Download or read book Bird Watching written by Larry Bird and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12-14 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larry Bird captured the imagination and admiration of basketball fans throughout his thirteen-year career with the Boston Celtics with his trademark style of creative, intelligent, exciting, and hard-nosed play. And then, last year in his rookie season as head coach of the Indiana Pacers, he infused the team with these same qualities -- and the results were remarkable. He turned around a slumping franchise and led the Pacers to the conference finals. To finish off a great season, Bird was named the NBA's "Coach of the Year" -- quite an accolade for Bird, who had never coached before and surprised many fans with his unusual and unorthodox coaching methods. This book is a look into one of the greatest minds to have ever stepped on a hardwood court. Larry Bird shares his inner thoughts on basketball that to date only his Celtic teammates and Pacers players have been privy. From dissecting offensive and defensive strategies to assessing the talent of NBA players; from sharing the genesis of his coaching philosophies to how he deals with today's overpriced and temperamental players, it's all there. This book is Larry Bird's basketball playbook, and it's the one book every basketball fan will want to read. Cover design by Tom Tafuri Cover photograph by Glenn James/NBA Photos

Download or read book Don t Live But Die Well written by Rajat Sharma and published by Psyog. This book was released on 2023-12-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Don't Live, but Die Well" boldly addresses the intricate web of challenges plaguing individuals and society at large, transcending the discourse on common issues such as psychological turbulence, addictions, and even major crises like terrorism, inequalities, and wars. The book dares to look beyond symptomatic solutions and, instead, confronts the root problem that often eludes our awareness: Individuality: living in division, and duality: IN-DIVI-DUALITY. The narrative scrutinizes how living in division, the fundamental cause of separation and boundaries, gives rise to a cascade of negative tendencies. Simultaneously, the relentless undulations of duality are explored, portraying life as an unpredictable rollercoaster ride. "Don't Live, but Die Well" strives to terminate the temporal constraints of individuals entrenched in the cycles of division and duality, coining the term "in-divi-duality." The book poignantly reveals how individuality, marked by its time-bound nature, contributes to the perpetual cycles of existence. By illustrating time as a cyclical force steering us in circles without genuine progression, the work contends that individuality traps us in a relentless cycle of boundaries, duality, and cyclical suffering—what the author terms our personal hell. Hence, this work attempts to end the “time” on individuals, so their time truly gets over, hence moving on from this hell, without losing their structures! In a departure from conventional discourse, "Don't Live, but Die Well" doesn’t propagate spirituality, heaven, oneness, or peace. Instead, it focuses on deconstructing the dimension of individuality, which keeps us away from evolution, challenging readers to reassess their fundamental understanding of existence. This work is not intended to make people, but break them, and bring them crumbling down on their knees!

Download or read book When We Were Birds written by Maria Mutch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Governor General’s Literary Awards finalist Maria Mutch comes a startlingly inventive debut collection that recalls the works of Margaret Atwood, Kelly Link, Karen Russell, and Heather O’Neill. Wolves talk, notes magically appear on a woman’s skin, Red Riding Hood concocts a clever escape, a peregrine turns into a woman with strange compulsions, and a winged man believed to be a famous musician is discovered stranded on a beach. These deliciously dark and evocative stories masterfully navigate the blurry line between perception and reality, revolving around metamorphosis and transformation, the dichotomy of absence and presence, and the place of women in the world—how they fit in or don't and how they disappear and reappear in the strangest of ways... Punctuated with exquisite antique drawings and photographs by the author, When We Were Birds is an intoxicating feat of storytelling that will surprise and delight—leaving you craving more.

Download or read book The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening written by Various and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Fire Emblem Awakening contains an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the smash-hit 3DS game, from beautifully illustrated renditions of your favorite characters, to storyboards for in-game events, character designs, weapon designs, character profiles, and the entirety of the script with every possible branch of dialogue! Relive some of the most poignant moments of the game, or see what might have been if you had made different in-game decisions with the Art of Fire Emblem Awakening!

Download or read book The Crane Wife written by CJ Hauser and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir in essays that expands on the viral sensation “The Crane Wife” with a frank and funny look at love, intimacy, and self in the twenty-first century. From friends and lovers to blood family and chosen family, this “elegant masterpiece” (Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger) asks what more expansive definitions of love might offer ​us all. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, THE GUARDIAN, GARDEN & GUN "Hauser builds their life's inventory out of deconstructed personal narratives, resulting in a reading experience that's rich like a complicated dessert—not for wolfing down but for savoring in small bites." —The New York Times “Clever, heartfelt, and wrenching.” —Time “Brilliant.” —Oprah Daily Ten days after calling off their wedding, CJ Hauser went on an expedition to Texas to study the whooping crane. After a week wading through the gulf, they realized they'd almost signed up to live someone else's life. What if you released yourself from traditional narratives of happiness? What if you looked for ways to leave room for the unexpected? In Hauser’s case, this meant dissecting pop culture touchstone, from The Philadelphia Story to The X Files, to learn how not to lose yourself in a relationship. They attended a robot convention, contemplated grief at John Belushi’s gravesite, and officiated a wedding. Most importantly, they mapped the difference between the stories we’re asked to hold versus those we choose to carry. Told with the late-night barstool directness of your wisest, most bighearted friend, The Crane Wife is a book for everyone whose path doesn't look the way they thought it would; for everyone learning to find joy in the not-knowing and to build a new sort of life story, a new sort of family, a new sort of home to live in.

Download or read book A Scandalous Proposal written by Kasey Michaels and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With delightful characters and witty repartee” a couple pretends to be engaged as they solve a mystery in this Regency from a New York Times bestseller (Publishers Weekly). Who would have thought a man could tire of being fawned over and flirted with? Ever since Cooper Townsend returned from France as a hero with a new title, he has been relentlessly pursued by every marriageable miss in London. Perhaps that’s why the unconventional Miss Daniella Foster is so appealing. She doesn’t simper or flatter. She only wants him to help unmask her sister’s blackmailer, and Coop has never been so intrigued. . . . Let every other woman in London fight over His Lordship’s romantic attentions. Marriage is the last thing on Dany’s mind—at least until she samples his illicit kisses. Now, as a mutual enemy races to ruin Coop’s reputation and Dany’s family name, an engagement of convenience will spark an unlikely passion that might save them both. “Kasey Michaels aims for the heart and never misses.” —New York Times–bestselling author Nora Roberts

Download or read book I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird written by Susan Cerulean and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Cerulean's memoir trains a naturalist's eye and a daughter's heart on the lingering death of a beloved parent from dementia. At the same time, the book explores an activist's lifelong search to be of service to the embattled natural world. During the years she cared for her father, Cerulean also volunteered as a steward of wild shorebirds along the Florida coast. Her territory was a tiny island just south of the Apalachicola bridge where she located and protected nesting shorebirds, including least terns and American oystercatchers. I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird weaves together intimate facets of adult caregiving and the consolation of nature, detailing Cerulean's experiences of tending to both. The natural world is the "sustaining body" into which we are born. In similar ways, we face not only a crisis in numbers of people diagnosed with dementia but also the crisis of the human-caused degradation of the planet itself, a type of cultural dementia. With I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird, Cerulean reminds us of the loving, necessary toil of tending to one place, one bird, one being at a time.

Download or read book Man and Beast Here and Hereafter written by John George Wood and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Blue Skies Red Birds and White Magnolias written by Ann H. Brand Ed.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Crook, a plantation owner’s wife, and her best friend and neighbor Nita, a black woman, are as close as any friends could ever be. Although the color of their skin is different, they share the same sass, the same can-do spirit, and the same loyalty to each another. Theirs is a friendship that defi es what is expected of a woman, traditional Southern conventions, and the segregation of the time period. Yet their friendship lasts their whole lives through. In many ways, the two women are intertwined over the span of several generations. The arrival of Sherman’s army changes their family dynamics. The Ku Klux Klan has an impact on their personal safety and livelihood. Education shapes the future for their children and grandchildren, and a lopsided system of justice leaves the future of some family members’ lives hanging in the balance. Sarah’s granddaughter Holly is blind at birth. Nita’s granddaughter Neely becomes her playmate, companion, and confi dant. Much like their grandmother, the girls live in separate households but share a common spirit and an undying frindship, depending upon each other for support as they enter adulthood and face personal challenges. When the Reverend Steven Canon, a Northerner, arrives in the rural North Carolina community of Saw Mill Cove, he sweeps Neely off her feet. Their relationship is out of the ordinary and troubled from the get-go. Steven has a secret that he must keep hidden from others in order to be successful, and he uses Neely as a means to an end. After Grandmama Nita and Mama Tress catch wind of how the reverend has mistreated Neely, they take matters into their own hands. Grandmama and her friend Laura must appear before a grand jury while Mama Tress is tried not once, but twice for the reverend’s demise. But things aren’t on the up and up in Anson County; the justice system is fl awed. A sheriff, judge, coroner, surprise witness, and clerk muddle the proceedings. As a result, Tress becomes a scapegoat. Once Neely is on her own, free from Reverend Canon, she has an opportunity to spread her wings in New York City. She makes choices that allow her to be true to herself and fi nd contentment. From that point on, the choices that she and her daughter, Lillian, make in regard to the snake oil salesman named Steven Canon are risky and fi lled with drama. Our Blue Skies, Red Birds, and White Magnolias chronicles four generations of strong women and proves what can happen when a woman trusts her heart and mind to make a right decision. —Paula M. Sheard, Editor

Download or read book Love Is for the Birds written by Diane Owens Prettyman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Mary Alice Monroe’s The Beach House comes a heartwarming story from women’s fiction author Diane Owens Prettyman about second chances as two people find a pathway out of their grief—directly in the aftermath of a hurricane. The Texas Gulf: beautiful yet unpredictable. A beach town destroyed. Her mother’s candy store swept away. This is what Teddy Wainsworth faces when she returns to Bird Isle. Meanwhile, Jack Shaughness, owner of a popular barbecue restaurant chain and widower still grieving the death of his wife, receives permission to cross over to the island with a smoker full of brisket to feed hurricane survivors. Soon after arriving, he meets Teddy and immediately finds himself drawn to her—which makes him feel he is betraying his wife. When the two find a lost dog, Jack convinces Teddy to take it home while they attempt to find the owner, creating a bond that brings them closer. In the wake of the hurricane, Bird Isle residents fear the Aransas Wildlife Refuge will not be ready for the whooping cranes’ annual migration south. Seeing that Jack has important connections and a love for the island, they enlist him to help restore the habitat of the endangered cranes before they fly to Padre Island for the winter. With their rescued dog always nearby, Teddy and Jack work side by side to rebuild Bird Isle for the return of the whooping cranes. But Jack is harboring a secret that may ruin everything he and Teddy are creating—and he won’t be able to keep that secret forever.

Download or read book The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals written by Becky Mandelbaum and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals is in trouble. Ariel discovers that her mother Mona's animal sanctuary in Western Kansas has not only been the target of anti-Semitic hate crimes, it is also for sale, due to hidden financial ruin. Ariel, living a new life in progressive Lawrence, and estranged from her mother for six years, returns to her childhood home - and finds her first love, a ranch hand named Gideon, still working at the Bright Side. Back in Lawrence, Ariel's fiancé, Dex, sets out to confront Ariel and finds her questioning the meaning of her life in Lawrence--and whether she belongs with Dex or with someone else, somewhere else.

Download or read book WILD BIRDS NO CAGES written by C.C. JONES and published by Writers Republic LLC. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her 18th birthday and high school graduation just weeks away, Sivana Jones goes from adolescence to adulthood overnight. Life quickly introduces her to tragedy and deep family secrets, everything she thought she knew, is no more. What will she do? WHO will she become? “WILD BIRDS NO CAGES” A journey of dark enlightenment, learning to trust herself and roll with the punches all while punching back. Do children carry the sins of their parents? Is it ever a good idea to keep secrets from your children?

Download or read book Outlook written by Alfred Emanuel Smith and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Awakening written by Gary Alan Wassner and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second volume of the GemQuest series, the battle lines have been drawn. The Dark Lord reaches beyond his realms in search of the heir, and the disparate nations of the world begin to recognize the magnitude of his evil. They rise up united and renew their bonds. From the dazzling ice kingdom of Eleutheria to the magnificent tree-top city of Seramour, revived allies succor and protect the Twins during the preparation for their all-important quest for the Gem of Eternity. But first Davmiran must be awoken from his spell of slumber. Colton dar Agonthea, nemesis of life, thwarted previously in the city of Pardatha, is determined to capture or kill the heir before he is revived, thus putting an end to the prophecy and preventing him once and for all from fulfilling his destiny.

Download or read book The Shards written by Gary Alan Wassner and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this third volume of the GemQuest series, captured and imprisoned by Colton, the wizard Premoran rails against his fate. Without Premoran, the essences of the ancient Lalas trees will be lost forever. While the Twins prepare to embark on their separate quests for the Gem of Eternity, another rises to aid the Lalas. Her name is Tamara, a Sister of Parth. Trained in the mustical mysteries, though unaware of the true extent of her power, she alone can traverse the Hollows – those empty spaces between life and death – to retrieve the eleventh shard , without which the Twins’ quest if doomed to fail. “For the first time in a long time, I lost myself in someone else’s creation. We all remember fondly the words we grew up reading, be they Narnia, Middle Earth or Lankhmar. Mythical places that shaped our imaginations and our creative minds, became a part of who we are. In these book we were unfettered, free to dream, to strive, to escape the mundane world that would hold us prisoner. That is the storytelller’s greatest gift. Gary Alan Wassner has that gift.” --Steve Savile, author of the Ogmios Short Novels series, the Jack Stone Thrillers and the Salley Reardon Supernatural Mysteries “Many authors fall short with their sequels, but Wassner keeps the story going, bringing new elements into the mix.” --Dag Rambraut, owner of ssfworld.com

Download or read book Arbor and Bird Day Annual for Wisconsin Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Early Birds written by Jenny Minton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 2002, Jenny Minton delivered her sons, Sam and Gus. She was thirty-one weeks pregnant, and her boys, conceived through in vitro fertilization, were more than two months early. Both boys were placed on immediate life support, and for sixty-four days they hovered, critically ill, in the neonatal intensive care unit of a New York City hospital. The Early Birds is a record of their time there and the story of Minton's harrowing, triumphant quest to bring her sons home.