Download or read book Aunt Bessie s How to Survive a Day Job While Pursuing the Creative Life written by Joel Eisenberg and published by Topos Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clive Barker, Tom Cruise, Larry Hagman, Laurell K. Hamilton, Stephen King, Brad Meltzer, Sir Ian McKellen, Carolyn See, Stuart Woods and many others describe their humorous and frequently touching journeys to success. This motivational volume is hosted by the ever-controversial 'Aunt Bessie, ' who some refer to as a dangerous cross between Eminem and Ann Landers.
Download or read book Gateway English written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aunties written by Ingrid Sturgis and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An aunt is not just another mother—and aunts defy any sort of archetypal image. Like humanity, they span the spectrum, from down-home Auntie Em to the uninhibited Auntie Mame. Some aunts are smart, others are crazy. Some act bravely, others downright foolish. Now in Ingrid Sturgis’s marvelous Aunties, she gives these extraordinary women their due, sharing a wonderful, eclectic collection of thirty personal essays that explore the complex, seldom-profiled bond between aunts and their nieces and nephews. Profiling a variety of aunts from different cultures, temperaments, and walks of life—the surrogate mother, the wild aunt, the eccentric aunt, the mentor—the essays are written by well-known journalists and authors such as Pearl Cleage and M.J. Rose, as well as everyday people . . . all of whom bring their subjects to stirring life in their own unique ways. “Tia Sonia” made her living as an old-world witch in Honduras, providing her niece, Beverly James, with a tenuous connection to the country of her birth—and imparting a valuable lesson after she fails to predict her own tragic demise; the dramatic and glamorous “Tropical Aunts”—also known as Aunt Debs and Aunt Ava—ventured north from Florida only twice, but left an indelible mark on Enid Shomer’s ideas about being an independent woman; in the heartwarming “Bloodsense,” Mark Holt-Shannon’s magical Aunt Lolly, a woman with a heart as big as the ocean, provided unconditional love—and a bridge between three boys and the father who left them all behind. A wonderful celebration of family, Aunties is a labor of the heart and a show of reverence to the women whose intangible gifts of love and respect often pass without recognition. Through the vivid memories of real relationships, these narratives pay tribute to aunts everywhere.
Download or read book Aunt Bessie Volunteers written by Diana Xarissa and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aunt Bessie volunteers to help Manx National Heritage clear out years of accumulated rubbish at Peel Castle.Elizabeth Cubbon has been known as Aunt Bessie for most her life. She's acted as an honourary aunt to most of the children who've grown up in Laxey over the past fifty years or more. She's also well known for being a helpful volunteer with Manx National Heritage, the group charged with preserving and publicising the island's rich history.Aunt Bessie volunteers to take a quick look.When Mark finds what looks like a skeleton in one of small towers in the castle walls, Bessie reluctantly takes a peek. A quick call to the police has Inspector Anna Lambert on the scene a short while later.Aunt Bessie volunteers to help the police work out the identity of the skeleton.Bessie knows people all over the island. It doesn't take her long to compile a list of women who left the island at the right time and never returned. Now the police just have to work out which woman never got any farther than St. Patrick's Isle, the tiny island where Peel Castle sits.Bessie and the police need to work out the identity of their skeleton, but that isn't all. They also want to know how she died and how her body ended up at Peel Castle. Equally puzzling is how it managed to remain undiscovered for over thirty years.
Download or read book Waiting for Morning written by Margaret Brownley and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2013 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dedicated to the care of her wheelchair-bound brother, Molly goes to Last Chance Ranch to seize an opportunity that will provide for them both, but her feelings for charming and kind Dr. Caleb Banks soon threaten her careful plans.
Download or read book Twilight People written by David Houze and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Houze was twenty-six and living in a single room occupancy hotel in Atlanta when he discovered that three little girls in an old photo he'd seen years earlier were actually his sisters. The girls had been left behind in South Africa when Houze and his mother fled the country in 1966, at the height of apartheid, to start a new life in Meridian, Mississippi, with Houze's American father. This revelation triggers a journey of self-discovery and reconnection that ranges from the shores of South Africa to the dirt roads of Mississippi—and back. Gripping, vivid, and poignant, this deeply personal narrative uses the unraveling mystery of Houze's family and his quest for identity as a prism through which to view the tumultuous events of the civil rights movement in Mississippi and the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa. Twilight People is a stirring memoir that grapples with issues of family, love, abandonment, and ultimately, forgiveness and reconciliation. It is also a spellbinding detective story—steeped in racial politics and the troubled history of two continents—of one man's search for the truth behind the enigmas of his, and his mother's, lives.
Download or read book Beside the Golden Door written by gawjj and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beside the Golden Door tells the dreams and travels of migrant families along the East Coast. One family is central to the tales spun of life on labor camps. Their humility is the focus of fascinating dynamics experienced daily in an unpredictable existence. The novel depicts one family who, in the middle of their travels, holds on to their dreams as they overcome the obstacles that confront them. The author upholds two of these wayfarers as characters to remember. The reader will enjoy the candor and down-to-earth dialogue. One might even transpose and find themselves into the characterizations.
Download or read book Aunt Bessie Assumes written by Diana Xarissa and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aunt Bessie assumes that she'll have the beach all to herself on a cold, wet, and windy March morning just after sunrise, then she stumbles (almost literally) over a dead body. Elizabeth (Bessie) Cubbon, aged somewhere between free bus pass (60) and telegram from the Queen (100), has lived her entire adult life in a small cottage on Laxey beach. For most of those years, she's been in the habit of taking a brisk morning walk along the beach. Dead men have never been part of the scenery before. Aunt Bessie assumes that the dead man died of natural causes, then the police find the knife in his chest. Try as she might, Bessie just can't find anything to like about the young widow that she provides tea and sympathy to in the immediate aftermath of finding the body. There isn't much to like about the rest of the victim's family either. Aunt Bessie assumes that the police will have the case wrapped up in no time at all, then she finds a second body. Can Bessie and her friends find the killer before she ends up as the next victim?
Download or read book In the Past Lane written by Michael G. Kammen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Kammen is a major American historian, whose books have received the Bancroft and Parkman prizes. This book collects his essays on American culture, of which he is one of the major historians.
Download or read book When Wishes Come True written by Joan Jonker and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young mother is left abandoned, yet finds strength in the busy streets and communities of Liverpool. Joan Jonker's heart-warming saga, When Wishes Come True, is guaranteed to bring tears of sadness and joy to readers everywhere. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Cathy Sharp. Evelyn Wilkinson married Charles Lister-Sinclair just hours before he left for war, unaware that she would never see him again and that she was already carrying his child. When Amelia is born, Charles's parents refuse to accept that she is their grandchild, so, penniless and afraid, Evelyn moves to the backstreets of Liverpool where she dreams of escaping. Meanwhile, as little Milly grows up she discovers that a world of happiness lies on her doorstep. What readers are saying about When Wishes Come True: 'What a great book to read, couldn't read it fast enough as I was gripped from the very first page' 'I've read lots of Joan Jonker's books. This is one that surpasses all others. Full of love, sorrow, comedy and emotions'
Download or read book Death of a Saleswoman written by Barbara Cathey and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of a woman living within the twentieth century bent on having a life of use to herself and others. The changes from the Great Depression to the affluence after wars and police actions transform her work place. Part of her life is her work a day world as a young aspiring clerk with ambition. The complications of her personal life drive her up the company's ladder. All the temptations and frustrations of being a working women play a part to the end. The store she works for until retirement and all the local color are a part of the City of Seattle's history as a growing metropolis. Whether it be people in an area or the area containing those lives, they are bound together.
Download or read book THE FOREVER MAN written by Carolyn Davidson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tate Montgomery Needed a New Life And Johanna Patterson was the kind of woman who could make him leave the past behind. But how would he ever convince this reclusive spinster to open up her heart to him and his boys? It seemed to Johanna that she had always been alone. Until the day that Tate Montgomery turned up at her farm with a ready-made family, and an offer that would change her life forever.
Download or read book Peekskill s African American History written by John J Curran and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African-American life through the centuries in this Hudson Valley town, from Peekskill’s official historian—includes maps and photos. The first African Americans of Peekskill had no choice in making the Hudson Valley their home. What they did choose was what kind of home to make of it. Those choices would shape both their community and the course of American history. Meet the African American sharpshooter who helped swing the balance of the American Revolution, revisit a stop on the Underground Railroad, and catch a glimpse of Paul Robeson through the tumult of the 1949 concert riots. Then follow local historian John J. Curran beyond the headlines and behind the scenes as he seeks out the people whose quiet, consistent contributions were no less dynamic in bringing about social change.
Download or read book Second Chance a Western Adventure written by R. Hess and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1896, Rachael, just shy of her twentieth birthday, boards a train destined to a remote cattle ranch in Oregon for a prearranged employment position. An arrangement made by a guilt-ridden wife who could no longer tolerate her husband's forceful adulterous actions upon their young housemaid. Seizing the opportunity of his wife's intervention, he demands that Rachael take his two young illegitimate children with her on her journey west; if she wants her father to remain alive. Traveling west from Brockport, New York, Rachael undertakes her first assignment from her new boss, the ranch owner. She will be required to transact business in a man's world by overseeing the loading of supplies and freight along the train route. Her third business stop, Rock Springs, Wyoming, brings her face to face with four members of her new employer, three brothers and the ranch foreman. Overwhelmed, she unconsciously turns to one brother for security, beginning his commitment to her.During the next decade of hard work, Rachael struggles to bury her past. Her new family, the Prestons and their bunkhouse crew, give her an optimistic appreciation of life as she learns there are no social boundaries in the West. By including her in all the daily trials and tribulations of ranch life, cattle roundups, hunting, procuring and preserving their food supply, expanding families, and celebrating holidays, Rachael learns to live and trust again. She receives her second chance.
Download or read book Sunny Boy at the seashore written by Ramy Allison White and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-07-29 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sunny Boy at the Seashore" by Ramy Allison White is a charming children's novel that follows the adventures of a young boy named Sunny Boy during his time at the seashore. Part of the "Sunny Boy Series," this book captures the spirit of childhood wonder and the joy of exploring new environments. In this story, Sunny Boy, full of curiosity and energy, embarks on various seaside adventures. The narrative often revolves around his interactions with new friends, his discoveries along the beach, and the simple pleasures of seaside activities like building sandcastles, collecting shells, and exploring tide pools. These experiences are not just entertaining but also offer subtle lessons about nature, friendship, and the world around him. Ramy Allison White's writing is noted for its wholesome and engaging style, making it accessible and enjoyable for young readers. The book reflects the innocence and imaginative nature of childhood, making it a delightful read for children and a nostalgic reminder for adults of the joys of youthful exploration. "Sunny Boy at the Seashore" is an excellent addition to any child's bookshelf, especially for those who love stories of adventure and discovery. Its depiction of the seaside environment also makes it a perfect summer read, evoking the fun and freedom of beach vacations.
Download or read book Bessie and Raymond written by Maria D. Weston and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Willow Grove Lane written by Frances Elaine Camp and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nez and Ben Isaacs remain faithful and true when it comes to raising their three daughters as Aunt Lucy had raised Ben. Lucy is never forgotten as a pioneer relative. Progress and time bring more love and adventures to the mansion. There's heartbreak with the loss of Ben. Eventually, lovely Rose walks the similar footsteps in life, as Ralph fails to return from Japan. Nez turns the home into an orphanage. With the help others, life becomes more of a success. Pretty Wanda escapes a near-fatal accident, but she gains Cal in the end. Ben's and Lucy's spirits linger, it seems, as history repeats itself. A mysterious treasure is finally found after years of undiscovery. Maria Jean finds happiness with her handsome Edmond, whom Ben was so fond of. Both she and Wanda are eventually blessed with motherhood. Little Archie warms the hearts of each adult around him. And Mama Nez grows stronger as she becomes older, with the grace of God. As a coal miner's widow, she dedicates her life to the folks around her.
