Download or read book Chasing Dandelions written by BELLA CORONEL and published by BELLA CORONEL. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book that gained Bella Coronel the hallmark as the voice of many broken hearts. Chasing Dandelions ranked 8th in the Filipino Readers Choice Awards in 2022 for Poetry Category. This is generally not a book of love poems, but a collection that will sting your heart and will ache your soul. "Of all the crisis I could ever think of, it was the crisis of the heart that I didn’t see coming. I have finally come to realize that my heart is not as pure as I thought it was, that my conscience is not as clear as it should be. I might have been in a pretend play situation all along, which my mind made sure to cover it up with logic. But the heart – the heart does not last long in pretending. God revealed to me a reality that I cannot escape. And indeed, it was the time I have to humbly accept– I lost the battle – that I overconfidently thought I’ll win. This book is divided into two parts – like a heart that is divided into loving and unloving. I wanted to create a book that will express every love untold, every unrequited affection, every veiled adoration, every silent heartache towards another person."
Download or read book Love and Lust Filled Lullabies written by Brad Gilmore and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lust is a reckless motivator and distilled sensual delirium. Love is a purposeful force of compassion, justice and pardon. Both are innately perceived and crucial for human experience. This is the second book of Dr. Gilmore’s poetic trilogy called “Arid Willows and Hallowed Haunts.”
Download or read book Picking Dandelions written by Sarah Cunningham and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Cunningham, a moderate middle-class white girl who grew up in the Michigan countryside, speaks about God with humor and honesty more characteristic of liberal west-coast writers. In this warm and witty memoir, she describes finding and keeping a personal faith in the quirky settings of her ultra-Christian childhood. Whether recounting living next to a cemetery, teaching at-risk high schoolers, or listening to her grandmother's stories about being a British 'war bride, ' the author weaves faith into down-to-earth metaphors of growth and renewal, planting and reaping, greenery and weeds. In the end, Cunningham succeeds in sifting through the dysfunctions and flaws of human life and discovering pockets of God's original Eden goodness for both herself and for you. Picking Dandelions is a candid and personal account of outgrowing laissez-faire Christianity, moving into mature faith, and realizing that a God-following person is a changing person ... and you just might follow suit.
Download or read book a Constellation of Almosts written by BELLA CORONEL and published by Bella Coronel. This book was released on 2023-06-07 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "a Constellation of Almosts" offers a unique perspective on the human experience of love, loss, and introspection. Bella Coronel's language captures the complexity of the human psyche and the struggles that we all face while attempting to navigate the world. Some of our life's almosts may hurt us the most. Bringing pain in our hearts, wearing out our souls. We find ourselves recognizing situations which are already over. You thought your dream was closer— instead you got closure. Sad, isn't it? But then after such an exhausting struggle, there’s the “thank God, it didn’t happen”. You realize something better is coming, more than what you can imagine. May this book allow you to overcome all of your life’s almosts. May we both find our lost and lonely souls.
Download or read book A Fairy Tale written by Pauline Gavin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fairies trek a long and arduous way, chased from their home by fear of men. They are tired, downtrodden, and fl ightless. Eventually, they fi nd Weedy Lea and settle down, but their troubles are far from over. As the seasons pass, they are forced to adapt. Confl icts ensue which add to their worries. Will they overcome their fear and realise their potential? Or will they always stray in search of a place to call home?
Download or read book Mehbub Gulley written by Thanksy Francis and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There is a delicate humour here that will have you laughing out loud.” - Rohini Nair, Asian Age (Mumbai & Pune) “(Her) style is simple yet she keeps one absorbed in the fate of her characters through observation, insight and a sense of humour.” - Eunice De Souza, Mumbai Mirror Stefan, an art collector from Vienna, engrossed in his search for a meaning in life, finds a treasure under the shadows of the Charminar in the shape of a brown nymph with a small round face, wearing large glasses and sporting a severe look. But then he has the matter of the hockey sticks to contend with. “Hockey sticks seemed to be rated as the favourite article of accoutrement for men having a higher-than-the-average sense of moral outrage in India”. Stefan has the task of convincing Qudsiya’s hockey stick wielding uncles that he means well… In New Ashokapur, Deputy Secretary Shiva Shambo is faced with the formidable challenge of launching the Stink Bum, an ultimate smelly weapon of aggression against the foe across the border in Humptidumptistan - MP (Muchaad Panwala) whose incessant heel clicking annoys the PM. Can Shiva outmanoeuvre the machinations of his boss, Pissapati Parmahans Chaturvedi (known in the secretariat as ‘Old Pisspot’) and launch the Stink Bum? Mehbub Gulley and other short stories in this anthology by Thanksy Francis bring alive the sights and sounds of India and its many vibrant communities.
Download or read book Mehbub Gulley written by Elizabeth Kottarem and published by PartridgeIndia. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mehbub Gulley - Short Stories from India is an anthology of stories about the lives of ordinary men and women in India, their existential dilemmas and their angst. Some of the stories are about life in the civil service. What happens when poor and studious Samuel from Alleppey gets selected to the Indian Administrative Service and marries into a wealthy landowning family? Nilufer longs to live with Pirosh in a house of her own in Darius Baug colony but as she pursues her dream, it takes the quality of a nightmare. Stefan, a young Austrian tourist finds himself succumbing to the enticements of Hyderabadi Biryani and a dimpled brown nymph, under the shadows of the Charminar in Hyderabad. The PM's plan to floor the foe across the border in Humptidumptistan with a powerful Stink Bum is stymied by the rivalry between Pisspot, the autocratic head of administration and the Old Codger, the irascible Chairman of the Sindustan Science Commission. Shiva Shambo, the Deputy Secretary is caught in the middle of the muddle. Narrated with sympathy, often with humour, the stories are sharply etched cameos of life in India, drawn by Elizabeth Kottarem's firm brush strokes.
Download or read book Insect Potpourri written by Adams and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a popularized account of entomology and working in entomology in the USA. The 7 chapters by various authors cover: useful insects such as bees, insects that help control pests, insects as medicine and as food; insects and public health, including mosquitoes, the diseases they carry and their control, an account of the work of medical entomologists in the armed forces of the USA, memories of working on the development of early insect repellents, on control of screwworm and the role of dipteran larvae in forensic entomology; forest pests and their control, in particular the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar); domestic insects and their control, work on termites [Isoptera] and other pests of timber, an account of the problems of imported fireants (Solenopsis spp.) and Africanized honey bees, and cockroaches in an urban environment; agricultural pests including the development stages of control chemicals, a discussion on the public and scientific attitudes to insecticides and their alternatives, a description of bollworms, the boll weevil (Anthronomus grandis) and pests of fruits and corn [maize], a history of insecticides, insects as plant pathogen vectors and the role of biotechnology in insect control. The final chapter contains 'unusual facts' about insects and other arthropods. The text is interspersed with cartoons by Gary Larson and the appendices provide information on the American registry of Professional Entomologists of the Entomological Society of America, on the Society itself and on the American Mosquito Control Association.
Download or read book Solutions and Other Problems written by Allie Brosh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This follow-up to Hyperbole and a Half "includes humorous stories from [cartoonist] Allie Brosh's childhood; the adventures of her very bad animals; merciless dissection of her own character flaws; incisive essays on grief, loneliness, and powerlessness; [and] reflections on the absurdity of modern life"--Publisher marketing.
Download or read book Dandelions written by Katrina McKelvey and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heart-warming picture book explores the bond between a father and his daughter. One day, a little girl notices her father mowing the lawn — in the process destroying her favourite flowers: the dandelions. She rushes out to stop him, but she’s too late, they’re all gone. There’s nothing for it: she’s just going to have to sit outside and wait until they grow back! But fortunately, Dad has another idea. Taking her hand, he leads her to the front step, and there, nestled in a crack in the concrete, are two tiny dandelion puff balls. Father and daughter each blow as hard as they can, and the tiny dandelion parachutes spiral and spin, up, up and away, spreading their seeds to create new generations of dandelions far and wide. And together, father and daughter lie down on the grass, watching as the whirl and twirl through the air. Exquisite watercolour illustrations combine with lyrical text to create a story that’s perfect for readers aged 4–8. This is a book that will be cherished by families and recommended by teachers and librarians, exploring as it does the resilience of nature, the art of forgiveness, and the love between a parent and child.
Download or read book Caffeinated Daydreams written by Bella Coronel and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "And it’s true, I’ve surpassed my old self in writing poetry because of you." My purpose for this book is to share the happiness of being in love, the sorrow of unloving a person who’s dear to our hearts and finally understand what the words “letting go and letting God” really meant.
Download or read book Something Scary Happened written by Darby A. Strickland and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something Scary Happened helps children process their feelings after experiencing a trauma and provides comfort through the story of a little lamb named Miles.
Download or read book Second Strike written by Mark Abernethy and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early hours of 13 October 2002, Australian spy Alan McQueen is jolted awake and told to head immediately to Bali, where more than 200 people have been killed in a series of bomb blasts. Assigned to keep an eye on the forensic teams working the bomb sites, McQueen - aka Mac - discovers that, contrary to the official line, a mini-nuclear device probably caused the most destructive of the blasts. As tensions rise between governments, Mac joins an elite unit of spies and soldiers hunting down the terrorists implicated in the bombings. The pursuit takes them through the wilds of Northern Sumatra, but ends with them watching helplessly as the terrorist ringleaders escape by plane. Five years later, Mac is back in Indonesia doing some soft espionage. But when bullets start flying and old terrorist foes reappear, Mac is drawn into a deadly game that clearly didnt finish in October 2002. Fighting complacency within his own ranks, Mac keeps track of the terrorists until he can no longer ignore the evidence that they have another, more powerful mini-nuke ? and their next target is Australia! Will there be a second strike? And if so, where in Australia will it be? This action-packed and gripping sequel to Golden Serpent confirms Mark Abernethy as a master thriller writer. Praise for Golden Serpent' Golden Serpent is the most accomplished commercial spy thriller we've seen locally, a discerning read, full of action and a kind of knowing wit.'
Download or read book Ode to Leeds written by Zodwa Nyoni and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's always a pause, between the inhale and the first word. The room is silent. Butterflies collide. The words begin to rise up inside of you; Metaphors and similes contort like question marks. Your mouth unhinges, You speak Five young poets from Leeds are selected to compete at the world's most prestigious international poetry slam competition in New York City. Fuelled by love, pride and passionate protest, their words light fires to show the world who they are and what they can be. But the determination to be crowned International Slam Champions threatens to overwhelm everything. As the competition draws closer, the poets are forced to discover not just their voices, but what they must find the courage to say. Ode to Leeds is a funny and moving coming-of-age story; a celebration of Leeds and language; and an ode to the art that changed Nyoni's own life. It blends spoken word poetry, heart and soul to provide a poignant and uplifting portrait of the city of Leeds. The play received its world premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, on 10 June 2017.
Download or read book Chasing Charlie written by D J Sherratt and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Chasing Charlie? Exceptionally gifted blues guitarist Charlie Morningstar thinks he knows and hes spent 20 years on the road running from it. Performing for only a sophisticated audience raised on the same kind of classic jazz and blues that shaped his strong musical upbringing, Charlie Morningstar has more important goals than fame and fortune; Charlie Morningstar wants to stay alive! Denying him, his blues band and his brother the chance at superstardom, Charlie goes from one gig to another struggling to keep his eye on the road ahead while always looking back. His sanity begins to unravel until one roller coaster night when dj vu and incredible serendipity converge to set Charlie on a new road that takes him to where the chase began. Charlie finds a greater reason to stay and is reunited with an old family friend who has vast knowledge of his past, an offer for the present, and ideas about his future; all of which hes taking to his grave!
Download or read book Ruth First written by Ruth First and published by HSRC Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the second in the series presenting prominent South Africans who played a vital role in the long struggle against racial oppression. Scholars and reflective South Africans will do well to listen to these "voices of liberation", many of which were deliberately silenced. The road to democratisation in the new South Africa cannot be securely built without close reference to those powerful voices from the past.
Download or read book Chasing Happiness in an Imperfect Life written by Xiomara Alvarez and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2024-03-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of survival against the odds. It is meant to show the reader that a person can triumph regardless of the circumstances not because of hardship but in spite of it. Although Xiomara's life was scarred by violence and abuse, she learned to translate fear and shame into inner strength. Her memoir speaks to those who seek forgiveness, happiness, and love regardless of the odds.
