Angel Of Brooklyn

Author : Janette Jenkins
Publisher : Random House
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409059080

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Angel of Brooklyn by Janette Jenkins Pdf

It is January, 1914 and Jonathan Crane returns home from his travels with a new American bride, former Coney Island showgirl Beatrice. In the remote Lancashire village Beatrice is the focus of attention, the men captivated by her beauty, the women initially charmed by tales of her upbringing in Normal, Illinois with her father, an amateur taxidermist, and her brother, a preacher, although she will take the story of how she became the Angel of Brooklyn to her grave. But when the men head off to fight in the Great War the glamorous newcomer slowly becomes an object of suspicion and jealousy for the women who are left behind and as the years pass, and their resentment grows, Beatrice's secret proves to be her undoing. Beautifully observed, tragic, funny and so evocative that you can taste the candy floss at Coney Island and feel the chill of wartime England, Angel of Brooklyn is an extraordinary, heartbreaking story.

Author : Tracy Brown
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250834966

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Brooklyn by Tracy Brown Pdf

Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to get what she wants. The question isn’t who murdered her; the question is who wouldn’t? Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deserves after leaving a web of lies, heartache, and betrayal behind her. As her life slips away, Brooklyn remembers the events that shaped her into the cold, calculating creature she became. Brooklyn learned the art of hustling from her parents who used the church to get money. Idolizing her father and despising her mother, Brooklyn’s determined to be the type of woman who makes her own rules. When her back’s up against the wall, she sacrifices her family, takes the burnt offering that remains, and runs away. In NYC, young Brooklyn charms her way into the inner circle of hustlers and stick-up kids, learning tricks along the way. She catches the eye of a major player in the drug game, Hassan, and they have a breathless love affair. Brooklyn becomes integrated into his operation, earning the trust of Hassan and his associates. But when she gets the keys to the kingdom, driven by unfettered ambition and a ruthless desire to survive, Brooklyn snatches the pot of gold, leaving bitter retribution promises behind her. From DC to Maryland, Brooklyn burns bridges and breaks hearts. What she doesn't realize is that someone is prepared to end her reign of terror. As she faces her killer and her fate, Brooklyn’s stunned that justice comes from the least likely place.

Author : Rosanne Daryl Thomas
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 067942363X

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The Angel Carver by Rosanne Daryl Thomas Pdf

Modern fairy tale, in which such timeless evils as envy, greed and cruelty are abetted by the latest advances in computer graphics technology.

Author : Charles S. Isaacs
Publisher : Black Rose Writing
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781684332472

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Avenging Angel: Love and Death in Old Brooklyn by Charles S. Isaacs Pdf

A riveting tale of revenge, survival, and redemption, wrapped around an unlikely love story, and set against an urban backdrop marked by bigotry and misogyny. Following a racially motivated rape by three Ku Klux Klansmen, 12-year-old Cassandra Monroe vows revenge. After eight years of training, now a strikingly beautiful assassin, she accomplishes her mission. Her campaign continues with solitary walks through dark city streets, hoping to be assaulted by men with bad intentions. Those entrapped by her spider’s web pay dearly for their efforts. Surrounded by three armed men one night, she’s rescued by Mike Borelli, an Italian-American passerby. A stormy, up-and-down relationship ensues. Ultimately, as her rage matures into purposeful action, and as he begins to see the world through her eyes, they become a team. Along the way, they encounter serial killers, wife-beaters, actual and would-be rapists, gangsters, crooked cops, a kidnapper and a pedophile priest, as well as numerous women in desperate need of their help. Beneath all the action, though, is the blossoming of a most unlikely love story.

Author : Angel Nafis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 0983112568

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Blackgirl Mansion by Angel Nafis Pdf

Author : Jonathan Lethem
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571317899

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Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem Pdf

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN IS RELEASED IN CINEMAS DECEMBER 2019 'A detective novel of winning humour and exhilarating originality.' Sunday Times Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn's very own self-appointed Human Freakshow, an orphan whose Tourette's Disease drives him to bark, count, and rip apart our language in startling and original ways. Together with three veterans of the St Vincent's Home for Boys, he works for mobster Frank Minna. But when Frank is fatally stabbed and his widow skips town, Lionel attempts to untangle the threads of the case.

Author : Ed Shakespeare
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786414596

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When Baseball Returned to Brooklyn by Ed Shakespeare Pdf

Major league baseball has a long, rich history in Brooklyn. From the time Brooklyn started play in 1884 until their move west to Los Angeles following the 1957 season, the Dodgers and their predecessors were the emotional center of the borough's diverse population. But Brooklyn would be without a professional team until June of 2001, when the Cyclones took the field in Coney Island as the Mets' affiliate for the New York-Penn League. This work follows the rookie-level club from its formation through it first season. Brooklyn Dodgers Carl Erskine, Duke Snider, Clem Labine, Johnny Podres, Ralph Branca, Joe Pignatano and Clyde King comment on their own minor league days, and their days in Brooklyn. Also included are interviews of Cyclones players and fans of both teams.

Author : Victoria Schwab,V. E. Schwab
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338603972

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Everyday Angel: Three Novels by Victoria Schwab,V. E. Schwab Pdf

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Schwab, three whimsical and enchanting novels about a quirky and clever guardian angel, and the girls she's sent to help, in one irresistible volume. Aria Blue seems like an ordinary twelve-year-old. She loves music, and colorful shoelaces, and taste-testing various types of cookies. But there is much more to Aria than meets the eye. She can use her shadow like a door to travel from place to place. She can dream things into existence. And she can see when certain people need help. Because Aria is a guardian angel. Her mission? To find and guide three different girls -- Gabby, Caroline, and Mikayla -- through their different problems. If she succeeds, Aria will earn her wings. But helping these girls is no easy feat, even for someone with magic powers. Things like friendship and family and well, life, are all a lot trickier than Aria might have guessed. Still, she's pretty sure she's up for the challenge . . . Meet a magical girl like no other, from an author like no other, in this one-of-a-kind collection.

Author : Dorothy Laski Rusinik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0741483653

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An Angel in Brooklyn Heights by Dorothy Laski Rusinik Pdf

Going on her first cruise with two friends, Dotty meets a string of characters which eventually leads her to the final event. With the introduction of Eileen who resides in lower Manhattan, she gets a weekend invitation to visit and a ticket to the renown Studio 54. While at the discothque, she becomes acquainted and starts a new relationship with Jim. After dating, they meet in New York City and she decides to spend the night with him in Brooklyn Heights. At his apartment, Jim's behavior becomes unsettling and Dotty decides to leave around midnight naively thinking she could go outside and hail a cab. After the door slams, she realizes the mistake she made because she is now stranded in a residential area with neither a car nor taxi on the street. Saying a prayer, she begins the walk along the dimly lit street hoping to find a phone booth or cab. Miraculously, in the distance, she spies a taxi on a cross street. The cabbie to her surprise does not drive away and she eventually makes it to the car. As she greets him, he turns to her and says something that has remained with her for over thirty years. This has convinced Dotty that an angel was sent to her rescue.

Author : Jerry O'Brien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798989509317

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A Field Guide to the Angels in Brooklyn by Jerry O'Brien Pdf

This Book is Magic Realism. "A Field Guide To The Angels in Brooklyn" tells a story about the beautiful borough of Brooklyn, in Nieuw Amsterdam Stad and its older but no less beautiful sister city, Verne, and some minor, midrange and Major Arcana Devils, who are cabdrivers, bartenders, police officers, ruthless criminals, lawyers, art gallery owners, and other denizens of Nieuw Amsterdam Stad. It is also about Angels unfallen, and Alastar Connor, the very confused earth angel, other mid-level angels who masquerade as humans; one, a hippy who has passed his use-by-date, and some extraordinary women who are Alastar Connor's best, and only hope for staying on the right side of universal history.Alastar Connor owns the 83 Gallery in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn. When not selling surrealist art, he enjoys spending his time with his soul mate, Sheila Divine, and friends in Corlear Beach. Unknown to Alastar he is about to be misidentified as a fallen Cherub by the name of Alastarus, who was recently freed from the Lake of Fire by the Fallen Cherub Goochelaar Kwaad. Kwaad, self-absorbed, and vain sets in motion series of events which will cause Alastar, Sheila, and their friends to participate in possibly universe ending events. It is a wild and exhilarating ride through Brooklyn, De Grote Appel, and the spirit plane.

Author : Ryan A. Conklin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101404256

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AN Angel From Hell by Ryan A. Conklin Pdf

An edgy, gripping report from the front lines by a young veteran and cast member of The Real World: Brooklyn Ryan Conklin enlisted in the Army at age seventeen, following 9/11, and joined Angel Company. As a turret gunner with the famed 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles," and a member of the famed "Rakkasans" regiment-the most decorated regiment in the U.S. Army-he endured hellish conditions in the war-torn city of Tikrit, Iraq. When he returned to the States, he became a cast member on The Real World: Brooklyn in 2008. That came to an end when he received his notice recalling him to duty. An Angel from Hell is a gritty, blunt, and laugh­out-loud funny war memoir from the grunt's perspective. Conklin reveals what the Iraq war is really like, day to day-the misery, the boredom, the absurdity, the horror, and even the moments of grace. With stunning candor and wisdom beyond his years, Ryan Conklin has documented a complex and unavoidably life-changing experience for his generation.

Author : Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781524799199

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The Angel and the Assassin by Donna Jackson Nakazawa Pdf

A thrilling story of scientific detective work and medical potential that illuminates the newly understood role of microglia—an elusive type of brain cell that is vitally relevant to our everyday lives. “The rarest of books: a combination of page-turning discovery and remarkably readable science journalism.”—Mark Hyman, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED Until recently, microglia were thought to be helpful but rather boring: housekeeper cells in the brain. But a recent groundbreaking discovery has revealed that they connect our physical and mental health in surprising ways. When triggered—and anything that stirs up the immune system in the body can activate microglia, including chronic stressors, trauma, and viral infections—they can contribute to memory problems, anxiety, depression, and Alzheimer’s. Under the right circumstances, however, microglia can be coaxed back into being angelic healers, able to make brain repairs in ways that help alleviate symptoms and hold the promise to one day prevent disease. With the compassion born of her own experience, award-winning journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa illuminates this newly understood science, following practitioners and patients on the front lines of treatments that help to “reboot” microglia. In at least one case, she witnesses a stunning recovery—and in others, significant relief from pressing symptoms, offering new hope to the tens of millions who suffer from mental, cognitive, and physical health issues. Hailed as a “riveting,” “stunning,” and “visionary,” The Angel and the Assassin offers us a radically reconceived picture of human health and promises to change everything we thought we knew about how to heal ourselves.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : LeAnn Rathbone
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781607029618

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James Mitose and the Path of Kenpo by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781442402966

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Angel's Grace by Tracey Baptiste Pdf

Grace has always had wild red hair like no one else in her family and a birthmark on her shoulder that her mother told her was the mark of an angel. When Grace is sent from New York to spend the summer with her grandmother in Trinidad, she looks through the family album and discovers a blurred photograph of a stranger with a birthmark -- her birthmark -- and Grace is full of questions. No one is able to identify the man in the photo, and Grace is left with no choice but to find out who he is and what he might mean to her. What Grace does not know is that her search will lead to a discovery about herself and her family that she never could have imagined. Tracey Baptiste's first novel is a tender coming-of-age story set on the island of Trinidad. Angel's Grace explores the meaning of identity and truth, and the unbreakable ties of a family bound by love.

Author : Brooklyn Thompson
Publisher : Trilogy Christian Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1685560857

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God Didn't Need Another Angel by Brooklyn Thompson Pdf

"All of a sudden, as our doctor was looking at the ultrasound, another doctor came into the room. He asked the other physician to sit and look. I remember them saying something about looking for fetal heart rhythms. Again, this was all slow motion to me, and it didn't feel real. Then, the second physician turned to me and put his hand on my leg and said softly, 'I'm so sorry, ' as he got up and left." Going through a tragic loss can be heartbreaking and devastating. While grieving, you never expect people to inadvertently hurt you by saying something like, "Well, God just needed another angel." How could a comment spoken from a compassionate heart be so hurtful to someone suffering a loss? It's hurtful because it's untrue. Take a journey with me as I share our story of tragedy when we lost our firstborn son, Andrew, as well as the year following his death, where God walked us through grieving and sorting out truth from lies. Do our loved ones become angels when they die? Is death God's plan for some people? You will see the answers to these questions and more as we look in God's Word. You will learn what to say to people grieving and what is better left unsaid. And, if you've experienced loss, you'll learn God's blueprint for grieving, how to let God piece your broken heart back together, and how to turn a tragedy into a testimony!