Download or read book Love on a Plate written by Sandra Sage and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prayer had ever been the way of talking with God to bring about changes in our lives. In Power of Prayer, you will find excitement and hope that come from inviting God who hears and answers prayer into your lire Even in worse situation, He can do far beyond what you imagine - He is able to do the impossible! In this book of few pages, you will find: - What is prayer? - What prayer does? Principles of prayer - Holy Ghost inspired prayer points Advice and personal stories and experiences from well-known believers, prayer ideas, and words from Scripture will also help you shape your requests to God. And as you depend and trust Him in prayer, He will lead you into fulfillment and a victorious prayer life.
Download or read book Squashed written by Joan Bauer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-06-02 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humor, agriculture and young love all come together in Joan Bauer's first novel, set in rural Iowa. Sixteen-year-old Ellie Morgan's life would be almost perfect if she could just get her potentially prize-winning pumpkin to put on about 200 more pounds--and if she could take off 20 herself...in hopes of attracting Wes, the new boy in town. Ninth Annual Delacorte Press Prize for an Outstanding First Young Adult Novel.
Download or read book Nana s Wish written by Maureen Baggett and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-03-28 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight-year-old Odessa never expected to come face-to-face with her grandmother in an eight-year-old body! What happens when Odessa is wished back to 1955 by her Nana? It seems that Nana was tired of telling Odessa about the old times and wanted to show her instead. Odessa wakes up in a southern Maryland farmhouse without air conditioning, television, Internet, or telephone. She develops an understanding for both the fun and the work of living on a farm as she chats with the family about the things that surprise her. A day at school with Nana is very different from her own school in 2014. Instead of bright colors, group participation, computers, and modern conveniences, Odessa confronts racism, bullying, and a very different kind of classroom. She also learns that some things never change. People are people no matter when they live.
Download or read book Nana s Family Heritage written by Doug Boylan and published by DMBoylan. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of my wife Sandi's Mom's family
Download or read book Tortilla Sun written by Jennifer Cervantes and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When twelve-year-old Izzy discovers a beat-up baseball marked with the words "Because magic" while unpacking in yet another new apartment, she is determined to figure out what it means. What secrets does this old ball have to tell? Her mom certainly isn't sharing anyespecially when it comes to Izzy's father, who died before Izzy was born. But when she spends the summer in her Nana's remote New Mexico village, Izzy discovers long-buried secrets that come alive in an enchanted landscape of watermelon mountains, whispering winds, and tortilla suns. Infused with the flavor of the southwest and sprinkled with just a pinch of magic, this heartfelt middle grade debut is as rich and satisfying as Nana's homemade enchiladas.
Download or read book Friday Black written by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it's like to be young and black in America.
Download or read book Nana Hannah s Piano written by Barbara Bottner and published by Putnam Juvenile. This book was released on 1996 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young boy goes to stay with his grandmother, who has twisted her ankle, he teaches her about baseball and she inspires him to enjoy playing the piano.
Download or read book No Mirrors in My Nana s House written by Ysaye M. Barnwell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl discovers the beauty in herself by looking into her Nana's eyes.
Download or read book Ladysitting My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century written by Lorene Cary and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Radiant.” —O, The Oprah Magazine From cherished memories of childhood weekends with Nana to the reality of the year she spent “ladysitting,” Lorene Cary journeys through stories of their time together and five generations of their African American family. Weaving a narrative of her complicated relationship with Nana—a fiercely independent and often stubborn woman whose family fled the Jim Crow South and who managed her own business until 100—Cary captures the ruptures, love, and forgiveness that can occur in family as she bears witness to her grandmother’s vibrant life.
Download or read book Concluding Family Lessons written by Steven H. Propp and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final installment of a quadrilogy, Steven Propp once again invites others to spend a few moments with his family to not only appreciate the difficulties of being young, but also realize the crucial importance of family values, learning together, and loving each other unconditionally—especially in today’s ever-changing times. It’s been five years and the Propps’ six grandchildren are still going to school, playing sports and cheerleading, taking nature walks, playing card games, eagerly awaiting the release of blockbuster movies, and asking for help with homework. Now as they move onto middle and high school and even college, there are also new experiences that include learning how to drive, visiting a farmer’s market, listening to classical music, and even dealing with mice in the house! The questions they pose to their grandparents are becoming more complex, even controversial, as they ask about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, IQ tests, illegal drugs, the dangers of smoking and vaping, protests by prominent athletes, and the issues of race, ethnicity, genetics, and multiculturalism. Concluding Family Lessons completes the insightful journey into the lives of six grandchildren and their grandparents as they face challenging issues together.
Download or read book Tortilla Sun written by Jennifer Cervantes and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While spending a magical summer in New Mexico with her grandmother, twelve-year-old Izzy makes new friends, learns to cook, and for the first time hears stories about her father, who died before she was born.
Download or read book Introduction to Afrofuturism written by DuEwa M. Frazier and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Afrofuturism delivers a fresh and contemporary introduction to Afrofuturism, discussing key themes, understandings, and interdisciplinary topics across multiple genres in Black literature, film, and music. From Afrofuturism’s origins to the present, this critical volume features scholarly works, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction which illuminates on the contributions of notable Afrofuturists such as Octavia Bulter, Sun Ra, N.K. Jemisin, Janelle Monáe, Nnedi Okorafor, Saul Williams, Prince, and more. The volume highlights the impact of films such as Black Panther (2018, 2022), The Woman King (2022), and They Cloned Tyrone (2023) and covers a variety of essential topics giving students a comprehensive view of the legacy of storytelling and the tradition of “remixing” in Black literature and arts. This volume makes connections across academic subject areas and is an engaging reader for pop culture and media film studies, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, Black and Africana studies, hip-hop studies, creative writing, and composition and rhetoric.
Download or read book Suspicious Mimes written by Virginia Brown and published by Bell Bridge Books. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maybe Harley Jean Davidson should have finished college, but at the time it hadn't seemed nearly as important as it did now. She should have stayed in corporate banking. She should have settled down with Mr. Right instead of dallying with Mr. Right Now--irresistible Memphis detective Mike Morgan. It was time to put her shallow youth behind her. She was closing in on thirty, entering the halls of maturity, and proving that she has a talent for catching bad guys. Things could be worse. Much worse. Her job as a Memphis tour guide is about to get even stranger than usual. "Hey," she called, "last stop for all Elvi. This is it, sir. Sir?" He didn't respond, just remained in his seat on the bus, staring out the window. Maybe he'd gotten cold feet about the Elvis contest. With a sigh, Harley walked to the back. "Hey, buddy," she said when she reached his seat, "we're here. Time to go on stage and sing your heart out. Knock 'em dead." When he still didn't respond, Harley put a hand on his shoulder to give him a slight shake. He slumped forward, his head hit the back of the seat in front of him, and she jumped into the aisle. The hilt of a knife protruded from his back. She froze. This couldn't be happening. Not to him, not to her, again. She leaned closer, and the rusty smell of blood made her stomach lurch. Backing slowly away, she fumbled at her waist for the cell phone that she now kept tethered to her with a chain, and hit speed dial. The police dispatcher answered quickly. "Nine-one-one?" Harley said in a voice that sounded a lot calmer than she felt. "We have another dead Elvis." Will her talent (jinx?) for stumbling into crime scenes eighty-six her relationship with Mike? Was he working up to a break up or just still upset about the dead Elvis in her van? Only one way to find out. "So," she said when she put the heated plate of fried rice and egg rolls in front of him, "is this a break up?" He gave her a startled look. "What are you talking about?" "Me finding bodies. You not liking that. Us. Maybe we need to talk about it." "Yeah. Well. I'm not really good at that kind of conversation." "Me either." She sat down in the chair opposite him, and Sam immediately jumped up on the cushioned arm to sniff her plate. He purred. Little beggar. She gave him a piece of rice and he gave her a horrified look. Then he leaped down to cross to Morgan, who had chicken fried rice. Morgan obliged the cat with a piece of chicken, and then looked over at Harley. "Maybe we just need a break from each other. Just for a couple weeks or a month. Something like that. Give us time to think about . . . things." Her throat got tight, but she nodded casually. "I think you're right. I don't want you to feel like I'm jeopardizing your job, and lately I can't seem to stop tripping over bodies. I don't know what it is. Some kind of murder magnet, I guess." One corner of his mouth tucked into a wry smile. "Any chance you can get rid of it?" Virginia Brown is the author of more than fifty novels, most recently the bestselling Dixie Diva Mysteries and the acclaimed mystery/drama, Dark River Road.
Download or read book Nana Smith S House written by Davina H. Sanders and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Jessie Mae Smith, known in Indianapolis as Nana Smith, was tired. It had been a long day, but now the wait began. The old church pew she was seated on held no comfort as she anxiously waited for the visitation to begin . . . if it would. The girls sat quietly beside her, too quietly for nine-year-old twins. As her mind began to drift, she silently wondered if this was the pew she sat on at JPs funeral. Pleasant Hill United Church had remodeled since then, and the old pews were relegated to the Smith Memorial Fellowship Hall, named so for her beloved JP. Deacon John Paul Smith, who had been a lifelong member of Pleasant Hill, died ten years before. One year later the fellowship hall was renamed in his honor.
Download or read book Further Family Lessons written by Steven H. Propp and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's three years later, and the grandkids are growing... but so are the life challenges they face! Some of them are dealing with the additional issues created by attending junior high and high school. They're playing football and basketball; participating in cheerleading competitions; building castles and dioramas for school projects; attending birthday parties and swim parties; making and revising their Christmas Lists; and generally keeping their parents and grandparents busy, with all of their activities and interests. There are more and more things they need to learn how to do, such as multiplication and division; how to ride a skateboard, or a bike; how to bake cookies; how to swim without touching the bottom of the pool; how to play the guitar; how to compute the tip to leave at a restaurant; how to download games and apps to a new mobile device; and much more. The questions they pose for Papa and Nana are getting more complex, too. Beginning with simpler questions like "Do whales eat people?"; "Can vampires come in the house if they're not invited?"; and "Is that a boy fish, or a girl fish?" they progress to more complex inquiries, such as, "Can animals talk?"; "Do other planets have days, like we do?"; "Do you believe in global warming?"; "What's it like to be an adult?"; "What do you think about the Big Bang?"; and "Do you believe in God?" Whether they're going to the Zoo; hosting a video game party; deciding which music video to watch first; visiting Papa at work; trying to cross a muddy path in the Nature Walk; reading a popular series of books; posting pictures on social media websites; dancing a Zumba workout; or making a Father's Day card, the activities and mishaps recounted in this book may help you to better appreciate the joy, wonder, and beauty of young people-and reinforce your belief in the ultimate and indispensable value of FAMILY.
Download or read book All About Us written by Priscilla D. Johnson and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Caiti Morris started in the year 1955, as she narrated, a tumultuous life growing up in Fair Green Housing Projects, along with her older brother Preston eight, and their younger siblings. After they outgrew their apartment, living arrangements became worse. Horrible conditions beat down the older kids, buckling their spirits. Their strong determination to protect their family while simultaneously being pulled in opposite direction resulted in a life of early labor, despair, anxiety, and subsequent murder. One child, scarred for a lifetime, something Pres and Caiti must keep to themselves. A best friend admits at a youthful age a secret they both must keep until their friend tragically meets his death. Determined to remove themselves from their troubling past, was not an easy thing to do, particularly during the height of the Jim Crow era. One by one each of the Morris children left home in search of a better life, gambling on their dreams but not without obstacles. Their adult lives came with tragedies they never imagined. About the Author Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Priscilla D. Johnson was educated in Charlotte Mecklenburg School System. She attended Central Piedmont Community College and Queens University of Charlotte, North Carolina. A retired flight attendant, Priscilla now divides her time between traveling, writing, and community volunteering. Her travels exposed her to various cultures, economics, and social issues. Her craving for writing culminated with the aforementioned uniquely helped her fictional characters with a balance of interest, resilience, and perseverance. A fondness for the music of the fifties, sixties, and seventies propelled her to choose this era to bring forth All About Us an exciting read. She currently resides in Charlotte with her husband, Willie Spencer. Visit: Park Road Books 4139 Park Road Charlotte, NC 28209 (704) 525-9239 general inquiries: [email protected] book orders: [email protected]
Download or read book Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs written by Tomie dePaola and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-04-03 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The love between many generations shines brightly in this story grandparents, parents, and grandchildren will treasure. Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy's mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Updated with new, full-color illustrations, this classic story will continue to win the hearts of readers of all ages. "Children will want to hear this again and again." –School Library Journal, starred review "A quietly touching story that depicts loving family relationships." –Publishers Weekly
