Download or read book Musings written by Cheryl Rao and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt and a light-hearted look at life. This collection of musings touches on some of the adventures we experience in our everyday life; our relationships with friends, parents, children, pets, in-laws, "outlaws"; the houses and homes we live in; the wonderful world of books; travel: both plans and actuals; the good old days of our childhood - and all that lies ahead...

Download or read book How Far You Have Come written by Morgan Harper Nichols and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of the hurt and the mundane, the questions and the not yets, you can forget just how far you have come. This illustrated collection of poetry and essays invites you to reclaim moments of brokenness, division, and pain and re-envision them as experiences of reconciliation, unity, and hope. Popular Instagram poet and bestselling author Morgan Harper Nichols weaves together personal reflections through her signature poems, reflecting on the moments that shaped her. She invites you to: Awaken your heart and recognize how your own story has made you who you are today Enter into a deeper understanding of pressing on and pressing in, of transformation and surrender Discover meaning in the losses and embrace anticipation for the splendor ahead Become who you are in the moment you hold right now How Far You Have Come is an excellent gift for college and high school graduations, celebrations and anniversaries, life transitions, and birthdays or simply a gift for yourself. Follow Morgan on Instagram @morganharpernicols (along with her millions of followers), and look for more beautiful, thought-provoking poetry in her other collections: All Along You Were Blooming You Are Only Just Beginning

Download or read book 3 Shades of Blue written by James Kaplan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists—Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans—who came together to create the most iconic jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue The myth of the ’60s depends on the 1950s being the “before times” of conformity, segregation, straightness—The Lonely Crowd and The Organization Man. This all carries some truth, but it does nothing to explain how, in 1959, America’s great indigenous art form, jazz, reached the height of its power and popularity, thanks to a number of Black geniuses so legendary they go by one name—Monk, Mingus, Rollins, Coltrane, and, above all, Miles. Nineteen fifty-nine saw Miles, Coltrane, Bill Evans, and more come together to record what is widely considered the greatest jazz album of all time, and certainly the bestselling: Kind of Blue. 3 Shades of Blue is James Kaplan’s magnificent account of the paths of the three giants to the mountaintop of 1959 and beyond. It’s a book about music, and business, and race, and heroin, and the towns that gave jazz its home, from New Orleans and New York to Kansas City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and LA. It’s an astonishing meditation on creativity and the strange hothouses that can produce its full flowering. It’s a book about the great forebears of this golden age, particularly Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and the disrupters, like Ornette Coleman, who would take the music down truly new paths. And it’s about why the world of jazz most people know is a museum to this never-replicated period. But above all, 3 Shades of Blue is a book about three very different men—their struggles, their choices, their tragedies, their greatness. Bill Evans had a gruesome downward spiral; John Coltrane took the mystic’s path into a space far away from mainstream concerns. Miles had three or four sea changes in him before the end. The tapestry of their lives is, in Kaplan’s hands, an American odyssey with no direction home. It is also a masterpiece, a book about jazz that is as big as America.

Download or read book Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die written by Willie Nelson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville, and more. He shares the outlaw wisdom he has acquired over the course of eight decades, along with favorite jokes and insights from family, bandmates, and close friends. Rare family pictures, beautiful artwork created by his son, Micah Nelson, and lyrics to classic songs punctuate these charming and poignant memories. A road journal written in Willie Nelson's inimitable, homespun voice and a fitting tribute to America’s greatest traveling bard, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die—introduced by another favorite son of Texas, Kinky Friedman—is a deeply personal look into the heart and soul of a unique man and one of the greatest artists of our time, a songwriter and performer whose legacy will endure for generations to come.

Download or read book Stanza Stones written by Simon Armitage and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title presents a record of the Cultural Olympiad sponsored project headed by Simon Armitage to carve specially commissioned poems into rocks in the landscape surrounding the Pennine Way. The book is filled with pictures accompanying the poems and accounts of the project.

Download or read book How Shall I Tell the Dog written by Miles Kington and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hilarious and moving book, popular English humorist Miles Kington faces cancer and death with his sparkling trademark wit, musing on everything from board games and yodeling to the prospect of being outlived by his dog. When some people are told they have only a few months to live, they might travel around the world or write their memoirs or put their affairs in order. When it happened at the age of 66 to Miles Kington-one of England's best-loved humorists-he did what he did best, offering sharp, wry, laugh-out-loud observations and ideas about his situation. Following his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, Kington proposes crazier and crazier ideas for his next book (what he calls "cashing in on cancer") in a series of letters to his literary agent, Gill. And what sort of things capture Kington's attention in his waning months? The sudden grimness of those 1,000 Places to See Before You Die books, for example. (What about 100 Things to Do Before You Die, Without Leaving Home?, he suggests. Instead of bungee jumping and whitewater rafting, learn to whistle with two fingers in your mouth, yodel, or steam open envelopes.) The irony that his dog, Berry, will probably outlive him, or the semi-outrageous idea of creating a funeral video: The answer is quite simple. Make a video in advance of my farewell speech, to be shown on a monitor, from the pulpit, or on a screen behind the stage, or wherever the best place would be. I have already visualised the opening shot. It is of me, smiling ruefully, and saying to camera: "Hello. I'm sorry I couldn't be here in person with you today." Mischievous and utterly original, Miles Kington's words in the face of death are memorable and surprisingly uplifting.

Download or read book Camp fire Musings written by William Cunningham Gray and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Campfire Musings Life and Good Times in the Woods written by William Cunningham Gray and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Campfire Musings - Life and Good Times in the Woods” is a collection of notes and anecdotes written by WM. C Gray on the subject of nature. These beautiful and profound writings are recommended for all lovers of the Great Outdoors, and they are not to be missed by the discerning collector of allied literature. Contents include: “The Camp-fire”, “The Michigan Brule”, “Nameless Lake”, “The National Park”, “Spirit Lake”, “Island Lake”, “Island Lake”, “A Camp-fire Love Song”, “Fishing”, “Woods Life and Thought”, “Trouting at Keweenaw”, “Camp-fire Philosophy”, “Camp-fire Theology”, “Sacred-up Philosophy”, “Hunting”, “The Music of the Spheres”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.

Download or read book Muttered Musings and Other True to Life Mix Ups written by Roger Wong and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muttered Musings is a fragmented autobiography. The author has led a full, interesting life with experiences, feelings, opinions, mistakes, and mix-ups that will resonate with everyone. The readers will ultimately be entertained, as well as shocked, saddened, amused, and at times will find themselves laughing out loud!

Download or read book Musings of a 98 year old Scientist written by John E. Burgener and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musings of a 98-Year-Old Scientist is a mix of stories and discussions by a scientist who was deeply religious, and lived a unique life. John E. Burgener was born on March 10, 1917. The world was at war and women had just earned the right to vote. Electricity was still a relatively new invention, cars were a luxury, and airplanes a novelty. John lived in a perfect period to experience almost a century of incredible innovation and growth, and he personally contributed significantly to the advancement of science and technology. In this book, John muses about some of the more difficult questions we face about God and religion, ethics and culture, marriage and children, as well as politics, science, and the inexplicable beyond. John recorded these biographical anecdotes and reflections in his final years, while looking back over his experiences. He shares his wisdom and immense knowledge, earned over ninety-eight full years, in the hope that his experiences and reflections may inspire us in the future.

Download or read book The Swing written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by CrissCross AppleSauce Books. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you like to go up in a swing? Beautiful illustrations by Julie Morstad bring new delight to this classic poem.

Download or read book The Nutcracker written by Susan Jeffers and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times–bestselling artist and Caldecott Honor winner Susan Jeffers has created a Nutcracker as only she can—with lavish illustrations, magnificent detail, and enchanting holiday scenes on every page. This is The Nutcracker as you’ve never seen it before! Join Marie, Fritz, and the intriguing Nutcracker himself on a magical Christmas Eve adventure. Behold the frightful Mouse King, the elegant Sugar Plum fairies, and the entire Land of Sweets in this dazzling, gorgeously illustrated holiday classic. With spare text based on the story in the ballet, this book offers a front-row seat to the enthralling tale that is a perennial favorite of adults and children alike. And for Susan Jeffers fans looking for extra content, an author’s note is included at the end of the book, in which she explains what inspired her to turn this holiday tradition into a show-stopping picture book.

Download or read book Late Night Musings written by John Orlando and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-11-13 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wise know that life is not a singular thing; it has many facets. There is family and friends as well as life and death, good and bad, thoughtful and thoughtless, serious and frivolous. However, the rush of daily life doesn’t allow much time to sit back and really think about such matters. Now past his working years, the author refl ects on life and has captured his fi ndings in thoughtful essays. These essays, not available on line, are a collection of some of the best offerings from the author’s blog, latenightmusings.com. In them the author considers the wonders of life and well as its trials and tribulations. The words, ideas, and thoughts may not seem profound or novel at fi rst glance, but once read, they strike home. In some cases the musings suggest conclusions, while in others they simply recognize that living life doesn’t mean there are good answers for all we experience. With over one hundred beautiful, thought provoking and sometimes humorous pieces or musings in this book, it becomes a refreshing breath of fresh air and a pleasure for those seniors who have experienced life and know what is important in living it. They should also give the younger reader a leg up on living their lives. There is defi nitely something for those of all ages who are ready to smile, laugh, reminisce, feel, learn and celebrate. The reader is invited to enjoy the book at their own pace. It can be consumed in one fantastic feast or savored one bite at a time. The menu is varied enough to satisfy everyone’s taste. Come and enjoy – bon appétit.

Download or read book Musings by Camp fire and Wayside written by William Cunningham Gray and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Popular Voyages and Travels Throughout the Continent Islands of Europe written by Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Popular Voyages and Travels Throughout the Continent Islands of Europe in which the Geography Character Customs and Manners of Nations are Described Embellished with Engravings written by Frances Jamieson (formerly Thurtle.) and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Drawn on the Way written by Sarah Nisbett and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn on the Way features techniques, tips, and projects for creating quick, lively sketches-portraits, figures, still life, scenes, nature, and more-that capture the beauty of a fleeting moment and connect us to the world.