Download or read book Once Met Never Forgotten written by Patty Old West and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever been in the presence of someone, if only for a few minutes, who touched you so deeply that your life would never be the same? Who shared with you nuggets of wisdom and optimism for life in such a way that you would never forget? Kenneth George Old was such a man. As if serving as a missionary in Pakistan for thirty-three years wasn't extraordinary enough, God continued to use Ken even after he retired. Ken ministered through relationships, thought-provoking sermons, and even made-up stories for the children. Join Patty Old West in commemorating Ken's life—from a whirlwind romance to streams of visitors from around the world and the constant hand of God orchestrating a multitude of remarkable events. Ken's life was a kaleidoscope of activity. Wherever he went, whatever he did, he was able to reach out and touch others for God. Let Once Met, Never Forgotten share this same touch and leave you forever changed.
Download or read book The Chief Inspector Gamache Series written by Louise Penny and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author Louse Penny's beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mystery novels have received critical acclaim, won numerous awards, and have enthralled millions of readers. Featuring Chief Inspector of Homicide Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec, these extraordinary novels are here together for the first time in a fabulous ebook bundles. A Rule Against Murder Chief Inspector Gamache and his wife are celebrating their anniversary at the luxurious, isolated Manoir Bellechasse. But when a dead body turns up in the midst of a family reunion, Gamache learns that the lodge is a place where visitors come to escape their past, until that past catches up with them. The Brutal Telling A stranger is found murdered in Olivier's Bistro in Three Pines, and Chief Inspector Gamache is dismayed to find Olivier's story full of holes. Gamache follows a trail of clues into the woods and across the continent before returning to Three Pines to confront the truth and the final, brutal telling. Bury Your Dead It's Winter Carnival in Quebec City, when Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate a dead body at the Literary and Historical Society. Meanwhile, Gamache is receiving disquieting letters from Three Pines, and as past and present collide, he must relive a terrible event from his own past before he can begin to bury his dead.
Download or read book Here and Beyond written by Edith Wharton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Age of Innocence explores the supernatural and other unknowns in six short stories. The acclaimed Gilded Age author travels around the world and into the unknown with these six tales. After recovering from a bad fever in a Swiss sanitorium, an American pays a social call to a friend’s lonely sister on the coast of Brittany, but his journey takes a terrifying turn in “Miss Mary Pask.” A wealthy resident of a small Massachusetts town hides a sinister secret inside his home and it’s piqued the interest of his neighbors in “The Young Gentlemen.” A Massachusetts farmer’s wife calls in help when her husband is visited by his dead ex-lover in “Bewitched.” Death, doubt, and distrust blossom in the deserts of Morocco at an American Baptist mission in “The Seed of Faith.” An American author working on his next book heads to Paris to speak with his subject’s late wife in “The Temperate Zone.” Recovering from serious illness, an American professor heads to the south of France, searching for quiet and seclusion in “Velvet Ear-Pads.” Inspired by the author’s own global travels, Here and Beyond is a mix of ghost stories, character studies, and social drama. It was originally published in 1926.
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Download or read book The Leather Workers Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wartime Book Club written by Kate Thompson and published by Forever. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by true events, The Wartime Book Club is an unforgettable story of everyday bravery and resistance, full of romance, drama, and camaraderie and a tribute to the joy of reading and the power of books in our darkest hour. The Isle of Jersey was once a warm and neighborly community, but in 1943, German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule. Nazis have ordered Grace La Mottée, the island's only librarian, to destroy books that threaten the new regime. Instead, she hides the stories away in secret. Along with her headstrong best friend, she wants to fight back. So she forms the Wartime Book Club: a lifeline, offering fearful islanders the joy and escapism of reading. But as the occupation drags on, the women's quiet acts of bravery become more perilous – and more important – than ever before. And when tensions turn to violence, they are forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance . . . Based on astonishing real events, The Wartime Book Club is a love letter to the power of books in the darkest of times – as well as a moving page-turner that brings to life the remarkable, untold story of an island at war.
Download or read book Jim Christy A Vagabond Life written by Ian Cutler and published by Feral House. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Christy’s life and adventures began on the mobbed-up streets of South Philadelphia. Over his 73 years to date, Christy has asserted his freedom of spirit as a vagabond adventurer, latter-day hobo, journalist, private eye, actor, musician, and artist, in over 50 countries around the globe, and still found time to write over 30 books. His early adventures as a street fighter and child tramp provide a unique socio-cultural history of Philadelphia in the 50’s and 60’s before the book moves on to recount his later exploits from some of the most remote and random corners of the world.
Download or read book The Invisible Girl written by Torey Hayden and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes The Invisible Girl, a deeply moving true account of a young teen with a troubling obsession and an extraordinary educational psychologist's sympathy and determination to help. Eloise is a vibrant and charming young teen with a deeply caring nature, but she also struggles with a worrying delusion. She’s been moved from home to home, and her social workers have difficulty dealing with her habit of running away. After experiencing violence, neglect and sexual abuse from people she should have been able to trust, Eloise has developed complex behavioural needs. She struggles to separate fact from fiction, leading to confusion for the social workers trying to help her. After Torey learns of Eloise's background she hopes that some gentle care and attention can help Eloise gain some sense of security in her life. Can Torey and the other social workers provide the loving attention that has so far been missing in Eloise's life, or will she run away from them too?
Download or read book The Monitor written by Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pack written by Tom Pow and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Tom Pow's The Pack, Bradley, Victor, and Floris live with wild dogs on the dark, forgotten edge of a devastated city. Haunted by memories and abandoned by society, they have learned to survive on their own. But when Floris is kidnapped the others must venture into the unknown to save their friend. It is a dangerous journey--violent gangs walk the streets, and corrupt warlords viciously guard their territories. But it is also a journey of discovery...
Download or read book Magical Travels written by Sharon Breslin and published by Global Publishing Group. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Author, Tour Guide and Feng Shui Master Teacher, Sharon Breslin takes you on a truly magical journey as she shares her tale of adventures through mystical ancient lands. From the moment she stepped foot on Egyptian soil the mysteries began to unfold. There were chance meetings with strangers who passed on life changing messages, a moment high up in the mountains of Tibet where her third eye fully opened and so much more. Sharon's intrepid journeys have fed her gypsy soul unlocking her spiritual self in ways she could never have imagined. This book without a doubt will have you planning your next trip down the road less travelled. You'll Discover:* The reason you might feel unusually at home in a foreign land. Could you be reconnecting to a past life?* How to access age-old secrets and wisdom while sharing time with elders in ceremony on their sacred lands.* Why travelling on a spiritual pilgrimage is so powerful and beats a package holiday any day.* The importance of your dreams and how the spirit world communicates information to you during this time.* Tips and secrets on how to unlock and fast track your own spiritual wisdom.* How cellular memory is triggered and healing can be experienced at a very deep level.
Download or read book Sam Campbell written by Shandelle Marie Henson and published by TEACH Services, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Campbell, the Philosopher of the Forest, was a legend of the North Country. Once met, he was never forgotten, for he was a fountain of inspiration and buoyant enthusiasm. As one of the early pioneers in the environmental movement, his efforts were aimed at educating and entertaining people in hopes of raising their consciousness. Sam respected the merging breed of politically active conservationists, and acknowledged a great need for them. However, he found that his own personality was much better suited to low-key, friendly efforts to help people appreciate nature and thus lift their thoughts to more lofty values.
Download or read book Plasterer and Cement Finisher written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Real Nureyev written by Carolyn Soutar and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A backstage memoir takes an intimate look at the complicated life, endless search for perfection, and outrageous experiences of one of ballet's greatest icons and heroes.
Download or read book Here and Beyond written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six short stories, psychic in character.
Download or read book The Brutal Telling written by Louise Penny and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth novel in the Chief Inspector Gamache series, from worldwide phenomenon and number one New York Times bestseller Louise Penny When Chief Inspector Gamache arrives in picturesque Three Pines, he steps into a village in chaos. A man has been found bludgeoned to death, and there is no sign of a weapon, a motive or even the dead man's name. As Gamache and his colleagues start to dig under the skin of this peaceful haven for clues, they uncover a trail of stolen treasure, mysterious codes and a shameful history that begins to shed light on the victim's identity - and points to a terrifying killer... 'The best Gamache so far' Globe and Mail 'Ingenious and unexpected'Guardian 'A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' Ann Cleeves
Download or read book The Horseless Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
