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What We Did On Our Holiday

Author : John Harding
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448110424
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book What We Did On Our Holiday written by John Harding and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-somethings Nick and Laura have been married for 10 years and things aren't going well. She senses her biological clock ticking away and wants children while he doesn't. Not because he doesn't like children but because he feels a child would be just one responsibility too many. Nick's problem is his parents. He's devoted to them of course, but sometimes even he finds his patience wearing a little thin which in turn brings on the guilt. But they are rather a handful. They're conservative, highly eccentric and increasingly infirm. His Mum's so enormously overweight that her heart's now a bit dicky and she is certainly no longer up to looking after Dad by herself. He's got Parkinson's Disease - not the shaking kind, as Mum's always reminding people - but he's unable to do even the simplest task himself and needs constant care and attention. Nick knows the time has come to take the matter in hand but things need to be handled carefully. And so he and Laura take them to Malta for what they hope will be a happy final family holiday. Nick thinks his only problem is going to be avoiding Laura's amorous advances but this particular island turns out to be a sun-kissed cupboard with more than its fair share of skeletons... Tackling a taboo subject with sensitivity, understanding, great affection and good humour, What We Did On Our Holiday is a remarkably uplifting, moving and reassuring novel about a time in our lives when it seems roles are reversed and we find ourselves looking after the very people we'd always assumed would be there to look after us.

What We Did on Our Holiday

Author : John Harding
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0552998478
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book What We Did on Our Holiday written by John Harding and published by Random House. This book was released on 2000 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this debut novel the author is tackling an almost taboo subject with compassion perfectly-timed humour and total lack of sentimentality. He brings to the fore the horrors and the hilarity of caring for elderly relatives.

What I did in My Holidays

Author : Ronald McGowan
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326411047
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book What I did in My Holidays written by Ronald McGowan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danny is a young boy growing up in the impoverished north east of England in the nineteen sixties. He tells the story of a fateful summer that began in hope and ended in tragedy, and changed his life forever.

What We Did on Our Holidays

Author : Geoff Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780704380004
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book What We Did on Our Holidays written by Geoff Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comedy of human behaviour and philosophical debate.

We are what We Celebrate

Author : Amitai Etzioni
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814722261
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book We are what We Celebrate written by Amitai Etzioni and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday become a national holiday? Why do we exchange presents on Christmas and Chanukah? What do bunnies have to do with Easter? How did Earth Day become a global holiday? These questions and more are answered in this fascinating exploration into the history and meaning of holidays and rituals. Edited by Amitai Etzioni, one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our time, this collection provides a compelling overview of the impact that holidays and rituals have on our family and communal life. From community solidarity to ethnic relations to religious traditions, We Are What We Celebrate argues that holidays such as Halloween, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve, and Valentine's Day play an important role in reinforcing, and sometimes redefining, our values as a society. The collection brings together classic and original essays that, for the first time, offer a comprehensive overview and analysis of the important role such celebrations play in maintaining a moral order as well as in cementing family bonds, building community relations and creating national identity. The essays cover such topics as the creation of Thanksgiving as a national holiday; the importance of holidays for children; the mainstreaming of Kwanzaa; and the controversy over Columbus Day celebrations. Compelling and often surprising, this look at holidays and rituals brings new meaning to not just the ways we celebrate but to what those celebrations tell us about ourselves and our communities. Contributors: Theodore Caplow, Gary Cross, Matthew Dennis, Amitai Etzioni, John R. Gillis, Ellen M. Litwicki, Diana Muir, Francesca Polletta, Elizabeth H. Pleck, David E. Proctor, Mary F. Whiteside, and Anna Day Wilde.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Author : Mark Teague
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 030779248X
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book How I Spent My Summer Vacation written by Mark Teague and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wildly funny twist on the "How I spent my summer vacation" school-essay ritual details one child's imaginary adventures over the summer and is perfect for back-to-school reading! Most kids go to camp over the summer, or to Grandma's house, or maybe they're stuck at home. Not Wallace Bleff. He was supposed to visit his Aunt Fern. Instead, Wallace insists, he was carried off by cowboys and taught the ways of the West--from riding buckin' broncos to roping cattle. Lucky for Aunt Fern, he showed up at her house just in time to divert a stampede from her barbecue party! Perfect for back-to-school read-alouds, here's a western fantasy with sparkling illustrations and enough action to knock kids' boots off!

The Book of the Year

Author : Anthony F. Aveni
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195171549
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Year written by Anthony F. Aveni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-22 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halloween, Valentine's Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's Day - these are but a handful of modern holidays descended from the red-letter days, seasonal celebrations we have invented and reinvented over more than five millennia to meet our changing human needs. When we explore their origins, the holidays begin to reflect not only who we are but also why, through oppressed by time and thwarted by the forces of nature, we never seem to lose the will to control the future.

All Time Top 1000 Albums

Author : Colin Larkin
Publisher : Virgin Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780753503546
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book All Time Top 1000 Albums written by Colin Larkin and published by Virgin Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume acts as a reference to the 1000 top albums of all time. All the key information is provided, including track listings and a brief judgement on each album. The appendices in this new edition have been expanded and enlarged to include the top 1000 albums across a range of genres, from blues to rap, reggae to indie and jazz to dance. More specialist areas, such as Latin, have been included and the number of jazz albums have been increased.

Celebrations; the Complete Book of American Holidays

Author : Robert J. Myers
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celebrations; the Complete Book of American Holidays written by Robert J. Myers and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1972 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.

What We Did on Our Holiday

Author : John Harding
Publisher : Transworld Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book What We Did on Our Holiday written by John Harding and published by Transworld Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this debut novel the author is tackling an almost taboo subject with compassion perfectly-timed humour and total lack of sentimentality. He brings to the fore the horrors and the hilarity of caring for elderly relatives.

Red, White, and Blue Letter Days

Author : Matthew Dennis
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501723707
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Red, White, and Blue Letter Days written by Matthew Dennis and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, and other celebrations matter to Americans and reflect the state of American local and national politics. Commemorations of cataclysmic events and light, apparently trivial observances mirror American political and cultural life. Both reveal much about the material conditions of the United States and its citizens' identities, historical consciousness, and political attitudes. Lying dormant within these festivals is the potential for political consequence, controversy, even transformation. American political fetes remain works in progress, as Americans use historical celebrations as occasions to reinvent themselves and their nation, often with surprising results. In six engaging chapters 'assaying particular political holidays over the course of their histories, Red, White, and Blue Letter Days examines how Americans have shaped and been shaped by their calendar. Matthew Dennis explores this vast political and cultural terrain, charting how Americans defined their identities through celebration. Independence Day invited African Americans to demand the equality promised in the Declaration of Independence, for example, just as Columbus Day—celebrating the Italian, Catholic explorer—helped immigrants proclaim their legitimacy as Americans. Native Americans too could use public holidays, such as Thanksgiving or Veterans Day, to express dissent or demonstrate their claims to citizenship. Merchants and advertisers colonized the American calendar, moving in to sell their products by linking them, often tenuously, with holiday occasions or casting consumption as a patriotic act.

Naked Bunyip Dancing

Author : Steven Herrick
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1741156149
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Naked Bunyip Dancing written by Steven Herrick and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr Carey the Hairy Billy the punk genius J-man the rapper Sophie the poet Ahmet the soccer star Jason the good kisser Anna the yoga master Peter the boy with the talking bottom Emily the ballerina Alex the artist Michael the salesman What a crazy class! And what a funny, unpredictable year - the year of Naked Bunyip Dancing - when the kids in Class 6C find out who they are, what they're good at, and how to put on a fantastic show.

What We Did on Our Holidays

Author : Geoff Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340513620
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book What We Did on Our Holidays written by Geoff Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Amateur Photographer

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Amateur Photographer written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Votes & Proceedings

Author : New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1426 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Votes & Proceedings written by New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Congregationalist

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1908 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Congregationalist written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

America's Favorite Holidays

Author : Bruce David Forbes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520284712
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book America's Favorite Holidays written by Bruce David Forbes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally dominant holidays--Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving--came to be what they are today, combinations of seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals the often surprising history behind the traditions of each holiday. The book offers a comprehensive look at the Christian origins of these holidays and also touches on Passover, the religions of ancient Rome, Celtic practices, Mexico's Day of the Dead, and American civil religion. America's Favorite Holidays answers our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the many ways in which religion and culture mix"--Provided by publisher.