Author: Sha K
Publisher: Sha K
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 57
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George Sam is an old soldier in his 70s. He has a nickname, Uncle Bull. Despite his age, his mind is still young. Everyone loved him for being innocent. He was nicknamed Uncle Bull because of his fun-loving interest in female subjects. His wife does not like his humor and says that he is a servant of Satan and God. But to him, it's all just a joke. His wife is always quarreling with him because of his sense of humor. Struggling with his wife's harassment, Uncle Bull sought help from his friends. They gave him a way to calm his wife down, a drug that softened the mind. But it was a deadly drug known as the Devil's Viagra. So, they organized to get it and gave him that drug. So one day he made a juice mixed with that deadly drug and gave it to her. But she saw that white powder added to the juice. Suspicious, she questioned him. After a fight, she finally forced him to drink the juice. So Uncle Bull who drank the juice mixed with the deadly drug lost his sense of self under its intoxication, turned into a prophet and a savior, and ran out of the house. In the race, Uncle Bull wanders through town like a clown in a horse-drawn carriage he sees along the way. During that time he sneaks into the sanctuaries of some sinners and captures them, saving some from certain dangers, thus making Uncle Bull a hero.
Author: Neal Thompson
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307522261
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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The true story behind NASCAR’s hardscrabble, moonshine-fueled origins, “fascinating and fast-moving . . . even if you don’t know a master cylinder from a head gasket” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). “[Neal] Thompson exhumes the sport’s Prohibition-era roots in this colorful, meticulously detailed history.”—Time Today’s NASCAR—equal parts Disney, Vegas, and Barnum & Bailey—is a multibillion-dollar conglomeration with 80 million fans, half of them women, that grows bigger and more mainstream by the day. Long before the sport’s rampant commercialism lurks a distant history of dark secrets that have been carefully hidden from view—until now. In the Depression-wracked South, with few options beyond the factory or farm, a Ford V-8 became the ticket to a better life. Bootlegging offered speed, adventure, and wads of cash. Driving with the Devil reveals how the skills needed to outrun federal agents with a load of corn liquor transferred perfectly to the red-dirt racetracks of Dixie. In this dynamic era (the 1930s and ’40s), three men with a passion for Ford V-8s—convicted felon Raymond Parks, foul-mouthed mechanic Red Vogt, and war veteran Red Byron, NASCAR’s first champ—emerged as the first stock car “team.” Theirs is the violent, poignant story of how moonshine and fast cars merged to create a sport for the South to call its own. In the tradition of Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit, this tale captures a bygone era of a beloved sport and the character of the country at a moment in time.
Author: Tony Munden
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1646284542
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Growing up a spoiled athletic kid in the Pacific Northwest, Tony thought he had everything he ever wanted. He lived the good life—until one day his life was turned upside down. Everything crumbled around him, including divorce and death. Traumatized and depressed, Tony went on a journey to try to find happiness to help ease the pain he was feeling. He would do whatever it took to numb himself and forget. Then his journey turned into self-medicating, starting with alcohol and marijuana, and eventually finding what he thought was the miracle drug, crystal methamphetamines. It turned out that miracle drug took everything from him. It dragged him into the pits of hell where he was introduced to the devil, where it turned him into someone that he did not even know. Tony will lead you on his journey and struggles battling addiction. From hitting rock bottom and losing everything including the ones that truly loved him, Tony will take you on his personal journey through his battle with the disease they call addiction, his fight to conquer the devil's drug they call meth.
Author: Pat G'Orge-Walker
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 0758235437
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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An "Essence"-bestselling author spins a hilarious, inspiring novel of mistakes and second chances, heartache and love, sin and salvation--with an appearance by the beloved Sister Betty.
Author: Teun Voeten
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538198622
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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With a combination of thorough investigative journalism, daring fieldwork, and colorful atmospheric sketches, Teun Voeten draws a very detailed and disturbing picture of a drug that is on a rapid international rise. Methamphetamine, commonly referred to as crystal meth, is one of the most addictive drugs in the world. Heavy users can destroy themselves in just a few months. Originally given by the Nazis to their troops to fight the blitzkrieg, it has now conquered the whole world and is used at sex parties in Amsterdam and Antwerp, by former hippies in Prague, by the underclass in the slums of Harare, Cape Town, and Peshawar, by truck drivers in Thailand, and by workers in the sweatshops in Bangladesh. Researcher Teun Voeten traveled the globe for two years to investigate all sides of this diabolic drug, exploring the bizarre history and pharmacological effects. He talked to homeless addicts in Tijuana and Los Angeles, cartels in Mexico, international drug experts in Bangkok and Kabul, and more. Voeten also interviewed numerous authorities, judges, and social workers who are trying to stop the meth epidemic.
Author: Toby Ten Eyck
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 055753626X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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December 8, 1941 was the worst day of my life. You might say that it was a bad day for a lot of people. You are probably right. My problem, however, was not the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Not exactly. Mr. Patterson, the balding, uptight Principal of Sandy High School had just received an intelligence report that Sandy, OR, was to be the next Japanese target as they marched across the Pacific. It was the only explanation I could think of that made any sense as to why basketball practice had been cancelled. The city kids were more than happy to go home and miss a day of running and monotonous dribbling and shooting drills. I did not live in the city. My parents, like their parents before them, had set up a homestead on The Devil's Backbone.
Author: Lenora Stewart
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469117614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Evil in its purest form. A man who cuts a trail of death, but leaves no footprints, no clues. Investigator Ben Masterson knows no man is perfect and that somewhere, some day the killer will make a mistake. When he does, Ben will trail him to the ends of the earth, if necessary, and bring him down. Or die trying. When two FBI agents are brutally executed in an apartment leased by a convent, Ben cant say No, when a nun and childhood friend asks him to take the case, never imagining it will send him hurtling to a face-off with a serial killer and child rapist and come to a dramatic end in a battle that will leave only one of them standing. Along the way to the face-off with this monster, Ben learns love is not always what it seems, that good is not always completely pure, and evil sometimes contains a kernel of white light. Most importantly, he learns just how far hell go to bring down a killer. As far as it takes even if that means making a bargain with the devil himself.
Author: Gary M. Pomerantz
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 1400051630
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Kansas City, 1929: Myrtle and Jack Bennett sit down with another couple for an evening of bridge. As the game intensifies, Myrtle complains that Jack is a “bum bridge player.” For such insubordination, he slaps her hard in front of their stunned guests and announces he is leaving. Moments later, sobbing, with a Colt .32 pistol in hand, Myrtle fires four shots, killing her husband. The Roaring 1920s inspired nationwide fads–flagpole sitting, marathon dancing, swimming-pool endurance floating. But of all the mad games that cheered Americans between the wars, the least likely was contract bridge. As the Barnum of the bridge craze, Ely Culbertson, a tuxedoed boulevardier with a Russian accent, used mystique, brilliance, and a certain madness to transform bridge from a social pastime into a cultural movement that made him rich and famous. In writings, in lectures, and on the radio, he used the Bennett killing to dramatize bridge as the battle of the sexes. Indeed, Myrtle Bennett’s murder trial became a sensation because it brought a beautiful housewife–and hints of her husband’s infidelity–from the bridge table into the national spotlight. James A. Reed, Myrtle’s high-powered lawyer and onetime Democratic presidential candidate, delivered soaring, tear-filled courtroom orations. As Reed waxed on about the sanctity of womanhood, he was secretly conducting an extramarital romance with a feminist trailblazer who lived next door. To the public, bridge symbolized tossing aside the ideals of the Puritans–who referred derisively to playing cards as “the Devil’s tickets”–and embracing the modern age. Ina time when such fearless women as Amelia Earhart, Dorothy Parker, and Marlene Dietrich were exalted for their boldness, Culbertson positioned his game as a challenge to all housebound women. At the bridge table, he insisted, a woman could be her husband’s equal, and more. In the gathering darkness of the Depression, Culbertson leveraged his own ballyhoo and naughty innuendo for all it was worth, maneuvering himself and his brilliant wife, Jo, his favorite bridge partner, into a media spectacle dubbed the Bridge Battle of the Century. Through these larger-than-life characters and the timeless partnership game they played, The Devil’s Tickets captures a uniquely colorful age and a tension in marriage that is eternal.
Author: Zeena Becks
Publisher: Zeena Becks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 501
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Life as the guitarist of a world-famous rock band has its perks. Plenty of money. Plenty of attention. And plenty of women. Usually, it also means plenty of work, just as Mickey Collins loves it. The less time spent all by himself, the better. Until destiny takes him to Lucy Stewart. She's smart, she's beautiful... and she's the first woman to ever make him fight for her attention. Getting her out of his head is impossible. Falling for her is inevitable. But being with her seems impossible. Not as long as she's still hung up on someone else. Ever since she was twelve years old, Lucy Stewart dreamed about being a nurse. Taking care of those in need, bringing a smile onto the faces of everyone around, there hadn't been a greater joy for her. Until a tragic loss left her with nothing but guilt, grief and red wine to fill the lonely hours at home. But her whole life is set to change when one of her patients presents her with tickets for the London show of her favourite British rock band. Devil's Entourage. It could have been the best day of Lucy's life. If it wasn't for the brief encounter with the band's guitarist resulting in a blooming friendship, torn feelings and too much sexual tension for a woman who is determined to never love again. Will Mickey succeed in leaving his playboy past behind to find true love? And what happens when Lucy has to realise that the man she had sworn to love until her very last breath may not have been as good for her as she had once believed? Devil's Sexy Candy is book 5 in the Devil's Series, a series following the mates of British rock band Devil's Entourage. The first four books of the series do not have to be read in order to understand and enjoy Mickey and Lucy's story!
Author: Jennie Breeden
Publisher: Devil's Panties LLC
ISBN: 0983286051
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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The Devil's Panties is a journal comic written and drawn by Jennie Breeden. Every day the author draws a comic telling stories from her almost normal, nearly bohemian life. Sometimes Jesus and the Devil show up and talk shop. This seventh volume is a compilation of the strips drawn in 2012. There's explosions and the policemen who love them, politics and all the depressing hilarity therein, weddings and fires, singing penises, zombie penises, and then to top it all off Jen's boyfriend Obby jumps off the deep end, twice! Ok so maybe we were lying about singing penises. Only one of them was singing. The others were in the brass section. This book has redrawn and edited material, behind the scenes goodies, games, and new strips not found on the webcomic version.
