Download or read book Nana Bedtime Story written by Janette Biddulph and published by Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2014-09-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My young friends someone brought me from the bookshop for his children to read.He placed me here on this table and I have been lying here for long a time.No one seems to have noticed me on this beautiful glass topped table. I am plain from the outside,but take a look at me from the inside;you will love what you see and read inside. I want to be your Best Friend .I want to be with you wherever you go;travel by car,bus,train or plane.Sit in the park,lye on your bed in your room. Been punished,no T.V ;sent to your room.TAKE ME OUT of your pocket or be it school bag or wherever you had put me.I and only I can help you pass your time. Hold me tight but please don't bend me. I will get hurt and you must not hurt me for after all ;I am your best friend.

Download or read book And Two Makes Four written by Audrey Dean and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With no remaining family, and the remnants of a relationship gone wrong, thirty-one-year-old Essie moves from the city to a small Wisconsin town after inheriting her late nana’s Victorian home. Essie hopes for a fresh start, but little does she know what secrets the house contains and the many lives and difficult decisions the new town will put in her path. Through two small boys, Essie meets two men who will play a big part in her life. First, there’s Pete, the mysterious man of many talents who befriends her and with whom she feels so at ease. No one knows who he is, where he came from, or why he chose this small town to settle in. Could he be befriending her in a scheme to get his hands on her nana’s property? Then there’s Lark, the handsome schoolteacher who seems to keep finding a way into Essie’s life. Essie’s falling for him, but will his involvement with Diana prevent her from opening her heart back up to another chance at finding love?

Download or read book Signs of Life written by Natalie Taylor and published by Two Roads. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Signs of Life is Natalie Taylor's story. It starts the day her husband dies and ends sixteen months later on her son's first birthday. Natalie's journey from wife to widow to mother is heartbreaking, blackly funny and will move you to laughter and tears as she makes it across that finish line. And you have no doubt she will make it because Natalie is a warrior and a woman to cheer for. Intelligent, witty and moving, this is the very best kind of indie movie in a book. A book to delight, to treasure and to press into the hands of your best friend.

Download or read book Half in Love written by Linda Gray Sexton and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the agony of witnessing her mother's multiple—and ultimately successful—suicide attempts, Linda Gray Sexton, daughter of the acclaimed poet Anne Sexton, struggles with an engulfing undertow of depression. Here, with powerful, unsparing prose, Sexton conveys her urgent need to escape the legacy of suicide that consumed her family—a topic rarely explored, even today, in such poignant depth. Linda Gray Sexton tries multiple times to kill herself—even though as a daughter, sister, wife, and most importantly, a mother, she knows the pain her act would cause. But unlike her mother's story, Linda's is ultimately one of triumph. Through the help of family, therapy, and medicine, she confronts deep–seated issues and curbs the haunting cycle of suicide she once seemed destined to inherit.

Download or read book The Solution Focused Approach with Children and Young People written by Denise Yusuf and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Solution Focused Approach with Children and Young People: Current Thinking and Practice brings together leading figures and innovative practitioners from different professions, contexts and countries to provide a unique overview of Solution Focused work with children and young people. Presenting a range of applications in individual, group and community work, it puts the spotlight on diverse fields, exploring how the Solution Focused approach can work in real-world contexts. This book showcases a powerful, engaging approach which helps children and young people find the resources and strengths to manage difficulties and make the most of their lives. It contains interesting case studies, narrative descriptions of original practice, programmes of work developed using Solution Focused principles, and thought-provoking discussions of key elements of practice. With chapters presenting perspectives from coaching, therapy, consultancy and education, and applications including learning assessments, child protection, bereavement, edge of care, and youth offending, the book provides an overview of the current state of practice and provides pointers to potential new developments. The Solution Focused Approach with Children and Young People will help both experienced practitioners and those new to the approach to develop and update their knowledge and skills, as well as introducing them to creative and cutting-edge tools to inspire fresh ideas and thinking. It will be essential reading for Solution Focused practitioners and students, as well as coaches, social workers, school counsellors and mental health professionals working with children and young people.

Download or read book Flirting with Fate written by J. C. Cervantes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I dare anyone to read this book without a ginormous grin on their faces. Warmth, humor and enchantments burst off the page, and the colorful characters of the Granados family crackle to life with Cervantes's signature wit, aching empathy and enviable flair for whimsy." —Roshani Chokshi, NYT bestselling author of The Gilded Wolves trilogy. Jane the Virgin meets The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in New York Times bestselling author J.C. Cervantes's charming, romantic YA debut. Ava Granados will never forgive herself for being late to her beloved nana’s deathbed. But due to a flash flood that left Ava in a fender bender with a mysterious boy, she missed her grandmother’s mystical blessing—one that has been passed between the women of her family upon death for generations. Then Nana’s ghost appears with a challenge from beyond the grave. As it turns out, Nana did give Ava a blessing, but it missed its target, landing with the boy from the night of the storm instead. Was it fate? Ava refuses to believe so. With the help of her sisters and Nana’s rather bumbling spiritual guide, she’s determined to reclaim her share of the family magic and set Nana free. For guarded Ava, befriending some random boy is the last thing she wants to do. She’s gotten along just fine protecting her heart—keeping people at a distance is a great way to ensure no one ever hurts you. But as Ava embarks on her mission to retrieve the lost blessing, she starts to wonder if getting close to thunderstorm boy is worth the risk. In her swoony, heartwarming young adult debut, New York Times bestselling author J.C. Cervantes weaves an unforgettable tale about family, fate, and finding love where you least expect it.

Download or read book Mystical Heights written by Jourdan T. Binger and published by Jourdan binger/ novel-cat. This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solaris Van-Nuyes is a eighteen year old vampire, and she has been that way for the past 155 years. Solaris lives with her vampire family and they only hunt human's that are hand picked by their leader, Raymond. Raymond only picks the scum of the earth that more or less deserve the fate that his family bestows upon the scum.The rules of the house are simple. No feeding outside of Raymond's picks. Do not wonder into Bayside Heights where the Werewolves live. If you don't come home then call to let someone at home know you wont be coming home. On Wednesday morning Solaris was missing and the last person she was with was Jensen Hernandez from Bayside Heights. For some reason Solaris woke up in Jensen's body and nobody seemed to believe Solaris when she told them that she wasnt Jensen and it almost started a war between the vampires and werewolves. Jensen woke up bound and gagged inside Solaris' body in a wine cellar of a local warlock that has been obsessed with Solaris and he had put a dark spell upon Jensen and Solaris in a jealous rage. He placed the spell on them thinking they were in a relationship the night Jensen helped Solaris with her broken down car. Dark magic has been banned for over 300 years, so if anyone found out that he had done the magic spell, Gerry would lose all of his powers or possibly something far worse. Gerry kidnapped Jensen thinking it was Solaris and planned on killing Jensen, but a passing car made Gerry leave in a hurry without making sure that Jensen was actually dead. The spell was to switch Jensens body with death. Unbeknownst to the warlock known as Gerry Mueller was that the closest "death" to Jensen was in fact Solaris and he had switched the two mistakenly. After Gerry put Solaris whom now was Jensen into the trunk a truck was coming around the bend and instead of checking to make sure Jensen was actually dead Gerry slammed the trunk closed and sped off with a mismatched Jensen in the trunk. Written by: Jourdan Binger All Rights Reserved

Download or read book Teaching Mysticism written by William B. Parsons and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term ''mysticism'' has never been consistently defined or employed, either in religious traditions or in academic discourse. The essays in this volume offer ways of defining what mysticism is, as well as methods for grappling with its complexity in a classroom. This volume addresses the diverse literature surrounding mysticism in four interrelated parts. The first part includes essays on the tradition and context of mysticism, devoted to drawing out and examining the mystical element in many religious traditions. The second part engages traditions and religio-cultural strands in which ''mysticism'' is linked to other terms, such as shamanism, esotericism, and Gnosticism. The volume's third part focuses on methodological strategies for defining ''mysticism,'' with respect to varying social spaces. The final essays show how contemporary social issues and movements have impacted the meaning, study, and pedagogy of mysticism. Teaching Mysticism presents pedagogical reflections on how best to communicate mysticism from a variety of institutional spaces. It surveys the broad range of meanings of mysticism, its utilization in the traditions, the theories and methods that have been used to understand it, and provides critical insight into the resulting controversies.

Download or read book My Life Is a Mess written by Lisa Giesler and published by Lucid Books. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Internet studies, the average person can lose up to two hours a day as a result of disorganization. Giesler explains how to break the habits of disorganization which can carry over into one's job and all other areas of life.

Download or read book A New Life Journal written by Jane Cafarella and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of warm, witty and wise stories about parenting, A New Life Journal began as a weekly column by Australian journalist Jane Cafarella about her daughter's first year and ended up a life's work. First published in The Age newspaper from 1993 -1997, the column struck a chord with readers, many of whom wrote in response: "Your family life so often mirrors my own." It is that made the column so universally relevant and which led to it being picked up by Quality Time magazine from 1997 to 2002. Excerpts were also broadcast on the ABC Radio National program Life Matters over the years and further instalments were published on Jane's Older and Wider blog. Now, for the first time, the columns have been collated into a single edition for a new generation of readers to enjoy. Written over more than 20 years, A New Life Journal is both a parenting book and a memoir, covering everything from first words and potty training to choosing schools and finally letting go. A must-read for all new parents, step parents and blended families A New Life Journal is a funny, eloquent and compassionate record of one family's parenting journey and the universal issues that face parents across generations.

Download or read book Vicious Minds Part 3 written by J.J. McAvoy and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calliope I know you hate me. I’ve ruined the family, you say? I’ve led Ethan astray? You say that it’s all my fault. Haven’t you learned by now that the weak are eaten by the strong? Only the most ruthless, the most vicious, can stand at the top. Whatever comes...just know, they deserved it. I told you to bow, didn’t I? It is my time now. With love, Mrs. Callahan Melody Hate You? Little girl, you are not worthy of my hate. Ruined my family? Don’t make me laugh. Hundreds have tried before you and failed. Hundreds will try after you and fail again, Because no matter what, we are strong. You preach about being ruthless or vicious— I am those words personified. The only bowing will be from you to me. Prepare yourself, Mrs. Callahan. The real Mrs. Callahan is coming.

Download or read book Grandmas Aren t What They Used to Be written by Kate Callaghan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandma Portia is not the fairy tale character who bakes cookies and finds herself eaten by a big bad wolf. She makes up for her lack of traditional skills by using her favorite martial art, aikido, to trap a sinister stranger who breaks into the house. The children are surprisingly adaptable. With the help of Ram, the red-turbaned neighbor, all ends well, and the soccer match with the next street's blue team takes place as planned. Grandma Portia leaves on her green motor cycle and the children change their minds about grandmothers.

Download or read book Wishful Thinking written by Evangeline Anderson and published by Samhain Pub Limited. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you ditch your Fairy Godmother? The Swann Sisters Chronicles, Book 1 As her 25th birthday approaches, mild-mannered Philomena Swann lives in terror of her annual birthday wish. Sure, she has a disinterested fiance and a misogynistic boss, but from experience she knows wishing both away could result in disaster. Why? Because she and her sisters are one-eighth fairy. Not enough to give them magical powers, but enough to qualify for a fairy godmother-from hell. All Phil wants is, just once, to have the courage to speak her mind. She blurts out her wish...and suddenly finds she can't stop. To her friends. Her boss. Her Nana. And her best friend, hot and hunky co-worker, Josh. Before she can do any more damage, she begs for the spell to be reversed. And it is-with a vengeance. Now everyone else is compelled to tell her the truth. Including Josh. But the fairy godmother's not done. One more wish could change Phil's world forever-if it doesn't ruin her life first. Warning: Hot book-erotic sex.

Download or read book Kiss and Part written by Salley Vickers and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to 'kiss and part'? This collection of previously unpublished short stories from a stellar list of contemporary women novelists is a literary celebration of the spirit of place. Each contributor shares one thing in common - they have all stayed at a small cottage in the village of Clifford Chambers near Stratford-upon-Avon, courtesy of a trust set up to provide women writers with ‘a room of one’s own’, as Virginia Woolf put it. Clifford Chambers was the home of the Jacobean poet Michael Drayton, who incorporated the phrase ‘Kiss and part’ into a sonnet. Each of the ten short stories in this collection takes this as its theme and the result is wonderfully eclectic mix of storytelling of the highest quality. All royalties go the Hosking Houses Trust to further encourage women’s writing. Contents List Preface ‘Kiss and Part’ by Michael Drayton Introduction by Margaret Drabble Buck Moon Marina Warner ‘A Merrie Meeting’ Salley Vickers The Incumbent Elizabeth Speller ‘Colossal Wreck’ Maria McCann The Visitation Maggie Gee And the River Flows On Joan Bakewell The Creature Jill Dawson The Turn Catherine Fox The Fabric of Things Jo Baker ‘Place of Dreams’ Lucy Durneen The Writers Afterword by Sarah Hosking Acknowledgements of Photographs

Download or read book Night Dreams written by Sandra Chastain and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this tender and seductive tale, a man with a tortured soul may have just found the one woman who can heal him. Shannon Summers has no idea why she’s been summoned to the grand mountaintop estate of a very rich and very reclusive man. She only knows it has something to do with the character she created as an advertising agency artist, a character who is now the cartoon star of one of the hottest children’s programs on television. She has no interest in being swept up in the magnetic draw of the former international playboy Jonathan Dream—but fate has other plans. Twice before in his life, Jonathan had allowed himself to care about someone, and each time tragedy had occurred. Now his scarred face is his punishment, the North Carolina mountains his sanctuary. Jonathan only invites the artist into his secret space to help cheer his young daughter. But the frisson of desire that rolls through him when he lays eyes on Shannon shakes him to his core. Could a woman who wants nothing to do with Jonathan’s fame and fortune find her way into his heart—and bring him back into the world? Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Along Came Trouble, The Notorious Lady Anne, and Unforgettable.

Download or read book The Land of Stories The Enchantress Returns written by Chris Colfer and published by Little Brown Bks Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex and Conner Bailey have not been back to the magical Land of Stories since their adventures in The Wishing Spell ended. But one night, they learn the famed Enchantress has kidnapped their mother. Against the will of their grandmother (the one and only Fairy Godmother), the twins must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy tale world from the greatest threat it's ever faced.

Download or read book Rise of the Jumbies written by Tracey Baptiste and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep beneath the waves, a great enemy awakens . . . Corinne LaMer defeated the wicked jumbie Severine months ago, but things haven’t exactly gone back to normal in her Caribbean island home. Everyone knows Corinne is half-jumbie, and many of her neighbors treat her with mistrust. When local children begin to go missing, snatched from the beach and vanishing into wells, suspicious eyes turn to Corinne. To rescue the missing children and clear her own name, Corinne goes deep into the ocean to find Mama D’Leau, the dangerous jumbie who rules the sea. But Mama D’Leau’s help comes with a price. Corinne and her friends Dru, Bouki, and Malik must travel with mermaids across the ocean to fetch a powerful object for Mama D’Leau. The only thing more perilous than Corinne’s adventures across the sea is the jumbie that waits for her back home. With action-packed storytelling and inventive twists on Caribbean and West African mythology and fairy tales, Rise of the Jumbies is a breathlessly exciting tale of courage and friendship. An NPR Best Book of 2017 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017