Author : Carmen Bryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 38,32 MB
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1416537201
The former girlfriend of rap star Nas and mother of his daughter discusses their relationship, her part in his famous feud with rival rapper Jay-Z, and her struggle to maintain independence and find love as a single mother in the projects.
Author : Donna Meehan
Publisher : Random House Australia
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 25,50 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1742749836
With a sudden jerk, squealing of brakes and a loud puff of the steam engine, the train shunted forward ... I stared out the window as we slowly pulled out of the station. I was very confused. I saw the women standing on the platform watching us and wailing. Then I saw her. There was my mum in her only good blue dress standing next to my aunts and our old grandmother. Just standing there. Standing there with tears rolling down their cheeks too fast to even wipe away. Then Mum waved a white hanky and I pressed my face against the window pane as hard as I could, watching her. Watching until her blue dress faded into a tiny blue daub of colour...'At the age of five, Donna was taken away from her natural family and sent to a foster family in Newcastle. Donna reflects back on her childhood memories of living in the bush with her brothers and her removal to the city, becoming an only child in a white family. Donna recalls her struggle with her identity - remembering traditions and customs of her old life in the outback and the adjustments she has had to make in strange city. Donna (aged 40) retells her life story with stark simplicity and honesty . She openly discusses the pain and isolation she has felt at not belonging or feeling at home with the society she has been brought up in. Her desperation took her close to suicide. This is a powerfully sad yet also uplifting story - sad because of Donna's long struggle to re-establish her family and culture and coming to terms with her own views about Aboriginal people; and uplifting because of Donna's deep faith, her own strong family ties with her foster mother and her husband and sons. Donna's story is retold with passion but with an absence of bitterness as she tells of the strangeness, and heartbreak of her experiences, and of the kindness of her adoptive family.
Author : Rachel Olsen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781434765376
Are you tired of life as usual? Done with feeling exhausted, or worse, bored? Ready to trade your issues and hang-ups for greater intimacy and fulfillment? Then it's time you did some digging for biblical "bling" and discovered the shining secrets to life in God's kingdom. Rachel's writing is lighthearted and even fun, but she's serious about helping you uncover biblical secrets that can make your life shine. This book will help you: * Overcome the comparisons and competitive urges that leave you lonely * Accept help from others * Discover God's surprising source of spiritual beauty and strength. * Embrace your need for rest. * Handle conflict and criticism with grace * Find adventure as you yield whole-heartedly to God * Dig into the Bible for yourself, and understand what you find there Grab your Bible, your girlfriend, and come discover 12 secrets the world doesn't know.
Author : Kelly Osbourne
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 32,84 MB
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0698409892
People ask Kelly Osbourne all the time: “What’s your secret?” Kelly Osbourne may not always have been a typical role model, but no one can say that her perspective isn’t hard won after spending three decades in the spotlight: from growing up completely exposed to the heavy metal scene—replete with crazy antics most readers have only begun to hear about—to spending her teenage years as the wild middle child of an even wilder Ozzy Osbourne, to the family’s popular stint on their wacky eponymous reality show. Since then, Osbourne has forged her own path as a style icon and powerful woman in the media who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is and be honest with her fans. But being the daughter of a music legend hasn’t always been glamorous; growing up Osbourne is an experience that Kelly wouldn’t trade, but there are battle scars, and she is finally now ready to embrace and reveal their origins. Told as a series of letters to various people and places in her life, There Is No F*cking Secret gives readers an intimate look at the stories and influences that have shaped Osbourne’s highly speculated-about life, for better or for worse. The stories will make readers’ jaws drop, but ultimately, they will come away empowered to forge their own path to confidence, no matter how deranged and out of control it may be, and to learn the ultimate lesson: that there just is no f*cking secret.
Author : Hagane Kurodome
Publisher : J-Novel Club
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 14,65 MB
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 171836198X
Kinemitsu Sago suddenly finds himself able to wield telekinesis out of the blue one fateful day. However, unlike in works of fantasy, no beautiful girl barges into his life, no secret organization knocks on his door, and in fact, absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happens at all. Eventually forced to come face to face with the reality that his life would remain unremarkable, he snaps and decides to make the extraordinary happen with his own hands! Follow along as he creates it all: a secret organization filled with espers, forces of darkness that threaten the world, protagonists, heroines, rivals, action, romance, and so much more! If you had almighty telekinesis, what would you do?
Author : Pseudonymous Bosch
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 16,55 MB
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1409546217
I don't know how you got here but this page isn't for you. This is an extremely dangerous book with a very deadly secret. It is an alarming account of two extraordinary adventurers, a missing magician's diary, a symphony of smells and a deadly secret... If you're both curious and brave, visit www.thenameofthisbookissecret.co.uk - but remember - I warned you. "Many different types of readers will thoroughly enjoy this tale including fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lemony Snicket. The book is an interesting read where many types of emotions overwhelm you such as horror, grief, mystery, anxiety the lot. Mixed with a hint of sweet satisfaction that you have finally read the story. I honestly do not know how I lived without reading the book - it baffles me." - Guardian Children's Books Shortlisted Bedforshire Children's Book of the Year Award 2009, selected for the Premier League Reading Stars programme
Author : Rachel Olsen
Publisher : David C Cook
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,39 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1434702596
Are you tired of life as usual? Done with feeling exhausted, or worse, bored? Ready to trade your issues and hang-ups for greater intimacy and fulfillment? Then it’s time you did some digging for biblical “bling” and discovered the shining secrets to life in God’s kingdom. Rachel’s writing is lighthearted and even fun, but she’s serious about helping you uncover biblical secrets that can make your life shine. This book will help you: • Overcome the comparisons and competitive urges that leave you lonely • Accept help from others • Discover God’s surprising source of spiritual beauty and strength. • Embrace your need for rest. • Handle conflict and criticism with grace • Find adventure as you yield whole-heartedly to God • Dig into the Bible for yourself, and understand what you find there Grab your Bible, your girlfriend, and come discover 12 secrets the world doesn’t know.
Author : Muhammad Abdul-Raheem
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,42 MB
Release : 2019-02-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781796335798
Muhammad Abdul- Raheem allows us to experience the journey of duality that many African Americans experience in this country, particularly when working in governmental systems like the United States Secret Service. "The N-Word is No Secret in the Service," is a very poignant view of life in service to this country through the lens of a man who is not only black but also grounded from childhood in a very Afrocentric educated mindset. Almost any black person that takes a step into service of a government agency knows that they are moving into a space of living in a strong duality of self and system. Being grounded in a sense of Afrocentric pride can make this dichotomy even more arduous. The more in touch you are with yourself and your history the harder it becomes to stifle your authenticity for the sake of the system at times. This paints a brilliant picture of the wave one man has to ride through the murky waters of systemic racism and Afrocentric pride."
Author : Claire Dorotik
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 2011-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781450299084
When Claire's father is murdered, her mother is arrested and points to Claire as the murderer. She turns to her horses for comfort and renewal.
Author : Cate Holahan
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,88 MB
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1683319737
USA Today Bestseller One of Bustle’s “New Books Set At the Beach To Read When You Can’t Be There Yourself” One of Bustle’s “12 Books Like Knives Out For Fans Of Family Sagas, Murder, & Knitwear” One of CrimeReads’ “Most Anticipated Crime Books of Summer” Part locked-room mystery, part domestic thriller, this gossipy, scandal-ridden whodunit “will keep you up all night” (Good Morning America) as a Hamptons getaway among friends turns tense—then deadly Everyone has a secret. For some, it’s worth dying to protect. For others, it’s worth killing. The glass beach house was supposed to be the getaway that Susan needed. Eager to help her transplanted family set down roots in their new town—and desperate for some kid-free conversation—she invites her new neighbors to join in on a week-long sublet with her and her workaholic husband. Over the course of the first evening, liquor loosens inhibitions and lips. The three couples begin picking up on the others’ marital tensions and work frustrations, as well as revealing their own. But someone says too much. And the next morning one of the women is discovered dead on the private beach. Town detective Gabby Watkins must figure out who permanently silenced the deceased. As she investigates, she learns that everyone in the glass house was hiding something that could tie them to the murder, and that the biggest secrets of all are often in plain sight for anyone willing to look. A taut, locked room mystery with an unforgettable cast of characters, One Little Secret promises to keep readers' eyes glued to the pages and debating the blinders that we all put on in the service of politeness.
