It Begins

Author : Joan Dempsey
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781631523090

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This Is How It Begins by Joan Dempsey Pdf

“In a time when religious liberty is on trial, This Is How It Begins is an extraordinarily pertinent novel dripping in suspense and powerful scenes of political discourse . . . a must read . . .” —Foreword (starred review) “Beautifully written . . . an ambitious and moving debut novel.” —Lily King, the New York Times best-selling author of Writers & Lovers A woman bearing a thorny secret. A man fighting for religious freedom. A battle neither saw coming. Massachusetts, 2009. Ludka Zeilonka is relishing her emeritus status. With the horrors of World War II willfully buried in her past, the eighty-five year-old art professor doesn’t want to accept that there’s escalating cultural unrest in her adoptive country. But when her gay grandson is fired for allegedly silencing Christian kids in his classroom, she and her influential family are thrust into the center of a political firestorm. Warren Meck is worried about his sons. Leading a statewide effort to protect free speech in public schools for Christian kids, the popular radio host is on the cusp of taking his fight to the State House. But when his carefully orchestrated campaign turns unexpectedly violent, he’s alarmed by suspicions that someone within his inner circle might be responsible. As the increasingly vicious conflict plays out on the public stage, Ludka wrestles with resurfacing memories . . . and the exposure of a well-guarded secret. And when Meck identifies the culprit behind the violence, he faces an unbearable choice that could jeopardize his family's future. Can these two come to grips with unwelcome truths in time to make a stand in the final political showdown? This Is How It Begins is an emotionally gripping literary novel. If you like even-handed stories about hot-button social issues, rich character development, and thought-provoking narratives, then you'll love Joan Dempsey's captivating page-turner.

Author : Wayne Fuller
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780738849881

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And So It Begins by Wayne Fuller Pdf

“And So It Begins,” by Wayne Fuller, brings to reality the feelings of a man that was forced into retirement by a company rule. Carl Richard Wilson, who was a success in his own right, was forced into retirement under the “Mandatory Retirement at Age Seventy Rule” his company had established. He then tried to surmise what had been his purpose in life and began thinking about what he had accomplished and what was left to be done. He read a poem from a book his daughter had given him for a fiftieth wedding anniversary gift. The poem he read was “RETURN” and he began thinking about a much earlier time in his life. Now he was recalling the happy times spent on a farm in Mississippi with his aunt, uncle, and cousins during the summer and winter of 1931 when he was five years old. Their teachings that he had learned remained etched in his memory and were used throughout his life. He and his five year old cousin Jess were inseparable and built a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Enjoy browsing around the farm and sharing the simplicity of life then as seen through the eyes of two innocent, but curious five year olds.

Author : Eileen Dreyer
Publisher : Forever Yours
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781455519316

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It Begins with a Kiss by Eileen Dreyer Pdf

A Drake's Rakes Short Story! Fiona Ferguson wants nothing more than to flee Miss Lavinia Chase's Finishing School. Rather than the safe haven the girls' families presume it to be, the school is intent on making its charges conform to the rules-by any means necessary. For Fiona, the only thing worse than staying at the dreaded "Last Chance Academy" would be abandoning the friends she's made there. But when she receives word from home that her sister is in trouble, Fiona plots her escape . . . A devoted spy in service to the Crown, Alex Knight takes his duties very seriously. His latest assignment-to ensure that the incorrigible Fiona remain safely at school-turns out to be far more of a challenge than he expected. After matching wits with the fiery Scottish beauty, he learns that the greatest danger of all . . . begins with a kiss. This download includes a sneak peak from the first book in the Drake's Rakes series, Barely a Lady!

Author : Simonne Tracia
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781483680170

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Life Revelations - It Begins with an End by Simonne Tracia Pdf

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Dalai Lama At a crossroad where all my dreams and everything in my life were shattered, I knew I had failed terribly in my life and bad enough that I wanted to end my life. Suicide was on my mind, but it was not the solution to all the problems, to any life crisis, be it emotional, mental, physical, or social. If you want your life to change, new choices and actions must be aligned to your desired future. Each new day is an opportunity to fulfi l your dreams and potentials. Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living life creatively. You either have no goal that is important enough to you or you are not using your talents and efforts in striving for an important goal. Maxwell Maltz Live the life that you want... make that change Its your place in the world; its your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.

Author : Richie Tankersley Cusick
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101567654

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The Unseen 1 It Begins by Richie Tankersley Cusick Pdf

Out walking alone one rainy night, Lucy becomes convinced that someone—or something—is following her. Spooked, she ducks into a cemetery to try and lose her stalker. Panicking in the darkness, she slips and stumbles into an open grave—only to discover she is not alone in there. . . . Lucy manages to escape, but she doesn’t get away unscathed. She begins having terrifying visions and dreams—and she still can’t shake the feeling of an unseen presence, always watching, waiting. . . . Who was the girl in the grave? And what has she done to Lucy?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781612157092

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Will's Purpose: The End is Near, And So It Begins by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edwin Baldry
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781632994608

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It Begins with Please and Doesn't End with Thank You by Edwin Baldry Pdf

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO "PLEASE" AND "THANK YOU"? ​We live in a world where respect, gratitude, and appreciation have been replaced by efficiency, dismissiveness, and even fear of genuine connection. Sometimes, we don't stare up from our screens and devices long enough to realize there is even another person on the other side of the tweet or email. "Is anybody out there?" One thing is for sure: this speed of life has taken a toll on our basic use of good manners and etiquette. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the decline of professional business communications. But manners and etiquette can be a powerful tool for business and sales success. It Begins with Please and Doesn't End with Thank You will show you how to regain those tools and techniques of bygone eras and update them for the digital today. This how-to guide and go-to resource takes the concepts of "please" and "thank you" into every realm where you engage with clients and prospects-from your first hellos and emails, phone and video calls, to conference rooms and restaurants. With his "return to the personal" philosophy, sales veteran Edwin P. Baldry breaks down the practices, principles, and protocols for successful business dealings and relationship-building. Via tips, tools, and humorous tales, Baldry shows how to tap into the often-overlooked power of manners to improve your business relationships, and how to transfer etiquette into sales performance.

Author : Hana Shafi
Publisher : Book*hug
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 1771664436

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It Begins with the Body by Hana Shafi Pdf

Poetry. Art. IT BEGINS WITH THE BODY by Hana Shafi explores the milestones and hurdles of a brown girl coming into her own. Shafi's poems display a raw and frank intimacy and address anxiety, unemployment, heartbreak, relationships, identity, and faith. Accompanied by Shafi's candid illustrations that share the same delightful mixture of grotesque and humour found in her poems, IT BEGINS WITH THE BODY navigates the highs and lows of youth. It is about feeling like an outsider, and reconciling with pain and awkwardness. It's about arguing with your mum about wanting to wax off your unibrow to the first time you threw up in a bar in your twenties, and everything in between. Funny and raw, personal and honest, Shafi's exciting debut is about finding the right words you wished you had found when you needed them the most.

Author : Rachel Abbott
Publisher : Black Dot Publishing Limited
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1999943716

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And So It Begins by Rachel Abbott Pdf

From the multi-million bestselling author of COME A LITTLE CLOSER and SLEEP TIGHT, comes a dark, tense and creepy psychological thriller about murder. But was the victim innocent, or guilty of a crime of their own? Where does murder begin? And is there ever an acceptable defence?

Author : LaTanya McQueen
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781625571069

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And It Begins Like This by LaTanya McQueen Pdf

LaTanya McQueen's essays offer a bold examination of the weight history, both personal and societal, places on our present moment. And it Begins Like This is a book brave enough to challenge our accepted notions of the past to put black women in their rightful place, in the forefront of the ongoing struggle for dignity and equality. It's a book that is both moving and absolutely necessary.

Author : Colleen Hoover
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781668001226

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It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover Pdf

PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: IT ENDS WITH US, ISBN 9781501110368. Before 'It Ends with Us', it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favourite Atlass side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the glorious and touching (USA TODAY) 'It Ends With Us'.

Author : Iona Whishaw
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771512626

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It Begins in Betrayal by Iona Whishaw Pdf

Finalist for a 2019 Lefty Award The fourth book in what the Globe and Mail has proclaimed “a terrific series” by “a writer to watch.” Summer descends over the picturesque King’s Cove as Darling and Lane’s mutual affection blossoms. But their respite from solving crime is cut short when a British government official arrives in Nelson to compel Darling to return to England for questioning about the death of a rear gunner under his command in 1943. In Darling’s absence, Ames oversees the investigation into the suspicious death of a local elderly woman and uncovers a painful betrayal inflicted forty years earlier. Meanwhile, Lane follows Darling to London, where he is charged with murder and faces hanging. While desperately seeking answers, Lane is presented with a proposal that could save the man she loves, but only if she returns to the very life she sought to leave behind.

Author : Stephanie Calmenson,Marisabina Russo
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Alphabet rhymes.
ISBN : 1562821229

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It Begins with an A by Stephanie Calmenson,Marisabina Russo Pdf

Rhyming riddles challenge the reader to guess objects beginning with letters A to Z.

Author : Jeremy Popkin
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465096671

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A New World Begins by Jeremy Popkin Pdf

From an award-winning historian, a “vivid” (Wall Street Journal) account of the revolution that created the modern world The French Revolution’s principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society—even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning is more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and Black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship, A New World Begins will stand as the definitive treatment of the French Revolution.

Author : David Sherman,Jack Campbell
Publisher : Dark Quest, LLC
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0979690153

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So It Begins by David Sherman,Jack Campbell Pdf

Experience the Human Cost of War! The battle rages on in book two of the award-winning Defending the Future series. Witness sixteen accounts of hardcore military science fiction, from planetside combat to fleet actions up among the stars. Featuring the works of David Sherman, Charles E. Gannon, John C. Wright, James Daniel Ross, Jonathan Maberry, James Chambers, Patrick Thomas, Andy Remic, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Jeffrey Lyman, Jack Campbell, Mike McPhail, Bud Sparhawk, Tony Ruggiero, and C.J. Henderson. Praise for Breach The Hull, Book One in the Defending the Future series Winner of the 2007 Dream Realm Award "There is more than enough great SF in Breach the Hull for any true fan of the genre, military or not." - Will McDermott, author of Lasgun Wedding "I enjoyed this book and heartily recommend it." -Sam Tomaino, Space and Time Magazine "Pick up Breach the Hull. You're sure to find stories that you like." -David Sherman, author of the DemonTech series and co-author of the Starfist series "[Breach the Hull] kicks down the doors in a way that allows anyone access to the genre[ . . . ]it read like a bunch of soldiers sitting around swapping stories of the wars. Fun, fast-paced, and packed with action. I give it a thumbs up." -Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker Award-winning author "[Breach the Hull] is worth the purchase. I normally don't partake of anthologies as a general rule . . . but Mike McPhail has done a great job in making me rethink this position." -Peter Hodges, Reviewer "Breach the Hull is full of excellent stories, no two of which are the same. While similar themes crop up throughout, each writer has managed to take the subgenre and make it his own." -John Ottinger III, Grasping for the Wind Reviews "A collection of military science fiction from a well mixed group of authors, both new and established. Found it a good source for some new authors to investigate." -Tony Finan, Philly Geeks