Books with author joanne russo

When I was growing up in South Boston I was a regular kid on the streets, no worries at all. My father was a truck driver and mother stayed home to take care of the 5 of us. As I got older I was seeing more of Southie the way it really was. It was a bag of roses at all, but instead was a city who had a mobster running everything. From the cops to judges to the bar rooms under his control. Along with all of that was the drugs that he was in letting in and making sure no one else would jump on this. He took under kids that had nothing and destroyed their lives by making false promise to them. These were kids who wanted out of the projects or a better life and though he was going to do it. Whitey Bulger was not who people believe he was. Including my mother who said he is here to proctect us, as time went by she finally knew he was not their to do that but to use everyone in Southie to get what he wanted.

Penguin reissues a work of classic science fiction from the revolutionary author of The Female Man - with a new introduction from Hari KunzruAn explosion in space, a starship stranded at the end of the universe, a group of strangers alone in a barren, alien wilderness. Facing almost certain death, the human survivors of a deep-space crash are determined to ignore the odds and colonize an inhospitable planet, recreating a civilization like the one they have lost forever. Only one woman rejects this path, choosing instead a daring and desperate alternative: to practice the art of dying. But her fellow passengers require her reproductive skills for their survival plan, and they are prepared to impose their regime by force if necessary...Joanna Russ offers an electrifying, original and challenging exploration of individual freedom, power, and our most primitive will to live.We Who Are About To is part of the Penguin Worlds classic science fiction series

Bringing a dog into your family is an exciting time. But first, you have to find the right one. If you are willing to overlook what some might consider a problem, you may find yourself with a very special dog. Author Joanne Russo Insull’s Dugan: The Dog Who Said, “Mom,” is about a little dog who lives in a shelter, waiting for someone to adopt him. He is cute and friendly but he barks—a lot, and that has kept people from taking him home. Finally, Dugan’s special day comes, and a woman is willing to take a chance on him. She adopts him and gives him a loving home. His new mom also helps him find the special talent he has always wished for. Dugan: The Dog Who Said, “Mom” is a story children of all ages will enjoy. It shows what can happen with love and faith in others.

Question: If you sell your life, but not your soul, and the saving of your loved ones leaves blood on your hands...will you still go to Hell? I'm not sure, but I know Hell came to us that winter of '32. It came in a trenchcoat, an army of them really, and disguised itself as the people who had raised me, then it started a war no one wanted but only I had to power to change.

Penguin reissues a work of classic science fiction from the revolutionary author of The Female Man - with a new introduction by Hari Kunzru An explosion in space, a starship stranded at the end of the universe, a group of strangers alone in a barren, alien wilderness. Facing almost certain death, the human survivors of a deep-space crash are determined to ignore the odds and colonize an inhospitable planet, recreating a civilization like the one they have lost forever. Only one woman rejects this path, choosing instead a daring and desperate alternative: to practice the art of dying. But her fellow passengers require her reproductive skills for their survival plan, and they are prepared to impose their regime by force if necessary... Joanna Russ offers an electrifying, original and challenging exploration of individual freedom, power, and our most primitive will to live. We Who Are About To is part of the Penguin Worlds classic science fiction series

Have you ever watched a man die? I hadn’t until that winter, in fact I saw two. You know the worst part…I killed the second, and he was my father. But tell me this; if everyone said your father was a murderer, your mother’s death was a mystery and your bodyguard was the only one who wouldn’t hit you, wouldn’t you want to know the truth of…well why it was like this? That’s what I thought too. Until I found out that while the truth may set you free, lies keep you safe a little longer.. ....Here is my penance for the deeds done that winter. I’ve come to set the man who lied to me, free.

Bringing a dog into your family is an exciting time. But first, you have to find the right one. If you are willing to overlook what some might consider a problem, you may find yourself with a very special dog. Author Joanne Russo Insull’s Dugan: The Dog Who Said, “Mom,” is about a little dog who lives in a shelter, waiting for someone to adopt him. He is cute and friendly but he barks—a lot, and that has kept people from taking him home. Finally, Dugan’s special day comes, and a woman is willing to take a chance on him. She adopts him and gives him a loving home. His new mom also helps him find the special talent he has always wished for. Dugan: The Dog Who Said, “Mom” is a story children of all ages will enjoy. It shows what can happen with love and faith in others.