White Sister

Author : Stephen J. Cannell
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429902632

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White Sister by Stephen J. Cannell Pdf

ONE IS his beloved. Leaving L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully and his wife, Alexa, agree to meet at home...but Alexa never arrives. Then Shane's called to a crime scene on Mulholland Drive, where the victim, an apparent gang member, has been executed—and left in Alexa's car. Her gun is the likely murder weapon. THE OTHER Is his Nemesis. As Shane desperately tries to find Alexa, his leads point to a feud between two gangsta-rap record companies, both heavily manned by Crips and Bloods. At the center of this war is a ruthless, beautiful Lady Macbeth-like white woman raised in Compton. Married to a multi-millionaire rap mogul, she is known as the White Sister. It's his worst nightmare come true... Shane is no stranger to big trouble, but he's never before been smeared as a "racist cop" or thrown in jail while there's a hit out on him. Much worse is the unknown fate of Alexa, and the fact that in the mysterious White Sister—who holds the clue to a sinister conspiracy—he may have met his match.

Author : F. Marion Crawford
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547343004

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The White Sister by F. Marion Crawford Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The White Sister" by F. Marion Crawford. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Determination (Personality trait)
ISBN : HARVARD:HWQTWQ

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The White Sister by Francis Marion Crawford Pdf

Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a rich Italian count who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though she stands to inherit a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherit the property herself, throwing her sister Angela into poverty. Fortunately, she is engaged to marry dashing officer Captain Giovani Severini, but he is captured by Arabs on an expedition to Africa. Unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and has returned to Italy, Angela dedicates her life to his memory, becoming a nun. The story describes Angela's renunciation of her love for the artillery officer, her life as the beautiful "white sister" in a convent, and the struggle between her love for the man and the allegiance to the church.

Author : Taslim Burkowicz
Publisher : Fernwood Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781773632421

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The Desirable Sister by Taslim Burkowicz Pdf

Gia and Serena Pirji are sisters, but as the first-generation born in Canada to immigrant parents, their lives play out in different ways because of their skin tone. Gia’s fair skin grants her membership to cliques of white kids as a teen, while Serena’s dark skin means she is labelled as Indian and treated as inferior. This superficial difference, imposed by a society obsessed with skin colour and hierarchy, sets the sisters into a dynamic that plays out throughout their lives. In a world where white skin is preferable, the sisters are pitted against each other through acts of revenge and competition as they experience adultery, ruined friendships, domestic abuse, infertility and motherhood. Taslim Burkowicz’s vivid, sensory-rich writing style brings readers to the party scene in Goa, suburban supermarkets in Vancouver and a safari in Africa, where Gia and Serena navigate through the highs and lows of a tumultuous, loving relationship. The Desirable Sister reveals the bitter games of treachery women are forced to play to achieve the ranks of beauty and success, and ultimately shows the strength of love between sisters.

Author : Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : OSU:32435002556629

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The White Sister by Francis Marion Crawford Pdf

Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a rich Italian count who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though she stands to inherit a large state, her older half-sister burns the will and thus inherits the property herself, throwing her sister Angela into poverty. Fortunately, she is engaged to marry dashing officer Captain Giovanni Severini, but he is captured by Arabs on an expedition to Africa. Unaware that her lover has escaped his captors and has returned to Italy, Angela dedicates her life to his memory, becoming a nun. The story describes Angela's renunciation of her love for the artillery officer, her life as the beautiful "white sister" in a convent, and the struggle between her love for the man and her allegiance to the church.

Author : Amanda White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Beaches
ISBN : 1782852794

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Sand Sister by Amanda White Pdf

A little girl misses having anyone to play with on the beach -- until she realises she can create a companion of her own. But what will she do when her sand sister must return to the sea? This touching story is all about the power of the imagination. AGES: 3-7 AUTHOR: Amanda White was born and brought up in London but now lives with her family in Cornwall, having been lured there by the beautiful landscape and thriving arts scene. An only child herself, she easily identifies with the main character in 'Sand Sister'. Amanda is married to an architect and has three children. ILLUSTRATOR: Yuyi Morales is an award-winning artist, author, puppet maker and former host of a Spanish-language storytelling show. A native of Mexico, Yuyi now lives in California. She says of her work, "What I am trying to do through my books is mostly to surround myself with the things I love, the stories that bring me closer to my homeland, the tales and customs I want my son to know." SELLING POINTS: * Illustrated by Mexican artist Yuyi Morales: Yuyi has worked in acrylics to create an intimate story about the friendship between a child and her imagined playmate * A story of loneliness: Paloma, the main character of this story, is an only child. However, her adventure and her attitude to play will speak to the imaginations of children everywhere * Seaside setting: Wonderful beach and seascapes make this an adventure for the senses in which you can almost feel the hot sun, wet sand and taste the salty waves

Author : John Benjamin Lewis,Charles Carroll Bombaugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Fraud
ISBN : UOM:35112104177268

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Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies by John Benjamin Lewis,Charles Carroll Bombaugh Pdf

Author : Brit Bennett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525536970

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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE* VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST “Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal “A story of absolute, universal timelessness …For any era, it's an accomplished, affecting novel. For this moment, it's piercing, subtly wending its way toward questions about who we are and who we want to be….” – Entertainment Weekly From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect? Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins. As with her New York Times-bestselling debut The Mothers, Brit Bennett offers an engrossing page-turner about family and relationships that is immersive and provocative, compassionate and wise.

Author : Gayle Wald
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780807009895

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Shout, Sister, Shout! by Gayle Wald Pdf

Long before "women in rock" became a media catchphrase, Rosetta Tharpe proved in spectacular fashion that women could rock. Born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, in 1915, she was gospel's first superstar and the preeminent crossover figure of its "golden age" (1945-1965). Everyone who saw her perform said she could "make that guitar talk." Shout, Sister, Shout! is the first biography of this trailblazing performer who influenced scores of popular musicians, from Elvis Presley and Little Richard to Eric Clapton and Bonnie Raitt. An African American guitar virtuoso, Tharpe defied categorization. Blues singer, gospel singer, folk artist, and rock-and-roller, she "went electric" in the late 1930s, amazing northern and southern, U.S. and international, and white and black audiences with her charisma and skill. Ambitious and relentlessly public, Tharpe even staged her own wedding as a gospel concert-in a stadium holding 20,000 people! Wald's eye-opening biography, which draws on the memories of over 150 people who knew or worked with Tharpe, introduces us to this intriguing and forgotten musical heavyweight, forever altering our understanding of both women in rock and U.S. popular music.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Horses
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066661038

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The General Stud Book by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles Wells Moulton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : American poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105027778153

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The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review by Charles Wells Moulton Pdf

Author : Hiram Barrus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Goshen (Mass.)
ISBN : UCAL:B4533514

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History of the Town of Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts by Hiram Barrus Pdf

Author : William Frederick Poole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : PURD:32754066256417

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Poole's Index to Periodical Literature: 1892-1896 by William Frederick Poole Pdf

Author : Anne McCauley
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780300229080

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Clarence H. White and His World by Anne McCauley Pdf

Restoring a gifted art photographer to his place in the American canon and, in the process, reshaping and expanding our understanding of early 20th-century American photography Clarence H. White (1871–1925) was one of the most influential art photographers and teachers of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Photo-Secession. This beautiful publication offers a new appraisal of White’s contributions, including his groundbreaking aesthetic experiments, his commitment to the ideals of American socialism, and his embrace of the expanding fields of photographic book and fashion illustration, celebrity portraiture, and advertising. Based on extensive archival research, the book challenges the idea of an abrupt rupture between prewar, soft-focus idealizing photography and postwar “modernism” to paint a more nuanced picture of American culture in the Progressive era. Clarence H. White and His World begins with the artist’s early work in Ohio, which shares with the nascent Arts and Crafts movement the advocacy of hand production, closeness to nature, and the simple life. White’s involvement with the Photo-Secession and his move to New York in 1906 mark a shift in his production, as it grew to encompass commercial portraiture and an increasing commitment to teaching, which ultimately led him to establish the first institutions in America to combine instruction in both technical and aesthetic aspects of photography. The book also incorporates new formal and scientific analysis of White’s work and techniques, a complete exhibition record, and many unpublished illustrations of the moody outdoor scenes and quiet images of domestic life for which he was revered.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Art criticism
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030038724789

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Atlantic Monthly by Anonim Pdf