Author: B. Gainous
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450082114
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
A horrific tale of childhood despair, Our Mother... His Fool is a saga of mother-made poverty, manipulation, mental abuse, depravity, scorn, and misery. This is an account of the life of nine children and how one woman’s search for love and marriage doomed them to over twenty years of exploitation, cruelty, and neglect. “The Pulpit Nemesis” was the black hole of The Gainous Clan sucking the very life from them. He treated them as if they were his personal slaves. They built an empire for him as their world crumpled at his feet. Aside from constantly promising marriage to Annastein, he was well known for “keeping company” with the single women in the church, stealing their time and money as well. His affections didn’t rest with just the single women of the church. He had a special plan for seducing and manipulating the “Seven” sisters of the Gainous Clan. The Reverend, well known for "pimping his flock from the pulpit". How is this family able to reclaim their adult lives? Or can they?
Our Mother... HIS FOOL
Author: B. Gainous
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450082114
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
A horrific tale of childhood despair, Our Mother... His Fool is a saga of mother-made poverty, manipulation, mental abuse, depravity, scorn, and misery. This is an account of the life of nine children and how one woman’s search for love and marriage doomed them to over twenty years of exploitation, cruelty, and neglect. “The Pulpit Nemesis” was the black hole of The Gainous Clan sucking the very life from them. He treated them as if they were his personal slaves. They built an empire for him as their world crumpled at his feet. Aside from constantly promising marriage to Annastein, he was well known for “keeping company” with the single women in the church, stealing their time and money as well. His affections didn’t rest with just the single women of the church. He had a special plan for seducing and manipulating the “Seven” sisters of the Gainous Clan. The Reverend, well known for "pimping his flock from the pulpit". How is this family able to reclaim their adult lives? Or can they?
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450082114
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
A horrific tale of childhood despair, Our Mother... His Fool is a saga of mother-made poverty, manipulation, mental abuse, depravity, scorn, and misery. This is an account of the life of nine children and how one woman’s search for love and marriage doomed them to over twenty years of exploitation, cruelty, and neglect. “The Pulpit Nemesis” was the black hole of The Gainous Clan sucking the very life from them. He treated them as if they were his personal slaves. They built an empire for him as their world crumpled at his feet. Aside from constantly promising marriage to Annastein, he was well known for “keeping company” with the single women in the church, stealing their time and money as well. His affections didn’t rest with just the single women of the church. He had a special plan for seducing and manipulating the “Seven” sisters of the Gainous Clan. The Reverend, well known for "pimping his flock from the pulpit". How is this family able to reclaim their adult lives? Or can they?
Only His
Author: Susan Mallery
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 0373776012
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
When she lands her dream job only to discover that her new boss is the man who broke her heart, Nevada Hendrix, despite the attraction that still lingers between them, refuses to mix business with pleasure.
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 0373776012
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
When she lands her dream job only to discover that her new boss is the man who broke her heart, Nevada Hendrix, despite the attraction that still lingers between them, refuses to mix business with pleasure.
Fortune's Fool
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Publisher: LUNA
ISBN: 1426814828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The seventh daughter of the Sea King, Ekaterina is more than a pampered princess-she's also the family spy. Which makes her the perfect emissary to check out interesting happenings in the neighboring kingdom…and nothing interests her more than Sasha, the seventh son of the king of Belrus. Ekaterina suspects he's far from the fool people think him. But before she can find out what lies beneath his facade, she is kidnapped! Trapped in a castle at the mercy of a possessive Jinn, Ekaterina knows her chances of being found are slim. Now fortune, a fool and a paper bird are the only things she can count on-along with her own clever mind and intrepid heart.…
Publisher: LUNA
ISBN: 1426814828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The seventh daughter of the Sea King, Ekaterina is more than a pampered princess-she's also the family spy. Which makes her the perfect emissary to check out interesting happenings in the neighboring kingdom…and nothing interests her more than Sasha, the seventh son of the king of Belrus. Ekaterina suspects he's far from the fool people think him. But before she can find out what lies beneath his facade, she is kidnapped! Trapped in a castle at the mercy of a possessive Jinn, Ekaterina knows her chances of being found are slim. Now fortune, a fool and a paper bird are the only things she can count on-along with her own clever mind and intrepid heart.…
The history of Court-fools
Author: ... Doran
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The History of Court Fools
Author: John Doran
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The History of Court Fools
Author: Dr. Doran (John)
Publisher: London : R. Bentley
ISBN:
Category : Fools and jesters
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher: London : R. Bentley
ISBN:
Category : Fools and jesters
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The Fortunate Fool ... Translated ... by P. Ayres
Author: Alonso Gerónimo de SALAS BARBADILLO
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A Fool's Errand
Author: Albion Winegar Tourgée
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 935
Book Description
"A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools" – After the American Civil War, Comfort Servosse, a Yankee gentleman, decides to purchase a Southern Plantation for himself and his family. But unlike other white owners, Servosse is actually interested in the well-being of his black subjects to the extent of calling the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) a terrorist organisation and blaming Theodore Roosevelt for the failure of Reconstruction of South! Soon enough, Servosse finds himself amongst his angry white neighbours and things take a dramatic turn... "Bricks Without Straw" (A Sequel) – In a chilling sequel to "A Fool's Errand", Albion Winegar Tourgée shows how KKK unleashed their terror on a group of emancipated slaves who want to start their life afresh by buying new land and starting their own businesses. Suddenly out of nowhere, Klan's terrorism begin new wave of slavery and nothing seems to stop them! Albion Winegar Tourgée (1838–1905) was an American soldier, Radical Republican, lawyer, writer, politician, and diplomat. A pioneer civil rights activist, he founded the National Citizens' Rights Association, established the historically black women's college Bennett College, and litigated for the plaintiff Homer Plessy in the famous segregation case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Historian Mark Elliott credits Tourgée with introducing the metaphor of "color-blind justice" into legal discourse.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 935
Book Description
"A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools" – After the American Civil War, Comfort Servosse, a Yankee gentleman, decides to purchase a Southern Plantation for himself and his family. But unlike other white owners, Servosse is actually interested in the well-being of his black subjects to the extent of calling the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) a terrorist organisation and blaming Theodore Roosevelt for the failure of Reconstruction of South! Soon enough, Servosse finds himself amongst his angry white neighbours and things take a dramatic turn... "Bricks Without Straw" (A Sequel) – In a chilling sequel to "A Fool's Errand", Albion Winegar Tourgée shows how KKK unleashed their terror on a group of emancipated slaves who want to start their life afresh by buying new land and starting their own businesses. Suddenly out of nowhere, Klan's terrorism begin new wave of slavery and nothing seems to stop them! Albion Winegar Tourgée (1838–1905) was an American soldier, Radical Republican, lawyer, writer, politician, and diplomat. A pioneer civil rights activist, he founded the National Citizens' Rights Association, established the historically black women's college Bennett College, and litigated for the plaintiff Homer Plessy in the famous segregation case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Historian Mark Elliott credits Tourgée with introducing the metaphor of "color-blind justice" into legal discourse.
The Fool's Pence, and Other Narratives of Every-day Life
Author: Charles Benjamin Tayler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Fool’s Errand
Author: Jeffrey S. Stephens
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1642937398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
It’s been six years since the untimely death of Blackie—a charming rogue who endlessly pursued “The Big Deal”—when his son discovers an enigmatic letter telling of a cache of stolen money. Feeling no choice but to pursue his father’s dream, he embarks on a search that leads from New York, to the Strip in Las Vegas, and ultimately to the south of France. Along this life-altering journey, he is confronted by the dangers of his father’s past as he unravels a decades-old mystery, while revealing other long-buried secrets as well. Poignant and entertaining, humorous and exciting, romantic and mysterious, Fool’s Errand leads him to discover both the treasure and himself.
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1642937398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
It’s been six years since the untimely death of Blackie—a charming rogue who endlessly pursued “The Big Deal”—when his son discovers an enigmatic letter telling of a cache of stolen money. Feeling no choice but to pursue his father’s dream, he embarks on a search that leads from New York, to the Strip in Las Vegas, and ultimately to the south of France. Along this life-altering journey, he is confronted by the dangers of his father’s past as he unravels a decades-old mystery, while revealing other long-buried secrets as well. Poignant and entertaining, humorous and exciting, romantic and mysterious, Fool’s Errand leads him to discover both the treasure and himself.