Drink, Smoke, Pass Out
Drink, Smoke, Pass Out

Author: Judith Lucy

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia

Published: 2012-10-24

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1742536611

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A book about life that discusses liquor and lovemaking as much as it does the point of it all. Judith Lucy has looked everywhere for happiness. Growing up a Catholic, she thought about becoming a nun, and later threw herself into work, finding a partner and getting off her face. Somehow, none of that worked. So lately, she's been asking herself the big questions. Why are we here? Is there a God? What happens when we die? And why can't she tell you which of her friends has herpes, but not what they believe in? In her first volume of memoir, the bestselling The Lucy Family Alphabet, Judith tried to work out her parents. In Drink, Smoke, Pass Out, she tries to find out if there's more to life than wanting to suck tequila out of Ryan Gosling's navel. With disarming frankness and classic dry wit, she reviews the major paths of her life and, alarmingly, finds herself on a journey. 'A well written, poignant, moving and naturally humorous story of one forty-something's attempt to get her life together.' Australian Bookseller + Publisher 'An often hilarious, at times disarming account of her ongoing search for spiritual awakening.' Madison 'Can she write? Heck, yeah . . . At least one laugh per page – that's about 245 laughs' Herald Sun

Bound
Bound

Author: Antonya Nelson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-10-05

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1608193004

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Antonya Nelson is known for her razor-sharp depictions of contemporary family life in all of its sometimes sad, sometimes hilarious complexity. Her latest novel has roots in her own youth in Wichita, in the neighborhood stalked by the serial killer known as BTK (Bind, Torture, and Kill). A story of wayward love and lost memory, of public and private lives twisting out of control, Bound is Nelson's most accomplished and emotionally riveting work. Catherine and Oliver, young wife and older entrepreneurial husband, are negotiating their difference in age and a plethora of well-concealed secrets. Oliver, now in his sixties, is a serial adulterer and has just fallen giddily in love yet again. Catherine, seemingly placid and content, has ghosts of a past she scarcely remembers. When Catherine's long-forgotten high school friend dies and leaves Catherine the guardian of her teenage daughter, that past comes rushing back. As Oliver manages his new love, and Catherine her new charge and darker past, local news reports turn up the volume on a serial killer who has reappeared after years of quiet. In a time of hauntings and new revelations, Nelson's characters grapple with their public and private obligations, continually choosing between the suppression or indulgence of wild desires. Which way they turn, and what balance they find, may only be determined by those who love them most.

All Eyes on Her
All Eyes on Her

Author: L.E. Flynn

Publisher: Imprint

Published: 2020-08-18

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1250158168

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Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and We Were Liars, All Eyes on Her by L.E. Flynn is a gripping young adult thriller told from the perspective of everyone except the alleged killer—a seventeen-year-old girl. You heard the story on the news. A girl and a boy went into the woods. The girl carried a picnic basket. The boy wore bright yellow running shoes. The girl found her way out, but the boy never did... Everyone thinks they know what happened. Some say Tabby pushed him off that cliff— she didn’t even like hiking. She was jealous. She had more than her share of demons. Others think he fell accidentally—she loved Mark. She would never hurt him...even if he hurt her. But what’s the real story? All Eyes On Her is told from everyone but Tabby herself as the people in her life string together the events that led Tabby to that cliff. Her best friend. Her sister. Her enemy. Her ex-boyfriend. Because everybody thinks they know a girl better than she knows herself. What do you think is the truth? An Imprint Book Praise for Last Girl Lied To: "Fans of E. Lockhart, Karen M. McManus, and Flynn’s other work will revel in this mystery/thriller and the authenticity with which its characters are rendered." —Booklist

Lost Pals!
Lost Pals!

Author: Dean Davies

Publisher: Rhys Ryan Evans

Published: 2014-10-13

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 149212950X

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Dean Rhys, or Taff to his mates has been AWOL from the British army, (done a bunk) for quite some time now along with his ex recce team, what was left of them.Most of his recce team had died in the last adventure they had gotten mixed up in, which had forced them abscond from the British army! There was only three of them left now, Dean Rhys (Taff), Moose and Dunc, A while ago whilst they were serving in Bosnia in the reconnaissance platoon they were following orders to set up an ambush coordinated and lead by a drunken platoon sergeant, who had taken over instead of the platoon commander, Things went wrong; Their own ambush got ambushed, The team got involved with taking a hell of a large amount of silver bullion from the Serbs after some suspicious ugly killings.The UN went mad, international embarrassment occurred; The silver bullion was sneaked back to the UK, the platoon's corrupt platoon sergeant double-crosses the recce team; Somehow the IRA get involved and the recce team decides to go AWOL to sort out the problems, their own way! The team is hunted down by government agents across international waters, has the team got away with it? They managed to escape on a high class boat to Brazil, captained by Dunk's uncle, another dodgy character. Dean has a female partner called Carmem, originally born in Brazil, she came to the UK a long while ago, Dean and Carmem both had their identities changed completely with the help of Brazilian black market friends.With all the money from the mission cleaned up and changed into a lot of different currencies, they both took over a local caf�.It was Carmem's dream! Dean and Carmem go off cruising around the world on their posh boat and their share of the money from the silver bullion. Dean's pal: Duncan, after he has his identity changed decides to drive round Brazil with his girlfriend, They decide to check out the Brazilian Amazon rain forest and go missing in there! Moose receives a coded message on his secure pager: Dunc asking for help, Dunc's vehicle found in the Amazon River, No bodies are found, there are strange tribal arrows in the tyres. Moose sends me a text on my pager asking for help; It takes too long to get back to Brazil on our boat. Moose had already left in search of Dunc; Carmem gets me help to find my pals.Three ex-soldiers from the Brazilian armed forces. I set off to the Amazon rain forest, To find my lost pals.

Silence of Pain
Silence of Pain

Author: Cheryl Tolliver

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1477213112

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Entitled "Silence Of Pain" the manuscript is about an African American girl from Louisiana endures abuse at the hands of her schizophrenic mother, an absent father and the torment it brought into their family lives. At the age of five-years old and born the first of three children in Jonesville, La; this young girl was forced to endure pain, loneliness, loss and self-worth. This young girl's family was poor and had to raise their own cattle and crops in order to make a living. After the murder of a daughter, being drugged and hit in the head with an axe; her mother was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. At the age of sixteen years old, she entrapped a young man by getting pregnant. After moving out of her grandparents' home, she moved with her baby daddy only to find herself in an abusive relationship. At the age of two years old, her son thigh was mysteriously broken, therefore, she finds herself under an investigation and accused of child abuse. At the age of twenty-years old, she continued to go through the torment of her mother and the effect it had on their family lives. At the age of twenty one, she enrolled in a community college. Upon completion of her college courses and finding a job working in a Nursing Facility, she left her son's dad to live on her own. At the age of twenty four, she had worked at the Nursing Facility for two years; she was charged with a crime that she didn't perpetrate. By the age of twenty eight years old, her mother had recover from her illness, so she moved to Houston, Texas to escape any future episodes of her mother's torments and nightmare of being charged with a crime that she didn't perpetrate. Thinking that she would have a better life living in Texas; she was stalked, drugged, escaped death, and got caught up in an on the job scheme that cost her career which led her to become depressed and wanting to kill herself. Throughout her hard times, she regained her health and strength through prayer, friends, and self-motivation that allowed her to succeed in her daily life. Finally, she established a stronger bond with Christ to find solutions for both the physical and mental problems that she was facing.

Rebecca's Story: Silence
Rebecca's Story: Silence

Author: Barbara Denise Fox

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-08-18

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1291988017

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Rebecca was just an ordinary girl, but what does it take to send someone ordinary over the edge? Working in a call centre might be the start of it, or could it be the end? Starting out at a new job in a call centre, Rebecca has to go through all the palaver of training and getting to know new people, only things don't go as planned and she ends up hating her job more than she hated her life. Drinking starts to be a large part in her life as slowly she delves deeper and deeper into the world of an alcoholic. Meanwhile, there is a killer on the loose, wreaking havoc and mutilating bodies faster than the police can keep track of, each time in a new and more inventive way. The killer dubbed as The Silence Killer continues to evade police radar, but will he/she ever be caught? Will Rebecca's life spiral out of control just as she starts her new career? Will The Silence killer come for her too?

Bully for Them
Bully for Them

Author: Fiona Scott-Norman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-03-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1922213330

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One of the most difficult things about being bullied is the feeling that nobody else knows what it’s like. Twenty-two of Australia’s most talented and successful people know exactly what it’s like. In candid and entertaining interviews, leading lights from across Australian life recount how they were bullied and shunned at school just for being different. Not only did they survive the ordeal but their experiences helped shape them into the remarkable individuals they are today. Contributors include: Missy Higgins (musician), Hazem El Masri (NRL), Christos Tsiolkas (writer), Tiffiny Hall (TV), Alice Pung (writer), Sam Bramham (paralympian), Stella Young (disability advocate), Eddie Perfect (actor), Megan Washington (musician), Brendan Cowell (actor), Marieke Hardy (writer), Adam Goodes (AFL), Adam Boland (TV), Bindi Cole (artist), Charlie Pickering (TV), Kate Miller-Heidke (musician), Tim Ferguson (comedian), Penny Wong (politician), Benjamin Law (writer), Judith Lucy (comedian), Paul Capsis (musician) and Wendy Harmer (TV).

Perfectly Prep
Perfectly Prep

Author: Sarah A. Chase

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-03-20

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0190294787

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Although New England boarding schools have been educating America's elite for four generations, they, along with their privileged students, rarely have been the subject of study. Living in a senior boys' dorm at a co-ed school, Sarah Chase was able to witness the inner workings of student culture and the dynamics of their peer groups. In an environment of ivy-covered buildings, institutional goals of excellence and aspirations to Ivy League colleges, the boys and girls acted extremely masculine or feminine. While girls typically worked themselves into a state of sleep deprivation and despair during exam period, the boys remained seemingly unconcerned and relaxed. As much as the girls felt pressure to be "cute" and "perfect," the boys felt pressure to be "bad ass" and the "best at everything." Tellingly, the boys thought that "it would suck" to be a girl, while over one third of the girls wanted to be male if given the chance. From her vantage point of sitting in the back of the football and field hockey buses, attending prom and senior pranks, and listening to how students described their academic and social pressures, competition, rumors, backstabbing, sex, and partying, Chase discovered that these boys and girls shared similar values, needs and desires despite their highly gendered behavior. The large class, ethnic and individual differences in how the students perform their genders reveal the importance of culture in development and the power of individual agency. This book examines the price of privilege and uncovers how student culture reflects and perpetuates society and institutional power structures and gender ideologies.

Voice Training Programs for Professional Speakers: Global Outcomes
Voice Training Programs for Professional Speakers: Global Outcomes

Author: Aliaa Khidr

Publisher: Plural Publishing

Published: 2017-05-31

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1944883991

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Voice Training Programs for Professional Speakers: Global Outcomes is a professional resource for voice education and training programs used to care for the voice of different professional speakers and occupational voice users. This includes teachers, media reporters, fitness instructors, telemarketers, clergy, speech pathologists, and more. Each chapter is authored by an experienced voice clinician who provides a clear description of a target population and its challenges, as well as a detailed roadmap describing a unique global experience in developing, implementing, and advocating for these programs in academic institutions, professional unions, and workplaces. This book provides detailed steps and outcomes of globally tested health care and voice training programs for each of the professional speaker populations addressed. Voice Training Programs for Professional Speakers can thus be used by phoniatricians, logopedists, speech-language pathologists, and vocal coaches as a comprehensive resource for tailored preventative and management programs. It can also be used by future and current professional speakers as a great self-education resource to help them better care, develop, and advocate for their own voices and careers.

Nuthouse Love
Nuthouse Love

Author: Kenny Attaway

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2009-12-03

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1449044557

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Nuthouse Love, the one and only spin off of Kenny Attaways novel Slum Beautiful, is a critical, up front; passionate oozing documented real life experiences of Rasheeda Sade Griffin and her three best friends Mesh, Bay and Nika plight to find true and meaningful love. But in their plight of finding true love the young girls then woman engages in physical, emotional, spiritual, financial and social abuse shared by themselves, other woman and the men they become in unisome with. Unluckily throughout the sails in the winds of love self worth they discover not only the harsh reality of hurt, pain and agonies of domestic abuse, but they slip and fall in the egg yolk of their imperfections and insecurities. Regardless of the unforgettable mishaps of her close friends, others involved in her life; including supporting confidants Monica, Mrs. Cent and college friends and herself, she continues her voyage to the point of no return. Nuthouse not only details the experiences, trials and tribulations of many of the woman, but the harsh realism of the black mans fears, misguidance social and emotional troubles and enigmas as he/their boyfriends take them through at first hand experience that theyd refer to as the nuthouse and nuthouse love. The nuthouse term becomes symbolic for not only the feelings emerged from type of men the woman date and become evolved with, but a nickname for an actual place several of the characters visit in the impatient facility for abused woman Love Lockdown. Rich in detail, filled with angelic landscapes of unforgettable real life realities and mournful endings-Nuthouse Love is a must read.