Download or read book My Aunt and The Potted Plant written by Jean Goulbourne and published by HopeRoad. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A female voice writing about a disappearing world with clarity, compassion, humour, deep affection and wit.' Patricia CumperSet in Jamaica after the close of the Second World War, Jean Goubourne's short stories describe the rural town in which she grew up, and the local gossip and tales that were passed down the generations. She evokes the long, sun-drenched summers of her childhood, and her relationships with various eccentric family members, as well as describing the lives and loves of members of the community, from both ends of the social scale: a bored cashier dreams of breaking free, while a pastor fights the persistent influence of an obeah man.
Download or read book Then I Awoke written by Lanelle Kimball and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can recurring dreams and nightmares affect your life? Then, I Awoke! was written in the hope that by sharing my own personal experiences with recurring dreams and nightmares, others may benefit from them and better understand their own. Then, I Awoke! is not a dream dictionary, it is simply based on my experiences. I describe the recurring nightmares and dreams, and connect them to my everyday life as they occurred or became intertwined in my cognitive life. The best way to accomplish this was to connect them with little short stories as they evolved in my life. Twenty-five years of recurring nightmares, visions, and sleepless nights related to the Apollo 1 disaster. Agonizing questions that remained unanswered, all of this and more at one point in my life left me standing alone in the middle of the "Bridge to Nowhere". I began my research to resolve many of these recurring bad dreams and some acceptable conclusions. This is my story, this has been my journey and these are my "Connections and Final Conclusions."
Download or read book Welcome to Forever written by Annie Rains and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA TODAY BESTSELLER • “Don’t miss this sparkling debut full of heart and emotion!” raves Lori Wilde. The Hero’s Welcome military romance series introduces a small coastal town where America’s best and brightest risk everything for love. In Seaside, North Carolina, there are two kinds of people: Marines, and kids of Marines. Then there’s Kat Chandler. Recently hired as the principal of Seaside Elementary, Kat makes it her mission to turn the school into a place of peace and calm. That’s not going to be easy with hard-liner parents like Micah Peterson storming in, telling her how to do her job—and then kissing her with those gorgeous lips of his and turning her brain into mush. As a Marine Sergeant and a single dad, Micah Peterson has just two priorities: doing his job better than anyone else, and getting the absolute best for his son, Ben. But when he meets Ben’s beautiful new principal, a different yearning shifts into focus. He wants her, sure, but he’s also moved by the connection Kat forges with her students. So after learning that she refuses to date Marines, Micah sets two more objectives: convincing Kat to give him a chance . . . and then holding on to her forever. Praise for Welcome to Forever “Welcome to Forever is a beautiful and touching story of love and loss that will grab you by the heart and hold on long after you’ve finished reading.”—USA Today bestselling author Laura Drewry “A wonderfully written debut novel that had me fighting back tears and rooting for the couple from the first page. Annie Rains is an author to watch. I can’t wait for more!”—USA Today bestselling author Sidney Halston “Emotional, heartwarming and completely engaging . . . I highly recommend this one to those looking for a contemporary romance that was realistic instead of angst-filled, with characters who are likable and so deserving of a happy ending.”—Girl Plus Books Includes a special message from the editor, as well as an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
Download or read book The Forgotten Secret written by Linda Demeulemeester and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Grim Hill series gets another satisfying go-round with this fantasy/mystery romp...Another appealing mix of realism, whimsy, and legend.”—Booklist The third installment of the Grim Hill series unfolds during the season of romance, when an easterly fairy wind blows through town. For months, Cat Peters has been wishing to live the normal life of a thirteen-year-old, and finally things seem to be going her way. She has once again helped her town escape the evil clutches of Fairy, and now she can’t wait to turn her attention from magic to the upcoming dance. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, Cat’s friends, her sister, and even her soccer coaches have all been preoccupied with thoughts of love. But in this creepy town, even Valentine hearts, charming decorations, and high school dances have a sinister side.
Download or read book Choices written by Martha Kennerson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choices is a novel about irrevocable love, unbridled passion, devastating loss, a horrific act of violence and survival! Eighteen-year old Kristine is beautiful, smart and driven. She's focused and doesn't make stupid mistakes. In fact, she's been accepted to one of the most prestigious universities in the country as a sophomore. So why is she waking up naked in a strange bed with a couple she barely knows? It all starts when she takes a post-graduation trip where she falls in love with a man that can never be hers. His rejection sends her spiraling out of control and she ends up in a situation where the worst possible thing that can happen, happens to her.
Download or read book The Top 40 Temptress and the Rock Renovator written by Anna Krolick and published by Anna Krolick. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's only one way to conquer a mountain. Shameless temptation. It's the summer of 1983 and Dani is young and modern. She sees something she wants? She chases after it without shame or apology. When she goes to Niagara Falls to help her aunt get her house ready to sell, Dani doesn't anticipate the heat. Or that half the house will be taken up by a hunky contractor she has no choice but to seduce right out of his tool belt. Holy moly, John's hot! So hot, he makes Dani's lady bits sing like a monster Top 40 hit. With a bullet. And is that a kind heart hiding behind his resting badass face? With the heat index climbing, Dani pulls out all the stops to tempt John into bed – revealing more than a little too much skin in the process. Yet, despite flashing her desire as obvious as a neon billboard, John is a mountain. Big. Unmoving. With some stupid, hard-and-fast rules getting in her way. If Dani's going to conquer John's peak, she's going to have to dig deep in her tool box – and become a mountaineer. The Top 40 Temptress and the Rock Renovator is the second book in The Campbell and the One: Origins series. It's a full-length, contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. This book is a lead-in to an upcoming modern-day romance series: The Campbell and the One, which focuses on children born in the Origins series. This is the second published title for Anna Krolick.
Download or read book From My Grandmother s Bedside written by Norma Field and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughter of a Japanese woman and an American G.I. recounts her return to Japan in 1995 to tend to her dying grandmother and offers her thoughts on contemporary Japan, family relations, and human desire
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Download or read book Asleep Hypnotic Rhythm Book Two written by Dessiree Perez (Cover Designer) and published by Dark Horse Writer . This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Robert Paul’s continuing life story, a spirit of adventure is often synonymous with deaf-defying intrigue. Paul’s journey from education to adulthood takes invincibility to the extreme. Adopting a carefree roadmap with no actual goal or plan in mind doesn’t always lead to meaningful discovery. On the contrary, it can lead to self-destructive tendencies, danger, and even death. Add lifelong friends, drugs, alcohol, and wildness into the mix, and trouble abounds. Paul’s life will take you to Tijuana, Long Beach, Vegas, and beyond from one escapade to another. His suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat incidents entertain with humor, sobering moments, and fear. He explores how life can be one long lesson, taking an introspective and retrospective look at youthful folly. Finally, realizing how close he came to his demise, no thanks to his lack of a goal-oriented mindset and his desire for endless fun with childhood friends. Life might deal rotten cards, but it’s a person’s choice to accept them or not. Mistakes teach lessons, and age captures wisdom with an undeniable truth. Paul’s story strives to expose his truths, hoping to influence others’ decisions. If he could have a do-over, what would he change? His answer might surprise you.
Download or read book The Paper House written by Dalena Theron and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-two-year-old Anna’s unconventional family is prone to raising eyebrows: she lives with two eccentric dads in a small town in rural KwaZulu-Natal and, after surviving her parents’ divorce, she’s used to the questioning glances of conservative Afrikaans family members and curious neighbours. Now, amid a menagerie of pets and her kaftan-clad mother, Anna must manage the ailing health of one of her dads. Her experiences on her reporter’s beat don’t make her days any easier. But how do you remain a supportive daughter and still live your own life? Told with warmth and gentle humour, The Paper House is a celebration of life, love and the family that shapes us.
Download or read book Love Unknown written by Thomas Travisano and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating new biography of one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Bishop "Love Unknown points movingly to the many relationships that moored Bishop, keeping her together even as life—and her own self-destructive tendencies—threatened to split her apart.” —The Wall Street Journal Elizabeth Bishop's friend James Merrill once observed that "Elizabeth had more talent for life—and for poetry—than anyone else I've known." This new biography reveals just how she learned to marry her talent for life with her talent for writing in order to create a brilliant array of poems, prose, and letters—a remarkable body of work that would make her one of America's most beloved and celebrated poets. In Love Unknown, Thomas Travisano, founding president of the Elizabeth Bishop Society, tells the story of the famous poet and traveler's life. Bishop moved through extraordinary mid-twentieth century worlds with relationships among an extensive international array of literati, visual artists, musicians, scholars, and politicians—along with a cosmopolitan gay underground that was then nearly invisible to the dominant culture. Drawing on fresh interviews and newly discovered manuscript materials, Travisano illuminates that the "art of losing" that Bishop celebrated with such poignant irony in her poem, "One Art," perhaps her most famous, was linked in equal part to an "art of finding," that Bishop's art and life was devoted to the sort of encounters and epiphanies that so often appear in her work.
Download or read book Raven Girl Aflame written by Jonathan Standing and published by Jonathan Standing. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An orphan for all of her sixteen years, Raven is forced to leave behind both her home and the only people that she knows when a terrible secret is tragically exposed. She is not like other girls. A fire rages inside her to find out who her mysterious parents were; and not only who, but what she really is. Interrupted by a series of wild adventures, her journey takes her far from home and far from everything that she has ever known. Little does she know just how far this journey will take her. Far more astonishing, is what she learns about herself along the way.
Download or read book Genius The Revolution written by Leopoldo Gout and published by Genius. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outwit evil organizations. Expose the truth. Rescue their families. Save the world. This is the Revolution.
Download or read book Living Decor written by Maria Colletti and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome houseplants into your space and use them to make beautiful home decor projects that showcase your plants and your creativity. It's time to change the way we think about houseplants. For too long we have overlooked potted plants and failed to appreciate the many benefits they can bring into our homes: improved air quality, natural decor, brilliant colors, and a greener lifestyle, just to name a few. Living Decor is a manual to introducing the life, beauty, and health benefits of plants into your home in creative ways. Maria Colletti (Terrariums: Gardens Under Glass) brings fun to creating your own arrangements with moss, succulents, air plants, and other favorite indoor greenery. Also find simple guidance for taking care of your plants and DIY tips. This guide to houseplants takes you through modern trends in filling your space with plants, such as display with macramé, concrete planters, new plant stands for popular botanicals like Fiddle Leaf Figs and Monstera, and also shows what a beautiful, unique, and even artistic experience living with plants can be. Step-by-step projects include: Chandelier-style planters Moss jar gardens and photo frames Terrariums Succulent centerpieces And more! Beyond the individual projects, you'll find endless ideas for botanical styling from the author, as well as a large network of shopkeepers and interior designers who bring you into their homes to see remarkable interior design that celebrates everything green.
Download or read book Seven written by Anne Siew Kim Lim and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the tender age of seven, the author suffered the loss of her beloved mother. Growing up then brought the instability of constant change and a heart often in turmoil. Looking back with an ‘understanding of the heart,’ Anne Lim’s memoir traces a path leading to forgiveness. The reader is given intimate, intense glimpses – of a life formed by the survival of trauma. Yet, through the darkness, a light continues to shine, fierce and strong. The author’s cameo recollections of her youth in Singapore of the 1960s and ’70s are also told with humour and glimmers of joy. “You lose your mother at a young age. Your father subsequently fails as a parent. How can you then transcend the pain and find meaning in all that has passed? Poignant and honest, Anne Lim’s memoir moves the soul. As you read this evocative text, fresh dimensions will unfold before your eyes and you will be transported to realms of deep understanding.” ~ Verena Tay, writer and storyteller “This work demonstrates the healthful and life-giving power of artistic creation, in particular, the power of the word. ... The search for a personal truth based on but going beyond objective truth, drives this narrative. “ ~ Anne Lee Tzu Pheng Recipient of the Singapore Cultural Medallion, 1985
Download or read book Red High Heels in Heaven written by Deanna Hill and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the way to Nebraska in 1986 my life was changed forever in the blink of an eye when the tour bus on which I was traveling slammed into an 18-wheel tanker. After the accident and during my recovery my sister was keeping a journal, which she told me was to help me write my book. From time to time through the years I thought about that book, especially when I would share my story at churches or one-on-one and people would say, "You need to write a book" However, my second thought would always be, "Who would ever want to read about me" and I would shove the idea back to the corner of my mind where it had been hanging out for years. Finally a few years ago after being introduced to a word processor, I sat down and began to write my story. The computer made the writing part easy enough, but telling the story was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. It took weeks and weeks of reading and rereading my sister's journal and digging up memories deeply buried, which were painful to review. I won't say it was exactly a labor of love, but I am glad I finally did it. It is my prayer that people will be encouraged and inspired by reading how God has brought me through it all. If I seem courageous or special in any way it is because of Him.
Download or read book The Fractured Man written by Lisa M. Lilly and published by Spiny Woman Press. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her Long-Lost Friend Is Desperate For Help, But He's Not Telling The Whole Truth. Will It Get Them Both Killed? Chicago lawyer Quille C. Davis gets a desperate midnight call from long-lost childhood friend Caleb. The two grew up together, but he disappeared from her life for reasons she's never understood. Now he needs her. His boss is dead, and he's the prime suspect. Afraid the police have made up their minds, Caleb asks Quille to go undercover to investigate his mysterious employer, Seminar. Seminar says it’s a self-improvement company…or is it a cult? The more she delves into Seminar and gets to know its charismatic founder, the more danger Quille stirs up. And the more Seminar's hold on her friend worries her. With no one to trust, even Caleb, can Quille discover the killer before she becomes the next victim? The Fractured Man is the third book in the Q.C. Davis Mystery series, but it also stands alone. If you enjoy crime novels featuring clever female detectives, following the clues, and life-and-death stakes, then you'll love Lisa M. Lilly's exciting addition to the series. Buy The Fractured Man to unravel a thrilling mystery today! *** KEYWORDS: murder mystery books, murder mystery books for adults, whodunit books, murder mystery fiction books, murder mystery novels, murder novels, the best whodunit books, whodunit mystery books, legal thriller writers, crime murder mystery books, crime mystery books, crime mystery books for adults, crime mystery novels, female mystery writer, female crime writer, novel mystery books, popular crime novels, novel murder mystery books
