Download or read book Red Hat Society R s Acting Their Age written by Regina Hale Sutherland and published by Vision. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red Hat Society has officially sanctioned a trio of novels about love, relationships, and happiness over the age of 50. Cafe owners Mia McAfee and Leanne Chilton try to help a runaway teenager, but when Sheriff Cade Sloane shows an interest in the widowed Mia, will she trust him with the truth?
Download or read book The Red Hat Society s Acting Their Age written by Regina Hale Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mia MacAfee and Leanne Chilton, the owners of a coffee shop, come to the aid of Rachel, a runaway whom the sheriff wants to send to a juvenile facility, their actions could spell doom for Mia's growing relationship with the sheriff.
Download or read book Red Hat Society s Acting Their Age written by Regina Hale Sutherland and published by Warner Vision. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mia MacAfee and Leanne Chilton, the owners of a coffee shop, come to the aid of Rachel, a runaway whom the sheriff wants to send to a juvenile facility, their actions could spell doom for Mia's growing relationship with the sheriff.
Download or read book The Red Hat Society R s Queens of Woodlawn Avenue written by Regina Hale Sutherland and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This official Red Hat Society romance is a story of a woman who puts her life back together with the help of her best friends, three members of a bridge club. Original.
Download or read book Red Hat Society R s Domestic Goddess written by Regina Hale Sutherland and published by Vision. This book was released on 2009-11-29 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millie Truman has a problem. Make that two problems: her sons, Mitchell and Steven. Because of their slovenly ways, both of them have relationship troubles. Now Millie finds herself with amessy, needy houseguest in Steven and having to cleanMitchell's apartment every week. Her sons are putting acrimp in her lifestyle!Widowed for 5 years she would like to travel andlive her life her way. She also wouldn't mind getting toknow her newly-divorced neighbour, Charles. Along with her good friends and fellow Red Hat members, Kim and Theresa, they hatch a plan to get the dependent men intheir lives to take care of themselves - with the Bachelor's Survival Class at their Condo's communitycentre. After some manipulation, both Steven and Mitchell start attending. Soon Millie is giving all themen in the condo her Domestic Goddess secrets - andperhaps finding love with the handsomeCharleshellip;who just happens to be her favouritestudent!
Download or read book The Red Hat Society s Acting Their Age written by Regina Hale Sutherland and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red Hat Society brings their trademark sass and hattitude to fiction! This is the first in a trio of novels about love, relationships, and happiness after 50 – and is officially sanctioned by the Red Hat Society. Mia MacAfee serves generous helpings of Texas hospitality at the coffee shop she runs with her two friends Leanne and Aggie. The coffee shop has been her lifeline since her husband’s death. But finding teenage runaway Rachel Nye hiding in the storeroom one day has kicked up some dust. Leanne finally has someone to mother, and 68-year-old Aggie is wearing contact lenses and blue jeans!
Download or read book Embodied Resistance written by Chris Bobel and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnographies about transgressing social expectations of the body
Download or read book Ready Made Book Displays written by Nancy M. Henkel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing more than 50 fiction display descriptions, this book identifies themes for the entire year and includes titles for signage, annotated book lists, prop and material ideas, as well as photographs that show how to pull it all together. Proper library merchandising doesn't have to be prohibitively expensive, time-consuming, or constitute a huge headache. Ready-Made Book Displays explains the principles behind effective displays and presents a wide variety of ready-made book displays that can be easily replicated, providing catchy titles, materials and props lists, reproducible hand-outs, and photographs to guide librarians in quickly assembling successful displays. These display ideas can be utilized in several different venues—in-shelf, point-of-checkout, display case, and others—and can be targeted to coincide with events, holidays, and celebrations, as well as for general book promotion. Each of the 55 fiction displays includes a prop idea list, a related Dewey subject list, media tie-ins, and an annotated and reproducible booklist. It's everything the busy librarian needs to create appealing, successful book displays—all contained in one handy guidebook.
Download or read book Reading Women written by Nanci Milone Hill and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide for anyone who runs or participates in a book group, this title provides the structure and fun facts needed to examine the genre of women's fiction. Women's fiction covers numerous topics of importance in the lives of women—friendship, love, personal growth, and familial relationships. For this reason, the genre is a hotbed of engaging subjects for book group discussions. Reading Women: A Book Club Guide for Women's Fiction brings together information on over 100 women's fiction titles, providing everything a book group needs to encourage focused, stimulating meetings. Reading Women marshals information that has been, up to this point, either nonexistent or scattered in book club guides. Readers will learn the difference between women's fiction, romance, and chick lit, as well as why these genres provide a rich trove of discussion topics for book groups. Specific entries cover titles from all three genres, offering an author biography, a book summary, bibliographic material, discussion questions, and read-alike information for each book. An additional 50 titles suitable for book group discussions are listed with brief summaries.
Download or read book Great Second Acts written by Marlene Wagman-Geller and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These inspiring true stories of women who’ve made the most of their mature years “will get you fired up” (Becca Anderson, author of The Book of Awesome Women and Real Life Mindfulness). The amazing women profiled in Great Second Acts refused to be defined by the dates on their birth certificates. Their lives are testimony that one can be feisty after fifty—and this book says in no uncertain terms to those who think otherwise, in the words of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “I dissent.” This isa fascinating collection of biographical sketches of dozens of women of a certain age who have excelled, inspired, and achieved. Learn how these women changed their respective fields of art, politics, science, mathematics, media, literature, business, activism, education, and more. Included are: · Biographies of influential women such as PM Margaret Thatcher, chef Julia Child, Mother Teresa, feminist Gloria Steinem, actress Rita Moreno, inventor Ruth Handler, Judge Judy Sheindlin, and many more · Empowering quotes from strong women who epitomize grit and persistence · Motivational, inspirational, and educational stories of ordinary older women who’ve accomplished extraordinary things
Download or read book Sociology of Personal Life written by Vanessa May and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can sociology tell us about our personal lives, families and intimate relationships? This book explains how key theoretical perspectives and relevant contemporary research in the discipline can shed new light on even the most familiar areas of our everyday worlds. From friendships and pets, to political engagement and social legislation, the text shows how distinctions and connections can be drawn between our public and private lives. Each chapter explores a familiar topic that illustrates how individual relationships and lives can be shaped by social contexts, and how personal choices shape the wider social world. Using vivid case examples drawn from topical areas of debate, such as marriage rights and the role of social networking, the book is clearly laid out and easy to read. It gives useful explanations of theory and invaluable advice on how to carry out research on personal lives and relationships. This is essential reading for students of sociology interested in family, relationships and beyond. New to this Edition: - Pre-existing chapters have been fully re-written - Includes a number of new chapters on topics such as the body, home and personal life in public spaces. - Reformulated 'questions for discussion' at the end of each chapter.
Download or read book The Chronicle of Hats in Enjoyable Quotes written by Ida Tomshinsky and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a standard reference for anyone who is interested in the history of essential fashion accessory – the hat. The hats always were used to protect, to express identity, to express identity, and to attract or to influence others. Main developments in the timeline of hats from ancient past to modern present, including the phenomenon of the must-have accessory covering the top of the head.
Download or read book Wisdom from the Middle Ages for Middle Aged Women written by Lisa B. Hamilton and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As this useful collection of writings proves, Medieval mystics have much wisdom to offer contemporary middle-aged women grappling with empty nests, evolving careers, spiritual growth, and physical issues.
Download or read book Ageism written by Tay K. McNamara and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ageism: Past, Present, and Future presents perspectives for understanding ageism and puts ageism in the context of specific social institutions. McNamara and Williamson uniquely provide a number of complementary ways to understand ageism, including social and psychological theories of ageism, economic development, ageism as frame or lens, and ageism at the intersection of various social categories such as gender and race. They then put ageism in the context of mass media, h ealth care, employment, and public policy. This short text is an ideal addition to courses on sociology of aging, social policy, and social problems.
Download or read book Amending Dreams written by Joyce M. George and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-11-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering hope that you can amend your shattered dreams, Amending Dreams-Reflections and Meditations of a Widow, offers personal reflections concerning feelings, thoughts, moods, problems, joys and discoveries that were stored in journals after the death of Joyce George's husband of 28 years. In addition to personal experiences generously shared with you, the author is Reiki II practitioner and also uses knowledge acquired from Inner Child Healing and Channeling for Self Healing workshops as healing suggestions. Biblical quotes provide spiritual reflection opportunities for most topics, including forgiving your spouse for dying; guilt experienced when going through your spouse's personal items; possible obsessive behavior; loneliness; grieving, and how to move on. Lastly, a prayer after each reading assists your finding words that simply may not come to mind just yet. Combined with an offering of gratitude, each prayer requests assistance from the Lord to guide your continuing transition into your new life. While this book is written for widows, it is beneficial for family, friends, co-workers of widows and widowers, as well as those in public service positions. It will spark an awareness and sensitivity for those enveloped in the stages of grief.
Download or read book The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender written by Kevin L. Nadal and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 2043 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender is an innovative exploration of the intersection of gender and psychology—topics that resonate across disciplines and inform our everyday lives. This encyclopedia looks at issues of gender, identity, and psychological processes at the individual as well as the societal level, exploring topics such as how gender intersects with developmental processes both in infancy and childhood and throughout later life stages; the evolution of feminism and the men’s movement; the ways in which gender can affect psychological outcomes and influence behavior; and more. With articles written by experts across a variety of disciplines, this encyclopedia delivers insights on the psychology of gender through the lens of developmental science, social science, clinical and counseling psychology, sociology, and more. This encyclopedia will provide librarians, students, and professionals with ready access to up-to-date information that informs some of today’s key contemporary issues and debates. These are the sorts of questions we plan for this encyclopedia to address: What is gender nonconformity? What are some of the evolutionary sex differences between men and women? How does gender-based workplace harassment affect health outcomes? How are gender roles viewed in different cultures? What is third-wave feminism?
Download or read book Consequential Strangers The Power of People Who Don t Seem to Matter But Really Do written by Melinda Blau and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-07-26 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-Help.
