Download or read book I Won t Be Home for Christmas written by Amanda Prowse and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irresistible festive treat from million-copy bestseller Amanda Prowse. Amanda Prowse is the author of The Light in the Hallway and the no.1 bestsellers Perfect Daughter, My Husband's Wife and What Have I Done? While her free-spirited daughter travels the world, Vivienne prepares for a lonely Christmas in Bristol, with her best friend Ellen and her ancient dog Bob. Then a letter arrives that changes everything. Vivienne's daughter is getting married in New Zealand, and she wants her mum and Ellen by her side. Out on the rugged coast of Tutukaka, the sea sparkles, romance beckons – and Vivienne falls under the spell of another life. Will she leave everything she holds dear for a chance at happiness? Or will her daughter be the only one to fall in love this Christmas? Reviews for Amanda Prowse: 'If you love JoJo Moyes and Freya North, you'll love this. There's no shortage of books with Christmas in the title, but this family-focused story stands out from the rest' Closer 'Magical' Now Magazine 'A lively romance with emotional depth' My Weekly 'A heartwarming novel to read in the run-up to Christmas – hot, balmy beaches herald the festive season on one side of the world, and light dustings of snow on the other side' Tripfiction 'A sweet, humorous snapshot of a romance... Will elicit a sigh and a smile' New York Journal of Books

Download or read book Not Home for Christmas written by John Meurs and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When author John Meurs was a nine-year-old schoolboy living in Nazi-occupied Holland, an American B-17 bomber crashed behind his house near the village of Apeldoorn. The date was Sunday, November 26, 1944. Meurs always wanted to know more about what happened in the air on that Thanksgiving Sunday. So, more than sixty years later he started researching "his" B-17. He quickly found that the bomber was part of the 8th Air Force Air Combat Command. Meurs' findings intrigued him and after discovering many interesting facts, Meurs focused his research on the 34 heavy bombers of the Mighty Eighth that were lost that day. He collected the personal stories of veterans who lived through it, families of veterans lost, and witnesses of the crashes. These first-hand recollections, captured in this book, provide a compelling and terrifying account of the reality of war. Thanks to the noble men of the Mighty Eighth who "would not be home for Christmas" in 1944 and their comrades in arms, ma

Download or read book How Winston Came Home for Christmas written by Alex T. Smith and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2024-10-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Winston the mouse as he sets out on another irresistible Christmas adventure! From Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of festive favourites How Winston Delivered Christmas, The Grumpus and The Nutcracker, comes the chapter book edition of How Winston Came Home for Christmas – the festive sequel to the much-loved How Winston Delivered Christmas. Filled with gorgeous black and white illustrations, this is the perfect Christmas gift for children who are ready to start reading by themselves. It is five days until Christmas and Winston has a Very Curious Mystery to solve. Recently, he has been having hazy memories of another mouse, and he just knows that someone very important to him is lost. After promising Oliver that he will be back in time for Christmas, no matter what, Winston sets out on an exciting round-the-world adventure to find the missing mouse, helped along the way by wonderful old friends and delightful new ones, too. How Winston Came Home for Christmas is a heartwarming illustrated story by Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude and Astrid and the Space Cadets series for younger readers. This ebook has been optimized for tablets and smart devices to best display the stunning illustrations. This means changing the size and format of the text is not possible. For the best experience, please download a sample to your device before purchase.

Download or read book Adult Piano Adventures Christmas Book One written by Nancy Faber and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Faber Piano Adventures ). Through sacred carols, humorous Santa songs, and winter favorites, adult beginners and those reacquainting with the keyboard can celebrate with the best songs of the season. Adult Piano Adventures Christmas Book 1 features three sections: Beginning Christmas Songs, Christmas Songs in the Key of C major, and Christmas Songs in the key of G major. Contents include: We Wish You a Merry Christmas * Angels We Have Heard on High * Away in a Manger * Jingle Bells * We Three Kings of Orient Are * (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Frosty the Snowman * Jingle-Bell Rock * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Little Drummer Boy * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * and more. Online access to audio recordings of the piano selections is included, as well as orchestrated accompaniments for play-along fun.

Download or read book Toot Puddle written by Holly Hobbie and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Toot and Puddle--two small, endearing pigs who are friends and as different as different can be. While Toot likes to travel to places unknown, Puddle prefers to stay home and revel in the joys of everyday life. Whimsical postcards capture the excitement of Toot's travels, while scenes of Puddle celebrate mundane moments spent in familiar confines. Full color.

Download or read book Take Me Home For Christmas Whiskey Creek Book 5 written by Brenda Novak and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too bad not all memories are pleasant!

Download or read book Home for Christmas written by Jan Brett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warm, fun-loving Christmas picture book for families to share and love and laugh over together. A grumpy little troll runs away from home because he doesn't want to do his chores. Rollo tries living with various woodland animals, but he finds out that there is no place like home, and returns to his family just in time for "the best Christmas ever." Among the animals who take him in are an owl family, a mother bear and two rambunctious cubs, some playful river otters, a hungry lynx and a friendly moose family. Jan Brett creates an irresistible, mischievous character that kids will recognize in themselves. Jan transports us to a glorious Scandinavian landscape where a beautiful fall turns into a magnificent snowy winter. Her signature borders depict the troll family missing Rollo, and animals as appealing as those found in The Mitten.

Download or read book I ll Be Home for Christmas Movies written by Brandon Gray and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies is the unofficial fan guide to Hallmark holiday movies, from the creators of the wildly popular Deck the Hallmark podcast. Hosts and best friends Brandon Gray, Daniel "Panda" Pandolph, and Dan Thompson share reviews that make you feel like you're watching these holiday favorites with your best buds, discussing warm Christmas feelings and absolutely bonkers plot twists with equal enthusiasm. And thanks to original interviews with the movies' stars and creators, fans will find out insider information on the making of the movies and learn answers to pressing questions: Why do the lead characters keep coming down with amnesia? Why do so many female stock brokers and lawyers find themselves forced to plan parties? And do all of the stories take place within something called the "Kennyverse"? To complete the perfect Christmas package, the book is also chock-full of ideas for hosting your own holiday movie-watching party, complete with delicious recipes. Featuring dozens of full-color photos throughout, I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies is as cozy and sparkly as the movies themselves.

Download or read book Home for Christmas written by Susan Branch and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book And No Birds Sang written by Farley Mowat and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mowat's gripping account of how a young man, excited by the prospect of battle, is transformed into a war-weary veteran.

Download or read book I ll Be Home For Christmas written by Jessica Scott and published by Thirty One Fox Books. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Buy it. Read it. Have lots of Kleenex on hand. Scott's stories are always powerful and emotional but they're honest, she doesn't jerk you around or manipulate you. The power of the stories and of the characters emotions gets into you and sweeps you away." - Bea's Book Nook Meet the lovable smart ass who can always crack a joke and the woman who loves him more than life itself. Vic Carponti always has a joke — no matter how bleak the situation might be. He’s the guy who can make jokes in the middle of a firefight in Baghdad or when he’s getting sewn back up after getting blown up. But his sense of humor hides a fierce loyalty to the men he serves with and a devotion to his wife who he loves more than life itself. But there’s nothing funny about war… But as he prepares to leave on his latest deployment into the violent throes of the Surge in Iraq, his jokes don’t seem as funny to his wife. Nicole forces herself to laugh at his redeployment antics but behind her laughter hides the darkest fear of every Army wife — that the knock on the door may be the news that destroys her world. They both try to make the best of the deployment but when the phone doesn’t ring for a few days, Nicole starts to worry. And when the dreaded call comes telling her he’s been hurt, she’ll move heaven and earth to be there when her husband wakes up. "I won’t spoil it, but it will give you hope, laughter and tears!” ~ Romancing Rakes

Download or read book How Winston Delivered Christmas written by Alex T. Smith and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join a brave little mouse on a big Christmas adventure! This is the chapter book edition of Alex T. Smith's modern Christmas classic How Winston Delivered Christmas, with gorgeous black and white illustrations from the author throughout – the perfect festive gift for newly confident readers. Winston is on a Very Important Mission. On Christmas Eve, he finds a letter to Father Christmas that did not make it to the post box – so, with no time to lose, he sets out to deliver it himself in time for Christmas Day! He has a lot of Very Exciting Adventures on his Very Important Mission and makes some wonderful friends along the way. Will he find Father Christmas in time? How Winston Delivered Christmas is a heartwarming illustrated story by Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series.

Download or read book Home for Christmas written by Cally Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sparkling seasonal tale of finding true love at Christmas.

Download or read book Home For Christmas written by Alice Wootson and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-millionaire Jeffrey Hamilton finds that his life is missing Sheila Miller, the girl he left behind, and when he arrives in Philadelphia to win her love, painful memories resurface, and they wonder if it is too late for a second chance at love, but with a little holiday magic, all things are possible. Original.

Download or read book Take Me Home for Christmas written by Brenda Novak and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is a time for remembering… Too bad not all memories are pleasant. Everyone in Whiskey Creek remembers Sophia DeBussi as the mean girl. Especially Ted Dixon, whose attentions she once scorned. But Sophia has paid the price for her behavior back then. The man she did marry was rich and powerful, but abusive. When her husband goes missing, she learns that he died running from an FBI probe of his investment firm. Not only has he left Sophia penniless, he's left her to face all the townspeople he cheated…. Sophia is reduced to looking for any kind of work to pay the bills and support her daughter. With no other options, she accepts a job as housekeeper for Ted, now a successful suspense writer. He can't turn his back on her, but he refuses to get emotionally involved. Will Christmas, the season of love and forgiveness, bring them another chance at happiness? Originally published in 2013

Download or read book I ll Be Home for Christmas written by Linda Lael Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of heartwarming holiday stories from today's stars of passionate romance! LINDA LAEL MILLER delivers a holiday miracle in the bittersweet tale of a young woman who can't hide her broken heart -- or her past -- when she returns to her hometown. But a sexy widower may just help her discover the true meaning of home in "Christmas of the Red Chiefs." CATHERINE MULVANY spins a fairy tale come true in "Once Upon a Christmas." They flirted as teenagers, but it takes time -- and some divine intervention -- to bring two star-crossed lovers together at last. JULIE LETO pairs fire and ice in "Meltdown," the sensual tale of a Cuban-American PR whiz whose job description includes thawing out her CEO boss's frosty image. Will their sparks torch into flames of passion? ROXANNE ST. CLAIRE unwraps the thrills of Christmas in New York, where a female bodyguard toys with a dangerous desire for a mysterious hunk while protecting his young daughter. It's a risky game with passion as the prize in "You Can Count on Me."

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 1386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: