Download or read book The Reluctant Blogger written by Ryan Rapier and published by Bonneville Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blogging was the last thing Todd Landry expected his psychiatrist to recommend in dealing with his wife's death. But his aversion to therapy demands drastic measures, and Todd soon finds himself writing about his sometimes-humorous struggles with single parenthood, dating, and shattered expectations. With each blog entry, Todd lets his guard down and discovers that perhaps he can find love once again.
Download or read book More Essays of a Reluctant Blogger written by Keith B. Darrell and published by Amber Book Company. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I never wanted a blog. My friends insisted I start one, but I resisted. Frankly, the entire concept made no sense to me. When the first blogs appeared, I opined there were 10,000 blogs writers and 10,001 blog readers. To be fair, the early blogs were little more than online diaries, mostly authored by teenage girls obsessing over boys and makeup and school and boys and that snarky girl in fifth period math class who wore too much mascara and boys... Then, the mommy bloggers arrived. Stay-at-home moms discovered blogging and took the Internet by storm. While I appreciated paragraphs that read less like banter overheard outside a high school's girl's locker room, I still couldn't relate to discussions of diapers, car seats, and Oprah. Next came the business blogs. At first, I was enticed back to the Blogosphere. Here was a subject to which I could relate. But I soon realized they were all saying essentially the same thing, stating the obvious with a newfound sense of discovery. Soon, every business was told it must have a blog. Never mind if they had nothing to say; the competition had blogs so customers expected them to, as well. The proliferation of blogs continued. It expanded beyond business. Everyone needed a blog. No matter if they had nothing worth saying. No matter if they lacked writing skills. No matter if they lacked potential readers. It was de rigueur. So I started a little blog. No one read it. But when my friends asked if I had a blog, I could answer yes, and that seemed to satisfy them. They never asked to follow it, but at least I no longer received daily lectures on why it was essential that I have a blog. I had conformed and they were satisfied. As Winston Smith had accepted Big Brother, I had accepted the Blogosphere. It left me alone. For a while.
Download or read book Return of the Reluctant Blogger written by Keith B. Darrell and published by Amber Book Company. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Keith B. Darrell's essays caper from humorous anecdotes to philosophical musings to insightful commentary on today's societal concerns. Return of the Reluctant Blogger features 264 pages of social commentary and humor collected from the best columns of Darrell's blog from 2016-to-2017.
Download or read book The Reluctant Author written by Corinne Jeffery and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a teen growing up in an impoverished dysfunctional home environment, Laurine Schaffer realizes that she must be pragmatic and pursue a sustainable professional career path. At seventeen, she enrols in a traditional three-year Registered Nurse training program, where she quickly realizes that her perceptions of life and people are dramatically different from many of her classmates. Although Laurine ultimately forges a successful vocation as a college professor, at age fifty-seven she admits she is not being true to herself, or to her lifelong aspiration to write the story of her German Lutheran ancestors who fled Russia in 1892. Following an epiphany in an abandoned family cemetery on the original ancestral homestead in western Canada, Laurine begins to write. As one family history book follows another and another and yet another, her writing becomes a catalyst for a personal healing journey. The Reluctant Author is essentially a prequel to her three previous family memoirs and links the past to the present with poignant clarity.
Download or read book The Reluctant Mr Darwin An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution Great Discoveries written by David Quammen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-07-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist's intellectual and spiritual journey."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Twenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin's epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution and the scientist's publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and what happened during the course of those two decades? The human drama and scientific basis of these years constitute a fascinating, tangled tale that elucidates the character of a cautious naturalist who initiated an intellectual revolution.
Download or read book The Reluctant Vampire written by Lynsay Sands and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lynsay Sands writes books that keep readers coming back for more.” —Katie MacAlister, USA Today bestselling author of A Girl’s Guide to Vampires Readers can’t get enough of Lynsay Sands’ delightfully devilish novels featuring the Argeneau vampire family, and with The Reluctant Vampire, Sands soars to new heights on silken bat wings. The story of a sexy Rogue Hunter forced to babysit a new immortal with a handsome, brooding, millennia-old vampire still devastated over the loss of a lover, The Reluctant Vampire offers heart, humor, and sizzling sensuality in equal measure—hallmarks of the incomparable Lynsay’s bestselling paranormal fiction.
Download or read book WARP Book 1 The Reluctant Assassin written by Eoin Colfer and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings his reluctant apprentice along and urges him to commit his first killing. Riley is saved from having to commit the grisly act when the intended victim turns out to be a scientist from the future, part of the FBI's Witness Anonymous Relocation Program (WARP) Riley is unwittingly transported via wormhole to modern day London, followed closely by Garrick. In modern London, Riley is helped by Chevron Savano, a nineteen-year-old FBI agent sent to London as punishment after a disastrous undercover, anti-terrorist operation in Los Angeles. Together Riley and Chevie must evade Garrick, who has been fundamentally altered by his trip through the wormhole. Garrick is now not only evil, but he also possesses all of the scientist's knowledge. He is determined to track Riley down and use the timekey in Chevie's possession to make his way back to Victorian London where he can literally change the world.
Download or read book The Reluctant Mentor written by Lew Sauder and published by Lew Sauder, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and informative story on mentoring between baby boomers and millennialsRoger Stewart Thinks he needs to mentor his young new employee. He doesn't realize that he's only half-right. In The Reluctant Mentor, Lew Sauder and Jeff Porter have weaved a tale of a baby boomer who hires Phil, an intelligent and ambitious millennial. Roger immediately sees some differences in his young new employee that he doesn't understand. After conferring with others his age, Roger decides to mentor the young man. It comes as quite a surprise that the millennial has a few things to teach Roger. The Reluctant Mentor is an enjoyable and easy to read business parable that provides a model for how baby boomers and millennials can work together more efficiently. By sharing the knowledge that each group uniquely holds within, both generations can become more productive and happier in the workplace.
Download or read book The Reluctant Dom written by Tymber Dalton and published by Siren Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaden's dying, but before he goes he has one problem to solve. He must ask his dearest friend, Seth, to take over as Dom and Master to his wife, Leah. Seth has seen himself as the perpetual screwup and Kaden as the strong one. He knows there's no way he can refuse Kaden this. Now Seth finds himself immersed in a role he's far from comfortable with --inflicting physical pain to provide emotional comfort to the woman he's secretly loved for years. Can he deal with his crushing grief over the impending loss of his oldest friend and still learn the skills he must master in time to become The Reluctant Dom? Note: This book was previously published with another publisher. ** A Siren Erotic Romance (amazon.com).
Download or read book The Reluctant Entertainer written by Sandy Coughlin and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospitality can be a blessing to both the host and her guests, but for many women today, it simply doesn't happen. Feelings of inadequacy, unrealistic expectations, fear of failure, lack of time--all conspire to steal the joy that comes from opening one's home and sharing fellowship with others. In The Reluctant Entertainer, Sandy Coughlin relates to people in real ways about real meals that mortals cook, during which real conversations draw people together. Would-be hostesses will discover that true hospitality is not about being perfect, cooking a fancy meal, or spending a lot of money. Rather, it's about an open door and an open heart.
Download or read book Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God written by Keith B. Darrell and published by Amber Book Company. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speculative Fiction From the American Midwest to the Middle East, to London, and even to the Alpha Concordance — a section of the galaxy at the edge of man’s celestial peripheral vision — eight explorers of differing genders, cultures, and religions seek to uncover the mysteries of the universe. What is the true nature of the soul? What is the long-lost secret of the origin of mankind? Does God exist? And if so, where is he now? Is there life in the cosmos? How does one even define life? Is a man without a soul alive? Is an android that walks and talks like a man? Can a sentient artificial intelligence computer be alive? And what defines humanity? Does man’s inhumanity toward his fellow man stem from evil, madness, or something more? With the long-term survival of humanity at stake, the intrepid explorers find themselves transported across the universe to somewhere they are not supposed to be, having learned reality is not what it seems and the laws of physics were never really laws at all, merely suggestions. Will their disparate differences — in gender, cultures, philosophies, and religious beliefs — aid these explorers in piecing together the mysteries or pull them further from the truth? Or are they, along with their developing interpersonal relationships, merely a commentary on the human condition? A novella in three acts, blending philosophy, religion, and quantum mechanics.
Download or read book Vampires Vs Aliens Book Five written by Keith B. Darrell and published by Amber Book Company. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They came from a dying world to steal the Earth's water, a scarce resource they need to survive but didn't anticipate resistance from the vampires. The aliens' plan would doom the human race... And with no humans or other life left on Earth, the planet's furtive vampire population would be deprived of its sole food source. Now the vampires must wage a secret war against the invaders while hiding their own existence from the humans. In Book 5, Alien Lives Matter, the vampires must contend with public exposure of their existence, while the alien refugees face increasing prejudice from the humans, including calls for their incarceration in concentration camps. Alexis must choose between her brother Brandon's support for the Alien Lives Matter movement and her fiance Parker Wellington's leadership role in the Earth For Humans League. Pete Riley's ultimatum to resign from the Daily Inquisitor over publisher Channing Reynolds' edict to print only anti-alien articles forces editor Douglas Reynolds to choose between his mentor and his father. High Priest Jezdan plots to eliminate Kevian.
Download or read book Oz written by Keith B. Darrell and published by Amber Book Company. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zebediah Hugson books passage on The Wizard of Odds with Cap'n Bill and his first mate Trot to sail from Emerald City, Kansas downriver to Wonderland in search of his missing cousin, newspaper reporter Dorothy Gale. Meanwhile Tinka Belle, guilt-ridden over having overdosed Wendy's sister Detective Alice Dodgson on the hallucinogen fairy dust, has fled Peter Pan's luxury penthouse that towers over the futuristic art deco city of Wonderland. Tinka Belle returns to her roots in the dark underbelly of the city of tomorrow – the slums of Wonderland, where she shares an alley squat with her young friend Tip, a boy with a long-held secret and a hidden past. This sequel to Wonderland reveals what lies in the shadows of the glitz and glamor of the art deco architectural marvel of Wonderland, where the Yellow Brick Road leads through the dangerous Tenement Row, home of Old Mombi who sells abducted children and young women to the highest bidder; the local brothel, Glinda Goodwitch's Palace of Pleasure; The Quadling, the seedy bar belonging to ex-prizefighter Jack Pumpkinhead, whose face resembles a smashed gourd; and the territory claimed by Gen. Jinjur and her army of punk rock lesbians.
Download or read book Neverland written by Keith B. Darrell and published by Amber Book Company. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neverland isn't a place -- It's a state of mind! The final book in the Wonderland trilogy! Peter Pan is enticed into joining a river pirate on his quest for buried treasure: casks of water from the legendary Fountain of Youth that hold the promise of eternal youth.
Download or read book The 25th Hour written by Keith B. Darrell and published by Amber Book Company. This book was released on 2016 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mackenzie Mortimer is a typical junior high geek: shy, awkward, late with his homework, and always late for class. He's never got enough time to do everything he needs to do; after all, there are only 24 hours in a day. But when Mac finds his grandfather's pocket watch, he discovers his days have an extra hour. The eccentric inventor's journal reveals the watch can add up to 60 minutes to a single day by freezing time around whomever controls it. When a crisis looms for Mac and his friends, time is running out... but fortunately, Mackenzie Mortimer has a few more minutes than anyone else.
Download or read book Fangs Fur Omnibus Edition written by Keith B. Darrell and published by Amber Book Company. This book was released on with total page 925 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All three novels in the Fangs & Fur story arc - Flashbacks; Nightstalkers; and Nosferatu, Inc. are collected in one huge omnibus edition. A perfect companion to the Halos & Horns Omnibus, this volume is 7x10 like its predecessor and features brand new cover artwork and an interview with the author. Clocking in at just over 600 pages, the Fangs & Fur Omnibus fills the gap between the previous Halos & Horns story arc and the subsequent The Age of Magic story arc.
Download or read book Vampires Vs Aliens Book Eight written by Keith B. Darrell and published by Amber Book Company. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They came from another dimension -- a microscopic interdimensional void --seeking bodies to inhabit so they might exist in our dimension. And what better host for these alien invaders than Earth's apex predators: vampires! Both humanity and vampires are at risk, and neither is aware the alien Void Wraiths already walk among them and are infiltrating their abodes. In Book 8, Fishing with the Amoeba Guy, teenage werewolf Benton Cartwright makes new high school friends and powerful alien and supernatural enemies. The vampires search for Gaunt, whose blood is being used to synthesize a drug that gives users the attributes of vampires.
