The Redemption of Crestwood Heights
The Redemption of Crestwood Heights

Author: Elliot Graves

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2006-05-23

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 146782366X

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Jasmine Fishers life as of current was nothing short of a dream come true. The problem was that it had all been made possible by Curtis Winslow, an overachieving entrepreneur in the lucrative business of illegal substance trafficking. Despite all of the luxuries that he had provided her and her family with, Jasmine found it hard not expressing her disgust with him about what it was that he did for a living. She wanted him out of the business. Curtis had failed to see any problem with him staying in, and considering the very high ranking position that he held in the cartel that he belonged to, he had occasion to express to her how difficult, if not impossible, a transition like that would be to accomplish. The issue was developing a rift between them that was threatening to tear the couple apart. It was business as usual for Curtis. Everything was running smoothly and he had nothing to do but sit back and watch the money roll in. That isuntil an attack is made on his organization. An attack that will most certainly lead them to war. During the ensuing mayhem Curtis will be left to do battle with the conflictions within himself as well as make a choice between his allegiance to his criminal faction and his loyalties to his family at home.

Jasmine's Tears
Jasmine's Tears

Author: Elliot Graves

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1420894099

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The Crestwood Heights apartment complex plays host to some of the more seedier elements that Chicago has to offer. The cracks and crevasses between the buildings are a breeding ground for prostitution, drug addiction, and the mediums who profit from such decay. It also happens to be the place Jasmine Fisher calls home. Trapped in its world of over indulgence and self destruction, it's all she can do to keep her sanity and hold on to what passes as her life while struggling to break free from the hold that the dark corridors and crime-ridden alleyways of Crestwood Heights has on her. With no father in the house, a kid sister looking to head down the same decrepit path that engulfed her, and a mother who barely scraped by with enough money to keep them living in the cramped one bedroom apartment, Jasmine was left with no other decision but to take it upon herself to secure a way out of this wasteland. Jasmine adapted to life there quite easily. After hooking up with a variant of unfaithful boyfriends that ranged in economic value to everything from drug addicts to fake wannabe ballers, she finally came to the realization that if she was going to make it off the streets of Crestwood Heights then she was going to have to do it on her own. When she hooked up with Curtis Jasmine didn't know if it would improve her situation of seal her fate. A petty criminal by trade, Curtis had access to certain resources that she was going to find useful in her venture as they waded through the decadence together. It was a union that proved to be most profitable, but the effect that he would have on her life was something neither of them expected.

Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope

Author: No Author Graves

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2007-12-05

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 1467827347

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A curse covered soul is found wandering the glee filled grounds of a small town fair. A map to an alien relic that could determine the destiny of a futuristic world is in the possession of a societal outcast. An ancient darkness is uncovered by members of a society overrun by centuries of peaceful tranquility. A pair of runaways are left to endure these and other such tales after stealing away into the night and stowing away in the dank confines of a locomotive freight car. Expecting to be alone for the duration of their passage, the young couple are stunned to find that they have to undertake this journey in the company of a mysterious stranger who may not be what he seems. Kaleidoscope pulls out of the station and moves along rails that carry it from the darkest depths of the netherworld to the wildest wonders in the heavens above, never forgetting to make a few scheduled stops along the way.

Rush the Wicked
Rush the Wicked

Author: Elliot Graves

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2006-08-04

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1467079057

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The words contained within this body of work were strung together to tell a tale of greed, lust, selfish indulgence, the unbearable weight of a broken spirit, and the triumph and sorrow gained from placing too much faith in the proverbial human heart. Things happen. Some good. Some bad. The difference between the two lying completely within the realm of the moral compass of each individual bearing witness to this particular piece. The only other elaboration Ill offer is that it involves a young man named Curtis Winslow; the ruffian who first made his presence known within the pages of Jasmines Tears and continued to remain a dominant figure within the confines of a book entitled The Redemption of Crestwood Heights. He is by no means alone in this current literary rendition of his life thats taking place at a point on a timeline quite some distance before his appearance in Jasmines Tears. The temptress Amy Bradshaw is present to wreak her own brand of havoc in his life along with the likes of Teri Neilson, April Fletcher, and many others. The trip; one of drug induced debauchery. The journey; one of self examination and realization. If you want, read it. If not, leave it where you found it. Surely the content of these passages arent worth any undo grief or unwarranted interruptions of the natural order of things, granted they just might have a tendency to do both.

Soulseeker
Soulseeker

Author: Elliot Graves

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2007-01-09

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1467803499

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Katelyn Bree has no memory of her life before the morning that Jordan Carthright picked her up wandering along the highway. After receiving employment in the bookstore that he owns, Katelyn now has to deal with the constant jeers and stares that her condition and quirky behavior derives from the rest of the Wicker Basket customers and employees. As if dealing with all of that wasnt enough to see to it that each new day brought her an entirely fresh bout of annoyance, Katelyn also has the hindrance of coping with the infatuations of Zackery Collins. When a small military faction emerges demanding to take her into custody, Katelyn and Zackery embark on a journey into her past that brings them face to face with an unbelievable discovery.

The Haunting of Katrina Milford
The Haunting of Katrina Milford

Author: Elliot Graves

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2009-06-08

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1467873187

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Considering for a moment that Im not currently suffering under the strain of a mental breakdown, Katrina said, do you mind explaining what exactly it is thats happening to me? Katrina Milford awoke one morning to find her world literally turned upside down by the discovery that she was now sharing her life with someone that had long since been relieved of such a burden. All she knew of him aside from his slip of the mortal coil was that he went by the name Thomas. Let him tell it and he knew all that he needed to know about her, the brunt of which being that her life was a mess and the sole reason that he was there was to help her do something about it. You blame me for haunting you, but the truth is you were inhabiting a world of displaced, wandering spirits set adrift on a barren sea of disillusion long before I landed in your life. Follow Katrina as she moves through a world colored by the supernatural and populated with all of the angst that one would expect to find while trying to navigate the pitfalls of a senior year at high school with the undead looking over your shoulder.

Household Politics
Household Politics

Author: Magda Fahrni

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2005-12-15

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1442658215

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The reconstruction of Canadian society in the wake of the Second World War had an enormous impact on all aspects of public and private life. For families in Montreal, reconstruction plans included a stable home life hinged on social and economic security, female suffrage, welfare-state measures, and a reasonable cost of living. In Household Politics, Magda Fahrni examines postwar reconstruction from a variety of angles in order to fully convey its significance in the 1940s as differences of class, gender, language, religion, and region naturally produced differing perspectives. Reconstruction was not simply a matter of official policy. Although the government set many of the parameters for public debate, federal projects did not inspire a postwar consensus, and families alternatively embraced, negotiated, or opposed government plans. Through in-depth research from a wide variety of sources, Fahrni brings together family history, social history, and political history to look at a wide variety of Montreal families – French-speaking and English-speaking; Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish - making Household Politics a particularly unique and erudite study.

The Redemption
The Redemption

Author: Stephen T. Davis

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2004-10-21

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0191556599

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This interdisciplinary study follows an international and ecumenical meeting of twenty-one scholars held in New York at Easter 2003: the Redemption Summit. After an opening chapter, which explores seven central questions for writers on redemption, five chapters are dedicated to the scriptural roots of the doctrine. A section on the patristic and medieval periods then examines the interpretation of redemption through the centuries. The volume moves on to foundational and systematic issues: the problem of horrendous evil, karma and grace, and differing views on justification. Studies on the redemption in literature, art, music, and preaching form the final part. There is a fruitful dialogue between experts in a wide range of areas and the international reputation of the participants reflects and guarantees the high quality of this joint work. The result is a well researched, skilfully argued, and, at times, provocative volume on the central Christian belief: the redemption of human beings through Jesus Christ.