A mentally fragile woman desperately seeks a resolution to her inner turmoil in Tina Snyder's intense psychological thriller, The Pierce of Shadows.Trish Murphy is hanging by a thread, suffering from debilitating depression while still trying to pursue a master's degree in psychology and make her marriage to Clark work. When her father dies, however, Trish is paralyzed with despair and her relationship with her husband finally begins to buckle under the pressure. At the urging of her husband, she finally decides to seek professional help under the watchful eye of psychiatrist Dr. Kyle Lindsay.Trish slowly seems to be making her way down the path of recovery when Clark is found shot. Suspicion instantly falls on Trish as people wonder whether her constant mental struggles have finally pushed her over the edge, causing her to do the unthinkable. She is placed in a mental institution under the supervision of Dr. Leslie Banks, a psychologist who is searching for answers of her own.Trish slowly learns to trust the ambitious Dr. Banks. As both women attempt to seek answers, they must untangle the web of lies they have found themselves trapped in. Can these two women discover the strength and courage within themselves to overcome their fears? Their very lives may depend on just that.Fans of suspense will welcome this new edition to the genre as they follow the emotional journey of Trish Murphy. Learning to find the strength within her to conquer all obstacles, even those she creates herself, ultimately opens up a world where love truly can overcome anything. While the lies swirl around her, Trish will finally learn the difference between the hard truth and the beautiful lie.
32 year old loner Quentin Pierce rescues 16 year old, pregnant Alice Farberg from a savage beating. He takes her to his secluded cabin where she slowly bring joy back to his life. He marries her before the birth of her daughter.Seventeen years later Sally Hotchkiss and he fall in love. Then a dark secret from his past returns to life, threatening every happiness he's created.
Madness, murder, and mystery permeates throughout this Edgar Allan Poe-inspired thriller It is early April 1853. Franklin Pierce, the newly elected President of the United States, has suffered the greatest personal tragedy of his life, plunging him into a depression fueled madness. The Vice President, William King, unexpectedly appears at the White House in the middle of the night having overheard details of an international assassination conspiracy that threatens both King and Pierce. Unfortunately, Vice President King is killed without any clue as to who could have done it. Can President Franklin Pierce overcome his personal demons and discover who killed the Vice President before they kill him too?Franklin Pierce in Death of a Vice President is a thrilling psychological horror, starring the president from the 1850's you forgot in 4th Grade. It's an exciting read, and you don't have to be familiar with Franklin Pierce at all to enjoy the story (in fact, it may be a better story if you go in knowing almost nothing). This is perfect for the American history-buff and "normal people" alike Q&A with the AuthorQ- Franklin Pierce is a really obscure American President. Why did you write an entire story about him?A- Most people don't know, but Franklin Pierce is an incredibly tragic figure, and it's almost a shame that more Americans don't know his story. All of Franklin Pierce's children died while they were all young, and his last surviving child died right before he became President. But also part of what makes Franklin Pierce interesting is that he is so obscure. Most Americans today even know he was a President. From a story-telling perspective, that means I have a completely clean slate to start with. People don't come into the story with any expectations for Pierce as a character, as opposed to some other well-known historical figure like Abraham Lincoln.Q- Where did the idea for this book come from?A- Like most ideas, it came from a variety of places. Specifically, the main plot point and title of the book, comes from the fact that Franklin Pierce's Vice President died only one month after taking office from tuberculosis. The main idea that started the book was- "What if the Vice President didn't die from tuberculosis, but was actually murdered in the White House?" Then elements of Franklin Pierce's tragic story informed the story-writing process.Q- What genre is this book?A- That is a difficult question to answer, because this story straddles a few different genres. First, it's something of historical fiction, or perhaps more accurately 'alternate history.' It takes elements of real history, and then fictionalizes various details. This book could also be described as a psychological thriller. There is a lot of suspense, and most of it comes from Franklin Pierce's own psyche and his own battle with his personal demons that are affecting his sanity. In that way, it could also be described as a gothic horror, which is a genre reminiscent of works such as Edgar Allan Poe, where focus is on the horror of losing one's mind. Poe was an American writer of the nineteenth century, and it seemed very appropriate to draw inspiration from Poe in writing this story that involves a lot of his themes.Q- What if you don't know anything about Franklin Pierce or American history? Can you still enjoy this book?A- YES This book was written with the expectation that the reader does not know anything about Franklin Pierce from the start. You don't need to know much in terms of American history, either, to be able to follow and enjoy this book. But, if you do happen to be an American history-buff, there are several little tidbits that make the story all that much more enjoyable.
A lovely collection of reflective poems by Ellen Pierce, she addresses the beauty of ordinary scenes of life, love and the divine. A native Californian, Mrs. Pierce lives in southern California and has three sons, one daughter, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
This biography introduces readers to the life of Franklin Pierce including his military service, early political career, and key events from Pierce's administration including the Gadsden Purchase, the Treaty of Kanagawa, and Bleeding Kansas. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
A Woman Killed with Kindness is an early seventeenth-century stage play, a tragedy written by Thomas Heywood. Acted in 1603 and first published in 1607, the play has generally been considered Heywood's masterpiece, and has received the most critical attention among Heywood's works. Along with the anonymous Arden of Faversham, Heywood's play has been regarded as the apex of Renaissance drama's achievement in the subgenre of bourgeois or domestic tragedy. The play was originally performed by Worcester's Men, the company for which Heywood acted and wrote in the early Jacobean era. The records of Philip Henslowe show that Heywood was paid 6 for the play in February and March 1603. The 1607 quarto was printed by William Jaggard for the bookseller John Hodgets. A second quarto was issued in 1617 by William Jaggard's son Isaac Jaggard.The plot of Heywood's play derives from an Italian novel by Illicini, which was translated into English and published in The Palace of Pleasure by William Painter (1566). The play tells the story of a married couple, Master Frankford and his wife Anne. Frankford invites Wendoll into his home to act as a companion. Frankford tells Wendoll that anything in his house is at Wendoll's disposal. Wendoll then chooses to pursue Frankford's wife, Anne. Anne is quickly wooed by Wendoll and then caught by Frankford. Frankford then chooses to punish her not with death but with ostracism-a "mild" sentence for her adultery. By the end of the play, Anne chooses self-starvation as a more appropriate form of punishment. As she is dying because of her self-starvation, Frankford reunites with his wife, which restores the social and patriarchal order at the end of the play. The adulterous wife, Anne Frankford, is contrasted with the virtuous Susan Mountford. In the play's subplot, Sir Charles Mountford attempts to prostitute his sister Susan to Sir Francis Acton (Anne Frankford's brother), to whom he is deeply in debt. Susan, however, retains her virtue. In the end Acton discharges the debts of Mountford and marries Susan.Early Modern Elizabethan and Jacobean views of fasting or self-starvation were often hearkened to old Medieval views which considered a woman's fasting a visual cue to a woman's obedience, chastity, and honour. Eating, binging, or gluttony were considered to be fundamentally connected with sexuality. According to several Early Modern conduct book writers, the sin of gluttony will inevitabily lead to lust, and several of these tract writers suggested female fasting should be a part of a woman's education as it would prove her to be a better wife and mother........ Thomas Heywood ( early 1570s - 16 August 1641) was a prominent English playwright, actor, and author. His main contributions were to late Elizabethan and early Jacobean theatre. He is best known for his masterpiece A Woman Killed with Kindness, a domestic tragedy, which was first performed in 1603 at the Rose Theatre by the Worcester's Men company.He was a prolific writer, claiming to have had "an entire hand or at least a maine finger in two hundred and twenty plays", although only a fraction of his work has survived.... Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 - March 28, 1929) was an American songwriter. She is remembered as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful". She popularized "Mrs. Santa Claus" through her poem Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride (1889).... George Pierce Baker (April 4, 1866 - January 6, 1935) was an American educator in the field of drama.....
4.18.22 This memoir highlights a compelling story of tragedy and triumph during the Jim Crow and separate but equal era of the Deep South. The book traces the evolution of Joseph Pierce Braud, from his humble birthplace in A-Bend in Ascension Parish to his graduation from Howard University Medical School in 1958 and thereafter. Braud overcame the death of his father and helped support the family by scrapping rice and potatoes and shining shoes on Carrollton Street in New Orleans. During the 1930s and 1940s, his family received only $18 per month for seven siblings. Before earning his medical degree from Howard University Medical School in 1958, Braud helped his siblings obtain a college education. Subsequently, he opened his medical practice in New Orleans and held a staff position at Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University. From Brookstown with its 300 residents, Dr. Braud paved the way for six members of his Braud Family Group to become Medical Doctors, including (14) BS degrees, (4) Masters Degrees, (1) Juris Doctorate, (1) Doctor of Philosophy, and (1) nurse. Find out how Braud beat the odds to earn his education and pave the way for other Blacks to enter the medical field.
4.18.22 This memoir highlights a compelling story of tragedy and triumph during the Jim Crow and separate but equal era of the Deep South. The book traces the evolution of Joseph Pierce Braud, from his humble birthplace in A-Bend in Ascension Parish to his graduation from Howard University Medical School in 1958 and thereafter. Braud overcame the death of his father and helped support the family by scrapping rice and potatoes and shining shoes on Carrollton Street in New Orleans. During the 1930s and 1940s, his family received only $18 per month for seven siblings. Before earning his medical degree from Howard University Medical School in 1958, Braud helped his siblings obtain a college education. Subsequently, he opened his medical practice in New Orleans and held a staff position at Flint-Goodridge Hospital of Dillard University. From Brookstown with its 300 residents, Dr. Braud paved the way for six members of his Braud Family Group to become Medical Doctors, including (14) BS degrees, (4) Masters Degrees, (1) Juris Doctorate, (1) Doctor of Philosophy, and (1) nurse. Find out how Braud beat the odds to earn his education and pave the way for other Blacks to enter the medical field.
Join Pirate Pierce and his friends for some puzzle fun This puzzle activity book for kids includes pirate and sea animal-themed puzzles. Great for children to learn more about marine life with a little added pirate flair. Features of this book include: One puzzle per pageWord match - 7 puzzlesWord scramble - 12 puzzlesWord search - 12 puzzlesCrosswords - 7 puzzlesSolutions included in the back of the bookGlossy coverBoys and girls can have lots of fun solving these puzzles while learning more about sea animals. perfect for kids who love the ocean, pirates, and sea life.
On the Texas-Mexico border sit an elementary campus, a middle school, a high school... each of them haunted. Do you dare to walk through the front doors? Pat Anderson will be your ghastly guide
Elijah Pierce (1892–1984) was born the youngest son of a former slave on a Mississippi farm. He began carving at an early age when his father gave him his first pocketknife, and throughout his life he honed his craft and created artworks that would eventually, in the 1970s, bring him national and then international fame. Elijah Pierce's America seeks to revisit the artist's oeuvre and see it in its own right, rather than as "naïve," as it was known at the time. Through his carvings, Pierce tells his own life story, but he also chronicles the African American experience. He made his living as a barber and was also a qualified preacher; just as his barbershop was a place for gossip and meeting, so his art reflects his own and his community's concerns. His subjects ranged from politics to religion, but he seldom distinguished the race of his figures—he thought of them as everyman figures. His secular carvings show his love of baseball, boxing, comics, and movies, and reflect his appreciation for American heroes who fought for justice and liberty. A critic summarized what Elijah Pierce's America foregrounds in Pierce's artwork: "He reduces what he wants to say to the simplest forms and compositions. They are decorative, direct, bold, and amusing. He uses glitter and all kinds of devices to make his message clear. It gives his work an immediacy that's very appealing." Accompanying a major exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Elijah Pierce's America shines a light on the sophisticated work of an artist with a distinct and important voice.
