Download or read book Parents Wanted written by Ruth Jean Dale and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instant family? Jessica Reynolds has a wonderful daddy. Matt Reynolds is big, strong, handsome and kind. But when it comes to girl stuff he… well, he could use help! Her best friend, Zach, has a great mother. Laura Gilliam is sweet, pretty and single…. What if she and Zach could get her dad and his mom together? Unfortunately there's just one problem with the young matchmakers' plan—Matt and Laura find each other infuriating! In fact, the only thing they have in common is that they'd do anything for their children…but they never expected that to include marriage!

Download or read book The Other End of the Leash written by Patricia McConnell, Ph.D. and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to communicate with your dog—using their language “Good reading for dog lovers and an immensely useful manual for dog owners.”—The Washington Post An Applied Animal Behaviorist and dog trainer with more than twenty years’ experience, Dr. Patricia McConnell reveals a revolutionary new perspective on our relationship with dogs—sharing insights on how “man’s best friend” might interpret our behavior, as well as essential advice on how to interact with our four-legged friends in ways that bring out the best in them. After all, humans and dogs are two entirely different species, each shaped by its individual evolutionary heritage. Quite simply, humans are primates and dogs are canids (as are wolves, coyotes, and foxes). Since we each speak a different native tongue, a lot gets lost in the translation. This marvelous guide demonstrates how even the slightest changes in our voices and in the ways we stand can help dogs understand what we want. Inside you will discover: • How you can get your dog to come when called by acting less like a primate and more like a dog • Why the advice to “get dominance” over your dog can cause problems • Why “rough and tumble primate play” can lead to trouble—and how to play with your dog in ways that are fun and keep him out of mischief • How dogs and humans share personality types—and why most dogs want to live with benevolent leaders rather than “alpha wanna-bes!” Fascinating, insightful, and compelling, The Other End of the Leash is a book that strives to help you connect with your dog in a completely new way—so as to enrich that most rewarding of relationships.

Download or read book Weekly World News written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-07-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in the creative success of over 30 years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the Weekly World News has been the world's only reliable news source since 1979. The online hub www.weeklyworldnews.com is a leading entertainment news site.

Download or read book Toni Buzzeo and YOU written by Toni Buzzeo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-10-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playing on the phrase, The author and you, a commonly taught reading comprehension strategy that teaches the learner how to look at the words of an author and make inferences about what is being said, this series assists teachers and teacher-librarians in understanding the underlying purposes of the author as they prepare learning activities for their students. Through family photos, reminiscences, anecdotes and stories, Toni Buzzeo relates her lifelong preparation to become a writer. The book features wonderful insights into the creation of her picture books for children and interesting creative lesson activities to use with students. The series focuses primarily on books for the elementary age child (K-6), featuring insights into the author's background, purposes and goals in writing books. By furnishing an overview of the author's works, the books in the series give teachers the big picture. Each book features personal information about the author, including insights into why this author has chosen to write in a specific genre plus lesson plans and/or activities for each of the author's books featured. These lessons will stress the particular interest of the author and the author and you (the teacher) will build a collaborative instructional relationship using the material provided. Each book is written by the featured author or in close collaboration with the author. Using family photographs, reminiscences, anecdotes and stories, Toni Buzzeo relates her lifelong preparation to become a writer. The book features wonderful insights into the creation of her picture books for children and interesting creative lesson activities to use with students. Grades K-6.

Download or read book Zane s Brain written by Karol Bojnowski and published by Karol Bojnowski. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zane Baran just dropped out of medical school in San Francisco. Haunted by his African experience, he¿s having serious doubts about life. His unrelenting quest for meaning draws him ever deeper into a whirlpool of inevitable truths about Homo sapiens and their brief reign at the top of the food chain. When his lover leaves and his dying father asks a favor, Zane catapults to Nepal where he meets Jeng Ra, his father¿s childhood mentor. Above the wind-whipped peaks of Kagbeni, Zane is thrust into unexpected twists and turns of fate, stretching the limits of his body and mind.REVIEW:Zane¿s Brain is a labyrinth of epiphanies that couldn¿t be timelier. Bojnowski¿s fresh voice weaves a dramatic and richly textured blend of scathing social commentary, gripping philosophy, and scientific fact into a heartfelt tale of the human condition. His insight into the fiber of societal dogma simmers beneath a twisting plot that takes the reader from the streets of San Francisco to the streets of Kathmandu.

Download or read book Courage written by Webb & Francisca Sprague and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Courage is written for Americans by a Mexican and an American, about the Mexican-American borderlands: La Frontera. Follow the beautiful Siberian husky, Courage, as she leads us on a journey along the Mexican immigration and criminal path through California's Coachella Valley, the Mexicali border crossing, Mexicali, and by the Beast--the immigrant train north--to Culiacan and a small fortress outside El Dorado. Experience pervasive corruption, bloody enforcement of criminal discipline, and the character conflict of the players in the dangerous game that costs fifteen thousand Mexicans their lives every year. Experience the dynamic of divine intervention, the selflessness of true friendship, and a profound hope for the future.

Download or read book The Alpine Advocate written by Mary Daheim and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut of the Emma Lord murder mystery series. After a year as publisher-editor of the Alpine Advocate, Emma Lord feels fine about her move to this small town in the foothills of Washington's Cascade Mountains. What she really needs for her paper, though, is a big story. And she gets it--when handsome Mark Doukas, grandson of rich, old Neeny Doukas is murdered. Emma discovers that trying to get straight answers out of Neeny and his thin-lipped son is like poking a nest of sleeping rattlesnakes. What begins with an innocent story about the murdered man, ends with Emma conducting the most interesting, and probably the last, interview of her career from the wrong end of a .38....

Download or read book Did Bigfoot Steal Christmas written by Mary Ellen Erickson PhD and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-06-21 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The escapades of the Peanut Butter Club continue in this exciting third installment of the Peanut Butter Club Mysteries. On this adventure, Abby and Josh take their four grandchildren and two friends to a northern Minnesota ski lodge called the Husky Hideaway to celebrate Christmas and to visit cousins Hannah and Basil. Soon they discover that intrigue and excitement await them there. The ski lodge has plenty of chores to keep the children busy, like chopping wood and caring for a bunch of Siberian husky race dogs. Even so, theres still time for fun. Thirteen-year-old Audrey has to make the tough decisions to keep her rambunctious twelve-year-old cousin Jenny and shy friend Missy in line. DennyJennys twinand his buddy Randy continue to take risks that bring them face-to-face with a big black wolf. Eight-year-old Ty is a source of delight as he and Laddie, the family dog, have one adventure after another, including a run-in with an angry bull moose. But the fun comes to a halt when the kids find out that someone is vandalizing the Husky Hideaway and trying to prevent Basil from winning the Northern Lights Sled Dog Race. Who could it be? Is the culprit Bigfoot? With good teamwork, true friendship, and some help from the adults, the Peanut Butter Club members search for clues to solve the mystery!

Download or read book The Keillor Reader written by Garrison Keillor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories, essays, poems, and personal reminiscences from the sage of Lake Wobegon When, at thirteen, he caught on as a sportswriter for the Anoka Herald, Garrison Keillor set out to become a professional writer, and so he has done—a storyteller, sometime comedian, essayist, newspaper columnist, screenwriter, poet. Now a single volume brings together the full range of his work: monologues from A Prairie Home Companion, stories from The New Yorker and The Atlantic, excerpts from novels, newspaper columns. With an extensive introduction and headnotes, photographs, and memorabilia, The Keillor Reader also presents pieces never before published, including the essays “Cheerfulness” and “What We Have Learned So Far.” Keillor is the founder and host of A Prairie Home Companion, celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2014. He is the author of nineteen books of fiction and humor, the editor of the Good Poems collections, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Download or read book Animal Story Book written by Watty Piper and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Betty and Bill are spending the summer on their grandparents' farm in New York State. From the very first day, Grandpa and Grandma Brown and a neighbor, Jim, begin telling the Harris children about the animals they see on the farm. Farm animals are not pets and the children learn how the farm animals are cared for and what they do "to earn their keep." Betty and Bill also learn about some of the wild animals and birds that live on the farm. Jim always knows about animals that are related to the farm animals, like the peccary and donkeys. Passing the farm pond, Grandpa tells Bill he keeps a few ducks in the hope of attracting wild ducks during migration, because Grandpa Brown wants to have a wildfowl refuge on the farm.

Download or read book The Old Man Who Loved Cheese written by Garrison Keillor and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wallace P. Flynn loves smelly cheeses so much that his family leaves him, his dog and cats can't stand to be around him, and even the skunks have to move.

Download or read book Death Nesting written by Anne-Marie Keppel and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Nesting incorporates ancient and modern death doula techniques, mindfulness practices and herbal support to physically, emotionally and spiritually care for the dying. The focus is on "whole being" caregiving for home deaths but can be implemented into other settings such as acute care to create a more holistic experience. Basic physical care for bedridden individuals, anecdotal vignettes and glimpses into the world of spirit emphasize the poignancy, yet lightheartedness, of the dying process. The mindfulness practices, while profound, are also simple and can be done by anyone new to meditation. Throughout the book, references to nature inspire the understanding that death is part of life-a part which we all experience. Techniques for moving and bathing a bed ridden individual * What the body physically undergoes during the dying process * Practices for emotional soothing * Ceremony and energetic boundary guidelines * Reiki, timeline and ancestral support for the dying * Supporting the senses through the dying process * Herbal care for nourishing and healing on a spirit level * How to talk with children about dying and death * Self care for moving with grief * Basic mindfulness practices for contemplating your own mortality * Differences between Ancient and Modern Death Doulas

Download or read book Thumb Flagging written by Jerome Peterson and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young, kindhearted Jay Patterson meets confident, free-spirited Willy Jacobs. Their unforgettable cross-country journeys by hitchhiking and riding the rails lead them to extraordinary situations beyond their imaginations. The vagabonds meet with unexpected encounters and come face-to-face with themselves and the harsh realities of the open highway.

Download or read book The Death of Faefolk written by Anne-Marie Keppel and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Death of Faefolk intertwines lessons in death education, ordinary magic, otherworld travel and healing through ancestral lines. Walk deep into a land where innocence and elderhood meet- where the real work of examining your bones is discovered. Four young adults and a mysterious young man are brought together through the death of their beloved dog only to discover that death and life are inseparable and living is more precious because of it. Magical, humorous and emotionally moving, The Death of Faefolk is the story of life after the Great Virus where death education have become essential to understanding how to live. ****** "Anne-Marie Keppel's delightful book The Death of Faefolk offers the reader an enchanting story that masterfully weaves in themes of loss and grief along with factual information about death. This book is an essential tool for educating young adults about death as a key to the cycle of life and presents the information through a comforting and non-threatening tale. I highly recommend it for readers of all ages who want to get in touch with the gift of our mortality."--Karen Wyatt MD, Author of 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying, Host of End-of-Life University Podcast ****** "Perfectly timed and with a plethora of social justice messages for teens rolled into one captivating fantasy novel."--Lee Webster, funeral reform advocate and thought leader, National Home Funeral Alliance, National End-of-Life Doula Alliance, Green Burial Council ******* "Anne-Marie Keppel displays an extraordinary honesty and sensitivity in this work in the way that she weaves the ancient Irish tradition of Keening through a modern American tale. While not shying away from the details, young people are taught to maintain the dignity of the bereaved, honour the deceased and accept death as a fact of life. This initiation into death rituals is an important (although often neglected) element in any young person's education. What a gift!" -- Dr. Mary Mc Laughlin, Irish Singer, Teacher ******* Anne-Marie Keppel's first book, Death Nesting: Ancient & Modern Death Doula Techniques, Mindfulness Practices and Herbal Care which won a 2020 bronze medal in New Age/Mind-Body-Spirit from the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Download or read book That Time of Year written by Garrison Keillor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the warmth and humor we've come to know, the creator and host of A Prairie Home Companion shares his own remarkable story. In That Time of Year, Garrison Keillor looks back on his life and recounts how a Brethren boy with writerly ambitions grew up in a small town on the Mississippi in the 1950s and, seeing three good friends die young, turned to comedy and radio. Through a series of unreasonable lucky breaks, he founded A Prairie Home Companion and put himself in line for a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures. PHC lasted forty-two years, 1,557 shows, and enjoyed the freedom to do as it pleased for three or four million listeners every Saturday at 5 p.m. Central. He got to sing with Emmylou Harris and Renée Fleming and once sang two songs to the U.S. Supreme Court. He played a private eye and a cowboy, gave the news from his hometown, Lake Wobegon, and met Somali cabdrivers who’d learned English from listening to the show. He wrote bestselling novels, won a Grammy and a National Humanities Medal, and made a movie with Robert Altman with an alarming amount of improvisation. He says, “I was unemployable and managed to invent work for myself that I loved all my life, and on top of that I married well. That’s the secret, work and love. And I chose the right ancestors, impoverished Scots and Yorkshire farmers, good workers. I’m heading for eighty, and I still get up to write before dawn every day.”

Download or read book We Are Still Married written by Garrison Keillor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1990-04-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Garrison Keillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor…to be both funny and nice, hip and winsome, scathing and loving, all in the flick of a single many-barbed quip——The Washington Post Book World “Keillor’s literary style is as flexible and assured as his vocal delivery. It can slip from mood to mood so subtly and quickly you’re never quite sure where you are…. [His] writing has the silvery slip of running water, so graceful and easy it’s hard to believe it can carry so much that is jagged and unresolved. His integrity lies in his not smoothing away those rough edges in the swift current of his prose; they’re bruisingly, sometimes cuttingly there.” —The Village Voice

Download or read book Pretty Good Joke Book written by Garrison Keillor and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2,200 Jokes from America’s favorite live radio show A treasury of hilarity from Garrison Keillor and the cast of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. A guy walks into a bar. Eight Canada Geese walk into a bar. A termite jumps up on the bar and asks, “Where is the bar tender?” Drum roll. The Sixth Edition of the perennially popular Pretty Good Joke Book is everything the first five were and more. More puns, one-liners, light bulb jokes, knock-knock jokes, and third-grader jokes (have you heard the one about Elvis Parsley?). More religion jokes, political jokes, lawyer jokes, blonde jokes, and jokes in questionable taste (Why did the urologist lose his license? He got in trouble with his peers). More jokes about chickens, relationships, and senior moments (the nice thing about Alzheimer’s is you can enjoy the same jokes again and again). It all started back in 1996, when A Prairie Home Companion fans laughed themselves silly during the first Joke Show. The broadcast was such a hit that it became an almost-annual gagfest. Then fans wanted to read the jokes, share them, and pass them around, and the first Pretty Good Joke Book was born. With over 200 new and updated jokes, the latest edition promises countless giggles, chortles, and guffaws anyone—fans of the radio show or not—will enjoy.