Author: Heather A. Ziener
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452029458
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Torn Sneakers is a memoir about my struggle to break co-dependency and rebuild my self-esteem in order to tear away from Chris, a heroin addict. Chris ends up living on the streets of Baltimore, andis arrested and detained in jail, where he becomes involved in gang acitvity. After surviving his drug addiction,"street hopping" and jail, Chris eventually becomes partially blind. I tried to help him deal with his addiction, but my life was in danger. In the end, I realized how dangerous addictions can be and I needed to save my own life instead of trying to help Chris. While I was involved with Chris, I felt like I was falling further and further into a deep, dark hole and could not climb out, no matter how hard I tried. I wanted to walk away from Chris on many occasions, but a turn of events would always cause me to feel sad for Chris,and I stayedin this relationship. My good friend Jay played a cruel trick on me, but it forced me to face the reality that whatever amount of love I had with Chris was not worth me losing my life. Torn Sneakers shows how powerful, heartbreaking, and confusing dealing with an addict was to me.
Author: Harlan Coben
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101443618
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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The worlds of celebrity and sports are brilliantly dissected and turned upside down in the debut thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger. Theirs was a marriage made in tabloid heaven, but no sooner had supermodel Laura Ayars and Celtics star David Baskin said “I do” than tragedy struck. While honeymooning on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, David went out for a swim—and never returned. Now widowed and grieving, Laura has a thousand questions and no answers. Her search for the truth will draw her into a web of lies and deception that stretches back thirty years—while on the court at Boston Garden, a rookie phenom makes his spectacular debut...
Author: Larry Martz
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477285547
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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It's the late '50s, that yeasty time of a new era struggling to be born, and Detroit is still the fabled Motor City, full of vitality, swagger and vivid characters. A young reporter is learning his craft, and the facts of life. A brutal murder turns out to be both more and less than it seems, and a handicapped boy becomes a pawn in covering up the truth. A gifted politician launches what will surely be a national career. A beautiful girl is torn between her love and the aphrodisiac of power. The story probes the city's gamy underside, from Jimmy Hoffa's Teamsters and their gangland allies to the "respectable" men who deal with them under the table. In the end, the tangle of interlaced schemes erupts into national news.
Author: Vincent Morrone
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509250441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 411
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The exciting conclusion to the award-winning Torn series… Brooke Madison was a kid born on the wrong side of a corrupt town, unable to read and terrified to close his eyes at night. Now Brooke is a rising star in the FBI--a profiler who can look at a crime scene and see into the souls of murderers. Prolific serial killer Edward Hunter has operated in the shadows for decades, with the help of some powerful friends. But now he’s been exposed, and it’s Brooke’s job to go back to Ember Falls and uncover all of Hunter’s secrets. That means talking to an emotionally scarred nine-year-old Cole Duncan, Hunter’s former stepson, who is under the care of Lilly Danvers, the woman Brooke never got over. Everyone says Hunter is on the run, but Brooke believes in the end, he’ll return for the stepson he once controlled.
Author: Jug Brown
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557738539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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An amusing page-turning tale of clashing cultures in today's America. This off-beat romp mixes its unlikely characters into a sardonic cocktail with a fresh twist. Jackson Puffi, professional underachiever, picks up Hudson, a hitchhiker with mysterious powers and their lives are changed forever. On a mission to transform their world, they move to Portland, Oregon to find homeless teens; a Rumi scholar/bike messenger/dungeon mistress; a sinuous monkey-boy; hillbillies; a predatory religious eccentric/venture capitalist; a vengeful mobster/ businessman who desperately needs a liver donation; and a wily donut maker. The Way to Chickenboy is the second book by Jug Brown. His first was Bush Bash to Drongo 9, a sci-fi version of a classic Somerset Maugham book. Now featuring illustrations by Stewart Thomas.
Author: Teresa Fazio
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1640125442
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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A woman Marine officer’s story of coming of age.
Author: Trisha Fuentes
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557094771
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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With so much to gain there was ~ so much to lose...At age 29, Tarin Howard-Picardo was at her peek in attraction and fitness; she already married the man of her dreams, gave birth to a daughter and owned a luxurious home -- but was it enough? Deciding to go back to college to get her degree, she meets good friends Rae and Ceeci and the three girls sign up for Foreign Culture which takes them on an adventure to the islands of Hawaii. Once there, Tarin liberates all her inhibitions and discovers not only the inviting Polynesian culture and fun in the sun in Waikiki, but Tarin finds trouble in Michael Capelli, age 19.SO MUCH TO LOSE is a heart-wrenching story of one woman's implusive decision that generates negative momentum for so many lives.
Author: Renee J. Lukas
Publisher: Bella Books
ISBN: 1594936323
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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Rolling Stone is about to get the scoop of a lifetime. Rock star icon Adrienne Austen finally wants to tell her story, including what happened between her and former Governor Robin Sanders. Rumors of an affair with Adrienne sent Robin into hiding, but the publicity did nothing to diminish Adrienne’s continued rise to fame with her band, Eye of the Storm. Was Adrienne truly the bad girl that everyone believed her to be? Was she really involved in Robin’s disappearance? Find out the answers in this revealing sequel to the best-selling Hurricane Days.
Author: David Amram
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317255275
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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David Amram has been described as "the Renaissance man of American Music." His musical career has spanned participating with Jack Kerouac in the original jazz-poetry reading in 1957 in Greenwich Village to being honored as the first Composer-in-Residence for the New York Philharmonic and to playing in Farm Aid concerts. He's performed with an incredible variety of musical greats, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Willie Nelson, and and Tito Puente, and he continues to compose and tour nationally. Now available in paperback, following the 50th anniversary of the publication of Kerouac's classic On The Road, Offbeat is the rollicking story of this legendary musician and his adventures with his close friend Jack Kerouac. Amram and Kerouac shared a relationship based on creativity, respect, and fun, and Offbeat offers the reader a full share of each. This wonderful memoir takes the reader from the coffee houses of New York to the San Francisco Opera House and into the making of the now-classic film Pull My Daisy. Offbeat is Amram's energetic and heartfelt account of Kerouac and the creative community of artists-including Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Langston Hughes, and Neal and Carolyn Cassady-that courageously explored their creative potential and, in doing so, changed American culture forever.
Author: Gina McMurchy-Barber
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1459714032
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 139
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An expedition to investigate an old sunken ship teaches Peggy lessons about herself. When archaeologists discover a two-hundred-year-old shipwreck, Peggy Henderson decides she’ll do whatever it takes to take part in the expedition. But first she needs to convince her mom to let her go, and to pay for scuba diving lessons. To complicate matters even more, Peggy’s Great Aunt Beatrix comes to stay, and she’s bent on changing Peggy from a twelve-year-old adventure-seeking tomboy to a proper young lady. Help comes in the most unlikely of places when Peggy gets her hands on a copy of the captain’s log from the doomed ship, which holds the key to navigating stormy relationships.
