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Book Wed by the Wayside

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alana Valentine
  • Publisher : Pantera Press
  • Release : 2024-06-04
  • ISBN : 0645818003
  • Pages : 314 pages

Download or read book Wed by the Wayside written by Alana Valentine and published by Pantera Press. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can marriage be an act of rebellion? This is the story of Wayside Chapel, a quiet revolution from a side street of Kings Cross, Sydney. Alana Valentine's mother, Janice, was remarried in 1969 at the Wayside Chapel, run by the charismatic and controversial minister Ted Noffs and his wife Margaret. Many years after her mother died, Alana found the wedding photo, and the longing to speak to her mother about that day drove Alana to seek out others who had begun new chapters of their lives at Wayside. What Alana found was a remarkable group of people, whose stories are told here with kaleidoscopic effect. Brought together, these Wayside stories reshape our understanding of this country's social history, from a uniquely Australian institution where people have been welcomed for decades in spite of social taboos around race, class, religion and sexuality. Told with grace and insight by one of Australia's most acclaimed playwrights, Wed by the Wayside is a deeply personal quest, as Alana searches for her own origin story. It is also a celebratory ode to the different, the discarded, the broken and the brave who changed the world from Kings Cross.

Book A Thousand Wasted Sundays

Download or read book A Thousand Wasted Sundays written by Victoria Vanstone and published by Pantera Press. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victoria Vanstone was trapped in a cycle of binge drinking and hangxiety. In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, she charts her transition from party girl to parent, and how she eventually chose love over liquor. Victoria grew up in 1980s England in a happy home full of laughter, booze and a disturbing amount of fancy-dress parties. From her youthful days downing cheap wine at the local park to dodging disastrous relationships and a messy run-in with a firework, her reliable mate alcohol was never far from reach. Eventually, Victoria found herself in Australia with a husband and a child on the way. After sobering up for her first pregnancy, becoming a boring, bottom-wiping, cleaning machine meant she soon returned to her binge-drinking ways, and had to grapple anew with the habits and beliefs that had gone unchecked since childhood. Can a party girl put down the pint glass for good? Incredibly funny and highly relatable, A Thousand Wasted Sundays is for anyone that has ever had a close encounter of the drinking kind. For fans of Rosie Waterland, Judith Lucy, Dolly Alderton and Adam Kay.

Book Flower Fairies of the Wayside

Download or read book Flower Fairies of the Wayside written by Cicely Mary Barker and published by Frederick Warne Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Song of The Black Medick Fairies "Why are we called 'Black', sister, When we've yellow flowers?" "I will show you why, brother- See these seeds of ours? Very soon each tiny seed Will be turning black indeed!"

Book American Herd Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : American Short-horn Breeders' Association
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1915
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 752 pages

Download or read book American Herd Book written by American Short-horn Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wayside School is Falling Down

Download or read book Wayside School is Falling Down written by Louis Sachar and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Watch closely,' said Mrs Jewls. 'You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil.' Then she pushed the computer out of the window. The children all watched it fall thirty floors. 'See?' said Mrs Jewls. 'That's gravity . . .' That's the way things happen at Wayside School. There are twenty-nine kids in Mrs Jewls' class and this book is about all of them: there is Todd, who is in trouble every day, until he gets a magic dog; Paul, whose life is saved by Leslie's pigtails; Ron, who dares to try the cafeteria's mushroom surprise; and all the others who help turn a day at Wayside School into one madcap adventure after another.

Book The Girl From Moscow

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julia Levitina
  • Publisher : Pantera Press
  • Release : 2024-02-27
  • ISBN : 0645869147
  • Pages : 377 pages

Download or read book The Girl From Moscow written by Julia Levitina and published by Pantera Press. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moscow, 1983. Twenty-one-year-old Ella dreams of playing Natasha Rostova in War and Peace at the Moscow Theatre Academy. But when she meets her good friend Vlad at a city square, Ella finds herself in the middle of a protest and attracts the glare of the KGB. Labelled a traitor, she must withdraw from the academy and she soon yearns to escape the cruel and oppressive Soviet regime. However, her hopes of leaving the country are smashed when her husband, Roman, is sentenced to two years' labour camp. As she looks for another way out, Ella is drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a KGB general, who has the power to secure her freedom. Will she risk everything and leave behind those she loves to pursue a life in the West? An absorbing, thrilling and heart-stopping Cold War drama, perfect for fans of The Spy's Wife and The Girl from Munich. 'A unique new voice in historical fiction' Belinda Alexandra 'Embark on an exhilarating Cold War journey with Julia Levitina's brilliant debut, THE GIRL FROM MOSCOW. I was hooked by Ella's story from the very first page. This is a must-read for fans of fast-paced, engrossing historical fiction.' Kelly Rimmer

Book The Gallows Bird

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barbara Sumner
  • Publisher : Pantera Press
  • Release : 2024-04-30
  • ISBN : 0645869120
  • Pages : 425 pages

Download or read book The Gallows Bird written by Barbara Sumner and published by Pantera Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of enduring love and friendship, and bold wild women who refuse the dictates of their times. London 1833: The cast-out child of an aristocratic mother, Hannah 'Birdie' Bird is a laundry maid with a hidden past and a suspicion that the wealthy family she serves is hers. Longing for beauty and liberation, Birdie risks everything to change her circumstances. She falls into love and crime, committing an audacious heist. When she is betrayed, she finds herself swept into a wave of female convicts, transported to the ends of her known world. The journey to the early Australian settlement drives the women to deepest despair. Birdie finds wonder in even this darkest hour, and forms deep bonds with her fellow prisoners. But greater than even the trials onboard is the fear of what awaits them in Sydney Cove. What chance does Birdie have of beating the odds? Can she fight her way to freedom? Drawn from the rarely celebrated true stories of female convicts, this striking debut vividly evokes a far-off time.

Book Boston

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Fodor's
  • Release : 2002-10
  • ISBN : 9781400010288
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book Boston written by and published by Fodor's. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this completely up-to-date guide our experts who live in Boston give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Fodor's Boston shows you hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special. The Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency. Plus, web links and mix-and-match itineraries make planning a snap. ""The king of guidebooks." - Newsweek

Book Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

Download or read book Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger written by Louis Sachar and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. There are dogs and cats and frogs and skunks and an orange named Fido, causing a terrible commotion. But the biggest surprise of all is that Mrs Jewls is expecting a baby and a substitute teacher is coming, and everyone knows what that means . . . Wayside School is going to get a little stranger.

Book Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

Download or read book Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom written by Louis Sachar and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wayside School is back in session in this brand-new, fourth installment in the perennially beloved and bestselling series by Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar. Your favorite students and teachers are all here. That includes Sharie, who loves her striped-and-spotted umbrella more than anything; Kathy, who has a bad case of oppositosis; Jason, who has to read the longest book in the world; and the rest of Mrs. Jewls’s class on the thirtieth floor, who are busily collecting toenail clippings. Everyone is scrambling to prepare for the all-important Ultimate Test, but meanwhile, there is a mysterious Cloud of Doom looming above them… More than fifteen million readers have laughed at the clever and hilarious stories of Wayside School. So what are you waiting for? Come visit Wayside School! Kids 7 to 13 will zoom through these chapter books—laughing their way through the fast, funny, silly but relatable stories. This funny chapter book series includes: Sideways Stories from Wayside School Wayside School Is Falling Down Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger And now also Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom, the brand-new, fourth installment in the series, and the first in twenty-five years!

Book Wayside Teaching

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sara Davis Powell
  • Publisher : Corwin Press
  • Release : 2010-02-23
  • ISBN : 1412972906
  • Pages : 201 pages

Download or read book Wayside Teaching written by Sara Davis Powell and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wayside Teaching: Connecting With Students to Support Learning is about intentionally practicing what building level educators do every day in perhaps intentional and/or unintentional ways: relate to students. Wayside-teaching practices enhance academic learning and complement academic rigour because they build student self-concept, motivate learners to engage in the curriculum, and provide a sense of belonging and safety that can help free learners to participate more fully in their own education. In this practical guide, Sara Davis Powell uses the framework of attitude, approach, and action to demonstrate how wayside teaching--the informal curriculum, the implicit instruction, the teaching and learning that happens in sometimes unintentional ways--can be intentionally practiced across all grade levels to facilitate learning and bring about enhanced student outcomes.

Book Sideways Stories From Wayside School

Download or read book Sideways Stories From Wayside School written by Louis Sachar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a terrible mistake. Instead of having thirty classrooms side by side, Wayside School is thirty storeys high! (The builder said he was sorry.) Perhaps that's why all sorts of strange and unusual things keep happening – especially in Mrs Jewls's classroom on the very top floor. There's the terrifying Mrs Gorf, who gets an unusually fruity comeuppance; Terrible Todd, who always gets sent home early; and Mauricia, who has a strange ice-cream addiction. Meanwhile, John can only read upside down, and Leslie is determined to sell her own toes. From top to bottom, Wayside is packed with quirky and hilarious characters who are all brought to life in this new edition with delightful illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff throughout. This is an unmissable, irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from Louis Sachar, the bestselling author of Holes.

Book The American Short horn Herd Book

Download or read book The American Short horn Herd Book written by Lewis Falley Allen and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Planning Your Wedding Sucks

Download or read book Planning Your Wedding Sucks written by Joanne Kimes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bling. Flowers. Tulle. The three things that every little girl dreams of when she pictures her wedding day. What she doesn't consider is the stuff of nightmares: Overdrawn checking accounts. Drunk relatives. The seating chart that looks like a road map. In this book, Joanne Kimes and Elena Donovan Mauer expose the tedious (and often traumatic) tasks that really go into pulling off a wedding. From dealing with overbearing mothers-in-law and making time for their lovable, but clueless, fiancés to suffering through endless alterations and meetings with the con artists known as "vendors," there's a lot that you need to know. After all, a wedding is supposed to be something you look forward to—not something you have to endure before the honeymoon! Armed with Kimes' trademark, no-holds-barred humor, Donovan Mauer's bridal industry know-how, and copious amounts of wine, you'll get through the stress of planning your weddings with style, humor, and grace. Or, at the very least, without beating members of the wedding party with that $500 bouquet.

Book Canadian Shorthorn Herd Book

Download or read book Canadian Shorthorn Herd Book written by Canadian Shorthorn Association and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Everything Outdoor Wedding Book

Download or read book The Everything Outdoor Wedding Book written by Kim Knox Beckius and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-11-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Everything Outdoor Wedding Book is all you need to prepare splendid outdoor wedding ceremonies and receptions. This practical handbook covers it all—from selecting a location and planning an event to creating a contingency plan for bad weather. Explore the options for: Celebrations at home Public and private gardens Themes, palettes, and floral design Outdoor attire and accoutrements State-by-state outdoor wedding venues The Everything Outdoor Wedding Book is the all-inclusive guide to planning a memorable and timeless wedding—outside!