Down the Crooked Road

Author: Mary Black
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473508827
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
For the last thirty years, singer Mary Black has been a dominant presence on the Irish music scene, an award-winning artist with many bestselling albums to her name. Now, in this long-awaited memoir, Mary takes us back to the roots of her musical heritage and to the influences that helped to shape her as an artist and a woman. Born into a musical family, Mary Black – a feisty tomboy who could hold her own when it came to sparring with her brothers and anyone else brave enough to take her on – began singing folk songs from the age of ten. Music played an important role in the family home and, performing with her brothers and her sister Frances, Mary built her highly successful career on the bedrock of these early years. From the pubs and clubs of her hometown, Dublin, she went on to perform in some of the most prestigious venues across the world. Always committed to exploring new material from the best writers, her unique talent attracted acclaim from critics, fellow artists and the public alike. It also led to a host of bestselling albums, including the multi-platinum No Frontiers, which spent more than a year in the Irish Top 30. Mary’s love of singing was matched only by the love she had for her family. As she recalls the inevitable tensions that arose when trying to juggle family life and a high-profile career, she tells of her struggle to combine the two contrasting aspects of her life. It was only through gritty determination, hard work and a fair amount of laughter that Mary was able to enjoy major success as an artist and, at the same time, raise a close and loving family with her husband Joe. Refreshingly honest, and written with warmth and humour, Down the Crooked Road offers a unique insight into the life and career of one of our most gifted singers – an artist who, during the course of her long career, has captured the hearts of millions around the world.

This Crooked Way

Author: James Enge
Publisher: Pyr
ISBN: 1615924876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 532

Book Description
Travelling alone in the depths of winter, Morlock Ambrosius (bitterly dry drunk, master of all magical makers, wandering swordsman, and son of Merlin Ambrosius and Nimue Viviana) is attacked by an unknown enemy. To unmask his enemy and end the attacks he must travel a long crooked way through the world: past the soul-eating Boneless One, past a subtle and treacherous master of golems, past the dragon-taming Khroi, past the predatory cities of Sarkunden and Aflraun, past the demons and dark gnomes of the northern woods. Soon he will find that his enemy wears a familiar face, and that the duel he has stumbled into will threaten more lives than his own, leaving nations shattered in its chaotic wake. And at the end of his long road waits the death of a legend.

Crooked Road Straight

Author: Tina A. Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979965906
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
Written with the immediacy of a novel, this groundbreaking work of creative nonfiction traces the awakening of AIDS activist Linda Jordan, a woman whose life was a struggle to survive, and who became a messenger of hope for families coping with AIDS. From her unlikely beginnings as a second-generation welfare recipient, rape victim, and heroin addict to her eventual status as a local hero, this inspirational true story follows Linda through all five harrowing decades of her life in Hartford, Connecticut.

The Crooked Trail to Holbrook

Author: Leland J. Hanchett
Publisher: Pine Rim Publishing LLC
ISBN: 0963778501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
This is the story of a cattle trail which ran from south of Globe, Arizona north to Holbrook. The trail proved to be a microcosm of the Wild West including cattle drives bar room fights, shootouts, rustling, lawmen who acted like crooks and ranchers who would give the shirt off their backs when needed. In 1993 this book won the prestigious "Best of the Southwest" award.

Into the Crooked Place

Author: Alexandra Christo
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250318386
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Into the Crooked Place begins a gritty two-book YA fantasy series from Alexandra Christo, the author of To Kill a Kingdom. The streets of Creije are for the deadly and the dreamers, and four crooks in particular know just how much magic they need up their sleeve to survive. Tavia, a busker ready to pack up her dark-magic wares and turn her back on Creije for good. She’ll do anything to put her crimes behind her. Wesley, the closest thing Creije has to a gangster. After growing up on streets hungry enough to swallow the weak whole, he won’t stop until he has brought the entire realm to kneel before him. Karam, a warrior who spends her days watching over the city’s worst criminals and her nights in the fighting rings, making a deadly name for herself. And Saxony, a resistance fighter hiding from the very people who destroyed her family, and willing to do whatever it takes to get her revenge. Everything in their lives is going to plan, until Tavia makes a crucial mistake: she delivers a vial of dark magic—a weapon she didn’t know she had—to someone she cares about, sparking the greatest conflict in decades. Now these four magical outsiders must come together to save their home and the world, before it’s too late. But with enemies at all sides, they can trust nobody. Least of all each other.

Straight Down a Crooked Path

Author: Ulysses Moore
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664121803
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45

Book Description
Jackie Allan was a normal teenaged boy, he aspired to pick up his grades and leave highschool and his hum-drum life and small town behind. But little did he know his trip down the straight and narrow road was about to take a shard turn Straight down the crooked path!

Crooked

Author: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062641808
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412

Book Description
The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand—a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades—delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery. In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling frustrated and perplexed. As she searched for better solutions, she exposed a much bigger problem. Costing roughly $100 billion a year, spine medicine—often ineffective and sometimes harmful —exemplified the worst aspects of the U.S. health care system. The result of six years of intensive investigation, Crooked offers a startling look at the poorly identified risks of spine medicine, and provides practical advice and solutions. Ramin interviewed scores of spine surgeons, pain management doctors, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, specialized bodywork practitioners. She met with many patients whose pain and desperation led them to make life-altering decisions, and with others who triumphed over their limitations. The result is a brilliant and comprehensive book that is not only important but essential to millions of back pain sufferers, and all types of health care professionals. Ramin shatters assumptions about surgery, chiropractic methods, physical therapy, spinal injections and painkillers, and addresses evidence-based rehabilitation options—showing, in detail, how to avoid therapeutic dead ends, while saving money, time, and considerable anguish. With Crooked, she reveals what it takes to outwit the back pain industry and get on the road to recovery.

The Crooked Path

Author: Irma Joubert
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0718098188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414

Book Description
From the bestselling author of The Girl From the Train, comes another compelling coming of age story of delayed love, loss, and reconciliation in WWII-era South Africa. Lettie has always felt different from and overshadowed by the women around her– this friend is richer, that friend is more beautiful, those friends are closer. Still, she doesn’t let this hold her back. She works hard to apply her mind, trying to compensate for her perceived lack of beauty with diligent academic work and a successful career as a doctor. She learns to treasure her friendships, but she still wonders if any man will ever return her interest. Marco’s experience in the second world war have robbed him of love and health. When winters in his native Italy prove dangerous to his health even after the war has ended, he moves to South Africa to be with his brother, husband to one of Lettie’s best friends. Marco is Lettie’s first patient, and their relationship grows as she aids him on the road back to restored health. In the company of beloved characters from The Child of the River, Marco and Lettie find a happiness that neither of them thought possible. With that joy comes pain and loss, but Lettie learns that life—while perhaps a crooked path—is always a journey worth taking.

Living the Dream

Author: Dan Petruccio
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684701469
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
Are you on the path that you are supposed to be? Is your life's journey going in the wrong direction? I hope that my story will inspire you to make the necessary changes to get back on the road you're supposed to be on. Any good journey requires: directions and a good travel partner that you trust with your life, if need be.

Cry Havoc

Author: Barry Sadler
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780523480572
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description