Author: Alyssa Mastromonaco Publisher: Twelve ISBN: 1538731541 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 240
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? comes a fun, frank book of reflections, essays, and interviews on topics important to young women, ranging from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood, and making and sustaining relationships of all kinds in the age of social media. Alyssa Mastromonaco is back with a bold, no-nonsense, and no-holds-barred twenty-first-century girl's guide to life, tackling the highs and lows of bodies, politics, relationships, moms, education, life on the internet, and pop culture. Whether discussing Barbra Streisand or The Bachelor, working in the West Wing or working on finding a wing woman, Alyssa leaves no stone unturned...and no awkward situation unexamined. Like her bestseller Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?, SO HERE'S THE THING... brings a sharp eye and outsize sense of humor to the myriad issues facing women the world over, both in and out of the workplace. Along with Alyssa's personal experiences and hard-won life lessons, interviews with women like Monica Lewinsky, Susan Rice, and Chelsea Handler round out this modern woman's guide to, well, just about everything you can think of.
Author: Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi ISBN: 1496833120 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 337
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Recipient of the 2021 Honorary Mention for the Haiti Book Prize from the Haitian Studies Association In Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games author Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall analyzes how films and video games from around the world have depicted slave revolt, focusing on the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804). This event, the first successful revolution by enslaved people in modern history, sent shock waves throughout the Atlantic World. Regardless of its historical significance however, this revolution has become less well-known—and appears less often on screen—than most other revolutions; its story, involving enslaved Africans liberating themselves through violence, does not match the suffering-slaves-waiting-for-a-white-hero genre that pervades Hollywood treatments of Black history. Despite Hollywood’s near-silence on this event, some films on the Revolution do exist—from directors in Haiti, the US, France, and elsewhere. Slave Revolt on Screen offers the first-ever comprehensive analysis of Haitian Revolution cinema, including completed films and planned projects that were never made. In addition to studying cinema, this book also breaks ground in examining video games, a pop-culture form long neglected by historians. Sepinwall scrutinizes video game depictions of Haitian slave revolt that appear in games like the Assassin’s Creed series that have reached millions more players than comparable films. In analyzing films and games on the revolution, Slave Revolt on Screen calls attention to the ways that economic legacies of slavery and colonialism warp pop-culture portrayals of the past and leave audiences with distorted understandings.
Author: Alyssa Bermudez Publisher: Roaring Brook Press ISBN: 1250850789 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 292
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In Big Apple Diaries, a heartfelt diary-style graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez, a young New Yorker doodles her way through middle school—until the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack leaves her wondering if she can ever be a kid again. It’s the year 2000 in New York City. For 12-year old Alyssa, a biracial Puerto Rican girl, this means all kinds of new challenges: splitting time between her dad's apartment in Manhattan and her mom's new place in Queens, navigating the ups and downs of middle school, harboring an epic crush on a new classmate, and figuring out how to be a "real" Puerto Rican. The only way to make sense of it all is to write and draw her thoughts and worries into her diary. Then life abruptly changes on September 11, 2001. After the Twin Towers fall and so many lives are lost, her concerns about gossip, crushes, and fashion feel distant and insignificant. Alyssa must find a new sense of self and purpose amidst all of the chaos, and find strength to move forward with hope. This moving graphic memoir is based on Alyssa Bermudez's own middle school diaries.
Author: Alyssa Rosenheck Publisher: Abrams ISBN: 1647001757 Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 449
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A vibrantly illustrated exploration of the creative, inclusive, and inspiring movement happening in today’s Southern interior design The American South is a place steeped in history and tradition. We think of sweet tea, thick drawls, and even thicker summer air. It is also a place with a fraught history, complicated social norms, and dated perspectives. Yet among the makers and artists of the South, there is a powerful movement afoot. Alyssa Rosenheck shines a much-needed spotlight on a burgeoning community of people who are taking what’s beloved, inherent, and honored in the South and making it their own. The New Southern Style tours more than 30 homes and includes interviews with the designers, artists, and creative entrepreneurs who are reinventing Southern design and culture. This beautifully illustrated book is sure to inspire the home and soul.
Author: Sage Mallory Publisher: Cardinal Wellingham, LLC ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 246
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Happily married mother of two Alyssa Davis is stranded in a Houston hotel due to a freak ice storm when she meets a couple with a view of marriage very different from her own. When they proposition her, she refuses, thinking of her loving husband back home. But she can’t help but notice how attractive the man is. And his wife stirs arousal in Alyssa that she’s never felt for a woman before. So Alyssa takes the risk and cheats on her husband with the couple. Hooked on the illicit euphoria of the encounter, she savors a variety of sexual delights during the week she’s stuck at the hotel. Alyssa realizes she wants an open marriage—if her husband will forgive her for her infidelity. Will her plan to show him the carnal pleasures that lie outside their bedroom save her marriage or destroy it?
Author: Kmg-baughman Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1463415494 Category : Languages : en Pages : 514
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Survival!Yes survival!After thirty-four and a half years of physical, mental, verbal, sexual abuse, and yes-even incest, enough is enough! Thirty six year old Alyssa Montgomery is married and has one daughter. She knows there are things going on with herself that she cannot explain! Two years ago, Alyssa had gone to see Dr. Norma Price, a Psychologist who specialized in situations like Alyssa's. She didn't care much for Dr. Price, but she knows that she is the only one who has any knowledge of her family history and herself, so maybe she will give Alyssa one more chance to help her figure out what the hell is going on!Alyssa decided since she was already there, she would storm Dr. Price's office, going past the receptionist who tried to stop Alyssa from going back, and Alyssa slammed the doctor's office door open telling her that she would do whatever she said but that she needed help as of YESTERDAY! Dr. Price said; "Alyssa please take a seat in the lobby and I will be with you as soon as I can." Ten minutes later, Dr. Price opens her door and calls Alyssa back. As Alyssa is taking her seat Dr. Price is explaining to Alyssa; "I don't know if I can help you because you did not stick to our agreement for therapy before. How do I know you are serious now?" Alyssa pleaded; "I am so sorry for not coming back!" " I am sorry for not sticking to the commitment, but things are different now! I realize that I cannot fight this battle alone!" "I am scared to death I will do something I will forever regret and I don't want that to happen!" "Please Dr. Price, won't you help me?" "I can't take this abuse any more!" "I've had enough!"
Author: Becca Jameson Publisher: Becca Jameson Publishing ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 247
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Running toward the future is difficult with the past chasing on your heels. After fleeing an arranged marriage in a polygamist society in Oklahoma, Alyssa Franklin wants nothing more than to enjoy her early twenties, take some classes at the local college, and learn about the world outside the confines of her childhood pack. Embraced by the loving Masters family in Oregon, Alyssa is beyond grateful for her good fortune. Nothing can upset her new life, except maybe the scent of her mate wafting toward her at a local rodeo… Tyler Evans has been sent from Alyssa’s Oklahoma pack to ensure she is indeed mated to one of the Masters. Blindsided, he’s completely unprepared to realize Alyssa is his mate. In a rash, split-second decision, he flees her presence, not wishing to upset the perfect life his mate is living. Tortured with the need to be with Alyssa and unprepared for his inability to avoid the pull she has on him, Tyler abandons his family in Oklahoma and treks to Oregon to claim his mate. Michael Masters has been living in Spain for two years, knowing Alyssa is his mate and wishing to give her time to mature and experience life before claiming her. When he learns she believes another man is destined for her, he returns from abroad to claim his mate. Hoping she was mistaken, Michael treads lightly with his fingers crossed that fate has not deemed it necessary to share her. When these three souls collide, tension rises. None of them are prepared for or interested in mating with two people. However, fate has other plans. Can the three lovers, drawn to each other by a power they can’t deny, work together to become a unit? Or will outside forces, both local and distant, be able to tear them apart before they’ve had a chance to consummate their mating? This book is a re-release of a previously published book. No additions or changes have been made to the story.
Author: Charly Cox Publisher: Hera books Ltd ISBN: 1804362034 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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Meet Detective Alyssa Wyatt. Mom, wife... and a serial killer’s worst nightmare. Includes all four books in the gripping Detective Alyssa Wyatt series; All His Pretty Girls, The Toybox, Alone in the Woods and The Devil’s Playground. All His Pretty Girls: A woman is found naked, badly beaten and barely alive in the New Mexico mountains. The shocking discovery plunges Albuquerque Detective Alyssa Wyatt into a case that will test her to the limit. It appears that Callie McCormick is the latest plaything of a shadowy psychopath that leaves a long shadow on the streets of New Mexico. When Alyssa makes a breakthrough that just might reveal the killer, she unknowingly puts herself in the crosshairs of a brutal maniac – one with an old score to settle. Because the killer knows Alyssa very well, even if she doesn’t know him. And he’s determined that she’ll know his name... The Toybox: All around Albuquerque, young women are going missing, seemingly vanished into thin air. With no link between the victims, Detective Alyssa Wyatt is quickly plunged into a horrifying case with no obvious clues. And when Jersey Andrews, the best friend of Alyssa’s teenage daughter, Holly, joins the list of vanished girls, the case becomes personal. But this investigation will lead Alyssa and partner Cord into the most sinister depths of humanity; an evil place where life is expendable, and where the depraved can fulfil their darkest desires... Alone in the Woods: Gabriel Kensington and his wife Lydia have been brutally slain in their luxurious home in New Mexico. A frantic, whispered phone call from their teenage daughter Addis, and her best friend Emerson, quickly alerts the authorities to the killings. But when detective Alyssa Wyatt and the squad appear at the house, the unthinkable has happened. The girls are nowhere to be found... and neither is the killer. In a race against time, it’s up to Alyssa Wyatt and her partner Cord to find the missing girls – and discover just why the Kensingtons have been targeted. Because for Addis and Emerson, every minute passing could be the difference between survival – or an unthinkable death. The Devil’s Playground: Best friends Skye, Elena, and London are enjoying hanging out at Skye’s house in New Mexico, eating junk food, drinking wine, and playing with Skye’s little children, Carter and Abigail. Until the intruders arrive. Hearing the horrific screams from Elena and Skye, London hides the children, tiptoes out to see what has happened... and disappears. After Carter raises the alarm, Detective Alyssa Wyatt is called in to investigate a bloodbath that appears to have no motive, no evidence, and no sign of London. She soon uncovers a link between the murders and a sinister local cult. Can Alyssa find the young woman who has vanished without a trace – before London joins the list of victims? An utterly addictive, dark detective series with twists that will leave you gasping. Perfect for fans of M.W. Craven, Lisa Regan or Angela Marsons. Praise for Charly Cox ‘The action never flags, the suspense is red-hot and the twists and turns jaw-droppingly brilliant, fans of the genre need to add Charly Cox to their list of must-buys.’ Bookish Jottings ‘There is just so much to love about this series. A dark and chilling read that will have you hanging on for dear life!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review ‘Charly Cox is fast becoming one of my favourite crime fiction writers! Gripping, with likeable characters and great researched and plotted story lines.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review ‘Holy SMOKES! What a ride. From the first page my heart was pounding. I could not look away. This series was so good.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review ‘I absolutely love this series. I devoured it in a flash. Could not put it down.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review
Author: Alexandra Sheppard Publisher: Faber & Faber ISBN: 0571377432 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 259
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'Enchanting and heart-lifting.' Sophie Anderson 'Bursts with glimmering magic.' Jasbinder Bilan 'A delight . . . funny, heartfelt and packed full of magic.' Abi Elphinstone 'Magical and empowering.' G M Linton 'A magical, cosy, spellbinding treat!' Kieran Larwood ' Utterly charming.' Lizzie Huxley-Jones 'The perfect mix of heart and magic.' Rachel Faturoti ' A heart warming read with a blast of magic!' Janelle McCurdy Alyssa must save the magical spell garden with her new unreliable powers. When 11-year-old Alyssa is forced to spend the summer holiday with her mum's family, who she's never met before, her latent magical powers explode into life. Her great aunt runs a secret magic school in her spell garden where local kids can hone their power. The garden grows magical spell ingredients that have protected their family and the wider neighbourhood for decades - ever since they arrived from Jamaica with their mother Effie in the 1960s. But something is going wrong and the magic is running out! Can Alyssa use her new, unpredictable magic to set things right? A contemporary fantasy set in a small community in North London facing eviction and gentrification with a magical garden at the centre of it. Stunningly illustrated by Bex Glendining.
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