Download or read book Sitting on My Mama s Porch written by Patience Arline-Hicks and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sitting on my mama's porch is pure joy, imagery, sound, and rhythm. Poetry is sound and vision, which you hear and see in this exquisite poem. Mother and daughter team, Patience and Wendi, aim to probe and stretch the important cultural theme of their lives in this exquisitely organic poem. It is the purest most rare expression of love they experienced growing up in the south. This poem focuses on love of family, community, and nature. Come and feel the love as you are immersed in this charming delightful book. Sitting on my mama's porch is an essential tool for teachers, which was designed to help struggling readers of all ages. This is an excellent book for creating independent readers through repetition. One way to improve reading fluency is through the repeated re-reading of texts. When students re-read, they are focusing on correcting mistakes they made and get to improve their rate of speed.
Download or read book The Porch written by Charlie Hailey and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There is something spooky and resonant about liminal places like docks, shorelines, decks, and perhaps most commonly porches. Here, Charlie Hailey meditates on porches in a way that is appropriately thoughtful, affecting, rich, and resonant. Porches, in his hands, become portals onto an endless array of large metaphysical questions: what is it to be in a place? How does one place teach us about the world and about ourselves, both as individuals and as a species? What are we-and the things we have built-in this world? In a time when questions of what makes society society and what sustains the individual are so paramount, Hailey's meditations are both a tonic and a series of welcome provocations"--
Download or read book The Stories My Children Didn t Want to Hear written by peggy brooks and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonderfully soulful collection of real life stories of a young country girl growing up in Southeast Arkansas.
Download or read book Todd written by Cynthia Ulmer and published by Cynthia Ulmer. This book was released on 2009-05-02 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Todd is a southern novel about family love, faith and endurance. In 1943, ten year old Todd Jansan lives with his family on a North Carolina tobacco farm. The Jansan's neighbor, Horace Hammond is a cruel man who punishes his children by holding them over a well. The Jansans have to deal with his cruelty and with the mystery surrounding Todd's uncle who is off at war.
Download or read book Return to Rocky Gap written by Karen Martin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resident of Briarwood Nursing Home, Amelia Sterns Monroe refuses to accept that the best of her life may be behind her. Defying logic or explanation, she finds a way to travel through time back to the people and the place she once loved. She finds herself returning to Rocky Gap. The youngest of three, Amelia grows up adoring her oldest sister, Cecilia. When Cecilia marries and leaves home, Amelia finds herself an unwilling conspirator in her sister Lydia’s evil schemes. After Lydia’s choices result in tragedy, Amelia struggles to find forgiveness for the sister she has never understood. When Elmer Monroe enters Amelia’s life, she finds in him an all-encompassing love that can’t be denied. As her life takes an impossible turn, she is shocked to discover a newfound understanding for Lydia. But, is it too late? Spanning from 1921 until present day, Return to Rocky Gap is the epic tale of a family torn apart by tragedy and brought back together by war, only to find that distance is sometimes the hardest obstacle to overcome.
Download or read book Finding Martha s Place written by Martha Hawkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Martha's Place . . . Martha Hawkins was the tenth of twelve children born in Montgomery, Alabama. There was no money, but her childhood was full of love. Martha's mother could transform a few vegetables from the backyard into a feast and never turned away a hungry mouth. Memories of the warmth of her family's supper table would remain with Martha. Even as a poor single mother without a high school diploma, Martha dreamed of one day opening a restaurant that would make people feel at home. She'd serve food that would nourish body and soul. But time went by and that dream slipped further and further away as Martha battled the onset of what would later become a severe mental illness. But the thing about hitting bottom is that there's nowhere to go but up. Martha decided to step into God's promise for her life. Her boundless faith and joy led her to people who would change her world and lend a helping hand when she most needed and least expected one. Martha's Place is now a nationally known destination for anyone visiting the Deep South and a culinary fixture of life in Montgomery. Martha only hires folks who are down on their luck, just as she once was. High-profile politicians, professional athletes, artists, musicians, and actors visit regularly. Martha has proven many times that keeping the faith makes the difference between failure and success. This is the story of how Martha finally found her place. . . .
Download or read book The Southwestern Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The South Western Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.
Download or read book My Mama s Drama written by La Jill Hunt and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The love/hate relationship between Diane and Kendra Williams takes mother-daughter drama to entirely different level. Diane is a single mother who prides herself on being a master manipulator. She has no problem using anything or anyone to get what she wants. Whether it’s treating her sister, Celia, as her personal ATM or seducing unlikely, unsuspecting men, she will do whatever it takes to get ahead. Her daughter, Kendra, is a hardworking student who does a better job parenting her younger twin sisters than their mom does. She is determined to be nothing like her mother, and instead, strives to follow in her Aunt Celia’s footsteps to get the car, house, and career of her dreams. After meeting Bilal, a handsome, streetwise entrepreneur, she may just land the man of her dreams as well. When tragedy strikes one of the twins, instead of being there for her family, Diane sees it as one more opportunity to exploit for her own personal gain. And when a secret that both Diane and Kendra have been keeping comes out, the entire family is ripped apart. Will Kendra be able to hold on to everything that means the world to her, or will her mama’s drama snatch it all away?
Download or read book Going Home written by Arianna Hart and published by Entangled: Select Contemporary. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nadya Sarov and her mother left their small town in the dead of night twelve years ago. She’s back in Dale, Georgia to tie up loose ends and isn’t above flaunting her hard-won success in front of the people who looked down on her for years. Running into the preacher’s son who was too honorable to take everything she offered him is a jolt she didn’t expect. After serving in the military, J.T. McBride came back to Dale to join the small police force. He wasn’t much more than a boy when he missed his first chance with Nadya, and he never expected to see again. He’s determined he’s not going to lose her again. Of course, he has to convince her Dale isn’t as bad as she remembers and make sure someone with an old grudge doesn’t drive her out of town. Each book in the Dale series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Giving It All Book #2 Going Home Book #3 Storming the Castle
Download or read book Crossing the Stream written by Elizabeth-Irene Baitie and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A powerful coming-of-age story of self-discovery and overcoming fear.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review Ato hasn’t visited his grandmother’s house since he was seven. He’s heard the rumors that she’s a witch, and his mother has told him he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on that exact couch, with a strange-looking drink his grandmother has given him, wondering if the rumors are true. What’s more, there’s a freshly dug hole in her yard that Ato suspects may be a grave meant for him. Meanwhile at school, Ato and his friends have entered a competition to win entry to Nnoma, the island bird sanctuary that Ato’s father helped created. But something is poisoning the community garden where their project is housed, and Ato sets out to track down the culprit. In doing so, he brings his estranged mother and grandmother back together, and begins healing the wounds left on the family by his father’s death years before. And that hole in the yard? It is a grave, but not for the purpose Ato feared, and its use brings a tender, celebratory ending to this deeply felt and universal story of healing and love from one of Ghana’s most admired children’s book authors.
Download or read book Greetings from Jungleland written by Michael Fortner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-11-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greetings from Jungleland is an unsentimental, entertaining memoir chronicling the quest of a young, privileged American who joins the Peace Corps to pursue his altruistic goals, dreams of adventure, and assimilation into another culture. Posted in the small, impoverished country of Togo, West Africa, Michael Fortner jumps with both feet into Togolese culture, community development work, and learning new languages, but quickly finds himself in over his head. He comes to rely on the hospitality and patience of the residents of Komlakope and his new circle of friends to guide him through various cultural, language, and development barriers. Michael's enlightening journey features bush taxis, mud huts, exotic foods, and a captivating cast of peasant farmers, village chiefs, public servants, voodoo priests, gun-toting gendarmes, expats, zealots, monkeys, Guinea worms, and goats -- all composing the magnificent pageantry of life that is uniquely Togolese, yet common to all.
Download or read book The Ultimate No No 4 written by Tamika Newhouse and published by Delphine Publications. This book was released on 2021-09-18 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nitrah Hill was finally happy, that was until she got the call that a former friend was found murdered in her hometown. Forced to return to Fort Worth she is faced with her life's past secrets, regrets, and mistakes. Leaning on her friend Jazzaray for strength they both are faced with the ultimate betrayal that suddenly starts to make everything fall into place. When Dahlia returns to town she comes to blows with her own demons. When her former love is thrown back into her life she must face the fact that her mistakes that ruined everyone s lives must be made right. That means; she must take destiny into her own hands, including facing her friend's murderer.
Download or read book Pretty Is As Pretty Does written by Alison Clement and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Fooshee lives a charmed life--a local beauty queen who snared farmer Bob and became his beautiful young bride. But when sexy Billy Lee lopes into town, Lucy embarks on a scandalous affair, triggering a series of events which force the town to reveal its bigotry--and compels Lucy to confront the true meaning of happiness, sexuality, and freedom.
Download or read book The Texas criminal reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Texas Criminal Reports written by Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Witness from a Dirt Road written by Bill Hunt and published by Bill Hunt. This book was released on 2005-12-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving coming-of-age story, written, possibly by one of the last of Southerners to grow up on a working sugar plantation in rural Louisiana. Told through the eyes and voice of the son of the white overseer, this is a unique portrait of a time and place on the cusp of dramatic change.
