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Download or read book Being Together written by Shirley Hughes and published by Candlewick Press (MA). This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What fun it is to be together with someone special! come and join the fun!"--Page 4 of cover
Book Synopsis I'm Over All That by : Shirley MacLaine
Download or read book I'm Over All That written by Shirley MacLaine and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “IN THIS THIRD ACT OF MY LIFE, MUCH HAS BECOME CLEARER. SO MUCH IS OVER, AND I AM OVER SO MUCH . . .” At a certain time in life, we all come to realize what is truly important to us and what just doesn’t matter. For Shirley MacLaine, that time is now. In this wise, witty, and fearless collection of small observations and big-picture questions, she shares with readers all those things that she is over dealing with in life, in love, at home, and in the larger world . . . as well as the things she will never get over, no matter how long she lives. Among the things that Shirley is over: people who repeat themselves (“when you didn’t care what they said the first time”); conservatives and liberals; ill-mannered young people; the poison of celebrity (“Why do so many people want to be famous when they see how it can destroy your life?”); being polite to boring people (“If they won’t stop talking, I go into a trance and meditate”); getting older in Hollywood (“How peaceful it is not to have to look particularly pretty anymore or to wear a size 6”). In the opposite camp, there are some things Shirley will never get over: good lighting (“Marlene Dietrich taught me how to light myself”); gorgeous costars (“The vanity of male actors is an impossible wall to scale”); performing live (“Yes, it is better than sex”); and above all, brave people with curious minds (“Fear is the most powerful weapon of mass destruction”). Along the way, she recalls stories of some of the true greats she has known—Alfred Hitchcock, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, the two Jacks (Lemmon and Nicholson)—and ruminates on the state of Hollywood past and present. She recollects her relationships and romances with politicians (including two prime ministers), scientists, journalists, and costars. An unabashed seeker of truth and unrepentant free spirit, Shirley looks squarely at a world that can irritate, confuse, and provoke her, but that can also delight her with its beauty, humor, and future promise. Reading I’m Over All That will make you feel you have been reunited with an old friend who tells it like it is but never takes herself too seriously. Shirley MacLaine may be over all that, but this irresistible book ensures that we will never get over her.
Download or read book Preloved written by Shirley Marr and published by Walker Books Australia. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy has enough to deal with for one lifetime: a superstitious Chinese mother, a best friend whose mood changes as dramatically as her hair colour and a reputation at high school for being weird. The last thing she needs is to be haunted by Logan, a ghost from the 80s. He could be dangerous. He might also be Amy’s dream boy. Preloved is an engaging young adult novel by Australian author Shirley Marr. This paranormal romance about a sassy teenage girl stuck between the past and the present deals with issues of self-esteem and independence. For more YA fiction, read Shirley’s murder mystery Fury. To learn more about these books, visit www.shirleymarr.net “Preloved is full of warmth, humour and retro supernatural. Will appeal to girls who love Twilight … and especially to those who don’t.” The West Australian “This book is full of humour, warmth and a genuine understanding of the difficulties faced in our modern, multicultural society. 4/5 stars.” Bookseller+Publisher “An enjoyable, amusing and, on many occasions, very moving, read.” Viewpoint “Funny, touching, and convincingly set in a contemporary Australian city … many readers will identify with the issues raised in an original way in this enjoyable read.” Reading Time magazine “Preloved is a witty, likeable ride through a good thirty years’ worth of pop culture and karmic retribution, and beneath its glittery, hairsprayed veneer is a thoughtful discussion of the ways in which we’re connected to others in our lives, and how widely our actions extend — both in our present context and across time.” Read in a Single Setting
Download or read book Banged-Up Heart written by Shirley Melis and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banged-Up Heart by Shirley Melis is an intimate and clear-eyed account of finding love late and losing it early—and of the strength it takes to fall madly in love a second time, be forced to relinquish that love too soon, and yet choose to love again. When her husband of thirty years dies suddenly, Shirley Melis is convinced she will never find another man like Joe. Then she meets John, a younger man who tells her during their first conversation that he has lived for many years with a rare but manageable cancer. She is swept off her feet in a whirlwind courtship, and within months, made brave by the early death of a friend's husband, she asks him to marry her! What follows is a year-long odyssey of travel and a growing erotic and creative partnership—until a mysterious bump on John's forehead proves to be one of several tumors in his brain and spine. The nine months that follow are filled with a life-threatening infection, three brain surgeries, radiation, and chemotherapy. Two years and one week after their wedding, John dies at the age of fifty-nine. More than just a love story or a memoir of mourning, Banged-Up Heart comes down solidly on the side of life. It takes you deep inside an ordinary woman, her deeply felt grief butting up against her desire for more than companionship: passion, sexual fulfillment, and self-realization. It bears eloquent witness to the wild trust it takes to fall madly in love and risk profound loss—a second time. Ultimately, it shows that it is possible to dance with a banged-up heart.
Book Synopsis In Other Words, Love by : Shirley Jump
Download or read book In Other Words, Love written by Shirley Jump and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s been hired to ghostwrite a CEO’s autobiography… Yep, that CEO. The one who broke her heart. When Kate’s agent gets her the job of writing Trent’s autobiography, she almost balks. The charismatic founder of his own outdoor clothing company dumped her when they were in college. But she needs the money. Trent’s been so busy lately, he completely forgot he was supposed to be writing a book, and the draft is due soon. He wants Kate as the ghostwriter: she’s experienced, and she was always smart and hard-working. They can keep things professional, right? In funny and touching ways, the project gives them a fresh perspective on the past, even prompting a road trip to Trent’s hometown that uncovers forgotten feelings. But will they both have the courage to start a new chapter in life? This second chance romance includes a free Hallmark original recipe for Guacamole Grilled Chicken Club Sandwiches.
Book Synopsis Ripped Away by : Shirley Reva Vernick
Download or read book Ripped Away written by Shirley Reva Vernick and published by Fitzroy Books. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignored yet again by his crush, Abe Pearlman wanders into Fortunes and Futures for a little diversion. The fortune teller reveals that Abe may be able to save someone's life. But before he can ask any questions, he's swept to the slums of Victorian London, where he finds that his crush, Mitzy Singer, has also been banished. Abe and Mitzy soon discover that they've been plunked down in the middle of the Jack the Ripper spree. To get back home, they'll have to work together to figure out how the fortune teller's prophecy is connected to one of history's most notorious criminal cases. They'll also have to survive the outpouring of hate toward Jewish refugees that the Ripper murders triggered. Ripped Away is based on real historical events, including the Ripper crimes, the inquests, and the accusations against immigrants.
Book Synopsis The Marvelous Monroe Girls by : Shirley Jump
Download or read book The Marvelous Monroe Girls written by Shirley Jump and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming story of sisterhood, second chances, and falling in love Gabriella Monroe is doing her best to pretend that everything is fine, but her life is a mess. Sales are down at her vintage dress shop, her beloved grandmother isn’t her usual spunky self, and Gabby desperately misses the closeness she had with her sisters, Margaret and Emma—who were once so inseparable that their family called them the Monroe Musketeers. When the sisters stumble across a stash of letters that reveals their grandmother’s secret life, Gabby sees an opportunity to bring the sisters back together again and best of all, raise her grandmother’s spirits. And sure, this new project makes it easier to pretend her own life isn’t crashing around her, but concentrating on helping everyone else and ignoring her own feelings is what Gabby does best. Except when it comes to Jake Maddox. Once the boy next door she crushed on—hard—he’s grown into an even more intriguing man, and her attraction to him isn’t so easy to hide. It’s clear he’s just as interested in her, but dating Jake would only muddy up her already complicated life. Or is it finally time to put herself first and risk it all for a chance at happiness?
Book Synopsis Blush by : Shirley Hershey Showalter
Download or read book Blush written by Shirley Hershey Showalter and published by MennoMedia, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I promise: you will be transported,” says Bill Moyers of this memoir. Part Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, part Growing Up Amish, and part Little House on the Prairie, this book evokes a lost time, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, when a sheltered little girl named after Shirley Temple entered a family and church caught up in the midst of the cultural changes of the 1950”s and ‘60’s. With gentle humor and clear-eyed affection the author, who grew up to become a college president, tells the story of her first encounters with the “glittering world” and her desire for “fancy” forbidden things she could see but not touch. The reader enters a plain Mennonite Church building, walks through the meadow, makes sweet and sour feasts in the kitchen and watches the little girl grow up. Along the way, five other children enter the family, one baby sister dies, the family moves to the “home place.” The major decisions, whether to join the church, and whether to leave home and become the first person in her family to attend college, will have the reader rooting for the girl to break a new path. In the tradition of Jill Ker Conway’s The Road to Coorain, this book details the formation of a future leader who does not yet know she’s being prepared to stand up to power and to find her own voice. The book contains many illustrations and resources, including recipes, a map, and an epilogue about why the author is still Mennonite. Topics covered include the death of a child, Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, the role of bishops in the Mennonite church, the paradoxes of plain life (including fancy cars and the practice of growing tobacco). The drama of passing on the family farm and Mennonite romance and courtship, as the author prepares to leave home for college, create the final challenges of the book.
Book Synopsis My Lucky Stars by : Shirley Maclaine
Download or read book My Lucky Stars written by Shirley Maclaine and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This book is like nothing you’ve read before about the world of movies—written by a movie star.”—Liz Smith An Academy Award-winning actress and the internationally bestselling author of Out on a Limb delivers her touching, warm, and headline-making memoir. In My Lucky Stars Shirley MacLaine talks candidly and personally about her four decades in Hollywood, especially about the men and women—her “lucky stars”—who touched and challenged her life. “[Maclaine is] an engaging storyteller. . . . Breezy and entertaining.”—The New York Times Book Review
Book Synopsis The Evening of the Holiday by : Shirley Hazzard
Download or read book The Evening of the Holiday written by Shirley Hazzard and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passionate undercurrents sweep in and out of this eloquent novel about a love affair in a summer countryside in Italy and its inevitable end.
Book Synopsis Writing Compelling Fiction by : Shirley Jump
Download or read book Writing Compelling Fiction written by Shirley Jump and published by Jumpstart Creative Solutions. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to write a book? Or...Do you want to write an un-freaking-believably amazing book that keeps readers up at night? An unforgettable book? A book they recommend to their friends and anyone else who will listen? Writing Compelling Fiction will teach you how to do just that. There's much more to writing than just shoving thousands of words between the first page and the last page. Every element of the book-plots, scenes, characters, settings, dialogue-must work in concert to deliver that one-two punch of an unforgettable read. New York Times bestselling author Shirley Jump has taught thousands of authors how to write, and now she's bringing that expertise to you. With easy-to-grasp advice and hands-on exercises, Writing Compelling Fiction will help you create a book that will turn your readers into lifelong fans who can't wait for your next novel!
Book Synopsis The Strawberry Letter by : Shirley Strawberry
Download or read book The Strawberry Letter written by Shirley Strawberry and published by One World. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listen up, ladies! Shirley Strawberry, co-host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, delivers more of the no-nonsense woman-to-woman straight talk her listeners have come to love. Shirley tells it like it is—from the heart. Now, in this uplifting motivational guide, she brings her vivacious, inspirational, and down-to-earth message to women everywhere: Get up, get out, and be the best you can be! This call to action helps women look at their lives with a candid eye and tackle such issues as: • Love and Relationships: the highs and lows of dating, marriage, and breakups • Family: the challenges of being a great mom • Sisterhood: ways to get (and give) the support you need to stay sane • Self: tips for overcoming low self-esteem and depression, and finding balance, faith, and acceptance Full of motivating “Strawberry Tips,” personal stories, and helpful suggestions for drama-stuck girlfriends, this book encourages you to love yourself and your life!
Book Synopsis The Shirley Hughes Collection by : Shirley Hughes
Download or read book The Shirley Hughes Collection written by Shirley Hughes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2000 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A unique treasury of classic Shirley Hughes poems and stories"--Jacket.
Download or read book Data Sketches written by Nadieh Bremer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Data Sketches, Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu document the deeply creative process behind 24 unique data visualization projects, and they combine this with powerful technical insights which reveal the mindset behind coding creatively. Exploring 12 different themes – from the Olympics to Presidents & Royals and from Movies to Myths & Legends – each pair of visualizations explores different technologies and forms, blurring the boundary between visualization as an exploratory tool and an artform in its own right. This beautiful book provides an intimate, behind-the-scenes account of all 24 projects and shares the authors’ personal notes and drafts every step of the way. The book features: Detailed information on data gathering, sketching, and coding data visualizations for the web, with screenshots of works-in-progress and reproductions from the authors’ notebooks Never-before-published technical write-ups, with beginner-friendly explanations of core data visualization concepts Practical lessons based on the data and design challenges overcome during each project Full-color pages, showcasing all 24 final data visualizations This book is perfect for anyone interested or working in data visualization and information design, and especially those who want to take their work to the next level and are inspired by unique and compelling data-driven storytelling.
Book Synopsis Stories I Tell on Dates by : Paul Shirley
Download or read book Stories I Tell on Dates written by Paul Shirley and published by Paul Shirley. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone tells stories on dates. Shirley's stories are about living in Spain, playing in the NBA, and having his heart (and spleen) broken. But they're also stories about spelling bees, middle school dances, and a Sex Ed. class taught by his mother. They're funny, vulnerable, and universal, just as the stories we tell on dates should be.
Book Synopsis Alfie and His Very Best Friend by : Shirley Hughes
Download or read book Alfie and His Very Best Friend written by Shirley Hughes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfie and Bernard are very best friends and together they have lots of adventures. Join them as they go to the library, take part in scooter races and make a very special club with only two special members!A heart-warming tale of friendship by the award-winning Shirley Hughes, creator of Dogger.
Download or read book Being Shirely written by Michelle Vernal and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who's Shirley Valentine?”Shirley Valentine was Roz's favourite film. It was about a repressed, middle-aged housewife from Liverpool who spends her days talking to her kitchen wall. When she leaves her husband for an impromptu holiday to the Greek Islands with a friend, she rediscovers her lust for life and decides to stay.Annie Rivers isn't middle-aged; she's thirty-one. She doesn't hail from England; she lives in New Zealand and she doesn't talk to the kitchen wall—just her cat.Her late sister Roz had a passion for anything and everything to do with Greece, including Shirley Valentine and the New Age musician, Yanni. Just for the record, though, Annie never shared in her sister's love of Yanni's white trousers, unlike their mutual best friend, Carl. The print that once hung on Roz's bedroom wall of Santorini now hangs on Annie's and she's picked up the pen pal relationship with Kassia Bikakis where Roz left off.Kassia, along with the rest of the Bikakis family, help run her mother-in-law's namesake Eleni's guesthouse on the Greek island of Crete. These days, Annie and Kas prefer email to snail mail and in their exchanges, Annie confides how much she hates her new boss and how much she loves the wedding dress she's spotted in the window of an exclusive boutique. If only her fiancé Tony would actually commit to setting the date and if only she could get the dress to fit.Annie knows she's drifting along and that something's gotta give but will she be like Roz and let life pass her by? Or will she be brave like Shirley and grab it by the seat of a pair of white trousers?