In Desperation

Author : Megan Nolan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473578500

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Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan Pdf

'Crushing...intensely vital' Observer 'It's impossible to tear yourself away' The Times 'Such brilliant writing about female desire...honest and visceral' Marian Keyes She's twenty-three and in love with love. He's older, and the most beautiful man she's ever seen. The affair is quickly consuming. But this relationship is unpredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak. She's intent on winning him over, but neither is living up to the other's ideals. He keeps emailing his thin, glamorous ex, and she's starting to give in to secret, shameful cravings of her own. The search for a fix is frantic, and taking a dangerous turn... We're all looking to get what we want - but do we know what we need?

Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781848940932

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Desperation by Stephen King Pdf

Welcome to Desperation. Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and charged. But Desperation still has a local cop - a unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway. The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them. A terrifying transformation is taking place and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of desperation . . .

Author : Rick Mofina
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488006432

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In Desperation by Rick Mofina Pdf

"A superbly written thriller...Timely, tense, and terrifying."—Brad Thor "A blisteringly paced story that cuts to the bone. It left me ripping through pages deep into the night."—James Rollins Eleven-year-old Tilly Martin is dragged from her suburban bedroom. Her mother, Cora, pleads for mercy but the kidnappers are clear: if they don't get their $5 million back in five days, Tilly dies. If anyone contacts police, Tilly dies. Journalist Jack Gannon's estranged sister, Cora, disappeared without a trace decades ago. Now she is frantically reaching out to him for help. Cora tells him about the shameful mistakes she's made—but she guards the one secret that may be keeping her daughter alive. A twenty-year-old assassin, haunted by the faces of the people he's executed, seeks absolution as he sets out to commit his last murders as a hired killer. In the U.S. and Mexico, police and the press go flat out on Tilly's case. But as Gannon digs deeper into his anguished sister's past, the hours tick down on his niece's life and he faces losing a fragment of his rediscovered family forever. Originally published in 2011

Author : Elisabeth Betty Niemi
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781456821845

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In Desperation I Lean on God by Elisabeth Betty Niemi Pdf

[With God All Things Are Possible] My Life’s story started when I had a different road as most people do. When at an early age was trusted to take care of our family farm along with my brother of 2 years my senior. We never get an on the job training which included cooking, washing, sewing, nursing, health and hygiene keeping every thing neat and clean inside and out both house, barn and garden, as we were pioneering on a wild and remote area. We learned to trap and fi sh for the money we needed, and food for the table. It was a great relief when Mom came home after a lengthy stay in the hospital,all went back to normal. My road along life’s journey led me through marriage and farming which still is my favorite occupation. I am a certifi ed homemaker for special people’s needs. I served on the School board. I am a Teacher but only accepted sub teaching as we had a foster Home, and I wanted to be home when the children left home and when they came back home. In the meantime, I took a number of courses such as a Medical, a lawyer went on to tackle the judge’s world. Just because I can and also passed it easy. So I learned that a hold up in your childhood does not mean that you are a failure just because you are not able to get your [education] behind a desk that it is out of your reach. Just never give up. Set a goal and never give up until you have GOT it. That’s what I did and IT works.

Author : Michael Catt
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780805464511

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The Power of Desperation by Michael Catt Pdf

What could be good about being broken? Michael Catt, innovtive pastor and executive producer of hit films Facing the Giants and Fireproof, finds treasure at rock bottom in The Power of Desperation, a book for anyone who has ever cried out for God’s strength in life’s moments of absolute weakness: “Maybe you are feeling alone, immersed in a time of darkness. I’ve got good news: God is on the verge of getting you alone with Him, so He can get the ‘you’ out of you and fill you with Himself.” Through biblical and modern stories of incomplete people whose only path to victory is through total surrender, Catt introduces yet another breakthrough concept worthy of widespread personal application. Discover the power of desperation.

Author : Stephen King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 067077605X

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Desperation, the Regulators by Stephen King Pdf

Author : Kelly J. Dixon
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806185521

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An Archaeology of Desperation by Kelly J. Dixon Pdf

The Donner Party is almost inextricably linked with cannibalism. In truth, we know remarkably little about what actually happened to the starving travelers stranded in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–47. Combining the approaches of history, ethnohistory, archaeology, bioarchaeology, and social anthropology, this innovative look at the Donner Party’s experience at the Alder Creek Camp offers insights into many long-unsolved mysteries. Centered on archaeological investigations in the summers of 2003 and 2004 near Truckee, California, the book includes detailed analyses of artifacts and bones that suggest what life was like in this survival camp. Microscopic investigations of tiny bone fragments reveal butchery scars and microstructure that illuminate what the Donner families may have eaten before the final days of desperation, how they prepared what served as food, and whether they actually butchered and ate their deceased companions. The contributors reassess old data with new analytic techniques and, by examining both physical evidence and oral testimony from observers and survivors, add new dimensions to the historical narrative. The authors’ integration of a variety of approaches—including narratives of the Washoe Indians who observed the Donner Party—destroys some myths, deconstructs much of the folklore about the stranded party, and demonstrates that novel approaches can shed new light on events we thought we understood.

Author : Danicka Jacques
Publisher : Writers Republic LLC
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9798888109793

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Flame of Desperation by Danicka Jacques Pdf

In this book we will encounter the journey of life. Life can be full of hope, happiness, and consequences. Throughout the year we have encountered many obstacles that shaded us from the outside, through pain, tears. This book expresses life journey through hard times and it will make you realize that no matter how unpredictable things may seem, no matter how tough times may seem even if you want to give up on the life you need to realize that you are not really alone. You should realize that there is a light watching over you that will lead you through the right path.

Author : Richard Montgomery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798640907391

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The Gift Of Desperation by Richard Montgomery Pdf

The only way for an addict to stop is to hit bottom. But, what if your bottom has a basement? This heroin addict is learning the further you go to get high, the farther you dig down. Every act is desperately insane in The Gift Of Desperation. Follow along with his intense and crazy pursuit of one more high as it leads him into a gripping downward spiral. And discover how the 12 steps of recovery miraculously took that miserable desperation and turned it into absolute gratitude. (Book 2, The Gift Of Gratitude, coming soon!)

Author : Doug Farrar,Louis Riddick
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781641250825

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The Genius of Desperation by Doug Farrar,Louis Riddick Pdf

If necessity has been the mother of invention throughout the history of professional football, it could also be said that desperation is the father. Rare are the football innovations that have occurred without an owner, general manager, coach, or player up against the wall and reaching for a way to succeed anyway. In this meticulously researched, lively book, Bleacher Report lead NFL scout Doug Farrar traces the schematic history of the pro game through these "if this/then that" moments—paradigm shifts in the game from 1920 through the present. More than just a book about schemes and strategies, The Genius of Desperation: The Schematic Innovations that Made the Modern NFL also tells the stories of the game's most prominent innovators, the adversities they endured, and the ways in which they learned to exceed their own expectations on the path to true greatness. Everyone from George Halas to Greasy Neale, Paul Brown to Sid Gillman, Bill Walsh to Chip Kelly is featured, as well as many more. The Genius of Desperation is a narrative arc through the history of the game as it's never been told before.

Author : Bryan Riddle
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498551496

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The Essence of Desperation by Bryan Riddle Pdf

This book examines how strategic narratives are produced, deployed, and legitimized to enable the capture of the geostrategic discursive space during times of war fighting failure. Using case studies, it examines the key actors and the deployment of key analogies that produce a narrative to overcome fragmentation during times of crisis.

Author : Ivor Timmis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429816550

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The Discourse of Desperation by Ivor Timmis Pdf

This book discusses how the poor and desperate in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries mobilised their linguistic resources in pursuit of vital pragmatic goals, drawing on three corpora of letters written by the poor. The main question addressed by the book is, ‘How were the poor, often armed only with low levels of education and literacy, able to meet the challenge of writing letters vital to their interests, even to their survival?’ Timmis argues that the answer lies in the highly strategic approach adopted by the writers, particularly evident in the way formulaic language is used in the pauper and prisoner letters. Formulaic language supports the writers in producing intelligible letters in what they consider an appropriate tone but also allows them to exploit popular cultural motifs of the time. Data is drawn from three sources: pauper letters by the poor applying for parish relief, from around 1795 to 1834; prisoner letters by women awaiting deportation to Australia for defrauding the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century; and anonymous letters by the poor demanding money with menaces. Comparison with the Mayhew Corpus of interviews with the London poor in the 1850s reinforces the idea that part of the writers’ approach was to orient away from the vernacular towards a style they perceived to be more elevated. Showing how resourceful people can be in communicating their needs in crises and in turn surfacing new insights into literacy and demotic language awareness, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in corpus linguistics and social history.

Author : Douglas Steeples,David O. Whitten
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313002205

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Democracy in Desperation by Douglas Steeples,David O. Whitten Pdf

The Panic of 1893 and the depression it triggered mark one of the decisive crises in American history. Devastating broad sections of the country like a tidal wave, the depression forced the nation to change its way of life and altered the pattern and pace of national development ever after. The depression served as the setting for the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial society, exposed grave economic and social problems, sharply tested the country's resourcefulness, reshaped popular thought, and changed the direction of foreign policy. It was a crucible in which the elements of the modern United States were clarified and refined. Yet no study to date has examined the depression in its entirety. This is the first book to treat these disparate matters in detail, and to trace and interpret the business contraction of the 1890s in the context of national economic, political, and social development. Steeples and Whitten first explain the origins of the depression, measure its course, and interpret the business recovery, giving full coverage to structural changes in the economy; namely, the growing importance of manufacturing, emergence of new industries, consolidation of business, and increasing importance of finance capitalism. The remainder of the book examines the depression's impact on society—discussing, for example, unemployment, birth rate, health, and education—and on American culture, politics and international relations. Placing the business collapse at the center of the scene, the book shows how the depression was a catalyst for ushering in a more modern America.

Author : Michael Farris Smith
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316353043

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Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith Pdf

In the vein of Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone and the works of Ron Rash, a novel set in a tough-and-tumble Mississippi town where drugs, whiskey, guns, and the desire for revenge violently intersect. An Amazon Best Book of the Month An Indie Next Pick A Barnes & Noble Discover Pick A Southern Living Best Southern Book of the Year For eleven years the clock has been ticking for Russell Gaines as he sits in Parchman Penitentiary in the Mississippi Delta. His sentence is now up, and he believes his debt has been paid. But when he returns home, he soon discovers that revenge lives and breathes all around him. On the same day that Russell is released from prison, a woman named Maben and her young daughter trudge along the side of the interstate under the punishing summer sun. Desperate and exhausted, the pair spend their last dollar on a room for the night, a night that ends with Maben running through the darkness holding a pistol, and a dead deputy sprawled in the middle o the road in the glow of his own headlights. With the dawn, destinies collide, and Russell is forced to decide whose life he will save--his own or those of the woman and child. Delivered in powerful and lyrical prose, Desperation Road is a story of troubled souls twisted with regret and bound by secrets that stretch over the years and across the land.

Author : Pook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1980603154

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The Book of Pook by Pook Pdf

The complete collection of writings by the legend himself!A few years ago there was a man who posted on a PUA forum called So Suave and had his own blog called Pook's Mill. His basic message was that the PUA techniques were too simple, and focused on external manipulations, and focusing on others rather than focusing on yourself and your own masculinity.Sadly Pook disappeared from the scene, but his teachings live on in this ebook.