Download or read book Grandma Told Me to Never Believe Anything Grandpa Says written by Larry McCoy and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larry McCoy believes in non-stop fun and ice cream as every grandfather should. He writes amusingly about adventures with his four grandkids on bikes, skis, diving boards, and picnics-from both his perspective and theirs. McCoy won awards as a newsman, but nothing has been as rewarding as hanging out with Nicholas, Rachel, Daniella, and Cristiana. Despite injuries and a pouty face or two, the grandkids still speak to him. Having saved them early on from the perils of parsley and pickles, he wishes they would take his word that sweet potatoes are good for you.
Download or read book Don t Call Me Grandma written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great-grandmother Nell eats fish for breakfast, she doesn't hug or kiss, and she does NOT want to be called grandma. Her great-granddaughter isn't sure what to think about her. As she slowly learns more about Nell's life and experiences, the girl finds ways to connect with her prickly great-grandmother.
Download or read book All I Ever Wanted Was a Good Man and a Happy Home written by Mina Baxter and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting from her birth in 1927, Mina describes her early life as the fourth of seven children, being raised by an abused mother and an alcoholic father and having to learn to cook for her entire family at the age of five. In All I Ever Wanted Was a Good Man and a Happy Home, she tells stories about - struggling to finish high school, singing in a night club, dancing for ten cents a dance, hitchhiking to California as a teenager, cooking on a tug boat on the Mississippi River, working on the Alaskan Pipeline, being married fifteen times, and raising her two children. She tells her story in colorful country words. The book has nuggets of hard earned truths. Her downhome description may shock and amaze you, but this was agricultural living less than one hundred years ago. This book includes journal entries, with all the specific details of daily living. Through the ups and downs she shows an indomitable spirit to overcome the setbacks and achieve her goals. She was a feisty woman who thrived on life and survived.
Download or read book My Road to Redemption written by L. Holly and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a little girl living a secret life, a life of repeated abuse, a little girl whose own mother walked off and left her to fend for herself. She lived with these secrets for years never knowing what it was like to love or how to be loved. She went through life as a shadow always following and never doing. She locked herself away in her mind so she wouldn't have to think or cope with everyday life. She felt she had no one to turn to, no one to help her, so she suffered silently. After years of sorrow and a life darkened by abuse, God introduced Himself in a marvelous way. He offered her a way out of the cloud that covered her from the abuse. He has helped her rise above the abuse and walk in a glorious light paved with His love.
Download or read book Learning to Forgive Not Just Others But Yourself written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amazing Stories written by Al Vicent and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-21 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al Vicent writes of the imaginary, which fills this book of 25 stories. Like the story of a talking, singing, guitar playing dog. An alligator that flies. Then a 2 foot butterfly that makes a noise like an owl. Little people that fly on spider webs. Short stories like this fill this book to make the 25 stories written by Al from his over 80 differently, interesting years, interesting for you to read, imagine and enjoy.
Download or read book Christian Register and Boston Observer written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lienara written by Misty A. Hull and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever seen something out of the corner of your eye, but and when you looked, it was gone? Ever wonder what would happen if you finally got the chance to see that flittering image up close? Well, siblings Karen and Brad got that opportunity. And they discovered a whole world just beyond the doors of their grandpa’s barn. Welcome to the fairy world of Lienara. Author and illustrator Misty A. Hull creates a fairy-tale world in her book, Lienara. Brad and Karen are on their first solo visit to their grandparents’ house. The week begins uneventfully enough, with rain in the forecast and not much other than chess and delicious food to entice them. But a series of slightly bizarre happenings and their grandfather’s odd behavior present them with an unusual adventure in the fairy world. In Lienara, the children learn the importance of working together with their grandparents to defeat dark forces in the fairy world. Brad and Karen find their true friendship to overcome the sinister powers and safely return to their family more mature and appreciative.
Download or read book Lost on the Water written by D. G. Driver and published by Fire & Ice Young Adult Books. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One girl's adventure begins as she tries to survive a scary night alone on the water. Forced to leave the California beach behind to spend the summer with her grandma in rural Tennessee, Dannie is certain this will be the most boring summer of her life. Things start looking up when a group of local kids, mistaking her short hair and boyish figure, invite her on their 'no girls allowed' overnight kayaking trip. Obviously, her grandma refuses to let her go. But Dannie suspects the real reason is that the woman is afraid of the lake, only she won't tell Dannie why. Longing for freedom and adventure, Dannie finds an old rowboat hidden behind the shed and sneaks off on her own to catch up to her new friends. It seems like a simple solution... until everything goes wrong. Dannie soon discovers this lake is more than just vast. It's full of danger, family secrets, and ghosts.
Download or read book Wuxia Novels Naughty Families written by Kexue Ma and published by Kexue Ma. This book was released on with total page 1101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Peanut Butter Promise written by Steve Rose and published by Savio Republic. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Read this book and read it slowly to take it all in. You will not be disappointed in The Peanut Butter Promise. If you have been living in the land of almost—almost making the changes you need to make—almost living a life of meaning and purpose, it is time you went from ‘almost’ to ‘all in.’ The Peanut Butter Promise will show you how, and encourage you as well as inspire you to do it.” —Stephen Arterburn, New York Times Bestselling Author and Host of the Nationally Syndicated program New Life Live! Of the 7.7 billion people inhabiting the earth, there’s only ever been, and will only ever be, one exactly like you! You’re an original, not a copy. You can never be replicated or replaced. You’re essential! What if you were told there was a book that had the potential to turn your life upside down for good? Through The Peanut Butter Promise, you’ll learn that: • We’re each born with every talent, ability, gift, and the necessary desire to fulfill a meaningful and unique God-given purpose. • Just as peanut butter was destined to find jelly and make a great sandwich, Peanut Butter Promise Partners come into our life to help us achieve our DreamGoals, and fulfill our purpose. • The dreams and desires of our heart—those that are in agreement with our purpose—are meant to come true at the right time. The time for action is now! You have nothing to lose, but everything to gain by opening this hope and encouragement-filled book!
Download or read book Tell Me Everything written by Minka Kelly and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Washington Post best celebrity memoir of 2023 An Audible best celebrity memoir of 2023 “A timely, urgent portrait of working-class American women.” —Gabrielle Union In her highly anticipated memoir Tell Me Everything, Minka Kelly shares a story as powerful as it is page-turning. Fans know her as the spoiled, rich cheerleader Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as the affluent, mysterious Samantha on the HBO megahit Euphoria. But as revealed for the first time in these pages, Minka Kelly’s life has been anything but easy. Raised by a single mother who worked as a stripper and struggled with addiction, Minka spent years waking up in strange apartments as she and her mom bounced around the country, relying on friends and relatives to take them in. At times they even lived in storage units. She reconnected with her father, Aerosmith’s Rick Dufay, and eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she landed the role of a lifetime on Friday Night Lights. Now an established actress and philanthropist, Minka takes this next step in her career as a writer. She has poured her soul into the pages of this book, which ultimately tells a story of triumph over adversity, and how resilience and love are all we have in the end.
Download or read book The Memory Garden written by Mary Rickert and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 LOCUS AWARD for Best First Novel "...A SUPERB FANTASY NOVEL." — The Chicago Tribune In a beautifully written tale woven together with magic and mystery, flowers and food, Bay Singer finally discovers the secrets her mother has been hiding. Bay Singer has bigger secrets than most. Not that she knows about them. Her mother, Nan, is sure that the burden of those secrets would be too much, and that's why she never told anyone the truth, not even Bay. There's a lot that Nan's kept quiet over the years, especially those times with Mavis and Ruthie?times that were dark and full of guilt. But some secrets have a power all their own, and Nan realizes she needs Mavis and Ruthie now more than ever. When the three meet again in Nan's garden, their reunion has spellbinding effects that none of them could have imagined, least of all Bay... An enchanting fantasy, fans of Alice Hoffman, Sarah Addison Allen, will be captivated by Mary Rickert, the World Fantasy and Crawford Award—winning author. What reviewers are saying about The Memory Garden: "atmospheric, eerie, and utterly beautiful..." — Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Someone Else's Love Story "A totally CHARMING, totally ENGAGING story told by Rickert, a magus of the first order. MAGIC IN EVERY LINE." — Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and The Jane Austen Book Club "The Memory Garden is one of the most intense fantasy books I've read in years...reminds me a bit of [Terry] Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books, but also of some of my favorite literary novels about misfits who invent themselves as they go along. I've seldom read a book that's as gentle, and yet as powerful, as The Memory Garden." — io9 "... a blend of poetical language and dark suspense... 'The Memory Garden' is a tale of tragedy, hope and kinship." — The Washington Post "[A] BEWITCHING MARVEL of a book." — BookPage "... absolutely STUNNING." — Christopher Barzak, author of One for Sorrow
Download or read book A Full Life or the Life of a Fool written by Richard L. Wilson and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Full Life Or The Life of a Fool By: Richard L. Wilson What happens when you're born backwards in a country hospital in York, Pennsylvania? In this memoir, A Full Life OR The Life of a Fool, Richard L. Wilson offers being "born backwards" as a tongue-in-cheek answer for physical trials such as being cross-eyed, having a bad temper, being very bullheaded, and feeling driven to do whatever he decided to do regardless of the outcome. During his youth on a Pennsylvania farm, enlistment in the Marines, and adult life as a milkman, farmer, service station owner, and farm equipment salesman, these born-backwards traits got Richard into plenty of scrapes—and out of a few too.
Download or read book Only Angels Fly written by Alexander Hope and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first years of her life, four-year old Sandra has endured TB, the death of her mother, and the abandonment of her father. It is 1938 and Hitler runs Sandra's homeland and much of the homeland of Germany's neighbors. Sandra is raised in the safety of her Grandmother's Village until the British and Americans bomb the Village and Sandra is struck by a piece of shrapnel and almost dies from infection. She witnesses Jews, being forced into boxcars, to be shipped to work camps or maybe death camps. She witnesses uncooperative Jews being mowed down by machinegun fire. Her lifelong friend and she escape in a harrowing chase by a Nazi patrol. But, later her beloved grandfather is sent to a work camp for hiring Jews to work in the markets that he manages. Her grandfather escapes the work camp and lives to raise Sandra. When her grandfather dies, Sandra's GI husband trundles her off to New Your. Sandra is beautiful, energetic and intelligent, but will that be enough to survive being a German in America?
Download or read book A Fall in Bark River written by Vaughn Vowels and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel Lees world comes crashing down on a sunny summer day in Southern California. His fathers untimely death forces the Lee family to abandon life as they knew it in Westminster and return to their ancestral roots in rural Michigan. Gabriels emotional wound is quickly shadowed by the cultural shock of trying to adapt to new surroundings. Generational family secrets soon reveal why his parents made their western migration. He learns that he is not the only one suffering, that there is no opportunity to practice courage without experiencing fear, and that our pain is a necessary aspect of emotional growth.
Download or read book Aphasia written by Mauro Javier Cárdenas and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mauro Javier Cárdenas, the critically-acclaimed author of The Revolutionaries Try Again—“an original, insubordinate novel” (New York Times)—pens a profound story of literature about a man coming to terms with his dysfunctional Colombian family, as well as his own behavior, as an immigrant in America. Antonio wants to avoid thinking about his sister—even though he knows he won’t be able to avoid thinking about his sister—because his sister is on the run after allegedly threatening to shoot her neighbors, and has been claiming that Antonio, Obama, the Pentagon, and their mother are all conspiring against her. Nevertheless, Antonio is going to try his best to be as avoidant as possible, because he worries that what’s been happening to his sister might somehow infect his relatively contented, ordered American life, and destabilize the precarious arrangement with his ex-wife that’s allowed him to stay close to his two daughters. In fact, he’s busy doing everything except facing his problems head-on: transcribing recordings of his mother speaking about their troubled life in Colombia, transcribing recordings of his ex-wife speaking about her idyllic life in the Czech Republic; writing about former girlfriends whose words and deeds still recur in his mind; rereading stories by American writers that allow him to skirt the subject of his sister’s state of mind without completely destroying his own. Written in long, unravelling sentences that accommodate all the detritus of thought—scenes real and imagined, headphones and heartache, Toblerones and Thomas Bernhard—Aphasia captures the immensity of the present moment as well as the pain of the past. It cements Mauro Javier Cárdenas’s place as one of the most innovative and extraordinary novelists working today.
