Author: Bao Phi
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1684461200
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Every child feels different in some way, but Thuy feels "double different." She is Vietnamese American and she has two moms. Thuy walks home one winter afternoon, angry and lonely after a bully's taunts. Then a bird catches her attention and sets Thuy on an imaginary exploration. What if she could fly away like a bird? What if she could sprint like a deer, or roar like a bear? Mimicking the footprints of each creature in the snow, she makes her way home to the arms of her moms. Together, the three of them imagine beautiful and powerful creatures who always have courage - just like Thuy.
My Footprints
Author: Bao Phi
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1684461200
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Every child feels different in some way, but Thuy feels "double different." She is Vietnamese American and she has two moms. Thuy walks home one winter afternoon, angry and lonely after a bully's taunts. Then a bird catches her attention and sets Thuy on an imaginary exploration. What if she could fly away like a bird? What if she could sprint like a deer, or roar like a bear? Mimicking the footprints of each creature in the snow, she makes her way home to the arms of her moms. Together, the three of them imagine beautiful and powerful creatures who always have courage - just like Thuy.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1684461200
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Every child feels different in some way, but Thuy feels "double different." She is Vietnamese American and she has two moms. Thuy walks home one winter afternoon, angry and lonely after a bully's taunts. Then a bird catches her attention and sets Thuy on an imaginary exploration. What if she could fly away like a bird? What if she could sprint like a deer, or roar like a bear? Mimicking the footprints of each creature in the snow, she makes her way home to the arms of her moms. Together, the three of them imagine beautiful and powerful creatures who always have courage - just like Thuy.
Leave Only Footprints
Author: Conor Knighton
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 1984823558
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A delightful sampler plate of our national parks, written with charisma and erudition.”—Nick Offerman, author of Paddle Your Own Canoe From CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Conor Knighton, a behind-the-scenery look at his year traveling to each of America's National Parks, discovering the most beautiful places and most interesting people our country has to offer NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY OUTSIDE When Conor Knighton set off to explore America's "best idea," he worried the whole thing could end up being his worst idea. A broken engagement and a broken heart had left him longing for a change of scenery, but the plan he'd cooked up in response had gone a bit overboard in that department: Over the course of a single year, Knighton would visit every national park in the country, from Acadia to Zion. In Leave Only Footprints, Knighton shares informative and entertaining dispatches from what turned out to be the road trip of a lifetime. Whether he's waking up early for a naked scrub in a historic bathhouse in Arkansas or staying up late to stargaze along our loneliest highway in Nevada, Knighton weaves together the type of stories you're not likely to find in any guidebook. Through his unique lens, America the Beautiful becomes America the Captivating, the Hilarious, and the Inspiring. Along the way, he identifies the threads that tie these wildly different places together—and that tie us to nature—and reveals how his trip ended up changing his views on everything from God and love to politics and technology. Filled with fascinating tidbits about our parks' past and reflections on their fragile future, this book is both a celebration of and a passionate case for the natural wonders that all Americans share.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 1984823558
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A delightful sampler plate of our national parks, written with charisma and erudition.”—Nick Offerman, author of Paddle Your Own Canoe From CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Conor Knighton, a behind-the-scenery look at his year traveling to each of America's National Parks, discovering the most beautiful places and most interesting people our country has to offer NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY OUTSIDE When Conor Knighton set off to explore America's "best idea," he worried the whole thing could end up being his worst idea. A broken engagement and a broken heart had left him longing for a change of scenery, but the plan he'd cooked up in response had gone a bit overboard in that department: Over the course of a single year, Knighton would visit every national park in the country, from Acadia to Zion. In Leave Only Footprints, Knighton shares informative and entertaining dispatches from what turned out to be the road trip of a lifetime. Whether he's waking up early for a naked scrub in a historic bathhouse in Arkansas or staying up late to stargaze along our loneliest highway in Nevada, Knighton weaves together the type of stories you're not likely to find in any guidebook. Through his unique lens, America the Beautiful becomes America the Captivating, the Hilarious, and the Inspiring. Along the way, he identifies the threads that tie these wildly different places together—and that tie us to nature—and reveals how his trip ended up changing his views on everything from God and love to politics and technology. Filled with fascinating tidbits about our parks' past and reflections on their fragile future, this book is both a celebration of and a passionate case for the natural wonders that all Americans share.
Distinctive Footprints of Life
Author: Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781494913656
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
We all think of doing something before leaving this earth; be it good or bad. We live to leave a footprint but what footprint must we leave behind us as we pursue our footsteps?In Education, In Relations, Acquisition, In words, In thought, In deeds, In problem solving,crises and managing uncertainties, ...How are we going to be remembered? ponder to wonder!Read some great folktales, quotes, life challenging and changing stories. Be inspired!
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781494913656
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
We all think of doing something before leaving this earth; be it good or bad. We live to leave a footprint but what footprint must we leave behind us as we pursue our footsteps?In Education, In Relations, Acquisition, In words, In thought, In deeds, In problem solving,crises and managing uncertainties, ...How are we going to be remembered? ponder to wonder!Read some great folktales, quotes, life challenging and changing stories. Be inspired!
Speak Without Fear
Author: Deb Sofield
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780988948310
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
From the classrooms of Yale and Harvard comes Deb Sofield's inspirational, instructional guide to help you conquer your fear of public speaking. Speak Without Fear transforms our old ways of thinking about public speaking and provides the reader with the necessary tools to move beyond the fe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780988948310
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
From the classrooms of Yale and Harvard comes Deb Sofield's inspirational, instructional guide to help you conquer your fear of public speaking. Speak Without Fear transforms our old ways of thinking about public speaking and provides the reader with the necessary tools to move beyond the fe
Footprints
Author: Michelle Mercer
Publisher: Tarcher
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"The saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has done much more than leave his footprints on our musical terrain. His body of work is a monument to artistic imagination. Throughout his extraordinary fifty-year career, his compositions have helped define the sounds of each distinct era in the history of jazz. Shorter is also a deeply spiritual man, a Buddhist whose practice is central to his life and work." "In many ways, Shorter's story is the story of modern American music. Born in Newark in 1933, he learned bebop as a teenager in cutting contests with Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins. In the 1950s, he graduated to some "hard-drinking, hard-bop years" with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1970s, Shorter and Joe Zawinul pioneered fusion in Weather Report; at this time Shorter began his transformative practice of Buddhism. Into the 1980s and 1990s, his picturesque solos graced pop tunes such as Steely Dan's "Aja" and recordings by Joni Mitchell and Carlos Santana. After the tragic loss of his wife on TWA flight 800 in 1996, Shorter emerged triumphant as the leader of the Wayne Shorter Quartet, a group critics have compared to John Coltrane's classic quartet and to Miles Davis's groundbreaking quintet." "Today, in his seventies, Shorter is a living legend, "jazz's all-around genius, matchless in his field as a composer, utterly original as an improviser," as The New York Times has said. His influence will be felt in music and beyond for generations to come." "Filled with musical analysis by Michelle Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an intimate biography, an invaluable history of music from bebop to hard bop to fusion to pop, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Tarcher
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"The saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has done much more than leave his footprints on our musical terrain. His body of work is a monument to artistic imagination. Throughout his extraordinary fifty-year career, his compositions have helped define the sounds of each distinct era in the history of jazz. Shorter is also a deeply spiritual man, a Buddhist whose practice is central to his life and work." "In many ways, Shorter's story is the story of modern American music. Born in Newark in 1933, he learned bebop as a teenager in cutting contests with Sonny Stitt and Sonny Rollins. In the 1950s, he graduated to some "hard-drinking, hard-bop years" with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1970s, Shorter and Joe Zawinul pioneered fusion in Weather Report; at this time Shorter began his transformative practice of Buddhism. Into the 1980s and 1990s, his picturesque solos graced pop tunes such as Steely Dan's "Aja" and recordings by Joni Mitchell and Carlos Santana. After the tragic loss of his wife on TWA flight 800 in 1996, Shorter emerged triumphant as the leader of the Wayne Shorter Quartet, a group critics have compared to John Coltrane's classic quartet and to Miles Davis's groundbreaking quintet." "Today, in his seventies, Shorter is a living legend, "jazz's all-around genius, matchless in his field as a composer, utterly original as an improviser," as The New York Times has said. His influence will be felt in music and beyond for generations to come." "Filled with musical analysis by Michelle Mercer, enlivened by Shorter's vivid recollections, and enriched by more than seventy-five original interviews with his friends and associates, this book is at once an intimate biography, an invaluable history of music from bebop to hard bop to fusion to pop, and a story of a man's struggle toward the full realization of his gifts and of himself."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
My Footprint
Author: Jeff Garlin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439199272
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Jeff Garlin shares his hysterical and eye-opening journey to reduce his waistline and his carbon footprint during the production of the seventh season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm Jeff Garlin has dedicated the filming of an entire season of Curb Your Enthusiasm to completely making over his lifestyle in two major ways—by lightening his physical and his ecological footprints. After many false starts, he believes that writing a book about the experiment is the only possible way to help him lose weight and go green. The hardest part of the endeavor is overcoming his food addiction—especially when craft service has a constant buffet of everything delicious you could imagine on set. In addition to cutting calories, Jeff accidentally falls into a love affair with pilates, sweats with Richard Simmons, and twice visits the Pritikin Longevity Center, which he says is "rehab for people who eat too much pizza." Larry David’s rooting for him. Jerry Seinfeld’s plotting against him. And his wife is just plain annoyed by everything. As far as going green, Jeff has always been a big recycler, but he has a lot to learn. For example, actor Ed Begley Jr. is the guy to call if you want to reduce your environmental impact. Jeff does, and it changes everything. He hopes that being healthy and green becomes a big part of who he is—if not now, when?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439199272
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Jeff Garlin shares his hysterical and eye-opening journey to reduce his waistline and his carbon footprint during the production of the seventh season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm Jeff Garlin has dedicated the filming of an entire season of Curb Your Enthusiasm to completely making over his lifestyle in two major ways—by lightening his physical and his ecological footprints. After many false starts, he believes that writing a book about the experiment is the only possible way to help him lose weight and go green. The hardest part of the endeavor is overcoming his food addiction—especially when craft service has a constant buffet of everything delicious you could imagine on set. In addition to cutting calories, Jeff accidentally falls into a love affair with pilates, sweats with Richard Simmons, and twice visits the Pritikin Longevity Center, which he says is "rehab for people who eat too much pizza." Larry David’s rooting for him. Jerry Seinfeld’s plotting against him. And his wife is just plain annoyed by everything. As far as going green, Jeff has always been a big recycler, but he has a lot to learn. For example, actor Ed Begley Jr. is the guy to call if you want to reduce your environmental impact. Jeff does, and it changes everything. He hopes that being healthy and green becomes a big part of who he is—if not now, when?
Footprints of a Pilgrim
Author: Ruth Bell Graham
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1418573558
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Footprints Of A Pilgrim is Ruth Bell Graham's life story told in her own words (weaving together her prose and poetry) with added tidbits and anecdotes from her family (husband Billy and her children Gigi, Anne, Franklin, Ruth and Ned) and many of her friends (including Barbara Bush, Lady Bird Johnson, Jan Karon, Patricia Cornwell and others). With snatches of insight and glimpses of grace, Footprints Of A Pilgrim tells the story of a life (a very full and special life) complete with memories of joy, pain, brokenness, and healing. Also included are many never before published pictures which illustrate the remarkable journey of Ruth Bell Graham, as a child of a missionaries in Quingjiang, China in 1920, until today at her home in Little Piney Cove, Montreat, North Carolina.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1418573558
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Footprints Of A Pilgrim is Ruth Bell Graham's life story told in her own words (weaving together her prose and poetry) with added tidbits and anecdotes from her family (husband Billy and her children Gigi, Anne, Franklin, Ruth and Ned) and many of her friends (including Barbara Bush, Lady Bird Johnson, Jan Karon, Patricia Cornwell and others). With snatches of insight and glimpses of grace, Footprints Of A Pilgrim tells the story of a life (a very full and special life) complete with memories of joy, pain, brokenness, and healing. Also included are many never before published pictures which illustrate the remarkable journey of Ruth Bell Graham, as a child of a missionaries in Quingjiang, China in 1920, until today at her home in Little Piney Cove, Montreat, North Carolina.
Footsteps
Author: Agnes Matlebjane
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781465392589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A memoir of a young woman's experience in travelling from the dusty roads of Soweto to the shores of the United States of America to work as an au pair so as to realize her dreams of attending college. Her visions of America and the realities that she encounters are poles apart yet prove to be interesting and highly instructive. Compared to other Au Pairs, she gets a gem of a family; however, the warm-hearted couple soon indirectly breaks her spirit given their own personal challenges. She undergoes tribulations that are beyond her expectations, but stronghearted and resilient person that she is, she uses every event in her journey-the good and the bad to learn something new and get closer to her goal.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781465392589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
A memoir of a young woman's experience in travelling from the dusty roads of Soweto to the shores of the United States of America to work as an au pair so as to realize her dreams of attending college. Her visions of America and the realities that she encounters are poles apart yet prove to be interesting and highly instructive. Compared to other Au Pairs, she gets a gem of a family; however, the warm-hearted couple soon indirectly breaks her spirit given their own personal challenges. She undergoes tribulations that are beyond her expectations, but stronghearted and resilient person that she is, she uses every event in her journey-the good and the bad to learn something new and get closer to her goal.
The Footprints of God
Author: Greg Iles
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743454148
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
In this "New York Times" bestseller, Iles probes the terrifying possibility that the next phase of human evolution may not be human at all. Alarming, believable, and utterly consuming.--Dan Brown. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743454148
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
In this "New York Times" bestseller, Iles probes the terrifying possibility that the next phase of human evolution may not be human at all. Alarming, believable, and utterly consuming.--Dan Brown. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue.
Footprints in the Sand
Author: Gail Giorgio
Publisher: Gold Leaf Press (WA)
ISBN: 9781882723126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The author of the poem "Footprints in the Sand" has now been discovered, and this book is the inspiring story of her life. -- Page 4 of cover.
Publisher: Gold Leaf Press (WA)
ISBN: 9781882723126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The author of the poem "Footprints in the Sand" has now been discovered, and this book is the inspiring story of her life. -- Page 4 of cover.