Author: Jim Jeffries Publisher: ISBN: 9780578725338 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 168
Book Description
Journey back to the wonder and hope of your own childhood―wherever it may have been―with this collection of recollections and reflections that blend memoir, history, nostalgia, and photos from back in the day.
Author: Evert Bay Scott Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1499069480 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
Have you ever wondered about going back, you know, living your life over again a redo, if you will? What would you say if such an opportunity surfaced? I'm sure each of us has pondered such an event at least once in our lives. I know I have. After all, time has a way of moving awfully slowly while pulling on a clam rake. The fact is the Great South Bay and her white caps have always had a way of bringing the what-ifs out of me. I sometimes thought I'd probably leave well enough alone. Heck, I liked what I did. Yes, it was difficult, all right, but I enjoyed the challenge. Scratching out a living had never been an easy undertaking, and like a lot of things, it became harder over time. Islanders knew what was expected of them out there on that bay and were willing to accept her demands. We were also happy to receive its rewards. But like it's been said, nothing lasts forever. Our world, Long Island's shellfish business, began to change. I suppose you could say it began to do what most things do when their brought up from the bottom smell. The stink came about quicker than most of us baymen ever thought it would. As the inevitable end of a once-great era drifted closer, digger after digger began lifting anchor. However, a few did hold tight, refusing to alter course. As we watched our once peaceful, always beautiful way of life drift off, we cringed as a different, much harsher way of surviving sailed up. As the business we knew spoiled, we stood fast, trying our best to fend off the inevitable. The battles that followed, as hopeless as they eventually were, did offer us something another day. Hmmm, come to think of it, maybe I would tweak a few things!
Author: Karen Wallace Publisher: ISBN: 9780749671181 Category : Animals Languages : en Pages : 23
Book Description
Includes illustrated, fun, phonics stories of no more than 100 words, focusing on phonemes of more than one letter as well as simple polysyllabic words.
Author: Michelle L. Keene Publisher: Council Oak Books ISBN: 9781885171788 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 472
Book Description
Based on extensive surveys of local parents, this guide offers comprehensive up-to-date information on the best doctors, hospitals, childcare, and preschools, as well as parents' top picks of pre- and postnatal exercise facilities, parents' groups, baby gear retailers, and kid-friendly restaurants. Illustrations.
Author: Bradley Trevor Greive Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 1449414044 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 106
Book Description
This is the first paperback edition of the classic gift book. No one who has lips will be able to read The Blue Day Book without smiling. The Blue Day Book is a wonderful collection of amusing, poignant animal photos and inspirational text designed to lift the spirits of anyone who's got the blues. No one who has lips will be able to read it without smiling; it's guaranteed. The fact is, we all have our bad days--they are an intrinsic part of being human. As prescribed by The Blue Day Book in its delightful photo and text messages, the solution is to see each incident in perspective, recognize that our feelings of failure and loss are not unique, acknowledge the absurdities of our existence, and glory in the potential we all have. In less than 100 sentences, The Blue Day Book conveys this message with great compassion and humor. Its vehicle is charming black-and-white photographs of animals that are strangely human and completely free of judgment or pretension. The humble marriage of easy text and beautiful images takes the reader through the entire evolution of a blue day, examines what it feels like, what causes it, and how to get over it. * NOTE: The price on the cover is an easily removable sticker.
Author: GERRITY JAMES Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1468563904 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 310
Book Description
Dominic Amiccis Sicilian blood was up because he wanted his stolen money back and theTampa Bay Kid dead. The Cuban cigar smuggling operation into Ybor City had been lining Amiccis pockets with easy money until the Kids gang of street rats had interrupted the flow. While the Kid was away at his mothers funeral, his band of half-breed teens had made a mistake. Now everybody was paying for it. After Amiccis henchmen sunk the pontoon boat that the Kid and his friends lived on and started killing off the kids one by one, the Kid takes actions into his own hands. Soon everybody wants a piece of the Tampa Bay Kid: the nasty gangsters of Ybor City, Tampa Police Homicide Detective Dave OBrien, the lovely television news reporter Laura Jeanette, and the meticulous and cunning hit woman known in the underworld as D.M. Under the unrelenting pressure, something is going to explode. Can the Kid bust out of the mean streets of Tampa Bay and find a new way of living? Can he save his girlfriend Kim-Lu and his loyal mentor Doc, the retired professor? The Kids hope is spiked when running from certain death. He dashes right into the arms of Buck Running Cloud. Buck persuades the Kid to come to the high desert to find peace. Another journey unfolds - leading the Kid to a breathtaking wilderness and a way of living beyond his wildest dreams. Armed with his new experience from Camp Foley and Buck Running Cloud, the Kid returns to Tampa Bay to settle all accounts saving the big bang for Dominic Amicci. But nobody said it was going to be easy.
Author: Alex Abramovich Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 0805094288 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
"Once upon a time, Alex Abramovich and Trevor Latham were mortal enemies: miniature outlaws in a Long Island elementary school, perpetually at each other's throats. Then they lost track of each other. Decades later, when they met again, Abramovich was a writer and Latham had become president of the East Bay Rats, a motorcycle club in Oakland... As Trevor, the Rats, and the city they live in careen between crises and moments of renaissance, Abramovich explores issues of friendship, family, history, and destiny--and looks at what happens when those things fail."--
Author: Marian Hale Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR) ISBN: 1627797084 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 292
Book Description
"The Wynns are an unforgettable family. The details of their struggle to survive the Great Depression will linger long after the last page has been read."-Ann M. Martin, winner of the Newbery Honor for A Corner of the Universe A stunning debut novel about the true meaning of home Sadie Wynn doesn't want a new life; her old one suits her just fine. But times are hard in drought-plagued Missouri, and Daddy thinks they'll be better off in Texas. Sadie hates this strange new place, where even children must work at the cannery to help make ends meet and people are rude to her disabled father. Yet when trouble comes, it is the kindness of these new neighbors that helps the family make it through. And no one helps more than Dollie, a red-headed chatterbox of a girl who just might become a good friend-if Sadie gives her half a chance. The Truth About Sparrows is a 2005 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Author: Pierre Wolff Publisher: Paulist Press ISBN: 9780809121809 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 362
Book Description
"For anyone who is seriously interested in developing a spiritual life, this is an important book. ...one that can open large areas of our soul to the loving touch of God. .....The main question of this book, ..... touches the very center of our spiritual struggle. I would not be surprised if hostility, anger, resentment and hatred proved to be the greatest stumbling blocks to our spiritual growth....... [from back cover]
Author: Jim Jeffries
Author: Evert Bay Scott
Author: Karen Wallace
Author: Michelle L. Keene
Author: Bradley Trevor Greive
Author: Kristina Henry
Author: GERRITY JAMES
Author: Alex Abramovich
Author: Marian Hale
Author: Pierre Wolff