Download or read book Educated written by Tara Westover and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University “Extraordinary . . . an act of courage and self-invention.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • BILL GATES’S HOLIDAY READING LIST • FINALIST: National Book Critics Circle’s Award In Autobiography and John Leonard Prize For Best First Book • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home. “Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover’s] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?”—Vogue NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • Time • NPR • Good Morning America • San Francisco Chronicle • The Guardian • The Economist • Financial Times • Newsday • New York Post • theSkimm • Refinery29 • Bloomberg • Self • Real Simple • Town & Country • Bustle • Paste • Publishers Weekly • Library Journal • LibraryReads • Book Riot • Pamela Paul, KQED • New York Public Library

Download or read book No Way Home written by Tyler Wetherall and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wetherall lived in fifteen houses and five countries by the time she was nine. She didn't think this was strange until Scotland Yard showed up, and she discovered her father was a fugitive and their family name was an alias. In 1983, the year she was born, her parents went on the run with three young children, traveling across Europe, their expenses paid for with drug money. It was over the summers spent visiting her dad in prison in California that he told her the truth: he had been a pot smuggler in the seventies, and his organization had bought in marijuana worth nearly a half billion dollars from Thailand. Here Wetherall pieces together the story of her parents' past, which ultimately helps her understand her own. -- adapted from publisher info.

Download or read book The Dream Doers and the Summer of Secrets written by Bonnie Schaefer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Summer of Secrets, twelve-year-old Tyler Davis is determined to pitch for his all-star team. But he has never thrown a strike in his Little League career. And eleven-year-old Alexandria Wilkins is determined to play in a local tennis tournament. But she doesn't have a coach to teach her how to play. So the best friends decide to be Dream Doers and work together to achieve their goals. Along the way, they encounter Hector Magruder, the hermit who lives in the woods. From him, they learn about a silent enemy that is far more dangerous than the neighborhood bully, Zachary Graham. What they don't know is that the more time they spend with Hector and the closer they come to discovering his secrets, the more danger they create for themselves and their families.

Download or read book Love That Boy written by Ron Fournier and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A]n eloquent, brave, big-hearted book…about the timeless anxieties and emotions of parenthood, and the modern twists thereon.” —James Fallows, The Atlantic Love That Boy is a uniquely personal story about the causes and costs of outsized parental expectations. What we want for our children—popularity, normalcy, achievement, genius—and what they truly need—grit, empathy, character—are explored by National Journal’s Ron Fournier, who weaves his extraordinary journey to acceptance around the latest research on childhood development and stories of other loving-but-struggling parents.

Download or read book I Am Tyler the Perfect DAD written by Lolita Books and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Gift idea for Tyler UNDER 10 DOLLARS ! Just 6,99 for a limited time. Hurry and order now before this offer disappears! Perfect birthday gift for Tyler , husband, DAD, brother, Friends, You will love this Birthday Gift.this lined notebook is perfect for taking notes, recipes, to do lists, writing and organizing , with beautiful soft colors design combination. All the elements in this journal / notebook are customized handmade.This will be another perfect gift for you , your DAD , relatives , coworker , friends or all your loved ones for all time. You can have it use as a notebook, journal or composition book that be the source of the creativity and encourage thinking out of the box and yoga planner. Forget the boring thank you car and gift them this unique journal that they can use and always remember you by. Features : 100 blank lined white pages 6"x9" notebook, perfect size for your desk, backpack, school, home or work Perfect sturdy matte soft cover It can be used to write notes, diary, planner, and journal A cool Tyler notebook that is awesome Gift Idea for Birthdays, Christmas, Anniversaries, Graduation or any other present giving occasion

Download or read book Try to Remember written by John Hodgson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tim Rowe is a sophomore at Newport Beach High School in 1962. He lives a life many of us would have loved to experience. He comes from wealth and privilege yet manages to maintain a sense of balance in his life. With Tim you will experience the culture of the beach, the mystic of surfing, high school athletics, romance and music of the early 60's. You see the beauty and innocence of early Orange County before it became endless miles of housing and businesses.

Download or read book Grendel written by Ken Brosky and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dancing at the Pity Party written by Tyler Feder and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed graphic memoir that Kirkus calls “cathartic and uplifting” is the tale of losing a parent and what it feels like to grieve and to move forward. “I can’t recommend this kind, funny, and poignant memoir enough. It’s an intimate, life-affirming story of resilience that feels like a good friend.” —Mari Andrew, author of Am I There Yet? Tyler Feder had just white-knuckled her way through her first year of college when her super cool mom was diagnosed with late-stage cancer. Now, with a decade of grief and nervous laughter under her belt, Tyler shares the story of that gut-wrenching, heart-pounding, extremely awkward time in her life—from her mom’s first oncology appointment to her funeral through the beginning of facing reality as a motherless daughter. She shares the sting of loss that never goes away, the uncomfortable post-death firsts, and the deep-down, hard-to-talk-about feelings of the grieving process. Dancing at the Pity Party is a frank and refreshingly funny look at what it’s like to grieve—for anyone struggling with loss who just wants someone to get it.

Download or read book Bodies Are Cool written by Tyler Feder and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright and friendly illustrations to pore over. From the acclaimed creator of Dancing at the Pity Party and Roaring Softly, this picture book is a pure celebration of all the different human bodies that exist in the world. Highlighting the various skin tones, body shapes, and hair types is just the beginning in this truly inclusive book. With its joyful illustrations and encouraging refrain, it will instill body acceptance and confidence in the youngest of readers. “My body, your body, every different kind of body! All of them are good bodies! BODIES ARE COOL!”

Download or read book He is Here written by John Brandon Keever and published by Soul Searching Studios. This book was released on 2017-07-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an Iraq War Widow and a Breast Cancer Widower Fall in Love without Falling Apart? Sara lost her husband 4 years ago in the Iraq War. Jack lost his wife to breast cancer soon after they were married. Falling in Love again is the last thing on their minds. A chance meeting while volunteering at a local mission opens possibilities either before felt possible. Their lives are further intertwined when through their work at the mission; they meet a young teenage couple expecting a baby. How do you fall in love after you’ve lost the love of your life? There is Grace in Grief. Love Abounds in He is Here. Fall in Love again in He is Here.

Download or read book A March on London Being a Story of Wat Tyler s Insurrection written by G. A. Henty and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-08 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Download or read book Catching the Vixen written by Kristen Strassel and published by Kristen Strassel. This book was released on with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I crashed a bachelor auction for The Real Werewives of Alaska, the producers immediately offered me a contract for the show. Problem is, my parents are already contestants, and that hot quarterback I placed the winning bid for? He’s my dad’s protégé. Those producers want me to do something outrageous to get the viewers’ attention, and I plan to deliver. All my dad’s grumbling won’t keep me away from lion shifter Tyler Jones. The lion thing could pose a problem because I’m half-human, half-fox, and all wild child. My plan is to play with the big cat and move on. That is, until I shift for the very first time. Now my animal wants something more. Like forever. I thought dealing with my dad’s disapproval was an issue, but if I’m going to play for keeps with Tyler, I need to win his family over first. Whoever said being a vixen was easy? Find out what happens when fate brings these star-crossed lovers together!

Download or read book Rebel Love written by Tess Oliver and published by Sugartree Press. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate tale of unrequited love and second chances from New York Times bestselling author, Tess Oliver. For a long time, I thought of that kiss, the kiss that unraveled everything, the kiss that changed the course of history, as a split second decision. But there was nothing split second about an obsession. And while she might have been impetuous and wild, there sure as hell wasn't anything split second about Rebecca . . . the girl I called Rebel. Rebel Love is a standalone romance.

Download or read book The Appeal of Stalking written by Stan Talbott and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 21st Century Society, "Stalking" connotes a myriad of imagery and numerous definitions. Ask any female adult and she has either directly been a "victim" of "stalking," or she has a friend who has been a victim. Stalkers are no longer simply the lurkers in the shadows from the "Stalking" films of the 20th Century. Stalkers come in all shapes and sizes and socio-economic backgrounds. In addition to preying on their victims, stalkers can be apprehended for "following" in other ways including e-mail communication, texting, and even inappropriate posts on Facebook. In The Appeal of Stalking, Billy Freeman is accused of stalking his exwife, Diane Downer, after Downer attempts to take custody of their six year-old grandson, Trystan. Trystan's mother, Faith Freeman, enters a "family-friendly" alcohol rehab facility, but with the help of Trystan's illegal alien father, Erasmo, Downer seizes Trystan and places him into the first grade, rather than kindergarten where he was destined to be placed under his mother's care. Downer's animosity toward her daughter stems from an earlier incident when Faith was stalked by her mother's dream man: television star, Matthew Fox. Stan Talbott recently retired from his job as a Portland, Oregon-based financial advisor to embark on his full-time writing career. Talbott, a passionate advocate for the Constitution, First Amendment, and Freedom of Expression, is currently working, triathlon training, researching, and composing his next stories in his Central Oregon homeland.

Download or read book Echoes in the Darkness written by Cheryl Shoquist and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheyenne's body suddenly without warning began turning against her with fierce and haunting attacks of ravaging pain and fear ripping through her with such vengence that with each onslaught she thought that she was surely losing her mind. It wasn't her mind that she was losing though, it was her mind and memory that she was gaining as her subconscious was battling to give her consciousness the details of a past so traumatic that her conscious couldn't deal with the reality, and stored all of the horror into the subconscious memory bank away from the devastation that the knowlege would have caused her. She had been safe for many years until recently, when out of nowhere a juggernaut jolted her subconscious and cracked open the contents as it struggled to come out of hiding to reek havoc once more on the mind and soul of the quiet, sullen and withdrawn cheyenne. With the emotional storm at hand, trying to crest, Cheyenne began investigating her own hauntings, only to find out the truth about herself, and what her deceiving parents had tried to keep buried for so long. With each clue and truth, others did whatever they could do to stop her from discovering her past, and finding out who was responsible. Her rewards at the end of this trecherous journey was a great love, the conviction of those who tried to destroy her, and a very special person enters her life. A very poignant story.

Download or read book Clementine Camille written by Ronald John Vierling and published by Advantage Media Group. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ronald Vierling's first novel in the Clementine trilogy, Clementine Camille: Volume One: An American Romance, ends when African-American Clementine Brown and Caucasian-American Tyler Raymond's twin daughters are six years old. Clementine Camille: Volume Two: An American Memoir begins ten years later, when the couple's twin daughters, Josephine and Abigail, are fifteen, which means Clementine and Tyler not only face issues that naturally arise with raising teen-age daughters, they must also deal with those issues that attend their daughters' mixed racial heritage. Thus, while An American Romance chronicles how Clementine and Tyler became adults and parents as well as the story of the family and friends who shaped them, the events that unfold in An American Memoir test everything they have come to believe about love and loss, about race and identity, about ambition and the sometimes contradictory consequences of achievement.

Download or read book THE RELUCTANT DADDY written by Helen Conrad and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who knew he'd be assigned to a case where a verdict of arson could spell trouble for half the population of Tyler? Who knew the daughter of his prime suspect, the mother of two toddlers, would be the woman of his dreams? Who knew her kids would have such a hold on him? Who knew she'd be withholding evidence?