Out Stealing Water
Out Stealing Water

Author: Roxanne Lynn Doty

Publisher: Regal House Publishing

Published: 2022-08-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781646031979

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When the city turns off her family's water, seventeen-year-old Emily begins to understand why her uncle Dwight thinks the government should keep its hands off people's lives, property, and the things they have a right to--such as water. Set in Phoenix, Arizona, in the summer of 2010, Out Stealing Water tells the story of Emily's increasingly bold schemes to get enough money to leave Phoenix for good. She and her cousin, Paula, begin stealing. At first, it's T-shirts and gym shorts from the university gym, but it soon escalates to stealing cell phones and IDs. When they accept an offer from the shady friend of her uncle Jay to steal suitcases from Sky Harbor Airport, they may have crossed a point of no return. Meanwhile, Dwight struggles to hang on to the family's ramshackle two-acre property located in the heart of a rapidly growing university town by accepting help from an armed antigovernment group. In the wake of a tragic shootout, Emily has to choose: Stay in the place she calls home? Or find a new life for herself?

The Five Deaths of Roxanne Love
The Five Deaths of Roxanne Love

Author: Erin Quinn

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-08-27

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1476727511

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In award-winning romance author Erin Quinn’s exciting new paranormal series, a woman who can’t die meets the man destined to kill her. She cheated death... All Roxanne Love has ever wanted is to be normal—marriage, kids, the life of June Cleaver. She tries to fit in but can’t conceal her ability to defy death—not from the world, not from the darkest creatures of the Beyond and not from the Reaper determined to destroy her. Now Roxanne is on the run, her only ally a compelling, dangerous detective with secrets of his own. Against her will, she’s drawn to his quiet strength and heated touch. But can she trust him? ...until she felt death's kiss. Incognito as guilt-ridden cop, Santo Castillo, the Reaper’s plan is simple: get close to Roxanne, uncover the secret of her immortality and cut it at the source. Yet with this borrowed body come emotions the Reaper hadn’t expected. Now nothing is clear but his conflicted desire to protect the woman he came to kill. As destiny forces them to face an enemy hell-bent on using Roxanne to wipe out all of mankind, she and Santo must choose between love...and salvation.

Storytelling with Collage
Storytelling with Collage

Author: Roxanne Evans Stout

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2016-03-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1440340501

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Every collage has a tale to tell. Tell your story in paper, fabric, and objects collected from your world. Storytelling With Collage will inspire you to capture your poetic thoughts, fond memories and passionate daydreams in a soft and simple style. Using simple tools and supplies that delight you, you'll learn to work with a variety of prompts and will discover how each element you select--from small shells collected on your last trip to the pretty paper you unwrapped from a recent gift--has its own part of a complete narrative. Nine collage prompts will walk you step-by-step through a collage creation as you work with textured papers, fabric, stitching, found objects, images, natural materials, color, wax and metal. In addition, inside you will find: • Numerous Tasks--ideas for combing your world for collage fodder • Beautiful photos to inspire you to customize your own worktable • Perspective on finding inspiration outside your window through the seasons • Extra inspiration in each chapter from the Collage Stories and works by 25 contributing artists Capture the textures and colors of your moments today through your own Storytelling With Collage!

Unexpected Blessings
Unexpected Blessings

Author: Roxanne Black

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2009-11-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 158333355X

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"Roxanne's heartfelt experience reminds us of the sacred experience we all share." Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual Beautifully drawn stories of hope, healing, and courage illuminate the unexpected blessings that lie beyond the hurdles in life. When Roxanne Black was only fifteen years old, she was diagnosed with lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease. As a teenager with a rare and potentially life- threatening illness, Roxanne yearned to connect firsthand with others who knew what she was experiencing. So she made the decision to turn her diagnosis into something positive. Working out of her hospital bedroom, she founded Friends' Health Connection, which is now a nationwide community that matches people with similar health conditions for friendship and mutual support. Unexpected Blessings brings to life Roxanne's moving personal story, as well as the wisdom and lessons of courage she has learned over the years from famous leaders and celebrities, as well as everyday heroes standing strong against adversity. We meet Sara, an eight-year-old mature beyond her years, who is struggling with AIDS and the loss of her mother, and Ruby, a chronically ill woman whose devoted husband eases her pain. We experience Roxanne's poignant encounter with Christopher Reeve before his death, and also see unbelievable kindness and acts of love-family members offering transplant organs to save loved ones, strangers supporting one another through crisis, and more. These powerful stories and reflections weave together a rich tapestry of hope, comfort, and inspiration, and serve as reminders of the incredible resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming challenge. In this gorgeously written book, Roxanne Black reminds us of the courage we all possess.

Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist

Author: Roxane Gay

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-08-05

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 0062282727

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“Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always careful, always right there.” — Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be? A New York Times Bestseller Best Book of the Year: NPR • Boston Globe • Newsweek • Time Out New York • Oprah.com • Miami Herald • Book Riot • Buzz Feed • Globe and Mail (Toronto) • The Root • Shelf Awareness A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched cultural observers of her generation In these funny and insightful essays, Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of color (The Help) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (Girls, Django in Chains) and commenting on the state of feminism today (abortion, Chris Brown). The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture. Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better, coming from one of our most interesting and important cultural critics.

Difficult Women
Difficult Women

Author: Roxane Gay

Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Published: 2017-01-03

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0802189644

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The New York Times–bestselling author of Bad Feminist shares a collection of stories about hardscrabble lives, passionate loves and vexed human connection. The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children, and must negotiate the elder sister’s marriage. A woman married to a twin pretends not to realize when her husband and his brother impersonate each other. A stripper putting herself through college fends off the advances of an overzealous customer. A black engineer moves to Upper Michigan for a job and faces the malign curiosity of her colleagues and the difficulty of leaving her past behind. From a girls’ fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbors conform, compete, and spy on each other, Roxanne Gay delivers a wry, beautiful, haunting vision of modern America with her “signature wry wit and piercing psychological depth” (Harper’s Bazaar).

10-Minute Plays for Kids
10-Minute Plays for Kids

Author: Lawrence Harbison

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-11-01

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1495063933

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In 10-Minute Plays for Kids, young thespians will find terrific plays by some of our most prominent playwrights – such as Sharyn Rothstein, Alex Broun, Jenny Lyn Bader, Claudia I. Haas, and Mark Harvey Levine, and by others less well known but equally terrific such as Sharai Bohannon, Suzanne Bailie, and Shirley King. The characters and situations portrayed are perfect for the kid actor. Some of the plays explore relatable tales of friendship and family, while others allow the actors to take on the personas of nonhuman characters, such as fish and chess pieces! 10-Minute Plays for Kids is ideal for theater students, youth groups, and acting classes.

A Love I Can Trust
A Love I Can Trust

Author: Sanya Hudson-Payne

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2011-12-29

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1612044492

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Alexa, Emily, and Roxanne are three different women who share one thing in common: they all distrust love. As a child, Alexa witnesses the brutal murder of her mother by her alcoholic father, and then suffers incest and rape, perpetuated by her uncle and strangers. Maturing with an impenetrable shell, Alexa becomes the CEO and founder of a multi-million dollar company where she treats everyone with disdain, and seeks gratification through sexually demeaning encounters with men. Alexa's assistant, Emily, vows to focus on her career and avoid love at all costs, since her parents instilled in her that the sole purpose of love is to marry for money. Alexa's personal stylist, Roxanne, fights her own battle with trust and love, manifested through poor relationships because of her father's abandonment. As the three women travel down the path of their own destinies, combating issues of trust, a murder plot is revealed. Who wants one of the women dead? Follow the intriguing drama, set against a backdrop of passion, jealously, adoration, and betrayal in A Love I Can Trust. Sanya Hudson-Payne lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is an educator in the NYC public school system. She also freelances for various online magazines and speaks at empowerment seminars along the East Coast. http: //SBPRA.com/SanyaHudson-Payne

Crimson Candlesticks
Crimson Candlesticks

Author: Catrina Carrington

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-04-26

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1469191253

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Crimson Candlesticks, a Christian, fictional novel that is filled with Charlottes relentless search to find out who she is and why her familys treasured heirlooms, the century old crimson candlesticks hold so much intrigue and power in her search for freedom and happiness. The opening chapter introduces us to Charlotte who is filled with such inner turmoil and sadness about her life that really is fulfilling but does not offer her the deepest desires that she covets: a doctorate from The Juilliard School, a husband, and the search for who she really is. The novel is filled with humor, sadness, and joy focusing on Charlotte Mays dreams to earn a doctorate from Juilliard, despite having already received a masters degree from The Boston Conservatory and living a comfortable, secure life in Tennessee. Yet, Charlotte yearns for more, for a doctorate, a husband, and world-wide recognition. Throughout Charlottes quest