Street Terror vs. Black Belt Judo!Lily is a 4th-degree Black Belt Lily. Her teacher is Katsu Hiroshi Master Sensei. She is so effective with her skills, Sensei suggests that she study alone with him to avoid intimidating the other students. One day, she is confronted by a threatening young man on the street. He is so monstrous, that she cannot dispose of him and frantically flees into the nearest subway entrance. This youth, Paco, is the son of a captain in Peru's Shining Path rebel army. His father has sent him to New York City with two military guards to keep him safe from the civil war. Paco remembers the woman who escaped him and wants her. He has a band of followers whom he urges to find her. The two are destined to meet again!Lily's husband, Bobby, visits his uncle Aldo who is a Mafia Don. Aldo offers support, but has no leads on Paco. He does ask for help with Bobby's childhood friend, Giuseppe, who runs a competing Mafia organization. Now known as Peppe, the other Don, wants total control. Bobby tries to intercede on behalf of his uncle, appealing for a truce. The consequences are unforeseen and devastating.Lily is a teacher, assisting the principal at the Anna Silver School in New York's Lower East Side. P.S. 20 has a rich tradition of renown alumni and now serves a new population of mostly Latino immigrants. Her husband, Bobby, is the gym teacher and her devoted protector. They and teacher colleagues pursue justice but the police are unable to track down Paco, even after he and his military associates wipe out the Black Chaplains, a neighborhood street gang.P.S. 20's principal has a gambling addiction. In desperation, he borrows money from Paco to pay off a loan shark's debt. When he defiantly mocks Paco in lieu of repaying the borrowed money, Paco explodes in a rage of violence. Shaking from the assault, he sees Lily in the building and rushes after her. She flees to the pitch-black basement and confronts Paco's bodyguards as well as the wild youth himself. With Bobby's help, Lily survives and delivers a beating to Paco. Peppe's female assassin rescues Paco from a police secured hospital room. To get even with Lily, the assassin kidnaps a teacher's baby. All hell breaks loose. Lily's teacher colleagues are two fiercely loyal couples. Together, the six teachers pursue Paco, the assassin and kidnapped baby to Peru and Ecuador. Can Lily avenge the attacks on her and her colleagues? Will a descendant of the Livingstons of the Hudson Valley be able to use her wealth to shield them from Paco? Will the teachers find deliverance in love and loyalty?
A humorous and pithy guide to the craft of writing a screenplay and the business of being a screenwriter. Seeing your name on the silver screen beneath the words "Written By" is a moment most writers only dream of. But for those daring and talented few, brave enough to take their hopes to Hollywood, there are clear and tangible steps to achieve that goal if one knows the path. The Aspiring Screenwriter's Dirty Lowdown Guide to Fame and Fortune provides that path. And Andy Rose has walked it. With years of experience with every major film studio and network, and dozens of successful screenplays, Andy knows the business. He’s here to debunk the big screen and teach you how to write a blockbuster screenplay and equally important, how to sell it. Andy has worked with the best: Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, David Geffen, and Jeff Katzenberg to name a few. He has filled this book with real life examples to learn from including contracts, screenplays, treatments, press, and more. For anyone who’s ever dreamed of writing a screenplay, for anyone who’s wondered how to sell one, this is a must read.
A Living Rose is my third book of poetry. My first two books, Quiet Moments and Touching Words, focused on short poems rarely more than a page in length. A Living Rose has poems in a variety of lengths from 4 lines to 3 pages. All are inspirational in nature and easy to read. I find that depth comes from the heart of the reader, not the hand on the paper. Some poems talk about the writing process, but they all talk about the living process. Enjoy!
Imagine four schoolteachers in a romantic thriller. At her twin brother's funeral, Lily touches his casket, whispering a Scottish blood oath: "If your killers were from the Diabhal, then they should know that I'll be a Deamhan and will pursue them until your soul is avenged." A middle school science teacher, Lily involves three teacher colleagues to help her avenge the murder. They risk all in their pursuit, hitting dead ends while confronting the police, the FBI, local mobsters, and even the CIA. Their illusive target is Zakov, a legendary assassin for the Russian Mafiya who has more than 200 kills. They accept help from unsavory characters, seeking anyone to take on Zakov. Can Lily find justice? Will a new love help or hinder her quest? Can the teachers write a lesson plan to overcome the ruthless killer? Will Lily find intimacy and redemption on her journey?
Design and Technology: Resistant Materials to GCSE contains all the information and background skills required to support coursework projects and to help with final year revision. Easy to follow lay-out as each topic is presented on a double-page spread using clear, concise text and diagrams. Each spread features learning objectives at the start and Foundation and Higher level questions at the end to test understanding. Full index is provided for quick reference.
This is an assemblage of Rooney's innumerable and thoughtfully (mostly) sassy (always) letters responding to government and business folk, viewers of 60 Minutes, organizations asking him for a speaking engagement, lawyers, friends, those interested in religious matters, and others. And the letters are arranged into sections according to the type of recipient. Letters that prompted Mr. Rooney's replies are not listed (though Rooney's style allows one to easily understand the original letter's gist). No notes or index, but there seems little need for either. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
When Treasure woke up after an incident that took her life, she realized that she had returned to her twenty-three-year-old self—back when she was labeled as the most hated woman in the Empire. She was, once again, married to Reagan Trace Arzen, the reigning Emperor of the Arzen Empire; the man who hated her the most… and the father of her children. She was the vilest woman who ever existed. After having so many regrets about the way she lived her first life, Treasure decided to change her fate to avoid the death that awaited her in the future and to live a life solely for the children who hated her. Determined to change her fate, she was also on the lookout for the woman who was fated for Reagan; aware that her husband was fated to another. But the sudden changes in her didn’t go unnoticed… and Reagan is determined to keep her by his side whether she likes it or not.
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