Download or read book STORYTELLER written by M Teresa Clayton and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M Teresa Clayton does it again with Storyteller, a compilation of short fictional stories. Storytellers have been reaching beyond the ordinary for ages - channeling stories from somewhere beyond our own reasoning. After the story is told the questions begin. What if we could see what it is that whispers our name? What if there is intelligent life inside a drop of rain? What if we could navigate time and space? These and other questions are asked within the stories told herein. A word of warning, the price of hearing the story is greater than the telling of it. RL Hodge provides dark imaginative images to compliment the stories therein.

Download or read book Not Forgotten written by George Lee Miller and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy in a Davy Crockett outfit discovers a dead woman in the San Antonio River. Her death is ruled accidental drowning. Two months later, the dead woman is forgotten by everyone but her mother. She's convinced it was murder and turns to former Marine and rookie private investigator Nick Fischer for justice. Nick follows the trail to the grandson of one of the richest oilmen in Texas, a dirty cop, and a popular local attorney running for governor. Somewhere in the mix lies a secret they will kill to keep. Anyone else would quit, but Nick made a promise to keep going until justice is served.

Download or read book The Sons of Nels Swenson written by Jeanne Martz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Sons of Nels Swenson” is a coming-of-age story of four young teens whose lives connect as they struggle to move into maturity. Mario Fontanini, grandson of the Swenson’s, is studious, computer savvy, small in stature, and has health issues not conducive to farm work, but he contributes to the business in many other ways. Hans Swenson, their son, is built for farm life, a sports enthusiast, and protector of Mario, and Lupita Morales, the migrant worker’s daughter. Bobby Bengtson lives on a small neighboring pig farm and prides himself with being the school bully, a pretty good liar, and a permanent fixture in the principal’s office. The relationship of these teenagers promises to be a heart rendering tale of social issues with their peers, domestic abuse, death, and first love as they make their way to becoming responsible adults.

Download or read book Nuclear Family written by Susanna Fogel and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From an up-and-coming screenwriter and New Yorker contributor, a hilarious novel in letters by members of an unconventional family, running the gamut from sardonic to heartfelt. From filmmaker and New Yorker contributor Susanna Fogel comes a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents, over the course of three decades. Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, we get to know the Fellers through their check-ins with Julie: their thank-you notes, letters of condolence, family gossip, and good old-fashioned familial passive-aggression. The titular "Nuclear Family" includes, among many others: A narcissistic former-child-prodigy father who has taken up haiku-writing in his old age, and his new wife, a traditional Chinese woman whose attempts to help her stepdaughter find a man include FedExing her silk gowns from Filene's Basement. Their six-year-old son Stuart, whose favorite condiment is truffle oil and who wears suits to bed. Julie's mother, a psychologist who never remarried but may be in love with her arrogant Rabbi and overshares about everything, including the threesome she had with Dutch grad students in 1972. Julie's sister, who has disavowed the family's academic Northeast milieu and opted for a life working retail in Arizona and dating a parade of gun-toting bad boyfriends. Together, their missives-some sardonic, others absurd, others heartbreaking--weave a tapestry of a very modern family trying (and often failing) to show one another they care."--

Download or read book Harden s Shadows written by D. Rob Harden and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rob Harden has the gift of passing folk lore and the resolve for life through ten generations. For over 300 years 'Harden's Shadows' share life threatening and humorous stories through the eyes and wisdom of grandparents to their children and grand children.

Download or read book The Rainbow Master written by James Garrett and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-07-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rainbow Master is a delicate and heart warming tale of a hidden world beyond our everyday senses. Where brightly colored rainbows exemplify the ultrimate love in the universe. A spectacular mosaic of adventure unfolds quite rapidly as our characters weave their way through episodes of everyday life and into this magical kingdom. They find themselves enlightened by the very nature of their own existence, and discover that each one of us is a wondrous world within ourselves. The storyteller brilliantly enchants the reader, with soft beautiful melodies intermingling throughout the book while guiding the characters toward ageless mysteries and fascinating self-realizations. You will find your emotions playfully entertaining, as the beat of your heart turns each page. The chapters are profoundly set in motion by this most powerful invisible influence. The storyline whimsically sweeps up the characters and accelerates them in the direction of a more positive understanding and a better tomorrow. The Rainbow Master calls out your name and beckons you to join in the journey. Beware! "Only an Open Heart," can gain you entry. You might find yourself viewing life in a different light as you reevaluate your priorities.

Download or read book Tessie and Pearlie written by Joy Horowitz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A touching story of two Jewish grandmothers—Tessie and Pearlie—who share their wisdom, knowledge, and recipes to die for. In their touching story, two Jewish grandmothers—Tessie and Pearlie—share their wisdom, knowledge, and recipes to die for. Still close to their immigrant past and hardened by wars, the Depression, and discrimination, they teach us about living. And dying. They are the last of a breed—a generation passing but not likely to be forgotten.

Download or read book Quilt of Souls written by Phyllis Biffle Elmore and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yellow House meets Hidden in Plain View in this multigenerational memoir that celebrates African American quilting, family, and honoring the past. At age four, Phyllis Biffle Elmore was plucked off her front porch in Detroit and dropped on her grandmother Lula Horn’s doorstep in rural Alabama. Phyllis felt utterly abandoned until Grandma Lula showed her both all-encompassing love and her intricate “Quilts of Souls.” Phyllis listened intently as Lula told epic stories of folks who had passed on as she turned their clothing into breathtaking quilts for their families. Grandma Lula’s generosity of spirit, strong will, and creative soul animate every page and through the quilts, she paints portraits of extraordinary Black women born before and after the Civil War. They are enslaved people, laundresses, storytellers, healers, and quilters whose stories have gone untold until now. Beautifully written and brilliantly told, Phyllis weaves back and forth through time, piecing together true tales of racism, sexism, and colorism, but also strength and pride, creating a multigenerational patchwork honoring her family and ancestors. From the lush visuals to the powerful history, Quilt of Souls is oral tradition written and preserved for posterity. “Like the women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, who create masterpieces from cast-off fabrics, Phyllis Biffle Elmore in Quilt of Souls: A Memoir uses snippets of history and fragments of memories to craft a narrative that is a powerful and poignant read.” –Jessica B. Harris, New York Times best-selling author of High on the Hog "A fascinating read that unravels how storytellers are born and made, with the goal or retelling family history, culture, loves, losses, victories, and the tragedies of memoerable people, from cradle to grave." –Omar Tyree, best-selling author and NAACP Image Award winner

Download or read book The Lost Celt written by A. E. Conran and published by Goosebottom Books. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the voice of Mikey, a fourth-grader who believes that eating crunchy things will get your neurons to fire, The Lost Celt follows Mikey's adventures after a chance encounter with what he thinks is a time-traveling Celtic warrior. With the help of his best friend Kyler, and clues from his military history book, Mikey tracks down the stranger, and in the process learns about the power and obligations of friendship. Full of heart, The Lost Celt throws a gentle light on some of the issues facing our veterans and their families, but it's the humor and infectious camaraderie throughout this book that makes it so memorable.

Download or read book A Bowl Full of Ice Cream written by Ting Kuang Cheng and published by ARMOUR PUBLISHING PTE LTD. This book was released on 2011 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Back Porch written by and published by Jan Shinpaugh. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cowboy in the Jungle written by Bill Trotter and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to decide what you're going to do for the rest of your life is not an easy decision to make. But this is the quandry that Hank Stuart finds himself in. Motivated by 'do-gooder' tendencies, Hank who comes with an agricultural and ranching background, is concerned whether or not the world will be able feed itself over the next 30 - 40 years. With this motivation and these concerns Hank decides to leave his beloved family ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska to search for answers and his individual purpose in life. Initially his departure leads him to Arizona State University with a goal in obtaining a Master's Degree in International Agriculture. Following graduation he departs for Central and South America visiting farms and ranches as well as meeting people from all sorts of various backgrounds. Two years later while living on a ranch in Paraguay, Hank is confronted by a decision where he must decide his purpose as it relates to the future of his family and ranch in Nebraska and to the agricultural dilemma confronting the world and the process of feeding the people of the world.

Download or read book S E X written by Heather Corinna and published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-05-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to sexuality for high school and college students discusses male and female anatomy, orientation and sexual identity, relationships, safe sex, abuse and rape, pregnancy and contraception, and sexually-transmitted diseases.

Download or read book He and Him written by Claude Britt, Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He and Him is an autobiography dealing with both psychology and archaeology in the author's life. He was born during the Great Depression. His parents were an Ohio .farmerette and a man from the Tennessee mountains who had become an alcoholic on moonshine whiskey. It was a dysfunctional family from the start. The mom soon developed very serious emotional problems apparently because she wasn't satisfied with the man whom she had married. When the author was a six-year-old boy she told him that she planned to take him and leave his dad. However, she did the exact opposite and had more kids. Upon adding more offspring to the household; the author, then seven years old, became the victim of terrible physical and emotional abuse, as well as complete neglect. From the age of seven the author had to essentially raise himself. He tried to avoid his parents as much as possible by spending his days in the fields and meadows by himself collecting butterflies, pretty rocks, and looking for prehistoric Indian arrowheads. After finding a few Indian arrowheads on farms in Ohio he started a collection of Indian arrowheads and other artifacts at a very young age. His collection eventually turned into a very renowned private museum as he got a little older. When the author was almost thirteen years old his parents quit farming and started operating their own country store in a different community. Chapter 3 in this book describes life in country stores in Ohio during the 1940s and 1950s. The author lived in such a country store environment until he turned eighteen and went away to college. He was the first of any of his relatives to ever go away to college. His mother furnished him money to attend college, but he did it completely on his own with absolutely no family encouragement or support to get a degree. From "the time that the author started getting educated his mom refused to ever call him by his given name. She only referred to him as either "He or Him." Others in the family soon became full of covetousness towards him because they perceived that he had advantages which they didn't have. Competitive jealousy of others in the household mounted, their believinq that they had to try to outdo the educated member of the family. A long, drawn-out, bitter family war against the author ensued. Disrespect for the author's higher education continued in later years by not only the third generation, but also by in-laws who didn't even know the author when he was in college! After receiving both a BS degree and an MA degree in geology, with a master's thesis dealing with archaeology of Archaic Indian sites near his hometown, the author took a temporary summer job as a national park ranger at Canyon de Chelly National Monument at Chinle, Arizona. Canyon de Chelly is located in the center of the vast Navajo Indian Reservation. Getting to live and work in such a beautiful natural area was like a dream come true. That first summers work at Canyon de Chelly motivated the author to eventually work as a seasonal park ranger in six other national parks and monuments. After working at Canyon de Chelly for one summer , the author ended up going back to Arizona where he lived for ten more years. He married a woman in Kansas who he hardly even knew, then he went to the University of Arizona where he spent two years working towards a PhD degree. After that, he and his wife spent eight more years back on the Navajo Indian Reservation. During those years on the reservation he taught Navajo Indian children on a substitute teaching certificate. It was a full-time job in the winter. Almost all of his students were Navajo Indians. He taught all grade levels from kindergarten through high school. Chapters 6, 7, and 8 of this book are devoted to stories about life in remote areas of the reservation in the 1960s and 1970s. At that time the author's doctor and grocery stores were 145 miles from where he lived. There we

Download or read book The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy written by Elizabeth Dutro and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is trauma and what does it mean for the literacy curriculum? In this book, elementary teachers will learn how to approach difficult experiences through the everyday instruction and interactions in their classrooms. Readers will look inside classrooms and literacies across genres to see what can unfold when teachers are committed to compassionate, critical, and relational practice. Weaving her own challenging experiences into chapters brimming with children’s writing and voices, Dutro emphasizes that issues of power and privilege matter centrally to how attention to trauma positions children. The book includes questions and prompts for discussion, reflection, and practice and describes pedagogies and strategies designed to provide opportunities for children to bring the varied experiences of life, including trauma, to their school literacies in positive, meaningful, and supported ways. “This stunning book about trauma interrogates the very notion. Dutro excels at interweaving her stories with those of teachers and students and at challenging readers to find their way into the fabric. I recommend this book to teachers so that they might accept her challenge to explore and understand the importance of both witnessing and testimony in relation to trauma in literacy curriculum and pedagogy.” —Mollie Blackburn, The Ohio State University

Download or read book Bawling Sugar Soul written by M.E. Purfield and published by trash books. This book was released on with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you prove your innocence when you can’t even prove it to yourself? Psychic Miki Radicci is turning one year older and it’s time to celebrate. One club, a lot of drinks, a cute guy, and a perfect end. The next morning, Miki wakes up to find the guy dead in her bed. The police arrest Miki for murder. As far as she can remember - through her psychic visions - she was the one who killed him. Or is the psychic ability she totally trusts failing her? Join the many blown-away readers of this twisting urban fantasy about a girl against the wall willing to risk anything to break out.

Download or read book Lost written by Johnathon Loughry and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story. It has been a ridiculous life since the early eighties. It involves true love, pain beyond what most would endure. And an innocent Kid that destroys all He comes in contact with it seems.