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Author | : Nyrae Dawn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2014-11-08 |
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ISBN | : 9780990924319 |
When "crazy" runs in your family and your namesake is known for walking into a river with a pocket full of rocks, a girl kind of wants to avoid tempting fate at all costs. For Virginia Nichols, the only way to dodge that bullet is to be perfect at everything: school, student council, life. Too bad it's all a lie, and underneath the perfection...Virginia is lost. Ryder Blackstock knows a thing or two about being born into fate. The talents passed down from his father aren't exactly normal; instead of learning how to throw a fastball, he was taught to hot-wire a car like a pro and pick any pocket in sight. He's got criminal blood, just like his old man. And as soon as he turns eighteen, he'll be living life on the run with his dad. When Ryder and Virginia meet on the beach, it seems they couldn't be more different. Soon they discover they're both trapped in their lives-Virginia denying her fate, Ryder embracing his. Like the rocks in Virginia Woolf's pockets, the weight of their destinies will pull them under. But being together brings out pieces of themselves they didn't know existed-pieces that make them want to take fate into their own hands and rewrite their destinies...if it's not too late. "Whenever I read Nyrae Dawn, I am reminded that words are her art, and she wields her paintbrush with all the skill of Rembrandt. The tender romance of Ryder and Virginia is palpable on the page, and the story sings with all the complexities of the interwoven plot. I read late into the night to finish this one, and once again, Nyrae has managed a masterpiece. LOVED." USA Today and New York Times Bestselling Author Courtney Cole "The Weight of Destiny unfolds like a storm. It is dark and electric and incredibly romantic. I lost and found myself. The characters are so vivid, so alive, you'll forget anything but them exists." David James author of Between the Stars and Sky "The Weight of Destiny is YA at its absolute finest. Nyrae Dawn flawlessly brought two seemingly broken characters to life and showed everyone deserves a second chance at love and life. This breathtaking storytelling will blow you away." USA Today Bestselling Author Tiffany King "The Weight of Destiny is art at its best, Ryder and Virginia canvasses on which the good and bad of life and love unfold in brilliant, true color." Author Jamie Manning
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Release | : 2014-12-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781472377395 |
Author | : Sharon Jeffers |
Publisher | : Crossing Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9781580911764 |
"A two-part gift book combining the mystical science of playing cards with the ancient power of the calendar to reveal the universal influences ruling each day of the year"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Paul Keith Davis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Heaven |
ISBN | : 9781584830948 |
Ignite the hope of your calling. Soar on the wings of destiny. In this inspiring book by Paul Keith Davis, you'll discover supernatural visions, astonishing revelations, and divine encounters that describe rooms in Heaven containing precious mysteries. Read and discover a treasury of wisdom awaiting you in God.
Author | : Jeanette Winterson |
Publisher | : Vintage Canada |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2010-11-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307367363 |
The story of Atlas and Heracles Atlas knows how it feels to carry the weight of the world; but why, he asks himself, does it have to be carried at all? In Weight — visionary and inventive, yet completely believable and relevant to the questions we ask ourselves every day — Winterson’s skill in turning the familiar on its head to show us a different truth is put to stunning effect. When I was asked to choose a myth to write about, I realized I had chosen already. The story of Atlas holding up the world was in my mind before the telephone call had ended. If the call had not come, perhaps I would never have written the story, but when the call did come, that story was waiting to be written. Rewritten. The recurring language motif of Weight is “I want to tell the story again.” My work is full of Cover Versions. I like to take stories we think we know and record them differently. In the retelling comes a new emphasis or bias, and the new arrangement of the key elements demands that fresh material be injected into the existing text. Weight moves far away from the simple story of Atlas’s punishment and his temporary relief when Hercules takes the world off his shoulders. I wanted to explore loneliness, isolation, responsibility, burden, and freedom too, because my version has a very particular end not found elsewhere. —from Jeanette Winterson’s Foreword to Weight
Author | : Edith Blais |
Publisher | : Greystone Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2021-09-21 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1771649100 |
A radiant, unforgettable memoir of one woman’s 450 days spent in captivity, and her defiant refusal to have her humanity stripped away. When Edith meets Luca in a small Northern town, the two connect instantly. Under the Northern Lights, they develop a deep friendship over their shared passions: travel, living off the land, a bohemian life. In search of wanderlust, they embark on an epic road trip from Italy to Togo, where they will join their friend’s sustainable farming project. Upon arriving on the African continent, they change their itinerary and drive through Africa’s Sahel region, a haven for militant groups, where they are surrounded and captured. Little was known about Edith’s and Luca’s fate until they reappeared in Mali more than one year later, having mysteriously escaped their captors. Now, Edith shares her harrowing story with the world for the first time—complete with the poems that became a lifeline for her in captivity, which she wrote in secret with a pen borrowed from another hostage. Against the stunning but cruel backdrop of the desert, Edith recounts her months as a hostage: the oppressive heat, violent sandstorms, constant relocations, hunger strikes, and her eventual heart-pounding escape. Separated from Luca early on, she finds solidarity and comfort with a group of other female hostages, who lend her a pen to write poetry, a creative outlet that helps save her life. Edith is steadfast in her will to remain sane: she reveals her dedication to her art, and her striking ability to unsettle her captors and identify their vulnerabilities. A compelling descent into a strange, brutal universe, The Weight of Sand is ultimately a life-affirming book and a poetic celebration of one woman’s resilience.
Author | : Jillian Webster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-08-06 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780986188824 |
Maia has spent her entire life hidden in the mountains of New Zealand. Wandering the ruins of a population long gone, she resents being alone. She dreams of a place where the few surviving humans left on the planet can begin again-a place her grandfather insists is a myth. But Maia cannot escape a strong and mysterious force calling her out into the world. Between the prophetic dreams that haunt her at night and the mystical occurrences that follow her around the island, she knows in her bones that she's meant for more. When Maia learns that people are gathering in the Old Arctic Circle, she knows this is where her destiny lies. Embarking on a harrowing journey across a deserted planet, she'll come face to face with the power of fate, discovering the one thing she's been running from may be the only thing to save her.
Author | : Rick Holmer |
Publisher | : BookSurge LLC |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2005-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781419611636 |
The Aztec Book of Destiny summarizes traditional Mesoamerican beliefs about the spiritual nature of time and its influence on one's personality and fate. The ancient Aztec, Toltec and Maya believed that the day of birth, as defined in their sacred calendar, affects destiny; and this philosophy has guided their daily lives for more than 3000 years. This book condenses the scattered and disparate literature about these beliefs into a fun and informative narrative; but it goes far beyond what academics and popular authors have published to date. The author presents a unique perspective shaped by the wisdom of a traditional calendar-keeper he met in Mexico in 1973. The book's message is that the calendar is not simply an ancient and forgotten curiosity - it is as relevant today as in ancient times. The majority of the book projects the timeless Mesoamerican philosophy into contemporary Western society encouraging introspection and self-awareness.
Author | : Gina Delaney |
Publisher | : Zebra Books |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780821723289 |
Trapped scantily clad in a stranger's hotel room in the middle of the night, Christina Lapin rummages through his clothes, only to be discovered by Todd Anylesbury, the room's handsome occupant
Author | : Jasper Bark |
Publisher | : Abaddon Books |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2006-08-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1849970122 |
One bullet can change history... Berlin, 1945. Karl Fairburne is a member of an elite sniper corps, working for the American secret service deep behind enemy lines. Stalin's troops have over run the city looking to revenge the battle of Stalingrad and seize control of the Nazi's nuclear secrets before their British and American allies. SS General Helmstadt, head of the Nazi nuclear programme, is defecting to Russia, but first he plans the ultimate act of vengeance, to make the US pay for the defeat of the Third Reich. If he succeeds Russia will win the Cold War before it has even begun. Karl has one chance to stop him. A single sniper's bullet will change the course of history.