Download or read book Idioms in the News 1 000 Phrases Real Examples written by and published by Peter Bengelsdorf. This book was released on with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book I Am That Poet written by Joseph Lowe and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My poems come from my journey in life experience from one of the eleven children in Mississippi, to joining the US Marine Corp at seventeen years old during the Vietnam war era and after spending 13 months of overseas duty, I was honorable discharge after my return, as a young man I began to use alcohol as a substance, to deal with that experience and the social ills of that era and it lingered, became a problem later on in life. I began to write poetry as a emotional outlet to ease the pain of my journey to sobriety, which has been fifteen years now. I know the journey is not over but the road is smoother now. That's why I am sharing my pain, my victories, my joy and laughter with you for the veterans suffering with PTSD, anyone dealing with depression, anxiety or mental issues or a bad relationship, a rough day at work, a bad hair day, waiting in the doctor's office to see what the Xray says. After reading a poem, I want you to say that Joseph Theophilus Lowe is that poet, who made me throw that tissue away and put a smile on my face and made my day. May god bless and may you find your way. Sincerely, Joseph Theophilus Lowe

Download or read book Hit by a Ton of Bricks written by John Vawter and published by Family Life Publishing. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pervasive drug abuse among children and young adults is at an all-time high. None of us expect it to happen in our own homes, but it can Written from parents of kids on drugs, to parents of kids on drugs, Hit by a Ton of Bricks highlights pastor and speaker John Vawter's experience with his daughter on the road from addiction to sobriety. Other pastors, counselors, and teachers share their journeys in this poignant, groundbreaking book about substance abuse. - Explore what drew now-sober adult children to drugs and/or alcohol. - Walk with the authors through difficult days and sleepless nights. - Hear intimate stories that provide encouragement and strength. - Understand the miracle of God's grace.

Download or read book A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases written by Yuri Dolgopolov and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, the book can also be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, cliches, and set expressions. Most phrases included in the dictionary are in active current use, making information about their meanings and usage essential to language learners at all levels of proficiency.

Download or read book It Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks written by Catherine Lloyd Burns and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is a series of losses. I've decided to be very Zen about it. I have lost two husbands, my parents, my brother, countless friends; it is just one loss after another. You might as well get used to it." So muses the author's mother in this poignant and humorous memoir about mothers and daughters. Loss is a way of life for both Catherine and her mother. But where it made the daughter ravenous for contact, it made the mother lose her appetite for people. While the two always had a fierce attachment, by turns intimate and tumultuous, decades of fractious and contentious and frustrating interactions found a reprieve after the birth of Catherine's daughter, Olive. Witty and direct, weaving back and forth in time, the book charts the transformation of this volatile and unique mother-daughter relationship from longing to connection. A book about love, mortality, and the nature of family bonds, It Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks is a must-read for anyone trying to navigate their way through the distance between their fantasies of love and the realities of family relationships.

Download or read book 99 Jumpstarts for Kids Science Research written by Peggy Whitley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-12-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third entry in the Jumpstarts series focuses on Science topics for upper elementary and middle school students. Maintaining the 99 Jumpstarts format of the two previous books, 99 Jumpstarts for Kids Science Research is divided into ten broad topical sections. Each topic is arranged in alphabetical order under its section. Topics include Body Parts, Energy, Animals, Heavens, Weather, Matter, Medicine, Technology, Environment, and Geology. This pathfinder approach aides students in the research process, helping them define important terms, offer beginning questions to help narrow their topic, furnish source ideas and some fun activities to explore each topic. Grades 4-8.

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Download or read book Memoirs of Living in The McGill Ghetto written by John Woschiz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-01-22 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author John Woschiz grew up in the area of Montreal known as the Plateau, encompassing a portion known as the McGill Ghetto. There, numerous first-generation immigrants to Canada made their home, in places where the languages and cultures were familiar, giving them a sense of home in a foreign country. In Memoirs of Living in The McGill Ghetto, Woschiz recalls his time there and emphasizes the contributions of its inhabitants to Canadian culture over the years. After introducing his own family’s history, he shares memories of growing up in that environment in the forties and fifties, describing a bygone era in a place marked by its cultural diversity. His memories paint a very different picture from the one usually associated with the word ghetto in modern media. Most of all, Woschiz reflects on the privilege of having had such an experience in his youth. In this personal narrative, one man presents his recollections and experiences of growing up among first-generation immigrants in Montreal’s McGill Ghetto.

Download or read book The Superhero s Son Omnibus action adventure young adult superheroes written by Lucas Flint and published by Secret Identity Books. This book was released on with total page 1544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Percy Jackson meets the Marvel Cinematic Universe in this action-adventure superhero series! Kevin Jason thinks he's just a normal teenager until he accidentally punches the school bully through the cafeteria wall. Kevin soon discovers that he is the son of a famous superhero and decides to become the superhero Bolt. As Bolt, Kevin fights supervillains, criminals, corrupt politicians, aliens, and more in this complete, epic nine-book superhero series! Contains the following books: The Superhero's Test The Superhero's Team The Superhero's Summit The Superhero's Powers The Superhero's Origin The Superhero's World The Superhero's Vision The Superhero's Prison The Superhero's End Plus bonus short story: Don't Fear the Reaper KEYWORDS: superhero action fiction, superhero fantasy, superhero fiction novel, superhero science fiction, superhero scifi, superhero young adult, superhero city, superhero books, superhero action, superhero books for kids, superheroes, cool superheroes, action adventure books, superhero action adventure books, action adventure fiction, superhero action adventure fiction, young adult action adventure, action adventure young adult, coming of age books

Download or read book Hell s Creek written by Patrick Fox and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Bill Banes is killed in a spectacular but mysterious car bombing in England, O'Toole volunteers to go to London to bring back his friend's remains. Before he knows it, he's involved in a many-leveled conspiracy that becomes much more complicated than the murder it initially appeared to be. O'Toole follows up on the one consistency in the sketchy chain of evidence: Bill Banes' continuing fascination with a 1978 earthquake in the western United States. From the hundred mile visibilities at the peaks of the Little Belt Mountains, to the subterranean murk of the Lombard Fault in Western Montana, he is once again up to his ears in trouble, straying far beyond his jurisdiction as an employee of Structure—the small and super-secret agency that does the jobs that are too sensitive for the CIA and the FBI—and proving yet again that no good deed goes unpunished. With the aid of Elmer Linthacum, who runs a small town Exxon station, and Becky Sparling, the loving daughter of a multimillionaire cattle rancher who has interests that go beyond his fourteen thousand acres, O'Toole manages to unravel the mystery and avoid getting sewn up—or blown up—in the process.

Download or read book My Own Country written by Abraham Verghese and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoir and first book from the author of the beloved New York Times bestseller Cutting for Stone. Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an “urban problem” had arrived in the town to stay. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS expert, soon besieged by a shocking number of male and female patients whose stories came to occupy his mind, and even take over his life. Verghese brought a singular perspective to Johnson City: as a doctor unique in his abilities; as an outsider who could talk to people suspicious of local practitioners; above all, as a writer of grace and compassion who saw that what was happening in this conservative community was both a medical and a spiritual emergency. Out of his experience comes a startling but ultimately uplifting portrait of the American heartland as it confronts—and surmounts—its deepest prejudices and fears.

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Download or read book Hitting the Silk written by Tawdra Kandle and published by Tawdra Kandle Romance. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of a life-altering tragedy, Delia Rollins, once an Army wife, now finds solace in the quiet routine of teaching. As a young widow, she guards her heart with unwavering determination, setting a crucial rule for herself: no more military men. The risk is too great. Enter Army Captain Shaw Kincaid, a man who thrives on pushing boundaries and embracing challenges. Whether testing his physical limits or navigating the edge of safety, Shaw lives for the adrenaline. When he crosses paths with Delia, he realizes that winning her heart might be his most formidable mission yet. Despite Delia's efforts to distance herself, the undeniable chemistry between them refuses to be ignored. As she grapples with her growing fondness for Shaw, he finds himself falling deeper in love with her. Witness the intricate dance between a danger-seeking ranger and a wary widow. Love becomes the riskiest and sweetest leap they may ever take, challenging them to confront their fears and discover the true strength of their connection.

Download or read book The Longest War written by M. Stefan Strozier and published by World Audience Inc. This book was released on 2017-03-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from the Afghanistan War and other wars, veterans are welcome to contribute their stories to this ongoing project.

Download or read book 101 Moments of Motherhood written by Regan Long and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a mother, what more do we want then to feel empowered, motivated and inspired? We want to learn from our own mistakes, as well as those of other experienced mothers. We want to be able to expand upon our strengths, and to have the opportunity to share the good, the bad, and the ugly with fellow women. This book is for every woman the young, the seasoned, and everyone in between. For each woman who has already been blessed with the gift of motherhood, for the mothers-to-be, for every woman who is considering becoming a mother. This book is a collection of 101 moments that will leave each reader feeling moved, feeling touched, feeling inspired, but most of all, feeling compelled to read these stories again and again. 101 Moments of Motherhood is set up in an ideal way to pick up the book and open to any page to receive some type of emotional or inspirational discovery. But most of all, you will be reminded that we are not on this intimidating yet exhilarating, exhausting yet rejuvenating, absolutely incredible journey alone.

Download or read book Baseball and Philosophy written by Eric Bronson and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball and Philosophy brings together two high-powered pastimes: the sport of baseball and the academic discipline of philosophy. Eric Bronson asked eighteen young professors to provide their profound analysis of some aspect of baseball. The result offers surprisingly deep insights into this most American of games. The contributors include many of the leading voices in the burgeoning new field of philosophy of sport, plus a few other talented philosophers with a personal interest in baseball. A few of the contributors are also drawn from academic areas outside philosophy: statistics, law, and history. This volume gives the thoughtful baseball fan substancial material to think more deeply about. What moral issues are raised by the Intentional Walk? Do teams sometimes benefit from the self-interested behavior of their individual members? How can Zen be applied to hitting? Is it ethical to employ deception in sports? Can a game be defined by its written rules or are there also other constraints? What can the U.S. Supreme Court learn from umpiring? Why should baseball be the only industry exempt from antitrust laws? What part does luck play in any game of skill?

Download or read book So to Speak written by Shirley Kobliner and published by Tiller Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engage with everyday expressions in a completely different (and fun!) way, with this entertaining and interactive book of common phrases that can turn a humdrum gathering into a raucous game night. We use expressions and idioms all the time. When you feel sick, you’re “under the weather.” When you feel great, you’re “on top of the world.” But whether you’re a “smart cookie” or a tough one, you—and almost everyone you know—have a veritable smorgasbord of expressions stored deep in your brain. So to Speak: 11,000 Expressions That’ll Knock Your Socks Off is the largest collection of its kind. Thoughtfully divided into sixty-seven categories—from Animals to Food & Cooking, from Love to Politics, this reference guide may have more in common with an activity book! Don’t look for definitions and etymologies, because the book is just the beginning. So to Speak is the launchpad for your lifelong journey to explore the universe of expressions. In fact, it’s designed to get readers off the page—and engaging with each other through word games and puzzles. So to Speak spurs discussion, debate, and play, while encouraging the art of listening and celebrating the joy of words. Authors Shirley and Harold Kobliner spent more than half a century nurturing and teaching children. So to Speak is a reflection of their deeply held belief that regardless of a person’s age, the most impactful learning happens when you’re having fun. Whether it’s grandparents teaching their favorite expressions to their grandkids, teens helping adults with the latest lingo or slang, or millennials indulging in their love of wordplay and games, this is the perfect book for any lover of language.