Author: Jeffrey Mason
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781955034203
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Dad, I Want to Hear Your Story
Author: Jeffrey Mason
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781955034203
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781955034203
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Esther's Notebooks
Author: Riad Sattouf
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0593316932
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
The author of The Arab of the Future chronicles the hilarious and heartbreaking true life of a young girl growing up in Paris. "Funny, well-observed...contains immense daring and depth...Sattouf has drawn a portrait of a generation." —Observer, "Graphic Novel of the Month" Once a week for three years, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf had a chat with his friend’s outgoing young daughter, Esther, in which she told him about her family, her school, her friends, her hopes, her dreams, and her fears. After each meeting, he would create a one-page comic strip based on what she had said. Esther’s Notebooks gathers 156 of those strips, spanning Esther’s life from ages nine through twelve, giving us a delightful look into the daily dramas of this thoughtful, intelligent, and high-spirited girl. As The Guardian noted: “Each page of Esther’s Notebooks is self-contained—there’s usually a neat punchline—but read them all, and you come to see that Sattouf has drawn a portrait of a generation: their hopes, dreams and cultural references; the way that their personalities, backgrounds—many of the children portrayed have parents who are immigrants—and preconceived ideas about sexuality begin to play out even before they’ve begun secondary school. The result is a bit like a cartoon version of Michael Apted’s landmark TV series, Up. These funny, well-observed comics are fantastically daring.”
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0593316932
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
The author of The Arab of the Future chronicles the hilarious and heartbreaking true life of a young girl growing up in Paris. "Funny, well-observed...contains immense daring and depth...Sattouf has drawn a portrait of a generation." —Observer, "Graphic Novel of the Month" Once a week for three years, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf had a chat with his friend’s outgoing young daughter, Esther, in which she told him about her family, her school, her friends, her hopes, her dreams, and her fears. After each meeting, he would create a one-page comic strip based on what she had said. Esther’s Notebooks gathers 156 of those strips, spanning Esther’s life from ages nine through twelve, giving us a delightful look into the daily dramas of this thoughtful, intelligent, and high-spirited girl. As The Guardian noted: “Each page of Esther’s Notebooks is self-contained—there’s usually a neat punchline—but read them all, and you come to see that Sattouf has drawn a portrait of a generation: their hopes, dreams and cultural references; the way that their personalities, backgrounds—many of the children portrayed have parents who are immigrants—and preconceived ideas about sexuality begin to play out even before they’ve begun secondary school. The result is a bit like a cartoon version of Michael Apted’s landmark TV series, Up. These funny, well-observed comics are fantastically daring.”
Tell Me Your Life Story, Dad
Author: Questions About Me
Publisher: Tell Me Your Life Story Series
ISBN: 9781952568305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher: Tell Me Your Life Story Series
ISBN: 9781952568305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The B. S. Layer
Author: Jerry Coston
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595833276
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Blake Worthy is a programmer-a good one. He and his long-time friend and business partner, Frankie Jolley, own a thriving software consulting business in Little Rock, Arkansas. They love the challenge of a difficult problem. When the largest bank in Arizona calls Blake in to speed up their ATM network, it seems like any other job. On the flight home though, he realizes that some of the code he reviewed is causing much more serious problems than slow response time. The discovery leads Blake and friends into the heart of a murder investigation. Follow Blake and his band of bright but quirky comrades through this sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant, but always witty and faithful look into the hearts and minds of programmers. The B. S. Layer perfectly captures the world view of computer geeks-the logical thinking, the creativity, the camaraderie-and marries it with a great who-done-it plot. -Dan Darnell, author of Java and the AS/400
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595833276
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Blake Worthy is a programmer-a good one. He and his long-time friend and business partner, Frankie Jolley, own a thriving software consulting business in Little Rock, Arkansas. They love the challenge of a difficult problem. When the largest bank in Arizona calls Blake in to speed up their ATM network, it seems like any other job. On the flight home though, he realizes that some of the code he reviewed is causing much more serious problems than slow response time. The discovery leads Blake and friends into the heart of a murder investigation. Follow Blake and his band of bright but quirky comrades through this sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant, but always witty and faithful look into the hearts and minds of programmers. The B. S. Layer perfectly captures the world view of computer geeks-the logical thinking, the creativity, the camaraderie-and marries it with a great who-done-it plot. -Dan Darnell, author of Java and the AS/400
Their Mother’S Bed
Author: Errol Shaw
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543423442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
A young woman decided that she would take matters into her own hands if she could not live the life she always wanted. As a young woman, her father would always encourage her to be her best and that she would become a wonderful human being. She knew her biological parents love her, but when her mother left her and her five siblings behind, she questioned the love of her mother. Mariana knew that she was daddys little girl, but she did not know if her mother felt the same about her. She knew exactly the kind of life she wanted when she grows up, but after the death of her father, she knew it would be a struggle staying on track. She was quite determined to rise up in spite of her adversities. After the death of her father, she moved in with her auntie. She hoped that she would feel love again, but unfortunately, it was the beginning of a difficult journey. She had some of the most grueling experiences in her life that, at times, she wished she was dead and buried next to her daddy. Mariana was determined to make a life for herself. Luck came when she met a family who fell in love with her and decided to take her in. At that point, she knew that she would be able to get an education and fulfill that long-anticipated dream. She wanted all the good things in life, but she knew that those good things come at a cost. As she began her new life with this family, she had some of the greatest experiences, and it was the first time that she actually felt loved since the death of her father and the absence of her mother. Her life at her new home was certainly a new experience, but it was too good to be true. Mariana, at a tender age, was exposed to sex by her foster father, who got her pregnant while she was still a child. From that point on, she became a lover of sex, which resulted in her many pregnancies. This riveting tale takes one deep into the life of a woman who fought for the life she wanted but faced many obstacles that forced her to go from one relationship to another. In her quest to find a husband and create the ideal family for herself, her luck led her down a path that was truly painful for her. She had many children with men who had no interest in staying with her. Did she ever get that life that she anticipated? It was not until all the rules in the book were broken that she actually found love after giving up on the world to become a nun. Her feelings could not be easily suppressed, so she had to find a way to satisfy her craving even if she had to bring someone into her sacred space. The convent was not off-limits when it comes to a woman who would take the ultimate risk to obtain love. This explorative journey takes the reader on a mission to a place that was dark and vacant, but change will come and will reside in the heart of a woman who was beaten down by selfish men who think only of themselves as they seek pleasure from those who are weak and are unable to resist the undeniable feeling of love.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543423442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
A young woman decided that she would take matters into her own hands if she could not live the life she always wanted. As a young woman, her father would always encourage her to be her best and that she would become a wonderful human being. She knew her biological parents love her, but when her mother left her and her five siblings behind, she questioned the love of her mother. Mariana knew that she was daddys little girl, but she did not know if her mother felt the same about her. She knew exactly the kind of life she wanted when she grows up, but after the death of her father, she knew it would be a struggle staying on track. She was quite determined to rise up in spite of her adversities. After the death of her father, she moved in with her auntie. She hoped that she would feel love again, but unfortunately, it was the beginning of a difficult journey. She had some of the most grueling experiences in her life that, at times, she wished she was dead and buried next to her daddy. Mariana was determined to make a life for herself. Luck came when she met a family who fell in love with her and decided to take her in. At that point, she knew that she would be able to get an education and fulfill that long-anticipated dream. She wanted all the good things in life, but she knew that those good things come at a cost. As she began her new life with this family, she had some of the greatest experiences, and it was the first time that she actually felt loved since the death of her father and the absence of her mother. Her life at her new home was certainly a new experience, but it was too good to be true. Mariana, at a tender age, was exposed to sex by her foster father, who got her pregnant while she was still a child. From that point on, she became a lover of sex, which resulted in her many pregnancies. This riveting tale takes one deep into the life of a woman who fought for the life she wanted but faced many obstacles that forced her to go from one relationship to another. In her quest to find a husband and create the ideal family for herself, her luck led her down a path that was truly painful for her. She had many children with men who had no interest in staying with her. Did she ever get that life that she anticipated? It was not until all the rules in the book were broken that she actually found love after giving up on the world to become a nun. Her feelings could not be easily suppressed, so she had to find a way to satisfy her craving even if she had to bring someone into her sacred space. The convent was not off-limits when it comes to a woman who would take the ultimate risk to obtain love. This explorative journey takes the reader on a mission to a place that was dark and vacant, but change will come and will reside in the heart of a woman who was beaten down by selfish men who think only of themselves as they seek pleasure from those who are weak and are unable to resist the undeniable feeling of love.
SEAL Daddy
Author: Sofia T Summers
Publisher: Sofia T Summers
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
An Age Gap Secret Baby Pregnancy Romance
Publisher: Sofia T Summers
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
An Age Gap Secret Baby Pregnancy Romance
We Own the Sky
Author: Sara Crawford
Publisher: Sara Crawford
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
What could you create if you fell in love with a Muse? 16-year-old musician, Sylvia Baker, has always been different. She's the only one who can see the "flickering people." When she sees a gorgeous flickering man named Vincent, she learns that they are Muses. With his help, she finds herself creating exquisite songs that she loves almost as much as songs by her favorite bands--Radiohead, M83, and The Black Keys--and she is falling in love in a way she never knew was possible. While trying to maintain her newfound friendships and her band, she falls deeper into the world of the Muses. When the original Greek Muses wake to find a world in which the internet has given everyone the tools to be an artist, a battle between traditional and new methods of creation ensues. As Sylvia discovers how she is connected to the world of the Muses, she learns that this war may put her music, her love, her very life at stake. This young adult urban fantasy romance was a semi-finalist in the YA Books Central 2017 Awards in the "All the Feels" category
Publisher: Sara Crawford
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
What could you create if you fell in love with a Muse? 16-year-old musician, Sylvia Baker, has always been different. She's the only one who can see the "flickering people." When she sees a gorgeous flickering man named Vincent, she learns that they are Muses. With his help, she finds herself creating exquisite songs that she loves almost as much as songs by her favorite bands--Radiohead, M83, and The Black Keys--and she is falling in love in a way she never knew was possible. While trying to maintain her newfound friendships and her band, she falls deeper into the world of the Muses. When the original Greek Muses wake to find a world in which the internet has given everyone the tools to be an artist, a battle between traditional and new methods of creation ensues. As Sylvia discovers how she is connected to the world of the Muses, she learns that this war may put her music, her love, her very life at stake. This young adult urban fantasy romance was a semi-finalist in the YA Books Central 2017 Awards in the "All the Feels" category
Gabe's Girl
Author: E. J. Frost
Publisher: E. J. Frost
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Three boys. Two murders. One terrible choice. I survived my father, but I can't survive without my boy. I've lost one person to the fae; I won't lose another. No matter what the cost, no matter what I have to do, I'll get Gabe back. And then I'll prove his innocence. Darwin Dùbhghlas, I'm coming for you. Meet the bad girl of Bevington ... Publisher's Note: Gabe's Girl is a college-aged, MMFM, whychoose romance. Book 2 ends on a cliffhanger. This book is intended for mature readers only.
Publisher: E. J. Frost
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Three boys. Two murders. One terrible choice. I survived my father, but I can't survive without my boy. I've lost one person to the fae; I won't lose another. No matter what the cost, no matter what I have to do, I'll get Gabe back. And then I'll prove his innocence. Darwin Dùbhghlas, I'm coming for you. Meet the bad girl of Bevington ... Publisher's Note: Gabe's Girl is a college-aged, MMFM, whychoose romance. Book 2 ends on a cliffhanger. This book is intended for mature readers only.
My Father's Suitcase
Author: Orhan Pamuk
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571238613
Category : Nobel Prizes
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571238613
Category : Nobel Prizes
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Notebooks of a Wandering Monk
Author: Matthieu Ricard
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262375656
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 751
Book Description
The memoirs of renowned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard and his extraordinary journey toward inner freedom and compassion in action. Matthieu Ricard began his spiritual transformation at the age of twenty-one, in Darjeeling, India, when he met Tibetan teacher Kangyur Rinpoche, who deeply impressed the young man with his extraordinary quality of being. In Notebooks of a Wandering Monk, Ricard tells the simple yet extraordinary story of his journey and the remarkable men and women who inspired him along the way, including Kangyur Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and the fourteenth Dalai Lama, as well as great luminaries such as Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, and a number of leading scientists. Growing up, Ricard, the son of philosopher Jean-François Revel and artist Yahne Le Toumelin, regularly found himself in the company of intellectuals and artists such as Luis Buñuel, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Igor Stravinsky. Young Ricard loved nature, classical music, and science and dreamed of unlocking the mysteries of molecular biology. But, six years after meeting Kangyur Rinpoche, Ricard gave up a promising career in genetics to pursue a meditative life in the remote Himalayas. While spending half a century in India, Bhutan, and Nepal, he visited Tibet more than twenty times and spent years publishing rare Tibetan texts and photographing his spiritual teachers and the world in which they lived. Elegantly translated by Jesse Browner and accompanied by more than fifty full-color photographs, some of which are Ricard’s own, Notebooks of a Wandering Monk charts Ricard’s lifelong path to wisdom and compassion. This candid and reflective memoir will inspire all readers, wherever they may be on their own journey to a meaningful and well-lived life.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262375656
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 751
Book Description
The memoirs of renowned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard and his extraordinary journey toward inner freedom and compassion in action. Matthieu Ricard began his spiritual transformation at the age of twenty-one, in Darjeeling, India, when he met Tibetan teacher Kangyur Rinpoche, who deeply impressed the young man with his extraordinary quality of being. In Notebooks of a Wandering Monk, Ricard tells the simple yet extraordinary story of his journey and the remarkable men and women who inspired him along the way, including Kangyur Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and the fourteenth Dalai Lama, as well as great luminaries such as Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, and a number of leading scientists. Growing up, Ricard, the son of philosopher Jean-François Revel and artist Yahne Le Toumelin, regularly found himself in the company of intellectuals and artists such as Luis Buñuel, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Igor Stravinsky. Young Ricard loved nature, classical music, and science and dreamed of unlocking the mysteries of molecular biology. But, six years after meeting Kangyur Rinpoche, Ricard gave up a promising career in genetics to pursue a meditative life in the remote Himalayas. While spending half a century in India, Bhutan, and Nepal, he visited Tibet more than twenty times and spent years publishing rare Tibetan texts and photographing his spiritual teachers and the world in which they lived. Elegantly translated by Jesse Browner and accompanied by more than fifty full-color photographs, some of which are Ricard’s own, Notebooks of a Wandering Monk charts Ricard’s lifelong path to wisdom and compassion. This candid and reflective memoir will inspire all readers, wherever they may be on their own journey to a meaningful and well-lived life.