Author: Jerry Gregory
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450041833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Valerie’s Dream is a story of love, desire, betrayal, murder and redemption. A dramatic segment of this gripping tale takes place at a New England beach town where a frail old woman becomes the victim of a shocking crime. The story exposes the cunning and greed of a beautiful sociopath who destroys and manipulates everyone in her path. It also introduces the reader to a gifted woman who suffers much heartache when she loses her husband after only a year of marriage. However, the young widow, Valerie Carter, battles her loss and refuses to let it stop her from seeking significance in her world. The protagonist of the story becomes an endless dreamer, seeking the promise of a better and a more fulfilling existence for herself and those around her. Hosts of remarkable individuals weave their way through the story, exposing strengths and weaknesses inherent to their unique personalities. Valerie’s Dream is a story of scheming and murder as well as friendship and encouragement . . . but more importantly, it is a tale that promises you that when a dream dies, another one is waiting around the corner to fill its void.
Valerie's Dream
Author: Jerry Gregory
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450041833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Valerie’s Dream is a story of love, desire, betrayal, murder and redemption. A dramatic segment of this gripping tale takes place at a New England beach town where a frail old woman becomes the victim of a shocking crime. The story exposes the cunning and greed of a beautiful sociopath who destroys and manipulates everyone in her path. It also introduces the reader to a gifted woman who suffers much heartache when she loses her husband after only a year of marriage. However, the young widow, Valerie Carter, battles her loss and refuses to let it stop her from seeking significance in her world. The protagonist of the story becomes an endless dreamer, seeking the promise of a better and a more fulfilling existence for herself and those around her. Hosts of remarkable individuals weave their way through the story, exposing strengths and weaknesses inherent to their unique personalities. Valerie’s Dream is a story of scheming and murder as well as friendship and encouragement . . . but more importantly, it is a tale that promises you that when a dream dies, another one is waiting around the corner to fill its void.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450041833
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Valerie’s Dream is a story of love, desire, betrayal, murder and redemption. A dramatic segment of this gripping tale takes place at a New England beach town where a frail old woman becomes the victim of a shocking crime. The story exposes the cunning and greed of a beautiful sociopath who destroys and manipulates everyone in her path. It also introduces the reader to a gifted woman who suffers much heartache when she loses her husband after only a year of marriage. However, the young widow, Valerie Carter, battles her loss and refuses to let it stop her from seeking significance in her world. The protagonist of the story becomes an endless dreamer, seeking the promise of a better and a more fulfilling existence for herself and those around her. Hosts of remarkable individuals weave their way through the story, exposing strengths and weaknesses inherent to their unique personalities. Valerie’s Dream is a story of scheming and murder as well as friendship and encouragement . . . but more importantly, it is a tale that promises you that when a dream dies, another one is waiting around the corner to fill its void.
Valerie
Author: Sara Stridsberg
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374720614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A fever dream of a novel—strangely funny, entirely unconventional—Valerie conjures the life, mind, and art of American firebrand Valerie Solanas In April 1988, Valerie Solanas—the writer, radical feminist, author of the SCUM Manifesto and would-be assassin of Andy Warhol—was discovered dead at fifty-two in her hotel room, in a grimy corner of San Francisco, alone, penniless, and surrounded by the typed pages of her last writings. In Valerie, a nameless narrator revisits the room where Solanas died, the courtroom where she was tried and convicted of attempting to murder Andy Warhol, the Georgia wastelands where she spent her childhood and was repeatedly raped by her father and beaten by her alcoholic grandfather, and the mental hospitals where she was shut away. A leading feminist in Sweden and one of the most acclaimed writers in Scandinavia, Sara Stridsberg here blurs the boundaries between history and fiction, self-making and storytelling, madness and art, love and tragedy. Through imagined conversations and monologues, reminiscences and rantings, she reconstructs this most intriguing and enigmatic of women, reaching back in time to amplify her voice and bring her powerful, heartbreaking story into new light.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374720614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A fever dream of a novel—strangely funny, entirely unconventional—Valerie conjures the life, mind, and art of American firebrand Valerie Solanas In April 1988, Valerie Solanas—the writer, radical feminist, author of the SCUM Manifesto and would-be assassin of Andy Warhol—was discovered dead at fifty-two in her hotel room, in a grimy corner of San Francisco, alone, penniless, and surrounded by the typed pages of her last writings. In Valerie, a nameless narrator revisits the room where Solanas died, the courtroom where she was tried and convicted of attempting to murder Andy Warhol, the Georgia wastelands where she spent her childhood and was repeatedly raped by her father and beaten by her alcoholic grandfather, and the mental hospitals where she was shut away. A leading feminist in Sweden and one of the most acclaimed writers in Scandinavia, Sara Stridsberg here blurs the boundaries between history and fiction, self-making and storytelling, madness and art, love and tragedy. Through imagined conversations and monologues, reminiscences and rantings, she reconstructs this most intriguing and enigmatic of women, reaching back in time to amplify her voice and bring her powerful, heartbreaking story into new light.
Illustrated Guide to Dreams
Author: Valerie Francis
Publisher: Smithmark Pub
ISBN: 9780831710217
Category : Dream interpretation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Provides an intriguing introduction to the history of dreams throughout the world and explains common dream symbols, enabling readers to analyze their own dreams.
Publisher: Smithmark Pub
ISBN: 9780831710217
Category : Dream interpretation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Provides an intriguing introduction to the history of dreams throughout the world and explains common dream symbols, enabling readers to analyze their own dreams.
Dream House
Author: Valerie Laken
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061853674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
“The perfect haunted house story for these unnerving times.” —New York Times Dream House, the riveting debut novel from Pushcart Prize-winning author Valerie Laken, tells the story of one troubled house—the site of a domestic drama that will forever change the lives of two families. Embracing volatile issues such as race, class, and gentrification, while seamlessly mixing genres as diverse as crime fiction, suspense, and home renovation, Dream House is a “sexy, sharp-eyed, deeply haunted, [and] wonderful book.” (Charles Baxter, author of the National Book Award finalist The Feast of Love)
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061853674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
“The perfect haunted house story for these unnerving times.” —New York Times Dream House, the riveting debut novel from Pushcart Prize-winning author Valerie Laken, tells the story of one troubled house—the site of a domestic drama that will forever change the lives of two families. Embracing volatile issues such as race, class, and gentrification, while seamlessly mixing genres as diverse as crime fiction, suspense, and home renovation, Dream House is a “sexy, sharp-eyed, deeply haunted, [and] wonderful book.” (Charles Baxter, author of the National Book Award finalist The Feast of Love)
Patriarchy Stress Disorder: The Invisible Inner Barrier to Women's Happiness and Fulfillment
Author: Valerie Rein
Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
ISBN: 9781544505770
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Despite checking off the boxes of worldly accomplishments, most high-achieving women are secretly dissatisfied. They feel stuck in lives that look perfect on the outside, yet on the inside, they're unfulfilled, plagued by the nagging feeling that there's got to be more. They feel guilty and ungrateful for feeling trapped in lives that are so good. They disown their pain, or numb it with excessive work, eating, drinking, shopping, social media, or exercising. They search for solutions in books, meditation, yoga, therapy, medication, and workshops, but something is still missing. They wonder: What's wrong with me? Dr. Valerie Rein has worked with hundreds of high-achieving women and discovered that the issues they all struggle with are not just personal--they're rooted in the ancestral and collective trauma experienced by women in the patriarchal world for millennia. In Patriarchy Stress Disorder, Dr. Rein describes how this trauma creates an invisible inner prison, that holds them back from stepping into the full power of their authentic presence, unbridled joy, outrageous success, freedom, and fulfillment. In this book, Dr. Valerie explains: - Why you're dissatisfied in spite of your achievements, and why it's not your fault. - What secretly drains 90 percent of your time and energy, and how to reclaim it. - How to upgrade your game of "How much can I bear?" to "How good can it get?"
Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
ISBN: 9781544505770
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Despite checking off the boxes of worldly accomplishments, most high-achieving women are secretly dissatisfied. They feel stuck in lives that look perfect on the outside, yet on the inside, they're unfulfilled, plagued by the nagging feeling that there's got to be more. They feel guilty and ungrateful for feeling trapped in lives that are so good. They disown their pain, or numb it with excessive work, eating, drinking, shopping, social media, or exercising. They search for solutions in books, meditation, yoga, therapy, medication, and workshops, but something is still missing. They wonder: What's wrong with me? Dr. Valerie Rein has worked with hundreds of high-achieving women and discovered that the issues they all struggle with are not just personal--they're rooted in the ancestral and collective trauma experienced by women in the patriarchal world for millennia. In Patriarchy Stress Disorder, Dr. Rein describes how this trauma creates an invisible inner prison, that holds them back from stepping into the full power of their authentic presence, unbridled joy, outrageous success, freedom, and fulfillment. In this book, Dr. Valerie explains: - Why you're dissatisfied in spite of your achievements, and why it's not your fault. - What secretly drains 90 percent of your time and energy, and how to reclaim it. - How to upgrade your game of "How much can I bear?" to "How good can it get?"
Separate Kingdoms
Author: Valerie Laken
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062041606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
From Valerie Laken, the Pushcart Prize–winning author of Dream House, comes a powerful collection of short stories charting the divisions and collisions between cultures and nations, families and outsiders, and partners and misfits searching for love. Set in Russia and the United States, these are boldly innovative stories—tales of fractured, misplaced characters moving beyond the borders of their isolation and reaching for the connections that will make them whole. A family, shaken by an industrial accident, is divided, its members isolated in their home and only able to understand one another from their separate rooms. A young gay couple travels to Russia to meet the child they're desperately trying to adopt, but the experience reveals an emotional divide between the parents-to-be. A recent amputee removes herself from her body to keep her husband at bay. And the idyllic village life of a blind Russian boy is disrupted by an American dentist and the wonders of racy Western magazines. Separate Kingdoms is a rich and satisfying collection that traverses the distances between people and places in each marvelously rendered story.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062041606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
From Valerie Laken, the Pushcart Prize–winning author of Dream House, comes a powerful collection of short stories charting the divisions and collisions between cultures and nations, families and outsiders, and partners and misfits searching for love. Set in Russia and the United States, these are boldly innovative stories—tales of fractured, misplaced characters moving beyond the borders of their isolation and reaching for the connections that will make them whole. A family, shaken by an industrial accident, is divided, its members isolated in their home and only able to understand one another from their separate rooms. A young gay couple travels to Russia to meet the child they're desperately trying to adopt, but the experience reveals an emotional divide between the parents-to-be. A recent amputee removes herself from her body to keep her husband at bay. And the idyllic village life of a blind Russian boy is disrupted by an American dentist and the wonders of racy Western magazines. Separate Kingdoms is a rich and satisfying collection that traverses the distances between people and places in each marvelously rendered story.
What Do You Dare to Dream?
Author: Valerie Jeannis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945106194
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Have you allowed people to define your dream for you? Have you allowed fear to keep you from going after dream? If yes, the message is simple - refuse to allow people, fears or circumstances to dictate what's possible for you and to keep you from going after your dreams. Why? Because your dream matters. It's the secret to creating the changes you want to see in your life. Is it great when people believe in you? Absolutely. Do you want the support of friends and loved ones? Without a doubt. However, if they doubt (and they might), and if they tell you you can't (and some will), even when "they" is really you (and it often is), I dare you to do it anyway. Dare to dream, then dare to pursue your dreams unapologetically. Because you can. Because you must. Because why not.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945106194
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Have you allowed people to define your dream for you? Have you allowed fear to keep you from going after dream? If yes, the message is simple - refuse to allow people, fears or circumstances to dictate what's possible for you and to keep you from going after your dreams. Why? Because your dream matters. It's the secret to creating the changes you want to see in your life. Is it great when people believe in you? Absolutely. Do you want the support of friends and loved ones? Without a doubt. However, if they doubt (and they might), and if they tell you you can't (and some will), even when "they" is really you (and it often is), I dare you to do it anyway. Dare to dream, then dare to pursue your dreams unapologetically. Because you can. Because you must. Because why not.
Enough Already
Author: Valerie Bertinelli
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0358567327
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond. Behind the curtain of her happy on-screen persona, Valerie Bertinelli’s life has been no easy ride, especially when it comes to her own self-image and self-worth. She waged a war against herself for years, learning to equate her value to her appearance as a child star on One Day at a Time and punishing herself in order to fit into the unachievable Hollywood mold. She struggled to make her marriage to Eddie Van Halen — the true love of her life — work, despite all the rifts the rock-star lifestyle created between them. She then watched her son follow in his father’s footsteps, right up onto the stage of Van Halen concerts, and begin his own music career. And like so many women, she cared for her parents as their health declined and saw the roles of parent and child reverse. Through mourning the loss of her parents, discovering more about her family’s past, and realizing how short life really is when she and her son lost Eddie, Valerie finally said, “Enough already!” to a lifelong battle with the scale and found a new path forward to joy and connection. Despite hardships and the pressures of the media industry to be something she’s not, Valerie is, at last, accepting herself: she knows who she is, has discovered her self-worth, and has learned how to prioritize her health and happiness over her weight. With an intimate look into her insecurities, heartbreaks, losses, triumphs, and revelations, Enough Already is the story of Valerie’s sometimes humorous, sometimes raw, but always honest journey to love herself and find joy in the everyday, in family, and in the food and memories we share. “This thoughtful, bighearted book is sure to be a hit with Bertinelli fans and those with an appetite for stories of hard-won self-acceptance. A warmly intimate memoir.” – Kirkus Reviews “In a series of brutally frank essays, Bertinelli looks back on the emotional struggles and triumphs of her life. By turns raw and inspiring, this contains a little bit of wisdom for everyone.” – Publishers Weekly
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0358567327
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond. Behind the curtain of her happy on-screen persona, Valerie Bertinelli’s life has been no easy ride, especially when it comes to her own self-image and self-worth. She waged a war against herself for years, learning to equate her value to her appearance as a child star on One Day at a Time and punishing herself in order to fit into the unachievable Hollywood mold. She struggled to make her marriage to Eddie Van Halen — the true love of her life — work, despite all the rifts the rock-star lifestyle created between them. She then watched her son follow in his father’s footsteps, right up onto the stage of Van Halen concerts, and begin his own music career. And like so many women, she cared for her parents as their health declined and saw the roles of parent and child reverse. Through mourning the loss of her parents, discovering more about her family’s past, and realizing how short life really is when she and her son lost Eddie, Valerie finally said, “Enough already!” to a lifelong battle with the scale and found a new path forward to joy and connection. Despite hardships and the pressures of the media industry to be something she’s not, Valerie is, at last, accepting herself: she knows who she is, has discovered her self-worth, and has learned how to prioritize her health and happiness over her weight. With an intimate look into her insecurities, heartbreaks, losses, triumphs, and revelations, Enough Already is the story of Valerie’s sometimes humorous, sometimes raw, but always honest journey to love herself and find joy in the everyday, in family, and in the food and memories we share. “This thoughtful, bighearted book is sure to be a hit with Bertinelli fans and those with an appetite for stories of hard-won self-acceptance. A warmly intimate memoir.” – Kirkus Reviews “In a series of brutally frank essays, Bertinelli looks back on the emotional struggles and triumphs of her life. By turns raw and inspiring, this contains a little bit of wisdom for everyone.” – Publishers Weekly
Books in Bloom
Author: Valerie Bang-Jensen
Publisher: National Gardening Association, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780615936802
Category : Literature and science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This curriculum invites children to learn about science while experiencing a great story. Each chapter features a popular children's books that's perfect for families, classrooms, after-school programs, anyone who gardens with children. PreK-5.
Publisher: National Gardening Association, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780615936802
Category : Literature and science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This curriculum invites children to learn about science while experiencing a great story. Each chapter features a popular children's books that's perfect for families, classrooms, after-school programs, anyone who gardens with children. PreK-5.
The Very Bad Dream
Author: Anne Schraff
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1645989801
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Themes: Life Lessons, Values, Identity, Justice, Mystery, Deception, Murder, Frame-Up, Falsely Accused, Kidnapping, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Surely Valerie Monroe's nightmare was not real. But it felt real, and the news on the television frightened her even more. Was she a witness to a real crime? Maybe it wasn't a dream! Just 32-pages each—eBooks for struggling readers power-packed with reading employment. Here are 40 exciting Hi-Lo books with various themes guaranteed to keep your students turning the pages until the very end!
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1645989801
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Themes: Life Lessons, Values, Identity, Justice, Mystery, Deception, Murder, Frame-Up, Falsely Accused, Kidnapping, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Surely Valerie Monroe's nightmare was not real. But it felt real, and the news on the television frightened her even more. Was she a witness to a real crime? Maybe it wasn't a dream! Just 32-pages each—eBooks for struggling readers power-packed with reading employment. Here are 40 exciting Hi-Lo books with various themes guaranteed to keep your students turning the pages until the very end!