The Sunshine on My Face

The Sunshine on My Face PDF Author: Lydia Burdick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932529098
Category : Alzheimer's disease
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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An illustrated large type book with simple observations and concepts to help connect with memory-challenged adults. Includes suggested conversational prompts to facilitate interactions and reconnections.

The Sunshine on My Face

The Sunshine on My Face PDF Author: Lydia Burdick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781938870576
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Text on illustrated pages in large print.

Sunshine on My Shoulders

Sunshine on My Shoulders PDF Author: Christopher Canyon
Publisher: Dawn Publications (CA)
ISBN: 9781584690481
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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An adaptation of one of the late country singer-songwriter's best-loved songs celebrates the wonderful, pure things in life--sunshine, friendship and simple joy. Simultaneous.

My Life in the Sunshine

My Life in the Sunshine PDF Author: Nabil Ayers
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059329596X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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“Nabil traces the image of his father through song. With growing fascination and heartbreak, he draws out meaning from the shadow of absence, and ultimately redefines what it means to be a family.” - Michelle Zauner, New York Times bestselling author of Crying in H Mart and Grammy nominated musician Japanese Breakfast A memoir about one man's journey to connect with his musician father, ultimately re-drawing the lines that define family and race. Throughout his adult life, whether he was opening a Seattle record store in the '90s or touring the world as the only non-white band member in alternative rock bands, Nabil Ayers felt the shadow and legacy of his father's musical genius, and his race, everywhere. In 1971, a white, Jewish, former ballerina, chose to have a child with the famous Black jazz musician Roy Ayers, fully expecting and agreeing that he would not be involved in the child's life. In this highly original memoir, their son, Nabil Ayers, recounts a life spent living with the aftermath of that decision, and his journey to build an identity of his own despite and in spite of his father’s absence. Growing up, Nabil only meets his father a handful of times. But Roy’s influence is strong, showing itself in Nabil’s instinctual love of music, and later, in the music industry—Nabil’s chosen career path. By turns hopeful--wanting to connect with the man who passed down his genetic predisposition for musical talent—and frustrated with Roy’s continued emotional distance, Nabil struggles with how much DNA can define a family… and a person. Unable to fully connect with Roy, Nabil ultimately discovers the existence of several half-siblings as well as a paternal ancestor who was enslaved. Following these connections, Nabil meets and befriends the descendant of the plantation owner, which, strangely, paves the way for him to make meaningful connections with extended family he never knew existed. Undeterred by his father's absence, Nabil, through sheer will and a drive to understand his roots, re-draws the lines that define family and race.

Sunshine

Sunshine PDF Author: Robin McKinley
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497673712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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A small-town baker uses her magic to confront a post–vampire apocalypse world in this award-winning fantasy Neil Gaiman called “pretty much perfect.” Although it had been mostly deserted since the Voodoo Wars, there hadn’t been any trouble out at the lake for years. Rae Seddon, nicknamed Sunshine, head baker at her family’s busy and popular café in downtown New Arcadia, needed a place to get away from all the noise and confusion—of the clientele and her family. Just for a few hours. Just to be able to hear herself think. She knew about the Others, of course. Everyone did. And several of her family’s best regular customers were from SOF—Special Other Forces—which had been created to deal with the threat and the danger of the Others. She drove out to her family’s old lakeside cabin and sat on the porch, swinging her feet and enjoying the silence and the silver moonlight on the water. She never heard them coming. Of course, you don’t when they’re vampires. Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sookie Stackhouse will cheer for this tough and quirky heroine. In Sunshine, which won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, McKinley has a vampire novel that is “a smart, funny tale of suspense and romance” (San Francisco Chronicle).

I Am Who I Am

I Am Who I Am PDF Author: Holly Simon
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329911997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Holly Simon is a woman of individuality, authenticity, and determination. Married to a Chicago cop, and a fiercely loyal mother, Simon's life was on a comfortable trajectory. Then, her fifth baby, Nate, was born with Down Syndrome. Things could have changed with a simple "Congratulations." Instead, the medical staff made the mistake of saying, "I'm sorry." Since the day Nate arrived, Simon has been working to change the world's "sorries" to "congratulations," advocating for all people who have special needs. As founder and executive director of the I Am Who I Am Foundation, Simon has touched thousands of lives with the simple message of acceptance through awareness. It hasn't always been easy. The challenges of raising a child with special needs and facing her own serious health issues taught Simon how to be the change she wanted to see. By sharing her story in "I Am Who I Am," she invites readers to make important changes in their own lives. Read. Be inspired. Write yourself a new life story

The Return

The Return PDF Author: Diane Anthony
Publisher: Authors 4 Authors Publishing
ISBN: 1644771454
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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The moment Olivia’s family is finally together in Uncle Eli’s camp, violence comes between them when Matthias shoots her mother, who has proven untrustworthy too many times. But not all is lost because of her mother—with the help of Uncle Eli, they find out the rumors they have been chasing are true. The Haven is real. Freedom is in sight. At least, it will be once David and Olivia cross the DMZ. But that’s easier said than done: assuming they don’t freeze or starve in the bleak of winter, they must survive an irradiated no-man’s-land reclaimed by the wilderness. With Eli’s suspicious camp, the Coalition on their trail, and in-fighting among their own group, they’re running out of time and options to find a way across. What happens when Olivia and David are forced to make painful choices between ideals and safety? Authors 4 Authors Content Rating This title has been rated 14+, appropriate for teens, and contains: -intense violence -moderate language -brief kissing -negative mild illicit drug use -discussions of mental illness, self-harm, and suicide -governmental conspiracy For more information on our rating system, please, visit Authors4AuthorsPublishing.com/books/ratings

My Face Shines Like Sunshine

My Face Shines Like Sunshine PDF Author: Serena Cassidy
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557506573
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 83

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I’m not a poet, yet I have always had an inward voice that loves to weave stories and words together so much so, that I sometimes forget where one story ends and another begins. I have degrees in psychology and public administration, not exactly the path that leads to becoming a writer. Yet, this is the path I’ve taken. This anthology of poems represents my first step forward at becoming a writer and poet.

Exploring Ecolinguistics

Exploring Ecolinguistics PDF Author: Douglas Mark Ponton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350281441
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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Contributing to the rapidly emerging field of ecolinguistics, this book explores the role of language in mediating and determining our relationship with nature and in shaping attitudes and social practices in environmental areas. In doing so, it maps out research pathways for informed ecological debate that concerns both the planet and the discipline. The book centres on two case studies. The first is a nature reserve near Siracusa in Sicily run by Fabio Cilea, where flamingos have begun to breed despite the devastation of the nearby coastline by one of the largest petro-chemical plants in Europe. The second is High Ash farm, a small farm near Norwich, UK. Farmer, Chris Skinner, is a passionate naturalist who for 30 years has presented a programme on BBC Radio Norfolk. Through analysing the discourse of both Skinner and Cilea, the book explores what it can reveal about the underlying environmental visions that sustain them. Together with the discourse of other engaged ecological figures, a picture emerges of the connections that exist between our beliefs/attitudes, language and the natural world. Presenting a framework for analysing environmental discourse from a primarily positivist standpoint, the book draws attention to the discourses that underline social practices felt to be useful, necessary and beneficial in these moments of environmental crisis. Although these contexts are European, the methodologies applied, as well as the ecological and linguistic issues dealt with, are universal, clarifying the relationship between social practices and language itself, viewed in the book as an ecosystem that is also in need of loving attention.

Coincidences & Consequences

Coincidences & Consequences PDF Author: Banu Tülümen
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039174620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299

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Willow is a recently divorced woman of fifty-three. She believes she's too old to find love again, but then she meets Alan. Sparks fly between them, and Willow thinks that they have the potential for a loving relationship—when it turns out that Alan has been hiding something crucial from her. Distraught and betrayed, she tells him never to speak to her again. Alan respects her request and ceases to communicate with her. It’s not until twelve years later that they meet again by “coincidence”—in reality, it was a chance meeting crafted by mutual friends of theirs. But Willow is not the same woman she was twelve years before, having gone through an abusive marriage ending with the death of her second husband. And Alan himself has changed too, now a widower of ten years. For so long, Willow has believed herself unlovable: too old, too vulnerable, too much of a burden. But after meeting Alan again after all these years, chemistry is brewing between them once again. Now, Alan is looking for a second chance to make things right. And maybe, after all this time, Willow is looking for a second chance to prove she can love herself too.

Heiress Bride

Heiress Bride PDF Author: Cynthia Woolf
Publisher: Firehouse Publishing
ISBN: 1938887212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115

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Heiress Ella Davenport survived a carriage accident that killed her father. Her life saved in exchange for savage scars marring her beautiful face. Her friends, socialites, showed their true colors, casting Ella aside like damaged goods and leaving her a social pariah. Even her wealth can’t buy her the kind of marriage she wants. Desperate to find a husband who can accept her despite her scars and, without knowing about her money, she seeks to become a mail order bride. Matchmaker & Co. is her one chance to start over and leave the pain and betrayal far behind her. Nathan Ravenclaw was run out of town by the father of the girl he was courting once he discovered Nathan’s Arapaho heritage. It didn’t matter that Nathan was a successful rancher, businessman, and a positive member of society. The white community suddenly saw only a half-breed. Even his money couldn’t buy him a wife. That was ten years ago. He moved and rebuilt everything that cold rancher once took from him. He has it all...except a wife. Matchmaker & Company promises to send him a woman willing to start a new life with him. But Nathan's battered heart lacks the ability to trust. He longs for children, not romance. His new bride, scarred and cast aside like himself, promises to be perfect for him. Until he meets his mail order bride. Fierce desire and an even more dangerous hope roar back to life within him. Two things he swore never to indulge in again. And love? For these two battered souls, that's the biggest risk of all