely, extraordinary account of oppression, resistance, and hope.
Author : Charles Finch
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 38,57 MB
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250139465
"A prequel to the Charles Lenox series"--Jacket.
Author : Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Publisher :
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Shipping
ISBN :
Author : Christos Ikonomou
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,43 MB
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0914671367
Raymond Carver meets William Faulkner in this “pitch-perfect” short story collection that captures the hopes and fears of working-class Greeks during the country’s economic crisis (Los Angeles Review of Books) Ikonomou’s stories convey the plight of those worst affected by the Greek economic crisis—laid-off workers, hungry children. In the urban sprawl between Athens and Piraeus, the narratives roam restlessly through the impoverished working-class quarters located off the tourist routes. Everyone is dreaming of escape: to the mountains, to an island or a palatial estate, into a Hans Christian Andersen story world. What are they fleeing? The old woes—gossip, watchful neighbors, the oppression and indifference of the rich—now made infinitely worse. In Ikonomou’s concrete streets, the rain is always looming, the politicians’ slogans are ignored, and the police remain a violent, threatening presence offstage. Yet even at the edge of destitution, his men and women act for themselves, trying to preserve what little solidarity remains in a deeply atomized society, and in one way or another finding their own voice. There is faith here, deep faith—though little or none in those who habitually ask for it.
Author : Michele Sinclair
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 142012854X
Avoiding marriage proves challenging for one young lady when she sees what’s become of her friend’s brother in this steamy Regency romance series opener. Known as the Daring Three, a trio of exquisite young women are taking London by storm. But if Lady Millie Aldon has her way, no man will win her hand in marriage—not even the one she loves . . . A Passion For Adventure Drawn to a life of excitement and risk, Lady Millie Aldon made a pact to forsake marriage. But her plans are thrown into chaos when Chase Wentworth returns to town. The lanky lad she remembers from childhood is now the Marquess of Chaselton, possessing an air of mystery Millie can’t resist. As Chase moves through London’s elite circles, his stealth manner has Millie convinced he harbors a secret—one she is determined to reveal . . . A Dangerous Seduction As Millie makes a game of observing Chase’s every move, she finds her attraction to him unsettling. When a stolen kiss threatens to turn their flirtation into something more powerful, she questions her vow of freedom. But Millie has no idea of the danger she’s facing. Chase has a complicated past—and his clandestine efforts to expose a traitor will soon provide a more perilous—and passionate—adventure than Millie could ever have planned . . . “Book one in Sinclair’s new trilogy is spectacular. It’s a delightful romp full of wild escapades, dangerous spies, secret codes, vengeful traitors and wicked liaisons.” —RT Book Reviews
Author : Bill Sharpsteen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2011-01-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520947096
The Docks is an eye-opening journey into a giant madhouse of activity that few outsiders ever see: the Port of Los Angeles. In a book woven throughout with riveting novelist detail and illustrated with photographs that capture the frenetic energy of the place, Bill Sharpsteen tells the story of the people who have made this port, the largest in the country, one of the nation’s most vital economic enterprises. Among others, we meet a pilot who parks ships, one of the first women longshoremen, union officials and employers at odds over almost everything, an environmental activist fighting air pollution in the "diesel death zone," and those with the nearly impossible job of enforcing security. Together these stories paint a compelling picture of a critical entryway for goods coming into the country—the Port of Los Angeles is part of a complex that brings in 40% of all our waterborne cargo and 70% of all Asian imports—yet one that is also extremely vulnerable. The Docks is a rare look at a world within our world in which we find a microcosm of the labor, environmental, and security issues we collectively face.
Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0802871836
"Lewis struck me as the most thoroughly converted man I ever met," observes Walter Hooper in the preface to this collection of essays by C.S. Lewis. "His whole vision of life was such that the natural and the supernatural seemed inseparably combined. "It is precisely this pervasive Christianity which is demonstrated in the forty-eight essays comprising God in the Dock. Here Lewis addresses himself both to theological questions and to those which Hooper terms "semi-theological," or ethical. But whether he is discussing "Evil and God," "Miracles," "The Decline of Religion," or "The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment," his insight and observations are thoroughly and profoundly Christian. Drawn from a variety of sources, the essays were designed to meet a variety of needs, and among other accomplishments they serve to illustrate the many different angles from which we are able to view the Christian religion. They range from relatively popular pieces written for newspapers to more learned defenses of the faith which first appeared in The Socratic Digest. Characterized by Lewis's honesty and realism, his insight and conviction, and above all his thoroughgoing commitments to Christianity, these essays make God in the Dock very much a book for our time.--Amazon.com.
