Dirty Diaries

Author: Bayo David
Publisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 145661133X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 239

Book Description
Judas Duncan was born dirt poor. Through hard work, he manages to become a professor of criminology by the age of 25. His good looks and promising future all come to a crashing halt one day when he is arrested in his classroom. His story of struggle and forgiveness could have happened anywhere. Judas fights to prove himself innocent of a crime he didn't commit, but instead ends up spending 18 years in prison. Once released, he can only think of vengeance, and seeks retaliation against the government that jailed him by counterfeiting money. After he discovers his wife is unfaithful and the son he raised is not his own, he finally finds forgiveness within himself and starts life anew as a pastor.

The Dirt Diary

Author: Anna Staniszewski
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402286376
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
The first book in Anna Staniszewski's award-winning YA best selling book series: The Dirt Diaries! A hilarious tale about the weight of responsibility that comes from a secret-filled diary... Rachel can't believe she has to give up her Saturdays to scrubbing other people's toilets. So. Gross. But she kinda, sorta stole $287.22 from her college fund that she's got to pay back ASAP or her mom will ground her for life. Which is even worse than working for her mother's new cleaning business. Maybe. After all, becoming a maid is definitely not going to help her already loserish reputation. But Rachel picks up more than smelly socks on the job. As maid to some of the most popular kids in school, Rachel suddenly has all the dirt on the 8th grade in-crowd. Her formerly boring diary is now filled with juicy secrets. And when her crush offers to pay her to spy on his girlfriend, Rachel has to decide if she's willing to get her hands dirty... "Holy fried onion rings! Fun from beginning to end."—Wendy Mass, New York Times bestselling author of 11 Birthdays and The Candymakers The Dirt Diaries Series is the perfect... book series for girls aged 9-12 book series for middle school girls diary book series for reluctant readers preteen gift for girls

Dirty Diaries

Author: Kenji
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634423113
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
As the sun goes down, players for two unique app-based games come out looking for two different player engagements. In one corner, you have the players of Karigogo, a hunt-or-be-hunted game where players use it to find partners. Starting as prey, winners based on performance and endurance, work their way up to the top collecting servants and become "The King of Beasts." A new user, Marina, might play shy and meek, but she secretly hides her claws as she devours the competition working her way to the top spot! In another game, but from a first-person perspective, lonely and lost women use an app hoping to find their "savior." With nowhere else to go, one woman uses the app and truly does find her savior who rescues her from her lowest point. But not just content in her happiness, she hopes to help other women like her find their savior and watch their harem grow!

The Dirty Glove Diaries

Author: Terrell Wallstreet Wilkins
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514893340
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
Michigan, also known as the Dirty Glove, for the state's glove or mitten like shape, has a rich history of drugs and violence and a vast array of criminals from murder for hire killers to politicians, rappers and professional athletes. The Dirty Glove Diaries takes readers, through Michigan's dark underworld featuring stories about some of the state's most notable characters such as the Purple Gang, Y.B.I., Maserati Rick, Blade Icewood, Coleman A. Young, BMF Kwame Kilpatrick, John Delorean and more. The Dirty Glove Diaries is the story of Michigan, its streets, its neighborhoods, and its residents, some infamous, some long forgotten but all a part of the state's beautiful but tainted history!

Gossip File

Author: Anna Staniszewski
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492604658
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
"Holy fried onion rings! Fun from beginning to end." —Wendy Mass, New York Times bestselling author of 11 Birthdays and The Candymakers on The Dirt Diary The Gossip File: • Chandra lets little kids pee in the pool. • Melody stole $ from the café register. • Ava isn't who she says she is... Ava is cool. Ava is confident. Ava is really Rachel Lee who is lying her butt off. Rachel is visiting her dad at a resort in sunny Florida and is ready for two weeks of relaxing poolside, trips to Disney World and NOT scrubbing toilets. Until her dad's new girlfriend, Ellie, begs Rachel to help out at her short-staffed café. That's when Rachel kinda sorta adopts a new identity to impress the cool, older girls who work there. Ava is everything Rachel wishes she could be. But when the girls ask "Ava" to help add juicy resort gossip to their file, Rachel's not sure what to do...especially when one of the entries is a secret about Ellie. Praise for award-winning Author Anna Staniszewski's The Dirt Diary series: "Staniszewski keeps the focus on comedy... Gentle fun laced with equally gentle wisdom." Kirkus "Rachel's situation and feelings ring true...This realistic read is likely to appeal to middle schoolers and reluctant readers." -School Library Journal "I LOVED it...sweet, sensitive, and delicious!" —Erin Dionne, author of Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies

Playing Dirty

Author: Susan Andersen
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459208927
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description
When old enemies are thrown together, all bets are off… Way back in high school, golden boy Cade Gallari publicly revealed he'd slept with "fat girl" Ava Spencer to win a bet. Now a decade older and a head turner with her own concierge business, Ava isn't the gullible dreamer she once was— and she plans to prove it when Cade, hotter than ever, breezes back into town with an offer she can't refuse. A documentary film producer, Cade is shooting a movie about the mysterious mansion Ava inherited. And he wants her as his personal concierge. She's certainly professional enough to be at his beck and call without giving him everything he wants. Like another shot at having her in his bed. But Ava doesn't count on Cade's determination. Because he's never gotten over her— and he's not above playing dirty to score a second chance at a red–hot future…

Red Dirt Diaries (Red Dirt Diaries, #1)

Author: Katrina Nannestad
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 0730494411
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
Award-winning Australian author Katrina Nannestad's much-loved Red Dirt Diaries series, now with amazing new covers! Blue Weston's life is spiralling out of control. Her parents are sending her to boarding school next year. Her mad twin brothers are building pig chariots in the back shed. Her best friend has been abducted by zombies and replaced with a boy-crazy tween. And then there's the drought that's showing no signs of ending soon ... It's New Year's Day, and Blue has resolved to keep a diary of the year's events. It will be another hard year of dust storms and drought on her family's farm - with the odd leech attack and bagpipe-loving pig thrown in for good measure!

A Companion to Nordic Cinema

Author: Mette Hjort
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118475275
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 630

Book Description
A Companion to Nordic Cinema presents a collection of original essays that explore one of the world’s oldest regional cinemas from its origins to the present day. Offers a comprehensive, transnational and regional account of Nordic cinema from its origins to the present day Features original contributions from more than two dozen international film scholars based in the Nordic countries, the United States, Canada, Scotland, and Hong Kong Covers a wide range of topics on the distinctive evolution of Nordic cinema including the silent Golden Age, Nordic film policy models and their influence, audiences and cinephilia, Nordic film training, and indigenous Sámi cinema. Considers Nordic cinema’s engagement with global audiences through coverage of such topics as Dogme 95, the avant-garde filmmaking movement begun by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, and the global marketing and distribution of Nordic horror and Nordic noir Offers fresh investigations of the work of global auteurs such as Carl Th. Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman, Lars von Trier, Aki Kaurismäki, and Roy Andersson. Includes essays on Danish and Swedish television dramas, Finland’s eco-documentary film production, the emerging tradition of Icelandic cinema, the changing dynamics of Scandinavian porn, and many more

Dirty Blonde

Author: Courtney Love
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9780330445474
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Rock musician, award winning actress, mother, wife of a rock god - in each of these roles, Courtney Love has demonstrated a wholehearted commitment to her art. Composed of a collection of personal artifacts including letters, poetry, diary entries, and other writings, this story presents a portrait of this woman.

Dishing Up the Dirt

Author: Andrea Bemis
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062492241
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
Some recipes are dreamed up in the kitchen. Others are dished up from the dirt. For Andrea Bemis, who owns and operates an organic vegetable farm with her husband in Parkdale, Oregon, meals are inspired by the day’s harvest. In this stunning cookbook, Andrea shares simple, inventive, and delicious recipes for cooking through the seasons. Welcome to life on Tumbleweed Farm—where the work may be hard, but the stove is always warm.