Author: Susan These
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469167166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Willies Passions is an autobiography - its characters are actual individuals taken from my mother's notes. Her life was an inspiration to all who knew her. The book follows her life at approximately twenty year intervals. The stories are hers and I am just the one to have the honor of sharing it with those who appreciate nature and the beauties of British Columbia. I hope you enjoy reading this book on some of Wilma's' life as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Willie's Birthday
Author: Anastasia Suen
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780142301357
Category : Birthdays
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
WIllie is Peter's dog, and since it's Willie's birthday, Peter is throwing a big party for him. But with all the people and animals on the guest list, this will be no ordinary party! Full-color illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780142301357
Category : Birthdays
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
WIllie is Peter's dog, and since it's Willie's birthday, Peter is throwing a big party for him. But with all the people and animals on the guest list, this will be no ordinary party! Full-color illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The Education of Will
Author: Patricia B. McConnell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501150154
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"An animal behaviorist recounts the story of how in order to help a troubled dog she was compelled to revisit painful memories about her own past in order to gain understanding into the impact of trauma on the brain, "--NoveList.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501150154
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"An animal behaviorist recounts the story of how in order to help a troubled dog she was compelled to revisit painful memories about her own past in order to gain understanding into the impact of trauma on the brain, "--NoveList.
Willies Passions
Author: Susan These
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469167166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Willies Passions is an autobiography - its characters are actual individuals taken from my mother's notes. Her life was an inspiration to all who knew her. The book follows her life at approximately twenty year intervals. The stories are hers and I am just the one to have the honor of sharing it with those who appreciate nature and the beauties of British Columbia. I hope you enjoy reading this book on some of Wilma's' life as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469167166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Willies Passions is an autobiography - its characters are actual individuals taken from my mother's notes. Her life was an inspiration to all who knew her. The book follows her life at approximately twenty year intervals. The stories are hers and I am just the one to have the honor of sharing it with those who appreciate nature and the beauties of British Columbia. I hope you enjoy reading this book on some of Wilma's' life as much as I enjoyed writing it.
A Vintage Year
Author: R. T. Eggimann
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411646592
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
This is a story about two best friends who set out with a pauper's budget on an amazing journey through the jungles of Mexico, sailing the Caribbean, hitch hiking across North America and sojourning through Europe, the Greek Isles and beyond. Their adventure took place in the mid seventies when the world was still innocent enough to let two free spirits soar. Uncanny coincidences, close calls and good fortune will draw you into this true story told from the unique perspective of naive youth in a care free world.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411646592
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
This is a story about two best friends who set out with a pauper's budget on an amazing journey through the jungles of Mexico, sailing the Caribbean, hitch hiking across North America and sojourning through Europe, the Greek Isles and beyond. Their adventure took place in the mid seventies when the world was still innocent enough to let two free spirits soar. Uncanny coincidences, close calls and good fortune will draw you into this true story told from the unique perspective of naive youth in a care free world.
Good Night, Mr. Tom
Author: Michelle Magorian
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006440174X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
London is poised on the brink of World War 11. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a single mother -- is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, of the country sounds and sights, even of Mr. Tom, the gruff, kindly old man who has taken him in. But gradually Willie forgets the hate and despair of his past. He learns to love a world he never knew existed, a world of friendship and affection in which harsh words and daily beatings have no place. Then a telegram comes. Willie must return to his mother in London. When weeks pass by with no word from Willie, Mr. Tom sets out for London to look for the young boy he has come to love as a son.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006440174X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
London is poised on the brink of World War 11. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a single mother -- is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, of the country sounds and sights, even of Mr. Tom, the gruff, kindly old man who has taken him in. But gradually Willie forgets the hate and despair of his past. He learns to love a world he never knew existed, a world of friendship and affection in which harsh words and daily beatings have no place. Then a telegram comes. Willie must return to his mother in London. When weeks pass by with no word from Willie, Mr. Tom sets out for London to look for the young boy he has come to love as a son.
Willie's Boys
Author: John Klima
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470485221
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The story of Willie Mays's rookie year with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the making of a baseball legend Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is one of baseball's endearing greats, a tremendously talented and charismatic center fielder who hit 660 career homeruns, collected 3,283 hits, knocked in 1,903 runs, won 12 Gold Glove Awards and appeared in 24 All-Star games. But before Mays was the "Say Hey Kid", he was just a boy. Willie's Boys is the story of his remarkable 1948 rookie season with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, who took a risk on a raw but gifted 16-year-old and gave him the experience, confidence, and connections to escape Birmingham's segregation, navigate baseball's institutional racism, and sign with the New York Giants. Willie's Boys offers a character-rich narrative of the apprenticeship Mays had at the hands of a diverse group of savvy veterans who taught him the ways of the game and the world. Sheds new light on the virtually unknown beginnings of a baseball great, not available in other books Captures the first incredible steps of a baseball superstar in his first season with the Negro League's Birmingham Black Barons Introduces the veteran group of Negro League players, including Piper Davis, who gave Mays an incredible apprenticeship season Illuminates the Negro League's last days, drawing on in-depth research and interviews with remaining players Explores the heated rivalry between Mays's Black Barons and Buck O'Neil's Kansas City Monarchs , culminating in the last Negro League World Series Breaks new historical ground on what led the New York Giants to acquire Mays, and why he didn't sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, or Boston Red Sox Packed with stories and insights, Willie's Boys takes you inside an important part of baseball history and the development of one of the all-time greats ever to play the game.
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 0470485221
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The story of Willie Mays's rookie year with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the making of a baseball legend Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is one of baseball's endearing greats, a tremendously talented and charismatic center fielder who hit 660 career homeruns, collected 3,283 hits, knocked in 1,903 runs, won 12 Gold Glove Awards and appeared in 24 All-Star games. But before Mays was the "Say Hey Kid", he was just a boy. Willie's Boys is the story of his remarkable 1948 rookie season with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, who took a risk on a raw but gifted 16-year-old and gave him the experience, confidence, and connections to escape Birmingham's segregation, navigate baseball's institutional racism, and sign with the New York Giants. Willie's Boys offers a character-rich narrative of the apprenticeship Mays had at the hands of a diverse group of savvy veterans who taught him the ways of the game and the world. Sheds new light on the virtually unknown beginnings of a baseball great, not available in other books Captures the first incredible steps of a baseball superstar in his first season with the Negro League's Birmingham Black Barons Introduces the veteran group of Negro League players, including Piper Davis, who gave Mays an incredible apprenticeship season Illuminates the Negro League's last days, drawing on in-depth research and interviews with remaining players Explores the heated rivalry between Mays's Black Barons and Buck O'Neil's Kansas City Monarchs , culminating in the last Negro League World Series Breaks new historical ground on what led the New York Giants to acquire Mays, and why he didn't sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, or Boston Red Sox Packed with stories and insights, Willie's Boys takes you inside an important part of baseball history and the development of one of the all-time greats ever to play the game.
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die
Author: Willie Nelson
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062193651
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville, and more. He shares the outlaw wisdom he has acquired over the course of eight decades, along with favorite jokes and insights from family, bandmates, and close friends. Rare family pictures, beautiful artwork created by his son, Micah Nelson, and lyrics to classic songs punctuate these charming and poignant memories. A road journal written in Willie Nelson's inimitable, homespun voice and a fitting tribute to America’s greatest traveling bard, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die—introduced by another favorite son of Texas, Kinky Friedman—is a deeply personal look into the heart and soul of a unique man and one of the greatest artists of our time, a songwriter and performer whose legacy will endure for generations to come.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062193651
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville, and more. He shares the outlaw wisdom he has acquired over the course of eight decades, along with favorite jokes and insights from family, bandmates, and close friends. Rare family pictures, beautiful artwork created by his son, Micah Nelson, and lyrics to classic songs punctuate these charming and poignant memories. A road journal written in Willie Nelson's inimitable, homespun voice and a fitting tribute to America’s greatest traveling bard, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die—introduced by another favorite son of Texas, Kinky Friedman—is a deeply personal look into the heart and soul of a unique man and one of the greatest artists of our time, a songwriter and performer whose legacy will endure for generations to come.
The Facts of Life
Author: Willie Nelson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307523209
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
If you had to give America a voice, it’s been said more than once, that voice would be Willie Nelson’s. For more than fifty years, he’s taken the stuff of his life-the good and the bad-and made from it a body of work that has become a permanent part of our musical heritage and kept us company through the good and the bad of our own lives. Long before he became famous as a performer, Willie Nelson was known as a songwriter, keeping his young family afloat by writing songs-like “Crazy”-that other people turned into hits. So it’s fitting, and cause for celebration, that he has finally set down in his own words, a book that does justice to his great gifts as a storyteller. In The Facts of Life, Willie Nelson reflects on what has mattered to him in life and what hasn’t. He also tells some great dirty jokes. The result is a book as wise and hilarious as its author. It’s not meant to be taken seriously as an instruction manual for living-but you could do a lot worse.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307523209
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
If you had to give America a voice, it’s been said more than once, that voice would be Willie Nelson’s. For more than fifty years, he’s taken the stuff of his life-the good and the bad-and made from it a body of work that has become a permanent part of our musical heritage and kept us company through the good and the bad of our own lives. Long before he became famous as a performer, Willie Nelson was known as a songwriter, keeping his young family afloat by writing songs-like “Crazy”-that other people turned into hits. So it’s fitting, and cause for celebration, that he has finally set down in his own words, a book that does justice to his great gifts as a storyteller. In The Facts of Life, Willie Nelson reflects on what has mattered to him in life and what hasn’t. He also tells some great dirty jokes. The result is a book as wise and hilarious as its author. It’s not meant to be taken seriously as an instruction manual for living-but you could do a lot worse.
Willie
Author: Willie Nelson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0815410808
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Nelson, self-proclaimed "outlaw'' of country music, is depicted from many angles in this rambling account of his trajectory into celebrity. Written with freelancer Shrake in salty and sometimes vulgar language, Nelson's reflections on his three wives, children, his country music peers and others in his large, floating entourage reveal a hard-living man. The singer toiled in the fields as a child during the Depression, was left by his teenage parents with grandparents who raised him and his sister in Texas. The experience was pivotal to his career: "My desire to escape from manual labor started in the cotton fields of my childhood and cannot be overstated.'' Nelson began his road life as "an itinerant singer and guitar picker'' on trips punctuated with alcohol, drugs and sex as he climbed to eminence in the world of country music. Now "crossed over,'' popular with national audiences, Nelson notes that he enjoys all the personal perquisites of his success. Among his revelations here, the singer recalls smoking pot on the roof of the White House after entertaining at a Carter state dinner. Photos not seen by PW. BOMC and QPBC alternates; first serial to Texas Monthly and Golf Digest; paperback rights to Pocket Books. (October) - Publishers Weekly.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0815410808
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Nelson, self-proclaimed "outlaw'' of country music, is depicted from many angles in this rambling account of his trajectory into celebrity. Written with freelancer Shrake in salty and sometimes vulgar language, Nelson's reflections on his three wives, children, his country music peers and others in his large, floating entourage reveal a hard-living man. The singer toiled in the fields as a child during the Depression, was left by his teenage parents with grandparents who raised him and his sister in Texas. The experience was pivotal to his career: "My desire to escape from manual labor started in the cotton fields of my childhood and cannot be overstated.'' Nelson began his road life as "an itinerant singer and guitar picker'' on trips punctuated with alcohol, drugs and sex as he climbed to eminence in the world of country music. Now "crossed over,'' popular with national audiences, Nelson notes that he enjoys all the personal perquisites of his success. Among his revelations here, the singer recalls smoking pot on the roof of the White House after entertaining at a Carter state dinner. Photos not seen by PW. BOMC and QPBC alternates; first serial to Texas Monthly and Golf Digest; paperback rights to Pocket Books. (October) - Publishers Weekly.
The Boogie Man's Birthday
Author: Eric Williams
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480965421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The Boogie Man’s Birthday is a good story about people coming together and trying to stop evil from coming back. Author Eric D. Williams loves writing supernatural stories about witches and ghosts. He came up with the idea of The Boogie Man’s Birthday while reading the last book in the Bible.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480965421
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The Boogie Man’s Birthday is a good story about people coming together and trying to stop evil from coming back. Author Eric D. Williams loves writing supernatural stories about witches and ghosts. He came up with the idea of The Boogie Man’s Birthday while reading the last book in the Bible.