Download or read book One Christmas written by Truman Capote and published by Random House Incorporated. This book was released on 1995-11-07 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One unforgettable Christmas, young Truman Capote is sent from his childhood home and his beloved cousin Miss Sook to New Orleans, to a father he's never met. Far from the warmth and familiarity of small town dreams and family traditions, Truman learns the painful truths about his father, about Santa Claus, and about love lost and found.

Download or read book One Christmas Wish written by Katherine Rundell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From beloved author Katherine Rundell comes a clever, funny, and poignant picture book about a lonely little boy who wishes not to be alone on Christmas. A young boy’s Christmas Eve wish on a shooting star leads to an adventure with an ever-hungry rocking horse, an angel whose wings are molting, a robin who has forgotten how to sing, and a rusting tin drummer boy in Katherine Rundell’s classic Christmas story, with Emily Sutton’s gorgeous paintings.

Download or read book One Imperfect Christmas written by Myra Johnson and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphic designer Natalie Pearce faces the most difficult Christmas of her life. For almost a year, her mother has lain in a nursing home, the victim of a massive stroke, and Natalie blames herself for not being there when it happened. Worse, she’s allowed the monstrous load of guilt to drive a wedge between her and everyone she loves—most of all her husband Daniel. Her marriage is on the verge of dissolving, her prayer life is suffering, and she’s one Christmas away from hitting rock bottom Junior-high basketball coach Daniel Pearce is at his wit’s end. Nothing he’s done has been able to break through the wall Natalie has erected between them. And their daughter Lissa’s adolescent rebellion isn’t helping matters. As Daniel’s hope reaches its lowest ebb, he wonders if this Christmas will spell the end of his marriage and the loss of everything he holds dear

Download or read book A Christmas Memory written by Truman Capote and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.

Download or read book One Hot Christmas written by Anna Durand and published by Jacobsville Books. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unwrap a steamy British gift this year… I had a brilliant life, living in England where everyone knew me as just Ben, the massage therapist. Then my mother summoned me home, determined to marry me off. You see, I'm not just Ben. I'm Bennett Worthington Montague, crown prince of Mithoria, and my mother has arranged for every eligible aristocratic girl to compete to become my princess. Does anyone care what I want? But I'm planning my escape. When a mate offers to let me stay at his house in New Hampshire for Christmas, while he's on holiday in Switzerland, I jump at the chance. But on my way there, I get lost. During a blizzard. Then a sexy girl rescues me. A snowstorm, a hot tub, and a beautiful woman. Need I say more? We've only just met, but we can't keep our hands off each other. This might just be the best Christmas ever. Unless someone tells my mother where I've gone. One Hot Christmas is the sixth book in the bestselling Hot Brits series of romantic comedies.

Download or read book Room For A Little One written by Martin Waddell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the magic of the very first Christmas with this classic picture book. From the author of Owl Babies and Can't You Sleep Little Bear? It's a cold winter's night, and Kind Ox is in his stable. One by one, the animals come, and Kind Ox gives each of them a bed for the night. Until eventually, Tired Donkey arrives with some very special passengers... Retold from the perspective of the animals in the stable, this beautiful book will bring the Christmas story to life for even the youngest children. A true Christmas classic, with a universal message about kindness, this is a book to be treasured and shared by every family. Martin Waddell is one of the greatest living writers of books for children. He has won multiple awards for his work, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Download or read book A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Download or read book One Wintry Night written by Ruth Bell Graham and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2012-10-08 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A snowy night, a warm cabin, and a boy who hears the Christmas story told for the first time—beginning with Creation and ending with the Resurrection A classic Christmas picture book, One Wintry Night tells the story of a mountain boy who is injured in a snowstorm and seeks refuge in a cabin. While he waits out the storm, the woman who lives there tells him the Christmas story. In a magnificent blend of a contemporary setting with the history of God’s redeeming love, Ruth Graham created a wonderful and unique version of the Christmas story. Breathtakingly illustrated by renowned artist Richard Jesse Watson, One Wintry Night is the perfect gift for the young and the young-at-heart that will fascinate both those who have heard the Bible story many times and those who know only a few details. “Ruth Bell Graham has written the perfect Christmas book . . . with imaginative, stunning pictures. It is a book children and adults will love. The story is tried and true, well-told, and important. I can see children around the world sitting with a parent or grandparent saying, ‘Then what happened?’ or, ‘Turn the page. Let’s see the next picture.’ I love this story and I love this book.” — Barbara Bush

Download or read book One Christmas Night written by Hayley Webster and published by Trapeze. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is such a perfect read for the time of year' - JENNY COLGAN 'Combines love, crime, friendship and family with the very best festive spirit. One Christmas Night is a heartfelt page-turner I will find hard to forget.' - AJ PEARCE, bsetselling author of Dear Mrs. Bird Nine lives. One street. And a secret behind every door. Christmas is ruined on Newbury Street, Norwich. Presents have been going missing from resident's homes. There are rumours going around that it's one of their own who's been stealing from the neighbours. Festive spirit is being replaced with suspicion and the inhabitants of Newbury Street don't know who to trust. The police presence isn't helping matters, especially when they all have something to hide. But Christmas is a time for miracles... and if they open themselves up to hope and look out for each other, they might discover the biggest miracle of all. An uplifting novel about love, friendship, connection and community, for readers who love Joanna Cannon, Ruth Hogan and Libby Page. 'Tender, beautifully-written and full of magic and mystery' - Emma Flint

Download or read book It Happened One Christmas written by Kaitlin O'Riley and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two strangers, one enchanted Christmas. “This lovely story makes the most of the warmth and joys of the holiday season.” —Library Journal Quinton Roxbury, son of an earl and as charismatic as a prince, thinks St. Nick has provided him the perfect bride in rich, ruthless Lady Emmeline Tarleton. Lisette Hamilton could not have wished for a more reasonable beau than stable, staid Henry Brooks. But on one wintry London day, the magic of the season intervenes, bringing Lisette and Quinton together just long enough to realize that there is more to love than to connections or contentment. And the passionate moment they share will force them both to choose between the perfect lives they always wanted and a desire they've only just discovered . . . “[A] tender Regency . . . Each encounter between them is touched with just the right balance of romance and poignant regret . . . O'Riley does a masterful job of making the dilemma gripping.” —Publishers Weekly “A wonderful story full of Christmas spirit and emotion . . . Kaitlin O'Riley definitely has a way with words to keep the story extremely interesting and yet very easy to follow.” —Fresh Fiction

Download or read book One Wild Christmas written by Nicholas Oldland and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lovable trio is back — just in time for Christmas! The bear, the moose and the beaver have forgotten the most important Christmas decoration of all — the tree! Rushing through the snowy forest, they reject one tree after another, until the friends finally spot the perfect one. But just as the beaver is about to chop it down, the bear stops him. He can’t allow it to be harmed; it is much too beautiful! But his friends disagree. They need this tree! Is there a way to have a perfect Christmas — without chopping down the perfect tree? Life in the wild can be a bit … unexpected! Just the way kids love it!

Download or read book One Christmas Night written by M. Christina Butler and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Hedgehog gets his house ready for Christmas, but must make a mad dash in the cold and dark to find presents for his friends.

Download or read book One Christmas in Washington written by David Bercuson and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herwig and Bercuson grippingly recreate the dramatic days of the Washington War Conference of 1941-42, using the diaries, meeting notes and personal letters of the key characters. One Christmas in Washington is the authoritative and emotional story of two proud and accomplished men struggling to overcome their own biases, suspicion, and hubris to create what turned out to be a war-winning alliance.

Download or read book One Christmas Wish written by Brenda Jackson and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jackson brings the quaint Southern town to life in a memorable holiday romance complete with affable characters."—Publishers Weekly on One Christmas Wish It’s Christmas in Catalina Cove, a time of promise and second chances. But when you’re starting over, love is the last thing you’re wishing for… Vaughn Miller’s Wall Street career was abruptly ended by a wrongful conviction and two years in prison. Since then, he’s returned to his hometown, kept his head down and forged a way forward. When he is exonerated and his name cleared, he feels he can hold his head up once again, maybe even talk to the beautiful café owner who sets his blood to simmering. Sierra Crane escaped a disastrous marriage—barely. She and her six-year-old goddaughter have returned to the only place that feels like home. Determined to make it on her own, Sierra opens a soup café. Complication is the last thing she needs, but the moment Vaughn walks into her café, she can’t keep her eyes off the smoldering loner. When they give in to their attraction, what Sierra thought would be a onetime thing becomes so much more. Vaughn knows she’s the one. Sierra can’t deny the way Vaughn makes her feel, but she’s been burned before. With Christmas approaching, Vaughn takes a chance to prove his love, and it will be up to Sierra to decide if her one Christmas wish—true happiness—will come true. Don’t miss The House on Blueberry Lane, the next book in The Catalina Cove series by New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson! The Catalina Cove series Book 1: Love in Catalina Cove Book 2: Forget Me Not Book 3: Finding Home Again Book 4: Follow Your Heart Book 5: One Christmas Wish Book 6: The House on Blueberry Lane

Download or read book One Shining Star written by Anne V. Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With gentle rhyme and number fun, children learn to count their way through the nativity. Full color.

Download or read book One More for Christmas written by Sarah Morgan and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Christmas Sisters comes this sparkling tale of Christmas redemption. Brimming with Sarah Morgan's trademark festive cheer, you won't want to miss it! For sisters Samantha and Ella Mitchell, Christmas is their most precious time of the year - a time for togetherness, love and celebration. Most of all, it's about making up for everything their childhood Christmases lacked. But this year, they'll be buying presents for the most unexpected guest of all - their estranged mother. It's been five years since they last saw each other. But when their mom calls out of the blue and promises that this Christmas will be different, Samantha and Ella cautiously agree to spend it all together... Gayle Mitchell is at the top of her career, but her success has come at a price - her relationship with her daughters. She never seemed to say and do the right things. Her tough-love approach was designed to make them stronger, but instead managed to push them away...until a brush with her own mortality forces Gayle to make amends. As the snowflakes fall on their first family celebration in years, the Mitchell women must learn that sometimes facing up to the past is all you need to heal your heart...

Download or read book How Winston Delivered Christmas written by Alex T. Smith and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join a brave little mouse on a big Christmas adventure! This is the chapter book edition of Alex T. Smith's modern Christmas classic How Winston Delivered Christmas, with gorgeous black and white illustrations from the author throughout – the perfect festive gift for newly confident readers. Winston is on a Very Important Mission. On Christmas Eve, he finds a letter to Father Christmas that did not make it to the post box – so, with no time to lose, he sets out to deliver it himself in time for Christmas Day! He has a lot of Very Exciting Adventures on his Very Important Mission and makes some wonderful friends along the way. Will he find Father Christmas in time? How Winston Delivered Christmas is a heartwarming illustrated story by Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series.