Author: Debbie Phelps
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061899119
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
The unsinkable Debbie Phelps—who captured the hearts of the world when her son, Michael, triumphed at the Beijing Olympic games—shares her inspirational story A Mother for All Seasons is the heartfelt, intimate memoir of an everywoman—a single mom and an educator who raised three exceptional children, including the greatest Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps. During the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, when Michael achieved the impossible with his record-shattering eight gold-medal wins, Debbie Phelps nearly stole the show. For the millions who were riveted to the most watched Olympics in history, few could forget the homage that Michael consistently paid to the one person on Team Phelps most responsible for making it all possible: his mom. Nor can we forget how after each medal ceremony, Michael walked proudly to the stands to reach up to his mother and his sisters, Hilary and Whitney, to deliver his winning bouquets to them. While those highlights will forever be remembered the world over, very few know the behind-the-scenes stories as lived by the members of Team Phelps—a roller-coaster ride full of dramatic ups and downs, heartbreaks, and disappointments, yet one guided to triumph by vision, courage, and tenacity. Now at last, in A Mother for All Seasons, we're given the untold story as lived by the mom on the team. An educator in home economics, motivational spokeswoman, visionary middle-school principal, mother of three, and grandmother of two, Debbie Phelps is also the eternal cheerleader who was raised in a small, blue-collar, working-class town. An avid believer that achievement is limitless for each and every child, no matter the odds, Debbie reveals the universal themes of her story, which is rich with struggle, humor, hope, advice, and passion. Infused with the indomitable spirit of “America's mom,” as she has been called, A Mother for All Seasons rallies us to cheer for all of our children at every stage of their growth and in every endeavor. Candid, lively, and charming, it offers timely, commonsense wisdom, lessons, and insights, and provides a much-needed reminder that life doesn't always turn out how you plan it, but in fact it can sometimes turn out even better.
Stories for all seasons
Author: Stories
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
A Rogue for All Seasons
Author: Sara Lindsey
Publisher: Sara Lindsey
ISBN: 0986012513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Handsome, debonair, and heir to his father's title and wealth, Henry Weston leads a charmed life. Women want him, and men want to be him. Even so, Henry wants something more. For that, he needs the help of society's reigning wallflower. Diana Merriwether is shocked when Henry proposes a mutually beneficial sham courtship. She can't resist the opportunity to be wooed by him and, having sworn off love, she's certain her heart is safe. But when their charade plays out behind closed doors and passions escalate, Diana fears she's really fooling herself.
Publisher: Sara Lindsey
ISBN: 0986012513
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Handsome, debonair, and heir to his father's title and wealth, Henry Weston leads a charmed life. Women want him, and men want to be him. Even so, Henry wants something more. For that, he needs the help of society's reigning wallflower. Diana Merriwether is shocked when Henry proposes a mutually beneficial sham courtship. She can't resist the opportunity to be wooed by him and, having sworn off love, she's certain her heart is safe. But when their charade plays out behind closed doors and passions escalate, Diana fears she's really fooling herself.
Rise Up Singing
Author: Cecelie Berry
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 030749019X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From a dazzling array of well-known African American women, short fiction, poems, and personal essays that describe with warmth and humor their experiences as mothers and as daughters. A sparkling anthology devoted to exploring the lives of African American mothers, Rise Up Singing presents the stories and reflections of such beloved and respected artists, journalists, and authors as Alice Walker, Faith Ringgold, Marita Golden, Martha Southgate, Tananarive Due, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Deborah Roberts, Rita Dove, and others. It features original and previously published writings, organized by editor Cecelie Berry by themes—mothering, work, family, children, community, and love—that illuminate the multiple roles of black mothers at home, in the neighborhood, and in the world as a whole. Rise Up Singing brings together the perspectives of women of different ages, backgrounds, and accomplishments. What shines through in their writings are the hopes shared by all mothers. As Marian Wright Edelman writes in the Foreword: “The mothers writing in this anthology speak in a range of voices. They are joyful, stressed, grateful, ambivalent, determined, disappointed, and, in bad ways and good, overwhelmed. But over and over again . . . we see mothers struggling with the push: striving to give their children their best and to make sure the world gives their children its best, hard as that fight may be.”
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 030749019X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
From a dazzling array of well-known African American women, short fiction, poems, and personal essays that describe with warmth and humor their experiences as mothers and as daughters. A sparkling anthology devoted to exploring the lives of African American mothers, Rise Up Singing presents the stories and reflections of such beloved and respected artists, journalists, and authors as Alice Walker, Faith Ringgold, Marita Golden, Martha Southgate, Tananarive Due, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Deborah Roberts, Rita Dove, and others. It features original and previously published writings, organized by editor Cecelie Berry by themes—mothering, work, family, children, community, and love—that illuminate the multiple roles of black mothers at home, in the neighborhood, and in the world as a whole. Rise Up Singing brings together the perspectives of women of different ages, backgrounds, and accomplishments. What shines through in their writings are the hopes shared by all mothers. As Marian Wright Edelman writes in the Foreword: “The mothers writing in this anthology speak in a range of voices. They are joyful, stressed, grateful, ambivalent, determined, disappointed, and, in bad ways and good, overwhelmed. But over and over again . . . we see mothers struggling with the push: striving to give their children their best and to make sure the world gives their children its best, hard as that fight may be.”
A Book of Prayers
Author: Erma J. Coburn
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462048986
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This Book of Prayers is a treasured keepsake and it makes a thoughtful gift for anyone who needs encouragement and prayer. It will also introduce you to a Prayer Warrior who has spent her life serving God. Dr. Francina Thomas Anchorage, Alaska
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462048986
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This Book of Prayers is a treasured keepsake and it makes a thoughtful gift for anyone who needs encouragement and prayer. It will also introduce you to a Prayer Warrior who has spent her life serving God. Dr. Francina Thomas Anchorage, Alaska
Mentoring For All Seasons
Author: Janet Thompson
Publisher: ACU Press
ISBN: 0891124306
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Realize the value and blessings of participating in mentoring relationships during all stages, ages, and seasons of life. Women often don’t think they know enough to be a mentor, or fear rejection if they ask someone to mentor them. Others don’t think they need mentoring. However, throughout the Bible, God calls spiritually younger and older women to learn from and teach one another. Mentoring for All Seasons helps answer questions like these: •What is mentoring? •How do I find a mentor? •Why does God want us to mentor one another? •What are the blessings of mentoring? Through true stories from mentors and mentees in life seasons from tween through death—along with the author’s personal experiences, helpful tips, Scriptures to study together, and biblical mentoring relationship examples—Mentoring for All Seasons encourages women to be intentional about sharing their life experiences and God’s faithfulness with other women.
Publisher: ACU Press
ISBN: 0891124306
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Realize the value and blessings of participating in mentoring relationships during all stages, ages, and seasons of life. Women often don’t think they know enough to be a mentor, or fear rejection if they ask someone to mentor them. Others don’t think they need mentoring. However, throughout the Bible, God calls spiritually younger and older women to learn from and teach one another. Mentoring for All Seasons helps answer questions like these: •What is mentoring? •How do I find a mentor? •Why does God want us to mentor one another? •What are the blessings of mentoring? Through true stories from mentors and mentees in life seasons from tween through death—along with the author’s personal experiences, helpful tips, Scriptures to study together, and biblical mentoring relationship examples—Mentoring for All Seasons encourages women to be intentional about sharing their life experiences and God’s faithfulness with other women.
Author: Kathryn E. Livingston
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595339832
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
In thirty essays on the joys and heartaches of motherhood--from longing for a newborn to waiting for a teen to arrive home late at night--Kathryn E. Livingston, who has written for national magazines on parenting topics for two decades, explores the universal feelings and experiences all mothers share. The perfect gift book for new as well as "seasoned" moms, "All About Motherhood" charts the interior journey women make when they give birth and take on the most demanding and dynamic role of their lives. With poignancy and candor, this mother of three captures the essence of motherhood, probing the conflicting emotions a woman feels in her heart as she watches her babies grow up. "Kathryn E. Livingston's essays distill all that we mothers know to be true about ourselves. Her witty, reassuring pieces are islands of calm in our hectic parenting world."--Abigail Gary, editor, mother
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595339832
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
In thirty essays on the joys and heartaches of motherhood--from longing for a newborn to waiting for a teen to arrive home late at night--Kathryn E. Livingston, who has written for national magazines on parenting topics for two decades, explores the universal feelings and experiences all mothers share. The perfect gift book for new as well as "seasoned" moms, "All About Motherhood" charts the interior journey women make when they give birth and take on the most demanding and dynamic role of their lives. With poignancy and candor, this mother of three captures the essence of motherhood, probing the conflicting emotions a woman feels in her heart as she watches her babies grow up. "Kathryn E. Livingston's essays distill all that we mothers know to be true about ourselves. Her witty, reassuring pieces are islands of calm in our hectic parenting world."--Abigail Gary, editor, mother
A Woman of All Seasons
Author: Paula Harris
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440122946
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Please ponder a few questions for a moment. Are you happy in this season of your life? Are you burnt out and left with no hope of anything ever changing for you? Are you able to enjoy what you have presently? Does your past keep you from taking a positive step toward your future? Do you feel overwhelmed by the challenges confronting you in this season of your life? The tsunami, hurricane Katrina, California mud slides, and snow in Hawaii are recent reminders that there are times and seasons over which we have little or no control. The same is true for each season of a woman's life. She may laugh or weep, love or hate, plant or uproot during her journey. Nevertheless, she can learn to glance at her struggles, but gaze upon His sovereignty. Your time in this book will be revitalizing as you receive wisdom and encouragement for each season of your life.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440122946
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Please ponder a few questions for a moment. Are you happy in this season of your life? Are you burnt out and left with no hope of anything ever changing for you? Are you able to enjoy what you have presently? Does your past keep you from taking a positive step toward your future? Do you feel overwhelmed by the challenges confronting you in this season of your life? The tsunami, hurricane Katrina, California mud slides, and snow in Hawaii are recent reminders that there are times and seasons over which we have little or no control. The same is true for each season of a woman's life. She may laugh or weep, love or hate, plant or uproot during her journey. Nevertheless, she can learn to glance at her struggles, but gaze upon His sovereignty. Your time in this book will be revitalizing as you receive wisdom and encouragement for each season of your life.
A Feast for All Seasons
Author: Andrew George
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
ISBN: 1551523833
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Traditional Native recipes featuring products from the land, sea and sky, symbols of an enduring cuisine that illustrate respect for the nurturing land, and acknowledgment of the spiritual power food can have in our lives. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A book with many images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
ISBN: 1551523833
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Traditional Native recipes featuring products from the land, sea and sky, symbols of an enduring cuisine that illustrate respect for the nurturing land, and acknowledgment of the spiritual power food can have in our lives. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A book with many images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
The Evergreen; Or, Church-offering for All Seasons
Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Publisher:
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Pages : 424
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Strength for All Seasons
Author: Michele Howe
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN: 1683072782
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Strength for All Seasons: A Prayer Devotional offers thirty-one daily topics on specific ways to inspire, encourage, love, and thrive during every season of life via a vibrant life in Christ forged through daily prayer. This lovely devotional provides a Godward foundation to propel Christ-followers into roles that could literally alter this generation and the next, while shoring oneself up for the ever-changing battles that face Christians in every season. Each chapter opens with a passage of Scripture, an edifying quotation, and a brief story written by beloved author Michele Howe. The devotional is split into three sections that provide targeted wisdom on topics such as spiritual strength, physical health and well-being, emotional balance, relational wisdom, and ministry and giftedness. Readers will be able to offer daily comprehensive prayers, confident they are “covering” and equipping themselves and their loved ones through intercession. Closing out the daily prayer format, readers will have several practical recommendations for investing in others’ lives (and their own) through acts of service, volunteer opportunities, and other creative suggestions for developing a close bond. Passing through the seasons of life means navigating diverse challenges and opportunities for different individuals, and yet there are underlying biblical principles that govern all journeys through life.
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
ISBN: 1683072782
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Strength for All Seasons: A Prayer Devotional offers thirty-one daily topics on specific ways to inspire, encourage, love, and thrive during every season of life via a vibrant life in Christ forged through daily prayer. This lovely devotional provides a Godward foundation to propel Christ-followers into roles that could literally alter this generation and the next, while shoring oneself up for the ever-changing battles that face Christians in every season. Each chapter opens with a passage of Scripture, an edifying quotation, and a brief story written by beloved author Michele Howe. The devotional is split into three sections that provide targeted wisdom on topics such as spiritual strength, physical health and well-being, emotional balance, relational wisdom, and ministry and giftedness. Readers will be able to offer daily comprehensive prayers, confident they are “covering” and equipping themselves and their loved ones through intercession. Closing out the daily prayer format, readers will have several practical recommendations for investing in others’ lives (and their own) through acts of service, volunteer opportunities, and other creative suggestions for developing a close bond. Passing through the seasons of life means navigating diverse challenges and opportunities for different individuals, and yet there are underlying biblical principles that govern all journeys through life.