Julia's Broken Heart

Julia's Broken Heart
Author: Jim Gable
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2011-02-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1450230474

Have you ever had a dream or maybe a vision that woke you from a night of sleep? A dream filled with pain, mystery, and joy? So real you thought it could really be true. It happened to me one night. What I saw was a young girl name Julia, three, maybe four years of age, being abducted from a parking lot to disappear for over twenty years.Th e ordeal and heart break of her disappearance took the mother in and out of mental institutions trying to find her way back to normality. The child, the daughter, being persuaded into a life of pretense and deceit. Through all the years that passed finally brought each other together with a realization of what is real and what isnt.

The Blindness of the Heart

The Blindness of the Heart
Author: Julia Franck
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802196217

The international phenomenon and winner of the German Book Prize. “A devastating novel about war, love, and the art of survival” (Marie Claire). Julia Franck’s unforgettable English-language debut, The Blindness of the Heart is a dark marvel of a novel by one of Europe’s freshest young voices—a family story spanning two world wars and several generations in a German family. In the devastating opening scene, a woman named Helene stands with her seven-year-old son in a provincial German railway station in 1945 amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west. Having survived with him through the horror and deprivation of the war years, she abandons him on the station platform and never returns. The story quickly circles back to Helene’s childhood with her sister Martha in rural Germany, which came to an abrupt end with the outbreak of the First World War. Their father is sent to the eastern front, and their Jewish mother withdraws from the hostility of her surroundings into a state of mental confusion. As we follow Helene into adulthood, we watch riveted as the costs of survival and ill-fated love turn her into a woman capable of the unforgiveable. “Enthralling, richly imagined and remorseless.” —The New York Times Book Review “Spellbinding . . . The young woman at the center of Julia Franck’s acclaimed novel The Blindness of the Heart ranks among the most haunting characters to be found in European fiction about twentieth-century horrors . . . At times, the novel feels more like an eyewitness account than historical fiction.” —Vogue “Disturbing, original, and brilliant.” —Guardian (Best Books of 2009)

The Lady and the Vixen

The Lady and the Vixen
Author: KT Grant
Publisher: KT Grant
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2019-07-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0463171144

After eight years, Lucy Endcott has finally returned to London to visit her dying father, a cold disciplinarian who never approved of his eldest daughter. Lucy is a respected widow, residing in the countryside away from the wicked excess the city has to offer and her unscrupulous ex-lover, the Marchioness Irena de Macey. When Lucy finds out her youngest brother has gambled away his inheritance at the Pythos Club, she enters the den of iniquity in order to save him. Inside the club she meets the owner’s alluring daughter, Tisha McGrath, who is more than willing to help her brother…for a price. Tisha longs to introduce Lucy to those secret passions she’s kept hidden away for so long. But dark secrets and transgressions from the past connect their families in shocking ways. Both women will work together to resolve this scandal before it unravels further but Irena is waiting for the right moment to strike, and Lucy may have no other choice but to give into Irena’s demands in order to save the ones she loves from utter ruin. *Re-edit and revised 2013 title*

Julia's Daughters

Julia's Daughters
Author: Colleen Faulkner
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1617739340

A novel that explores the surprising ways that families—even the most fractured—can save each other, over and over again by the author of Finding Georgina. Julia Maxton can’t imagine anything worse than losing one of her three daughters—until the day seventeen-year-old Haley runs a stop sign, killing her younger sister Caitlin. Six weeks after the crash, the family is falling apart. Julia struggles not to show hostility toward Haley, but her deep-rooted anger won’t go away. Her husband, Ben, has drifted away emotionally. Their youngest daughter, Izzy, is lost in the shuffle. And despite Haley’s insistence that she’s fine, her actions scream otherwise. Fearing that she’s about to lose a second child, Julia decides to take Haley on a cross-country drive. Maybe somewhere between Nevada and Maine they can bridge the gulf between them. But first there will be painful questions to face—is Julia a good mother? Did she secretly love responsible, respectful Caitlin more than defiant Haley? Can Haley ever find peace with her mother—and herself—again? In Colleen Faulkner’s most thought-provoking and complex novel to date, an unthinkable tragedy becomes the starting place for a powerful journey toward healing and hope. Praise for Colleen Faulkner’s Just Like Other Daughters “This deeply moving story of maternal love and renewal will touch your heart. It’s a celebration of the capacity of the human heart to heal itself and embrace change, beautifully written with rare insight.”—Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times–bestselling author “Be prepared to weep tears of sorrow as well as tears of joy. This is a novel you won’t soon forget.” —Holly Chamberlin, author of Barefoot in the Sand

Peak Performance

Peak Performance
Author: Brad Stulberg
Publisher: Rodale
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2017-06-06
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 162336793X

"A transfixing book on how to sustain peak performance and avoid burnout" — Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, Originals, and Give and Take "An essential playbook for success, happiness, and getting the most out of ourselves." — Arianna Huffington, author of Thrive and The Sleep Revolution "I doubt anyone can read Peak Performance without itching to apply something to their own lives." — David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of The Sports Gene A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. In Peak Performance, Brad Stulberg, a former McKinsey and Company consultant and writer who covers health and the science of human performance, and Steve Magness, a performance scientist and coach of Olympic athletes, team up to demystify these practices and demonstrate how you can achieve your best. The first book of its kind, Peak Performance combines the inspiring stories of top performers across a range of capabilities — from athletic, to intellectual, to artistic — with the latest scientific insights into the cognitive and neurochemical factors that drive performance in all domains. In doing so, Peak Performance uncovers new linkages that hold promise as performance enhancers but have been overlooked in our traditionally-siloed ways of thinking. The result is a life-changing book in which you can learn how to enhance your performance via myriad ways including: optimally alternating between periods of intense work and rest; priming the body and mind for enhanced productivity; and developing and harnessing the power of a self-transcending purpose. In revealing the science of great performance and the stories of great performers across a wide range of capabilities, Peak Performance uncovers the secrets of success, and coaches you on how to use them. If you want to take your game to the next level, whatever "your game" may be, Peak Performance will teach you how.

Julia's Impeccable Man

Julia's Impeccable Man
Author: Frances Armstrong Wood
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2010-08-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1450245366

Julia was a little farm girl and she wanted an exciting life in the city. She arrived in the big city of Memphis when she was about twenty five years of age. She was barely able to rent a room for a week and had no means of employment. She had been trained to be a personal maid but she had no connections for this kind of job. She overcame all of her obstacles by securing a waitress job and therefore meeting the Impeccable Man.

Cinderella and the Lady

Cinderella and the Lady
Author: KT Grant
Publisher: KT Grant
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2019-10-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0463346580

The sudden death of Ellie’s father leaves her with an uncertain future. Her stepmother, Geraldine and step-sister Mina treat her like a servant. The seductive Countess Tremaine wants to save Ellie from her life of drudgery, but all for a price- her innocence. She feels all hope is lost until she meets a lady who makes all her wishes come true. Lady Kristina, the Duke of Perrault’s daughter has returned home after five years abroad. She’s expected to marry, but her attraction to women stops her from carrying out her parents’ wishes. One night she meets a shy servant girl and becomes obsessed. She’ll do whatever she can to gain the trust of this mysterious woman and claim her for her own. With the countess pressuring Ellie into accepting her unscrupulous offer, and her stepmother growing more unstable, she turns to Kristina for support. But then her whole world comes crashing down when she learns the truth behind Kristina’s identity and the lies Geraldine has kept from her. As Ellie falls victim to those dark forces set on ruining her, Kristina fights to save Ellie’s heart before she loses her forever.

Julia Howard

Julia Howard
Author: Mary Letitia Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1850
Genre: Ireland
ISBN:

Julia's Fight

Julia's Fight
Author: Kristine I. Waits
Publisher: Endurance Publishing
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2015-02-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0692326596

Julia Ellis wants to have a baby. Actually, it was David’s idea first. Like the day he proposed, David got down on one knee and asked Julia to be the mother of his children. However, with each negative sign on a home pregnancy test, Julia slips further into depression, crippling the couple’s bond. She loses a friend who can’t understand the pain and bitter jealousy she is experiencing and she harbors strong resentment toward her sister who clearly cannot sympathize. Spying on a fertility support group, Julia discovers new friendships and insights. After a year of failure and loss, she lies to her husband and begins fertility treatments. This is a fight Julia needs to win to save her marriage and to save herself.