Author: Norris Lee Roberts Jr. Ed.D.
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1625094728
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Mama Is Still Here! Is a true story of an educated and accomplished African-American woman who was raised in the state of Mississippi between the 1940’s and 1960’s. Daisy: a wife, mother, and everyone’s favorite sister, aunt, and friend, is admired for her swagger and confidence. But she finds her life spiraling out of control because of impaired memory lapses due to Alzheimer’s disease. The devastating diagnosis crushed Daisy and her husband’s world, and the world of their adult children. Initially, the way each family member connected to her was at some level of denial and/or anger. The author, Daisy’s son, shares their story and his personal grief. The author also shares his observations and the memory of his mother before and after Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The scriptures and prayers at the end of the chapters are a very nice touch, and the epigraphs are very successful at conveying the tone of each chapter. SeniorAdvisor.com, the nation’s largest reviews and ratings source, helps millions of consumers every year find the best resources and senior care for their loved ones. Professional assistance for caregivers and families experiencing the daily ups and downs of Alzheimer’s disease is being provided – free of charge – to the readers of Mama Is Still Here.
Mama Is Still Here!
Author: Norris Lee Roberts Jr. Ed.D.
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1625094728
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Mama Is Still Here! Is a true story of an educated and accomplished African-American woman who was raised in the state of Mississippi between the 1940’s and 1960’s. Daisy: a wife, mother, and everyone’s favorite sister, aunt, and friend, is admired for her swagger and confidence. But she finds her life spiraling out of control because of impaired memory lapses due to Alzheimer’s disease. The devastating diagnosis crushed Daisy and her husband’s world, and the world of their adult children. Initially, the way each family member connected to her was at some level of denial and/or anger. The author, Daisy’s son, shares their story and his personal grief. The author also shares his observations and the memory of his mother before and after Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The scriptures and prayers at the end of the chapters are a very nice touch, and the epigraphs are very successful at conveying the tone of each chapter. SeniorAdvisor.com, the nation’s largest reviews and ratings source, helps millions of consumers every year find the best resources and senior care for their loved ones. Professional assistance for caregivers and families experiencing the daily ups and downs of Alzheimer’s disease is being provided – free of charge – to the readers of Mama Is Still Here.
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1625094728
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Mama Is Still Here! Is a true story of an educated and accomplished African-American woman who was raised in the state of Mississippi between the 1940’s and 1960’s. Daisy: a wife, mother, and everyone’s favorite sister, aunt, and friend, is admired for her swagger and confidence. But she finds her life spiraling out of control because of impaired memory lapses due to Alzheimer’s disease. The devastating diagnosis crushed Daisy and her husband’s world, and the world of their adult children. Initially, the way each family member connected to her was at some level of denial and/or anger. The author, Daisy’s son, shares their story and his personal grief. The author also shares his observations and the memory of his mother before and after Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The scriptures and prayers at the end of the chapters are a very nice touch, and the epigraphs are very successful at conveying the tone of each chapter. SeniorAdvisor.com, the nation’s largest reviews and ratings source, helps millions of consumers every year find the best resources and senior care for their loved ones. Professional assistance for caregivers and families experiencing the daily ups and downs of Alzheimer’s disease is being provided – free of charge – to the readers of Mama Is Still Here.
Da Joka
Author: T. Fulton
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456875922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"As we continue to peek into Nick’s b.k.a. “Da Joka’s” life and what a life it is. We see how much she’s grown and what she’s grown into. Or really what she’s into now. She thought she was grown in the last one. So, you know in this one you can’t tell her nothin. But you’ll see or should I say read, and then you’ll really understand why there’s no one like, “Da Joka”"
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456875922
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"As we continue to peek into Nick’s b.k.a. “Da Joka’s” life and what a life it is. We see how much she’s grown and what she’s grown into. Or really what she’s into now. She thought she was grown in the last one. So, you know in this one you can’t tell her nothin. But you’ll see or should I say read, and then you’ll really understand why there’s no one like, “Da Joka”"
Guardian
Author: Tyler Tillerson
Publisher: Story Tiller Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
GUARDIAN: The Cost of Change is Everything Merelith Torhal is the guardian of her family and its kingdom, but it feels like a title and little else. Now eighteen years old, Merelith still hasn’t transformed into what she is supposed to be: an angyr, a powerful creature capable of bending time itself and killing immortals. Born to sorceress queens and immortal kings, Torhal’s guardians were never destined to wear the crown on their sibling’s heads. Instead, Merelith is something not human, not civilized, and definitely not safe. All problems in the eyes of her little sister and crown princess. Yet dangerous is precisely what Torhal needs as war threatens the tiny kingdom after centuries of peace. Merelith is all in on becoming an apex predator and protector, but will abandoning the woman she is also mean leaving behind her family, her lover, and everything she ever was? Quick Facts About This Book: 1. Guardian is the first book in the series The Wildlands. The story is ~125,000 words long and features over 40 chapters. There is also a resource section for additional lore and reader wellbeing. 2. The Wildlands is classified as adult fantasy fiction: the book contains explicit content, such as erotic scenes, descriptive violence, and foul language. The language is most frequent, gore is rarely described, and sex is also rare. 3. The Wildlands is not smut. While explicit content is present, it does not make up significant portions of the story nor plot. Reader discretion is advised, recommended age for reading is 16+. 4. The Wildlands features magic, transformation, and themes on instincts, time, and choice. Notable are the 'instincts' in certain characters, which have an inherent duality. Think alpha/beta, but inside a single person's mind rather than the usual trope of a person being one or the other. If internal struggles, warring emotions, or fractured personalities interest you, The Wildlands will be a great read! 5. Tyler Tillerson, the author, has a website where you can learn more. Visit www.TylerTillerson.com to read short stories set in the world of The Wildlands, learn additional lore that didn't make it into the book, and get sneak peeks at the next book as it is being written.
Publisher: Story Tiller Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
GUARDIAN: The Cost of Change is Everything Merelith Torhal is the guardian of her family and its kingdom, but it feels like a title and little else. Now eighteen years old, Merelith still hasn’t transformed into what she is supposed to be: an angyr, a powerful creature capable of bending time itself and killing immortals. Born to sorceress queens and immortal kings, Torhal’s guardians were never destined to wear the crown on their sibling’s heads. Instead, Merelith is something not human, not civilized, and definitely not safe. All problems in the eyes of her little sister and crown princess. Yet dangerous is precisely what Torhal needs as war threatens the tiny kingdom after centuries of peace. Merelith is all in on becoming an apex predator and protector, but will abandoning the woman she is also mean leaving behind her family, her lover, and everything she ever was? Quick Facts About This Book: 1. Guardian is the first book in the series The Wildlands. The story is ~125,000 words long and features over 40 chapters. There is also a resource section for additional lore and reader wellbeing. 2. The Wildlands is classified as adult fantasy fiction: the book contains explicit content, such as erotic scenes, descriptive violence, and foul language. The language is most frequent, gore is rarely described, and sex is also rare. 3. The Wildlands is not smut. While explicit content is present, it does not make up significant portions of the story nor plot. Reader discretion is advised, recommended age for reading is 16+. 4. The Wildlands features magic, transformation, and themes on instincts, time, and choice. Notable are the 'instincts' in certain characters, which have an inherent duality. Think alpha/beta, but inside a single person's mind rather than the usual trope of a person being one or the other. If internal struggles, warring emotions, or fractured personalities interest you, The Wildlands will be a great read! 5. Tyler Tillerson, the author, has a website where you can learn more. Visit www.TylerTillerson.com to read short stories set in the world of The Wildlands, learn additional lore that didn't make it into the book, and get sneak peeks at the next book as it is being written.
Mama's Boy
Author: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476715033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
When her son is in trouble, a heartbroken mother finds the courage and faith to save him, in ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s powerful family drama—a novel as timely as today’s headlines. The breaking TV news rocks Jasper, Texas, to the core: a white police officer is fatally shot in a scuffle with three black youths—and a cellphone video captures Jamal Jones, the sixteen-year-old son of esteemed Reverend Elton Jones, escalating the tragic encounter. Now, as the national spotlight shines on a town already rife with racial tension, Jamal is a murder suspect on the run. And all of Jasper—even the Reverend’s congregation—rushes to judge the boy they thought they knew. But Gloria Jones knows her son best, and she races to find Jamal before the law does—to the outrage of her workaholic husband. Once she finds him, she has to decide whether to turn him in or help him run. With ruthless prosecutor and Houston mayoral candidate Kay Christensen hungering to put another young thug behind bars, Gloria will face her biggest battle yet. And when long-hidden secrets and shocking lies come to light, throwing Jamal’s case and his destiny into a tailspin, all Gloria can do is pray that the truth—and a mother’s unconditional love—will be enough to redeem the mistakes of the past and ultimately, save her son.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476715033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
When her son is in trouble, a heartbroken mother finds the courage and faith to save him, in ReShonda Tate Billingsley’s powerful family drama—a novel as timely as today’s headlines. The breaking TV news rocks Jasper, Texas, to the core: a white police officer is fatally shot in a scuffle with three black youths—and a cellphone video captures Jamal Jones, the sixteen-year-old son of esteemed Reverend Elton Jones, escalating the tragic encounter. Now, as the national spotlight shines on a town already rife with racial tension, Jamal is a murder suspect on the run. And all of Jasper—even the Reverend’s congregation—rushes to judge the boy they thought they knew. But Gloria Jones knows her son best, and she races to find Jamal before the law does—to the outrage of her workaholic husband. Once she finds him, she has to decide whether to turn him in or help him run. With ruthless prosecutor and Houston mayoral candidate Kay Christensen hungering to put another young thug behind bars, Gloria will face her biggest battle yet. And when long-hidden secrets and shocking lies come to light, throwing Jamal’s case and his destiny into a tailspin, all Gloria can do is pray that the truth—and a mother’s unconditional love—will be enough to redeem the mistakes of the past and ultimately, save her son.
“Singing and Dancing Across Liberia”
Author: A. J. Kandakai
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543473741
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This book of genuine and authentic Liberian songs shall serve as a primary source material for the general, as well as serve as an instructional tool by music teachers of young Liberians enrolled in institutions of learning scattered across Liberia. An additional dream of this author is that music lovers in diverse communities such as Clay Ashland and Cebu City, Bomoja and Birmingham, and the depressed areas of West Point and metropolitan Washington, DC, can assemble their dancing partners on dance floors and boogie-woogie to the melodious sounds of the fifteen songs profiled in this book.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543473741
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This book of genuine and authentic Liberian songs shall serve as a primary source material for the general, as well as serve as an instructional tool by music teachers of young Liberians enrolled in institutions of learning scattered across Liberia. An additional dream of this author is that music lovers in diverse communities such as Clay Ashland and Cebu City, Bomoja and Birmingham, and the depressed areas of West Point and metropolitan Washington, DC, can assemble their dancing partners on dance floors and boogie-woogie to the melodious sounds of the fifteen songs profiled in this book.
The Sisters of Glass Ferry
Author: Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 1496734238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Patsy Butler disappears with her date on prom night, never to return. Twenty years later, her twin sister Flannery begins to solve the mystery and uncover secrets of her small Kentucky town.
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 1496734238
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Patsy Butler disappears with her date on prom night, never to return. Twenty years later, her twin sister Flannery begins to solve the mystery and uncover secrets of her small Kentucky town.
Mama's Girls
Author: Janette McCarthy Louard
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9781583142585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Three sisters raised by their two grandmothers now face a crisis that will test their strength, determination, and love.
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9781583142585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Three sisters raised by their two grandmothers now face a crisis that will test their strength, determination, and love.
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Author: John Carlisle
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625842252
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Since 2007, John Carlisle has fascinated readers with his untold stories of Detroit in his "Detroitblogger John" column for the Metro Times. His words and photographs shed light on the overlooked and forgotten while bringing life to neglected, far-flung neighborhoods. The Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists named Carlisle the 2011 Journalist of the Year for his work on the city. This collection features dozens of his previously unpublished photographs and forty-two of his most unforgettable stories, including a man who has a strip club in his living room, a bar in a ghost town, a coffee shop for the citys homeless, an art gallery in a mattress store and an old-fashioned debutante ball in the unlikeliest of places.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625842252
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Since 2007, John Carlisle has fascinated readers with his untold stories of Detroit in his "Detroitblogger John" column for the Metro Times. His words and photographs shed light on the overlooked and forgotten while bringing life to neglected, far-flung neighborhoods. The Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists named Carlisle the 2011 Journalist of the Year for his work on the city. This collection features dozens of his previously unpublished photographs and forty-two of his most unforgettable stories, including a man who has a strip club in his living room, a bar in a ghost town, a coffee shop for the citys homeless, an art gallery in a mattress store and an old-fashioned debutante ball in the unlikeliest of places.
Lil Mama's Rules
Author: Sheneska Jackson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684846136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
In this fresh, outspoken novel about contemporary relationships and the rules that guide (and misguide) them, Sheneska Jackson's "jazzy voice sounds smoother and sweeter than ever" ("Newsday").
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684846136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
In this fresh, outspoken novel about contemporary relationships and the rules that guide (and misguide) them, Sheneska Jackson's "jazzy voice sounds smoother and sweeter than ever" ("Newsday").
Mother Lode
Author: Gretchen Staebler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647422841
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
“. . . makes you feel as though a kindred soul is speaking to you.” —Readers’ Favorite At the age of sixty, Gretchen Staebler promises to spend one year in her childhood home caring for her stubbornly independent ninety-six-year-old mother—sort of a middle-aged gap year. Then her mother will move to assisted living and she will return to her own independent life. It doesn’t go as planned. Rather than a retrospective, this mother-daughter story unfolds in real time with gripping honesty, bringing the reader along with the narrator through the struggle, doubts, and complexities of caregiving and daughterhood—and the beacons of light. Penetrating the fog of her mother’s advancing dementia and myriad health issues with humor, frustration, and compassion—and wine—Staebler slowly comes to accept and respect the mother she got, if not the one she wished for. In the process, she manifests non-negotiable self-care and learns more than she wants to know about aging, cognitive loss, and the healthcare system. Any reader who is looking for a road map in caring for a family member, has ever had a mother, or is looking aging in the eye will find company on the journey in this candid, multi-award-winning memoir.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647422841
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
“. . . makes you feel as though a kindred soul is speaking to you.” —Readers’ Favorite At the age of sixty, Gretchen Staebler promises to spend one year in her childhood home caring for her stubbornly independent ninety-six-year-old mother—sort of a middle-aged gap year. Then her mother will move to assisted living and she will return to her own independent life. It doesn’t go as planned. Rather than a retrospective, this mother-daughter story unfolds in real time with gripping honesty, bringing the reader along with the narrator through the struggle, doubts, and complexities of caregiving and daughterhood—and the beacons of light. Penetrating the fog of her mother’s advancing dementia and myriad health issues with humor, frustration, and compassion—and wine—Staebler slowly comes to accept and respect the mother she got, if not the one she wished for. In the process, she manifests non-negotiable self-care and learns more than she wants to know about aging, cognitive loss, and the healthcare system. Any reader who is looking for a road map in caring for a family member, has ever had a mother, or is looking aging in the eye will find company on the journey in this candid, multi-award-winning memoir.