For a young child, the nighttime dark can be frightening. When one little girl confronts her fears, she learns her mother was right, and your eyes can play tricks on you, especially in the dark.
Master the three elements of your barbeque. Understand the relationship between heat, smoke and water. A novice will become educated in the art of barbeque. A Professional will enjoy the techniques employed. Impress your friends and family at your dinner parties with my delicious techniques. Simply open this book, read, and do!
What We Know About Mother Goose.For generations mother goose has fascinated young readers of all ages with rhymes like, Old diddle diddle, and my yellow hen. The mother goose collection have been handed down, translated and retold in many languages around the world. As Grandma Stella recreate some of her favorite childhood classics, she has shared these timeless and wonderful nursery rhymes with her grandchildren and the students in her family daycare.
From backpacks to bedrooms... organizing has never been so easy!Gather your little ones for a read aloud adventure, bringing them the magical world of organization through fun to read rhythmic verses & warm and tender retro style illustrations. ORGANIZING A to Z is every child''s first step to understanding the concept of simplifying and creating order and how good that can make us feel. Each page offers a basic step that can be taken, no matter how big or small! Studies indicate that children who learn proper organizational skills at a young age go on to do better in high school, college and eventually in the business world. ORGANIZING A to Z is the country''s first organizing picture book for kids with family organizing tips for parents and a unique organizing dictionary... establishing the importance of organization to children everywhere. From backpacks to bedrooms, organizing homework, clothes and toys has never been so easy!
"Bob, the Tree who Became a Star" is a sweet and timeless classic. Fully illustrated in color, it tells the story of a tree who is kind and loving and because of his actions, he becomes a star in the sky, enduring forever. A continuum of life is expressed in the epilogue where we learn that "Bob," our Christmas tree did not die, but he lives on, eternally reminding us to always be kind.
About The Book Mike's diverse interests include his classic 1969 Porsche, history of the U.S. highway system, seeing and learning about new things and meeting new people. He then shares all with others through his books and magazine articles. This is Mike's second book - part of his effort to help others learn about our past, appreciate our U.S. highways and enjoy contemporary photos of our beautiful country. Mike knows that everyone might not have the classic sports car, the time or physical abilities to take these trips. So he writes about them and hopes you, the reader, will be simultaneously entertained and informed as you share Mike's highway adventures, this time on U.S. Route 95.And that's no bull!
Pajamas - O Pijama A Book embracing two languagesEnglish - Portuguese Um livro para duas PátriasPortuguese - EnglishEvery night before bed-time John (main character) learns the days of the week in riddle form. His parents teach him in both English and Portuguese.Read this book to your child every night and he/she will learn the days of the week in a fun and unique way!
Unwilling to be a statistic? What if you had the tools to create and sustain a truly loving partnership? This visionary guide for couples cuts through generations of programmed expectations and misinformation using modern psychology, a sense of humor, and a poet's heart, to give you new hope and a focused, exciting direction to travel. Ranging from the mythic to the mundane, author Vito Mucci shows you how to weave a colorful, resilient cord from the many threads of duality. Touching on everything from elements of masculine and feminine in the solar system to how to reframe resentment of household chores, Party of 2 explores what is possible in synergy, and confronts the static, codependent dynamics many of us have been taught to endure. What do you want? What is possible? Are you willing to accept the challenge of true partnership? When you have the capacity to answer these questions, you will be ready to redefine what a relationship should look like-and embark on the most rewarding adventure of your life.
DISENGAGE FROM ILLUSIONS - UNLEASH AND DELIVER MORE REALISTIC PERCEPTIONS OF YOUR WORLDHumans are brainy, curious, and assertive. But, paradoxically, we are also anxious and massively conforming. We think we have choices, yet psychologists and sociologists provide compelling evidence that we are influenced by unseen forces we do not understand. From ubiquitous advertising to the direct lessons of parents and teachers, our behaviors and thought patterns are being manipulated from day one. Even subtle social cues like critical looks or remarks have an impact. Without a skeptical and perceptive sense of self, we are controlled by powerful, unexamined influences.Beyond Illusions and Conformity Pressures: In Search of an Authentic Self explores the barriers to self-awareness. When we become more conscious of both the hard-wired and learned pressures, understanding and freedom begin to blossom. It is not easy to unlock the many doors to inner wisdom, but the result just may reveal a fresh new world!
With the right combination of certain factors, life can be a recipe for disaster. Just ask Charlie Epstein, perpetually itching for that next drink. But this mayhem doesn't necessarily come from abusing ingredients like rum and whiskey. For him, most of the aforementioned are merely prescriptions for dealing with it.Charlie sleeps in his recliner way too often, and wakes up with a hangover more times than not. But who can blame him? It's hard enough being on the brink of fifty and working his life away. The topper comes from the fact that he continues paying child-support for his extremely idealistic, college-attending daughter.And that's only the half of it. Currently a middle-aged bachelor, Charlie finds himself living next door to Marcus, who happens to be the nosiest, quirkiest gay man he's ever met. And for whatever reason, this Marcus fella insists on being Charlie's maid and gardener even though he's never been asked. In truth, his neighbor gradually morphs into a better friend and confidant than a housekeeper.Meanwhile, Charlie's sweet and kind mother Gwenevere is still the most aspirational cook he knows, but she is slipping further and further down that dark, mysterious hole called dementia. And the heaviest blow of all comes the day his 'pops' is diagnosed with terminal cancer, shaking everyone to the core. For Glen, baseball runs in his blood nearly as deep as his Jewish heritage. Unfortunately, so does the big C.Upon one of the many trips to the hospital, Charlie starts to become infatuated with his father's Japanese doctor named Karina. After she agrees to go out with him, despite the clash in cultures, their dinner date seemingly comes and goes without a hitch. That is until he meets her teenaged son who wants to pulverize him into a breakfast drink.But instead of muddying the waters, this surprising new relationship has a way of making things clearer. Charlie discovers what's really important in this world, finally realizing that it's nowhere to be found at the bottom of a bottle.As precious time ticks by, and with a dab of conscience and heaps of responsibility, Charlie is caught in a quagmire of choices. Pulled and prodded by social pressure, he gradually becomes sucked into trying to complete this crazy bucket list. The list is comprised of none other than traveling to every single Major League ballpark in the country.Traversing America with a raging toothache and a dying senior citizen turns into an adventure not minus its snags. From rickshaws to rental cars and an RV named Shammy, all the way to the luxury of a private jet, this fantasy summer takes on a life of its own. Beyond the various forms of earthly transportation, sometimes it requires a leap of faith along with a broken nose. And these Epstein boys are determined to check mark every box on the map no matter the cost.In the end, Glen may have been granted one last season, but Charlie was given another chance at happiness. This thing called life, although filled with the occasional disaster, can also be spiced with a flavor called love. And hopefully for Charlie's sake, this latest recipe calls for zero percent alcohol.
The twins-Gussy and Jeffery-have just finished the fourth grade and now they're on their way to see their grandparents in Florida! It is a trip they make every year, and they look forward to hearing Grandfather's stories, collecting seashells, and playing in their grandparents' home, a converted old WWII barracks. Gussy and Jeffrey enjoy their stay at the South of the Border-their first time at a motel with a swimming pool! Barefoot walks along the hot road to Lake Conway keep them hot-footing it to and fro, and sucking sugar cane is one of Gussy's favorite pastimes, as well as stealing oranges from the orchard next door. But this year the twins will have an extra-special experience when Grandfather takes them to a dairy farm-and it might be just the right adventure! Oh, the shenanigans these boys can get into...***"Bruce has stories in his repertoire to share with four-year-old children to ninety-nine-year-old adults. No matter the age or grade level, everyone enjoys his stories!" -Cathy Simons, Elementary Schoolteacher, Florida
"NEVER-MORE is a must read...this is definitely the best novel that I have read in along time. You certainly can't improve on perfection."- Doug Westphal, Palm Harbor, Florida"FROM THE VERY FIRST LINES,the reader is immersed in the universe of this woman'smental health as she confronts and struggles with itsdisintegration... 'Never-more' is a work of power,poignancy, and utter originality."- Judith Rose, RN, Licensed Clinical Social Worker - psychotherapist"YOU BREATHE LIFE ITSELF,into it in your own unique artistic way."- Tom Charlton, Author of The Ghost of Darknessand The Hunters Become The Hunted"WITHIN EACH OF US EXISTSa dark place. A place that can, and will consume us if leftunchecked and pushed back. A darkness waiting silentlyfor a chance to destroy us...Through tears and pain, wewalk with Chrissy to her breaking point."- Darlene May, Virginia
Rigid Fields: Family, Wealth, Passion, PainAs a young man in small-town Minnesota, Earl Bovey's whole life stretches before him, and to anyone else, it looks like a promising life. Earl is married to a beautiful woman, and they are raising two sons and mentoring two girls of similar ages. The family farm is profitable and successful. But darkness lurks in both Rigid, Minnesota, and Earl's own mind. He cannot escape the memories of his time as a sailor in Viet Nam. A feud with a neighbor leads to great anger, stress, and pain for Earl's family, which never seems to end and, in fact, seems to lead to a frightening spiral of tragedy.Author Ray Noble's Rigid Fields: Family, Wealth, Passion, Pain is the fictionalized telling of forty years of real, personal experience. Sweeping from the battlefields of Viet Nam to the agricultural fields of the Midwest, Rigid Fields is exciting and intriguing, sweetened with romance and sparked with inspiration for any reader with heart, mind, or soul in America's heartland, and beyond.
A Struggling Writer Finds Inspiration in Family History... Deborah's career is at a dead end. After a splashy debut with her first novel, she's languished as a freelancer, her potential unfulfilled. But the death of an elderly aunt provides unexpected source material, as she and her family discover journals and letters that bring to life a colorful and shocking past. The Aunties is a novel within a novel-the story of Deborah's quest to fictionalize her unexpected legacy. Along the way, she learns more about Marian, her strong-willed grandmother determined to break out of poverty, whose proto-feminism succumbs to the lure of an unwise romance. Her daughters, Deborah's beloved aunties, reap the harvest of their mother's mistake as they travel their own journeys. From Gilded Age America to World War II, from plain farm life to high society, from America's heartland to wild and colorful Brazil, The Aunties is a story of family love and loyalty through adversity.
Harvey Smith, handsome young English teacher, is beginning the 1972-73 school year at Glenby High School. Glenby, a small SE Texas town, is noted for its Pentecostal and Southern Baptist churches and its high school football team. Harvey is concerned when he discovers that Maybelle Lowther, a 15-year-old borderline mentally retarded girl, has been placed in his regular sophomore English class. George Tilson, high school counselor, informs him that Maybelle's dad, Dwight Lowther, has insisted that his daughter be scheduled into all regular classes. He doesn't want her stigmatized by being put into Special Ed or remedial courses. Dwight is a wealthy businessman, deacon in the First Baptist Church, and a member of the school board. What he wants, he usually gets. Harvey is to modify Maybelle's assignments and allow her to sit in his class and color in her coloring books, something she loves to do. Maybelle has a guardian angel, who protects her throughout the school day, should anyone be foolish enough to ridicule her. Sooby Eason is a strong country gal from Loganville, a small backwoods community north of Glenby. Sooby has adopted Maybelle as a little sister, and she will fight at the drop of a hat should anyone make fun of Maybelle. For two years, Harvey has lived a celibate life after suffering a broken heart when his true love cheated on him. He is tired of living like a monk and wants to rejoin the sex chase. He meets Iris, an older woman, who turns out to be an insatiable nymphomaniac, and they begin a torrid affair. Harvey notices that on Mondays, Maybelle comes to class unresponsive, semi-catatonic. He realizes something is seriously wrong with the girl. The mom died when Maybelle was very young, and she now lives with her father in a palatial mansion on the outskirts of town. Harvey determines to find out what is happening to Maybelle on weekends. Harvey grows uncomfortable with Iris. She is becoming too possessive. She is sending embarrassing love letters to the high school, and he is taking heat from students and teachers alike. He asks girls' PE teacher Darla out, but she refuses. She tells him that she is currently seeing someone. George Tilson informs him that Darla is lesbian, and that her significant other is Grace Fuqua, biology teacher. Part One ends with Harvey deciding to break it off with Iris. He arrives at the pharmacy, where Iris works, only to find her sick with flu and strep throat. He decides not to break her heart right then, but to wait till she regains her health. You will laugh at Harvey and his romantic misadventures, but the horrible secret that 15-year-old Maybelle Lowther carries will shock you to the core. This is a story you can never forget.Libido unfolds in three parts, three separate books. The long-running story is continuous and seamless. Part 2 is entitled "Rise of the Ox." Part 3 is "The Shattering."
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