Author: JG Combs
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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Written by a grandfather to his granddaughter, a grandfather recounts the number of times he holds his granddaughter’s hand, through the smaller and larger moments of her life. From watching movies to her wedding day and beyond, a grandfather is always there for his precious granddaughter. A sweet tale, Holding Pappy’s Hand is an important reminder of how precious our time is on earth, and to spend it with the ones we hold dearest. About the Author JG Combs resides in Ohio and comes from a close-knit family. His biggest interest lies in movies, and he enjoys reading non-fiction books. An old-car enthusiast, he takes his 1967 Thunderbird to as many car shows as possible.
Author: Editor: LB Goddard
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557051932
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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16 tales of terror.
Author: Daphne du Maurier
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316253502
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
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When people play the game: Name three or four persons whom you would choose to have with you on a desert island - they never choose the Delaneys. They don't even choose us one by one as individuals. We have earned, not always fairly we consider, the reputation of being difficult guests . . . Maria, Niall, and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents - their father, a flamboyant singer and their mother, a talented dancer. Now pursuing their own creative dreams, all three siblings feel an undeniable bond, but it is Maria and Niall who share the secret of their parents' pasts. Alternately comic and poignant, The Parasites is based on the artistic milieu its author knew best, and draws the reader effortlessly into that magical world.
Author: Wallace Neal Briggs
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813188350
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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A moving personal memoir of Mississippi in the 1920s and the bitter harvest of racial repression. As the story opens, six-year-old Buster Briggs boards a Pullman car headed south over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and we embark with him on what will become his journey from childhood into adolescence. Bus Briggs is a white boy from Indiana who spends his summers and Christmases at his grandparents' Mississippi homeplace—Riverside. Travel with him on this journey of discovery. Join Bus and his cousins as they string popcorn and chinaberries for the yule tree, savor ice cream made from rare Mississippi snow, eat cornbread crumbled in buttermilk, enjoy all-day suckers and dill pickles at the general store. Meet the extended family that lives at Riverside—Buster's grandparents Mammy and Pappy, his aunt Allie and uncle Cally, and his cousins—as well as their black neighbor Mattie Riley and her son Leroy. At the heart of this story lies Buster's strong and sustaining friendship with Leroy. From his Pullman window, Buster first sees Leroy sitting on a stile near Riverside waving at the passing train. Leroy soon becomes Buster's fellow explorer, fishing instructor, and best friend. Before Leroy waves goodbye to Buster's departing train for the last time, an unbreakable bond is formed with the gift of a pocketknife—and what happens because of that gift. Even so, the racial prejudices of the time dictate that the paths of their lives diverge. Wallace Briggs set out to write a memoir of his family and of his own youth, but he has shaped a story that is far more than a personal recollection. Its themes are among the most powerful in literature—love and death, family dynamics, the innocence and selfishness of childhood, the struggle with cultural mores. What Briggs has produced is a work of great power and many pleasures, as finely constructed as a novel or stage play. His prose is crisp, cool, and sweet, like a slice of the watermelon chilling in the artesian well-water at Riverside.
Author: Bobby Ozuna, 2nd
Publisher: Proud Souls
ISBN: 0615145272
Category : Grief
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Six years after the loss of his wife and son in a terrible accident, Justin Bower wakes one morning to find a new emotion stirring within his soul. A faint glimpse of hope has begun to clash with his earnest desire to drink himself to death and his emotional battle sets the story in motion.
Author: George Washington Ogden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Author: Joe Abruzzo
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475932987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Jay Gerinni has an unconditional love for the dogs that he raised, trained, and bird hunted. He also questions faith. Hounded by Evil, yet aided by Good, Jay's adventures, from hunting the bird fields of Kansas to traveling the world to help with search and rescue, further strengthen his bond with and love for dogs. This story depicts the growing relationship between Jay and a series of canines that helped him find comfort, direction and hope.
Author: Max Lucado
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1418514438
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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You can tell a lot about a person by the way he dies. In the last week of his life, Jesus deliberately sets his face toward Jerusalem—and certain death. This is no ordinary week. Even the angels are silent as they ponder the final days of Jesus Christ. This is no ordinary walk. Jesus doesn't chatter. He doesn't pause. He is on his final journey. He walks determinedly to the holy city, angrily into the temple, wearily into Gethsemane, painfully up the Via Dolorosa. And powerfully out of the vacated tomb. Master storyteller and best-selling author Max Lucado invites you: "Let's follow Jesus on his final journey. For by observing his, we may learn how to make ours. And discover what matters to God."
Author: Rosanne Bittner
Publisher: Diversion Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 1682303365
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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A man ruled by his gun meets a woman led by her heart in a dazzling western historical romance from the bestselling author of Shameless. When Moss Tucker smells danger, he shoots it. When he needs shelter, he grabs it. And when he wants a woman’s touch, he buys it. But then he sees Amanda Boone’s sparkling azure eyes—an innocent beauty like her would never get involved with a law-breaking man like him. Chestnut-haired Amanda tries to keep her gaze on the vast frontier that flashes past her train window—but it keeps straying to the buckskin-clad stranger. Every inch of him is virile and strong. She knows it’s wrong to even think of his muscular arms crushing her soft curves in a fierce embrace. Yet she vows that before the trip is over he will be the one to tame her savage desire with his wild and lawless love. “Bittner’s characters spring to life . . . Extraordinary for the depth of emotion with which they are portrayed.” —Publishers Weekly
Author: Leonard Casper
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807141472
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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