Author:
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 161379908X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
I am Not Afraid of the Boogey Man
Author:
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 161379908X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 161379908X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
Author: Craig Taylor
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393242331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Winner of the 2021 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize A symphony of contemporary New York through the magnificent words of its people—from the best-selling author of Londoners. In the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. New Yorkers weaves the voices of some of the city’s best talkers into an indelible portrait of New York in our time—and a powerful hymn to the vitality and resilience of its people. Best-selling author Craig Taylor has been hailed as “a peerless journalist and a beautiful craftsman” (David Rakoff), acclaimed for the way he “fuses the mundane truth of conversation with the higher truth of art” (Michel Faber). In the wake of his celebrated book Londoners, Taylor moved to New York and spent years meeting regularly with hundreds of New Yorkers as diverse as the city itself. New Yorkers features 75 of the most remarkable of them, their fascinating true tales arranged in thematic sections that follow Taylor’s growing engagement with the city. Here are the uncelebrated people who propel New York each day—bodega cashier, hospital nurse, elevator repairman, emergency dispatcher. Here are those who wire the lights at the top of the Empire State Building, clean the windows of Rockefeller Center, and keep the subway running. Here are people whose experiences reflect the city’s fractured realities: the mother of a Latino teenager jailed at Rikers, a BLM activist in the wake of police shootings. And here are those who capture the ineffable feeling of New York, such as a balloon handler in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade or a security guard at the Statue of Liberty. Vibrant and bursting with life, New Yorkers explores the nonstop hustle to make it; the pressures on new immigrants, people of color, and the poor; the constant battle between loving the city and wanting to leave it; and the question of who gets to be considered a "New Yorker." It captures the strength of an irrepressible city that—no matter what it goes through—dares call itself the greatest in the world.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393242331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Winner of the 2021 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize A symphony of contemporary New York through the magnificent words of its people—from the best-selling author of Londoners. In the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. New Yorkers weaves the voices of some of the city’s best talkers into an indelible portrait of New York in our time—and a powerful hymn to the vitality and resilience of its people. Best-selling author Craig Taylor has been hailed as “a peerless journalist and a beautiful craftsman” (David Rakoff), acclaimed for the way he “fuses the mundane truth of conversation with the higher truth of art” (Michel Faber). In the wake of his celebrated book Londoners, Taylor moved to New York and spent years meeting regularly with hundreds of New Yorkers as diverse as the city itself. New Yorkers features 75 of the most remarkable of them, their fascinating true tales arranged in thematic sections that follow Taylor’s growing engagement with the city. Here are the uncelebrated people who propel New York each day—bodega cashier, hospital nurse, elevator repairman, emergency dispatcher. Here are those who wire the lights at the top of the Empire State Building, clean the windows of Rockefeller Center, and keep the subway running. Here are people whose experiences reflect the city’s fractured realities: the mother of a Latino teenager jailed at Rikers, a BLM activist in the wake of police shootings. And here are those who capture the ineffable feeling of New York, such as a balloon handler in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade or a security guard at the Statue of Liberty. Vibrant and bursting with life, New Yorkers explores the nonstop hustle to make it; the pressures on new immigrants, people of color, and the poor; the constant battle between loving the city and wanting to leave it; and the question of who gets to be considered a "New Yorker." It captures the strength of an irrepressible city that—no matter what it goes through—dares call itself the greatest in the world.
East Coast Girls
Author: Kerry Kletter
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1488055483
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Four friends reunite in Montauk to celebrate their thirtieth birthdays, twelve years after one fateful summer, in this novel of friendship and secrets. Childhood friends Hannah, Maya, Blue and Renee share a bond that feels more like family. Growing up, they had difficult home lives, and the summers they spent together in Montauk were the happiest memories they ever made. Then, the summer after graduation, one terrible night changed everything. Twelve years have passed since that fateful incident, and their sisterhood has drifted apart, each woman haunted by her own lost innocence. But just as they reunite in Montauk for one last summer escape, hoping to find happiness once more, tragedy strikes again. This time it’ll test them like never before, forcing them to confront decisions they’ve each had to live with and old secrets that refuse to stay buried. “Masterfully drawn characters who feel like family. . . . Pitch-perfect pacing and language reveals all the right pieces at just the right moments and the idyllic Montauk setting is skillfully depicted. Kletter will be an author to watch for fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Emily Giffin.” —Booklist “A mix of gorgeous writing and page-turning suspense as four friends enjoy summer pleasures that lead to terrible mistakes, desperate choices, and, as we all hope from the ones we love, the grace of forgiveness.” —Nancy Thayer, New York Times–bestselling author of Surfside Sisters “Lush prose and poignant reflections on fate, forks in the road and the power of female friendships. . . . I’ve already made a permanent place for it right beside Judy Blume’s Summer Sisters in the bookshelf of my heart.” —Chandler Baker, New York Times–bestselling author of Whisper Network
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1488055483
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Four friends reunite in Montauk to celebrate their thirtieth birthdays, twelve years after one fateful summer, in this novel of friendship and secrets. Childhood friends Hannah, Maya, Blue and Renee share a bond that feels more like family. Growing up, they had difficult home lives, and the summers they spent together in Montauk were the happiest memories they ever made. Then, the summer after graduation, one terrible night changed everything. Twelve years have passed since that fateful incident, and their sisterhood has drifted apart, each woman haunted by her own lost innocence. But just as they reunite in Montauk for one last summer escape, hoping to find happiness once more, tragedy strikes again. This time it’ll test them like never before, forcing them to confront decisions they’ve each had to live with and old secrets that refuse to stay buried. “Masterfully drawn characters who feel like family. . . . Pitch-perfect pacing and language reveals all the right pieces at just the right moments and the idyllic Montauk setting is skillfully depicted. Kletter will be an author to watch for fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Emily Giffin.” —Booklist “A mix of gorgeous writing and page-turning suspense as four friends enjoy summer pleasures that lead to terrible mistakes, desperate choices, and, as we all hope from the ones we love, the grace of forgiveness.” —Nancy Thayer, New York Times–bestselling author of Surfside Sisters “Lush prose and poignant reflections on fate, forks in the road and the power of female friendships. . . . I’ve already made a permanent place for it right beside Judy Blume’s Summer Sisters in the bookshelf of my heart.” —Chandler Baker, New York Times–bestselling author of Whisper Network
Emma, The Highers Part I of VIII
Author: Teresa Balthazar
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1642988294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Emma stands on the Golden Gate Bridge after fleeing her hometown. She has an urge to extinguish her tribulation. Once she takes the jump of no return, to her bewilderment, she appears in a penthouse without an understanding of how she survived. She's puzzled with her arrival, this spine-tingling event captivates her, until a young man with smoldering eyes explains to her of how she's alive. Although this rich playboy bachelor, Jason, abducted her, he also saved her life. He hasn't a choice but to keep his secret safe, even if that means keeping her captive, forever. But their lives are altered.
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1642988294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Emma stands on the Golden Gate Bridge after fleeing her hometown. She has an urge to extinguish her tribulation. Once she takes the jump of no return, to her bewilderment, she appears in a penthouse without an understanding of how she survived. She's puzzled with her arrival, this spine-tingling event captivates her, until a young man with smoldering eyes explains to her of how she's alive. Although this rich playboy bachelor, Jason, abducted her, he also saved her life. He hasn't a choice but to keep his secret safe, even if that means keeping her captive, forever. But their lives are altered.
Psssst! It's Me---the Bogeyman
Author: Barbara Park
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780689846168
Category : Fear
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Bogeyman wants to set the record straight about what has been written about him and reveal the truth--maybe too much--about what he does and doesn't do. Full-color illustrations.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780689846168
Category : Fear
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Bogeyman wants to set the record straight about what has been written about him and reveal the truth--maybe too much--about what he does and doesn't do. Full-color illustrations.
Twisted Fate
Author: Adam Lewis
Publisher: Blue Pacific Media
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
U.S.M.C. veteran Jay Sutherland is now the youngest district attorney in New York’s history. Finds himself in an epic battle against the ghosts of his past that could see him lose everything he holds dear. This is a fight he can’t afford to lose…
Publisher: Blue Pacific Media
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
U.S.M.C. veteran Jay Sutherland is now the youngest district attorney in New York’s history. Finds himself in an epic battle against the ghosts of his past that could see him lose everything he holds dear. This is a fight he can’t afford to lose…
A Taste of Fame (The Potluck Catering Club Book #2)
Author: Linda Evans Shepherd
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 1441204865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The women of the Potluck Catering Club have a growing business. They even became the subject of a budding filmmaker's class project. Problem is, they didn't read the fine print when they signed off on his documentary. When he enters the club in the reality show "Great Party Showdown," the ladies of Summit View, Colorado, head to the Big Apple for the unexpected adventure of their lives. Between navigating New York City, dealing with other cutthroat contestants, and trying to maintain their close friendship in the high-stress world of reality TV, the Potluck women must keep their eyes on the prize--a cool million dollars--and work together if they're going to make it back to Colorado in one piece. A Taste of Fame serves up the perfect blend of humor, misadventure, and mouth-watering recipes. Fans new and old will love this exciting trip into the wild world of competitive cooking!
Publisher: Revell
ISBN: 1441204865
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The women of the Potluck Catering Club have a growing business. They even became the subject of a budding filmmaker's class project. Problem is, they didn't read the fine print when they signed off on his documentary. When he enters the club in the reality show "Great Party Showdown," the ladies of Summit View, Colorado, head to the Big Apple for the unexpected adventure of their lives. Between navigating New York City, dealing with other cutthroat contestants, and trying to maintain their close friendship in the high-stress world of reality TV, the Potluck women must keep their eyes on the prize--a cool million dollars--and work together if they're going to make it back to Colorado in one piece. A Taste of Fame serves up the perfect blend of humor, misadventure, and mouth-watering recipes. Fans new and old will love this exciting trip into the wild world of competitive cooking!
An Angel Of Comfort
Author: Michael Nathaniel Best
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460292391
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
I gasped for air and slowly sank underwater… At five years old, a near-death experience brought Michael into the presence of an angel, and he was saved by divine intervention. In the aftermath, the young boy was blessed with the gift of prophetic dreams and discovered he could see real events that would take place in the near future. An Angel of Comfort tells the story of the author’s life: his challenges and setbacks, tests of strength and faith, acceptance of his gift and the development of a desire to bring comfort and succor to the sick. Through a series of divine visitations and apocalyptic visions, Michael’s journey of faith leads him to embrace a new purpose—to communicate God’s message of love, hope, mercy and repentance to mankind.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460292391
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
I gasped for air and slowly sank underwater… At five years old, a near-death experience brought Michael into the presence of an angel, and he was saved by divine intervention. In the aftermath, the young boy was blessed with the gift of prophetic dreams and discovered he could see real events that would take place in the near future. An Angel of Comfort tells the story of the author’s life: his challenges and setbacks, tests of strength and faith, acceptance of his gift and the development of a desire to bring comfort and succor to the sick. Through a series of divine visitations and apocalyptic visions, Michael’s journey of faith leads him to embrace a new purpose—to communicate God’s message of love, hope, mercy and repentance to mankind.
Reza Abdoh
Author: Charlie Fox
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
ISBN: 3775745521
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In seinem nur zwölf Jahre umfassenden Schaffen brach der iranische Theatermacher Reza Abdoh mit sämtlichen Parametern des Theaters und brachte seine Schauspieler und das Publikum oft an ihre Grenzen. Seine halluzinatorischen Traumlandschaften waren eindringlich, seine Inszenierungen adressierten sprachgewaltig die bitteren politischen Realitäten seiner Zeit – vom staatlich sanktionierten Rassismus über die Weigerung der Reagan-Regierung, sich der AIDS-Krise anzunehmen, bis hin zu den Kriegen der USA. Kurz vor seinem Tod verfügte er, dass seine Stücke nicht neu aufgeführt werden dürfen. Der Katalog enthält neben zahlreichen Abbildungen neue Essays über die Einflüsse und Rezeption seines Werkes, bereits publizierte und bisher unveröffentlichte Interviews mit Reza Abdoh, Gespräche mit Weggefährten sowie Skripte seiner Stücke und Presseberichte.
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
ISBN: 3775745521
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In seinem nur zwölf Jahre umfassenden Schaffen brach der iranische Theatermacher Reza Abdoh mit sämtlichen Parametern des Theaters und brachte seine Schauspieler und das Publikum oft an ihre Grenzen. Seine halluzinatorischen Traumlandschaften waren eindringlich, seine Inszenierungen adressierten sprachgewaltig die bitteren politischen Realitäten seiner Zeit – vom staatlich sanktionierten Rassismus über die Weigerung der Reagan-Regierung, sich der AIDS-Krise anzunehmen, bis hin zu den Kriegen der USA. Kurz vor seinem Tod verfügte er, dass seine Stücke nicht neu aufgeführt werden dürfen. Der Katalog enthält neben zahlreichen Abbildungen neue Essays über die Einflüsse und Rezeption seines Werkes, bereits publizierte und bisher unveröffentlichte Interviews mit Reza Abdoh, Gespräche mit Weggefährten sowie Skripte seiner Stücke und Presseberichte.
Call Me Lizzie
Author: JK Hoffman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669853985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Have you ever wondered what life was like for a young girl growing up in the late 18th-century Northern Arizona Territory? A tomboy at that. Her dreams and aspirations of becoming a rancher, and competing in a man’s world. Lizzie is just that, a tomboy who takes the reader on exciting escapades throughout Kansas, Northwestern New Mexico, and the Northern Arizona Territory and beyond. An encounter with a young “seer” at the Loretto school in Santa Fe tells Lizzie of her destiny. A dire warning from the young girl concerning a black horse and a man. Lizzie is surprised when the seer gives her a small black onyx horse, which haunts her for the rest of her life. Determined not to let the omen dominate her life, she pursues her dreams
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669853985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Have you ever wondered what life was like for a young girl growing up in the late 18th-century Northern Arizona Territory? A tomboy at that. Her dreams and aspirations of becoming a rancher, and competing in a man’s world. Lizzie is just that, a tomboy who takes the reader on exciting escapades throughout Kansas, Northwestern New Mexico, and the Northern Arizona Territory and beyond. An encounter with a young “seer” at the Loretto school in Santa Fe tells Lizzie of her destiny. A dire warning from the young girl concerning a black horse and a man. Lizzie is surprised when the seer gives her a small black onyx horse, which haunts her for the rest of her life. Determined not to let the omen dominate her life, she pursues her dreams