Author: G. K. Osei Shanton
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1038302498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
This is a story about a man named King who transformed an abusive childhood into a criminal enterprise worth millions. He left home with his younger brother when they were teenagers to escape constant hunger and violent abuse of their mother. They used what they learned from their mother and their criminal step-father to build an income through armed robbery and murder. During one big robbery, they were caught and king’s brother and most of his gang members were killed. King went to jail and was sentenced to death for his crimes. Just as his execution was about to take place, he was rescued by the remaining member of his gang. King then went on to start a new criminal enterprise in a new location. He later discovers that he has family connections to both the police officer who killed his brother, and the judge who sentenced him to death. King’s school days is the most amazing part of the story.
Woes of a Lonely Child
Author: G. K. Osei Shanton
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1038302498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
This is a story about a man named King who transformed an abusive childhood into a criminal enterprise worth millions. He left home with his younger brother when they were teenagers to escape constant hunger and violent abuse of their mother. They used what they learned from their mother and their criminal step-father to build an income through armed robbery and murder. During one big robbery, they were caught and king’s brother and most of his gang members were killed. King went to jail and was sentenced to death for his crimes. Just as his execution was about to take place, he was rescued by the remaining member of his gang. King then went on to start a new criminal enterprise in a new location. He later discovers that he has family connections to both the police officer who killed his brother, and the judge who sentenced him to death. King’s school days is the most amazing part of the story.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1038302498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
This is a story about a man named King who transformed an abusive childhood into a criminal enterprise worth millions. He left home with his younger brother when they were teenagers to escape constant hunger and violent abuse of their mother. They used what they learned from their mother and their criminal step-father to build an income through armed robbery and murder. During one big robbery, they were caught and king’s brother and most of his gang members were killed. King went to jail and was sentenced to death for his crimes. Just as his execution was about to take place, he was rescued by the remaining member of his gang. King then went on to start a new criminal enterprise in a new location. He later discovers that he has family connections to both the police officer who killed his brother, and the judge who sentenced him to death. King’s school days is the most amazing part of the story.
The Lonely Child
Author: Moyer Susan
Publisher: Susan Moyer Dba/Tranquil Waters Books
ISBN: 9780692125076
Category : Adopted children
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Growing up, Susan always felt something was missing in her life. Then, at age sixteen, her parents finally told her their Big Secret. Susan was adopted. With no information regarding her birth family, but with hope and determination, Susan ventured into the unknown to put together the pieces of her own personal puzzle. The child of closed adoption, she would encounter many obstacles as well as many amazing discoveries in her quest to uncover the biological family she never knew. The Lonely Child is one woman's incredible thirty-year journey of search to find the answers to her unanswered questions: Who Am I? Where Did I Come From?
Publisher: Susan Moyer Dba/Tranquil Waters Books
ISBN: 9780692125076
Category : Adopted children
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Growing up, Susan always felt something was missing in her life. Then, at age sixteen, her parents finally told her their Big Secret. Susan was adopted. With no information regarding her birth family, but with hope and determination, Susan ventured into the unknown to put together the pieces of her own personal puzzle. The child of closed adoption, she would encounter many obstacles as well as many amazing discoveries in her quest to uncover the biological family she never knew. The Lonely Child is one woman's incredible thirty-year journey of search to find the answers to her unanswered questions: Who Am I? Where Did I Come From?
The Case for the Only Child
Author: Susan Newman
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN: 0757315518
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Although parenting approaches change, attitudes about only children remain stuck in the past. The negative stereotypes—lonely, selfish, bossy, spoiled, socially maladjusted—make parents think their child will be at a disadvantage when compared to those who grow up with siblings. The Case for the Only Child debunks the myths, taking into account the many changes the nuclear family has experienced in the face of two-family incomes, women who have children later, and the economic reality of raising children in our modern world. Combining often-surprising findings with real-life stories, compassionate insight, and thought-provoking questions, Dr. Susan Newman provides a guide to help you decide for yourself how to best plan your family and raise a single child. -Provides fascinating facts and statistics to show the reasons for the rapid risein the number of singletons -Explores pressure from friends, relatives, and strangers to have a second child . . . and how to deal with it -Demystifies the realities of raising and being an only child with personal stories and current research -Explores the highly debated question: Does a child need a sibling?
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN: 0757315518
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Although parenting approaches change, attitudes about only children remain stuck in the past. The negative stereotypes—lonely, selfish, bossy, spoiled, socially maladjusted—make parents think their child will be at a disadvantage when compared to those who grow up with siblings. The Case for the Only Child debunks the myths, taking into account the many changes the nuclear family has experienced in the face of two-family incomes, women who have children later, and the economic reality of raising children in our modern world. Combining often-surprising findings with real-life stories, compassionate insight, and thought-provoking questions, Dr. Susan Newman provides a guide to help you decide for yourself how to best plan your family and raise a single child. -Provides fascinating facts and statistics to show the reasons for the rapid risein the number of singletons -Explores pressure from friends, relatives, and strangers to have a second child . . . and how to deal with it -Demystifies the realities of raising and being an only child with personal stories and current research -Explores the highly debated question: Does a child need a sibling?
A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804172706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0804172706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
H.M. Stanley's Wonderful Adventures in Africa
Author: J. T. Headley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Wonders of the Tropics; Or, Explorations and Adventures of Henry M. Stanley and Other World-renowned Travelers
Author: Henry Davenport Northrop
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
The Achievements of Stanley and Other African Explorers
Author: J. T. Headley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
How I Found Livingstone
Readings in Modern European History: Europe since the Congress of Vienna
Author: James Harvey Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Readings in Modern European History
Author: James Harvey Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description