A Knock at Midnight

Author: Brittany K. Barnett
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 1984825801
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 351

Book Description
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • A “powerful and devastating” (The Washington Post) call to free those buried alive by America’s legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity—from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system. “An essential book for our time . . . Brittany K. Barnett is a star.”—Van Jones, CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN Host, and New York Times bestselling author Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever—that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America’s devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parole—for a first-time drug offense. In Sharanda, Brittany saw haunting echoes of her own life, as the daughter of a formerly incarcerated mother. As she studied this case, a system came into focus in which widespread racial injustice forms the core of America’s addiction to incarceration. Moved by Sharanda’s plight, Brittany set to work to gain her freedom. This had never been the plan. Bright and ambitious, Brittany was a successful accountant on her way to a high-powered future in corporate law. But Sharanda’s case opened the door to a harrowing journey through the criminal justice system. By day she moved billion-dollar deals, and by night she worked pro bono to free clients in near hopeless legal battles. Ultimately, her path transformed her understanding of injustice in the courts, of genius languishing behind bars, and the very definition of freedom itself. Brittany’s riveting memoir is at once a coming-of-age story and a powerful evocation of what it takes to bring hope and justice to a system built to resist them both. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS

Midnight Blue Thoughts

Author: Gitte Sparsø
Publisher: Saxo Publish
ISBN: 8740481328
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 105

Book Description
Inspiration for spiritual and personal development. Some of the columns are now collected in the book "Midnight Blue Thoughts". If you are in doubt about what and which path in life may be right for you, you will be inspired and encouraged in this book to feel in your soul and in your heart. Be loyal to yourself and trust what you, sincerely, feel in your heart and in your soul. In no way let yourself be pressured by your surroundings. What may be right for others may not be right for you, and vice versa. Be inspired by the clumps that form food for thought and take only what you can use. External review of "Midnight Blue Thoughts": This book with the poetic title "Midnight Blue Thoughts" is intended for people who want guiding inspiration for which path or path to choose in life. It is a nice little and very inspiring book, which will be obvious to have when a workplace offers management or personal development courses. The book can give us an understanding of letting ourselves be inspired by the power of the heart and not just letting ourselves be controlled by the brain. The book is highly recommended

Midnight Thoughts

Author: Dana Sikora
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1662401310
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 85

Book Description
Writing these quotes late at night started out as something I would do when I couldn't sleep to help me cope with things I was going through. When I started to truly believe in my own words, I started to actually make the changes that made me a better, happier person. I hope you find my words motivational and inspiring in your own life. You're the only person who can make the changes necessary to move forward. I hope you find the courage to live your life to the fullest, and hopefully, my words can help.

Midnight Thoughts

Author: TRAPTI GUPTA
Publisher: jec publication
ISBN: 9391280633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
The most important thing for writers are their integrated thoughts. “MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS” is a beautiful and awesome anthology for writer on the theme of open. This anthology is depend on the basic and general thoughts of a writer . This anthology is compiled by “TRAPTI GUPTA” and “ABHINAV AGRAWAL” and it is written by a galaxy of 50 Co-authors .They have pretilly painted their the book with their thoughts. In this anthology our brilliant 50 co-authors penned down their write-ups which express the feelings of their emotions towards this anthology.

The Mirk and Midnight Hour

Author: Jane Nickerson
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0385752865
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey is spending the Civil War with a new stepmother and stepsister and her young cousin when she comes upon a wounded Yankee soldier, Thomas, who is being kept alive by mysterious voodoo practitioners.

Edge Chronicles: Midnight Over Sanctaphrax

Author: Paul Stewart
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0440420989
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
SANCTAPHRAX WILL BE destroyed by the energy of the Mother Storm. . . . Far over the Edge, the Mother Storm is brewing—a storm more terrifying than any seen in the lifetime of any Edgelander. Sweeping in from the open sky, it must strike the source of the Edgewater River to bring new energy to the land. But in its way is Sanctaphrax, a magnificent city built on a floating rock and tethered to the land by a massive chain. Only one person can save the Edgelands from certain disaster: Twig, the young sky pirate captain who dared to sail over the Edge—and returned with his memory shattered and his crew flung far and wide. But to recover his memory and take action, Twig must first find his lost crew. And this means a journey back into the Deepwoods, and beyond. . . . “As before, Stewart’s descriptions are brilliant; Riddell’s line drawings are exquisitely detailed and notably grotesque. . . . Altogether this series is so exceptional that if I had any chance of collecting, I’d bet good money on it still being in print a century from now. . . . When’s the next book coming?”—Interzone “Fabulously illustrated. . . .”—The Sunday Times “Richly inventive. . . .”—Literary Review

A Simple Underground

Author: Krag
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456750933
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
They walk the surfaced all dressed the same, all wearing masks so the beautiful cannot be distinguished from the not so beautiful. They have been prepared from childhood, their purpose predetermined. the city's structures are gray and windowless, their outside faade naked of signage or illumination. Human action is ruled with the implanting of a chipall the product of The System. "Where am I?" Twenty six year old Daniel went to bed after a night out with the guys only to wake up in a world he no longer recognized. With no idea of how he got there or more importantly how to return home, he finds himself befriended by the "free", a society of The System's escapees and discards who survive below the surface, the Underground. A place he finds dissimilar from where he once lived. Their language, their way of life, their monotonous existence makes Daniel yearn for what once was. He is determined to return home; however, time passes, relationships grow and Daniel finds himself torn between what once was and what is. Having never found his own purpose in life, Daniel begins to believe he was sent to this place for a reason. Now Daniel finds himself in the terrifying clutches of The System. Daniel's quest for freedom takes him through mind blowing moral and physical challenges forcing him to utilize his experiences from a past life and those from his new life. Can Daniel do what it takes to survive and make it home?

After Midnight

Author: Joseph N. Manfredo
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426936222
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 251

Book Description
After Midnight: Poems and Pontifications presents a collection of poetry written over a span of sixty years. Manfredos early writings reflect the idealism, spirituality, and wonderment of youth, questioning the meaning of life and describing dreams and aspirations. The collection then traces the evolution of his style into a sophisticated and passionate maturity. During the last score of years, his poetry demonstrates an acceptance of the realities of life, sometimes expressing a sense of both resignation and whimsy. As a life presented in poetry, After Midnight offers a journey of emotional growth, which finally and inevitably arrives at an awareness and graceful acceptance of mortality. Gettin Old I look in the mirror and say a prayer Of thanks to the Gods that my face is still there. My locks are much thinner My face is less fair. Glad Ive lived long enough to lose my hair. Dying young, while good-lookin, Aint a bargain to me. Livin long, causin trouble, Thats where I want to be. So Ill linger a while longer Kinda messin with you. When I finally depart Youll be glad I will too!

Midnight Sun

Author: Elwood Reid
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307426890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Jack, the gritty narrator of this dark, gripping novel by Elwood Reid, is a journeyman carpenter in his late twenties whose travels have led him to Alaska. When his pink slip arrives at the end of summer, he allows himself to be talked into an unusual job. Along with his best friend, Burke, Jack accepts ten thousand dollars from a dying Fairbanks man to travel into the northern wilderness and rescue his daughter from a cult. It doesn’t take long before their trip begins to go awry, and things only get worse once they reach the cult’s camp, where they are received with a hostility that quickly turns violent. Jack soon realizes that Burke knows more than he lets on about their mission and he finds himself on his own, desperately seeking a way out of the camp. Taut, riveting, and complex, Midnight Sun is an arctic Deliverance, a literary thriller set deep in beautiful but dark and indifferent Alaskan woods.

Ashes of Midnight

Author: Lara Adrian
Publisher: Dell
ISBN: 0440338522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Lara Adrian's Shades of Midnight. A woman driven by blood. A man thirsting for vengeance. A place where darkness and desire meet... As night falls, Claire Roth flees, driven from her home by a fiery threat that seems to come from hell itself. Then, from out of the flames and ash, a vampire warrior emerges. He is Andreas Reichen, her onetime lover, now a stranger consumed by vengeance. Caught in the cross fire, Claire cannot escape his savage fury—or the hunger that plunges her into his world of eternal darkness and unending pleasure. Nothing will stop Andreas from destroying the vampire responsible for slaughtering his Breed brethren . . . even if he must use his former lover as a pawn in his deadly mission. Blood-bonded to his treacherous adversary, Claire can lead Andreas to the enemy he seeks, but it is a journey fraught with danger—and deep, unbidden desires. For Claire is the one woman Andreas should not crave, and the only one he’s ever loved. A dangerous seduction begins—one that blurs the lines between predator and prey, and stokes the flames of a white-hot passion that may consume all in its path. . . .