Author: Lisa Byrd Dennard
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503570231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Jacobi and his mom were fighting for their lives. They were rushed to the hospital after being shot by DeAundre Brown and Ty Jenkins at Jacobi and Kashais engagement party. One minute, everyone was having a great time. The next, bullets were flying everywhere, and Jacobi and his mom were the only ones hit. The ride to the hospital was nerve-racking for Kashai and Summer. They had no idea what was going to happen in the next couple of hours. The police was searching everywhere for the suspects. They had an all-point bulletin out for DeAundre, Ty, and Okee Li. They got away from the scene of the crime before the police arrived. The chief of police shut down all airports, train stations, and bus stations. He had to call in special favors from different police departments for the manpower to help look for DeAundre Brown, Okee Li, and Ty Jenkins. Kashai blamed herself for what happened that night. She knew DeAundre was obsessed with her and would not stop until he got her back, but she never thought it would come to this.
Someone Worth Waiting for Ii
Author: Lisa Byrd Dennard
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503570231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Jacobi and his mom were fighting for their lives. They were rushed to the hospital after being shot by DeAundre Brown and Ty Jenkins at Jacobi and Kashais engagement party. One minute, everyone was having a great time. The next, bullets were flying everywhere, and Jacobi and his mom were the only ones hit. The ride to the hospital was nerve-racking for Kashai and Summer. They had no idea what was going to happen in the next couple of hours. The police was searching everywhere for the suspects. They had an all-point bulletin out for DeAundre, Ty, and Okee Li. They got away from the scene of the crime before the police arrived. The chief of police shut down all airports, train stations, and bus stations. He had to call in special favors from different police departments for the manpower to help look for DeAundre Brown, Okee Li, and Ty Jenkins. Kashai blamed herself for what happened that night. She knew DeAundre was obsessed with her and would not stop until he got her back, but she never thought it would come to this.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1503570231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Jacobi and his mom were fighting for their lives. They were rushed to the hospital after being shot by DeAundre Brown and Ty Jenkins at Jacobi and Kashais engagement party. One minute, everyone was having a great time. The next, bullets were flying everywhere, and Jacobi and his mom were the only ones hit. The ride to the hospital was nerve-racking for Kashai and Summer. They had no idea what was going to happen in the next couple of hours. The police was searching everywhere for the suspects. They had an all-point bulletin out for DeAundre, Ty, and Okee Li. They got away from the scene of the crime before the police arrived. The chief of police shut down all airports, train stations, and bus stations. He had to call in special favors from different police departments for the manpower to help look for DeAundre Brown, Okee Li, and Ty Jenkins. Kashai blamed herself for what happened that night. She knew DeAundre was obsessed with her and would not stop until he got her back, but she never thought it would come to this.
Boundaries
Author: Maya Lin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501146564
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Renowned artist and architect Maya Lin's visual and verbal sketchbook—a unique view into her artwork and philosophy. Walking through this parklike area, the memorial appears as a rift in the earth -- a long, polished black stone wall, emerging from and receding into the earth. Approaching the memorial, the ground slopes gently downward, and the low walls emerging on either side, growing out of the earth, extend and converge at a point below and ahead. Walking into the grassy site contained by the walls of this memorial, we can barely make out the carved names upon the memorial's walls. These names, seemingly infinite in number, convey the sense of overwhelming numbers, while unifying these individuals into a whole.... So begins the competition entry submitted in 1981 by a Yale undergraduate for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. -- subsequently called "as moving and awesome and popular a piece of memorial architecture as exists anywhere in the world." Its creator, Maya Lin, has been nothing less than world famous ever since. From the explicitly political to the un-ashamedly literary to the completely abstract, her simple and powerful sculpture -- the Rockefeller Foundation sculpture, the Southern Poverty Law Center Civil Rights Memorial, the Yale Women's Table, Wave Field -- her architecture, including The Museum for African Art and the Norton residence, and her protean design talents have defined her as one of the most gifted creative geniuses of the age. Boundaries is her first book: an eloquent visual/verbal sketchbook produced with the same inspiration and attention to detail as any of her other artworks. Like her environmental sculptures, it is a site, but one which exists at a remove so that it may comment on the personal and artistic elements that make up those works. In it, sketches, photographs, workbook entries, and original designs are held together by a deeply personal text. Boundaries is a powerful literary and visual statement by "a leading public artist" (Holland Carter). It is itself a unique work of art.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501146564
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Renowned artist and architect Maya Lin's visual and verbal sketchbook—a unique view into her artwork and philosophy. Walking through this parklike area, the memorial appears as a rift in the earth -- a long, polished black stone wall, emerging from and receding into the earth. Approaching the memorial, the ground slopes gently downward, and the low walls emerging on either side, growing out of the earth, extend and converge at a point below and ahead. Walking into the grassy site contained by the walls of this memorial, we can barely make out the carved names upon the memorial's walls. These names, seemingly infinite in number, convey the sense of overwhelming numbers, while unifying these individuals into a whole.... So begins the competition entry submitted in 1981 by a Yale undergraduate for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. -- subsequently called "as moving and awesome and popular a piece of memorial architecture as exists anywhere in the world." Its creator, Maya Lin, has been nothing less than world famous ever since. From the explicitly political to the un-ashamedly literary to the completely abstract, her simple and powerful sculpture -- the Rockefeller Foundation sculpture, the Southern Poverty Law Center Civil Rights Memorial, the Yale Women's Table, Wave Field -- her architecture, including The Museum for African Art and the Norton residence, and her protean design talents have defined her as one of the most gifted creative geniuses of the age. Boundaries is her first book: an eloquent visual/verbal sketchbook produced with the same inspiration and attention to detail as any of her other artworks. Like her environmental sculptures, it is a site, but one which exists at a remove so that it may comment on the personal and artistic elements that make up those works. In it, sketches, photographs, workbook entries, and original designs are held together by a deeply personal text. Boundaries is a powerful literary and visual statement by "a leading public artist" (Holland Carter). It is itself a unique work of art.
Good Girl—Bad Gurl
Author: Sunrize Jackson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524614750
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Mya is a young girl, who believed she knew what she wanted every time she walked out of her parents door and into some kind of situation that she needed to make alone. Along the way, she has certain relationships with people who influence her decisions. She looks for love and finds many obstacles that test her courage to either move on, fight, or stand the test of time as she searches.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524614750
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Mya is a young girl, who believed she knew what she wanted every time she walked out of her parents door and into some kind of situation that she needed to make alone. Along the way, she has certain relationships with people who influence her decisions. She looks for love and finds many obstacles that test her courage to either move on, fight, or stand the test of time as she searches.
Pym: A Novel
Author: Mat Johnson
Publisher: One World
ISBN: 0812981766
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
“THE SHARPEST AND MOST UNUSUAL STORY I READ LAST YEAR . . . [Mat] Johnson’s satirical vision roves as freely as Kurt Vonnegut’s and is colored with the same sort of passionate humanitarianism.”—Maud Newton, New York Times Magazine NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Vanity Fair • Houston Chronicle • The Seattle Times • Salon • National Post • The A.V. Club Recently canned professor of American literature Chris Jaynes has just made a startling discovery: the manuscript of a crude slave narrative that confirms the reality of Edgar Allan Poe’s strange and only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Determined to seek out Tsalal, the remote island of pure and utter blackness that Poe describes, Jaynes convenes an all-black crew of six to follow Pym’s trail to the South Pole, armed with little but the firsthand account from which Poe derived his seafaring tale, a bag of bones, and a stash of Little Debbie snack cakes. Thus begins an epic journey by an unlikely band of adventurers under the permafrost of Antarctica, beneath the surface of American history, and behind one of literature’s great mysteries. “Outrageously entertaining, [Pym] brilliantly re-imagines and extends Edgar Allan Poe’s enigmatic and unsettling Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. . . . Part social satire, part meditation on race in America, part metafiction and, just as important, a rollicking fantasy adventure . . . reminiscent of Philip Roth in its seemingly effortless blend of the serious, comic and fantastic.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post “Blisteringly funny.”—Laura Miller, Salon “Relentlessly entertaining.”—The New York Times Book Review “Imagine Kurt Vonnegut having a beer with Ralph Ellison and Jules Verne.”—Vanity Fair “Screamingly funny . . . Reading Pym is like opening a big can of whoop-ass and then marveling—gleefully—at all the mayhem that ensues.”—Houston Chronicle
Publisher: One World
ISBN: 0812981766
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
“THE SHARPEST AND MOST UNUSUAL STORY I READ LAST YEAR . . . [Mat] Johnson’s satirical vision roves as freely as Kurt Vonnegut’s and is colored with the same sort of passionate humanitarianism.”—Maud Newton, New York Times Magazine NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Vanity Fair • Houston Chronicle • The Seattle Times • Salon • National Post • The A.V. Club Recently canned professor of American literature Chris Jaynes has just made a startling discovery: the manuscript of a crude slave narrative that confirms the reality of Edgar Allan Poe’s strange and only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Determined to seek out Tsalal, the remote island of pure and utter blackness that Poe describes, Jaynes convenes an all-black crew of six to follow Pym’s trail to the South Pole, armed with little but the firsthand account from which Poe derived his seafaring tale, a bag of bones, and a stash of Little Debbie snack cakes. Thus begins an epic journey by an unlikely band of adventurers under the permafrost of Antarctica, beneath the surface of American history, and behind one of literature’s great mysteries. “Outrageously entertaining, [Pym] brilliantly re-imagines and extends Edgar Allan Poe’s enigmatic and unsettling Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. . . . Part social satire, part meditation on race in America, part metafiction and, just as important, a rollicking fantasy adventure . . . reminiscent of Philip Roth in its seemingly effortless blend of the serious, comic and fantastic.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post “Blisteringly funny.”—Laura Miller, Salon “Relentlessly entertaining.”—The New York Times Book Review “Imagine Kurt Vonnegut having a beer with Ralph Ellison and Jules Verne.”—Vanity Fair “Screamingly funny . . . Reading Pym is like opening a big can of whoop-ass and then marveling—gleefully—at all the mayhem that ensues.”—Houston Chronicle
The Drama
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Perfect Timing
Author: Brenda Jackson
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 1617734160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Maxine Chandler and Mya Rivers were once the best of friends, sisters by choice. But distance and a series of misunderstandings came between them. Now, a fifteen-year class reunion cruise to the Caribbean could renew their powerful bond--just when they need it most. After heartbreak and tragedy, Maxi doesn't expect her shipboard romance with former high school rebel Christopher Chandler to be more than a sizzling distraction, but then he offers her a gift so profound she can't refuse it--even when it leaves her vulnerable to crushing loss. Mya, on the other hand, seems blessed with a perfect marriage, home, and beautiful twins. But Mya's work is taking over her life and another woman might be taking husband. . . As each couple struggles with the limits of love, loyalty, and trust, Mya and Maxi reclaim a deep and abiding friendship. . .one that will inspire them with courage to face the future, whatever it may bring. . . Praise For The Novels Of Brenda Jackson "This poignant love story is one special moment. You don't want to miss it." --Rendezvous on One Special Moment "Fantastic. . .Ms. Jackson as done it again!" --Romantic Times on Secret Love "A terrific book. . .Ms. Jackson brings passion and tenderness, faith and trust, together with friendship and family, and does it so well." --The Paperback Forum on Tonight and Forever
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 1617734160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Maxine Chandler and Mya Rivers were once the best of friends, sisters by choice. But distance and a series of misunderstandings came between them. Now, a fifteen-year class reunion cruise to the Caribbean could renew their powerful bond--just when they need it most. After heartbreak and tragedy, Maxi doesn't expect her shipboard romance with former high school rebel Christopher Chandler to be more than a sizzling distraction, but then he offers her a gift so profound she can't refuse it--even when it leaves her vulnerable to crushing loss. Mya, on the other hand, seems blessed with a perfect marriage, home, and beautiful twins. But Mya's work is taking over her life and another woman might be taking husband. . . As each couple struggles with the limits of love, loyalty, and trust, Mya and Maxi reclaim a deep and abiding friendship. . .one that will inspire them with courage to face the future, whatever it may bring. . . Praise For The Novels Of Brenda Jackson "This poignant love story is one special moment. You don't want to miss it." --Rendezvous on One Special Moment "Fantastic. . .Ms. Jackson as done it again!" --Romantic Times on Secret Love "A terrific book. . .Ms. Jackson brings passion and tenderness, faith and trust, together with friendship and family, and does it so well." --The Paperback Forum on Tonight and Forever
What is the Greatest Thing You Would Do For Love?
Author: Nilo Buddha
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452060754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This book combines the human traits of Love, hope and despair, interwoven with the good, bad and weird of life. It goes to people's hearts and minds, and awakens us to the possibilities of living lives of greater Love. Begining with a couple meeting at the nude beach in Zipolite, Mexico, where she asks him an innnocent question, "What is the greatest thing you have ever done for Love?", to the creation of "Palaces of Heaven" where people can come and buy hashish wholesale, in pampered, sensuous settings. A vietnames war draftee who has a vision of wandering onto a small trail and walking away from the war to a better life where he meets the Empress/Buddha-woman. This book tells the story of the Buddha, born into a woman's body, and her fleeing Burma with three wise men to save her life, to where she lives in exile in India. There she helps countless thousands with her wisdom. The nude beach/awol-'Nam guy goes from India to Burma for the Buddha-woman, to prepare the path for her return to her parents and people there. Every chapter is filled with the things people do or have done for Love. Sometimes it is hard to realise that someone even did something out of Love for another person until several chapters later. A brothel that is a good thing by saving countless people from slavery and prostituion. Going to prison for two years because they saved another person from going to prison. There are sensuous people throughout the book, who Love each other, and live in Love to help other people's lives get to better situations. The Buddha said,"I shall not rest until all sentient beings are saved". A daunting task, but the Buddha has alot of dedicated friends in countless places.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452060754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This book combines the human traits of Love, hope and despair, interwoven with the good, bad and weird of life. It goes to people's hearts and minds, and awakens us to the possibilities of living lives of greater Love. Begining with a couple meeting at the nude beach in Zipolite, Mexico, where she asks him an innnocent question, "What is the greatest thing you have ever done for Love?", to the creation of "Palaces of Heaven" where people can come and buy hashish wholesale, in pampered, sensuous settings. A vietnames war draftee who has a vision of wandering onto a small trail and walking away from the war to a better life where he meets the Empress/Buddha-woman. This book tells the story of the Buddha, born into a woman's body, and her fleeing Burma with three wise men to save her life, to where she lives in exile in India. There she helps countless thousands with her wisdom. The nude beach/awol-'Nam guy goes from India to Burma for the Buddha-woman, to prepare the path for her return to her parents and people there. Every chapter is filled with the things people do or have done for Love. Sometimes it is hard to realise that someone even did something out of Love for another person until several chapters later. A brothel that is a good thing by saving countless people from slavery and prostituion. Going to prison for two years because they saved another person from going to prison. There are sensuous people throughout the book, who Love each other, and live in Love to help other people's lives get to better situations. The Buddha said,"I shall not rest until all sentient beings are saved". A daunting task, but the Buddha has alot of dedicated friends in countless places.
Small Pleasures: Mya's Story
Author: Darnishia Bolden
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105049973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Flat chested and agile as monkeys, the pretty little Sheppard sisters hunt exotic insects as decorations for their mud pies and childhood games. Yet, by the age of ten, Mya Sheppard's body has outgrown her innocent mind. Deeply troubled by its unwanted attention, Mya climbs trees hoping to remain within the protected cradle of childhood. But the violence that chased the Sheppard girls to California finds them and forces them and their Mother back to Georgia and into the home of Donovan Sheppard's religious parents. Struggling against bouts of anxiety brought on by salty California, Mya finds herself in a whirl of trouble one afternoon when she's left in the care of a grandfather who finds her tempting. Despite the domestic issues plaguing the family, this assault seizes Mya's ability to defend her body against others, and her own hands. Brutally honest and graphically told, Mya introduces the reader to the life of a family fighting for love and normalcy, and struggling to remain together.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105049973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Flat chested and agile as monkeys, the pretty little Sheppard sisters hunt exotic insects as decorations for their mud pies and childhood games. Yet, by the age of ten, Mya Sheppard's body has outgrown her innocent mind. Deeply troubled by its unwanted attention, Mya climbs trees hoping to remain within the protected cradle of childhood. But the violence that chased the Sheppard girls to California finds them and forces them and their Mother back to Georgia and into the home of Donovan Sheppard's religious parents. Struggling against bouts of anxiety brought on by salty California, Mya finds herself in a whirl of trouble one afternoon when she's left in the care of a grandfather who finds her tempting. Despite the domestic issues plaguing the family, this assault seizes Mya's ability to defend her body against others, and her own hands. Brutally honest and graphically told, Mya introduces the reader to the life of a family fighting for love and normalcy, and struggling to remain together.
I'm More Than Your Average Chick
Author: Keke Mishea
Publisher: Sullivan Group Publishing
ISBN: 1648405657
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
In this first installment of, “I’m More Than Your Average Chick”, Nastasha Ford has just graduated from Loyola University Chicago, receiving her degree in Master of Science in Nursing (MSN-NP). Recently engaged to marry, Italy Bedford, she is over the moon happy; until she’s dealt a devastating blow that threatens to destroy everything she’s fought for. With the support of her two best friends, Keyosha and Meoshe by her side, Nastasha attempts to hold it all together. Just when things seem to be looking up for Nastasha, her long-time friend from college, Mya, relocates to her city. Nastasha is thrilled to be reunited with her friend, and introduces her to Italy. One look at Italy, and Mya is smitten by his good looks and fortune. Unbeknownst to Nastasha, Mya has been harboring a deeply-rooted jealousy and hatred towards her; and will stop at nothing to destroy Nastasha’s happiness. Can Italy resist the stunning seductress, or will he fall prey to her deceptive ways? Will Nastasha recognize the web of deceit that Mya is planning for her? This thrilling urban romance will draw you into a world full of drama, lies and deceit, as Nastasha proves that she is not your average chick.
Publisher: Sullivan Group Publishing
ISBN: 1648405657
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
In this first installment of, “I’m More Than Your Average Chick”, Nastasha Ford has just graduated from Loyola University Chicago, receiving her degree in Master of Science in Nursing (MSN-NP). Recently engaged to marry, Italy Bedford, she is over the moon happy; until she’s dealt a devastating blow that threatens to destroy everything she’s fought for. With the support of her two best friends, Keyosha and Meoshe by her side, Nastasha attempts to hold it all together. Just when things seem to be looking up for Nastasha, her long-time friend from college, Mya, relocates to her city. Nastasha is thrilled to be reunited with her friend, and introduces her to Italy. One look at Italy, and Mya is smitten by his good looks and fortune. Unbeknownst to Nastasha, Mya has been harboring a deeply-rooted jealousy and hatred towards her; and will stop at nothing to destroy Nastasha’s happiness. Can Italy resist the stunning seductress, or will he fall prey to her deceptive ways? Will Nastasha recognize the web of deceit that Mya is planning for her? This thrilling urban romance will draw you into a world full of drama, lies and deceit, as Nastasha proves that she is not your average chick.
Harlequin Special Edition January 2018 Box Set 2 of 2
Author: Stella Bagwell
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488094063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: THE ARIZONA LAWMAN Men of the West by Stella Bagwell Tessa Parker goes to Arizona to investigate her unexpected inheritance and gets more than a ranch. There’s a sexy deputy next door and perhaps this orphan may finally find a family on the horizon. CLAIMING THE CAPTAIN’S BABY American Heroes by Rochelle Alers Former army captain and current billionaire Giles Wainwright is shocked to learn he has a daughter and even more shocked at how attracted he is to her adoptive mother, Mya Lawson. But Mya doesn’t trust Giles’s motives when it comes to her heart and he will have to work harder than ever if he wants to claim Mya’s love. BAYSIDE’S MOST UNEXPECTED BRIDE Saved by the Blog by Kerri Carpenter Riley Hudson is falling for her best friend and boss, Sawyer Wallace, the only person who knows she is the ubiquitous Bayside Blogger. Awkward as that could be, though, they both have bigger problems in the form of blackmail and threats to close down the newspaper they both work for! Will Sawyer see past that long enough to make Riley Bayside’s most unexpected bride?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488094063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: THE ARIZONA LAWMAN Men of the West by Stella Bagwell Tessa Parker goes to Arizona to investigate her unexpected inheritance and gets more than a ranch. There’s a sexy deputy next door and perhaps this orphan may finally find a family on the horizon. CLAIMING THE CAPTAIN’S BABY American Heroes by Rochelle Alers Former army captain and current billionaire Giles Wainwright is shocked to learn he has a daughter and even more shocked at how attracted he is to her adoptive mother, Mya Lawson. But Mya doesn’t trust Giles’s motives when it comes to her heart and he will have to work harder than ever if he wants to claim Mya’s love. BAYSIDE’S MOST UNEXPECTED BRIDE Saved by the Blog by Kerri Carpenter Riley Hudson is falling for her best friend and boss, Sawyer Wallace, the only person who knows she is the ubiquitous Bayside Blogger. Awkward as that could be, though, they both have bigger problems in the form of blackmail and threats to close down the newspaper they both work for! Will Sawyer see past that long enough to make Riley Bayside’s most unexpected bride?