Chancers

Author : Susan Stellin,Graham MacIndoe
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101882757

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Chancers by Susan Stellin,Graham MacIndoe Pdf

In this powerful memoir of addiction, prison, and recovery, a reporter and a photographer tell their gripping story of falling in love, the heroin habit that drove them apart, and the unlikely way a criminal conviction brought them back together. Books for a Better Life Award Finalist • LitHub Best Book of the Month When Susan Stellin asked Graham MacIndoe to shoot her author photo for an upcoming travel book, she barely knew him except for a few weekends with mutual friends at a summer house in Montauk. He was a gregarious, divorced Scotsman who had recently gotten sober; she was an independent New Yorker who decided to take a chance on a rough-around-the-edges guy. But their relationship was soon tested when Susan discovered that Graham still had a drug habit he was hiding. From their harrowing portrayal of the ravages of addiction to the stunning chain of events that led to Graham’s arrest and imprisonment at Rikers Island, Chancers unfolds in alternating chapters that offer two perspectives on a relationship that ultimately endures against long odds. Susan follows Graham down the rabbit hole of the American criminal justice system, determined to keep him from becoming another casualty of the war on drugs. Graham gives a stark, riveting description of his slide from brownstone Brooklyn to a prison cell, his gut-wrenching efforts to get clean, and his fight to avoid getting exiled far away from his son and the life he built over twenty years. Beautifully written, brutally honest, yet filled with suspense and hope, Chancers will resonate with anyone who has been touched by the heartache of addiction, the nightmare of incarceration, or the tough choice of leaving or staying with someone who is struggling on the road to recovery. By sharing their story, Susan and Graham show the value of talking about topics many of us are too scared to address. Praise for Chancers “Stellin and MacIndoe, in entries sometimes akin to fighters in the ring, tell the story of their lives as MacIndoe rides a roller-coaster life of drug addiction and prison. . . . [Chancers] grabs in a voyeuristic way and propels page-turning to find out what happens next in a saga no soap opera could create.”—The Buffalo News “Emotionally resonant and evenly structured, their tandem chronicle resists overly romanticizing their bittersweet interactions to focus on the dedication and devotion necessary to make their already-complicated relationship survive the fallout of critical hardships. An emotionally complex and intensely personal binary memoir of addiction and sustainable love.”—Kirkus Reviews

Author : Gerald Robert Vizenor
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0806133880

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Chancers by Gerald Robert Vizenor Pdf

Centered on the volatile issue of the repatriation of Native American skeletal remains, Chancers follows a group of student Solar Dancers who set out to resurrect native remains housed in the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Possessed by the demonic wiindigoo, a mythic monster, the Solar Dancers, in a gruesome ritual, sacrifice faculty and administrators associated with the collection and storage of native remains. The Dancers replace stored native skulls with those of the academics, and the resurrected natives become the Chancers. The Round Dancers, humane and erotic trickster figures, are natural opponents of the morbid Solar Dancers. The war between the two groups comes to a comic conclusion at a graduation ceremony attended by Pocahontas; Phoebe Hearst; Alfred Kroeber, the anthropologist; Ishi, the native who actually lived and worked in the university museum; and many Chancers.

Author : Hugh Oram
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781490777016

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Charmers and Chancers by Hugh Oram Pdf

Charmers and Chancers tells the stories about the many famous and infamous people whom Ive met and often interviewed during my fifty-year media career. It also includes a lot of personal and family history.

Author : Gav Thorpe
Publisher : Games Workshop
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1789991943

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Last Chancers: Armageddon Saint by Gav Thorpe Pdf

After a 16 year absence the Last Chancers are back! Lieutenant Kage of the 13th Penal Legion is dead, his charred remains lost to the depths of a fiery chasm. But as his battalion – the Last Chancers – mourns, a new hero rises from the ashes. The Burned Man. Kage’s miraculous survival attracts a cult of desperate followers, who believe him sent to the ork-infested world of Armageddon by the God-Emperor Himself. However, the rampaging greenskins are not the only threat to his new life. The ruthless Colonel Schaeffer, his former commander, has seen through his ploy and will stop at nothing to bring his errant charge to justice… Yet unbeknownst to both men, darker powers yearn to see Armageddon bathed and bound in blood. Kage and Schaeffer must put the ghosts of their past aside and unite, or see the Emperor’s Light forevermore extinguished upon this tortured world.

Author : Gavin Thorpe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Human-alien encounters
ISBN : 1841541559

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Kill Team by Gavin Thorpe Pdf

Author : Matt Moore
Publisher : ChiZine Publications
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771484510

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It's Not the End by Matt Moore Pdf

“Moore is a gardener of nightmares, artlessly turning over the dark soil in which the horrors that entangle ordinary people in their killing grasp bloom” (Michael Rowe, award-winning author of October). All these worlds, and more, await you . . . Only able to recall the memories of others, a ghost must solve the mystery of his own death. The zombie apocalypse is the gateway to a higher human consciousness. An amusement park of the future might turn you into the attraction. An engineer-turned-mercenary races to kill the savior of mankind. After the sky falls, can anyone still hope? Twenty-one horror and science fiction tales of the bizarre, the terrifying, the all-too-near future. “Subtle power, intelligence, and humanity are the hallmarks of Moore’s work. These stories are apt to stick in your mind like quills. They did in mine.”—Nick Cutter, national bestselling author of The Troop “Moore takes us on a multitude of wild rides. If there is one thing I can say about these, it’s that they are action-packed . . . Moore is also very good at wrenching emotion out of his readers, whether abject horror or discomfort, the effect is visceral and real.” —The Ottawa Review of Books “Like the best science fiction or horror writers out there, Moore’s talent doesn’t stop at combining the everyday with the speculative—the real magic is his character work.” —Black Gate

Author : Gav Thorpe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0743411609

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13th Legion by Gav Thorpe Pdf

Across a thousand blasted war-zones upon a thousand bloody worlds, the convict soldiers of the Thirteenth Legion fight a desperate battle for redemption in the eyes of the immortal Emperor.In this endless war against savage orks, merciless eldar and the insidious threat of Chaos, Kage and the Last Chancers penal battalion must fight not only to win but to survive!

Author : James Page
Publisher : Australian Self Publishing Group
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781922618375

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The Chancer’s Corps by James Page Pdf

w South Wales, 1804. The Chancer’s Corps tells the story of the Rum Rebellion, the only military coup in Australia’s history.

Author : Gavin Thorpe
Publisher : Games Workshop(uk)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Imaginary wars and battles
ISBN : 1844160750

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Annihilation Squad by Gavin Thorpe Pdf

In the third and final novel of the Last Chancers series, Lieutenant Kage is tasked with recruiting a new team of Last Chancers for a final desperate mission as he hunts a lone traitor across the galaxy. Original.

Author : Robert Massey (Playwright)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Middle class families
ISBN : 1780017111

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Chancers by Robert Massey (Playwright) Pdf

"Aiden and Dee are on the verge of losing it all. They've had to rent out their home to some rough shower from Dublin and move their family into their nearly bankrupt convenience store. But salvation may have arrived in the form of local battleaxe Gertie Graham. She has their ticket out of the poorhouse -- they just need to get their hands on it without her knowing... Chancers by Robert Massey is a fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall."--Page [4] of cover.

Author : Damian Lanigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Actors
ISBN : 0006514294

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The Chancers by Damian Lanigan Pdf

A failed actor has one last chance at success – in this razor-sharp satirical novel from the acclaimed author of STRETCH, 29. Hailed by the Observer as ‘brilliantly funny, a dazzling performance, teeming with invention, wicked humour and unforced insights’ and by the Daily Mirror as ‘heartbreakingly funny’, STRETCH, 29, Damian Lanigan’s story of the downward-spiralling life of serial under-achiever Frank Stretch, established him as one of the most distinctive voices of a new generation of British comic writers. Now, in THE CHANCERS, his new hero is struggling to escape the modern obsession with fame… Patrick Moon used to have all the fame he could handle. Playing Macbeth fresh out of RADA, he was the darling of the West End when he fell in love with novelist Susie Fisher. Eight years on, he no longer does any acting, he's experiencing a certain sexual difficulty and, worst of all, Susie now writes a column exposing the intimate details of their crumbling relationship. But then opportunity knocks again. It's only a small-budget film, but it might just be his big break. All he needs to do is take a few chances.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063415140

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The Law Times Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Roger Macbride Allen
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553897760

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The Shores of Tomorrow by Roger Macbride Allen Pdf

On the verge of extinction, only the gravest imaginable crime against humanity can save it...A bold new plan seeks to ignite a new Sunspot over Greenhouse, saving the habitat domes crucial to the survival of the Solacian people. But a secret clouds this symbol of much-needed hope: human space is contracting at a startling rate, threatening to wipe out all living worlds—including Earth. The only answer lies in the hands of the founder of the planet Solace: Oskar DeSilvo, seemingly returned from the dead to save the worlds his frauds had doomed to destruction. But as the work begins, agents of the Chronologic Patrol step in to prevent interference with the past—even at the risk of dooming humanity. Thwarted at every turn, DeSilvo and his onetime nemesis, Anton Koffield, propose one last wildly grandiose idea—one final, desperate gamble. But if the only choice lies between madness and certain catastrophe—is there any choice at all? From the Paperback edition.

Author : Joe Kai,Chris Drinkwater
Publisher : Radcliffe Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Inner cities
ISBN : 1857754379

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Primary Care in Urban Disadvantaged Communities by Joe Kai,Chris Drinkwater Pdf

This book examines how primary care is responding to the challenge of urban disadvantage and inequalities in health. Genuine case studies illustrate community-oriented approaches to health that can make a real difference for local communities, those with heart disease, mental ill health, drug misuse, diverse ethnic backgrounds, and younger and older people. They underline the need to understand and develop new ways of working for local contexts. It also identifies challenges and opportunities for the development of social capital, empowerment and health in the real world. Primary Care in Urban Disadvantaged Communities provides grass-root perspectives from multidisciplinary contributors within inner city primary care and community settings. All those working in primary care, public health, and community development, in addition to policy makers, will find this book essential reading. Book jacket.

Author : Michael Lenihan
Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781856356862

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Hidden Cork by Michael Lenihan Pdf

Michael Lenihan delves into the rich tapestry of Cork history to reveal some of its most bizarre events and strangest characters. From quack doctor Baron Spolasco, to the outlaw Art O Laoghaire, Cork has seen some eccentric, wonderful and downright nasty people. With revelations of mass graves in Bishop Lucey Park and how Jonathan Swift was insulted by being awarded the freedom of the city, and stories of the Gas Works' strike, Hidden Cork opens the door on history, dumps the boring bits and brings to life the flow of time through the streets of Cork.