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Supermodel and super CEO of our time Tyra Banks and her mother Carolyn show readers why when you kick perfection to the curb and showcase your unique beauty ain't nobody gonna stop you! In Perfect Is Boring, Tyra Banks and her mother, Carolyn, get raw, real and cray-in-a-good-way as they share what they’ve learned on Tyra’s journey from insecure preteen to supermodel and entrepreneurial powerhouse. Though she’ll be the first to tell you she is not her daughter’s best friend—‘cause she ain’t that kinda mama!—there’s no doubt that Carolyn’s signature mix of pep talks and tough love got Tyra to where she is today, and here they pay it forward to empower readers with a remind...
"Juvenile Justice is an ideal brief core text for undergraduate courses such as Introduction to Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Violence, Juvenile Delinquency, and Youth Justice in departments of criminal justice, criminology, and sociology."--BOOK JACKET.
In March 1976 five members of the family of State Department employee William Bradford Bishop, Jr., were found slain in a shallow grave in rural eastern North Carolina. It was determined that the murders had been committed in the family home in suburban Washington, D.C. Bishop was missing, and the authorities quickly named him the one and only suspect in the brutal and seemingly motiveless crimes. The family station wagon was found abandoned at the western side of Great Smoky National Park. Bishop vanished and since that time has allegedly been an international fugitive. The author, Bishop's roommate senior year at Yale University, has been haunted by this case and its unanswered questions for many years. In this challenging book he puts forth some interesting theories as to what might have happened.
Stirring Prose: Cooking with Texas Authors is a delightfully revealing look at some of Texas's best writers. Initially conceived as a Who's Who of Texas authors, Deborah Douglas quickly realized that asking authors to write about their favorite recipes freed them from "the big toe-digging constraints of having to talk directly about themselves. The resulting off-center reflections are brilliant slices of their personalities and their writing styles." A traditional cookbook this is not. Each author contributed to Stirring Prose in a personal, distinctive way. Billy Porterfield reveals his fantasies about a voluptuous restaurant owner and a dream-enhanced recipe for "game hen fricassee with a ...
"Banks' techniuqe...is as sharp as any killer's knife blade." THE WASHINGTON POST Nobody much cares for Nika Ballinger, but that doesn't mean her violent death shouldn't be looked into. Fellow horsewoman Robin Vaughan doesn't like the way the police investigation is going. In the perfect world of competitive dressage, Nika rode like a piece of luggage. So who arranged to have a horse kick her death? As Robin mounts her own search for the killer, she rummages through Nika's untidy past--and finds a bizarre double life that someone might kill to keep secret.
Calvin, Dorian, Emory, and Bishop are four bachelors who are living their dreams in Atlanta, GA. Between their successful careers and the crazy ration of women to men in Atlanta, it’s expected that there would be at least a few scandals involving various women. Calvin has decided that true love doesn’t exist and believes all women should be taught a lesson. Dorian, the lawyer, manages to lay low and maintain non-committal situationships while focusing on his legal career. Meanwhile, Emory puts his career as a music producer on the line when he foolishly starts to mix business with pleasure. Bishop, a pro football player, seems more prone to scandalous encounters than the others and always finds himself at the center of a media storm. When tragedy strikes, these friends are forced to an analyze their womanizing ways and decide if it is worth it to continue living life in the fast lane.
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What if your life wasnt what you wanted it to be and unfortunately outside forces beyond your control alter it? How far would you go to change it? Kyle Banks, a rebellious twenty-four-year-old, had no clueuntil one day it almost cost him his life. When he woke up in the hospital, the girl who found him had followed him. Olivia Chambers was like nothing he had ever met or expected; she was spunky and smart. She taught him to accept what had happened to him and learn from it. Olivia challenged him at every turn, but also protected him fiercely from his parents and the ones who assaulted him. The bond that grew between them was impenetrable and cemented their love for each other. They were two people walking on different paths, attending the same university in Sacramento, but never meeting until that fateful day. It is a feel-good story about true love and loyalty, finding your soul mate, and believing that anyone can changeand that it can save your life.
Original fiction of newly discovered writers and award winning work of notable writers Chick-Lit: Postfeminist Fiction is the fourth volume in "On the Edge: New Women's Fiction," FC2's ongoing effort to discover new and innovative voices in women's fiction. Determined to contradict the myth that "women don't write experimental fiction," Chick-Lit discovers women writers with a fresh and irreverent wit and honesty, but no less powerful in their rendering of human experience. Chick-Lit collects the original fiction of newly discovered writers, but also the award winning work of notable writers like Carole Maso, Jonis Agee, Stacy Levinne and Carolyn Banks. Marked by innovations in form and poin...
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