One WomanOCOs Inspiring, True Story Of Courage, Determination and Hope. This Book Will Change Your Life Forever. A remarkable and compelling, true story of strength and courage within the human spirit in the face of enormous adversity. Life changing and inspirational, this book offers incredible insight into how you too can transform and redefine your life through your choices and not your circumstances. The Authors unforgettable, personal account of overcoming abandonment as a 14-year-old schoolgirl, left to live on the streets with nothing more than a small bag of clothes, some fruit, a few dollars and one book. 7 words that saved her life in the darkest hours Remarkable transformational lessons for conquering incredible odds How to breakthrough uncertainty and doubt and make them work for you How to avoid painful mistakes that drain your self esteem and sabotage your right to success 3 powerful reasons to distrust the stories you tell yourself and the stories youOCOve been told How you can start to turn your life around in just minutes The essential key to unlocking the door to your success Four ways to power-start the real authentic you into claiming and championing your life OC The cab pulled away from the emptied house and I watched as it disappeared into a street corner, my mother in the back seat, dark hair loose over narrow shoulders, my sister beside her, eyes wide staring through the rear window, one hand flat against the glass, fingers splayed like a small pink star. I lifted the strap of my green school bag, 2 sweaters inside, 3 dollars, and a few oranges. Enough my mother had said to keep me till tomorrow, then I could go get a job, maybe talk to the salvation army, theyOCOd give me some place to stay. After all I was bright for fourteen, would be on my feet in no time. I wanted to be in that taxi, riding away to a new life up north, a step-father I might have called OCyDaddy, OCO but I was too old for that. Instead I crossed the road and slipped into the scrub...OCO ((r)Excerpt from the poem OCyScrubOCO by Lynika Cruz"

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, advocates of legal abortion mostly used the term rights when describing their agenda. But after Roe v. Wade, their determination to develop a respectable, nonconfrontational movement encouraged many of them to use the word choice--an easier concept for people weary of various rights movements. At first the distinction in language didn't seem to make much difference-the law seemed to guarantee both. But in the years since, the change has become enormously important. In Beggars and Choosers, Solinger shows how historical distinctions between women of color and white women, between poor and middle-class women, were used in new ways during the era of "choice." Politicians and policy makers began to exclude certain women from the class of "deserving mothers" by using the language of choice to create new public policies concerning everything from Medicaid funding for abortions to family tax credits, infertility treatments, international adoption, teen pregnancy, and welfare. Solinger argues that the class-and-race-inflected guarantee of "choice" is a shaky foundation on which to build our notions of reproductive freedom. Her impassioned argument is for reproductive rights as human rights--as a basis for full citizenship status for women.

In a genetically altered future America that is overrun by beautiful and super-intelligent people, the entire planet faces destruction in the face of overpopulation and unemployment. Reprint.

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profession, however, might not sit well with some. Bernie is a burglar, a good one, effortlessly lifting valuables from the not-so-well-protected abodes of well-to-do New Yorkers like a modern-day Robin Hood. (The poor, as Bernie would be the first to tell you, alas, have nothing worth stealing.) He's not perfect, however; he occasionally makes mistakes. Like accepting a paid assignment from a total stranger to retrieve a particular item from a rich man's apartment. Like still being there when the cops arrive. Like having a freshly slain corpse lying in the next room, and no proof that Bernie isn't the killer. Now he's really got his hands full, having to locate the true perpetrator while somehow eluding the police -- a dirty job indeed, but if Bernie doesn't do it, who will?

In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep. Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha and the other "Sleepless" are outcasts -- victims of blind hatred, political repression, and shocking mob violence meant to drive them from human society ... and, ultimately, from Earth itself. But Leisha Camden has chosen to remain behind in a world that envies and fears her "gift" -- a world marked for destruction in a devastating conspiracy of freedom ... and revenge.

After a hard life filled with experiences he’d rather not remember but can’t forget, Brett Taylor decides he doesn’t need anyone or anything. He gets a job at a bar in a nothing little town where he can fish and race dirt bikes and hide from the world. So naturally as he’s walking across the parking lot at his new job, reminding himself how self-reliant he is, he meets someone he can’t shove aside.

In 1950s Hollywood, an actress is haunted by a bookseller’s death: A novella from the Edgar Award-winning author of Give Me Your Hand. In 1953, Penny is just another washed-up, wannabe Hollywood actress who is past her prime. She has settled in to a quiet lifestyle, and when she finds a low-rent bungalow in Canyon Arms, it’s a dream come true; Penny takes to the place instantly. But the dream cottage with its French doors and tiled courtyard may not be as perfect as it seems. Penny’s new neighbors start filling her head with stories about past tenants, whispering voices, and a suicide that may not have been a suicide at all. Soon enough, Penny starts hearing strange noises and she can’t help but wonder about the true fate of the bookseller who died in her home a dozen years earlier. Her suspicions are only fueled by the ominous inscription that she discovers in a book that’s closely guarded by her landlord . . . From the national bestselling author of Dare Me and other thrillers, this is a spooky mystery set on the dark fringes of glamorous Los Angeles. The Bibliomysteries are a series of short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors.