Download or read book Al Capone Does My Shirts written by Gennifer Choldenko and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newbery Honor Book and New York Times Bestseller that is historical fiction with a hint of mystery about living at Alcatraz not as a prisoner, but as a kid meeting some of the most famous criminals in our history. Al Capone Does My Shirts has become an instant classic for all kids to read! Today I moved to Alcatraz, a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by water. I'm not the only kid who lives here. There are twenty-three other kids who live on the island because their dads work as guards or cooks or doctors or electricians for the prison, like my dad does. And then there are a ton of murderers, rapists, hit men, con men, stickup men, embezzlers, connivers, burglars, kidnappers and maybe even an innocent man or two, though I doubt it. The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don't want. I never knew prisons could be picky, but I guess they can. You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother said I had to. A Newbery Honor Book A New York Times Bestseller A People magazine "Best kid's Book" An ALA Book for Young Adults An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Krikus Reviews Editor's Choice A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Parents' Choice Silver Honor Book A New York Public Library "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" Selection A New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age *"Choldenko's pacing is exquisite. . . . [A] great read."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review *"Exceptionally atmospheric, fast-paced and memorable!"—Publishers Weekly, starred review *"The story, told with humor and skill, will fascinate readers."—School Library Journal, starred review "Al is the perfect novel for a young guy or moll who digs books by Gordon Korman, or Louis Sachar."—Time Out New York for Kids "Funny situations and plot twists abound!"—People magazine "Heartstopping in some places, heartrending in others, and most of all, it is heartwarming."—San Francisco Chronicle

Download or read book My Father s Shirts written by George Slade and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: hardcover book bound in shirt fabric and enclosed in a slipcase Edition of 26 lettered A to Z

Download or read book My Father s Shirts written by George Slade and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and texts following my father on his journey into Alzheimer's

Download or read book My Father s Fathers written by Barbara Grivna and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Readers, My Father's Fathers is a composite of historical and archaeological fact, personal oral and written histories. These are woven together with my remembrances and hypotheses to narrate the history of my ancestors as nothing else exists to explain me. That said, combining and establishing theories is the work I put my mind to for the past three years. So please don't contact me to correct my inaccuracies or blunders. I acknowledge them and have embraced them. The scientific, historical, and archaeological information is all true as far as I can comprehend it. There really have been millions of tribes, thousands of dynasties, mass migrations, and countless wars since the Neolithic period, far too many to cite or explore deeply. I could not have written this book or found many illustrations without using the entries in Wikipedia.org. They are, in my estimation, one of the greatest boons the computer has provided us. I know people say it is not always accurate and I found different versions of events on other websites. When compared, they often offered additional information or a different view of affairs, but for my purposes they hung together. I urge you to support Wikipedia if you use their site because they always seek to upgrade their information and for this they should be rewarded. A list of all the sources I consulted containing information relevant to this paper would be virtually endless, so I have listed some of the principal authors and titles. I am greatly indebted to them all. If you wish to start exploring your genetic history, it will lead you to many exciting places. I recommend you begin your search by consulting Shannon Bennett's article in Family Tree Magazine entitled "DNA Demystified: Genetic Genealogy for First Timers," p. 42, December 2012. The magazine is published by F+W Media, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. My cat Sassy always helped me edit the information I wrote by watching the words appear on the computer screen or lying on my lap and pawing the pages as I tried to make sense of what I was trying to say. What would I have done without her? Keep reading and be well. Sincerely, Barbara Grivna

Download or read book Our Fathers written by Steven L. Shepherd and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2002-07-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one questions that men are profoundly influenced by their fathers, but the shape and substance of that influence varies with each family. In this, the first anthology of nonfiction prose to explore this issue in depth, editor Steven Shepherd has collected a diverse and invariably compelling group of narratives about sons and their fathers. "Fourteen excellent essays by some of our best writers," says Anne Morris of the Austin American-Statesman. Among the contributors: James Baldwin, who reflects in his classic "Notes of a Native Son," on the father he barely knew, "partly because we shared, in our different fashions, the vice of stubborn pride." The brothers Geoffrey and Tobias Wolff, who write of their father from dramatically different perspectives. A second-generation undertaker, Thomas Lynch, who writes lovingly of burying his father. And the acclaimed scholar of African-American culture, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who grew up with a father who "was not a race man," yet their arguments were vital to the son's education.

Download or read book In My Father s Country written by Saima Wahab and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the author's decision, years after her father was taken away by the KGB, to relocate to her uncle's home in America, where she pursued an education and worked as an interpreter before becoming a cultural adviser for the U.S. Army.

Download or read book The White Shirt written by Michael Alan Tate and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring parable about a young man in search of his calling is full of the insight, tools, and strategies you need to transition into a life you love. In The White Shirt, a young man named Cyrus leaves a secure career and ventures out into the world to find his true calling. Along the way he learns how to create a simple strategy for success, why it’s important to share a career plan with the right people, and most importantly, how it all comes together faster with a friend by your side. The White Shirt coincides with a website packed with tools and a step-by-step guide to creating a one-page personal career strategy, developed with a friend over the course of a week. Whether readers are graduating from college, struggling to find a job, re-entering the workforce, changing careers, or preparing for retirement, they will learn how to successfully navigate their transition in The White Shirt.

Download or read book The Song Poet written by Kao Kalia Yang and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her father, a Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in America In the Hmong tradition, the song poet recounts the story of his people, their history and tragedies, joys and losses; extemporizing or drawing on folk tales, he keeps the past alive, invokes the spirits and the homeland, and records courtships, births, weddings, and wishes. Following her award-winning book The Latehomecomer, Kao Kalia Yang now retells the life of her father Bee Yang, the song poet, a Hmong refugee in Minnesota, driven from the mountains of Laos by American's Secret War. Bee lost his father as a young boy and keenly felt his orphanhood. He would wander from one neighbor to the next, collecting the things they said to each other, whispering the words to himself at night until, one day, a song was born. Bee sings the life of his people through the war-torn jungle and a Thai refugee camp. But the songs fall away in the cold, bitter world of a Minneapolis housing project and on the factory floor until, with the death of Bee's mother, the songs leave him for good. But before they do, Bee, with his poetry, has polished a life of poverty for his children, burnished their grim reality so that they might shine. Written with the exquisite beauty for which Kao Kalia Yang is renowned, The Song Poet is a love story -- of a daughter for her father, a father for his children, a people for their land, their traditions, and all that they have lost.

Download or read book In My Father s Footsteps written by Sebastian Matthews and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant father, a complicated legacy, and a son's hard-won journey of self-discovery. William Matthews was a much-admired, award-winning poet and teacher who lived hard and died in 1997 at the age of 55. This clear-eyed, often wryly funny memoir pays homage to a charismatic father as the son struggles to step out from his considerable shadow.

Download or read book My Four Fathers Eleanor written by Autumn Rosen and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Walling, a man with Multiple Personality Disorder, learns to balance his mental illness and unconditional love after one of his other personalities fathers a child and he is forced to raise her. They say it takes a village to raise a child, unfortunately Thomas Walling has the whole village in his head and they all want to lend a hand! ,

Download or read book Our Fathers written by Jeff Collignon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ..The Heat of Darkness beats strong and true throughout Jeff Collignon's Our Fathers... From the battlefield at home, to the battlefields in Southeast Asia, Our Fathers follows a son's gradual awakening to the abusive nature of a family, and the insanity of war.

Download or read book Outing and the Wheelman written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Un Chosen Life written by Carmen M. Correa Ms.C Ms. Ed. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book can raise your thoughts about God and His power to a higher standard, challenging your faith to believe in His ability and greatness. In His Word, He tells us to prove Him and see.

Download or read book Fathers Aren t Supposed to Die written by T. M. Shine and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an intimate and humorous memoir, writer T.M. Shine explores an emotionally devastating experience: the struggle to come to terms with a parent's death.

Download or read book A Complete Guide for Single Dads written by Craig Baird and published by Atlantic Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising a child alone whether you are a father or mother can be the most trying experience in anyone s life. Learning to handle all the many duties that two people would normally deal with and adjusting to the overwhelming demands of a child on a daily basis is a trying experience. Yet, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated in 2006 that over 12.9 million single parents raise their children alone. While a small percentage of that was single fathers (2.5 million), the hard reality of raising a child alone remains the same for either parent. Through hours of meticulous research and interviews, this book was compiled to show exactly how a single father can raise a child alone to be happy and healthy without the help of a second parent. You will learn, as a single father, how to reassure your children and maintain the feeling of a family. You will learn how to help them feel better regardless of whether you are a single father through death or divorce. You will learn how to treat your children and how to communicate with them. The basics of discipline and rules will be outlined for a single-parent household, along with tips on how you can have fun with your children the right and healthy way. You will learn the differences between having daughters versus sons as a father, and how to handle the myriad issues that the mother would normally handle. Dozens of hours of interviews with experts in child psychology and child raising were conducted, and have been included in this book to provide a complete outline of what you can expect throughout raising your children. You will learn how to turn your house into a home, divvying up space, having pets, and how to handle chores. You will learn how to find reliable child care and how to juggle your time among your work, your children, and yourself. You will learn how to deal with school and ensure that your children get the attention they need to succeed. The basics of cooking and health care for children and how to handle their emotional issues as they grow older will all be outlined for you. For every father alone for the first time or unsure of how to raise a child alone, this book will provide the detailed instruction you need to be the best possible single father.

Download or read book Five Fathers written by Kate Morgan and published by Sarian Royal. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sin or piety. Those are the two things I’m choosing between when I walk up those stone steps and into the church. Heaven or hell. Pain or pleasure. But sometimes, pleasure brings more hurt than pain. I’ve learned my lesson the hard way and that’s why I’m doing this, giving up everything I know and love for a whole new life. A life dedicated to something, someone, other than myself. The thing is, sometimes fate has other ideas. Out of all the churches in town, I picked this one. This building with its vaulted ceilings and stained glass and all its secrets. This building that houses them. My five worst sins. My five most awesome pleasures. ***FIVE FATHERS is a full-length stand-alone reverse harem novel from debut author Kate Morgan. It includes five sexy priests, one lucky woman, and lots and lots of steamy scenes. This book is naughty, but in the best way possible. Expect a happy ending but a suspenseful ride on the way there! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; min-height: 16.0px}

Download or read book I Wore Niall Mackenzie s T shirt written by Haydn Wheeler and published by Haydn Wheeler. This book was released on 2024-08-14 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sitting forgotten in a drawer, thrown on as a casual garment. Handy for a later rag when torn, getting a tad frayed round the edges. The humble t-shirt cotton existence is tough. Frequently short lived. Fading with age. Due to be demolished is a house in Wimborne, a deceased council estate, and a street to be levelled. Mista Fisha, an artist. A collaboration with a motorcycle racer made of girders. Watching motorcycle racing in the 80s and 90s trackside, captured by an artist. Revolutionary, in expression. The t's we took for granted, those available to the racing enthusiast via the merch stalls trackside, had been shaking up. Rider, throttle on, motorcycle scratching the track. A turbo charged spectacle applied. Small, medium, large and XXL. The canvas came in all sizes. The artist's canvas of choice artistic bounds unlimited. "I wore Niall Mackenzie's t-shirt," entered the lexicon.