With his parents working overseas, Matsu stays at the home of his tsundere childhood friend, Yuki, and her gorgeous mother, Yasuko. While Yasuko is kind and caring, Yuki is a roughhousing dark-skinned kogal prodigy who loves to assert her iron will on Matsu. But it's not all bad for the young man, because when she has him locked up, he can feel her plump thighs and big bust smash against his body!
The spring of 1945 is going to be his best spring in several years. With his Navy career behind him, and a bank roll thanks to his Navy separation pay, he set out to determine what the future holds. Phil Storm doesn't realize the personal pain he will deal with as he walks into the backrooms of New York City. Dirty Little Secrets by author John Champlin takes the clean and pretty face off of the City and exposes its corrupt, rotten and tainted undertow. Phil will keep you on edge as you wonder how he will free himself from each adverse situation. You will find yourself unable to put this book down as you wonder what will happen next in the lives of the Robert Wayne Dunsworth Coleman's family and their Dirty Little Secrets. The bad boys can break bones but they are unable to break Phil Storm's spirit and desire.
In 1987, the city of Chicago hired a former radical college chaplain to clean up rampant corruption on the waterfront. R. J. Nelson thought he was used to the darker side of the law--he had been followed by federal agents and wiretapped due to his antiwar stances in the sixties--but nothing could prepare him for the wretched bog that constituted the world of a Harbor Boss. Director of Harbors and Marine Services was a position so mired in corruption that its previous four directors ended up in federal prison. Nelson inherited angry constituents, prying journalists, shell-shocked employees, and a tobacco-stained office still bearing a busted door that had been smashed in by the FBI. Undeterred, Nelson made it his personal mission to become a "pneumacrat," a public servant who, for the common good, always follows the spirit--if not always the letter--of the law. Dirty Waters is a wry, no-holds-barred memoir of Nelson's time controlling some of the city's most beautiful spots while facing some of its ugliest traditions. A guide like no other, Nelson takes us through Chicago's beloved "blue spaces" and deep into the city's political morass. He reveals the different moralities underlining three mayoral administrations, from Harold Washington to Richard M. Daley, and navigates us through the gritty mechanisms of the Chicago machine. He also deciphers the sometimes insular world of boaters and their fraught relationship with their land-based neighbors. Ultimately, Dirty Waters is a tale of morality, of what it takes to be a force for good in the world and what struggles come from trying to stay ethically afloat in a sea of corruption.
For centuries, sailors have noted that it's not the oceans that cause harm, but the hard bits around the edges. A parallel can be drawn to recreational sailors who are comfortable sailing in local or coastal waters but have not totally mastered the skills of returning the boat to the slip. Watching neighbors expertly guide their boats into slips and hearing them discuss terms like prop walk and spring lines, they realize there may be a gap in their knowledge. Now for the good news - this is the book you've been looking for. It is the most complete book written on everything you should know about docking your monohull or catamaran. Covering boat characteristics, environmental effects, and different scenarios, you will find a technique to safely dock your boat under any condition. Designed to be read in conjunction with American Sailing's 118 Docking Endorsement course, it is also a stand-alone book for any sailor wanting to improve boat handling skills. You will find everything you need to know in this 137-page book. - Learn why your boat handles like it does - Learn how to assess the variable effects - Learn to use external clues to assist your maneuvering - Learn to use spring lines and prop walk to your advantage - Impress your boat neighbors with your new skills - Learn to love docking
When Ivy finds out that her roommate’s brother Arturo is about to be deported, she impulsively agrees to marry him, sight unseen. But when Arturo turns out to be incredibly arrogant—and infuriatingly sexy—convincing the authorities that they’re in love turns out to be harder than she anticipated. Or is it?
Growing up in Afghanistan, Hamid Zaher did not feel like a man and was more comfortable in the company of women. He eventually realized he was a homosexual—a subject that was taboo in his country and one that was never discussed. In this memoir, Zaher tells the story of his life journey as a gay man in an attempt to acknowledge the existence of homosexuality in Afghanistan. First published in 2009 in Farsi under the title Beyond Horror, It Is Your Enemy Who Is Dock-Tailed addresses the discrimination and abuse gay men face in Zaher’s home country. He discusses his feelings and emotions as he grew into adulthood realizing he was not like the other boys and men in his neighborhood. He narrates his story of trying to leave the country, only to experience additional discrimination. It Is Your Enemy Who Is Dock-Tailed shows how one man set goals, persevered, and attempted to overcome discrimination and abuse that was tied to his sexual orientation. By sharing his personal experiences, Zaher hopes to restore rights to others who have been denigrated and neglected in Afghanistan’s backward society.
