Download or read book Christmas Cliche written by Tara Sivec and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Twas the week before Christmasand all through L.A., Allie Parker's famous twin sisters were driving her cray. She fled to the mountains with a hostage in tow, hoping to sleep through the holidays, which were a sh*t-show. A crash in a blizzard, and a hot mountain man, definitely wasn't part of her evacuation plan. Santas, and stockings, and creepy nutcrackers too, everywhere she looks, it's a crazy Christmas zoo. But there are hugs, and smiles, and a beautiful view, kisses and laughter, and no time to be blue. Maybe this family, with their hot mountain man, will make this a Christmas Allie can actually stand
Download or read book A Clich Christmas written by Nicole Deese and published by Waterfall Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2014 American Christian Fiction Writers' Genesis Award Finalist Writing happy endings is easy. Living one is the hard part. Georgia Cole--known in Hollywood as the "Holiday Goddess"--has made a name for herself writing heartwarming screenplays chock-full of Christmas clichés, but she has yet to experience the true magic of the season. So, when her eccentric grandmother volunteers her to direct a pageant at Georgia's hometown community theater, she is less than thrilled. To make matters worse, she'll be working alongside Weston James, her childhood crush and the one man she has tried desperately to forget. Now, facing memories of a lonely childhood and the humiliation of her last onstage performance, seven years earlier, Georgia is on the verge of a complete mistletoe meltdown. As Weston attempts to thaw the frozen walls around her heart, Georgia endeavors to let go of her fears and give love a second chance. If she does, will she finally believe that Christmas can be more than a cliché?
Download or read book Tablet to Table Vol 1 Issue 4 written by Barbara Stantich and published by Tercio Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the changing traditions of the Australian Christmas table in comparison to other Christmas experiences from around the world. With a feature article from one of Australia's leading food historians, Barbara Santich. Includes embedded video demonstrations of Christmas-themed cocktails from mixologist Jess Baines; knitting patterns from the 1940s courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; and tips for living 'the Christmas cliché'.
Download or read book Propaganda in the Helping Professions written by Eileen Gambrill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incisive look at how propaganda has infiltrated the helping professions is essential reading for social workers, psychologists, and other helping professionals, and is an excellent supplement to courses on critical thinking and introduction to practice.
Download or read book Toward the Origins of Christmas written by Susan K. Roll and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas exerts an enormous attraction today even apart from its Christian character as a celebration of the incarnation of God in the Person of Jesus. Even marginal or indifferent Christians crowd the churches on Christmas Eve and in highly commercialized and technologized Western societies the Christmas season is celebrated with enthousiasm. Yet Christmas entered the calendar of feasts relatively late, by 336 C.E., and the reason for its introduction and quick spread remain speculative and based on fragmentary evidence. Towards the Origins of Christmas addresses both the contemporary Western celebration of Christmas, and its deep historical roots in the church of the fourth century. The book presents a thorough investigation of the patristic texts and evidence cited by liturgical scholars in the late 19th and 20th centuries to support two main theories: the Calculation theory and the History of Religions theory. This historical research is set in the framework of the contemporary experience of Christmas; the dynamics of time and the liturgical year; the inculturation of liturgy; and underlying elements of dualism and patriarchal power paradigms which linger beneath the often commercial and sentimental character of Christmas today. Suzan K. Roll was born in Clarence Center, New York (USA) in 1952. She holds degrees in classical languages and pastoral theology, and in 1993 received a Ph. D. from the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, summa cum laude with the gratulations of the jury. She has thaught and published in the field of liturgy, sacraments, pastoral theology, and presently teaches at Christ the King Seminary, Buffalo, New York (USA).
Download or read book Once Upon A Cliche A Peaceful Pilgrim Novel written by Karen Wiesner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detached and ignored for most of her life, Brayla Sullivan is the awkward, ugly duckling destined for spinsterhood who's never been kissed, never gone anywhere beyond the small town she was born and raised in. When she starts corresponding with a man from a ""Meet Exotic Singles"" website and he suggests they meet, she drops everything to fly to him in a last-ditch effort to find her happily-ever-after. The only son in a family of daughters, Shaun Levi, Peaceful's Chief of Police, has never looked the part of a dashing hero. Brayla has been nothing more than a buddy he's known all his life. But, when a kiss between them on New Year's takes a turn for the what-have-we-done?, he sees a side to his old friend he never anticipated?and the consequences may just leave him without a friend or a prayer of convincing her they could share so much more. What follows is a series of unfortunate events in which everything goes wrong?
Download or read book Christmas in America written by Penne L. Restad and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-12-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The manger or Macy's? Americans might well wonder which is the real shrine of Christmas, as they take part each year in a mix of churchgoing, shopping, and family togetherness. But the history of Christmas cannot be summed up so easily as the commercialization of a sacred day. As Penne Restad reveals in this marvelous new book, it has always been an ambiguous meld of sacred thoughts and worldly actions-- as well as a fascinating reflection of our changing society. In Christmas in America, Restad brilliantly captures the rise and transformation of our most universal national holiday. In colonial times, it was celebrated either as an utterly solemn or a wildly social event--if it was celebrated at all. Virginians hunted, danced, and feasted. City dwellers flooded the streets in raucous demonstrations. Puritan New Englanders denounced the whole affair. Restad shows that as times changed, Christmas changed--and grew in popularity. In the early 1800s, New York served as an epicenter of the newly emerging holiday, drawing on its roots as a Dutch colony (St. Nicholas was particularly popular in the Netherlands, even after the Reformation), and aided by such men as Washington Irving. In 1822, another New Yorker named Clement Clarke Moore penned a poem now known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," virtually inventing the modern Santa Claus. Well-to-do townspeople displayed a German novelty, the decorated fir tree, in their parlors; an enterprising printer discovered the money to be made from Christmas cards; and a hodgepodge of year-end celebrations began to coalesce around December 25 and the figure of Santa. The homecoming significance of the holiday increased with the Civil War, and by the end of the nineteenth century a full- fledged national holiday had materialized, forged out of borrowed and invented custom alike, and driven by a passion for gift-giving. In the twentieth century, Christmas seeped into every niche of our conscious and unconscious lives to become a festival of epic proportions. Indeed, Restad carries the story through to our own time, unwrapping the messages hidden inside countless movies, books, and television shows, revealing the inescapable presence--and ambiguous meaning--of Christmas in contemporary culture. Filled with colorful detail and shining insight, Christmas in America reveals not only much about the emergence of the holiday, but also what our celebrations tell us about ourselves. From drunken revelry along colonial curbstones to family rituals around the tree, from Thomas Nast drawing the semiofficial portrait of St. Nick to the making of the film Home Alone, Restad's sparkling account offers much to amuse and ponder.
Download or read book Cajun Night Before Christmas written by Trosclair and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A version in Cajun dialect of the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas," set in a Louisiana bayou.
Download or read book Jingle Balls written by Seth Kinstle and published by Seth Kinstle. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A random collection of Christmas themed goodness. Packed with obvious observations and pretentiously rebellious sentence structures. With an ultimate epic goal of being intentionally insane, incredibly misdirected, wackily overly descriptive, and comedically utterly pointless. This is the perfect gag book for anyone seeking something out of the Holiday norm. There's no doubt this book will find its way onto your shelf of timeless Christmas classics.
Download or read book The Essence of Fiction written by Malcolm McConnell and published by Graymalkin Media. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, a definitive, practical handbook on the craft of fiction—by an author who has been both a highly successful writing teacher and a novelist. Malcolm McConnell goes directly to the actual craft of drafting and redrafting, using student drafts as models and teaching aids. The building blocks of fiction are demonstrated in action: character, setting, point of view, dialogue, as well as the nuts-andbolts problems of notetaking, outlining, and building effective metaphor and narrative pace.
Download or read book long story short Life is a Story story one written by Annika Heuer and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nina and Caitlin had been friends, best friends, and lovers. Now they were broken up and Nina was still struggling to understand what exactly happened to them. Only now Caitlin was back, and seeing her was almost enough for her heart to break all over again. But Nina refuses to believe that their story is over just yet. A story about finding yourself, finding your courage, and loving without apology.
Download or read book Writing Sonnets for Your Friends and Soul Mates written by Vee Bdosa and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing Sonnets For Your Friends and Soul Mates is a casual how-to book on writing sonnets that will impress your friends, amaze your teachers, WOW your family, and convince your soul mates that you really mean business!
Download or read book Reaching For Christmas A Small Town Holiday Romantic Suspense Novel written by Jemi Fraser and published by Jemi Fraser. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This book is a wonderful mixture of swoon-worthy romance and captivating suspense.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review Lil LaChance has been hiding a major secret from her family and friends for three years. But now the man who attacked her has escaped from jail and she just wants to be home for Christmas. Exhausted from a tour promoting his latest thriller, Max Fortini needs space to figure out if he has another book in him. Instead, he finds a dog snoring in his guest room and a sexy intruder in his bed. Exactly where he’s always wanted her. Except she’s sleeping with a gun under her pillow. Max puts together clues while Lil tries to keep her secrets. But when the felon seeks revenge, they’ll have to trust each other if they’re going to make it through to Christmas. *** Reaching For Christmas is the fifth book in the Bloo Moose Romance series. Each book can be read as a standalone. The book contains some strong language and sexy times. Enjoy the read!
Download or read book The Christmas Clock written by Kat Martin and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teddy Williams was eight years old that Christmas, too young to understand all the undercurrents swirling around him in the tiny Michigan town of Dreyerville. He wasn't able to value that Christmas for the miracle it truly was. Teddy only knew he wanted to buy the beautiful Victorian clock in the window of Tremont's Antiques as a gift for his grandmother, Lottie Sparks, a woman desperate to find him a home before her rapidly progressing Alzheimer's left him an orphan. Teddy didn't know that in trying to buy the clock he would meet Sylvia Winters and Joe Dixon, a couple, once in love, desperate to overcome the past. He didn't know he would form a friendship with his neighbors, Floyd and Doris Culver, two people struggling to revive their long-dead marriage. He didn't know that these people would fill his Christmas with magic and hope; that the love of his friends would change his world, and that he would forever change theirs.
Download or read book Christmas Horror Watchlist written by Steve Hutchison and published by Tales of Terror. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but this list is so delightful. And since you’ve no place to go, here are 60 ranked reviews of Christmas-themed horror movies. Ho, ho, ho! This year, get ready for the horrorthon of a lifetime! Naughty or nice?
Download or read book Holiday Husband written by Erin McCarthy and published by Erin McCarthy. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A surprise wedding at Christmas would be awesome if I hadn’t been planning to break up with the groom. Now I’m left running in a red gown and heels to escape the horror of an ambush wedding, and I’ve inadvertently trapped a hot man in a suit in the elevator with me. Only me. The woman with a permanent seat on the Hot Mess Express. Though the mystery man turns out to be a dream at hailing a cab and making a girl who’s down on her luck have a magical night in New York City. I wouldn’t mind a little makeout under the mistletoe. But when the ice skating is over will there be a future or a miss with fate? **This is a holiday rom com prequel to the sexy and fun book Halftime Husband, featuring a grumpy boss and a heroine down on her luck.
Download or read book William Carlos Williams and Alterity written by Barry Ahearn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-02-25 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many critics have noticed the paradoxes and contradictions in the work of William Carlos Williams but few have analyzed them in detail. Professor Ahearn argues that Williams criticism has not gone far enough in recognizing the uses Williams saw for contradiction. He contends that Williams began to acquire his own voice as a poet when he recognized that he could be a vehicle for contending voices. His reading departs from previous examinations of the early poetry in the emphasis it places on the poems as expressions of Williams' social position. We find a Williams whose contribution to modernism came not through a radical break with tradition or a rejection of inherited poetic norms alone, but rather in a cultivation of tension, conflict, and a kind of poetic "crisis" that could be held forth as the metier of the modernist writer.
