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Author : Perri Klass
Publisher : Xrx Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781893762220
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (622 download)
Download or read book Two Sweaters for My Father written by Perri Klass and published by Xrx Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays about knitting and its place and impact in the lives of those who knit.
Author : Kari Cornell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610603881
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)
Download or read book For the Love of Knitting written by Kari Cornell and published by . This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One surviving cotton sock tells us that the Egyptians were knitting as long ago as the first millennium AD. Tenderly preserved shawls and sweaters bespeak our great-grandmothers handiwork. And colorful strands of yarn escaping from a basket in the corner show that the tradition lives on with us. That tradition, celebrated in the stories and essays in this book, knits together a world of warmth and memory, wisdom and camaraderie. These writings--sometimes amusing, sometimes moving, always entertaining--comprise a charming scrapbook reflecting the myriad cultural and historical aspects of knitting. Ranging from the days of World War II to our own time, they include offerings by Jamaica Kincaid, Melanie Falick, Elizabeth Zimmermann, Meg Swansen, Susan Gordon Lydon, Pam Allen, Lela Nargi, Perri Klass, Teva Durham, and many others. Artwork by Solveig Hisdal, fiber artists Debbie New and Karen Searle, and photographer Chris Hartlove, along with historical photographs, vintage advertising, and pattern booklets, brings the color and textures of these stories to vibrant life. Whether you ply knitting needles yourself or simply appreciate the art, this collection will enfold you in all the softness, warmth, and beauty of knitting today and yesterday.
Author : Peter Hargitai
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595843085
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (958 download)
Download or read book MILLIE written by Peter Hargitai and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-06-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sensitive and powerful, Peter Hargitai's novel Millie brims with passion and wit. Its hero, Art Nagy, is a Hungarian Alex Portnoy, forging anew an identity on the edge of two cultures Millie is destined to take a distinguished place on the shelf of world literature." -Lili Bita Author of Sister of Darkness "In this darkly comic novel about a refugee boy's coming-of-age in 1960's America, Peter Hargitai does for Cleveland's Hungarians what Herbert Gold did for its Jews-bring to life the quirks, prejudices, and strivings of a people struggling to make it in an alien land." -Sanford J. Smoller Contributing editor of Pembroke Magazine and author of Adrift Among Geniuses: Robert McAlmon, Writer and Publisher of the Twenties "Hargitai's prose is swift, sure, and irresistible. Reminiscent of Kundera." -Apalachee Quarterly PETER HARGITAI's Millie is a novel that touches the heart. In a story of the quintessential American dream, immigration, Hargitai tells of the coming-of-age of Art Nagy, a young Hungarian who arrives in America after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet-Communist occupation. Art struggles to make sense of life not only as an adolescent but also within his family who insist on transplanting many of their customs and much of their thinking from their country of origin, including less than attractive ideas about race and class. Art's likes and dislikes and the friends he chooses bring the family to clash over values and beliefs, and culminate in tragedy when he falls in love with a girl from a different background. His deep love for Millie pits him against everything his family believes in . And the final pages of the novel reveal acts of horror in his family's past and explain much of what Art Nagy was up against. Every page keeps the reader fascinated, unable to put it down until the very end. Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, Editor Comparative Cultural Studies Series Purdue University Press
Author : Deborah D. Moore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1682611167
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (826 download)
Download or read book The Journal written by Deborah D. Moore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When a seemingly minor tremor escalates into a major earthquake, spoiled and pampered Christine Tiggs is stranded in the middle of it. Caught at ground zero of the violent catastrophe, Christine must overcome her fears and prejudices to stay alive and find her way home--on her own. Having spent most of her life sheltered by her father, Christine is ill-equipped to fend for herself. Struggling to get out of the hotel she is trapped in is only the beginning of fighting for her very life. And if she ever gets home, she still may not be safe"--Back cover.
Author : Kathryn Huddleston
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1449705987
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (497 download)
Download or read book There’S a Storm Coming: the Journey to Rescue and Save My Father written by Kathryn Huddleston and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In narrative form, this book chronicles the five-year journey the author took with her father, afflicted with Alzheimers, to restore his dignity and help him reach his physical, mental, and spiritual potential. It presents the many obstacles, including the presence of evil forces and other family members mental disorders, which had to be overcome to accomplish this. The book illustrates how the common denominator of faith in God and a belief in His supreme will enabled communication with her father, with whom she previously had only limited interaction. She came to discover the importance of entering her fathers world, of confirming his reality, and to recognize though parts of the brain may be tangled and even gone, the response to spirit and tone actually remains. Her fathers sensory awareness and understanding increased, and she challenges some previous stereotypes held about patients with this disease. Pragmatically, the author gives the caregiver suggestions on how to ensure the patients sense of accomplishment and purpose and maps out daily activity processes. The book illustrates how previous experiences enabled them to survive their storm, as the author relentlessly struggled to keep her father from being institutionalized so he could remain a participant in this world. Occasionally, in a mans life, there is a book or manuscript that comes his way that is so far out of the norm and so deep beyond expectation that it requires thought, prayer, and time to assimilate the information through meditation. Theres a Storm Coming, Kathryn Huddlestons book on the subject of her fathers experience with Alzheimers disease and her passion to help him be the very best he could be physically, mentally and spiritually, is incredible. The journey with glimpses into the family life through the eyes of a person with medical insight, and ultimately, through a spiritual lens, allows us to take a peek behind the veil of one of the most difficult and tough situations facing many Americans today. This book is an incredible read for those who care about the condition of their fellow human beings. Maury Davis, Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Church, Nashville, TN Maury Davis Ministries God brings hope to us in stormy times. Through these dark years, compassion and care for loved ones is always first. This could not be more true than in this book. Michelle Stein, Executive Director, Alzheimers Solutions Project Center for Health Transformation, Washington, D.C. The author captures the readers attention by recounting in narrative form how she attempted to overcome the many challenges and trials in her stormy family in order to lessen her fathers turbulence and bring him peace in the last phase of his life. In an unassuming, authentic way, the author illustrates how she ensured her father remained a valued participant in the world. Giving caregivers concrete ideas on how she helped her father make decisions, ensured up-close and personal interaction with others, and recognized the importance of tone, spirit, and listening, the book should give them a sense of hope. E.L. Shoenfelt, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Performance Psychologist Kathryn Huddleston believes that while in the midst of other life storms God gave her the gift to care for her father. Here she shares that journey in a very personal, detailed, and honest fashion. Not only is this a wonderful handbook for the Alzheimers caregiver, Kathryns story affirms my experience of Gods daily walk with those who appear to be absent. While we may see our loved ones as fading way, in reality, they may be living the old gospel hymn, Just a Closer Walk with Thee. This book gives the caregiver, or any reader, great spiritual hope. Chaplain R. Gene Lovelace, Alive Hospice, Nashville, TN
Author : Alee. B
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1642981818
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)
Download or read book Chilly! Creepy! Bumps! written by Alee. B and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story takes place in a small town in Lubock, Texas. The story is centered around a thirteenaEUR"yearaEUR"old girl named Josey. In today's world, Josey has been taught well by her parents. Josey is assertive and has values. Josie knows there's something wrong. She does not give up on convincing others. Josey is cool, but she continues to feel the chilly, creepy bumps!
Author : Anita Silvey
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596433957
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (964 download)
Download or read book Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book written by Anita Silvey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What children's book changed the way you see the world?" Anita Silvey asked this question to more than one hundred of our most respected and admired leaders in society, and she learned about the books that shaped financiers, actors, singers, athletes, activists, artists, comic book creators, novelists, illustrators, teachers... The lessons they recall are inspiring, instructive, and illuminating. And the books they remember resonate as influential reading choices for families. EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM A CHILDREN'S BOOK--with its full color excerpts of beloved children's books, is a treasury and a guide: a collection of fascinating essays and THE gift book of the year for families.
Author : Lubomir Gleiman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452020175
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)
Download or read book From the Maelstrom written by Lubomir Gleiman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The Maelstrom: A Pilgrim's Story of Dissent and Survival is, above all, the very personal memoir of a humble, but sometimes painfully intelligent and reflective man.Dr. Lubomir "Lubo" Gleiman began the memoir a few years after retiring as a Professor of Philosophy from Salve Regina university in Newport, Rhode Island. Lubo stated the original purpose of the memoir was to, "... provide my children and grandchildren a better understanding of the events that brought me from rural Slovakia to the United States. In writing the book, however, Lubo found himself imposing the critical and philosophical methods that he had developed over years as a scholar and professor. Thus, a book that was supposed to be just about events and a personal story became a deeper reflection on their meaning. Sheltered from the realities of the century and the first years of the Second World War, Lubo Gleiman and his family quickly realize that they are on the wrong side of history and begin a desperate journey shared by so many displaced people. Thus, this memoir takes the reader on a journey through events and ideas from his conscription into a strange pseudo military labor unit, to his "liberation" of sorts at the hands of the 101st Airborne, to his attempts at fomenting anti-communist insurgency, to his struggle to "get to the west", to his immigrant experience, and finally to his fulfillment in the promising but flawed world of academic and intellectual freedom.
Author : Allison B. Hanson
Publisher : Lyrical Shine
ISBN 13 : 1516103424
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (161 download)
Download or read book The Work Wife written by Allison B. Hanson and published by Lyrical Shine. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From boardroom to bedroom… Jamie Witmer recognizes a good thing when she sees it, whether it’s the elegant buildings she helps design, or her effortless working relationship with her partner, Weston Archer. But being the top team at their Boston firm doesn’t get Jamie and Wes invited to the couples-only bonding retreats and deluxe marital getaways. So Jamie has an idea—she and Wes will become married friends with (company) benefits… Wes has been attracted to Jamie since she walked into his life five years ago, and her crazy plan has opened up all kinds of new possibilities. Fake marriage leads to even closer contact. Contact leads to temptation. And when they finally act on all that heat, the passion is more intense than even Wes could have imagined… They say if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But now that their friendship is irrevocably changed, it might be time for something even sweeter to begin…
Author : A. C. Nicholas
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452020515
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Anna and the Tale of the Wolf written by A. C. Nicholas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You, my little Anna, have my blood in your veins." Nonno said proudly. You think like a Del Forno. Yes, my mother told us stories about the wolves, but never to frighten us. To us, at that time, the wolves were just a fact of life, like a storm or people you had never met before and really just didn't understand. With wolves, one needs to learn, and having learned, one needs to adapt. It all revolves around Anna. 1965- Anna Del Forno was fifteen when she and her sister visited their grandparents at the farmhouse outside of Binghamton, New York. When a storm forced them to stay longer than expected, her grandfather, a reserved, almost reclusive man began telling them a story, one that he had kept to himself since his youth in the 1920's in Sicily, with his sister Gelsamina, and the baron D'Arcamo, and the wolves. 1980- Fifteen years later, Anna finds herself returning to the now abandoned farmhouse, only to discover clues and messages that begin a journey that takes her from Binghamton, all the way to Sicily. A journey that all along, she was intended to make. Some called it a legacy, others a curse. Gelsamina, the young woman in the portrait, can only offer so many clues. The rest, Anna must discover by herself. And yet, Gelsamina is always there, sharing a meal, sharing what she knows, sharing the legacy. And when she hears the wolves howling l'anelito, the longing, Anna understands what she must do. There comes a point in time when, wanted or not, ones family gives them things. There also comes a time when one must accept them.
Author : Joy Jones
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807560774
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Jayla Jumps In written by Joy Jones and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Caucus of the American Library Association BCALA, 2020 Best of the Best Booklist A heartwarming story about finding your place, in the ropes and out. When eleven-year-old Jayla finds out that her mother used to be a Double Dutch champion, she's stunned. Her mom, who’s on doctor’s orders to lower her blood pressure, could move like that?!? Jayla decides to follow in her mom’s footsteps, thinking that maybe double Dutch can make her stand out in her big, quirky family. As she puts together a team at school and prepares to compete, Jayla finds that Double Dutch is about a lot more than jumping rope—and it just might change her life in ways she never imagined. Full of hilarious family dynamics and plenty of jump rope action, Jayla Jumps In follows one girl’s quest to get her mom healthy and find her place in her community.
Author : Marylee MacDonald
Publisher : Grand Canyon Press
ISBN 13 : 1951479327
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Surrender written by Marylee MacDonald and published by Grand Canyon Press. This book was released on 2023-02-18 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her young life changed in an instant. Now she shares her story with the child she gave away. Adopted at birth, Marylee’s parents told her she was a “chosen child.” She tried her hardest to make them proud, but her parents’ divorce sent her into the comforting arms of a handsome Catholic boy. Convinced that he was her Romeo and she a modern-day Juliet, she surrendered to passion. Unfortunately, it was 1961. Pregnant girls were sent away, and their babies given up for adoption. Nature vs. nurture: Which plays a greater role in who we become? The family we were raised in, or the parents we never knew? In telling her adult son the story of his birth, can the narrator find compassion for her own wounded inner child? If you like truthful accounts laced with the passion of youth and the wisdom of age, read Marylee MacDonald’s funny and poignant memoir about how we grow up, grow old, and learn to accept ourselves.
Author : Lionel Shapiro
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Sixth of June written by Lionel Shapiro and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Sixth of June" by Lionel Shapiro. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : J. R. Roessl
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493069969
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Unmoored written by J. R. Roessl and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s the ’60s in San Francisco. Peace, love, and rock ’n’ roll reign. Counterculture has arrived and the times, they are a-changing, but while the beat goes on, a sixteen-year-old girl thinks only of endless summers beyond the dark waters of the Golden Gate Bridge. After spending a decade helping her father build their forty-foot sailboat, Heritage, she will leave behind everything she has known for the promise he’s made to her and her sisters and mother: that on this trip of a lifetime, he will be a better man and father. Heading out to sea on the night of their departure, she fears how ill-equipped they are for the enormity of what lies ahead. After all, her father has failed his celestial navigation course, her sisters can’t swim, and no one knows how to sail. Is it just departure jitters, or does she see something others don’t? Set against a backdrop of the tropics, teenage torment, and a coterie of colorful and unforgettable characters, Unmoored tells a parallel story of a young woman’s budding independence and personal growth. Aboard Heritage, fueled by humor and her indomitable spirit, she learns to trust her intuition and to understand the power of self-reliance as her family hopscotches from port to port along the rugged coastlines from San Francisco to Central America and beyond. As Heritage battles storms, fire, and near disasters, the girl’s family slowly fractures, and she must decide on a course of action that may alter her dreams forever. Unmoored is a story of adventure, revelation, and ultimately redemption. The outcome is never guaranteed, and sometimes not even the journey is a sure thing, but the discovery of resilience, strength, and most of all forgiveness is an inspiration for those who have dared to dream and thought they failed.
Author : Richard Wertime
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374529140
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (745 download)
Download or read book Citadel on the Mountain written by Richard Wertime and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-05-16 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A warped dream, an overbearing father, and his son A handsome, brilliant man, the author's father-irascible, strong-willed, a compulsive womanizer-stands at the center of this strangely compelling story. In the mid-1970s, after a life in government service, which was shadowy in its depths, Ted Wertime built a fortress-like house on a mountaintop in south-central Pennsylvania. He had forged for himself a secondary career as a highly respected historian of ancient science and technology, and was convinced that it was his fate to lead a sweeping revolution that would cleanse the United States of energy abuse, political corruption, and an odd assortment of social ills. His "citadel" would serve as his revolutionary headquarters. He, his wife, and Joan, the last and most troubled of his succession of mistresses, lived in the house together in a bizarre ménage à trois. His dream was to recruit his four sons to take part in his cause. The author, Richard Wertime, is the second-oldest son. Citadel on the Mountain is the story of his struggle to escape from a domineering and, at times, hypnotizing father who sought to control the sexual and professional lives of his offspring.
Author : Marvin V. Arnett
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803216389
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Pieces from Life's Crazy Quilt written by Marvin V. Arnett and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir and part urban social history, Pieces from Life?s Crazy Quilt is an African American woman?s personal account of her life during a racially turbulent period in a northern American city. Raised in a black neighborhood in urban Detroit, Marvin V. Arnett begins her book with her birth during the Great Depression, and ends with the infamous Detroit race riot of 1943. Arnett?s close observations and attention to the details of her neighborhood and the complex adult relationships around her make this an understated yet powerful story of witness. ø Like the idiosyncratic pieces of a crazy quilt, each chapter functions alone but takes on particular resonance when considered with the whole. Choreographed as one-act plays, each chapter invites the reader into the life of the Sprague family and their neighbors during the years after the Ford Motor Company closed their Detroit plants. Arnett tells the story of her childhood with subversive allusions to the Victorian-era coming-of-age stories she consumed while growing up and the moral lessons she absorbed in such readings but could not reconcile with her own experience.
Author : Timothy James Beck
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0758253605
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (582 download)
Download or read book When You Don't See Me written by Timothy James Beck and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being Invisible Is Nick Dunill's M.O. For nineteen years, he's been "the one who disappears" to his disapproving, Midwestern family. And now in New York City, a metropolis of anonymity built on not making eye contact, he feels right at home. Walking the streets of the Village, sneaking into dive bars, cleaning apartments, and trying to co-exist in a cramped apartment with his three roommates, Nick's trying to find his way without doing anything to put his wounded heart at risk, all the while wondering, "Does anything last?" But Nick's vanishing act is about to be challenged in ways he never dreamed. Little by little, he's being forced into the land of the living--into relationships and opportunities, love and sex, truth and acceptance, into the heartbreaking secrets of his past and the hopeful chances of his future. And the more visible Nick becomes, the more he realizes that in life and love, disappearing is not an option. . . "A book to get lost in."–Bay Area Reporter on Someone Like You "Funny and touching with wonderful characters."–The Texas Triangle on He's The One "A charming, humorously appealing tale."–Publishers Weekly on It Had To Be You Timothy James Beck is the author of Someone Like You, I'm Your Man, He's the One, and It Had to Be You. He divides his time between California, Texas, and New York, where he's hard at work on his next novel.
