Rosa Sat

Author	: Lucy Erber
Publisher	: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date	: 2013-01-31
ISBN 10	: 1482028808
Pages	: 26 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (288 users)

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Download or read book Rosa Sat written by Lucy Erber and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This children's book tells the true story, in simple language and delightful photos, of the Black Americans who led the struggle for equality in the United States of America. From Rosa Parks, to Martin Luther King Jnr., and on to Barack Obama the story outlines their magnificent contribution to history, which holds relevance throughout the world. It is also a tale about never giving up - it is never wrong to reach for the sky, whoever you are! The book is aimed at children of all ages - children come to books at different ages and with different abilities, so please use it how it suits best - some will be able to read it, others can have it read to them. It can be used by educators, in a school setting, or for leisure reading at home. Even if you are not a child, enjoy it, and perhaps even learn a little and be inspired!

The Flower Shop

Author	: H Christopher Quinn
Publisher	: FriesenPress
Release Date	: 2012-12
ISBN 10	: 9781770979475
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (79 users)

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Download or read book The Flower Shop written by H Christopher Quinn and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful blossoms flourish in the front of the Florer a Roma-- but dangerous plans are blooming in the back room. Harry, an un-employed American newspaper reporter, comes to Mexico to have a good time. He wants to see the sights, play golf, go fishing, and hit the beach. His first night in Mexico City he has dinner with Rosa, a blue-eyed blonde Mexican girl, and he stumbles on a body in the back of the restaurant. From then on, he and Rosa are forced to fight for their lives, caught in the middle of a complex Cold War conspiracy to sabotage and eventually to take over Pemex, the government oil monopoly. Within days of arriving Harry has three job offers, including an offer from Rosa's boss at the Florer a Roma, and another for a part time job with United Press. When he visits the back room of the flower shop he discovers that the conspiracy goes well beyond the Pemex takeover and includes assassination and catastrophic global disorder.

Famished

Author	: Edwin F. Becker
Publisher	: AuthorHouse
Release Date	: 2012-08-30
ISBN 10	: 9781477253670
Pages	: 225 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (772 users)

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Download or read book Famished written by Edwin F. Becker and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eaten Alive??? Earl Mason was your average small town pharmacist whose hidden sideline was manufacturing Methamphetamine for the largest drug dealer in southwest Missouri. In a failed attempt to improve his meth recipe and give these emaciated drug addicts a case of the munchies, he adds a powerful hunger enzyme that alters and damages their brain. It creates uncontrollable aggression and hunger which is focused solely on their species. They want human flesh! In effect, he creates a mindless cannibal that is stronger, faster, and impervious to pain. As the problem manifests, read how each drastically different town, with varying law enforcement resources attempts to deal with, and contain the problem. What would you do if 911 was busy? Written as a novel, the premise has turned out to be prophetic as evidenced in recent news headlines. They blame bath salts. However, one of the main ingredients is methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV.) The key is the first four letters..Meth. This drug when mixed with a number of other chemicals can produce unimaginable effects on the hypothalamus part of the brain. Ever wonder why an anti-depressant can have the contradictory side effect of suicide? Simply because dousing the hypothalamus with chemicals can be unpredictable, and a known fact in the pharmaceutical and medical communities. So the human behavior I describe has already occurred when a man ate another mans face in Miami, then cannibalism in Canada, then Louisiana. So who is next? Did you ever wonder what could be more horrifying then a zombie? Reality!

The Story of Q

Author	: N. M. Freeman
Publisher	: iUniverse
Release Date	: 2011
ISBN 10	: 9781450276986
Pages	: 313 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (52 users)

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Download or read book The Story of Q written by N. M. Freeman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two thousand years ago, a boy named Mateo entered an underground cave known as the Sanctuary to learn of stories 'older than the memory of man'.

My Immortal Protector

Author	: Jen Holling
Publisher	: Simon and Schuster
Release Date	: 2008-02-26
ISBN 10	: 9781416545453
Pages	: 368 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (165 users)

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Download or read book My Immortal Protector written by Jen Holling and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed author Jen Holling comes the captivating and sensual story of Deidra MacKay, a reluctant witch who would do anything to give up her powers -- until she meets a darkly handsome man who may give her reason to use them... A fiery witch able to communicate with animals, Deidra MacKay longs to relinquish her powers -- they bring her nothing but misfortune and danger. So when she learns that years ago, her ancestors signed a blood pact with a vampire, cursing the MacKay clan with witchcraft, she presumes that a member of the undead can also take her magic away. So she embarks on a quest to find the one who can hopefully ease her misery. An embittered and crippled Scotsman, Stephen Ross lives as a recluse -- hiding from the world in a dreary castle. But when the intriguing and adorable Deidra arrives at his door hoping he is a vampire, he is intoxicated and aroused by her company. He joins her on her journey, hoping a vampire's magic might also heal his wounds -- and soon finds himself enraptured in the heat of passion with Deidra, an affair that could put both their lives at stake.

Haunted Incredible True Stories of Ghostly Encounters 2 Book Bundle

Author	: Dorah L. Williams
Publisher	: Dundurn
Release Date	: 2014-05-28
ISBN 10	: 9781459729957
Pages	: 400 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (597 users)

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Download or read book Haunted Incredible True Stories of Ghostly Encounters 2 Book Bundle written by Dorah L. Williams and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was an irrational decision. Despite having just moved into a beautiful new house, the Williams family gave in to an odd, overwhelming desire to purchase and move into a Victorian home they had come upon by chance. They were curious, of course, as to why the house had in the past had such a high vacancy rate. But that curiosity didn’t last long, because shortly after moving in, strange things began to happen. At first the family tried telling themselves there were logical explanations for the strange things they all were witnessing. But before long they came to accept the fact that they were sharing their home with ghosts. Haunted is the Williams family’s story from the point of view of the mother, Dorah. Through her chilling reminiscences, we witness the all-too-real goings-on in the house. Upon writing Haunted, Dorah thought her situation was unique. What she didn’t realize was how many others would relate to how it feels to be haunted, too. After being flooded by emails from people with similar experiences, Dorah began to realize this wasn’t uncommon at all. So Haunted Too came to be. Not only will it entertain the reader, as good ghost stories always have, but it will also help the reader to better understand this phenomenon, with the inclusion of shared experiences, opinions, and advice of professionals in this field.

Mama Rose s Turn

Author	: Carolyn Quinn
Publisher	: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date	: 2013-10-11
ISBN 10	: 9781617038549
Pages	: 368 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (17 users)

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Download or read book Mama Rose s Turn written by Carolyn Quinn and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hers is the show business saga you think you already know—but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Rose Thompson Hovick, mother of June Havoc and Gypsy Rose Lee, went down in theatrical history as “The Stage Mother from Hell” after her immortalization on Broadway in Gypsy: A Musical Fable. Yet the musical was 75 percent fictionalized by playwright Arthur Laurents and condensed for the stage. Rose’s full story is even more striking. Born fearless on the North Dakota prairie in 1891, Rose Thompson had a kind father and a gallivanting mother who sold lacy finery to prostitutes. She became an unhappy teenage bride whose marriage yielded two entrancing daughters, Louise and June. When June was discovered to be a child prodigy in ballet, capable of dancing en pointe by the age of three, Rose, without benefit of any theatrical training, set out to create onstage opportunities for her magical baby girl—and succeeded. Rose followed her own star and created two more in dramatic and colorful style: “Baby June” became a child headliner in vaudeville, and Louise grew up to be the well-known burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee. The rest of Mama Rose’s remarkable story included love affairs with both men and women, the operation of a “lesbian pick-up joint” where she sold homemade bathtub gin, wild attempts to extort money from Gypsy and June, two stints as a chicken farmer, and three allegations of cold-blooded murder—all of which was deemed unfit for the script of Gypsy. Here, at last, is the rollicking, wild saga that never made it to the stage.

Not All Diamonds and Ros

Author	: Dave Quinn
Publisher	: Andy Cohen Books
Release Date	: 2021-10-19
ISBN 10	: 9781250765796
Pages	: 272 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (57 users)

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Download or read book Not All Diamonds and Ros written by Dave Quinn and published by Andy Cohen Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “I like to think of Not All Diamonds and Rosé as the ultimate reunion. I know readers will be surprised, entertained, and even shocked at what’s in store." - Andy Cohen Dave Quinn's Not All Diamonds and Rosé is the definitive oral history of the hit television franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth it has become—spanning nine cities, hundreds of cast members, and millions of fans. What is it really like to be a housewife? We all want to know, but only the women we love to watch and the people who make the show have the whole story. Well, listen in close, because they’re about to tell all. Nearly all the wives, producers, and network executives, as well as Andy Cohen himself, are on the record, unfiltered and unvarnished about what it really takes to have a tagline. This is your VIP pass to the lives behind the glam squads, testimonials, and tabloid feuds. Life’s not all diamonds and rosé, but the truth is so much better, isn’t it? Includes Color Photographs

Treasure of the Dead

Author	: David Wood
Publisher	: Adrenaline Press
Release Date	: 2016-08-27
ISBN 10	:
Pages	: 186 pages
Rating	: 4./5 ( users)

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Download or read book Treasure of the Dead written by David Wood and published by Adrenaline Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maddock and Bones set off on their first treasure hunting adventure! 1715- Blown far off course, their treasure-laden ship sinking, a crew of Spanish sailors struggles ashore, only to encounter a horror out of their worst nightmares. Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake have left the Navy SEALs and set out on a search for the legendary lost treasure fleet. The search takes them to Haiti, where they encounter the forces of a madman bent on finding the treasure in order to fund his maniacal experiments and help him seize the power he craves. But not all their foes are human. Mystery, history, and legend meet as Maddock and Bones scour ancient ruins, plumb the depths of the sea, and come face to face with pure evil in their quest for the Treasure of the Dead. Praise for David Wood and the Dane Maddock Adventures! “Dane and Bones.... Together they're unstoppable. Rip roaring action from start to finish. Wit and humor throughout. Just one question - how soon until the next one? Because I can't wait.” -Graham Brown, author of Shadows of the Midnight Sun “What an adventure! A great read that provides lots of action, and thoughtful insight as well, into strange realms that are sometimes best left unexplored.” -Paul Kemprecos, author of Cool Blue Tomb and the NUMA Files “A page-turning yarn blending high action, Biblical speculation, ancient secrets, and nasty creatures. Indiana Jones better watch his back!”–Jeremy Robinson, author of SecondWorld “With the thoroughly enjoyable way Mr. Wood has mixed speculative history with our modern day pursuit of truth, he has created a story that thrills and makes one think beyond the boundaries of mere fiction and enter the world of 'why not'?” -David Lynn Golemon, Author of the Event Group series “A twisty tale of adventure and intrigue that never lets up and never lets go!” -Robert Masello, author of The Einstein Prophecy “Let there be no confusion: David Wood is the next Clive Cussler. Once you start reading, you won't be able to stop until the last mystery plays out in the final line.”-Edward G. Talbot, author of 2012: The Fifth World “I like my thrillers with lots of explosions, global locations and a mystery where I learn something new. Wood delivers! Recommended as a fast paced, kick ass read.”-J.F. Penn, author of Desecration

The People s Press and Monthly Historical Newspaper

Author	:
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1848
ISBN 10	: STANFORD:36105014754191
Pages	: 278 pages
Rating	: 4.F/5 ( users)

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Download or read book The People s Press and Monthly Historical Newspaper written by and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

50 States A Collection Of Short Short Stories

Author	: Richard R. Becker
Publisher	: Copywrite, Ink.
Release Date	: 2021-08-13
ISBN 10	:
Pages	: 430 pages
Rating	: 4./5 ( users)

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Download or read book 50 States A Collection Of Short Short Stories written by Richard R. Becker and published by Copywrite, Ink.. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our lives are all drawn together as an infinite series of intersecting stories, paths that cross, divide, and double back again. Sometimes the foundations from where they begin can enslave our minds or set them free, with the only difference between destinies tied to how we see the world around us. Two runaways cross paths in a Tennessee bus station with only one ticket between them. Who has the better reason to leave town? A middle-aged man in Illinois eyes the daily grind of a young basketball player who never boards the school bus. Does he have the wherewithal to turn this life around? A family sees looters racing toward their home as they escape an Oregon wildfire. Does it matter what the thieves steal before it all burns? These and 47 more stories make up a debut collection of shorts, with each one or several easily read within a single sitting. Many of these stories have already been expanded for inclusion in a second collection and several are being considered for longer intersecting works.

The Rosas Affair

Author	: Donald L. Lucero
Publisher	: Sunstone Press
Release Date	: 2015-01-01
ISBN 10	: 9781611391770
Pages	: 328 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (113 users)

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Download or read book The Rosas Affair written by Donald L. Lucero and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1637, Luis de Rosas, a tough, two-fisted soldier, stood outside the convent door beating on its staves with a gloved hand. Appointed to the governorship of New Mexico, he had petitioned the viceregal authorities for permission to set out from the city of Mexico for Santa Fe in advance of the regular supply caravan. While he was initially obliged to curb his restlessness, he could wait no longer. He wanted the supply wagons loaded and for Fray Tomas Manso and the men of his escort to hit the trail. Who could know that, in his impatience to begin his long journey and thus assume his responsibilities as captain-general of the New Mexico Kingdom, he was merely hurrying toward a lengthy confrontation with New Mexico's recalcitrant soldier-colonists and priests, and ultimately to his own demise? This book forms the centerpiece of Lucero's trilogy about New Mexico's colonial history. It tells the story of his Baca, Gomez, Marquez, and Perez de Bustillo forebears in their bitter conflict with Rosas, the most interesting governor to serve prior to the Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1680. Because of Rosas's cruel tyranny, Lucero's ancestors become tragically entangled in the insanity of colonial affairs. Based on a true story, the book sets out the particulars of Church and State relations in New Mexico during the period 1637 – 1641 that led to the assassination of its governor and the beheading of the eight citizen-soldiers who were responsible for his death.

The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature

Author	: William L. Andrews
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Release Date	: 2001-02-15
ISBN 10	: 9780198031758
Pages	: 512 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (98 users)

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Download or read book The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature written by William L. Andrews and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking achievement, this Concise Companion is a suitable crown to the astonishing production in African American literature and criticism that has swept over American literary studies in the last two decades. It offers an enormous range of writers-from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, from Zora Neale Hurston to Ralph Ellison, and from Toni Morrison to August Wilson. It contains entries on major works (including synopses of novels), such as Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Richard Wright's Native Son, and Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. It also incorporates information on literary characters such as Bigger Thomas, Coffin Ed Johnson, Kunta Kinte, Sula Peace, as well as on character types such as Aunt Jemima, Brer Rabbit, John Henry, Stackolee, and the trickster. Icons of black culture are addressed, including vivid details about the lives of Muhammad Ali, John Coltrane, Marcus Garvey, Jackie Robinson, John Brown, and Harriet Tubman. Here, too, are general articles on poetry, fiction, and drama; on autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday School literature, and oratory; as well as on a wide spectrum of related topics. Compact yet thorough, this handy volume gathers works from a vast array of sources--from the black periodical press to women's clubs--making it one of the most substantial guides available on the growing, exciting world of African American literature.

Little Pink House

Author	: Jeff Benedict
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2009-01-26
ISBN 10	: 9780446544443
Pages	: 416 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (465 users)

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Download or read book Little Pink House written by Jeff Benedict and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-01-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Little Pink House, award-winning investigative journalist Jeff Benedict takes us behind the scenes of this case—indeed, Suzette Kelo speaks for the first time about all the details of this inspirational true story as one woman led the charge to take on corporate America to save her home. Suzette Kelo was just trying to rebuild her life when she purchased a falling down Victorian house perched on the waterfront in New London, CT. The house wasn't particularly fancy, but with lots of hard work Suzette was able to turn it into a home that was important to her, a home that represented her new found independence. Little did she know that the City of New London, desperate to revive its flailing economy, wanted to raze her house and the others like it that sat along the waterfront in order to win a lucrative Pfizer pharmaceutical contract that would bring new business into the city. Kelo and fourteen neighbors flat out refused to sell, so the city decided to exercise its power of eminent domain to condemn their homes, launching one of the most extraordinary legal cases of our time, a case that ultimately reached the United States Supreme Court. "Passionate...a page-turner with conscience." —Publishers Weekly "Catherine Keener nails the combination of anger, grace, and attitude that made Susette Kelo a nationally known crusader." —Deadline Hollywood

The Wilted Rose

Author	: Kate Kelsen
Publisher	: Pineapple Publishing
Release Date	: 2020-04-16
ISBN 10	: 9780648746317
Pages	: 158 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (487 users)

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Download or read book The Wilted Rose written by Kate Kelsen and published by Pineapple Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a teenager, Sarah Ross excels academically and athletically. Sarah loves horse riding and competing in school sports, but her involvement in these activities is limited by her controlling mother. As a young woman in the 1950s, Sarah’s aspirations of becoming a nurse continue to be challenged by the pressures of family tradition and the culture of the time. In the throes of a thriving career, Sarah attempts to balance work, marriage and motherhood despite ill health. Her husband Jack, a simple yet loving man, cares for Sarah and their children. Isolated by stigma, the family’s lonely battles are kept private within their home. Meanwhile, Sarah and Jack’s only daughter Grace navigates the tumultuous journey through adolescence despite great adversity.

More Real Life Rock

Author	: Greil Marcus
Publisher	: Yale University Press
Release Date	: 2022-05-03
ISBN 10	: 9780300260984
Pages	: 344 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (2 users)

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Download or read book More Real Life Rock written by Greil Marcus and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a sequel and companion volume to Marcus's Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986-2014, is a collection of hundreds of items from the crisscrossing spectrum of culture and politics throughout the tumultuous past six years of American life. Tracking the evolution of national identity during the convulsive Trump administration, Marcus spotlights the most whip-smart cultural artifacts to compose a mosaic portrait of American society, replete with unexpected heroes and villains, absurdity and its consequences, humor and despair, terror and defiance--as seen through media, music, and more. Bursting with Marcus's effortless, no-nonsense, unapologetic verve, this book features seventy-three columns from 2014 through February 2021.

Rose Heilbron

Author	: Hilary Heilbron
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2012-10-22
ISBN 10	: 9781782250289
Pages	: 283 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (822 users)

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Download or read book Rose Heilbron written by Hilary Heilbron and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rose Heilbron QC (later Dame Rose Heilbron), was an English barrister, who became a world famous icon of the 1950s and 1960s. She was one of the two first women King's Counsel (later Queen's Counsel) in 1949 and the first woman Judge in England in 1956 when she became Recorder of Burnley. This biography, written by her daughter Hilary, also a barrister and Queen's Counsel, charts her rise to prominence and success against the odds, excelling as an advocate and lawyer and later as only the second female High Court Judge in a career spanning nearly 50 years. She broke down many barriers with a string of firsts in the legal profession. She became a pioneer for women at the English Bar and for women generally, championing many women's causes in an era when it was not fashionable to do so. The biography highlights her role as an inspiring and successful defence advocate in many famous and fascinating cases as well as in cases of great legal importance. These include the Cameo murder case in 1950; the trial of Devlin and Burns for capital murder; the representation of the striking Liverpool Dockers in a case of national importance; the defence of the notorious London gangster, Jack Spot; and the representation, in an early anti-discrimination case, of the world renowned cricketer, Learie Constantine. Also chronicled are her years as a High Court Judge and the wide range of other legal and non-legal activities she undertook as a result of her fame including her appointment by the government in 1975 to chair an Advisory Committee on Rape. With the added insights and recollections of her daughter it portrays a multi-dimensional picture of the young and beautiful Rose Heilbron - barrister, judge, working wife and mother - who not only managed to combine these public and private roles in an era when to do so was extremely rare, but who did so with the combination of warmth, flair and determination which was to make her an internationally acclaimed role model for women. Many people over the years have wanted to write about her: this is the first authorised biography. From the Foreword by Cherie Blair QC '[an] inspirational pioneer...But it wasn't her novelty that made Rose's career at the Bar such a glittering success. She broke the mould because she was a brilliant advocate and a master of her brief...Rose's daughter gives us in this book a personal and warm insight into Rose, the advocate, with a comprehensive account of a glittering variety of her legal cases from the notorious to the more mundane...the working mum who always found time for her family and...who cared about equality and justice for other women...'