Download or read book The Impossible Last Request written by Andy Vaughan and published by Douglas A Owen (pub-9568136019008422). This book was released on with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the fifth anniversary of her brother’s death, Sarah uncovers his impossible last request – a challenge to defy all odds… Sarah Hopkins thought she had her life under control. It took five years to figure it all out, but the night she discovers a note from her late brother, her life is turned upside down. Drew Mason is drowning in debt and faces an ever-tightening deadline with his construction business. He’s good at making bad choices, and the day Sarah walks back into his life complicated becomes an understatement. Sarah’s determined to honour her brother’s last request, but she needs Drew as wing-man for one last hoorah with the old gang. For Drew, the trip is a chance to run away – to flee the chaos of his personal and work life. It’s also a chance to go to the most romantic city in the world with the girl-that-got-away. A story of love, loss, and lots of wine. Can Paris work its magic on these former friends one last time? Hang on for a rocky ride through a slow burn romance brought on by an Impossible Last Request.

Download or read book The Voyage of the Jamestown on Her Errand of Mercy written by Robert Bennet Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the preparations for and the actual voyage of the U.S.S. Jamestown in March, 1847, that was carrying relief provisions collected from Boston and other New England merchants for the famine-stricken residents of Ireland. Robert Bennet Forbes was appointed by the New England Committee for the Relief of Ireland and Scotland to command this relief mission, and he lent the U.S.S. Jamestown for that purpose.

Download or read book The Serpent and the Walking Stick written by Lucille Delgado Bridges and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alma became deaf from an accident as an infant, her life became a torrent of tribulations and abuse. Her constant struggle for survival was epic, and without a miracle, she was doomed. In this book of the Delgado family saga, you will learn of the incredible miracles witnessed and brought to life in this unbelievable true story. This life-changing episode will bring you to the edge of your seat and touch every emotion you have ever experienced. You will be shocked at how family and mankind can be so cruel and merciless toward the less-fortunate. The constant battle between good and evil can take many unexpected and dangerous turns. Not even man's best friends are immune to the devil's hidden depth within those who are possessed. Only God can change the outcome and the direction of those who set out to harm and destroy the innocent. In this incredible book, you will learn that with God, all things are possible. Because, when the Lord has your back, you can become safely bulletproof. But, sometimes the emotional damage left behind, can be just as crippling and painful. You won't want to miss the conclusion of this heart pounding episode in The Serpent and the Walking Stick "" 2 and witness even more great miracles that God has in store for this dysfunctional family.

Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Download or read book Age Is Just a Number written by Cherrill Clough and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Saunders, an eighty-five-year-old widow of means, lives in an affluent suburb of Brisbane and has everything she needs, but she is lonely. Her family does not have the time to check on her because of their busy lives. She phones her friend Audrey Thomas, also a widow, and asks her to accompany her on a cruise, and she is delighted. They had been through high school together and are still the best of friends. During the cruise, there is a talent quest; and as Audrey, also eighty-five, always wanted to be a singer, she entered and won the first and second contests, then was requested by the audience to do concerts, which were well-attended on the ship. On the cruise, they stopped at a small island that was very little, and the two ladies went to visit the school, which had very little tools, books, and things needed to run any school. Audrey and Emily decided to start a charity for the school. It was doing really well, and some big company names generously gave their products just for a mention in their advertisement. The women did well and soon outfitted the school from the donations received. After their second cruise, requested by the company for Audrey to do more concerts on board, they delivered all the goods, and the children did a concert on the ship for thanks and built up a good rapport with the passengers who all wanted to help this poor island school and joined the charity. They arrived back in Brisbane to the television news showing that a huge cyclone had washed away the homes of the children of the Vitu School and all the terrible devastation. Many families living in the school and hospital on the hill are the only buildings standing fully intact. The cruise ships couldnt go in for the debris everywhere, so there was no income from the islanders wares. It was full steam ahead with the charity. Audreys two sons came and voluntarily managed the funds coming in through the charity. Audrey does a huge concert in Brisbane with other supporting acts in a stadium for seventy-five thousand people and kept the charity money building. There were fifty-six tradesmen of all persuasions who went voluntarily and did an amazing job, all being filmed to show the people where their hard-earned donations had been used for. From this, Audrey, who has dreamed of having her own concert all her life, made DVDs and CDs that sold out and won awards. They both got humanitarian awards and, after a full-on three years, decided to slow down and take it easy. This is a wonderful story of love, friendship, family, and human kindness and proves that age is just a number.

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Download or read book Authors of the Impossible written by Jeffrey J. Kripal and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most scholars dismiss research into the paranormal as pseudoscience, a frivolous pursuit for the paranoid or gullible. Even historians of religion, whose work naturally attends to events beyond the realm of empirical science, have shown scant interest in the subject. But the history of psychical phenomena, Jeffrey J. Kripal contends, is an untapped source of insight into the sacred and by tracing that history through the last two centuries of Western thought we can see its potential centrality to the critical study of religion. Kripal grounds his study in the work of four major figures in the history of paranormal research: psychical researcher Frederic Myers; writer and humorist Charles Fort; astronomer, computer scientist, and ufologist Jacques Vallee; and philosopher and sociologist Bertrand Méheust. Through incisive analyses of these thinkers, Kripal ushers the reader into a beguiling world somewhere between fact, fiction, and fraud. The cultural history of telepathy, teleportation, and UFOs; a ghostly love story; the occult dimensions of science fiction; cold war psychic espionage; galactic colonialism; and the intimate relationship between consciousness and culture all come together in Authors of the Impossible, a dazzling and profound look at how the paranormal bridges the sacred and the scientific.

Download or read book The Idea of You written by Robinne Lee and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now an original movie on Prime Video starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine! When Solène Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of a prestigious art gallery in Los Angeles, takes her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favorite boy band, she does so reluctantly and at her ex-husband’s request. The last thing she expects is to make a connection with one of the members of the world-famous August Moon. But Hayes Campbell is clever, winning, confident, and posh, and the attraction is immediate. That he is all of twenty years old further complicates things. What begins as a series of clandestine trysts quickly evolves into a passionate relationship. It is a journey that spans continents as Solène and Hayes navigate each other’s disparate worlds: from stadium tours to international art fairs to secluded hideaways in Paris and Miami. And for Solène, it is as much a reclaiming of self, as it is a rediscovery of happiness and love. When their romance becomes a viral sensation, and both she and her daughter become the target of rabid fans and an insatiable media, Solène must face how her new status has impacted not only her life, but the lives of those closest to her.

Download or read book Heterologies written by Michel de Certeau and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fangirl written by Rainbow Rowell and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author! In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life-and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving. Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She doesn't want to. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone. For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind? A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013 A New York Times Best Seller!

Download or read book Where No Car Has Gone Before written by Ken Hudnall and published by Omega Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique story follows one man and his efforts to achieve the impossible dream--creating Sevenuvnine, the one and only Star Trek car.

Download or read book The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia 2 volumes written by Ulrich Marzolph and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-08-24 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive treatment of the Arabian Nights ever published, with more than 800 detailed encyclopedic entries and a wealth of authoritative essays and resources. The tales of the Arabian Nights have long been the focus of scholarly research and critique, but no English language work has ever attempted an all-embracing treatment of them. The fruit of years of research, The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference work introducing both the Arabian Nights and the context of their genesis and aftermath in Near Eastern, European, and world culture. Editors Ulrich Marzolph, one of the world's foremost scholars of Near Eastern narrative culture, and Richard van Leeuwen, a prominent scholar of the Arabian Nights, present detailed, authoritative, and up-to-date research on virtually all aspects of the tales, including major protagonists, themes, important translations, textual history, adaptations, reworkings, works inspired by the Arabian Nights, and aspects of literary theory, and provide extensive bibliographies for each tale. In addition to the 800+ encyclopedic entries and numerous essays, the work introduces research that has not previously been published, making it an invaluable resource to scholars, educators, students, and the general public, as well as an essential addition to the core collection of academic and public libraries.

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