By Popular Demand

By Popular Demand
Author: Jess Vallance
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2019-06-13
Genre:
ISBN: 1471407691

The third book in a brilliantly funny YA series featuring the trials and embarrassing tribulations of teenager Gracie Dart. 'Gracie Dart is the screamingly funny YA heroine I've been waiting for' - Harriet Reuter Hapgood When Gracie realises that she is the only person in her group of friends who has not been invited to THE party of the year, Gracie decides to do something about it. Gracie being Gracie does nothing by halves, and goes into overdrive turning herself into the most popular person around. As ever, Gracie overdoes it - with some very funny results ... and perhaps Gracie will find out the value of true friendship along the way.

Sail Away Patsy

Sail Away Patsy
Author: Leena Clover
Publisher: Leena Clover
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2024-10-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A summer cruise. Horseplay and hijinks. And DEATH on the high seas! Starry eyed intern Meg Butler has embarked on her dream job, only to be thwarted at the first step. No, she didn't mean to poison the guests at the Sail Away party. Her boss thinks otherwise and is ready to send her back home. When a healthy young man is found dead in his cabin, Meg thinks its murder! But who will believe her? Flanked by a motley group of interns and crew members, Meg stumbles her way across Alaska, separating the clues from the red herrings, determined to find the guilty passenger. Meanwhile, things are going wrong across the ship and Meg is blamed for them. Can she save her own neck while hunting down a cold blooded killer? Sail Away Patsy is the first in a humorous, action packed cruise ship cozy mystery series featuring a daredevil amateur sleuth. She speaks before she thinks and can be a bit too smug at times but she gets the job done. Get ready to travel the world with Meg Butler.

Beauty Queen

Beauty Queen
Author: Julia London
Publisher: Julia London
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2011-07-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1452450390

Nothing Will Come Between Us

Nothing Will Come Between Us
Author: Josiah Jay Starr
Publisher: Spirit of 1811 Publishing
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2022-01-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1953102069

It’s a dangerous post-Reparations world, but Agent Nuria Sellers is no stranger to war and sacrifice. After losing her left arm battling White Extremists, the brave amputee, instantly became a Foundational Black Americans hero. Despite all the glory and acclaim, Nuria’s professional success has come at a tremendous personal price. Physically disabled and suffering from PTSD, she struggles to find happiness in a floundering marriage that is totally consumed by mistrust, jealousy and painful conflict. Her personal life is in utter turmoil, but for Nuria, ensuring the safety of her California based Reparations Colony is what defines her existence. A lethal attack from shadowy Anti-Black forces challenges Nuria to find her inner strength and somehow protect her colony’s political gains. While pursuing the culprits, Nuria’s already battered spirit comes face to face with the hidden demons of her personal life. Join Nuria Sellers as she embarks upon a turbulent journey towards self-realization and God’s truth. Explore a post-Reparations society that is rife with calculated deceit, forbidden technology and competing value systems. “Nothing Will Come Between Us” is provocative, aggressive, political and uncompromising. Spirit of 1811 Publishing By Josiah Jay Starr, Author of the Groundbreaking novel, "War Of The Heart: An Achim Jeffers Novel"

Ya Gotta Know It!

Ya Gotta Know It!
Author: Hania Hassan
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2010-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1426945280

Originally published: Berkeley, Calif.: Optima Books, c2000.

End Game

End Game
Author: William Bahl
Publisher: Bahl & Nash Audio Solutions
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre: Art
ISBN:

In a race against time, survivors of a terrible global disaster must struggle against treacherous creatures and each other before it is too late. Luke, a survivor from the wastelands outside Hampton Flats, finds a treatment holding the mutations in his body at bay. He has learned to cope with his condition and thrive, leading a productive life and helping to build a new community. We enter Luke's life as the device that has allowed him to live normally among the other survivors is breaking down. The Chamber, the only known treatment for victims of mysterious creatures roaming the lands outside, will soon fail. There is only one chance to fix the device, allowing Luke and many others to stay alive, or at least continue being human. With people he trusts, Luke sets out for another settlement that may hold the answers. Roger is a man trying to get by as best he can. Living in the small community of Jacksonville, Roger and his partner scavenge the countryside for resources to sustain themselves and their people. Finding a woman who has just crashed her car on their way back from scavenging, Roger and his partner, Jensen, decide to rescue her. Little do they know she will prove troublesome beyond their imagination. Healed up from a recent attack outside the gates that nearly took his life, Roger's world is turned upside down when a monstrous creature attacks Jacksonville. His community lies in ruins, and his friends are missing. Roger agrees to join Luke in tracking down the mysterious woman who fled during Jacksonville's attack and find the one man who may be able to fix The Chamber. Join along with these reluctant heroes in their quest, overcoming dangerous beasts and themselves to stay alive in the face of impending doom.

Billboard

Billboard
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1949-09-03
Genre:
ISBN:

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

Entrys

Entrys
Author: Peter Bacho
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780824829452

After being wounded in Vietnam, nineteen-year-old Rico Divina is sent home to a string of low-paying jobs and shabby apartments while trying to cope with the demons inside him. As an "Indipino" (half Yakima, half Filipino), Rico has come up against obstacles all his life--those of race, culture, nationality, and now the experience of war--that have left him without hope. In time he embarks on a course that is self-destructive and increasingly violent. People and situations present themselves, offering him the chance to turn his life around, but Rico, whether from lack of faith or pride, rejects them. The only thing that sustains him is writing his own story with a happy ending--something he has long suspected he will never have.

Dreamer

Dreamer
Author: Phillip L. Davidson
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440149283

Is the Dreamer good or evil? As war looms between Britain and Argentina over the barren Falkland Islands, Major David Elliott is having nightmares. Long ago, in a dark jungle near Cambodia, he failed to do his duty. That duty was to execute a member of his team. David s weakness eventually led to his team s capture. Tortured by the Viet Cong, they revealed the dark secrets of the CIA s Phoenix program. Forced to leave the service in disgrace, his men now live in the darkness . What do the dreams mean for them? David s wife, Sonia, sees them as harbingers of evil things to come. A revolutionary in Argentina before the war, she escaped to America and became a citizen. Now, Captain Alvarez, head of the Argentine Secret Police, wants her back. He devises a plan that lures her into returning to Argentina where she is imprisoned on Los Estados Island. Meanwhile, a mystical creature has summoned David and his former team to gather once more to honor the covenant, a pact they made with each other when they believed their lives were coming to an end. Together, with an errant priest, Father Perez, they reluctantly agree to assault Los Estados and free Sonia. As they travel across Mexico, Central and South America, they encounter the CIA, Contras in Nicaragua, the M-19 narco terrorist group and the United States Navy; while all along being shadowed by the mystical entity. Is the entity God or Satan? Will submitting to the will of the entity allow David and his men to stand in the light of men once again? Is the Dreamer good or evil? You decide. "Dreamer" is a tale of redemption, honor, courage, belief in God and betrayal!

Stranded in Oasis: Book 1 in Oasis Series

Stranded in Oasis: Book 1 in Oasis Series
Author: Verna Clay
Publisher: M.O.I. Publishing
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2014-01-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Oasis Series (Romance in the Grand Canyon State): Stranded in Oasis; Branded in Oasis; Crashed in Oasis At first, Maximilian Rutherford III is stunned, and then he's angry. Six months living in the Arizona desert isn't his lifestyle. However, the mandate issued by Max I, his grandfather, is clear--manage a trailer and RV Park or lose his inheritance. Max III, hotshot corporate exec has managed billion dollar companies, but now he's supposed to oversee a trailer park! Pilar Armstrong loves her home in the small community of Oasis located in beautiful Arizona. Sunrises and sunsets make for the beginnings and endings of perfect days. When the new park manager arrives she recognizes in him the same ambition as in her ex-husband and determines to avoid him at all costs. Her resolve fails, however, when he makes changes that affect her beloved neighbors. Maybe it's time to set "Ruthless Rutherford" straight. Will Max and Pilar, opposite in every way, find that forever kind of love? The journey to that answer is endearing, funny, and surprising for both of them.