Download or read book Annie s Journey written by Louise Bradley and published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book was released on 2001 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annie looks at a photo of her mother and discovers that it is a portal into another world filled with giants, princesses and oracles.

Download or read book Annie s Ghosts written by Steve Luxenberg and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beth Luxenberg was an only child. Or so everyone thought. Six months after Beth's death, her secret emerged. It had a name: Annie. Praise for Annie's Ghosts "Annie's Ghosts is one of the most remarkable books I have ever read . . . From mental institutions to the Holocaust, from mothers and fathers to children and childhood, with its mysteries, sadness, and joy--this book is one emotional ride."--Bob Woodward, author of The War Within and State of Denial "Steve Luxenberg sleuths his family's hidden history with the skills of an investigative reporter, the instincts of a mystery writer, and the sympathy of a loving son. His rediscovery of one lost woman illuminates the shocking fate of thousands of Americans who disappeared just a generation ago."--Tony Horwitz, author of A Voyage Long and Strange and Confederates in the Attic "I started reading within minutes of picking up this book, and was instantly mesmerized. It's a riveting detective story, a moving family saga, an enlightening if heartbreaking chapter in the history of America's treatment of people born with what we now call special needs." -- Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don't Understand and You're Wearing That "This is a memoir that pushes the journalistic envelope . . . Luxenberg has written a fascinating personal story as well as a report on our communal response to the mentally ill." -- Helen Epstein, author of Where She Came From and Children of the Holocaust "A wise, affecting new memoir of family secrets and posthumous absolution." -- The Washington Post "Annie's Ghosts will resonate for many, whether the chords have to do with family secrets, the Depression, memories of a thriving Detroit, the Holocaust's horrors, or the immigrant experience." -- The Detroit Free Press

Download or read book Annie s Journey written by Joyce Dorsey Ostlund and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dramatic historical novel, a sequel to author Joyce Dorsey Ostlund's Love's Gift,17 year-old Annie faces a shocking and stark future when her father sells the family farm and leaves Annie and her mother to work as servants for the new owner and his son. Annie's life becomes miserable, especially due to the sexual advances of her bosses, but she finds solace in friendship with other workers on the farm, and at the local church. When she continues to encounter abuse, the priest helps Annie move to the city, and then to London. Five years later, Annie returns to the farm and finds it has been left to her. After falling in love with the grandson of people she worked with in the past, Annie finds a letter from her mother, now deceased, which holds a great mystery. Anne sets out on a quest which takes her out of the country, once again, in order to uncover the truth of the past. Can she and her new love conquer the obstacles that threaten to keep them apart? Will Annie be able to keep the farm and live out her dreams?

Download or read book The Next Person You Meet in Heaven written by Mitch Albom and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this enchanting sequel to the #1 bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie’s heavenly reunion with Annie—the little girl he saved on earth—in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect. In Mitch Albom’s beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran-turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie’s journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Albom reveals Annie’s story. The accident that killed Eddie left an indelible mark on Annie. It took her left hand, which needed to be surgically reattached. Injured, scarred, and unable to remember why, Annie’s life is forever changed by a guilt-ravaged mother who whisks her away from the world she knew. Bullied by her peers and haunted by something she cannot recall, Annie struggles to find acceptance as she grows. When, as a young woman, she reconnects with Paulo, her childhood love, she believes she has finally found happiness. As the novel opens, Annie is marrying Paulo. But when her wedding night day ends in an unimaginable accident, Annie finds herself on her own heavenly journey—and an inevitable reunion with Eddie, one of the five people who will show her how her life mattered in ways she could not have fathomed. Poignant and beautiful, filled with unexpected twists, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven reminds us that not only does every life matter, but that every ending is also a beginning—we only need to open our eyes to see it.

Download or read book Annie s Journey Through the Golden Door written by Delores Desio and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annie journeyed to America from northern Italy at the age of eleven. She lived with her grandparents since she was a baby, banned from passing through Ellis Island due to an eye disease. Now sheas ready to join her family, but life is not what she expected. She expected warmth, but met coldness and indifference. She expected plenty, but met want. Annieas accent makes her the object of ridicule. The innocent, warm girl begins to change to an unhappy one, and hardens as her bleak environment is more than she can handle. The bright spot in Annieas life is a fellow outcast, Curtsey, a black girl whose family fled from a segregated South to settle in Harrison County, Ohio, after the Civil War. Will Annie stay and adjust, or surrender to her circumstances and retreat to Italy?

Download or read book The Ride of Her Life written by Elizabeth Letts and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The triumphant true story of a woman who rode her horse across America in the 1950s, fulfilling her dying wish to see the Pacific Ocean, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion “The gift Elizabeth Letts has is that she makes you feel you are the one taking this trip. This is a book we can enjoy always but especially need now.”—Elizabeth Berg, author of The Story of Arthur Truluv In 1954, sixty-three-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey. She had no money and no family, she had just lost her farm, and her doctor had given her only two years to live. But Annie wanted to see the Pacific Ocean before she died. She ignored her doctor’s advice to move into the county charity home. Instead, she bought a cast-off brown gelding named Tarzan, donned men’s dungarees, and headed south in mid-November, hoping to beat the snow. Annie had little idea what to expect beyond her rural crossroads; she didn’t even have a map. But she did have her ex-racehorse, her faithful mutt, and her own unfailing belief that Americans would treat a stranger with kindness. Annie, Tarzan, and her dog, Depeche Toi, rode straight into a world transformed by the rapid construction of modern highways. Between 1954 and 1956, the three travelers pushed through blizzards, forded rivers, climbed mountains, and clung to the narrow shoulder as cars whipped by them at terrifying speeds. Annie rode more than four thousand miles, through America’s big cities and small towns. Along the way, she met ordinary people and celebrities—from Andrew Wyeth (who sketched Tarzan) to Art Linkletter and Groucho Marx. She received many offers—a permanent home at a riding stable in New Jersey, a job at a gas station in rural Kentucky, even a marriage proposal from a Wyoming rancher. In a decade when car ownership nearly tripled, when television’s influence was expanding fast, when homeowners began locking their doors, Annie and her four-footed companions inspired an outpouring of neighborliness in a rapidly changing world.

Download or read book Annie s Journey written by N. A. Nation and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1904 when her parents traveled across Europe and the Atlantic Ocean to New York City with her four siblings. Annie was scared when her family and friends were forced to leave their homes when she was fourteen. This historical fiction reminisces the trials all immigrants made in the early 1900s.

Download or read book Annie s Journey written by Alene Nation and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1904 when many governments in Europe were forcing many ethnic groups out of their countries. Annie was fourteen at the time when her parents took their five children across the land and the Atlantic Ocean to New York City. This historical fiction reminises the trials all immigrants made in the early 1900s.

Download or read book Around The World On Two Wheels written by Peter Zheutlin and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Zheutlin's thoroughly researched account will make you wish you'd been around to catch a glimpse of the extraordinary woman as she went wheeling by. --Bill Littlefield, National Public Radio's Only A Game Until 1894 there were no female sport stars, no product endorsement deals, and no young mothers with the chutzpah to circle the globe on a bicycle. Annie Londonderry changed all of that. When Annie left Boston in June of that year, she was a brash young lady with a 42-pound bicycle, a revolver, a change of underwear, and a dream of freedom. She was also a feisty mother of three who had become the center of what one newspaper called "one of the most novel wagers ever made": a high-stakes bet between two wealthy merchants that a woman could not ride around the world on a bicycle. The epic journey that followed took the connection between athletics and commercialism to dizzying new heights, and turned Annie Londonderry into a symbol of women's equality. A vastly entertaining blend of social history, high adventure, and maverick marketing, Around the World on Two Wheels is an unforgettable portrait of courage, imagination, and tenacity. "Annie was a remarkable woman and well worth getting to know." --Booklist "A wonderful telling of one of the most intriguing, offbeat, and until now, lost chapters in the history of cycling." --David Herlihy, author of Bicycle: The History "A pleasant, affectionate portrait of a free spirit who pedaled her way out of Victorian constraints." --Kirkus Reviews "[A] charming and informative book." --Cape Cod Times "[An] incredible story. . .[a] fascinating book." --NextReads "[A] stirring tale. . .not only a must read, but a must have." --Western Writers of America Roundup Magazine "[A] remarkable saga." --The Winston-Salem (NC) Journal "[R]ead[s]. . .like a novel." --The Columbia (SC) State "[M]eticulously researched. . .illuminat[es] the feeling of a bygone era." --The Portsmouth (NH) Wire Peter Zheutlin has been chasing the story of his great-grandaunt Annie Londonderry for more than four years. He is an avid cyclist and a freelance journalist whose work appears regularly in the Boston Globe and the Christian Science Monitor. He has also written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, AARP Magazine, Bicycling, the New England Quarterly, and other publications. He lives in Needham, Massachusetts.

Download or read book Journey to the South written by Annie Hawes and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Annie got together with Ciccio, his Calabrian family have spoken of their homeland as an earthly paradise, of wild nights dancing the tarantella, of almond milk sold fresh from roadside stalls, of honey cakes and amaro made from wild liquorice roots... Now, at last, Annie and Ciccio are travelling down to see the ancestral home and extended family for themselves, along with a bunch of vocal and lively de Gilios who don't want to miss out on the fun. Will everything Annie has learnt in her years among the Ligurians stand her in good stead among the Calabresi? Or is she in for another steep learning curve in the intricacies of Italian rural life?

Download or read book None Such Like It written by Annie Dike and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bilge? What bilge?" "Sink? It can't sink ... can it?" First he was in shock, then he was angry. Then he pretended like it never even happened, like he didn't just buy a magnificent chore-of-a-boat that needed to be stocked, cleaned, repaired and maintained. But we've all been there, and I knew one thing for sure. Helping our hapless buddy bring his new boat home across the Gulf of Mexico was going to make for one heck of a story and endless entertainment when the boat-as boats tend to do-started to give him plenty of grief.

Download or read book Annie s Journey written by Mildred Nidds and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annie's Journey takes you through most of the twentieth century and you will learn of the suffering and great joy that Annie experienced as an immigrant to the New World from her bonnie Scotland. The events of the twentieth century sent members of the Clan MacGregor all over the world. The first and second World Wars sent them to the Middle East, Africa and Europe, but courage sent young James Cathcart and his young bride Annie McGregor to a new life in the United States. They parted for the first and only time at the Glasgow train station - they did not want to separate, but life in America was beckoning to them. As their family grew, the youth helped the elders adjust to American customs and the elders passed on the joy of family gatherings where they sang and danced to all the old Scottish and new American songs. Annie's Journey will make you laugh, cry, wonder and bring back memories of life as it was for many immigrants and their families adjusting to their new lives in America.

Download or read book The Spring written by Annie Connole and published by Chin Music Press. This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traversing the wild landscapes of the American West, prose and photography combine to create a lucid, dream-like vision of visitations and allegorical animal encounters with Snake, Owl, and Dragonfly, among others. The Spring tells a stirring, elegiac tale of death, love, rebirth, survival, and resilience.

Download or read book Annie s Going Home written by Tom Comeaux and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some stories promise to take you on the journey of a lifetime. Annie's Going Home points out how each lifetime is a journey unto itself. Walk with Annie for a while, and you'll see how full of wonder and promise life truly can be if you treasure your friends, honor your family, and embrace the journey of your lifetime.

Download or read book Anxious Annie written by Cali Werner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running races was Annie’s favorite pastime until her anxiety got the best of her. Annie’s fear and anxiety began taking away the joy for the sport she once loved. Annie’s number one goal was to make everyone proud by winning a gold medal. Will that goal motivate Annie, or will the pressure she puts on herself become too much? Based on a true story, Annie’s inspiring and relatable journey of competing in her sport might not be the only race she tries to win. Annie learns how to face her fears and anxiety head-on, but will that be enough to win the ultimate race?

Download or read book Annie s Journey Through the Golden Door Paperback Edition written by Delores Desio and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annie journeyed to America from northern Italy at the age of eleven. She lived with her grandparents since she was a baby, banned from passing through Ellis Island due to an eye disease. Now she's ready to join her family, but life is not what she expected. She expected warmth, but met coldness and indifference. She expected plenty, but met want. Annie's accent makes her the object of ridicule. The innocent, warm girl begins to change to an unhappy one, and hardens as her bleak environment is more than she can handle. The bright spot in Annie's life is a fellow outcast, Curtsey, a black girl whose family fled from a segregated South to settle in Harrison County, Ohio, after the Civil War. Will Annie stay and adjust, or surrender to her circumstances and retreat to Italy?

Download or read book Beyond the Sea written by Nina Purtee and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reduced to a state of grief and loss of direction, Annie Harrison is offered an opportunity to board her grandfather's lavish sailing vessel, the Porto Banus, in Marbella, Spain, and begin an international adventure to restore her confidence and sense of balance. Along the way, Annie encounters two dashing suitors, a brave and romantic Spanish matador and a mesmerizing and generous Moroccan businessman. Her gifted ability to mesh architectural style with layers of historical elements is enhanced by the places she visits, and her inner horizons are expanded by the new friends she makes. However, intrigue surfaces with the reappearance of her father, serving in the British secret service, after two years missing, and Annie questions who she can trust to save her father. And to find true happiness, Annie must learn to conquer her fear. The story is so fabulous, found myself crying and laughing during various points in the story! It's so awesome to be able to see pictures of the actual people who were written about in the story! Nina, keep them coming! -Craig Williams I highly recommend this book. I was privileged to be one of the first to read this book when it was in it infancy. Only getting a few chapters at a time as they were being written all I could say was more, more, more... I was so caught up in the travel, the culture, romance and mystery. I felt like I was on the journey experiencing each country, food, and fashion with Annie. Now that it has all come together it is an amazing book filled with inspiration. Can't wait to have the finished book in hand and a sequel! -Bonnie Lins "Beyond the Sea" by Nina Purtee is a must read! It is a novel full of travel, adventure, friendship, romance and choices! I was amazed by the beautiful places Annie travels to, the friends she makes along her journey and the many different cultures she experiences. Nina's writing is influenced by her own love of travel and adventure. Her writing style is so descriptive I felt like I was right there with Annie enjoying a fabulous dinner, sightseeing or giggling with her while shopping in Paris! I found myself swept away in the excitement of Annie's journey and I can't wait for the sequel so I can find out what happens next! -Lisa Dunn Nina Purtee's novel "Beyond the Sea" is written in such a manner and style of descriptiveness and detail that it makes the reader feel as if they're actually right there experiencing it and not just reading it. You'll find many twists and turns as you turn the pages, all of which will keep you captivated that you will not want interruptions that would delay you from finding out what is next going to happen. I'm truly hoping Nina will write a sequel to this novel and look forward to reading all of her books in the future. -Michele Ryder Nina Purtee's passion for travel is what makes her novel so moving. It is a captivating blend of romance, travel, personal growth, intrigue and more. I'm excited to see its official publication in February 2023. -Ana Hernandez "Beyond the Sea" is such a wonderful adventure, so beautifully written by Nina Purtee. As I read along, I feel like I am traveling with Annie to exotic destinations and joining her in her love of life and adventure. The mix of new destinations, friends, beautiful scenery and history, love of sailing, and the excitement, with such fun characters make us feel we are part of her journey. Looking forward for the adventure to continue and for more books to enjoy. -Mickie Schuerger The book is exciting, heart wrenching, action packed, and adventurous. It makes you have empathy and fall in love with the characters from the start. It is vividly descriptive creating imagery awakening all your senses while reading. I would love to follow Annie's path of travels even though I felt like I was there. -Charlotte Kennedy