Author: Brandon Whitworth
Publisher: Brandon Whitworth
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
45,824 words (about 183 pages in print): When Javy Sanchez was born premature, the doctors did not think he would live long enough to breathe the outside air. The day his beautiful Puerto Rican mother Rosa Sanchez took him home was a day of celebration. He had beaten the odds and been given a chance at life. Fast forward 19 years later, and Javy is fresh out of high school. He lives in Orlando, FL with his mother and her neurotic orange Pomeranian, Roberto. Javy spends a lot of his time with his best friend, Seth Watson, a troublemaker with a carefree disposition. Javy is motivated to move to California and become a film maker, but Seth has no direction. What Seth does have is a secret, a secret that will cause their friendship to come to a screeching halt. Meanwhile, Javy meets a girl named Alison in a coffee shop and experiences a deep infatuation for her he has never experienced before. While contemplating how he will make his move, he meets his mom's new friend, Lana, at a dinner party and has a secret fling with her that sets in motion a series of chaotic events that will change the lives of everyone around him forever. In the middle of it all is the anchor which keeps his mother grounded, the aging Pomeranian Roberto. A sudden change in Roberto's behavior leads to a discovery that further unravels the small family at its seams. I Know This World Is Killing You is a book about love and lust, life and death, the price we pay for the secrets we keep, and how the ways in which we process pain determines how high we fly or how low we go.
I Know This World Is Killing You
Author: Brandon Whitworth
Publisher: Brandon Whitworth
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
45,824 words (about 183 pages in print): When Javy Sanchez was born premature, the doctors did not think he would live long enough to breathe the outside air. The day his beautiful Puerto Rican mother Rosa Sanchez took him home was a day of celebration. He had beaten the odds and been given a chance at life. Fast forward 19 years later, and Javy is fresh out of high school. He lives in Orlando, FL with his mother and her neurotic orange Pomeranian, Roberto. Javy spends a lot of his time with his best friend, Seth Watson, a troublemaker with a carefree disposition. Javy is motivated to move to California and become a film maker, but Seth has no direction. What Seth does have is a secret, a secret that will cause their friendship to come to a screeching halt. Meanwhile, Javy meets a girl named Alison in a coffee shop and experiences a deep infatuation for her he has never experienced before. While contemplating how he will make his move, he meets his mom's new friend, Lana, at a dinner party and has a secret fling with her that sets in motion a series of chaotic events that will change the lives of everyone around him forever. In the middle of it all is the anchor which keeps his mother grounded, the aging Pomeranian Roberto. A sudden change in Roberto's behavior leads to a discovery that further unravels the small family at its seams. I Know This World Is Killing You is a book about love and lust, life and death, the price we pay for the secrets we keep, and how the ways in which we process pain determines how high we fly or how low we go.
Publisher: Brandon Whitworth
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
45,824 words (about 183 pages in print): When Javy Sanchez was born premature, the doctors did not think he would live long enough to breathe the outside air. The day his beautiful Puerto Rican mother Rosa Sanchez took him home was a day of celebration. He had beaten the odds and been given a chance at life. Fast forward 19 years later, and Javy is fresh out of high school. He lives in Orlando, FL with his mother and her neurotic orange Pomeranian, Roberto. Javy spends a lot of his time with his best friend, Seth Watson, a troublemaker with a carefree disposition. Javy is motivated to move to California and become a film maker, but Seth has no direction. What Seth does have is a secret, a secret that will cause their friendship to come to a screeching halt. Meanwhile, Javy meets a girl named Alison in a coffee shop and experiences a deep infatuation for her he has never experienced before. While contemplating how he will make his move, he meets his mom's new friend, Lana, at a dinner party and has a secret fling with her that sets in motion a series of chaotic events that will change the lives of everyone around him forever. In the middle of it all is the anchor which keeps his mother grounded, the aging Pomeranian Roberto. A sudden change in Roberto's behavior leads to a discovery that further unravels the small family at its seams. I Know This World Is Killing You is a book about love and lust, life and death, the price we pay for the secrets we keep, and how the ways in which we process pain determines how high we fly or how low we go.
How Do You Kill 11 Million People?
Author: Andy Andrews
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0849949904
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
How do you get away with the murder of 11 million people? The answer is simple—and disturbing. You lie to them. Learn how you can become an informed, passionate citizen who demands honesty and integrity from your leaders. In this nonpartisan New York Times bestselling book, Andy Andrews emphasizes that seeking and discerning the truth is of critical importance, and that believing lies is the most dangerous thing you can do. You’ll be challenged to become a more careful student of the past, seeking accurate, factual accounts of events that illuminate choices our world faces now. By considering how the Nazi German regime was able to carry out over eleven million institutional killings between 1933 and 1945, Andrews advocates for an informed population that demands honesty and integrity from its leaders and from each other. This short, thought-provoking book poses questions like: What happens to a society in which truth is absent? How are we supposed to tell the difference between the “good guys" and the “bad guys”? How does the answer to this question affect our country, families, faith, and values? Does it matter that millions of ordinary citizens aren't participating in the decisions that shape the future of our country? Which is more dangerous: politicians with ill intent, or the too-trusting population that allows such people to lead them? This is a wake-up call: we must become informed, passionate citizens or suffer the consequences of our own ignorance and apathy. We can no longer measure a leader’s worth by the yardsticks provided by the left or the right. Instead, we must use an unchanging standard: the pure, unvarnished truth.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0849949904
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
How do you get away with the murder of 11 million people? The answer is simple—and disturbing. You lie to them. Learn how you can become an informed, passionate citizen who demands honesty and integrity from your leaders. In this nonpartisan New York Times bestselling book, Andy Andrews emphasizes that seeking and discerning the truth is of critical importance, and that believing lies is the most dangerous thing you can do. You’ll be challenged to become a more careful student of the past, seeking accurate, factual accounts of events that illuminate choices our world faces now. By considering how the Nazi German regime was able to carry out over eleven million institutional killings between 1933 and 1945, Andrews advocates for an informed population that demands honesty and integrity from its leaders and from each other. This short, thought-provoking book poses questions like: What happens to a society in which truth is absent? How are we supposed to tell the difference between the “good guys" and the “bad guys”? How does the answer to this question affect our country, families, faith, and values? Does it matter that millions of ordinary citizens aren't participating in the decisions that shape the future of our country? Which is more dangerous: politicians with ill intent, or the too-trusting population that allows such people to lead them? This is a wake-up call: we must become informed, passionate citizens or suffer the consequences of our own ignorance and apathy. We can no longer measure a leader’s worth by the yardsticks provided by the left or the right. Instead, we must use an unchanging standard: the pure, unvarnished truth.
Blessings Of A Curse - USA Edition
Author: Wayne Edward Clarke
Publisher: Norman Imbong
ISBN: 1452375852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Book One of The Nexus of Kellaran Series. A mighty world of wonder approaches a global turning point, and a global war. Join us for adventure, romance, and a ton of action in this passionately acclaimed High Fantasy Epic! We follow Mark as he finds himself at the center of an intense whirlwind of events that will transform the world of Kellaran in only seven days! Uses American Imperial Units.
Publisher: Norman Imbong
ISBN: 1452375852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Book One of The Nexus of Kellaran Series. A mighty world of wonder approaches a global turning point, and a global war. Join us for adventure, romance, and a ton of action in this passionately acclaimed High Fantasy Epic! We follow Mark as he finds himself at the center of an intense whirlwind of events that will transform the world of Kellaran in only seven days! Uses American Imperial Units.
The Forgiving Dream
Author: John Harrison Taylor
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504344642
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Several years ago, I saw a thirteen-year-old boy with the disease of Progeria, in which the aging process is accelerated in children, being interviewed on television. He looked like a little old man despite his tender years, yet he seemed to transcend his affliction. His voice had a musical, flute-like quality, and I had never seen anyone so full of joy and focused in the moment. I was later to learn that what emanated from that boy is typical of children with Progeria. I wondered what it must have been like in ancient times for such a child. Would he have been feared? Revered? Abandoned? Or put to death as evila devil child? Then, in an instant, I believe the Divine gave me the concept of a story that takes place in such ancient times with such a boy who becomes known as a great and wise healer at its center. The people think hes a little old man, but then its discovered hes really a twelve-year-old boy. The Forgiving Dream is the first book in The Forgiving Dream Trilogy.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504344642
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Several years ago, I saw a thirteen-year-old boy with the disease of Progeria, in which the aging process is accelerated in children, being interviewed on television. He looked like a little old man despite his tender years, yet he seemed to transcend his affliction. His voice had a musical, flute-like quality, and I had never seen anyone so full of joy and focused in the moment. I was later to learn that what emanated from that boy is typical of children with Progeria. I wondered what it must have been like in ancient times for such a child. Would he have been feared? Revered? Abandoned? Or put to death as evila devil child? Then, in an instant, I believe the Divine gave me the concept of a story that takes place in such ancient times with such a boy who becomes known as a great and wise healer at its center. The people think hes a little old man, but then its discovered hes really a twelve-year-old boy. The Forgiving Dream is the first book in The Forgiving Dream Trilogy.
Fate
Author: Nicholas Jon
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453560882
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453560882
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Constant Words Awakening the World
Author: Feng Menglong
Publisher: DeepLogic
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 687
Book Description
“Constant Words Awakening the World (醒世恒言 Xing Shi Heng Yan) is the third of a trilogy of widely celebrated Ming dynasty (1368–1644) vernacular story collections, compiled and edited by Feng Menglong. The first compilation, called Gujin Xiaoshuo (古今小説) (Stories Old and New), which is sometimes also referred to as Yushi Mingyan (喻世明言) (Clear Words to Understand the World) was published in Suzhou in 1620. The second publication was called Jingshi Tongyan (警世通言) (Warnings of the World). These three collections, often referred to as Sanyan (三言, "Three Words") because of the character yan (言) found at the end of each title, each contain 40 stories. Xingshi Hengyan is considered to be a huaben (话本), that is, short novel or novella. The huaben genre has been around since the Song dynasty (960-1279). The huaben genre includes collections of short stories, historical stories, and even stories from Confucian classics.
Publisher: DeepLogic
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 687
Book Description
“Constant Words Awakening the World (醒世恒言 Xing Shi Heng Yan) is the third of a trilogy of widely celebrated Ming dynasty (1368–1644) vernacular story collections, compiled and edited by Feng Menglong. The first compilation, called Gujin Xiaoshuo (古今小説) (Stories Old and New), which is sometimes also referred to as Yushi Mingyan (喻世明言) (Clear Words to Understand the World) was published in Suzhou in 1620. The second publication was called Jingshi Tongyan (警世通言) (Warnings of the World). These three collections, often referred to as Sanyan (三言, "Three Words") because of the character yan (言) found at the end of each title, each contain 40 stories. Xingshi Hengyan is considered to be a huaben (话本), that is, short novel or novella. The huaben genre has been around since the Song dynasty (960-1279). The huaben genre includes collections of short stories, historical stories, and even stories from Confucian classics.
Quad World
Author: Robert A. Metzger
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497601568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
John Smith began that morning a perfectly healthy man, but before he knows it time freezes during his morning staff meeting and he thinks he's dying. Has his body stopped or has everything around him? When the clock begins to click again, he is trapped in a parallel universe, where he is "greeted" by Joan of Arc and Robin Hood. Trapped in a world inhabited by only Quads and survivors of biological warfare, John becomes entangled in a battle between God or the Devil, Elvis and Napoleon. The fate of the world rests on John putting together the pieces of a cosmic puzzle before everyone in Quad world is forever confined to Hell. Can he discover the secrets of Quad in time?
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497601568
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
John Smith began that morning a perfectly healthy man, but before he knows it time freezes during his morning staff meeting and he thinks he's dying. Has his body stopped or has everything around him? When the clock begins to click again, he is trapped in a parallel universe, where he is "greeted" by Joan of Arc and Robin Hood. Trapped in a world inhabited by only Quads and survivors of biological warfare, John becomes entangled in a battle between God or the Devil, Elvis and Napoleon. The fate of the world rests on John putting together the pieces of a cosmic puzzle before everyone in Quad world is forever confined to Hell. Can he discover the secrets of Quad in time?
Blessings of a Curse - Metric Pro Edition
Author:
Publisher: Norman Imbong
ISBN: 1465934626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher: Norman Imbong
ISBN: 1465934626
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Folk-Tales of Napoleon: Napoleonder from the Russian
Author: Honore de Balzac
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613107269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Most of the literature that has its origin in the life and career of a great man may be grouped and classified under two heads: history and biography. The part that relates to the man's actions, and to the influence that such actions have had in shaping the destinies of peoples and states, belongs in the one class; while the part that derives its interest mainly from the man's personality, and deals chiefly with the mental and moral characteristics of which his actions were the outcome, goes properly into the other. The value of the literature included in these two classes depends almost wholly upon truth; that is, upon the precise correspondence of the statements made with the real facts of the man's life and career. History is worse than useless if it does not accurately chronicle and describe events; and biography is valueless and misleading if it does not truly set forth individual character. There is, however, a kind of great-man literature in which truth is comparatively unimportant, and that is the literature of popular legend and tradition. Whether it purports to be historical or biographical, or both, it derives its interest and value from the light that it throws upon the temperament and character of the people who originate it, rather than from the amount of truth contained in the statements that it makes about the man. The folk-tales of Napoleon Bonaparte herewith presented, if judged from the viewpoint of the historian or the biographer, are absurdly and grotesquely untrue; but to the anthropologist and the student of human nature they are extremely valuable as self-revelations of national character; and even to the historian and the biographer they have some interest as evidences of the profoundly deep impression made by Napoleon's personality upon two great peoples—the Russians and the French. The first story, which is entitled "Napoleonder," is of Russian origin, and was put into literary form, or edited, by Alexander Amphiteatrof of St. Petersburg. It originally appeared as a feuilleton in the St. Petersburg "Gazette" of December 13, 1901. As a characteristic specimen of Russian peasant folk-lore, it seems to me to have more than ordinary interest and value. The treatment of the supernatural may seem, to Occidental readers, rather daring and irreverent, but it is perfectly in harmony with the Russian peasant's anthropomorphic conception of Deity, and should be taken with due allowance for the educational limitations of the story-teller and his auditors. The Russian muzhik often brings God and the angels into his folk-tales, and does so without the least idea of treating them disrespectfully. He makes them talk in his own language because he has no other language; and if the talk seems a little grotesque and irreverent, it is due to the low level of the narrator's literary culture, and not to any intention, on his part, of treating God and the angels with levity. The whole aim of the story is a moral and religious one. The narrator is trying to show that sympathy and mercy are better than selfish ambition, and that war is not only immoral but irrational. The conversation between God, the angels, and the Devil is a mere prologue, intended to bring Napoleon and Ivan-angel on the stage and lay the foundation of the plot. The story-teller's keen sense of fun and humor is shown in many little touches, but he never means to be irreverent. The whole legend is set forth in the racy, idiomatic, highly elliptical language of the common Russian muzhik, and is therefore extremely difficult of translation; but I have tried to preserve, as far as possible, the spirit and flavor of the original.
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613107269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Most of the literature that has its origin in the life and career of a great man may be grouped and classified under two heads: history and biography. The part that relates to the man's actions, and to the influence that such actions have had in shaping the destinies of peoples and states, belongs in the one class; while the part that derives its interest mainly from the man's personality, and deals chiefly with the mental and moral characteristics of which his actions were the outcome, goes properly into the other. The value of the literature included in these two classes depends almost wholly upon truth; that is, upon the precise correspondence of the statements made with the real facts of the man's life and career. History is worse than useless if it does not accurately chronicle and describe events; and biography is valueless and misleading if it does not truly set forth individual character. There is, however, a kind of great-man literature in which truth is comparatively unimportant, and that is the literature of popular legend and tradition. Whether it purports to be historical or biographical, or both, it derives its interest and value from the light that it throws upon the temperament and character of the people who originate it, rather than from the amount of truth contained in the statements that it makes about the man. The folk-tales of Napoleon Bonaparte herewith presented, if judged from the viewpoint of the historian or the biographer, are absurdly and grotesquely untrue; but to the anthropologist and the student of human nature they are extremely valuable as self-revelations of national character; and even to the historian and the biographer they have some interest as evidences of the profoundly deep impression made by Napoleon's personality upon two great peoples—the Russians and the French. The first story, which is entitled "Napoleonder," is of Russian origin, and was put into literary form, or edited, by Alexander Amphiteatrof of St. Petersburg. It originally appeared as a feuilleton in the St. Petersburg "Gazette" of December 13, 1901. As a characteristic specimen of Russian peasant folk-lore, it seems to me to have more than ordinary interest and value. The treatment of the supernatural may seem, to Occidental readers, rather daring and irreverent, but it is perfectly in harmony with the Russian peasant's anthropomorphic conception of Deity, and should be taken with due allowance for the educational limitations of the story-teller and his auditors. The Russian muzhik often brings God and the angels into his folk-tales, and does so without the least idea of treating them disrespectfully. He makes them talk in his own language because he has no other language; and if the talk seems a little grotesque and irreverent, it is due to the low level of the narrator's literary culture, and not to any intention, on his part, of treating God and the angels with levity. The whole aim of the story is a moral and religious one. The narrator is trying to show that sympathy and mercy are better than selfish ambition, and that war is not only immoral but irrational. The conversation between God, the angels, and the Devil is a mere prologue, intended to bring Napoleon and Ivan-angel on the stage and lay the foundation of the plot. The story-teller's keen sense of fun and humor is shown in many little touches, but he never means to be irreverent. The whole legend is set forth in the racy, idiomatic, highly elliptical language of the common Russian muzhik, and is therefore extremely difficult of translation; but I have tried to preserve, as far as possible, the spirit and flavor of the original.
The Akavin Series Larendriel: The Prince and The Enchantress
Author: Megan Hultz
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 131238980X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Larendriel one of nine provinces of Frell. A young Prince must discover what truly happened over a hundred years ago in the Battle of Frell so he can prevent it from happening again. First he must seek out a young Enchantress, she alone is more powerful then the mage's, witches, warlocks and wizards. He must convince her to help him which will prove to be a challenge.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 131238980X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Larendriel one of nine provinces of Frell. A young Prince must discover what truly happened over a hundred years ago in the Battle of Frell so he can prevent it from happening again. First he must seek out a young Enchantress, she alone is more powerful then the mage's, witches, warlocks and wizards. He must convince her to help him which will prove to be a challenge.