Author: Adrienne Wilder
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781511581110
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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For years Grant Kessler has smuggled goods from one end of the world to the next. When business turns in a direction Grant isn't willing to follow he decides to retire and by all appearances he settles down in a nowhere town called Durstrand. But his real plan is to wait a few years and let the FBI lose interest, then move on to the distant coastal life he's always dreamed of. Severely autistic, Morgan cannot look people in the eye, tell left from right, and has uncontrolled tics. Yet he's beaten every obstacle life has thrown his way. And when Grant Kessler moves into town Morgan isn't a bit shy in letting the man know how much he wants him. While the attraction is mutual, Grant pushes Morgan away. Like the rest of the world he can't see past Morgan's odd behaviors Then Morgan shows Grant how light lets you see but it also leaves you blind. And once Grant opens his eyes, he loses his heart to the beautiful enigma of a man who changes the course of his life.
Author: David L. Lindsey
Publisher: Crimeline
ISBN: 0553569414
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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The author of Mercy and A Cold Mind returns with a tale of suspense set in the world of international smuggling. An investigator in the Houston Police Department's Intelligence Division is found shot. Marcus Graver's task force finds evidence of a conspiracy linking the government to one of the world's most ruthless criminals.
Author: Clarissa Clearwater
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781532763014
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Recovery from addiction and mental illness, Drug Court offers therapuetic solutions, inspirational autobiography, Twelve Step programs recovery, drug court, Recovery, Addiction, Mental Illness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Abuse, Spiritual, Personal Growth, Sexual Abuse
Author: Joanne Gerber
Publisher: Regina : Coteau Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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With an unflinching vision and a powerful sense of the spiritual, Joanne Gerber examines the lives of people facing extraordinary circumstances. These fearless, intelligent, and articulate stories challenge the orthodox, daring the reader to remain uninvolved.
Author: Heidi L. Paulec
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1631953907
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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A poignant memoir of loss, and an inspirational guide to healing after a loved one’s sudden death or suicide. When a loved one dies suddenly, at a young age, or by suicide, families and friends are often left in shock-riddled grief. This shock—and the stigmatized feelings that sometimes accompany such tragedies—can isolate the bereaved and stall their healing, even as they yearn to connect with others. Abiding Light is a four-generation testimony-rich resource for those grieving this kind of loss and for the communities that support them. It can be read alone or in a group, as it serves as a companion and fosters compassionate care and conversation through deep grief. Simply through reading the personal stories within Abiding Light, empathy and sympathy—given space and time—can seed courage and deeper connection through patience and conversation.
Author: Ann Cooper Albright
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819568434
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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The first major English-language study of a legendary dancer
Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 014303572X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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An immediate and critically acclaimed bestseller in France, This Blinding Absence of Light is the latest work by internationally renowned author Tahar Ben Jelloun, the first North African winner of the Prix Goncourt and winner of the Prix Mahgreb. Crafting real life events into narrative fiction, Ben Jelloun reveals the horrific story of the desert concentration camps in which King Hassan II of Morocco held his political enemies in underground cells with no light and only enough food and water to keep them lingering on the edge of death. Working closely with one of the survivors, Ben Jelloun narrates the story in the simplest of language and delivers a shocking novel that explores both the limitlessness of inhumanity and the impossible endurance of the human will.
Author: James Salter
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307426564
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
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Last Night is a spellbinding collection of stories about passion–by turns fiery and subdued, destructive and redemptive, alluring and devastating. These ten powerful stories portray men and women in their most intimate moments. A lover of poetry is asked by his wife to give up what may be his most treasured relationship. A book dealer is forced to face the truth about his life. And in the title story, a translator assists his wife’s suicide, even as he performs a last act of betrayal. James Salter’ s assured style and emotional insight make him one of our most essential writers. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James Salter's All That Is.
Author: Mahmoud Darwish
Publisher: Archipelago
ISBN: 1935744658
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 177
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Winner of the 2012 National Translation Award “What Sinan [Antoon] has done with In the Presence of Absence is a kind of miraculous work of dedication and love. Reading this volume is sheer enjoyment and sublimity.” —Saadi Yousef “There are two maps of Palestine that politicians will never manage to forfeit: the one kept in the memories of Palestinian refugees, and that which is drawn by Darwish’s poetry.” —Anton Shammas One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization. In stunning language, Darwish’s self-elegy inhabits a rare space where opposites bleed and blend into each other. Prose and poetry, life and death, home and exile are all sung by the poet and his other. On the threshold of im/mortality, the poet looks back at his own existence, intertwined with that of his people. Through these lyrical meditations on love, longing, Palestine, history, friendship, family, and the ongoing conversation between life and death, the poet bids himself and his readers a poignant farewell.
Author: Michael John Harris
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698150589
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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Soon enough, nobody will remember life before the Internet. What does this unavoidable fact mean? Those of us who have lived both with and without the crowded connectivity of online life have a rare opportunity. We can still recognize the difference between Before and After. We catch ourselves idly reaching for our phones at the bus stop. Or we notice how, midconversation, a fumbling friend dives into the perfect recall of Google. In this eloquent and thought-provoking book, Michael Harris argues that amid all the changes we're experiencing, the most interesting is the end of absence-the loss of lack. The daydreaming silences in our lives are filled; the burning solitudes are extinguished. There's no true "free time" when you carry a smartphone. Today's rarest commodity is the chance to be alone with your thoughts. Michael Harris is an award-winning journalist and a contributing editor at Western Living and Vancouvermagazines. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
