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It’s three a.m. in the side yard of a shack in the worst part of town. I’ve got a dirty-faced baby on my hip and there’s a pit bull standing on the septic tank in the next yard over barking his head off. My patient sits on the hood of her ex-husband’s low rider smoking a cigarette and dumpingher pills into a mud hole by the right front tire. Airbrushed across the hood of the car is a cross-eyed Jesus with open arms. She lays her hand on top of his as the still-hot engine ticks. Throughtears she pleads, “Help me Jesus, please.” The dog is silent. Sirens approach. “Just breathe,” I tell her. “Everything’s gonna be all right.” The baby fidgets, resting her head against me,...
In James G. Blaine: Architect of Empire, author Edward P. Crapol assesses Blaine's role as an architect of empire and revisits the ambitious imperialistic goals of this two-time secretary of state. Crapol examines Blaine's pivotal role in shaping American foreign relations and looks at some of the underlying reasons why the U.S. acquired an overseas empire at the turn of the century. This text will acquaint readers with how Blaine sought to win global economic supremacy and intended to transform the U.S. into the world's number one power. The book also lends insight into Blaine's efforts to spark energetic governmental action in revitalizing the merchant marine, building a first-class navy, ...
A smart-alec agnostic from Silicon Valley reaches the end of her rope after discovering her husband has been cheating with an eBay addict he met on Craigslist. Desperate, she signs up for an online marriage support site. Enter Jamie Blaine, a scatter-brained former late-night suicide crisis responder from Tennessee. Blaine is about to take a job as a Kroger night stocker when he's offered a chance to make some quick, easy cash serving as a "love coach" for a shady website for jilted spouses. The story unfolds: Vicky is not only dealing with a two-timing mate but also an abusive boss and parents who suggest that her relationships might improve if she'd slim down and buy lacy black underwear. ...
While dealing with the normal challenges of teenage life, Blaine also harbors a secret he must hide from society. Equipped with supernatural abilities, Blaine is responsible for the safety and preservation of his small town. Coming face to face with a demon from his past after the unfortunate death of his boyfriend, Blaine must confront and destroy the evil that has been threatening his existence for years.
John Schneider, is called now days as a TRIPLE THREAT, an actor, singer, & dancer, let alone writer & director and lets not forget to add magician, philantripist, who co founded the largest children's charity in the world CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS.Starting from his day of jumping the fence onto the set of Smokey & the Bandit, to landing the most iconic tv series THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, as Bo Duke in 1979. John Schneider has been an American heartthrob and one of the most recognizable men throughtout the world.The first "Hollywood" memior from Schneider is filled with humiliaty, fame, mistakes, hardships, hope, and the greatest ride of your life.
Maybe God still moves and speaks in mysterious ways—some even stranger than we might ever expect. Jamie Blaine’s life isn’t exactly going as planned. When a twist of fate places the late-night psychiatric crisis guy on 24/7 call, his insomnia ramps up to desperate stages as he veers closer to becoming the very kind of person he’s trying to save. After a well-meaning colleague offers a workbook promising “the divine secret of life,” Blaine throws himself into the stereotypical journey of self-discovery with hilarious and heartbreaking conclusions that are anything but clichéd. Jamie travels time to untangle his own story of God through the wilderness, battling alligators, acropho...
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Tells the story of the nineteenth-century statesman and politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate and served as Secretary of State under both James Garfield and William Henry Harrison.