Author: Dominique Morisseau
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559368586
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit ’67 and Skeleton Crew, make up Dominique Morisseau’s The Detroit Project, a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit. Each play sits at a cross-section—of race and policing, of labor and recession, of property ownership and gentrification—and comes alive in the characters and relationships that look toward complex, hopeful futures. With empathetic storytelling and an ear for the voices of her home community, Morisseau brings to life the soul of Detroit, past and present.
Call Me Sam
Author: Teresa Lynch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192723307
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
The story of a little boy who climbs, swings, digs, flaps, and stamps. They call him monkey, parrot, rabbit, elephant, wriggly-jiggly-worm. But he's none of these, he's Samuel David. But, please, just call him Sam.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192723307
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
The story of a little boy who climbs, swings, digs, flaps, and stamps. They call him monkey, parrot, rabbit, elephant, wriggly-jiggly-worm. But he's none of these, he's Samuel David. But, please, just call him Sam.
You've Reached Sam
Author: Dustin Thao
Publisher: Wednesday Books
ISBN: 1250762049
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! If I Stay meets Your Name in Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam, a heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye. Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city; spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his belongings, and tries everything to forget him. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces memories to return. Desperate to hear him one more time, Julie calls Sam's cell phone just to listen to his voice mail recording. And Sam picks up the phone. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam's voice makes Julie fall for him all over again and with each call, it becomes harder to let him go. What would you do if you had a second chance at goodbye? A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection A Cosmo.com Best YA Book Of 2021 A Buzzfeed Best Book Of November A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book
Publisher: Wednesday Books
ISBN: 1250762049
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! If I Stay meets Your Name in Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam, a heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye. Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city; spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his belongings, and tries everything to forget him. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces memories to return. Desperate to hear him one more time, Julie calls Sam's cell phone just to listen to his voice mail recording. And Sam picks up the phone. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam's voice makes Julie fall for him all over again and with each call, it becomes harder to let him go. What would you do if you had a second chance at goodbye? A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection A Cosmo.com Best YA Book Of 2021 A Buzzfeed Best Book Of November A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book
My Friends Call Me Sam
Author: Monica McDivitt
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781631771149
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781631771149
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Trust Me
Author: Isabel Jolie
Publisher: Noctivity, Inc.
ISBN: 1734329157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Trust. It’s the one thing money can’t buy. Sam. There was a time when I trusted everyone. Before my little idea grew into a billion-dollar company. Now, I trust few. Been burned too many times by people looking for a handout. Yeah, my wealth opens doors, but it also places a target on my back. Then I meet Olivia. Security clears her. Determines her safe. The more I get to know her, the more I want her, but just being around me places her in danger - opening her up to the crazy in my world. I’ll do everything I can to keep her safe. All I need to do is figure out exactly who I can trust. Olivia. I left Manhattan broken-hearted, moved to Prague, proved myself professionally, and returned to New York stronger, more capable, and focused on my career. Then I went for a cup of coffee. When he walked in, I felt the pull, the desire that led to so many problems in my past. No. This one’s nothing more than eye candy. A momentary diversion while I sip my latte. A daydream. Nothing could prepare me for what would happen next. Trust Me is a standalone billionaire romance set in New York City and Montreal with intrigue, suspense, and a possessive swoon-worthy billionaire boss and an MBA intern who doesn’t always obey. Trust Me is the second novel in the West Side Series, a steamy contemporary romance series full of brooding, protective men and the strong women they fall for while living the single life in the city that never sleeps. Similar to Books: Out of the Cold by Violet Walker Dangerous Kiss by Michelle Love Further than Eyes Can See by S.J. Mullins Charmed by Laura Riley and April Wilson Keywords: Billionaire romance, bad boy, new adult, instalove, age gap romance, alpha male, new adult romance, steamy romance, age gap romance older man younger woman, romantic novels, love, action, adventure, sexually, romantic suspense
Publisher: Noctivity, Inc.
ISBN: 1734329157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Trust. It’s the one thing money can’t buy. Sam. There was a time when I trusted everyone. Before my little idea grew into a billion-dollar company. Now, I trust few. Been burned too many times by people looking for a handout. Yeah, my wealth opens doors, but it also places a target on my back. Then I meet Olivia. Security clears her. Determines her safe. The more I get to know her, the more I want her, but just being around me places her in danger - opening her up to the crazy in my world. I’ll do everything I can to keep her safe. All I need to do is figure out exactly who I can trust. Olivia. I left Manhattan broken-hearted, moved to Prague, proved myself professionally, and returned to New York stronger, more capable, and focused on my career. Then I went for a cup of coffee. When he walked in, I felt the pull, the desire that led to so many problems in my past. No. This one’s nothing more than eye candy. A momentary diversion while I sip my latte. A daydream. Nothing could prepare me for what would happen next. Trust Me is a standalone billionaire romance set in New York City and Montreal with intrigue, suspense, and a possessive swoon-worthy billionaire boss and an MBA intern who doesn’t always obey. Trust Me is the second novel in the West Side Series, a steamy contemporary romance series full of brooding, protective men and the strong women they fall for while living the single life in the city that never sleeps. Similar to Books: Out of the Cold by Violet Walker Dangerous Kiss by Michelle Love Further than Eyes Can See by S.J. Mullins Charmed by Laura Riley and April Wilson Keywords: Billionaire romance, bad boy, new adult, instalove, age gap romance, alpha male, new adult romance, steamy romance, age gap romance older man younger woman, romantic novels, love, action, adventure, sexually, romantic suspense
The Detroit Project
Author: Dominique Morisseau
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559368586
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit ’67 and Skeleton Crew, make up Dominique Morisseau’s The Detroit Project, a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit. Each play sits at a cross-section—of race and policing, of labor and recession, of property ownership and gentrification—and comes alive in the characters and relationships that look toward complex, hopeful futures. With empathetic storytelling and an ear for the voices of her home community, Morisseau brings to life the soul of Detroit, past and present.
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559368586
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit ’67 and Skeleton Crew, make up Dominique Morisseau’s The Detroit Project, a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit. Each play sits at a cross-section—of race and policing, of labor and recession, of property ownership and gentrification—and comes alive in the characters and relationships that look toward complex, hopeful futures. With empathetic storytelling and an ear for the voices of her home community, Morisseau brings to life the soul of Detroit, past and present.
The Daughters of Erietown
Author: Connie Schultz
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 052547952X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hidden desires, long-held secrets, and the sacrifices people make for family are at the heart of this powerful first novel by the popular Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist. “A moving, unforgettable story about time, progress, and how the mistakes of one generation get repeated or repaired by the next.”—J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Saints for All Occasions NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND NEW YORK POST 1957, Clayton Valley, Ohio. Ellie has the best grades in her class. Her dream is to go to nursing school and marry Brick McGinty. A basketball star, Brick has the chance to escape his abusive father and become the first person in his blue-collar family to attend college. But when Ellie learns that she is pregnant, everything changes. Just as Brick and Ellie revise their plans and build a family, a knock on the front door threatens to destroy their lives. The evolution of women’s lives spanning the second half of the twentieth century is at the center of this beautiful novel that richly portrays how much people know—and pretend not to know—about the secrets at the heart of a town, and a family.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 052547952X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Hidden desires, long-held secrets, and the sacrifices people make for family are at the heart of this powerful first novel by the popular Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist. “A moving, unforgettable story about time, progress, and how the mistakes of one generation get repeated or repaired by the next.”—J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Saints for All Occasions NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND NEW YORK POST 1957, Clayton Valley, Ohio. Ellie has the best grades in her class. Her dream is to go to nursing school and marry Brick McGinty. A basketball star, Brick has the chance to escape his abusive father and become the first person in his blue-collar family to attend college. But when Ellie learns that she is pregnant, everything changes. Just as Brick and Ellie revise their plans and build a family, a knock on the front door threatens to destroy their lives. The evolution of women’s lives spanning the second half of the twentieth century is at the center of this beautiful novel that richly portrays how much people know—and pretend not to know—about the secrets at the heart of a town, and a family.
Hearing Evil
Author: Jason Parent
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
When evil whispers. Michael Turcotte wants nothing to do with his so-called gift—the ability to see other people’s fates simply by touching them. Michael decides to spend his summer searching for answers about his past. He can’t rest without the sounds of forgotten tragedy echoing through his dreams, but reconstructing his memories will come with a whole new set of problems even he can’t foresee. Detective Samantha Reilly has always looked out for Michael, but now that she’s taken him into her home, she fears her maternal instincts are lacking. When a brutal gang sets off a chain reaction of crimes, Sam struggles to choose between the two most important things in her life: her job and her new foster son. Fate intervenes when Michael is kidnapped, forcing her two roles to collide. As Michael’s past meets Sam’s present, their bond will be tested while a city crumbles around them. They’ll need all their skills and a lot of luck in order to survive.
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
When evil whispers. Michael Turcotte wants nothing to do with his so-called gift—the ability to see other people’s fates simply by touching them. Michael decides to spend his summer searching for answers about his past. He can’t rest without the sounds of forgotten tragedy echoing through his dreams, but reconstructing his memories will come with a whole new set of problems even he can’t foresee. Detective Samantha Reilly has always looked out for Michael, but now that she’s taken him into her home, she fears her maternal instincts are lacking. When a brutal gang sets off a chain reaction of crimes, Sam struggles to choose between the two most important things in her life: her job and her new foster son. Fate intervenes when Michael is kidnapped, forcing her two roles to collide. As Michael’s past meets Sam’s present, their bond will be tested while a city crumbles around them. They’ll need all their skills and a lot of luck in order to survive.
The Horatio Alger MEGAPACK®: 70 Classic Works
Author: Horatio Alger
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479423750
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 10312
Book Description
The Horatio Alger MEGAPACK® presents 70 Classic Works by the great 19th century author. Here are: ADVENTURES OF A TELEGRAPH BOY DIGGING FOR GOLD MARK THE MATCH BOY BOB BURTON ANDY GORDON THE BACKWOODS BOY A BOY'S FORTUNE A DEBT OF HONOR BERNARD BROOKS' ADVENTURES WAIT AND HOPE MARK MASON'S VICTORY ROBERT COVERDALE'S STRUGGLE BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY RUFUS AND ROSE THE YOUNG ADVENTURER THE YOUNG MINER THE TIN BOX TOM, THE BOOTBLACK A COUSIN'S CONSPIRACY IN A NEW WORLD LUKE WALTON THE ERIE TRAIN BOY THE YOUNG OUTLAW SAM'S CHANCE BEN'S NUGGET SLOW AND SURE THE YOUNG BANK MESSENGER THE TELEGRAPH BOY CHESTER RAND FROM FARM TO FORTUNE THE YOUNG ACROBAT OF THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUS RAGGED DICK FAME AND FORTUNE RANDY OF THE RIVER YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK FRANK AND FEARLESS ADRIFT IN NEW YORK PAUL THE PEDDLER PHIL, THE FIDDLER JOE THE HOTEL BOY THE ERRAND BOY FRED SARGENT'S REVENGE THE SMUGGLER'S TRAP THE CASH BOY PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE BRAVE AND BOLD DRIVEN FROM HOME CAST UPON THE BREAKERS FROM CANAL BOY TO PRESIDENT ANDY GRANT'S PLUCK MAKING HIS WAY FACING THE WORLD JOE'S LUCK BOUND TO RISE RISEN FROM THE RANKS HERBERT CARTER'S LEGACY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WALTER SHERWOOD'S PROBATION NOTHING TO EAT HELPING HIMSELF TRY AND TRUST DO AND DARE HECTOR'S INHERITANCE THE YOUNG MUSICIAN STRUGGLING UPWARD ONLY AN IRISH BOY JACK'S WARD THE STORE BOY FRANK'S CAMPAIGN TIMOTHY CRUMP'S WARD If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479423750
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 10312
Book Description
The Horatio Alger MEGAPACK® presents 70 Classic Works by the great 19th century author. Here are: ADVENTURES OF A TELEGRAPH BOY DIGGING FOR GOLD MARK THE MATCH BOY BOB BURTON ANDY GORDON THE BACKWOODS BOY A BOY'S FORTUNE A DEBT OF HONOR BERNARD BROOKS' ADVENTURES WAIT AND HOPE MARK MASON'S VICTORY ROBERT COVERDALE'S STRUGGLE BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY RUFUS AND ROSE THE YOUNG ADVENTURER THE YOUNG MINER THE TIN BOX TOM, THE BOOTBLACK A COUSIN'S CONSPIRACY IN A NEW WORLD LUKE WALTON THE ERIE TRAIN BOY THE YOUNG OUTLAW SAM'S CHANCE BEN'S NUGGET SLOW AND SURE THE YOUNG BANK MESSENGER THE TELEGRAPH BOY CHESTER RAND FROM FARM TO FORTUNE THE YOUNG ACROBAT OF THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUS RAGGED DICK FAME AND FORTUNE RANDY OF THE RIVER YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK FRANK AND FEARLESS ADRIFT IN NEW YORK PAUL THE PEDDLER PHIL, THE FIDDLER JOE THE HOTEL BOY THE ERRAND BOY FRED SARGENT'S REVENGE THE SMUGGLER'S TRAP THE CASH BOY PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE BRAVE AND BOLD DRIVEN FROM HOME CAST UPON THE BREAKERS FROM CANAL BOY TO PRESIDENT ANDY GRANT'S PLUCK MAKING HIS WAY FACING THE WORLD JOE'S LUCK BOUND TO RISE RISEN FROM THE RANKS HERBERT CARTER'S LEGACY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WALTER SHERWOOD'S PROBATION NOTHING TO EAT HELPING HIMSELF TRY AND TRUST DO AND DARE HECTOR'S INHERITANCE THE YOUNG MUSICIAN STRUGGLING UPWARD ONLY AN IRISH BOY JACK'S WARD THE STORE BOY FRANK'S CAMPAIGN TIMOTHY CRUMP'S WARD If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
Castles in the Point
Author: Al Bruno
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465371885
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The Point, produce and food distribution epicenter to New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut The Point, prostitution, drugs, drag racing, murder The Point, home of Jessica Melendez Faced with personal tragedy, a younger brother with a learning disability, and an older brother mixed up with a local drug dealer, seventeen-year old Jessica struggles to maintain family values and scholastic dreams in a vortex of corruption and deceit. And just when she finds the love that has eluded her, her life is once again tossed into a tailspin as she discovers that there exists no happiness without sacrifice. Follow the exploits of a young Hispanic female growing up in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, New York, as she fights for survival in a ruthless world seething with vile characters at every corner. Love, hate, anger, happiness, laughter, sadness, despair, hope, Castles in the Point has it all.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465371885
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
The Point, produce and food distribution epicenter to New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut The Point, prostitution, drugs, drag racing, murder The Point, home of Jessica Melendez Faced with personal tragedy, a younger brother with a learning disability, and an older brother mixed up with a local drug dealer, seventeen-year old Jessica struggles to maintain family values and scholastic dreams in a vortex of corruption and deceit. And just when she finds the love that has eluded her, her life is once again tossed into a tailspin as she discovers that there exists no happiness without sacrifice. Follow the exploits of a young Hispanic female growing up in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, New York, as she fights for survival in a ruthless world seething with vile characters at every corner. Love, hate, anger, happiness, laughter, sadness, despair, hope, Castles in the Point has it all.
The Empty Chalice
Author: Joyce Surman
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595521711
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Drinking to the very dregs the chalice given it, here is the remarkable and inspirational story of a soul that has found, unexpectedly, a heavenly sweetness in its bitterness. After reading this book, the reader is left to ponder the question: "Can I, too, 'drink the chalice offered me' and find in it, not bitterness, but the sweetness of God's Will? This account of a soul's ascent from the shadows of Gethsemane to the light of Tabor is, therefore, a shining beacon for our age pointing the way that we should go if we are to find that for which every human heart yearns: true peace and perfect joy. If you are a person in search of true peace and perfect joy, especially if the fragile ship of your soul is being tossed amidst the tempestuous seas of sorrow and suffering, you will find here an anchor to which to moor your soul in the radical reversal of the transforming union as described in this book.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595521711
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Drinking to the very dregs the chalice given it, here is the remarkable and inspirational story of a soul that has found, unexpectedly, a heavenly sweetness in its bitterness. After reading this book, the reader is left to ponder the question: "Can I, too, 'drink the chalice offered me' and find in it, not bitterness, but the sweetness of God's Will? This account of a soul's ascent from the shadows of Gethsemane to the light of Tabor is, therefore, a shining beacon for our age pointing the way that we should go if we are to find that for which every human heart yearns: true peace and perfect joy. If you are a person in search of true peace and perfect joy, especially if the fragile ship of your soul is being tossed amidst the tempestuous seas of sorrow and suffering, you will find here an anchor to which to moor your soul in the radical reversal of the transforming union as described in this book.