Rusted Rhinestones

Rusted Rhinestones
Author: Fifi Frost
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2015-07-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781514890677

Hello Y'all. My path in life was not a choice for me to make. I was set on a journey as a gay youth, at the age of 14 in the late 1970's. The battles with my family, organized religion, anti gay conversion therapy, homelessness as a minor, mental illness, as well as government and institutionalized discrimination have made me the man I am today. Surviving brutal hate crimes, trying to live, love, and have my piece of the American Dream. I hope to inspire other with my life's story. Big Hug's Y'all Fifi

The Best of Card Creations

The Best of Card Creations
Author: Jennifer Schaerer
Publisher: Leisure Arts
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1609000765

Offers more than 500 card projects from recent special issues of Card Creations, published by the editors of Paper CraftsR magazine.

Maggie Heart

Maggie Heart
Author: Nahdiya Nixon
Publisher: Nahdiya Nixon
Total Pages: 463
Release:
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

Maggie thought her life was simple as a child, but growing up with two older siblings has always been challenging and there were always some kinks involved, such as her mortal husband Ian Morteze, her best friends Ryan Little, Bian Chow, and Ming Chin who refuses to leave her side. Maggie is told by her parents that she must come clean about a secret she's been hiding for the past thirty years of her life, and when she does all hell breaks loose when the Casterian councilman Justin Lee goes on a bloody rampage and Maggie and her close friends and family are forced to move underground. Not to long after, Maggie is told that she comes from a family of fortune and politics and must battle Mr. Lee in order to take the throne. What is the secret Maggie's held for so long and will she accept her place at the Court?

A Home at the End of the World

A Home at the End of the World
Author: Michael Cunningham
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2010-08-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0374707596

From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours, comes the acclaimed novel of two boyhood friends A Home at the End of the World, now a feature film starring Colin Farrell and Dallas Roberts Jonathan. There's Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, who is gay, to father Clare's child. Then, when Clare and Bobby have a baby, the three move to a small house upstate to raise "their" child together and, with an odd friend, Alice, create a new kind of family. A Home at the End of the World masterfully depicts the charged, fragile relationships of urban life today.

Driving with the Top Down

Driving with the Top Down
Author: Beth Harbison
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2014-08-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466842180

Three women, two weeks, one convertible: sometimes life doesn't take you in the direction you expect... Colleen Bradley is married with a teenage son, a modest business repurposing and reselling antiques, and longtime fear that she was not her husband's first choice. When she decides to take a road trip down the east coast to check out antique auctions for her business, she also has a secret ulterior motive. Her one-woman mission for peace of mind is thrown slightly off course when sixteen year old Tamara becomes her co-pilot. The daughter of Colleen's brother-in-law, Tamara is aware that people see her as a screw-up, but she knows in her heart that she's so much more. She just wishes her father could see it, too. The already bumpy trip takes another unexpected turn when they stop at the diner that served as Colleen's college hangout and run into her old friend, Bitty Nolan Camalier. Clearly distressed, Bitty gives them a story full of holes: angry with her husband, she took off on her own, only to have her car stolen. Both Colleen and Tamara sense that there's more that Bitty isn't sharing, but Colleen offers to give Bitty a ride to Florida. So one becomes two becomes three as Colleen, Tamara, and Bitty make their way together down the coast. It's a road trip fraught with tension as Tamara's poor choices come back to haunt her and Bitty's secrets reach a boiling point. With no one to turn to but each other, these three women might just discover that you can get lost in life but somehow, true friends provide a roadmap to finding what you're really looking for.

Manroot

Manroot
Author: Paul Mariah
Publisher:
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1971
Genre: American literature
ISBN:

The Air You Breathe

The Air You Breathe
Author: Frances de Pontes Peebles
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2019-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0735211000

"[A] glorious, glittery saga of friendship and loss... I read The Air You Breathe in two nights. (One might say I inhaled it.)." --NPR "Echoes of Elena Ferrante resound in this sumptuous saga."--O, The Oprah Magazine "Enveloping...Peebles understands the shifting currents of female friendship, and she writes so vividly about samba that you close the book certain its heroine's voices must exist beyond the page." -People The story of an intense female friendship fueled by affection, envy and pride--and each woman's fear that she would be nothing without the other. Some friendships, like romance, have the feeling of fate. Skinny, nine-year-old orphaned Dores is working in the kitchen of a sugar plantation in 1930s Brazil when in walks a girl who changes everything. Graça, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy sugar baron, is clever, well fed, pretty, and thrillingly ill behaved. Born to wildly different worlds, Dores and Graça quickly bond over shared mischief, and then, on a deeper level, over music. One has a voice like a songbird; the other feels melodies in her soul and composes lyrics to match. Music will become their shared passion, the source of their partnership and their rivalry, and for each, the only way out of the life to which each was born. But only one of the two is destined to be a star. Their intimate, volatile bond will determine each of their fortunes--and haunt their memories. Traveling from Brazil's inland sugar plantations to the rowdy streets of Rio de Janeiro's famous Lapa neighborhood, from Los Angeles during the Golden Age of Hollywood back to the irresistible drumbeat of home, The Air You Breathe unfurls a moving portrait of a lifelong friendship--its unparalleled rewards and lasting losses--and considers what we owe to the relationships that shape our lives.

Discourse

Discourse
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 596
Release: 1999
Genre: Communication
ISBN:

From Twinkle, with Love

From Twinkle, with Love
Author: Sandhya Menon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2018-05-22
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1481495429

“Utterly charming.” —NPR “Cinematic.” —Teen Vogue “Funny and sweet.” —Buzzfeed “Dazzling.” —Bustle Three starred reviews for this charming romantic comedy about an aspiring teen filmmaker who finds her voice and falls in love, from the New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi. Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy—a.k.a. Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2. When mystery man “N” begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it’s Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she’s fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil. Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she’s got is not the one she’s scripted. But will it be enough? Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, From Twinkle, with Love navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you.

Clean My Space

Clean My Space
Author: Melissa Maker
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-03-07
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0735233624

The wildly popular YouTube star behind CLEAN MY SPACE presents the breakthrough solution to cleaning better with less effort Melissa Maker is beloved by fans all over the world for her completely re-engineered approach to cleaning. As the dynamic new authority on home and living, Melissa knows that to invest any of our precious time in cleaning, we need to see big, long-lasting results. So, she developed her method to help us get the most out of our effort and keep our homes fresh and welcoming every day. In her long-awaited debut book, she shares her revolutionary 3-step solution: • Identify the most important areas (MIAs) in your home that need attention • Select the proper products, tools, and techniques (PTT) for the job • Implement these new cleaning routines so that they stick Clean My Space takes the chore out of cleaning with Melissa’s incredible tips and cleaning hacks (the power of pretreating!), her lightning fast 5–10 minute “express clean” routines for every room when time is tightest, and her techniques for cleaning even the most daunting places and spaces. And a big bonus: Melissa gives guidance on the best non-toxic, eco-conscious cleaning products and offers natural cleaning solution recipes you can make at home using essential oils to soothe and refresh. With Melissa’s simple, groundbreaking method you can truly live in a cleaner, more cheerful, and calming home all the time.