Dont Kill Me

Author : Ralph Berrier
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307463087
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If Trouble Don't Kill Me written by Ralph Berrier and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making moonshine, working blue-collar jobs, picking fights in bars, chasing women, and living hardscrabble lives . . . Clayton and Saford Hall were born in the backwoods of Virginia in 1919, in a place known as The Hollow. Incredibly, they became legends in their day, rising from mountain-bred poverty to pickin’ and yodelin’ all over the airwaves of the South in the 1930s and 1940s, opening shows for the Carter Family, Roy Rogers, the Sons of the Pioneers, and even playing the most coveted stage of all: the Grand Ole Opry. They accomplished a lifetime’s worth of achievements in less than five years—and left behind only a few records to document their existence. Fortunately, Ralph Berrier, Jr., the grandson of Clayton Hall and a reporter for the Roanoke Times, brings us their full story for the first time in IF TROUBLE DON'T KILL ME. He documents how the twins’ music spread like wildfire when they moved from The Hollow to Roanoke at age twenty, and how their popularity was inflamed by their onstage zaniness, their roguish offstage shenanigans, and, above all, their ability to play old-time country music. But just as they arrived on the brink of major fame, World War II dashed their dreams. Berrier follows the Hall twins as they travel overseas, leaving behind their beloved music, and are thrust into the cauldron of a war that reshaped their lives and destinies. Through the brothers’ experiences, the story of World War II unfolds—Saford fought from the shores of North Africa to Sicily and Europe and finally into Germany; Clayton fought the Japanese in the brutal Pacific theater until the savage, final battle on Okinawa. They returned home after the war to find that the world had changed, music had changed . . . and they had, too. IF TROUBLE DON'T KILL ME paints a loving portrait of a vanishing yet exalted southern culture, shows us the devastating consequences of war, and allows us to experience the mountain voices that not only influenced the history of music but that also shaped the landscape of America.

Author : William C. Dear
Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Please ... Don't Kill Me" written by William C. Dear and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I don't care who you hire, or what the company has to pay him … so long as he's the best there is." This anguished cry from the wife of murder victim Dean Milo would draw private investigator Bill Dear into one of the most frustrating and ultimately triumphant cases of his career. Dean Milo was a phenomenally successful businessman who had built a tiny family business into a $50 million-a-year corporation. Along the way he had established a lengthy list of enemies that began with his immediate family and stretched throughout the social and business community. His fast-track ride to the top came to a violent halt on August 11, 1980, when Milo was found dead in his luxurious Ohio home, shot twice in the head. A blank telegram form lay nearby. Four months after his death, the investigation remained a confusing collection of non sequiturs. Clues pointed toward Milo's involvement with the Mafia, the drug world, and the gay community. His own family refused to cooperate with the author¬ities. And time was ticking by … In desperation, Maggie Milo turned to Texas private eye Bill Dear. This is the gripping story of the remarkable collaboration between Dear and the police detectives of Akron, Ohio, that led to eleven convictions, an Ohio record. It is also a tale of the human weakness, desperation, and overwhelming greed that led to a sudden death.

Author : Ramani Ranjan Khuntia
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1637454880
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Don't Kill Me written by Ramani Ranjan Khuntia and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t Kill Me contains adventures of life-risking confrontations with animals. Stories of how the young generation, during their school and college period, take revenge on people for a very small incident and how that small incident escalates to a big-bloody episode with many losing their lives. In some instances, young people tried dangerous and life-risking activities to prove their potential. There are untold stories of birds and how they bond with human beings, how one lovely couple is being separated by society in the name of caste, how people are so cruel to animals, and how they are slowly, gradually yet prominently killing them. An account of how ancient people lived in miserable conditions – the experience of life in bullock carts and wooden boats. Stories that narrate how the bonds between people and animals are just like with our families – the tale of why crocodiles do not attack wooden boats, how houses were built and completely ruined after fires and how people came together to help one another during calamities.

Author : Jason Schmidt
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374380139
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A List of Things That Didn't Kill Me written by Jason Schmidt and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir, Jason Schmidt tells the story of growing up with an abusive father, who contracted HIV and ultimately died of AIDS when Jason was a teenager.

Author : Christina Dodd
Publisher : HQN Books
ISBN 13 : 1488096503
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Doesn't Kill Her written by Christina Dodd and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times–Bestselling Author: “Action-packed, littered with dead bodies, and brimming with heartfelt emotion, this edgy thriller keeps the tension high.” —Library Journal (starred review) One secret, one nightmare, one lie. You guess which is which. 1. I have the scar of a gunshot on my forehead. 2. I have willfully misrepresented my identity to the US military. 3. I’m the new mother of a seven-year-old girl. Kellen Adams suffers from a year-long gap in her memory. A bullet to the brain will do that. But she’s discovering the truth, and what she learns changes her life, her confidence, her very self. She finds herself in the wilderness, on the run, unprepared, her enemies unknown—and she is carrying a priceless burden she must protect at all costs. The consequences of failure would break her. And Kellen Adams does not break. What doesn’t kill her . . . had better start running. “An unforgettable protagonist . . . who makes Jack Reacher look like a slacker . . . and an ingenious plot that includes plenty of white-knuckle twists and turns.” —Booklist (starred review) “Sign me up for anything Christina Dodd writes.” —Karen Robards, New York Times–bestselling author of The Girl from Guernica

Author : Sarah Cross
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
ISBN 13 : 1606843249
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kill Me Softly written by Sarah Cross and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirabelle's past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents' tragic deaths to her guardians' half-truths about why she can't return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see the town, Mira runs away—and discovers a world she never could have imagined. In Beau Rivage, nothing is what it seems—the strangely pale girl with a morbid interest in apples, the obnoxious playboy who's a beast to everyone he meets, and the chivalrous guy who has a thing for damsels in distress. Here, fairy tales come to life, curses are awakened, and ancient stories are played out again and again. But fairy tales aren't pretty things, and they don't always end in happily ever after. Mira has a role to play, a fairy tale destiny to embrace or resist. As she struggles to take control of her fate, Mira is drawn into the lives of two brothers with fairy tale curses of their own...brothers who share a dark secret. And she'll find that love, just like fairy tales, can have sharp edges and hidden thorns.

Author : Corinna-Rosa Falkenberg
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3756823997
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Don't kill me, I'm in love written by Corinna-Rosa Falkenberg and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karl and Ada love each other. Karl, however, is married to Maya, with whom he has a little daughter, Lilly. Ada thinks she has her feelings under control, until one morning she senses a powerful force slumbering inside her. She longs for the carefree lightness of simply being again and is now even willing to push her own boundaries to attain it. "An emotional story about love. Wild as a thunderstorm, tender as a feather" Calvin Burke, actor and screenwriter

Author : Lisa Butler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781496939517
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Don't Kill Me written by Lisa Butler and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...Babe, your mother made me a little nervous." she said with a straight face. I rubbed her arms, "Why? I thought everybody was happy. What's wrong? I'm here. You can always talk to me. We said we would stay honest and open with each other a long time ago, right?" She nodded, "But she told me to tell you that you need to tell me everything. What was she talking about?" I exhaled as a million thoughts ran through my mind. Where do I start? Let me think... Derek Greene finally had the woman of his dreams, Ciara. Now all he has to do is pray that he's strong enough to prove that she can move on from being "Damaged Goods," all while letting her into his life and what ultimately lead him back to her. They say, "What don't kill you, makes you stronger," but how strong can one person's heart be?

Author : Stephen Joseph
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 046502792X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Doesn't Kill Us written by Stephen Joseph and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surviving a traumatic experience is difficult and takes time to move on from, but this book makes the argument that with proper care and understanding, survivors can grow and reshape their lives in a positive way. For the past twenty years, pioneering psychologist Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trauma. His studies have yielded a startling discovery: that a wide range of traumatic events-from illness, divorce, separation, assault, and bereavement to accidents, natural disasters, and terrorism-can act as catalysts for positive change. Boldly challenging the conventional wisdom about trauma and its aftermath, Joseph demonstrates that rather than ruining one's life, a traumatic event can actually improve it. Drawing on the wisdom of ancient philosophers, the insights of evolutionary biologists, and the optimism of positive psychologists, What Doesn't Kill Us reveals how all of us can navigate change and adversity- traumatic or otherwise-to find new meaning, purpose, and direction in life.

Author : Stephen White
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101210923
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kill Me written by Stephen White and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kill Me is that rarest of creations—a thinking-person’s thriller. In this age of the same-old same-old-fiction, White’s novel stands dizzyingly above the pack. The concept is unique (and brilliant), the writing is sharp, observant, and wry (White’s trademark), and every page is filled with perfectly realized human emotion—about life, death, and family. Superb.”—New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver He’s fabulously wealthy and lives life to the fullest—enjoying fast, expensive cars, the love of his beautiful wife, and adventures in every corner of the globe. When a friend is stricken down by a terrible illness, he realizes his only fear is to be diminished by disease. That’s when he meets the Death Angels, who promise to end his life should he ever face such a fate. The only hitch is that the contract is irrevocable. And once he signs it, he discovers he has one more all-important task to carry out before it’s executed...