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Book Sentimental Journey  a True Story

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  • Author : Nancy Carroll-Johnson
  • Publisher : Archway Publishing
  • Release : 2021-09-20
  • ISBN : 9781665711494
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book Sentimental Journey a True Story written by Nancy Carroll-Johnson and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sentimental Journey begins in the 1950s in New York City, teeming with European immigrants who occupy sought-after apartments in a state of disrepair and ready to crumble around them. Author Nancy Carroll-Johnson learns of her parents' plans to relocate to sunny California for a better life at the tender age of eleven. In this memoir, she offers a portrayal of a Scots-Irish family of six jammed into a 1952 Plymouth, pulling a U-Haul trailer carrying all their belongings across the United States. Born with a congenital heart defect, having undergone cutting-edge, life-saving open heart surgery at age three, the story of her progressive medical intervention appears in multiple prominent newspapers. Despite obvious contraindications, she has no choice but to breathe in the plumes of smoke exhaled as a result of her parents' Philip Morris habit, along with her brother and two sisters, as they make their way to parts unknown. Through much laughter and tears, and more than one cross-country trip, the Carroll family arrives and stays put on the West Coast. At age sixteen, Nancy meets Drew, and they live on love for the rest of their lives. Sentimental Journey shares an honest and touching story of Carroll-Johnson's journey through time.

Book Doris Day

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  • Author : Garry McGee
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2010-12-06
  • ISBN : 0786461071
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book Doris Day written by Garry McGee and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-12-06 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doris Day, once called an Actors Studio unto herself, was one of the twentieth century's greatest entertainers, with a career spanning 39 films, more than 150 television shows, and more than 500 recordings. This work covers the life and career of the singer and star of such films as Pillow Talk, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Calamity Jane. The work is divided into four sections, beginning with a biography of Day's life from her birth in Cincinnati, Ohio, through four marriages, near-bankruptcy, and her dedication to animal rights, and concluding with her contented present life. A filmography lists each film with full credits, synopsis and reviews, plus her popularity rankings and awards. The third section lists complete record album releases with notes, single record releases, unreleased songs and recordings, music awards and nominations, radio appearances from big bands to solo work, her seven million-sellers, and chart placements. The final section lists Day's television appearances, including synopses and credits for her five-season run with The Doris Day Show on CBS, the cable show Doris Day's Best Friends, and her appearances in variety specials, talk shows, and documentaries.

Book Airborne

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  • Author : William F. Buckley Jr.
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2023-08-01
  • ISBN : 1493079190
  • Pages : 283 pages

Download or read book Airborne written by William F. Buckley Jr. and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airborne is how William F. Buckley, Jr. describes his sail across the wide Atlantic with his son and five friends. The trip, for fifteen years a dream, for fifteen months a planned operation, was always a risk: one doesn’t set out haphazardly in a small sailboat across 4,400 miles of ocean, and Buckley’s account of perils of the sea as experienced by himself since he acquired his first sailboat at age thirteen is at once graphic, instructive, and terrifying. But, we learn quickly, the concern is mostly for the prospect of thirty days and thirty nights away from the cosmopolitan jungle to which he and his friends are accustomed; their lair, so to speak. But it happened: notwithstanding vicissitudes amusing, annoying, and even dangerous, suddenly the schooner, and the entire trip, were airborne, and the experience resulted in a fusion of hopes, fears, ambitions, and pleasures that lifts the book from the category of mere chronicles of the sea, into a chronicle of our time, a passage of the spirit.

Book Sentimental Journey

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  • Author : Janet Daily
  • Publisher : Open Road Media Romance
  • Release : 2014-06-17
  • ISBN : 9781497639676
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Sentimental Journey written by Janet Daily and published by Open Road Media Romance. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Is it really me you want?" Jessica asked. She tried to pull away from Brodie. It was suddenly very necessary to think clearly. Jessica's meeting with Brodie Hayes after so many years was accidental yet devastating. The Brodie Hayes she remembered had been a poor young man from the wrong part of town. And he had pursued her older sister unsuccessfully. Now Brodie Hayes was a rich, powerful businessman welcome anywhere. Jessica could not help but respond to his overwhelming charm, but could she be sure his interest in her was genuine? She did not intend to be a substitute Janet Dailey, who passed away in 2013, was born Janet Haradon in 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska, before meeting her husband, Bill. The two worked together in construction and land development until they "retired" to travel throughout the United States, inspiring Janet to write the Americana series of romances, setting a novel in every state of the Union. In 1974, Janet Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. Her first novel was No Quarter Asked. She has gone on to write approximately ninety novels, twenty-one of which have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. She won many awards and accolades for her work, appearing widely on radio and television. Today, there are over three hundred million Janet Dailey books in print in nineteen different languages, making her one of the most popular novelists in the world. For more information about Janet Dailey, visit www.janetdailey.com.

Book Sentimental Journey

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  • Author : Joanna Fuchs
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-09-14
  • ISBN : 9781663227850
  • Pages : 486 pages

Download or read book Sentimental Journey written by Joanna Fuchs and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a small portion of the e-mail feedback on the poems in this book: I've never read such soul soothing, heart warming and wonderful pieces like this before. B...S@ YAHOO.COM I'm not very good at expressing myself, and your "My Giving Friend" said it all. G...E@ VERIZON. COM I printed the beautiful poem "Birthday Blessings" for a 96 year old friend. H...A@ TELUSPLANET. NET I discovered your wonderful offering in my Women's Day magazine. [email protected] I loved all the poems. My favorite one was "Super Mom." [email protected] "You Da Man," was so good! I gave it to my dad...he will love it. [email protected] I have always enjoyed rhyming poems, and your collection is first class. [email protected] "Each Year I Fall In Love Again With You" is the perfect poem to give my husband on our 44th anniversary. [email protected] I am going to use your words in my wedding. [email protected] Your poems are perfect for Teacher Appreciation Day. [email protected] You always capture every occasion with class and grace. [email protected] "A New Beginning" is perfect for my nephew who graduates...tomorrow. [email protected] It's really refreshing to read such encouraging and inspiring poems! [email protected] I am a teacher...looking for Thanksgiving poems, and found so much more. D...S@ WESTTELCO. COM

Book Short Sentimental Journey and Other Stories

Download or read book Short Sentimental Journey and Other Stories written by Italo Svevo and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sentimental Journey

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  • Author : Jill Barnett
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2002-03
  • ISBN : 0671035347
  • Pages : 534 pages

Download or read book Sentimental Journey written by Jill Barnett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of determined men and women--scientist Kitty Kincaid, U.S. Army major J.R. Cassidy, pilot Charlotte Morrison, small-town Texan Red Walker, and Royal Air Force ace George "Skip" Inskip--finds adventure and passion against the backdrop of World War II.

Book Lahore

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  • Author : Pran Nevile
  • Publisher : Penguin Books India
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780143061977
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Lahore written by Pran Nevile and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lahore, First Published In 1993, Is Pran Nevile S Tribute To The Land Of His Birth. Grounded In Memory And Redolent With Nostalgia, Nevile S Reminiscences Transport The Reader Into The Heart Of Lahore As It Was In The 1930S And 40S A City Bustling With Activity Where People Coexisted Harmoniously, Unfettered By Considerations Of Religion, Region Or Caste. From The Riotous Seasonal Festivities Of Kite-Flying To Clandestine Love-Affairs Upon Rooftops, From Matinee Shows At The Cinema To Twilight Hours Spent Amongst The Bejewelled Dancing Girls Of Hira Mandi, Lahore Emerges As A City Of Mesmerizing Contradictions And Chaotic Splendour. The Author Underscores The Contrast Between Pre- And Post-Partition Lahore, And The Sense Of Pain, Loss And Longing For One S Homeland Experienced By The Displaced Millions In India And Pakistan Is Palpable. Evocative And Informative, Lahore Is At Once Social Commentary, Historical Documentation And Memoir.

Book A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings

Download or read book A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings written by Laurence Sterne and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003-07-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.' Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental writers', A Sentimental Journey (1768) has outlasted its many imitators because of the humour and mischievous eroticism that inform Mr Yorick's travels. Setting out to journey to France and Italy he gets little further than Lyons but finds much to appreciate, in contrast to contemporary travel writers whom Sterne satirizes in the figures of Smelfungus and Mundungus. A master of ambiguity and double entendre, Sterne is nevertheless as concerned as his peers with exploring the nature of virtue; unlike other writers of sentimental fiction Sterne insists on the inseparability of desire and feeling. This new edition includes a selection from The Sermons of Mr Yorick, which shed light on the concerns of the Journey, The Journal to Eliza, which records Sterne's feelings as he languishes for the company of Eliza Draper, and A Political Romance, the satire on a local ecclesiastical squabble that was the catalyst for Sterne's literary career. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Book Sentimental Journey

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  • Author : Jill Barnett
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2023-12-21
  • ISBN : 9781648395420
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Sentimental Journey written by Jill Barnett and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Jill Barnett's epic novel of love and war: Sentimental Journey is everything the title promises-an epic love story and a riveting adventure--Kristin Hannah, bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone An unforgettable novel that brings to life the Greatest Generation...Love stories don't get any bigger, bolder, or better than this--Susan Elizabeth Phillips, bestselling author of This Heart of Mine Passionate, poignant and masterfully told, SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY is a triumphant story of the choices made for love and country at a time when ordinary people become heroes. Written with depth, power, and emotional insight, New York Times bestselling author Jill Barnett's sweeping novel of World War II delves deep into the lives of the women and men of war-young people driven by a sense of duty and honor, and sometimes of revenge, and who were once everyday people looking for happiness and love...until they must struggle to survive as the world around them is exploding.

Book Journey by Moonlight

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  • Author : Antal Szerb
  • Publisher : Pushkin Press Classics
  • Release : 2024-04-30
  • ISBN : 1906548501
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Journey by Moonlight written by Antal Szerb and published by Pushkin Press Classics. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An early-twentieth-century classic — the turbulent, dreamlike story of a businessman torn between middle-class respectability and sensational bohemia “No one who has read it has failed to love it.” — Nicholas Lezard Mihály and Erzsi are on honeymoon in Italy. Mihály has recently joined the respectable family firm in Budapest, but as his gaze passes over the mysterious back-alleys of Venice, memories of his bohemian past reawaken his old desire to wander. When bride and groom become separated at a provincial train station, Mihály embarks on a chaotic and bizarre journey that leads him finally to Rome, where he must reckon with both his past and his future. In this intoxicating and satirical masterpiece, Szerb takes us deep into the conflicting desires of marriage and shows how adulthood can reverberate endlessly with the ache of youth.

Book The Na  ve and Sentimental Lover

Download or read book The Na ve and Sentimental Lover written by John le Carré and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; and The Night Manager, now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston. "I have visited bohemia and got away unscathed." Aldo Cassidy is an entrepreneurial genius. At thirty-nine, he dominates the baby pram market and rewards his success with a custom Bentley. But Aldo’s bourgeois life is upended by a chance encounter with Shamus—a charismatic writer whose first and only novel blazoned across the firmament twenty years earlier. The two develop a passionate friendship that draws Aldo—smitten also with his new friend’s luscious wife—into a life of reckless hedonism that threatens to consume them all. John le Carré’s The Naïve and Sentimental Lover offers a dark and ribald send-up of both middle-class bohemian pretensions that will astonish and delight his many fans. With a foreword by the author.

Book Finding Home

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  • Author : Gemma Stemley
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-03-31
  • ISBN : 9780578863382
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Finding Home written by Gemma Stemley and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding Home: A Sentimental Journey is an account of my migration to a new place and a quest to determine whether the emotional content of fervor and affection for the land of my birth could be experienced elsewhere. Many years ago, in 1902, my great-grandmother had undertaken such a journey from her native land of Martinique to a Trinidad where she subsequently was married and raised a family. Often, we talked about where was home for the émigré and whether it was possible to experience home and homeland in two places. Was the notion of home to be confined only to the place of one's birth? A place infused with the memories of growing up and which accounts for the spiritual pull to return? This yearning to return she often described as the "homing instinct." Does homeland apply only to the land where one's parents are buried and the only place where one can obtain a birth certificate? Or is there such a concept as an adopted homeland? She wanted to know whether the homeland of her husband could be called her "adopted homeland." If so, can this give rise to feelings of disloyalty towards the land of her birth. She yearned to return to her beloved Martinique. But much to her chagrin, when she returned, she could not recognize the place. So much had changed over the years. My journey to the USA many years later was for a different reason but gave rise to similar questions and a determination to find the answers to my great-grandmother's quest. In essence, it turned out to be a journey that spanned many years, one which was ably guided by the multifaceted nature of love and commitment.

Book A Sentimental Journey

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  • Author : Roy Paul Shields
  • Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
  • Release : 2018-10-16
  • ISBN : 148095988X
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book A Sentimental Journey written by Roy Paul Shields and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sentimental Journey By: Roy Paul Shields Chuck Baily is on the journey of a lifetime. After his longtime girlfriend dumps him just before a long-distance ride on their brand-new Harleys, Chuck decides to take the road trip solo, getting into adventures big and small along the way. On the highway, Chuck always ends up in the right place at the right time, saving the day each time something goes awry, and moseying on to the next cozy little town for a hotel with a Jacuzzi and a home-cooked order of steak and prawns. Chuck’s journey is adventurous. His solo Harley ride through the Northwest finds him forced to take risks. His quick thinking and previous Marine training helps him in extreme situations and predicaments; Lost children, a tour bus in a river, hijackers and civil war rioting. But, he also finds the fulfillment of his dreams with a Blind Children’s Research Center, his books becoming a big screen reality, many new friends and the love of his life. Along the way, Chuck meets a fellow Harley rider who steals his heart. Terri is everything he could want and more. But is he ready to settle down again, after this adventure has stoked his wanderlust? When an attack on America happens and Terri’s hometown of Boise, Idaho, is under siege, it is up to Chuck to save her and several hundred other hostages. The biggest adventure yet, however, awaits Chuck and Terri in Los Angeles, where Hollywood producers want to make a film adaptation of Chuck’s first novel. Will all of Chuck’s dreams come true? Read A Sentimental Journey and find out.

Book A Little Life

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  • Author : Hanya Yanagihara
  • Publisher : Anchor
  • Release : 2016-01-26
  • ISBN : 0804172706
  • Pages : 834 pages

Download or read book A Little Life written by Hanya Yanagihara and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

Book Sentimental Journey

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  • Author : Robert Wiles
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-11-30
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book Sentimental Journey written by Robert Wiles and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true story, Sentimental Journey follows the lives of Henry Rennolds and Elizabeth Eriksson from their introduction as teenagers in Omaha, Nebraska through their early married years as they strive to build a home and a family in the shadow of an uncertain future caused by a faraway war, then through the War years, and finally, to a hopeful future threatened by the great polio epidemic.