Handstands In The Dark

Author : Janey Godley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448117542
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handstands In The Dark written by Janey Godley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brought up amid near-Dickensian squalour in the tough East End of Glasgow and sexually abused by her uncle, Janey married into a Glasgow criminal family as a teenager, then found herself having to cope with the murder of her mother, violence, religious sectarianism, abject poverty and a frightening family of in-laws. First-hand, Janey saw the gangland violence and met extraordinary characters within an enclosed and seldom-revealed Glasgow underworld - from the grim and far-from-Swinging 60s, to the discos of the 70s, to the tidal wave of heroin addiction which swept through and engulfed Glasgow's East End during the 1980s. This evocative, intimate and moving portrayal of a woman forced to fight every day for her family's future will strike a chord with anyone who has ever struggled against adversity.

Author : Janey Godley
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1910022217
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frank Get the Door! written by Janey Godley and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since lockdown began, people have woken up to Janey Godley's comedy by the hundreds of thousands... [She] has provided much-needed relief throughout the coronavirus pandemic with her gallus Glesga interpretations which have been shared around the country with much glee. – Daily Record 'Ye've been TELT. Everybuddy's gonnae die if yeez aw keep gaun aboot an meetin each other an gaun hame wi a virus oan ye. So Ah've telt ye wance an Ah'm no gonnae tell ye again. This is the official line. If Ah see any o you oot there, Ah'm gonnae take a run an pit ma toe up the crack o yer arse. SO QUIT IT! Stey in the hoose, wash yer hands an keep yer family safe.'

Author : Janey Godley
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529357136
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nothing Left Unsaid written by Janey Godley and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Vibrant, warm and often hilarious. An absolute delight' JANE FALLON 'Read Nothing Left Unsaid in two greedy stints. It's a novel written with wit, righteous rage and compassion' NIGELLA LAWSON 'A warm, touching and humorous hymn of praise to those she describes as "wee warrior women"' SUNDAY TIMES SCOTLAND GLASGOW, 2019. Sharon has rushed home at the news her mother has been admitted to hospital. It's clear Senga's life is coming to an end. As Sharon gathers family and friends together to say goodbye, Senga, as always, does things in her own mysterious way. She instructs Sharon to find the red diary she kept in the 1970s and to read it. There's something Senga needs to talk about while she still has time. The journey into her mother's past is both shocking and surprising, forcing Sharon to re-evaluate her own childhood, her marriage and what she wants her own future to hold. GLASGOW, 1976. Life in the tenements of Shettleston is a daily struggle. You need your wits about you to survive, and your friends. Senga has both in spades: she is part of the Shettleston 'menage' alongside her friends Bunty,Sandra, Philomena and Isa, and whatever life hands to them - cheating husbands, poverty, illness, threats and abuse - they throw something back just as hard. These women are strong because they need to be. And they never, ever walk away in times of crisis - as Sharon is about to find out. Praise for Janey Godley: 'Sharpest-elbowed comedy in the world' The New York Times 'A great comic' Billy Connolly

Author : Tamara Levitt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614293899
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happiness Doesn't Come from Headstands written by Tamara Levitt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying—and failing—can be a path to happiness too. Leela loves to do yoga. She could do all sorts of poses, but there was one pose she couldn’t do. Every time Leela tried to do a headstand…KERPLUNK! This book explores the themes of acceptance, resilience, and self-compassion and offers the message that just because we may experience a failure does not mean that we are a failure. Written as a counterpoint to the message of The Little Engine that Could, Happiness Doesn’t Come from Headstands is a story about a girl who tries her best, but still falls down. Through the process she learns that happiness is not determined by external achievement. Through accepting our limitations and celebrating our efforts, even in the face of failure, peace can be found.

Author : Susan Cooper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689845782
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King of Shadows written by Susan Cooper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only in the world of the theater can Nat Field find an escape from the tragedies that have shadowed his young life. So he is thrilled when he is chosen to join an American drama troupe traveling to London to perform A Midsummer Night's Dream in a new replica of the famous Globe theater. Shortly after arriving in England, Nat goes to bed ill and awakens transported back in time four hundred years -- to another London, and another production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Amid the bustle and excitement of an Elizabethan theatrical production, Nat finds the warm, nurturing father figure missing from his life -- in none other than William Shakespeare himself. Does Nat have to remain trapped in the past forever, or give up the friendship he's so longed for in his own time?

Author : Suzanne Brockmann
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345495284
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into the Storm written by Suzanne Brockmann and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann blends high adventure, harrowing drama, and heart-racing passion into thrilling novels of suspense. Whether tackling danger or wrestling with desire, her elite heroes and heroines never fail to give their all, in stories that soar above and beyond expectations. Now, in this electrifying novel, Brockmann takes us Into the Storm. In a remote, frozen corner of New Hampshire, a Navy SEAL team and the elite security experts of Troubleshooters, Incorporated are going head-to-head as fierce but friendly rivals in a raid-and-rescue training exercise. Despite the frigid winter temperatures, tension smolders between veteran SEAL Petty Officer Mark “Jenk” Jenkins and former cop turned Troubleshooter Lindsey Fontaine after an impulsive night goes awry. And then, suddenly, Tracy Shapiro, the Troubleshooters’ new receptionist, vanishes while playing the role of hostage during a mock rescue operation. Teaming up with the FBI to launch a manhunt in the treacherous wilderness, Jenk and Lindsey must put aside their feelings as a record snowstorm approaches, dramatically reducing any hope of finding Tracy alive. The trail is colder than the biting New England climate until a lucky break leads to a horrifying discovery– a brutally murdered young woman wearing the jacket Tracy wore when she disappeared. Suddenly there is a chilling certainty that Tracy has fallen prey to a serial killer– one who knows the backwoods terrain and who doesn’t play by the rules of engagement. In a race against time, a raging blizzard, and a cunning opponent, Jenk and Lindsey are put to the ultimate test. Rising everything, they must finally come together in a desperate attempt to save Tracy–and each other.

Author : Joni Eareckson Tada
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 078140505X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Place of Healing written by Joni Eareckson Tada and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent account of her current struggle with physical pain, Joni Eareckson Tada offers her perspective on divine healing, God’s purposes, and what it means to live with joy. Over four decades ago, a diving accident left Joni a quadriplegic. Today, she faces a new battle: unrelenting pain. The ongoing urgency of this season in her life has caused Joni to return to foundational questions about suffering and God’s will. A Place of Healing is not an ivory-tower treatise on suffering. It’s an intimate look into the life of a mature woman of God. Whether readers are enduring physical pain, financial loss, or relational grief, Joni invites them to process their suffering with her. Together, they will navigate the distance between God’s magnificent yes and heartbreaking no—and find new hope for thriving in-between.

Author : Tahereh Mafi
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062866583
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Very Large Expanse of Sea written by Tahereh Mafi and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature! From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice. It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She’s tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments—even the physical violence—she endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. So she’s built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. But then she meets Ocean James. He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin. It terrifies her—they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds—and Shirin has had her guard up for so long that she’s not sure she’ll ever be able to let it down.

Author : Steph Gongora
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781539520016
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beginner's Guide to Handstand written by Steph Gongora and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to standing on your hands! Over 100 pages of warmups, full body strengtheners, alignment cues, and more.From myths about handstands to proper alignment and anatomy by body part, this book contains everything I used and continue to use on my handstand journey.Ideal for yogis, calisthenics enthusiasts, aerial arts practitioners, functional fitness fanatics, acrobats in training, and anyone interested in progressing their inversion practice!Hundreds of high quality photos, detailed instructions, and MORE!

Author : Susan Fletcher
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393080463
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corrag: A Novel written by Susan Fletcher and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This engrossing historical novel is essential for lovers of Scottish history. With its strong female protagonist, Fletcher’s latest work casts a spell that will linger over readers long after they have finished the book." —Library Journal (starred review) In 1692, brilliant, captivating Corrag—accused witch, orphaned herbalist, and unforgettable heroine—is imprisoned for her supposed involvement in a massacre in the Scottish highlands. Suspected of witchcraft and murder and awaiting her death, she tells her story to Charles Leslie, an Irish propagandist who seeks information to condemn the Protestant King William, rumored to be involved in the massacre. Hers is a story of passion, courage, love, and the magic of the natural world. By telling it, she transforms both their lives. Originally published in hardcover under the title Corrag: A Novel.