Download or read book She Came to Live Out Loud written by Myra MacPherson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebrated journalist gives helpful, sensitive advice for dealing with the universality of grief.
Download or read book Learning to Live Out Loud written by Piper Laurie and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate memoir by three-time Oscar nominee Piper Laurie, one of Hollywood's most gifted and respected actresses At the age of seventeen, in the glory days of movie-making, Piper Laurie was living every little girl’s dream. Having been selected by Universal Studios to be a contract star, Piper was removed from her acting class and provided with stylists, chaperones, leading roles, and handsome dates, and elevated to the heights of Hollywood. Her beauty was admired by the likes of Ronald Reagan, Howard Hughes, Paul Newman, Tony Curtis, as well as dozens of directors and legions of fans. Her name was emblazoned on marquees across America for hit movies of the fifties such as the The Prince Who Was a Thief, The Mississippi Gambler, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. But Piper discovered early on that the little girl’s dream was not her own. Mortified by the shallowness of the roles and movies she was given, she longed for the freedom and fulfillment of her own artistic vision. After years in the studio system, shy Piper Laurie found her voice and the courage to burn her contract. It was only after she left the oppressive studio culture that she began to star in the TV shows, plays, and films that truly became the hallmarks of her career: The Glass Menagerie on Broadway, the original Days of Wine and Roses, The Hustler, the iconic Carrie, and Twin Peaks. She grew into a three-time Oscar-nominated actress, an accomplished sculptor, and a director. This memoir is the inspiring tale of Piper’s perseverance to break from tradition and to practice her craft at the highest level. She started life as a withdrawn, mute child who couldn’t find her voice and was transformed into a woman who learned to live out loud by her own rules.
Download or read book Learning to Live Out Loud written by Piper Laurie and published by Back Stage Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The noted actress recounts her early shyness and anxieties, her years as a contract actress at Universal, her break with the studio system, her subsequent career in film, the theater, and television, and her personal life.
Download or read book Live Out Loud written by Heather Wardell and published by Heather Wardell. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy’s a hobbyist songwriter with big dreams, but not the usual ‘making it as a musician’ kind. No, Amy wants to honor her late best friend by finally starting the support center for teenage girls they’d dreamed of when they were just girls themselves. She doesn’t know where to start, but when one of her songs becomes an overnight internet sensation she sees a quick path to the money she’ll need to make the center a reality. As white-hot pop sensation Misty Will, Amy finds a whole new world opening to her and realizes she loves being on stage holding an audience spellbound. She also loves how her young fans look up to her and draw strength from her songs, but of course they don’t know the awful thing she did after her friend died and how badly she could have used a support center herself. She knows, though, and also knows that she simply has to leave her new pop princess identity behind and become Amy the center director as she’s dreamed of for eight years. Doesn’t she?
Download or read book Live Out Loud written by Mark Witas and published by Review and Herald Pub Assoc. This book was released on 2011 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Mark Witas as he skateboards down Sprague Hill, barely escapes the whirling terror of the formidable rapid Satan's Eyeball, paints the neighborhood pets with his friends, and dangles 20 feet from the top of a 70-foot cliff with nowhere to go. His adventurous spirit, engaging sense of humor, and relevant life applications will have you sitting on the edge of your seat day after day.
Download or read book Living Out Loud written by Anna Quindlen and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-08-25 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Anna Quindlen, hailed by the New York Times as “America’s resident sane person,” offers a collection of “engaging, fresh, [and] funny” (Chicago Tribune) essays about growing up, becoming a parent, spirituality, and more. “The lightning bugs are back. They are small right now, babies really, flying low to the ground as the lawn dissolves from green to black in the dusk. There are constellations of them outside the window; on, off, on, off. At first the little boy cannot see them; then, suddenly, he does. ‘Mommy, it’s magic,’ he say. “This is why I had children; because of the lightning bugs.” The voice is Anna Quindlen’s. But we know the hopes, dreams, fears, and wonder expressed in all her nonfiction, for most of us share them. Quindlen first vaulted to national attention with her “Life in the 30s” columns for The New York Times, and this wonderful collection of her early work shows why this Pulitzer Prize–winning author remains in the spotlight.
Download or read book Will the Circle Be Unbroken written by Studs Terkel and published by New Press, The. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Studs Terkel’s most important oral histories, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? turns to the ultimate human experience—that of death. Called "extraordinary…a work of insight, wisdom, and freshness" by the Seattle Times when it was first published fifteen years ago, the book explores—with unrivaled compassion and wisdom—the indelible variety of reactions to mortality and the experience of death and the possibility of life afterward. Here a wide range of people addresses the unknowable culmination of our lives and its impact on the way we live, with memorable grace and poignancy. Included in this remarkable treasury of oral history are Terkel’s interviews with such famed figures as Kurt Vonnegut and Ira Glass as well as with a range of ordinary people, from policemen and firefighters to emergency health workers and nurses, who confront death in their everyday lives. Whether a Hiroshima survivor or an AIDS caseworker, a death-row parolee or a woman who emerged from a two-year coma, these interviewees offer tremendous eloquence as they deal with a topic many are reluctant to discuss openly and freely. Rich, moving, and inspiring, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? is a stunning capstone to Terkel’s extraordinary career. Only Terkel, whom Cornel West called "an American treasure," could have elicited such honesty and grace from people reflecting on the lives they have led and what lies before them still.
Download or read book Love Out Loud written by Ardis Dick Stenbakken and published by Review and Herald Pub Assoc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listen in as women from around the world shout Gods praise. Moments of joy and seasons of heartache are common to all of us, yet these women have learned to watch and listen for Gods love in actionHis love out loud. They have recognized His hands reaching out in welcome, His tears sliding down the face of a beloved friend, His voice whispering words of encouragement. And even when He was silent and the world seemed to be crashing down around them, they have felt His presence. You never know . . . you may have already heard His love out loud too.
Download or read book Sara Smile written by Joe Salerno and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's the future. How far into the future you ask?" Not very far according to Jay Hess, narrator of Sara Smile. Jay lives in a world where violence is the norm. People have stratified according to minute social and political beliefs. Dissention is everywhere. Into the middle of the mess surrounding Jay Hess walks young Sara, a teenage actress who captures Jay's heart with her voice, her mind, and her body. When Sara loses her parents to the everyday random violence prevalent in Jay's world, she moves in with Jay. A torrid love affair develops quickly. Jay's Christian faith, which he has always kept to himself to avoid violence, is rivaled by his devotion toward Sara.
Download or read book Heart 2 Hearts written by Regina Jenkins and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Writings/Poems in this beautiful book are life challenges and personal experiences I had the opportunity to experience or some else that was closed to me experienced. Also, during my journey, I've witnessed, observed and internalized a lot of hardships, as well as exciting things that relates to our society and God has given me the ability to create and write from my heart to the hearts of others. People need hope, faith, healing, peace & security to survive in the world today. It's God's desires as well as mine to see love, harmony, strength, wholeness, wellness, oneness as well as prosperity, in every area of my brothers and sisters lives. No matter what color you are, in God's eyes we are ONE! Please allow, the words from my heart to penetrate to your heart to may be bring a change in your life and you can be the one to touch somebody else's heart and bring about a change to their hearts.
Download or read book Shark Lady written by Jess Keating and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of New York Times' Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls! This is the story of a woman who dared to dive, defy, discover, and inspire. This is the story of Shark Lady. One of the best science picture books for children, Shark Lady is a must for both teachers and parents alike! An Amazon Best Book of the Month Named a Best Children's Book of 2017 by Parents magazine Eugenie Clark fell in love with sharks from the first moment she saw them at the aquarium. She couldn't imagine anything more exciting than studying these graceful creatures. But Eugenie quickly discovered that many people believed sharks to be ugly and scary—and they didn't think women should be scientists. Determined to prove them wrong, Eugenie devoted her life to learning about sharks. After earning several college degrees and making countless discoveries, Eugenie wrote herself into the history of science, earning the nickname "Shark Lady." Through her accomplishments, she taught the world that sharks were to be admired rather than feared and that women can do anything they set their minds to. An inspiring story by critically acclaimed zoologist Jess Keating about finding the strength to discover truths that others aren't daring enough to see. Includes a timeline of Eugenie's life and many fin-tastic shark facts! The perfect choice for parents looking for: Books about sharks Inspiring nonfiction narrative books Role model books for girls and boys Kids STEM books
Download or read book Better Together Devotional written by Carole Lewis and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God created us to worship and serve Him in close community with other people. In Better Together, a collection of 240 inspirational readings and twelve encouraging testimonies from First Place 4 Health members around the world, readers will find encouragement to nurture healthy, lasting relationships that bring glory to God and satisfy their deepest needs for fellowship. Each month of devotional readings is based around one theme central to enrich community - Love, Service, Patience, Fellowship, Compassion, Encouragement, Harmony, Forgiveness, Honor, Godliness, Prayerfulness and Obedience. Readers will love hearing from everyday people just like them who are wrestling with how to apply God's Word to their lives and seeing Him at work in their relationships.
Download or read book What To Do On The Worst Day Of Your Life written by Brian Zahnd and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one wants trouble to come. But when it does (and it always does), you can recover…you can prevail.
Download or read book THE TABLECLOTH written by Kerry Jones and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BJ Slone is always "moving it and doing it" in life. Her story begins in her adolescent years when she first received her gifts from God in the form of friendships. Pia, Lester, DeBorah, Vanna, Neetha, Brocklyn, Kodi, Elle, and Pamella Moonface, one by one, came into her life. She cherishes and protects all nine of her girlfriends with every ounce of power in her soul. She proved that no force on earth could come between them. Though led by their faith in their friendships, the girls' number one rule is to take all their secrets to their graves. Their secrets are only for them and will remain between them. They share everything in their lives, from first loves, to careers, to firstborns, to forever loves. These friendships' shared common denominators are spirituality, faith, support, loyalty, love, and secrets. God brought them together. Therefore, they plan on staying together. They cannot and will not live without each other. BJ Slone could not entertain her girlfriends without first laying down her favorite tablecloth, then creating the most extravagant table setting on top of it. The only thing that rivals her table settings is the best food on the planet, prepared by one of her lifetime best friends, Pia. Each food stain, wine stain, and tear stain on BJ's tablecloth tells a story of love, laughter, life, success, friendships, and, of course, secrets. Journey with these girlfriends and feel the supernatural forces that thread their souls together for eternity. And experience the forces that struck their lives and tried to tear them down.
Download or read book The Healing Power of Storytelling written by Annie Brewster, MD and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reframe your story—and reclaim your life—through writing and storytelling in this “invaluable guide for patients, families, medical professionals, and all of us ordinary mortals grappling with life” (Danielle Ofri, MD, PHD, author of What Doctors Feel). A Harvard-trained doctor draws on the tenants of narrative therapy and her own multiple sclerosis diagnosis to offer chronic illness patients a way through anxiety, confusion, and trauma. When Harvard-trained physician Dr. Annie Brewster was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001, she realized firsthand that the medical system to which she’d devoted her entire career was failing patients. The experience was dehumanizing. Her doctors weren’t listening. And the confusion, fear, and shame she felt around her diagnosis was preventing her from truly healing, claiming her story, and living her fullest, richest life. Here, Dr. Brewster and journalist Rachel Zimmerman each share their own personal stories, acting as expert guides as you move forward on your healing journey. With exercises, reflections, writing prompts, and stories from other real patients, Dr. Brewster and Zimmerman show how you can: • Process the difficult emotions that come with life-changing diagnosis • Move beyond being the hero of your own story to become the author of your own story • Craft your narrative and share it in whatever medium speaks to you • Integrate a traumatic health event into a new and evolving identity • Use applied storytelling techniques to strengthen connections with loved ones and care providers • Cultivate resilience to move forward amid uncertainty and fear The fact is, doctors can give you a life-changing diagnosis, but they’re not equipped to help you deal with the inner fallout: the confusion, anxiety, trauma, and dread that comes after “I have some bad news.” Dr. Brewster shows how writing your own unique healing story can help you process what comes next—to come to terms, create new ways to thrive, and even reclaim your personal power amid fear, change, and uncertainty.
Download or read book How I Met My Monster written by Amanda Noll and published by Flashlight Press. This book was released on 2019-11-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night, when Ethan reaches under his bed for a toy truck, he finds this note instead: "Monsters! Meet here for final test." Ethan is sure his parents are trying to trick him into staying under the covers, until he sees five colorful sets of eyes blinking at him from beneath the bed. Soon, a colorful parade of quirky, squeaky little monsters compete to become Ethan's monster. But only the little green monster, Gabe, has the perfect blend of stomach-rumbling and snorting needed to get Ethan into bed and keep him there so he falls asleep—which as everyone knows, is the real reason for monsters under beds. With its perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this silly-spooky prequel to the award-winning I Need My Monster and Hey, That's MY Monster! will keep young readers entertained.
Download or read book I Got a Crush On You written by Tya Marie and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up as the "dirty kid" in his neighborhood, Kemal has always had it tough. With his mother dead from a mysterious overdose and his snitch father doing a bid Upstate, 11-year-old Kemal is left to raise himself out on the mean streets of Brooklyn. The women who were once friends with his mother slip him sympathy plates whenever they can, the men want nothing to do with him because of his father's treacherous ways, and the kids who were once his friend bully him while the adults turn a blind eye. Kemal is a pariah and everyone treats him like he's invisible. Except Mink, the fly girl of the block who is a gracious as she is beautiful. Knowing that she was out of his league, Kemal always accepted her grace and crushed on her from afar. Ten years has passed and after being put on by his best friend and prominent hustler, Loot, Kemal is gone and replaced with Lucky Lewis. With his superb math skills and an eye for location, it doesn't take long for Lucky to move up in rank and become one of the most respected lieutenants in Brooklyn. He's celebrating the fruits of his splendor when he bumps into a down-and-out Mink. Barely conscious and gripping a dirty book bag, Mink looks nothing like the girl he fell in love with a decade ago. Lucky takes her home, cleans her up, and the two pick up right where they left off, with Lucky in the position to make Little Mink his woman. Little does he know, the sultry vixen has other plans in mind. The little Mink that everyone has known and loved is gone, replaced with someone far more sinister. With dreams of snatching her ex-boyfriend's empire from under his feet, Mink discovers the opportunity of a lifetime with Lucky, who has the resources and respect to get her the power she needs. Using her body, mind, and deadly force, Mink wraps Lucky around her well manicured finger, making him a pawn in a deadly game of cat and mouse that will either leave both of them reigning over an empire or in exile. Willing to do anything to secure her seat at the head of the table, Mink is stuck wondering whether her heart of ice will help her dreams of building her own empire come true, or will she end up crushed?
