Author: Manuel James Birch
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1420870513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
“Snow Angels and the Two Pearls” is a story of 10-years in a young man’s life. A simple view of an extraordinary life lived between heaven and earth. It begins with a traffic accident on Christmas Eve that kills an 8-year old boy’s parents, his faith, his heart and his innocence. Embittered with a childhood lost, Billy McClure makes it to Vietnam to kill his demons and instead makes a friend, Elliot. During a raucous R&R weekend in Bangkok, Billy saves a local woman from an attack in an alley. She gives him two pearls as a gift of thanks, telling him to give the pearls to the two great loves of his life. Billy doesn’t feel capable of great love, capable of any deep love at all. Back in the jungle, Billy watches as a mortar blast cuts Elliot in half. Another loved one of Billy taken, so brutally. Wounded in action, Billy has mixed feelings about going home for Christmas. His Grandparents meant the world to him, but there were also daily reminders of his young parents deaths. His long journey home, his entire life is filled with malaise and miracles, dangers and angels. And two black pearls.
Snow Angels and The Two Pearls
Author: Manuel James Birch
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1420870513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
“Snow Angels and the Two Pearls” is a story of 10-years in a young man’s life. A simple view of an extraordinary life lived between heaven and earth. It begins with a traffic accident on Christmas Eve that kills an 8-year old boy’s parents, his faith, his heart and his innocence. Embittered with a childhood lost, Billy McClure makes it to Vietnam to kill his demons and instead makes a friend, Elliot. During a raucous R&R weekend in Bangkok, Billy saves a local woman from an attack in an alley. She gives him two pearls as a gift of thanks, telling him to give the pearls to the two great loves of his life. Billy doesn’t feel capable of great love, capable of any deep love at all. Back in the jungle, Billy watches as a mortar blast cuts Elliot in half. Another loved one of Billy taken, so brutally. Wounded in action, Billy has mixed feelings about going home for Christmas. His Grandparents meant the world to him, but there were also daily reminders of his young parents deaths. His long journey home, his entire life is filled with malaise and miracles, dangers and angels. And two black pearls.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1420870513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
“Snow Angels and the Two Pearls” is a story of 10-years in a young man’s life. A simple view of an extraordinary life lived between heaven and earth. It begins with a traffic accident on Christmas Eve that kills an 8-year old boy’s parents, his faith, his heart and his innocence. Embittered with a childhood lost, Billy McClure makes it to Vietnam to kill his demons and instead makes a friend, Elliot. During a raucous R&R weekend in Bangkok, Billy saves a local woman from an attack in an alley. She gives him two pearls as a gift of thanks, telling him to give the pearls to the two great loves of his life. Billy doesn’t feel capable of great love, capable of any deep love at all. Back in the jungle, Billy watches as a mortar blast cuts Elliot in half. Another loved one of Billy taken, so brutally. Wounded in action, Billy has mixed feelings about going home for Christmas. His Grandparents meant the world to him, but there were also daily reminders of his young parents deaths. His long journey home, his entire life is filled with malaise and miracles, dangers and angels. And two black pearls.
Dudley the Angel and His Buddy Gabby the Elf
Author: Manuel James Birch
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463464681
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Dudley the Angel and His Buddy, Gabby the Elf is a story of fun, hope, imagination, and dreams come true. Gabby is a friendly and fun-loving Christmas elf on a mission. He wants to help his buddy Dudley, a lovable little angel, deliver a Christmas miracle to a very special family. Dudley must learn how to land in a Christmas tree. He has a big heart and many hopes. Gabby is a mischievous little Christmas elf who likes to play tricks and is a good friend to Dudley. With Gabby’s help, Dudley finally passes his flight school and makes a perfect landing. He finally becomes the angel he has dreamed of being, through bravery, dedication, and Gabby’s friendship. A family new to America feels mixed emotions. Children Alex and Emmy celebrate their new lives, but wish they had their grandparents with them for Christmas. Dudley brings a miracle to this family on Christmas morning. A gift made possible by Dudley the angel and his buddy, Gabby the elf.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463464681
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Dudley the Angel and His Buddy, Gabby the Elf is a story of fun, hope, imagination, and dreams come true. Gabby is a friendly and fun-loving Christmas elf on a mission. He wants to help his buddy Dudley, a lovable little angel, deliver a Christmas miracle to a very special family. Dudley must learn how to land in a Christmas tree. He has a big heart and many hopes. Gabby is a mischievous little Christmas elf who likes to play tricks and is a good friend to Dudley. With Gabby’s help, Dudley finally passes his flight school and makes a perfect landing. He finally becomes the angel he has dreamed of being, through bravery, dedication, and Gabby’s friendship. A family new to America feels mixed emotions. Children Alex and Emmy celebrate their new lives, but wish they had their grandparents with them for Christmas. Dudley brings a miracle to this family on Christmas morning. A gift made possible by Dudley the angel and his buddy, Gabby the elf.
Ripples from Pearl Lake
Author: Bernice Dinner
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458214214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
When Becky McDonnell leaves her job as a feature reporter at the Boston News, she plans write a historical novel about the womens suffragette movement in the Granite State. She moves with her boyfriend, Sean, also a reporter, to the peaceful town of Lisbon, New Hampshire, to a house overlooking Pearl Lake. Once there, she explores Pearl Lake for inspiration and meets her neighbors, the Childers brothers. Becky is appalled when she hears the brothers she met have been brutally murdered just as Sean leaves her for a dangerous assignment in Iraq. At her lowest point, Becky meets fellow reporter Elizabeth Williamson and begins writing articles together for a local weekly newspaper. As the Lisbon police reveal more evidence to the press, Becky, being highly ambitious, sets out to solve the murders thinking that Pearl Lake holds the clues she needs. Soon, she not only becomes a person of interest to the police but also to the suspected murderers. The motive for the murders extends beyond Pearl Lake to Boston and to Toronto but not before there is further bloodshed and a threat to everything Becky holds dear.
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458214214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
When Becky McDonnell leaves her job as a feature reporter at the Boston News, she plans write a historical novel about the womens suffragette movement in the Granite State. She moves with her boyfriend, Sean, also a reporter, to the peaceful town of Lisbon, New Hampshire, to a house overlooking Pearl Lake. Once there, she explores Pearl Lake for inspiration and meets her neighbors, the Childers brothers. Becky is appalled when she hears the brothers she met have been brutally murdered just as Sean leaves her for a dangerous assignment in Iraq. At her lowest point, Becky meets fellow reporter Elizabeth Williamson and begins writing articles together for a local weekly newspaper. As the Lisbon police reveal more evidence to the press, Becky, being highly ambitious, sets out to solve the murders thinking that Pearl Lake holds the clues she needs. Soon, she not only becomes a person of interest to the police but also to the suspected murderers. The motive for the murders extends beyond Pearl Lake to Boston and to Toronto but not before there is further bloodshed and a threat to everything Becky holds dear.
Black Ice
Author: Linda Hall
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0307550494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Return to Fog Point in Black Ice, a gripping novel that asks, is any faith strong enough to survive the coldest seasons of life? They said she came in with the ice… Lenore Featherjohn found the girl, frozen against a snow bank behind her bed-and-breakfast. Some said she was a ghost, others said an angel, but Lenore knows better. Fearing that the police might look to her sons as suspects, she hires Jake Rikker and his crusty business partner, May, to investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding her distrubing discovery. Rikker and May's search leads them not to the strange girl–or to Earth’s final days, as many in the town suspect–but to Amy McLaren, the wife of a local minister. As Jake and May get closer to the truth, the tension between Lenore and Amy rises, forcing each woman to face the secrets they’ve hidden for far too long.
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0307550494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Return to Fog Point in Black Ice, a gripping novel that asks, is any faith strong enough to survive the coldest seasons of life? They said she came in with the ice… Lenore Featherjohn found the girl, frozen against a snow bank behind her bed-and-breakfast. Some said she was a ghost, others said an angel, but Lenore knows better. Fearing that the police might look to her sons as suspects, she hires Jake Rikker and his crusty business partner, May, to investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding her distrubing discovery. Rikker and May's search leads them not to the strange girl–or to Earth’s final days, as many in the town suspect–but to Amy McLaren, the wife of a local minister. As Jake and May get closer to the truth, the tension between Lenore and Amy rises, forcing each woman to face the secrets they’ve hidden for far too long.
More Book Lust
Author: Nancy Pearl
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570616558
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Whether you’re searching for the perfect read for yourself or for a friend, More Book Lust offer eclectic recommendations unlike those in any other reading guide available. In this followup to the bestselling Book Lust, popular librarian, Nancy Pearl, offers a fresh collection of 1,000 reading recommendations in more than 120 thematic, intelligent and wholly entertaining reading lists. For the friend wanting to leave her job: "Living Your Dream" offers good armchair dreaming books about people who have left stodgy jobs to do what they love. Are you a budding chef? "Fiction For Foodies" includes books that sneak in a recipe or two along with a tantalizing plot. For the James Bond wannabe: "Crime is a Globetrotter" features crime novels set in various locations around the world such as Tibet, Sweden, and Sicily. In the book’s introduction, Pearl jokes, “If we were at a twelve-step meeting together, I would have to stand up and say, ‘Hi, I’m Nancy P., and I’m a readaholic.” Booklist magazine plays off this obsession while echoing a sentiment of Nancy Pearl’s fans everywhere: “A self-confessed ‘readaholic,’ Pearl lets us benefit from her addiction. May she never seek recovery.” Indeed.
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570616558
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Whether you’re searching for the perfect read for yourself or for a friend, More Book Lust offer eclectic recommendations unlike those in any other reading guide available. In this followup to the bestselling Book Lust, popular librarian, Nancy Pearl, offers a fresh collection of 1,000 reading recommendations in more than 120 thematic, intelligent and wholly entertaining reading lists. For the friend wanting to leave her job: "Living Your Dream" offers good armchair dreaming books about people who have left stodgy jobs to do what they love. Are you a budding chef? "Fiction For Foodies" includes books that sneak in a recipe or two along with a tantalizing plot. For the James Bond wannabe: "Crime is a Globetrotter" features crime novels set in various locations around the world such as Tibet, Sweden, and Sicily. In the book’s introduction, Pearl jokes, “If we were at a twelve-step meeting together, I would have to stand up and say, ‘Hi, I’m Nancy P., and I’m a readaholic.” Booklist magazine plays off this obsession while echoing a sentiment of Nancy Pearl’s fans everywhere: “A self-confessed ‘readaholic,’ Pearl lets us benefit from her addiction. May she never seek recovery.” Indeed.
Cade Ranch in Love: A Western Romance Boxset (The Cowboys of Cade Ranch Books 4 - 5)
Author: Greta Rose West
Publisher: Punk Rose Press
ISBN: 1955633258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Cade Ranch in Love is a boxset of the fourth and fifth books in the internationally bestselling Cowboys of Cade Ranch series by Greta Rose West. Come on over to Wisper, Wyoming, where love doesn’t come easy, but the fall is hot! Braved (Book Four): Alpha cowboy? Yeah, Jay Cade is so not one of those. He’s the quiet, youngest brother who just wants to help build his family’s horse ranch into something they can be proud of, and if it could turn a profit, that wouldn’t hurt. But when his mysterious investor disappears with the ranch’s future at stake, the hacker, Billie Acker gets called in. She can find anybody anywhere, but can she find Jay, hidden beneath all his insecurities? And when she does and she finds a hell of a lot more than she bargained for, will she be brave enough to claim him? Blinded (Book Five): Panty-melting Finn Cade plays his part so well: Good-time cowboy? Check. Playboy? Check, check. But looks can be deceiving, and when Aislinn Burroughs gets stranded at Cade Ranch, Finn tries all his usual tricks. But Aislinn’s different. She’s visually impaired for starters; she can’t see Finn’s game… but she can feel him, and oh boy, does she. She’s been pampered and spoiled by her brother since she lost her sight, but now she’s on her own in a world not made for her anymore. She expects Finn to cater to her, but when he doesn’t and demands she pull up her big-girl panties, can she… and will she let him rip them off? Cade Ranch in Love is a bundle of the fourth and fifth books in the Cowboys of Cade Ranch series. There’s dashes of suspense, plot twists you won’t see coming, impromptu road trips, and plenty of steam. Check trigger warnings before each story, but there’s also heartwarming found family, good ol’ down-home happily ever afters, and lots of humor too. Enjoy! If you haven’t read the first three books in the Cowboys of Cade Ranch series, you can get them all in the Love at Cade Ranch boxset.
Publisher: Punk Rose Press
ISBN: 1955633258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Cade Ranch in Love is a boxset of the fourth and fifth books in the internationally bestselling Cowboys of Cade Ranch series by Greta Rose West. Come on over to Wisper, Wyoming, where love doesn’t come easy, but the fall is hot! Braved (Book Four): Alpha cowboy? Yeah, Jay Cade is so not one of those. He’s the quiet, youngest brother who just wants to help build his family’s horse ranch into something they can be proud of, and if it could turn a profit, that wouldn’t hurt. But when his mysterious investor disappears with the ranch’s future at stake, the hacker, Billie Acker gets called in. She can find anybody anywhere, but can she find Jay, hidden beneath all his insecurities? And when she does and she finds a hell of a lot more than she bargained for, will she be brave enough to claim him? Blinded (Book Five): Panty-melting Finn Cade plays his part so well: Good-time cowboy? Check. Playboy? Check, check. But looks can be deceiving, and when Aislinn Burroughs gets stranded at Cade Ranch, Finn tries all his usual tricks. But Aislinn’s different. She’s visually impaired for starters; she can’t see Finn’s game… but she can feel him, and oh boy, does she. She’s been pampered and spoiled by her brother since she lost her sight, but now she’s on her own in a world not made for her anymore. She expects Finn to cater to her, but when he doesn’t and demands she pull up her big-girl panties, can she… and will she let him rip them off? Cade Ranch in Love is a bundle of the fourth and fifth books in the Cowboys of Cade Ranch series. There’s dashes of suspense, plot twists you won’t see coming, impromptu road trips, and plenty of steam. Check trigger warnings before each story, but there’s also heartwarming found family, good ol’ down-home happily ever afters, and lots of humor too. Enjoy! If you haven’t read the first three books in the Cowboys of Cade Ranch series, you can get them all in the Love at Cade Ranch boxset.
Snow Angels
Author: Stella Cameron
Publisher: Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Superromance 90s
ISBN: 9780373704576
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Three years after her husband's murder, Libby Duclaux is lured from Italy back to the U.S. with news that her sister's life is at risk due to her difficult pregnancy. Aaron Conrad, Libby's husband's best friend, has been worried about Libby. Ignoring the feelings she stirs in him, Aaron plays matchmaker, setting Libby up with a divorced colleague.
Publisher: Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Superromance 90s
ISBN: 9780373704576
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Three years after her husband's murder, Libby Duclaux is lured from Italy back to the U.S. with news that her sister's life is at risk due to her difficult pregnancy. Aaron Conrad, Libby's husband's best friend, has been worried about Libby. Ignoring the feelings she stirs in him, Aaron plays matchmaker, setting Libby up with a divorced colleague.
The Pearl Offering: a Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Philosophical Knowledge
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gift books
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gift books
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Approaches to Teaching the Middle English Pearl
Author: Jane Beal
Publisher: Modern Language Association
ISBN: 1603292934
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The moving, richly allegorical poem Pearl was likely written by the anonymous poet who also penned Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In it, a man in a garden, grieving the loss of a beloved pearl, dreams of the Pearl-Maiden, who appears across a stream. She teaches him the nature of innocence, God's grace, meekness, and purity. Though granted a vision of the New Jerusalem by the Pearl-Maiden, the dreamer is pained to discover that he cannot cross the stream himself and join her in bliss--at least not yet. This extraordinary poem is a door into late medieval poetics and Catholic piety. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," introduces instructors to the many resources available for teaching the canonical yet challenging Pearl, including editions, translations, and scholarship on the poem as well as its historical context. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," offer instructors tools for introducing students to critical issues associated with the poem, such as its authorship, sources and analogues, structure and language, and relation to other works of its time. Contributors draw on interdisciplinary approaches to outline ways of teaching Pearl in a variety of classroom contexts.
Publisher: Modern Language Association
ISBN: 1603292934
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The moving, richly allegorical poem Pearl was likely written by the anonymous poet who also penned Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In it, a man in a garden, grieving the loss of a beloved pearl, dreams of the Pearl-Maiden, who appears across a stream. She teaches him the nature of innocence, God's grace, meekness, and purity. Though granted a vision of the New Jerusalem by the Pearl-Maiden, the dreamer is pained to discover that he cannot cross the stream himself and join her in bliss--at least not yet. This extraordinary poem is a door into late medieval poetics and Catholic piety. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," introduces instructors to the many resources available for teaching the canonical yet challenging Pearl, including editions, translations, and scholarship on the poem as well as its historical context. The essays in part 2, "Approaches," offer instructors tools for introducing students to critical issues associated with the poem, such as its authorship, sources and analogues, structure and language, and relation to other works of its time. Contributors draw on interdisciplinary approaches to outline ways of teaching Pearl in a variety of classroom contexts.
Here Casts No Shadow
Author: Bronwen Griffiths
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789013380
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Here Casts No Shadow explores the impact of war, exile and trauma on a family and the consequences of a single act of revenge. This is a story of war and refuge, told from a woman’s perspective. Fifteen year old Mira lives a quiet life in the small town of Zazour. Her country of Lyrian is under the grip of a ruthless dictator but the political situation has little impact on Mira’s daily life until she witnesses her brother’s friend, Tam, shot dead in the street. Mira has never had a romantic relationship with Tam but she has always loved him from afar. As war intensifies and the dictator’s grip hardens, Zazour is bombed and friends disappear. Mira enlists the help of her brother, Kaz, in a terrible act of vengeance for Tam’s death. Shortly after, the family is forced to flee, surviving hardship and camp life before finally settling in the safety of Neeland, thousands of miles from home. But will Mira’s past now catch up with her and threaten to destroy the life she has built for herself?
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789013380
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Here Casts No Shadow explores the impact of war, exile and trauma on a family and the consequences of a single act of revenge. This is a story of war and refuge, told from a woman’s perspective. Fifteen year old Mira lives a quiet life in the small town of Zazour. Her country of Lyrian is under the grip of a ruthless dictator but the political situation has little impact on Mira’s daily life until she witnesses her brother’s friend, Tam, shot dead in the street. Mira has never had a romantic relationship with Tam but she has always loved him from afar. As war intensifies and the dictator’s grip hardens, Zazour is bombed and friends disappear. Mira enlists the help of her brother, Kaz, in a terrible act of vengeance for Tam’s death. Shortly after, the family is forced to flee, surviving hardship and camp life before finally settling in the safety of Neeland, thousands of miles from home. But will Mira’s past now catch up with her and threaten to destroy the life she has built for herself?