Download or read book Old Loopy written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aging and the Aged in Medieval Europe written by University of Toronto. Centre for Medieval Studies. Conference and published by PIMS. This book was released on 1990 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trial by Social Media And Other Short Stories written by GMSEED and published by GMSEED. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of 36 short stories, interspersed with poems and other parcels from a roaming mind. They are intentionally varied and of no particular genre; the intention being to have you hopping from one subject area to another. They are a mixed bag of thrillers, science-fiction and even a children's story - that's right, why should kids have all the fun.
Download or read book Gamer written by John Coppett and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gamer By: John Coppett Gamer by John Coppett is a unique tale of fiction based on the life of Millard “Frosty” Snyder, a 74-year-old widower. As we meet Frosty on an early April day, he is tending the garden that his late wife, Francine, had loved and cared for; it is the first anniversary of her passing. The couple had been childless, which had left Frosty without a support system. Gardening was an activity that provided some relief from his sorrow; it made him feel close to Francine. The story unravels in several realms of time and space, which gives the reader a deeper understanding of the life of Frosty Snyder. There will be glimpses of his past as a Minor League Baseball catcher and later as a scout for the Cardinals; with so many memories, his recollections prompt him to consult with Francine, even though she is gone. There is the present, which takes off with an unexpected invitation to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and makes him a celebrity in his hometown. And then there are the ghosts of players from the past, now playing for the Eternal League; will this be in Frosty’s future? With Frosty’s notoriety, come opportunities he could never have dreamed of at the age of seventy-four. Will the possibility of a scandal create more stress than he can handle; or, will Frosty Snyder succeed in fulfilling a promise made, showing himself to be a true “gamer”? Enjoy the rollercoaster ride that is the life of Millard “Frosty” Snyder. To quote the author, “Never give up on a dream.”
Download or read book f2m written by Hazel Edwards and published by Ford Street Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-07 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School-leaver Skye plays guitar in her all-female Chronic Cramps band. Making her name in the punk/indie scene is easier than FTM (female to male) transitioning: from Skye to Finn, from girl to man. Uncovering genetic mysteries about family heritage tear the family apart. Trans gender identity is more than injections and surgery, it's about acceptance.
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 3258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sullivan written by Walter Macken and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sullivan was a born actor. Blessed and cursed with the artist's gifts and temperament in full measure, he could hold an audience, or a woman's heart, in the palm of his hand. From a boyhood stuffed with multi-coloured dreams to defy Galway's slums, through fit-ups and fairs in the Irish countryside, to struggle and renown in Dublin, London and New York, his crowded, generous journey was rich in comedies, disappointments and surprises. Success was as capricious as the seasons. But when it came, was it enough? Could it replace the one girl who had learnt always to expect the unexpected from Sullivan . . . ?
Download or read book The Witches of Old Allbyon written by Brandy Pearson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a large, battered old leather folder stuffed full of sheets of paper of various sizes and thicknesses - on the front, "Stories of the Witches of Old Allbyon" in curly letters, underneath there is a face. The hair and beard are made of leaves. Leaves are growing out of its mouth, and nostrils. Inside the folder, the stories - some written in round loopy handwriting on thick paper with wobbly edges. Some had been typed on a mechanical typewriter. Others were printouts from dot matrix printers, and some from more recent computer printers. All these stories were read to me when I was young. I didn't know it then, but the roots of everything that happened to us are in these stories, as the events in "The Last Wizard", grew out of what happened in "The Last Witch" - Maybe all stories begin in other stories. Who I am - who we are - I will leave for now. For now, we start with some of the tales of Old Allbyon.
Download or read book Dearest Jane written by Jane Torday and published by Constable. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the eldest daughter of a prolific letter writer, Jane Torday received hundreds of letters from her father over the years. From irreverent advice and hilarious family anecdotes to moments of great poignancy, Roger Mortimer‘s missives are a touching and witty portrait of his life and relationships over the years. Dearest Jane begins with Roger’s time as a young army officer in Egypt, and then as a POW in the Second World War, where his sense of humour endured despite the conditions. Jane accompanies her father’s letters with her own memories and anecdotes, as we meet familiar characters such as Nidnod, Lupin and Lumpy, and learn more about the extended family, friends and pets who leap from the pages of his letters. This is an arresting and extraordinary record, not only of Roger Mortimer’s life but also of the history of an entire family between 1960 and 1991. Sparkling with the dry wit for which Mortimer’s letters are famous, and accompanied by an affectionate personal portrait, this book will delight both old and new readers.
Download or read book Fading Flowers written by Joanna Kushner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-25 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each story, as I perceive it, is a tale not so much of terror but of the unknown. Weird things happen to ordinary people and the unexpected, frightening occurrences in each tale uncovers the possibility that none of us is immune to the horror that resides within our so-called mundane lives. Some of the tales, like FADING FLOWERS, should appeal to older folks who either live alone or within the confines of senior facilities. Night terrors do not happen only in childhood but accompany us into every phase of our lives. No longer is the terror confined to the creature who lurks beneath our beds in the darkness of night nor in the closet that slides open on creaking hinges. The danger might be awaiting us the next time we step into an elevator as it asks, GOING DOWN?
Download or read book If I Could Tell You written by Elizabeth Wilhide and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A marvelous work of historical fiction, beautifully crafted and inhabited by morally complex and fully realized characters... compelling, immersive, and utterly impossible to put down.” —Jennifer Chiaverini, New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker Anna Karenina meets World War II, a novel of love, war, and the resilience of one woman's spirit England, 1939: Julia Compton has a beautifully well-ordered life. Once a promising pianist, she now has a handsome husband, a young son she adores, and a housekeeper who takes care of her comfortable home. Then, on the eve of war, a film crew arrives in her coastal town. She falls in love. The consequences are devastating. Penniless, denied access to her son, and completely unequipped to fend for herself, she finds herself adrift in wartime London with her lover, documentary filmmaker Dougie Birdsall. While Dougie seeks truth wherever he can find it, Julia finds herself lost. As the German invasion looms and bombs rain down on the city, she faces a choice—succumb to her fate, or fight to forge a new identity in the heat of war.
Download or read book Crossing the Divide written by Lynn Stansbury and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reagan-era Colorado, Forest Ranger Will Britt falls to a mysterious death, and his wife Noni is left with their new baby to defend their ranch and her dreams of a Wild West Peaceable Kingdom from a predatory US Senator, who wants to open the National Forest for coal development, and his local agent Petersen Tolstad, a neigbor and damaged Nam vet, who might have been a friend and now may be an enemy. In the modern literary western tradition of Normal MacLean, Thomas McGuane, and Louise Erdrich, Crossing the Divide asks: Who owns the West? And who owns love?
Download or read book The Sense of Significance The Friendship Between Christopher Morley And Buckminster Fuller written by Louise Morley Cochrane and published by The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller. This book was released on with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sense of Significance chronicles the close friendship of Christopher Morley, a well-known writer, journalist and broadcaster, with the scientist and inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller (Bucky), now world famous for designs such as the geodesic dome. From their first meeting in 1934 to Morley’s death in 1957 they kept in close contact through meetings, shared travels and correspondence. This book records the progress of that friendship with quotations from letters, diaries and interviews with Bucky himself. It was written with Bucky’s active participation between 1975 and 1982, and is now published for the first time.
Download or read book Recycling George written by Stephen Roos and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lots of kids think about running away from home. But George Honiker's home runs away from him when his sister and brother-in-law move out of the trailer park while he's at school. But for quick-witted, resourceful, and upwardly mobile George, it's the chance of a lifetime when he bunks in with the richest kid in town.
Download or read book MOB Rule written by Hannah Evans and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You know you've joined the MOB when you hear... 'My, are they all yours?' 'Bless you!' (Occasionally) 'Poor you!' (Frequently) 'Lucky you!' (Once) And of course, the ultimate: 'So ... are you going for a girl?' Hannah Evans has three small boys. In her world, farting is so much more interesting than phonics, dam-building trumps damsels in distress any day and, astonishingly, she now instinctively knows the difference between a Frontloader and a JCB. It's a world of mud – and just occasionally blood – sweat and tears. It is also a world of indescribable joy. MOB Rule is the funny, honest and eye-opening account of Hannah's experiences as a Mother of Boys. Supplemented by recipes, quizzes, mnemonics and mysteries, it is the indispensible book for anyone who finds themselves adrift on a sea of testosterone, wondering when the lifeboat is going to show up.
Download or read book The Sisters of Salem Trilogy written by P. C. Cast and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 989 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something wicked this way comes...the complete Sisters of Salem trilogy about twin witches from powerhouse duo P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast! Spells Trouble Omen’s Bite Hex You Twin sisters, Mercy and Hunter are witches, direct descendants of the Goode family, the founders of their town. After the murder of their mother at the hands of a foul demon, they have become the protectors of the Gates to different underworlds—ancient portals between their world and realms where mythology rules and the darkest of creatures exist. Now Hunter and Mercy must come together and accept their destiny or risk losing everything—including their world.
Download or read book Undiluted Hocus Pocus written by Martin Gardner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of the beloved writer who inspired a generation to study math and science Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, religion, and Alice in Wonderland. Gardner's illuminating autobiography is a candid self-portrait by the man evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould called our "single brightest beacon" for the defense of rationality and good science against mysticism and anti-intellectualism. Gardner takes readers from his childhood in Oklahoma to his varied and wide-ranging professional pursuits. He shares colorful anecdotes about the many fascinating people he met and mentored, and voices strong opinions on the subjects that matter to him most, from his love of mathematics to his uncompromising stance against pseudoscience. For Gardner, our mathematically structured universe is undiluted hocus-pocus—a marvelous enigma, in other words. Undiluted Hocus-Pocus offers a rare, intimate look at Gardner’s life and work, and the experiences that shaped both.
