Download or read book The Family Freeloader written by Sister Renee Pittelli and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're all familiar with the stereotypical freeloading relative. He's usually depicted in the movies as an able-bodied but unkempt bum, who lives with mom or a more responsible sibling, refuses to get a job, and spends his days lying on the sofa, drinking beer, getting potato chips all over the carpet, and watching cartoon marathons. But in real life, few family freeloaders are so obvious. OUR freeloaders are professionals. They're subtle. They're versatile. They run complicated scams and convoluted cons on us. They always have their antennae up for any little clue they might find useful. Like the predators they are, they're constantly sizing us up to see what they can get out of us. They're looking for personality traits they can use against us, like gullibility, kindness, a trusting nature, or a soft heart. Even our pride is useful to them-because then they can employ flattery, or "gratitude," to get what they want. If you're susceptible to guilt, it makes you an easy target. If you're a sympathetic person, quick to feel sorry for those who are going through tough times, or if you easily empathize with others, then you're an even better target. If you're concerned about other people's opinions and want everybody to think you're nice, that's like a flashing neon "Sucker" sign over your head. To a con man, if you have trouble saying "No," that's a sign of weakness which he can exploit. If we're efficient, or pride ourselves on being "problem-solvers," then the freeloader will give us a problem to solve for him. If we have a "rescuer" mentality, our freeloader will help us satisfy those urges. Freeloaders and con men are looking for "people pleasers." Is it important to you to give others the impression that you're a "good Christian?" Or to prove to YOURSELF that you're a good Christian? We presume that "good" Christians give to charity, but how do you define "charity?" Do you think you have to give to every hard luck case who asks? Does your chronically unemployed cousin qualify as a legitimate charity cause in your mind? Would it make you a "bad" Christian to say "No" to the sister-in-law who constantly imposes on you? If you equate agreeing to every request anybody ever asks of you, or giving money to every person who seems to need it, with being a "good" Christian, then once a freeloader gets a hold of you, you're in for a long night........ Written with humor, wisdom, and a healthy dose of common sense, The Family Freeloader teaches us 21 Ways To Spot A Con, the various ploys that freeloaders use to scam money or favors out of us, how they observe and test us, and which personality traits make us seem like easy prey. We will systematically debunk their most common sob stories and surprisingly sneaky tactics, study what the Bible REALLY says about giving to the poor vs. supporting a bum, and learn step-by-step effective strategies for letting go of the guilt and saying "No" to our family freeloaders. This book is an invaluable lesson for all kind-hearted, generous folks who love their families, on how to avoid being taken advantage of by the unscrupulous among us.

Download or read book Journey of an EX Teetotaling Virgin written by Fay Faron and published by Creighton-Morgan Publishing Group. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Eat, Pray, Love” Meets “When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time to Go Home” Travel! Adventure! Romance! What could possibly go wrong? It’s 1972 when free-spirited “good girl,” Fay, takes off on a 3-year journey around the U.S. and Europe in search of adventure. She soon finds navigating her way through The Real World will take a skill set her Sunday school teacher never taught her. Bravely facing all manor of revenge plagues rained down upon from The Almighty—she is breaking The Rules, after all—Fay must learn to recalibrate her conservative group-think or abandon her road-trip-as-a-lifestyle existence and retreat to the soul-crushing community from which she escaped. Part historical snapshot, part travelogue and part confessional, this laugh-out-loud memoir is the story of every woman who has pondered the road not taken or grappled with the guilt of not being able to live up to rules she didn't even make.

Download or read book Grandfather s Enduring Love written by Kenneth David Musser and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic true story of a Kansas family extending over four continuous generations. Tragedy after tragedy would haunt this family, including the mama burning to death on New Year's Day of 1927. Papa's enduring love prevails as he raises two families of five children each. Papa's five-year-old daughter, Faithe, would be the oldest witness of seeing her mama burning to death. As a result, she would live a lifetime of depression and mental illness, leaving her to become an abusive wife and mother. A son who suffered emotional and physical abuse at the hands of his mother himself would lead a life of severe depression and acute anxiety. The emotionally and physically abused son will share five escapes or places of refuge which helped him endure his eight-year continued abuse. Throughout our true dramatic story will be vivid illustrations of a number of families' enduring love through prayer, climaxing with the greatest enduring love ever, of God giving his only begotten Son, Jesus to die on the cross, shedding his blood for all sinners.

Download or read book The Misfit Plays written by Gerard Denza and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these seven strikingly original plays, ranging from the existential, to the "film" noir, to madcap comedy, playwright, Gerard Denza introduces readers to an avenging teenage boy, a cynical vampire, a pathological killer, a celebrity housewife, and a competitive bodybuilder.

Download or read book The Whispers written by Greg Howard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartrending coming-of-age tale set in the South, perfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Counting By 7s. Now in paperback. Eleven-year-old Riley believes in the Whispers, magical wood creatures that will grant you wishes if you leave them tributes. Riley has a lot of wishes. He wishes bullies at school would stop picking on him. He wishes Dylan, his 8th grade crush, liked him, and Riley wishes he would stop wetting the bed. But most of all, Riley wishes for his mom to come back home. She disappeared a few months ago and Riley is determined to find her. So he goes on a camping trip with his friend Gary to look for the Whispers and ask them to bring his mom back home. But Riley doesn't realize the trip will shake the foundation of everything that he believes in for forever.

Download or read book Six Plays of Comedy Drama and Mystery written by Gerard Denza and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-11-20 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these six strikingly original plays, ranging from the existential, to the film noir, to madcap comedy, Gerard Denza introduces readers to a demi-god, an avenging teenage boy, a cynical vampire, a pathological killer, a celebrity housewife, and a competitive bodybuilder. The intriguing plots bring new twists to the life-after- death theme, time travel, the deadly politics of the opera world, the sub-culture of bodybuilding, the machinations of the world of terrorism, and the occult. Mr. Denza has a penetrating and off-beat understanding of character and motivation. Each play has its hero, anti-hero or villain and a cast of supporting characters who are memorable and entertaining.

Download or read book A Little Too Much Too Fast written by Pepper Love and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of a young girl’s life experiences from age four to fourteen. Born and raised in Los Angeles to a motherless teen mom, who left her to be raised by relatives in California that subsequently left her homeless on her own to make a life for herself. The heart-wrenching tales of Pepper Love will leave you wanting more, as she expresses in her own words the pain and the fear she endured growing up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, living through and surviving the crack epidemic of the ’80s, and learning that a liar will take you to nowhere fast.

Download or read book Not All Bastards Are from Vienna written by Andrea Molesini and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international bestseller and winner of the Campiello Prize for Literature—“Moving and lyrical writing . . . Belongs in the canon of great war fiction” (Paste Magazine). Andrea Molesini’s exquisite debut novel portrays the depths of heroism and horror within a Northern Italian village toward the end of World War I. While a family’s villa is requisitioned by enemy troops, they are forced to intimately confront war’s injustice as their involvement with its sinister underpinnings grows more and more complex. In the autumn of 1917, Refrontolo—a small community north of Venice—is invaded by Austrian soldiers as the Italian army is pushed to the Piave River. The Spada family owns the largest estate in the area, where orphaned seventeen-year-old Paolo lives with his eccentric grandparents, headstrong aunt, and a loyal staff. With the battlefront nearby, the Spada home becomes a bastion of resistance, both clashing and cooperating with the military members imposing on their household. When Paolo is recruited to help with a covert operation, his life is put in irrevocable jeopardy. As he bears witness to violence and hostility between enemies, he grows to understand the value of courage, dignity, family bonds, and patriotism during wartime. “Wonderfully alive—often terribly so—as a wartime adventure and story of youth arriving at manhood.” —The New York Times Book Review “War and Peace meets The Leopard in a novel set among Italian aristocrats during the Great War . . . Rich and moving.” —The Wall Street Journal

Download or read book Gorky written by Steve Tesich and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1976 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspects of Russian author Maxim Gorky's life - as young boy, young man and old man.

Download or read book The Art of Keeping Cool written by Janet Taylor Lisle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after Robert arrives at his grandfather's home in Rhode Island in 1942, just after the U.S. enters World War II, he learns of a German painter living in the woods who raises the community's suspicions, and of the mystery his RAF pilot father left behind after fleeing his home.

Download or read book Memoirs of a Left Hander written by Vern Shultz and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarys are filled with biographies of famous world leaders, well known sports figures, war heroes and retired politicians. This book, on the other hand, is a biography of an average middle class American from Minnesota who has faced a good share of the same challenges and life experiences that the millions of other middle class Americans are facing in their lives. So before you put this book back on the shelf and look for the biography of George Washington, remember this book is written about a middle class American just like youanyway, the chances are slim that you will end up President!

Download or read book Skyblazers written by Gerard Denza and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SKYBLAZERS is a collection of plays that range from the existential, to "film" noir, and to the world of terrorism. They're a penetrating look into anti-heroes and the struggling individual. Among the protagonists are the father of modern day rocketry, an amateur bodybuilder, vampires, young prison inmates, and a murderous alien. "Gerard Denza is a fine writer. His plays contain unusual and original themes." Mario Fratti Playwright (NINE) "The playwright has a gift for words. EDMUND: The Likely is like being at a good, old fashioned 1940's radio mystery broadcast." Joe Franklin WOR-AM Rich dialogue . . . very rich dialogue in this play, THE DYING GOD: A Vampire's Tale. Paul Cohen Executive Producer/Distributor President, The Red Hills Motion Picture Releasing Co. LLC

Download or read book Icarus written by Gerard Denza and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Icarus: The Collected Plays is an excursion into the uniqueness of an individual confronting an indifferent and often hostile universe. A demigod, time travelers, vampires, the pioneers of modern-day rocketry, a magus, two young convicts, an amateur bodybuilder, a murderous alienmisfits, all of them. Each of these fifteen plays is a projection of existence with an unusual main character and those within his sphere of influence. They are the manipulators of a reality of their own creation.

Download or read book Grandpa s Stories written by Rick Steber and published by Bonanza Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of stories from early pioneers in the West.

Download or read book A Daughter s Trust written by Tara Taylor Quinn and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sue Bookman wishes she believed that Rick Kraynick would make the best parent for her tiny foster baby. As the girl's uncle, he's got a strong claim. But so does the child's grandmother, and Sue knows that if Rick gets custody, he won't let the woman anywhere near. Sue even gets why. But where would Sue be today if she hadn't had a grandmother who loved her unconditionally? While she likes Rick--okay, she more than likes him--the man wants a replacement family. Can he really see the child in her arms or is he blinded by the daughter he lost? And will he ever forgive her if she doesn't choose him?

Download or read book Punished by His Love written by Suzie and published by Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was a destitute woman whose life was dependent on others. She was forced to be a scapegoat and traded herself, which resulted in her pregnancy. He considered that she was the ultimate embodiment of evil as she was greed and deceitful. She tried all her efforts to win his heart but failed. Her departure made him so furious that he searched through the ends of the world and managed to recapture her. The whole city knew that she would be shredded into a million pieces. She asked him in desperation, “I left our marriage with nothing, so why won’t you let me go?”In a domineering tone, he answered, “You’ve stolen my heart and given birth to my child, and you wish to escape from me?”

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