Download or read book Ebbie written by James E. Martin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ebbie is the autobiography of James E. Martin, who as an infant suffered the loss of his mother, a victim of a post-World War I influenza epidemic. For reasons never clarified, Martin's father abandoned him. The child's aunt and uncle took custody of him and planned to rear him as their own, but further family tragedy intervened which cast him upon a cruel journey of mistreatment and intrigue. A forty year saga transpired before Ebbie was able to discover his roots' leading him back his relatives. By telling his story of perseverance, the author does not wish himself to be perceived as a victim', but rather as an inspiration to many youth of today who are struggling to survive similar or worse circumstances than his own. His message to them is: Childhood is temporary. It is a time when others are in charge of your life. If your existence is dire, learn how to survive, to keep your sanity, and resolve not to allow your present conditions to wreak and sour your ultimate goal to endure and to become the kind of person which you will be proud of. It can be done. Others have done it and you can also do it.
Download or read book Ebbies World written by Lyn Stevens and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life in the Laugh Lane written by Judy May and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the Laugh Lane By: Judy May As we all know, laughter is cathartic. Not all adversities in life can be fixed with money or overcome with drugs and alcohol. God gave us laughter as a gift. You can only cry for so long, and then you realize, it doesn’t help, but laughter lifts the spirit and calms the heart. Judy May’s witty, touching, comical anecdotes are truly effective antidotes for life’s downers, sorrows, and misfortunes, and will have readers crying until they laugh and laughing until they cry.
Download or read book How A Dog Girl Turned Rocker written by Dee Dee Rivera and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the years 2005 to 2007, Ms. Rivera kept an online blog at MSN. Most pronounced are her innermost thoughts about the men of the rock group INXS. Also included are her experiences with breeding chihuahuas, showing, evil show breeders, other INXS fans, and Rockstar: INXS. The story begins in April of 2005, when the diary began, and a short-lived battle she had with a contemptible teenager named Serena Weiner, who first came to Ms. Rivera in 2003, hoping to learn how to breed chihuahuas the right way, but yet could not handle the truth. Read about Dee's trip to LA to meet her favorite band, INXS with a woman named Danna Ballswinger. Read about her struggles to keep her kennel together. Read about how she conquered her nemesis, Catsredrum, and also how she got out of breeding after the loss of her favorite dog, Groucho. Also included within the entries are follow-up paragraphs that describe in further detail what she was thinking when she wrote each blog entry.
Download or read book Bridge Between Worlds written by Dan Millman and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2009 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly diverse collection of stories (first published as "Divine Interventions") features extraordinary experiences that have changed people's lives, expanded their awareness, and provided profound spiritual insight.
Download or read book Cyborgs Santa Claus and Satan written by Fraser A. Sherman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the three decades since the first SF film produced for television--1968's Shadow on the Land--nearly 600 films initially released to television have had science fiction, fantasy, or horror themes. Featuring superheroes, monsters, time travel, and magic, these films range from the phenomenal to the forgettable, from low-budget to blockbuster. Information on all such American releases from 1968 through 1998 is collected here. Each entry includes cast and credits, a plot synopsis, qualitative commentary, and notes of interest on aspects of the film. Appendices provide a list of other films that include some science fiction, horror, or fantasy elements; a film chronology; and a guide to alternate titles.
Download or read book The School Librarian written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ebbie s World written by Lynn Stevens and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ebbie and her family discover Lovebug, their cuddly cat, is missing and in peril. They know they must find him and bring him home! Join Ebbie Ann, a sweet, loving and slightly dimwitted Labrador, along with her brilliant brother Taz, an Australian Shepherd, and their family on their mysterious journey to find their beloved brother Lovebug. Along the way, Ebbie will share hilarious stories of the twists and turns their family has taken since Mom found her as a pup. Throughout the story you will decipher clues and read a map. See if you are an astute detective, like Taz. Can you figure out where Lovebug is? Will he be found in time? Follow and laugh with Ebbie and her pals as they hunt for their new brother, Lovebug in "Ebbie's World, The Case of the Missing Cat."
Download or read book A Place in the Sun written by Donald Kennedy and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiography from an American scientist, President Carter’s Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, and the eighth president of Stanford University. More than personal memoir, Donald Kennedy's story is not only a chronicle of watershed years in the history of Stanford University, but also a reflection on academia's perennial concerns. The story builds from his childhood and family in New England through mentors at Harvard to reflections on his early years at Stanford. What is the scope of a teacher's responsibilities? What is the proper balance between research and teaching? How far can a professor of literature stretch activism and free speech before losing tenure? How can the University look so rich and feel so poor? While biology department head, Kennedy founded Human Biology, Stanford's first interdisciplinary program. As president, issues of ethnic diversity, student activism, multicultural curricula, patent rights, divestment in South Africa, a student hostage crisis, and a major earthquake colored his pivotal years at Stanford. At the heart of Kennedy's journey has been the belief that one must give back to society as mentor, inspiring his students; as commissioner of the FDA, wrestling with issues of freedom and regulation; as editor of Science, confronting the clash of science and politics. Throughout the book, sidebar recollections from students, friends, and colleagues reflect on his caring encouragement and core humanity, his love of teaching, and a life profoundly committed to science and public service.
Download or read book The Complete Double Dead written by Chuck Wendig and published by Abaddon Books. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A VAMPIRE IN ZOMBIELAND You wouldn’t like Coburn. People don’t, as a rule. And that’s okay, because he doesn’t like people much either. People are food. Five years ago, Coburn went to sleep – wasn’t exactly planned – and he’s just woken up to find most everybody in the world dead. Not dead like him; he looks human, drinks blood. He’s smart. They’re... none of those things. They outnumber him by about a million to one, and their clotted blood cannot sustain him. Now he’s starving, and on the run. He has to find blood, soon, and – like it or not – he’s gonna have to keep an eye on the frail flesh-bags he finds it in. Time for the wolf to turn shepherd. No, Coburn doesn’t like people. But he’ll have to learn to.
Download or read book Essays on the History of Banking written by George LaVerne Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations written by Fred Guida and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-08-02 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 150 years after its original composition, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol continues to delight readers. The figure of Ebenezer Scrooge has become a cultural icon, and Tiny Tim's "God Bless Us Every One" is as familiar as "Merry Christmas." It is not surprising that Dickens' "ghostly little book," as he called it, has proved popular with playwrights and screenwriters. In everything from elegant literary treatments to animated musicals, the role of Scrooge has been essayed by actors from George C. Scott to Mr. Magoo. This critical account of the story's history and its various adaptations examines first the original writing of the story, including its political, economic, and historical context. The major interpretations are analyzed within their various media: stage, magic lantern shows, silent film, talkies, and television. Dickens' other, lesser known Christmas stories, like "The Cricket on the Hearth," are also examined and compared to the immortal Carol. Finally, a complete annotated filmography of all film and television productions based on A Christmas Carol is included, with commentary on each version's loyalty to the original text. The book includes 25 previously unpublished photos as well as analysis of previously undocumented productions. The text includes a foreword by the distinguished film and literary scholar Edward Wagenknecht, a bibliography and an index.
Download or read book Unbreakable Road to Kingdom Book 2 written by Nancy Mehl and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mennonite Romantic Suspense Sure to Thrill Readers Gentle and unassuming Hope Kauffman has never been one to question or try to make changes. She quietly helps her father run Kingdom Quilts and has agreed to the betrothal her father arranged for her with the devout but shy Ebbie Miller. Despite Hope's and other Kingdom residents' attempts to maintain the status quo, changes have already begun to stir in the small Mennonite town. The handsome and charismatic Jonathon Wiese is the leader of the move to reform, and when one of Kingdom's own is threatened by a mysterious outsider, Jonathon is one of the first to push for the town to arm itself. Hope's fiance, Ebbie, is at the forefront of those demanding the town stay true to its traditions of nonviolence. When strange incidents around town result in outright attacks on several townspeople, Hope can't help but question what she's always been taught. As the town that's always stood so strong together is torn apart at the seams, Hope is caught between opposing sides, both represented by those she has come to care for. With tensions high and lives endangered by an unknown threat, Hope fears Kingdom can never survive in one piece.
Download or read book The Guineveres written by Sarah Domet and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Deft and lovely...The perfect weight, in all ways. It’s suitable for a vacation, and you can describe it in one inviting line, but then it keeps unfolding and deepening, taking unexpected turns.” —The New York Times Book Review To four girls who have nothing, their friendship is everything: they are each other’s confidants, teachers, and family. The girls are all named Guinevere—Vere, Gwen, Ginny, and Win—and it is the surprise of finding another Guinevere in their midst that first brings them together. They come to The Sisters of the Supreme Adoration convent by different paths, delivered by their families, each with her own complicated, heartbreaking story that she safeguards. Gwen is all Hollywood glamour and swagger; Ginny is a budding artiste with a sentiment to match; Win’s tough bravado isn’t even skin deep; and Vere is the only one who seems to be a believer, trying to hold onto her faith that her mother will one day return for her. However, the girls are more than the sum of their parts and together they form the all powerful and confident The Guineveres, bound by the extraordinary coincidence of their names and girded against the indignities of their plain, sequestered lives. The nuns who raise them teach the Guineveres that faith is about waiting: waiting for the mail, for weekly wash day, for a miracle, or for the day they turn eighteen and are allowed to leave the convent. But the Guineveres grow tired of waiting. And so when four comatose soldiers from the War looming outside arrive at the convent, the girls realize that these men may hold their ticket out. In prose shot through with beauty, Sarah Domet weaves together the Guineveres’ past, present, and future, as well as the stories of the female saints they were raised on, to capture the wonder and tumult of girlhood and the magical thinking of young women as they cross over to adulthood.
Download or read book Memories fade written by Sara Carbone and published by MAZZANTI LIBRI - ME PUBLISHER. This book was released on 2021-04-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years the inhabitants of Olevano Sul Tusciano, an inland village in the province of Salerno, have replaced the expression “Do not think that I am rich”, with the sentence “Don’t think I am coming from Wilmington”. During the years of the Great Migration, a good many Olevanese left their village to emigrate to the United States, and chose Wilmington, a wealthy town in Delaware, as their favourite destination. Not far from Philadelphia, in the early years of 20th century, Wilmington cornered Italian low cost labor. Its Little Italy hosted unskilled laborers mainly from the South of Italy, poor but highly motivated by a strong desire of redemption. Many of them did succeed. This book was born from the collaboration and enthusiasm of their descendants, who still live in Wilmington, and of their relatives who live in Olevano. Its aim is to insert the migratory experience of their families into the wider context of the Diaspora of the Italians all over the world at the beginning of 20th century, and to make it the paradigm of some migratory phenomena which recur over and over again, the same as yesterday and today.
Download or read book Camp Valor written by Scott McEwen and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen-year-old Wyatt avoids a prison sentence by agreeing to spend three months in a secret government training camp for teenage agents, but when enemies try to root out Camp Valor's secrets, Wyatt and his friends have to put their training into practice to protect their country.
Download or read book The Mystery of the Pilgrim Trading Post written by Anne Molloy and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twins Will and Lettie Dennis and their cousin Jonas Wingate are unwilling visitors to the old Maine homestead of their older cousin, Mary Pete Tibbets. She enlists their help in trying to prove the home is the site of a former Pilgrim trading post. Proving the mansion's historic past is the only way to save it from demolition, as the town wants to tear it down and build a new bridge in its place. "Stowaway adventure, smuggling, possible poisoning, and a salvaged romance are credibly presented by the author who conveys depth of characterization through conversation and the incidental inclusion of Maine's human, herbal, and wildlife. Regard for natural beauty and historic landmarks is an intrinsic value in this mystery which combines a graceful style and absorbing action." -- Kirkus Reviews
