Author: Susie Huber
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980119510
Category : Accident victims
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Brenda the Little Miracle Girl
Author: Susie Huber
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980119510
Category : Accident victims
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980119510
Category : Accident victims
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Game On!
Author: Ed Greenwood
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN: 1940709598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
What if future criminals played games of skill for their freedom? Would spellcasters dare use magic to skew chance in their favor? What if aliens judged us based on the games we play? Can a dying woman literally cheat Death? Games are about more than winning and losing. They’re about risk and reward, strategy and blind fortune, our need to win and our fear of being outplayed. And when magic and science infuse a game, the stakes can be of cosmic importance. Each move could decide life or death. Are you ready to play? In this anthology, seventeen of today’s leading fantasy and science fiction authors explore the role games play in worlds both seen and unseen. Join Aliette de Bodard, Jennifer R Povey, Ed Greenwood, Cory Swanson, David Hankins, Cat Rambo, Wulf Moon, Jo Miles, James Alan Gardner, Karen Aria Lin, Mike Rimar, Eric Choi, Tris Lawrence, Mark Silcox, Melissa Yi, Michael Picco, and Sean Williams as they share with us games played for unimaginable stakes. The board is set, the cards are dealt—now it’s GAME ON!
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN: 1940709598
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
What if future criminals played games of skill for their freedom? Would spellcasters dare use magic to skew chance in their favor? What if aliens judged us based on the games we play? Can a dying woman literally cheat Death? Games are about more than winning and losing. They’re about risk and reward, strategy and blind fortune, our need to win and our fear of being outplayed. And when magic and science infuse a game, the stakes can be of cosmic importance. Each move could decide life or death. Are you ready to play? In this anthology, seventeen of today’s leading fantasy and science fiction authors explore the role games play in worlds both seen and unseen. Join Aliette de Bodard, Jennifer R Povey, Ed Greenwood, Cory Swanson, David Hankins, Cat Rambo, Wulf Moon, Jo Miles, James Alan Gardner, Karen Aria Lin, Mike Rimar, Eric Choi, Tris Lawrence, Mark Silcox, Melissa Yi, Michael Picco, and Sean Williams as they share with us games played for unimaginable stakes. The board is set, the cards are dealt—now it’s GAME ON!
The Unstoppable Miracle Girl
Author: Denise Cuddeback
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781481748216
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Denise Cuddeback was living the rather simple life of a wife, mother, and childcare provider. She's seen love – like that in the eyes of her two young children – and loss – at the unexpected passing of her father. But, for thirty-six years, her life had been more or less what one would expect. Just days after that birthday, though, everything would be challenged. Love, friendship, faith, and a desire to live... could it be enough to see her through such a terrible diagnosis?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781481748216
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Denise Cuddeback was living the rather simple life of a wife, mother, and childcare provider. She's seen love – like that in the eyes of her two young children – and loss – at the unexpected passing of her father. But, for thirty-six years, her life had been more or less what one would expect. Just days after that birthday, though, everything would be challenged. Love, friendship, faith, and a desire to live... could it be enough to see her through such a terrible diagnosis?
Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber
Author: Bimisi Tayanita
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946178046
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Sumguyen has always had a thick mane of hair, in the summer of 2016 he decided to grow a beard. Deep into month three he started to look like an armpit with eyeballs.It was a sultry August night in Old Town Scottsdale as Bimisi and Sumguyen made their way from one bar to another. They took pause to to enjoy the rhythms of a homeless crooner who was soulfully picking his guitar. When Sumguyen threw a five into his tip jar the artist looked up, thanked him with a nod and said, "That is a beautiful beard. My friend Brenda has a beard just like that, but hers doesn't talk."A fair amount of beer sprayed from Bimisi's nose...and just like that they had their subject matter for the final book of season one. Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber is the fifth of five books that make up Reach Around Books Season One.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946178046
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Sumguyen has always had a thick mane of hair, in the summer of 2016 he decided to grow a beard. Deep into month three he started to look like an armpit with eyeballs.It was a sultry August night in Old Town Scottsdale as Bimisi and Sumguyen made their way from one bar to another. They took pause to to enjoy the rhythms of a homeless crooner who was soulfully picking his guitar. When Sumguyen threw a five into his tip jar the artist looked up, thanked him with a nod and said, "That is a beautiful beard. My friend Brenda has a beard just like that, but hers doesn't talk."A fair amount of beer sprayed from Bimisi's nose...and just like that they had their subject matter for the final book of season one. Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber is the fifth of five books that make up Reach Around Books Season One.
A Book of Miracles
Author: Dr. Bernie S. Siegel
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1608683044
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Heartwarming and Heart-Opening Stories Gathered from Decades of Medical Practice Bernie Siegel first wrote about miracles when he was a practicing surgeon and founded Exceptional Cancer Patients, a groundbreaking synthesis of group, individual, dream, and art therapy that provided patients with a “carefrontation.” Compiled during his more than thirty years of practice, speaking, and teaching, the stories in these pages are riveting, warm, and belief expanding. Their subjects include a girl whose baby brother helped her overcome anorexia, a woman whose cancer helped her heal by teaching her to stand up for herself, and a family that was saved from a burning house by bats. Without diminishing the reality of pain and hardship, the stories show real people turning crisis into blessing by responding to adversity in ways that empower and heal. They demonstrate what we are capable of and show us that we can achieve miracles as we confront life’s difficulties.
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1608683044
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Heartwarming and Heart-Opening Stories Gathered from Decades of Medical Practice Bernie Siegel first wrote about miracles when he was a practicing surgeon and founded Exceptional Cancer Patients, a groundbreaking synthesis of group, individual, dream, and art therapy that provided patients with a “carefrontation.” Compiled during his more than thirty years of practice, speaking, and teaching, the stories in these pages are riveting, warm, and belief expanding. Their subjects include a girl whose baby brother helped her overcome anorexia, a woman whose cancer helped her heal by teaching her to stand up for herself, and a family that was saved from a burning house by bats. Without diminishing the reality of pain and hardship, the stories show real people turning crisis into blessing by responding to adversity in ways that empower and heal. They demonstrate what we are capable of and show us that we can achieve miracles as we confront life’s difficulties.
Angel Whispers
Author: Carol-Ann Medina
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452027552
Category : Angels
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
"Angels whispers are the still, small thoughts that come when we need them most. They offer protection, comfort, and uplift our thoughts to the ever presence of God in our lives."--Jacket.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452027552
Category : Angels
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
"Angels whispers are the still, small thoughts that come when we need them most. They offer protection, comfort, and uplift our thoughts to the ever presence of God in our lives."--Jacket.
Kingman—1971
Author: Gary Reeves
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426955790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Against all odds, Brent Kingman is alive. He survived the atrocities in Vietnam, and he returned to his family home at Kingman Ranch. His loved ones surround him, including the love of his life, Jamaica Phillips, who he saved from the claws of death twice since his return home. They plan to marry, but fate intervenes, as Brent finds himself falling victim to malaria, among other unidentified illnesses picked up overseas. Brents illnesses cause hallucinations, which take him back to the horrors of war and beyondto a time when he was a little boy, seeking solace from his father. Time and again, Brent asks his father to Keep the Boogeyman away. Sam Kingman is devastated to see his son so weak and ill, after all he went through in Vietnam. Why do they deserve this? Why does Brent deserve what looks like punishment? The Boogeyman is part II of the Kingman1971 series, following part I, Jamaica. The Kingman family has suffered much, but young Brent Kingman has suffered the most. He survived the war, only to return ill and unable to adjust to normal life. As the hallucinations threaten to take him under, his family and loving fiance must pull together. Together, they will keep the Boogeyman away. Theyre the only ones who can.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426955790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Against all odds, Brent Kingman is alive. He survived the atrocities in Vietnam, and he returned to his family home at Kingman Ranch. His loved ones surround him, including the love of his life, Jamaica Phillips, who he saved from the claws of death twice since his return home. They plan to marry, but fate intervenes, as Brent finds himself falling victim to malaria, among other unidentified illnesses picked up overseas. Brents illnesses cause hallucinations, which take him back to the horrors of war and beyondto a time when he was a little boy, seeking solace from his father. Time and again, Brent asks his father to Keep the Boogeyman away. Sam Kingman is devastated to see his son so weak and ill, after all he went through in Vietnam. Why do they deserve this? Why does Brent deserve what looks like punishment? The Boogeyman is part II of the Kingman1971 series, following part I, Jamaica. The Kingman family has suffered much, but young Brent Kingman has suffered the most. He survived the war, only to return ill and unable to adjust to normal life. As the hallucinations threaten to take him under, his family and loving fiance must pull together. Together, they will keep the Boogeyman away. Theyre the only ones who can.
The Rancher's First Love
Author: Brenda Minton
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488007098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A cowboy preacher returns to his Texas hometown, and to the beautiful girl he never forgot, in this heartwarming, inspirational romance. When Remington Jenkins comes back to Martin’s Crossing, the small Texas town will never be the same. At least not for Samantha Martin. Her teenage crush is all grown-up, and she’s realizing the full-time rancher, part-time preacher, still holds her heart. There was a time when Rem planned to marry her—until her overprotective brothers sent her away. Now, if Rem can brave Sam’s formidable family, he’s finally got a shot with the pretty nurse. But first, Sam has a secret that she must share before they can turn their summer romance into a winter wedding . . .
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488007098
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A cowboy preacher returns to his Texas hometown, and to the beautiful girl he never forgot, in this heartwarming, inspirational romance. When Remington Jenkins comes back to Martin’s Crossing, the small Texas town will never be the same. At least not for Samantha Martin. Her teenage crush is all grown-up, and she’s realizing the full-time rancher, part-time preacher, still holds her heart. There was a time when Rem planned to marry her—until her overprotective brothers sent her away. Now, if Rem can brave Sam’s formidable family, he’s finally got a shot with the pretty nurse. But first, Sam has a secret that she must share before they can turn their summer romance into a winter wedding . . .
Our Andromeda
Author: Brenda Shaughnessy
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1619320282
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
"A heady, infectious celebration."—The New Yorker "Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy."—Harvard Review Brenda Shaughnessy's heartrending third collection explores dark subjects—trauma, childbirth, loss of faith—and stark questions: What is the use of pain and grief? Is there another dimension in which our suffering might be transformed? Can we change ourselves? Yearning for new gods, new worlds, and new rules, she imagines a parallel existence in the galaxy of Andromeda. From "Our Andromeda": Cal, faster than the lightest light, so much faster than love, and our Andromeda, that dream, I can feel it living in us like we are its home. Like it remembers us from its own childhood. Oh, maybe, Cal, we are home, if God will let us live here, with Andromeda inside us, doesn't it seem we belong? Now and then, will you help me belong here, in this place where you became my child, and I your mother out of some instant of mystery of crash and matter . . . Brenda Shaughnessy was born in Okinawa, Japan and grew up in Southern California. She is the author of Human Dark with Sugar (Copper Canyon Press, 2008), winner of the James Laughlin Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Interior with Sudden Joy (FSG, 1999). Shaughnessy’s poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Harper's, The Nation, The Rumpus, The New Yorker, and The Paris Review. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers University, Newark, and lives in Brooklyn with her husband, son and daughter.
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1619320282
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
"A heady, infectious celebration."—The New Yorker "Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy."—Harvard Review Brenda Shaughnessy's heartrending third collection explores dark subjects—trauma, childbirth, loss of faith—and stark questions: What is the use of pain and grief? Is there another dimension in which our suffering might be transformed? Can we change ourselves? Yearning for new gods, new worlds, and new rules, she imagines a parallel existence in the galaxy of Andromeda. From "Our Andromeda": Cal, faster than the lightest light, so much faster than love, and our Andromeda, that dream, I can feel it living in us like we are its home. Like it remembers us from its own childhood. Oh, maybe, Cal, we are home, if God will let us live here, with Andromeda inside us, doesn't it seem we belong? Now and then, will you help me belong here, in this place where you became my child, and I your mother out of some instant of mystery of crash and matter . . . Brenda Shaughnessy was born in Okinawa, Japan and grew up in Southern California. She is the author of Human Dark with Sugar (Copper Canyon Press, 2008), winner of the James Laughlin Award and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Interior with Sudden Joy (FSG, 1999). Shaughnessy’s poems have appeared in Best American Poetry, Harper's, The Nation, The Rumpus, The New Yorker, and The Paris Review. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers University, Newark, and lives in Brooklyn with her husband, son and daughter.
Release of the Captured River
Author: Keith Price
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN: 1781484155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
Josh had no idea that his famous uncle Danny had suddenly returned home from California. How could he? He was teaching at a private school in England, having got as far away as possible from the scene of his best friend's tragic death for which Josh felt solely responsible. But, although knowing in his bones that the county's horrific badger cull would, sooner or later, compel him to return to Wales, it turned out to be something wholly unexpected, and of a supernatural nature, which caused Josh to be captured there, and so forced to confront his demons.
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN: 1781484155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
Josh had no idea that his famous uncle Danny had suddenly returned home from California. How could he? He was teaching at a private school in England, having got as far away as possible from the scene of his best friend's tragic death for which Josh felt solely responsible. But, although knowing in his bones that the county's horrific badger cull would, sooner or later, compel him to return to Wales, it turned out to be something wholly unexpected, and of a supernatural nature, which caused Josh to be captured there, and so forced to confront his demons.