Author: Stan Kolodziej Publisher: Thames River Press ISBN: 1783081449 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 198
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Jimmy, Ann and Kaz are fed up with the System – the network of corporations and government operations that has destroyed their families and, even now, threatens the privacy and security of ordinary American citizens. So, swearing to a suicide pact, they vow to take it down. The three teenagers transform the New York underground into a weapons storage unit and their own private haven and, from there, plan a series of guerilla attacks on System-run buildings around the city. But when they’re caught by a New York detective unit before they can set up their final bombing to take down a fabled corporate building in Manhattan rumored to house the communications used to monitor the lives of citizens, all of their carefully laid plans begin to fall apart.
Author: Ryan Gattis Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 0374716625 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 413
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“Gripping, meticulously researched, and smartly plotted, I devoured this brilliant novel over the course of a weekend.” —Paula Hawkins, author of Into the Water “Fascinating, moving, and so very, very real. It grabbed me by the heart and mind from page one and never let me go.” —Marcia Clark, author of The Final Judgment An electrifying, multi-voiced thriller tackling our criminal justice system, from the writer Michael Connelly has called “one of our most gifted novelists.” On December 6, 1993, a drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on the lawn outside her mother’s house in South Central Los Angeles. Augie, a heroin addict, witnesses the whole thing—before he steals all the drugs on her person, as well as the gun that was dropped at the scene. When Augie gets busted, he names local gang members Wizard and Dreamer the shooters. But only one of them is guilty. A search of Wizard and Dreamer’s premises uncovers the gun that was used in the shooting, and a warrant goes out for their arrest. They know it’s a frame-up, but the word from the gang is to keep their mouths shut and face the charges. With these two off the streets and headed for jail, Dreamer’s friend Little, the unlikeliest of new gang members, is given one job: discover how the gun got moved, and why. Played out in the streets, precincts, jails, and courtrooms of Los Angeles, Ryan Gattis's The System is the harrowing story of a crime—from moments before the bullets are fired, to the verdict and its violent aftershocks—told through the vivid chorus of those involved, guilty, the innocent, and everyone in between.
Author: Marcus Kraft Publisher: BIS Publishers ISBN: 9789063692889 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 64
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When times are particularly difficult, and you are likely to slip into despair, some of the greatest pop songs about love can provide true comfort to make it through the pain. The problem with advice in general is that we often don't take it. The great thing about advice songs is that you can kick back and listen to someone else coach you through a tough situation while rocking out at the same time. This well-produced and iconic album of words of love is the perfect gift for music lovers of all ages. This wonderful book lists 250 of the best pop songs for when you are in despair about love. The songs represent all popular music styles from the last fifty years, from rock to folk, and from punk to hip hop. This book is a collection of famous love songs. It gives the reader the song titles, painted by hand by the designer, and a striking quote from the song lyrics, as well as indexes on the artists. 'Don't Talk Just Kiss' is the new edition of the successful 'Don't Eat the Yellow Snow'.
Author: Ms. Michel Moore Publisher: Urban Books ISBN: 1622866649 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 263
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”I didn’t learn how to be a beast; I was born one!” Birthed behind the walls of the state penitentiary, newborn Dwayne Latham was cursed with a strong urge for heroin and a certified addict as a mother. As the incarcerated woman gave up all parental rights, the infant lay in a state-issued crib for weeks, being weaned off the strong package of dope that flowed through his tiny body. Growing up in multiple foster homes, Dwayne soon learned to do any and everything needed to survive. He had no filter and no regrets; just a pure evil mentality that, as a grown man, he unleashes on the entire world.
Author: Alexander Engel-Hodgkinson Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1989331025 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 538
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[Contains Episodes 015 - 037] Damian and the others finally make it to the the floating country of Sky Japan so that Damian could keep his end of the bargain to help the Knight Sisters find their mother. Unfortunately, things aren't going to be that simple, especially after Damian and the Knight Sisters become entangled in a brutal power struggle between warring criminal syndicates and anti-government factions. On top of that, Damian is given a job to save hundreds of children from the most powerful and sadistic ringleader of the Sky Japan criminal underworld, and he has three different military groups and his vengeful enemy closing in on him from all sides, and only four hours to deal with them all before everything goes to hell.
Author: Samba Lékouye Publisher: Life in high deathfinition ISBN: 2957169010 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 227
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EVERYTHINK, a philosophical essay about all the aspects of life. It is about provoking questions, rather than to feed you answers. It is meant to make you think. For yourself, by yourself. This is not a lesson. Have you ever seen life in high deathfinition? Look at the cover, what do you see? This is not your usual pirate flag. Two question marks facing each other, two exclamation points crossing each other, forming a skull. Self-reflection and self-determination, limited by time, limited by death. This is wisdom. For freedom. But you can only see it if you EVERYTHINK.
Author: Sofya Khagi Publisher: Northwestern University Press ISBN: 0810143046 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 434
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Sofya Khagi’s Pelevin and Unfreedom: Poetics, Politics, Metaphysics is the first book-length English-language study of Victor Pelevin, one of the most significant and popular Russian authors of the post-Soviet era. The text explores Pelevin’s sustained Dostoevskian reflections on the philosophical question of freedom and his complex oeuvre and worldview, shaped by the idea that contemporary social conditions pervert that very notion. Khagi shows that Pelevin uses provocative and imaginative prose to model different systems of unfreedom, vividly illustrating how the present world deploys hyper-commodification and technological manipulation to promote human degradation and social deadlock. Rather than rehearse Cold War–era platitudes about totalitarianism, Pelevin holds up a mirror to show how social control (now covert, yet far more efficient) masquerades as freedom and how eagerly we accept, even welcome, control under the techno-consumer system. He reflects on how commonplace discursive markers of freedom (like the free market) are in fact misleading and disempowering. Under this comfortably self-occluding bondage, the subject loses all power of self-determination, free will, and ethical judgment. In his work, Pelevin highlights the unprecedented subversion of human society by the techno-consumer machine. Yet, Khagi argues, however circumscribed and ironically qualified, he holds onto the emancipatory potential of ethics and even an emancipatory humanism.
Author: E.V. Darcy Publisher: Darcy's Royal Library ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 281
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A Contemporary Royal Romance with a dash of intrigue, a pinch of drama, and a whole lot of sexual tension. She won’t let him get a penny of her fortune… ‘You want a will drawing up, one that says everything is left to your current unborn babe upon your death and not to Mr Tyrrell, your betrothed?’ Henrietta is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Or to put it another way, the King and Roman. She still can’t be sure she can trust her betrothed but knows she can’t trust herself not to fall into bed with him the moment he beckons. And with her wedding plans dismissed, learning some hard truths about Jensen, and Roman doing exactly what she asked of him, she’s ready to kill someone. Or leave the country and never return! He only wants her… She canted her neck slightly, giving in with a little wanton sigh to the kisses he peppered along her throat. This was heaven, this was home. Roman Tyrrell has everything he ever dreamt of with Henrietta as his betrothed. Everything except her heart. Henrietta refuses to bridge that gap between friend and lover, despite the desire he sees burning in her gaze. He has to prove to her that he doesn’t just want her body but her heart and soul, and to give his in return. Standing at her side against the King is one thing, but can he go against the man alone? Read the second part of Henrietta and Roman’s tale as they navigate the path of dealing with past hurt and upset, overcoming their demons, and learning to trust one another all over again. Cheating the System is the second book in Henrietta and Roman's story in The Royals of Avalone series. It is a steamy slow burn romance. It contains some language, sexual scenes and plenty of sexual tension. Note, this is not a standalone book, but the first part of a trilogy. Beating the System is the fifth book in The Royals of Avalone series. Keywords: Second Chance Romance, Secret Baby, Baby Romance, Contemporary Romance Novel, marriage of inconvenience, arranged marriage, marriage of convenience, Royal Romance, Royalty Romance novel, Royal wedding romance novel, Royal Romance novel, Lords and Ladies, prince and the princess, fake marriage, hidden feelings.
Author: Ms. Michel Moore Publisher: Urban Books ISBN: 1945855541 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 259
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Terrell wasn’t raised in the corrupt streets of Detroit. After being abused and left for dead by his violent, psychotic father, he was raised by his aunt in uncle in a loving home in the suburbs. However, he never lost touch with his mother, whose selfish scheming sparked the fire that led to that fateful night when Terrell became disabled. Now that he’s an adult, his tainted bloodline has other plans for the wheelchair-bound teenager. Throwing away his silver spoon, Li’l T easily favors an oversized .40-cal he keeps tucked on his lap. With Simone, his wicked-minded mother, co-signing his every criminal move, Terrell hopes he can rise up to be half the man he believes his deceased father was, even though Kamal was the one to put him in the iron-wheeled casket. A product of the system, Terrell is haunted by his past, but he’s determined not to let anything stop his shine.
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