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Book Synopsis The Autumn Balloon by : Kenny Porpora
Download or read book The Autumn Balloon written by Kenny Porpora and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism, drinking away her sorrows every night in front of the television, where her love of Regis Philbin provided a respite from the sadness around her. When their house was foreclosed upon, Kenny's mother absconded with him and his beloved dog and fled for the Arizona desert, joining her heroin-addicted brother on a quixotic search for a better life. What followed was an outlaw adolescence spent in constant upheaval surrounded by bizarre characters and drug-addicted souls. In the wake of unspeakable loss, Kenny convinced a college to take a chance on him, and turned to the mentors, writers, and poets he found to rebuild the family he lost, and eventually graduated from the Ivy League with a new life. Porpora's memoir is the story of a deeply dysfunctional but loving family, and follows his life from the chaos of his youth to his triumphs in the Ivy League. At times darkly comic, at times elegiac, The Autumn Balloon is a beautifully written testament to the irreplaceable bonds of family, even under the most trying circumstances, and one that marks the debut of an exciting new writer.
Download or read book The Autumn Balloon written by Ken Porpora and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every autumn, Kenny Porpora would watch his heartbroken mother scribble messages on balloons and release them into the sky above Long Island, one for each family member they'd lost to addiction. As the number of balloons grew, his mother fell deeper into alcoholism, drinking away her sorrows every night in front of the television, where her love of Regis Philbin provided a respite from the sadness around her. When their house was foreclosed upon, Kenny's mother absconded with him and his beloved dog and fled for the Arizona desert, joining her heroin-addicted brother on a quixotic search for a better life. What followed was an outlaw adolescence spent in constant upheaval surrounded by bizarre characters and drug-addicted souls. In the wake of unspeakable loss, Kenny convinced a college to take a chance on him, and turned to the mentors, writers, and poets he found to rebuild the family he lost, and eventually graduated from the Ivy League with a new life. Porpora's memoir is the story of a deeply dysfunctional but loving family, and follows his life from the chaos of his youth to his triumphs in the Ivy League. At times darkly comic, at times elegiac, The Autumn Balloon is a beautifully written testament to the irreplaceable bonds of family, even under the most trying circumstances, and one that marks the debut of an exciting new writer.
Book Synopsis Terror of the Autumn Skies by : Blaine Pardoe
Download or read book Terror of the Autumn Skies written by Blaine Pardoe and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accurate, thoroughly researched, and riveting tale of a World War I American fighter ace.
Book Synopsis The Remember Balloons by : Jessie Oliveros
Download or read book The Remember Balloons written by Jessie Oliveros and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2019 Schneider Family Award Honor Book! What’s Happening to Grandpa meets Up in this tender, sensitive picture book that gently explains the memory loss associated with aging and diseases such as Alzheimer’s. James’s Grandpa has the best balloons because he has the best memories. He has balloons showing Dad when he was young and Grandma when they were married. Grandpa has balloons about camping and Aunt Nelle’s poor cow. Grandpa also has a silver balloon filled with the memory of a fishing trip he and James took together. But when Grandpa’s balloons begin to float away, James is heartbroken. No matter how hard he runs, James can’t catch them. One day, Grandpa lets go of the silver balloon—and he doesn’t even notice! Grandpa no longer has balloons of his own. But James has many more than before. It’s up to him to share those balloons, one by one.
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Book Synopsis The Autumn Maneuvers of 1894 by : United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division
Download or read book The Autumn Maneuvers of 1894 written by United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Wishing Balloons by : Jonathan D. Voss
Download or read book The Wishing Balloons written by Jonathan D. Voss and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Be Kind, Come With Me, and Waiting, Jonathan D. Voss’s stunning new picture book, The Wishing Balloons, is a timeless story of the struggle, wonder, and power of making a new friend. A young girl named Dot is overjoyed when the moving truck arrives at the house down the street, and even more excited when a boy her age steps out, offering the prospect of a new friend. But Albert looks sad, and he won’t reveal why. After many attempts to cheer him up, Dot walks away defeated. That night, a balloon with a note tied to its string taps her window. Unfolding the note, Dot finds a wish that Albert has written. This is her chance to make Albert happy—she will (creatively) grant his wishes. Though as each wish becomes harder to grant, Dot learns the powerful lesson that sometimes being a friend means waiting until the people you care about are ready to reach out.
Book Synopsis The Hot Air Balloon Book by : Clive Catterall
Download or read book The Hot Air Balloon Book written by Clive Catterall and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a century before the Wright brothers’ first flight, humans were taking to the skies in hot air balloons. Today, with basic craft skills, you can build and safely launch your own balloons using inexpensive, readily available materials. Author and inventor Clive Catterall provides illustrated, step-by-step instructions for eight different homemade models, as well as the science and history behind them. Some, like the Solar Tetroon or the Trash Bag Sausage, are made from plastic bags and tape. Others, like the Khom Loi or the Kongming Lantern, are built using tissue paper and wire. The Hot Air Balloon Book also shows readers ways to heat the interior air that lifts these balloons, from tea candles to hair dryers, kitchen toasters to the sun’s warming rays. Always keeping safety in mind, the author includes detailed guidelines on when and where open flames are appropriate and the proper weather conditions to launch these lighter-than-air craft.
Book Synopsis Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 by : Jon Guttman
Download or read book Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 written by Jon Guttman and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2005-07-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tethered balloons reached their zenith as a means of providing a stationary observation platform above the battlefield during World War I. It took a special breed of daredevil to take on such odds deep in enemy lines in order to destroy a balloon, with Balloon specialists such as Willy Coppens, Pierre Bourjade and Michel Coiffard rising to the challenge. This book covers the story of these 'balloon busters' from both sides in World War 1 through a mix of first-hand accounts and expert analysis, which compares tactics, theatres of operation, aircraft types and the overall odds for success.
Book Synopsis Sebastian and the Balloon by : Philip C. Stead
Download or read book Sebastian and the Balloon written by Philip C. Stead and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the Caldecott Medal-winning "A Sick Day for Amos McGee" comes a whimsical story about a hot air balloon, a boy, and a magical adventure. Full color.
Book Synopsis How to Make Balloon Animals by : Megan Atwood
Download or read book How to Make Balloon Animals written by Megan Atwood and published by Child's World. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents step-by-step instructions about how to twist balloon animals and other shapes, including swords, fish, and dogs.
Book Synopsis A Balloon for Isabel by : Deborah K. Underwood
Download or read book A Balloon for Isabel written by Deborah K. Underwood and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balloons are bright and floaty and shiny and perfect. More than anything else in the whole wide world, Isabel wants a balloon. Everyone will get one on Graduation Day—everyone except the porcupines, because Porcupines + Balloons = Trouble But Isabel isn't going to settle for another boring bookmark. She has a plan. . . .
Book Synopsis The City in the Autumn Stars by : Michael Moorcock
Download or read book The City in the Autumn Stars written by Michael Moorcock and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-12-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The City In The Autumn Stars: Being A Continuation Of The Story Of The Von Bek Family And Its Association With Lucifer, Prince Of Darkness, And The Cure For The World's Pain. Disillusioned by the excesses of the French Revolution, Manfred von Bek flees to the city of Mirenburg, where a Scottish balloonist, an elusive duchess, and a fallen angel become his companions on a journey to the mystical Mittelmarch - the land between lands- in search of the Holy Grail.
Book Synopsis The Twenty-One Balloons by : William Pene du Bois
Download or read book The Twenty-One Balloons written by William Pene du Bois and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1986-05-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Newbery Medal Winner Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions.Winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal, this classic fantasy-adventure is now available in a handsome new edition. "William Pene du Bois combines his rich imagination, scientific tastes, and brilliant artistry to tell astory that has no age limit."—The Horn Book
Book Synopsis The Fall of Metz by : George T. Robinson
Download or read book The Fall of Metz written by George T. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Design and Stability of Streamline Kite Balloons by : Percy James Hammond Sumner
Download or read book The Design and Stability of Streamline Kite Balloons written by Percy James Hammond Sumner and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 by : Jon Guttman
Download or read book Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 written by Jon Guttman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tethered balloons reached their zenith as a means of providing a stationary observation platform above the battlefield during World War I. It took a special breed of daredevil to take on such odds deep in enemy lines in order to destroy a balloon, with Balloon specialists such as Willy Coppens, Pierre Bourjade and Michel Coiffard rising to the challenge. This book covers the story of these 'balloon busters' from both sides in World War 1 through a mix of first-hand accounts and expert analysis, which compares tactics, theatres of operation, aircraft types and the overall odds for success.
Book Synopsis The fall of Metz. An account of the 70 days' siege and of the battles which preceded it by : George Thomas Robinson
Download or read book The fall of Metz. An account of the 70 days' siege and of the battles which preceded it written by George Thomas Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
