Download or read book Slide Down My Cellar Door written by Jane Basta and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-01-20 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twin sisters, Mare Amy Silkes and Maeve Aggie Gordon have not seen one another since 1972. They were four years old when their father took Mare Amy away from the Descendants of David religious compound in Florida to live in Trinidad, Colorado. The girls’ mother, Day Jean LeBarre, stayed behind in the compound with Maeve Aggie and two-year-old Telley Mark. A series of lies and mistaken police reports, followed by a devastating fire at the compound, convince each of the surviving family members that the others are dead. The story traces the sisters through events that range from sentimentally delicious to terrifyingly dangerous.
Download or read book The Winslow Incident written by Elizabeth Voss and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a mysterious affliction spreads, a sleepy small town descends into madness in this “strikingly original” thriller and Daphne du Maurier Award nominee (Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Extinction). Everything seems normal in Winslow, Washington, as the tourists arrive for summer fun—the carnival in Prospect Park, the ghost-town tour—and the locals retreat to Ruby Creek to cool off. The only thing that’s unusual is the death of Pard Holloway’s cattle after a brief, strange illness. But now the disease seems to be spreading to humans. One by one, individuals deteriorate into lunacy. Seventeen-year-old Hazel Winslow, however, is perfectly healthy. That leaves her to confront the crisis on her own while her father, the sheriff, heads into the woods to hunt a fearsome creature; her boyfriend grows delusional; and ghosts invade her grandmother’s broken-down mansion. How can she reason with them when their minds aren’t functioning? And what would be worse—succumbing to the sickness, or being the last sane person left? Inspired by true events and informed by historical accounts, this modern Gothic tale evokes the mass hysteria of the Salem witch trials and the terror of the events in Pont-Saint-Esprit, France, in 1951. “Plenty of thrills.” —Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Becoming a New Englander written by Nancy P. Greenleaf and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a compelling childs voice, Greenleaf traces her familys move from a small town in Upstate New York to her grandfathers farm in rural New Hampshire in the 1940s, before mass media had homogenized regional accents and customs. The child experiences this transition with some sadness and rebellion. For the family, it meant going back to the times before electricity and central heating and becoming subsistence farmers. Later, after leaving the farm, like pioneers, they cleared land and built a house. Family adventures and conflicts shape both life and story for the child in this gem of a memoir.
Download or read book Game for a Game ENHANCED eBook written by Robynne Eagan and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 1995-03-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for exciting games to play anywhere, anytime, with little or no equipment or preparation? Do you need an old game, a new game, an active or a quiet game? With some kids, chalk, a jump rope, marbles, jacks, a ball and a bag of rubber bands, the fun in this book is yours! Game for a Game? shares the special secrets, folklore, lingo, hand signs, rhymes and rules of all sorts of games from the school yard to street, from the playroom to classroom. If you want to know games inside and out and take part in the natural learning that occurs with participation, then just ask yourself one simple question: Are you game for a game?!
Download or read book An Orchid for a Silver Lining If the Kitchen Table Could Talk written by Eileen O’Dea Roach and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awash with humor, insight, love, and the heartbreaks of life, An Orchid for a Silver Lining: If the Kitchen Table Could Talk is a full-length memoir beginning with the author’s parents’ emigration from Newfoundland to New York in 1922. Written in a whimsical, observational style and pace, the author details coming of age in Albany, New York, the military service of her father and brothers in WWI and WWII, alcoholism, Alzheimer’s, and parenthood. The orchid is a gift from her first love; the silver lining is a reward of recovery from alcoholism; and the kitchen table is the author’s voice. About the Author Eileen O’Dea Roach is the youngest of nine, lost in the shuffle of siblings, ages spread over twenty-four years. Her story is for those afraid to speak their truth. She earned an AD at Hudson Valley Community College, then a Bachelor of Arts in English from the College of Saint Rose while assistant to the college grant writer during her last year of study. Professionally, she spent years as a legal secretary, legislative assistant for NYS labor union, and is a member of United Steelworkers Staff Union.
Download or read book The Tangled Path to Glory written by Russell S. Oyer and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the journey, not the destination. Russ Oyer took his final step on this tangled path in March 2012 and now is a permanent resident in heaven. In this work, Russ shares how God revealed Himself to him throughout his adolescent years. As many do, Russ tried to find fulfillment through a variety of vices, adventures, scholarships, friendships, humor, etc., but found that none had the long-lasting meaning he was looking for. He kept saying to himself, "Is this all there is?" Join Russ through thoughtful and funny years of seeking the ultimate thrill, a tangled path to life everlasting with Christ Jesus.
Download or read book Fall On Your Knees written by Ann-Marie MacDonald and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Piper family is steeped in secrets, lies, and unspoken truths. At the eye of the storm is one secret that threatens to shake their lives -- even destroy them. Set on stormy Cape Breton Island off Nova Scotia, Fall on Your Knees is an internationally acclaimed multigenerational saga that chronicles the lives of four unforgettable sisters. Theirs is a world filled with driving ambition, inescapable family bonds, and forbidden love. Compellingly written, by turns menacingly dark and hilariously funny, this is an epic tale of five generations of sin, guilt, and redemption.
Download or read book Tony Pastor s Waterfall Songster written by Tony Pastor and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Log Home Design written by and published by . This book was released on 2001-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Log Home Design is the preferred, trusted partner with readers in simplifying the process of becoming a log home owner. With its exclusive focus on planning and design, the magazine's friendly tone, practical content and targeted advertising provide the essential tools consumers need – from the crucial preliminary stages through the finishing touches of their dream log home.
Download or read book Ain t No Chicken in My Dumplin s written by Joyce Collins Graham and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-02 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child's worst nightmare is to be abandoned by those who care for him or her. That is what happened to Evie and Billy McNeil on Evie's sixth birthday. The two frightened children are taken to Pinetree Orphanage where they learn to survive among other children who share abandonment, abuse and neglect. How can these children survive in this often hostile new world and how can they become happy, healthy productive adults? Can gentle Carrie Lovell's love outweigh the dreaded Etta Jean Spyder and her paddle and sharp tongue? The characters in this book are the children, the parents, orphanage personnel, case workers, doctors, lawyers, teachers and others...
Download or read book Holly Horror The Longest Night 2 written by Michelle Jabès Corpora and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this terrifying sequel, Evie Archer and her friends face a new evil ready to devour their town whole. Find him, find me. It's been two weeks since Evie escaped the mines after solving the mystery of Holly's disappearance only to discover that Desmond followed her but never came back. Evie knows he’s alive, lost wherever the Patchwork Girl resides. When Evie tries to reach out to Holly again for help, she realizes that her connection to the Lost Girl—and the shadow world itself—has been severed. Desmond is gone, and it’s all her fault. Ravenglass slowly begins to move on from the tragedy of losing Desmond, but as winter creeps closer and the days grow shorter, a sinister being begins to threaten the lives of Ravenglass residents, stealing them away and bringing them back different. Wrong. Evie knows that the only way to stop it is to connect to Holly again. With the help of her friend Tina, and the troubled newcomer Sai, Evie begins to follow the clues Holly left behind, determined to find the Lost Girl once more, at any cost.
Download or read book Ruby written by Margaret Swensen and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Mama: I’ve been in Meadow a year and a month. It isn’t like Hinckley, my pretty little place. I miss you. I miss the straight streets, the trees and gardens. The dry farm acres are brushed and planted now and my hands have almost healed. I won’t work brushing and burning ever again without gloves. I was so foolish. I lost my wedding band in that brush and though Lewis hunted two days, he never found it. Lewis got tired of me crying about it but didn’t say much. He just let me get it out of my system, I guess. We’re still thinking about driving our stock to your fields next summer. I’ll write when we’ve made up our minds. The doctor says I am fine and the baby’s okay too. Thank you, Mama, for letting me come to your home, and mine, in February to have my baby. I shudder, thinking of having my baby without you beside me. Are you well, Mama? How’s Luke doing in college? I’m so glad he got to go. Mama, I love you. I miss our buggy rides and us sleeping together, although sleeping with Lewis isn’t half bad. Love, Ruby
Download or read book Folklore The Basics written by Simon J. Bronner and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folklore: The Basics is an engaging guide to the practice and interpretation of folklore. Taking examples from around the world, it explores the role of folklore in expressing fundamental human needs, desires, and anxieties that often are often not revealed through other means. Providing a clear framework for approaching the study of folklore, it introduces the reader to methodologies for identifying, documenting, interpreting and applying key information about folklore and its relevance to modern life. From the Brothers Grimm to Internet Memes, it addresses such topics as: What is folklore? How do we study it? Why does folklore matter? How does folklore relate to elite culture? Is folklore changing in a digital age? With case studies, suggestions for reading and a glossary of key terminology, Folklore: The Basics supports readers in becoming familiar with folkloric traditions and interpret cultural expression. It is an essential read for anyone approaching the study of folklore for the first time.
Download or read book Four Score And More written by LaVera Edick and published by Book Venture Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These memoirs are written with the hope that they may prove not only interesting to read, but also give you, my family, a better understanding of where you came from. I have attempted to truthfully describe life as it was over the past eighty-plus years. I have tried to make our ancestors come to life as real people, experiencing the good and bad in life, as we all do. The Greeks say, “The dead die when those who loved them stop talking about them. As long as they are talked about and loved—they live.”
Download or read book Social Participation in Occupational Contexts written by Marilyn B. Cole and published by SLACK Incorporated. This book was released on 2011 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social participation naturally occues in everyday life in combination with daily occupations, such as when people interact while eating, playing , carpooling, and working. This book provides information on social participation for different occupations.
Download or read book The Tale of Halcyon Crane written by Wendy Webb and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman travels alone to a remote island to uncover a past she never knew was hers in this thrilling modern ghost story When a mysterious letter lands in Hallie James's mailbox, her life is upended. Hallie was raised by her loving father, having been told her mother died in a fire decades earlier. But it turns out that her mother, Madlyn, was alive until very recently. Why would Hallie's father have taken her away from Madlyn? What really happened to her family thirty years ago? In search of answers, Hallie travels to the place where her mother lived, a remote island in the middle of the Great Lakes. The stiff islanders fix her first with icy stares and then unabashed amazement as they recognize why she looks so familiar, and Hallie quickly realizes her family's dark secrets are enmeshed in the history of this strange place. But not everyone greets her with such a chilly reception—a coffee-shop owner and the family's lawyer both warm to Hallie, and the possibility of romance blooms. And then there's the grand Victorian house bequeathed to her—maybe it's the eerie atmosphere or maybe it's the prim, elderly maid who used to work for her mother, but Hallie just can't shake the feeling that strange things are starting to happen . . . In The Tale of Halcyon Crane, Wendy Webb has created a haunting story full of delicious thrills, vibrant characters, and family secrets.
Download or read book Ripples on a Puddle written by Helen McCourt Mentek and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The setting for Ripples on a Puddle is a fictional village in Northern Ontario called Tamarack. The opening story "Tamarack" describes the village and the assortment of small businesses bordering the main throroughfare which also serves as a main provincial highway. The characters who appear in the stories are fictional but some events are based on actual inhabitants and their lives as observed by the author who, at a young age, was a self-confessed eavesdropper. In her later years she chronicles the events as she remembers them. At times the stories are sad because they speak to tragic events. At other times they are humorous incidents in rural life. We meet these living, vulnerable people at extraordinary moments in their lives and in situations that ring true. The element of time plays an important role in some stories. Melissa MacGregor appears in several as both a young girl and as a a waspish old woman greeting death in the final story, "Bitter Herbs." There are some surprises in these tales of people who find themselves in situations of infanticide, lesbianism and doomed love, all a part of the human spirit that often brings stories that are memories of a bygone era that reflect the language, colloquialisms, customs and the simplicity of rural life.
