Download or read book Five Dog Epiphany How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy written by Marianne Leone and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new installment in best-selling author Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint, actress Marianne Leone’s (The Sopranos, etc.) memoir explores how a bereaved couple and a pack of rescue dogs rediscovered joy IN FIVE-DOG EPIPHANY, MARIANNE LEONE writes about the joy that can be summoned after a great loss, "when you look into the eyes of another damaged creature and know that your happiness is a mirror and an echo and a prayer, and that the little soul reflecting all that energy is happy too, at last." This memoir is a moving and sometimes surprisingly funny exploration of grief and the mutual healing that can occur between rescue dogs and people who have experienced a soul-crushing loss. Leone and her husband, actor Chris Cooper, lost their only child suddenly in 2005. Jesse was seventeen, a straight-A student, and a brilliant poet, who was also quadriplegic and nonverbal except with the assistance of a computer. When six-year-old Jesse miraculously blurted "dog" to Santa, Goody appeared on his bed on Christmas morning. Goody was followed by Lucky, Frenchy, Titi, and Sugar, all rescues adopted after Jesse’s passing. After Jesse’s death, Leone grew a tumor the size of her premature son at birth, her husband disappeared into dark acting roles (Breach, Married Life), and Leone fainted during the filming of a scene in The Sopranos where she is standing in front of her television son’s coffin. This is the story of a bereaved couple and a pack of rescue dogs finding their way to a new life, everyone licking their wounds, both corporal and spiritual, and the rediscovery of joy.
Download or read book Ma Speaks Up written by Marianne Leone and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed actress and author of Jesse: A Mother’s Story tells the "entertaining and moving" story of her outspoken, frequently outrageous Italian immigrant mother (Tom Perrotta) Marianne Leone’s Ma is in many senses a larger-than-life character, one who might be capable, even from the afterlife, of shattering expectations. Born on a farm in Italy, Linda finds her way to the United States under dark circumstances, having escaped a forced marriage to a much older man, and marries a good Italian boy. She never has full command of English—especially when questioned by authorities—and when she is suddenly widowed with three young children, she has few options. To her daughter’s horror and misery, she becomes the school lunch lady. Ma Speaks Up is a record of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks, with the wrong family, in the wrong religion. Though Marianne’s girlhood is flooded with shame, it’s equally packed with adventure, love, great cooking, and, above all, humor. The extremely premature birth of Marianne’s beloved son, Jesse, bonds mother and daughter in ways she couldn’t have imagined. The stories she tells will speak to anyone who has struggled with outsider status in any form and, of course, to mothers and their blemished, cherished girls.
Download or read book Scruffy written by Shelley Ross and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCRUFFY is a heartwarming window into a dog's life during the 2020 pandemic. As the deadly coronavirus spread across the planet in just four frightening months, our dogs became a welcome elixir -- ecstatic to have us home 24/7, insisting on endless games of fetch and belly rubs on demand.Then, suddenly, with beloved groomers in #lockdown as well, many were called upon for the first time to bravely take over the de-matting and trimming tasks. Out came the DIY videos and online orders of home clipping sets. The result is an amazing gallery of wild and wacky and adorable dog photos, serving as a metaphor of our courage, hope and resilience. It is pandemic book that will melt your heart as over 50 dogs, all different breeds, sizes, shapes and mixes, tell their personal stories from across America and around the world, There's Mango from Uruguay, Little Pablo Escobark hiding in the bathtub of The Murray Hotel in Hong Kong, Bogey The Dood(le) calls his mom "obsessed," adding, "she trimmed me, then washed me, and made me pretend I was asleep for the photo. Then she trimmed me again!" Sprinkled through the book is a timeline... the first case in Wuhan, then in the U.S., the lock down in Italy, WHO declaring the pandemic, the spread, the surges. At the end of the book are personal "Journal Pages" with prompts: "When I first heard we'd be sheltering in, I went out and bought...." "My 5 top favorite TV Binges...." "The hardest part of the lockdown was...." "SCRUFFY will easily become a family keepsake for generations to come -- a reminder of a unique and challenging time in in our lives, ending with a place to enter the date the first safe and effective vaccine was announced. To that effort, one hundred per cent of the book's profits will go directly to fund new treatments for the most severe cases of COVID-19, sponsored by The Cure Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of global scientists sharing knowledge to end human suffering from COVID-19.
Download or read book The Mindful Millionaire written by Leisa Peterson and published by St. Martin's Essentials. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Leisa has a truly unique gift and has designed a path that will transform your relationship with money.”—Grant Sabatier, author of Financial Freedom and creator of Millennial Money In the world of personal finance the biggest challenge is the sense that there’s never going to be enough. It is this mindset of scarcity, and not the amount spent on lattes, that holds people back the most from achieving their financial dreams. Using techniques she’s developed as a financial planner and spiritual coach, Leisa Peterson guides you to dig deeper and discover the root of your financial thinking to change not just the way you save and spend, but the way you live your life. Through powerful practices, compelling stories and extensive research, The Mindful Millionaire meets you wherever you are in your money journey by exploring: *Where your current money habits come from and why you feel the way you do about money and success. *How to break the cycle of fear, grief, and shame that often surrounds your money habits. *How to write a new money story that inspires joy, satisfaction and prosperity. *Why wealth building isn’t just about positive thinking and “manifesting” things into reality. *How to stop financial self-sabotage and procrastination. *Where practical financial advice misses the mark. *The most effective tools for changing how you think and feel about money. *What true financial independence looks like and how to discover the millionaire within. “This book helps you realize your intrinsic value so your financial decisions reflect what matters most to you. This is the key to true financial freedom."—Ivan R. Misner, Ph.D., Founder of BNI and New York Times bestselling author of Truth or Delusion? Busting Networking’s Biggest Myths “If you've read other finance books and still felt empty, this is the book you've been waiting for.”—Joe Saul-Sehy, Creator and Co-Host, Stacking Benjamins Podcast
Download or read book Amal the Thirsty Gamal written by Robert A. Schorr and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amal the Thirsty Gamal is for every child who might be struggling with how he or she is perceived by others. (Oh yes, camels care about that, too!) Our little hero has spent too many years listening to all the wrong voices and thinking all the wrong things: about his hump, about his appearance, about himself. But-oh!-get ready! Because "wise men" have joined this particular caravan journey, and when one of them speaks up around the campfire one night, everything changes for little Amal the Gamal!
Download or read book Blind Hope written by Kim Meeder and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unwanted dog. An emotional rescue. Two lives forever changed. Laurie's dreams had been shattered before she came to work at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch—the ranch of rescued dreams—where broken horses and broken children encounter healing every day. In an attempt to soothe her aching soul, Laurie reached out to save a dog in need. And she soon began to realize that the dog was rescuing her. An inspiring true story told through the engaging voice of Kim Meeder, Blind Hope reveals poignant life lessons Laurie experienced from her ailing, yet courageous canine friend. Despite the blindness of her dog—and her own heart—Laurie uncovered what she really needed most: authentic love, unconditional trust, and true acceptance, faults and all. As Laurie and her dog, Mia, both learned to follow the lead of a master they couldn’t see, Laurie discovered the transforming power of God’s grace even for imperfect and selfish people—and she experienced a greater love than she had ever known. “Love is a bridge that stands firm through difficulties and connects one heart directly to another, not because of how it looks, but because of what it is.” —Kim Meeder, Blind Hope
Download or read book Daddy s Girl written by Rebel Wild and published by Rebel Wild. This book was released on with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two sides to every fantasy. Her side Every girl has her dirty little secret. For Sydney, it’s her dad's hot, broody boss. But who can blame her? A million dollars just to live with him and all she has to do is whatever he wants her to. In exchange, he’ll drop the charges against her daddy. It’s an easy decision. Until she realizes he isn’t the man she thinks he is. Hiding underneath the boring, three-piece lawyer suit, and salt and pepper hair is a domineering sex god. He’s possessive, intense, and makes her body shiver even when he isn’t touching her. When he isn’t around, she finds herself wanting him to be. That’s how she knows he has her and that it isn’t so easy after all. What’s happening between them is something she can never imagine, or escape. He’s her lover and she’s his captive. The question is, does she want to be saved? His side Mysterious playboy and Los Angeles district attorney, Tristan Garrett, always get what he wants, especially in the bedroom. He handles his “relationships” the way he runs a courtroom, with rules, punishments, and rewards and that’s exactly how he wants to handle Sydney Warren. He’s imagined having her in his bed for years. But she’s the daughter of his assistant prosecutor and more importantly, she’s underage. He has morals, despite his upbringing. Good things come to those who wait and with her eighteenth birthday just around the corner, he doesn’t have to wait much longer. Now with her father in prison, she’s broke and desperate to free him. So what does Tristan do? What he always does: he uses her misfortune to his advantage. Will she be his fantasy come true or his greatest downfall? If you like age-gap, captive romance then read Daddy’s Girl.
Download or read book Beyond Words What Wolves and Dogs Think and Feel A Young Reader s Adaptation written by Carl Safina and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eye-opening, wise, and filled with triumphant and heartbreaking stories about the wolf population at Yellowstone (as well as some personal anecdotes about dogs), Carl Safina's Beyond Words: What Wolves and Dogs Think and Feel accessibly explores the mysteries of animal thought and behavior for young readers. Weaving decades of field research with exciting new discoveries about the brain, and complete with astonishing photos, Beyond Words offers an extraordinary look at what makes these animals different from us, but more importantly, what makes them similar, namely, their feelings of joy, grief, anger, and love. These similarities between human and nonhuman consciousness and empathy allow the reader to reexamine how we interact with animals as well as how we see our own place in the world.
Download or read book Planet Claire Suite for Cello and Sad Eyed Lovers written by Jeff Porter and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second installment in Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint challenges the traditional solemnity that characterizes nonfiction books of grief, loss, and sorrow. “Few readers will fail to be gripped by this tragically common story about death and what comes after for those left behind . . . A haunting and thought-provoking consideration of death and ‘how utterly it rips apart our lives.'” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Planet Claire is the story of the untimely death of the author’s wife and his candid account of the following year of madness and grief. As his life unravels, Porter analyzes his sadness with growing interest. He talks to Claire as if to evoke a presence, to mark a space for memory. He reports on his daily walks and shares observations of life’s sadness, while reminiscing about various moments in their life together. Like Orpheus, the author searches for a lost love, and what he finds is not the dog of doom but flashes of an intimate symmetry that brighten the darkest places of sorrow. The second title from Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint, Planet Claire takes readers on a journey of sorrow that recalls memorable works by C.S. Lewis (A Grief Observed), Joan Didion (The Year of Magical Thinking), and Julian Barnes (Levels of Life). Porter’s memoir, however, is also playful, quirky, and self-ironic in a way that challenges the genre’s traditional solemnity. Like the novel Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter, this is an unpredictably funny account of heartbreak, as if to say there’s something about the magnitude of loss that troubles even earnestness.
Download or read book Baby Pigs written by Christina Leaf and published by Blastoff! Readers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces baby pigs to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
Download or read book Jesse written by Marianne Leone and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse Cooper was an honor-roll student who loved to windsurf and write poetry. He also had severe cerebral palsy and was quadriplegic, unable to speak, and wracked by seizures. He died suddenly at age seventeen. His mother, Marianne Leone, chronicles her transformation by the remarkable life and untimely death of her child. An unforgettable memoir of joy, grief, and triumph, this book unlocks the secret of unconditional love and speaks to all families who strive to do right by their children.--[book jacket].
Download or read book Knowing Jesse written by Marianne Leone and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse Cooper was an honor-roll student who loved to windsurf and write poetry. He also had severe cerebral palsy and was quadriplegic, unable to speak, and wracked by seizures. He died suddenly at age seventeen. In fiercely honest, surprisingly funny, and sometimes heartbreaking prose, Jesse’s mother, Marianne Leone, chronicles her transformation by the remarkable life and untimely death of her child. An unforgettable memoir of joy, grief, and triumph, Knowing Jesse unlocks the secret of unconditional love and speaks to all families who strive to do right by their children.
Download or read book Two Guys and a Dog Make a Family written by Brian McNaught and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-16 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are important life lessons here, shared with wit and wisdom, by one of the country's most respected and loved pioneering gay authors, speakers, and mentors. Brian and Ray have been in love for 43 years. That love has endured some of the most challenging issues in life. Each time, with open communication, good humor, and loving kindness, their relationship grew deeper. Brian McNaught, is an award-winning author of several books, including "On Being Gay," "Gay Issues in the Workplace," and "Sex Camp." In response to his book, "Are You Guys Brothers?" Congressman Barney Frank said, "No one has done a better job chronicling what it is like to be gay in America." Says McNaught, "We're a very happy gay make couple, privileged to have created family with great friends, and a series of amazing dogs. Jeremy, the Irish Setter, Brit, the yellow Lab, and now, Lincoln, the smart and affectionate Labradoodle service dog. Our famiky is not unlike your's, perhaps, but only if your family has been held together and molded with kindness, love, and laughter." Find here a series of short columns, first appearing in "South Florida Gay News," that tell some of the lessons Brian and Ray learned in 43 years of doing their best to be extraordinary husbands and dads. They were young men when they came together in Boston in 1976. Brian was a fairly well-known gay activist at the time, and came from Detroit with Great Aunt Helen's chest of drawers, a twin bed, and Jeremy, upon whom he depended for a sense of belonging. He was Brian's family, and they both welcomed Ray, a money market banker, into it. He got into their car and the journey never ended. That began the love story known and celebrated by hundreds of thousands people..The guys are in their senior years now and Brian has funny, moving, thought-provoking stories to tell. Lincoln has his own books, "The Lincoln Chronicles, Puppy Wisdom for Happy Living," and "A Young Dog's Take on Life." This book is Brian's 11th, Said McNaught, "I like the assembled writings in this collection. It speaks from my heart without pretense of how grateful I am to be gay and spiritual, and to have spent the majority of my life with a kind, thoughtful, generous man, and separately with three dogs. A grateful heart wants for nothing. I have no bucket list. I've done everything I want to do. Now, I write to give back all of the loving support I've received for my work across the globe on LGBTQ+ issues.
Download or read book Making Conversation written by Fred Dust and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former Senior Partner and Global Managing Director at the legendary design firm IDEO shows how to design conversations and meetings that are creative and impactful. Conversations are one of the most fundamental means of communicating we have as humans. At their best, conversations are unconstrained, authentic and open—two or more people sharing thoughts and ideas in a way that bridges our individual experiences, achieves a common goal. At their worst, they foster misunderstanding, frustration and obscure our real intentions. How often do you walk away from a conversation feeling really heard? That it moved the people in it forward in some important way? You’re not alone. In his practice as a designer, Fred Dust began to approach conversations differently. After years of trying to broker communication between colleagues and clients, he came to believe there had to a way to design the art of conversation itself with intention and purpose, but still artful and playful. Making Conversation codifies what he learned and outlines the seven elements essential to successful exchanges: Commitment, Creative Listening, Clarity, Context, Constraints, Change, and Create. Taken together, these seven elements form a set of resources anyone can use to be more deliberate and purposeful in making conversations work.
Download or read book Bad Pharma written by Ben Goldacre and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2012, revised edition published in 2013, by Fourth Estate, Great Britain; Published in the United States in 2012, revised edition also, by Faber and Faber, Inc.
Download or read book Bloody Crossroads 2020 Art Entertainment and Resistance to Trump written by Danny Goldberg and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep dive into the role that mass-appeal movies, television, videos, and music played in Donald Trump’s failed reelection campaign, including brand-new interviews with some of the major players. “A cleareyed overview of the modern interaction of culture and politics.” —Kirkus Reviews Bloody Crossroads 2020 takes a deep dive into the role that mass-appeal movies, television, videos, and music played in America’s political culture in the year of Donald Trump’s failed reelection campaign. The book also explores the impact of entertainment celebrities in communications, fundraising, and campaigning to support the election of Joe Biden. Although there existed a decades-old tradition of “liberal Hollywood,” Trump’s ascension to the presidency in 2016 triggered an unprecedented level of engagement by artists and performers. Within days of the 2016 election, a critical mass of entertainers, from teenagers to the last survivors of the World War II generation—blockbuster movie stars, art-film auteurs, Broadway dramatists, comedians, and musicians from the worlds of classical, country, pop, rock, R&B, and hip-hop—all seemed to have heard the tom-tom beat of resistance at the same moment and amplified a moral alternative to Trumpism. That level of engagement intensified with rare passion and purpose in the period of 2020 chronicled in Bloody Crossroads 2020—the Democratic primaries, the COVID-19 pandemic, the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, the conviction of sexual predator Harvey Weinstein, and the 2020 general election campaign—culminating in Trump’s failed insurrection. Exhaustively researched, Bloody Crossroads 2020 draws from brand-new interviews with Bruce Springsteen, John Legend, Rosanne Cash, David Simon, Adam McKay, Chuck D, David Corn, Mandy Patinkin, and many more. It also explores the important political activities of entertainers like Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Alyssa Milano, Mark Ruffalo, Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Bette Midler, Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Wanda Sykes. Bloody Crossroads 2020 expertly dissects and celebrates how the empowering actions of artists and entertainers helped a record turnout of everyday citizens realize a triumphant 2020 election.
Download or read book Body of Stars written by Laura Maylene Walter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An incredibly strong debut.... It’s well worth your time.”—New York Journal of Books In a world where female bodies hold the map to the future, one young woman must fight to change her family’s fate. Celeste Morton has eagerly awaited her passage to adulthood. Like every girl, she was born with a set of childhood markings—the freckles, moles, and birthmarks on her body that foretell her future and that of those around her—and with puberty will come a new set of predictions that will solidify her fate. The possibilities are tantalizing enough to outweigh her worry that the future she dreams of won’t be the one she’s fated to experience. Celeste’s beloved brother, Miles, who is training to be a fortune-teller, is equally anticipating what Celeste’s transformation will reveal. But when Celeste matures into her adult markings, she discovers a devastating omen about Miles’s future. Desperate to protect her family from the truth, Celeste’s once charmed life unravels, forcing her to question everything she’s ever known about fate and female agency, and face the perils of knowing what’s to come too soon.
