Download or read book The Grateful Book of Letters written by Pete Mason and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabet book inspired by the music of the Grateful Dead

Download or read book Play to Their Strengths written by Brandon Miller and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring Out the Best in Your Children How can a good parent like you become an even greater parent? By shifting the focus to what’s right with your kids instead of what is wrong with them. Discover how you can replace your frustration with joy by taking the pressure of performance and comparison off your children’s shoulders. Based in the belief that every child has God-given greatness within them, Play to Their Strengths shows you how to move with the natural momentum of your kids’ talents and make the shift to a collaborative, strengths-based, and motivational approach to parenting. You’ll see the powerful results of this shift in your children’s shining eyes—and your own. The unique Playbook in the back of the book equips you to put into practice the ideas in each chapter. Answer questions and engage in activities with your spouse and kids to uncover talent and discover greatness. The Playbook makes great advice personal as you apply it to the specific family dynamics in your home. Now is the perfect time to experience a fresh fascination with your children and uncover the hidden gem inside each of them.

Download or read book The Girls Who Went Away written by Ann Fessler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and social pressure in the decades before Roe v. Wade. “It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the oral histories of these women and by the courage and candor with which they express themselves.” —The Washington Post “A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wrenching, riveting book.” —Chicago Tribune In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the hidden social history of adoption before Roe v. Wade - and its lasting legacy. An adoptee who was herself surrendered during those years and recently made contact with her mother, Ann Fessler brilliantly brings to life the voices of more than a hundred women, as well as the spirit of those times, allowing the women to tell their stories in gripping and intimate detail.

Download or read book My Life My Story written by Gaileene Bogany and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaileene Bogany was no saint, as you will read. She was merely a woman who was trying to find love in all the wrong places. Growing up, you will find she was in a totally strict environment, closed in a box that had a great impact on her life. There werent many choices at the time. It was going to be one-way and that way was the way of Church rd. Gaileene was given a gift at the age of nine to play the piano. She began playing her first piano chords, at the age of eleven. Eventually she had become good enough to play for the local church, in her neighborhood, which held twenty church members. Her parents: Olean and Cleavin Davis knew she had a gift of playing therefore, they sent her to Idlebird School of Music, were she learned how to play the piano skillfully. Nevertheless, It was within her to be a great musician. She was raised in Houston, Texas, born with ambition that launched her to write about her life adventure. Today, She is a musician, producer; stage play writer and can now add to her book of memoirs, an author.

Download or read book C S Lewis Letters to Children written by Clive Staples Lewis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1996-06-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of letters from the English author of the Narnia books to a variety of children.

Download or read book Letters to a Rockstar written by Erica Kogge and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Chelsea. I had the perfect marriage to my best friend. Twin boys whom I loved with all my heart. A dog that was my girl. My family was the best family that I could ever ask for. In a matter of years, all that was taken away from me. All of what I adored and loved was gone. However, this was all due to me buying a hat from a guy who would show me how love would survive. Even after I was taken from him. With my boys joining me later. Love still survived. How did all this begin? It all began with a hat.

Download or read book Letters to My Mother written by Mary Ruth Borg and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I knew I liked to write when I was a teenager, locking myself in my room. I was angry, frustrated and needed a positive outlet. I was tired of breaking things. I was sad having to pick up pieces of my little treasures. So I picked up a pencil to write about how I felt and why I was being self-destructive. I was determined to find a way to diffuse the confusion in my head. Taught very early to pray, I'd put my prayers on paper. Seeing something written brought me back into reality. I had a reference point. Something I could read over and over to remind myself who I was and that I would be okay. This is my story of survival. My journey from the traumatic experience of being molested countless times by my step-father while living within the strict religious practices of Jehovah's Witnesses to my healing process with Parents United. I thought my life of confusion, mistrust and low self-esteem could never change. As I got older, I attracted more dysfunction in my choices. I didn't know I could change that. I didn't know any better. I became afraid for my children. I thought I was crazy and didn't have good parenting skills. After years of therapy, I learned to have control over my life and how to take the power back that I kept giving away. I am no longer a victim. It has been a long and twisty road. Today, I am proud to be happy, healthy and productive in my world. I am proud to be a survivor! I hope to inspire others and give them hope that the craziness in their heads can go away. I want to keep talking about this until the cycle is broken and all children are safe.

Download or read book Love Letters to My Baby written by Vickey Banks and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2000 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journal guides mothers in writing down their thoughts about how their unborn and newborn children are wanted, dreamed about, and loved unconditionally. Written in a way to be passed on to children, each chapter begins with a Scripture verse, thoughts on the stages of pregnancy, and questions to help inspire the writing process.

Download or read book Don t Ever Tell written by Brandon Massey and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Secrets. . . With a new identity, a new city to live in, and a wonderful new husband, Rachel Moore believes she's finally free of the demons in her past. But nothing could be farther from the truth. For the deadly secrets she thought were long-buried are now on the brink of being exposed. . . Have A Way. . . Someone has a vendetta against Rachel. Someone whom she betrayed a long time ago. Someone who is determined to make her pay--no matter the cost. . . Of Coming Back With A Vengeance. . . Now Rachel knows it's just a matter of time before her dangerous past meets up with her present--and destroys everything she's worked so hard for. Because if there's one thing that can be counted on--her enemy never forgets or forgives and will do whatever it takes to see Rachel suffer. . . Advance Praise for Don't Ever Tell "A taut, involving, and utterly convincing thrill ride." --Gregg Olsen, New York Times bestselling author "The talented Mr. Massey has the rare knack of grabbing the reader early and not letting go. In this relentlessly gripping novel the hold only gets tighter as the pages turn. Massey knows how to ratchet up the suspense. Tell everyone that Don't Ever Tell is a crackling good thriller." --John Lutz, New York Times bestselling author "Put the kids to bed, let the cat out, throw another log on the fire, you will not stop turning the pages of Brandon Massey's Don't Ever Tell until you've gobbled every last morsel. A diabolical rocket sled of a book, this story is deceptively simple, carefully crafted out of lean, mean prose; but the pay-off is shattering – a tour de force of psychological suspense. Old grudges, dark secrets, and a ticking time bomb of a villain add up to an irresistible read. Highly recommended." --Jay Bonansinga, National Bestselling Author of Shattered, Twisted, Frozen, and The Sinking Of The Eastland "A razor-sharp thriller guaranteed to keep you turning pages well into the night. Start this one on your day off--you won't be able to put it down." --Douglas Clegg, bestselling author of The Queen of Wolves and The Hour Before Dark

Download or read book The Letter written by Marie Tillman and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love story and an inspirational tale of recovery and self-discovery, Marie Tillman opens up for the first time about her marriage to ex-NFL star Pat Tillman, and her journey to rebuild her life after his death. In 2003, Pat Tillman, serving in the US Army, hastily wrote a "just in case" letter to his wife, Marie. When he returned on leave before his departure to Afghanistan, he placed the letter on top of their bedroom dresser. For months it sat there, sealed and ever-present, like a black hole through which Marie knew her stable life would be pulled if she ever had reason to open it. Then, in April 2004, Marie's worst nightmare came true. In the days following his death, it was Pat's letter that kept her going and, more than that, it was his words that would help her learn to navigate a world she could no longer share with her husband. In The Letter, Marie's talks for the first time about her journey to remake her life after Pat's death. In it, she recalls meeting and falling in love with Pat when they were kids, his harrowing decision to join the army after 9/11, and the devastating day when she learned he'd been killed. She describes how she withdrew from the public spotlight to grieve, learning along the way the value of solitude, self-awareness and integrity in the healing process. And, finally, Marie recounts her work to rebuild her life, including founding The Pat Tillman Foundation, an organization established to carry forth Pat's legacy of leadership, and her decision to step back into the public eye in order to inspire people to live with meaning and purpose. Filled with the lessons Marie learned and the wisdom she gained since Pat's death, The Letter is both a heartrending love story and an inspiring tale for anyone, young or old, whose life has taken an unexpected hard turn -- and who struggles to get back on the right path.

Download or read book Bruce Lee Letters of the Dragon written by Bruce Lee and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this collection of artful writing by a man dedicated to honest self-expression, we glimpse the private side of Bruce's eloquence as he bares his soul through the art of letter writing." --from the Preface, by Linda Lee Cadwell Bruce Lee Letters of the Dragon is a fascinating glimpse of the private Bruce Lee behind the public image--a man with the patience and concern to dedicate as much effort to crafting a thoughtful personal answer to the letter of a young fan as to those from his old friends and associates; an extremely active man never too busy to make time for an old family friend in need of simple companionship; a man who never wrote without careful thought, and never thought from the head alone, but always from the head and heart together. The letters in this inspiring book trace Bruce Lee's career and development from his decision--made while he was still in secondary school--to move to the U.S. to further his education. Readers will journey with him through the many setbacks, rededicated efforts and triumphs of life that shaped his martial art and humanity, all the way to the last letter he ever composed, just hours before his sudden death. After absorbing the letters in this volume, readers will inevitably find that the private Bruce Lee was every bit as great as the public Bruce Lee. This Bruce Lee Book is part of the Bruce Lee Library which also features: Bruce Lee: Striking Thoughts Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon Bruce Lee: The Tao of Gung Fu Bruce Lee: Artist of Life Bruce Lee: The Art of Expressing the Human Body Bruce Lee: Jeet Kune Do

Download or read book Letters to Zerky written by Bill Raney and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Eric Hoffer AwardIPPYAward Gold Medalist for TravelEssayNext Generation Indie Book Award Winner for General Non-FictionNext Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Travel/Travel GuideBoth a memoir and a memorial, these collected letters and diary entries recount one family s adventurous journey in 1967 attempting to drive around the world in a VW bus. Not intended as a book at the time of the writing, the intimate and poignant story details the family s travels through Europe, the Middle East, and into Asia, challenging preconceptions about different cultures and illuminating how one-year-old Zerky had a magical effect on everyone they met along the way. The book features maps and pictures of the trek yet is more than just a travelogue; Zerky and his mother died shortly after the trip and this narrative serves as tribute to their lives."

Download or read book Colonel Brandon s Diary written by Amanda Grange and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant retelling of Sense and Sensibility, Grange's sweeping epic breathes new life into another of Austen's best-loved novels. At the age of eighteen, James Brandon's world is shattered when the girl he loves, Eliza, is forced to marry his brother. In despair, he joins the army and leaves England for the East Indies for the next several years. Upon his return, he finds Eliza in a debtor's prison. He rescues her from her terrible situation, but she is dying of consumption and he can do nothing but watch and wait. Heartbroken at her death, he takes some consolation in her illegitimate daughter, who he raises as his ward. But at the age of fifteen, his ward goes missing. Devastated by the thought of what could have happened to her, he is surprised to find himself falling in love with Marianne Dashwood. But Marianne is falling in love with the charismatic Willoughby...

Download or read book Three Little Birds written by Liana Stemp and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Little Birds is the raw and inspiring personal account of what it’s like to experience the devastation of infant loss. Written at the time of her experience and after, the book is based on Liana Stemp, whose life through pregnancy, birth and babies has been anything but easy. Opening with telling the story of the past seven years, it includes what it’s like to experience difficult pregnancies, unimaginable miscarriages, and the hell of going through birth trauma, including the consequences thereafter, which ultimately led to PTSD and post-natal depression. We experience the pregnancy with Liana, which turns out to be a nine-month emotional rollercoaster, from experiencing sudden prenatal epilepsy which results in a car crash with her daughter, to find out her unborn child had CDH, a serious health complication. Not only this but also the back and forth as to whether the pregnancy could continue as the baby continued to grow. The relief that it could continue, only then to discover the extent of baby Brandon’s condition and the subsequent ups and downs of the neonatal intensive care unit. Finally, this ends in the shattering experience of watching your baby slip away. We then glimpse the ‘after’ – brutally honest, it’s an eye-opening look into the world of grief and how others’ kindness can be beautiful and difficult at the same time. All in all, the book covers a lot of subjects surrounding pregnancy, miscarriage, birth trauma, baby loss and a year in the life of a mother living with grief, with the spiral of Covid-19 happening to fall amidst it all. Three Little Birds is ultimately an inspirational, yet a harrowing journey through infant loss and beyond.

Download or read book The Mudville Collection written by Cat Johnson and published by Cat Johnson. This book was released on with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Smalltown Secrets Series Welcome to Mudville. Within these stories you’ll find nosy neighbors and runaway livestock, big Victorians and a small-town coffee shop, contentious village meetings and a muddy river that tends to flood, a vintage diner and a local bar that serves the best wings around, a resale shop run by a feisty redhead where you can get anything from chainsaws to Chanel, a family-owned farm known for its corn (and the brothers who run it), and finally, one misplaced author who came for a visit and never left. And now, for the first time ever, the series is available in one volume. That's 6 full-length novels, 2 novellas, and 2 bonus short stories. ($26 USD retail value). There is mystery and humor, history and love, so get your binge on today! Titles Included: Kissing Books, Red Hot, Honey Buns, Zero Forks, Mister Naughty, Undercover Santa, Dog Days, Bad Dates, Bad Decisions, and Mabel & Mudd.

Download or read book Letters to Caroline written by Barbara McMahon and published by Barbara McMahon. This book was released on 2021-04-24 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline’s life fell apart when she miscarried their baby. Returning to the Talmadge family home to recuperate, she desperately wants her husband to come after her, but he never makes the attempt. After several months, she regroups, moves on and sets out to rebuild her life. The only way Brandon knew how to deal with his grief was to throw himself into work. That hard work paid off. Now his software firm is set to double in size and income in the next few months. It’s time to wrap up things with his wife whom he hasn’t heard from in five years. He arrives at the Talmage family home at a crucial time—Caroline’s just discovered the depths of deception her recently deceased grandmother was capable of. Shocked at what she’s learned, she didn’t need the added complication Brandon's arrival brought. Five years apart is no small obstacle. Can they bridge the gap—or have both moved too far apart to ever recapture the love they once shared? If you like emotional reunion stories of star-crossed lovers, you’ll love Letters to Caroline. Buy Letters to Caroline today to escape to where love can find a way.

Download or read book CHOCOLATE S LOVE LETTER CHRONICLES written by LABRETTA SIMMONS and published by Labretta Simmons. This book was released on with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A YOUNG GEATANO AKA G$ MONEY FOUND HIMSELF IN A VULNERABLE STATE DURING HIS INCARCERATION AT ONE OF THE NOTORIOUS JAILS IN NEW YORK CALLED RICKERS ISLAND. HIS HEART, MIND, BODY AND SOUL WAS CAPTIVATED WHEN HE COMES ACROSS A WOMAN SO BEAUTIFUL, WITH SKIN SMOOTH AS THE FINEST CHOCOLATE MONEY CAN’T BUY, THE BODY OF AN EMPRESS QUEEN, AND THE FACE OF ROYALTY. INCARCERATION HAD HIS BODY BUT NOT HIS MIND. ONLY THE CHOCOLATE VIXEN HAD HIS THOUGHTS. AS HIS IMAGINATION WONDERS? WHAT WILL G$ MONEY’S OBSSESSION OVER AN OLDER WOMAN LEAD TO? HIS DESIRES FOR HER BECOME STRONGER MINUTE BY MINUTE AND DAY BY DAY. EVENSO, HE LET HIS GUARD DOWN AND NOW HE WILL BE TAKEN INTO A PLACE OF HEART- BURNING PASSION, ECSTACY, AND INTENSE EROTIC FANTASIES. A SENSATIONAL, RAW COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES AND POETRY THAT WILL BRING OUT THE FREAK IN ANYONE AND WILL LEAVE YOU GASPING FOR AIR WHILE ON A JOURNEY OF LOVE AND LUST.