Download or read book The Three Loves of Persimmon written by Cassandra Golds and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2010-08-25 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Persimmon lives a solitary life, pouring her passion into the florist shop she owns in the underground railway station. Her only companion is Rose, a talking cabbage. Intriguing young men come and go but Persimmon has yet to find the love of her life. Several levels beneath Persimmon's shop lives a mouse called Epiphany. Epiphany has a questing mind. She wants to know what lies beyond the dark tunnels of her home. As in all good fables, Persimmon and Epiphany are destined to meet. And when they do, life will never be the same again. Find out more about the author at: cassandragolds.com.au
Download or read book The Persimmon Tree written by Bryce Courtenay and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the beguiling Anna van Heerden. Their time together is brief, as both are forced into separate, dangerous escapes. They plan to reunite and marry in Australia but it is several years before their paths cross again, scarred forever by the dark events of a long, cruel war. In The Persimmon Tree, Bryce Courtenay gives us a story of love and friendship set against the dramatic backdrop of the Pacific during the Second World War.
Download or read book The Perfect Persimmon written by Michelle Medlock Adams and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A delightful and delicious read about . . . the taste memories of this fruit created and shared for generations in homes throughout Indiana.” —Margaret McSweeney, founder and host of Kitchen Chat Whether served in a batch of cookies or in a soup bowl, the persimmon is a favorite fruit of Midwesterners. Called the “divine fruit” or the “fruit of the gods,” persimmons range from the American common persimmon, perfect for every kind of dessert, to Fuyu persimmons, a variety from China that has since won many hearts. In The Perfect Persimmon, award-winning journalist Michelle Medlock Adams serves up persimmon expertise, from knowing when the fruit is at its ripest to sharing the best preparation techniques. Adams hails from the birthplace of the Mitchell Persimmon Festival in Lawrence County, Indiana, where the Midwest’s best-kept secret, persimmon pudding, has people flocking toward what some consider the persimmon capital of the world. Armed with a love of persimmons that has been nurtured from a young age, Adams has collected the best persimmon recipes, guaranteed to satisfy any hankering for the savory or the sweet. Accompanying these recipes are personal anecdotes detailing childhood memories and folktales about greedy possums, wise turtles, and the persimmon seed’s ability to predict winter forecasts, providing a colorful context for this favored fruit. “The Perfect Persimmon is full of yummy recipes, spiced with historical references, topped with small-town charm, and sprinkled with Michelle’s signature style. What a delight!” —Ashley L. Jones, author of Modern Cast Iron “I thoroughly enjoyed traveling with Michelle through time and space to learn about the persimmon, its ecology, and its place in Midwest culture.” —Lisa M. Rose, author of Midwest Foraging
Download or read book Everlasting Love written by Zeenat Merchant and published by Wordsgenix Publication. This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: collage of Life is a meticulously selected and thoughtfully curated collection of literary works, each one chosen to showcase the unique experiences, perspectives, and diverse backgrounds of every author. The pieces within this book have been carefully arranged to create a captivating and inspiring collage of life, designed to take readers on a journey through a wide range of emotions and experiences.
Download or read book The Magic of Love written by Carola Dunn and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Regency Fairytales and a Halloween ghost story: RUMPLESTILTSKIN—with an unexpected hero; ALADDIN’S LAMP—turns up in Regency Oxford, jinnee and all; and THE FIREBIRD—with a wer-fox as heroine; plus Superstition—a Halloween short story, in which a Gypsy’s fortune-telling proves doubly accurate. Regency Fairytales by Carola Dunn; originally published in collections by Zebra and Walker
Download or read book The Curious Tale of Mandogi s Ghost written by Sok-pom Kim and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost incorporates Korean folk tales, ghost stories, and myth into a phenomenal depiction of epic tragedy. Written by a zainichi, a permanent resident of Japan who is not of Japanese ancestry, the novel tells the story of Mandogi, a young priest living on the island of Cheju-do. Mandogi becomes unwittingly involved in the Four-Three Incident of 1948, in which the South Korean government brutally suppressed an armed peasant uprising and purged Cheju-do of communist sympathizers. Although Mandogi is sentenced to death for his part in the riot, he survives (in a sense) to take revenge on his enemies and fully commit himself to the resistance. Mandogi's indeterminate, shapeshifting character is emblematic of Japanese colonialism's outsized impact on both ruler and ruled. A central work of postwar Japanese fiction, The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost relates the trauma of a long-forgotten history and its indelible imprint on Japanese and Korean memory.
Download or read book The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson written by Nancy Peacock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MODERN & CONTEMPORARY FICTION (POST C 1945). For fans of Cold Mountain and The Invention of Wings comes a tour de force of historical fiction (Henry Wiencek, author of Master of the Mountain) that follows the epic journey of a slave-turned-Comanche warrior who travels from the brutality of a New Orleans sugar cane plantation to the indomitable frontier of an untamed Texas, searching not only for the woman he loves but so too for his own identity. I have been to hangings before, but never my own. Sitting in a jail cell on the eve of his hanging, April 1, 1875, freedman Persimmon Persy Wilson wants nothing more than to leave some record of the truth his truth. He may be guilty, but not of what he stands accused: the kidnapping and rape of his former master s wife. In 1860, Persy had been sold to Sweetmore, a Louisiana sugar plantation, alongside a striking, light-skinned house slave named Chloe.
Download or read book Jaya and Rasa A Love Story written by Sonia Patel and published by Cinco Puntos Press. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaya’s 17, a transgender Gujarati outsider who detests wealth, secrets, and privilege, though he has them all. Only thing 16-year-old Rasa has is siblings, plus a mother who controls men like a black-widow spider. Neither one of them has ever known real love or family. Not until their chance meeting one sunny day on a mountain in Hau’ula.
Download or read book Every Shot I Take written by Michael Bamberger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through this moving tribute to his father's love, Davis III passes along the benefits of those lessons in a gem of a book that will improve your golf game—and enhance your life. With every shot he takes, Davis Love III provides a tribute to the strength and the value of his father's teachings. And in Every Shot I Take, he shares with us the psychological and technical lessons he learned about how to play golf with power, with skill, and with joy. His lessons include drills, the Ten Commandments of Putting, six steps to successful long bunker shots, and tips for playing in the wind and rain, on fast greens, or out of long rough. Yet each lesson is ultimately about something more than golf. Golf was, for Davis, Jr., a way of being a father, of teaching his sons how to learn, how to approach whatever they might choose to do with knowledge and with care, how to overcome obstacles through dedication and understanding. It was the vehicle through which he taught the most important lesson of all: "Follow your dream, and enjoy the trip."
Download or read book The Gold Persimmon written by Lindsay Merbaum and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful, lonely hotel clerk and a struggling young writer are trapped in parallel narratives of sexual awakening, surveillance, and grief in twin hotels that hold carefully guarded secrets.
Download or read book Sweet and Natural written by Meredith McCarty and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-07-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents recipes for pies, cobblers, cakes, cookies, sorbets, and fresh-fruit desserts that are made without sugar, eggs, butter, or milk.
Download or read book Racing Illustrated written by Henry Smurthwaite and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emma and the Love Spell written by Meredith Ireland and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witchlings meets The Parent Trap in this contemporary fantasy about a girl who tries to use her fickle witchy powers to keep her best friend (and secret crush!) from moving away. Twelve-year-old, Korean American adoptee Emma Davidson has a problem. Two problems. Okay, three: 1. She has a crush on her best friend, Avangeline, that she hasn't been able to share 2. Avangeline now has to move out of their town because her parents are getting a divorce 3. Oh, and Emma is a secret witch who can't really control her powers It's a complicated summer between sixth and seventh grade. Emma's parents made her promise that she'd keep her powers a secret and never, ever use them. But if Avangeline's parents fell back in love, it would fix everything. And how hard could one little love spell be? This fast-paced, heartfelt story is a powerful exploration of learning to embrace who you are, even when your true self is different from everyone around you.
Download or read book The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson written by Nancy Peacock and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drunken Bride, Texas, April 1875. Writing furiously in a jail cell in the days leading up to his hanging, former slave Persimmon "Persy" Wilson's last wish is to set the record straight. He may be guilty, but not of what he stands accused: the kidnapping and rape of his master's wife. Fifteen years earlier, Persy had been sold to Sweetmore, a Louisiana sugar plantation, alongside a striking young house slave named Chloe. Persy and Chloe arrive bound together in chains, a circumstance out of which is forged a perilous love affair and dreams of escape. But on the eve of the Union Army's takeover of New Orleans, an outraged and jealous Master Wilson shoots Persy and flees with Chloe and his other slaves to Texas. So begins Persy's epic journey, a sweeping tale that takes readers from the sweltering exhaustion of plantation life to the final battles of the Civil War, from the isolation and bitter cold of the Texas frontier to the brutal yet life-affirming ways of the Comanche warriors who show Persy what it means to control one's own destiny. Facing unimaginable hardship in his quest to find Chloe -- the sole silver lining of an awful past -- Persimmon gradually regains the dignity and selfhood that years of brutal subjugation had eroded. Perfect for fans of Cold Mountain and The Invention of Wings, this is the moving testimony of a man whose remarkable odyssey reveals the power of love and the depth of the human spirit"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book The New Book of the Horse written by Charles Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Way of the Brush written by Fritz van Briessen and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of the Brush: Painting Techniques of China and Japan examines the technique, style, traditions, and methods of Chinese ink painting and how they were interpreted in Japanese art. Illustrated with over 250 images and packed with instructions, The Way of the Brush covers every aspect of brush painting, from brushstrokes, composition and the painting surface to meaning, perspective and artistic philosophy. Part One is a study of the techniques of Chinese painting and explains the elements, techniques and principles which eventually carried over into Japanese painting. Part Two is devoted to technical challenges and basic problems associated with the art, including the issue of fakes and forgeries of Chinese art in Japan. Also included are three appendices and a full bibliography.
Download or read book Ghost Husband s Unbridled Love written by Ye LiGe and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-08 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: there were ghosts in the cave dead people in the dorm strange events in the library and so on from that day on my life underwent a tremendous change i was just an ordinary university student but i was disturbed by the sudden occurrence of a supernatural event the love from his previous life would continue in this life would he be able to fulfill the wishes from his previous life in this life there was also a prideful ghost servant who was tangled up in a entanglement leading to a soul-stirring secret
