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Broken Jewel

Author : David L. Robbins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416593810
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Broken Jewel written by David L. Robbins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author David L. Robbins presents a riveting novel of war, love, and survival, set against the backdrop of an improbable rescue, the Los Baños prison raid -- one of the most daring episodes of World War II. For three years after the fall of Manila, 2,100 Allied civilians have been imprisoned at Los Baños Internment Camp, 40 miles to the southeast and notorious for its horrendous conditions. American Remy Tuck, the camp's resident gambler, struggles daily with his Japanese army captors to keep his community of Americans, Brits, and Dutch alive, as they stave off starvation and protect one another from vicious punishments. Remy's son, Talbot, now nineteen, has become a man while in captivity. Headstrong to the hilt and a nimble thief, Tal can move like a snake under the guards' noses and defies their orders at every opportunity. On the other side of the barbed wire, looking down on the camp, is the Filipina Carmen, a "comfort woman" who has been kidnapped by the Japanese, raped, and forced into sexual slavery to service the Imperial Japanese Army. Carmen battles to keep herself physically and emotionally intact. A favorite of one of the guards, she accepts his occasional kindnesses but has eyes only for Tal, whose fortitude in the face of great suffering astounds her. Tal, in turn, looks up to Carmen's high window and sees the grace and courage with which she endures her imprisonment. Without speaking, the two fall in love above the encampment grounds. As the tide of the war in the Pacific turns against the Japanese, tensions and danger in the camp escalate. In the face of all but certain execution at the hands of their captors, Remy and Tal enact a daring plan to save their fellow prisoners and the woman Tal loves.

Never Broken

Author : Jewel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399185720
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Never Broken written by Jewel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Jewel is a truth-teller…this is a book that lingers in your heart.” – Brené Brown *The New York Times bestseller* New York Times bestselling poet and multi-platinum singer-songwriter Jewel explores her unconventional upbringing and extraordinary life in an inspirational memoir that covers her childhood to fame, marriage, and motherhood. When Jewel’s first album, Pieces of You, topped the charts in 1995, her emotional voice and vulnerable performance were groundbreaking. Drawing comparisons to Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, a singer-songwriter of her kind had not emerged in decades. Now, with more than thirty million albums sold worldwide, Jewel tells the story of her life, and the lessons learned from her experience and her music. Living on a homestead in Alaska, Jewel learned to yodel at age five, and joined her parents’ entertainment act, working in hotels, honky-tonks, and biker bars. Behind a strong-willed family life with an emphasis on music and artistic talent, however, there was also instability, abuse, and trauma. At age fifteen, she moved out and tasked herself with a mission: to see if she could avoid being the kind of statistic that her past indicated for her future. Soon after, she was accepted to the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, and there she began writing her own songs as a means of expressing herself and documenting her journey to find happiness. Jewel was eighteen and homeless in San Diego when a radio DJ aired a bootleg version of one of her songs and it was requested into the top-ten countdown, something unheard-of for an unsigned artist. By the time she was twenty-one, her debut had gone multiplatinum. There is much more to Jewel’s story, though, one complicated by family legacies, by crippling fear and insecurity, and by the extraordinary circumstances in which she managed to flourish and find happiness despite these obstacles. Along her road of self-discovery, learning to redirect her fate, Jewel has become an iconic singer and songwriter. In Never Broken she reflects on how she survived, and how writing songs, poetry, and prose has saved her life many times over. She writes lyrically about the natural wonders of Alaska, about pain and loss, about the healing power of motherhood, and about discovering her own identity years after the entire world had discovered the beauty of her songs.

Broken Jewel

Author : David L Robbins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416590587
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Broken Jewel written by David L Robbins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful story of war, love and survival set against the backdrop of the Los Banos prison raid - one of the most daring episodes of World War II.

The Breaking Jewel

Author : Makoto Oda
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231518870
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Breaking Jewel written by Makoto Oda and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-23 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set on an island in the South Pacific during the final days of World War II, when the tide has turned against Japan and the war has unmistakably become one of attrition, The Breaking Jewel offers a rare depiction of the Pacific War from the Japanese side and captures the essence of Japan's doomed imperial aims. The novel opens as a small force of Japanese soldiers prepares to defend a tiny and ultimately insignificant island from a full-scale assault by American forces. Its story centers on squad leader Nakamura, who resists the Americans to the end, as he and his comrades grapple with the idea of gyokusai (translated as "the breaking jewel" or the "pulverization of the gem"), the patriotic act of mass suicide in defense of the homeland. Well known for his antiestablishment and antiwar sentiments, Makuto Oda gradually and subtly develops a powerful critique of the war and the racialist imperial aims that proved Japan's undoing.

That's What I'd Do

Author : Jewel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442458151
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book That's What I'd Do written by Jewel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an award-winning singer-songwriter, this picture book delivers a gentle lullaby that celebrates the limitless love between mother and child. There’s no stronger bond than the love a mother has for her child. Morning, afternoon, and night, a mother and child’s day is filled with love. In this touching lullaby, a three-time Grammy nominee celebrates her newborn son. Lyrical and lovely, this soothing lullaby, accompanied by tender illustrations, is perfect for bedtime sharing. “What I’d Do” music and lyrics by Jewel and Patrick Davis, from the album The Merry Goes ’Round (Mood Entertainment/Fisher-Price Music Series).

Chasing Down the Dawn

Author : Jewel
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062030469
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Chasing Down the Dawn written by Jewel and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AIready a legendary performer in the music industry, Jewel has been writing poetry, short stories, and prose since she was young. She's also a bestselling author, poet, and actress. Now this uniquely talented artist opens the pages of her most intimate journals to give readers, fans, and friends a glimpse of her magical, turbulent life. Drawn from life on the road during her Spirit World Tour, Jewel captures unforgettable moments from her childhood in Alaska, her beginnings as a struggling artist, and her challenges as a daughter, sister, and woman. With acutely observed, eloquent depictions of the musicians, lovers, bikers, strangers, celebrities, and characters that inhabit her world -- and illustrated throughout with candid, never-before-seen photos of Jewel and her own photojournalism and drawings -- Chasing Down the Dawn is more than a collection of vignettes, observations, and stories. It is a finely wrought mosaic in prose and poetry, set to the rhythms of life.

Smile Like You Mean It

Author : Willow Hadley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Smile Like You Mean It written by Willow Hadley and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Charlotte's father died, her mother changed. She became cold and distant, and Charlotte slowly withdrew into herself. She spent years feeling lonely and insignificant, and rarely spoke more than a few words to anyone. One night, after a traumatic incident instigated by her mother, Charlotte is arrested and taken to juvie.A year later, Charlotte's being released from juvie for the second time. Instead of an awful group home, her social worker brings a welcome surprise: Charlotte's long-forgotten uncle, Arthur, who is all too eager to help her after everything she's been through. When Charlotte learns that Arthur has a step-son her age, she's even more apprehensive. How could he not resent having a stranger thrust into his home and family?To her surprise and relief, Sebastian is kind and friendly. He and his four best friends-Grayson, Remy, Liam, and Elliot-make Charlotte feel welcome. They never make Charlotte feel badly about her past or her anxiety. They make her feel seen. As she gets to know the boys, she realizes they each have their own issues and demons they're fighting, and she forms a unique bond with their group.It doesn't help that they're ridiculously attractive. How could Charlotte not fall in love with all five of them?

Secrets in Her Eyes

Author : Lexie Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Secrets in Her Eyes written by Lexie Scott and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I should have died. Sometimes I wish I did. At least then I wouldn't be alone. After my parents' divorce, my mom moved on with her yoga-teaching boyfriend and my dad threw himself into work leaving me to figure out how to navigate my new reality on my own. Transitioning from an all-girls school in Malibu to the elite Arlington Park Academy in the suburbs of Chicago means more changes than I can handle. I feel like I'm drowning, losing myself...craving the sense of belonging I lost. Then the overly enthusiastic class president and my next-door neighbor, Emily, claimed me as her new best friend and broke through my fragile walls before I could even get out my name. She took me to a party that changed my life, I met the most popular kids of the Academy and the group of guys that made me feel like I found my home. Luca, the one that saved me. Skyler, the one that made me laugh. Noah, the one challenged me. Vince, that one that understood me. And Gavin, the one that included me. Too bad Emily and her friends don't exactly get along with the guys. I can balance both groups. I have to. I can't risk losing anyone else. Especially since the guys say they know the reason I survived the accident that killed her brother and best friend. Secrets in Her Eyes is a slow-burn reverse harem romance, and the first book in the Arlington Park series.

All the Light We Cannot See

Author : Anthony Doerr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476746605
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book All the Light We Cannot See written by Anthony Doerr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).

The Way Back from Broken

Author : Amber J. Keyser
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ™
ISBN 13 : 1467788171
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book The Way Back from Broken written by Amber J. Keyser and published by Carolrhoda Lab ™. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rakmen Cannon's life is turning out to be one sucker punch after another. His baby sister died in his arms, his parents are on the verge of divorce, and he's flunking out of high school. The only place he fits in is with the other art therapy kids stuck in the basement of Promise House, otherwise known as support group central. Not that he wants to be there. Talking doesn't bring back the dead. When he's shipped off to the Canadian wilderness with ten-year-old Jacey, another member of the support group, and her mom, his summer goes from bad to worse. He can't imagine how eight weeks of canoeing and camping could be anything but awful. Yet despite his expectations, the vast and unforgiving backcountry just might give Rakmen a chance to find the way back from broken . . . if he's brave enough to grab it. Amber J. Keyser's debut novel is a wrenching and brutally honest story of adversity and hope.

Bird

Author : Crystal Chan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442450908
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Bird written by Crystal Chan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrenched secrets, mysterious spirits, and an astonishing friendship weave together in this extraordinary and haunting debut that School Library Journal calls “a powerful story about loss and moving on.” Nothing matters. Only Bird matters. And he flew away. Jewel never knew her brother Bird, but all her life she has lived in his shadow. Her parents blame Grandpa for the tragedy of their family’s past: they say that Grandpa attracted a malevolent spirit—a duppy—into their home. Grandpa hasn’t spoken a word since. Now Jewel is twelve, and she lives in a house full of secrets and impenetrable silence. Jewel is sure that no one will ever love her like they loved Bird, until the night that she meets a mysterious boy in a tree. Grandpa is convinced that the boy is a duppy, but Jewel knows that he is something more. And that maybe—just maybe—the time has come to break through the stagnant silence of the past.

Shiny Broken Pieces: A Tiny Pretty Things Novel

Author : Sona Charaipotra
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062342444
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Shiny Broken Pieces: A Tiny Pretty Things Novel written by Sona Charaipotra and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Netflix TV show! Featuring a diverse cast of characters, plenty of gossip, lies, and scandal, Shiny Broken Pieces continues with the soapy drama readers loved in Tiny Pretty Things. June, Bette, and Gigi are competing one final time for a spot at the prestigious American Ballet Company. With the stakes higher than ever, these girls have everything to lose…and no one is playing nice. June is starting to finally see herself as a prima ballerina. But being the best could mean sacrificing the love of her life. Legacy dancer Bette is determined to clear her name after she was suspended and accused of hurting her rival, Gigi. And Gigi is not going to let Bette—or the other dancers who bullied her—go unpunished. It all comes down to this last dance. Who will make the cut? And who will lose her dream forever?

Other Life

Author : Ed Luker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913642297
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Other Life written by Ed Luker and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed Luker's Other Life is an acerbic and intelligent collection with heaps of personality. Luker's poems show an interest in the inner riddles of poetic form coupled with desperate attempts to navigate the insane demands of modern life, including £3 pound sausage rolls, yoga and the plains of Calabria. These complicated pressures push Luker into riotous protest. Other Life pushes against a certain shyness in contemporary poetry, replacing it with megalomaniac verve and sparkle.

As Bread That Is Broken

Author : Peter G. Van Breemen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780871930521
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book As Bread That Is Broken written by Peter G. Van Breemen and published by . This book was released on 1976-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this stirring book shows how we (like bread) are consumed in the gift of ourselves to our fellow men and women. We die in order to rise to new life.

Number Thirteen

Author : Bella Jewel
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781500315092
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Number Thirteen written by Bella Jewel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're thirteen girls, captive to a man we rarely see. Obedience will become all we know. It is the only emotion we're permitted to feel. When we're bad, we're punished. When we're good, we're rewarded. Our scars run deep. Yet we survive, because we have to, because HE teaches us too. All of us are special, we feel it with everything we are. He has us for a reason, but it's a reason we don't know. We've haven't seen his face, but we know that something deeply broken lies beneath the darkness. With every touch, with every punishment, we know it. Then came the day he saved my life, and I saw him for the first time. He released something inside of me. He showed me who he truly is. Now I want him. I'll go against Everything I know to be with him. A monster. My monster. Loving him is a sin, but a sinner I am. I won't stop until I see every part of him. Even the parts he keeps locked deep down inside. I am Number Thirteen, and this is my story.

Never Not Broken

Author : Yvette Cantu Schneider
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781939051622
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Never Not Broken written by Yvette Cantu Schneider and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Never Not Broken Yvette Cantu Schneider descends into the abyss of her own psyche after her young daughter?s leukemia diagnosis. Desperate for relief from ceaseless panic, she sees a psychotherapist who introduces her to guided imagery meditation to heal trauma. Over the course of her daughter?s 28-month treatment, Cantu Schneider encounters in meditation, animals, goddesses and other guides who show her that it is the wounded feminine within her that pushed her to find meaning and acceptance in a rigid religious structure and to become a spokesperson for controversial socio-political causes. As Cantu Schneider struggles to heal from difficult events from her childhood, the abuses and hypocrisies of religious leaders, and the effects of her own denial of the feminine divine, she discovers her true self. In the end, she finds that life?s healing power is that we are all never not broken.

Reviving Kendall

Author : Brandy Slaven
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781980237860
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (378 download)

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Download or read book Reviving Kendall written by Brandy Slaven and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm not so sure that I'm strong enough to take yet another blow to the heart." Growing up, I've always lived on the wrong side of the tracks. I'm used to the stares, name calling, and disrespect. A tragic accident that leaves me short three of the only people I've ever loved, has me devastated enough to try to end my own life. Just when I think there's no hope, I find a reason to live again, or four of them as a matter of fact. Lucas, Maverick, Teagan, and Goose. But what happens when those bonds are tested? I'm not so sure that I'm strong enough to take yet another blow to the heart. My name is Kendall Davis and what if my story doesn't have a happy ending? *This is the first book in a Contemporary Reverse Harem Trilogy. *Recommended 17+ due to mature language and situations. Reviews EARLY PRAISE FOR REVIVING KENDALL "From page one, I was invested in this story about a broken girl and the four guys who help her heal." Autumn Reed, author of the Risking It and Stardust Series. "It's really good. Talk about making me want to cry! I love all the guys and Kendall." Mary Martel, author of The Dollhouse and Ariel Kimber Series "This book will have you hooked from page one. Pulling at your heart and hoping right along with Kendall that second chances at love really do happen. Get your tissues ready for this rollercoaster ride."Victoria, Goodreads Reviewer "Slaven beautifully writes pain, heartache, and the struggle to move on. There are highs, lows, laughter and tears for the characters as relationships develop and are tested. I absolutely recommend this book to any fan of reverse harem...I am eagerly awaiting the follow up to see what awaits Kendall and her guys in this next phase." Meagan, Goodreads Reviewer "One of the most captivatingly emotional Contemporary Reverse Harem reads I have ever read...The writing is heart-wrenching yet beautiful, the character development is organic. You find your self rooting for Kendall and her men the whole way through. The perfect read for those interested in Reverse Harem. Hand's down one of my top favorites this year so far. Can't wait for the next one!" Shelbi, Goodreads Reviewer From the Author Excerpt: The rain steadily falls around us as we stand under the little canopy area. His hand is still at my elbow and I want nothing more than to lean into him. My eyes fall to my bus as it pulls away from the curb. Tears pool in my eyes and streak down my face at the thought of my now miserable walk home. Lucas uses his other hand to pull my chin up to face him. His eyes roam over my face like he's trying to figure out how to fix the white trash ruin that I am, but he has no idea just how impossible that would be. People are staring, and I couldn't give two shits as Lucas locks eyes with me. His flicks down to my lips and back up again.