Download or read book A Temporary Home for Stacey written by Blaque Diamond and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With all the social workers, lawyers and doctors involved in Staceys journey, Blaque Diamond releases, through Xlibris, the second in the series of childrens books A Temporary Home for Stacey. This book will open your eyes to the realities of life for every foster child to have one single, stable foster care placement. Diamond so bravely shares Staceys Journey and what it has offered to her and to others. Warm and suspenseful, this release has more successes and challenges and lesson-filled occurrences to share with foster parents, adoptive parents, and anyone wishing to parent.
Download or read book A Temporary Home for Stacey written by Blaque Diamond and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book George Stacey and the Creation of American Chic written by Maureen Footer and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of interior design is punctuated by a few legends-Billy Baldwin, Sister Parish-and should include trailblazing decorator George Stacey. When George Stacey shot to prominence in the 1930s with projects for socialite Frances Cheney and style priestess Diana Vreeland, the audacity of his work caught the eye of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Town and Country, and House & Garden. An appealing nonchalance and irreverence, combined with erudition, a flair for color, and an innate grasp of balance, scale, and proportion, produced rooms that were surprising as well as sophisticated. Balancing modern aesthetics and modern living with a lifelong passion for French classicism ensured that Stacey designs were both of the moment and enduring. For the next forty years, he deftly produced a string of stylish rooms for his stylish clientele. While the ground rules of Stacey's approach remained constant, he captured the nuances of mood and culture of an exceptionally dynamic era and established a design vocabulary that defined American chic in the American century and that endures, glitteringly, to this day.
Download or read book Outrun the Moon written by Stacey Heather Lee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On the eve of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Mercy Wong--daughter of Chinese immigrants--is struggling to hold her own among the spoiled heiresses at prestigious St. Clare's School. When tragedy strikes, everyone must band together to survive"--
Download or read book Stacey F written by Blaque Diamond and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Blaque Diamond releases, through Xlibris, Stacey F. My Forever Mommy. Diamond tells the story of Stacey as she transitions between a temporary family and a forever family. Staceys transition is an affirmation for permanency as she realizes the hardest lessons in life is letting go and loving unconditionally. With the help of others she discovers all along she has a ma, a mom, and a mommy. This book is tailor-made and appeals to families exploring foster care, reunification and adoption.
Download or read book People of the State of Illinois V Cole written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Backstage at the White House written by Jean Candlish Kelchner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art of the Earth is a much needed, hands-on guide for reunion with the natural world through the practice of humanity's ancient and enduring art forms. To help us respond to the alienation, apathy, and despair so prevelant in our culture, Art of the Earth returns to the original creativity of humankind. Through guided art meditations, we tell stories, knead clay, chant, make mosaics, masks, and sacred vessels, sing, and drum. Through practicing art forms which evolved through close human-Earth relationships, we rediscover, at the roots of creativity, our ancient, enduring, though tragically forgotten, partnership with Earth. Art of the Earth synthesizes communally shared art activities with universal concepts grounded in diverse spiritual tradtions and new insights from such fields as ecology, eco-psychology, creation spirituality, and art therapy. Ultimately, Art of the Earth is a journey of initiation into living in deep relationship with the Earth. Through the Art of the Earth journey, we become creative participants in the immense social tranformation needed to address the global ecological crisis of our time.
Download or read book The Past Recaptured written by Mary Joyce Baxter and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autobiography describes the difficulties Mary Joyce Baxter experienced in being accepted for nursing training and the obstacles that had to be overcome to achieve her ambition.
Download or read book Untying the Knot written by Vivienne Crawshaw and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helpful legal advice about separation and divorce issues; it'll save you thousands in legal fees. This invaluable book offers detailed advice and tips on topics such as property, custody and domestic violence - all the important legal things you need to when you and your partner separate. Writing in a easily accessible way, experienced lawyer Vivienne Crawshaw presents her material in the form of easy-to-read case studies with accompanying boxes summarising important legal points. Ideal for newly separated parents and those thinking about separation, it's also helpful for those in new relationships - showing you how to set things up so they don't become really bad in the future.
Download or read book City Mouse written by Stacey Lender and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A hilarious book about the city vs. suburb divide." --New York Post, a Must-Read Book "City Mouse is a sharp and sophisticated novel of suburban life with a narrative voice that is equal parts witty, observant, and vulnerable. A wonderful debut! --Susan Isaacs, New York Times best-selling author "For every city mom who fears death by suburbia--and for every suburban mom who wonders if it's just her--this insightful, funny trip into the secrets behind those picket fences is required reading." --Maureen Sherry, author of Opening Belle "City Mouse reminds mothers of that priceless lesson: the grass is always greener...and maybe even alcohol-soaked Astroturf. I tore through this book like a bored, competitive housewife tears through her Xanax." --Faith Salie, author of Approval Junkie "Lender sharply portrays the corrupt privilege of upper-middle-class suburbanites, and with a twist of her pen, the Stepford Wives take the upper hand over their husbands...the climactic explosion takes everyone by surprise. A bracingly tart portrait of suburban hell." --Kirkus Reviews "Lender's enlightening, beautifully plotted novel dives deep into the notion of having it all while playing with the shallow notions of the American dream." --Publishers Weekly "This defines a beach read for me! So relatable to our own lives as it is all about mom trying to find out exactly where she fits in the in the scheme of suburbia--all that goes along with it. Plus, when a book is described as The Stepford Wives meets Bad Moms, how can you go wrong?" --Mom of the Year (blog), included in 20 Best Summer Books "It's not long before neighborhood secrets give away to scandal, proving the grass--and the Astroturf--isn't always greener on the other side of the white-picket fence." --Star Magazine "With real estate prices on the rise, Jessica, Aaron, and their kids are forced to ditch their chichi Manhattan digs for the suburbs. Though she had her worries, Jessica settles into her new normal with ease--but when she embarks on a moms-only trip with her new galpals, she ends up learning a few eye-opening lessons that spur her to reevaluate her life." --OK! Magazine "Lender's debut novel is positively irresistible. It's hilarious and insightful and just the type of book any city girl needs to tote to her vacation rental this summer...even with three kids in tow." --Daytime Confidential Priced out of their Manhattan neighborhood, Jessica and Aaron move with their young daughters to the one place Jessica swore she'd never go: the suburbs. But to Jessica's surprise, life in the commuter belt makes a great first impression. She quickly falls in with a clique of helpful mom friends who welcome her with pitchers of margaritas, neighborhood secrets, and a pair of hot jeans that actually fit. Still, it's hard to keep up in a crowd where everyone competes for the most perfectly manicured home and latest backyard gadgets. And what's worse, as the only working mom in her circle, Jessica sometimes feels disconnected and alone. So she's thrilled when she's invited to a moms-only weekend at the beach, which she assumes will mean new opportunities for real talk and bonding. Instead, the trip turns into a series of eye-opening lessons, and Jessica must decide if she's strong enough to be honest with herself about the sort of life she really wants.
Download or read book Somebody s Daughter written by Phonse Jessome and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning exposé of prostitution in Canada, where a criminal syndicate traffics young women across the country, selling their bodies and murdering them at will. Annie Mae Wilson was nineteen years old on the night she died. After five years working the streets of Nova Scotia, she had found a new pimp and cut ties with supermarket bag boy Bruno, who had called himself her man. Bruno was furious and demanded to be compensated. When Annie Mae refused, he lost his temper and killed her with a single punch. People like Bruno call prostitution “The Game,” and Annie Mae lost. Annie Mae was one of twenty-two prostitutes killed in Canada in 1992, victims of an oppressive system of terror and violence that often leads to addiction, rape, and death. In this groundbreaking piece of investigative journalism, Annie Mae’s story is finally told, along with those of other young women caught in the vice of prostitution. Impeccably researched and engagingly written, this true crime account from veteran reporter Phonse Jessome approaches a difficult subject without judgment. Relying on first-person testimony from prostitutes and their pimps, Jessome explores a side of modern life that few people have seen but which no one can afford to ignore.
Download or read book Who s Going to Watch My Kids written by Rachel Levy Lesser and published by Turning Stone Press. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who’s Going To Watch My Kids? is the true story of working mom Rachel Levy Lesser’s struggles to find and hold on to a nanny for her two young children. It also includes the stories of 15 other working moms and their humorous and heartfelt nanny tales. Each mother longs to employ the modern day Mary Poppins - that perfect nanny who they soon learn doesn't exist. This book explores the unique relationships that develop between working mothers (and fathers) and the nannies and the kids they care for. These relationships are more than professional yet not as intimate as familial ones (or sometimes even more so!) The working mothers in this book, Rachel included, put up with more issues from their nannies than they ever would with their employees in their offices, but in turn they also learn many lessons from their nannies and grow closer than they ever imagined. Rachel includes her own nanny rules based off of lessons learned from her experiences and those of the other mothers in the book.
Download or read book MARRIAGE BY MISTAKE written by Mollie Molay and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TEMPORARY WIFE WANTED! $500 & expenses to proxy bride. One-day assignment. No night hours! It was the wedding of Alex Storm's dreams. Standing beside her was gorgeous blond cattle rancher Jon Waring. As the minister pronounced them man and wife, Jon placed a lingering kiss on her lips. It all felt so real—even though Alex knew her tour of duty as Mrs. Waring was only twenty-four hours long. But wait—what was it the justice of the peace had said…? Alex slowly replayed the words in her mind and watched her dream wedding turn into a nightmare. Because for better or for worse, she and Jon were really married…for keeps!
Download or read book Amity and Prosperity written by Eliza Griswold and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction In Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and one woman’s transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist. Stacey Haney is a local nurse working hard to raise two kids and keep up her small farm when the fracking boom comes to her hometown of Amity, Pennsylvania. Intrigued by reports of lucrative natural gas leases in her neighbors’ mailboxes, she strikes a deal with a Texas-based energy company. Soon trucks begin rumbling past her small farm, a fenced-off drill site rises on an adjacent hilltop, and domestic animals and pets start to die. When mysterious sicknesses begin to afflict her children, she appeals to the company for help. Its representatives insist that nothing is wrong. Alarmed by her children’s illnesses, Haney joins with neighbors and a committed husband-and-wife legal team to investigate what’s really in the water and air. Against local opposition, Haney and her allies doggedly pursue their case in court and begin to expose the damage that’s being done to the land her family has lived on for centuries. Soon a community that has long been suspicious of outsiders faces wrenching new questions about who is responsible for their fate, and for redressing it: The faceless corporations that are poisoning the land? The environmentalists who fail to see their economic distress? A federal government that is mandated to protect but fails on the job? Drawing on seven years of immersive reporting, Griswold reveals what happens when an imperiled town faces a crisis of values, and a family wagers everything on an improbable quest for justice.
Download or read book Sisters Under the Skin Margaret Laurence and Vaasanthi written by Dr. Sheela P. Karthick and published by Shanlax Publications. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a masterpiece and should be kept in the bookshelf of every household, and also be read by all critical minded individuals, as to fully come to terms with what the women are passing through in the present day society.
Download or read book All My Roads written by Cortny Joy and published by Cortny Joy. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even the most painful paths can be guided to divine destinations... A single father and former Army Ranger, Ken Holbrook struggles to reconcile his resolute faith with immense grief. When Stacey James, a skittish but alluring newcomer, crosses Ken’s path and immediately bonds with Ginny, his young daughter, his world tilts further off balance. Slowly, Ken softens to Stacey as he realizes her poise in the face of hidden atrocity and the ease he feels in her presence. Stacey’s trust doesn’t come easily though, even if she is drawn to Ken’s peaceful, observant nature. As their lives overlap and they come to need one another in unsettling ways, Ken and Stacey must face the demons of their past. With unwavering support from the Holbrook family, the two discover their roads, though jarring, have been directed to the same destination: each other. While many tout the phrase “everything happens for a reason,” Ken and Stacey make deeper meaning within their choices and circumstances. Freedom from their emotional shackles will require forsaking the belief we must be fully healed to be fully embraced. If they can summon the courage, divine love could carry them around an oncoming sharp turn and through arduous, unforeseen territory. But if they can’t, their chance at soul-deep connection might feel lost forever. Sensual and nuanced, ALL MY ROADS is a story of holding heartache in one hand and joy in the other; of learning we are never outside the realm of beauty and healing.
Download or read book Letters to Nowhere written by Julie Cross and published by Julie Cross. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Julie Cross, a Mature YA contemporary set in the tough world of Elite Gymnastics. Her family may be shattered, but her dreams aren't... Seventeen year old Karen Campbell has just lost both her parents in a tragic car accident. Grief stricken and alone, her gymnastics coach opens his home to Karen, providing her a place to live while she continues to train, working toward a spot on the world championship team. Coach Bentley’s only child, seventeen year old Jordan is good-looking and charming enough to scare away a girl like Karen—someone who has spent ten times more hours on balance beams and uneven bars than talking or even thinking about boys. But the two teens share a special connection almost immediately. It turns out Jordan has a tragic past of his own, grief buried for years. As Karen’s gymnastics career soars, her nightmares and visions of the horrible accident grow in strength. She can only avoid facing her grief for so long before it begins to surface and ultimately spin out of control in a very dangerous way. Can discovering love and lust (simultaneously) help with the grieving process or will it only provide a temporary distraction while waiting for reality to hit full force?
