Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Download or read book Transgender Lives written by Kirstin Cronn-Mills and published by Twenty-First Century Books ™. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I didn't hear the word transgender until I was eighteen, when a person I was dating came out as trans. My boyfriend came out as my girlfriend, and I thought, 'What . . . is that?' She said, 'I just don't think I'm a man.' And I said, 'Guess what? Neither do I.' And then the skies parted, and I understood who I was."—Katie Burgess, nonprofit director and community activist/organizer Meet Katie, Hayden, Dean, Brooke, David, Julia, and Natasha. Each is transgender, and in this book, they share their personal stories. Through their narratives, you'll get to know and love each person for their humor, intelligence, perseverance, and passion. You'll learn how they each came to better understand, accept, and express their gender identities, and you'll follow them through the sorrows and successes of their personal journeys. Transgender Lives helps you understand what it means to be transgender in America while learning more about transgender history, the broad spectrum of transgender identities, and the transition process. You'll explore the challenges transgender Americans face, including discrimination, prejudice, bullying and violence, unequal access to medical care, and limited legal protections. For transgender readers, these stories offer support and encouragement. Transgender Lives is a space for trans* voices to be heard and to express the complexities of gender while focusing on what it means to be human.

Download or read book The Things We Do for Love written by Xavier Knight and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, Jesse Law was a twenty-year-old with the world at his feet. After surviving a painful, often lonely childhood as the youngest child in a music dynasty, he forged a high-profile career, blazing a path on the charts later followed by the likes of Usher and Justin Timberlake. Those heady times are far in the past now, and Jesse's life is far richer thanks to his emerging values, the love of his wife, Dionne, and a lower-key but fulfilling career as lead singer of the gospel group. As far as he has come, though, Jesse's days are burdened by a shameful reality.

Download or read book 7 Things He ll Never Tell You written by Kevin Leman and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin Leman wants you to know that men are less complicated than you give them credit for. At the core of men, you'll find a sensitive, emotional being that needs to feel loved, respected and needed. Men are very protective of their core. It's this protective behavior that keeps men from openly sharing their feelings with women. But, Kevin Leman knows that the more you understand and are sensitive to the fears, anxieties, and insecurities that make the men in your life behave the way they do, the stronger your relationships will be.

Download or read book Our Phantom Voyage written by Patricia Macko and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Phantom Voyage By: Patricia Macko Based on a true story, this fascinating book presents dual and alternating story lines that share the lives of those in charge at the county jail: the correction officers who endure the swing shifts, confinement, and the risk of exposing themselves to a dangerous population of criminals, mentally deranged characters, and notorious inmates who are locked up and angry with the world. Our Phantom Voyage explores the characters with a personalized look at their friendships and working relationships. A much-needed vacation that was planned for four of them results in a disastrous experience that will keep you turning pages until the very end. This book has universal appeal to those who love adventure, romance, and good versus evil scenarios. The story has been greatly embellished and not all scenarios included are true. The names have been changed to protect the guilty.

Download or read book Always a Bride written by Michelle MacQueen and published by Michelle MacQueen. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this sweet and swoony small town romance series by bestselling author Michelle MacQueen. She’s the subject of town gossip… … and he’s the man from her past. How did she get here? It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Finley Kelly has dreamed of her wedding day for years. But those dreams didn’t include standing up in front of everyone she knew. Alone. And it didn’t include doing it two more times. Three weddings. No marriage. A new nickname as the “unwed bride.” Now that she’s engaged again-- this time to her wealthy boss-- Finley is determined to make the fourth time stick. When she leaves the church, it will be with a husband at her side. She just never considered that her fiancé might not love her. When a man from her past returns to town, it threatens to destroy yet another supposedly perfect day. Knox Morgan is everything she never dared to want, everything she never thought she’d have. But she made a commitment, and the clock is ticking. This time, when she reaches the end of the aisle, will she get her happily ever after? Escape into this sweet romance that will give you all the feels. Always a Bride is the first book in the Always in Love series. Enjoy small town beach life with sweet and swoony men, strong-willed women, and family ties that can’t be broken. Written with humor and verve, Always a Bride rolls merrily along to its predictably happy ending. Refreshingly, there are no sex scenes; the emphasis is on love and romance, not sex and steaminess. Michelle MacQueen has a good time bringing her couple and her readers to the happy ending. She genuinely likes the characters she is writing about, and it comes across on the page. --Publishers Weekly, Booklife ... KEYWORDS: Small Town romance, sweet romance, clean and wholesome romance, friends to lovers, wedding, marriage, love, family, sibling relationships, florida, friendships, best friend's girl, bride Similar Authors: Sage Parker, Melissa Storm, Elana Johnson, Rachel Hanna, Amelia Addler, Pamela Kelley, Hope Holloway, Jessie Newton, Lauren K. Denton, Laura Ann, Anne Marie Meyer, Katie Winters, and Jan Moran.

Download or read book Three Wishes written by Melissa Crosby and published by iHeart Press. This book was released on 2020-12-12 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to Mulberry Lane! Two years have passed, and it's time to get reacquainted with best friends, Kate, Sarah, and Louise. They say bad things come in threes. When Kate accidentally breaks a mirror, she believes she's destined for seven years of bad luck. And just as the superstition dictates, a stream of tragedies crop up, beginning with the sudden death of her father. Sarah and Caleb have good news to share: They are taking their commitment to another level and are moving in together. Everything is perfect until Sarah makes a regrettable mistake that completely overturns their bliss. After forty years apart, Louise is finally in the arms of Philip, the man she'd once lost to God. But their happiness is short-lived when Louise receives a life shock that will change everything forever. Kate, Sarah, and Louise find themselves in the face of misfortune and adversity of which they are powerless to change. Will the bonds of their friendship continue to give them strength? OTHER BOOKS BY MELISSA CROSBY: Willow Oaks Series - Sweet Romance Book 1: Love Me True Book 2: Love Me Maybe Book 3: Love Me Again Book 4: Love Me Always Book 5: Love Me Timeless Mulberry Lane Series - Inspirational Women's Fiction Book 1: Tea for Three Book 2: Three Wishes Book 3: In Three Years Collections: A Willow Oaks Sweet Romance Collection: Volume 1 - Books 1-3 A Willow Oaks Sweet Romance Collection: Volume 2 - Books 4-5

Download or read book Twas the Knife Before Christmas written by Jacqueline Frost and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christmas delight, ’Twas the Knife Before Christmas will charm the stockings off readers of Joanne Fluke and Leslie Meier. It’s out of the cupcake tin, into the fire for Holly White’s best friend, Caroline. Can Holly clear Caroline’s name in time to go caroling? When a body turns up in a larger-than-life candy bowl filled with peppermints on the town square, Holly White is horrified to learn her best friend Caroline is the main suspect. Everyone in town, including Mistletoe, Maine’s sheriff, saw Caroline fighting with the victim on the night of his death. Worse, a custom kitchen knife, engraved with Caroline's initials was found with him. Now, just ten days before Christmas, Holly’s up to her jingle bells in holiday shenanigans and in desperate need of a miracle. Juggling extra shifts at her family’s Christmas tree farm and making enough gingerbread jewelry to satisfy the crowd is already more than she can handle―and now she has to find time to clear her best friend of murder. Add in her budding relationship with the sheriff, and a personal stalker dressed as Santa Claus, and Holly’s ready to fly south until springtime. But her Sherpa-lined mittens come off when Caroline is taken into custody. Can Holly wrap up the case in time for Christmas...even after she gains the true killer’s attention? Find out in ‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas, Jacqueline Frost’s second pine-scented Christmas Tree Farm mystery.

Download or read book Dreamwalker written by Allison Silva and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born to a magical family, Sender and Maggie learn to cope with a magical heritage they never knew about until that fateful night when their mother died, and they were thrust into a world of uncertainty. Together and alone, they must face the future and discover a world they only ever dreamed of, a world where dreams are reality, family is stranger than fiction, and love is breathtaking. Enter Maximillian Crace, a handsome millionaire playboy whose ruthless desire for money and power drives him to a life of extortion. Influencing his victims while they sleep and trapping them in their own dreams have made him a wealthy and driven individual who won’t stop until he has control at the highest levels. Maggie and Sender team up with a host of unlikely characters in an effort to stop the evil Max Crace in a world where dreams become reality.

Download or read book Music I Never Dreamed of written by John Gilgun and published by Amethyst Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Melanie Dickerson Collection III written by Melanie Dickerson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 1344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final four Hagenheim novels from New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson, now available in one low-priced e-collection. The Orphan’s Wish A reimagining of the beloved folktale, Aladdin, set in medieval Germany. Orphaned and alone, Aladdin travels from the streets of his Arab homeland to a strange, faraway place. Growing up in an orphanage, he meets young Lady Kirstyn, whose father is the powerful Duke of Hagenheim. Despite the difference in their stations, Aladdin quickly becomes Kirstyn’s favorite companion, and their childhood friendship grows into a bond that time and opposition cannot break. An enchanting new version of the well-known tale, The Orphan’s Wish tells a story of courage and loyalty, friendship and love, and reminds us what “family” really means. The Warrior Maiden A reimagining of the classic Mulan tale in medieval Europe, where both love and war challenge even the strongest of hearts. When Mulan takes her father’s place in battle against the besieging Teutonic Knights, she realizes she has been preparing for this journey her whole life—and that her life, and her mother’s, depends on her success. As the adopted daughter of poor parents, Mulan has little power in the world. If she can’t prove herself on the battlefield, she could face death—or, perhaps worse, marriage to the village butcher. The Piper’s Pursuit A fairy-tale journey of intrigue and romance that reimagines the classic Pied Piper story. A plague of rats. A giant beast outside the village walls. A host of missing children. And one young woman determined to save her people. In 1424 Hamlin, Katerina faces threats from all sides. An outbreak of rats has overtaken the village, a mysterious beast is on a killing rampage of the village’s children, and Katerina’s evil stepfather is a dark presence inside the walls of her own home. Katerina is determined to hunt and kill the Beast of Hamlin herself before more lives are lost. The Peasant’s Dream In this reverse reimagining of the Cinderella story, secrets and dangerous enemies threaten a fairy-tale romance. Adela, daughter of the Duke of Hagenheim, is rarely allowed outside the castle walls. But one day, longing for freedom, she sneaks away to the market disguised as a peasant. There, she meets a handsome young woodcarver named Frederick. Four full-length, clean fairy-tale reimaginings The Hagenheim stories can be read in any order: The Healer’s Apprentice, The Merchant’s Daughter, The Fairest Beauty, The Captive Maiden, The Princess Spy, The Golden Braid, The Silent Songbird, The Orphan’s Wish, The Warrior Maiden, The Piper’s Pursuit, The Peasant’s Dream Includes discussion questions for book clubs

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Download or read book The Sound and the Fury Third International Edition Norton Critical Editions written by William Faulkner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A man is the sum of his misfortunes.” —William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner’s provocative and enigmatic 1929 novel, The Sound and the Fury, is widely acknowledged as one of the most important English-language novels of the twentieth century. This revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition builds on the strengths of its predecessors while focusing new attention on both the novel’s contemporary reception and its rich cultural and historical contexts. The text for the Third Edition is again that of the corrected text scrupulously prepared by Noel Polk, whose textual note precedes the novel. David Minter’s annotations, designed to assist readers with obscure words and allusions, have been retained. “Contemporary Reception,” new to the Third Edition, considers the broad range of reactions to Faulkner’s extraordinary novel on publication. Michael Gorra’s headnote sets the stage for assessments by Evelyn Scott, Henry Nash Smith, Clifton P. Fadiman, Dudley Fitts, Richard Hughes, and Edward Crickmay. New materials by Faulkner (“The Writer and His Work”) include letters to Malcolm Cowley about The Portable Faulkner and Faulkner’s Nobel Prize for Literature address. “Cultural and Historical Contexts” begins with Michael Gorra’s insightful headnote, which is followed by seven seminal considerations—five of them new to the Third Edition—of southern history, literature, and memory. Together, these works—by C. Vann Woodward, Richard H. King, Richard Gray, William Alexander Percy, Lillian Smith, William James, and Henri Bergson—provide readers with important contexts for understanding the novel. “Criticism” represents eighty-five years of scholarly engagement with The Sound and the Fury. New to the Third Edition are essays by Eric Sundquist, Noel Polk, Doreen Fowler, Richard Godden, Stacy Burton, and Maria Truchan-Tataryn. A Chronology of Faulkner’s life and work is newly included along with an updated Selected Bibliography.

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Download or read book The Cornbread Gospels written by Crescent Dragonwagon and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11-22 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Cornbread? I LOVE cornbread!” For six years, that’s the response Crescent Dragonwagon got when people asked her what she was writing about. Over time, she came to understand: Not only is hot, just baked cornbread delicious, it evokes—powerfully—the heart, soul, and taste of home. There is an abundance of satisfying cornbreads, as Crescent discovered when she followed the cornbread trail from the Appalachians to the Rockies to the Green Mountains. Traveling to family reunions, potlucks, tortilleras, stone-grinding mills, and the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee, she heard the stories, tasted the breads, learned the secrets. Join her in this overflowing cornucopia: over 200 irresistible recipes for cornbreads, muffins, fritters, pancakes, and go-withs. Cornbreads from below the Mason-Dixon line (Skillet-Sizzled Buttermilk Cornbread, Truman Capote’s Family’s Alabama Cornbread) meet those from above (Durgin-Park Boston Cornbread, Vermont Maple-Sweetened Cornbread). Southwestern offerings—Chou-Chou’s Dallas Hot Stuff Cornbread, delectable homemade tamales, and tortillas from scratch—meet internationals like India’s Makki Ki Roti. A Thanksgiving with Crescent’s Sweet-Savory Cornbread Dressing is rapturous. Desserts like Very Lemony Gorgeous Cornmeal Pound Cake make any meal exceptional. Along with this, Crescent gives us the greens, the beans, the salads, stews, and soups that accompany cornbread to perfection. And she tells us the stories, too. Enthusiastic and heartfelt, this thoughtful, exuberant love song to America’s favorite breadstuff and all that goes with it will embrace readers and cooks everywhere.

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Download or read book Never Give Up written by W. D. Foster-Graham and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never Give Up is a family saga about Earl James Berry, patriarch of the Berry family and lifelong friend to Elijah Edwards. Like Eli, Earl is a man of character, honor, and integrity, highly respected, well loved. Through his connections to the powerful Edwards family, doors of opportunity opened for Earl. Although he did not come from old money, he made a name for himself as well as becoming another role model and success story in the community. As one of the first African-American district attorneys in Hennepin County, he racked up a success rate in convictions that took him to a seat on the bench for criminal court cases. He has had a long and distinguished career in the field of law and justice, and the reputation of being a tough but fair judge. All of his children have married well and are successful in their own right. Family and being rooted in faith have always seen them through, until a fateful day of what should have been a time of celebration comes... As his life hangs by a thread, we see his life and legacy through the eyes of his wife, his six children and one of his grandchildren, and wonder if a “gift” passed down through the generations will help to solve a mystery. The time is 2012; the place, Minneapolis.