Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Protecting Lila
Download Protecting Lila full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Protecting Lila ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Download or read book Protecting Lila written by Shaw Hart and published by Shaw Hart. This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This grumpy SEAL might have just met his match… Lila When Warren moves in next door to me, I’m instantly drawn to the scarred giant. I know right away that he’s meant to be mine. Too bad for me, he’s playing hard to get. Warren I don’t want to be back in California. I didn’t want this assignment. It feels like I’m being sidelined. The only bright spot in my days has been my curvy new neighbor. I’m determined not to put down roots here, but something deep down inside of me is telling me that she’s the one for me. When I get the offer to go back to active duty, will I choose to stay with my sweet sunshine, or go back to where I always thought I wanted to be?
Book Synopsis Lila (Oprah's Book Club) by : Marilynne Robinson
Download or read book Lila (Oprah's Book Club) written by Marilynne Robinson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award National Book Award Finalist A new American classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead and Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder. Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church-the only available shelter from the rain-and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the life that preceded her newfound security. Neglected as a toddler, Lila was rescued by Doll, a canny young drifter, and brought up by her in a hardscrabble childhood. Together they crafted a life on the run, living hand to mouth with nothing but their sisterly bond and a ragged blade to protect them. Despite bouts of petty violence and moments of desperation, their shared life was laced with moments of joy and love. When Lila arrives in Gilead, she struggles to reconcile the life of her makeshift family and their days of hardship with the gentle Christian worldview of her husband which paradoxically judges those she loves. Revisiting the beloved characters and setting of Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead and Home, a National Book Award finalist, Lila is a moving expression of the mysteries of existence that is destined to become an American classic.
Download or read book Hunting Lila written by Sarah Alderson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 17-year-old Lila has two secrets she's prepared to take to the grave. The first is that she can move things just by looking at them. The second is that she's been in love with her brother's best friend, Alex, since forever. After a mugging exposes her unique ability, Lila decides to run to the only people she can trust - her brother and Alex. They live in Southern California where they work for a secret organisation called The Unit, and Lila discovers that the two of them are hunting down the men who murdered her mother five years before. And that they've found them. In a world where nothing and no one is quite as they seem, Lila quickly realises that she is not alone - there are others out there just like her - people with special powers -and her mother's killer is one of them…
Download or read book Fighting for Life written by Lila Rose and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes your heart break for our broken world? You want to make a difference in the world. You’re concerned about all the problems you see, the injustices and the suffering. But you don’t know where to begin. Designed for the aspiring activist or world-changer, this book is the key to get you started. Live Action founder Lila Rose says transformation begins with heartbreak—with seeing the injustices around you and allowing that suffering to light a fire in your soul. In this book, she shares raw and intimate stories from both her personal journey and pro-life activism that will inspire you to become a champion for your own cause. Along the way, you’ll discover how to determine where the need for your gifts is the greatest and begin making a difference; overcome insecurities and imposter syndrome and become a leader through practice; find inner courage and confidence in the face of obstacles and criticism; and bounce back from mistakes to continually grow and make a long-lasting impact. The fight for a world that is more just, more beautiful, and more loving needs all of us. In allowing yourself to be wounded by the brokenness of our world, you’ll find the passion you need to make a difference—and draw closer to the One who truly saves.
Book Synopsis Marilynne Robinson by : Rachel Sykes
Download or read book Marilynne Robinson written by Rachel Sykes and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for a trilogy of historical novels set in the fictional town of Gilead, Iowa, Marilynne Robinson is a prolific writer, teacher, and public speaker, who has won the Pulitzer Prize and was awarded the National Humanities Medal by Barack Obama. This collection intervenes in Robinson’s growing critical reputation, pointing to new and exciting links between the author, the historical settings of her novels, and the contemporary themes of her fictional, educational, and theoretical work. Introduced by a critical discussion from Professors Bridget Bennett, Sarah Churchwell, and Richard King, Marilynne Robinson features analysis from a range of international academics, and explores debates in race, gender, environment, critical theory, and more, to suggest new and innovative readings of her work.
Download or read book On Edge written by George Yúdice and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lila written by Robert Pirsig and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this bestselling new book, his first in seventeen years, Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, takes us on a poignant and passionate journey as mysterious and compelling as his first life-changing work. Instead of a motorcycle, a sailboat carries his philosopher-narrator Phaedrus down the Hudson River as winter closes in. Along the way he picks up a most unlikely traveling companion: a woman named Lila who in her desperate sexuality, hostility, and oncoming madness threatens to disrupt his life. In Lila Robert M. Pirsig has crafted a unique work of adventure and ideas that examines the essential issues of the nineties as his previous classic did the seventies.
Book Synopsis Orders of Protection by : Jenn Hollmeyer
Download or read book Orders of Protection written by Jenn Hollmeyer and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In abuse situations, people can go to court for orders of protection. But in these twelve stories, people also seek protection from various demons in unusual ways — by impersonating famous musicians, cooking pet chickens, marching in parades, shooting at coyotes, calling lost dogs, and more. The characters don’t always find their way to safety or even survival, but somehow optimism prevails anyway. Set in Illinois, these subtly linked stories explore circumstances and emotions through details that stay with you far beyond the last page. “Orders of Protection floored me. The range of style, voice, and angles of approach had me checking over and over to confirm I was still reading the same magical book. However, these stories do more than sing their own unique songs. As I read, the myriad voices came together in a perfect harmony of pain, longing, fear, and, however strangely, comfort. It’s been a long time since I read a story collection with such excitement, so eager to see what each new installment would bring.” —Colin Winnette, author of The Job of the Wasp and Haints Stay, and judge
Book Synopsis See Through Deception by : Jermane J. Anyoha
Download or read book See Through Deception written by Jermane J. Anyoha and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Led to believe that unlocking its power was their only hope of ending a seemingly endless interplanetary race war, five girls with extraordinary powers accepted a mission to find the Zeal Orb. After two years, they have nearly reached their destination. Suddenly, however, they are ambushed, and twelve-year-old Jadeleve is separated from the group. Due to a hard blow to her head, Jadeleve cannot recall what happened to her or her comradesor even what her enemy looked like. After waking up alone in the middle of a jungle with no resources, she is forced to use all her skills in order to claw her way back to civilization, find her friends, and uncover their attackers true motives. With her physical abilities already tested to their limits, Jadeleve must rely on her mental reserves, not only to combat their elusive enemy, but to overcome an internal struggle. As she grows more doubtful that the Zeal Orb exists, and starts to wonder if her efforts to end the war are futile, Jadeleve has no choice but to consider the following implications: that she was deceived, and worse, that she is powerless.
Book Synopsis Whitehorse Secrets by : B.J. Daniels
Download or read book Whitehorse Secrets written by B.J. Daniels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss these two classic and thrilling Whitehorse, Montana favorites in WHITEHORSE SECRETS from New York Times bestselling author, B.J. Daniels, originally published as SECRET OF DEADMAN’S COULEE and THE NEW DEPUTY IN TOWN in 2007. In SECRET OF DEADMAN’S COULEE, Deputy Sheriff Nick Rogers finds out small-town life means adjusting to two things—gossip, and Laney Cavanaugh. Neither are going to help him solve a bridal shower murder. When Sheriff Carter Jackson gets the call in THE NEW DEPUTY IN TOWN, it’s to embark on an all-out search for a flame from his past. And keeping Eve out of danger only reignites the sparks between them.
Book Synopsis Do Muslim Women Need Saving? by : Lila Abu-Lughod
Download or read book Do Muslim Women Need Saving? written by Lila Abu-Lughod and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frequent reports of honor killings, disfigurement, and sensational abuse have given rise to a consensus in the West, a message propagated by human rights groups and the media: Muslim women need to be rescued. Lila Abu-Lughod boldly challenges this conclusion. An anthropologist who has been writing about Arab women for thirty years, she delves into the predicaments of Muslim women today, questioning whether generalizations about Islamic culture can explain the hardships these women face and asking what motivates particular individuals and institutions to promote their rights. In recent years Abu-Lughod has struggled to reconcile the popular image of women victimized by Islam with the complex women she has known through her research in various communities in the Muslim world. Here, she renders that divide vivid by presenting detailed vignettes of the lives of ordinary Muslim women, and showing that the problem of gender inequality cannot be laid at the feet of religion alone. Poverty and authoritarianism—conditions not unique to the Islamic world, and produced out of global interconnections that implicate the West—are often more decisive. The standard Western vocabulary of oppression, choice, and freedom is too blunt to describe these women's lives. Do Muslim Women Need Saving? is an indictment of a mindset that has justified all manner of foreign interference, including military invasion, in the name of rescuing women from Islam—as well as a moving portrait of women's actual experiences, and of the contingencies with which they live.
Book Synopsis Secret of Deadman's Coulee by : B.J. Daniels
Download or read book Secret of Deadman's Coulee written by B.J. Daniels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It would just figure! Eve Bailey would have the rotten luck to drop in on a body and a thirty-year-old mystery. And darn it all, Carter Jackson would be the sheriff determined to take on the cold case—and Eve. In high school he had been one tall drink of water, and nothing had changed—not his smoldering eyes, his cowboy swagger or the way Eve felt about him. The Whitehorse sewing circle would surely be putting in overtime "quilting" sessions down at the community center, speculating whether Eve and Carter would have a second chance. But gossip was the least of Eve's problems. One of their own was desperate to keep local secrets buried deep in the Montana mountains. There would be an old-fashioned showdown when the truth was revealed…. And anyone could get caught in the crossfire.
Book Synopsis Island of Secrets by : Tammie Clarke Gibbs
Download or read book Island of Secrets written by Tammie Clarke Gibbs and published by Tammie Clarke Gibbs. This book was released on 2010-11-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you received a note of warning dated hundreds of years before you were born? What if it was addressed to you?A Time Travel-A Love Story filled with Suspense-A Mystery that will keep you guessing til the end...On An Island of SecretsOne woman, two men and a love that transcends time get a second chance to prevent history from repeating itself. But will love be enough to win the battle against time and stop the force that "s kept them apart for centuries?Shane Alexander has realized he should never have allowed his ex-girlfriend to spend her honeymoon on his island, but he never dreamed she "d run to the tabloids and blab about seeing ghosts. With the future of Leigh Island in danger, he devises a plan to dispel her claims and unknowingly sets in motion events that bring him face to face with a past that not only threatens his future but his life.After breaking off her engagement, Lila Fitzpatrick wants a new beginning, but when she agrees to help her roommate by pretending to be a reporter, the last thing she expects to find is the man of her dreams. The question is what will he do when he finds out who she really is?
Book Synopsis An Unexpected Grace by : Kristin von Kreisler
Download or read book An Unexpected Grace written by Kristin von Kreisler and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this uplifting novel, a woman recovering from trauma finds compassion and connection with a rescue dog as they help each other overcome fear. Lila Elliot knows she's lucky to be alive. A shooting rampage at her office left several colleagues dead and others seriously wounded. Though Lila's injuries will heal in time, she's having trouble moving past her fear and anger. Being drafted into caring for Grace—a shaggy, formerly abused golden retriever—only adds to her stress. Lila has been terrified of dogs since childhood. But Grace, like Lila, needs time and space to recover. Grace keeps her distance, sensing Lila's wariness, and only perks up for Adam, the neighbor who rescued her. But as an accomplished artist, Lila begins to see the beauty in Grace's wisps of fur and haunted eyes. Each of them has suffered through no fault of her own. And in helping Grace to trust, Lila begins to develop the courage she needs to do the same. Includes reading group guide
Book Synopsis My Highlander: A Cree & Dawn Novel by : Donna Fletcher
Download or read book My Highlander: A Cree & Dawn Novel written by Donna Fletcher and published by Donna Fletcher. This book was released on 2024-02-11 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He awoke from a dream into a nightmare… Every morning for the past three months, Cree has risen to the heart-wrenching reality that Dawn is dead, drowned in a horrible accident. Neither his begging to nor railing at God has brought back his beloved soulmate until… When a crumpled body found in the wooded area beside the keep turns out to be Dawn, Cree is left with more questions than answers. Now Cree is on a mission fired by rage and hell-bent on revenge against those who would harm his wife. As information comes to light, it sparks a murder and leaves Cree asking, who in the clan knows more than they’re saying? If that isn’t enough for Cree to deal with, there is unrest between two clans, Clan Macardle and Clan MacLoon, one of which is under his protection, and he must see it settled or a battle could ensue. Cree and Dawn work together as tensions mount, relying on their love and trust to help them uncover the truth, expose secrets, and find the strength to face a situation they fear could cost them more dearly than they ever imagined.
Download or read book The Life We Bury written by Allen Eskens and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A USA Today bestseller and book club favorite! College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl’s conviction. But as he and Lila dig deeper into the circumstances of the crime, the stakes grow higher. Will Joe discover the truth before it’s too late to escape the fallout?
Book Synopsis Alone in the Echo: A Journey Within by : Amrahs Hseham
Download or read book Alone in the Echo: A Journey Within written by Amrahs Hseham and published by Mahesh Dutt Sharma. This book was released on 2024-01-07 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tales within "Alone in the Echo: A Journey Within" are not just stories; they are testaments to the strength and resilience of the female spirit. In a world that often demands women to be resilient, these stories celebrate the unyielding courage of women who face their solitude head-on. These characters are not damsels in distress waiting for rescue; they are architects of their destinies, finding solace, companionship, and even joy within the confines of their solitude. Through the prism of these narratives, readers will witness the transformation of solitude from a burden to a source of empowerment. The women in these stories draw upon their internal reservoirs of strength, confront their fears, and emerge as heroines of their lives. In the face of adversity, they redefine their identities, proving that solitude, far from being a weakness, can be a catalyst for profound personal growth.
