Author: Nancy J. Chovancek
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491899093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Nancy takes us on a journey through her childhood years with an Italian/Polish upbringing, and continues through the triumphs and tribulations of her adulthood with sarcastic humor and grace. As we become immersed in Nancy's true-life story telling, it becomes obvious that she has a knack for humor in the most unexpected, yet highly relatable moments that we all share in life. Nancy takes us on a humorous and touching journey in which all stories have a common thread: Life's absurdities show us that we are not alone for this wild ride. Loving oneself for who you are and not what other's want you to become is imperative. To quote William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", "This above all: To thine own self, be true."
Angry Birds and Beehive Hair
Author: Nancy J. Chovancek
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491899093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Nancy takes us on a journey through her childhood years with an Italian/Polish upbringing, and continues through the triumphs and tribulations of her adulthood with sarcastic humor and grace. As we become immersed in Nancy's true-life story telling, it becomes obvious that she has a knack for humor in the most unexpected, yet highly relatable moments that we all share in life. Nancy takes us on a humorous and touching journey in which all stories have a common thread: Life's absurdities show us that we are not alone for this wild ride. Loving oneself for who you are and not what other's want you to become is imperative. To quote William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", "This above all: To thine own self, be true."
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491899093
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Nancy takes us on a journey through her childhood years with an Italian/Polish upbringing, and continues through the triumphs and tribulations of her adulthood with sarcastic humor and grace. As we become immersed in Nancy's true-life story telling, it becomes obvious that she has a knack for humor in the most unexpected, yet highly relatable moments that we all share in life. Nancy takes us on a humorous and touching journey in which all stories have a common thread: Life's absurdities show us that we are not alone for this wild ride. Loving oneself for who you are and not what other's want you to become is imperative. To quote William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", "This above all: To thine own self, be true."
The Secret World of Shlomo Fine
Author: Smythe, K.M.R.
Publisher: AmaGugu Publishers
ISBN: 079749135X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
K.M.R Smythe grew up in Rhodesia Her family lived in the grounds of Ingutsheni Mental Hospital in Bulawayo from 1953-1971 where her father worked as a psychiatrist. As a child she grappled with many frightening situations and found strength and self-belief by becoming a successful tennis player. The Secret World of Shlomo Fine is an exploration of concealment and prejudice on many different levels. It is a story about an isolated and isolating experience inside one of the largest lunatic asylums built during British colonial rule in Africa. The book raises questions about the role that psychiatry holds in the Western imagination as accepted wisdom for healing human distress. What took place at Ingutsheni - first under British colonial rule, followed by UDI and the leadership of Ian Smith - needs to be more widely known. Similar institutions were built throughout the Empire, and many still exist throughout the world.
Publisher: AmaGugu Publishers
ISBN: 079749135X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
K.M.R Smythe grew up in Rhodesia Her family lived in the grounds of Ingutsheni Mental Hospital in Bulawayo from 1953-1971 where her father worked as a psychiatrist. As a child she grappled with many frightening situations and found strength and self-belief by becoming a successful tennis player. The Secret World of Shlomo Fine is an exploration of concealment and prejudice on many different levels. It is a story about an isolated and isolating experience inside one of the largest lunatic asylums built during British colonial rule in Africa. The book raises questions about the role that psychiatry holds in the Western imagination as accepted wisdom for healing human distress. What took place at Ingutsheni - first under British colonial rule, followed by UDI and the leadership of Ian Smith - needs to be more widely known. Similar institutions were built throughout the Empire, and many still exist throughout the world.
Rose Is a Verb
Author: Karen An-hwei Lee
Publisher: Slant Books
ISBN: 1639820922
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
A little more than two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Virgil wrote his Georgics, a long poetic sequence about agriculture, suffused with profound reflections on the relationship between humanity, nature, and the divine--and reflecting the political turmoil of his times. California poet Karen An-hwei Lee, inspired by Virgil, has created her own dense, richly-layered collection of "Neo-Georgics," constituting an extended exploration of such motifs as happiness, olive groves, vineyards, soil chemistries, the seacoast, and the birth of trees. In Lee's contemporary rendering we confront an environment blighted by our carbon footprint; advancements in agricultural technology and genetic engineering; the digital age; fossil fuel transportation; and vanishing bees. Rose Is a Verb explores the ancient tradition of agrarian labor, including tilling the soil and interpreting weather signs and war omens. The poems flash with verbal ingenuity and mind-bending allusions--challenging the heart and mind but repaying slow, careful readings many times over. A meditation on the natural environment, this collection serves as a biomythography of procreation and a reflection on the meaning of happiness.
Publisher: Slant Books
ISBN: 1639820922
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
A little more than two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Virgil wrote his Georgics, a long poetic sequence about agriculture, suffused with profound reflections on the relationship between humanity, nature, and the divine--and reflecting the political turmoil of his times. California poet Karen An-hwei Lee, inspired by Virgil, has created her own dense, richly-layered collection of "Neo-Georgics," constituting an extended exploration of such motifs as happiness, olive groves, vineyards, soil chemistries, the seacoast, and the birth of trees. In Lee's contemporary rendering we confront an environment blighted by our carbon footprint; advancements in agricultural technology and genetic engineering; the digital age; fossil fuel transportation; and vanishing bees. Rose Is a Verb explores the ancient tradition of agrarian labor, including tilling the soil and interpreting weather signs and war omens. The poems flash with verbal ingenuity and mind-bending allusions--challenging the heart and mind but repaying slow, careful readings many times over. A meditation on the natural environment, this collection serves as a biomythography of procreation and a reflection on the meaning of happiness.
ORPHIC CANTOS
Author: Ivan Argüelles
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1938521277
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. "Ivan Arguelles is a poet who does not mine the general American vein of didactic or 'therapeutic' poetry that is supposed to be of use in some way. What he creates is an expansive romantic/surrealist summoning of multiple, swarming worlds and histories. This makes him one of the most authentic poets working in English today, and one of the most beautiful in his use of language. His voice is unique, but each of his books has its own timbre, point of view; its own movement and thematic centers. In ORPHIC CANTOS, those centers revolve around the paradoxes of language and consciousness, which are understood to be at the very marrow of the human. The nature of his engagement over the past 40 years has been far more than a desire to write 'poetry'; rather, poetry is the embodiment of a complex psychic need, the air he needs to be in the life form and time he occupies. When you read Arguelles' work, you are immersed in the basic human experience. His work is a great treasure." John M. Bennett"
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1938521277
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. "Ivan Arguelles is a poet who does not mine the general American vein of didactic or 'therapeutic' poetry that is supposed to be of use in some way. What he creates is an expansive romantic/surrealist summoning of multiple, swarming worlds and histories. This makes him one of the most authentic poets working in English today, and one of the most beautiful in his use of language. His voice is unique, but each of his books has its own timbre, point of view; its own movement and thematic centers. In ORPHIC CANTOS, those centers revolve around the paradoxes of language and consciousness, which are understood to be at the very marrow of the human. The nature of his engagement over the past 40 years has been far more than a desire to write 'poetry'; rather, poetry is the embodiment of a complex psychic need, the air he needs to be in the life form and time he occupies. When you read Arguelles' work, you are immersed in the basic human experience. His work is a great treasure." John M. Bennett"
Out of Death Came Life
Author: Nada M. Karam
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1482829487
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Out of Death Came Life - in personal and often poetic ways - tells the story of six decades of a womans life. In describing these events, Nada M Karam offers a story that depicts how she has lived with hope in the face of adversity. Her narrative encourages readers to strive on behalf of their own loved ones, no matter the cost. Answering the call of the Spirit, and searching out the written Word, this story shows that God still speaks to the heart and that its important in our world today. These inspiring words open the heart and mind and engages the reader, revealing a wonderful exciting relationship and true intimacy with God. The author displays courage and strength that reveals the unfailing love and faithfulness of God the father.Out of Death Came Life, presents both the events of the authors life as they occur and the perspective she has grown to achieve through her perseverance in learning to lean on a higher authority as she learned to hear Gods voice along her journey. If you find yourself reflecting upon your own life and wondering whether it has meaning and purpose, you may find inOut of Death Came Lifethe encouragement of someone who has taken God at His word, and has come to the point of saying, Yes, God does matter! By the time you come to the end ofOut of Death Came Life, you will have come to appreciate how God worked out His purposes through a life surrended. Perhaps you will discover Gods guiding hand and allow Him to do the same in your life, what have you got to lose? Take the journey through the narrow gate...
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN: 1482829487
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Out of Death Came Life - in personal and often poetic ways - tells the story of six decades of a womans life. In describing these events, Nada M Karam offers a story that depicts how she has lived with hope in the face of adversity. Her narrative encourages readers to strive on behalf of their own loved ones, no matter the cost. Answering the call of the Spirit, and searching out the written Word, this story shows that God still speaks to the heart and that its important in our world today. These inspiring words open the heart and mind and engages the reader, revealing a wonderful exciting relationship and true intimacy with God. The author displays courage and strength that reveals the unfailing love and faithfulness of God the father.Out of Death Came Life, presents both the events of the authors life as they occur and the perspective she has grown to achieve through her perseverance in learning to lean on a higher authority as she learned to hear Gods voice along her journey. If you find yourself reflecting upon your own life and wondering whether it has meaning and purpose, you may find inOut of Death Came Lifethe encouragement of someone who has taken God at His word, and has come to the point of saying, Yes, God does matter! By the time you come to the end ofOut of Death Came Life, you will have come to appreciate how God worked out His purposes through a life surrended. Perhaps you will discover Gods guiding hand and allow Him to do the same in your life, what have you got to lose? Take the journey through the narrow gate...
The Woman I Was Born To Be
Author: Susan Boyle
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409045730
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
In April 2009, a modest middle-aged woman from a village in Scotland was catapulted to global fame when the YouTube video of her audition for Britain's Got Talent touched the hearts of millions all over the world. From singing karaoke in local pubs to live performance with an eighty-piece orchestra in Japan's legendary Budokan arena and a record-breaking debut album, Susan Boyle has become an international superstar. This astonishing transformation has not always been easy for Susan, faced with all the trappings of celebrity, but in the whirlwind of attention and expectation, she has always found calm and clarity in music. Susan was born to sing. Now, for the first time, Susan tells the story of her life and the challenges she has struggled to overcome with faith, fortitude and an unfailing sense of humour. 'When I strutted onto the stage for that audition, I was a scared wee lassie, still grieving for my mother, not caring how I looked. I think I've grown up a lot in the last year, become more of a lady, and I'm not so frightened anymore. I'm telling my story to try and show that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, that you shouldn't just look at the label - you must look at the whole person, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. I hope that it will show that dreams are not impossible, if you've got courage and a willingness to go on no matter what the circumstances.'
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409045730
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
In April 2009, a modest middle-aged woman from a village in Scotland was catapulted to global fame when the YouTube video of her audition for Britain's Got Talent touched the hearts of millions all over the world. From singing karaoke in local pubs to live performance with an eighty-piece orchestra in Japan's legendary Budokan arena and a record-breaking debut album, Susan Boyle has become an international superstar. This astonishing transformation has not always been easy for Susan, faced with all the trappings of celebrity, but in the whirlwind of attention and expectation, she has always found calm and clarity in music. Susan was born to sing. Now, for the first time, Susan tells the story of her life and the challenges she has struggled to overcome with faith, fortitude and an unfailing sense of humour. 'When I strutted onto the stage for that audition, I was a scared wee lassie, still grieving for my mother, not caring how I looked. I think I've grown up a lot in the last year, become more of a lady, and I'm not so frightened anymore. I'm telling my story to try and show that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, that you shouldn't just look at the label - you must look at the whole person, emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. I hope that it will show that dreams are not impossible, if you've got courage and a willingness to go on no matter what the circumstances.'
An Uncommon History of Common Things
Author: Bethanne Patrick
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426212275
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Pop culture fans and trivia lovers will delight in National Geographic’s highly browsable, freewheeling compendium of customs, notions and inventions that reflect human ingenuity throughout history. Dip into any page and discover extraordinary hidden details in the everyday that will inform, amuse, astonish, and surprise. From hand tools to holidays to weapons to washing machines, this book features hundreds of colorful illustrations, timelines, sidebars, and more as it explores just about every subject under the sun. Who knew that indoor plumbing has been around for 4,600 years, but punctuation, capital letters, and the handy spaces between written words only date back to the Dark Ages? Or that ancient soldiers baked a kind of pizza on their shields— when they weren’t busy flying kites to frighten their foes?
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426212275
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Pop culture fans and trivia lovers will delight in National Geographic’s highly browsable, freewheeling compendium of customs, notions and inventions that reflect human ingenuity throughout history. Dip into any page and discover extraordinary hidden details in the everyday that will inform, amuse, astonish, and surprise. From hand tools to holidays to weapons to washing machines, this book features hundreds of colorful illustrations, timelines, sidebars, and more as it explores just about every subject under the sun. Who knew that indoor plumbing has been around for 4,600 years, but punctuation, capital letters, and the handy spaces between written words only date back to the Dark Ages? Or that ancient soldiers baked a kind of pizza on their shields— when they weren’t busy flying kites to frighten their foes?
Sizzle
Author: Sheridan Kesselman
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457539535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Mackenzie Stark never intended to push the boundaries of acceptable sexual and social mores by becoming involved with a man half her age. Flying to Europe to visit her daughter, she doesn’t expect to be achingly drawn to the brooding German man, young enough to be her son, who sits down beside her. He’s returning to Berlin after completing a legal internship in L.A. His apparent lack of interest does not fool her. Mackenzie can feel the heat pulsing out at her from deep inside him. She is pulled in, and can’t let go. His longing, although always veiled, comes through in his letters and calls over the next year, and she must go back and see where this will take her. The seductive dance of the three days she spends with him, ending in a night of abandoned passion and fire, rips her fears apart and shakes her soul. Her world is thrown into chaos, and she returns home to try and sort out what has happened and what she must now do. She begins a journal of her life at her therapist’s request, and it draws her back into her turbulent childhood and her many shocking and insatiable teenage sexual experiences. We savor her explicit sexuality, her seductive sensuality, her willingness to open herself up to the unknown. In the process, she will begin to finally learn who she is and what it means to be a fulfilled woman.
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457539535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Mackenzie Stark never intended to push the boundaries of acceptable sexual and social mores by becoming involved with a man half her age. Flying to Europe to visit her daughter, she doesn’t expect to be achingly drawn to the brooding German man, young enough to be her son, who sits down beside her. He’s returning to Berlin after completing a legal internship in L.A. His apparent lack of interest does not fool her. Mackenzie can feel the heat pulsing out at her from deep inside him. She is pulled in, and can’t let go. His longing, although always veiled, comes through in his letters and calls over the next year, and she must go back and see where this will take her. The seductive dance of the three days she spends with him, ending in a night of abandoned passion and fire, rips her fears apart and shakes her soul. Her world is thrown into chaos, and she returns home to try and sort out what has happened and what she must now do. She begins a journal of her life at her therapist’s request, and it draws her back into her turbulent childhood and her many shocking and insatiable teenage sexual experiences. We savor her explicit sexuality, her seductive sensuality, her willingness to open herself up to the unknown. In the process, she will begin to finally learn who she is and what it means to be a fulfilled woman.
What Do Children and Young Adults Read Next?
Author: Janis Ansell
Publisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN: 9780787648008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Lists books by subject and title and recommends what book children and young adults should read next based on their previous likes and dislikes.
Publisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN: 9780787648008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Lists books by subject and title and recommends what book children and young adults should read next based on their previous likes and dislikes.
White Dolphin Blues
Author: Carl Burcham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780887392122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"White Dolphin Blues" is the story of Rowena Muldoon, a feisty 62-year-old bartender at the White Dolphin, located on quaint Paradise Beach, Delaware. Loosely based on some of the "curmudgeons" the author has observed in his lifetime, "White Dolphin Blues" is filled with a host of wacky and quirky characters, suspense and surprise, and love and friendship.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780887392122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"White Dolphin Blues" is the story of Rowena Muldoon, a feisty 62-year-old bartender at the White Dolphin, located on quaint Paradise Beach, Delaware. Loosely based on some of the "curmudgeons" the author has observed in his lifetime, "White Dolphin Blues" is filled with a host of wacky and quirky characters, suspense and surprise, and love and friendship.