Download or read book Happiness Is a Choice You Make written by John Leland and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller! An extraordinary look at what it means to grow old and a heartening guide to well-being, Happiness Is a Choice You Make weaves together the stories and wisdom of six New Yorkers who number among the “oldest old”— those eighty-five and up. In 2015, when the award-winning journalist John Leland set out on behalf of The New York Times to meet members of America’s fastest-growing age group, he anticipated learning of challenges, of loneliness, and of the deterioration of body, mind, and quality of life. But the elders he met took him in an entirely different direction. Despite disparate backgrounds and circumstances, they each lived with a surprising lightness and contentment. The reality Leland encountered upended contemporary notions of aging, revealing the late stages of life as unexpectedly rich and the elderly as incomparably wise. Happiness Is a Choice You Make is an enduring collection of lessons that emphasizes, above all, the extraordinary influence we wield over the quality of our lives. With humility, heart, and wit, Leland has crafted a sophisticated and necessary reflection on how to “live better”—informed by those who have mastered the art.

Download or read book I Call My Grandpa Papa written by Ashley Wolff and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book celebrates the special names that children call their grandparents (some culturally based, some wonderfully made up) and features the unique activities they do together. Full color.

Download or read book Because He Loved Grandpa written by Greg D. Ridgley and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his short stint as a police officer in Sin City, to his wartime experience in Iraq and subsequent struggles with God and readjustment, Greg pulls no punches as he relates what he and those around him experienced. Accompanied by personal photos from Greg's private journey, he tells a complete story, explaining that God never abandoned him after all.

Download or read book Grandpa Green written by Lane Smith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.

Download or read book Why Did Grandpa Die written by Barbara Shook Hazen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book GRANDMA GRANDPA written by C. M. Dowdell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-10-08 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve been told a lie, what you know about grandparents is wrong, problematic at its best. Under the duress of traumatic stress, I tried to kill a black cat-crazy-evil on purpose. Yet, it tried to kill me first! Babysitting gigs went everywhere other than smooth. Each day was a “War Zone.” Dracula just showed up on the regular without even a knock on the door before I could invite him in. Neighbors walked around looking like “Zombies” of an unknown planet. Dogs and chickens are humongously gigantic, they tried to eat me/my whole family. My prayers to God is the only thing that saved my life.

Download or read book Life with Grandpa written by Pat Pinsent and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wasnt very happy when Mum told me that Granny and Grandpa were coming to live at our house, which is in a little village in the country. When they lived in a big house near London, we used to go and stay. Granny would cook nice meals, and we used to go up to the middle of London sometimes and visit the London Eye and the zoo or the shops in the West End. But when Grandpa got dementia, Mum said they should come and live at our house as we had a self-contained two-bedroom flat they could live in. She said the last tenants were a nightmare. If Granny and Grandpa were living with us, she could help Granny keep an eye on Grandpa. What with not going to stay with them near London anymore and having extra people in the house, I wasnt really sure that was what I wanted.

Download or read book Toro Bravo written by Liz Crain and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of Portland’s red-hot food scene is Toro Bravo, a Spanish-inspired restaurant whose small plates have attracted a fiercely loyal fan base. But to call Toro Bravo a Spanish restaurant doesn’t begin to tell the whole story. For chef John Gorham, each dish reflects a time, a place, a moment. For Gorham, food is more than mere sustenance. The Toro Bravo cookbook is an honest look behind the scenes: from Gorham’s birth to a teenage mother who struggled with drug addiction, to time spent in his grandfather’s crab-shack dance club, to formative visits to Spain, to becoming a father and opening a restaurant. Toro Bravo also includes 95 of the restaurant’s recipes, from simple salads to homemade chorizo, along with an array of techniques that will appeal to both the home cook and the most seasoned, forearm-burned chef.

Download or read book The Grandpa Tree written by Mike Donahue and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001-05-23 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The elementary tale of the life cycle of a tree, from its beginnings as a sapling to its demise on the forest floor, where it decomposes and becomes "a home for rabbits, and food for flowers", is also a life lesson for people. In this enhanced version, enjoy read-along, some fun animations, and a coloring page!

Download or read book Ask Grandpa written by Charles Vear and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Ask Grandpa” is a collection of short reflections on life from a 93 year old Grandpa. Some of these reflections were shared with the author’s many grandchildren over a period of several years, but some the grandchildren have not yet seen. They cover a variety of topics – some serious and some not so serious – and are intended to entertain as well as to instruct.

Download or read book Grandpa Magic written by Allan Zola Kronzek and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a professional magician and New York Times bestselling author, 116 tricks, stunts, and brainteasers that will engage the grandchildren and provide giggles, jaw-dropping awe , and wonderful memories. Guaranteed to make grandparenting even more fun, Grandpa Magic is sure to entertain—and crack up— the grandkids. From the old pull-a-quarter-from-behind-a-kid’'s-ear trick and “removing your thumb” to card tricks, stunts for the dinner table, and verbal puzzles that surprise and delight, there’s something for everyone. Step-by-step illustrations make them easy to learn.

Download or read book Grandpa s Words of Wisdom written by Stephen L. DeFelice M.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old-timer physician, Stephen L. DeFelice, with no holds barred, describes to his grandchildren, Olivia and Stephen Carlos, how they are rapidly crossing the bridge from the traditional world into the cold, controlling world of technology. As a result, we are all surrendering our privacy and freedom to others while, puzzlingly, there are few effective leaders to guide and protect us. This book analyzes what people and governments are really like, the dark side of technology and such subjects as our educational system, the media, our hate epidemic, the sexual revolution, evolution and the anti-God movements as well as ways to adjust to this new, unsettling world of technology. He coined an interesting term, The Internet Democracy, as a major cause behind the dynamics fueling our chaotic technological-based cultural explosion. Dr. DeFelice was born of Italian immigrant parents in 1936 in a home without a television or telephone and has had, firsthand, the unique privilege of personally observing and analyzing the power of increasing technology and its impact on our changing cultural values over four generations, an opportunity that future historians will not have. In 1976 he founded FIM, the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine, whose mission is to accelerate medical discovery, www.fimdefelice.org.

Download or read book Grandpa Was a Whaler written by Amy Muse and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the Chadwick family of the Northeast and North Carolina, who played a pivotal role in the development of the regional commerce. The narrative focuses on the period from around 1725 and just after the Civil War. Researcher Amy Muse, a direct descendant of the Chadwicks on her mother’s side, first published Grandpa Was a Whaler in 1961. It became the first thorough research document on the earliest history of whaling in America in 1681 and the involvement of the Chadwick family over the years in whaling and ocean-going shipping. The narrative focuses on the period from around 1725 and just after the Civil War, from Massachusetts to North Carolina and, in particular, to Carteret County, North Carolina, where the Chadwicks established residency.

Download or read book Grandpa Ganja s High School Survival Guide written by Evan Keliher and published by Evan Keliher. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandpa Ganja's High School Survival Guide is a how-to book for American kids who are in high school now or will be soon. It's about learning how to get passing grades with a minimal amount of work by applying deviousness and cunning. Learn how to get a good class schedule, write phony absence notes, survive parent conferences, evade homework, out-wit crooks and bullies, con the principal, and much more.

Download or read book Grandpa Is a Giggle written by Ted Borgeas and published by Ted Borgeas. This book was released on 2005 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ted Borgeas, transcended from a Foot Surgeon-Podiatrist to TV & Radio Producer-Director, To Author (Ted has been a member of AFTRA for over 20 years. (American Federation of Radio & Television Artists)His current popular TV productions Grandpa is a Giggle and Living In An AttitudeIts Magic! With Ted Borgeas are viewed weekly on Time-Warner and Cox Television, public access. As his continuous radio-talk show was for 15 years.This 75 year old dynamo whom nobody would hire, with a history of cancer, Built his own Empire. These are fun bedtime stories from his TV productions and grandchildren to grown up kids. Call Ted for details.Email: [email protected] Website: www.atborgeas.comPhone: 619-235-9393, Pager: 800-494-5341, Direct: 619-227-9393PO Box, 3022, La Jolla, CA 92038-3022Copyright © 2004 Ted Borgeas. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book The War with Grandpa Literature Kit Gr 3 4 written by Eleanor Summers and published by Classroom Complete Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the complexities of intergenerational family relationships as one boy declares war on his older relation. Bring this novel to life for students, with well-designed and thorough vocabulary and chapter assessments. Imagine the problems that may arise from a grandparent moving in. Draw a scene from the novel as it is being described. Come up with reasons behind certain characters' actions. Complete sentences with words from the reading. Students get into the mind of Peter to understand his motives and reactions. Create a "How Not to Start a War Handbook", detailing helpful tips on how to avoid fighting with family members. Detail all the things Grandpa did to get revenge on Peter in a Timeline Graphic Organizer. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: The War with Grandpa is a story about a young boy and his grandfather at odds. 10-year-old Peter Stokes loves his grandfather and is excited to learn that he will be coming to live with the family. That is, until he learns that grandpa will be taking over Peter's bedroom. Peter's two best friends encourage Peter to stand his ground and do something about this injustice. Peter soon declares war on his grandfather, who proves to be an even match. The two attack and counterattack each other until escalations lead to one finally surrendering.

Download or read book Grandpa Wouldn T Lie written by Samuel D. Perry and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandpa Wouldn't Lie is the heartwarming story of a boy's relationship with his grandparents. Through stories told by his grandfather, the author learns, not only his family heritage, but important lessons about personal values and the meaning of life. Although essential reading for members of the author's family, this book has appeal for the general reader, too. The stories contained within it take the reader back to a time when life in the southern Appalachians was harsh and, sometimes,brutal. However, through the stories told by his grandfather, the author learns that integrity and family honor can triumph in the face of unrelenting difficulties. This is a book that will be read again and again, by both young and old. The reader will be long in forgetting it.