Long Time No See

DIVThe heroine of Compromising Positions returns to investigate a disappearance/divDIV/divDIVWhere did Courtney Logan go? The former investment banker turned suburban dilettante had not lived in Shorehaven for long, but had begun to establish herself there. Her small business—a video production company dedicated to filming newborns—was taking off, and she seemed to have settled into life outside of the big city. Then, suddenly, she disappeared./divDIV /divDIVJudith Singer wants to find her. Two decades after the thrilling case of a murdered dentist, the Long Island housewife is now town historian—and recently widowed. She needs a hobby, and Courtney Logan’s disappearance seems like just her kind of fun./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Susan Isaacs, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./div

Long Time, No See introduces us to the unforgettable world of Mister Psyche in the isolated coastal townland of Ballintra in the north-west of Ireland. Recent school-leaver, occasional worker, full-time companion and Malibu-provider to Uncle Joe-Joe and his friend The Blackbird, Psyche is a boy on the cusp of adulthood, undone by a recent traumatic event. Hanging out with men some fifty-plus years his senior proves hazardous for Mister Psyche when the appearance of a bullet-hole in Uncle Joe-Joe’s window draws him into a series of (mis)adventures which unsettle and bemuse. Perhaps The Blackbird is losing it? Or perhaps The General has decided to act on a decades-old grudge? Whichever way, as the paranoia grabs a creeping hold of Uncle Joe-Joe, his fragile world threatens to collapse. And it is Mister Psyche who must digest this and acknowledge the new world taking shape in the old.

One part deeply personal memoir and two parts rip-snorting spiritual adventure, this title is an account of one person's single-minded search for enlightenment. It tells the author's true-life journey that takes her from reluctant orthodox Jewish beginnings into a devout twenty-year practice of Nichiren Buddhism.

Long Time, No See is certainly an inspiring story, but Beth Finke does not aim to inspire. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, she charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Rejecting the label “courageous,” she prefers to describe herself using the phrase her mother invoked in times of difficulty: “She did what she had to do.” With unflinching candor and acerbic wit, Finke chronicles the progress of the juvenile diabetes that left her blind at the age of twenty-six as well as the seemingly endless spiral of adversity that followed. First she was forced out of her professional job. Then she bore a multiply handicapped son. But she kept moving forward, confronting marital and financial problems and persevering through a rocky training period with a seeing-eye dog. Finke’s life story and her commanding knowledge of her situation give readers a clear understanding of diabetes, blindness, and the issues faced by parents of children with significant disabilities. Because she has taken care to include accurate medical information as well as personal memoir, Long Time, No See serves as an excellent resource for others in similar situations and for professionals who deal with disabled adults or children.

When a blind couple is murdered, Steve Carella's only clue is the ten-year-old dream one of the victims had, a dream that leads to a killer whose secret is worth murder. "McBain has the ability to make every character believable--which few writers these days can do." --Associated Press "The 87th Precinct is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century." --Pete Hamill, Newsday

She thought that first love was the best, but she didn't expect to find out that the Boyfriend on campus had a secret relationship with her classmate Yang Mei Qi. She smiled bitterly, it turned out that not everyone's first love had beautiful memories. Six years later, she fell in love with the son of a rich family, Ye Weiming. Under his strong pursuit, she agreed to marry him, but she didn't expect that on the night before their engagement, she discovered that Ye Weiming was having an affair with another woman. Disappointed, she looked at the face that was filled with both regret and shock. She bitterly smiled. She swore that from now on, she would no longer believe in love! The sorrowful her bought herself drunk with alcohol, but she didn't want to have anything to do with her best classmate and good friend, Situ Xuan. Situ Xuan said, I love you, a long time ago. I don't believe in love anymore, and besides, I've never loved you. Situ Xuan said, "No matter, I will make you believe that after love, you will slowly fall in love with me ..." She had truly fallen in love with Situ Xuan, but an accident had separated her from him, making them seem like strangers from then on. Many years later, she found Situ Xuan and knelt in front of him. "You once said that if there comes a day when I beg you, no matter what, you will agree to my request!" Situ Xuan coldly smiled, "Yes ..." She said, "That's good! "I want your bone marrow."

"Yes!" As long as he becomes the Empress, Qing Er will be by Big Brother Emperor's side everyday. " With the feelings of a young lady, Dongfang Ziqing became the empress of Xuanyuan Kingdom. Originally, she was a proud daughter of heaven, but after three short years of happiness, she had a painful taste of the purgatory in the human world!"Power and subject should not be linked together. Dongfang Family, would definitely pay the price for these two words! "That includes ..." The young Monarch's brows furrowed slightly, but under Dongfang Ziqing's clear laughter, he relaxed and gently called out. "Qing Er, the pool is dangerous, come to our side."One was a naive and innocent girl, the other was an experienced young lord with a black stomach. This love is destined to lose on the motto: Since it is shallow, how can love deep!Many years later, when Dongfang Ziqing finally understood this logic, they ... "But all that was left was a bloody hatred!"

She merely liked to differentiate between good and evil, and wanted to seek justice for the poor. However, she didn't expect to meet him, who was dressed in all white, and was dressed in the top clothes, Chu Chu, that would be so domineering and rude."As a prince, you don't even put the lives of ordinary people in your eyes. What's the point of you living?"Even though she tried her best to save him, he said that she was someone who approached him with a goal in mind. After locking her up in the Woodshed, not giving her food for three days and three nights, her heart inexplicably jumped the moment she saw him."What are you looking at? I look the same as well." She was finally able to calm herself down in his arms as she said pitifully, "If you have good intentions, can you give me another steamed bun?"