Download or read book A Very Special Year written by Thomas Montasser and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘It’s not particularly difficult to run a successful bookshop, thought Valerie: a grasp of the rudiments of business, a sensible plan, a little skill in negotiation, a couple of contacts and a large portion of magic.’ When businesswoman Valerie takes over the bookshop owned by her aunt – who has vanished without trace – her intention is to bring some order to the chaos, and then sell the business. But she has underestimated the power of the little shop. One day she stumbles upon a mysterious book with an unfinished ending. Valerie thinks it must be a defective copy, but when a customer turns up searching for that very book, her view of the shop – and world – shifts, as she is forced to question what is and isn’t possible. A Very Special Year is a declaration of love for literature, for beautiful books, the power and magic of stories as well as proof that the world of the imagination is still alive within us.
Download or read book A Very Happy New Year written by Eva Jane LaRoux and published by Raindust LLC. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Rider for his first New Year's Eve party. Not only does he get to stay up late, he gets a special treat too! Find out what it is. Maybe you can also find the party favors Rider while at his party. Good luck!
Download or read book Happy New Year Charlie Brown written by Charles M. Schulz and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Brown spends his Christmas vacation reading "War and Peace" and worrying about a New Year's Eve party. Based on a television special.
Download or read book A Sweet New Year for Ren written by Michelle Sterling and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the Lunar New Year through a young girl’s family traditions in this charming picture book featuring illustrations by New York Times bestselling artist Dung Ho that also includes a recipe for pineapple cakes! Little Ren looks forward to the preparation for and festivities of Lunar New Year, but she is always too little to help make the delicious pineapple cakes that are her favorite. She watches family members rolling out the dough and loves the mouth-watering smell. Watching and waiting, when will Ren be old enough?
Download or read book Chelsea s Chinese New Year written by Lisa Bullard and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the significance of the holiday, discussing the traditional foods and customs.
Download or read book A Very Special Christmas written by Mary Balogh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisit the magic of New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh's classic Christmas stories--together for the first time in one volume. In A Christmas Bride, a very wealthy Edgar Downes promises his aging father that he will finally wed a suitable bride by Christmas. London is full of pretty, proper, and eligible misses, but it's the widow Helena, Lady Stapleton, in a shocking red dress, who captures Edgar's attention. Helena is intrigued by the seductive stranger--but he's simply not in her class. Marriage, of course, would never do. But in a season of miracles, something wondrous is about to happen.... Enjoy the warmth of the holiday season with this Christmas tale along with five other cherished holiday stories from Mary Balogh's Under the Mistletoe collection.
Download or read book Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Very Special Gift written by Carol Loss and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Life to Love written by Saroj Chadha and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The course of true love never did run smooth” - William Shakespeare A Life to Love is the story of Vani and Arjun that lives up to this famous line. They find love early in life but are forced to let go of each other as she is forcibly married to someone else. The marriage ends in a fiasco but leaves its scars on Vani that she finds difficult to erase. Arjun comes back in Vani’s life to hold her hand. She still loves him but is engulfed with a guilt of having let him down and wonders if she is worthy of his love. She struggles to fulfill her desire of loving Arjun with total abandonment and to realise her fantasies that were etched in her mind since she had met him for the first time as a nineteen-year-old girl. Try as she may, the demons inside her come in between her and Arjun to prevent their passions from reaching their natural culmination. This is a love story set in the decade of eighties that highlights the emotions of two young people in love as they go through turbulent times before love prevails.
Download or read book Random Acts of New Year written by Julia Kent and published by Julia Kent. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Year’s Eve. Times Square. I booked the room over a year ago, with the view of the ball dropping. I’ll propose to Charlotte and drop to my knee at the stroke of midnight. At least, that’s the plan. But nothing in my life ever goes as planned. Between a last-minute gig that takes me away from her, a blast-from-the-past boyfriend of Charlotte’s, and the resurrection of Esme the blow-up doll, I have to fight for my right — To make her my wife. Charlotte. Not Esme. Because that's just gross, man. What's wrong with you? Liam is finally ready to pop the question to Charlotte after years together, but a last-minute gig and a heaping dose of fate in the form of Darla makes the road to marriage a little bumpier than expected. Welcome to the Random series, where people propose to chickens, snakes fall in love with blow-up dolls, cell phones become medical devices, and love conquers all, in tune and with three-part harmony.
Download or read book Flyover written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irish Women Writers and the Modern Short Story written by Elke D'hoker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development of the modern short story in the hands of Irish women writers from the 1890s to the present. George Egerton, Somerville and Ross, Elizabeth Bowen, Mary Lavin, Edna O’Brien, Anne Enright and Claire Keegan are only some of the many Irish women writers who have made lasting contributions to the genre of the modern short story - yet their achievements have often been marginalized in literary histories, which typically define the Irish short story in terms of its oral heritage, nationalist concerns, rural realism and outsider-hero. Through a detailed investigation of the short fiction of fifteen prominent writers, this study aims to open up this critical conceptualization of the Irish short story to the formal properties and thematic concerns women writers bring to the genre. What stands out in thematic terms is an abiding interest in human relations, whether of love, the family or the larger community. In formal terms, this book traces the overall development of the Irish short story, highlighting both the lines of influence that connect these writers and the specific use each individual author makes of the short story form.
Download or read book A Year of Medical Thinking written by S.K. Reid and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I quickly swapped my ‘Ms Innocent, the world is tough but basically okay’ hat for the one of ‘Breast Cancer Patient’, madly trying to process everything that the doctor was saying.” An inauspicious encounter in a doctor’s surgery during a routine follow-up for IVF initiates a descent into a labyrinth of questioning and uncertainty. From those first words ushered out of the doctors mouth starts a year where the mind is consumed by medical research, medical terms, hospital visits, medication and explanations. The diagnosis was breast cancer. Filled with reflections on life, motherhood, friendship, and the future, A Year of Medical Thinking chronicles one woman’s ordinary life as it is catapulted into a quest for meaning and purpose. SK Reid has shared personal experiences in this book in a way that speaks to all. The book focuses on the shift that occurs in the brain after a potentially life threatening diagnosis; the loss of control, security and hope prompts philosophical and spiritual reflections on life, vitality and most importantly resilience. Guaranteed to strike a cord with those who have experienced the loss of a baby or any potentially life-threatening illness, readers are reminded about the importance of sharing stories, talking about grief and never giving up in the face of adversity. Author and renowned filmmaker, Paul Cox (Tales From The Cancer Ward, Transit Lounge, 2011) has described it as "a very courageous book" that will provide "comfort" and be of "help to others who face sudden twists of fate" in their lives.
Download or read book Lost and Found written by Nancy Thelen and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can love be found again after one life is lost? Annie has decided she wants nothing to do with dating. She had found love with Jake, but cancer took him away, and she's learned how to be okay on her own. The dating world just isn't for this middle-aged woman. But when her friend Jellie gives her a flyer for a service called Lost and Found, Annie decides to check it out. Jellie has assured her it isn't a dating service, just a way for those who had suffered the same loss to connect. When 'Bomber' messages her, she begins to open up to him, someone totally unknown and yet a kindred spirit. She even finds herself looking forward to it. But just when things are looking up, her good friend Julianna is put in the situation she is all too familiar with-Julianna's husband has cancer. Annie vows to help her any way she can. After she tells Bomber, he finds her friends help. This complete stranger changes their lives forever-and he's changing Annie's. He opens her heart to feelings she didn't think she'd have again. When they finally meet, will Annie find that it's love? Or will love be lost a second time?
Download or read book With a Lot of Help from Our Friends written by Nancy Olson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-03-18 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the inside story of government attempts to deal with the American alcohol problem from 1970 to 1980, the most important decade in the history of alcohol legislation since Prohibition, with the famous Hughes Act as its centerpiece. We meet the friends and supporters of Harold Hughes, the charismatic senator and former governor from Iowa, and Marty Mann, the beloved "first lady of Alcoholics Anonymous." The author, herself a major participant in these events, describes the struggles and triumphs of this small band of recovered alcoholics and their friends as they bared their souls before congressional hearings and succeeded in convincing a Congress and three reluctant Presidents to support this effort. Nancy Olson offers us a unique behind-the-scenes view of the alcoholism legislation that changed America during the 1970s. Both those interested in alcoholism and those intrigued by the legislative process will find this book fascinating. Well-documented and clearly written, this book tells a story that has long needed telling. Ernest Kurtz, author of Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous Written in an engaging style, the book includes vivid accounts of incidents and exchanges, with a cast list including members of Congress and their staffs, federal administrators, scientists, and representatives of the alcoholism movement and of the alcohol industries. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the modern development of thinking and action about alcoholism and alcohol issues in the U.S. Robin Room, Professor and Director of the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Sweden
Download or read book The Rape of Zimbabwe written by Ricky Wilson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of the flamboyant Ricky Wilson, often referred to by his compatriots as "Tricky Ricky", who, with his wife and young daughter, emigrated to the then Rhodesia. The opportunities that presented themselves very soon after their arrival, and what he did to acquire wealth, would have been beyond his dreams in the U.K. The book tells of the political settlement, majority rule, and change of government to a black administration led by Robert Mugabe and the trials and tribulations that went with it. Ricky's direct involvement with most of Robert Mugabe's ministers and his Government vividly conveys the trials and tribulations of African politics and the very rife corruption that was--and still is--throttling the country. So many of the country's prosperous settlers who had become the economic backbone of the country have flown to safer havens, and Ricky's plight is representative of many who have had no option but to leave. In a very real sense this is the inside story of a country that has been raped, now reduced to famine and rough injustice by the ruling thugs that have plundered the resources, internal and from outside "aid", to feather their own nests and Swiss bank accounts.
Download or read book An American Immigrant s History written by Albert Szabo and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming tale of human resilience and strength, An American Immigrant¿s History retells the story of Albert Szabo and his wife Edith and their fight against the effects of Hitler and Stalin. Starting in Hungary, the couple must find a way to move west, and they start their quest for the United States. Many obstacles stand in their way, including the constant threats of wars, bombing, and Nazi guards. All the while, the couple finds strength in their stable relationship and the love they have for one another. Using their skills to trick and manipulate guards, the two of them make their way from one city to the next, always maintaining their desire to move west in search of safety and freedom. Forced to do hours of painstaking manual labor, they are often times challenged physically and mentally with the threat of injury or death always lurking close to them. Denied basic human rights, the two of them continually cling to each other and to one of their very few personal items, an alarm clock named Ruthy. Told from the personable and humorous point of view of Albert Szabo, An American Immigrant¿s History captures the detailed story of two individuals who have been misplaced under leaders who do not care about them. With a desire to survive and an insatiable appetite for freedom, Albert and Edith fight their way across the globe in the ultimate story of survival.
