Download or read book Growing Up Mayfield written by Mark Huffman and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mayfield, Kentucky was a lot like thousands of other small American towns in the 1950s and '60s. But to the people who grew up there during that time, it was -- and is -- a special place. Mark Huffman spins yarns from his childhood that paint a poignant picture of what this town, and indeed America was like when the Baby Boomers were growing up. It had a court square packed with thriving businesses, factories that provided jobs, and friendships that have lasted a lifetime. The book is made up of a series of 19 essays, in mostly chronological order, that begin with Huffman's arrival in Mayfield in 1954 as a three year-old and ends with his departure for college. They include accounts of Mayfield's minor league baseball team, the Clothiers, stories about leading citizens of the era, and a candid assessment of Huffman's somewhat painful entry into broadcasting, at WNGO, including an ill-fated live interview with country music star Loretta Lynn.Growing Up Mayfield is a collection of charming tales that take readers on a journey back in time.
Download or read book Traveling Soul written by Todd Mayfield and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curtis Mayfield was one of the seminal vocalists and most talented guitarists of his era, and his music played a vital role in the civil rights movement: "People Get Ready" was the black anthem of the time. In Traveling Soul, Todd Mayfield tells his famously private father's story in riveting detail. Born into dire poverty, raised in the slums of Chicago, Curtis became a musical prodigy, not only singing like a dream but growing into a brilliant songwriter. In the 1960s he opened his own label and production company and worked with many other top artists, including the Staple Singers. Curtis's life was famously cut short by an accident that left him paralyzed, but in his declining health he received the long-awaited recognition of the music industry. Passionate, illuminating, vivid, and absorbing, Traveling Soul will doubtlessly take its place among the classics of music biography.
Download or read book Growing Up Sisters written by Marilee Mayfield and published by . This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting a new baby sister is always so exciting! And it takes a lot of work, time, and love to be a the best big sister you can be. Follow these two sisters through the year as they grow together.
Download or read book The Undertaker s Daughter written by Katherine Mayfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kate Mayfield's first foray into nonfiction is a ... Southern memoir that reads like a novel, about growing up in Jubilee, Kentucky, as the daughter of a charismatic but troubled small-town undertaker--imagine Mad Men's Sally Draper growing up in the world of The Help"--
Download or read book Story Time with Ms Rhonda written by Rhonda Mayfield and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book loaded with life lessons and simple morals that help children exercise critical thinking skills and thought processes, all the while keeping their attention with fun-loving characters that they are sure to grow to love. In addition watch as your child enjoys beautiful freehand graphic art that will hold their attention as they enjoy each lesson.
Download or read book Growing Up Red written by Tim Schilke and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, author Tim Schilke knew that his concerns about some generally accepted suburban truths were often left unanswered. He later learned that a carefully crafted Red-suburban version of reality isolated him from nearly everything real. "Red truth" was a strange morph of God, Patriotism, and Republicans. When this uniquely Red-suburban mentality played a role in winning President George W. Bush a second term in late 2004, Schilke began an investigation into the driving factors behind his Red upbringing, which still persist and thrive today in suburban and rural America. From carefully-guarded moral relativism, to the Army's questionable recruiting techniques; from Major League Baseball's tainted home run records, to the myth of the Ownership Society; Schilke maps these current events back into the perspective of his Red upbringing. Why does Red-suburban middle-America consistently vote against its own interests in election after election? Growing Up Red attempts to show that, in Red America, it is simply the patriotic thing to do. In Red America, raw Faith trumps Knowledge. Carefully-tweaked irrational fear drives never-ending consumption. A Republican President marches arm-in-arm with God down Main Street every Fourth of July. What happens when actual reality starts to bleed through the carefully-protected fences of suburbia? Find out in Growing Up Red.
Download or read book Growing Up Biden written by Valerie Biden Owens and published by Celadon Books. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden’s younger sister, trusted confidante and lifelong campaign manager. Valerie, one of the first female campaign managers in United States history, writes of the role of family, faith, and fate in shaping her life, and the power of empathy and kindness in the face of turmoil and division. Growing Up Biden details Valerie’s decades-long professional career in politics, and the central role she played in her brother’s life as an insightful adviser, an ever-loyal advocate and best friend. This memoir, full of candor and warmth, brings readers into the Biden home and shares stories from growing up in Delaware as the only daughter of the close-knit Irish Catholic family. Valerie writes in a compelling, relatable way about the challenges she faced breaking through gender barriers, the elusive nature of confidence, and navigating professional responsibilities while raising children.
Download or read book The Myth of the American Dream written by D. L. Mayfield and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affluence, autonomy, safety, and power—the central values of the American dream. But are they compatible with Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves? In essays grouped around these four values, D. L. Mayfield asks us to pay attention to the ways they shape our own choices, and the ways those choices affect our neighbors.
Download or read book Growing Up Pentecostal written by J. Stephen Conn and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freak the Mighty Scholastic Gold written by Rodman Philbrick and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freak the Mighty joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!It has been over twenty years -- and more than two million copies, eight foreign editions, and a popular Miramax feature film -- since the world was introduced to this powerful story of a unique friendship between a troubled, oversized boy and the tiny, physically challenged genius who proves that courage comes in all sizes. This simple yet timeless story explores many themes, including bullying -- an important topic in today's schools. Freak the Mighty is sure to remain fresh, dramatic, and memorable for the next twenty years and beyond!
Download or read book The Super Tiny Ghost written by Marilee Joy Mayfield and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Super Tiny Ghost A Very Haunted Thanksgiving is looking for a new place to call home. But, when a young couple with kids moves into his haunted house. The Super Tiny Ghost learns the true meaning of family and home.
Download or read book A Friend Is Someone Who written by Marilee Mayfield and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you remember your first friend? Your friends always find a way to double your joys and halve your sorrows. This fun, rhyming book helps children understand the value of having friends and of being a friend to others.
Download or read book Childhood s End written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems. Without conflict, human culture and progress stagnate. As the years pass, it becomes clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race that may not be as benevolent as it seems. “Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.” —Los Angeles Times
Download or read book Boy Kings of Texas written by Domingo Martinez and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A lyrical and authentic book that recounts the story of a border-town family in Brownsville, Texas in the 1980's, as each member of the family desperately tries to assimilate and escape life on the border to become "real" Americans, even at the expense of their shared family history. This is really un-mined territory in the memoir genre that gives in-depth insight into a previously unexplored corner of America.
Download or read book The Box of Daughter written by Katherine Mayfield and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful award-winning memoir, hailed by the Nashua Telegraph as "Compelling...gripping...a triumph of the human spirit," the author portrays her journey of healing and self-discovery after decades of emotional abuse and bullying in her dysfunctional family of origin.
Download or read book The Book Fairy written by Marilee Mayfield and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Snowman s Song written by Marilee Joy Mayfield and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witness a miracle this Christmas... A little snowman longs for a voice of his own so he can sing Christmas carols like human children do. When a cardinal gives him hope and a little girl shows him kindness, he receives his voice in a joyful, unexpected way.
