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Book Synopsis Murder Is My Racquet by : Otto Penzler
Download or read book Murder Is My Racquet written by Otto Penzler and published by Mysterious Press. This book was released on 2009-11-29 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder is My Racquet is the most thrilling way to read about tennis, murder and intrigue. This collection of stories by famous mystery writers, including Ridley Pearson and Lawrence Block, deal with the prestige of the high-stakes race to become one of the few international tennis stars, the promotional opportunities involved, the elimination of tournament competition, and the strategy of tennis in general. Viewed as an elite game since its beginnings, tennis is the perfect sport for one-on-one play and murder! Authors also include Kinky Friedman, John Harvey, James W. Hall, Lisa Scottoline and many more!
Book Synopsis Reach for the Racquet by : Meva Sigh Dhesi
Download or read book Reach for the Racquet written by Meva Sigh Dhesi and published by Meyer & Meyer Sport. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reach for the Racquet is the story of a young Sikh man, Meva Dhesi, who overcomes adversity following a horrific car accident and ultimately achieves his dreams of becoming a competitive badminton and Para badminton player. With the help of his amputee and badminton friends, Sikh religion, close family, and surrounding community, Meva found he could recover, rehabilitate, get fit, compete, and most important of all, succeed. His story is brought to life in witty, humorous prose. It will inspire anyone who is facing challenges and struggles to overcome and reach their goals. The sky's the limit!
Download or read book The Takedown written by Lily Chu and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DEE KWAN'S FIVE EASY STEPS TO WIN THE DAY AND GET THE GUY: STEP ONE: Meet Mr. Perfect. Flirt. Daydream. Hope. STEP TWO: Discover he's secretly the son of your uber-problematic new fashion industry boss. STEP THREE: Realize your uber-problematic new boss is seriously, actually a problem. STEP FOUR: Team up with Mr. Perfect in a dizzying corporate coup like something out of a glamorous Old Hollywood movie. (Costume changes! Impulsive Parisian jaunts! Mr. Perfect being, well, perfect!) STEP FIVE: Win at everything and take over the whole dang world. "Hilarious and relatable." —TALIA HIBBERT, USA Today bestselling author for The Stand-In For Dee Kwan, every day is the perfect day. No, really. She has a house she loves, a job she adores, and a ridiculously attractive "nemesis" who never seems to mind when she wins their favorite online game. How can life possibly get better? (It can't, obviously. It can only get much, much worse.) Soon Dee is forced to share her adorably cozy home with her parents and prickly estranged grandmother. Then she's tossed into the deep end, tasked with cleaning up a scandal for intimidatingly chic luxury fashion firm Celeste. If that weren't enough, she discovers her hot-nemesis works there, too...and Teddy is nothing like the man she thought she knew. Before she can cry foul, Teddy comes clean about his double life: he's the heir to the CEO and he needs her help to make Celeste a better place—for everyone. But that means taking down the old guard—including his father—intent on standing in their way. Now in the center of a dizzying corporate coup, Dee is forced to decide whether she's ready to stop watching the world through rose-colored glasses and instead face the truth: about herself, about her feelings for Teddy, and about what she's willing to do to truly make a difference. MORE BOOKS BY LILY CHU: The Stand-In The Comeback
Book Synopsis Two Chances: A Second Chance Gay Romance by : Lynn Burke
Download or read book Two Chances: A Second Chance Gay Romance written by Lynn Burke and published by Lynn Burke. This book was released on 2023-12-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Second Chance, Found Family Romance Novel by USA Today Bestselling Author Lynn Burke. I joined Elite Escorts MM as an eff you to my cheating ex-fiancé. My job offers me lucrative releases and also protects me from experiencing that kind of pain ever again. Jaded AF, the last thing I need is another man prying his way into my life and mind...but Detective James Jenner—JJ—is relentless. He's also hot as hell, a tall drink of water I thirst for. Like a hurricane, he constantly batters against my weakening walls, but same as my ex, JJ will never put me first. His loyalties lie elsewhere. I know better than to go outside EEMM when I need to clear my head, but old wounds rip open, leaving me vulnerable. Wanting validation and genuine affection, I cave to the magnetic pull between us. But his faithfulness to another lays waste to the seed of hope pushing through the cracks of my defenses. Will my reinforced barriers stand firm when JJ reveals his heart? Or will I find the strength to trust that a second chance at love is possible? *Two Chances is the second contemporary novel in the Elite Escorts MM Series. HEA guaranteed, this second chance, found family steamy romance tosses a jaded man and detective together when they least expect it. Add in kept secrets, steamy scenes, and unrequited love, and you're in for one hell of a ride! Perfect for readers who enjoy seeing arseholes get what they deserve and swoon-worthy MCs finding love again.
Download or read book Love Stories written by Adam Sexton and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The love affair between the book world and the tennis world has become legendary. For years, great authors have lauded the storylike quality of this beloved sport. Like a great novel, tennis features a protagonist and antagonist; a clear conflict and resolution; and a beginning, middle, and an end. Love Stories, a literate and eloquent collection of short stories, excerpts from novels and screenplays, brings together some of the most evocative writing on tennis by the best of these masters.Written by classic novelists like Vladimir Nabokov and John Updike, as well as rising young stars, many of these stories dramatize issues of class and status (to this day, competitors at Wimbledon are referred to as Ladies and Gentleman) as well as exploring issues of race and love and sex. These writings are arranged by topic with sections on men's and women's singles, mixed doubles -- even a round robin of on-court murders selected from tennis mysteries. Love Stories will engage all tennis fans and fiction lovers with sparkling reflections from such superstar writers as: -- Ellen Gilchrist (from The Land of Dreamy Dreams) on Country Club Competition-- Martin Amis (from The Information) on Gentleman's Singles-- Margaret Atwood (The Man from Mars) on Ladies' Singles-- John Updike (Separating) on Match Point-- David Foster Wallace (from Infinite Jest) on Junior Tennis-- Anne Lamott (from Crooked Little Heart) on Cheating
Download or read book The Littlest God written by Barry Kohl and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reuben Ortozo is four feet two inches tall, but he doesn't let that stop him. The appellate courtroom that he presides in sells decisions as if they had been placed on an online auction site. The California Supreme Court has to review enough of the bought decisions, and the corruption becomes obvious. The judges don't want to turn the appellate division in because they upheld many of the decisions. The Chief Judge connives to force an honest judge off the bench after planting the idea of nominating Reuben Ortotzo in the mind of California's governor, Brian Bryan. After being seated on the court it becomes apparent that Reuben is still doing business with his former collegues, and becoming a sore spot for his fellow colleagues who now feel a need to protect him, so that they can protect the court's reputation. The Chief Justice attempts to persuade Reuben to change his ways, but Reuben reminds him that the court protects their own, and he's one of their own. With no alternatives the court finds Reuben Ortotzo guilty in absentia, and sentences him to death with special circumstances. They hire a hit man to carry out the sentence.
Download or read book Doctor Blood Moon written by Jack Walker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctor Blood Moon is a love story cum murder mystery cum coming-of-age novel. It centers on a physician striving to reach his full human potential after years in a smothering professional career and a bad marriage. the book is also about the risks and rewards of life in the city of Los Angeles. Johnny Blood, the leading heart surgeon in Southern California, grew up on a dirt-poor Crow Indian reservation in Montana. a basketball scholarship to UCLA was his way out. He attended Harvard Medical School on scholarship and eventually reached the peak of his profession through monk-like dedication. In spite of his success, his failing marriage and the mysterious death of a Nobel laureate patient rattled his self-confidence. As the novel begins, Johnny sets out to reinvent himself as a man, physician, citizen, husband, father, and friend through the agency of people on their own journeys: mainly a beautiful Greek film actress named Michaela and Johnny's nephew, Nicky, an Afghanistan vet whom Johnny rescued twice, first from the Crow reservation and then from the mean streets of Los Angeles.
Book Synopsis The Amazing and Somewhat Sarcastic Tad by : Tim Toterhi
Download or read book The Amazing and Somewhat Sarcastic Tad written by Tim Toterhi and published by Plotline Leadership. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a largely ridiculous coming of age adventure book set in the 1980’s. It’s sure to make you chuckle and aggravate any idly standing authority figures. I apologize in advance for any counseling you may require after reading this work. Six Florida-based buddies struggle to maintain their youthful idealism as they travel to New York to stop a local mob boss from blackmailing their friend. During their quest they are guided by a talking tree; a partially invisible spirit-like substance; a hyper-galactic, Bee-ben-bobble playing number stealer; the evil corporate Zukes, and a semi-superhero called Barley Man. After navigating a series of moral dilemmas they stand ready to fight for life, love, and a big bucket of cash. A special note for “old” people: Sometimes parents forget to take their children seriously. Whether it be their emotional stability, their ideas on spirituality, or even something as simple as their tastes in music; somehow, some way, many kids get the feeling that you’re just shrugging them off. Sad really. Perhaps we should enhance the dialogue. After all, kids have so much to say, and so much to ask.So chill out already. Sure the book contains some off-color humor and a few wacky philosophies, but hey look on the bright side, your kid is literate. Way to go parent people! Besides, how badly can it warp their brains? I think the Internet has that covered. Loosen the reigns. Let them dream a little. Who knows, you might decide to join them.
Download or read book Burning Bright written by Nicholas Petrie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "LOTS OF CHARACTERS GET COMPARED TO MY OWN JACK REACHER, BUT PETRIE'S PETER ASH IS THE REAL DEAL."--Lee Child *An Entertainment Weekly Must List Pick In the new novel featuring war veteran Peter Ash, "an action hero of the likes of Jack Reacher or Jason Bourne" (Lincoln Journal-Star), Ash has a woman's life in his hands--and her mystery is stranger than he could ever imagine. War veteran Peter Ash sought peace and quiet among the towering redwoods of northern California, but the trip isn't quite the balm he'd hoped for. The dense forest and close fog cause his claustrophobia to buzz and spark, and then he stumbles upon a grizzly, long thought to have vanished from this part of the country. In a fight of man against bear, Peter doesn't favor his odds, so he makes a strategic retreat up a nearby sapling. There, he finds something strange: a climbing rope, affixed to a distant branch above. It leads to another, and another, up through the giant tree canopy, and ending at a hanging platform. On the platform is a woman on the run. From below them come the sounds of men and gunshots. Just days ago, investigative journalist June Cassidy escaped a kidnapping by the men who are still on her trail. She suspects they're after something belonging to her mother, a prominent software designer who recently died in an accident. June needs time to figure out what's going on, and help from someone with Peter's particular set of skills. Only one step ahead of their pursuers, Peter and June must race to unravel this peculiar mystery. What they find leads them to an eccentric recluse, a shadowy pseudo-military organization, and an extraordinary tool that may change the modern world forever.
Download or read book Burning Bright written by Nick Petrie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “LOTS OF CHARACTERS GET COMPARED TO MY OWN JACK REACHER, BUT PETRIE'S PETER ASH IS THE REAL DEAL.”—Lee Child *An Entertainment Weekly Must List Pick In the new novel featuring war veteran Peter Ash, “an action hero of the likes of Jack Reacher or Jason Bourne” (Lincoln Journal-Star), Ash has a woman’s life in his hands—and her mystery is stranger than he could ever imagine. War veteran Peter Ash sought peace and quiet among the towering redwoods of northern California, but the trip isn’t quite the balm he’d hoped for. The dense forest and close fog cause his claustrophobia to buzz and spark, and then he stumbles upon a grizzly, long thought to have vanished from this part of the country. In a fight of man against bear, Peter doesn’t favor his odds, so he makes a strategic retreat up a nearby sapling. There, he finds something strange: a climbing rope, affixed to a distant branch above. It leads to another, and another, up through the giant tree canopy, and ending at a hanging platform. On the platform is a woman on the run. From below them come the sounds of men and gunshots. Just days ago, investigative journalist June Cassidy escaped a kidnapping by the men who are still on her trail. She suspects they’re after something belonging to her mother, a prominent software designer who recently died in an accident. June needs time to figure out what’s going on, and help from someone with Peter’s particular set of skills. Only one step ahead of their pursuers, Peter and June must race to unravel this peculiar mystery. What they find leads them to an eccentric recluse, a shadowy pseudo-military organization, and an extraordinary tool that may change the modern world forever.
Download or read book So Long, Charlie written by and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost Souls written by Dan Krajewski and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the Lost Souls. Clive would be just a normal guy, if he weren't constantly assaulted telepathically by the thoughts and feelings of everyone around him. Catherine is a lot like someone you might know, until she abandons her successful career as a businesswoman and takes to the road with practically nothing but the clothes on her back. Razer is the cutest little girl you'll ever see, even when she's drinking your blood and hiding from the sunlight. Ander is a typical teenager who ran away from home with his girlfriend, except for his constant terror of fading away and being haunted by nightmares from another dimension. They don't know each other, and they don't know their lives are all connected, but they're in for the ride of their lives in this intriguing story of psychological horror, sorrow, and seeking redemption. A look underneath the surface of everyday life reveals the secret, dark spiderweb of influence we all weave around each other.
Download or read book Grigs! written by Bill Grigsby and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2004 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has, most definitely, been A Beauuutiful Life for Bill Grigsby, a Kansas City icon and Grand Master of Ceremony. No one can paint a more illustrious image of Midwestern sports and its famous and not-so-famous participants than the man affectionately known as Grigs. From humble beginnings during the Depression through his war years as a code breaker to his development as a colorful broadcaster in Major League Baseball and the National Football League, Bill Grigsby is the supreme storyteller who crosses the generational timeline. He was there when Mickey Mantle took his first professional swing, when a brash entrepreneur by the name of Charlie Finley bought the A's, and when a reserved dreamer named Lamar Hunt came to Kansas City. Along the way his path has crossed with a virtual Who's Who of several Halls of Fame: George Brett, Lenny Dawson, Tom Watson, Whitey Herzog, Joe Montana, Dan Devine, Dick the Brusier, Phog Allen, Marcus Allen, George Toma, Roy Williams, Hank Stram, and even Baby Doe, the women's world champion midget wrestler from South Africa. Even Grigs himself is in two Halls--he Missouri Sports hall of Fame and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Grigs has had not one single full-time job during his life, but more than 40, from fertilizer salesman to federal deputy to big-league broadcaster. His loyalty and longevity, through, are legend. He was there for the beginning of the Kansas City Sportshow, now more than a half-century old, and the Kansas City Chiefs, who came to town in the 1960s. To this day he remains a vital part of both organizations. No one, in fact, has longer tenure as an NFL broadcaster than Grigs, who first began to imagine himself asa sportscaster during the 1930s in Lawrence, Kansas. Bill Grigsby grew up in a desperate time, but it forged a man who, along with Fran, his wife of more than 50 years, created a beautiful family and A Beauuutiful Life.
Download or read book The Mind and I written by James Joyce and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychoanalysts must be patients for years before they can practice. The "talking cure"--the basis of all psychotherapy--is best explained from two perspectives: one patient lying on the couch and the other seated behind it. The author of this memoir was both. He candidly discusses his own analysis, describing his emotional misfires and their causes. He then uses case studies from his practice to elucidate the meaning of dreams, the causes of neuroses, depression, relationship problems and other issues that affect the lives of many.
Download or read book My Dream Time written by Ash Barty and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today. WINNER OF THE ABIA AWARD FOR BEST BIOGRAPHY 2023 I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, right? But for me and my team it's always been important to reflect on every part of the journey, especially the end. In that context, the timing is perfect to share my story, from the first time I picked up a racquet as a 5-year-old girl in Ipswich to the night I packed up my tennis bag at Melbourne Park after winning the 2022 Australian Open. This book gives me a chance to look back at every moment of the 20 years in between, and to think carefully through the highs and lows, the work and the play, the smiles and the tears. Telling my story also gives me an opportunity to do more than simply thank those who mean the most to me - it provides a way to honour them as an integral part of that tale, as the very secret behind my success. Some of them you might know - such as my longtime coach, Craig Tyzzer - and some of them you might not - like my first childhood coach, Jim Joyce. There are mates like Casey Dellacqua and Alicia Molik. Mentors such as tennis icon Evonne Goolagong Cawley and mindset coach Ben Crowe. My parents and sisters and my husband have sacrificed as much as I have over the years - this book is also for them. My Dream Time is about finding the path to being the best I could be, not just as an athlete but as a person, and to consider the way those identities overlap and compete. We all have a professional and a personal self. How do you conquer nerves and anxiety? How do you deal with defeat, or pain? What drives you to succeed - and what happens when you do? The answers tell me so much, about bitter disappointments and also dreams realised - from injuries and obscurity and self-doubt to winning Wimbledon and ranking number 1 in the world. My story is about the power and joy of doing that thing you love and seeing where it can take you, about the importance of purpose - and perspective - in our lives.
Download or read book Grown Men written by Sheelagh Mawe and published by TUTs Adventurers Club. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austin Sinclair and Jack Winston grew up together on the poor side of town-one quiet sober and tenacious; the other a reckless charmer always seeking a challenge. And they shared a love for tennis that forged an unlikely bond-and incited a fierce rivalry-between them. Then adult life took them in different directions. Now they are grown men - mature, accomplished and middle-aged. And a chance reunion in a crowded restaurant results in a friendly, fateful invitation to compete once again at Austin's exclusive tennis club. But from the first serve on an impeccable clay court to the final, breathless point of a truly unforgettable match, unresolved resentments and tensions will determine the pace of the play. For every lob and backhand, every point surrendered or won, brings with it serious questions about the past and the choices made. With each set comes potentially explosive revelations about love, money and the nature of competition.
Book Synopsis The Deportation of Wopper Barraza by : Maceo Montoya
Download or read book The Deportation of Wopper Barraza written by Maceo Montoya and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brilliant and innovative take on an issue close to the hearts and minds of families who have one foot planted firmly on both sides of the border. It is a deportation story in reverse: a bold re-envisioning with unexpected consequences, mystery, and insight.”—Tim Z. Hernandez, author of Mañana Means Heaven After Wopper Barraza’s fourth drunk driving violation, the judge orders his immediate deportation. “But I haven’t been there since I was a little kid,” says Wopper, whose parents brought him to California when he was three years old. Now he has to move back to Michoacán. When he learns that his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, the future looks even more uncertain. Wopper's story unfolds as life in a rural village takes him in new and unexpected directions. This immigrant saga in reverse is a story of young people who must live with the reality of their parents’ dream. We know this story from the headlines, but up to now it has been unexplored literary territory.
