Author: Lisa Dale
Publisher: Forever
ISBN: 0446543578
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
GOING HOME IS THE LONGEST JOURNEY OF ALL... Adele Matin couldn't wait to put her lonely childhood and hometown behind her. Amid the bright lights and hustle and bustle of New York, she built a life for herself--until one terrible mistake brought it crashing down. Now Adele is running again, this time to a cottage she inherited from her mother in rural Pennsylvania. And she's about to realize that a small town has more to offer than she ever dreamed. An artist and woodworker, Jay Westvelt knows a thing or two about living in the country. Adele is intrigued by her mysterious and sexy green-eyed neighbor, a man who took care of her house and soon cares deeply for her. But even as Adele's heart begins to soften toward him, secrets from her mother's past threaten to send her fleeing back to the city. Can Jay convince her to stay with him? Only if she can learn an important truth: that happiness begins with Simple Wishes.
Simple Wishes
Author: Lisa Dale
Publisher: Forever
ISBN: 0446543578
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
GOING HOME IS THE LONGEST JOURNEY OF ALL... Adele Matin couldn't wait to put her lonely childhood and hometown behind her. Amid the bright lights and hustle and bustle of New York, she built a life for herself--until one terrible mistake brought it crashing down. Now Adele is running again, this time to a cottage she inherited from her mother in rural Pennsylvania. And she's about to realize that a small town has more to offer than she ever dreamed. An artist and woodworker, Jay Westvelt knows a thing or two about living in the country. Adele is intrigued by her mysterious and sexy green-eyed neighbor, a man who took care of her house and soon cares deeply for her. But even as Adele's heart begins to soften toward him, secrets from her mother's past threaten to send her fleeing back to the city. Can Jay convince her to stay with him? Only if she can learn an important truth: that happiness begins with Simple Wishes.
Publisher: Forever
ISBN: 0446543578
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
GOING HOME IS THE LONGEST JOURNEY OF ALL... Adele Matin couldn't wait to put her lonely childhood and hometown behind her. Amid the bright lights and hustle and bustle of New York, she built a life for herself--until one terrible mistake brought it crashing down. Now Adele is running again, this time to a cottage she inherited from her mother in rural Pennsylvania. And she's about to realize that a small town has more to offer than she ever dreamed. An artist and woodworker, Jay Westvelt knows a thing or two about living in the country. Adele is intrigued by her mysterious and sexy green-eyed neighbor, a man who took care of her house and soon cares deeply for her. But even as Adele's heart begins to soften toward him, secrets from her mother's past threaten to send her fleeing back to the city. Can Jay convince her to stay with him? Only if she can learn an important truth: that happiness begins with Simple Wishes.
Wishes
Author: Jeanette R. Lynton
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423604377
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Paper crafting trendsetter and best-selling author of Cherish: Scrapbook Layouts Made Beautifully Simple, Jeanette R. Lynton carries on the art of handmade, heartfelt personal correspondence with Wishes: Fall in Love with Cardmaking. The stunning companion to Originals: Handcrafted Cards Made Easy, this book contains 109 patterns portrayed in more than 200 greeting cards, invitations, and announcements, touching on themes and occasions such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, Halloween, congratulations, gratitude, celebration, and "just because. Wishes includes Jeanette's innovative Card Workshops, which show you how to make up to 16 cards using just a few sheets of paper. Plus, you'll find dozens of Jeanette's tips and techniques for creating the eye-catching details that make each handmade card extra special. Jeanette R. Lynton, founder and CEO of Close To My Heart, one of the largest direct-selling paper crafting and scrapbooking companies in the industry, has frequently spearheaded trends in the burgeoning paper crafting/scrapbooking arena. Jeanette's many contributions have made paper crafts more fun and accessible than ever before, and her creative influence continues to bring a vibrant breathof beauty to the art of preserving memories and honoring relationships. She lives near Salt Lake City.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423604377
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Paper crafting trendsetter and best-selling author of Cherish: Scrapbook Layouts Made Beautifully Simple, Jeanette R. Lynton carries on the art of handmade, heartfelt personal correspondence with Wishes: Fall in Love with Cardmaking. The stunning companion to Originals: Handcrafted Cards Made Easy, this book contains 109 patterns portrayed in more than 200 greeting cards, invitations, and announcements, touching on themes and occasions such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's, Halloween, congratulations, gratitude, celebration, and "just because. Wishes includes Jeanette's innovative Card Workshops, which show you how to make up to 16 cards using just a few sheets of paper. Plus, you'll find dozens of Jeanette's tips and techniques for creating the eye-catching details that make each handmade card extra special. Jeanette R. Lynton, founder and CEO of Close To My Heart, one of the largest direct-selling paper crafting and scrapbooking companies in the industry, has frequently spearheaded trends in the burgeoning paper crafting/scrapbooking arena. Jeanette's many contributions have made paper crafts more fun and accessible than ever before, and her creative influence continues to bring a vibrant breathof beauty to the art of preserving memories and honoring relationships. She lives near Salt Lake City.
Wishes
Author: Muon Thi Van
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338792865
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
An arresting, poetic journey and a moving reflection on immigration, family, and home, from an acclaimed creative team. Wishes tells the powerful, honest story about one Vietnamese family's search for a new home on the other side of the world, and the long-lasting and powerful impact that makes on the littlest member of the family. Inspired by actual events in the author's life, this is a narrative that is both timely and timeless. Told through the eyes of a young girl, the story chronicles a family's difficult and powerful journey to pack up what they can carry and to leave their world behind, traveling to a new and unknown place in a crowded boat. With sparse, poetic, and lyrical text from acclaimed author Muon Thi Van, thoughtful back matter about the author's connection to the story, and luminous, stunning illustrations from Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Victo Ngai, Wishes tells a powerful and timely story in a gentle and approachable way for young children and their families.With themes of kindness, bravery, hope, and love running throughout, Wishes is a must-have book for every child's bookshelf.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338792865
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
An arresting, poetic journey and a moving reflection on immigration, family, and home, from an acclaimed creative team. Wishes tells the powerful, honest story about one Vietnamese family's search for a new home on the other side of the world, and the long-lasting and powerful impact that makes on the littlest member of the family. Inspired by actual events in the author's life, this is a narrative that is both timely and timeless. Told through the eyes of a young girl, the story chronicles a family's difficult and powerful journey to pack up what they can carry and to leave their world behind, traveling to a new and unknown place in a crowded boat. With sparse, poetic, and lyrical text from acclaimed author Muon Thi Van, thoughtful back matter about the author's connection to the story, and luminous, stunning illustrations from Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Victo Ngai, Wishes tells a powerful and timely story in a gentle and approachable way for young children and their families.With themes of kindness, bravery, hope, and love running throughout, Wishes is a must-have book for every child's bookshelf.
Wedding Wishes for You
Author: Marianne Richmond
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
ISBN: 9781402278457
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Perfectly capturing the promise and joy of a wedding day, best-selling author Marianne Richmond is touching hearts yet again with I Wish You Love. It features Marianne's beloved illustrations as well as plenty of wit, wisdom, as well as practical advice to go around. Includes sentiments like: I wish you simple kindnesses. Take time to do nice things for one another. I wish you happy memories. Marriage is the beginning of a wonderful story, written by the two of you. I wish you joy--the kind of everyday, head-to-toe joy that comes from being lucky enough to have found a soul mate in life.
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
ISBN: 9781402278457
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Perfectly capturing the promise and joy of a wedding day, best-selling author Marianne Richmond is touching hearts yet again with I Wish You Love. It features Marianne's beloved illustrations as well as plenty of wit, wisdom, as well as practical advice to go around. Includes sentiments like: I wish you simple kindnesses. Take time to do nice things for one another. I wish you happy memories. Marriage is the beginning of a wonderful story, written by the two of you. I wish you joy--the kind of everyday, head-to-toe joy that comes from being lucky enough to have found a soul mate in life.
Christina
Author: Lee J. Morrison
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481798545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Beautiful Christina Campbell appears to be the perfect wife and Mother, and professional Show Jumping Champion, to her stunning Fashionista sister-in-law Chrystabell. They bond immediately becoming closer than sisters, and Chrystabell discovers that there is more to Christina than meets the eye. Who is mysterious fatally attractive Bramwell Stoker, and how does handsome Lord Malcolm Clydesdale instigate the life changing events for Christina? Solid, stable, sagacious Andrew Campbell also hides surprising secrets - what calls him away so often to Scotland from Chelsea, and their Berkshire Stables? How is Christina's life inseparably intertwined with the powerful Triumvirate? This is another compelling and realistic passionate romance, by Lee J Morrison, following the success of Chrystabell's Secrets, and Theo, A Nephew of Chrystabell, as advertised in the TLS, and Kirkus Indie Reviews. If you want to be enthralled, to laugh, to cry, and be entertained, do not miss this poetic novel.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481798545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Beautiful Christina Campbell appears to be the perfect wife and Mother, and professional Show Jumping Champion, to her stunning Fashionista sister-in-law Chrystabell. They bond immediately becoming closer than sisters, and Chrystabell discovers that there is more to Christina than meets the eye. Who is mysterious fatally attractive Bramwell Stoker, and how does handsome Lord Malcolm Clydesdale instigate the life changing events for Christina? Solid, stable, sagacious Andrew Campbell also hides surprising secrets - what calls him away so often to Scotland from Chelsea, and their Berkshire Stables? How is Christina's life inseparably intertwined with the powerful Triumvirate? This is another compelling and realistic passionate romance, by Lee J Morrison, following the success of Chrystabell's Secrets, and Theo, A Nephew of Chrystabell, as advertised in the TLS, and Kirkus Indie Reviews. If you want to be enthralled, to laugh, to cry, and be entertained, do not miss this poetic novel.
Five Wishes
Author: Gay Hendricks
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577319486
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Hendricks had an extraordinary, life-altering experience during a conversation at a party which became his touchstone for creating the life of his dreams. Now, in this wonderful gem of a book, he passes on the pivotal insight he gained in that magical moment.
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577319486
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Hendricks had an extraordinary, life-altering experience during a conversation at a party which became his touchstone for creating the life of his dreams. Now, in this wonderful gem of a book, he passes on the pivotal insight he gained in that magical moment.
Rabbit Moon
Author: Jean Kim
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 133825720X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Rabbit Moon weaves together a tale of wishes, play, loneliness, and friendship -- beautifully illustrated in a style that evokes Kevin Henkes, Jon Muth, Shaun Tan, and Renata Liwska. Bedtime wishes take flight on paper airplanes, traveling all the way to the moon. There Rabbit gathers the night's haul, grinds the wishes into stardust, and fills the sky with their starlight. It is a beautiful sight to behold, but lonely work. So one night, Rabbit takes a wish and makes it float down to earth; when it comes true, he makes new friends and the star work takes a back seat to some well-earned fun. But as each day fades, so do the night stars. And with the first starless sky, Rabbit realizes it's time to make the journey home. It is a sad departure, but Rabbit's friends make one last wish, and send an astronomical gift.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 133825720X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Rabbit Moon weaves together a tale of wishes, play, loneliness, and friendship -- beautifully illustrated in a style that evokes Kevin Henkes, Jon Muth, Shaun Tan, and Renata Liwska. Bedtime wishes take flight on paper airplanes, traveling all the way to the moon. There Rabbit gathers the night's haul, grinds the wishes into stardust, and fills the sky with their starlight. It is a beautiful sight to behold, but lonely work. So one night, Rabbit takes a wish and makes it float down to earth; when it comes true, he makes new friends and the star work takes a back seat to some well-earned fun. But as each day fades, so do the night stars. And with the first starless sky, Rabbit realizes it's time to make the journey home. It is a sad departure, but Rabbit's friends make one last wish, and send an astronomical gift.
Simple's Uncle Sam
Author: Langston Hughes
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466894873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Langston Hughes's most beloved character comes back to life in this extraordinary collection Langston Hughes is best known as a poet, but he was also a prolific writer of theater, autobiography, and fiction. None of his creations won the hearts and minds of his readers as did Jesse B. Semple, better known as "Simple." Simple speaks as an Everyman for African Americans in Uncle Sam's America. With great wit, he expounds on topics as varied as women, Gospel music, and sports heroes--but always keeps one foot planted in the realm of politics and race. In recent years, readers have been able to appreciate Simple's situational humor as well as his poignant questions about social injustice in The Best of Simple and The Return of Simple. Now they can, once again, enjoy the last of Hughes's original Simple books.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466894873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Langston Hughes's most beloved character comes back to life in this extraordinary collection Langston Hughes is best known as a poet, but he was also a prolific writer of theater, autobiography, and fiction. None of his creations won the hearts and minds of his readers as did Jesse B. Semple, better known as "Simple." Simple speaks as an Everyman for African Americans in Uncle Sam's America. With great wit, he expounds on topics as varied as women, Gospel music, and sports heroes--but always keeps one foot planted in the realm of politics and race. In recent years, readers have been able to appreciate Simple's situational humor as well as his poignant questions about social injustice in The Best of Simple and The Return of Simple. Now they can, once again, enjoy the last of Hughes's original Simple books.
Genomic Perl
Author: Rex A. Dwyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521801775
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This introduction to computational molecular biology will help programmers and biologists learn the skills needed to start work in this important, expanding field. The author explains many of the basic computational problems and gives concise, working programs to solve them in the Perl programming language. With minimal prerequisites, the author explains the biological background for each problem, develops a model for the solution, then introduces the Perl concepts needed to implement the solution. The book covers pairwise and multiple sequence alignment, fast database searches for homologous sequences, protein motif identification, genome rearrangement, physical mapping, phylogeny reconstruction, satellite identification, sequence assembly, gene finding, and RNA secondary structure. The concrete examples and step-by-step approach make it easy to grasp the computational and statistical methods, including dynamic programming, branch-and-bound optimization, greedy methods, maximum likelihood methods, substitution matrices, BLAST searching, and Karlin-Altschul statistics. Perl code is provided on the accompanying CD.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521801775
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This introduction to computational molecular biology will help programmers and biologists learn the skills needed to start work in this important, expanding field. The author explains many of the basic computational problems and gives concise, working programs to solve them in the Perl programming language. With minimal prerequisites, the author explains the biological background for each problem, develops a model for the solution, then introduces the Perl concepts needed to implement the solution. The book covers pairwise and multiple sequence alignment, fast database searches for homologous sequences, protein motif identification, genome rearrangement, physical mapping, phylogeny reconstruction, satellite identification, sequence assembly, gene finding, and RNA secondary structure. The concrete examples and step-by-step approach make it easy to grasp the computational and statistical methods, including dynamic programming, branch-and-bound optimization, greedy methods, maximum likelihood methods, substitution matrices, BLAST searching, and Karlin-Altschul statistics. Perl code is provided on the accompanying CD.
Wishing
Author: Elizabeth Harper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1582701970
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
If you could make one wish and you knew it would be granted, what would you wish for? Think about it. By following the seven easy principles contained within, anything and everything is within your grasp. Isn't that tempting! What better venture can there be? Besides mastering the art of Wishcrafting, you'll learn how to initiate constructive events and transform them into positive results.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1582701970
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
If you could make one wish and you knew it would be granted, what would you wish for? Think about it. By following the seven easy principles contained within, anything and everything is within your grasp. Isn't that tempting! What better venture can there be? Besides mastering the art of Wishcrafting, you'll learn how to initiate constructive events and transform them into positive results.