Author: Ursula Williams
Publisher: Ursula Williams
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The protagonist, the 16-year-old Amanda is the only child of an Inn keeper in the scottish Highlands. Her life was pretty uneventful and protected until one cold January morning some dreadful news turned everything upside down. “Clouds of powdery snow drifted across the frozen meadows like bands of golden gossamer as the sun rose over Glen Orchy. Amanda lay awake, gazing at the crystalline ice flowers that had covered her window overnight. Soon she would have to get out of her cosy bed to help her grandmother to prepare the food for the inn’s early guests. Today was the first market day after Hogmanay so that the Inn would be crowded with travelling tradesman, farmers and people from the surrounding villages and hamlets. Amanda eagerly looked forward to hearing, the latest news and juicy gossip but most of all, to the visit of her best friends. It is going to be a fantastic day; she thought as she closed her eyes, hoping she could remain in bed a bit longer. Little did she know that the news she longed to hear would shatter her life and replace the feeling of tranquillity with fear and tribulation. Soon, very soon, she would learn that her very survival depended on her friends loyalty, the ability to fight and the help from beings she believed to only exist in myths and legends.
Don't Be Afraid, Amanda
Author: Lilian Moore
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606211543
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
City mouse Amanda and country mouse Adam agree to visit each other. When Amanda arrives in the country, she floats away on a fallen leaf in a pond until she is rescued by a turtle. This variation of the classic fable teaches lessons on friendship, overcoming fear, and the love of poetry. Illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606211543
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
City mouse Amanda and country mouse Adam agree to visit each other. When Amanda arrives in the country, she floats away on a fallen leaf in a pond until she is rescued by a turtle. This variation of the classic fable teaches lessons on friendship, overcoming fear, and the love of poetry. Illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The Art of Asking
Author: Amanda Palmer
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455581070
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter. Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn't alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In this groundbreaking book, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of The Art of Asking. Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet. The Art of Asking will inspire readers to rethink their own ideas about asking, giving, art, and love.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455581070
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in making an album, leading to the world's most successful music Kickstarter. Even while Amanda is both celebrated and attacked for her fearlessness in asking for help, she finds that there are important things she cannot ask for-as a musician, as a friend, and as a wife. She learns that she isn't alone in this, that so many people are afraid to ask for help, and it paralyzes their lives and relationships. In this groundbreaking book, she explores these barriers in her own life and in the lives of those around her, and discovers the emotional, philosophical, and practical aspects of The Art of Asking. Part manifesto, part revelation, this is the story of an artist struggling with the new rules of exchange in the twenty-first century, both on and off the Internet. The Art of Asking will inspire readers to rethink their own ideas about asking, giving, art, and love.
Baked in Pain
Author: Amanda Dambuza
Publisher: Amanda Dambuza
ISBN: 9780620815994
Category : Adult child abuse victims
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Your traumatic past may just be the fuel you need to soar!In Baked in Pain, Amanda takes readers through the emotional roller-coaster, which was her life growing up in apartheid South Africa. A product of abandonment and rejection, she goes very deep in narrating the abuse she suffered as a child and the negative scripts that were fed to her over the years. She further explores, supported with research the way these messages can be internalised and become the truth. She flips the lid on what is expected of victims of abuse and challenges the notion of "once abused always abused" as she reflects on her own life as a mother, wife and an internationally celebrated business woman. What would happen when Amanda finally summonses the courage to break free from her old life, in search of a relationship with her mother and a brighter future? Would she find what she's looking for? Amanda's candid recollections bare her soul, the deep faith and courage that carried her from her earliest days as a young child to her current life. It is an applaudable universal story. In a time where all forms of abuse remain rife, this book provides incredible inspiration and lessons that will motivate the reader to use their traumatic past as the fuel they need to soar and live a life filled with purpose and to be of service to others.Buy your copy of Baked in Pain today!
Publisher: Amanda Dambuza
ISBN: 9780620815994
Category : Adult child abuse victims
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Your traumatic past may just be the fuel you need to soar!In Baked in Pain, Amanda takes readers through the emotional roller-coaster, which was her life growing up in apartheid South Africa. A product of abandonment and rejection, she goes very deep in narrating the abuse she suffered as a child and the negative scripts that were fed to her over the years. She further explores, supported with research the way these messages can be internalised and become the truth. She flips the lid on what is expected of victims of abuse and challenges the notion of "once abused always abused" as she reflects on her own life as a mother, wife and an internationally celebrated business woman. What would happen when Amanda finally summonses the courage to break free from her old life, in search of a relationship with her mother and a brighter future? Would she find what she's looking for? Amanda's candid recollections bare her soul, the deep faith and courage that carried her from her earliest days as a young child to her current life. It is an applaudable universal story. In a time where all forms of abuse remain rife, this book provides incredible inspiration and lessons that will motivate the reader to use their traumatic past as the fuel they need to soar and live a life filled with purpose and to be of service to others.Buy your copy of Baked in Pain today!
Hey, That's MY Monster!
Author: Amanda Noll
Publisher: Flashlight Press
ISBN: 1947277081
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
This enhanced eBook features read-along narration. Winner: CLC Seal of Approval 2017 Literary Classics Book Awards, Silver, Preschool/Early Reader Fantasy Finalist: 2017 Literary Classics Book Awards 2017 PNBA Long-List When Ethan looks under the bed for his monster, he finds this note instead: "So long, kid. Gotta go. Someone needs me more than you do. –Gabe" How will Ethan ever get to sleep without his monster's familiar, comforting snorts? And who could need Gabe more than Ethan does? Gabe must have gone to Ethan's little sister's room! She has been climbing out of bed every night to play, and obviously needs a monster to help her get to sleep – but not HIS monster! Ethan tries to help his sister find her own monster, but none are the perfect blend of cute and creepy. Just when it seems that Ethan will lose his monster forever, an uninvited, tutu-toting little monster full of frightening fun appears. Following in the spooky-silly tradition of I Need My Monster, here's another irresistible monster-under-the-bed story with the perfect balance of giggles and shivers.
Publisher: Flashlight Press
ISBN: 1947277081
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
This enhanced eBook features read-along narration. Winner: CLC Seal of Approval 2017 Literary Classics Book Awards, Silver, Preschool/Early Reader Fantasy Finalist: 2017 Literary Classics Book Awards 2017 PNBA Long-List When Ethan looks under the bed for his monster, he finds this note instead: "So long, kid. Gotta go. Someone needs me more than you do. –Gabe" How will Ethan ever get to sleep without his monster's familiar, comforting snorts? And who could need Gabe more than Ethan does? Gabe must have gone to Ethan's little sister's room! She has been climbing out of bed every night to play, and obviously needs a monster to help her get to sleep – but not HIS monster! Ethan tries to help his sister find her own monster, but none are the perfect blend of cute and creepy. Just when it seems that Ethan will lose his monster forever, an uninvited, tutu-toting little monster full of frightening fun appears. Following in the spooky-silly tradition of I Need My Monster, here's another irresistible monster-under-the-bed story with the perfect balance of giggles and shivers.
Conversations with People Who Hate Me
Author: Dylan Marron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982129271
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
From the host of the award-winning podcast Conversations with People Who Hate Me comes a thought-provoking, and witty, exploration of difficult conversations and how to navigate them.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982129271
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
From the host of the award-winning podcast Conversations with People Who Hate Me comes a thought-provoking, and witty, exploration of difficult conversations and how to navigate them.
The Second Life of Mirielle West
Author: Amanda Skenandore
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1496726529
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The glamorous world of a silent film star’s wife abruptly crumbles when she’s forcibly quarantined at the Carville Lepers Home in this page-turning story of courage, resilience, and reinvention set in 1920s Louisiana and Los Angeles. Based on little-known history, this timely book will strike a chord with readers of Fiona Davis, Tracey Lange, and Marie Benedict. Based on the true story of America’s only leper colony, The Second Life of Mirielle West brings vividly to life the Louisiana institution known as Carville, where thousands of people were stripped of their civil rights, branded as lepers, and forcibly quarantined throughout the entire 20th century. For Mirielle West, a 1920’s socialite married to a silent film star, the isolation and powerlessness of the Louisiana Leper Home is an unimaginable fall from her intoxicatingly chic life of bootlegged champagne and the star-studded parties of Hollywood’s Golden Age. When a doctor notices a pale patch of skin on her hand, she’s immediately branded a leper and carted hundreds of miles from home to Carville, taking a new name to spare her family and famous husband the shame that accompanies the disease. At first she hopes her exile will be brief, but those sent to Carville are more prisoners than patients and their disease has no cure. Instead she must find community and purpose within its walls, struggling to redefine her self-worth while fighting an unchosen fate. As a registered nurse, Amanda Skenandore’s medical background adds layers of detail and authenticity to the experiences of patients and medical professionals at Carville – the isolation, stigma, experimental treatments, and disparate community. A tale of repulsion, resilience, and the Roaring ‘20s, The Second Life of Mirielle West is also the story of a health crisis in America’s past, made all the more poignant by the author’s experiences during another, all-too-recent crisis. PRAISE FOR AMANDA SKENANDORE’S BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY “Intensely emotional…Skenandore’s deeply introspective and moving novel will appeal to readers of American history.” —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 1496726529
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The glamorous world of a silent film star’s wife abruptly crumbles when she’s forcibly quarantined at the Carville Lepers Home in this page-turning story of courage, resilience, and reinvention set in 1920s Louisiana and Los Angeles. Based on little-known history, this timely book will strike a chord with readers of Fiona Davis, Tracey Lange, and Marie Benedict. Based on the true story of America’s only leper colony, The Second Life of Mirielle West brings vividly to life the Louisiana institution known as Carville, where thousands of people were stripped of their civil rights, branded as lepers, and forcibly quarantined throughout the entire 20th century. For Mirielle West, a 1920’s socialite married to a silent film star, the isolation and powerlessness of the Louisiana Leper Home is an unimaginable fall from her intoxicatingly chic life of bootlegged champagne and the star-studded parties of Hollywood’s Golden Age. When a doctor notices a pale patch of skin on her hand, she’s immediately branded a leper and carted hundreds of miles from home to Carville, taking a new name to spare her family and famous husband the shame that accompanies the disease. At first she hopes her exile will be brief, but those sent to Carville are more prisoners than patients and their disease has no cure. Instead she must find community and purpose within its walls, struggling to redefine her self-worth while fighting an unchosen fate. As a registered nurse, Amanda Skenandore’s medical background adds layers of detail and authenticity to the experiences of patients and medical professionals at Carville – the isolation, stigma, experimental treatments, and disparate community. A tale of repulsion, resilience, and the Roaring ‘20s, The Second Life of Mirielle West is also the story of a health crisis in America’s past, made all the more poignant by the author’s experiences during another, all-too-recent crisis. PRAISE FOR AMANDA SKENANDORE’S BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY “Intensely emotional…Skenandore’s deeply introspective and moving novel will appeal to readers of American history.” —Publishers Weekly
The sword of light
Author: Ursula Williams
Publisher: Ursula Williams
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The protagonist, the 16-year-old Amanda is the only child of an Inn keeper in the scottish Highlands. Her life was pretty uneventful and protected until one cold January morning some dreadful news turned everything upside down. “Clouds of powdery snow drifted across the frozen meadows like bands of golden gossamer as the sun rose over Glen Orchy. Amanda lay awake, gazing at the crystalline ice flowers that had covered her window overnight. Soon she would have to get out of her cosy bed to help her grandmother to prepare the food for the inn’s early guests. Today was the first market day after Hogmanay so that the Inn would be crowded with travelling tradesman, farmers and people from the surrounding villages and hamlets. Amanda eagerly looked forward to hearing, the latest news and juicy gossip but most of all, to the visit of her best friends. It is going to be a fantastic day; she thought as she closed her eyes, hoping she could remain in bed a bit longer. Little did she know that the news she longed to hear would shatter her life and replace the feeling of tranquillity with fear and tribulation. Soon, very soon, she would learn that her very survival depended on her friends loyalty, the ability to fight and the help from beings she believed to only exist in myths and legends.
Publisher: Ursula Williams
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The protagonist, the 16-year-old Amanda is the only child of an Inn keeper in the scottish Highlands. Her life was pretty uneventful and protected until one cold January morning some dreadful news turned everything upside down. “Clouds of powdery snow drifted across the frozen meadows like bands of golden gossamer as the sun rose over Glen Orchy. Amanda lay awake, gazing at the crystalline ice flowers that had covered her window overnight. Soon she would have to get out of her cosy bed to help her grandmother to prepare the food for the inn’s early guests. Today was the first market day after Hogmanay so that the Inn would be crowded with travelling tradesman, farmers and people from the surrounding villages and hamlets. Amanda eagerly looked forward to hearing, the latest news and juicy gossip but most of all, to the visit of her best friends. It is going to be a fantastic day; she thought as she closed her eyes, hoping she could remain in bed a bit longer. Little did she know that the news she longed to hear would shatter her life and replace the feeling of tranquillity with fear and tribulation. Soon, very soon, she would learn that her very survival depended on her friends loyalty, the ability to fight and the help from beings she believed to only exist in myths and legends.
A Mother's Story
Author: Amanda Prowse
Publisher: Head of Zeus
ISBN: 9781781856604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
I deserve all this because I did the worst thing a woman can do. The very worst. Jessica's wedding was like a fairytale. Her dress strewn with crystals. Her dad made a tearful speech. Her husband Matthew declared himself the luckiest man alive. But when their beautiful baby girl is born, Jessica is gripped by panic. She can't tell anyone how she feels. Even when her life starts to spiral out of control... This is her story. A mother's story.
Publisher: Head of Zeus
ISBN: 9781781856604
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
I deserve all this because I did the worst thing a woman can do. The very worst. Jessica's wedding was like a fairytale. Her dress strewn with crystals. Her dad made a tearful speech. Her husband Matthew declared himself the luckiest man alive. But when their beautiful baby girl is born, Jessica is gripped by panic. She can't tell anyone how she feels. Even when her life starts to spiral out of control... This is her story. A mother's story.
Three One-Act Plays
Author: John Tully
Publisher: John Tully
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
WOMAN ALIVE (3m 3f) An updated edition of a favourite one-act farce. Roger Berry writes crime novels and his wife, Amanda, stages a mock murder as the basis for a plot for his next novel. Her well-intentioned efforts to be helpful go disastrously wrong and Roger finds himself arrested as a murderer. From then on things can only get worse — and more hilarious. THE KING OF ARGOS (7m 2f) Kronos, King of Argos in Ancient Greece, cannot decided which of his two quarrelsome sons should succeed him. He decides to consult the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, only to receive the usual ambiguous advice. Meantime Helen, his daughter, has brought another protégé home to the palace, Marcos, a scruffy musician who sings revolutionary songs in the market place. To his own surprise as much as anyone’s Marcos is destined to play a leading role in the hectic events that ensue. LOVE FROM MICHAEL (1m 3f) Dorothy Stevens and her daughter, Jenny, live in trepidation, awaiting yet another message from husband and father, Michael.,whol appears to know exactly what they are doing at any time and, even more disturbingly, what they and others are going to do. Yet he is supposed to be dead! Who can find an explanation? Who can stop the persecution? A medium? Or a private enquiry agent such as Emily Cooper who brings a keen mind to the task.
Publisher: John Tully
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
WOMAN ALIVE (3m 3f) An updated edition of a favourite one-act farce. Roger Berry writes crime novels and his wife, Amanda, stages a mock murder as the basis for a plot for his next novel. Her well-intentioned efforts to be helpful go disastrously wrong and Roger finds himself arrested as a murderer. From then on things can only get worse — and more hilarious. THE KING OF ARGOS (7m 2f) Kronos, King of Argos in Ancient Greece, cannot decided which of his two quarrelsome sons should succeed him. He decides to consult the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, only to receive the usual ambiguous advice. Meantime Helen, his daughter, has brought another protégé home to the palace, Marcos, a scruffy musician who sings revolutionary songs in the market place. To his own surprise as much as anyone’s Marcos is destined to play a leading role in the hectic events that ensue. LOVE FROM MICHAEL (1m 3f) Dorothy Stevens and her daughter, Jenny, live in trepidation, awaiting yet another message from husband and father, Michael.,whol appears to know exactly what they are doing at any time and, even more disturbingly, what they and others are going to do. Yet he is supposed to be dead! Who can find an explanation? Who can stop the persecution? A medium? Or a private enquiry agent such as Emily Cooper who brings a keen mind to the task.
After the Buffalo
Author: Bob Kody
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595095550
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
As a child, Jimmy Logan is captured by the Comanches near the Llano river in Texas. He is adopted by the chief, Eagle Claw and his wife, Pretty Kettle. The lad tries to escape many times and is beaten and starved for his efforts. He soon realizes he must be older and wiser to make his escape. Months slip into years and Jimmy grows to be an outstanding and fierce warrior. His Indian father gives him the name, White Wolf. Two older warriors fear his growing power among the tribe and plot against him. Being the son of Eagle Claw saves him from being slain. White Wolf falls in love with an Indian maiden and a white slave girl. Eventually he meets Quanah Parker, a great Comanche chief, and they become friends of sorts. He loves the free life of an Indian and decides to remain with the Comanches. Later he is sent back to the white world by Eagle Claw to learn the strength of the white men. He must now decide in which world he wants to live and with which woman he wants to spend his live. [Author Bio]Bob Kody resides in Texas. After the Buffalo is his third published novel. The first, Gold Mountain was published in 1994 by Harper/Collins. His second, The Ghost of Little Fawn, was published in January, 2000 by iUniverse.com. Gold Mountain will be reprinted on the Internet in the near future.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595095550
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
As a child, Jimmy Logan is captured by the Comanches near the Llano river in Texas. He is adopted by the chief, Eagle Claw and his wife, Pretty Kettle. The lad tries to escape many times and is beaten and starved for his efforts. He soon realizes he must be older and wiser to make his escape. Months slip into years and Jimmy grows to be an outstanding and fierce warrior. His Indian father gives him the name, White Wolf. Two older warriors fear his growing power among the tribe and plot against him. Being the son of Eagle Claw saves him from being slain. White Wolf falls in love with an Indian maiden and a white slave girl. Eventually he meets Quanah Parker, a great Comanche chief, and they become friends of sorts. He loves the free life of an Indian and decides to remain with the Comanches. Later he is sent back to the white world by Eagle Claw to learn the strength of the white men. He must now decide in which world he wants to live and with which woman he wants to spend his live. [Author Bio]Bob Kody resides in Texas. After the Buffalo is his third published novel. The first, Gold Mountain was published in 1994 by Harper/Collins. His second, The Ghost of Little Fawn, was published in January, 2000 by iUniverse.com. Gold Mountain will be reprinted on the Internet in the near future.