Jasmine Jones is a mixed African American, predominantly of Spanish and African descent. She has six siblings, all from different fathers. Her mother depended on drugs and was never around.Jasmine was molested at a young age. Her Nana, who was a "functional drunk" took her in and raised her as her own.Jasmine's life was on a fast track. Her living condition almost made her nomadic, jumping from place to place. Things were difficult while she lived in Maryland. Despite the hardship she experienced, Jasmine would not have had it any other way. The experiences gave her an insight into the different sides of life. The nights she got thrown out of the house, the different schools she attended as she lived her nomadic life, surviving on food stamps with her mother and selling the excess for cash to buy drugs. It was rough, but it made Jasmine into who she is today. She learned how to stay strong and excel in survival mode.
Look it's two two tweets that helped me vent my frustrations. It's really not that deep... Holed up in her bedroom, Cleo's aired twenty-two Whatsapps from Kara and has cut off contact with the rest of the world. It doesn't mean she's been silent though – she's got a lot to say. On the internet, actions don't always speak louder than words... seven methods of killing kylie jenner explores cultural appropriation, queerness, friendship and the ownership of black bodies online and IRL. Jasmine Lee-Jones's award-winning play premiered at London's Royal Court Theatre in 2019 and transferred to the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs in June 2021.
Being a woman is blood and guts It's intestine Fuck florals and ballgowns It's balls It's livers and kidneys and puke and mucus Ripping and tearing and shredding Red stain on linen bedding It's shedding Jaz is in her second year at drama school. Jaz is tired of performing. Hence her conundrum. But when she stumbles across a piece of forgotten history – her life is changed forever... What does it mean to find yourself? Especially when it seems the world you live in is diametrically set against you doing just that? Set against the sprawling backdrop of urban London across centuries, curious is a frank, funny and moving excavation of the lives of two actresses who are young, Black, queer and trying to find out who they are. It is written and performed by Jasmine Lee-Jones, the winner of Evening Standard Award 2019 and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for her play seven methods of killing kylie jenner.
Congratulations! Your pain is commercially viable. It's 1991 and the Gulf War rages three thousand, three hundred and twenty miles away. Darlee is 8 years old, crying behind the wheelie bookcase in Miss Stratford's classroom. She's just realised she's Iraqi. Or half. Maybe both. She saw it on the news last night after Neighbours and fish fingers. Heard the fear slipping through the receiver, saw it oozing from Dad's eyeballs and into the living room as he tried to phone home. What she can't process now, she'll be haunted by later; the spirits hounding her will make sure of that... Baghdaddy is a playfully devastating coming-of-age story, told through clowning and memory to explore the complexities of cultural identity, generational trauma and a father-daughter relationship amidst global conflict. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Royal Court Theatre in November 2022.
READERS LOVE CHRISTINA JONES' UPLIFTING ROMANCE NOVELS! 'The easiest 5 star review as this is the most wonderful novel! The characters were fabulous and I couldn't put it down... can't recommend it highly enough!!' ***** Reader review 'Christina Jones has the descriptive prowess to paint a written picture of scenarios that allows the reader to easily imagine the settings! Recommend this book highly!' ***** Reader review 'I have enjoyed this book enormously... excellent read well worth reading' ***** Reader review 'This book is one of the best I've EVER read. So, so funny. It made me laugh till I cried. Brilliant' ***** Reader review 'Absolutely adored this book' ***** Reader review __________________________________________ A story of love, heartbreak and happiness, as two determined young women work against overwhelming odds... When Jasmine's beloved granddad dies, she is left an odd bequest in his will - his bookie's stall at Ampney Crucis dog racing stadium. Despite her snobbish parents' disgust, Jasmine is determined to make a success of the business. In London, single mum April works all hours for the dodgy Gillespie family, dreaming of the day her daughter's dad will return. When April helps collect a debt for the Gillespies, she is left with a manic greyhound named Cair Paravel - but her landlord's not going to like that... When the prestigious Frobisher's trophy comes up for grabs, the Gillespies will stop at nothing to have the race held at their venue -but Jasmine and her friends are determined to have it at Ampney Crucis... _________________________________________ Love Christina Jones' captivating tales? Then check out the fabulously joyful Summer at Sandcastle Cottage and Christmas at Sandcastle Cottage. You won't be disappointed!
Life can be hard for any three-year-old who watches her 16-year-old mother take her last breath in a cheap hotel room. Young Hennessy's last memory of her mother is of her lying on a dirty hotel room floor covered in blood. Although the children were not hurt, Hennessy and her unborn brother don’t walk away unscathed. Due to witnessing her mama turn tricks while pregnant with her brother, and her father pimping her out, Hennessy develops an unwanted stigma on her life. Her brother, Dominique, survives the attack on his mama, but just like the old saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. The same hood that’s filled with trouble, drugs, and dope boys who once coveted her mama is Hennessy's home, and the dope boys now lust for her. Unlike Champagne, Hennessy isn’t allowing her beautiful body and drop dead gorgeous looks to overtake her. Unfortunately, wherever Hennessy goes, drama follows. And when she finally falls hard for someone who’s just as dope as the drug dealers who overcrowd her neighborhood, it opens the door to her fuzzy past. Secrets are exposed, and with her mother’s turbulent past, she is forced to face her demons. In the process, she will gain more than she bargained for. In Sha Jones’ latest tale, she takes you on an emotional rollercoaster loaded with love, drama, and raw passion from an 18-year-old girl who all the dope boys love.
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After being raped by her high school crush and waking up from a coma that almost took her life, Jasmine is faced with the reality of what was done to her. She’s so traumatized by Shawn that she’s not sure if she has the strength to really testify against him in court. On the outside, she appears to be strong, but deep down inside, she’s battling demons that won’t die, causing them to change the vibrant person that she used to be. Hennessy is trying to be the best friend that she can be, but with her brother, Dominique, running the streets, risking his own life for a bunch of street thugs who have ulterior motives, and trying to solve her mother’s murder, the weight of it all is too much for her heart to bear. The only one who seems to brighten her day and stick by her side is her boyfriend, Justin, but as the drama unfolds, she began to question his loyalty. Although solving her mother’s murder comes with several challenges, the killer is closer than she thinks. In the final installment to Dope Boys Love Hennessy, Hightower High is turned upside down and is filled with more drama than anyone could ever imagine. Will Jasmine be strong enough to testify against Shawn? Will Hennessy solve her mother’s murder? Will she and Justin’s love prevail through all the chaos? Read the finale and find out!
Antonyo Ian Demonté Simms treats women as casually as most people treat their socks, changing them frequently. With the help of his aunt LaTrece, his mother's irresponsible twin sister, Antonyo learns how to use his good looks and charisma to win the hearts—and treasures—of a vast array of female companions. Each of these women thinks that she may just be the one who can turn this hot hunk into a husband, but Antonyo has no intention of changing his womanizing ways. The only woman Antonyo can't get over on is his no-nonsense mother, LaTrina. She struggles every day, trying to instill strong morals in her son and turn him into a good man, in spite of the example set by his deadbeat father. LaTrina gives her life to Christ, and as she grows in her relationship with God, she does all in her power to convince Antonyo to do the same thing. Antonyo is impressed with the new person his mother is becoming, but he's certain that his life is fine exactly the way it is. Can a mother's love and God's all-encompassing power, grace, and mercy change a young man from sinner to saint before Satan drags him into the pits of hell?
Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, Ninth Edition helps readers develop a fundamental knowledge of the medical terminology necessary for a career in any health care setting.
This concise and accessible book, co-published with the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE), offers pre-service and in-service middle school and high school educators a way to integrate an understanding of adolescent development with strong pedagogical applications for their students. Blending contemporary research on adolescent development with authentic teachers’ voices, the authors demonstrate methods for how to successfully observe, understand, engage, and teach adolescent students, particularly around the developmental changes that occur from ages 11 to 15 (grades six through ten). The book features real-world classroom narratives that illustrate the successes—and struggles—of everyday teachers, and details specific teaching practices, classroom activities, and lesson ideas that help teachers tap into the energy and talents that adolescent students bring to the classroom. Featuring narrative case studies from teachers in the field, this practical book will be of value to middle and high school educators looking at how the physical and emotional changes experienced by students during adolescence impact their learning. It will also support scholars, practitioners, and students more broadly involved with adolescent development, classroom practice, secondary learning, and equity and inclusion in the classroom.
Many years ago, a highly intelligent race of people living in China discovered a fault with the Earth's natural orbital trajectory which, if left unresolved, would result in the world ending in the mid twenty-first century. The leaders of these people, whilst travelling the world in search of a solution to the problem, arrived in London. Here they stumbled on the theory that if they created vast but subtle movements across the Earth's surface, then such weight-shifts would have a reasonable bearing on the rate at which the Earth rotates, and thus would alter its orbital path. To provide this weight, a project named 'Commuters' was created, so called due to a misprint of Computers. This was performed by building a railway infrastructure throughout the land and simultaneously inventing a large number of excitingly named, well paid, but virtually harmless jobs. This created both the demand and the mechanism for many people to travel in the same direction at a given time of day. The group of pioneers were adamant that the real reason for their work should not be made public, yet at the same time the project needed to be monitored. To satisfy this, an organisation called the Littlepeople was created, whereby those directly involved with the project took 'invisible' jobs within society. From these positions, they could easily observe their work without fear of detection themselves. They therefore occupied jobs that are commonly labelled 'working class' or 'unskilled' as they were unlikely to be noticed by the Commuters within these positions.
Life can be hard for any three-year-old who watches her 16-year-old mother take her last breath in a cheap hotel room. Young Hennessy's last memory of her mother is of her lying on a dirty hotel room floor covered in blood. Although the children were not hurt, Hennessy and her unborn brother don’t walk away unscathed. Due to witnessing her mama turn tricks while pregnant with her brother, and her father pimping her out, Hennessy develops an unwanted stigma on her life. Her brother, Dominique, survives the attack on his mama, but just like the old saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. The same hood that’s filled with trouble, drugs, and dope boys who once coveted her mama is Hennessy's home, and the dope boys now lust for her. Unlike Champagne, Hennessy isn’t allowing her beautiful body and drop dead gorgeous looks to overtake her. Unfortunately, wherever Hennessy goes, drama follows. And when she finally falls hard for someone who’s just as dope as the drug dealers who overcrowd her neighborhood, it opens the door to her fuzzy past. Secrets are exposed, and with her mother’s turbulent past, she is forced to face her demons. In the process, she will gain more than she bargained for. In Sha Jones’ latest tale, she takes you on an emotional rollercoaster loaded with love, drama, and raw passion from an 18-year-old girl who all the dope boys love.
After being raped by her high school crush and waking up from a coma that almost took her life, Jasmine is faced with the reality of what was done to her. She’s so traumatized by Shawn that she’s not sure if she has the strength to really testify against him in court. On the outside, she appears to be strong, but deep down inside, she’s battling demons that won’t die, causing them to change the vibrant person that she used to be. Hennessy is trying to be the best friend that she can be, but with her brother, Dominique, running the streets, risking his own life for a bunch of street thugs who have ulterior motives, and trying to solve her mother’s murder, the weight of it all is too much for her heart to bear. The only one who seems to brighten her day and stick by her side is her boyfriend, Justin, but as the drama unfolds, she began to question his loyalty. Although solving her mother’s murder comes with several challenges, the killer is closer than she thinks. In the final installment to Dope Boys Love Hennessy, Hightower High is turned upside down and is filled with more drama than anyone could ever imagine. Will Jasmine be strong enough to testify against Shawn? Will Hennessy solve her mother’s murder? Will she and Justin’s love prevail through all the chaos? Read the finale and find out!
Lizzie goes to a local modeling tryout, wows the judges, and gets a contract with Teen Attitude magazine. Then she becomes more popular than she is comfortable with and wishes for her old life back. But how does a girl get out of a modeling contract? It won¿t be pretty! Includes grey scale Lizzie illustrations and website addresses.
Can these dogs mend human hearts? Triplets Find a Mom by Annie Jones The only rules widowed single dad Sam Goodacre has for his triplet daughters are no dogs and no matchmaking. So when he and the girls meet the town’s pretty new schoolteacher, Polly Bennett, he knows he’s in trouble. A single lady with an adorable stray puppy? The triplets are in matchmaking heaven! Too bad it goes against all the rules! The Nanny’s New Family by Margaret Daley Dr. Ian McGregor means well, but the distracted single dad’s lost touch with his four kids. New nanny Annie Knight brings much-needed calm to the chaos, including finding a service dog that could be a real lifesaver. Soon Ian’s making Annie’s heart respond in ways it hasn’t for years. But her cheery demeanor hides a heart-wrenching secret…
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Lazy summer days? Not for Phineas and Ferb. One day the duo fixes up their mom's car and takes it to the races. The next they build the world's craziest roller coaster!
How a global industry icon was created right here in Australia — with insights, stories and recipes from a co-founder of Four Pillars Gin How did a small business from a regional Aussie town get voted the world’s best gin producer THREE times? Four Pillars Gin, a craft distillery in Victoria’s Yarra Valley, today is not only an Australian favourite but a global powerhouse. Co-founder Matt Jones shares the secrets behind building a brand that started as a small cult favourite and has become a world-leading success. Including stories, recipes and business lessons from a decade of gin-soaked archives, Lessons from Gin has the ingredients you need to grow your own business and brand. Matt tells his side of the extraordinary Four Pillars story, sharing what he and the team learned in a decade that changed the distilling industry in Australia. Taking you on his journey as a creative brand strategist during the rise of social media, he reveals how Four Pillars became a benchmark for excellence and a beloved household name. You’ll discover how true innovators think creatively and strategically, with practical models for driving incredible growth in your own career and industry. In Lessons from Gin, you’ll learn how to: Place creativity at the heart of your business Design a brand that tells a story Craft the kind of product excellence that wins fans and followers Create experiences that engage and build a community of loyal believers Develop a culture and lead a team of passionate people through a shared purpose and vision Build a sustainable business anchored in genuine values and bold ambition Lessons from Gin gives Four Pillars fans real insight into how their favourite gin conquered the world. It is a must-read for entrepreneurs, business owners, marketers, and leaders in any industry who want to craft a brand that people love to want.
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