Showing results for "Angels" in United States

Sweet Pea Chaisson has parked his pink Cadillac convertible full of hookers in the parking lot of a convenience store in Spanish Lake, Louisiana. He’s causing a commotion, but not because of the car or the women—his mother’s coffin is sticking out of the trunk. Welcome again to the world of Dave Robicheaux, the Bayou cop who works murder cases and a 12-step program with a unique mixture of gentleness and suppressed rage. On his beat in Iberia Parrish, ancient burial sites, a Vietnam war diary, an old affair, and a street hustler are stirring up trouble.

In this extraordinary novel, a forty-year-old woman journeys to her cultural homeland—and uncovers a harrowing secret that makes her rethink everything she thought she knew about her mother. "An unforgettable story about mothers, daughters, and sisters reaching inward for solace and strength...

Bloomsbury presents Rise Up by Chris Jones, read by Christopher Ragland. Penned by one of America’s best-known daily theatre critics and organized chronologically, this lively and readable book tells the story of Broadway’s renaissance from the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, via the...

Private investigator Heredia has many phantoms - and one of his most haunting has come calling. Argentine investigative journalist Fernanda Arredondo, an old flame he loved and lost, needs to see him after saying good-bye years ago. All it takes is a single day for Heredia to lose her again when she’s found dead - an apparent suicide in a lonely hotel room in Santiago. Heredia has more than his instincts to tell him that it was murder.

Feminist icon bell hooks reminds us of the full spectrum of feeling we spend in love through her inspiring collection of love poetry, with a new introduction by Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies. Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of fifty love poems by bell...

Serena is a Bermudan jazz singer whose demons lead her to abandon her daughter Artie. Artie's anger eventually drives her to Serena's younger lover, Jamie L'Heureux, a jazz superstar. The spirit of Charles Mingus thrums throughout the story as these two women tangle in a syncopated mother-daughter relationship.

A deathbed request inspires an army nurse to tell the truth about the war. He Called Me Lieutenant Angel speaks to you with the insistent voice of love, hope and redemption, from the intensive care ward of a Vietnam hospital. It is a story of strength and enlightenment, a tribute to all the extraordinary young soldiers and nurses who share the intimate, final moments of life.

The sweeping, unforgettable story of an interracial couple in 1990s New York City who are determined to protect their love against all odds—a reimagining of Romeo and Juliet “Triumphant . . . sensuous, tender, and faceted like cut glass.”—Cathy Park Hong, award-winning author...

In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly 100, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life.

In his first collection of poetry, Raminder Bajwa offers verse on a wide range of topics that question life, explore fear, and embrace innocence. Through contemplative reflections, Bajwa examines personalities, current affairs, the influence of faith in the modern world, and why humans are either guided by love and honor or misguided by hatred and greed. Through his diverse compilation, Bajwa leads others down an inquisitive path where he poetically searches for answers about happiness, fulfillment, death, victory, and friendship.

Love is an exorcism of angels... Heaven and Hell are not places, nor times, but rather shared experiences. It's a love whether dark or light, a passion whether of pleasure or pain, and there's a beauty to the ugliness, a smile hidden amongst the tears. Heaven is often defined as paradise; Hell as damnation. The two, while opposites, more often than not, end up being one and the same, especially when it comes to falling in love.

México, finales del siglo XVI. Desde su niñez, la falsa beata Crisanta Cruz y el indio apóstata Tlacotzin, desarrollaron una férrea voluntad de sobrevivir y una refinada malicia para burlarse de sus opresores. Ellos son la columna vertebral de una hilarante intriga novelesca que desnuda los vicios privados y las virtudes públicas de la sociedad colonial: la teatralidad del misticismo, los laberintos barrocos del deseo reprimido, el culto clandestino de los Dioses prehispánicos, la sórdida lucha por el poder entre las órdenes religiosas...

Cool, selbstbewusst und zickig präsentiert sich die Influencerin Gladys in den sozialen Medien. Außerhalb der Öffentlichkeit zerbricht sie beinahe an ihren Albträumen aus ihrer Zeit mit den Red Rocks. Als noch ein Stalker in ihr Leben tritt und sie immer massiver belästigt, sucht sie Hilfe bei Mia, ihrer Stiefschwester, die unverzüglich Rix, den Road Captain informiert. Ausgerechnet der Weiberheld Duke wird als ihr "Schatten" eingesetzt und raubt ihr den letzten Nerv. Seit Monaten fliegen zwischen ihnen Fetzen, denn beide haben ziemlich vorgefasste Meinung über den jeweils anderen.

This collection is the strangest of them all. I have said many times over the years, I have always felt as if something attached itself to me the day I was born, something evil and malevolent. This force or whatever it is gave me a rage and a hatred that cannot be described, and sometimes it scares the hell out of me. This series of narrative poems tells the story of this entity I refer to as my Dark Angel, although this ain't no heavenly cherub.