Download or read book Reading My Father written by Alexandra Styron and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reading My Father" is an intimate, moving, and beautifully written portrait of the novelist William Styron by his daughter, Alexandra.
Download or read book Hiding Places written by Daniel Asa Rose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a powerful blending of memoir and spiritual quest, a prize-winning novelist and travel writer takes his two young sons to Europe to find out how their family fled the Nazis.
Download or read book Orwell s Roses written by Rebecca Solnit and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography “An exhilarating romp through Orwell’s life and times and also through the life and times of roses.” —Margaret Atwood “A captivating account of Orwell as gardener, lover, parent, and endlessly curious thinker.” —Claire Messud, Harper's “Nobody who reads it will ever think of Nineteen Eighty-Four in quite the same way.” —Vogue A lush exploration of politics, roses, and pleasure, and a fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener whose political writing was grounded by his passion for the natural world “In the spring of 1936, a writer planted roses.” So be-gins Rebecca Solnit’s new book, a reflection on George Orwell’s passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and on the intertwined politics of nature and power. Sparked by her unexpected encounter with the roses he reportedly planted in 1936, Solnit’s account of this overlooked aspect of Orwell’s life journeys through his writing and his actions—from going deep into the coal mines of England, fighting in the Spanish Civil War, critiquing Stalin when much of the international left still supported him (and then critiquing that left) to his analysis of the relationship between lies and authoritarianism. Through Solnit’s celebrated ability to draw unexpected connections, readers are drawn onward from Orwell‘s own work as a writer and gardener to encounter photographer Tina Modotti’s roses and her politics, agriculture and illusion in the USSR of his time with forcing lemons to grow in impossibly cold conditions, Orwell’s slave-owning ancestors in Jamaica, Jamaica Kincaid’s examination of colonialism and imperialism in the flower garden, and the brutal rose industry in Colombia that supplies the American market. The book draws to a close with a rereading of Nineteen Eighty-Four that completes Solnit’s portrait of a more hopeful Orwell, as well as offering a meditation on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of resistance.
Download or read book Father Seraphim Rose written by Damascene (Hieromonk) and published by St. Xenia Skete Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Father s and Mother s Century written by Angela South and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I had intended this to be the story of my father, an ordinary man living in an extraordinary turbulent half century, which shaped his life and subsequently mine. However, when researching my father’s life, I realise what an extraordinary life my mother had also lived and I want to incorporate her own tale. This is a story that also belongs to my sister and me and tells how we came to be the adults we now are.” This book chronicles the family history of Angela South’s father, John Louis Salter. It starts with his army career, at 14 years old, and how he was posted at 15 to Hong Kong and Mauritius. In WW1, he received the DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal – and returned home in 1918, with a French bride, Albertine Marie. John left the army in 1925, qualifying as a civil servant despite his lack of education. He settled with his wife in southern England, during the 1920s and 30s. In 1937, Albertine Marie was admitted to a mental asylum for the remainder of her life, due to mental instability. During WW2, he worked in Whitehall and in 1945 was posted to Berlin, where he met Angela’s mother, Christa, who was 20 years old at the time. They returned to England together in 1947, where she studied English and secretarial skills so she could take over as the family bread-winner. John and Christa married in 1951, after the birth of Angela and her younger sister, Karin. My Father's and Mother's Century delves into Angela’s childhood, through the 1950s and 60s, in her somewhat unusual family, and reveals how it impacted on herself and Karin. The book will appeal to fans of family history, biographies and family history.
Download or read book The Autobiography of Rose Allen Edited by a Lady written by Rose Allen and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MEV Bible SpiritLed Woman Rose Tan Leatherlike written by Charisma House and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 1452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FEED YOUR HUNGER FOR MORE OF GOD. The SpiritLed Woman Bible was developed for the woman inpassionate pursuit of God. It's for the woman who wants toknow God more deeply and fulfill His plan for her life. It isspecifically designed to increase her hunger for God and tohelp her get to know Him more intimately.
Download or read book My Mamie Rose written by Owen Kildare and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1903 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many men have told the stories of their lives. I shall tell you mine. Not because I, as they, have done great and important things, but because of the miracle which transformed me. If lives may be measured by progress mine may have some interest to you. When a man at thirty cannot read or write the simplest sentence, and then eight years later is able to earn his living by his pen, his story may be worth the telling. Before beginning, however, the recital of how I found my ambition awakened, let me make my position unmistakably definite. I am not a self-made man, having only contributed a mite in the making. A self-made man can turn around to the road traveled by him and can point with pride to the monuments of his achievements. I cannot do that. I have no record of great deeds accomplished. I am a man, reborn and remade from an unfortunate moral condition into a life in which every atom has but the one message, "Strive, struggle and believe," and I would be the sneakiest hypocrite were I to deny that I feel within me a satisfaction at being able to respond to the call with all the possible energy of soul and body.
Download or read book My Father s Books written by Luan Starova and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In My Father’s Books, the first volume in Luan Starova’s multivolume Balkan Saga, he explores themes of history, displacement, and identity under three turbulent regimes—Ottoman, Fascist, and Stalinist—in the twentieth century. Weaving a story from the threads of his parents’ lives from 1926 to 1976, he offers a child’s-eye view of personal relationships in shifting political landscapes and an elegiac reminder of the enduring power of books to sustain a literate culture. Through lyrical waves of memory, Starova reveals his family’s overlapping religious, linguistic, national, and cultural histories. His father left Constantinople as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and the young family fled from Albania to Yugoslav Macedonia when Luan was a boy. His parents, cosmopolitan and well-traveled in their youth, and steeped in the cultures of both Orient and Occident, find themselves raising their children in yet another stagnant and repressive state. Against this backdrop, Starova remembers the protected spaces of his childhood—his mother’s walled garden, his father’s library, the cupboard holding the rarest and most precious of his father’s books. Preserving a lost heritage, these books also open up a world that seems wide, deep, and boundless.
Download or read book A Rose Remembered written by Michael Phillips and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret of the Rose series continues with this thrilling novel of international intrigue, unexpected romance, and unshakable faith. At the beginning of this second installment of Michael Phillips’s bestselling Secret of the Rose series, Baron von Dortmann is being held captive in a Russian prison. And his daughter, Sabina, is in Berlin desperately searching for him. Living a dangerous double life on both sides of the Berlin Wall, Sabina enlists the help of the Jewish Underground and is unexpectedly reunited with her lost love, Matthew McCallum. Together, the two join forces in a daring rescue attempt with the KGB hot on their trail. In this dangerous, life-changing mission, they must rely on their wits, their friends, and their faith in God to succeed.
Download or read book The Tangled Rose written by Della May Olson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a freak snowstorm (White-Out) threatens the existence of THE TANGLED ROSE, the perfect frontier ranch of Butch and Dolly Weaver, and takes the life of their son, Patrick, despair drives Butch to search for the fabled gold mine of his dead father, leaving his family destitute. Meanwhile the graves on the hillside increase in number. Is it the fault of the black witch from Jamaica? Dolly convinces Rayne Cooper, a tall handsome stranger who has come to her aid, to help search for Butch. Cooper has fallen in love with Jamaica Ward Sisson and THE TANGLED ROSE. Jamaica has faced the terror of the west by marrying Dr. Sam Sisson, thus escaping a marriage planned by her father. THE TANGLED ROSE IS SEQEL TO THE NOVEL ‘NO ESCAPE’ but will stand alone. OTHER BOOKS BY DELLA MAY OLSON LENA’S RAINBOW TERROR ON LOCO RIDGE GROWING UP BRONSON CRAB APPLE PIE NO ESCAPE THE TANGLED ROSE TANGLE CREEK DRIVEN www.dellamayolson.com
Download or read book My Father and Me written by Michael A. Bertola and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Father and Me is an autobiographical story that incorporates some of my most cherished memories that I have chosen to share with the reader, which is filled with love, a smidgen of danger, and good old-fashioned family values. It all starts in Sicily, Italy, in 1896. Families were migrating to America for a better life as harsh economic times were felt by all. My father Frank starts a gambling house, and it becomes quite successful. The mob steps in, and things get dicey. Frank must figure a way out or else. The family’s many activities and interactions sometimes lead to unexpected consequences. While the stories of my experiences growing up are lively and delightful, the stories from my dad and those from friends and family are heart-warming stories of respect and most of all love.
Download or read book My Father s Garden written by Thomas Miller and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roses and Thorns Volume One Books 1 3 written by Becca Jameson and published by Becca Jameson Publishing. This book was released on with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today best-selling author Becca Jameson comes a new dark romance series. Roses and Thorns is packed with sex, lies, secrets, deceit, vendettas, and dark situations. This series is a spinoff from her Club Zodiac series. Roses and Thorns is another local club mentioned several times in the series. It is also featured in Becca Jameson’s novella, Ruined, which is part of the 2023 Black Light: Roulette Finale
Download or read book My Dad My Father written by S. awdy and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, set in the '50s through the '70s in rural South Carolina is a collection of true stories that depict what it was like to grow up during the greatest era of the United States of America. An era when love, church, family, and patriotism were the cornerstones of our society, and common sense parenting was used to raise children. I am a product of this era, and it is an honor for me to share my collection of stories with you. These stories are about interactions and events that happened in my life and how my dad's reactions, responses, and behaviors not only taught me valuable lessons but helped to shape my life forever. Each of my dad's lessons about life correspond directly with lessons taught by my Father's Word. This book has something for people at every age and every stage of life. Everyone can learn something about themselves and about life by reading these stories. As you read My Dad, My Father, I hope you find these stories to be entertaining and enjoyable. To contact S.E.Drawdy, please feel free to send an email to: [email protected]
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Download or read book Travels with My Father written by Nancy Myer and published by Paladin Communications. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this moving spiritual memoir, one of America's most important psychic investigators, Nancy Myer, recalls her evolution as a person with psychic abilities, her struggle to accept the intuitive gifts she was given, and her desire to lead a “normal” life raising three energetic children. But when the highest-ranking official in the Delaware State Police asks her to use her psychic gifts to help solve murder cases, her normal life is turned upside-down, beginning an unorthodox career in which she is forced to deal with “the worst of humanity.” In her numerous consultations with law enforcement, she receives guidance and support from the ghost of her father, who had also possessed some intuitive abilities. His passing and return visits from "the other side" are what unlocks her true nature and extraordinary gifts. Part love story and part mystery, with vivid descriptions of some of her toughest criminal cases, she explores some of the most profound questions of the universe: What is our purpose here on earth? What happens at the end of a lifetime? and Where does the soul go? As Nancy reveals in the remarkable story of her relationship with her father, before his death and after, the end isn’t really an end at all, but merely a transition to new worlds.
