Author: Sapphire Publishing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781070644882
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A great read and a trip down memory lane on topics that occurred in 1949. Categories include UK Events, Cost of Living, Adverts of 1949, Births, Sporting Events, Book Publications, Movies, Music, World Events and People in Power. Makes for the perfect gift for your birthday.
The Year You Were Born 1949
Author: Sapphire Publishing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781070644882
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A great read and a trip down memory lane on topics that occurred in 1949. Categories include UK Events, Cost of Living, Adverts of 1949, Births, Sporting Events, Book Publications, Movies, Music, World Events and People in Power. Makes for the perfect gift for your birthday.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781070644882
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A great read and a trip down memory lane on topics that occurred in 1949. Categories include UK Events, Cost of Living, Adverts of 1949, Births, Sporting Events, Book Publications, Movies, Music, World Events and People in Power. Makes for the perfect gift for your birthday.
Travels with the Evil Inclination
Author: Gershon Winkler
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556434921
Category : Orthodox Judaism
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
According to Jewish theology, the Evil Inclination, or yetzer ha-ra, is the little voice inside us all, goading us -- against our better judgment -- to do bad things. Travels with the Evil Inclination is Gershon Winkler's hilarious account of his struggles with the Evil One and the life journey that takes him from an ultra-Orthodox upbringing in Brooklyn, New York, to an ultra-Flexidox lifestyle in rural New Mexico. Through his early childhood in Denmark and his yeshiva boyhood in Brooklyn, his years in the U.S. Army and those spent ranching in Colorado, Winkler's faith and belief undergo constant upheaval as he grapples towards a reconciliation of his passion for religious tradition with his passion for things more earthly. With irreverence and humor, Winkler tells his tale of personal spiritual dissolution and his subsequent re-emergence as a teacher and writer exploring the long-forgotten connections between Judaism and shamanism. Travels with the Evil Inclination is an inspiring and entertaining story of the unusual life of a most original man.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556434921
Category : Orthodox Judaism
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
According to Jewish theology, the Evil Inclination, or yetzer ha-ra, is the little voice inside us all, goading us -- against our better judgment -- to do bad things. Travels with the Evil Inclination is Gershon Winkler's hilarious account of his struggles with the Evil One and the life journey that takes him from an ultra-Orthodox upbringing in Brooklyn, New York, to an ultra-Flexidox lifestyle in rural New Mexico. Through his early childhood in Denmark and his yeshiva boyhood in Brooklyn, his years in the U.S. Army and those spent ranching in Colorado, Winkler's faith and belief undergo constant upheaval as he grapples towards a reconciliation of his passion for religious tradition with his passion for things more earthly. With irreverence and humor, Winkler tells his tale of personal spiritual dissolution and his subsequent re-emergence as a teacher and writer exploring the long-forgotten connections between Judaism and shamanism. Travels with the Evil Inclination is an inspiring and entertaining story of the unusual life of a most original man.
Land of Dreams
Author: Mordecai Schreiber
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1589797582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
This memoir, written by a native son, recalls everyday life before, during, and after the birth of the State of Israel.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 1589797582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
This memoir, written by a native son, recalls everyday life before, during, and after the birth of the State of Israel.
Expiration Date
Author: Duane Swierczynski
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429985275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
If you thought Duane Swierczynski's The Blonde and Severance Package were page turners, hold on to your seat. Expiration Date is a detective novel with a time-travel twist that will leave readers gasping. In this neighborhood, make a wrong turn... and you're history. Mickey Wade is a recently-unemployed journalist who lucked into a rent-free apartment—his sick grandfather's place. The only problem: it's in a lousy neighborhood—the one where Mickey grew up, in fact. The one he was so desperate to escape. But now he's back. Dead broke. And just when he thinks he's reached rock bottom, Mickey wakes up in the past. Literally. At first he thinks it's a dream. All of the stores he remembered from his childhood, the cars, the rumble of the elevated train. But as he digs deeper into the past, searching for answers about the grandfather he hardly knows, Mickey meets the twelve-year-old kid who lives in the apartment below. The kid who will grow up to someday murder Mickey's father.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429985275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
If you thought Duane Swierczynski's The Blonde and Severance Package were page turners, hold on to your seat. Expiration Date is a detective novel with a time-travel twist that will leave readers gasping. In this neighborhood, make a wrong turn... and you're history. Mickey Wade is a recently-unemployed journalist who lucked into a rent-free apartment—his sick grandfather's place. The only problem: it's in a lousy neighborhood—the one where Mickey grew up, in fact. The one he was so desperate to escape. But now he's back. Dead broke. And just when he thinks he's reached rock bottom, Mickey wakes up in the past. Literally. At first he thinks it's a dream. All of the stores he remembered from his childhood, the cars, the rumble of the elevated train. But as he digs deeper into the past, searching for answers about the grandfather he hardly knows, Mickey meets the twelve-year-old kid who lives in the apartment below. The kid who will grow up to someday murder Mickey's father.
The Unfinished Child
Author: Theresa Shea
Publisher: Brindle and Glass
ISBN: 192736602X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Finalist for a 2014 Alberta Literary Award Shortlisted for the 2014Edmonton Public Library Alberta Readers' Choice Award When Marie MacPherson, a mother of two, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at thirty-nine, she feels guilty. Her best friend, Elizabeth, has never been able to conceive, despite years of fertility treatments. Marie's dilemma is further complicated when she becomes convinced something is wrong with her baby. She then enters the world of genetic testing and is entirely unprepared for the decision that lies ahead. Intertwined throughout the novel is the story of Margaret, who gave birth to a daughter with Down syndrome in 1947, when such infants were defined as "unfinished" children. As the novel shifts back and forth through the decades, the lives of the three women converge, and the story speeds to an unexpected conclusion. With skill and poise, debut novelist Theresa Shea dramatically explores society's changing views of Down syndrome over the past sixty years. The story offers an unflinching and compassionate history of the treatment of people with Down syndrome and their struggle for basic human rights. Ultimately, The Unfinished Child is an unforgettable and inspiring tale about the mysterious and complex bonds of family, friendship, and motherhood.
Publisher: Brindle and Glass
ISBN: 192736602X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Finalist for a 2014 Alberta Literary Award Shortlisted for the 2014Edmonton Public Library Alberta Readers' Choice Award When Marie MacPherson, a mother of two, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at thirty-nine, she feels guilty. Her best friend, Elizabeth, has never been able to conceive, despite years of fertility treatments. Marie's dilemma is further complicated when she becomes convinced something is wrong with her baby. She then enters the world of genetic testing and is entirely unprepared for the decision that lies ahead. Intertwined throughout the novel is the story of Margaret, who gave birth to a daughter with Down syndrome in 1947, when such infants were defined as "unfinished" children. As the novel shifts back and forth through the decades, the lives of the three women converge, and the story speeds to an unexpected conclusion. With skill and poise, debut novelist Theresa Shea dramatically explores society's changing views of Down syndrome over the past sixty years. The story offers an unflinching and compassionate history of the treatment of people with Down syndrome and their struggle for basic human rights. Ultimately, The Unfinished Child is an unforgettable and inspiring tale about the mysterious and complex bonds of family, friendship, and motherhood.
InfoWorld
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.
Touch Me! I'm for Real
Author: Jean Barrett Groves
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644629380
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
Like most kids, teachers asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. That question was hard to answer as a black girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s. When I tried to look back beyond my grandmother to understand my family's past, there was an ugly stain on our history left by slavery and then just a dark blur. It was said we came from Africa. Where exactly? I didn't know. There was no connection. When I looked around me, I saw crime, violence, and drugs spreading malignity through the black community. Meanwhile, the old staples—faith and family values—were like walls slowly crumbling down. I glanced ahead, but it was hard to see past things modeled at home, wrong words said or negative messages telegraphed to me in books and media that poo-pooed my potential. They didn't bode well for my future. What was I to do? The only thing I could. I summoned whatever I had in me, used my ghetto beginnings to push against, and then propelled forward. I completed my education, developed a teaching career in the NYC public schools, and bought a house. I felt like I was finally "somebody." A health issue came along and gave me a one-two punch. I became unable to walk and speak. My sense of worth was immediately placed in jeopardy when I joined a new group of disadvantaged—the disabled. I had to climb back up to acceptance and respectability and achieve normalcy. I asked myself, could I find a voice and still make a difference? This book is how I answered that. It is a story about finding strength, hope, and a higher quality of life.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644629380
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
Like most kids, teachers asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. That question was hard to answer as a black girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s. When I tried to look back beyond my grandmother to understand my family's past, there was an ugly stain on our history left by slavery and then just a dark blur. It was said we came from Africa. Where exactly? I didn't know. There was no connection. When I looked around me, I saw crime, violence, and drugs spreading malignity through the black community. Meanwhile, the old staples—faith and family values—were like walls slowly crumbling down. I glanced ahead, but it was hard to see past things modeled at home, wrong words said or negative messages telegraphed to me in books and media that poo-pooed my potential. They didn't bode well for my future. What was I to do? The only thing I could. I summoned whatever I had in me, used my ghetto beginnings to push against, and then propelled forward. I completed my education, developed a teaching career in the NYC public schools, and bought a house. I felt like I was finally "somebody." A health issue came along and gave me a one-two punch. I became unable to walk and speak. My sense of worth was immediately placed in jeopardy when I joined a new group of disadvantaged—the disabled. I had to climb back up to acceptance and respectability and achieve normalcy. I asked myself, could I find a voice and still make a difference? This book is how I answered that. It is a story about finding strength, hope, and a higher quality of life.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The most trustworthy source of information available today on savings and investments, taxes, money management, home ownership and many other personal finance topics.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The most trustworthy source of information available today on savings and investments, taxes, money management, home ownership and many other personal finance topics.
Procedural Studies of the 1950 Censuses
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : U. S. - Census, 1950
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : U. S. - Census, 1950
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Proceedings of ... National Convention of the American Legion
Author: American Legion. Annual National Convention
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description