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Laguna Beach, California -- 1978 The house on Myrtle Street—not quite like the old and beloved one on Shadow Lane—but the family resumes its comfortable breakfasts there with Hal and Simon. The dark shadow of gay prejudice dims their lives, however. A ballot measure that would allow schools to fire their gay teachers threatens Hal’s career, complicated by his need to help a gay student who is being abused at home. A hateful fundamentalist church, inspired by the likes of Anita Bryant, makes no secret about its anti-gay agenda. The guest cottage in the back yard—is it the ghosts of ancient murder victims who are haunting the place, or spies determined to ruin Hal? Meet Bertrand, the w...
Simon Hardman is back in the sequel Old Tides. He finally feels like he has won life’s lottery. With his home on the western tip of the Choctawhatchee everyday is just another day in paradise. His daughters are now living with him and their mother has accepted his marriage proposal. Paradise is interrupted when two of his closest friends are brutally murdered. It doesn’t take Simon long to understand someone is out for revenge and that the past can never be hidden for long. The brother of a man Simon killed has tracked him to Fort Walton and wants revenge. It all comes to a head in the middle of a thunderstorm on a small island located in the middle of Biscayne Bay.
"In this book Clive Robertson examines the subject of arts administration through the three major topics of 'artist-run culture as movement and apparatus', 'custody battles with/at the Canada Council' and Carings for art and culture'. Includes interviews with Paule Leduc, Roch Carrier, Edythe Goodriche, and Bruce Russell." -- From Art Metropole website (viewed 23 May 2018).
Many young readers have heard of canyons. Maybe they've even seen one on a family vacation or school trip. However, they may not understand what makes something a canyon or exactly how canyons are formed. Readers will learn to identify canyons and find out how, over many years, rushing rivers can cut through rock to create these breathtaking landforms. Manageable sections of text are paired with attention-grabbing photographs, ensuring that readers of many ages and levels can enjoy this educational guide.
Prompted by heartbreak over losing his lover, Lucas Stoulson finds solace in his memories of a time when clubs were filled with rebellious partiers from all social backgrounds, and the music created a blissful atmosphere. It's 1989. Lucas and his best friend Reggie meet girls and have connections, money and good times. After creating a publishing and exhibitions company that conceals their drug trafficking operation within the streets of London, Lucas and Reggie party with their crew while they find a way to secure their financial future, by building their reputation in the criminal underworld. As their business grows, the young crew soon find themselves entwined in temptations that for some are too enticing to resist. This Hostage to Fortune is a tale of a young man's journey through a vibrant party scene and the brutal underworld. He begins to learn that the only person he can ever trust is himself.
An unforgettable true story, Two Souls Indivisible stirringly recounts the forging of a legendary, heroic bond between two soldiers. Fred Cherry and Porter Halyburton first met in their shared cell in a brutal POW camp in Vietnam. Cherry, an air force pilot, was badly injured after his plane crashed; he became the first black officer to be captured by the North Vietnamese. Halyburton, a young navy flier, was a naive white southerner thrown in as Cherry's cellmate. Their captors hoped close quarters would inflame American-bred racial tensions and break both men. Instead, American integrity and honor flourished, and as Cherry was nursed back to health, a friendship grew strong. The intense connection, powerfully reported by James S. Hirsch, would sustain both men through the war and throughout their lives. Inspiring, heartbreaking, remarkable, and never more timely, Two Souls Indivisible shows how good people can achieve greatness in the most hellish of circumstances.
Love, violence, and death on the American frontier play a part in this story of the early Mormons and their search for peace and freedom from persecution. Nathaniel, a young man from a Shaker background, has promised to help Hannah and her brother get safely from Ohio to Missouri, where her fiancé Dan is building a cabin for them. Despite his determination to assist, Nathaniel finds himself falling in love with Hannah. How can he hand her over to Dan and never see her again? His dilemma is made worse by the journey's trials and the threat of persecution. In Clouds of Fire also explores the diversity of people who were attracted to this new, unique religion, and the groups from which they came, religious and otherwise. Some came from a Huguenot background, one from the French settlement at Gallipolis, Ohio, some from the group known as "Seekers." One is an ex-slave. All these people combine to form a family group within the greater community, where they face the realities of persecution and sacrifice in order to stay together. Based on accounts and journals of the time, the book brings to life an exciting portion of American history.
Looks at the life and music career of prominent soul singer Wilson Pickett, chronicling the performer's rise to stardom and his self-destructive fall into alcohol and drug addiction before ending his career on a high note with a Grammy-nominated album.
L’America proletaria, quella in cui la vita scorre tra un supermercato, una giornata in fabbrica e una cena al Pizza Hut, ma solo il venerdì sera perché dal lunedì al giovedì non è proprio il caso. Siamo nel Kentucky, dove c’è una città che si chiama Roma ed è così piccola che quel nome le calza come un cappello troppo ampio. Ma anche qui le ragazze rimangono incinte e non ne capiscono bene la ragione; anche qui i padri abbandonano il tetto familiare mentre i figli muovono i primi passi, ma in realtà in casa non ci sono stati mai perché la loro vita da sempre scorre altrove, su autostrade protese verso un sogno che non arriverà a realizzarsi: non alla guida di un furgone, non...