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sophie richie mom: Agent Blue Guy Richie, 2012-12-27 Later that night, Agent blue had ridden his Tiger cub and parked it a few blocks from Flanagan's apartment. Locked his open faced helmet to the bike, and walked a few blocks. Outside the apartment block sat a police car, where two officers sat watching the coming's and going's from the block that housed Flanagan's apartment. Richie had dressed casual and taken with him a small genie bar. Hiding it inside the specialty adapted lining of his jacket, evading the police. Slipping on his leather gloves, agent blue gained access via a fire escape at the rear of the building, taking the back stairs to the floor whilst passing Flanagan's apartment, which had been closed off with crime scene tape. Richie returned to the stairs; moving up onto the top floor, gaining access to the roof. Once up on the roof; agent blue looked down. He could see a stench pipe leading down to Flanagan's apartment. |
sophie richie mom: My Name is Sarah Armstrong Judith Turner, 2016-02-04 It is 1958 when fourteen-year-old Sarah Armstrong first writes in her journal about her role model, Margaret MacAuley, who survived a dangerous journey with her immigrant family in 1856 to join the Mormon Church in Utah. As Sarah continues to mature in Salt Lake City, she must face important choices after her father decides to leave the Mormon Church. Shunned by her extended family and the Mormon community, Sarah struggles between the influences of her controlling father and a fundamentalist church. After a popular and influential teacher notices her plight and steers her toward academic success, Sarah begins to dream about going away to college and leaving a place she feels she no longer belongs. Unfortunately, her pursuit of independence causes more friction in the family. While Sarah attempts to balance conflicts, she must find a way to be a good daughter while remaining true to herself as a young woman. But as she is about to discover, it is a difficult path to navigate amid societal expectations of 1950s women. My Name Is Sarah Armstrong shares the tale of a young woman’s coming-of-age journey as she attempts to find her place in the shadow of the Mormon Church. |
sophie richie mom: The Dragon Mother's Dream Gerhard Fischer, 2018-10-01 This is the story of a journey to Southern California, home of the American Dream, in search of fame and fortune. An Australian couple of mixed German-Chinese origin with their six-year old son Maximilian leave their settled life in Sydney to move to California. The boy's Mandarin name is Xiaolong, meaning Little Dragon, and the dream of his mother is that he will one day become the number one golf player in the world. She has contacted Tiger Woods' first professional coach who is supposed to take the boy under his wings, and she is determined to make her dream come true. The book follows Maximilian's exposure to playing junior gold, the highlights and pitfalls along with the emotional ups and downs of children involved in competitive sport, and their parents' sometimes conflicting and contradictory expectations, culminating in an account of Maximilian competing at the Junior World Championship in San Diego. But 'The Dragon Mother's Dream' is more than a book about golf. Part travelogue and part parenting memoir, it is a journal about living in one of the most privileged places in California. It documents the everyday realities and idiosyncracies of the contemporary American way of life, recorded with great precision and attention to detail by an Australian writer of European roots and - sometimes satirical, often ironic - sensibilities. At the end of the book, the mother's dream takes an unexpected twist. |
sophie richie mom: Birthed from Scorched Hearts MariJo Moore, 2016-07-20 Award-winning author MariJo Moore asked women from around the world to consider the devastating nature of conflict—inner wars, outer wars, public battles, and personal losses. Their answers, in the form of poignant poetry and essays, examine war in all its permutations, beginning in 60 CE and continuing into the 21st century, from Ireland to Iraq and everywhere in between. With contributions from both well-known and first-time writers, this moving anthology encompasses a wide range of voices—a Blitz evacuee, an ex-slave, an incarcerated mother, former military personnel, survivors of domestic violence, those who have battled drugs and disease, and many other courageous women willing to share their unique and timeless insight on the realities of war. |
sophie richie mom: Lots of Luck Noblesse Oblige Reinter Ron Matejka, 2014-10-01 Two preteens share their first kiss. By high school, their lives go in opposite directions. Theyre now on a roller-coaster ride to reunite. Dan is a man with a complex and covert job. Sophie is a successful woman who is now struggling to start a new life. A small memento lures Dan to find his first love. All of Dan's experiences can't help him make the connection with Sophie. Their reunion is hindered by unexpected events that will have you wondering what else could possibly happen next to keep them apart. Their lives are sealed with an ending like no other love story. Lots of luck figuring it out! |
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sophie richie mom: Ricochet Dreams Donna Rostad, 2019-12-09 President Roosevelt had just declared World War II, Bobby Mitchell Ron and several other men decided to enlist. Marie Bobby’s mom buried herself in her work at the hospital. Being an amateur sleuth, she found herself involved with solving a murder, a love triangle, in a family with mental illness, a devastating train wreck and a kidnapping that leads to the birth of a baby boy and the tragic death of his mother. Lily kept busy with the restaurant nurturing Bobby and Susie when their father abandoned them. The sheriff Charles and his wife Ruth were trying to keep a secret about a young boy they had learned to love as their own. Humor, murder, mystery, secrets and lies will keep you intrigued as you visit “Our Town”. Ricochet Dreams, the sequel to ‘Pocket Full of Dreams.” |
sophie richie mom: Runaway Girl Carissa Phelps, 2012-07-05 “Riveting . . . A genuinely important book that casts the problem of sex trafficking in America into stunning, heartbreaking relief.” (Kirkus Reviews) A School Library Journal Best Adult Book for Teens A Joan F. Kaywell Award Finalist from the Florida Council of Teachers of English Carissa Phelps was a runner. By the time she was twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp. Even when she escaped him, she could not outrun the crushing inner pain of abuse, neglect, and abandonment. With little to hope for, she expected to end up in prison, or worse. But then her life was transformed through the unexpected kindness of a teacher and a counselor. Through small miracles, Carissa accomplished the unimaginable, graduating from UCLA with both a law degree and an MBA. She left the streets behind, yet found herself back, this time working to help homeless and at-risk youth discover their own paths to a better life. Like the multimillion-copy bestseller The Glass Castle, this memoir moves us through the power of its unflinching candor and generosity. |
sophie richie mom: Merciless Richard Montanari, 2007-07-31 On a frigid December night, Karen sits at the edge of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River, dressed in a flowing gown, like a visitor from the distant past. A beautiful and shining young woman, she gazes up at a bone-white winter moon like a fairy-tale princess frozen in time. At first glance, one might not even notice that she is dead, coated in a glistening patina of ice. Homicide cops Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano take the lead on the case, uncovering a plethora of eerie clues–each more warped and spine-chilling than the last. Yet the identity of Karen’s pitiless killer remains a mystery. Then the next victim is found upriver at an abandoned waterworks, posed with an unlikely object in her clasped hands. Struggling to link the victims and make sense of the madman’s agenda, Byrne and Balzano follow his twisted trail, which stretches into a past of dark crimes forgotten by all but a few. Now the past roars back into the present with a vengeance as the ingenious killer unleashes a torrent of rage upon the streets of Philadelphia. As Byrne and Balzano sift through suspects and clues, they unearth a shocking secret history: a legacy of malevolence and cold-blooded retribution dating back twenty years. And the farther they make their way up the body-strewn banks of the Schuylkill River, the closer they get to a villain from their worst nightmare, an evil as patient as it is merciless. Lightning fast and razor sharp, this jolting thriller from acclaimed author Richard Montanari coils back in time to deliver a fiendish mystery, a shattering revelation, and one hell of a wild ride. Lock your doors and turn up the lights. Montanari’s terrifying bedtime story will keep you up all night. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Richard Montanari's The Echo Man. |
sophie richie mom: The Origins of You Jay Belsky, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Richie Poulton, 2020-08-11 A Marginal Revolution Book of the Year After tracking the lives of thousands of people from birth to midlife, four of the world’s preeminent psychologists reveal what they have learned about how humans develop. Does temperament in childhood predict adult personality? What role do parents play in shaping how a child matures? Is day care bad—or good—for children? Does adolescent delinquency forecast a life of crime? Do genes influence success in life? Is health in adulthood shaped by childhood experiences? In search of answers to these and similar questions, four leading psychologists have spent their careers studying thousands of people, observing them as they’ve grown up and grown older. The result is unprecedented insight into what makes each of us who we are. In The Origins of You, Jay Belsky, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie Moffitt, and Richie Poulton share what they have learned about childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, about genes and parenting, and about vulnerability, resilience, and success. The evidence shows that human development is not subject to ironclad laws but instead is a matter of possibilities and probabilities—multiple forces that together determine the direction a life will take. A child’s early years do predict who they will become later in life, but they do so imperfectly. For example, genes and troubled families both play a role in violent male behavior, and, though health and heredity sometimes go hand in hand, childhood adversity and severe bullying in adolescence can affect even physical well-being in midlife. Painstaking and revelatory, the discoveries in The Origins of You promise to help schools, parents, and all people foster well-being and ameliorate or prevent developmental problems. |
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sophie richie mom: The Splendor of Seeing and the Magic of Touch Richard J. Alapack, 2012-01-12 Lately, I have been re-acquainting myself with the writings of Rich Alapack through his latest books -- Loves Pivotal Relationships, Sorrows Profiles, and White Hot True Blue. These reminded me of the lucid beauty of Alapacks writing style and of the deep and penetrating insights that he shares with his reader. I recognize myself and others in the vignettes these books provide, and have been incorporating his texts into my recent graduate classes. Alapacks writings mark a return to the original form in which phenomenologists used to communicate with their readers: via straightforward reflection; drawing upon a lifetime of experience; speaking in simple, descriptive language; and capturing the essence of human experience by mastering the art of speaking truthfully and authentically. It takes a certain kind of free-courageousness to engage in such writing today, in an intellectual climate where demands for methodological rigor (in the form of operationalism run amok) have compromised manuscripts submitted for review, in favor of half-hearted statements of methodological orthodoxy followed by statements of findings that amount to little more than summaries of raw data. What Alapack has achieved in his recent writings, and especially in his latest venture, The Splendor of Seeing and the Magic of Touch, is a truth-speaking both from the authors heart and from his lifetime of authentic dialogue with the interlocutors he has found along his own lifes journey. The gift that he gives to his reader is the gift of inviting us to join him on his own path to enlightenment. Scott D Churchill, PhD Professor and Graduate Program Director University of Dallas Editor-in-Chief, The Humanistic Psychologist This book is heart-warming, joyful, and insightfully brilliant. This authors newest publication, once again, represents a heart-felt and dedicated effort to researching human phenomena from the laboratory of day-today life. In this lifelong work, the author shares many of his personal experiences, experiences of others, then invites us to share a developmental journey through monumental experiences in our childhood, adolescence and young adulthood. He delves into important developmental topics that are rarely, if ever, discussed in mainstream psychological writing. Dr. Alapack offers reflected insight into these experiences, in a playful yet profound manner, allowing us to gain a deeper understanding of who we are, as perfectly imperfect people. Exploring the dynamics of peekaboo with a young-one, playing tag as a juvenile, sharing the exhilarating and/or bitter-sweet memories of the first kiss, barely coping with or perhaps flaunting a teenage hickey, will have you smiling with fondness, as you are reminded of your own experiences. These personal stories and parables are timeless and ageless. This text should be mandatory reading for both students and researchers in developmental psychology. Parents and Educators will find this book personally enriching, and will ultimately benefit from a more in- depth understanding of themselves and their children. I have seen Dr. Alapacks work grow and expand over the years, and this book is a shining example of an existential phenomenologist par excellence. His dedicated work has had a major and significant impact on my personal and professional life. Paul Watters, B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed. M.Ed., Lambton Kent District School Board, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
sophie richie mom: The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux Samantha Vérant, 2020-09-08 A disgraced chef rediscovers her passion for food and her roots in this stunning novel rich in culture and full of delectable recipes. French-born American chef Sophie Valroux had one dream: to be part of the 1% of female chefs running a Michelin-starred restaurant. From spending summers with her grandmother, who taught her the power of cooking and food, to attending the Culinary Institute of America, Sophie finds herself on the cusp of getting everything she's dreamed of. Until her career goes up in flames. Sabotaged by a fellow chef, Sophie is fired, leaving her reputation ruined and confidence shaken. To add fuel to the fire, Sophie learns that her grandmother has suffered a stroke and takes the red-eye to France. There, Sophie discovers the simple home she remembers from her childhood is now a luxurious château, complete with two restaurants and a vineyard. As Sophie tries to reestablish herself in the kitchen, she comes to understand the lengths people will go to for success and love, and how dreams can change. |
sophie richie mom: UNBELIEVABLE Journey with the Lord (A True Story) Joani C. Boland, 2024-05-16 Why would anyone want to buy this book from an unknown first-time author? The answer is simple. If you say to yourself, This could never happen to me, I wouldn't be so stupid, or My faith is so strong that nothing or no one can ever shake it, then this book is for you. This book is not just for the believers of Christ but also for nonbelievers. No matter what struggles you face--financial, death, faith, loneliness, and the like--there is a living God who loves you no matter what you have experienced or where you are in life. God loves you before you were born. Many people own a Bible, but it is never read. The book sits on a shelf, collecting dust. My husband Harry and I read and discussed Scripture along with prayer time and reading a daily devotional. In facilitating Bible lessons to small groups in our home, I would always say, the Bible contains all the answers for how we should live our lives. It is a guide to daily living in a fallen world. Think of his commands as a moral compass, as it makes us conscious of sin. So how could this fall from grace happen to a faith-loving Christian like me? My intent in writing this book is to provide you with the tools and means to give you hope in our troubled world, and to learn how not to become bitter but to forgive, to keep a sense of humor, and to never give up on yourself. 84 |
sophie richie mom: The Texas Tornado A.L. Mooney, 2019-11-07 Deep breaths, count to ten, and don’t punch people. These are supposed to be simple to follow steps but they have never been simple for Tyson. She continues to struggle to act right but between her mother getting out of jail and her powerful new boyfriend encouraging the bad behavior she isn't exactly trying very hard. She has been told violence isn't the answer but she has always been reckless and somehow she ended up with a gun. If the cops weren't going to stop Alexis she would. |
sophie richie mom: Broken Pottery Joan K. Smith, 2012 Do we all exist in Heaven before becoming human? Is our life on Earth a test to see if we then get to spend Eternity with God? Does evil exist? Do evil spirits exist? Is there anything to the December 21, 2012 Mayan prophecy or other political, environmental, or astronomical events suggesting we may be living in the END TIMES? What does it mean to be Christian in the year 2012 and beyond? Is God even in control? These questions and many more are answered in the pages of Broken Pottery.Janice Thresher is the typical middle class suburban teen of the 1980s. Living near Pittsburgh, PA, she follows her high school sweetheart off to Penn State where he proceeds to dump her. She copes with her loss by partying heavily until God brings a new love into her life. In a cruel twist of fate, this love was not meant to last either.On the other side of the country in Southern California, Sophie Ulsrey, a girl several years younger than Janice, spends her time trying to hide ugly scars sustained after a terrible auto accident in which she lost her father. The accident, and her mothers reaction to it, drives Sophie to achieve wealth and fame as she becomes an adult.As adults, the lives of Janice and Sophie divinely intersect in time to warn fellow Americans of a government cover-up to hide important factual information with apocalyptic national security implications. Just as it was in 1938 when an American radio audience believed Orson Welles War of the Worlds broadcast to be truth instead of fiction, many readers of Broken Pottery will be tempted to check their cell phones and digital libraries just to make sure they, too, are reading only a book of fiction. Broken Pottery takes you on a suspenseful adventure through the years 1965-2020, taking on the real difficulties we all have in life, dramatizes them, and provides a considered, thoughtful view of how we tackle them. Study questions for self-reflection or group study are included. |
sophie richie mom: The Truth About Diamonds Nicole Richie, 2009-10-13 In her electrifying first novel, Nicole Richie tells the sensational story of Chloe Parker, a rock royalty princess and a card-carrying member of Hollywood's inner circle. At the age of seven, Chloe was adopted by a music superstar and his wife, transforming her life from rags to riches. What followed was a wild childhood distinguished by parties with movie stars and rock idols, run-ins with the press and the police, and a subsequent stint in rehab. Suddenly Chloe shoots to instant fame as a spokesmodel for a national ad campaign. When her long-lost birth father appears out of nowhere and her best friend betrays her, she must struggle to keep it all together -- her sobriety, her friendships, and her integrity despite the betrayals of those around her. Ultimately, Chloe comes spectacularly into her own, achieving stardom in her own right and finding true love. Through the eyes of the captivating Chloe and the talented voice of Nicole Richie, we are given a no-holds-barred look at Hollywood's new elite, behind the velvet ropes, inside star-studded premieres and parties. Whether they're doing the circuit (begin with shopping at Barneys New York, Marni, and Fred Segal, then end with the grilled vegetable salad at the Ivy), or ending up on the front page of your favorite weekly magazine, Chloe Parker and her fellow A-listers never fail to dazzle, their larger-than-life dramas more riveting than any reality show. |
sophie richie mom: Forgive Me Not Lacynda Mathes, 2024-03-26 As Christmas approaches, Deb Bradley is compelled to confront the infidelity that destroyed her marriage as she faces the disappearance of her mother during a devastating apartment fire. In the course of searching the rubble, the city of Batavia, Illinois, is thrown into tragedy as a sniper takes aim and kills Batavia Police Lt. Mark Redmond and two others. Additionally, another officer is critically wounded, and a neighbor is shot in the leg. To confuse matters further, someone, likely the same person, is stalking Miranda Davis. Master Sergeant Gavin Mahoney of the Illinois State Police works with Deputy Dan Bradley to unravel the twists and turns of this case before anyone else dies. As Gavin and Dan dig into the past, they uncover tales of monsters, murder, patricide, armored truck robbery, missing money, and a few long-lost relatives. They race to stop a madman hell-bent on revenge and fueled by obsession. Merry Christmas! |
sophie richie mom: Richard It's All About the Coney Bobby Joe Harlan, 2022-05-04 I wrote the story in first person; I wanted the reader to see what was written from each person’s point of view. Chapter One sets the foundation on the two worlds that are part of Richards life. His mother’s family coming from Greece in the early 1900’s. His father’s family having settled in America in the very early colonial days. We then go to each of the key people around Richard, see their lives, and their lives around “The Coney”. Like other short stories I have written, you always learn a great deal about the life of our family; the Harlan Line. The Coney first opened in 1921, this year, in June of 2021 will be 100 years open as a family diner. Another point is how Richard and I developed a closer connection, talking about our family, and life in general. My wife and I visited Richard and his family several years ago in Highland Park, Michigan. Our first meal together was at The Coney, we dined on a 100-year tradition of a Coney Hotdog, topped with the old family traditional chili that started back in 1921 - Bobby Joe. |
sophie richie mom: Loathing Logan Mari Villarreal, 2022-06-22 Sophie Patterson had always been a quiet shy girl. She hid away from everyone, sticking to her three wonder trio; Best friend to Alexa Garlik, and Troy Michaelson. The three protected each other and stood up for one another. That is unless it came from Sophie's biggest pain and most ruthless prankster, Logan Spencer. He was ruthless, senseless, a big flirt that made any girl fall for him with just a smile. He longed for each day to come to school to make Sophie's life miserable. There was something about her that he despised. Whether it was her nerdiness or the way she was immune to his charm, she was not quite sure. All she knew was that he was bound to make her life a living hell. Will his plot to make her life a living hell succeed? Or will he find himself falling in love with her as he finds himself clashing paths with her more than often? Will she give him a chance at proving his love for her? Or is the damage too much for her to bear? |
sophie richie mom: We Served The People Emei Burell, 2020-05-06 In China, an entire generation’s most formative years took place in remote rural areas when city kids were sent to the countryside to become rusticated youth and partake in Mao’s mandated Great Leap Forward. In an inspiring tale, Emei Burrell shares her mother’s true experience during the Down to the Countryside Movement of the early 1970s, which sought to increase agricultural outreach and spur social and ideological change amongst youth. Burell’s stunning illustrations honor her mother’s courage, strength, and determination during a decade of tremendous political upheaval. |
sophie richie mom: Red Glass Laura Resau, 2009-05-12 With a dazzling and thoughtful voice, this critically acclaimed novel deals directly with the challenges and dangers of immigration, exploring the ties that bind us together in an age when issues threaten to divide us. One night Sophie and her parents are called to a hospital where Pedro, a six-year-old Mexican boy, is recovering from dehydration. Crossing the border into Arizona with a group of Mexicans and a coyote, or guide, Pedro and his parents faced such harsh conditions that the boy is the only survivor. Pedro comes to live with Sophie, her parents, and Sophie's Aunt Dika, a refugee of the war in Bosnia. Sophie loves Pedro—her Principito, or Little Prince. But after a year, Pedro’s surviving family in Mexico makes contact, and Sophie, Dika, Dika’s new boyfriend, and his son must travel with Pedro to his hometown so that he can make a heartwrenching decision. An IRA Award Winner An Américas Award Honor Book An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults A Colorado Book Award Winner A Cybil Award Finalist A School Library Journal Best Book An Oprah’s Kids’ Reading List Selection A CCBC Choice List Selection A Richie’s Pick ★ “A captivating read.”—School Library Journal, Starred Review ★ The vivid characters, the fine imagery, and the satisfying story arc make this a rewarding novel. –Booklist, Starred Review ★ The prose captivates from the first chapter ... a vibrant, large-hearted story. –Publishers Weekly, Starred Review |
sophie richie mom: If These Ovaries Could Talk Jaimie Kelton, Robin Hopkins, 2020-09-22 If These Ovaries Could Talk: The Things We've Learned About Making An LGBTQ Family by JAIMIE KELTON and ROBIN HOPKINS is equal parts funny, serious, happy, sad, celebratory, cautionary, and powerful. You'll learn a lot and laugh even more along the way! Who knew making a baby could be this much fun? |
sophie richie mom: Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner Leslie Neal-Boylan, 2011-11-28 Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner is a key resource for advanced practice nurses and graduate students seeking to test their skills in assessing, diagnosing, and managing cases in family and primary care. Composed of more than 70 cases ranging from common to unique, the book compiles years of experience from experts in the field. It is organized chronologically, presenting cases from neonatal to geriatric care in a standard approach built on the SOAP format. This includes differential diagnosis and a series of critical thinking questions ideal for self-assessment or classroom use. |
sophie richie mom: Happily Ever After in Bliss Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak, 2020-10-27 A man hiding from his nature Henry Flanders never dreamed his past would catch up to him. After all, the man he used to be is dead and buried. He made a clean break with life in the CIA. He moved to Bliss under a new name. For years he has been living a dream, married to his lovely Nell. Now a miracle has happened, and they have a baby on the way. Life is perfect, or rather it was until a violent cartel showed up in Bliss ready to reap their bloody vengeance on the man he used to be. A woman shaken to her foundation Nell Flanders has never met a problem she couldn’t handle, but discovering her husband isn’t the man she thought was more than she was prepared for. How can she trust Henry, when John Bishop—the ruthless man he used to be—keeps bringing deadly problems to their door? She has a beautiful life growing inside her, and now she isn’t sure her marriage can survive long enough to welcome their child into the world. A reckoning that will shake Bliss to its core Henry isn’t willing to give up on his life with Nell, but it’s going to take some Bliss magic to overcome the forces pulling them apart. When the full weight of Henry’s past comes to bear on the town and the bullets start flying, it might just be Bishop, and some old friends, who can save the day and win back her heart. |
sophie richie mom: Mum's Jumper Jayde Perkin, 2019-08 If Mum has gone, how do you carry on? Missing her feels like a dark cloud that follows you around,or like swimming to a shore that never comes any nearer. But memories are like a jumper that you can cuddle and wear. And Mum's jumper might be a way to keep her close. A simple, heartfelt and ultimately uplifting bookfor anyone coping with loss. |
sophie richie mom: The Blacker the Ink Frances Gateward, John Jennings, 2015-07-16 When many think of comic books the first thing that comes to mind are caped crusaders and spandex-wearing super-heroes. Perhaps, inevitably, these images are of white men (and more rarely, women). It was not until the 1970s that African American superheroes such as Luke Cage, Blade, and others emerged. But as this exciting new collection reveals, these superhero comics are only one small component in a wealth of representations of black characters within comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels over the past century. The Blacker the Ink is the first book to explore not only the diverse range of black characters in comics, but also the multitude of ways that black artists, writers, and publishers have made a mark on the industry. Organized thematically into “panels” in tribute to sequential art published in the funny pages of newspapers, the fifteen original essays take us on a journey that reaches from the African American newspaper comics of the 1930s to the Francophone graphic novels of the 2000s. Even as it demonstrates the wide spectrum of images of African Americans in comics and sequential art, the collection also identifies common character types and themes running through everything from the strip The Boondocks to the graphic novel Nat Turner. Though it does not shy away from examining the legacy of racial stereotypes in comics and racial biases in the industry, The Blacker the Ink also offers inspiring stories of trailblazing African American artists and writers. Whether you are a diehard comic book fan or a casual reader of the funny pages, these essays will give you a new appreciation for how black characters and creators have brought a vibrant splash of color to the world of comics. |
sophie richie mom: Bad Behavior Jennifer Lane, 2011-03-08 Grant Madsen's got issues. He's still battling his Mafia family and doing everything possible to keep his loved ones safe. With the cruising season coming to an end, he has to find another job soon or he'll rejoin his father in prison. And he's trying to convince his rebellious teenage nephew to stay away from their criminal relatives (you can imagine how that's going). But worst of all, Grant's parole officer has mandated that he attend therapy. The only saving grace is that they're couples sessions with his girlfriend, Sophie Taylor, a fellow parolee who's struggling with a few issues of her own. Sophie desperately hopes her past with Grant's brother won't destroy her future with him. There's a sleazy professor at work who revels in sexually harassing women in the psychology department. And her father still hates Grant. Their psychologist has his work cut out for him. When Grant's ruthless father hints at a plot to get out of prison, Grant must use everything he's learned in therapy and beyond to try to stop him. It's a race against time -- and a race to rescue Sophie from the Mafia's clutches once again. But this time McSailor and Bonnie refuse to play victims. This time the cuffs are coming off. |
sophie richie mom: Passing Strange Martha A. Sandweiss, 2009-02-05 Read Martha A. Sandweiss's posts on the Penguin Blog The secret double life of the man who mapped the American West, and the woman he loved Clarence King was a late nineteenth-century celebrity, a brilliant scientist and explorer once described by Secretary of State John Hay as the best and brightest of his generation. But King hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family in Newport: for thirteen years he lived a double life-the first as the prominent white geologist and writer Clarence King, and a second as the black Pullman porter and steelworker named James Todd. The fair, blue-eyed son of a wealthy China trader passed across the color line, revealing his secret to his black common-law wife, Ada Copeland, only on his deathbed. In Passing Strange, noted historian Martha A. Sandweiss tells the dramatic, distinctively American tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and race- a story that spans the long century from Civil War to civil rights. |
sophie richie mom: Sources Say Lori Goldstein, 2020-09-08 Two exes. One election. All the drama. For fans of Becky Albertalli and Morgan Matson comes a funny, heartfelt novel about feuding exes running for class president and the scandal that makes the previously boring school election the newest trending hashtag. At Acedia High, student council has always been a joke. Nobody pays attention. Nobody cares. But that changes when someone plasters the halls with Photoshopped images of three “perfect tens”—composites of scantily clad girls made from real photos of female students at the school. Quickly dubbed the “Frankengirls,” the scandal rocks the student body. And the two presidential candidates, budding influencer Angeline Quinn and charming jock Leo Torres, jump on the opportunity to propose their solutions and secure votes. Fresh from a messy public breakup, Angeline and Leo fight to win, and their battle both mesmerizes and divides the school. The election fills the pages of The Red and Blue, the school newspaper run by Angeline’s sister, Cat. The Quinn sisters share a room and a grade but little else, and unlike her more sensationalist sister, Cat prides herself on reporting the facts. So when a rival newspaper pops up—written by an anonymous source and the epitome of “fake news”—Cat’s journalistic buttons are pushed. Rumors fly, secrets are leaked, and the previously mundane student election becomes anything but boring. |
sophie richie mom: Darling Days iO Tillett Wright, 2017-09-12 Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. This was a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers, ground zero of drag and performance art. Still, no personality was more vibrant and formidable than iO’s mother’s. Rhonna, a showgirl and young widow, was a mercurial, erratic glamazon. She was iO’s fiercest defender and only authority in a world with few boundaries and even fewer indicators of normal life. At the center of Darling Days is the remarkable relationship between a fiery kid and a domineering ma—a bond defined by freedom and control, excess and sacrifice; by heartbreaking deprivation, agonizing rupture, and, ultimately, forgiveness. Darling Days is also a provocative examination of culture and identity, of the instincts that shape us and the norms that deform us, and of the courage and resilience it takes to listen closely to your deepest self. When a group of boys refuse to let six-year-old, female-born iO play ball, iO instantly adopts a new persona, becoming a boy named Ricky—a choice iO’s parents support and celebrate. It is the start of a profound exploration of gender and identity through the tenderest years, and the beginning of a life invented and reinvented at every step. Alternating between the harrowing and the hilarious, Darling Days is the candid, tough, and stirring memoir of a young person in search of an authentic self as family and home life devolve into chaos. |
sophie richie mom: My Teacher is an Idiom Jamie Gilson, 2015 A funny second-grade school story involving lost teeth, gross table manners, the weirdness of idioms, a new kid from France, and the ups and downs of friendship. |
sophie richie mom: Just One Kiss (A Porch by the Sea—Book One) Sophie Love, 2023-02-07 In #1 Bestseller Sophie Love’s new romantic comedy series, Emma Gold, 35, devastated by her husband’s affair and disillusioned at work, decides she needs a fresh start. When her feisty, elderly aunt beckons her to leave Los Angeles and visit her storybook village on the northern California coast, Emma is shocked to learn she wants her to take over her crumbling B&B, restore it, and take a chance to find love again. Will she? “The perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads.” --Midwest Book Review (For Now and Forever) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ JUST ONE KISS is Book #1 in a charming new romantic comedy series by bestselling author Sophie Love, whose books have received over 5,000 five-star reviews. Emma Gold, a high-powered advertising exec from Los Angeles, is used to being in control of her life. She squashed her dreams of being an artist in order to get ahead, and she turned a blind eye to who her husband really was. But now, with everything falling apart, she realizes there might be more to life. When Emma is beckoned to visit her aunt, a funny and feisty elderly woman who smokes cigars, drives race cars and owns a massive, crumbling house in a beautiful, quaint seaside town, Emma thinks she is just coming for a weekend. Little does she know her life is about to change. With her sister living nearby and her aunt needing to move out, Emma wonders if maybe the idea is not so crazy. And when she meets the local antiques dealer, she even has to wonder if there might just be a second chance at love awaiting her. But Emma is new to renovation, to running a B&B, to dealing with a local zoning board—and to dealing with a distant, hostile relative who wants the house for himself and who will do anything he can to stop her. In a series of laugh-out-loud events, Emma learns that, sometimes, we have to let go of control. And, sometimes, a new love—and a new life—might just be waiting around the corner. Can a weekend become a lifetime? JUST ONE KISS is book #1 in the debut of a funny and dazzling new sweet romance series that will make you laugh, make you cry, will keep you turning pages late into the night—and will make you fall in love with clean romance all over again. “The romance is there, but not overdosed. Kudos to the author for this amazing start of a series that promises to be very entertaining.” --Books and Movies Reviews (For Now and Forever) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Future books in the series are also available! |
sophie richie mom: My Days Marion Ross, 2018-03-27 For eleven seasons, she was head of one of America's favorite television households. Now meet the lovable real-life woman behind the Happy Days mom. Before she was affectionately known to millions as “Mrs. C.,” Marion Ross began her career as a Paramount starlet who went on to appear in nearly every major TV series of the 1950s and 1960s—including Love, American Style, in which she donned an apron that would cinch her career. Soon after came the phone call that changed her life . . . In this warm and candid memoir, filled with recollections from the award-winning Happy Days team—from break-out star Henry Winkler to Cunningham “wild child” Erin Moran—Ross shares what it was like to be a starry-eyed young girl with dreams in poor, rural Minnesota, and the resilience it took to make them come true. She recalls her early years in the business, being in the company of such luminaries as Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, yet always feeling the Hollywood outsider—an invisibility that mirrored her own childhood. She reveals the joys of playing a wife and mother on TV, and the struggles of maintaining those roles in real life. But among Ross's most heart-rending recollections are those of finally finding a soulmate—another hope made true beyond her expectations. Featuring producer Garry Marshall's final interview—as well as a touching foreword from her “TV son” Ron Howard, and a conversation with her real-life son and daughter, Marion Ross's inspiring story is also a glowing tribute to all those who fulfilled her dreams—and in turn, gave us some of the happiest days of our own lives. |
sophie richie mom: Becoming Beyoncé J. Randy Taraborrelli, 2015-10-27 The first comprehensive biography ever published about America's favorite living pop icon, Beyonce, from New York Times bestselling biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli. Beyonce Knowles is a woman who began her career at the age of eight performing in pageant shows and talent contests, honing her craft through her teenage years until, at the age of 16, she had her first number one record with Destiny's Child. That hit-making trio launched Beyonce's successful solo career, catapulting her, as of 2014, to #1 on Forbes annual list of most wealthy celebrities--the same year she made the cover of Time. Becoming Beyonce is not only the story of struggle, sacrifice, and what it takes to make it in the cut-throat record industry, it's the story of the great rewards of such success and the devastating toll it often takes on the human spirit. |
sophie richie mom: Priceless Nicole Richie, 2010 A wonderfully entertaining riches-to-rags story with the glitz of a celebrity mag exposé, mixed with an old-fashioned tale of comeuppance and self discovery. |
sophie richie mom: ELLEgirl , 2006-03-06 ELLEgirl, the international style bible for girls who dare to be different, is published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., and is accessible on the web at ellegirl.elle.com/. ELLEgirl provides young women with insider information on fashion, beauty, service and pop culture in a voice that, while maintaining authority on the subject, includes and amuses them. |
sophie richie mom: Nobody Particular Molly Bang, 2000 This nonfiction picture book tells the story of Diane Wilson, an independent shrimper in Texas who learns that chemical plants in Texas give out more pollution than in any other state. Diane lobbies, protests, writes letters, and never gives up to stop them. Based on real events. Full-color illustrations. |
sophie richie mom: The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook Deb Perelman, 2012-10-30 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Celebrated food blogger and best-selling cookbook author Deb Perelman knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion—from salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and galettes; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe. “Innovative, creative, and effortlessly funny. —Cooking Light Deb Perelman loves to cook. She isn’t a chef or a restaurant owner—she’s never even waitressed. Cooking in her tiny Manhattan kitchen was, at least at first, for special occasions—and, too often, an unnecessarily daunting venture. Deb found herself overwhelmed by the number of recipes available to her. Have you ever searched for the perfect birthday cake on Google? You’ll get more than three million results. Where do you start? What if you pick a recipe that’s downright bad? With the same warmth, candor, and can-do spirit her award-winning blog, Smitten Kitchen, is known for, here Deb presents more than 100 recipes—almost entirely new, plus a few favorites from the site—that guarantee delicious results every time. Gorgeously illustrated with hundreds of her beautiful color photographs, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is all about approachable, uncompromised home cooking. Here you’ll find better uses for your favorite vegetables: asparagus blanketing a pizza; ratatouille dressing up a sandwich; cauliflower masquerading as pesto. These are recipes you’ll bookmark and use so often they become your own, recipes you’ll slip to a friend who wants to impress her new in-laws, and recipes with simple ingredients that yield amazing results in a minimum amount of time. Deb tells you her favorite summer cocktail; how to lose your fear of cooking for a crowd; and the essential items you need for your own kitchen. From salads and slaws that make perfect side dishes (or a full meal) to savory tarts and galettes; from Mushroom Bourguignon to Chocolate Hazelnut Crepe Cake, Deb knows just the thing for a Tuesday night, or your most special occasion. Look for Deb Perelman’s latest cookbook, Smitten Kitchen Keepers! |
sophie richie mom: Rick Grimes 2000 Robert Kirkman, 2022-06-07 Beyond THE WALKING DEAD... RICK GRIMES2000! RickGrimes was a small-town police officer. Then the world fell to the walking dead.But the dead were only the start... and a new tale of alien horror beginshere. Superstarwriter Robert Kirkman (INVINCIBLE, FIRE POWER) and superstar artist Ryan Ottley(INVINCIBLE, Amazing Spider-Man) present the wildest WALKING DEAD story ever.This hardcover collects the entire RICK GRIMES 2000 story originally serializedin the pages of SKYBOUND X. SUPERHEROES, HORROR |
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Jun 3, 2025 · Former Made in Chelsea star Sophie Habboo has revealed her baby bump after she and Jamie Laing announced they are expecting.
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Apr 22, 2025 · It has been announced that the former child actor Sophie Nyweide has sadly died at the age of 24 after coming to fame in the noughties.
Child star Sophie Nyweide was pregnant when she died aged 24
Apr 23, 2025 · News came yesterday that former child actress Sophie Nyweide has died at the age of 24, and now it has been reported that she was pregnant at the time of her death.
Inside Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo's huge new family home …
Jun 8, 2025 · Sophie, 30, and Jamie, 36, are now preparing to move into their first family property in London together after buying their ‘forever home’ and overseeing extensive renovations on it.
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Dec 5, 2023 · Adult film star Sophie Anderson, best-known for 'The Cock Destroyers', has 'died aged 36', two weeks after her boyfriend, footballer Oliver Spedding.
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Apr 8, 2025 · Sophie Bannister, one of the two women who were arrested for smuggling over 35kg of cannabis, has told her side of the story on This Morning
Are Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie related to the Chuckle …
May 31, 2024 · Over the years, rumours started to circulate that Sophie and Pete were related to another famous comedy sibling duo: Paul and Barry Chuckle.
Inside Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo's marriage as they
Jun 3, 2025 · Sophie Habboo has announced that she is pregnant with her first child with her husband Jamie Laing. The duo, who rose to fame on Made in Chelsea , shared a video of their …
Musician, producer and trans icon SOPHIE dies aged 34 - Metro
Jan 30, 2021 · The artist and producer Sophie Xeon has died aged 34, devastating fans and fellow musicians.
Sophie Habboo shares first glimpse of baby bump after her and …
Jun 3, 2025 · Former Made in Chelsea star Sophie Habboo has revealed her baby bump after she and Jamie Laing announced they are expecting.
Former child star Sophie Nyweide dies aged 24 | Metro News
Apr 22, 2025 · It has been announced that the former child actor Sophie Nyweide has sadly died at the age of 24 after coming to fame in the noughties.
Child star Sophie Nyweide was pregnant when she died aged 24
Apr 23, 2025 · News came yesterday that former child actress Sophie Nyweide has died at the age of 24, and now it has been reported that she was pregnant at the time of her death.
Inside Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo's huge new family home …
Jun 8, 2025 · Sophie, 30, and Jamie, 36, are now preparing to move into their first family property in London together after buying their ‘forever home’ and overseeing extensive renovations on it.
Adult film star Sophie Anderson 'dies aged 36' two weeks after
Dec 5, 2023 · Adult film star Sophie Anderson, best-known for 'The Cock Destroyers', has 'died aged 36', two weeks after her boyfriend, footballer Oliver Spedding.
Rihanna pays tribute to musician SOPHIE following her death
Feb 1, 2021 · Rihanna has shared a touching tribute to SOPHIE following her death last week. The singer and producer, also known as Sophie Xeon, died at the age of 34 following a …
Woman who smuggled £160,000 of cannabis blames 'societal
Apr 8, 2025 · Sophie Bannister, one of the two women who were arrested for smuggling over 35kg of cannabis, has told her side of the story on This Morning
Are Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie related to the Chuckle …
May 31, 2024 · Over the years, rumours started to circulate that Sophie and Pete were related to another famous comedy sibling duo: Paul and Barry Chuckle.