Author: Mark Law
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781590307151
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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A founding editor of The First Post recounts his impulsive decision to take up judo when he turned fifty, an activity he came to love and admire in spite of grueling training sessions, in an account that also describes his research into judo history and his attendance at matches between famous competitors. Original.
Author: Don Carpenter
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590173902
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Don Carpenter’s Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down for good—a Dostoyevskian tale of crime, punishment, and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption. The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of Portland, Oregon. Jack befriends Billy Lancing, a young black runaway and pool hustler extraordinaire. A heist gone wrong gets Jack sent to reform school, from which he emerges embittered by abuse and solitary confinement. In the meantime Billy has joined the middle class—married, fathered a son, acquired a business and a mistress. But neither Jack nor Billy can escape their troubled pasts, and they will meet again in San Quentin before their strange double drama comes to a violent and revelatory end.
Author: Megan Sparks
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 162370152X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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When Annie moves from London to small town Illinois, the last thing she expects to do is to join the Roller Derby team.
Author: Jae
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783955338299
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Dr. Jordan Williams devotes her life to saving patients in the OR and pleasuring women in the bedroom. Jordan's new neighbor, single mom Emma, is the polar opposite. Family and fidelity mean everything to her. When Emma helps Jordan recover after a bad fall, they quickly grow closer. But neither counted on falling hard-for each other.
Author: Betsy Franco
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763634377
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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A collection of one hundred love poems written by teens.
Author: Ridley Pearson
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401305164
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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The tragic bombing of EuroTours Flight 1023 was big news. To FBI Agent Cam Daggett it was more than that. It was personal. His parents and son were on that plane. And for two years he's been after the killer who did it. All he has to go on is a name: Anthony Kort . . . and the knowledge that Kort is in the United States with a detonator no airport security can detect. HE MUST BE STOPPED. Daggett's colleagues at the Bureau and his girlfriend tell him his vendetta has become an obsession. They suggest he leave the investigation to other agents, in order to keep it objective. But having painstakingly constructed a portrait of the terrorist, Daggett believes he's now the only one with any chance of predicting Kort's next target. A novel of madness and revenge, Hard Fall begs readers to fasten their seatbelts.
Author: Lexi Ryan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781546497882
Category : Football players
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Former actress Emma Rothschild is partying in Vegas in disguise. But I'm not fooled. Five years ago, I knew that body better than my own, and I haven't forgotten a single detail--not the curve of her hip beneath my hand or the hitch in her breath when I kiss her neck. When Emma's unexpectedly left alone in Sin City, I agree to spend the weekend with her. As friends. Why not? If I can knock down the toughest guys in the NFL, I'm strong enough to keep my hands to myself, even if she is the sexiest woman I've ever met. Emma is part of my past--years so shrouded in secrets that not even my best friends know the truth about who I am. I'm a single dad now and not interested in revisiting my old ways or trying to win back the only woman I ever let close enough to break my heart. But this is Vegas, where all bets are off, and with Emma, nothing ever goes as planned ..."--Back cover.
Author: Dakota Davies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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From USA Today bestselling author Dakota Davies comes a small town family saga full of family secrets and sizzling heat. Does every first love deserve a second chance? Six years ago, my world imploded and the only way to protect the girl of my dreams was to break our pact and set her free. Though I've settled into my new role as a single dad and firefighter, I've never forgotten Lori's bright smile, her determination, the crazy, reckless love we shared night after night that summer. So when a twist of fate brings her back to Penny Creek, I'm hell bent on winning her back. Turns out I can still make her blush, she's still full of surprises, and our chemistry is hotter than ever. But she's made it clear that in two weeks, she'll be returning to the life she left behind without me. Suddenly, I'm in a race against time to get her to stay. And just when I think we've scored our second chance, our pasts come back to push us apart once more. Can I fight hard enough to keep her this time? Fall in love with in Falling for My Fling, the sexy second chance romance readers are comparing to Lauren Blakely and Corinne Michaels. Buy Falling for My Fling today!
Author: Renata Adler
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590176332
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. When Speedboat burst on the scene in the late ’70s it was like nothing readers had encountered before. It seemed to disregard the rules of the novel, but it wore its unconventionality with ease. Reading it was a pleasure of a new, unexpected kind. Above all, there was its voice, ambivalent, curious, wry, the voice of Jen Fain, a journalist negotiating the fraught landscape of contemporary urban America. Party guests, taxi drivers, brownstone dwellers, professors, journalists, presidents, and debutantes fill these dispatches from the world as Jen finds it. A touchstone over the years for writers as different as David Foster Wallace and Elizabeth Hardwick, Speedboat returns to enthrall a new generation of readers.
Author: Pamela Clare
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998749105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A Gold Star wife alone... Ellie Meeks promised her pilot husband that if he was killed in combat, she would live her life to the fullest. Three years later, she is still alone, raising the twins he never met. She has no interest in dating or meeting men-until one snowy night when a stranger helps her get her sick kids safely home. That stranger turns out to be a former Army Ranger and a member of the elite Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team. He's also tall, rugged... and irresistibly sexy. All it takes is one kiss... Jesse Moretti came to Colorado to get Iraq out of his head, using the adrenaline of extreme sports and high-risk mountain rescues to keep his mind off the past. But getting involved with Ellie might be the riskiest thing he's ever done. It's not just their explosive chemistry. There's something about Ellie that gets inside him, opening him to feelings he's tried hard to ignore. When passion ignites... Ellie feels alive in Jesse's arms and happier than she ever thought she'd feel again. But their relationship comes at a price for him, and soon Ellie sees that she must help Jesse fight the demons of his past to protect the love of a lifetime-and save the heart of a hero.
