Grandma Josefina and the Heroic Boy

Grandma Josefina and the Heroic Boy
Author: Joseph P. Policape
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2013-05-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1483641902

A story of innocence and intrigue about a beautiful, selfish grandmother bent upon destroying her grandson who possesses remarkable, spiritual powers that will expose her cherished secret in a small, quiet town in southern Haiti. What happens when a community of witches led by Josefina Bergin Cadet confronts an army of one, uncompromising Christian boy child, Jaclyn Flaubert. Grandma Josefina and the Heroic Boy are the explosive results of this great spiritual warfare that takes place in the environs of Bainet, Haiti.

Inquiries in Philosophical Pragmatics

Inquiries in Philosophical Pragmatics
Author: Fabrizio Macagno
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 303056696X

Together with the first volume “Inquiries in philosophical pragmatics: Theoretical developments,” this book collects contributions that represent the state of the art on the interconnection between pragmatics and philosophy. While the first volume presents the philosophical dimension of pragmatics, showing the path from theoretical advances to practical uses and approaches, this second volume offers a specular view on this discipline. Instead of adopting the top-down view of the first volume, this collection of eleven chapters starts from the analysis of linguistic data – which include texts and discourses in different languages, different types of dialogues, different types of interactions, and different modes for expressing meaning – looking for the regularities that govern our production and processing. The chapters are ordered according to their relationship with the themes and methods that define the field of pragmatics. The more explored and classical linguistic issues such as prototype-based generalizations, scalar implicatures, and temporal ordering, lead gradually to the more recent and debated topic of slurs and pejorative language, and finally to the interdisciplinary and more pioneering works addressing specific context of language use, such as marketplace interactions, courtroom speeches, schizophrenic discourse, literary texts for children, and multimedia communication. Chapter 12 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Damaged Heroes

Damaged Heroes
Author: Amy J. Heart
Publisher: Amy J. Heart
Total Pages: 1106
Release: 2020-02-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

LOVING L L: Love is torture. Love is pain. Until the right person at the wrong time changes everything. From living on the streets to a life of luxury, things are finally looking up for me. Then I meet Eden. Sweet. Beautiful. Everything I ever dreamed of...and controlled by the monster who hides in the shadows of my past. Blackmail. Corruption. Even murder. Am I prepared to do the unthinkable to keep her safe? Damn right I am. I don't want to love her. She should run from me. Fast. But I can't seem to let her go. This book deals with dark subjects that some may find triggering. * Hero suffered physical abuse as an adolescent. * Flashbacks to emotional abuse. TEMPTING IVY Nico: Ivy doesn’t believe in fated love or dating younger guys, especially ones that sing in bands. What might people think of her? Me? I don’t give a damn. To say I'm confident is an understatement. Any woman I want is mine. But from the moment this girl looks at me with her big stormy eyes, I’m done for. She thinks I’m too young, but I know I’m her man. And now I’ve got a brand-new hobby—tempting Ivy every chance I get. SAVING SOUTH South: With my band’s album skyrocketing up the charts, the last thing I want is a girlfriend. And I sure as hell don’t do love. But Mia won’t stop staring at me with those big beautiful eyes. She doesn’t know how damaged I am. How unworthy of her devotion. To protect her, I must do my best to ignore her. Until the night I make a terrible mistake. And now she’s all I think about. Mia: One glimpse of South’s photo and it’s a serious case of insta-lust. Then I meet him in person, and all bets are off. I’m determined to make the blue-eyed rocker mine. At least for a night or two. But who knew that he’d want everything? Except the secret I vow to keep from him. Even it breaks our hearts.  If you love tales of damaged heroes with lots of heart, angst, and steam, then this series is for you!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1976
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780871292209

What happens when the five luckiest children in the entire world walk through the doors of Willy Wonka's famous, mysterious chocolate factory? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka's orders? In Dahl's most popular story, the nasty are punished and the good are deliciously, sumptuously rewarded. "From the Hardcover edition."

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1984
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780871298874

Charlie vindt een van de vijf gouden wikkels. Daarmee wint hij een rondleiding door de chocoladefabriek van Willie Wonka. Het wordt de heerlijkste dag van zijn leven! Vanaf ca. 10 jaar.

Josefina's Honor

Josefina's Honor
Author: Lillian Lee Liss
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2011-08-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 145672794X

Just a blurb at the bottom of the sports page of the Daily News, a piece about four lines long, said, "Boxer Jerry Flowers and his acknowledged paramour found dead in his estranged wife's Brooklyn apartment. Police are terming the deaths a 'murder-suicide.'" No other details mentioned the bizarre circumstances surrounding the affair. Nothing told of the passions, the love, hate,sex and superstitions that twisted the case from start to finish. The murderer left a trail a mile wide. The police could have followed the trail except for the relationship that developed between the "wronged widow" and the precinct police chief. The case closed very quickly. But not the repercussions that reached into all the families involved -- into the next generation and beyond. Did the death of the lovers satify the killer? Was there punishment for the crime? Who paid the Piper? The tale winds from the streets of a small Italian hamlet to a Brooklyn neighborhood with the feel of a village. We meet people of differing cultures and customs that play a strong role in the lives and deaths. Right to the end.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: a Play

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: a Play
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2007-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0142407909

Five children find entry tickets to Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. The tour brings out the best and worst in them.

Long Night's Journey into Day

Long Night's Journey into Day
Author: James Emery White
Publisher: WaterBrook
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-12-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 030776897X

Struggling with life's dark side? Longing for change? Begin the journey toward a transformed life! Many of us look at our lives and wish we could experience lasting life-change. We long to live in the light of our relationship with God, but find that we often reside in the troubling darkness of temptation. It's time to step onto the path that God has laid out for us, the only path that will lead us toward the life we long for. It's time to embark on a Long Night's Journey into Day. Using three keys found in Scripture, you can embark on the journey that leads to personal transformation. Lay hold of the desire, knowledge, and power that make it possible to move away from sin and replace it with life-giving virtue. As pastor and author James Emery White examines the eight basic sins from which all others grow, he also reveals the virtues that counter each sin. By recognizing sin for what it is and practicing the virtues that offset it, we can journey toward lasting life-change that draws from God’s incredible power. Find out what can happen to a life lived in full partnership with the living God. Set out on the path of personal transformation, the life that becomes a Long Night's Journey into Day.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2007-08-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101652969

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world’' first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable, intergalactic joyride.

Leper Spy

Leper Spy
Author: Ben Montgomery
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2016-10-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1613734336

The GIs called her Joey. Hundreds owed their lives to the tiny Filipina who stashed explosives in spare tires, tracked Japanese troop movements, and smuggled maps of fortifications across enemy lines. As the Battle of Manila raged, Josefina Guerrero walked through gunfire to bandage wounds and close the eyes of the dead. Her valor earned her the Medal of Freedom, but what made her a good spy was also destroying her: leprosy, which so horrified the Japanese they refused to search her. After the war, army chaplains found her in a nightmarish leper colony and fought for the US government to do something it had never done: welcome a foreigner with leprosy. This brought her celebrity, which she used to publicly speak for other sufferers. However, the notoriety haunted her and she sought a way to disappear. Ben Montgomery now brings Guerrero's heroic accomplishments to light.