Download or read book The Paper Route written by Richard Haddock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-06-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen year old Gary Matthews faced the same old story: a new town, new school, making new friends. His father was an Air Force pilot and they had just been stationed in Homestead, Florida in 1958. Trying to avoid an unhappy home life and fill the void of his summer, Gary stumbles upon a job that will change his life: a colored paper route in Jim Crow Dixie. To his surprise, Gary soon makes scores of friends, from the elderly widow, Hattie Donovan to the vivacious Lucy Brown, to Ty Shaw and his days of Negro League Baseball and friendship with the legendary Satchel Paige, to an unlikely and dangerous romance with Joyce Rogers. Gary soon faces redneck bullies at school as well as the biases of his own parents. But when tragedy strikes, Gary is comforted by the love and affection of those on his route. His time on The Paper Route teaches Gary life lessons that will shape and guide him for years to come: love, compassion, sorrow, faith, hopelessness and the indignities of life amongst the poor. It is a remarkable, touching experience of warmth, kindness and learning how to see the world from another person's perspective.
Download or read book The Paper Route written by Jacqueline Cayer Nelson McDonald and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PAPER ROUTE is a murder mystery wrapped in a family saga. It moves from mid-century mill-town, Lowell, Massachusetts to Beat Generation Greenwich Village. The protagonist is a paper girl who, in the course of her daily delivery of the newspaper, unwittingly collects information relevant to an on-going murder investigation.Part mystic-part truant, the paper girl can tell good people from bad at a glance. Compelled to undo a reported injustice, she seeks out and shares her insights with the childless and charmed case detective. Together they solve two murders and inadvertently trigger another.
Download or read book The Paper Route written by Loraine Dupont and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever had a special experience that you wanted to share with everyone? The Paper Route is just that""a true, once-in-a-lifetime story involving the author and her very ornery ten-year-old brother. Written from the perspective of a seven-year-old little girl, Loraine recounts how she helped her brother with an early morning paper route""in the dark, with no parents, and in the heart of a big city. The two of them develop confidence when they persevere in spite of real and imaginary challenges. Loraine learns that her brother's aggressive, self-willed traits (that she had despised so often), are exactly what made him a good leader. She is pleasantly surprised when her ornery brother ends up being her hero! It's a fun story, not only for young people. Those who were raised before cell phones and electronic devices are sure to enjoy the memories and humorous situations she shares. People of all ages can enjoy a little moment in time, as she takes you back to the way things were in 1966. Ironically, this endearing, light-hearted story is packed with serious lessons. Lessons that changed Loraine's way of thinking and taught her many concepts that help her deal with everyday life. Ask yourself the following questions before reading this book. Then ask yourself the same questions afterwards. See if you also glean the wisdom she did. Do you assume rich people are always snobs? That confident people are arrogant, self-serving, and think themselves as superior to others? Do you think rebellious people are nothing but troublemakers? Have you ever noticed how "bully" people can be your best friend in a crisis? What about parenting? Will you allow your children to take the easy way out when they encounter "real" challenges? As a parent, what is your attitude regarding your kids watching a horror movie? Are they "really" harmless? What about faith? If you were convinced a potentially dangerous experience would benefit your children, would you trust Jesus to keep them safe? What if you are a people pleaser, like Loraine was. Would you know when it's okay to be assertive to the point of being pushy or even aggressive? Are you convinced that reading for pleasure is not a waste of time? Do you read poetry? If not, why? Do you think poetry lacks honest value? There are a number of powerful concepts to learn from this story. Loraine's attitudes regarding these issues are forever changed. It's amazing what one can learn on a paper route!
Download or read book Karen s Paper Route Baby Sitters Little Sister 97 written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation! Karen is a papergirl!Karen really wants Moonbeam, the new video game system. But Daddy won’t buy it for her. So Karen decides to get a job. She will help Kristy deliver newspapers. It is hard work. Karen has to get very early in the morning! And some people are pretty picky about how their papers are delivered. Can Karen earn the money she needs?
Download or read book Paperboy written by Vince Vawter and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *"Reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird." —Booklist, Starred "An unforgettable boy and his unforgettable story. I loved it!" —ROB BUYEA, author of Because of Mr. Terupt and Mr. Terupt Falls Again This Newbery Honor winner is perfect for fans of To Kill a Mockingbird, The King’s Speech, and The Help. A boy who stutters comes of age in the segregated South, during the summer that changes his life. Little Man throws the meanest fastball in town. But talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering—not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend’s paper route for the month of July, he’s not exactly looking forward to interacting with the customers. But it’s the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thief, who stirs up real trouble in Little Man’s life. A Newbery Honor Award Winner An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book An IRA Children’s and Young Adults’ Choice An IRA Teachers’ Choice A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year A National Parenting Publications Award Honor Book A BookPage Best Children’s Book An ABC New Voices Pick A Junior Library Guild Selection An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Recording An ALA-YALSA Amazing Audiobook A Mississippi Magnolia State Award List Selection “[Vawter’s] characterization of Little Man feels deeply authentic, with . . . his fierce desire to be ‘somebody instead of just a kid who couldn’t talk right.’” —The Washington Post “Paperboy offers a penetrating look at both the mystery and the daily frustrations of stuttering. People of all ages will appreciate this positive and universal story.” —Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation of America *“[A] tense, memorable story.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “An engaging and heartfelt presentation that never whitewashes the difficult time and situation as Little Man comes of age.” —Kirkus Reviews “Vawter portrays a protagonist so true to a disability that one cannot help but empathize with the difficult world of a stutterer.” —School Library Journal
Download or read book Report written by United States. Dept. of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MEMOIRS written by JOHN WARVELLE HARBAUGH and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-02-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John W. Harbaugh has had a career in geology and academia and is a Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences at Stanford University. He is the author or coauthor of 12 books and has also been connected with oil industry for much of his career. He currently manages oil and gas properties in Oklahoma and Texas.
Download or read book Everything is Pickrick written by Bob Short and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the man who vowed to chase Martin Luther King, Jr. from the state, who was notorious for carrying a pickax handle, who supported George Wallace for president, and who was a lifelong thorn in the side of Jimmy Carter."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Cutural Routes management from theory to practice written by Council of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987, the Santiago de Compostela Declaration laid the foundations for the first Council of Europe Cultural Route, highlighting the importance of our rich, colourful and diverse European identities. Today, the Council of Europe Enlarged Partial Agreement (EPA) on Cultural Routes oversees 29 routes connecting culture and heritage across Europe. Cultural Routes are powerful tools for promoting and preserving these shared and diverse cultural identities. They are a model for grass-roots cultural co-operation, providing important lessons about identity and citizenship through a participative experience of culture. From the European Route of Megalithic Culture with its monuments built as long as 6 000 years ago, to the ATRIUM route of Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes, the routes contain elements of our past which help us to understand the present and to approach the future with confidence. The Cultural Routes also stimulate thematic cultural tourism in lesserknown parts of the continent, helping to develop economic and social stability in Europe. This first ever step-by-step guide to the design and management of Council of Europe Cultural Routes will be an essential reference for route managers, project developers, students and researchers in cultural tourism and related subjects. It addresses aspects ranging from the Council of Europe’s conventions to co-creation, fund-raising and governance, and it explores a Cultural Route model that has evolved into an exemplary system for sustainable, transnational co-operation and that has proved to be a successful road map for socio-economic development, cultural heritage promotion and intergenerational communication. The Council of Europe EPA on Cultural Routes is the result of our successful co-operation with the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture and the European Union. Increasingly, other organisations, such as the United Nations World Tourism Organization, are joining this project. This handbook was funded by the third European Commission/Council of Europe Joint Programme on Cultural Routes.
Download or read book Classified Index of Industries and Occupations written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Paper Cowboy written by Kristin Levine and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newest powerful work of historical fiction from award-winning author of THE LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK Kristin Levine. Though he thinks of himself as a cowboy, Tommy is really a bully. He's always playing cruel jokes on classmates or stealing from the store. But Tommy has a reason: life at home is tough. His abusive mother isn't well; in fact, she may be mentally ill, and his sister, Mary Lou, is in the hospital badly burned from doing a chore it was really Tommy's turn to do. To make amends, Tommy takes over Mary Lou's paper route. But the paper route also becomes the perfect way for Tommy to investigate his neighbors after stumbling across a copy of The Daily Worker, a communist newspaper. Tommy is shocked to learn that one of his neighbors could be a communist, and soon fear of a communist in this tight-knit community takes hold of everyone when Tommy uses the paper to frame a storeowner, Mr. McKenzie. As Mr. McKenzie's business slowly falls apart and Mary Lou doesn't seem to get any better, Tommy's mother's abuse gets worse causing Tommy's bullying to spiral out of control.
Download or read book American Baby Boomer written by Lucas Carter and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the story about one individual who was born and grew up as a baby boomer in the United States. It begins by introducing his parents, who are Norwegian and grew up in Canada. They move to the United States, and soon after, Michael Larsen is born in California. The book begins by following Michael’s life from birth through high school and speaks to situations and events that happened in his personal life during that period. It also addresses actual world and national events as they happened in real time. The story progresses through his life as a soldier in the army and being sent to Vietnam. Once home from the war, he goes to college at Fresno State, meeting new friends, falling in love, and marrying. Family situations, jobs, social status, and political views continue to change as Michael ages and steps into changing technology, ever-increasing unrest throughout the world, and the new age of terrorism. The book ends with Michael retiring and reflecting on his life’s accomplishments and regrets as he enters the winter of his life. This book chronicles one person’s story of growing up in the generation known as baby boomers. There are seventy-five million other stories still untold; this is just one.
Download or read book Echoes from the Past written by W.S. Walton and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has previously published three historical novels. By contrast, this volume is a collection of short stories, reflections and a poem, all inspired to some extent by personal experience.
Download or read book Making Deep Maps written by David J. Bodenhamer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how we create deep maps, delving into the development of methods and approaches that move beyond standard two-dimensional cartography. Deep mapping offers a more detailed exploration of the world we inhabit. Moving from concept to practice, this book addresses how we make deep maps. It explores what methods are available, what technologies and approaches are favorable when designing deep maps, and what lessons assist the practitioner during their construction. This book aims to create an open-ended way in which to understand complex problems through multiple perspectives, while providing a means to represent the physical properties of the real world and to respond to the needs of contemporary scholarship. With contributions from leading experts in the spatial humanities, chapters focus on the linked layers of quantitative and qualitative data, maps, photographs, images, and sound that offer a dynamic view of past and present worlds. This innovative book is the first to offer these insights on the construction of deep maps. It will be a key point of reference for students and scholars in the digital and spatial humanities, geographers, cartographers, and computer scientists who work on spatiality, sensory experience, and perceptual learning.
Download or read book My Time written by C. Robert Wolfe and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Time Most people live their lives on a day to day basis. Our planning calendar is booked for three to seven days in the future. We seldom take a step back and look at recent events in perspective. This book is intended to provide that perspective look at events that shaped the course of our lives. Only in retrospect do we realize the changes that have occurred and influenced events of our lives. This process might be compared to watching an "Old time silent movie". How strangely people dressed and acted in "those days". We get a sense of values and attitudes of that time. Then we see movies made during the 1930's. There is a difference in dress, in automobiles, in the telephones seen in those movies. Customs have changed and attitudes have changed since those early silent movie days. This book links day to day living with the evolving events that impact our lives, shape attitudes and philosophies, as individuals, as states and nations. It has been said, "The only thing certain is change."
Download or read book Conner an Ordinary Boy written by Ronald J. Conners and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conner learned family values, beliefs, actions, and leadership from a very special father. Dad always expected, and marveled, at the actions that young Conner seemed to take so naturally. Hidden, sometimes very cleverly, in this book is a display of highly developed problem-solving and leadership displayed by Conner at a very young age. His seemingly natural ability to envision desired outcomes before taking any action was uncanny. Conner's ability to challenge himself with difficult and tiring tasks were seldom seen, or required of someone his age. he seldom, if ever, stopped to realize that he was doing some extraordinary things. Conner believed he was an ordinary boy doing very ordinary things. Athletically inclined, Conner learned to blend his athletic drive with his zest for life. He was always seen smiling, a happy-go-lucky kind of boy. His smile was contagious! Conner built on his personal strengths, while correcting only the weaknesses that seemed important for living a happy life.
Download or read book A WHITE GUY S WALK THROUGH BLACK AMERICA written by Larry Fuqua and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-12-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My book attempts to give an honest portrayal of my life much lived in America's black world. The "Black world of America" from my experiences is very much different than that of White America profoundly, so I found, through my experiences, study, and observations that there is a dislike and hatred may not be too strong a word to describe the feeling prevalent in Black America. I don't feel my description is, in any way, an exaggeration. I am also the author of more than one hundred essays on race, Black racism, and a proponent for the adaption of a new college course (may be adaptable for high school juniors and seniors) titled "Comparative Racism." I also describe my fourteen years policing in Black neighborhoods with a Black partner. I look at police corruption, corrupt city officials, and I describe my personal experiences and knowledge of events and members of the Chicago's south suburban mafia. I give insight into personal experiences with Black racists and racism at various level in Black America. I covered my time as a White student at an HBCU and my many intimacies with black sistas, including my marriage to a Black woman. Sex, crime, corruption, mafia, racism, hatred, corporate intrigues, it's all between these pages, much of which, I am not proud. I am not Black, but I know I had a perch few other White people have had in my personal experiences. You be the judge, but for me, I am not optimistic about the future of Black and White America. Tell me it ain't so.
