Author: Shu Chen Hou Publisher: Kokoshungsan Ltd ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 37
Book Description
Embark on a merry adventure with Jingle the mischievous elf in 'Jingle Bells and the Lost Presents.' Join the playful escapade as Jingle, along with friends, saves Christmas after accidentally losing Santa's presents. A heartwarming tale of friendship and festive cheer for young readers."
Author: William D. Crump Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476627703 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 355
Book Description
Santa Claus is in trouble! Who will save Christmas? This A-to-Z guide to holiday films, television movies and series specials provides cast, credits, production information and commentary for 228 cinema Christmases that were almost ruined by villains, monsters, spirits, secularism, greed, misanthropy or elf error--but were saved by helpful animals, magic snowmen, selfless children or compassionate understanding. Reviews and references are included.
Author: Ronald D. Lankford Publisher: University Press of Florida ISBN: 081304782X Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 285
Book Description
When Bing Crosby’s "White Christmas" debuted in 1942, no one imagined that a holiday song would top the charts year after year. One of the best-selling singles ever released, it remains on rotation at tree lighting ceremonies across the country, in crowded shopping malls on Black Friday, and at warm diners on lonely Christmas Eve nights. Over the years, other favorites have been added to America’s annual playlist, including Elvis Presley’s "Blue Christmas," the King Cole Trio’s "The Christmas Song," Gene Autry’s "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Willie Nelson’s "Pretty Paper," and, of course, Elmo & Patsy’s "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer." Viewing American holiday values through the filter of familiar Christmas songs, Ronald Lankford examines popular culture, consumerism, and the dynamics of the traditional American family. He surveys more than seventy-five years of songs and reveals that the “modern American Christmas” has carried a complex and sometimes contradictory set of meanings. Interpreting tunes against the backdrop of the eras in which they were first released, he identifies the repeated themes of nostalgia, commerce, holiday blues, carnival, and travesty that underscore so much beloved music. This first full-length analysis of the lyrics, images, and commercial forces inextricably linked to Yuletide music hits the heart of what many Americans think Christmas is--or should be.
Author: Jean-Marie Denning Publisher: Balboa Press ISBN: 1452597812 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 151
Book Description
When is a celebration a celebration? Jingle Bell Disorder explores ways to add more jingle to our daily lives. It is about discovering the key elements of Christmas and integrating them as a way to live. By living connected to ones spirit on a daily basis, a Christmas celebration can be a seamless, sensible celebration. This book explores ways to live our lives connected to our spirits, so it becomes natural to live with increased peace, love, and joy. Peace can seem as illusive as a butterfly in the forest. Everyone is looking for ways to hold on to it and experience more of it. This book explores ways of ordering our lives to make allowance for peace as an expanded way to live a more peaceful existence. Throughout the book there is an invitation to journey from Jingle Bell Disorder to Jingle Bell Order. When one arrives at Jingle Bell Order, life becomes full of wonder and awe. It is like a living heaven on earth. Everyone brings their own unique gifts to the table. Giving is a way of life. In JBO, everyone tingles and jingles with pure delight. Backcover illustrated by Lisa Lavoie www.lalatopia.com [email protected]
Author: Kenneth Mullinix Publisher: Charlie the Horse ISBN: 1452880565 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 154
Book Description
This is the first book in the series of "Charlie the Great White Horse" "Charlie the Great White Horse and the Story of the Magic Jingle Bells," is a children's/ adult Christmas novella that evokes: the adventure, fantasy and magical happy-endings, of a simpler time in America. This story is set in the early 1900's, in the mythical town of Centerville, Indiana. Louis Parks is a: ten year old red haired, freckle faced boy, who is a little small for his age, and found to be in constant trouble with his mom, because he never finishes his daily-chores; due to his endless daydreaming. Louis envisions himself the hero in his fantasies; but his real life is quite different. Louis has found a special friendship with Charlie-a very friendly, but somewhat strange barnyard-horse; of Louis' neighbor, Mr. Beamer. Charlie has his own secrets though. Although he appears to be: an old working cart-horse, soon to be replaced by the new "horseless-buggy" technology, he is in fact; the last of a very special breed of horse. He is an "Arion," from the "ancient times," who can achieve immortality by performing magical acts of daring and courage-when called upon. As the story unfolds in the months before Christmas, Charlie, Louis and Chug Martin are thrown into circumstances wrought: with danger, daring, and intrigue. They must: foil the plot of a trio of horse-thieves from Saint Louis, who arrive in Centerville-during the annual county fair-to steal Jupiter, the great racehorse, who has come to run in Centerville's famous "Gazette Stakes." Charlie, Louis and Chug perform: heroic deeds, ultimately acts of great courage, bravery and determination; in ridding the town of the three Missouri Rats- Black Jack Tilly, Cool Joe Biggs and Rags Martin. This wonderful Christmas fable is about: tried-and-true-values and good-morals that all children; should take to heart. This is a: coming-of-age story that should be relevant for children of all ages. The pre-quell to this book is: The Journey to Northumberland and the Rise of the Undertoads.
Author: Sarah Robertson Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9401203881 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 297
Book Description
The Secret Country is the first monograph on the work of the contemporary American novelist Jayne Anne Phillips. Through detailed and innovative textual analysis this study considers the southern aspects of Phillips’ writing. Robertson demonstrates the importance of Phillips’ place within the southern literary canon by identifying the echoes of William Faulkner, Katherine Anne Porter and Edgar Allan Poe that permeate her work. Phillips’ complex attachments to a regional past are explored through both psychoanalytical and historical materialist approaches, revealing not only the writer’s distinctly southern preoccupations, but also her reflections on contemporary American society. Tracing the family dynamics in Phillips’ work from the turn of the twentieth century to the present, this book examines the effects of increased modernization and capitalization on everyday interactions, and questions the nature of the author’s backward glance to the past. This volume is of interest for a wide audience, particularly students and scholars of contemporary southern and American literature.
Author: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Publisher: LSU Press ISBN: 0807180645 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 327
Book Description
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) was one of the most popular American writers at the turn of the twentieth century, and her annual Christmas stories appeared in magazines and periodicals across the globe. Since then, the extraordinary stories that once delighted her legions of fans every festive season have gone largely out of print and unread. Now, for the first time, The Last Gift presents a collection of Freeman’s best Christmas writing, introducing these funny, poignant, provocative, and surprisingly timely holiday tales to a new generation of readers.
Author: Laura Marie Altom Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1488010536 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 142
Book Description
A BABY FOR CHRISTMAS? Tiffany Lawson promised herself that she would never, ever give her heart to a man again. Now she’s a pregnant former rodeo queen and ex-debutante struggling to support her mother and grandmother. She’s already picked out the perfect adoptive parents, but cowboy Navy SEAL Rowdy Jones isn’t letting anyone take his child. Rowdy loves the rush that comes from being a Navy SEAL, but finding out he’s about to become a dad? That trumps everything. While he and Tiffany shared only one night, Rowdy’s determined to do right by her and their baby. His next mission—to win Tiffany and keep his son—might be his toughest yet…
Author: Elle Cosmo Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing ISBN: 1618973118 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 163
Book Description
Elle Cosmo is a chain smoker, looking for a way to kick her habit. While searching online for information about how to quit smoking, she stumbles upon a demeaning article that so enrages her she backslides completely, and ends up puffing away like a chimney on a cold winter's day. She next tries seeking solace in casual sexual encounters with casual friends. However when one such friend provides her with some good advice, she finds herself beginning to like him. Unfortunately he informs Elle, that as the saying goes, 'he's just not that into her.' She then turns to binge drinking to try and block out the bizarre suicidal thoughts that plague her on most nights. Elle eventually decides to make a bucket list of things she wants to do before she dies. Ultimately, she finds the peace of mind she's looking for in replying to the demeaning article she stumbled across online that enraged her so much in the first place. Who's Your Daddy Now? is an autobiographical work from first-time author Elle Cosmo. It depicts the sometimes hilarious and sometimes tragic episodes that occur as she navigates her way through the many disappointing U-turns in life.
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