Download or read book Thanksgiving written by Melanie Kirkpatrick and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know the story of Thanksgiving. Or do we? This uniquely American holiday has a rich and little known history beyond the famous feast of 1621. In Thanksgiving, award-winning author Melanie Kirkpatrick journeys through four centuries of history, giving us a vivid portrait of our nation's best-loved holiday. Drawing on newspaper accounts, private correspondence, historical documents, and cookbooks, Thanksgiving brings to life the full history of the holiday and what it has meant to generations of Americans. Many famous figures walk these pages—Washington, who proclaimed our first Thanksgiving as a nation amid controversy about his Constitutional power to do so; Lincoln, who wanted to heal a divided nation sick of war when he called for all Americans—North and South—to mark a Thanksgiving Day; FDR, who set off a debate on state's rights when he changed the traditional date of Thanksgiving. Ordinary Americans also play key roles in the Thanksgiving story—the New England Indians who boycott Thanksgiving as a Day of Mourning; Sarah Josepha Hale, the nineteenth-century editor and feminist who successfully campaigned for Thanksgiving to be a national holiday; the 92nd Street Y in New York City, which founded Giving Tuesday, an online charity established in the long tradition of Thanksgiving generosity. Kirkpatrick also examines the history of Thanksgiving football and, of course, Thanksgiving dinner. While the rites and rituals of the holiday have evolved over the centuries, its essence remains the same: family and friends feasting together in a spirit of gratitude to God, neighborliness, and hospitality. Thanksgiving is Americans' oldest tradition. Kirkpatrick's enlightening exploration offers a fascinating look at the meaning of the holiday that we gather together to celebrate on the fourth Thursday of November. With Readings for Thanksgiving Day designed to be read aloud around the table.
Download or read book His Holiday Heart written by Jillian Hart and published by Steeple Hill. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Montana Scrooge With a Secret Crush What can make a grumpy "there-is-no-Santa-Claus" kind of man smile? The sight of quirky Lucy Chapin. Something about the woman creates warm and fuzzy feelings within confirmed bachelor Spence McKaslin. So he decides he'll just have to ignore her. Hard to do, since they're working together on a Christmas program for hospitalized children. And the time with lovely Lucy soon has Spence thinking twice about spending his life alone. But can Lucy open his heart to the joy of the season…and to love?
Download or read book Holiday Heart Wishes A Clean Small Town Holiday Romance written by Lucinda Race and published by MC Two Press. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this clean, small town, holiday romance by award winning and bestselling author, Lucinda Race. Can a Christmas wish come true… When social media director Vera Davis loses her job in the city, she takes her adorable, goofy rescue pup and heads home for the holidays, to her sweet hometown of Dickens. She’s hoping to move in with her mom and start a new business. But her drive is interrupted when she rescues a handsome, snowbound stranger stranded by side of the road. Newspaper reporter Tony Barbee may be a stranger to Vera, but Dickens is his hometown, too. He’s come to spend Christmas with the uncle who raised him. But Vera and Tony are in for a surprise when they find her mother and his uncle living together. Aren’t they moving too fast? Tony and Vera share something besides relatives in a blossoming romance: a tradition that when they see the Christmas tree in the gazebo on the village green—a scene right out of a Norman Rockwell painting—they should make a Christmas wish. Though they resist their own growing attraction to one another, Christmas is a time of surprises and gifts, and the unexpected answer to a heartfelt holiday wish may bring Vera and Tony the greatest gift of all… Holiday Heart Wishes is the first novella in A Dickens Holiday Romance, although each book can be read as standalone. A sweet and clean romantic story with a guaranteed happily ever after. Happy reading!
Download or read book Opening His Holiday Heart written by Renee Ryan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a little boy’s help, can he let go of painful memories? Casey Evans wants no part in the holidays, which is a major problem for Mayor Sutton Wentworth. Sutton has her heart set on their town winning a national Christmas contest, and Casey’s refusal to decorate his coffee shop could ruin everything. Thankfully, her precious son has worked his charms on Casey. But can one little boy—and his mother—change the mind of the local grinch? From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope. Thunder Ridge Book 1: Surprise Christmas Family Book 2: The Sheriff's Promise Book 3: Opening His Holiday Heart
Download or read book Holiday Heart written by Margarita García Robayo and published by Charco Press. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucía and Pablo are Colombian immigrants who’ve built their lives together in the US yet maintain conflicting attitudes towards their homeland and the extent to which it defines their identity. After undergoing fertility treatment, Pablo finds himself excluded from raising their twins, and the new family situation seems to question the very nature of their relationship and of who they believed they were. In search of respite and time to reflect, Lucía takes the kids to her parents’ apartment in Miami. Meanwhile, Pablo learns he is suffering from a syndrome known as ‘Holiday Heart’. But is this just a break, or is it really the final days of their marriage?
Download or read book Holiday in Your Heart written by LeAnn Rimes and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many girls dream of becoming princesses, but for the heroine of "Holiday in Your Heart, nothing could be better than singing at the Grand Ole Opry. Teenaged singing sensation Anna Lee has realized her dream of performing a holiday concert on the fabled stage. Yet her happiness is clouded by thoughts of her grandmother, stricken with a serious illness back in her native Mississippi and unable to see her beloved granddaughter triumph at this special time of year. It takes the lessons of an older country singer, a musical legend now past her prime, to show the young woman that if you carry a holiday in your heart all year round, you'll always know which things really matter, which songs are the ones you have to sing. LeAnn Rimes's legions of fans will find "Holiday in Your Heart a tale as heartrending as the finest country ballad.
Download or read book Fish Soup written by Margarita García Robayo and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, "Waiting for a hurricane," follows a girl obsessed with escaping both her life and her country. Emotionally detached from her family and disillustioned with what the future holds, the takes drastic steps, seemingly oblivious to the damage she causes to herself and those around her. "Sexual education" examines the attempts of a student to tally the strict doctrine oabstinencece taught at her school with the very different social norms of her social circles. The short stories offer snapshots of lives in turmoil, frayed by relationships, dreams of escape, family taboos and rejection of, and by, society.
Download or read book Journey to the Heart of Aikido written by Linda Holiday and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey to the Heart of Aikido presents the teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei, one of the few remaining direct students of Morihei Ueshiba, the legendary founder of Aikido. After a lifetime of practice and teaching in Japan, the United States, and Europe, Anno Sensei conveys through his teachings Aikido's essential spirit of love, harmony, gratitude, and purification with simple authenticity and eloquence. Author and translator Linda Holiday--herself a senior instructor of Aikido--brings to life the intimacy of this communication through translated discourses on the deep practice of Aikido and candid dialogues between Anno sensei and Western students. Journey to the Heart of Aikido includes Linda Holiday's vivid account of her adventure as a young woman studying Aikido in the mystical region of Kumano, Japan, in the 1970s, and a poignant telling of Anno sensei's life and his first-hand experience of training with Aikido's founder. An essential resource for the global Aikido community, Journey to the Heart of Aikido also offers spiritual teachings relevant to all contemporary seekers, touching a wide range of themes such as the meaning of martial arts, the integration of body and spirit, the truth of interconnectedness, and the practice of peace, offering all readers insight into the profound spiritual questions at the heart of life.
Download or read book The Consequences of Alcoholism written by Marc Galanter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism On behalf of the Research Society on Alcoholism, I am pleased to introduce this 14th volume of Recent Developments in Alcoholism about the consequences of alcoholism. Current concepts are presented in well-organized sections that focus on the medical, neuropsychiatric, economic, and biobehavioral con- quences of alcoholism. This volume contains up-to-date discussions of these issues. The editors and associate editors should be congratulated for bringing together such important information. This volume will be a valuable resource for investigators and therapists alike. Ivan Diamond M.D., Ph.D. President, Research Society on Alcoholism From the President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine On behalf of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, I am pleased to announce that our society once again will cosponsor Recent Developments in Alcoholism. This volume addresses the issues of age, gender, socioeconomy, and behaviors as they relate to alcohol research and the disease of alcoholism. The medical consequences of alcoholism are ably edited by Dr. Charles L- ber, while the neuropsychiatric consequences of alcoholism are addressed by Drs. Gottheil. This volume is rounded out with the in-depth discussion of the economic consequences of alcoholism, edited by Dr. Fuller, and an inter- tional perspective on the behavioral consequences of alcoholism, edited by Dr. Paredes.
Download or read book Prevention written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prevention magazine provides smart ways to live well with info and tips from experts on weight loss, fitness, health, nutrition, recipes, anti-aging & diets.
Download or read book Heart Felt Holidays written by Kathy Sheldon and published by Lark Crafts. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents felt-related crafting ideas for holidays and special occasions, including such projects as leprechaun finger puppets, miniature pumpkins, Thanksgiving table runners, and Christmas ornaments.
Download or read book Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease written by Rodolfo Paoletti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex relationships between alcohol use and human health represent an area of increasing interest to specialists interested in preventive cardiology. The inverse relationship between alcohol consumption and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, especially myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke, has in fact gained sound scientific support in recent years. This book, based in an international symposium on the topic held in Venice, October 30-31, 1999, analyzes in depth the epidemiological association between alcohol consumption and human diseases and discusses the possible mechanisms involved in alcohol-associated protection from atherosclerotic diseases. The oxidative effects of different amounts of alcohol intake and of various alcoholic beverages in the production of these effects - subjects of considerable debate - are also analyzed. This book will be of interest to clinicians and researchers active in the areas of atherosclerosis, public health, preventive medicine, and preventive cardiology. It is intended to specifically help practising clinicians provide their patients with evidence-based answers to the most commonly asked questions regarding alcohol use.
Download or read book Holly Berries and Hockey Pucks A Clean Small Town Holiday Romance written by Lucinda Race and published by MC Two Press. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this clean, small town, holiday romance by award winning and bestselling author, Lucinda Race Hockey, holidays, and a slap shot to the heart Jillian Morgan, single mom and flower shop owner, once had a promising career as a women’s hockey player. Instead, she now has a precocious six-year-old daughter who loves hockey as much as she did. Jillian’s focus is her daughter and the busy upcoming holiday season in the small town of Dickens. Then a newcomer stops in for flowers. He might be good looking—no, great looking—but Jillian doesn’t need a complication of the male variety. Brett Parsons hasn’t held a hockey stick in ten years, not since an injury ended his dreams of being an NHL star. He’s moved to Dickens to help his newly widowed mother. With a recently broken engagement, and still unpacking while looking for a job as a physical therapist, he doesn’t have any interest in dating. But he might make an exception for the pretty blue-eyed florist. Brett’s delighted when he takes a job coaching the local youth hockey group and find’s Jillian’s daughter on his team. Jillian’s not the average hockey mom, and Brett’s looking forward to discovering her secrets. In spite of the attraction, Jill’s wary. It’s easier to stay single than to have her heart broken again. But both of them know life rarely turns out as planned. In a town that cherishes Christmas, hockey pucks and holly berries might just lead to kisses under the mistletoe. Holly Berries and Hockey Pucks is the second novel in A Dickens Holiday Romance Series, although each book can be read as standalone. A sweet and clean romantic story with a guaranteed happily ever after. Happy reading!
Download or read book Winter Trauma An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics written by Margaret Ecklund and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Margaret M Ecklund, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNP-BC, will focus on Winter Health Challenges, with article topics including: Near Drowning and Multiple Organism Aspiration; Geriatric Perils: Falls and Complications; Vitamin D Deficiency; Gastroenteritis and Surgical Perils; Frostbite; Rural Trauma; Respiratory failure and adult influenza; RSV; Diabetes and Seasonal Depression; and Holiday Heart Disease.
Download or read book Giving Thanks written by M. H. Clark and published by Compendium Publishing & Communications. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year, take a moment to write what you are grateful for something that speaks to your heart. And make this a tradition, year after year. The words you write will become your memories, and these memories will become a part of your shared history. This book will serve as a record of all that shapes you and all that brings your family together. Filled with seasonal reflections and questions to ponder, this foil-stamped and embossed guest book comes in a durable slipcover to preserve this keepsake for years to come.
Download or read book Holiday Romance BoxSet written by Lucinda Race and published by MC Two Press. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 1236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award winning and best selling author Lucinda Race presents this 6 book boxset holiday romance series. Enjoy this sweet, with a touch of heat, holiday romance collection that includes firefighters, hockey players and later in life love stories, Each book has a guaranteed happily ever after. Sugar Plum Inn - In a small Vermont town, reminiscent of a Hallmark movie, a charming inn with a chef and a roving critic who has spent years hiding that he's deaf meet. But will his lie by omission keep them apart? Christmas in July - In the friends to lovers romance the city boy and country girl are both vying to win the contract to shoot a new holiday movie. Will a heart wrenching kiss lead to a happily ever after in the heat of July? Holly Berries and Hockey Pucks - has small town charm that fills the air like perfume from single mom Jill's flower shop. A former hockey rockstar Jill walked away from her dream on the US team to raise her daughter. An injured hockey player arrives in town to coach the kids team. Will kisses under the mistletoe be enough to thaw the single mom's defenses and let love lead to a happily ever after? Holiday Heart Wishes - This feel-good love at the first hello is a great meet cute. Returning to her small town after losing her job she doesn't expect to find her mom living with a man, and not the uncle of the man she gave a ride into town during a big snowstorm. This holiday novella is heart-warming with all the feels. A Secret Santa Christmas - Holly Ivey has no choice but to move to the small town of Dickens when she loses her job. Bah Humbug. Now she has to run her grandmother knitting store and she doesn't knit. Talk about a fish out of water. Things get tangled when she meets the dark hair and dark eyed hunk, Gabe Reyes who runs the community center. Things get even more twisted when she discovers her grandmother had a secret. Now its up to Holly to pitch in and save Christmas. Shamrocks Are A Girls Best Friend - Hunky injured firefighter Tric Ryan has settled in Shamrock Cottage at the beach to recover from devastating injures. What he doesn't realize is there is a woman already living in the house. Were their uncles dabbling in matchmaking? With a hurricane blowing in their close forced proximity will heat things up. As Tric heals its time to return to smoke jumping and walk away from the only woman who's ever made him think of staying for more than a St. Patrick's Day celebration.
Download or read book In My Heart written by Jo Witek and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.
