Ciara's Diary

Ciara's Diary
Author: Ciara King
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2017-08-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0717178900

The year is 1999. Connemara is braced for the new millennium. 'No Scrubs' rules the airwaves, bootleg DVDs of Cruel Intentions are thrilling crowds of sexually progressive teens, and if you're not matching combat trousers with platforms, you are nobody. In the midst of this perplexing world, a girl named Ciara, inspired by her heroes Anne Frank and Aung San Suu Kyi, begins to document her not dissimilar struggles – against pushy parents, mysterious boys and the stubborn non-appearance of boobs. The road ahead will be tough, but she must persevere: How else will she find fame, fortune and love in the spandex-clad arms of Dean Cain? Based on the cult radio segment of the same name, Ciara's Diary is a fresh and funny trip through the warped mind of a turn-of-the-century teenager. The spiritual successor to Adrian Mole, albeit with more shifting, Ciara's Diary is a must-read for anyone who remembers dancing to 'Maniac 2000' at the parish disco.

Friend Or Foe

Friend Or Foe
Author: Imani Black
Publisher: Urban Renaissance
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2021-04-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1645561976

Detective Simpson must navigate the seedy underworld to find a killer before more bodies start piling up. But first, he must fight off the demons of his past and decide where his loyalties lie--with the NYPD, or with the hood he grew up in. When former drug kingpin Keith "Big K" Turner is released from prison after serving sixteen years, things aren't as they once were. Not only has the neighborhood he once reigned over changed; his entire family has changed as well. When his wife, Desiree, is found murdered, all fingers point to Big K's enemies in the streets. But that may be just the way the killer wants it to seem. When Detective Brice Simpson, the newly dubbed "hood detective" takes the case, he sets out to find the killer just like with any other case. But Detective Simpson soon finds himself up against some of the hood's most dangerous people, some of whom he grew up with. With his loyalties being tested, Detective Simpson soon realizes that no matter how street smart he is, no one in the hood can be eliminated as a suspect in Desiree's murder. With a list of suspects that include a husband, a daughter, a son, and some of the most dangerous street enemies, Detective Simpson will have his work cut out for him. Will he survive, or will someone try to eliminate him before he gets too close to the truth?

Motherland

Motherland
Author: ANATORIA JENKINS
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2011-11-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1467885851

Leah was somewhat aware of the powerful forces in her upbringing. It was an existence with not much interference from modern day technology. Theirs was a livelihood of barely getting by, yet never short of fulfilment. She was the youngest of the siblings growing up in a village, right in the heart of rural Africa. With a multitude of brothers and sisters before her, was she to simply follow a very distinctive path. How was she to mould her own being within a network of relationships, values and expectations? It has never been more difficult to distinguish between reality and imagination.

Erin's Diary: An Official Derry Girls Book

Erin's Diary: An Official Derry Girls Book
Author: Lisa McGee
Publisher: Trapeze
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-11-12
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1841884421

Set in Derry, Northern Ireland in the 1990s, Derry Girls is a candid, one-of-a-kind comedy about what it's like to be a teenage girl living amongst conflict. It's a time of armed police in armoured Land Rovers and British Army check points. But it's also the time of Murder She Wrote, The Cranberries, Salt-N-Pepa, Doc Martens and The X Files. And while The Troubles may hang over her hometown, Erin has troubles of her own, like the fact that the boy she's in love with (actually in LOVE with) doesn't know she exists. Or that her Ma and Aunt Sarah make her include her weirdo cousin Orla in everything she does. Or that head teacher Sister Michael refuses to acknowledge Erin as a literary genius. Not to mention the fact that her second best friend has ALMOST had sex, whereas Erin's never even kissed anyone yet. These are Erin's Troubles. Described by the Guardian as 'daft, profane and absolutely brilliant', by the New Statesman as 'pitch-perfect' and by i-D as 'the greatest show on British (and Irish) TV', Derry Girls has dazzled audiences, with Channel 4's biggest UK comedy launch since 2004 and the biggest television series in Northern Ireland since modern records began. Now, alongside the third series, comes the first official tie-in. With Erin's inner take on everything that has happened so far, this book will both dive deeper into the events we have seen unfold on the screen and unveil brand new stories. Complete with newspaper clippings, doodles, school reports, handwritten notes, and much much more, Erin's Diary is a must-have for fans.

The Second Diary

The Second Diary
Author: Ciara Threadgoode
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781482639988

Some people keep diaries that merely record the forgettable tidbits of their daily life. Dorothy Rose Nolte Hughes had one of those. But after her passing, her cherished granddaughter Cherry found another one that proved to be the tell-it-like-it-really-is version. It revealed family secrets that may have otherwise been buried forever; the romantic conspiracies of two generations. Granny's spunk shined radiantly through each page. She'd turned some colorful phrases; earthy to be sure, and perhaps for some, even blushworthy. For Cherry and husband Gene, who with their six Doxie kids had spent their every day with Granny during her physically- challenging last months, this newfound treasure was delightfully funny. And deeply endearing. They discovered the true power of fairy tales; like those that had transported her to happier places and happier times during her somber last days. But the fairy tale that was Cherry's last gift to her grandmother, was the best one yet.

Biocode: Discovery

Biocode: Discovery
Author: Terence McAdams
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2024-04-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 103586228X

When Ciara arrives on Alcyone, the Taniwha initiate an audacious assault aimed at her capture. They have amassed a formidable invasion force but need Ciara’s singular ability to navigate the wormhole. Narrowly evading capture, she returns to Earth, only to find herself the quarry of a secretive faction known as ‘Ananke’. Accused of smuggling weapons of mass destruction into South Korea, she is confined within the stark walls of a police cell. While there, Ciara has a vision of Scottie on the precipice of death at Kealakekua Bay on the day of James Cook’s demise. Through her visions of naval officer William Hartley, Ciara learns that Ananke agents are Taniwha with human hosts. Over the centuries, they have shifted from person to person, infiltrating governments and the world’s most influential organisations. When a startling discovery forces Ciara to return to Alcyone, she faces the challenge of mastering time travel to retrieve a critical artefact. Can she elude the clutches of Ananke, save Scottie’s life, and halt the Taniwha invasion?

Mum to Mum

Mum to Mum
Author: Coleen Nolan
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2010-02-05
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0283071273

A book to bring laughter, consolation and solid advice for every mum who's found herself wandering blearily round her kitchen in a milk-stained dressing gown, too exhausted by yet another sleepless night to remember what day of the week it is, or been left wondering where it all went wrong as her teenager screams, 'I hate you!' and storms out of the room. Coleen has been a stay-at-home mum and a working mum, steered her children through toddler tantrums and sibling rivalry, helped with their homework and cheered them on at football, handled their heartbreak at her divorce and the transition to living with a stepfather. She knows how rewarding motherhood is, and how hard. In this book she shares some of her funniest and happiest moments as a mother, as well as the frustrations and tough times every parent faces. She also gives lots of tried and tested, practical advice for each stage of your child's development as well as tips on dealing with issues like bullying, bereavement and divorce. Above all, she reassures us that real mums aren't always perfect, and no one gets it right all the time. Loving your kids and doing your best is what matters.

Pretending

Pretending
Author: Caroline Williams
Publisher:
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2006
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Martina is in love with Cuan. Eleanor used to be in love with Cuan. In fact, sooner or later, everyone falls for Cuan, but he can't fall in love with anyone - and he wishes that people would stop looking for something that he cannot give. Everyone is about to learn that true love has no rules.

The Most Wonderful Years

The Most Wonderful Years
Author: Anatoria Jenkins
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2018-04-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1546291601

Readers are not only taken aback in time and place; this script of fiction is created from real life events. It is narrated in the most hilarious, fascinating and inspirational manner, to amuse both the young and the adult audience. Youngsters growing up within Zimbabwes countryside, a rural community that was dominated by traditional small-scale farming, where parents intended to make better the future of their offspring. The most fulfilling way of life, yet very basic and simple. It was an existence with not much interference from modern day technology. The years when social media was nonexistent. For most, it was a livelihood of barely getting by, yet never short of fulfilment. There is a neighbouring modern settlement, for which its influence on the villagers at the time, could never be denied. A bus ride away is Harare, the capital city, of which some have close connections with. Leah, is the youngest of the siblings, with several brothers and sisters before her, was she to simply follow a very distinctive path. Somewhat aware of the powerful forces in their upbringing. How would the youngsters mould their own beings, within a network of relationships, values and expectations alongside the forbidden? Central to a community influenced by the patriarchal and customary conservative conforms. Things do happen, and when they do, how does one move on? Decades later, Leah, is seen again fully established within the diaspora-London. Where her daughter Ciara is from another era.

Biocode: Resolution

Biocode: Resolution
Author: Terence McAdams
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2024-01-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1035845164

Multispectral signatures matching those of the Pleiades’ spacecraft have been detected on three different Pacific islands. Ciara and her friends journey to these locations only to discover that they are interconnected by a wormhole, serving as a portal to Earth’s twin planet. However, this connection has become unstable, generating high-intensity gravity fields that result in space-time distortions. Ciara’s life is threatened when she is transported back in time to be captured by the Taniwha, a supernatural being from Māori mythology. Ciara’s visions of her ancestor, 18th-century naval officer William Hartley, shed light on her own predicament. However, Hartley has been wrongfully accused of murdering Royal Society artist, Elliot Loundes. Unless the timeline can be restored, Ciara’s existence will come to an abrupt end. Can she and her friends outsmart the Taniwha, rescue her ancestor from the gallows, and stabilize the wormhole? The task will demand a sacrifice that few would be willing to make.