Author: Emma L. Flint
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1785385534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Seemingly trapped in the vicious circle of council estate stereotypes, Justin finds himself battling between right and wrong. As he transgresses further and starts to lose his self identity, he soon spirals out of control, with no obvious way back. Can he save himself from the inevitable danger he faces or is it too late?
I Am Hooligan
Author: Emma L. Flint
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1785385534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Seemingly trapped in the vicious circle of council estate stereotypes, Justin finds himself battling between right and wrong. As he transgresses further and starts to lose his self identity, he soon spirals out of control, with no obvious way back. Can he save himself from the inevitable danger he faces or is it too late?
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1785385534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Seemingly trapped in the vicious circle of council estate stereotypes, Justin finds himself battling between right and wrong. As he transgresses further and starts to lose his self identity, he soon spirals out of control, with no obvious way back. Can he save himself from the inevitable danger he faces or is it too late?
Hooligan
Author: PATRICK. HOLOHAN
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780717186280
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Since he was a teenager, the octagon was the only place where MMA fighter Paddy Holohan's life settled into something approaching focus. Far removed from the chaos of the outside world - all those opportunities spurned and relationships undone, the pain and alienation - every bout reduced that maze of hardship to one simple proposition: survive. In mixed martial arts, bouts are often decided by the finest margins. In Paddy's case, the knife edge was made all the keener by Factor XIII deficiency, a vanishingly rare form of haemophilia he had spent years hiding from the sport's authorities. For the duration of his career, he was never more than one misplaced strike away from death. Why enter the octagon knowing you might never leave? For Holohan, it would take a journey to the summit of his sport, and a high-profile fall from grace, to unravel the answer to that question and, with it, finally find some measure of redemption. This is his story.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780717186280
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Since he was a teenager, the octagon was the only place where MMA fighter Paddy Holohan's life settled into something approaching focus. Far removed from the chaos of the outside world - all those opportunities spurned and relationships undone, the pain and alienation - every bout reduced that maze of hardship to one simple proposition: survive. In mixed martial arts, bouts are often decided by the finest margins. In Paddy's case, the knife edge was made all the keener by Factor XIII deficiency, a vanishingly rare form of haemophilia he had spent years hiding from the sport's authorities. For the duration of his career, he was never more than one misplaced strike away from death. Why enter the octagon knowing you might never leave? For Holohan, it would take a journey to the summit of his sport, and a high-profile fall from grace, to unravel the answer to that question and, with it, finally find some measure of redemption. This is his story.
Conflict
Author: Kylie Hillman
Publisher: Daemon Blonde Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
He’s damaged. She’s scarred. If they ever manage to face the truth, they might find the second chance they both deserve. Amy Parker-Nguyen. As a twenty-eight-year-old widow with one son, she’s determined to stay emotionally unavailable. Love is great until it ends; leaving you forever bereaved, and your outlook on life bleak and barren. After patching up her heart, she’s happy to be known as the hard-assed, single mum and occasional good time, party girl. Nate Harvie. Being a twenty-two-year-old, MMA fighter has its perks. His days are filled with never-ending rotation of free booze, good drugs, and easy girls. Life is good—well, it was until the night he broke his cardinal rule and let Amy get too close. Now, he wants things he shouldn’t—things he can’t have unless he tells the truth. What should be a brief encounter that scratches a mutual itch grows into so much more before either of them realises. Amy becomes worried about Nate’s worsening behaviour and, before she knows it, she’s facing a choice. Will she stick around and help him or return to the safety of the lonely life she was previously sinking under? The Black Hearts MMA series is a gritty sports series set in an Australian mixed martial arts gym. A dark tale of salvation and found family, this story is set in a world where getting knocked down leaves you with no choice but to push back to your feet. Some readers may find events in this story confronting so reader discretion is advised. PLEASE NOTE: this story was originally published in 2018 under the same title. It has been revised, re-edited, and republished in 2022, although the main gist of the story remains the same. sports, mixed martial arts, age gap, second chance dark, gripping, dangerous, fast-paced, family suspense, dark romance, MMA, fight romance, contemporary, alpha, antihero, Australian drama, opposites attract, widower, mafia, MC siblings, divorce, forced proximity, suicidal hero outlaw, strong heroine, love triangle, trauma
Publisher: Daemon Blonde Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
He’s damaged. She’s scarred. If they ever manage to face the truth, they might find the second chance they both deserve. Amy Parker-Nguyen. As a twenty-eight-year-old widow with one son, she’s determined to stay emotionally unavailable. Love is great until it ends; leaving you forever bereaved, and your outlook on life bleak and barren. After patching up her heart, she’s happy to be known as the hard-assed, single mum and occasional good time, party girl. Nate Harvie. Being a twenty-two-year-old, MMA fighter has its perks. His days are filled with never-ending rotation of free booze, good drugs, and easy girls. Life is good—well, it was until the night he broke his cardinal rule and let Amy get too close. Now, he wants things he shouldn’t—things he can’t have unless he tells the truth. What should be a brief encounter that scratches a mutual itch grows into so much more before either of them realises. Amy becomes worried about Nate’s worsening behaviour and, before she knows it, she’s facing a choice. Will she stick around and help him or return to the safety of the lonely life she was previously sinking under? The Black Hearts MMA series is a gritty sports series set in an Australian mixed martial arts gym. A dark tale of salvation and found family, this story is set in a world where getting knocked down leaves you with no choice but to push back to your feet. Some readers may find events in this story confronting so reader discretion is advised. PLEASE NOTE: this story was originally published in 2018 under the same title. It has been revised, re-edited, and republished in 2022, although the main gist of the story remains the same. sports, mixed martial arts, age gap, second chance dark, gripping, dangerous, fast-paced, family suspense, dark romance, MMA, fight romance, contemporary, alpha, antihero, Australian drama, opposites attract, widower, mafia, MC siblings, divorce, forced proximity, suicidal hero outlaw, strong heroine, love triangle, trauma
Running with the Firm
Author: James Bannon
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0091951526
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
'Of course I'm a f**king hooligan, you pr**k. I am a hooligan...there I've said it...I'm a hooligan. And, do you know why? Because that's my f**king job.' In 1995, a film called I.D., about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game. The film was so shocking it was hard to believe the mindless events that took place could ever happen in the real world. Well, believe it now... Almost twenty years on, the man behind the film has explosively revealed that the script was largely a true story. That man, James Bannon, was the ambitious undercover cop. The football club was Millwall F.C. and the gang that he infiltrated was The Bushwackers, among the most brutal and fearless in English football. In Running with the Firm, Bannon shares his intense and dangerous journey into the underworld of football hooliganism where sickening levels of violence prevail over anything else. He introduces you to the hardest thugs from football's most notorious gangs, tells all about the secret and almost comical police operations that were meant to bring them down, and, how once you're on the inside, getting out from the mob proves to be the biggest mission of all. A disturbing but compelling read, this is the book that proves fact really is stranger than fiction.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0091951526
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
'Of course I'm a f**king hooligan, you pr**k. I am a hooligan...there I've said it...I'm a hooligan. And, do you know why? Because that's my f**king job.' In 1995, a film called I.D., about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game. The film was so shocking it was hard to believe the mindless events that took place could ever happen in the real world. Well, believe it now... Almost twenty years on, the man behind the film has explosively revealed that the script was largely a true story. That man, James Bannon, was the ambitious undercover cop. The football club was Millwall F.C. and the gang that he infiltrated was The Bushwackers, among the most brutal and fearless in English football. In Running with the Firm, Bannon shares his intense and dangerous journey into the underworld of football hooliganism where sickening levels of violence prevail over anything else. He introduces you to the hardest thugs from football's most notorious gangs, tells all about the secret and almost comical police operations that were meant to bring them down, and, how once you're on the inside, getting out from the mob proves to be the biggest mission of all. A disturbing but compelling read, this is the book that proves fact really is stranger than fiction.
Repeat After Me
Author: Rachel DeWoskin
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1468304860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
A young New Yorker teaches English to a Chinese dissident in this “heartbreaking and uplifting” novel of love, loss, and language (Publishers Weekly). Aysha is a twenty-two-year-old plagued by guilt and anxiety ever since her parents’ divorce. But after suffering severe symptoms, she’s now focused on recovering and on teaching her English as a Second Language students. Then a young man named Da Ge joins her ESL class. A dissident with a painful past, he has fled China after the Tianenmen Square massacre, and Aysha finds herself falling irresistibly in love, in spite of the language barrier—and often, the emotional barrier—between them. When he asks her to marry him for the sake of a visa, she cannot say no. It is a relationship that will bring both great joy and great sorrow—and will take Aysha to places she never imagined. A winner of the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, this is an insightful and emotional novel by the author of Big Girl Small and the memoir Foreign Babes in Beijing. “Her writing gleams with beautifully realized descriptions of people, places, and encounters.” —Time Out
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1468304860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
A young New Yorker teaches English to a Chinese dissident in this “heartbreaking and uplifting” novel of love, loss, and language (Publishers Weekly). Aysha is a twenty-two-year-old plagued by guilt and anxiety ever since her parents’ divorce. But after suffering severe symptoms, she’s now focused on recovering and on teaching her English as a Second Language students. Then a young man named Da Ge joins her ESL class. A dissident with a painful past, he has fled China after the Tianenmen Square massacre, and Aysha finds herself falling irresistibly in love, in spite of the language barrier—and often, the emotional barrier—between them. When he asks her to marry him for the sake of a visa, she cannot say no. It is a relationship that will bring both great joy and great sorrow—and will take Aysha to places she never imagined. A winner of the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, this is an insightful and emotional novel by the author of Big Girl Small and the memoir Foreign Babes in Beijing. “Her writing gleams with beautifully realized descriptions of people, places, and encounters.” —Time Out
Among the Thugs
Author: Bill Buford
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804150516
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize entire cities. Now Bill Buford, editor of the prestigious journal Granta, enters this alternate society and records both its savageries and its sinister allure with the social imagination of a George Orwell and the raw personal engagement of a Hunter Thompson.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804150516
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize entire cities. Now Bill Buford, editor of the prestigious journal Granta, enters this alternate society and records both its savageries and its sinister allure with the social imagination of a George Orwell and the raw personal engagement of a Hunter Thompson.
Windrush (1948) and Rivers of Blood (1968)
Author: Trevor Harris
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000709000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This volume looks at Britain since 1948 – the year when the Empire Windrush brought a group of 492 hopeful Caribbean immigrants to the United Kingdom. “Post-war Britain” may still be the most common label attached to studies in contemporary British history, but the contributors to this book believe that “post-Windrush Britain” has an explanatory power which is equally useful. The objective is to study the Windrush generation and Enoch Powell’s now infamous speech not only in their original historical context but also as a key element in the political, social and cultural make-up of today’s Britain. Contributions to the book use a diversity of approaches: from the lucid, forward-looking assessment by Trevor Phillips, which opens the volume; through Patrick Vernon’s account of the legacy of Powell’s speech in Birmingham and how it inspired him to launch a national campaign for Windrush Day; to the plea from novelist and playwright Chris Hannan for a fully inclusive, national conversation to help overturn deeply ingrained prejudice in all parts of our society.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000709000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This volume looks at Britain since 1948 – the year when the Empire Windrush brought a group of 492 hopeful Caribbean immigrants to the United Kingdom. “Post-war Britain” may still be the most common label attached to studies in contemporary British history, but the contributors to this book believe that “post-Windrush Britain” has an explanatory power which is equally useful. The objective is to study the Windrush generation and Enoch Powell’s now infamous speech not only in their original historical context but also as a key element in the political, social and cultural make-up of today’s Britain. Contributions to the book use a diversity of approaches: from the lucid, forward-looking assessment by Trevor Phillips, which opens the volume; through Patrick Vernon’s account of the legacy of Powell’s speech in Birmingham and how it inspired him to launch a national campaign for Windrush Day; to the plea from novelist and playwright Chris Hannan for a fully inclusive, national conversation to help overturn deeply ingrained prejudice in all parts of our society.
Witches of Brooklyn
Author: Sophie Escabasse
Publisher: Random House Graphic
ISBN: 0593119274
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
There's a new witch in town! Life in Brooklyn takes a strange turn when Effie discovers MAGIC runs in the family. A middle-grade graphic novel adventure filled with magical hjinks for fans of Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Making Friends. Could there really be witches in Brooklyn?! Effie's aunts are weird. Like, really WEIRD. Really, really, really WEIRD! The secretly-magic kind of weird and that makes Effie wonder . . . does this mean she can do magic, too? Life in Brooklyn takes a strange twist for Effie as she learns more about her family and herself. With new friends who will do whatever they can to be there for her, a cursed pop-star, and her magically-inclined aunts--Effie's life is about to get interesting.
Publisher: Random House Graphic
ISBN: 0593119274
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
There's a new witch in town! Life in Brooklyn takes a strange turn when Effie discovers MAGIC runs in the family. A middle-grade graphic novel adventure filled with magical hjinks for fans of Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Making Friends. Could there really be witches in Brooklyn?! Effie's aunts are weird. Like, really WEIRD. Really, really, really WEIRD! The secretly-magic kind of weird and that makes Effie wonder . . . does this mean she can do magic, too? Life in Brooklyn takes a strange twist for Effie as she learns more about her family and herself. With new friends who will do whatever they can to be there for her, a cursed pop-star, and her magically-inclined aunts--Effie's life is about to get interesting.
Current Encyclopedia
Author: Samuel Fallows
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1996
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1996
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