Author: Alan Schroeder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781643790862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Pint-sized dynamo 'Baby Florence' Mills was singing and dancing just about as soon as she could talk and walk. Flo's mama and daddy knew they had a budding entertainer in the family, so they entered Florence in a talent contest. Baby Flo went on to become an international superstar during the Harlem Renaissance - but first she had to overcome a case of stage fright and discover that winning wasn't everything.
Baby Flo
Author: Alan Schroeder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781643790862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Pint-sized dynamo 'Baby Florence' Mills was singing and dancing just about as soon as she could talk and walk. Flo's mama and daddy knew they had a budding entertainer in the family, so they entered Florence in a talent contest. Baby Flo went on to become an international superstar during the Harlem Renaissance - but first she had to overcome a case of stage fright and discover that winning wasn't everything.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781643790862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Pint-sized dynamo 'Baby Florence' Mills was singing and dancing just about as soon as she could talk and walk. Flo's mama and daddy knew they had a budding entertainer in the family, so they entered Florence in a talent contest. Baby Flo went on to become an international superstar during the Harlem Renaissance - but first she had to overcome a case of stage fright and discover that winning wasn't everything.
Ice
Author: Azelin Phillips
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496960025
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Disillusioned by the hypocrisy of the adults in his life, a young man severed ties with his family and pursued a lifelong journey on a twisted path of selfishness and depravity. In the end, totally helpless and abandoned by his own children, he died with only his paid caregivers at his bedside.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496960025
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Disillusioned by the hypocrisy of the adults in his life, a young man severed ties with his family and pursued a lifelong journey on a twisted path of selfishness and depravity. In the end, totally helpless and abandoned by his own children, he died with only his paid caregivers at his bedside.
The Biograph Girl
Author: William J. Mann
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497667216
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Award-winning author William J. Mann blends fact and fiction in this unconventional novel about the nature of celebrity The Biograph Girl is Florence Lawrence, who gets her first big break in vaudeville as a tiny tot who can whistle like a man. By 1910 she’s a legendary movie star, pursued by thousands of rabid fans. Just a few short decades later, she’s all but forgotten, reduced to walk-ons at MGM. In 1938 she kills herself by ingesting a lethal dose of ant paste. Fast-forward fifty-nine years. A 107-year-old woman named Flo Bridgewood is discovered in a Catholic nursing home in Buffalo. Could the feisty chain smoker with the red satin bow in her hair be America’s former sweetheart? Florence Lawrence is dead . . . isn’t she? And if not, then whose body is in her grave? That’s what journalist Richard Sheehan wants to find out as he and his identical twin brother, Ben, a documentary filmmaker, decide to cash in on a decades-old mystery. Sharing the stage is Flo herself, whose story is the stuff of Hollywood fantasy. A provocative melding of fact and fiction, The Biograph Girl is about what it means to be a celebrity—then and now.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497667216
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Award-winning author William J. Mann blends fact and fiction in this unconventional novel about the nature of celebrity The Biograph Girl is Florence Lawrence, who gets her first big break in vaudeville as a tiny tot who can whistle like a man. By 1910 she’s a legendary movie star, pursued by thousands of rabid fans. Just a few short decades later, she’s all but forgotten, reduced to walk-ons at MGM. In 1938 she kills herself by ingesting a lethal dose of ant paste. Fast-forward fifty-nine years. A 107-year-old woman named Flo Bridgewood is discovered in a Catholic nursing home in Buffalo. Could the feisty chain smoker with the red satin bow in her hair be America’s former sweetheart? Florence Lawrence is dead . . . isn’t she? And if not, then whose body is in her grave? That’s what journalist Richard Sheehan wants to find out as he and his identical twin brother, Ben, a documentary filmmaker, decide to cash in on a decades-old mystery. Sharing the stage is Flo herself, whose story is the stuff of Hollywood fantasy. A provocative melding of fact and fiction, The Biograph Girl is about what it means to be a celebrity—then and now.
Ebb and Flo and the Baby Seal
Author: Jane Simmons
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781802580716
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ebb and Flo are playing along the river bank when Ebb spots a baby seal who is all alone. Ebb and Flo rescue the baby seal and reunite him with his mother. This is a moving story with an emphasis on friendship and teamwork.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781802580716
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ebb and Flo are playing along the river bank when Ebb spots a baby seal who is all alone. Ebb and Flo rescue the baby seal and reunite him with his mother. This is a moving story with an emphasis on friendship and teamwork.
Stone Heart
Author: Luanne Rice
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553901435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes a long-awaited opportunity for readers to discover an acclaimed early novel–one of this cherished storyteller’s most powerful and complex portraits of the fragile bonds of family and home. STONE HEART Nomadic archaeologist Maria Dark is returning home again to the Connecticut shore–a magical place where she, her sister Sophie, and their brother Peter spent their childhood on the banks of Bell Stream. After fifteen years away, Maria hopes that she can rediscover the joy and optimism of her youth in the arms of her family. But things have changed. Maria’s siblings and her mother have weathered difficult times...and Sophie and her children are not as happy as they seem. Now Maria will embark upon an emotional journey–navigating the memories of a tender past–toward the truth at the heart of her family and the chance for a new beginning. A remarkably graceful and intuitive novel, Stone Heart reveals the depths of faith and love that can mend life’s most fragile and precious ties. As never before, Luanne Rice inspires us all to look love squarely in the eye and never let it go.
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553901435
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes a long-awaited opportunity for readers to discover an acclaimed early novel–one of this cherished storyteller’s most powerful and complex portraits of the fragile bonds of family and home. STONE HEART Nomadic archaeologist Maria Dark is returning home again to the Connecticut shore–a magical place where she, her sister Sophie, and their brother Peter spent their childhood on the banks of Bell Stream. After fifteen years away, Maria hopes that she can rediscover the joy and optimism of her youth in the arms of her family. But things have changed. Maria’s siblings and her mother have weathered difficult times...and Sophie and her children are not as happy as they seem. Now Maria will embark upon an emotional journey–navigating the memories of a tender past–toward the truth at the heart of her family and the chance for a new beginning. A remarkably graceful and intuitive novel, Stone Heart reveals the depths of faith and love that can mend life’s most fragile and precious ties. As never before, Luanne Rice inspires us all to look love squarely in the eye and never let it go.
Ebony
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Emmanuel Jones
Author: Donn
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1456747789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
EMMANUEL JONES tells the story of a man and his mission as a healer and messenger of God. Bobbie Thompson works on her latest human-interest story about Emmanuel Jones. Many people have witnessed EJ and his ability to heal the sick and encourage the distressed. He preaches the word of God to all who need it. Bobbie has been fascinated by EJs way of life, but she also wants to know what has led him to become a minister and the origin of his healing power. Delving into EJs past, Bobbie begins to unravel his complicated life. EJ did not have an easy childhood, and his teenage years were even worse. Despite the hardships he endured, he refused to give in or go astray, He held onto his faith and belief that God has a plan for him. He healed people and steered the lost souls inspires Bobbie to write his story, to give other people hope and make them follow his lead. Emmanuel Jones might appeal to readers interest in stories of faith.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1456747789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
EMMANUEL JONES tells the story of a man and his mission as a healer and messenger of God. Bobbie Thompson works on her latest human-interest story about Emmanuel Jones. Many people have witnessed EJ and his ability to heal the sick and encourage the distressed. He preaches the word of God to all who need it. Bobbie has been fascinated by EJs way of life, but she also wants to know what has led him to become a minister and the origin of his healing power. Delving into EJs past, Bobbie begins to unravel his complicated life. EJ did not have an easy childhood, and his teenage years were even worse. Despite the hardships he endured, he refused to give in or go astray, He held onto his faith and belief that God has a plan for him. He healed people and steered the lost souls inspires Bobbie to write his story, to give other people hope and make them follow his lead. Emmanuel Jones might appeal to readers interest in stories of faith.
Parenting for Primates
Author: Harriet J Smith
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674043804
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
In this natural history of primate parenting, Smith compares parenting by nonhuman and human primates. In a narrative rich with vivid anecdotes derived from interviews with primatologists, from her own experience breeding cottontop tamarin monkeys for over thirty years, and from her clinical psychology practice, Smith describes the ways that primates care for their offspring, from infancy through young adulthood.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674043804
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
In this natural history of primate parenting, Smith compares parenting by nonhuman and human primates. In a narrative rich with vivid anecdotes derived from interviews with primatologists, from her own experience breeding cottontop tamarin monkeys for over thirty years, and from her clinical psychology practice, Smith describes the ways that primates care for their offspring, from infancy through young adulthood.
Delicious and Suspicious
Author: Riley Adams
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101188626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Welcome to Aunt Pat's barbecue restaurant, which serves up Memphis fun with a side order of murder. Recipes included. Named in honor of Lulu Taylor's great aunt, Aunt Pat's family-run Memphis restaurant is known for its ribs and spicy cornbread. But now the Taylor family will be known for murder... Rebecca Adrian came to Memphis to suss out the best local BBQ for a prominent Cooking Channel Show. Trouble is, a mystery ingredient has killed her-and now all fingers are pointing to Aunt Pat's restaurant. Horrified that her family is being accused of murder, Lulu fires up her investigative skills to solve the crime before someone else gets skewered.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101188626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Welcome to Aunt Pat's barbecue restaurant, which serves up Memphis fun with a side order of murder. Recipes included. Named in honor of Lulu Taylor's great aunt, Aunt Pat's family-run Memphis restaurant is known for its ribs and spicy cornbread. But now the Taylor family will be known for murder... Rebecca Adrian came to Memphis to suss out the best local BBQ for a prominent Cooking Channel Show. Trouble is, a mystery ingredient has killed her-and now all fingers are pointing to Aunt Pat's restaurant. Horrified that her family is being accused of murder, Lulu fires up her investigative skills to solve the crime before someone else gets skewered.
Kicking Against the Pricks
Author: Elizabeth Kizer
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477142622
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Wording in the King James version of the Bible speaks of the rods that shepherds have used to urge animals to go in a desired direction. The phrase may also serve as a metaphor for the barbs and punishing pricks against which a person may have to contend while searching for independence and self-actualization. Cultural and gender socialization provide pricks that goad a person to stay in her/his place in society. Born during the Great Depression and then becoming an Army Brat during World War II to emerge as a young mother and ranch wife during Texas long drought and fi nally becoming a college professor, her account covers struggles and transitions the author experienced through several historical periods. Kizer addresses the crises many have faced or will encounter including the effects of divorce, rootlessness, economic constraints, alcoholism, mental illness, suicide, death, and others.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477142622
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Wording in the King James version of the Bible speaks of the rods that shepherds have used to urge animals to go in a desired direction. The phrase may also serve as a metaphor for the barbs and punishing pricks against which a person may have to contend while searching for independence and self-actualization. Cultural and gender socialization provide pricks that goad a person to stay in her/his place in society. Born during the Great Depression and then becoming an Army Brat during World War II to emerge as a young mother and ranch wife during Texas long drought and fi nally becoming a college professor, her account covers struggles and transitions the author experienced through several historical periods. Kizer addresses the crises many have faced or will encounter including the effects of divorce, rootlessness, economic constraints, alcoholism, mental illness, suicide, death, and others.