Download or read book Chocolate for a Woman s Courage written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-01-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be Brave! Celebrate and Eat Chocolate! Every woman knows that courage isn't just something you find in a crisis, it's something you tap into every day of your life. In this triumphant salute to mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, and colleagues, these 77 true-life stories celebrate women at their best -- willing to take risks, stand up for family and friends, find the love they need, claim their true spirit, laugh at their own foibles, and celebrate someone else's success. Once again, Kay Allenbaugh has called upon women of all ages and backgrounds to share their own experiences as well as the strength and wisdom that have helped them through everyday challenges and difficult times. Here are tales about surviving loss, showing compassion, getting fired (and getting even), facing illness, laughing at yourself when the chips are down, and stopping long enough to enjoy sweet success! This volume in the beloved Chocolate series celebrates a softer element of courage -- kind yet strong, loving yet steadfast -- exploring the many subtle ways courage manifests itself in day-to-day life. This book is sure to feed your hunger for courage!
Download or read book Chocolate for a Woman s Courage Prepack 6 Counter Display written by Allenbaugh and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope and renewed determination shine through the true stories in Chocolate for a Woman's Courage -- and readers are made richer as they recognize similar challenges that they are facing -- both little and big -- to end up triumphant. Once again, Allenbaugh calls upon women of all ages and every background to share their own experiences and shed light on the strengths and wisdom that helped them through everyday life or difficult times. Featuring the voices of nationally known speakers, columnists, businesswomen, housewives, and others, Chocolate for a Woman's Courage explores many ways courage manifests itself from day to day. There are tales about saving a life, surviving the loss of a love, showing compassion to someone in need, getting fired from a job and creating a better life, facing a life-threatening illness, laughing at yourself when the chips are down, and stopping long enough to discover what you value most. With its focus on the softer side of being brave, Chocolate for a Woman's Courage is bound to be a favorite gift this holiday season and beyond.
Download or read book Chocolate for a Woman s Soul written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treat yourself to 77 true stories that celebrate life and capture the essence of what it means to be a woman. Like chocolate, these stories soothe, satisfy, and delight -- better yet, they're good for you! Written by and for women, here are heartfelt insights on commitment, compassion, work, marriage, friendship, motherhood, love, courage, spirituality, passion, and dozens of other topics. Contributors share their most personal experiences -- funny, poignant, powerful, and uplifting -- as they inspire you to jump-start your own life, discover your talents and vocations, overcome old fears, find love, and let your dreams take flight. Like a box of chocolates, this book can be enjoyed in one sitting, or you can pick out treats at random and savor them one at a time. Whether you want a good laugh or need a good cry, the perfect "chocolate story" is right here, waiting for you!
Download or read book Chocolate for a Woman s Soul Volume II written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-05-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich, sweet, and deeply satisfying, the stories in Chocolate for a Woman's Soul Volume II celebrate the women who have made the Chocolate series a bestselling and beloved success. Once again, Kay Allenbaugh graces us with her rare talent for presenting stories that speak to women everywhere. These 77 true tales show women discovering the best life has to offer while negotiating the twists and turns of love, listening for the divine, or finding peace even while overcoming life's biggest challenges. Whether their stories are poignant, heartwarming, or humorous, the Chocolate storytellers remind us once again of the timeless joys of heaven-sent moments, finding work you love, cherishing friends and family, and believing in yourself.
Download or read book Chocolate for a Woman s Spirit written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-11-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take A Chocolate Break! Chocolate -- sweet, delectable, and rich -- is a feast for our senses and a treat for our souls. Now, indulge yourself in 77 brand-new "chocolate stories," from the creator of the national bestsellers Chocolate for a Woman's Soul and Chocolate for a Woman's Heart. Kay Allenbaugh has gathered together a luscious mix of real-life stories by and for women that will inspire, delight, and empower you. Savor the everyday experiences and momentous adventures of women who tap into their intuition, listen to life's wake-up calls, overcome old fears, and discover the courage to start over. Like you, they juggle the roles of worker, wife, sister, mother, and friend. And like you, they face life's challenges and rejoice in its blessings as only women can -- with a sense of wonder, a sense of humor, and a sense of spirit!
Download or read book Chocolate for a Teen s Dreams written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-06-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of real-life stories written by teenage girls and women relating their dreams concerning such things as love, friendship, and recognition of their talents, and how they make dreams and wishes come true.
Download or read book Chocolate for a Woman s Heart and Soul written by Kay Allenbraugh and published by Fireside Books. This book was released on 1998-11 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published separately as: Chocolate for a woman's soul, and Chocolate for a woman's heart.
Download or read book Chocolate for a Lover s Heart written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a Love as Sweet as Chocolate! The power of love -- it can move mountains, make our dreams come true, and comfort us on the darkest of days. Whether we're in a relationship with a special partner, in search of a perfect soulmate, or touched by this precious feeling when we least expect it, we've all fallen under its spell. Chocolate for a Lover's Heart is for any woman who has given in to love in its many guises -- tender and innocent, passion-filled and complex, endless and everlasting, courageous and healing. Kay Allenbaugh, creator of the bestselling Chocolate books, has assembled a collection of real-life stories with more variety than the biggest box of chocolate, all of them written by and for women. Chocolate for a Lover's Heart will delight and uplift you, make you laugh and cry, push you to reach for your goals, and remind you that love is something to be nurtured, cherished, and savored, and -- like chocolate -- to be shared!
Download or read book The Chocolate Thief written by Laura Florand and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an American heiress and a French chocolatier butt heads, the business of chocolate is about to become a labor of love in this romantic comedy. Paris Breathtakingly beautiful, the City of Light seduces the senses, its cobbled streets thrumming with possibility. For American Cade Corey, it’s a dream come true, if only she can get one infuriating French chocolatier to sign on the dotted line . . . Chocolate Melting, yielding yet firm, exotic, its secrets are intimately known to Sylvain Marquis. But turn them over to a brash American waving a fistful of dollars? Jamais. Not unless there’s something much more delectable on the table . . . Stolen Pleasure Whether confections taken from a locked shop or kisses in the dark, is there anything sweeter? Praise for The Chocolate Thief “A delectable summer bonbon . . . The Chocolate Thief is for days when you lust not for wisdom, but for a bar of chocolate—at any price—and a hero who understands what is truly important: ‘Every dream I have has you in my apartment, has you in my laboratoire, has you with my babies . . . Every chocolate I’ve made since I met you, I’ve made for you.’” —Eloisa James, NPR.org “It’s like when you find that amazing piece of chocolate—you take a bite, and it sits on your tongue and melts into a pool of liquid heaven: Florand has managed to capture that emotional experience and put it into the pages of her novel.” —RT Book Reviews “[A] comfortable beach read . . . A good, fun read.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Chocolat written by Joanne Harris and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2010-12-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the exotic stranger Vianne Rocher arrives in the old French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique called “La Celeste Praline” directly across the square from the church, Father Reynaud identifies her as a serious danger to his flock. It is the beginning of Lent: the traditional season of self-denial. The priest says she’ll be out of business by Easter. To make matters worse, Vianne does not go to church and has a penchant for superstition. Like her mother, she can read Tarot cards. But she begins to win over customers with her smiles, her intuition for everyone’s favourites, and her delightful confections. Her shop provides a place, too, for secrets to be whispered, grievances aired. She begins to shake up the rigid morality of the community. Vianne’s plans for an Easter Chocolate Festival divide the whole community. Can the solemnity of the Church compare with the pagan passion of a chocolate éclair? For the first time, here is a novel in which chocolate enjoys its true importance, emerging as an agent of transformation. Rich, clever, and mischievous, reminiscent of a folk tale or fable, this is a triumphant read with a memorable character at its heart. Says Harris: “You might see [Vianne] as an archetype or a mythical figure. I prefer to see her as the lone gunslinger who blows into the town, has a showdown with the man in the black hat, then moves on relentless. But on another level she is a perfectly real person with real insecurities and a very human desire for love and acceptance. Her qualities too - kindness, love, tolerance - are very human.” Vianne and her young daughter Anouk, come into town on Shrove Tuesday. “Carnivals make us uneasy,” says Harris, “because of what they represent: the residual memory of blood sacrifice (it is after all from the word "carne" that the term arises), of pagan celebration. And they represent a loss of inhibition; carnival time is a time at which almost anything is possible.” The book became an international best-seller, and was optioned to film quickly. The Oscar-nominated movie, with its star-studded cast including Juliette Binoche (The English Patient) and Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love), was directed by Lasse Hallstrom, whose previous film The Cider House Rules (based on a John Irving novel) also looks at issues of community and moral standards, though in a less lighthearted vein. The idea for the book came from a comment her husband made one day while he was immersed in a football game on TV. “It was a throwaway comment, designed to annoy and it did. It was along the lines of...Chocolate is to women what football is to men…” The idea stuck, and Harris began thinking that “people have these conflicting feelings about chocolate, and that a lot of people who have very little else in common relate to chocolate in more or less the same kind of way. It became a kind of challenge to see exactly how much of a story I could get which was uniquely centred around chocolate.” Rich with metaphor and gorgeous writing...sit back and gorge yourself on Chocolat.
Download or read book Chocolate For A Woman s Heart written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, like chocolate, comes to us in many varieties -- pure and simple, rich and complicated, sweet and bittersweet, and always memorable. Now the creator of the bestselling Chocolate for a Woman's Soul serves up 77 delectable new "chocolate stories," real-life tales that celebrate the many ways we express our love. You'll find strength in stories that honor the power of unconditional love, and learn a lesson in courage as you read about women facing their ultimate moments of truth. You'll take delight in a reflection on the ever-elusive perfect relationship, and find comfort in stories about the generosity of the human spirit. Like the finest chocolate, these inspiring tales will boost your spirits, lift your heart, and soothe your soul.
Download or read book Chocolate For a Teen s Heart written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-09-16 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AS DELICIOUS AS CHOCOLATE Life offers no experience sweeter -- or more difficult -- than learning to love. And in this exceptionally delicious volume in the bestselling series, Kay Allenbaugh brings us 55 rich, satisfying stories of teen relationships written by teens of every age and by women who remember what it was like. From the unexpected happiness of a first boyfriend to sorting and sifting with Mom and Dad, from the wonderful secrets shared by best friends to the wonderful silliness of playing with a favorite pet, these true stories show what lies at the heart of being a teen. Poignant, funny, sometimes sad but always inspiring, this collection will bring you tears, laughter, and joy.
Download or read book Chocolate for a Woman s Dreams written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-04-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is anything sweeter or more precious than a treasured dream? In Chocolate for a Woman's Dreams, 77 all-new, real-life tales celebrate the power of dreams to shape our lives at any age, whether we are exploring new possibilities, achieving long-sought goals, or making long-held wishes come true. Here are stories of women who overcome adversity to start anew, and women who gracefully take on the inevitable changes that each stage of life brings. Whether the goal is enhancing their personal lives with friends and families, improving their professional lives by pursuing new challenges, or learning to see the joy in all things, the women here show that anything is possible when we listen to our hearts and follow our dreams. With its irresistible subject and its abundance of cheer, humor, and encouragement, Chocolate for a Woman's Dreams is sure to be on the top of your wish list.
Download or read book Chocolate For A Teens Soul written by Kay Allenbaugh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-08-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STORIES OF FIRST LOVE, FIRST KISS, FIRST JOB, BEST FRIENDS, HARTBREAK, HOPE, INNOCENCE, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS - FUNNY AND REAL.
Download or read book Like Chocolate for Women written by Kim Morrison and published by Becklyn Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever feel like you need more time for YOU? Then this is your book - full of recipes for life, love and total wellbeing.with a dash of indulgence. This easy-to-follow guide to aromatherapy will invigorate and sensualise your busy daily life and help your mind and body thrive. Like Chocolate for Women provides you with all the knowledge you need to be able to use essential oils effectively and safely then takes you on an aromatic journey exploring the physical, mental and emotional journey exploring the physical, mental and emotional you. Luxurious treatments for your hair and face, how to beat stress and have a restful sleep advice to help you through pregnancy and labour, how to create romantic, intimate evening or a fun girls' night in, and practical tips for a healthy home and workplace are just some of the topics covered in this informative and inspirational guide. Kim Morrison is a qualified aromatherapist. She has represented a leading aromatherapy company in Australia, Singapore and New Zealand, presenting workshops and lectures for the last decade. Kim has her own practice which has been operating since 1991 and is also a sportswoman and Health and Fitness consultant. She lives in Auckland with her husband and two children. Fleur Whelligan is a qualified beauty therapist. She has worked as a therapist in Australia and has been a trainer and workshop presenter for a leading aromatherapy company since 1994. She also provides beauty therapy and grooming training for international cabin crew and other corporate clients. She lives in Auckland with her husband and two children.
Download or read book A Woman s Courage written by S. Block and published by Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new heartwarming wartime saga in the Home Fires series, perfect for fans of Rosie Clarke and Annie Groves. In the midst of World War II, the members of one village WI fight harder than ever to help the war effort . . . But behind closed doors, each is fighting a more personal battle. Pat Simms is reeling from her own role in her abusive husband's death, and the new freedom before her is daunting. Sarah Collingborne is struggling with the absence of her husband, who is stranded in a POW camp abroad, and trying her best to fill his treasured place in the village. Meanwhile, Teresa Lucas is anxious about her future as a parent, and her friend Alison Scotlock is on the verge of starting a new relationship. And Miriam Brindsley's good luck might be about to change . . . Grieving for men already lost and anxious for those still away fighting, the women of Great Paxford must rely on each other. Amidst the complexities of broken relationships, loss and friendship, this group of very different women must work together to find a way through.
Download or read book Chocolate Woman Dreams the Milky Way written by Monique Mojica and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume documents the creation of Chocolate Woman Dreams the Milky Way, a play written and performed by Monique Mojica with collaborators from diverse disciplines. Inspired by the pictographic writing and mola textiles of the Guna, an indigenous people of Panama and Colombia, the book explores Mojica's unique approach to the performance process. Her method activates an Indigenous theatrical process that privileges the body in contrast to Western theater's privileging of the written text, and rethinks the role of land, body, and movement, as well as dramatic story-structure and performance style. Co-authored with anthropologist Brenda Farnell, the book challenges the divide between artist and scholar, and addresses the many levels of cultural, disciplinary, and linguistic translations required to achieve this. Placing the complex intellect inherent to Indigenous Knowledges at its center, the book engages Indigenous performance theory, and concepts that link body, land, and story, such as terra nullius/corpus nullius, mapping, pattern literacy, land literacy, and movement literacy. Enhanced by contributions from other artists and scholars, the book challenges Eurocentric ideologies about what counts as "performance" and what is required from an "audience," as well as long-standing body-mind dualisms.
