Author: Gregory Gibson
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780385720045
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A father's search for the truth in his son's murder. ... a murderous and cunning inquiry into guns, violence, and manhood in America."--Jacket.
Good Boy Gone Bad
Author: Biz
Publisher: Xlibris US
ISBN: 150354608X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This book is the first of five about growing up in Oakland California and in the swamps in New Orleans in the mid seventies and eighties. It is loosely based on my experiences and the things I witnessed as a child and later as a man. Ghetto life is real, Murder for profit, Drug Dealers, Pimps , Murder for hire, Sex, Drug Addiction, mine and others; Child Molestation, Illegal Dog fights, Gambling, Prostitution and my ultimate incarceration. A little bit of everything. With permission from the streets given, there will be many more stories depicting life on the streets from the people who lived it and died for it. Im writing from prison and trying to get a publishing deal. Its past time for a REAL Bay Area writer from the REAL streets to tell it like it is.
Publisher: Xlibris US
ISBN: 150354608X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This book is the first of five about growing up in Oakland California and in the swamps in New Orleans in the mid seventies and eighties. It is loosely based on my experiences and the things I witnessed as a child and later as a man. Ghetto life is real, Murder for profit, Drug Dealers, Pimps , Murder for hire, Sex, Drug Addiction, mine and others; Child Molestation, Illegal Dog fights, Gambling, Prostitution and my ultimate incarceration. A little bit of everything. With permission from the streets given, there will be many more stories depicting life on the streets from the people who lived it and died for it. Im writing from prison and trying to get a publishing deal. Its past time for a REAL Bay Area writer from the REAL streets to tell it like it is.
Gone Boy
Author: Gregory Gibson
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780385720045
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A father's search for the truth in his son's murder. ... a murderous and cunning inquiry into guns, violence, and manhood in America."--Jacket.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780385720045
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A father's search for the truth in his son's murder. ... a murderous and cunning inquiry into guns, violence, and manhood in America."--Jacket.
The Boy Is Gone
Author: Laura Lee P. Huttenbach
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0896804887
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A story with the power to change how people view the last years of colonialism in East Africa, The Boy Is Gone portrays the struggle for Kenyan independence in the words of a freedom fighter whose life spanned the twentieth century’s most dramatic transformations. Born into an impoverished farm family in the Meru Highlands, Japhlet Thambu grew up wearing goatskins and lived to stand before his community dressed for business in a pressed suit, crisp tie, and freshly polished shoes. For most of the last four decades, however, he dressed for work in the primary school classroom and on his lush tea farm. The General, as he came to be called from his leadership of the Mau Mau uprising sixty years ago, narrates his life story in conversation with Laura Lee Huttenbach, a young American who met him while backpacking in Kenya in 2006. A gifted storyteller with a keen appreciation for language and a sense of responsibility as a repository of his people’s history, the General talks of his childhood in the voice of a young boy, his fight against the British in the voice of a soldier, and his long life in the voice of shrewd elder. While his life experiences are his alone, his story adds immeasurably to the long history of decolonization as it played out across Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0896804887
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
A story with the power to change how people view the last years of colonialism in East Africa, The Boy Is Gone portrays the struggle for Kenyan independence in the words of a freedom fighter whose life spanned the twentieth century’s most dramatic transformations. Born into an impoverished farm family in the Meru Highlands, Japhlet Thambu grew up wearing goatskins and lived to stand before his community dressed for business in a pressed suit, crisp tie, and freshly polished shoes. For most of the last four decades, however, he dressed for work in the primary school classroom and on his lush tea farm. The General, as he came to be called from his leadership of the Mau Mau uprising sixty years ago, narrates his life story in conversation with Laura Lee Huttenbach, a young American who met him while backpacking in Kenya in 2006. A gifted storyteller with a keen appreciation for language and a sense of responsibility as a repository of his people’s history, the General talks of his childhood in the voice of a young boy, his fight against the British in the voice of a soldier, and his long life in the voice of shrewd elder. While his life experiences are his alone, his story adds immeasurably to the long history of decolonization as it played out across Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
The Shadow
Author: Sarah M. Anderson
Publisher: Sarah M. Anderson
ISBN: 1941097022
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Nobody Bodine is a nobody who came from a nobody and will always be a nobody. He disappears into the shadows—no one sees him if he doesn't want them to. He exists in neither the white man's world nor the tribe's, dispensing vigilante justice when he sees fit. There's no other place for a man like him in this world. Until Melonie Mitchell shows up on the rez. From the first moment he lays eyes on her, he can tell there's something different about her. For starters, she's not afraid of him. She asks where his scars came from, and why he has so many. But more than that, she sees him. For the first time in his life, Nobody feels like a somebody in her eyes. Melonie has come west to run the new day care on the White Sandy Reservation. She's intrigued by this strange man and his tattered skin, and when she discovers that he's a self-appointed guardian angel for the boy in her care, she realizes that there's more to Nobody than meets the eyes. But how far will he go to keep the boy safe? And will she be able to draw him into the light? This book was previously published as Nobody. TW: This book contains graphic fight scenes, descriptions of childhood abuse, hot sexy and light, sensual spanking. 4 Stars! "Nobody [is] the definition of tall, dark and sexy. With a mix of gritty realism and mysticism, Anderson delivers a great story that is just a bit unexpected. The plot is exciting and the characters are heartfelt and down-to-earth."—RT Book Reviews 5 stars! "Get ready to have your heart broken over and over… The struggle [Nobody] goes through to understand that he is worth loving and trusting is heartbreaking but so worth the journey... You want this story!"–Books-A-Holic Anon Recommended Read! "Nobody is one of the best contemporary romances of 2014, thus far...The story has such heart – even amidst the starkness of life on the reservation. Nobody is a hero to die for. He is unforgettable, in his quiet way." —Romance Novel News 5 Stars! "Nobody is one of those books that reaches right to your heart and squeezes it." —Love Romance Tales 4.5 Stars! "I have waited for Nobody's story since the first book in this series and I loved it!…I absolutely love the tortured hero trope, and Nobody fits perfectly into my happy place." –Ramblings from a Chaotic Mind 5 Stars! I absolutely love the tortured hero trope, and Nobody fits perfectly into my happy place.—Tome Tender I adored this story…Of course, by the end of the story-Nobody really isn't just a nobody anymore. He's definitely Melinda's somebody.—Smexy Books 4 Stars! "I was very happy and satisfied with this much anticipated story of my favourite hero in the Men of The White Sandy series, Nobody. Sarah M. Anderson creates unique characters, beautiful settings but doesn't take the easy route…I can't wait to read the next installment!" —Swept Away by Romance 4 1/2 stars! "I loved finally reading Nobody's story. Steamy and sweet with a lovely story and fascinating setting, Nobody is a gem of a contemporary romance. If you love a good tortured hero with a heart of gold, don't miss this book!" —The Book Queen 5 Stars! "I've been waiting for Nobody's book. The mysterious man with the bad reputation has been on my want-to-read pile since he first graced the pages of this series and, by God, he was worth the wait."—Scorching Book Reviews
Publisher: Sarah M. Anderson
ISBN: 1941097022
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Nobody Bodine is a nobody who came from a nobody and will always be a nobody. He disappears into the shadows—no one sees him if he doesn't want them to. He exists in neither the white man's world nor the tribe's, dispensing vigilante justice when he sees fit. There's no other place for a man like him in this world. Until Melonie Mitchell shows up on the rez. From the first moment he lays eyes on her, he can tell there's something different about her. For starters, she's not afraid of him. She asks where his scars came from, and why he has so many. But more than that, she sees him. For the first time in his life, Nobody feels like a somebody in her eyes. Melonie has come west to run the new day care on the White Sandy Reservation. She's intrigued by this strange man and his tattered skin, and when she discovers that he's a self-appointed guardian angel for the boy in her care, she realizes that there's more to Nobody than meets the eyes. But how far will he go to keep the boy safe? And will she be able to draw him into the light? This book was previously published as Nobody. TW: This book contains graphic fight scenes, descriptions of childhood abuse, hot sexy and light, sensual spanking. 4 Stars! "Nobody [is] the definition of tall, dark and sexy. With a mix of gritty realism and mysticism, Anderson delivers a great story that is just a bit unexpected. The plot is exciting and the characters are heartfelt and down-to-earth."—RT Book Reviews 5 stars! "Get ready to have your heart broken over and over… The struggle [Nobody] goes through to understand that he is worth loving and trusting is heartbreaking but so worth the journey... You want this story!"–Books-A-Holic Anon Recommended Read! "Nobody is one of the best contemporary romances of 2014, thus far...The story has such heart – even amidst the starkness of life on the reservation. Nobody is a hero to die for. He is unforgettable, in his quiet way." —Romance Novel News 5 Stars! "Nobody is one of those books that reaches right to your heart and squeezes it." —Love Romance Tales 4.5 Stars! "I have waited for Nobody's story since the first book in this series and I loved it!…I absolutely love the tortured hero trope, and Nobody fits perfectly into my happy place." –Ramblings from a Chaotic Mind 5 Stars! I absolutely love the tortured hero trope, and Nobody fits perfectly into my happy place.—Tome Tender I adored this story…Of course, by the end of the story-Nobody really isn't just a nobody anymore. He's definitely Melinda's somebody.—Smexy Books 4 Stars! "I was very happy and satisfied with this much anticipated story of my favourite hero in the Men of The White Sandy series, Nobody. Sarah M. Anderson creates unique characters, beautiful settings but doesn't take the easy route…I can't wait to read the next installment!" —Swept Away by Romance 4 1/2 stars! "I loved finally reading Nobody's story. Steamy and sweet with a lovely story and fascinating setting, Nobody is a gem of a contemporary romance. If you love a good tortured hero with a heart of gold, don't miss this book!" —The Book Queen 5 Stars! "I've been waiting for Nobody's book. The mysterious man with the bad reputation has been on my want-to-read pile since he first graced the pages of this series and, by God, he was worth the wait."—Scorching Book Reviews
A Long Way Gone
Author: Ishmael Beah
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 0374706522
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story in his own words: how, at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. "Why did you leave Sierra Leone?" "Because there is a war." "You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?" "Yes, all the time." "Cool." I smile a little. "You should tell us about it sometime." "Yes, sometime." This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 0374706522
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story in his own words: how, at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. "Why did you leave Sierra Leone?" "Because there is a war." "You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?" "Yes, all the time." "Cool." I smile a little. "You should tell us about it sometime." "Yes, sometime." This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.
It's a Boy!
Author: Michael Thompson, PhD
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345512804
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Raising Cain, It’s a Boy! is the first major parenting book to chart every stage of a boy’s life. This upbeat, authoritative, and reassuring guide–written by psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., a leading international expert on boys’ development, and journalist Teresa H. Barker–shows how a boy’s inner life progresses through infancy, childhood, and adolescence. What do boys actually need? How exactly does a healthy boy look and act? It’s a Boy! has the answers, providing expert advice on the developmental, psychological, social, and academic life of boys from infancy through the teen years. Exploring the many ways in which boys strive for masculinity and attempt to define themselves, Dr. Thompson identifies the key developmental transitions that mark a boy’s psychological growth and emotional health, and the challenges both boys and parents face at each age. • Expecting a Boy: how our deeply held hopes, fears, and family histories shape our expectations of boys and our parenting techniques • Baby Boys (birth to 18 months): falling in love with your son, healthy attachment, trust, and temperament • Toddler Years (18 months to 3 years): boys on the go, bold steps, blankies, budding language, and rambunctious physicality • Powerful Little Boys (ages 3 and 4): superhero ambitions, penis play and potty talk, learning to manage the force of his anger, and celebrating the power of the boy group • Starting School (ages 5 through 7): developmental cues for school readiness, transitional challenges, girl cooties and boys-only play, tough talk, tender hearts, and first friends • Boys on a Mission (ages 8 through 10): striving for mastery in sports, screen games, and boy society, organizing the boy brain for school success, and glaring academic gender gaps • The Preteen (ages 11 through 13): puberty, posturing and popularity, the culture of cruelty, hidden sensitivity, and stoic silence in the middle school years • Early High School (ages 14 and 15): the secret life of boys, powerful peer groups, sexuality, school strategies, the shift away from Mom (she knows too much), and yearning for Dad’s respect and attention • On the Brink of Manhood (ages 16 through 18): the quest for independence, sex, love, driving, drinking, and other choices and challenges of life Practical, insightful, wonderfully engaging, and filled with instructive true stories any parent of a son will recognize, It’s a Boy! is the definitive guide to raising boys in today’s world, revealing with humor, compassion, and joy all the infinite varieties of boys and the deep and profound ways in which we love them.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345512804
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Raising Cain, It’s a Boy! is the first major parenting book to chart every stage of a boy’s life. This upbeat, authoritative, and reassuring guide–written by psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., a leading international expert on boys’ development, and journalist Teresa H. Barker–shows how a boy’s inner life progresses through infancy, childhood, and adolescence. What do boys actually need? How exactly does a healthy boy look and act? It’s a Boy! has the answers, providing expert advice on the developmental, psychological, social, and academic life of boys from infancy through the teen years. Exploring the many ways in which boys strive for masculinity and attempt to define themselves, Dr. Thompson identifies the key developmental transitions that mark a boy’s psychological growth and emotional health, and the challenges both boys and parents face at each age. • Expecting a Boy: how our deeply held hopes, fears, and family histories shape our expectations of boys and our parenting techniques • Baby Boys (birth to 18 months): falling in love with your son, healthy attachment, trust, and temperament • Toddler Years (18 months to 3 years): boys on the go, bold steps, blankies, budding language, and rambunctious physicality • Powerful Little Boys (ages 3 and 4): superhero ambitions, penis play and potty talk, learning to manage the force of his anger, and celebrating the power of the boy group • Starting School (ages 5 through 7): developmental cues for school readiness, transitional challenges, girl cooties and boys-only play, tough talk, tender hearts, and first friends • Boys on a Mission (ages 8 through 10): striving for mastery in sports, screen games, and boy society, organizing the boy brain for school success, and glaring academic gender gaps • The Preteen (ages 11 through 13): puberty, posturing and popularity, the culture of cruelty, hidden sensitivity, and stoic silence in the middle school years • Early High School (ages 14 and 15): the secret life of boys, powerful peer groups, sexuality, school strategies, the shift away from Mom (she knows too much), and yearning for Dad’s respect and attention • On the Brink of Manhood (ages 16 through 18): the quest for independence, sex, love, driving, drinking, and other choices and challenges of life Practical, insightful, wonderfully engaging, and filled with instructive true stories any parent of a son will recognize, It’s a Boy! is the definitive guide to raising boys in today’s world, revealing with humor, compassion, and joy all the infinite varieties of boys and the deep and profound ways in which we love them.
Our Boys
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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No Name
Author: Wilkie Collins
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Pages : 566
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You Should Pity Us Instead
Author: Amy Gustine
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1941411207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
“From the absurdly comic to the acutely moving”—eleven fearless stories of love, friendship, faith and family under siege (The New York Times Book Review). Stretching from 19th century Ellis Island to 21st century Gaza and suburban Ohio, “these 11 stories, each ambitious in scope, drop us into one nerve-racking situation after another . . . inhabiting a wide range of voices” (The San Francisco Chronicle). In “Coyote” a mother’s need to protect her toddler spirals into a dangerous obsession. “Prisoners Do” follows two married doctors who find temporary escape in a discomforting affair. An Israeli woman risks more than she imagines when she attempts to reclaim her captive child from militants in “All the Sons of Cain.” “Half-Life” uncovers the devastating secret behind a nanny’s chosen profession; in “An Uncontaminated Soul” a haunted and lonely cat lady’s impulsive rescue of two more kittens proves to be a heartbreaking turning point; and in the title story, an atheist family from Berkley relocates to the conservative Midwest to confront the consequences and limits of their beliefs. “Brave, essential, thrilling, each story in You Should Pity UsInstead takes us to those places we’ve never dared visit before” (Ben Stroud). “They detonate on target, literary grenades of resounding impact . . . bursting with startling insights, stabbing dialogue, ambushing metaphor, and stunning moments of dissonance” (Booklist).
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1941411207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
“From the absurdly comic to the acutely moving”—eleven fearless stories of love, friendship, faith and family under siege (The New York Times Book Review). Stretching from 19th century Ellis Island to 21st century Gaza and suburban Ohio, “these 11 stories, each ambitious in scope, drop us into one nerve-racking situation after another . . . inhabiting a wide range of voices” (The San Francisco Chronicle). In “Coyote” a mother’s need to protect her toddler spirals into a dangerous obsession. “Prisoners Do” follows two married doctors who find temporary escape in a discomforting affair. An Israeli woman risks more than she imagines when she attempts to reclaim her captive child from militants in “All the Sons of Cain.” “Half-Life” uncovers the devastating secret behind a nanny’s chosen profession; in “An Uncontaminated Soul” a haunted and lonely cat lady’s impulsive rescue of two more kittens proves to be a heartbreaking turning point; and in the title story, an atheist family from Berkley relocates to the conservative Midwest to confront the consequences and limits of their beliefs. “Brave, essential, thrilling, each story in You Should Pity UsInstead takes us to those places we’ve never dared visit before” (Ben Stroud). “They detonate on target, literary grenades of resounding impact . . . bursting with startling insights, stabbing dialogue, ambushing metaphor, and stunning moments of dissonance” (Booklist).
Trials and Tribulations of a Fried Bologna Sandwich
Author: Dee Brown
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462822266
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Trials and Tribulations of a Fried Bologna Sandwich: These compilations of poetry mirror the images and outlines urban portraits in voice. Each piece echoes an experience, occurrence, development, story, or triumph that rises from concrete gardens, throughout urban America. Trials and Tribulations of a Fried Bologna Sandwich illustrates spectrums of the black community that spells the good, the bad, and the ugly.presented in the complete beauty of us.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462822266
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Trials and Tribulations of a Fried Bologna Sandwich: These compilations of poetry mirror the images and outlines urban portraits in voice. Each piece echoes an experience, occurrence, development, story, or triumph that rises from concrete gardens, throughout urban America. Trials and Tribulations of a Fried Bologna Sandwich illustrates spectrums of the black community that spells the good, the bad, and the ugly.presented in the complete beauty of us.