Author: Emma Jackson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407028669
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Now available in an updated edition called Exploited, available in print and ebook. 'I'd never have guessed that when your world's tumbling down you can carry on as usual. But it wasn't like I had a big sign on my back saying "I've been raped." Nobody noticed a thing.' Emma was just 13 when her happy childhood came crashing down. She had no idea the young lads she and her friends met every Saturday in the shopping mall weren't all they seemed. The boys were part of an organised gang targeting innocent young girls, grooming them for prostitution. Captivated by the ring leader, Emma didn't see the first brutal rape coming. From then on, her life was never her own ... This is the harrowing true story of how a nice girl from a good home found herself drawn into a trap of degradation and violence, frightened for her life and not knowing where to turn. But it is also the story of finding the courage and inner strength to risk everything, and escape.
The End of My World
Author: Emma Jackson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407028669
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Now available in an updated edition called Exploited, available in print and ebook. 'I'd never have guessed that when your world's tumbling down you can carry on as usual. But it wasn't like I had a big sign on my back saying "I've been raped." Nobody noticed a thing.' Emma was just 13 when her happy childhood came crashing down. She had no idea the young lads she and her friends met every Saturday in the shopping mall weren't all they seemed. The boys were part of an organised gang targeting innocent young girls, grooming them for prostitution. Captivated by the ring leader, Emma didn't see the first brutal rape coming. From then on, her life was never her own ... This is the harrowing true story of how a nice girl from a good home found herself drawn into a trap of degradation and violence, frightened for her life and not knowing where to turn. But it is also the story of finding the courage and inner strength to risk everything, and escape.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407028669
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Now available in an updated edition called Exploited, available in print and ebook. 'I'd never have guessed that when your world's tumbling down you can carry on as usual. But it wasn't like I had a big sign on my back saying "I've been raped." Nobody noticed a thing.' Emma was just 13 when her happy childhood came crashing down. She had no idea the young lads she and her friends met every Saturday in the shopping mall weren't all they seemed. The boys were part of an organised gang targeting innocent young girls, grooming them for prostitution. Captivated by the ring leader, Emma didn't see the first brutal rape coming. From then on, her life was never her own ... This is the harrowing true story of how a nice girl from a good home found herself drawn into a trap of degradation and violence, frightened for her life and not knowing where to turn. But it is also the story of finding the courage and inner strength to risk everything, and escape.
It's The End of the World and I'm In My Bathing Suit
Author: Justin A. Reynolds
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338740245
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A hilarious new middle-grade from Justin A. Reynolds that asks: What happens when five unsupervised kids face the apocalypse under outrageously silly circumstances? Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores... especially the dreaded L-A-U-N-D-R-Y. If he can wear all the clothes he owns, he'll only have to do the laundry once during his school break. On the day of the highly anticipated Beach Bash, Eddie's monstrous pile of dirty laundry is found by his mom. And Eddie's day has just taken a turn for the worst. Now he's stuck at home by himself, missing the bash, and doing his whole pile of laundry. But mid-cycle, the power goes out! With his first load of laundry wet and the rest of his stuff still filthy, he sets out to explore the seemingly empty neighborhood in his glow-in-the-dark swim trunks, flip-flops, and a beach towel. He soon meets up with other neighborhood kids: newcomer Xavier (who was mid-haircut and has half his head shaved), Eddie's former friend Sonia (who has spent her entire break trying to beat a video game and was mid-battle with the final boss), and siblings Trey and Sage (who are dealing with major sibling drama). As they group up to cover more ground and find out what happened, they realize that their families aren't coming back anytime soon. And as night falls, the crew realizes that they aren't just the only people left in the neighborhood, they might be the only people left... anywhere.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338740245
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A hilarious new middle-grade from Justin A. Reynolds that asks: What happens when five unsupervised kids face the apocalypse under outrageously silly circumstances? Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores... especially the dreaded L-A-U-N-D-R-Y. If he can wear all the clothes he owns, he'll only have to do the laundry once during his school break. On the day of the highly anticipated Beach Bash, Eddie's monstrous pile of dirty laundry is found by his mom. And Eddie's day has just taken a turn for the worst. Now he's stuck at home by himself, missing the bash, and doing his whole pile of laundry. But mid-cycle, the power goes out! With his first load of laundry wet and the rest of his stuff still filthy, he sets out to explore the seemingly empty neighborhood in his glow-in-the-dark swim trunks, flip-flops, and a beach towel. He soon meets up with other neighborhood kids: newcomer Xavier (who was mid-haircut and has half his head shaved), Eddie's former friend Sonia (who has spent her entire break trying to beat a video game and was mid-battle with the final boss), and siblings Trey and Sage (who are dealing with major sibling drama). As they group up to cover more ground and find out what happened, they realize that their families aren't coming back anytime soon. And as night falls, the crew realizes that they aren't just the only people left in the neighborhood, they might be the only people left... anywhere.
Songs for the End of the World
Author: Saleema Nawaz
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771072589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
"In these dark days, Saleema Nawaz dares to write of hope. Songs for the End of the World is a loving, vivid, tenderly felt novel about men, women, and a possible apocalypse. I couldn't put it down." -- Sean Michaels, author of Us Conductors and The Wagers From the award-winning, Canada Reads-shortlisted author of Bone and Bread comes a spellbinding and immersive novel about the power of community and the triumph of human connection, as the bonds of love, family, and duty are tested by an impending pandemic. How quickly he'd forgotten a fundamental truth: the closer you got to the heart of a calamity, the more resilience there was to be found. This is the story of a handful of people who find themselves living through an unfolding catastrophe. Elliot is a first responder in New York, a man running from past failures and struggling to do the right thing. Emma is a pregnant singer preparing to headline a benefit concert for victims of the outbreak--all while questioning what kind of world her child is coming into. Owen is the author of a bestselling plague novel with eerie similarities to the real-life pandemic. As fact and fiction begin to blur, he must decide whether his lifelong instinct for self-preservation has been worth the cost. As the novel moves back and forth in time, we discover these characters' ties to one another and to those whose lives intersect with theirs, in an extraordinary web of connection and community that reveals none of us is ever truly alone. Linking them all is the mystery of the so-called ARAMIS Girl, a woman at the first infection site whose unknown identity and whereabouts cause a furor. Written and revised between 2013 and 2019, and brilliantly told by an unforgettable chorus of voices, Saleema Nawaz's glittering novel is a moving and hopeful meditation on what we owe to ourselves and to each other. It reminds us that disaster can bring out the best in people--and that coming together may be what saves us in the end.
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771072589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
"In these dark days, Saleema Nawaz dares to write of hope. Songs for the End of the World is a loving, vivid, tenderly felt novel about men, women, and a possible apocalypse. I couldn't put it down." -- Sean Michaels, author of Us Conductors and The Wagers From the award-winning, Canada Reads-shortlisted author of Bone and Bread comes a spellbinding and immersive novel about the power of community and the triumph of human connection, as the bonds of love, family, and duty are tested by an impending pandemic. How quickly he'd forgotten a fundamental truth: the closer you got to the heart of a calamity, the more resilience there was to be found. This is the story of a handful of people who find themselves living through an unfolding catastrophe. Elliot is a first responder in New York, a man running from past failures and struggling to do the right thing. Emma is a pregnant singer preparing to headline a benefit concert for victims of the outbreak--all while questioning what kind of world her child is coming into. Owen is the author of a bestselling plague novel with eerie similarities to the real-life pandemic. As fact and fiction begin to blur, he must decide whether his lifelong instinct for self-preservation has been worth the cost. As the novel moves back and forth in time, we discover these characters' ties to one another and to those whose lives intersect with theirs, in an extraordinary web of connection and community that reveals none of us is ever truly alone. Linking them all is the mystery of the so-called ARAMIS Girl, a woman at the first infection site whose unknown identity and whereabouts cause a furor. Written and revised between 2013 and 2019, and brilliantly told by an unforgettable chorus of voices, Saleema Nawaz's glittering novel is a moving and hopeful meditation on what we owe to ourselves and to each other. It reminds us that disaster can bring out the best in people--and that coming together may be what saves us in the end.
The End of the World Is Bigger than Love
Author: Davina Bell
Publisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 1925923355
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A breathtakingly original novel about love and destruction, from an award-winning Australian children’s author.
Publisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 1925923355
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A breathtakingly original novel about love and destruction, from an award-winning Australian children’s author.
You & Me at the End of the World
Author: Brianna Bourne
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 0702311308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
This is no ordinary apocalypse... Hannah wakes up to silence. The entire city around her is empty, except for one other person: Leo. Stuck with only each other, they explore a world with no parents, no friends, and no school and realise that they can be themselves, instead of playing the parts everyone expects of them. Together, they search for answers amid crushing isolation. But while their empty world may appear harmless . . . it's not. Because nothing is quite as it seems, and if Hannah and Leo don't figure out what's going on, they might just be torn apart forever. Perfect for fans of John Green. A romantic apocalypse story like no other.
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 0702311308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
This is no ordinary apocalypse... Hannah wakes up to silence. The entire city around her is empty, except for one other person: Leo. Stuck with only each other, they explore a world with no parents, no friends, and no school and realise that they can be themselves, instead of playing the parts everyone expects of them. Together, they search for answers amid crushing isolation. But while their empty world may appear harmless . . . it's not. Because nothing is quite as it seems, and if Hannah and Leo don't figure out what's going on, they might just be torn apart forever. Perfect for fans of John Green. A romantic apocalypse story like no other.
The Quiet at the End of the World
Author: Lauren James
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406375510
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A sci-fi mystery adventure about the last surviving members of the human race. " "Lauren James is a genius at building tension." SFX Magazine "James is one to watch." Kirkus ReviewsHow would it feel to be the last remaining human? Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people in the world after a virus caused global infertility. When the virus mutates to become even more deadly, the pair face a future entirely alone unless they can find a cure. But how can two teenagers succeed where the great scientists have failed? It feels as though there is no hope for humanity until they discover a secret that turns their entire world upside-down.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781406375510
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A sci-fi mystery adventure about the last surviving members of the human race. " "Lauren James is a genius at building tension." SFX Magazine "James is one to watch." Kirkus ReviewsHow would it feel to be the last remaining human? Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people in the world after a virus caused global infertility. When the virus mutates to become even more deadly, the pair face a future entirely alone unless they can find a cure. But how can two teenagers succeed where the great scientists have failed? It feels as though there is no hope for humanity until they discover a secret that turns their entire world upside-down.
Googled
Author: Ken Auletta
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101151404
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A revealing, forward-looking examination of the outsize influence Google has had on the changing media Landscape. There are companies that create waves and those that ride or are drowned by them. As only he can, bestselling author Ken Auletta takes readers for a ride on the Google wave, telling the story of how it formed and crashed into traditional media businesses?from newspapers to books, to television, to movies, to telephones, to advertising, to Microsoft. With unprecedented access to Google?s founders and executives, as well as to those in media who are struggling to keep their heads above water, Auletta reveals how the industry is being disrupted and redefined. Using Google as a stand-in for the digital revolution, Auletta takes readers inside Google?s closed-door meetings and paints portraits of Google?s notoriously private founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as well as those who work with?and against?them. In his narrative, Auletta provides the fullest account ever told of Google?s rise, shares the ?secret sauce? of Google?s success, and shows why the worlds of ?new? and ?old? media often communicate as if residents of different planets. Google engineers start from an assumption that the old ways of doing things can be improved and made more efficient, an approach that has yielded remarkable results? Google will generate about $20 billion in advertising revenues this year, or more than the combined prime-time ad revenues of CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX. And with its ownership of YouTube and its mobile phone and other initiatives, Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells Auletta his company is poised to become the world?s first $100 billion media company. Yet there are many obstacles that threaten Google?s future, and opposition from media companies and government regulators may be the least of these. Google faces internal threats, from its burgeoning size to losing focus to hubris. In coming years, Google?s faith in mathematical formulas and in slide rule logic will be tested, just as it has been on Wall Street. Distilling the knowledge accrued from a career of covering the media, Auletta will offer insights into what we know, and don?t know, about what the future holds for the imperiled industry.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101151404
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A revealing, forward-looking examination of the outsize influence Google has had on the changing media Landscape. There are companies that create waves and those that ride or are drowned by them. As only he can, bestselling author Ken Auletta takes readers for a ride on the Google wave, telling the story of how it formed and crashed into traditional media businesses?from newspapers to books, to television, to movies, to telephones, to advertising, to Microsoft. With unprecedented access to Google?s founders and executives, as well as to those in media who are struggling to keep their heads above water, Auletta reveals how the industry is being disrupted and redefined. Using Google as a stand-in for the digital revolution, Auletta takes readers inside Google?s closed-door meetings and paints portraits of Google?s notoriously private founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, as well as those who work with?and against?them. In his narrative, Auletta provides the fullest account ever told of Google?s rise, shares the ?secret sauce? of Google?s success, and shows why the worlds of ?new? and ?old? media often communicate as if residents of different planets. Google engineers start from an assumption that the old ways of doing things can be improved and made more efficient, an approach that has yielded remarkable results? Google will generate about $20 billion in advertising revenues this year, or more than the combined prime-time ad revenues of CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX. And with its ownership of YouTube and its mobile phone and other initiatives, Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells Auletta his company is poised to become the world?s first $100 billion media company. Yet there are many obstacles that threaten Google?s future, and opposition from media companies and government regulators may be the least of these. Google faces internal threats, from its burgeoning size to losing focus to hubris. In coming years, Google?s faith in mathematical formulas and in slide rule logic will be tested, just as it has been on Wall Street. Distilling the knowledge accrued from a career of covering the media, Auletta will offer insights into what we know, and don?t know, about what the future holds for the imperiled industry.
My World Passes
Author: Donovan Harrison
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557156211
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
My World Passes is not just about someone with Alzheimer's, but it also shows, through the eyes of the one diagnosed, how it affects the ones closest to the victim of this dreaded disease. Author Donovan Harrison has thoroughly researched this novel and has put his research into an entertaining story. Besides formal research, the author watched his father and his father's mother die of Alzheimer's. The author still visits his second cousin who also has Alzheimer's.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557156211
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
My World Passes is not just about someone with Alzheimer's, but it also shows, through the eyes of the one diagnosed, how it affects the ones closest to the victim of this dreaded disease. Author Donovan Harrison has thoroughly researched this novel and has put his research into an entertaining story. Besides formal research, the author watched his father and his father's mother die of Alzheimer's. The author still visits his second cousin who also has Alzheimer's.
My World in Motion
Author: Jo Whiley
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0753521296
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Jo Whiley is someone millions of us recognise but very few of us know. Jo's a mother, sister, DJ, wife and music-industry insider who throughout her career - and in an age of fleeting celebrity - has earned the respect of her peers and fans by simply being herself and for her constant enthusiasm, be it for established rock 'n roll royalty or emerging talent. For Jo Whiley, it's all about the music. My World in Motion offers a unique opportunity to get to know the real Jo Whiley. From her musical epiphany (being carried over the crowd at a Clash concert) to when she became friends with John Peel at Glastonbury (over some very short shorts - his not hers) and interviewed Bono (surviving a power-cut on vodka). My World in Motion is an honest, funny, self-deprecating account of Jo's professional coming of age, and what it means to be a private person in a very public world.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0753521296
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Jo Whiley is someone millions of us recognise but very few of us know. Jo's a mother, sister, DJ, wife and music-industry insider who throughout her career - and in an age of fleeting celebrity - has earned the respect of her peers and fans by simply being herself and for her constant enthusiasm, be it for established rock 'n roll royalty or emerging talent. For Jo Whiley, it's all about the music. My World in Motion offers a unique opportunity to get to know the real Jo Whiley. From her musical epiphany (being carried over the crowd at a Clash concert) to when she became friends with John Peel at Glastonbury (over some very short shorts - his not hers) and interviewed Bono (surviving a power-cut on vodka). My World in Motion is an honest, funny, self-deprecating account of Jo's professional coming of age, and what it means to be a private person in a very public world.
Sync My World
Author: Rodney St.Michael
Publisher: Rodney St.Michael
ISBN: 1387032097
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
People universally worship the Oedipus complex through gods such as Yah, the son of Allah, and Hawah, Allah's wife. When Yah, a snake god, tongues the Burning Bush of Hawah, a tree goddess, their union is symbolized by the menorah. Together, they are called "Yahweh." The female child has a similar instinct, visually evident through the Crescent and Star, symbolizing Sin, the bisexual moon god, and Easter, the Superstar (Venus). They are aspects of the sky god Allah, representing a daughter's attachment to her mother-father. The Oedipal force is innate in everyone's unconscious mind. As part of Easter's five political identities, it is the source of all conflict. Yahweh's Deep State aims to rule One World using Cabbala. He plotted the 7-11 Apollo mooning, the 9-11 attacks and the 3-11 Fukushima disasters. Now, he's setting the stage for 5-11-18, when North Korea’s Shining-Star satellite takes the blame for an EMP and black out in the US that will lead to Armageddon. If the ego foils it, time renews it.
Publisher: Rodney St.Michael
ISBN: 1387032097
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
People universally worship the Oedipus complex through gods such as Yah, the son of Allah, and Hawah, Allah's wife. When Yah, a snake god, tongues the Burning Bush of Hawah, a tree goddess, their union is symbolized by the menorah. Together, they are called "Yahweh." The female child has a similar instinct, visually evident through the Crescent and Star, symbolizing Sin, the bisexual moon god, and Easter, the Superstar (Venus). They are aspects of the sky god Allah, representing a daughter's attachment to her mother-father. The Oedipal force is innate in everyone's unconscious mind. As part of Easter's five political identities, it is the source of all conflict. Yahweh's Deep State aims to rule One World using Cabbala. He plotted the 7-11 Apollo mooning, the 9-11 attacks and the 3-11 Fukushima disasters. Now, he's setting the stage for 5-11-18, when North Korea’s Shining-Star satellite takes the blame for an EMP and black out in the US that will lead to Armageddon. If the ego foils it, time renews it.