Download or read book Tales of Real Life written by Amelia Opie and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tales of Real Life and the Insane written by Harald Waxenegger and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identity is something that we all seek-sometimes for our entire lives. Even if we are lucky enough to eventually find it, it doesn't always bring true happiness, and in the end, we inevitably lose it. Relive your quest for identity within the safety of the fictional characters in Tales of Real Life. You'll meet a group of children who enjoy their first drinking experience; a mother who is shaken by the sudden and tragic death of her daughter; a young man who believes in an imagined, mystical wood in order to find happiness in a foreign country; and an old man who is confronted with the loneliness of his age. The stories in the second section of the collection, Tales of the Insane, provide a pleasant escape compared to the identity crisis in Tales of Real Life. A young civil servant recounts the life stories of the bizarre patients of the mental institution at which he's been ordered to work. Inspired by author Harald Waxenegger's precious and tragic childhood recollections and his life experiences, Tales of Real Life and The Insane offers an intriguing glimpse into the quest for identity.

Download or read book DK Illustrated Book of Great Adventurers written by Richard Platt and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1999 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the true-life adventures of 30 unique human beings such as Marco Polo and Amelia Earhart.

Download or read book ORIGINAL STORIES FROM REAL LIFE written by MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These conversations and tales are accommodated to the present state of society; which obliges the author to attempt to cure those faults by reason, which ought never to have taken root in the infant mind. Good habits, imperceptibly fixed, are far preferable to the precepts of reason; but, as this task requires more judgment than generally falls to the lot of parents, substitutes must be sought for, and medicines given, when regimen would have answered the purpose much better. I believe those who examine their own minds will readily agree with me, that reason, with difficulty, conquers settled habits, even when it is arrived at some degree of maturity: why then do we suffer children to be bound with fetters, which their half-formed faculties cannot break. In writing the following work, I aim at perspicuity and simplicity of style; and try to avoid those unmeaning compliments, which slip from the tongue, but have not the least connection with the affections that should warm the heart, and animate the conduct. By this false politeness, sincerity is sacrificed, and truth violated; and thus artificial manners are necessarily taught. For true politeness is a polish, not a varnish; and should rather be acquired by observation than admonition. And we may remark, by way of illustration, that men do not attempt to polish precious stones, till age and air have given them that degree of solidity, which will enable them to bear the necessary friction, without destroying the main substance. The way to render instruction most useful cannot always be adopted; knowledge should be gradually imparted, and flow more from example than teaching: example directly addresses the senses, the first inlets to the heart; and the improvement of those instruments of the understanding is the object education should have constantly in view, and over which we have most power. But to wish that parents would, themselves, mould the ductile passions, is a chimerical wish, for the present generation have their own passions to combat with, and fastidious pleasures to pursue, neglecting those pointed out by nature: we must therefore pour premature knowledge into the succeeding one; and, teaching virtue, explain the nature of vice. Cruel necessity! The Conversations are intended to assist the teacher as well as the pupil; and this will obviate an objection which some may start, that the sentiments are not quite on a level with the capacity of a child. Every child requires a different mode of treatment; but a writer can only choose one, and that must be modified by those who are actually engaged with young people in their studies. The tendency of the reasoning obviously tends to fix principles of truth and humanity on a solid and simple foundation; and to make religion an active, invigorating director of the affections, and not a mere attention to forms. Systems of Theology may be complicated; but when the character of the Supreme Being is displayed, and He is recognised as the Universal Father, the Author and Centre of Good, a child may be led to comprehend that dignity and happiness must arise from imitating Him; and this conviction should be twisted into, and be the foundation of every inculcated duty. At any rate, the Tales which were written to illustrate the moral, may recall it, when the mind has gained sufficient strength to discuss the argument from which it was deduced...FROM THE BOOK.

Download or read book Tales from the Times written by The New York Times and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating, the inspiring, the hilarious. . . Human interest tales from The New York Time

Download or read book Real Life written by Brandon Taylor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FINALIST for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, the VCU/Cabell First Novelist Prize, the Lambda Literary Award, the NYPL Young Lions Award, and the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award “A blistering coming of age story” —O: The Oprah Magazine Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Public Library, Vanity Fair, Elle, NPR, The Guardian, The Paris Review, Harper's Bazaar, Financial Times, Huffington Post, BBC, Shondaland, Barnes & Noble, Vulture, Thrillist, Vice, Self, Electric Literature, and Shelf Awareness A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, from an electric new voice. Almost everything about Wallace is at odds with the Midwestern university town where he is working uneasily toward a biochem degree. An introverted young man from Alabama, black and queer, he has left behind his family without escaping the long shadows of his childhood. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends—some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. But over the course of a late-summer weekend, a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with an ostensibly straight, white classmate, conspire to fracture his defenses while exposing long-hidden currents of hostility and desire within their community. Real Life is a novel of profound and lacerating power, a story that asks if it’s ever really possible to overcome our private wounds, and at what cost.

Download or read book Original Stories from Real Life written by Mary Wollstonecraft and published by . This book was released on 1796 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Real Teens Real Stories Real Life written by and published by Life Journey. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teens in this book are not fictitious characters. Their stories are not made up. They have experienced the full range of disappointments, heataches, and personal failures that life can throw one's way. The good news is that all 39 teens in this book met Someone who changed their lives forever. That Someone is the God who loved them enough to die for them - who will never leave nor forsake them. As you read these stories of pain and triumph, open your heart to the same life-changing God they met.

Download or read book I See Reality written by Grace Kendall and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of twelve original short stories by top authors exploring real issues for real teens. Through prose and comics alike, these heart-pounding short stories for young adults ask hard questions about a range of topics from sexuality and addiction to violence and immigration. Here is the perfect tool for starting tough discussions or simply as an introduction to realistic literary fiction. In turns funny, thought-provoking, and heartbreaking, I See Reality will resonate with today's teens long after the last page has been turned. Contributing authors include Jay Clark, Kristin Clark, Heather Demetrios, Stephen Emond, Patrick Flores-Scott, Faith Hicks, Trisha Leaver, Kekla Magoon, Marcella Pixley, James Preller, Jason Schmidt, and Jordan Sonnenblick. "These 12 stories manage to capture all of the laughter, tears, struggles, horrors and highlights of being a teenager and I loved every minute of it!" - TeenReads

Download or read book Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 100 Real Life Tales of Black Girl Magic written by Lilly Workneh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A PARENTS' FAVORITE PRODUCTS TILLYWIG AWARD WINNER 2022 The fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, featuring 100 barrier-breaking Black women and girls who showcase the spirit of Black Girl Magic. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic, edited by award-winning journalist Lilly Workneh with a foreword by #BlackGirlMagic originator CaShawn Thompson, is dedicated to amplifying and celebrating the stories of Black women and girls from around the world; features the work of over 60 Black female and non-binary authors, illustrators, and editors; is designed to acknowledge, applaud, and amplify the incredible stories of Black women and girls from the past and present; and celebrates Black Girl Magic around the world. Amongst the women featured from over 30 countries are tennis player Naomi Osaka, astronaut Jeanette Epps, author Toni Morrison, filmmaker Ava DuVernay; aviator Bessie Coleman, Empress Taytu Betul, journalist Ida B. Wells, and many other inspiring leaders, champions, innovators, and creators. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic is published by Rebel Girls, a global, multi-platform empowerment brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident global generation of girls through content, experiences, products, and community. About Black Girl Magic CaShawn Thompson, a proud third-generation native of Washington, DC, came up with the concept “Black Girls Are Magic” when she was a little girl growing up with her mother, grandmother, and aunts. It sprang forth fully formed from the mind of a poor little Black girl who didn’t yet have the words to describe the brilliance she saw in the women in her family, but had heard countless tales of fairies, witches, and magicians. It was just magic to her. And it still is. Black Girls Are Magic became wildly popular in 2013 after CaShawn began using the phrase online (it was later shortened to the hashtag #BlackGirlMagic) to uplift and praise the accomplishments, beauty, and other amazing qualities of Black women.

Download or read book Crush written by Andrea N. Richesin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will fall head over heels for this nostalgic and irreverent collection. Twenty-six bestselling authors return to the teenage bedrooms, school hallways and college dorms of their youth to share passionate essays of love lost and found and lessons learned along the way. Whether heartbreaking or hilarious, their soul-baring honesty reminds us to keep reaching for true love wherever we can find it and for as long as it takes. Their intimate reflections will fascinate and move any reader who remembers her first love.

Download or read book Ghost Stories 25 Supernatural Tales By Real People Based On True Events In And Around The Far East written by Granger T Barr and published by Granger T Barr. This book was released on with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Stories: 25 Supernatural Tales By Real People Based On True Events In And Around The Far East Granger T Barr proudly presents the seventh book in his Ghostly Encounters Series. In his travels and stories from around the world, Granger has met and interviewed many people. He has found that ghost stories vary according to different cultures. Tales are from haunted hotel rooms in Asia to old railway stations, hospitals, scary bunk beds, zombies, ghouls caught on camera, cemeteries, terrifying public washrooms, and creepy apartment kitchens. There is sure to be something for you. The author documented true, real-life personal stories predominantly in the West, such as Great Britain, America, and other places in his previous six books. This book contains 25 tales of supernatural events from various locations in and around the Far East for your enjoyment. These stories are recorded as spoken in English by those telling the stories. Therefore, any broken English is grammatically correct in context and authentic. The stories are all from the Far East. Wanna to be creeped out? GET THIS BOOK NOW!

Download or read book True Stories of Real Life Monsters written by Nick Redfern and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange sagas of mysterious monsters and bizarre beasts have appeared all over the world for years. In this captivating volume, readers will come face to face with tales of the terrifying and just plain weird. A chronological approach addresses interest stemming from world events such as World War II, and the changing, developing research. Interviews, testimonies, photographs, and reports encourage readers to further scrutinize whether or not such strange stories are the stuff of myth or if there could be more reasonable, even scientific, explanations for the so-called unexplained.

Download or read book Real Life Ghost Stories written by Aubre Andrus and published by Capstone Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover haunting tales of poltergeists, spirits, and witches. With spooky photographs and eerie details, this collection features some of the world's most famous ghost stories. Fact boxes and skeptic's notes give real-world context for frightening tales such as the legend of Bloody Mary and sightings of the weeping woman of Mexico. These truly terrifying stories will chill you to the bone.

Download or read book The Best Life Stories written by Editors of Reader's Digest and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully selected from more than 6,500 essays, this wonderful collection of more than 80 stories reveals pure, common wisdom at its best, shared by ordinary people who look at life in an extraordinary way. From heartbreaking accounts to amusing snapshots, The Best Life Stories will leave you feeling hopeful, resilient, and optimistic that happiness can be found even in the darkest moments. Born out of a Reader’s Digest Facebook contest that challenged readers to write their life stories in 150 words or less, this book features the editors’ Top Picks, such as the inspirational tale of . . . one father’s desolation and the renewal he found in his family’s faith and love. one woman’s ability to let go of her abusive past after rescuing an abused dog. a mother’s pride in a life-changing decision made by her autistic daughter. a breast cancer patient’s realization that her identity goes way beyond her diagnosis. a free-spirited woman’s choice to live on her own terms. a young girl’s proud recognition of her grandfather’s simple but profound legacy. Plainspoken and honest, The best Life Stories will help you discover the meaning of life, the simple joy in the every day.

Download or read book Real Lives Celebrity Stories written by Bronwen Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From reality television to celebrity gossip magazines, today's technologies have enabled a vast number of personal narratives that document our existence and that of others. Multiple academic disciplines now define the self as fluid and entirely changeable: little more than a performance that is chosen according to the situation. While news journalists still pursue the authentic narrative, advertising and politics might be accused of exploiting the narrative tendency, and across media the personal and public become increasingly merged. Real Lives, Celebrity Stories collects research from published and experienced professionals, practitioners and scholars who discuss narratives of real people across cultures and history and in multiple media. It uses narrative theory to interrogate the processes by which we create, promote and consume these stories of real people, and the ways in which we construct our own stories of self. By bringing together different disciplines it offers a theory of the production(s) of self in public spaces such as television, cinema, comics, fan cultures, music, news media, politics and cyberspace.

Download or read book Personal Ghost Stories By Real People 20 True Accounts Of The Unexplained Paranormal Mysteries Supernatural Hauntings written by Granger T Barr and published by Granger T Barr. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal Ghost Stories By Real People: 20True Accounts Of The Unexplained Paranormal Mysteries & Supernatural Hauntings You know when you were a child, you loved listening to your family and friends telling you about real true ghost stories? It sent chills down your spine, and when you went to sleep, it played on your mind? Did it feel eerie that you needed someone to go with you to the bathroom? Did you feel foolish asking? Granger T Barr proudly presents his sixth book in the 'Ghostly Encounters" series. The books can be read in any order. This book contains 20 short stories that will make you feel the same way. The personal stories in this book are from Britain, the United States of America, and Canada mainly, share genuine stories of paranormal activity in and around: houses, old farms, attics, a castle, an old bed, a doll, a haunted mirror, and more. We often imagine that ghost stories can happen anywhere, in familiar surroundings. Yet, strange activities occur for many unexplained reasons. These short ghost stories are part of a series based on actual, real-life personal stories. We are never alone, so to speak. There seems to be a presence of some kind around us; perhaps someone is watching you now? Sit back, relax, and enjoy these 20 short tales of the unknown. One bonus extra story is included, making a total of 21 spooky stories in total! GET THIS BOOK NOW!