Download or read book The Snows of Yesteryear written by Gregor Von Rezzori and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gregor von Rezzori was born in Czernowitz, a onetime provincial capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that was later to be absorbed successively into Romania, the USSR, and the Ukraine—a town that was everywhere and nowhere, with a population of astonishing diversity. Growing up after World War I and the collapse of the empire, Rezzori lived in a twilit world suspended between the formalities of the old nineteenth-century order which had shaped his aristocratic parents and the innovations, uncertainties, and raw terror of the new century. The haunted atmosphere of this dying world is beautifully rendered in the pages of The Snows of Yesteryear. The book is a series of portraits—amused, fond, sometimes appalling—of Rezzori’s family: his hysterical and histrionic mother, disappointed by marriage, destructively obsessed with her children’s health and breeding; his father, a flinty reactionary, whose only real love was hunting; his haughty older sister, fated to die before thirty; his earthy nursemaid, who introduced Rezzori to the power of storytelling and the inevitability of death; and a beloved governess, Bunchy. Telling their stories, Rezzori tells his own, holding his early life to the light like a crystal until it shines for us with a prismatic brilliance.
Download or read book The Real Yester Years written by Delores Perry-Pearson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Real Yester Years by Rev. Delores Perry-Pearson
Download or read book Those Thrilling Yarns of Yesteryear written by Carl "Bud" Paepcke and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-10-11 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his third in a series of stimulating stories, which he likes referring to as his yarns, the author paints colorful portraits of real people who have either personally touched his life in some way or simply captured his imagination by the way they lived and what they accomplished in their lifetimes. While telling his yarns about these Notable Characters, this Marine Corps veteran and retired FBI agent unabashedly professes his sincere love of family, his deep pride in American history, his steadfast admiration of personal courage, and his enduring belief and trust in God.
Download or read book The Hearts of Yesteryear written by Vivien Dean and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his career, actor John Paravati has stuck with what he told the gossip rags -- he's been in like, in lust, even in respect once or twice, but never love. All he's ever cared about is performing. If he's stuck now doing commercials for cruise lines, at least it's better than shilling adult diapers. But Hollywood pretends, and John is a master. Because once upon a time, he loved two things more than anything -- his best friend Frank and the movie palace he used as sanctuary. Over fifty years ago, John ran away from his hometown. Now, someone has restored the theater he left behind, and they want John at its relaunch. The memories still sting, but he agrees to attend, even though it means dealing with heartache. At seventy-seven, he's too old to hold onto the hurt. The question is, however, is he too old to start over once it's gone?
Download or read book A Bar on Adly Street written by Medhat M Ghabrial and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-08-05 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1971. Egypt is still reeling from the sudden death of its “benevolent” tyrant Nasser and teeters on the precipice of Sadat’s era of unrelenting Islamization. Ghabrial is an engineering graduate student and a TA, moonlighting in an office that operates more as a Marxist political and cultural salon, conveniently located between a famous cabaret and the Cairo Opera House. A frustrated dreamer of bygone eras when poetry and freedoms were sacred, he sees the alarming changes happening in front of his eyes altering his reality for good. Running parallel to the story of a nation in metamorphosis and turmoil is Ghabrial’s troubled love story with Aida, his life-thirsty19 year old student. Their relationship is complicated by many factors controlling that junction of history. Aida says: “Who can remember us 50 years from now, and who can tell what happened to us?” The real heroine of the narrative is Cairo of the early seventies with its night lights and escapes, alleys and bars, especially one underground bar, where the misfits of the city find refuge and salvation against a tremulous backdrop of a national unrest above ground. A Bar on Adly Street is an unflinching first-hand account of an in-between generation in 1970s Egypt whose fathers cherished secular democracy and religious tolerance, while they faced poverty, tyranny, fanaticism and corruption. It carefully layers strata of a life that examines the circumstances that lead to a nation turning against its defenseless minorities. Remnants of Greeks, and Italians, then Copts and even Muslims not subscribing to the MB’s Islamist agenda, all reeling under the new norms and the changing world around them, leaving them with no choice but to run away from home in droves, creating the schism in which the present narrative is at its centre.
Download or read book Virtues of Yesteryear written by Andrew Knight and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of virtues contains a lifetime collection of stories from a thoughtful, selfless and altruistic giant of a man. An entire lifespan, 85 years of remarkable, crisp memories illuminate, for example, how the vulnerability of youth tempts one to drop out of high school, and how this regret is redeemed later in life. The years in the armed service, purchasing a first home, surviving the Great Depression and retirement are stories that will inspire and renew your belief in self. The challenges associated with leading a virtuous life emerge throughout this memoir, and how one is transformed through the process of reconciliation. In this memoir, the ordinary life becomes an extraordinary one through self-awareness, maturity and a natural inclination to do the right things in life. This memoir will renew your faith in our indomitable will to overcome challenges to lead a life of significance through deeply embedded and enduring moral principles.
Download or read book Yesteryear written by Dorothy Garlock and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irresistible tale of love and passion in the post-Civil-War South from Dorothy Garlock, the award-winning, bestselling author of A Gentle Giving and Sins of Summer. Addie waited four long years for her husband to return from the Civil War, but to no avail. Now deserters and drifters are making her life dangerous . . . until a mysterious stranger shows up to protect her and her children.
Download or read book Ahead of Her Time in Yesteryear written by Kibibi V. Mack-Shelton and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into a relatively privileged family, Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman earned a reputation as a maverick in her lifelong home of Orangeburg, South Carolina, a semirural community where race and class were very much governed by the Jim Crow laws. Educated at Nashville’s Fisk University, Zimmerman returned to Orangeburg to teach school, serve her community, and champion equal rights for African Americans and women. Kibibi V. Mack-Shelton offers a vivid portrayal of the kind of black family seldom recognized for its role in the development of the African American community after the Civil War. At a time when “separate but equal” usually meant suffering and injustice for the black community, South Carolina families such as the Tatnalls, Pierces, and Zimmermans achieved a level of financial and social success rivaling that of many white families. Drawing heavily on the oral accounts of Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman, Mack-Shelton draws the reader into the lives of the African American elite of the early twentieth century. Her captivating narrative style brings to life many complicated topics: how skin color affected interracial interactions and class distinctions within the black community itself, the role of education for women and for African Americans in general, and the ways in which cultural ideas about family and community are simultaneously preserved and transformed over the span of generations. Refreshing and engaging, Ahead of Her Time in Yesteryear is a fascinating biography for any reader interested in a new perspective on small-town black culture in the Jim Crow South.
Download or read book Yesteryear s Child written by And Rohrbacher Westwood and Rohrbacher and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Yesteryear's Child" brings to life a time and place in our collective American past. This is much more than one woman's story. Outdoor privies became indoor plumbing; horse-drawn carriages shared the dusty roads with the first automobiles; and the earliest telephone numbers were single digits. In the tradition of such personal memoirs as "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "I Remember Mama" this delightful tale will evoke memories in the old and wonder in the young.
Download or read book Book Three Products from Under the Old Naseberry Tree written by Hortense M. Jenkins and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many members of the Hall family, a giant naseberry tree near their home in Jamaica served as a dear friend and confidant. It was a place of comfort and discussion, where children learned to mimic adults in speech and lifestyle. In Book Three Products from Under the Old Naseberry Tree, author Hortense M. Jenkins builds recollections of her family’s history, development, and faith around the memory of the naseberry tree. She explores undying love in the midst of strain, disappointment, and the rough edges of life, examining the ups and downs that many of the family encountered along the way. Although the family had few luxuries, they were happy. The family’s children never lost hope; God never gave up on them, and they never left His presence. And as a result of the foundation laid early in their lives, the Hall children excelled in most of their undertakings. Enhanced with scripture references throughout, this personal narrative shares the history of a family and explores the lessons that their growth and faith can teach others.
Download or read book Those Thrilling Yarns of Yesteryear Volume 2 written by Carl "Bud" Paepcke and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second book in a series of thrilling stories, the author vividly describes the soul-stirring details that surround the amazing deeds of some of America's greatest war heroes. You will marvel at the deeds of these exceptional men (and women) who unselfishly risked their lives for you, for our nation and for the freedom of the world. In telling tales of awesome courage, sacrifice and achievement from the American Revolution to the War in Iraq, this Vietnam War veteran and retired G-man proclaims his profound love for America, his rich pride in our nation's military, and his strong personal faith in God Almighty.
Download or read book Candlelights for the High School Student s World written by Alice W. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book we have grown together written by Satyakam Sengupta and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-09-09 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection is arranged into four distinctive layers, viz, love confessions, songs of yesteryears, the world at large and remembrances. The poems are mostly interspersed with my realizations and feelings though certain concepts expressed by my near and dear ones may find a place here and there. My mind has often wandered from one theme to another; the most recurrent being the sweet and sour tribulations of ‘love’, its confessions and the turmoil of this ‘world at large’. The ‘songs of yesteryears’ and ‘remembrances’ are also associated with the passage of time; years of growing up and losses suffered.
Download or read book Live it up with nostalgic memories written by K L JAGANMOHAN and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is full of surprises. It undergoes several changes as we grow up, emotional, physical and environmental. At various stages, we tend to recall our nostalgic memories and attempt to compare the past with the present. These thoughts are sometimes pleasing, sometimes appalling and tend to make an impression in your life in different ways. In the quest to explore his journey from childhood to the present day, the writer has attempted to reminisce his past. He speaks about how he has dealt with the twists and turns that had occurred, how these thoughts have helped him learn from his experiences, and ushered in positivity that facilitated in shaping his future. You cannot change whatever has already happened during your lifetime. It is therefore important to leave the past behind, believe in the present, plan for the future and keep moving on. Life is all about living and you get only one chance. So, live-it up with nostalgic memories.
Download or read book Aayush Creations Adult Coloring Book Relax Refresh Rejoice Handmade designs written by Vaishali Mane and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creativity, passion, and perseverance have been constant companions in my journey to depict, represent, and render the throbbing imaginative narratives that I conceptualized in my mind from time to time. In this collection, I bring together several memories of yesteryears and take you along on my voyage during the past decades through my design and sketches. I have never formally attended any school of fine arts, but I do have my share of inspirations. Aayush, my school-going son, has been a true friend and a source of inspiration. His love, affection, and trust in me have indeed motivated me. His sincere and honest feedback on my creations has helped me improve and better myself. He does have some sparkling contributions to this project. This book is dedicated to my parents for putting up a brave front through all odds and for their sheer efforts in overcoming all hardships and for shaping me into a person that I am today. I hope you enjoy! Happy coloring!
Download or read book A Sweet Footed African James Jibraeel Alhaji written by Alhaji, James Jibraeel and published by Langaa RPCIG. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sweet-Footed African captures the sense of being James Jibraeel Alhaji; the milestones and challenges of his life and his reconciliation with emotions, decisions and circumstances of the past, and hopes for the future. James Jibraeel Alhaji's life is characterized by a diversity of personal ambitions, family commitments and economic motives, which lead him from his home in Cameroon to Cape Town, South Africa. The story situates the context of decisions that characterize the so-called quest for greener pastures, examining personal opportunities, triumphs and challenges before and beyond life as an immigrant in South Africa. The story explores what it means to move and to be mobile in Africa, the networks that fulfil and sustain mobile Africans during times of uncertainty, and the lineage to home that remains eternally active.
Download or read book My City Links written by My City Links and published by My City Links. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making The Most Of A Tough Situation, Step By Small Step For the entire world, the last several months have been all about staying at home and keeping safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has not been taking any chances, enforcing a series of strict measures to contain the spread of the disease. As with any other sudden, unexpected change in the way that people go about their lives, this period too has thrown up multiple challenges. It has been left to individuals, and families, to decide how best to navigate this difficult phase at work or business, and at home.
