Download or read book Spit Baths written by Greg Downs and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a reporter's eye for the inside story and a historian's grasp of the ironies in our collective past, Greg Downs affectionately observes some of the last survivors of what Greil Marcus has called the old, weird America. Living off the map and out of sight, folks like Embee, Rudy, Peg, and Branch define themselves by where they are, not by what they eat, drink, or wear. The man who is soon to abandon his family in "Ain't I a King, Too?" is mistaken for the populist autocrat of Louisiana, Huey P. Long—on the day after Long's assassination. In "Hope Chests," a history teacher marries his student and takes her away from a place she hated, only to find that neither one of them can fully leave it behind. An elderly man in "Snack Cakes" enlists his grandson to help distribute his belongings among his many ex-wives, living and dead. In the title story, another intergenerational family tale, a young boy is caught in a feud between his mother and grandmother. The older woman uses the language of baseball to convey her view of religion and nobility to her grandson before the boy's mother takes him away, maybe forever. Caught up in pasts both personal and epic, Downs's characters struggle to maintain their peculiar, grounded manners in an increasingly detached world.
Download or read book Spit Baths written by Greg Downs and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories follows Embee, Rudy, Peg, and similar young folks who live off the map in the South and Midwest, tying their identities to place above all else as the world becomes increasingly detached.
Download or read book A Pocketful of Passage written by Loraine Campbell and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true life story of a lighthouse family, who live on Isle Royale in Lake Superior in the 1940's.
Download or read book Spit Baths written by Greg Downs and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories follows Embee, Rudy, Peg, and similar young folks who live off the map in the South and Midwest, tying their identities to place above all else as the world becomes increasingly detached.
Download or read book Been There Done That written by Ronald T. Parsons and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true, down-to-eath story of a young person growing up in Australia in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. It was a time of global financial crisis, high unemployment, war, nuclear threats, drought, bush fires, floods and shark attacks. A time not unlike the present...
Download or read book Dying the Right Way written by Janice Evans Long and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dying the Right Way" prepares seniors and families for the time when caregiving is needed, and extends the experience to assist seniors through the document preparation phase, the search for a residential facility, funeral planning, and more.
Download or read book Poster Child written by Emily Rapp and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Rapp was born with a congenital defect that required, at the age of four, that her left foot be amputated. By the time she was eight she'd had dozens of operations, had lost most of her leg, from just above the knee, and had become the smiling, indefatigable "poster child" for the March of Dimes. For years she made appearances at church suppers and rodeos, giving pep talks about how normal and happy she was. All the while she was learning to live with what she later described as "my grievous, irrevocable flaw," and the paradox that being extraordinary was the only way to be ordinary. Praise for Poster Child: "Rapp's precise and forthright descriptions of her exhausting physical ordeals and complex psychic wounds are simultaneously harrowing and fascinating, and they foster a strong bond between writer and reader...Rapp approaches the memoir as a supple, revelatory, involving and generous genre....She offers a fresh perspective on our obsession with physical perfection, especially the crushing expectations for women, and she writes delicately about the fears that disability engenders regarding intimacy and sex. Rapp's insider's view of the history of prostheses deepens our empathy and admiration for those who depend on artificial limbs, a growing population, once again, in yet another time of war and horrific injuries. Memoir, the conduit from the personal to the universal, is the surest way into the kind of significant psychological, sociological and spiritual truth Rapp is engaged in articulating. And there isn't one false note here. Not one inauthentic moment. No cheap manipulation. No self-importance...Her cauterizing specificity is compelling, her candor incandescent and her intelligence, courage and spiritual diligence stupendous."-Donna Seaman, Los Angeles Times "You can't put down this excellent memoir ...Poster Child beautifully illustrates every human being's sometimes overt, sometimes co
Download or read book A Woman s Guide to the Wild written by Ruby McConnell and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hike, camp, backpack, and navigate the wilderness like a pro with this fun and comprehensive survival guide for outdoors-women and fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild This fun, practical handbook covers everything from “feminine functions” (like dealing with your period and peeing in the woods) to staying safe (like protecting yourself from strangers). You'll also find chapters that help you prepare for—and make the most of—your time in the wilderness with information and advice on: • Gear lists • Personal Care • Camp setup • Fire building • Weather • Navigation • Food & Water Fun and informative, A Woman's Guide to the Wild will inspire you to get out on your own or with your girlfriends, explore the wilderness, and get a little dirty.
Download or read book The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O Keeffe written by J. Michael Orenduff and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Southwest-set tale about a hunt for a precious relic offers a “nice mix of comedy and mystery” from an award-winning author (Booklist). A dealer in traditional Native American pottery, Hubie Schuze scours New Mexico in search of ancient treasures. The Bureau of Land Management calls him a criminal, but Hubie knows that the real injustice would be to leave the legacies of prehistoric craftspeople buried in the dirt. In all his travels across the state, there is one place that Hubie hasn’t been able to access: Trinity Site at the White Sands Missile Range, where the first atomic bomb was detonated. Deep within the range are ruins once occupied by the Tompiro people, whose distinctive pottery is incredibly rare and valuable. When an old associate claims to have a buyer interested in spending big money on a Tompiro pot, Hubie resolves to finally find a way into the heavily guarded military installation. But Hubie has more on his mind than just outwitting the army’s most sophisticated security measures. He’s in love with a beautiful woman who has a few secrets of her own—and his best friend, Susannah, may have just unearthed a lost Georgia O’Keeffe painting. It’s a lot for a mild-mannered pot thief to handle, and when his associate is murdered and Tompiro pots start replicating like Russian nesting dolls, Hubie suddenly realizes he’s caught up in the most complex and dangerous mystery he’s ever faced. The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O’Keeffe is the 7th book in the Pot Thief Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Download or read book My Saga written by m.o. Merlin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you wanna know about me, then read the book!....
Download or read book Psychrolousia Or The History of Cold bathing Both Ancient and Modern written by Sir John Floyer and published by . This book was released on 1722 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book God s Power To Change written by John Loren Sandford and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVThe Transformation Series/divDIVBy John Loren and Paula Sandford/divDIV /divDIVFear of rejection. Loneliness. Depression. Grief. Isolation. W/div
Download or read book Tell Me You Love Me written by Loretta Miller Mehl and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughter of a hardworking sharecropper in Arkansas, Loretta longed for something better. Determined to escape poverty, she left the farm to live with relatives in Little Rock two days after graduating from high school. Within a year she headed west and began her new life in Los Angeles. This is not your typical, we were poor, but never knew it account of one who grew up happy though penniless during the Great Depression. Far from it, Loretta reveals, I despised my life of painful embarrassing poverty. Her anthology of personal stories demonstrates a deep desire to improve her life and to receive the affirmation of her fathers love. Heartbreaking and playful, her accounts are fascinating. She shares many surprising practices and beliefs from the South. Despite taking action to overcome the difficulties of her childhood, she discovers a deeper and overwhelming need that she cannot fulfill on her own. Loretta writes from her memories, sometimes as if you are there and at times as reflections of the past. This is the inside story of a sharecroppers daughter who found herself forever drawn back to the place of her birth and the people she loves.
Download or read book Proverbs up Close and Personal written by Mary K. Turkington and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ll love the span of years covered in this book. 200 easy-to-read pages, these life stories start back in the Great Depression of 1929 and cycle right on through 2020. Though the advancements made through this last century were beyond the imagination of those early days, people themselves are faced with many of the same dilemmas faced in the 1920’s--on steroids! However, the Lord God is ever the same and has known exactly what would happen and when. In each generation, He has provided according to our needs. Read the stories of how He has given strength and courage to His children, and about His patience and love as He draws people to Himself. Find yourself relating to the problems of so many years ago which in some cases mirror the mess we find ourselves in today. But God is good. Experience peace and comfort within as you read and enjoy these true to life stories and see how God is there waiting to bless you even in the midst of the storms of life.
Download or read book Or the History of cold bathing both ancient and modern In two parts The first written by Sir John Floyer The second By Dr Edward Baynard The fourth edition to which is added an Appendix written by Sir John FLOYER and published by . This book was released on 1715 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book When God Works Incognito written by Fred Beck and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the book /why read When God Works Incognito, by Fred Beck. It would be presumptive and self-serving to say, you should read When God Works Incognito. I can say the autobiographical vignettes, that are the main body of the book, will give you a real glimpse of the joys and challenges of one missionary's life and work in South Asia and Southeast Asia over a period of thirty-three-plus years. On the surface, it is my story. Beneath the surface, great flowing currents of God (the Creator-Sustainer-Savior) are active and personal. You will gain a glimpse of mission strategies; how some real missionaries live, work, grow in Christlikeness, and yes, sometimes struggle; how missionaries partner with local believers to reach their own people; and much more. The book also seeks, by real-life illustrations, to quietly answer the question: Is God even interested in what happens on earth? More importantly, does God act in the life and affairs of mankind? There are multitudes of unbelievers and scoffers. The Scriptures tell us that "God is spirit" (John 4:24). They also tell us, "a natural man" (a person without God) "does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him and he cannot understand them" (1 Corinthians 2:14). Thus, the natural man's understanding is limited to the physical domain-empirical matters that he can see, touch, or verify. The Scriptures continue, "But he who is spiritual" (a person who believes in and walks daily with God) "appraises all things" (because he has the mind of Christ; 1 Corinthians 2:14-16). Thus the spiritual person can understand, in part, both the physical and spiritual domains. Therefore, the spiritual person is equipped for interaction with God and learns, by experience and scripture, to recognize God's presence and activity, even when God works incognito.
Download or read book Riding the Gold Curve written by Faye Morgan and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abby Palmer is a heroine in the truest sense of the word, and Riding the Gold Curve, Faye Morgan's legacy, is a tribute to the human spirit.
