Author: Claire Merchant Publisher: Claire Merchant ISBN: 0648068463 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 262
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Newly graduated music-lover Nicole Nero knows exactly what she wants out of life: a job at South Coast’s most prominent record label, a comfortable place to live, and the affection of the gorgeous and talented musician Elijah West. The only problem is Nicole is under-qualified, broke, and invisible. As she fights to turn her luck around, Nicole discovers that not everything is as it seems, and some of what she once wanted isn't what she wants any more. Will she figure it out before it’s too late? Or will she lose everything and end up worse off than before?
Author: Elisha Cooper Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 144063467X Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 280
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Elisha Cooper spent a year hanging out at a Chicago high school— listening and sketching students. He followed eight kids, mostly seniors, through their entire year, and by telling their specific stories he gives us a more general picture of what it’s like to be a high school student. Part documentary, part sketchbook, this is a, thoroughly entertaining account.
Author: Betty Lynn Schwab Publisher: The United Church of Canada ISBN: 1551341999 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 137
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Voices from a surprising range of ages and backgrounds (Canadian Forces chaplains, youth, ministers, UCW members) are united in a common theme in I Am Listening—this year’s Lenten devotional. Although the contributors’ reflections are based on scripture passages that span the Bible and life experiences that criss-cross the globe, each devotion calls readers to listen with their hearts and to hear the voice of God in their listening. The book includes a guide for weekly small-group conversations, plus an end-of week reflection process for all readers
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 266
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"Mehalah" is set in the desolate marshlands of MerseaIsland and the surrounding area. On the lesser islet called Ray lives MehalahSharland with her sick mother struggling to make ends meet. One day, a new landowner, brute and rude man called Elijah Rebow, shows up claiming that he has bought the land and everything on it, informing Mehalah and her mother that they now owe their livelihood to him. He tries to bully Mehalah into submission, yet she openly defies him and insists upon self-sufficiency and independence. From that point starts Mehalah's struggle to win her freedom where everything is turned against her, but she doesn't give up a fight.
Author: KC Decker Publisher: KC Decker ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 229
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INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALIST and KIRKUS FEATURED REVIEW RECIPIENT! My parents abandoned me a decade ago to the walls of this institution. They believed my troubled childhood mind was something sinister instead of homegrown or explainable. The truth is that my condition is complicated. It's messy and often misunderstood. I've worn all types of labels over the years: Non-believer, pariah, deranged, orphan... It's all in my file if you care to understand me better. However, the label that implanted the deepest and garnered the most attention is the one I wear, like a Scarlet Letter. It precedes me when I enter a room and gets whispered about like a schoolyard crush. Paranoid Schizophrenic. Dr. Sutton has some lofty ideas about my condition and claims mental illness is only one aspect of hundreds that make me who I am. Not one to shy away from a challenge, he thinks he can help me. His confidence is legendary, but I've carried this burden for a long time. Despite what he thinks, I can't be fixed. He doesn't realize I'm falling for him or that I have some lofty ideas of my own. He should know better because people like me deserve a hero, too. What Readers are saying: "Sexy, smart and addictive! Oh my God. I need all future romance books to be this good. I was hooked from the very first page. It was sexy, smart, and addictive. Mercy is the most complex character I have come across in a while. I love how her mental illness doesn't define her, it's just one part of her. Their romance is hot, forbidden, and very very sexy. I loved this book!" -Cranky TBC "One quick glance at the blurb of Mercy is all I needed to know that I had to get my hands on it! A religious cult, a doctor/patient taboo romance, and a paranoid schizophrenic heroine? Yes, please!" -Jessica ChatterBookBabe "This story jumped to my #1 story of the year. It is one of the best written stories I have read in a long time." "Heart-rending, stunning, and truly talented story-telling. "Story stayed with me...... This was one of the best books I have ever read. Raw, gritty & emotional, with great depth, fabulous characters & thoughts that will stay with you long after the book is over." "Mind blowing story that kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. Fingernail biting, breath holding suspense to make this the best book ever." "I felt what Mercy went through & that's the sign of a good writer. To get the reader so consumed with a character, you're emotionally connected from the first chapter! Excellent read." "It is refreshing that an author takes the time to build characters and make a reader fall in love with them. A taboo romance and some off the charts chemistry thrown into the mix along with some hot, hot scenes. I read this book in a day because I just couldn't put it down!!" "I love every word K.C. Decker has ever put down. When I read this blurb I was absolutely sold on the forbidden/taboo romance aspect and the intrigue of Mercy & Sutton. This book left me breathless." -RocknRead719 "Read this phenomenal book now. Mercy and Sutton will take you on one heck ride through Mercy's life and you need to hear it. Their story will give you all the feels with some naughtiness. This book is so different from my normal reads, which makes it refreshing. I have never read KC Decker before and I think I have been missing out on her fantastic storytelling. You must read this book. Amazing look into the human soul. Impossible to put down. KC Decker's writing is phenomenal and right on point to bring the characters in Mercy to life. There is an intuition here that makes Mercy not only believable but had me feeling that I was right there. The candor and frankness of mental health is inspiring.” Book nerd.
Author: Kay Arthur Publisher: ISBN: 9780736908085 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 132
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God is faithful! Readers explore what it means to cling to, follow, and obey God. Discover the Heavenly Father as He was, is, and always will be(righteous, yet compassionate; and forever faithful to His Word.
Author: Steve O'Brien Publisher: A & N Publishing ISBN: 0982073542 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 130
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A work of didactic fiction somewhat in the mode of Mitch Albom¿s inspirational stories, this novel tells the story of a protagonist who suffers a tragic loss and is rapidly descending into a life of crime. One night, however, he has a fortuitous encounter with a mysterious night watchman, which sends him on a journey of self-discovery. A story about mentors and values, it confronts the reader with ethical questions and the possibility of self-transformation.
Author: Michael Siverling Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 146685989X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 294
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Michael Siverling's The Sorcerer's Circle offers another exciting private-eye novel, filled with the unique characters and stellar writing of his debut. Jason Wilder was wounded in his last encounter with the bad guys, but he's back on the job and ready for another run-in. He's just about to close up the private investigation office owned by his mother, Victoria, for the night, when an elderly man enters. His name is Elijah Messenger and he says someone is trying to kill him. Jason gives him a polite brush-off, but the next morning he learns that the old man has indeed been murdered. It's a morning full of trouble. The mayor arrives asking Victoria for help. His daughter has become involved with a group of "devil worshippers" and he wants her pried loose. When Mom learns that the group was from Messenger's church, she turns the case over to Jason, but, as always, keeps out a maternal eye. Investigating the case forces Jason to juggle two relationships: a loving one with a beautiful single mother and a less-than-civil one with Police Officer Lori Banks, also referred to as "the Beast." If he can do that and avoid any more knife wounds, he'll be in good shape.
Author: Ellen A. Brantlinger Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135601607 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 276
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Who Benefits From Special Education?: Remediating (Fixing) Other People's Children addresses the negative consequences of labeling and separating education for students with "disabilities," the cultural biases inherent in the way that we view children's learning difficulties, the social construction of disability, the commercialization of special education, and related issues. The theme that unifies the chapters is that tension exists between professional ideology and practice, and the wishes and expectations of the recipients of professional practice--children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities and their families. These voices have rarely taken center stage in formulating important decisions about the quality and characteristics of appropriate practice. The dominant view in the field of special education has been that disability is a problem in certain children, rather than an artifact that results from the general structure of schooling; it does not take into consideration the voices of people with disabilities, their families, or their teachers. Offering an alternative perspective, this book deconstructs mainstream special education ideologies and highlights the personal perspectives of students, families, and front-line professionals such as teachers and mental health personnel. It is particularly relevant for special education/disabilities studies graduate students and faculty and for readers in general education, curriculum studies, instruction theory, and critical theory.
Author: Sarah Beth Childers Publisher: University of Georgia Press ISBN: 0820364649 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 324
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Prodigals, a memoir inessays, explores the life of Sarah Beth Childers’swildly creative brother, who committed suicide at twenty-two, and her life with him and after him, through the lens of the Biblical parable of the Prodigal Son. This book examines the ways Childers’s brother’s story was both universal and uniquely Appalachian. While the archetype of the prodigal son carries all its assumed baggage, the Appalachian setting of Prodigals brings its own influences.Childers foregrounds the Appalachian landscape in her narrative, depicting its hardwood forests, winding roads, mining-stained creeks and rivers, hill-clinging goats and cows, neighborhoods and trailer parks tucked between mountains. The Childers family’s fervent religious faith and resistance to medical intervention seemsnormal in this world, as doestheir conflicting desires to both escape from Appalachia and to stay forever at home. Weaving in the stories of other famous prodigals, including Branwell Brontë, the alcoholic brother of the Brontë sisters; Jimmy Swaggart, the fallen televangelist;Robert Crumb, her brother’s beloved author of sexist and racist comic books; and even herself, Childers examines the role of the prodigalwithin the intimate tapestry of family life and beyond—to its larger sociocultural meanings.
Author: Claire Merchant
Author: Elisha Cooper
Author: Betty Lynn Schwab
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Author: KC Decker
Author: Kay Arthur
Author: Steve O'Brien
Author: Michael Siverling
Author: Ellen A. Brantlinger
Author: Sarah Beth Childers