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Leaving Dorian

Author : Linda Dynel
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781497594715
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Leaving Dorian written by Linda Dynel and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving Dorian is a story about finding hope and embracing the unknown, as recounted by domestic violence survivor Linda Dynel. This fast paced, riveting memoir takes the reader with Ms. Dynel on every step of her journey; from hurriedly throwing her children's clothes into garbage bags and gathering the weapons that her husband had stockpiled to protect his family during the Apocalypse that he was sure was coming with the New Millennium, to moving back in with her equally as imbalanced mother, which at the time she believed to be her only reasonable means of escape. "My purpose in writing Leaving Dorian was primarily to educate. The questions that were asked of me when I finally escaped are the very same questions that are asked over and over again by loved ones, lawyers and co-workers of victims. "If it was so bad, why didn't you call the police? Why did you keep having children with him? How could you just let him push you around/yell at you/hit you like that? Why didn't you fight back? How could you let your children live like that? Why didn't you leave sooner?" My hope is that by bringing the reader into my violent marriage, as well as allowing the reader to examine my upbringing and the way in which I ended up meeting and eventually marrying "Dorian," I can help the reader to understand not only how abuse starts but also how it is successfully carried out against the victim. Domestic violence is perhaps the most misunderstood of all crimes that law enforcement and social service agencies deal with on a daily basis, as it's not about poor anger management skills, substance abuse or economic stressors. Domestic violence is about one person's belief that they are entitled to have complete control over another human being. It is my sincerest hope that Leaving Dorian will enable those in the mental health and counseling professions, as well as loved ones of victims, to gain an entirely new and fresh perspective on what a victim of domestic violence really grapples with every day. It is only through education and understanding that we will ever, as a society, put an end to the erroneous thought processes that allow domestic violence to continue to flourish."

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Author : John Osborne
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573692314
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book The Picture of Dorian Gray written by John Osborne and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1973 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Look Back in Anger, Inadmissible Evidence, and The Entertainer has created a brilliant dramatization of this classic about a man who retains his youth while the decay of advancing years and moral corruption appears on a portrait painted by one of his lovers.

Leaving a Mark

Author : Nicole DeRosa Cannella
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942614159
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book Leaving a Mark written by Nicole DeRosa Cannella and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-26 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plight of children diagnosed with terminal cancer, and other life-threatening diseases, touches the hearts of millions of us today. None has done more so than the struggles and courage of a young boy named Dorian Murray. Known by #DStrong, millions around the world have seen his determination against this disease and responded with wishes of health, prayers for healing, and replies to his desire to be known, from China, to Australia, Europe, and the United States. He has said that before he goes to heaven he wants to be famous. Nicole DeRosa Cannella has captured the beliefs and ideas of Dorian D-Strong Murray that have enabled him to share his strength with other children and their parents who are facing the challenge of serious illness so that they too might become D-Strong.

CliffsNotes on Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray

Author : Stanley P Baldwin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544183266
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book CliffsNotes on Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray written by Stanley P Baldwin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001-03-07 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on The Picture of Dorian Gray, you explore Oscar Wilde’s great works about narcissism, rife with symbolism and classic themes. Here, you meet Dorian Gray and discover his secret pact with the devil to stay young and handsome, and the subsequent destruction of his soul. This study guide carefully walks you through Dorian’s story by providing summaries and critical analyses of each chapter of the novel. You'll also explore the life and background of the author, Oscar Wilde, and gain insight into how he came to write this novel. Other features that help you study include A list of characters Glossaries to define new and unfamiliar terms Critical essays about Oscar Wilde’s views and life A review section that tests your knowledge A list of online resources for more study Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

The Wolf of Dorian Gray

Author : Brian Ference
Publisher : Cave Creek Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wolf of Dorian Gray written by Brian Ference and published by Cave Creek Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brian Ference writes a thrilling creature tale... With lots of action, gore and plot twists that will keep you guessing throughout. Praise for Lupari Werewolf Hunter. Highly recommended!" - Chris Turner, author of Denibus Ar and many other fantasy, adventure, and science fiction novels. "If you are a fan of werewolf fiction, this series is a must-read. Ference's writing and ability to spin a powerful tale is top notch." - Nickel Crow, author of Master of the Hunt "The visceral action scenes Ference writes will leave your heart pounding" - Toneye Eyenot, author of Blood Moon Big Top and Wolvz: Whispers of War Sage Holdsworth is a gifted painter with a terrible secret. One thing Sage cannot conceal is her infatuation with the handsome and charismatic Dorian Gray. Sage creates a lifelike painting of Dorian and a small wolf pup, but there is more to the painting than meets the eye. As Dorian unlocks his inherent darkness, a werewolf is spawned that begins killing in the streets of London. The lycanthrope turns to killing Dorian's enemies, but who is the real monster here? Sage never imagined her passion would give birth to a vicious monster that could cost her everything. Can Dorian and Sage save their souls? Or will the beast consume them all? This is the first book in The Wolf of Dorian Gray series: A Werewolf Spawned by the Evil of Man (Book 1) Purgatoryof the Werewolf (Book 2) Lupări: Werewolf Hunter (Book 3) "Rarely does romance and revenge intersect so pleasurably and delicately, forming a dance of passion and purpose that embraces a soul search and a confrontation between choices of salvation and sin." - Midwest Book Review "A delectable page turner. An excellent debut by Brian Ference. Full of excitement, anticipation, and rich scenery." - Pavan ★★★★★ "It has something for everyone with action, romance, and mystery." - Rachel ★★★★★ "Ference's debut puts a twist on Oscar Wilde's classic The Portrait of Dorian Gray, adding the dimension of a wild beast. The arrangement smoothly parallels the original...Victorian gentleman Dorian remains stunningly handsome after his youthful self is captured by an exceptionally talented artist in an eerily powerful painting. However, Dorian is not alone in this portrait; also depicted is a wolf cub, and after the painting is hidden away, the wolf is the one to change. A element of intense violence is added to this version, and there are some gender swaps, but the plot of a young man led astray into lusty debauchery remains the same. Passions and betrayals abound. Ference lifts some lines from Wilde's text and adds his own gift for description: 'Flowers, bright in sapphire blue and crimson reds, sang out from every corner of the ornately decorated room.'" - Publishers Weekly "There on my desk is the first passionate love-letter which I have ever composed in my life--and it is addressed to a dead girl." "The wolf had begun hunting human prey. They were plentiful in the dark city streets and provided enough good meat to satiate his gnawing hunger. He was still very careful not to let any who saw him live. To do otherwise would displease the Master. He would only stalk those people that were foolish enough to walk alone in the night." "The engorged moon hung full and low in the sky like a yellow skull. Misshapen clouds stretched across the floating orb with elongated hands and bony fingers grasping. As they neared the docks, the gas lamps grew fewer and the streets gloomier. The cobblestones blackened as they passed the deserted brickfields. Bottle-shaped kilns spat their outrage with orange tongues of fire into the cooling air. Mangy dogs snarled in hunger and wandering sea-gulls screamed their displeasure at the hansom's passage." Read more at brianference.com

Quicklet on The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (CliffNotes-like Summary and Analysis)

Author : Lacey Kohlmoos
Publisher : Hyperink Inc
ISBN 13 : 1614645256
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Quicklet on The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (CliffNotes-like Summary and Analysis) written by Lacey Kohlmoos and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? If you could drink, smoke, and eat as much as you wanted and see no change in your appearance, would you indulge? If you could cheat, steal, and even murder without any consequences, would you do it? What would you sacrifice for eternal youth and beauty? Is your soul too much of a price to pay? With The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde weaves a tale of love, betrayal, murder, and revenge that delves into all these questions and more. When Dorian sees a portrait of himself and becomes aware of his own intense youth and beauty, he proclaims that he would give anything to preserve his looks and let the portrait grow old instead. This simple wish uttered in a moment of passion changes his life forever. As the portrait grows old over time and bears the marks of Dorian’s bad habits and cruelty, his innocent and youthful face never changes. As he sets out on a mission to experience every type of pleasure that the world has to offer, he discovers that he can get away with anything. Even murder. The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s only novel. When it was first released, its homoerotic undertones and harsh criticism of strict Victorian morality made it wildly controversial. The novel was even used as evidence against Wilde when he was tried for “gross indecency.” Today it is considered classic literature and often read in high school and college English classes. The book’s themes, as well as the author himself, continue to intrigue readers. Wilde challenges people to look at the way they live their lives and question their happiness. Are they freely pursuing happiness or constricting their personal growth by repressing their desires? Although written over 100 years ago, the story’s intrigue still holds up and even manages to deliver quite a few shocking moments. As Dorian plunges into the grimy underworld of Victorian London, he does things that many people would condemn in public while secretly wishing that they could do the same. Perhaps this is why The Picture of Dorian Gray has been adapted into numerous movies. There is nothing sweeter than forbidden fruit.

The Wolf of Dorian Gray Series

Author : Brian Ference
Publisher : Cave Creek Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wolf of Dorian Gray Series written by Brian Ference and published by Cave Creek Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brian Ference writes a thrilling creature tale... With lots of action, gore and plot twists that will keep you guessing throughout. Praise for Lupari Werewolf Hunter. Highly recommended!" - Chris Turner, Author of Denibus Ar and many other fantasy, adventure, and science fiction novels. "If you are a fan of werewolf fiction, this series is a must-read. Ference's writing and ability to spin a powerful tale is top notch." - Nickel Crow, author of Master of the Hunt Available at a discounted price for a limited time only, this is Box Set contains the following books in The Wolf of Dorian Gray series: A Werewolf Spawned by the Evil of Man (Book 1) Purgatoryof the Werewolf (Book 2) Lupări: Werewolf Hunter (Book 3) "A delectable page turner. An excellent debut by Brian Ference. Full of excitement, anticipation, and rich scenery." - Pavan ★★★★★ "It has something for everyone with action, romance, and mystery." - Rachel ★★★★★

The Siren's Call

Author : Donna McDonald
Publisher : Donna McDonald
ISBN 13 : 0988358271
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Siren's Call written by Donna McDonald and published by Donna McDonald. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zade has forgotten her. How is Gwen supposed to save him when he wants her dead? Book 3 continues the epic adventure with an unofficial mission of rescuing one of their own. Commander Gwen Jet’s Siren mate and his mother have been abducted by slave traders. Finally accepting that Dorian Zade is her mate, she is willing to do what it takes to get them back, even going undercover as a slave. But when she and Ania are both captured, the situation goes from bad to worse. Gwen escapes only to find a drugged, angry, and very dangerous Zade who doesn’t remember her. The energy cord from answering the Siren’s call may be the only weapon Gwen can use to save them all. More Books in the Forced To Serve Series The Daemon of Synar, Book 1 The Daemon Master's Wife, Book 2 The Siren's Call, Book 3 The Healer's Kiss, Book 4 The Daemon's Change, Book 5 The Tracker's Quest, Book 6 *** The Forced To Serve series is humorous space opera along the lines of Firefly, The Orville, and written by a long-time trekkie.

CASTILLO'S BRIDE

Author : Anne Marie Duquette
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1460351568
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book CASTILLO'S BRIDE written by Anne Marie Duquette and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But Jordan Castillo insists that he wants a partner, not a wife. Jordan’s the only surviving son of a family that can trace its heritage back for centuries. He’s also a salvager searching for sunken treasure Castillo treasure. He knows of one person who can help him find it. A woman. A woman named Aurora Collins. She has her own reasons for agreeing to be his partner. Reasons that, like Jordan’s, have everything to do with family. As Jordan and Rory work together, as they risk their lives, they learn to trust each other. And trust can turn into love.… Which means this Castillo might want a bride after all!

Path To Awakening

Author : Rosario Surace
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244145091
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Path To Awakening written by Rosario Surace and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Joyce's Messianism

Author : Gian Balsamo
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570035524
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Joyce's Messianism written by Gian Balsamo and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his study of negative existence and how it affects James Joyce's principal characters, Gian Balsamo joins the ongoing debate about the Irish writer's relationship to Dante and considers the centrality of messianism to that relationship. Finding in Dante a negative poetics that becomes a model for Joyce, Balsamo suggests that the inception and cessation of life - two occurrences that conventionally are deemed impossible to experience personally and directly - typically frame the existential experiences of Joyce's main characters. Balsamo perceives Stephen, Leopold, and Shem as messianic figures because they rebel against this convention, clustering their lives around the very events of inception and burial. Balsamo traces the engagement of each of the three characters in a negative existence immune from the rules and limitations of ordinary experience. Each struggles to express rather than exorcise the fecundity of his own mortality; each reinvents his biography as involving the pivotal transaction of one death - be it a mother's, a son's, or even that of his own body - in return for catharsis. Durkheim, and Noam Chomsky, Balsamo challenges the current debate by identifying the messianic thread that ties together the biographies of Joyce's three characters. Faced with the fissure between history and poetic vocation, Stephen embraces the sacrificial poetry of silence. Faced with the domestic squalor provoked by the loss of his son, Leopold renews at every meal the cathartic exchange of food and semen. Faced with a destiny of death and decomposition, Shem reenacts the tradition of the medieval cycle drama, stretching his own body like a parchment on a cross and then rubricating it like a sacred manuscript.

The Right to Reign

Author : Adele Ferguson Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Right to Reign written by Adele Ferguson Knight and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hooky

Author : Míriam Bonastre Tur
Publisher : Etch/Clarion Books
ISBN 13 : 0358468302
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book Hooky written by Míriam Bonastre Tur and published by Etch/Clarion Books. This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dani and Dorian missed the bus to magic school, they never thought they'd wind up declared traitors to their own kind! Now, thanks to a series of mishaps, they are being chased by powerful magic families seeking the prophesied King of Witches and royals searching for missing princes. But they aren't alone. With a local troublemaker, a princess, and a teacher who can see the future on their side, they might just be able to clear their names...but can they heal their torn kingdom?

The Ruby

Author : Leland Nichols
Publisher : Compass Flower Press
ISBN 13 : 1936688859
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book The Ruby written by Leland Nichols and published by Compass Flower Press. This book was released on 2014-12-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ruby chronicles the life of a hillbilly family in the Ozark wilderness of Missouri during the Great Depression, and their attempt to cope with mounting problems brought on by the mysterious arrival of a time-traveler from two-thousand years in the future who has become stranded. The time-portation device has worn out and Dorian finds himself in an unfamiliar and primitive life. While searching for a replacement of the failed component—a ruby—he is taken in by the impoverished farm family and falls in love with one of the daughters. Eventually he discovers a means to restore the ruby's power, and activates his device even at the cost of losing the woman he loves and the risk of being displaced to yet another unpredictable location.

Love, Lust & Beautiful Liars

Author : Shakir Rashaan
Publisher : NEBU Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1735751944
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Love, Lust & Beautiful Liars written by Shakir Rashaan and published by NEBU Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorian Bentley is the top international arms dealer in the world. His customers only know him by his moniker—The Wraith—a revenant whose trail is difficult to trace by government law enforcement authorities. He has begun to cultivate his endgame, one that will have him turn over his expansive empire to one of his lieutenants and retire an ultra-rich man. He needs time—time he may no longer have—before everything comes crashing down. Samara D'Acosta, the woman he’d given his heart to long ago—despite keeping her at arm’s length for her own protection—is a part of those plans, but will her own secrets derail their happy ever after? Love, Lust & Beautiful Liars is the latest explosive tale from national best-selling author, Shakir Rashaan, where the lines between lust and love blur, and where no one is who they seem.

The Picture of Dorian Gray : Om Illustrated Classics

Author : Oscar wilde
Publisher : Om Books International
ISBN 13 : 9384225363
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book The Picture of Dorian Gray : Om Illustrated Classics written by Oscar wilde and published by Om Books International. This book was released on with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s classic story of a young man whose beauty prompts a painter to paint a life-like portrait of him. However, all is not what it seems...Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age andfade. A must-read for children and adults alike! The novel is a social satire as well as a key explorer of Victorian norms. We are made to observe human emotions like love, jealousy, hate and the forces of evil and good. Oscar Wilde propagates his ‘art for art’s sake’ theory, even as he weaves a narrative around a beautiful young man (Dorian Gray) and his friends (Lord Henry and Basil).The book is a classic in the true sense of the word, as it appeals to the universal instincts of Man.

Three Ways to Start a Scandal

Author : Kerrigan Byrne
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1250155789
Total Pages : 1136 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Three Ways to Start a Scandal written by Kerrigan Byrne and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman kidnapped by the villain who may be her long-lost love. The actress who falls for the assassin hired to kill her. The English governess who tames the wild Highlander widower. The Victorian Rebels are most dangerous blackguards of society. They answer to no one and relish in their rebellion. But for the women who lay claim to their souls, their stoic fierceness is what makes these heroes so dark, and what makes their heroines want them like no other, in these three stunning historical romance novels from Kerrigan Byrne. The Highwayman Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of Victorian London's wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who've wronged him...and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception-and soon Dorian whisks the beautiful lass away to his sanctuary in the wild Highlands. But Farah is no one's puppet. She possesses a powerful secret-one that threatens her very life... The Hunter Christopher Argent lives in the shadows as the empire's most elite assassin. Emotion is something he tossed away years ago, making him one of the most clear-eyed, cold-hearted, wealthiest, and therefore untouchable men in London. But when his latest target turns out to be London's own darling, Millicent LeCour, Christopher's whole world is turned upside down. Overwhelmed by her stunning combination of seduction and innocence, Christopher cannot complete the mission. She has made him feel again. Now, he will do anything to save her life, so that he can claim her as his own... The Highlander They call him the Demon Highlander. The fearsome Lieutenant Colonel Liam MacKenzie is known for his superhuman strength, towering presence, and fiery passion in the heat of battle. As Laird to the MacKenzie clan, the undefeated Marquess has vanquished his foes with all rage and wrath of his barbaric Highland ancestors. But when an English governess arrives to care for his children, the master of war finds himself up against his greatest opponent. . . in the game of love.