Download or read book An Angel at My Table written by Janet Frame and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of New Zealand's most significant writer New Zealand's preeminent writer Janet Frame brings the skill of an extraordinary novelist and poet to these vivid and haunting recollections, gathered here for the first time in a single volume. From a childhood and adolescence spent in a poor but intellectually intense railway family, through life as a student, and years of incarceration in mental hospitals, eventually followed by her entry into the saving world of writers and the "Mirror City" that sustains them, we are given not only a record of the events of a life, but also "the transformation of ordinary facts and ideas into a shining palace of mirrors." Frame's journey of self–discovery, from New Zealand to London, to Paris and Barcelona, and then home again, is a heartfelt and courageous account of a writer's beginnings as well as one woman's personal struggle to survive. This book contains selections from the long out–of–print collection entitled Janet Frame: An Autobiography (George Brazillier, 1991), which itself was originally published in three volumes: To the Is–land, An Angel at My Table, and The Envoy from Mirror City.

Download or read book Autobiographies of an Angel written by Gabor Schein and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unflinching narrative of family history in Hungary's Jewish community and the nation's deep complicity in the Holocaust "Gábor Schein is that rarest of elegists, endowed equally with a respect for history and an ecstasy of imagination."--Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Netanyahus Born in 1723 in a small German town, Johann Klarfeld is thirteen when his father dies. He is taken in by a kind Italian painter to live with him and his daughter in The Hague. But the daughter, beautiful and blind, has a secret. Two centuries later, Berta Jósza is born during World War II in a village in northern Hungary. The daughter of a police officer, Berta watches chaos unfold through her father's eyes, from the plundering of the possessions of murdered Jews to the carnage of the 1956 Revolution. When she happens upon an enigmatic autobiography in a secondhand bookshop, she can't shake the sense that she somehow knows the author. Lyrical and haunting, this is an unforgettable story about the spirit of history and the individual fates that make up the whole--the entwinements of the past and their unshakable hold on the present.

Download or read book Always an Angel written by Tim Salmon and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With those prophetic words, Angels coach Joe Maddon christened the batch of eager rookies gathered on the first day of the Angels' Instructional League camp in Mesa, Arizona, in 1989. Among them was an outfielder from Grand Canyon College named Tim Salmon. He and team-mates Troy Percival and Garret Anderson would take Maddon's words to heart and lead the Angels to the team's coveted first World Series championship. Always an Angel: Playing the Game with Fire and Faith is the story of Salmon's extraordinary baseball career and the parallel story of the Angels organization's rise to excellence. Book jacket.

Download or read book Angel Fire written by Andrew M. Greeley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone to watch over me? Sean Seamus Desmond, newly-announced Nobel Prize winner, relishes the unknowns of science, but a real-life mystery of love and passion. . . in the form of a beautiful woman who says she's his guardian angel? Impossible. Yet there in his New York hotel room is an enchanting creature named Gabriella Light, who inexplicably and dramatically has just saved his life. Voluptuous and exquisitely dressed, sexy Gabriella, angel or not, is determined to keep him alive as a terrifying web of intrigue closes around him. Pursued by a very real and present danger, Sean Desmond will question his own sanity and his deepest beliefs, as he experiences what cannot be rationalized away as anything other than a powerful, radiant, and transcendent love. . . one that will test him as a man too long afraid of human and divine fires within himself! A wonderful, electrifying novel, Angel Fire, will delight readers with the storytelling magic that Andrew Greeley does best. Again he has created a tale rich with suspense, breathless entertainment, compelling ideas--and fascinating charaters we love, cherish, and never forget. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Everyday Angel Three Novels written by Victoria Schwab and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Schwab, three whimsical and enchanting novels about a quirky and clever guardian angel, and the girls she's sent to help, in one irresistible volume. Aria Blue seems like an ordinary twelve-year-old. She loves music, and colorful shoelaces, and taste-testing various types of cookies. But there is much more to Aria than meets the eye. She can use her shadow like a door to travel from place to place. She can dream things into existence. And she can see when certain people need help. Because Aria is a guardian angel. Her mission? To find and guide three different girls -- Gabby, Caroline, and Mikayla -- through their different problems. If she succeeds, Aria will earn her wings. But helping these girls is no easy feat, even for someone with magic powers. Things like friendship and family and well, life, are all a lot trickier than Aria might have guessed. Still, she's pretty sure she's up for the challenge . . . Meet a magical girl like no other, from an author like no other, in this one-of-a-kind collection.

Download or read book Memoirs of an Angel written by Jim Huggins and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cadie is a beautiful German shepherd who cannot find a home. Adopted and returned to the shelter more times than any other dog shes unloved, unwanted, and lonely. Seemingly destined to live in foster homes for the remainder of her life, God decides its time for a change. Adopted by a man who knows what its like to be unloved, unwanted, and lonely, she finally has a home. But he has no idea that she will return the favor, over and over again. In his touching narrative about the unconditional love between man and dog, Jim leads the reader through his walk with Cadie and how their reliance on each other propelled them into a unique ministry. As they help people in unexpected ways, Jim reveals how both he and Cadie not only changed each other, but also impacted the lives of countless others in ways only God could have orchestrated. In this collection of poignant vignettes, a man and his dog discover together, with divine guidance, that there is always hope for a bright future.

Download or read book An Angel at My Table written by Janet Frame and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Under Angel Wings written by Sr. Maria Antonia and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 2001-01-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of a young girl in Brazil who saw and heard her Guardian Angel during most of her life. The book is filled with real-life anecdotes which are edifying, moving and often humorous. Cecy Cony (1900-1939) tells story after story of how her Guardian Angel (whom she calls her ""New Friend"") kept her from lying, stealing, revenge, immodesty, etc.--and from watching certain movies. Shows the innocence and holiness that children are capable of. Impr.

Download or read book Green Angel written by Alice Hoffman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Hoffman is at her magical best in a new novel about loss and healing.When her family is lost in a terrible disaster, 15-yr-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past. Struggling to survive physically and emotionally in a place where nothing seems to grow and ashes are everywhere, Green retreats into the ruined realm of her garden. But in destroying her feelings, she also begins to destroy herself, erasing the girl she'd once been as she inks ravens into her skin. It is only through a series of mysterious encounters -- with a ghostly white dog and a mute boy -- that Green relearns the lessons of love and begins to heal as she tells her own story.

Download or read book Footprints of an Angel written by Siegfried E. Finser and published by Lindisfarne Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Footprints of an Angel is the story of a man in search of his angel. His search begins with various events in his life that he finds difficult to explain. Again and again, he discovers that major turning points in his life were not carefully planned. Indeed, they seemed to happen largely by accident, and yet in a meaningful sequence, too purposeful to ignore. Through the book, he becomes increasingly convinced that an angel is acting in his life.This remarkable and inspiring book will encourage readers to consider their own lives in a new way.

Download or read book Angel in Disguise written by Mary Gernert and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring book was written by a woman eighty-seven years young who wants her grandchildren to know what her wonderful world was like. The world has changed, but the affairs of the heart remain the same. Her generation faced many of the same temptations, hopes and fears that young people face today. Staying in love with a life-time partner is possible. It is also a blessing beyond belief. As an Air Force Family, their many moves at home and over seas meant constant adjusting to new friends, jobs, schools, churches...new everything. Extra love, including tough love and understanding are key ingredients. Without the Lord's help, her life as a wife and mother would have been a nightmare, not a beautiful dream come true. Nor would she have been able to climb the mountain confronting her family in the year 2002.

Download or read book Earth Angel written by Ross Bartlett and published by Godsfield. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Ross Bartlett's incredible psychic talent and his 'fast-track' progression as a medium - from his first prophetic vision at the tender age of five to becoming the youngest professional medium in the world at the age of 16. Ross is rapidly gaining a reputation for being one of the most evidential mediums around. He is known for his ability to give precise details of the spirits who contact him from the next life, proving beyond doubt their authenticity. This rare skill has enabled him to give messages of hope and comfort to thousands of people who have lost loved ones and his exceptional talent has generated enthusiastic media attention. Whether giving one-to-one readings or demonstrating in front of large audiences, Ross delivers the right messages to the right people with a clarity and sensitivity unusual for one so young.

Download or read book Angels Along the Way written by Della Reese and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of actor and minister Della Reese, who appears on the popular television show "Touched By An Angel," discussing her childhood in the slums of Detroit, her singing career, her television talk show, and her Christian faith.

Download or read book Angel Light written by Andrew M. Greeley and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raphaella, a very modern angel, gives Toby a passport and a plane ticket to Ireland, in order to assist in his plans to meet his beautiful Irish cousin, Sara. Raphaella also gives Toby the encouragement and good humor he'll need on his quest for a living grail--the beautiful, mysterious and troubled Sara, whom he must marry within the month, while solving an ancient mystery and avoiding thug, in order to claim his inheritance.

Download or read book An Angel at My Table written by Janet Frame and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selvbiografisk roman om den new zealandske pige Janets kamp for at blive forfatter og om hendes mange år på psykiatriske hospitaler, efter at hun ved en fejldiagnose bliver erklæret skizofren

Download or read book Swamp Angel written by Anne Isaacs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working in an American primitive style animated by the humor and storytelling genius for which he is renowned, Caldecott Winner artist Paul O. Zelinsky puts oils to cherry and maple for this tall-tale competition between a Tennessee woods-woman extraordinaire and a hungry, fearsome bear.Thundering Tarnation has a bottomless appetite for settler's grub. When word goes out about a competition to hunt this four-legged forest of stubble, a young woman, second to none in buckskin bravery, signs up. "How about baking a pie, Angel?" the other hunters taunt. "I aim to," says Swamp Angel. "A bear pie."What follows is as witty a round of roughhousing as ever jostled the ranks of Americana. Anne Isaacs' original text unfolds in a crackling combination of irony, exaggeration, and bold image-making. Zelinsky's paintings respond with deft yet hilarious expressions, rhythmic shapes, and a sense of monumental motion, as benefits a heroine who can wield a tornado like a lasso, drink a lake dry, and snore down a forest. In the course of these grand shenanigans, the Great Smoky Mountains are stirred up, Montana's short-grass prairie laid down, and Thundering Tarnation's fate proves to have no less a reach than the starry heavens.Swamp Angel marks the debut of a promising new storyteller and adds to the tall-tale traditions a pictorial counterpart that will entertain and endure for a long time to come.

Download or read book Dolphins ETs Angels written by Timothy Wyllie and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1993-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wyllie begins by interacting telepathically with dolphin intelligence (a perennial metaphor for the Wisdom of the Heart) and is lead to similar spiritual liaisons with extraterrestrials, angels, and others.