In a terrifying future world, four girls must depend on each other if they want to survive.Now that best friends Louisa, Rosie, Evelyn, and Maddie know the truth -- or at least the danger they're in -- the girls have run away from their "safe" country retreat. But life is riskier than ever, and Rosie still doesn't know who she can trust. Rosie's survival skills are top-notch. But how well can she keep her own secrets?
From the best-selling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and After Dark, a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running, and the integral impact both have made on his life. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Haruki Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and—even more important—on his writing. Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and includes settings ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of sport emerges a cornucopia of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs and the experience, after the age of fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.
In these true-life stories, men and women who lost a spouse or domestic partner (including gay relationships), reveal how they put their lives back together in positive and often dramatic ways. They share candid revelations about how they dealt with issues ranging from learning to live alone, coping with guilt and anger, and the balancing act of single parent, to venturing into the dating scene and the complexities of new love, including sex with a different partner - along with advice from psychologists and bereavement counselors. Written like a novel, this is a portable support group for anyone determined to triumph over loss. Hosansky is a strong authoritative voice because shes been through loss herself.... Her book Widows Walk is destined to be a classic in the literature of grief. Dominick Bonanno. Program Coordinator, Cancer Care, Inc.
Flash My father is the beloved president of the Dogs of Fire MC out of Portland, Oregon and I am a faithful member of the club. But I’m torn between the love of my career and the responsibilities of my club. What I hadn’t expected was a long-lost love to crash back into my life and turn it upside down. Tate I have been in love with Flash Wallace since I was young... but he broke my heart into a million pieces and seems to think he can waltz back into my life like nothing happened. The problem is, I want to believe all his pretty words and go back to the way things were before our bond was broken. Do I trust my head and keep my distance, or go with my heart and let him back in?
The scene is Earth in the near future. The scientific force of the Dictator Syndicate, controlled by five men, has reduced whole segments of the population to mindless robots. Humanitarian dissenters are driven mad...then swiftly murdered. As civilization's end rushes closer, one lone man opposes the forces of darkness...only he can nullify the powerful invention of the evil five! A classic of science fiction by the author of ADAM LINK, ROBOT!
In this guide for the everyday triathlete are vignettes and advice derived from the author's experience as a Clydesdale triathlete. He goes the extra mile by meshing in words of advice beyond swimming, cycling, and running including purchasing a bike, detailed race reports, top-ten secrets to a personal best, crediting Ironsherpas, and much more.
“The Alternative is about thinking differently. Doing differently. Creating your own path. Taking paths of great resistance. And actually making a difference in the lives around us … and in the world at large.” —Caleb Stanley and Austin Dennis The Alternative: Awaken Your Dreams, Unite Your Community and Live in Hope focuses on the big issues in life: friendship, dating, anxiety, self-esteem, faith, and the future—to name a few. Caleb Stanley and Austin Dennis, cofounders of The Alternative nonprofit, bring together inspirational voices such as Jefferson Bethke, Luke Lezon, Chelsea Crockett, and more to tackle tough issues with honesty and humor. Based on the core principles of The Alterative movement, Caleb and Austin inspire readers to awaken their dreams, to unite communities in today’s tumultuous world, and to amplify hope in themselves and the people around them. In addition to advice and real-world anecdotes, this book is packed with mini-essays, Q&As, and devotions from today’s best-known faith leaders. This full-color ebook is perfect for fans of Do Hard Things and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens.
Path to Tomorrow is about a sad little girl who was molested and raped at a very early age and was pregnant by the age of eleven. She also experienced abuse, domestic violence, drug addiction, homelessness, and a lot of trust issues. As you read this book, you will find out that she was abused by many adult men aging from thirty to forty-five. She was a child when these things happen to her. She didn't have a clue of living in an adult world. She was really taken advantage of by these men. She was living in this adult world from the age of sixteen, being told what to do by them""mostly illegal things. So when she got clean and sober, she began to write, even though she couldn't read or spell very well. She has been clean and sober for eighteen years now. Her first education was street learning. She went back to school at the age of forty-five and got her high school diploma. She wrote this book to help another who was suffering as she did.
August is a 19-year-old college student who led a very uneventful life. However, he pulls back the winds of change of a Universal Irreversible event, by saving a little girl who was not meant to be saved under any theory of possibility. At this point, the three Fates smile upon him. Unfortunately, due to this action, he has forced a new history to appear - a history not written by the hands of Destiny. In a world where options and free will are illusions, August will now have to travel the world of Capax Infiniti, testing the waters of potentiality and actuality.
