Sweet And Vicious

Author : David Schickler
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN 13 : 0385335695
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sweet and Vicious written by David Schickler and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fascinating and hilarious,” “relentlessly clever,” and “truly haunting” are all phrases that have been used to describe David Schickler’s unique talent. And all apply to this brash, brilliant novel featuring two of the most memorable characters in contemporary fiction: Grace McGlone and Henry Dante. Sexy and willful, Grace McGlone is saving herself for the right man. When Henry Dante pulls into the small Wisconsin town where she works at the car wash, she instantly knows he’s the one. He knows it too. But when Grace discovers Henry has “The Planets”—a stolen set of famous Spanish diamonds—stashed in the back seat of his truck, she’s having none of it. She’s “trying for heaven,” and the ill-gotten jewels must go. And so they do, in a race across the American landscape from Chicago to Yellowstone, purusued by a savage gangster obsessed by the diamonds he thought were his. Passionate, criminal, comical, and possessing all the dark enchantment of a fairy tale, Sweet and Vicious is a modern love story shot straight from the heart of David Schickler’s miraculous imagination.

Author : Claudia Gabel
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780439918565
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sweet and Vicious written by Claudia Gabel and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For former best friends Nola and Marnie, the tables have turned. The girls are about to learn that revenge can be both : sweet and vicious"--P. [4] of cover.

Author : David Schickler
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN 13 : 0385335679
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kissing in Manhattan written by David Schickler and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2002-08-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious, sexy, and deeply tender, Kissing in Manhattan was one of the most celebrated debuts in recent years. Acclaimed author David Schickler’s collection of linked stories follows a troupe of love-hungry urbanites through a charmed metropolis and into the Preemption--a mythic Manhattan apartment building. The Preemption sets the stage for a romantic fantasy as exuberant, dark, and dazzling as the city it occupies. Behind closed doors, the paths of an improbable cast of tenants--a seductive perfume heiress; a crabby, misunderstood actor; a preternaturally sharp-sighted priest--tangle and cross, while a perilous love triangle builds around three characters: James Branch, a shy young accountant with an unusual love for the Preemption’s antique elevator, and a strange destiny... Patrick Rigg, a Wall Street lothario who soothes his pain by seducing beautiful women, carrying a gun, and attending the nightly sermons of a foreboding priest... Rally McWilliams, a fetching, hopeful young writer who roams the city at night, searching for the soulmate she believes in but can’t find... Charged with joy and a deadly sense of humor, Kissing in Manhattan is a daring new writer’s vision of a world where men and women, good and evil, love and sex, meet, battle, and embrace on every street corner.

Author : Joanna Blake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sweet and Vicious written by Joanna Blake and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-21 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My brother and I run the mob around here. I don't mess with civilians. But when I see a beautiful girl in trouble I can't stop myself from rescuing her.She's out cold, at the mercy of guys that have bad intentions. I take her home with me, tuck her into bed and get on with my business.Easy, right?Until she wakes up and sees something she shouldn't have. Something that could get her killed. Something I should kill her for.But I won't. I can't.Instead, I keep her locked up. My own personal plaything. A beautiful captive I can't set free, or resist.I've spent my life avoiding relationships with women completely. But now? She belongs to me.And I will never, ever let her go.

Author : Tamsyn Muir
Publisher : Tordotcom
ISBN 13 : 1250313171
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gideon the Ninth written by Tamsyn Muir and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gideon the Ninth is the first book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, and Bustle! WINNER of the 2020 Locus Award and Crawford Award Finalist for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Series! Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, Dragon, and World Fantasy Awards “Unlike anything I’ve ever read. ” —V.E. Schwab “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!” —Charles Stross “Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” —The New York Times The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon’s sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead. THE LOCKED TOMB SERIES BOOK 1: Gideon the Ninth BOOK 2: Harrow the Ninth BOOK 3: Nona the Ninth BOOK 4: Alecto the Ninth At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442490381
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birthday Vicious written by Melissa de la Cruz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashley Spencer considers her birthday party to be "the" most important event ever. She intends to prove that there's a reason she's been at the top of the social food chain her entire life. Will all her birthday wishes come true?

Author : Stef Wade
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1684468159
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Very Last Leaf written by Stef Wade and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lance Cottonwood is the best and brightest of the leaves, but even the top students on the tree have worries. Can Lance conquer his fear of falling and just let go when the time comes for his final exam, or will he let his worries take over? In this funny and encouraging picture book, best-selling author Stef Wade (A Place for Pluto) tells an engaging story and deftly addresses social and emotional struggles many kids encounter each day...feeling anxious, wanting to be perfect, facing fears, etc. These themes combined with illustrator Jennifer Davison's delightful characters and rich autumnal colors make The Very Last Leaf a perfect book for the start of a new school year, the arrival of autumn, or any period of transition in life.

Author : David Dickinson
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1780334176
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goodnight Sweet Prince written by David Dickinson and published by Constable. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery surrounds the death of Queen Victoria's grandson England, 1892. Victoria, Queen and Empress, is in the 54th year of her reign, when her grandson Prince Eddy, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, is found slaughtered in his bed at Sandringham. Terrified of more royal scandal, the Prince of Wales and his spindoctors decide to cover up the facts and the murder is disguised as death by influenza. Lord Francis Powerscourt, an Irish investigator, is privately asked to find the killer. His quest takes him on a journey through the prince's debauched and dissolute past, across Europe to the misty waterways of Venice where, amidst scandal and suicide, Powerscourt finally unravels themystery of the sweet prince's last goodnight. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK " 'In this excellent novel, Dickinson weaves a tale of blackmail and murder among the royals late in Victoria's reign& [his] knowledge of the arts, history and literature is nothing if not exhaustive, and adds enormously to the overall background& One hopes to see more of Lord Powerscourt and his friends in the near future.' - Publishers Weekly " 'This is detective fiction in the grand style; the characters and the plot soar upwards and carry us in their wake. Powerscourt's debut in this intoxicating book is the start of a gilded life in the archives of crime.' - James Naughtie

Author : Malcolm Butt
Publisher : Plexus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780859653732
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sid Vicious written by Malcolm Butt and published by Plexus Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sid Vicious s brief life epitomised all that is rotten and abusive in the rock world. Malcolm Butt exposes the degradation of Vicious s childhood, his introduction into the world of the Sex Pistols, his obsession with violence and descent into heroin-induced paranoia. He unearths a life taken to extremes, and ultimately destroyed by the image of punk rebellion which Vicious died fulfilling. Sid Vicious did it his way and as this book shows, the only way was out.

Author : Samira Kawash
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374711100
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Candy written by Samira Kawash and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most Americans, candy is an uneasy pleasure, eaten with side helpings of guilt and worry. Yet candy accounts for only 6 percent of the added sugar in the American diet. And at least it's honest about what it is—a processed food, eaten for pleasure, with no particular nutritional benefit. So why is candy considered especially harmful, when it's not so different from the other processed foods, from sports bars to fruit snacks, that line supermarket shelves? How did our definitions of food and candy come to be so muddled? And how did candy come to be the scapegoat for our fears about the dangers of food? In Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure, Samira Kawash tells the fascinating story of how candy evolved from a luxury good to a cheap, everyday snack. After candy making was revolutionized in the early decades of mass production, it was celebrated as a new kind of food for energy and enjoyment. Riding the rise in snacking and exploiting early nutritional science, candy was the first of the panoply of "junk foods" that would take over the American diet in the decades after the Second World War—convenient and pleasurable, for eating anytime or all the time. And yet, food reformers and moral crusaders have always attacked candy, blaming it for poisoning, alcoholism, sexual depravity and fatal disease. These charges have been disproven and forgotten, but the mistrust of candy they produced has never diminished. The anxiety and confusion that most Americans have about their diets today is a legacy of the tumultuous story of candy, the most loved and loathed of processed foods.Candy is an essential, addictive read for anyone who loves lively cultural history, who cares about food, and who wouldn't mind feeling a bit better about eating a few jelly beans.