This stunning debut poetry collection announces the distinctive voice of an emerging American poet. Amber Adams, a veteran of the Army Reserves who was deployed under Operation Iraqi Freedom, writes of the marks left by war in a new and startling way. BECOMING RIBBONS presents four acts that weave together themes of love, trauma, loss, and grief. Early poems in the collection reflect on Amber's marriage to Marine Bradley Adams and her own upcoming deployment. In evocative, perceptive poems, Amber describes Bradley's injury in Al-Anbar province. The collection explores the way war and trauma changes Amber and Bradley's relationship, and finally grapples with the end of their marriage, Bradley's death by suicide, and the need to memorialize those who have gone. Amber Adams traces a remarkable emotional landscape from our contemporary social terrain. As of the publication of this volume, America has been at war for over two decades, in which the personal, inexorable aftermath of war has cracked into the lives of many Americans. Readers will see friends, family, loved ones, and themselves in the challenging lyric moments presented in this collection. "It's a book of love and loss and survival, full of hard-earned wisdom. With lyric beauty and immense skill, BECOMING RIBBONS explores the interior of a profoundly layered wartime experience."--Brian Turner, author of Here, Bullet "Adams, in this masterful, beautifully-crafted collection, challenges the facades of safety our institutions represent-- marriage, war, freedom, our temporary bodies."--Jenny Molberg, author of Refusal "No one in recent memory has written out of the military experience with such nuance, such knowledge, and such tenderness as Amber Adams has in this book."--Bin Ramke, author of Earth on Earth Poetry.

Becoming Ribbons

Self-Help

Adams, Amber

Death & Grief

Unicorn Press (NC)

St. Augustine’s social elite have come together at the gala Menendez Ball celebrating the historic founding of the town. Thirty-five-year-old newspaper reporter Day McKelvey is assigned to cover the event, unaware that both a killer and a victim lurk among the costumed crowd. The following morning, Day literally trips over the body of one of the ball’s more prominent attendees, college President Burnett Lansing, still clad in his Spanish costume and with a dagger embedded in his abdomen. Robbie Flynn, a young student whom Day rescued from a life of juvenile crime, had been overheard making threats against the president after being expelled from the college, charged with cheating on an exam. His dilemma seems resolved when Lansing’s secretary, Donetha Raymer, discovers evidence to clear him of the cheating charge, but she is murdered under circumstances that point to Robbie as the killer. Day's boss aasigns her to gather background information for a feature on the dead president, and, convinced that Robbie is innocent, she interviews everyone associated with Lansing in an attempt to unearth clues to the real killer. She is distraught that the man with whom she’s been having a clandestine affair, Lieutenant Sam Stansfield, focuses on her protégé as the murderer. She finds others with possible motives for someone to murder the college president: His wife, the college chancellor who was passed over for the presidency, and an attractive professor with whom Lansing was rumored to be romantically involved. But they all seem to have ironclad alibis. In her initial interview with the now-deceased secretary, Donetha Raymer, Day obtained a yearbook from Lansing’s college days. In it, one particular page with pictures of first year med students has been dog-eared and a photograph of a young man named Lawrence Becker has been circled. Day assumes he and the late president were probably friends. While Day is trying to distance herself from the separated-but-still-married, Sam, she seems to run into him often. Sam knows she is covering the background of the murdered president, and he reveals to Day that the police have discovered an offshore bank account in Burnett Lansing’s name, into which large sums of money have been regularly deposited and withdrawn. Police surmise that both blackmail and a possible gambling addiction are at the root of this discovery. Upon learning that the killer was probably someone of financial means, Day adds to her list of potential suspects the local bird carver, the reclusive Woody Wainwright, who is actually the scion of an extremely wealthy family and who lives aboard his boat near where the body of the president was found. Another attendee at the Menendez Ball was the renowned plastic surgeon Lane Hollingsworth, whom she interviews for an article on his pro bono work on an injured local girl. Day begins to suspect that the yearbook photo could be this doctor who may have changed his name and appearance. Amid all of this speculation, Day’s best friend Rhonda, once again playing matchmaker, arranges a blind date for Day with a recently widowed pilot for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Contrary to previous setups by Rhonda, Day finds Andy Thompson interesting and congenial. But will she live to see the prospective relationship flourish, or will Day's probing into the murders convince the killer of the the need to silence her forever?

Above The Fold: A Day McKelvey Mystery (Day McKelvey Mystery Series)

Amber Adams

Intrepid newspaper reporter Day McKelvey checks out a house for sale and stumbles upon the dead body of the real estate agent, a former high school classmate. After a second murder within St. Augustine's real estate community, Day's research leads her to believe she knows who the killer is, but can she prove her suspicions...or will the killer find her first? Within the pages of Deadly Listings, readers will be delighted to renew acquaintances with some wonderful characters: Day's psychic mother Zanthia, her married former lover Sam, and Andy, her new romance. And of course, the newspaper staff at First Coast Dispatch.

Deadly Listings: A Day McKelvey Mystery

Vernon, Marie

Weber, Judy

Wicked Rich: A Day McKelvey Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Judith H. Weber

A 1000-PIECE PUZZLE inspired by the life and works of the Brontë sisters. The perfect challenge for book lovers - or anyone who loves a good jigsaw.\nALL YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTERS can be found hidden in this detailed puzzle, as well as real-life historical figures, who played a part in their lives.\n"THE WORLD OF..." JIGSAWS are a fun way of celebrating the lives and works of creative greats. Also available in the series: The World of Frida Kahlo, The World of Shakespeare, The World of Jane Austen\nINCLUDES A PULL-OUT POSTER identifying all the characters and telling their tales\nSCREEN-FREE FUN from one of the world's leading publishers of books and gifts on the creative arts. Laurence King Publishing works with some of the world's best illustrators, designers, artists, and photographers to create beautifully produced books and gifts which are acclaimed for their inventiveness, beautiful design and authoritative texts.\nEnter the world of the Brontës with this 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Travel across the blustery Yorkshire moors and into the dark, gloomy schoolrooms and weathered stone buildings of nineteenth-century England to spot Cathy and Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights, Jane and Mr Rochester getting married, and a host of other fictional and real-life characters while you build the puzzle. Includes a fold-out poster that highlights characters, locations and key moments.

Laurence King The World of The Brontës 1000 Piece Puzzle

LAURENCE KING

Dad's Legacy Journal: A Father's Life Story in His Own Words | A Guided Journal and Memory Keepsake with 100 Guided Questions | Priceless Gift for Dad

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Independently published

The Hunter & The Hunted: A Friends-to-Lovers Mafia Second Chance Romance (Ivankov Mafia Bratva, Series 2)

Action & Adventure

Rise of Corruption - A Series: A Dark Russian Mafia Legacy Romance

Romance

Romantic Suspense

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