Download or read book If a Frog Had Wings written by Paul D. Jackson and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "July 24, 2008, my wife and I sat in Dr. Doug Flora's office. The doctor entered the room, turned, and looked at us and said, 'I know folks, this really sucks! You have esophageal cancer. It is what is called a clinical T3N1 tumor. It's extremely serious.' He then went into a detailed explanation of Dr. Saeed's findings. He sketched a picture of my esophagus and stomach on a white sheet of paper that covered the examining table and pointed at the base of my stomach and esophagus and drew a circle where the tumor had been detected. He said that the tumor's size was 2.0 mm. I told him that I had been taking long walks to get a suntan and to lose weight and had been proud to lose seventeen pounds. He said, 'The cancer took your seventeen pounds-it wasn't the walking.' Join author Paul D. Jackson, Jr. in If A Frog Had Wings as he reflects on how his life experiences from childhood to adulthood had prepared him for the fight of his life. Share in the humor, heartbreak and steadfast stubbornness in Paul's love of life that have helped him to overcome great adversity and come out standing.
Download or read book If a Frog Had Wings written by Michelle O. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book If a Frog Had Wings written by Janine Hornung and published by Press Tige Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs written by and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects more than 1,400 English-language proverbs that arose in the 20th and 21st centuries, organized alphabetically by key words and including information on date of origin, history and meaning.
Download or read book Namath A Biography written by Mark Kriegel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-07-26 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In between Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan there was Joe Namath, one of the few sports heroes to transcend the game he played. Novelist and former sports-columnist Mark Kriegel’s bestselling biography of the iconic quarterback details his journey from steel-town pool halls to the upper reaches of American celebrity—and beyond. The first of his kind, Namath enabled a nation to see sports as show biz. For an entire generation he became a spectacle of booze and broads, a guy who made bachelorhood seem an almost sacred calling, but it was his audacious “guarantee” of victory in Super Bowl III that ensured his legend. This unforgettable portrait brings readers from the gridiron to the go-go nightclubs as Kriegel uncovers the truth behind Broadway Joe and why his legend has meant so much to so many.
Download or read book If Frogs Had Wings written by Mark Vaughn and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of adolescent discovery as a group of students do a group science project to launch a frog on a model rocket. It is a little bit October Sky, Sandlot, and Wonder Years.
Download or read book Dynasty written by Tony Massarotti and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique look at the inner workings of a major league baseball team and how the Red Sox went from perennial losers to baseball's next dynasty. When the Boston Red Sox defeated the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series, they did more than win their second world championship in four seasons---they changed forever the identity of a franchise once defined by its spectacular failures. If winning the 2004 World Series permanently buried Boston’s tragic past, the team’s 2007 championship reinforced its promising future while changing the culture, mentality, and mind-set of the Red Sox and their followers. But the team's meteoric rise was not without controversy, and behind-the-scene clashes and infighting within the organization are revealed here in detail for the first time: The wildly popular pitcher Pedro Martinez and outfield sensation Johnny Damon were allowed to depart as free agents, and the Red Sox had to endure the temporary resignation of General Manager Theo Epstein. Author Tony Massarotti has been covering the Red Sox since the 1991 season and in Dynasty, Massarotti provides an in-depth and probing look at how the Red Sox became the most successful franchise in baseball.
Download or read book Watching My Language written by William Safire and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-08-03 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's most entertaining language maven is back with more words to live by in his latest exploration of hot catchphrases, syntactical controversies, and other matters of national linguistic importance. Before you scratch that seven-year-itch, you might want to know where it came from. And before someone blurts, "You just don't get it," perhaps you should consult the Pulitzer Prize winning language columnist on the origins of that snappy feminist motto.
Download or read book The Back Porch Philosopher written by Douglas McLaughlin and published by The Guest Cottage, Inc.. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our fast-paced world is filled with books, tapes and television shows that tell us how great life can be if we just listen to them and buy their products. It seems that our lives need to follow the same road as the crowd or we won't be happy. In The Back Porch Philosopher, Doug McLaughlin uses cliches, both popular and unheard of, to relay stories and spread the wisdom that we all have the power within us to find happiness. McLaughlin's engaging words and conversational style will make you laugh and make you think about life's choices.
Download or read book Bushwhackers 01 written by B. J. Lanagan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After their parents are murdered by a band of marauding Yankees, Win and Joe Coulter join William Quantrill and his gang of bloodthirsty raiders to seek revenge on the attackers.
Download or read book The Codex of the Endangered Species Act Volume II written by John F. Organ and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is one of the most cherished and reviled laws ever passed. It mandates protection and preservation of all the nation’s species and biodiversity, whatever the cost. It has been a lightning rod for controversy and conflicts between industry/business and environmentalists. In this volume, leading Endangered Species Act experts interpret and propose legislative and administrative changes to prepare the ESA for future challenges. They explore regulations on avoiding harm to and producing benefits for species, cooperation between state and federal agencies, scientific analyses, and the necessary politics to enact their ideas. This is a call to action to chart an enlightened future for the Endangered Species Act that embraces the nation’s moral commitment of 50 years ago to address species extinction constructively, mindful of biodiversity, and as a fixture among the nation’s values and needs. The interconnected web of life includes all living species that depend on each other for survival, us among them. The stakes—our very future—are too high to ignore.
Download or read book African American Proverbs in Context written by Anand Prahlad and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1996 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking study of proverbs in African-American speech from slave times to the present.
Download or read book Kindred Spirits written by Bill Hendrix and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the title of Kindred Spirits comes from Jesus when he asked what he thought of his cousin, John the Baptist's ministry. In Matthew 11:14 he says, "And if you will receive it, this is Elias (or Elijah in Greek) which was for to come." In footnotes from Dakes Annotated Bible Concordance Regarding this. We find in Luke 1:17 Jesus says, "And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias," and in John 1:21 we find he was not Elias in person, but a kindred spirit.
Download or read book If a Frog Had Wings written by Beth Ryan and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-12 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Walks With Buddy written by Frank Gray Hill and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Walks with Buddy (and Thoughts on Christ and Church), actually started out as a collection of short stories I submitted to my church's newsletter, the Miles Post. My church's name is Miles Memorial United Methodist, which is located in Norfolk, Virginia. The stories began in 2009 when I became the finance chair at my church. I found that while walking my dog, Buddy, I began having many thoughts about my surroundings, and many seemed to pertain to being finance chair as well as the church. With Buddy by my side, I had many interesting reflections, but I wasn't always sure where they were coming from, as I had never been a very religious person, so I decided the ideas were coming from Buddy himself. I adopted Buddy on September 11, 2008, and I can honestly say he has really changed my life; he has a heart of gold! Nobody has ever been a stranger to Buddy, this being especially true for when my mother was in the hospital as well as the assisted living facility. The love Buddy had for my mother was the same love she had for him. My mother was my inspiration in turning my little stories into a book to honor her. I am using my book, Walks with Buddy (and Reflections on Christ and Church), not only as a fund-raiser for my church but also as a way for everyone to get to know Buddy and maybe be drawn closer to Christ and their own church as well.
Download or read book Escape From Mississippi written by Lee Wells and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-12-03 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wrote this book called “Escape from Mississippi”: The Diary of a Boy Growing up in the South in the 40s and 50s.’I’m going to take you to place’s tell you about people, that’s unique to me. . I will start in Columbus; go to Papa’s house and beyond. Everybody shopped in Columbus the biggest little town that was the closest to most of the country people. The hitch lot’s, where everybody parked their horses, Mules and wagons, for a fee. The proprietors in the little town of Columbus Jews owed. Most of it . There were a couple of black owed store’s. I will tell about the all White girls collage. Tell you about the County Fair. I will take you from up town through Seventh Avenue. The most popular street the most popular places. I will tell you about the schools in Columbus. Talk about the night life. The back door users, making love, through the floor. We’ll go to Steen’s, a little cross Road Town this was my Town. I’ll tell you about the Sand Road a hood within itself. A juke joint, people came from all over to hang out all night. Tell you about the churches the schools. Next to papas, two hundred and eighty five, acres of land. I’ll tell you about my best friend I grew up with. Tell you of the coal tin top house I was born in, only kerosene lamps, one working fireplace, to keep fourteen of us warm in winter. Tell you all about my sisters and brothers, about the hard work, Papa’s womanizing words papa and mama said when they were mad, slang words we used for a laugh. Tell you of the Uncles and Aunt’s Cousins. Tell you about friends of the family, people that worked for papa. Tell about papa’s saw mill. Tell you of Cattle and cops we raised. Tell you about the con men, the con preachers, the fireside ghost stories, the insane people stories. The baby with the man’s head, the poor, uneducated happy people, the biggest party in the country, the good year’s bad years… the crawling deadly creatures, the packs of wild dogs that roomed around in the fall… Moonshine makers, Moonshine runners.. I’ll take you to town Caledonia. I’ll tell you about the people the Schools Ball game’s Bar-b-q.
Download or read book The Miracle written by Gilbert Morris and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising four younger siblings after her mother's death and her father's imprisonment, Lanie Freeman never knows what new adventure will roll into view.
