Download or read book Chuckles and Challenges with Charlie written by Charlie McOuat and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This delighful book of memoirs, short stories, and poems describes some of the events of his life that leads him to say in his retirement years, This is one great trip and Im so grateful to all the saints and scoundrels that have made it so much fun. It is well written, loaded with charming characters, and a hopefully a model for readers in maintaining a positive attitude through challenges and chuckles. You will not forget how he got airsick in his first ever job interview, or when he was caught stretching the truth in front of a beer soaked audience,, or his survival with women through paralyzing shyness. These stories start with his birth into a middle class family, proud of its Scottish traditions, through the school years to a successful dental practice in a small Cape Cod village and his delight at some of the colorful characters along the way. He is still searching by volunteering in Haiti and Africa and trying to lend a helping hand to people in need. He has now retired to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina where he teaches English to immigrants, assists at the Boys and Girls Club, and tries to enjoy each moment. He especially looks forward to returning to Ghana and hugging the beautiful children at the orphanage school.

Download or read book One Man s Struggle with Maturity written by Charles McOuat and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's done it again. What started out with "Chuckles and Challenges with Charlie," then, by acclamation, progressed to "More Chuckles and Challenges with Charlie, ' then three more masterpieces. Still, his fans hunger for more. Now we have "One Man's Struggle Against Maturity, ." Full of humor, pathos, excellent writing, and unique observations. Please, do yourself a favor, turn off the T.V. sit back with him, as he struggles with maturity. You will laugh, cry, challenge your mind as you enjoy each page, each word, each original observation. It may be a life changing even for you as it has been for so many others.

Download or read book Bad Decisions Make Good Stories written by Charlie McOuat and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the wildly acclaimed original Chuckles and Challenges with Charlie, the author had no choice but to respond to his fans demand for more. In this dynamic follow-up, the reader is again stimulated by his memoirs, poems, and short fiction and, hopefully, his paintings. You will be inspired by how it is possible to experience so much, meet so many wonderful characters, and understand how this author remains optimistic and turns the trivial into great learning opportunities. He finds humor in everyday events. He is articulate, sensitive, and has a tremendous talent for observing human behavior. Do yourself a favor. Meet Charlie and his friends. He offers a tremendous opportunity for us all to grow, laugh, and face lifes challenges.

Download or read book Alpha Challenge written by Lia Davis and published by Davis Raynes Publishing Group, LLC. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feral. Unstable. Hungry. Words that describe a rogue, not a den mother. Rhea Scott has crawled out of the darkness lingering in the deepest part of her soul. Keeping her grounded are her pack, the kids she protects and cares for, and a partner she keeps at a distance. Mating with Alec would be a fatal mistake—he’d crash and burn with her if the darkness ever won. Nothing will stop Ashwood leopard Marshal, Alec Andrews, from claiming Rhea. The stubborn female thinks she's protecting him by denying the mating pull, but she’s wrong. He’ll tear down the walls she’s built around her heart and show her they belong together. The war is supposed to be over, but a new enemy has risen from the fallen Onyx Pack's ashes. After children are kidnapped, Rhea's wolf goes into maternal protection mode and she won't rest until the kids are home safe. No one is going to stop her, especially that hotheaded, sexy, alpha male, Alec Andrews.

Download or read book Midnight Kisses at the Ranch written by Elsie James and published by Author Elsie James. This book was released on 2022-01-07 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve met the men of Eggnog Ranch… Now it’s time to help them ring in the New Year! These cowboys are just the kind of sexy heroes that make you want to kiss them at midnight. Spend New Year's Eve on the ranch with four unforgettable stories by Elsie James, only available in this collection! ♥ BALL DROP- A second-chance New Year's Eve romance. ♥ THE COUNTDOWN- A single mom New Year's Eve romance. ♥ NEW YEAR, NEW MAN- A marriage of convenience New Year's Eve romance. ♥ A TOAST- A friends to lovers New Year's Eve romance. Midnight Kisses at the Ranch is a collection of four sweet and steamy romances with curvy women and the steamy heroes that fall for them. As always this collection comes with a promise of no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after. Cozy up with this collection and ring in the New Year!

Download or read book My Everything written by Lexa Luthor and published by Luthor Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-22 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holy Kal! Now what? Kal loses the Spirit of Kalatas and returns to her former self as Sumner. Not only does Sumner confront old memories, but also vulnerability, risk, as well as a rare opportunity to truly be herself with Charlie. The dangers of outer space weigh on Charlie, who will protect her mate on their mission to secure an alliance with Serrato Corps. Without the Spirit of Kalatas between them, Charlie finds she's falling deeper for Sumner and slipping back into her selfish need to keep Sumner all to herself. Will Sumner and Charlie’s mission off world succeed, or is this the break the Sworne needed to capture Kander with Kal gone? Hearts, callings, and passions will be tested by the Celestial Fates. * * * My Everything is a 129,000-word, third-person, sci-fi F/F romance Omegaverse novel. It is the sixth book in The Alpha God series. It contains g!p material* as well as intimate scenes suitable for mature readers. This book does have a cliffhanger and plot twists that carry throughout the series. G!P content. No rape. No cheating. No shifters. No fempreg. But plenty of plot. *See the author's blog for more details about g!p, fempreg, and other related terms.

Download or read book Tappin at the Apollo written by Cheryl M. Willis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina "Salt" Evelyn and Jewel "Pepper" Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were Black show business headliners, playing Harlem's Apollo Theater with the likes of Count Basie, Fats Waller and Earl "Fatha" Hines. Their exuberant tap style, usually performed by men, earned them the respect of their male peers and the acclaim of audiences. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles for the first time the lives and careers of two overlooked female performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era.

Download or read book Storied Scandalous St Louis written by Jo Allison and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the twentieth century, St. Louis, Missouri, was the fourth largest city in the country. For years, it was the westernmost metropolis, known for its manufacturing, beer, railroad hub, music, baseball, World’s Fair, and its romance with the Mississippi. This collection of shocking stories ripped from the headlines of the Gateway City’s seamy past includes tales of cholera epidemics, deadly newspaper-daily duels, ragtime racism, and Spiritualism scuffles. Readers will also meet the formative female figures behind the women’s suffrage movement in St. Louis, and discover how local brewers fought against Prohibition with the help of America’s favorite pastime—baseball.

Download or read book What the Eye Hears written by Brian Seibert and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magisterial, revelatory, and-most suitably-entertaining, What the Eye Hears offers an authoritative account of the great American art of tap dancing. Brian Seibert, a dance critic for The New York Times, begins by exploring tap's origins as a hybrid of the jig and clog dancing from the British Isles and dances brought from Africa by slaves. He tracks tap's transfer to the stage through blackface minstrelsy and charts its growth as a cousin to jazz in the vaudeville circuits and nightclubs of the early twentieth century. Seibert chronicles tap's spread to ubiquity on Broadway and in Hollywood, analyzes its decline after World War II, and celebrates its rediscovery and reinvention by new generations of American and international performers. In the process, we discover how the history of tap dancing is central to any meaningful account of American popular culture. This is a story with a huge cast of characters, from Master Juba (it was probably a performance of his in a Five Points cellar that Charles Dickens described in American Notes for General Circulation) through Bill Robinson and Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and Gene Kelly and Paul Draper to Gregory Hines and Savion Glover. Seibert traces the stylistic development of tap through individual practitioners, vividly depicting dancers both well remembered and now obscure. And he illuminates the cultural exchange between blacks and whites over centuries, the interplay of imitation and theft, as well as the moving story of African-Americans in show business, wielding enormous influence as they grapple with the pain and pride of a complicated legacy.What the Eye Hears teaches us to see and hear the entire history of tap in its every step.

Download or read book Not Alone on the Voyage written by Anne-Marie Jennings and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After five years of marriage, Sandy thought she knew everything about her husband, Jack, until he died suddenly. Destroyed by grief, she sifts through his belongings and discovers a journal he kept from the summer before they met. He writes of his stay in the small town of Holman in the Arctic Circle, so Sandy decides to go in search of answers. Although the people of Holman are hesitant to welcome a stranger, Sandy soon makes the acquaintance of Charliea man who knew her young husband. She wonders why Jack never mentioned the quaint little town, and she begins to wonder if her husband was hiding something. Turns out he was, but itll take a lot of patience for Sandy to uncover the truth. Along her journey, she meets people who not only help her learn more about Jack, but also help her find a strength within herself she never realized she possessed. Charlie becomes a much-needed support as Sandy reads more of Jacks journal, but Charlie has a secret that will change Sandys life forever, perhaps even more than the loss of her husband.

Download or read book My Only Desire written by Adrianne Byrd and published by Kimani Press. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a disastrous experience in college, Anna Jacobs meets Taariq Bryson again when they are stranded together in a remote cabin.

Download or read book Looking Back 11 1 16 written by Robert Janicki and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experiences of a young Marine who served in Vietnam as an infantry squad leader with the 3rd Marines from September 1967 through October 1968 through the infamous Ted Offensive.

Download or read book Looking Back 10 25 16 written by Robert Janicki and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The personal experiences of a young Marine who served in Vietnam with the 3rd Marines from September of 1967 through October 1968 through the Tet offensive.

Download or read book the god thought written by Dave Cravens and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A MASSIVE EXPLOSION levels a small town in Kansas and rips apart the commercial airliner flying overhead. The wife and child of Oliver Wells are among the thousands reported dead. Authorities blame the tragedy on an accident at a fertilizer plant not up to code. A year later, still grappling with his depression, Oliver is accosted by a mysterious stranger who offers another answer ... a farmer caused the explosion . .. an explosion born of thought . .. a thought so perfect and divine it's said to mirror what God thought to conceive the universe. Thrust into a hidden world of conspirators and luminaries who would do anything to attain the farmer's knowledge, Oliver finds himself in a race to confront the man who killed his family. To do so, he must test the limits of his sanity... AND UNLOCK THE POWER OF THE GOD THOUGHT FOR HIMSELF."

Download or read book Hero Debut written by Angela Ruth Strong and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Another sparkling feel-good romance, brimming with perfect doses of heart and heat!"-- Bethany Turner, award-winning author of The Do-Over Gemma Bennett is the leading lady of her own life, and her true love is writing screenplays. With her trusty pink notebook in hand, she signs up for the Citizen's Safety Academy to research her newest blockbuster hope, a rom-com with a police officer as the hero. And the fact that the handsome and heroic Lieutenant Karson Zellner is the one leading the training? Well, who can blame her for wanting to spend evenings with the man she swooned over months ago when he responded to a call at her apartment? Karson already has his fair share of problems before Gemma shows up, and he's not exactly a fan of the ditzy blonde who can't seem to stay out of trouble. The last thing he needs is a damsel in distress to rescue; there are plenty of people in real need of his help. The fact that she seems to think his job makes him a superhero is just one more strike against her. This isn't a movie, and he feels like the furthest thing from a leading man. Gemma can't seem to stop doing the worst, most embarrassing things at just the wrong time. And as time goes on, Gemma begins to realize that the scripts for a perfect screenplay and a real-life happily-ever-after are two very different things. Can she step out of her own way to find the hero her story needs?

Download or read book Sketching Stuff written by Charlie O'Shields and published by Doodlewash Books. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie O'Shields is the creator of Doodlewash®, founder of World Watercolor Month in July, and host of the Sketching Stuff podcast. Every single day, for over three years, he created a watercolor illustration and wrote a short essay about whatever came to mind that day and posted it on his blog. These are some of the collected favorites along with some brand new musings. With over 180 illustrations, this book is part personal memoir and sometimes just a randomly fun romp through the sillier bits of this crazy world we all inhabit. Written to take on the impossible task of inspiring creativity, unleashing your inner child, and instilling hope, it will, at the very least, make you smile and touch your heart.

Download or read book Dear Girls Above Me written by Charles McDowell and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the wildly popular Twitter feed Dear Girls Above Me, a roman à clef about how thinking like a couple of girls turned one single guy into a better man. When Charlie McDowell began sharing his open letters to his noisy upstairs neighbors—two impossibly ditzy female roommates in their mid-twenties—on Twitter, his feed quickly went viral. His followers multiplied and he got the attention of everyone from celebrities to production studios to major media outlets such as Time and Glamour. Now Dear Girls breaks out of the 140-character limit as Charlie imagines what would happen if he put the wisdom of the girls to the test. After being unceremoniously dumped by the girl he was certain was “the one,” Charlie realized his neighbors’ conversations were not only amusing, but also offered him access to a completely uncensored woman’s perspective on the world. From the importance of effectively Facebook-stalking potential girlfriends and effortlessly pulling off pastel, to learning when in the early stages of dating is too presumptuous to bring a condom and how to turn food poisoning into a dieting advantage, the girls get Charlie into trouble, but they also get him out of it—without ever having a clue of their impact on him.