Download or read book Bucket List Ride written by Linda Enns and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small-town Manitoba may not be where big dreams typically start, but for Winkler resident Victor Enns, that’s where the adventure began. Invited by his son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Linda Enns, to take a “bucket list” motorcycle ride across Western Canada, this octogenarian didn’t let his age stop him. Other challenges almost did though, and the reader will enjoy a rollicking account of the ups and downs of this exhilarating venture. In her comfortable and compelling style, Linda Enns invites you along on the journey. You will encounter a range of challenges including mechanical troubles with the bikes, curious encounters with troubled strangers, and the worry of the younger generation regarding the hardiness of their older travelling companion. You will also enjoy great beauty, the heritage of multi-generational love, delightful humour, and charming anecdotes. While an entertaining Western Canada travelogue for tourists and motorcycle enthusiasts, this book goes far beyond that. It is an uplifting, moving account that will inspire readers who: are facing life after the loss of a loved one; have big dreams but the fears to match; need a new perspective on age-related challenges; want motivation to live a more positive life; or could reach out with kindness to make someone’s “bucket list” a reality. Bucket List Ride will engage all your senses as you enjoy the sights (mountains), sounds (650 Yamaha), tastes (ice-cream), smells (forest fires) and touch (group hugs) of this road-touring adventure. Enjoy the ride!
Download or read book Journeys written by Marvin Wray and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journeys is a duet of sorts. The author will take you alternately on a nearly 12,000-mile motorcycle ride around the U. S. as well as an inside look at his own personal spiritual journey through six-plus decades of experiencing God. It began as a sabbatical project through his church in an attempt to find out what is happening in Seventh-day Adventist Churches across America. Why are some growing and most not? What is the degree of optimism among the pastors and the laity? How willing are we to embrace change in a church that looks strongly to its roots? As he began to put a plan in place Marvin quickly saw an opportunity to fulfill a life long dream of riding his motorcycle all around the country while digging out his research data. This adventure was a full year in planning, two months in carrying out, and another year in getting it into book form. Marvin believes that the information he found, while connecting with only one church that was not Seventh-day Adventist, is applicable to all churches in general. There may be some aspects that are unique to Adventists, but for the most part, people are people and issues of control, resistance to change, and the need to connect with todays young families are more general in nature. As he had ample time to reflect while riding countless hours alone he felt called to share his own personal spiritual journey and how that developed and changed through sixty-four years of life and thirty-seven years of ministry. This book doesnt have all the answers, but if you are in any way involved in a church it will raise some issues worth your consideration. May God bless you as you experience the Journeys.
Download or read book Intimations of Mortality written by Barbara A. Reich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoroughly researched explanation for the failures of end-of-life communication and decision-making in the United States. The book explores the reasons why physicians, patients, and families struggle to have the conversations necessary to provide seriously ill and dying patients with medical care consistent with patient preferences.
Download or read book The Lawman Lassoes a Family written by Rachel Lee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A DEPUTY DADDY? After her policeman husband died in the line of duty, Vicki Templeton swore off lawmen—both for herself and her four-year-old daughter. Krystal can't afford to lose another father figure, and Vicki refuses to subject them both to such pain again. But when she moves from Texas to Conard County, Wyoming, Vicki's heart is on the line after she meets her handsome, helpful new neighbor. A widower himself, sheriff's deputy Dan Casey knows a thing or two about loss. He tries to keep his distance from beautiful Vicki and her adorable child, but Vicki's sweet kid makes him long for the family he's always dreamed of. Can a determined little girl teach her mother and the cop next door a thing or two about love?
Download or read book Dementia Narrative and Performance written by Janet Gibson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing mainly on case studies from Australia and the United States of America, this book considers how people with dementia represent themselves and are represented in ‘theatre of the real’ productions and care home interventions, assessing the extent to which the ‘right kind’ of dementia story is being affirmed or challenged. It argues that this type of story — one of tragedy, loss of personhood, biomedical deficit, and socio-economic ‘crisis — produces dementia and the people living with it, as much as biology does. It proposes two novel ideas. One is that the ‘gaze’ of theatre and performance offers a reframing of some of the behaviours and actions of people with dementia, through which deficit views can be changed to ones of possibility. The other is that, conversely, dementia offers productive perspectives on ’theatre of the real’. Scanning contemporary critical studies about and practices of ‘theatre of the real’ performances and applied theatre interventions, the book probes what it means when certain ‘theatre of the real’ practices (specifically verbatim and autobiographical) interact with storytellers considered, culturally, to be ‘unreliable narrators’. It also explores whether autobiographical theatre is useful in reinforcing a sense of ‘self’ for those deemed no longer to have one. With a focus on the relationship between stories and selves, the book investigates how selves might be rethought so that they are not contingent on the production of lucid self-narratives, consistent language, and truthful memories.
Download or read book Duct Tape Parenting written by Vicki Hoefle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a new set of 3Rs for our kids-respect, responsibility, and resilience-to better prepare them for life in the real world. Once developed, these skills let kids take charge, and let parents step back, to the benefit of all. Casting hover mothers and helicopter parents aside, Vicki Hoefle encourages a different, counter-intuitive-yet much more effective-approach: for parents to sit on their hands, stay on the sidelines, even if duct tape is required, so that the kids step up. Duct Tape Parenting gives parents a new perspective on what it means to be effective, engaged parents and to enable kids to develop confidence through solving their own problems. This is not a book about the parenting strategy of the day-what the author calls "Post-It Note Parenting"-but rather a relationship-based guide to span all ages and stages of development. Witty, straight-shooting Hoefle addresses frustrated parents everywhere who are ready to raise confident, capable children to go out in the world.
Download or read book Wyoming Country Legacy A Sheriff s Honor written by Rachel Lee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tempted by a lawman The Lawman Lassoes a Family by Rachel Lee After her policeman husband died in the line of duty, Vicki Templeton swore off lawmen—both for herself and her four-year-old daughter. But then she moves to Conard County, Wyoming, and meets her handsome new neighbor, sheriff’s deputy Dan Casey. A widower himself, Dan knows something about loss. Can a determined little girl teach her mother and the cop next door a thing or two about love? Sarah and the Sheriff by Allison Leigh Seven years ago, Max Scalise rejected Sarah Clay outright. And now Max was back in Weaver, working as a sheriff. Max was as much in love with Sarah as ever. But the woman who had once looked at him with such trust now turned away. Still, he was determined to win back her love. Even if it meant telling secrets that weren’t his to reveal… New York Times Bestselling Authors Rachel Lee and Allison Leigh Previously published as The Lawman Lassoes a Family and Sarah and the Sheriff
Download or read book Harlequin Special Edition July 2015 Box Set 2 of 2 written by Rachel Lee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes: THE LAWMAN LASSOES A FAMILY MConard County: The Next Generation by Rachel Lee Widow and single mother Vicki Templeton is new to Conard County, Wyoming. She's hoping for a second chance at life with her daughter. Little does she expect another shot at love, too, in the form of her next-door neighbor, Deputy Sheriff Dan Casey. He's also grieving the past, but Dan, Vicki and her little girl might just find their future as a family on the range. HOW TO MARRY A DOCTOR Celebrations Inc. byNancy Robards Thompson Anna Adams knows her best friend, Dr. Jake Lennox, can't find a girlfriend to save his life. So she offers to set him up on five dates to find The One. Jake decides to find the perfect guy for Anna, as well…until he realizes that the only one he wants in Anna's arms is himself! Can the good doc diagnose a case of happily-ever-after—for himself and the alluring Anna? HIS PROPOSAL, THEIR FOREVER The Coles of Haley's Bay by Melissa McClone Artist Bailey Cole loves working at the local inn in Haley's Bay, Washington…but a very handsome, very dangerous threat looms. The hunky hotelier's name is Justin McMillian, and he's about to buy out Bailey's dreams from under her. As stubborn Bailey and sexy Justin butt heads over the project, then find common ground, sparks fly and kindle flames of true love. Look for Harlequin® Special Edition's July 2015 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more stories of life, love and family! Look for 6 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Special Edition!
Download or read book 10 Secrets of the LaidBack Knitters written by Vicki Stiefel and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to become a laidback knitter-- one who enjoys the process as much as the product. Includes profiles, Web sites, patterns, and information on fibers, spinning, crochet.
Download or read book Snippets of New Orleans written by Emma Fick and published by University of Louisiana. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM THE INTRODUCTION: Snippets are fragments of things. They are people observed, foods consumed, ornaments spotted: a man on a streetcar, crawfish shells on the sidewalk, an ornate cornstalk-shaped fence. I believe that to immerse oneself in a place means to try and hold all its elements, past and present, grandiose and mundane, in a single plane of vision. This is, of course, impossible. The result is fragments, vignettes. In Jackson Square, for example: a vision of the first French settlers coming up the Mississippi alongside the sight of a garishly painted street performer harassing passers-by. If we cannot hold all facets of a place in our mind at once, I think the next best thing is to honor our fragmented understanding, to see in "Snippets." I learned and re-learned a lot of things making this book. I learned that even in my "home" in Louisiana I feel I am an outsider peering into a window. I re-learned how beautiful and bizarre New Orleans is, how every street has a distinct personality. . . . I re-learned that I know very little about anything, and that the more I learn the more I realize how little I know. I learned that asking for entry into people's personal lives is complicated and requires a lot of mental and ethical somersaults. This book is my most earnest and honest reflection of New Orleans: triumphant and tragic, gaudy and gritty, elegant and ugly, rich and poor, a city that embodies all these and other polar opposites with a perverse kind of grace. My account is flawed and incomplete in the way all our experiences are flawed and incomplete: there are always vistas left to see, flavors left to try, stories left to hear; there are assumptions made, words misunderstood, histories distorted. May this book communicate the New Orleans I know, and may you weave your own New Orleans truth between the pages. - Emma Fick
Download or read book What s the Big Idea written by Vicki Cobb and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science.
Download or read book Little Housewolf written by Medrie Purdham and published by Signal Editions. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medrie Purdham's Little Housewolf delves deeply into the world of domestic miniatures, a realm where thimbles, baby teeth, push pins, keyholes, teacups, and wedding rings become meticulously realized scale models of one's terrors and joys. Purdham uses the fine-grained signatures of her poetry--close observation, exact detail, precise sounds--not only to examine childhood and its fascination with size and scale, but also to measure herself against the larger, untamed landscapes she feels increasingly alienated from ("It is all anachronism, / grasses vintage wild"). Marked by bold emotion and arresting imagery, Little Housewolf is a brilliant debut.
Download or read book Smart Man Hunting written by Liz H. Kelly and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Face it--if dating were easy. . . . . .then you'd never have to sit through another night in your Manolos watching ESPN at a bar, thinking, I got a bikini wax for this? You need proven strategies to boost your confidence, ask the right questions, identify the red flags faster, and know when to say Next!--and when to take a closer look. You need SMART Man Hunting. Liz Kelly, dating coach, speaker and columnist, shares her insider expertise, surveys, and insights to show you how to win the dating game. With 26 A-to-Z man codes that provide a compatibility guide and comic relief, Liz gives you the tools to find the right guy fast. Whether it's Internet dating, speed dating, professional matchmakers, or singles events, SMART Man Hunting prepares you for every situation--and gives you everything you need to get smart, get confident, and get the right guy at last. Very much on target. . .extremely useful strategies. --Sabina Dana Plasse, Editor, Smart Woman The true stories ad reminders of what works and doesn't work in SMART Man Hunting will help you make the right choices. --John Gray, Ph.D., bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Liz H. Kelly is a dating coach, author, speaker, and columnist. Her book and work have been featured on such shows as FOX News, Lifetime's Speaking of Women's Health, and BBC Radio's WM Late Show, as well as in publications including Cosmopolitan, USA Today, Glamour, and Smart Woman magazine. Liz drew on her corporate management experience in employee training, marketing communications, and sales presentation techniques to create her SMART Man Hunting dating strategy. This strategy incorporates Liz's ABC Man Codes, a lighthearted look at the main Man Types and how to handle them, and grew out of Liz's dating experiences and interviews with hundreds of active daters. This new edition includes an ABC Man Codes Quiz, more success stories, and new tips on sex, style, and wireless world connections. In this book, Liz shares her energetic enthusiasm, No-Fear Attitude, and total commitment to helping you find your man in the 21st century.
Download or read book Mama for President written by Thelma Harper and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2008-05-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mama’s Family and The Carol Burnett Show character offers a humorous look at what it would be like if she were president of the United States. Listen Up, America! The solution to your problems has plopped right in your lap. Mama is running for president! Discover how President Thelma Harper would handle: Immigration—I’ll tell you how we solve the problem at our border: build senior citizen housing all along the American side. No one sees more than a nosy old lady peeking through her window blinds. Emergency Preparedness—Emergency response should be in the hands of the experts who have the resources and determination to respond quickly. I’m talking about Domino’s and Pizza Hut. Airport Security—As long as we have to take our shoes off, I will install a shoe-buffing brush inside the X-ray machine so your shoes will get a little shine as they go through. Animals—If I have a dog at the White House, I will have it spayed or neutered to control its sex drive, which is something that might have been a good idea for some of our previous presidents. Thelma Harper is running for president, and the free world will never be the same!
Download or read book No Red Pen written by Victoria A. Hudson and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a toolbox of issues for consideration and recommendations for how to conduct a writers' workshop and offer critique that fundamentally respects the writer and the work.
Download or read book Legally Dead written by Kevin Flynn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attorney Seth Bader and his wife, Vicki, moved to New Hampshire in 1992. Three tumultuous years later, their marriage ended and left Vicki a broken woman, driven to the edge as Seth seduced their teenage son Joey into a violent plot to kill her in cold blood. What followed was one of the most bizarre and harrowing crime stories in New Hampshire history.
Download or read book The Other Brother written by Lauren Baratz-Logsted and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran women's fiction writer Lauren Baratz-Logsted presents the moving story of a family disrupted by fame, perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Nancy Thayer. Ever wonder what it must be like to be the younger sibling of someone so popular, princes and presidents are excited to meet him? Mona knows. Or thinks she does. Mona is married to Jack, younger brother to Denny Springer, lead singer for The Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band in the World. Jack happens to sing too, of course, not that anyone in the world notices very much. After Denny attends the family Easter dinner in London for the first time in decades, Mona invites Denny to join her and her family for the summer at a rental house in coastal Connecticut. She tells Denny it'll be a chance for him to finally bond with Jack, from whom Denny has been estranged for twenty years. Denny initially laughs at the idea...but then shows up on their doorstep. As the summer progresses, though, questions arise: Did Denny really have a change of heart and a sudden commitment to family? Or is he hiding something? More importantly, why did Mona invite him in the first place? Most importantly of all, how well do we ever really know anybody? "Lauren Baratz-Logsted writes genuine characters, killer comedic timing and romantic blunders that are truly something special." —RT Book Reviews
