Author: Paul Anka
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250035201
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the singer/songwriter/heartthrob combination that still tops pop music today, Paul Anka rocketed to fame with a slew of hits-from "Diana" to "Put Your Head on my Shoulder"-that earned him a place touring with the major stars of his era, including Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly. He wrote Holly's last hit, and just missed joining the rocker on his final, fatal plane flight. Anka also stepped in front of the camera in the teen beach-party movie era, scoring the movies and romancing their starlets, including Annette Funicello. When the British invasion made his fans swoon for a new style of music-and musician--Anka made sure he wasn't conquered. A rapier-canny businessman and image-builder who took his career into his own hands-just as he had from the very beginning, swiping his mother's car at fourteen to drive himself, underage, to his first gigs in Quebec-Anka toured the world until he could return home in triumph. A charter member of the Rat Pack, he wrote the theme music for The Tonight Show as well as his friend Frank Sinatra's anthem "My Way". By the 1970s, a multi-decade string of pop chart-toppers, including "Puppy Love" and "(You're) Having My Baby", cemented his status as an icon. My Way is bursting with rich, rollicking stories of the business and the people in Anka's life: Elizabeth Taylor, Dodi Fayed, Tom Jones, Michael Jackson, Adnan Khashoggi, Little Richard, Brooke Shields, Johnny Roselli, Sammy Davis, Jr., Brigitte Bardot, Barnum & Bailey Circus acrobats, and many more. Anka is forthcoming, funny and smart as a whip about the business he's been in for almost six decades. My Way moves from New York to Vegas, from the casino stage to backstages all over the world. It's the most entertaining autobiography of the year.
Author: Sarah Maizes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 080273734X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
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A humorous picture book about the ups and downs of bathtime, now available as a board book
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ISBN: 9780999294338
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The courageous and trailblazing women profiled in Hey Sky I'm On My Way include figures like Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai, Angela Davis and Valentina Tereshkova. They have qualities that all women share. They are strong and courageous women. We identify with them, perhaps even want to be them, and they enrich our lives. Hey Sky, I'm On My Way is filled with bold women and bold illustrations that inspire us all.
Author: Lisa L White
Publisher: Lisa L White
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Ashley graduates from college as an x-ray technician, returns to her rural hometown and moves in with her high school sweetheart. She's soon caught up in a world of drugs and alcohol. This ignites her secret struggles with irrational fears that she has fought since childhood. She's unable to cope and is sent to a treatment facility. After treatment she knows there has to be a better way. Can she carve out a new life for herself or will she fall back into old habits?
Author: Kumiko Love
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593418859
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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Does fear and insecurity keep you from looking at your bank account? Is your financial anxiety holding you captive? You don’t have to stress about money anymore. YOU can take back control. As a newly divorced single mom making $24,000 per year and facing down $77,000 in debt, Kumiko Love worried constantly about money. She saw what other moms had—vacations, birthday parties, a house full of furniture—and felt ashamed that she and her son lived in a small apartment and ate dinner on the floor. Worse, when her feelings began to exhaust her, she binge-shopped, reasoning that she’d feel better after a trip to the mall. On the day she needed to pay for a McDonald’s ice cream cone without her credit card, she had an epiphany: Money is not the problem. Self-Doubt is the problem. Shame is the problem. Guilt is the problem. Society’s expectations for her are the problem. She is the solution. Once she reversed the negative thinking patterns pushing her toward decisions that didn’t serve her values or goals, her financial plan wrote itself. Now, she’s not only living debt-free in her dream home, which she paid for in cash, but she has spread her teachings around the world and helped countless women envision better lives for themselves and their families. Now, building on the lessons she’s taught millions as the founder of The Budget Mom, she shares a step by step plan for taking control back over your financial life—regardless of your level of income or your credit card balance. Through stories from navigating divorce to helping clients thrive through recessions, depression, eviction, layoffs and so much more, you will learn foundational practices such as: How to use your emotions to your financial advantage, instead of letting them control you How to create a budget based on your real life, not a life of self-denial How to create a motivating debt pay-off plan that makes you excited about your future, instead of fearing it My Money My Way will give you the tools to align your emotional health with your financial health—to let go of deprivation and embrace desire. Love’s paradigm-shifting system will teach you how to honor your unique personal values, driving emotions, and particular needs so that you can stop worrying about money and start living a financially fulfilled life.
Author: Allie Walker
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781499391992
Category : Sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Clare LaFrace is a successful talent agent and mother of three daughters. Austin is the love of Clare's life and the mostly-absent father of her daughters. Clare had Gabriella when she was only sixteen, and this family's story has only grown more complicated with time. But though Austin's parents have always stood between their son and his girls, he and Clare have never stopped loving each other and he has never been able to fully keep his distance. Gabriella, the eldest daughter, is a high school graduate about to leave for Brown University. Upon learning her boyfriend is cheating on her, she dumps him and heads for home-but an emergency call from her best friend, Jason, sends her to his house instead. She arrives, suspecting a surprise going-away party to send her off to college. What she finds is certainly a surprise but one that will alter the course of her life forever. On My Way Home is a story of a loving mother, her three daughters, unrequited love, and a torn family that tries desperately to mend itself. This emotional journey explores the resilient human spirit's struggle in the face of life's unexpected tragedies.
Author: Christoffel Hendrickx
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504319451
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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In a time of global awakening, a young woman and an enigmatic man fortuitously meet far away from home. Marina and Tiger try to make ends meet and look for the best life has to offer. Soon, their expectations clash, and after a climactic conflict, they break up. As Tiger drifts away, Marina is inspired by his notes and determined to write down his story as he would have told it, learning more about herself and the true nature of love in every scribble. Tiger’s story is a turbulent tale of a sensitive man who tries to understand the world and wants to elevate it to a more humane state. He is chased by a series of strange coincidences that challenge him to adjust his view and purify his mind. With settings in some of the most beautiful places on earth, On My Way Home, dissects our world and reveals its true nature. The reader has a choice: read the book as Tiger’s rollercoaster ride into awareness or as Marina’s testimony to the challenges of unconditional love.
Author: Dallas Williams
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 155022297X
Category : Country musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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Country and pop music star Shania Twain's 95 album, THE WOMAN IN ME, has sold more than 9.5 million copies worldwide and if officially the biggest seller ever by a female country artist. She has won almost every music-industry accolade. This first ever complete biography traces Shania's life from childhood poverty to international superstardom, and offers a rivetting account of the talent, passion and determination behind Shania's remarkable Cinderella story.
Author: E.R. Wytrykus
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0983933839
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Third entry in the "Connections" trilogy following the characters Rock, Di, & Cheyenne, who first met each other in A Stone To Roll. Their involvement in each others lives continues as they each struggle to deal with the events that brought them together--death and recovery from near-death, and with the events they have become entangled in since their serendipitous meeting. Rock still struggles with memories of his late wife while Di lives the life of a single-Mom, raising her and Cheyenne's daughter, CheyAnne, by herself. But Di is drawn back to her home town, the tiny, deteriorating community of Dry Hole. She entices Rock to follow her and he meets a beguiling woman, Candace, who Di is wary of because of a possible bizarre connection to Cheyenne. He, as we see in flashbacks, becomes involved in a deadly mission in Afghanistan even as awaits his discharge, eager to return home to Di and CheyAnne. Little by little, they are all returning home. E.R. "Gene" Wytrykus is the author of several novels and short stories, including "The Money Run" for which he also wrote a screenplay adaptation. He's also written "A Stone to Roll," (the first book in "The Connections Trilogy") and "A Road of Your Own," the second title in the series. He lives with his wife inLincoln, California
Author: Bill Bennett
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781493670116
Category : Camino de Santiago de Compostela
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"I'd never done anything crazy like this before - a pilgrimage walk. I was not a hiker, and I wasn't a Catholic. In fact, I wasn't even sure I was a Christian. On the last government census when I had to state my religion, I'd said I was a Buddhist, mainly because they've had such a hard time in Tibet and I felt they needed my statistical support. I was also not an adventure traveller. For me, adventure travel was flying coach. All this backpacking and wearing of heavy boots and flying off to France to walk ancient pilgrimage routes was a new experience, and not one that made me feel entirely comfortable." And so Bill Bennett, an Australian based film director, set off on an 800 kilometre walk across Spain to Santiago de Compostela, not sure why he was doing it, and not feeling entirely comfortable. His discomfort increased markedly a few days later when his knee gave out - so the rest of the walk was a "pain management pilgrimage." But he kept his sense of humour, and his memoir is at times hilarious but also deeply moving, and insightful. In the vein of Bill Bryson and Eric Newby, The Way, My Way takes you on a unique spiritual journey, and gives you a hearty laugh along the way.
