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So you always wanted to write a book, but didn't know where to begin. It's been a while since English class and all you remember is that your verbs and nouns should agree. Didn't learn parts of speech in school? Don't know? What's an adjective? No need to panic. Author and journalist Marsha Jones says no need to panic. Her guide, Do the Writing Thing teaches you how to write through a series of writing prompts, writing samples, exercises, and brings some of the rules to you. Marsha Jones also recommends ways that your writing comes across fresh and what you consider when you are writing to convey your points and your message.
Sixteen-year-old Rebecca Middleton and best friend Jasmine Meens make their "trip of a lifetime" to the Queen's "Jewel in the Atlantic," oblivious to secrets beneath the island's idyllic guise and to the horrors that await them on the dark side of Paradise. Sunny days and teal surf welcome the Canadian teenagers as they roam the twenty square miles of the seemingly pristine British territory. But on this searing July night, a full moon, an unusual storm, a cancelled cruise, absent taxis, and chance meetings end in the gruesome kidnap, rape, torture, and murder of Rebecca Middleton. Emotions left over from long-standing racial inequities impact Becky's case from the moment of her slaughter--e...
Marsha Jones is back with her latest literary installment, Win-Win, a story about love in the world of semi-professional football. Meet Madison, a charming, sexy, and widowed filmmaker who has put her life on hold when it comes to romance. Her best friend Jaymz, a film critic who has an opinion about everything, tries to help jumpstart it anyway he can. Hunter Rodriguez is the Hive football team’s star quarterback. He has been married to his wife, Renee for more than 10 years. Hunter doesn’t want to acknowledge the fact that his marriage is on the rocks. Renee wants Hunter to “grow up” and “give up his dreams” of playing professional football. . After a series of personal tragedies, each character has a decision to make. What will they do for love? Will Madison let go of the past and open up her heart to love again? Will Renee stay in a sinking and loveless relationship? Is Hunter able to salvage his marriage and keep his secret? Will sparks fly Madison and Sterling? Win-Win answers all these questions and takes a whimsical look at what people will do for love, how lost love can make us stronger, and why it takes two people to hold onto it.
After the crash of an explosive-laden seaplane into the aft end of The Sea Empress as it left a Caribbean island, the luxury cruise ship has been refurbished and repaired and leaves Rome for it's first trans-Atlantic voyage. Danny and Marsha Jones once again are leading the security team for the flagship of The Seven Seas Company. She, a retired U. S. Secret Service agent and Danny retired as a homicide cop in Maryland find new challenges in protecting the passengers and ship from threats and cold-blooded killers. How does the voyage of the Sea Empress take on a surprise guest and set the stage for an assassination attempt in the ship's theatre? How does the acclaimed Broadway actor, brother...
At Eastertime, the most important holiday in the Christian world, religious processions in many Latin American countries pass over ornate street "carpets" fashioned from colored sawdust, flowers and fruit. Children in Finland and Sweden dress as "Easter witches." In the Caribbean, those who swim on Good Friday risk bad luck. In the Philippines, some penitents volunteer to be crucified. In some European countries, Easter Monday is the day for dousing women with water. With 240 entries, this book explores these and scores of other unusual and sometimes bizarre international Holy Week customs, both sacred and secular, from pilgrimages to Jerusalem to classic seasonal films and television specials.
Through a painstaking gathering and synthesis of the surviving documents of Georgia social history before the Revolution, many of them fragmentary, Davis re-creates much of the texture and quality of life in that southernmost province. In addition to black slavery, religion, and education, he examines such elementary questions as: what kinds of buildings Georgians lived in, how they solved their transportation problems, the nature of criminal law administration, and the range of occupations and vocations. Originally published in 1976. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
If Azusa lived up to the reputation aggrandized from the glib assessment that it was the city with "everything from A to Z in the U.S.A.," no one would want to live anywhere else. Hyperbole aside, many Azusa residents love the place just as it is. This vibrant city grew from a citrus town to a bustling suburb nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Also known as the "Canyon City" on the banks of the San Gabriel River, Azusa initially was a village of the Gabrieleno tribe before becoming Henry Dalton's Rancho Azusa during rule by Spain and later Mexico, and continued to grow during California's fledgling era of U.S. statehood. Founded by Los Angeles banker Jonathan Sayer Slauson in 1887 as a stop on the Santa Fe Railroad, the city was incorporated in 1898.