How I Got Lost So Close To Home

Author : Amy Dryansky
Publisher : Alice James Books
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-21
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781949944228

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How I Got Lost So Close to Home by Amy Dryansky Pdf

Matching a fine (and often funny) imagination to a sharp, plainspoken intelligence, the poems in How I Got Lost So Close to Home move through familiar landscapes: the busy intersections of streets and parks, the changing topographies of self and family, and the hard won territory of beauty in an imperfect world. With their remarkable clarity, Dryansky's poems make us feel as though we too are present in her landscapes, and not just looking at them. The gift of these poems is their exacting detail, their compassion without sentimentality, and their ability to draw us into what the poet ultimately calls "home," a fluid awareness of the self that must be returned to again and again.

Author : Nolon King
Publisher : Sterling & Stone LLC
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Close To Home by Nolon King Pdf

From the best-selling author of Pretty Killer, No Justice, and 12 comes Close To Home, a gripping new stand-alone thriller. SICK MINDS THINK ALIKE Profiler Selena Nash is America’s #1 expert on serial killers: her latest book just hit the bestseller charts, and she’s landed a lucrative deal for a new TV show, The Heartbeat of Murder. No one suspects it’s all based on a mistake she’s afraid to admit. Not just because it will ruin her career — Selena’s dark secret will also destroy her family. She’s barely keeping them together as it is. Her husband’s so jealous of her success that he seems determined to sabotage it, and her sons — once-inseparable twins — won’t stop fighting. When a serial killer strikes in her newly-prosperous hometown, Almond Park, each death strikes closer to home, all of them sending a message intended for her. Will Selena decode the killer’s taunts in time to save her family? A fast-paced, suspenseful thriller, Close to Home is perfect for fans of Darcey Bell and Harlan Coban or TV shows like Ozark and Dead to Me. Pick up your copy of this intense psychological thriller today! Warning: This book contains dark humor, swearing, explicit sex, and graphic violence.

Author : Mary Beth Keane
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982172626

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The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane Pdf

“An insightful, riveting study of marriage.” —People From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a masterful and “absorbing” (The New York Times) novel about a couple in a small town navigating the complexities of marriage, family, and longing. Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss finally retires, Malcolm stretches to buy the place. He sees unquantifiable magic and potential in the Half Moon and hopes to transform it into a bigger success, but struggles to stay afloat. His smart and confident wife, Jess, has devoted herself to her law career. After years of trying for a baby, she is facing the idea that motherhood may not be in the cards for her. Like Malcolm, she feels her youth beginning to slip away and wonders how to reshape her future. “A quick and impactful read that will stay with you long after you finish it” (theSkimm), The Half Moon takes place over the course of one week when Malcolm learns shocking news about Jess, a patron of the bar goes missing, and a blizzard hits the town of Gillam, trapping everyone in place. With a deft eye and generous spirit, Mary Beth Keane explores the disappointments and unexpected consolations of midlife, the many forms forgiveness can take, the complicated intimacy of small-town living, and what it means to be a family.

Author : Chris Jones
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385521901

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Too Far From Home by Chris Jones Pdf

An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all—outer spaceIn the nearly forty years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has come to be seen as a routine enterprise—at least until the shuttle Columbia disintegrated like the Challenger before it, reminding us, once again, that the dangers are all too real. Too Far from Home vividly captures the hazardous realities of space travel. Every time an astronaut makes the trip into space, he faces the possibility of death from the slightest mechanical error or instance of bad luck: a cracked O-ring, an errant piece of space junk, an oxygen leak . . . There are a myriad of frighteningly probable events that would result in an astronaut’s death. In fact, twenty-one people who have attempted the journey have been killed. Yet for a special breed of individual, the call of space is worth the risk. Men such as U.S. astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox, and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin, who in November 2002 left on what was to be a routine fourteen-week mission maintaining the International Space Station. But then, on February 23, 2003, the Columbia exploded beneath them. Despite the numerous news reports examining the tragedy, the public remained largely unaware that three men remained orbiting the earth. With the launch program suspended indefinitely, these astronauts had suddenly lost their ride home. Too Far from Home chronicles the efforts of the beleaguered Mission Controls in Houston and Moscow as they work frantically against the clock to bring their men safely back to Earth, ultimately settling on a plan that felt, at best, like a long shot. Latched to the side of the space station was a Russian-built Soyuz TMA-1 capsule, whose technology dated from the late 1960s (in 1971 a malfunction in the Soyuz 11 capsule left three Russian astronauts dead.) Despite the inherent danger, the Soyuz became the only hope to return Bowersox, Budarin, and Pettit home. Chris Jones writes beautifully of the majesty and mystique of space travel, while reminding us all how perilous it is to soar beyond the sky.

Author : Chris Jones
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307793904

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Out of Orbit by Chris Jones Pdf

On February 1, 2003, the nation was stunned to watch the shuttle Columbia disintegrate into a blue-green sky. Despite the numerous new reports surrounding the tragedy, the public remained largely unaware that three men, U.S. astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox, and Russian flight engineer Nikolai Budarin, remained orbiting the earth. With the launch program suspended indefinitely, these astronauts, who were already near the end of a fourteen-week mission, had suddenly lost their ride home. Out of Orbit is the harrowing, behind-the-scenes chronicle of the efforts of beleaguered Mission Controls in Houston and Moscow who worked frantically against the clock to bring their men safely back to Earth, ultimately settling on a plan that felt, at best, like a long shot. Given that no shuttle could come for them, the astronauts’ only hope for a return flight became a Russian-built Soyuz TMA-1 capsule, latched to the side of the space station—a piece of equipment roughly the equivalent of a “padded box attached to a parachute,” with a troubled history (in 1971 a malfunction in the Soyuz 11 capsule left three Russian astronauts dead) and dated technology. Gripping and faced-paced, Out of Orbit is an adventure in outer space that will keep you on the edge of your seat. In a day and age when space travel is poised to become available to masses, Out of Orbit vividly captures both its hazardous realities and soaring majesty.

Author : Sarah M. MacVicar
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781525564086

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What Made My Family Ill? by Sarah M. MacVicar Pdf

With searing simplicity, What Made My Family Ill? explores what mental health professionals are increasingly coming to describe as Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). As the youngest in a farming family of ten children, Sarah intuitively sensed all was not right during her childhood. In a busy family where there was little nurturing, affection, praise or support, she neither understood her fears nor had she any awareness or help in learning how to allay them. Despite a strong work ethic and a thriving career throughout her adult years she experienced difficulties with interpersonal relationships and addiction and found herself struggling to maintain a façade of normalcy despite the turbulence inside. This is a story that will touch all of us who have struggled with our self-worth, perhaps fallen into addiction and wondered if there isn’t indeed more to life than what we are experiencing.

Author : Greg Milam
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781785319549

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And Bring the Darkness Home by Greg Milam Pdf

And Bring the Darkness Home is a haunting exploration of how the mental scars of war destroyed an international cricket career, tore a family apart and left destitute a man who seemed to have it all. Tony Dell was the only Test cricketer to fight in the Vietnam War. His journey to the summit of the game, playing for Australia against England in the Ashes, was as unlikely and meteoric as any in cricket history. His descent was painful and harrowing. It was in his mid-60s, living in his mother's garage, that he learned the truth about what had led him on a path of self-destruction. A diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder allowed him to piece together the ruins of his life and also to search for answers, for himself and the thousands of other sufferers. The restlessness and urgency that once drove him to the top of the game was turned on authorities who refused to learn the lessons from history. PTSD robbed Tony Dell of memories of his playing career and left a palpable sense of loss. It also gave him a life-changing mission.

Author : Brian Swann
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803205338

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Algonquian Spirit by Brian Swann Pdf

When Europeans first arrived on this continent, Algonquian languages were spoken from the northeastern seaboard through the Great Lakes region, across much of Canada, and even in scattered communities of the American West. The rich and varied oral tradition of this Native language family, one of the farthest-flung in North America, comes brilliantly to life in this remarkably broad sampling of Algonquian songs and stories from across the centuries. Ranging from the speech of an early unknown Algonquian to the famous Walam Olum hoax, from retranslations of "classic" stories to texts appearing here for the first time, these are tales written or told by Native storytellers, today as in the past, as well as oratory, oral history, and songs sung to this day. An essential introduction and captivating guide to Native literary traditions still thriving in many parts of North America, Algonquian Spirit contains vital background information and new translations of songs and stories reaching back to the seventeenth century. Drawing from Arapaho, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Cree, Delaware, Maliseet, Menominee, Meskwaki, Miami-Illinois, Mi'kmaq, Naskapi, Ojibwe, Passamaquoddy, Potawatomi, and Shawnee, the collection gathers a host of respected and talented singers, storytellers, historians, anthropologists, linguists, and tribal educators, both Native and non-Native, from the United States and Canada--all working together to orchestrate a single, complex performance of the Algonquian languages.

Author : Kim Malaj
Publisher : Homestead Albania Print
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781737493051

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Castle of Teskom by Kim Malaj Pdf

Shiny ember rocks are fuel for time; the dull rocks are a fool’s dime. An old nursery rhyme, or so they think. Itra and Danae stumble across an ancient secret kept hidden behind a reflection in time near their Albanian home. A faded memory and cryptic messages have propelled them to risk an encounter with foes from Greek mythology, altering their perception of Albanian folklore and reality. Itra and Danae grapple with events set in motion centuries ago and must choose to protect and serve or risk having the secret exposed. Will love, loyalty, and lineage be enough to hold them together, or will they lose their way in a universe they are only beginning to understand?

Author : Rachel Louise Snyder
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476725222

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What We've Lost Is Nothing by Rachel Louise Snyder Pdf

In her “keenly observed” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) debut, Rachel Louise Snyder, author of the memoir Women We Buried, Women We Burned and the award-winning No Visible Bruises, chronicles the twenty-four hours following a mass burglary in a Chicago suburb and the suspicions, secrets, and prejudices that surface in its wake. Nestled on the edge of Chicago’s gritty west side, Oak Park is a suburb in flux. To the west, theaters and shops frame posh houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. To the east lies a neighborhood still recovering from urban decline. In the center of the community sits Ilios Lane, a pristine cul-de-sac dotted with quiet homes that bridge the surrounding extremes of wealth and poverty. On the first warm day in April, Mary Elizabeth McPherson, a lifelong resident of Ilios Lane, skips school with her friend Sofia. As the two experiment with a heavy dose of ecstasy in Mary Elizabeth’s dining room, a series of home invasions rocks their neighborhood. At first the community is determined to band together, but rising suspicions soon threaten to destroy the world they were attempting to create. Filtered through a vibrant pinwheel of characters, Snyder’s tour de force evokes the heightened tension of a community on edge as it builds towards an explosive conclusion. Incisive and panoramic, What We’ve Lost Is Nothing illuminates the evolving relationship between American cities and their suburbs, the hidden prejudices that can threaten a way of life, and the redemptive power of tolerance in a community torn asunder. “Ideas abound in this thoughtful story, a demonstration of the author’s years of experience as a community organizer. What We’ve Lost Is Nothing has the stamp of authenticity” (The Washington Post).

Author : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Publisher : McArthur & Co
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770870246

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The Lost Army by Valerio Massimo Manfredi Pdf

Author : Keagan LeJeune
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496847348

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Finding Myself Lost in Louisiana by Keagan LeJeune Pdf

In Finding Myself Lost in Louisiana, author Keagan LeJeune brilliantly weaves the unusual folklore, landscape, and history of Louisiana along with his own family lineage that begins in 1760 to trace the trajectory of people’s lives in the Bayou State. His account confronts the challenging environmental record evident in Louisiana’s landscapes. LeJeune also celebrates and memorializes traditions of some underrepresented communities in Louisiana, communities that are vanishing or have vanished—communities including the author’s own. Each section in the memoir is a journey to a fascinating place, but it’s also a search for LeJeune’s own sense of belonging. The book is an adventure and a pilgrimage across Louisiana to explore its future and to reckon with feelings of loss and anxiety accompanying climate disasters. LeJeune travels to Louisiana’s geographic center to learn what waits there. He chases the ghosts of Hot Wells, a shuttered healing resort, and he kneels at the tomb of folk saint Charlene Richard. With every adventure, every memory, he ends up much closer to home.

Author : James Blish
Publisher : New York : Ballantine Books
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Future, The
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005586909

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So Close to Home by James Blish Pdf

Author : Randy Henry
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780359242726

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Contemporary Poetic Literature 4th Edition by Randy Henry Pdf

Adversaries, Drama, Confessions & Triumphs! My 4th edition sums up the tradition of mankind and manhood.There are too many men growing up without fathers and too many that have grown up without fathers! They are standing the test of times and have stood the test of times! Many men have not been trained or proctor on how to care, pamper, protect, and honor a lady nor trained on how to be a man period! Young men who saw the streets conform from drugs to prostitution, from gunfire to murder, and from school dropout to jail are facing the judicial system everyday! We reside in a world of hatred, disloyalty and jealousy. We have children and parents turning against each other and the judicial system is turning it's head when the children parents are going the jail and the system is denying their bail! When will a change come and we start taking responsibility to protect what's our and uphold our power? Don't let the judicial system control your life because the streets are full of strife! Get educated or separat

Author : Pamela Evans
Publisher : Headline
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472256782

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The Tulip Tearooms by Pamela Evans Pdf

THE TULIP TEAROOMS is a heartwarming and poignant saga from Pam Evans, set in London just after the Second World War. Perfect for readers of Kitty Neale, Katie Flynn and Dilly Court. The Second World War is finally over when Lola Brown meets Harry Riggs at a dance. It is love at first sight but when Harry tells Lola that he is a policeman, her heart sinks. Lola's father is a petty criminal, and if Harry ever finds out and turns him in, it will destroy her family... Harry reluctantly accepts that Lola doesn't want to see him again, and eventually starts to find happiness without her. In the meantime, Lola encounters the eccentric Pickford sisters and sets about transforming their run-down tearooms in London's West End, only to find her own life transformed as well. Despite everything, Harry and Lola continue to feel drawn to each other, but the truth about Lola's family can't stay hidden for ever...