When Derek Jeter was eight years old, he announced that he was going to play baseball for the New York Yankees. Jeter earned the attention of major league scouts in high school and was drafted to the New York Yankees in 1992. Named Rookie of the Year, he helped the Yankees win the World Series five times, and became team captain in 2003. With his good looks, easygoing personality, and sense of humor, Derek has always been a fan favorite. Retiring from baseball in 2014, Derek Jeter leaves behind a legacy.
Derek Jarman's films explore the possibilities and limitations of same-sex love and self-expression during various historical eras, ranging from ancient Egypt to present times. His work covers a millennium of sexual repression and efforts to escape it. Jarman provides us with a cinematic history of people whose homoerotic passions had a major impact on western civilization in religion, art, politics, philosophy, and war. This book provides background information on each of Jarman's fifteen scripts and films. The chapters are "program notes" to his films from a historical perspective. An interpretation of Jarman's intentions, gleaned from the director's writings and works about him, is also provided. This work reveals Jarman's importance as a keen student of the limits of historical knowledge, and delineates the role of history in inspiring change or preserving inertia in the present struggle against homophobia.
The essays collected in this issue offer complementary critical perspectives on the mature lyric work of Derek Walcott, the acclaimed Nobel laureate from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. The centerpiece of the ensemble is a previously unpublished essay in which Walcott's reflections on poetics illuminate his project in the masterpiece, Omeros. Other contributions by literary scholars in North America and the Caribbean focus on fundamental dimensions of Walcott's craft and on such thematic preoccupations as the intersection of pictorial and verbal modes of representation, the deployment of nuanced intertextual strategies (especially in relation to the Greco-Roman canon), the invention of a viable artistic identity in a postcolonial intercultural milieu, and the psychosocial modeling of the process of literary apprenticeship. Contributors. Edward Baugh, Peter Burian, Gregson Davis, Carol Dougherty, Joseph Farrell, Judith Harris, Timothy Hofmeister, Derek Walcott
When Derek Walcott was awarded the Nobel Prize, he was cited for ""a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment."" The lively interviews in this collection reveal Walcott's generous and brilliant intelligence as well as his strong, forthright opinions. He discusses the craft of poetry, the status of contemporary poetry and drama, his founding of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, and his views on a number of influential writers, including Eliot, Auden, Brodsky, Heaney, and Naipaul.Boldly speaking his mind, Walcott takes many controversial positions on a wide range of subjects, such as Caribbean and U.S. politics, literary instruction in American universities, the proper role of sound in modern poetry, and the ""ego"" apparent in contemporary American poetry, and problems of race. Whatever the subject, Walcott responds fully and candidly.
Three People Who Lead Three Very Different Lives Are Looking For Answers. They Are About To Get So Much More. At 30 years old, Owen is already an independently wealthy entrepreneur with a type A personality. Some would say that he has it all: A big house, plenty of disposable income and the kind of good looks that give him the pick of any woman he desires. And yet for all of his wealth, he lacks anything resembling true love. A long chain of one night stands can only satisfy his physical appetites, but his heart remains desperately unsatisfied. Derek has the dashing good looks of a movie star, but he's got the self confidence of a depressed loner. While he's got a great job in advertising, he's still living with his parents at 29 and he's finally looking to make a change. Thankfully, his best friend Owen has decided to take him under his wing and coach him through the finer points of living well. When they meet a mysterious woman at a relative's wedding, Owen challenges Derek to put his newfound knowledge to the test. After a slew of traumatic life experiences, Adelaide is making up for lost time. Although she's happy to engage in casual encounters, the last thing she wants is a committed relationship because that can only end in total misery. When she decides to randomly crash the wedding of an ex-boyfriend, she meets two gorgeous guys who have clearly been friends for a long time. However, it doesn't take long for her to notice a hidden dynamic at play between the two men, something that neither of them seem to be consciously aware of. When one of the men, Owen, asks her out, the proposition is far too compelling to turn down. Where's the the harm in tagging along with these two and seeing what might develop? What originally started as an innocent bit of fun will turn into so much more as three people, each with their own baggage, must truly come to terms with their own demons in order to see that true love is right in front of them. This is a standalone MMF Bisexual Romance Novel with an HEA ending and no cliffhangers
Dive into The Instructor, former Army intelligence officer T. R. Hendricks' fast paced, action-packed debut thriller that's Jack Reacher meets Survivorman, the first novel in the Derek Harrington series "Packed with action, tension, and humanity, The Instructor delivers." --Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Burner, a Gray Man Novel Derek Harrington, retired Marine Force Recon and SERE instructor, is barely scraping by teaching the basics of wilderness survival. His fledgling bushcraft school is on the cusp of going out of business and expenses are piling up fast. His only true mission these days? To get his ailing father into a full care facility and to support his ex-wife and their son. When one of his students presents him with an opportunity too good to be true--$20,000 to instruct a private group for 30 days in upstate New York--Derek reluctantly takes the job, despite his reservations about the group's insistence on anonymity. But it isn't long before the training takes an unexpected turn--and a new offer is made. Reaching out to an FBI contact to sound his concerns, Derek soon finds himself in deep cover, deep in the woods, embroiled with a fringe group led by a charismatic leader who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. When what he wants becomes Derek's head, the teacher is pitted against his students as Derek races against time to stop what could very well be the first attack by the domestic terrorist cell. "A pulse-pounding thriller. . . Hendricks delivers on all cylinders " --Simon Gervais, former RCMP counterterrorism officer and bestselling author of The Last Protector
In Essays on Derek Parfit's On What Matters, seven leading moral philosophers offer critical evaluations of the central ideas presented in a greatly anticipated new work by world-renowned moral philosopher Derek Parfit. Presents critical assessments of what promises to be one of the key moral philosophy texts of our timeFeatures essays by a team of leading philosophers including Princeton's Michael Smith, one of the world's leading meta-ethicists Addresses Parfit's central thesis - that the main ethical theories can agree on what matters - as well as his defense of moral realism
"Crossing Over" is the seamless sequel to "Evergreen Crossing", the second in a series of Derek Stoddard novels. It is the year 2035 and the newly reunited Stoddard family, along with Jonathan Pierce, has been assigned a task by the Office of Strategic Operations (OSA). If carried out successfully it will dramatically alter the future of a different timeline. But before Derek will agree to go on this assigned mission he insists his daughter Katy divulge top secret information, something the OSA has cautioned her against. Based on the cryptic information Derek gleaned from the planned operation he felt he and his son Will would be in grave danger. He insists on the assistance of an old Marine buddy with whom he served in the Syrian Desert in the early 1990's. Finding this man in itself would be a challenge, not to mention the shock the former Marine would receive when he saw Derek. In the forty some years since they last saw each other Derek had only aged twelve years. But there are other instructions they will receive from the OSA when they arrive in 1915 London; instructions which will leave them astonished "Crossing Over" is an exciting sci-fi, fantasy, adventure novel which has many unexpected twists and turns along the way. There are new characters introduced as well as sometimes tragic encounters with those more familiar. The consequences of time travel, planned and unplanned, good and bad, are explored as our group of somewhat unwilling participants journey to their assigned timeline. They also manage to, without authorization from the OSA, venture back to the timeline which started it all. Moral issues are explored and tough decisions are made by all the characters as they journey through three different centuries. One thing is certain; you won't expect the ending to this wild ride
Book One: Derek Montgomery Crawford IXWhy do people do the things they do?Derek Crawford has spent most of his life searching for the answer to this question, as well as trying to cope with his childhood of abuse. With a genius IQ, a family closet full of skeletons, and a dark sense of cynical humor that borders on morbid, his quest takes an unexpected turn when he is pulled over for a routine traffic violation.As he battles overwhelming depression, Derek is determined that the two-hundred-year legacy of Crawford family violence will end with him--even if it means his own end. The problem is he can't quite get rid of his old man's voice, rattling in his head like a broken record a dozen years after death.With his faithful guard Roscoe the Dog by his side, Derek is busy hiding the family secrets, minding his own business, and disguising the network of tunnels beneath Crawford Hill in preparation for his final goodbye when Valerie Fleury knocks on the door of Crawford House and throws his plans--and his heart--askew. Will she be his next victim? His first? His last? Or can he dodge the genetic and social jokers he's been dealt and find peace and happiness?Should he bother trying? Or should he take the old man's advice, and teach her a lesson she'll die trying to forget?Sweet Ghetto Chickens last a long time in the cave.Join him and find out. Just be careful, because not all is as it seems on Crawford Hill. You might not come back.You might not want to.
FIVE HOT STORIES Sam Bradley is a down-on-his-luck former Special Forces soldier when he meets Derek Constantine, sexually confused billionaire. Together the two men will play a series of games that bring them ever closer together...and which in the end may be the death of them... Sam's Reluctant Submission Sam's down to his last five dollars when he meets Derek, who makes him an offer - come to my estate for a manhunt, evade me for two days, and you'll make ten grand...but if I catch you, you surrender your ass to me Sam's got SERE training and he's pretty sure his straight ass is safe, but anything can happen when the hunt is on... Sam's Reluctant Submission II: Urban Manhunt In Part I, Sam lost his ass to Derek, but kept something more important - Derek submitted him, but didn't break him, and that's what Derek really wanted. Now Derek wants a rematch - fifty grand for an urban manhunt, if Sam evades Derek's crew...if he doesn't, it's four on one and Sam's ass is toast Sam's Reluctant Submission III: Search and Rescue In Part 2, Sam lost his ass to Derek again - and loved it Which left him wondering if he was gay after all. Maybe a three way with Jake and Eddie will help him figure that out... And when Derek calls Sam to get his help with a search and rescue effort, what sexual sparks might be generated if they clash again in a "threematch"? Sam's Reluctant Submission IV: Avenging Devils The epic conclusion to the saga of Sam and Derek When Derek's dark past rears its head to jeopardize the couple and their friends Jake and Eddie, Sam will have to call on his old Special Forces buddies to do battle with The Factory, a malevolent cartel bent on revenge. Will Sam and Derek rescue Eddie from his kidnappers? Will seeing Sam explore his top side with Eddie make Derek jealous...or make him want Sam to do that to him? Most frightening and dangerous of all, will Derek finally say the L word BONUS STORY - Eddie's MMA Submission - the story of Sam's friends Eddie and Jake Eddie works across the street from Downtown Fight Academy. And he can't stop thinking about Jake, the hot MMA fighter he ran into at the store. When Jake offers to train him, Eddie's ready to throw down in the Octagon. But when Jake has him submitted, and pulls out a weapon you won't see on TV, will Eddie tap out...or take the punishment?
