Just Before Midnight

Download or read book Just Before Midnight written by Charles S. Viar and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TALE OF LOVE, ROMANCE, TREACHERY AND TREASON Alicia Elizabeth McAllister. Pretty but not beautiful, a freshly minted honors graduate of Township College. Alicia moves from rural Connecticut to Washington, D.C., to join James, her boyfriend of three years. Cruelly abandoned by him on the day she arrives, a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger changes her life forever. Thirteen years her senior, Alexander Michael de Vris is handsome, charming, rich and brilliant - and maddeningly enigmatic. A war hero, a former CIA officer, and the head of Washington's most prestigious "think tank," he's also the President's most trusted advisor. Sympathetic - and impressed by her ability - Alex helps her win a position at the Center for Strategic Studies. But not all is well in Washington. Little by little, she slowly awakens to the fact that she's stumbled into the midst of a sinister conspiracy to assassinate the President, and that she'll join the growing list of victims if anyone realizes she's uncovered the plot. Who can she turn to? Who can she trust? Most importantly, is the mysterious Alexander de Vris loyal to the President? Or is he too a traitor?

Download or read book Just Around Midnight written by Jack Hamilton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time Jimi Hendrix died in 1970, the idea of a black man playing lead guitar in a rock band seemed exotic. Yet a mere ten years earlier, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley had stood among the most influential rock and roll performers. Why did rock and roll become “white”? Just around Midnight reveals the interplay of popular music and racial thought that was responsible for this shift within the music industry and in the minds of fans. Rooted in rhythm-and-blues pioneered by black musicians, 1950s rock and roll was racially inclusive and attracted listeners and performers across the color line. In the 1960s, however, rock and roll gave way to rock: a new musical ideal regarded as more serious, more artistic—and the province of white musicians. Decoding the racial discourses that have distorted standard histories of rock music, Jack Hamilton underscores how ideas of “authenticity” have blinded us to rock’s inextricably interracial artistic enterprise. According to the standard storyline, the authentic white musician was guided by an individual creative vision, whereas black musicians were deemed authentic only when they stayed true to black tradition. Serious rock became white because only white musicians could be original without being accused of betraying their race. Juxtaposing Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones, and many others, Hamilton challenges the racial categories that oversimplified the sixties revolution and provides a deeper appreciation of the twists and turns that kept the music alive.

Download or read book Just Before Midnight written by Desley Polmear and published by Xlibris. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT: The sizzling erotic sequel to Unlocked Secrets by popular contemporary writer Desley Polmear. A fast-paced journey from Australia to Italy -- bright splashes of colour and movement on a broad canvas. Continue to follow the highs and lows of beautiful, sexy Susie Russo's chaotic life and the consequences of her choices. Old parental questions are answered and new paternal mysteries develop and drive the search for truth, honour, hope and love. Psychic warnings/predictions enter: Will Susie heed their counsel? Are they accurate? Will Susie pay the price and learn another life lesson the hard way by direct personal experience if she ignores them? A fast paced sensual page turner which invites the reader to become engrossed in the narrative and to avidly follow the plot twists and turns to the conclusion. Does Susie put her past behind her and search for true peace and happiness: is revenge a dish best eaten cold -- or should you dig two graves: is justice finally served? The reader is on a roller coaster ride of excitement and will form their own judgment according to their own moral compass. But WOW! What a ride. Myla McLoughlin QLD Australia JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT by contemporary writer Desley Polmear is the powerfully erotic sequel to Unlocked Secrets. Sexy Susie Russo is lured back to Australia by the crime syndicate that her loving Claude died trying to save her from. From this point on she is led on a rollercoaster ride of emotional situations caused by the consequences of her return to Australia. Just Before Midnight twists and turns not only through the changes in Susie Russo's own life, but the lives of her family and friends. This fast paced novel will appeal to many readers, its high packed action and moral dilemmas keep the reader guessing. Desley Polmear has succinctly teased out the inner stories of the Russo family, and the interplay of emotions that those stories reveal. This is a dynamic novel that will leave you gasping for more. Karen Gribbin NSW Australia "

Download or read book Home Before Midnight written by Virginia Kantra and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.

Download or read book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil written by John Berendt and published by Random House. This book was released on 1994-01-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic of true crime, set in a most beguiling Southern city—now in a 30th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author “Elegant and wicked . . . might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.”—The New York Times Book Review Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. In this sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative, John Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman’s Card Club; the turbulent young gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the “soul of pampered self-absorption”; the uproariously funny drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young people dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.

Download or read book Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight written by Hans Maes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Linklater’s celebrated Before trilogy chronicles the love of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) who first meet up in Before Sunrise, later reconnect in Before Sunset and finally experience a fall-out in Before Midnight. Not only do these films present storylines and dilemmas that invite philosophical discussion, but philosophical discussion itself is at the very heart of the trilogy. This book, containing specially commissioned chapters by a roster of international contributors, explores the many philosophical themes that feature so vividly in the interactions between Céline and Jesse, including: the nature of love, romanticism and marriage the passage and experience of time the meaning of life the art of conversation the narrative self gender death Including an interview with Julie Delpy in which she discusses her involvement in the films and the importance of studying philosophy, Before Sunrise. Before Sunset. Before Midnight: A Philosophical Exploration is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, aesthetics, gender studies, and film studies.

Download or read book Before Midnight written by Cameron Dokey and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cinderella tale you think you know gets a magical retelling in Cameron Dokey’s swoony Before Midnight. Etienne de Brabant is brokenhearted. His wife has died in childbirth, leaving him alone with an infant daughter he cannot bear to name. But before he abandons her for king and court, he brings a second child to be raised alongside her, a boy whose identity he does not reveal. The girl, La Cendrillon, and the boy, Raoul, pass sixteen years in the servants’ care until one day a very fine lady arrives with her two daughters. The lady has married La Cendrillon’s father, and her arrival changes their lives. When an invitation to a great ball reaches the family, La Cendrillon’s new stepmother will make a decision with far-reaching effects. Her choice will lead La Cendrillon and Raoul toward their destiny—a choice that will challenge their understanding of family, test their loyalty and courage, and, ultimately, teach them who they are.