The Summer My Grandmother S Yard Tried To Kill Me
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The Summer My Grandmother S Yard Tried To Kill Me
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Author : Harry Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Xander Books
Release Date : 2021-08-10
The Summer My Grandmother S Yard Tried To Kill Me written by Harry Harvey and has been published by Xander Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-10 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The Summer My Grandmother’s Yard Tried to Kill Me is a neighborhood adventure filled with humor, mystery, and a message of acceptance. Readers of any age will love this eco-friendly tale, told from the point of view of a differently abled protagonist. Fitting in is impossible for Peter Mulligan—the class “weirdo.” Bullies won’t accept his quirky sense of humor, his obsession with movies, or his autism spectrum disorder. At the end of the school year, an insensitive classmate picks on him during a state-wide exam. Peter has a tear-gushing meltdown in the middle of the test. After the incident, Peter’s parents send him to live with his no-nonsense grandmother on isolated Johnson Island for the summer. But something seems off. Peter discovers that the creatures featured in his favorite flicks are nothing compared to real-life monsters. Now, the weirdo must become the hero. If he doesn’t, Peter and his newfound friends will never save the island from sinister seed experiments gone very, very wrong!
My Life At First Try
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Author : Mark Budman
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2009-03-01
My Life At First Try written by Mark Budman and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-01 with Religion categories.
This semi–autobiographical debut novel chronicles the life of Alex, born in Siberia in 1950, and his dreams of becoming a writer and of meeting Annie, his distant American cousin. As a child, Alex observes a group of foreign tourists do something that non–drunk Soviet adults seldom do: they laugh. Alex yearns to become one of them—a free and happy foreigner. Those aspirations quickly fade as Alex begins to encounter the absurdities and constraints of living in a society where conformity is institutionalized. Hilarious and sometimes sobering, the book's short chapters chronicle making it through the army, mastering the English language, sex, and meeting the girl of his dreams. In 1980, Alex and his young family finally get the chance to move to America. There he realizes that he is finally a foreigner—not the happy foreigner of his dream, but an alien. Ultimately, Alex finds his own place in the world, despite the fact that having the right "to vote for an elephant or an ass" does not necessarily guarantee self–fulfillment.
Conversations With Leanne Howe
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Author : Kirstin L. Squint
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2022-02-15
Conversations With Leanne Howe written by Kirstin L. Squint and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Conversations with LeAnne Howe is the first collection of interviews with the groundbreaking Choctaw author, whose genre-bending works take place in the US Southeast, Oklahoma, and beyond our national borders to bring Native American characters and themes to the global stage. Best known for her American Book Award–winning novel Shell Shaker (2001), LeAnne Howe (b. 1951) is also a poet, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, theorist, and humorist. She has held numerous honors including a Fulbright Distinguished Scholarship in Amman, Jordan, from 2010 to 2011, and she was the recipient of the Modern Language Association’s first Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages for her travelogue, Choctalking on Other Realities (2013). Spanning the period from 2002 to 2020, the interviews in this collection delve deeply into Howe’s poetics, her innovative critical methodology of tribalography, her personal history, and her position on subjects ranging from the Lone Ranger to Native American mascots. Two previously unpublished interviews, “‘An American in New York’: LeAnne Howe” (2019) and “Genre-Sliding on Stage with LeAnne Howe” (2020), explore unexamined areas of her personal history and how it impacted her creative work, including childhood trauma and her incubation as a playwright in the 1980s. These conversations along with 2019’s Occult Poetry Radio interview also give important insights on the background of Howe’s newest critically acclaimed work, Savage Conversations (2019), about Mary Todd Lincoln’s hallucination of a “Savage Indian” during her time in Bellevue Place sanitarium. Taken as a whole, Conversations with LeAnne Howe showcases the development and continued impact of one of the most important Indigenous American writers of the twenty-first century.
The Seven Longest Yards
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Author : Chris Norton
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan
Release Date : 2019-07-09
The Seven Longest Yards written by Chris Norton and has been published by Zondervan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-09 with Religion categories.
He was told he'd never walk again. She was losing hope that she'd ever feel whole again. This is their miraculous true story of defying the impossible. "In my very first impression of Chris, I was blown away by his determination to stay positive, do the work, and trust that God had a bigger story in mind . . . this book is a master class in the power of perseverance." -Tim Tebow Quadriplegics simply do not walk again - yet millions watched as Chris Norton defied incredible odds and took step by impossible step across his graduation stage. With his fiancée Emily by his side, those unbelievable steps became the start of an extraordinary journey for them both. Told from both of their unique perspectives, this moving story invites you to find, as Chris and Emily have, that God can transform our lowest points into life's greatest gifts. In a moment, Chris went from a talented college football player with a promising future to a quadriplegic with a 3 percent chance of ever moving or feeling anything below his neck, much less walking again. Determined to prove the doctors wrong, he pushed himself through grueling, daily workouts to achieve his goal four years later: walking the stage to receive his college diploma with Emily's help, and to the world's astonished applause. Meanwhile, Emily faced her own challenges as she sunk into a deep battle against anxiety and depression, despite her life's outward blessings. Day by day, decision by decision, Chris and Emily committed themselves to taking the extra step, trusting God, and leaning on the help of others. In a story of courageous faith and grit, this extraordinary couple's journey ultimately led them to tackle the seven longest yards - down the wedding aisle and into a new life together. And what a new life it is: Chris and Emily have adopted five beautiful girls and welcomed foster children - seventeen and counting! - into their home and hearts. Let this book be your inspiration for defying your own impossible, and finding joy on the other side.
The Cloister Walk
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Author : Kathleen Norris
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 1997-04-01
The Cloister Walk written by Kathleen Norris and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-01 with Religion categories.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR “Vivid, compelling... An embrace of moral and spiritual contemplation.” –The New York Times “A remarkable piece of writing. If read with humility and attention, Kathleen Norris's book becomes lectio divina, or holy reading.” –The Boston Globe From the iconic author of Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, a spiritual journey that brings joy to the meanings of love, grace and faith. Why would a married woman with a thoroughly Protestant background and often more doubt than faith be drawn to the ancient practice of monasticism, to a community of celibate men whose days are centered on a rigid schedule of prayer, work, and scripture? This is the question that poet Kathleen Norris asks us as, somewhat to her own surprise, she found herself on two extended residencies at St. John's Abbey in Minnesota. Part record of her time among the Benedictines, part meditation on various aspects of monastic life, The Cloister Walk demonstrates, from the rare perspective of someone who is both an insider and outsider, how immersion in the cloistered world-- its liturgy, its ritual, its sense of community-- can impart meaning to everyday events and deepen our secular lives. In this stirring and lyrical work, the monastery, often considered archaic or otherworldly, becomes immediate, accessible, and relevant to us, no matter what our faith may be.
Tales From The Strange Mind Of Me Short Stories And Essays
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Author : W. M. Stahl
language : en
Publisher: W. M. Stahl
Release Date : 2011-03-21
Tales From The Strange Mind Of Me Short Stories And Essays written by W. M. Stahl and has been published by W. M. Stahl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-21 with Fiction categories.
Tales from the Strange Mind of Me contains a few short stories and some Essays. Each draws on the memories, life, and family of the author. They are tied together by life events, the pursuit of love, happiness and memories. I think that you will enjoy them. Jaime O'Brien -- Is about a boy, a girl and an old man. Dreams can tell us of the future or remind us of the past all while reality continues around us. this tale spins around both dream and reality. Which is a dream and which is the reality is for the reader to decide. A Walk in the Park -- We have all been there to busy with our life to realize what goes on around us. This couple is no different from privileged families he keeping the family business going she busy with her life of charity and social life. Neither unhappy but ye neither happy either. That is until this morning when all that seemed to change. Stealing Kisses -- ever think about your first kiss? A date at the fair is just a date, unless you really want to be there with someone else. Will his heart be crushed before he ever gets to kiss the girl or is she wanting the kiss as much as he does. The House up the Street -- after a prank a boy finds himself hiding in the house up the street and spends the night alone, or is he. Meeting her parents has never been like this. Brothers -- memories from the past pour out in this half salute half dish on brotherly love... Spring, Summer, Vacation, Fall, Winter In separate tributes to the seasons one can not forget the little things that make them all worth while. come along as we share the memories and some of the things that makes each of the seasons the best season. Oh, and yes, vacation is a season and should be treated as the 5th season of the year. Alos inlcuded are some poems that are friends favorites by W.. Along with ecerpts from The Traveler's Adventures in Valdore: The Beginning that is available now in a hard copy version and some parts from the yet unreleased sequal sub-titled Another Life. W. hopes that you will enjoy these stories as much as they enjoy sharing them with you.
Facing The Dragon
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Author : David Parnell
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-11-02
Facing The Dragon written by David Parnell and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-02 with Self-Help categories.
After more than twenty-three years addicted to methamphetamine and other drugs, David Parnell put an SKS assault rifle under his chin and pulled the trigger. The blast took off half his face, yet somehow he survived. They called Parnell the "miracle man" at the Nashville hospital where he'd been pronounced clinically dead. Following an afterlife experience where he briefly experienced hell, David woke up in the hospital, and he was changed forever, both physically and emotionally. In Facing the Dragon, readers will witness the slow, agonizing metamorphosis of a good-looking high school athlete into a violent, drug-dealing, psychotic wife beater whose children were terrified of him. In graphic detail, they will relive his suicide attempts and then walk alongside him as he endures countless surgeries to reconstruct his decimated face and learns how to cope with his hideous disfigurement. Now thirty-nine, Parnell is clean and sober and is making the most of the second chance he's been given, bringing his message about the dangers of meth and other drugs to schools, prisons, churches, and antidrug organizations around the world as a full-time lecturer. By experiencing the nightmare of his life-—and his brief glimpse of hell--readers will find hope and healing when facing their own life-threatening dragons.
The Invention Of Solitude
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Author : Paul Auster
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2010-11-25
The Invention Of Solitude written by Paul Auster and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'One day there is life . . . and then, suddenly, it happens there is death.' So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood. The first section, 'Portrait of an Invisible Man', reveals Auster's memories and feelings after the death of his father. In 'The Book of Memory' the perspective shifts to Auster's role as a father. The narrator, 'A', contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather and the solitary nature of writing and story-telling.
Trying To Save Piggy Sneed
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Author : John Irving
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Trying To Save Piggy Sneed written by John Irving and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Fiction categories.
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed contains a dozen short works by John Irving, beginning with three memoirs, including an account of Mr. Irving’s dinner with President Ronald Reagan at the White House. The longest of the memoirs, “The Imaginary Girlfriend,” is the core of this collection. The middle section of the book is fiction. Since the publication of his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968, John Irving has written twelve more novels but only half a dozen stories that he considers “finished”: they are all published here, including “Interiors,” which won the O. Henry Award. In the third and final section are three essays of appreciation: one on Günter Grass, two on Charles Dickens. To each of the twelve pieces, Mr. Irving has contributed his Author’s Notes. These notes provide some perspective on the circumstances surrounding the writing of each piece—for example, an election-year diary of the Bush-Clinton campaigns accompanies Mr. Irving’s memoir of his dinner with President Reagan; and the notes to one of his short stories explain that the story was presented and sold to Playboy as the work of a woman. Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is both as moving and as mischievous as readers would expect from the author of The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules, A Prayer of Owen Meany, A Widow for One Year, and In One Person. And Mr. Irving’s concise autobiography, “The Imaginary Girlfriend,” is both a work of the utmost literary accomplishment and a paradigm for living. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Growing Into My Genes
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Author : Neil Rudin
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2010-10-04
Growing Into My Genes written by Neil Rudin and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Sensing that he is beckoned by his ancestors to help preserve their memories, the author embarks on a fascinating journey to discover more about his Eastern-European Yiddish heritage and to bring his ancestors to life. Growing up in the 40's and 50's in Detroit as the only child and grandchild of an immigrant family steeped in old country culture, his maternal grandparents became his closest friends. The portrayal of the author's idyllic childhood from the innocent perspective of a youth, creates a realistic context tinged with tenderness, pathos, and humor. Most of the reminiscences are presented in a short story format. The stories are supplemented by a useful genealogical appendix outlining the processes the author employed. The appendix also contains several historical essays focusing on the socio-political background of the period as well as an interesting essay on the history and importance of Yiddish in this culture. The unique integration of memoirs, genealogical research and historical studies enhances and enriches our ability to understand the full context of this ancestral heritage. In his case, the author was able to grasp the full significance of his family history and its profound influence on his life.