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Book Synopsis Ruining Christmas—Rediscovering Jesus by : Carl N. Toney
Download or read book Ruining Christmas—Rediscovering Jesus written by Carl N. Toney and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the Christmas story almost wasn't told? But Matthew and Luke saved Christmas. Have you wondered if Christmas is really a pagan holiday? Did marketers invent Santa Claus? And what does a Christmas tree have to do with anti-slavery? We'll learn which traditions come from the Bible and where other traditions derive. Have you ever considered who Jesus was named after? Or why Jesus's genealogy is traced to Joseph if he's not Jesus's biological father? We'll answer questions like these surrounding Jesus's legacy. Maybe you've asked what was the Bethlehem star? Or have you heard that there wasn't an inn or innkeeper? With these kinds of inquiries, we'll look at the circumstances surrounding Jesus's birth. Do we know if the magi were kings, astrologers, or magicians? Or could you name the oldest person that met baby Jesus? By interacting with these people who met Jesus on that first Christmas, we'll join the cast of characters around the manger. As we explore the stories and traditions of Christmas together, we'll ruin some past misconceptions, but in the process, I promise that we'll rediscover Jesus.
Book Synopsis Hyperbole and a Half by : Allie Brosh
Download or read book Hyperbole and a Half written by Allie Brosh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!
Book Synopsis Disney Villains: How the Villains Ruined Christmas by : Disney Books
Download or read book Disney Villains: How the Villains Ruined Christmas written by Disney Books and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FromSerena Valentino,author of the New York Times best-selling Disney Villains series, comes a new holiday picture book perfect for young Disney fans. No one is more of a bah humbug than a Disney Villain. This Christmas Maleficent, Hades, Captain Hook, the Queen, Ursula, and Cruella are planning to ruin the holiday season once and for all! Join these dastardly Disney characters as they cause some Christmas chaos by sending their minions to ruin Christmas dinner, steal the Lost Boys presents, disguise themselves as Santa Claus, and more! For more Disney holiday fun, check out these other Christmas titles: Anna, Elsa, and the Enchanting Holiday 12 Days of Princess Nightmare Before Christmas: 13 Days of Christmas Disney Christmas Storybook Collection Frozen: Olaf's Night Before Christmas
Book Synopsis I'm Not Trying to Ruin Your Christmas, But... by : Koko Ishe
Download or read book I'm Not Trying to Ruin Your Christmas, But... written by Koko Ishe and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go into the mind of a man who has been forced to do a specific job that will destroy the world's economies, businesses, and a resting security many people have. The job is ruining Christmas for all Christians! Koko Ishe has been summoned by the top officials of the Universe, stuffed into an abandoned warehouse, and forced to read about Christmas from historical sources and also from the bestselling book of all times. He is then ordered to share what he has read with everyone that celebrates Christmas. Initially he tries to get away only to be cornered and trapped, ultimately beaten and brought into the warehouse under strict security. There he was forced to study and write and produce a manuscript approved by the Universal Council in 30 days flat. If he failed he would meet his demise! In this manuscript Ishe shows all the downfalls of why Christians should not celebrate Christmas. If you do not want your Christmas ruined this year or in the years following do not pick up this book!
Book Synopsis How to Ruin the Holidays by : Becky Monson
Download or read book How to Ruin the Holidays written by Becky Monson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a disastrous family Thanksgiving, all I wanted was to avoid anything holly and jolly this year, so an unexpected business trip seemed like the perfect escape plan . . . until I landed smack dab in the middle of a freaking winter wonderland, otherwise known as Carole Cove, Montana. It's merrier and brighter than the North Pole. The town even comes with its own Mr. Holiday-Noel Holiday, that is. Not only is he holly and jolly but he's hotter than the lattes he sells at his café. And for some reason he would love nothing more than to share the magic of the season with me. Unfortunately, this little trip of mine isn't exactly filled with good cheer. But Noel's kisses have a way of making me believe in Christmas miracles. And a miracle might be exactly what it takes to keep the holidays from being ruined forever. "Merry Christmas to me! I'm still swooning! Five beautiful stars!" -Jennifer Peel, USA Today Bestselling Author
Book Synopsis How Christmas Became Christmas by : Nathaniel Parry
Download or read book How Christmas Became Christmas written by Nathaniel Parry and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In some respects, the contrasts of Christmas are what make it the most delightful time of the year. It is a time of generosity, kindness and peace on earth, with broad permission to indulge in food, drink and gifts. On the other hand, Christmas has become a battleground for raging culture wars, marred by debates about how it should be celebrated and acknowledged as a uniquely Christian holiday. This text argues that much of the animosity is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the holiday's core character. By tracing Christmas's origins as a pagan celebration of the winter solstice and its development in Europe's Christianization, this history explains that the true "reason for the season" has as much to do with the earth's movement around the sun as with the birth of Christ. Chapters chronicle how Christmas's magic and misrule link to the nativity, and why the carnival side of the holiday appears so separated from traditional Christian beliefs.
Book Synopsis The Crappiest Christmas Ever by : Cora Buhlert
Download or read book The Crappiest Christmas Ever written by Cora Buhlert and published by Pegasus Pulp Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessica is having the worst Christmas ever, when her parents announce that they are getting a divorce two days before the holidays. Stuck on her own with no home to go to, Jessica heads for the mall to buy a Christmas tree for herself. Here she meets Matt, who sells Christmas trees and is having a really awful Christmas himself. Matt and Jessica bond over their shared pain and also manage to make each other laugh. So maybe, this won't be the worst Christmas ever after all... This is a short and sweet holiday romance of 12000 words or approximately 40 print pages.
Download or read book Redefining Rich written by Shannon Hayes and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2022 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD FINALIST — BUSINESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, & SMALL BUSINESS • 2022 AXIOM BOOK AWARD BRONZE MEDALIST — ENTREPRENEURSHIP/SMALL BUSINESS • NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD SILVER WINNER — BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP “Redefining Rich is inspiring, thought-provoking, and highly recommended both as a fascinating story in its own right and as a call to reconsider what one truly aspires to in life.” —Midwest Book Review In our dysfunctional economy, “success” often comes at great personal cost . . . we’re tired, we’re stressed out, and we have no time for family and friends. It’s time to redefine “rich.” From a third-generation farmer and successful entrepreneur, Redefining Rich is an entrepreneur’s guide to balancing work and family with the pleasures of the good life, with simple exercises and important lessons to serve everyone from the new sole proprietor to a seasoned CEO. Shannon Hayes was in the final months of her PhD program, recently engaged, and beginning to plan her future. Having grown up on a northern Appalachian sheep farm, she had two advantages: a hard-won education and hillbilly pragmatism. But when it came time to enter the job market, Hayes made a tough discovery: the economy just doesn’t work. It doesn’t work for women, for free thinkers, for the working class, or for white-collar professionals. It doesn’t work in rural America, much less in the cities and the suburbs. It forces us to choose between career and family, profit and creativity. So, Hayes and her husband walked away from their career paths and chose to forge a life on her family’s frost-plagued mountain farm, starting up a small café in town. Together, they found their sweet spot: a place where the Appalachian farm culture and sensibilities she and her community have lived by helped them thrive, even in a tough economic environment. Against the odds, the Hayes family built a business that lets them live abundantly, spend time with family, and enjoy the gifts of nature. And the business even helped reinvigorate their chronically economically depressed town. But the journey to this point was rife with challenges, tumbles, and mistakes. With humor, lively stories, and assurance, Hayes reveals the best lessons she’s learned for taking an alternate path, whether it lies in rural America, in the ‘burbs, or the heart of the city. She outlines the fundamentals of sustainable wealth, how to develop income streams, get organized, bring family into the business, ask for fair prices and market efficiently, and—the most important lesson of all—set personal boundaries and say “no” even while sustaining relationships. Hayes shows entrepreneurship is the means to build sustainable communities, keep families together, and foster great creative fulfillment. Redefining Rich will comfort, instruct, amuse, and inspire those of us who are trying to make our lives work in untraditional ways.
Download or read book Kentucky Christmas written by Sarah Title and published by eKensington. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweet and sexy holiday romance in the Southern Comfort series—set in Hollow Bend, Kentucky, where love (and laughter) are just around the corner. When Andrew Bateman rolls into town in the midst of a snowstorm, his first thought is that the place is hardly big enough for a dog crate, let alone the vet practice he’s looking for. Next thing he knows, his life is flashing in front of him—a depressingly short flash—as he skids right into the side of the local bar. Things start looking up when the vision he wakes to is not the Angel of Death, but a doctor. Well, actually a vet. Make that a vet tech, wearing red mittens. Who invites him home, where every inch is covered in holiday sparkles, cookies to be decorated, and an odd assortment of stray dogs, cats and puppies . . . There’s nothing merrier than a white Christmas in Kentucky! Praise for Sarah Title’s Southern Comfort Romance series “Wild, witty, and wonderful.”—Jo Goodman, New York Times bestselling author “Quite a sexy book.”—USAToday.com “A really cute and fun story . . . It’s sexy and made me laugh!”—Smexy Books “A fast-paced read that provided just as many smiles from the humor as it did sizzles from the romance.”—The Book Diva’s Reads
Book Synopsis A Bearbank Christmas by : Ariana McGregor
Download or read book A Bearbank Christmas written by Ariana McGregor and published by Adara Anderson. This book was released on with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reindeer shifter Hope Phillips is exhausted. Responsible for her sister’s three children, she brings them to Bearbank, hoping the town will be a good place to settle down. With a sulky teenage girl, a withdrawn boy, and a little girl who likes to spontaneously shift, Hope needs all the help she can get. Adam Roberts is a moose shifter and schoolteacher. Recently single, he’s not looking forward to Christmas. Until a certain reindeer shifter turns up at the school and turns his world upside down. Not only does he have a mate, but the woman comes with a ready-made family, including an honorary aunt, who just happens to be the infamous Mrs Russell. With Christmas fast approaching, Hope is determined to make it one that the kids will enjoy, but only the littlest one seems interested. Luckily, Hope now has Adam to help make it a Christmas they’ll all remember. No cliffhangers. Not suitable for those who prefer clean romance.
Book Synopsis Christmas on the Screen by : John A. Zukowski
Download or read book Christmas on the Screen written by John A. Zukowski and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Christmas movies are revealing windows into religion, consumerism, family, and American pop culture, and Zukowski offers a compelling, highly readable guide to this long-flourishing genre. Exploring classics as well as flops, he illuminates both the resilience and the limitations of the holiday’s celebration on screen.” —Leigh E. Schmidt, Washington University in St. Louis, author of Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays How the Grinch Stole Christmas weighs materialism against community. The Polar Express tests the wonder of miracles in an age of cynicism. And Die Hard (yes, Die Hard) wrestles with the impact of broken relationships on holiday joy. With Christmas on the Screen, journalist John A. Zukowski takes readers on an historic tour of Christmas films and changing American values to ask the question, “What does Christmas mean to us?”
Book Synopsis A Christmas Revolution by : Nathan Scott
Download or read book A Christmas Revolution written by Nathan Scott and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nate Scott is a fifth grader whose only goals in life are to snag the hottest girl in elementary school and hopefully make the football team. When his family journeys to Wisconsin to spend Christmas with his grandmother, Nate is looking forward to good food, a snowstorm, and his grandmother’s wonderful stories without any idea of the secrets he is about to uncover. Through dancing abominable snowmen, mystical spells, and his grandmother’s ability to scour rummage sales, the mysteries begin in a dark basement as the family’s fate intertwines with twin elf brothers, Elrond and Oropher Lúinwë. After a spell goes awry and transforms Elrond into a gingerbread man cookie, he must convince Nate and his sister to help him win the battle against Oropher who is determined to seize control of Santa’s Workshop. But with a gingerbread army standing in the way, their mission will not be easy. As Nate becomes embroiled in the unusual battle, all he knows is that this Christmas is turning out to be one exciting holiday. In this thrilling fairy tale, a fifth grader and his family are propelled into the real story behind St. Nicholas’s operations and the two brothers on track to cause a major uproar at the North Pole.
Book Synopsis Taipan vs Brown by : Alexandria Blaelock
Download or read book Taipan vs Brown written by Alexandria Blaelock and published by BlueMere Books. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Robin Hood of Private Detectives Georgia Garside. Foul-mouthed Private Investigator. Ex-contorionist. Out of her depth. In over her head. Caught up in the war between a wealthy industrialist and the ex-sugar babe who can’t take a hint. A laugh-out-loud tripartite battle of wits, winner takes all.
Book Synopsis Carla and the Christmas Cornbread by : Carla Hall
Download or read book Carla and the Christmas Cornbread written by Carla Hall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this heartwarming tale inspired by her childhood, superstar chef and TV host Carla Hall shares the story of young Carla, who eats a sugar cookie meant for Santa on the night before Christmas and tries to make things right. Christmas is Carla’s favorite holiday of the year. She goes to her grandparents’ house and eats grandma’s special recipe—a perfectly delicious cornbread. She listens to her grandpa Doc’s marvelous stories about traveling the world. And, best of all, she spends lots of time with her family. But when Carla accidentally takes a bite out of Santa’s sugar cookie, she thinks she’s ruined Christmas. How will Santa know to stop at their house if they don’t leave him a midnight snack? With her grandmother’s help, Carla comes up with a plan, but will it be enough to save Christmas?
Book Synopsis How Love Actually Ruined Christmas (or Colourful Narcotics) by : Gary RAYMOND
Download or read book How Love Actually Ruined Christmas (or Colourful Narcotics) written by Gary RAYMOND and published by Parthian. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By any reasonable measurement, Love Actually is a bad movie. There are plenty of bad movies out there, but what gets under Gary Raymonds skin here is that it seems to have tricked so many people into thinking its a good movie.In this hilarious, scene-by-scene analysis, Raymond takes us through a suffocating quagmire of badly drawn characters, nonsensical plotlines, and open bigotry.
Book Synopsis Almost Sincerely by : Zoë Norton Lodge
Download or read book Almost Sincerely written by Zoë Norton Lodge and published by Giramondo Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Zoë Norton Lodge was growing up in Annandale in the eighties and nineties, the self-proclaimed Heartland of the Inner West was a heady brew of somewhat maladjusted and genuinely unsettling residents. But Annandale was changing. New words like ‘architect’ and ‘labradoodle’ drifted out of the overabundance of cafés – and eventually entire weeks would go by with no backyard bomb explosions. These stories of neighbourhood warfare, unsound relations, quashed dreams and facial disfigurement are told with Norton Lodge’s characteristic comic verve and eye for absurdity: encounter Greek grandparents whose decades-long resentment turns a colander into a weapon; a petrol-sodden Mamma; children sent to school with cat-food sandwiches; ‘distressed’ furniture; flying babies and other suburban wonders.
Book Synopsis The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking by : Matthew Hutson
Download or read book The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking written by Matthew Hutson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this witty and perceptive debut, a former editor at Psychology Today shows us how magical thinking makes life worth living. Psychologists have documented a litany of cognitive biases- misperceptions of the world-and explained their positive functions. Now, Matthew Hutson shows us that even the most hardcore skeptic indulges in magical thinking all the time-and it's crucial to our survival. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, Hutson shows us that magical thinking has been so useful to us that it's hardwired into our brains. It encourages us to think that we actually have free will. It helps make us believe that we have an underlying purpose in the world. It can even protect us from the paralyzing awareness of our own mortality. In other words, magical thinking is a completely irrational way of making our lives make rational sense. With wonderfully entertaining stories, personal reflections, and sharp observations, Hutson reveals our deepest fears and longings. He also assures us that it is no accident his surname contains so many of the same letters as this imprint.
