Download or read book Bucking Trends written by Terry Frost and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cannon Hill, Arkansas was a small community nestled in the Ozark Mountains. Two multi-billion dollar corporations, their families, and their corporate headquarters called Cannon Hill home. One of those corporations became the number one retail giant in the world. Before he became a person beloved by his fellow Americans and considered by millions to be a hero he was just Rudy Trend. Rudy was born in 1954 and raised by his widowed mother. Meager, would be descriptive of how the Trends struggled in a community of billionaires. At the age of sixteen he became best friends with a boy named Evan Wilson. Evan was the only son of the Director of Operations for the retail giant. The friendship that bonded two teenage boys existing in a world of the haves and have nots, set in motion, the most improbable future for Rudy. Bucking Trends is an epic tale filled with fevered anticipation, emotion, humor, tragedy, political satire, and unwavering patriotism. Follow the events that cause a young boy to evolve into one of the most influential and powerful men of a modern day America.

Download or read book People Me written by Joseph B. Frederick and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph B. Frederick, PhD, had fond memories of the B&O Railroad except for the time he caught his shoe in the tracks and almost lost his leg and probably his life. When he was eight years old, he found his lost twin who died in utero. He thought he must take responsibility of living his life, which had something to do with the lost life of his twin. He invites you to come with him and share his early life and the many side roads he never would have believed possible. There are many interesting stories or vignettes, easy to read in just a few paragraphs.

Download or read book Great Grandpa Fussy and the Little Puckerdoodles written by Mardo Williams and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They're noisy, nosey and bossy -- these little Puckerdoodles who have ensnared the heart of Great-Grandpa Fussy. Teenie, Weenie, Waddles, and Toodlebug range in age from newborn to age 6. In Great-Grandpa's eyes they are unpredictable imps whose ingenious questions demand answers that only he can provide. After all, he has been tested three times over, as dad, grandpa and now great-grandpa. Mardo Williams' delightful stories celebrate the unique bond between children and great-grandparents. Yukiko Mishima's charming illustrations add a dreamlike dimension, making this a gift book for both adults and children to treasure.

Download or read book Face Paint Parties Best Day Ever written by Valerie Hamilton and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-01-05 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's another "Best Day Ever" for Emily and Jack. In this second adventure, the BFFs are back for more fun times and some that are scary with faces painted by Lorna, the Glitter Fairy. The friends set off to go back to the wood but will they still have superpowers for being good? Would you be a Fairy Princess, Pony, Butterfly or Cat? Spiderman, Wolverteen or Vampire Bat? A twisted balloon sword from Sir Monty may save the day by defeating a giant or perhaps a dragon slay... Just imagine how you would like to look and try to find yourself inside this book. With rhymes and songs, jokes and names you'll recognise, you may be in for a big surprise! MEET THE GIANT... "MICHTY MEE McGREEGURR..". IS HE A FRIEND OR FOE? Come in and read this story or you will never know!!

Download or read book Coulda Been a Cowboy written by Brenda Novak and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandpa Garnier used to say, Love is like a bucking bronco. It takes guts and determination to hang on, but it's worth the ride. If only Grandpa was around now to help Tyson Garnier out of this mess. The famous pro football player is suddenly saddled with a very public scandal—and an illegitimate child. Tyson needs a good nanny now if he's going to salvage his career. And plain, no-nonsense Dakota Brown is the ideal candidate. Dakota doesn't care for football—or for a man who doesn't seem to want his own son. But she needs this job, and that precious little baby needs her. Dakota isn't Tyson's kind of woman. But the more he sees of her—and the more he sees of his son—the harder he wants to hang on.

Download or read book Once Upon a Time There Was a Three Year Old Grandpa written by David Janzen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-07-18 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eccentric title recalls a collection of tales first told to grandchildren at bedtime. Each chapter begins with a fun-to-read farmer-boy story from the 1940s, an era before industrial farming when horses, cows, and chickens were still members of the family. These anecdotes each launch a theme that splashes down with further development in later decades of life. Diverse topics include imaginative play, construction crew humor, animal intelligence, contemplative prayer and journal writing, rural and urban farming, communal wisdom, and affordable housing, along with a few serious pranks and the prophetic mischief that follows. This memoir is also a confession in the pattern of Augustine, reflecting on God's in-breaking initiatives and the writer's emerging sense of calling in lifelong conversation with Jesus. Its stories offer a series of curiosity-driven on-ramps into eight decades of transformative experiences for curious souls to ponder an open-eyed faith and a communal way of life for the long haul.

Download or read book Good News I Failed a Story of Inventing in Minnesota written by D. P. Cornelius and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreams - sometimes they change the world, sometimes they just plain fall through. Over the course of a weekend at grandpa's farm near Luverne, Minnesota, 14-year-old Josh Lindstrom gets in touch with his dreams as they spend their time inventing, and grandpa relates the stories of some of the great Minnesota inventors. Success, however, does not come easily. So, is there anything to be learned from the inventors that preceded them, especially those of the aptly named Greatest Generation? Josh and his grandpa discover together that when it comes to dreams of inventing, failure is okay. As Minnesota inventor Earl Bakken had said, "Failure is closer to success than inaction." Some surprises are revealed along the way, and the unexpected ending soars with a heartfelt and compelling, once-in-a-lifetime, encounter. An appendix featuring profiles of the Minnesota 80 serves as a resource of the state's key inventors.

Download or read book The Grandpa Book written by Henry De Fiebre and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Breathing Life Into Family Ancestors written by Delbert Ritchhart and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realizing that crests are really assigned to a specific individual and not a family, I have still chosen to show the crests that are associated with the O’Malleys and Ritschharts. The O’Malley crest is a prominent fixture in any of the Irish Heraldry shops and I personally observed in inside the Catholic Abbey on Clare Island just off the coast of Westport in County Mayo. The Abbey dates back to the mid-15th century. The inscription at the bottom of the O’Malley crest translates to “Valiant by Sea and Land”. I observed the Ritschhart crest on a large wooden mural in the Church in Hilterfingen, Switzerland. The Ritschhart name and crest appears 8 times on the mural, donated in 1731 by 32 prominent families in the area.

Download or read book Bull Rider written by Suzanne Morgan Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All it takes is eight seconds . . . Cam O'Mara, grandson and younger brother of bull-riding champions, is not interested in partaking in the family sport. Cam is a skateboarder, and perfecting his tricks—frontside flips, 360s—means everything until his older brother, Ben, comes home from Iraq, paralyzed from a brain injury. What would make a skateboarder take a different kind of ride? And what would get him on a monstrosity of a bull named Ugly? If Cam can stay on for the requisite eight seconds, could the $15,000 prize bring hope and a future for his big brother?

Download or read book Marshal Shawn Felton the Wild Bunch written by Terry Larkin and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Buck Indian Wapiti comes to the marshal and wants him to train him to be a lawman in the 1892 West. Author shortly find out that they only load real gold on the train one day a week. So now the author has to hold them up for 3 days.

Download or read book Majestic Lunacy A Soldier s Journal written by D. Earl Kelly and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Majestic Lunacy - A Soldier's Journal

Download or read book A Place to Call Home written by Deborah Smith and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Rarely will a book touch your heart like A Place to Call Home. So sit back, put up your feet, and enjoy.”—The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Twenty years ago, Claire Maloney was the willful, pampered, tomboyish daughter of the town's most respected family, but that didn’t stop her from befriending Roan Sullivan, a fierce, motherless boy who lived in a rusted-out trailer amid junked cars. No one in Dunderry, Georgia—least of all Claire’s family--could understand the bond between these two mavericks. But Roan and Claire belonged together . . . until the dark afternoon when violence and terror overtook them, and Roan disappeared from Claire's life. Now, two decades later, Claire is adrift, and the Maloneys are still hoping the past can be buried under the rich Southern soil. But Roan Sullivan is about to walk back into their lives. . . . By turns tender and sexy and heartbreaking and exuberant, A Place to Call Home is an enthralling journey between two hearts—and a deliciously original novel from one of the most imaginative and appealing new voices in Southern fiction. Praise for A Place to Call Home “A beautiful, believable love story.”—Chicago Tribune “For sheer storytelling virtuosity, Ms. Smith has few equals.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch “Enchanting new novel . . . a beautiful love story of reunion.”—The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC “Stylishly written, filled with Southern ease and humor.”—Tampa Tribune

Download or read book Keeper of the Delaware Dolls written by Lynette Perry and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in images and gently told, Keeper of the Delaware Dolls is the story of a Delaware Indian woman, Lynette Perry, and the remarkable life she has led in rural Oklahoma throughout the twentieth century. As Perry reflects, hers is a life "lived to old rhythms played by a country fiddle and an Indian drum," a fluid merging of square dances and Delaware stomp dances. Through her eyes, readers are afforded a rare glimpse of how the world of the Delawares has persisted and remained meaningful into the modern era. A recurring theme in Perry?s life has been the making and keeping of dolls, a practice joining her to her female Delaware ancestors. Her great-grandmother Wahoney (Ma Wah Taise) was a doll keeper who died at the age of 108 in 1909. Believing the Delawares? old world to have slipped away, Wahoney asked that her dolls be buried with her. Unlike her great-grandmother, however, Perry feels that the abiding force of traditional Delaware culture has returned to her, time and again, throughout her long life. In an effort to connect to her Native past, she has revived the doll-making craft.

Download or read book The Daylily Hill written by Elaine Whitman and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madeline Tyler and her two best friends, Ellie Jo Johnson and Olivia Chaplin, have just graduated from high school in Griffin, Georgia, in the spring of 1961. In search of a better life than rural Georgia offers, the girls set off in the pursuit of their dreams--but it isnt long before life steps in and derails their plans. Madelines dreams of attending college are cut short by the deteriorating health of her father, and she finds herself returning home to help out with her familys needs. Ellie and Olivia both enroll in beauty school, making a start only to see tragedy strike, ending the dreams of one in a heartbeat. Meanwhile, Madeline meets Bart Richmond, a charismatic used-car dealer and wannabe NASCAR driver who likes fast women and faster cars--and he has his sights set on her. To complicate matters further, Nick Elliott, Barts married friend and owner of Griffins cotton mills, cant get Ellie out of his mind after watching her win the local Miss Iris contest. Only time will tell how the two men will impact the friends lives. Set in the South in the 1960s, this saga tells stories of love lost and found for three young women whose lives are forever changed.

Download or read book An Unexpected Arrangement written by Heidi McCahan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing your life is never simple… He needed a fresh start, but twin babies weren’t part of the plan… Hoping to start over, Jack Tomlinson intends to leave his hometown—until twin babies are dropped on his doorstep. He needs help, and the best nanny he knows is Laramie Chambers. As they bond over the babies, Jack can’t help but feel drawn to Laramie. But proving he’s not just her friend’s irresponsible brother could be a bigger challenge than suddenly becoming a dad… From Harlequin Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope. Discover Heidi McCahan's Home to Hearts Bay miniseries: Book 1: An Alaskan Secret Book 2: The Twins' Alaskan Adventure Book 3: His Alaskan Redemption

Download or read book His Best Friend s Wife written by Lee McKenzie and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A second chance for his first love Paul Woodward has always known Annie Finnegan was the one. But when she married his best friend, he moved away from their tiny hometown to try to forget the woman he could never have. When her husband passes away, Paul is heartbroken and wants to be there for the love of his life— but how can he, given the way he feels? As he returns to take over his ill father’s medical practice, though, it’s clear that Annie and her son are the family Paul longs for. As Annie heals and their connection grows, Paul will wait to find out if love really gives second chances…