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Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The Trautman/Troutman Family History
The Flying Troutmans
Author: Miriam Toews
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1640091718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"This saga of bad luck and good company is a wry, scary, heartfelt ode to the traverses we have to make in life when we're at the end of our rope and there's no net below us." —ELLE When Hattie's moody boyfriend dumps her in Paris, she returns home to find that her sister Min is in the psych ward again. Freaked out by the prospect of becoming a surrogate mother to Min's kids, Logan and Thebes, Hattie decides to take them in the family van to find their father, last heard to be running an idiosyncratic art gallery in South Dakota. What ensues is a remarkable journey across America, as aunt and kids—through chaos as diverse as their personalities—discover one another to be both far crazier and far more normal than any of them thought.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1640091718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"This saga of bad luck and good company is a wry, scary, heartfelt ode to the traverses we have to make in life when we're at the end of our rope and there's no net below us." —ELLE When Hattie's moody boyfriend dumps her in Paris, she returns home to find that her sister Min is in the psych ward again. Freaked out by the prospect of becoming a surrogate mother to Min's kids, Logan and Thebes, Hattie decides to take them in the family van to find their father, last heard to be running an idiosyncratic art gallery in South Dakota. What ensues is a remarkable journey across America, as aunt and kids—through chaos as diverse as their personalities—discover one another to be both far crazier and far more normal than any of them thought.
Parables of Parenthood
Author: Andrew Taylor-Troutman
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1625644876
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Jesus told simple stories about common items; yet his parables profoundly address our hearts and minds. We offer an interpretation, not only about what we read, but also what we think and feel. Parables of Parenthood presents modern biblical scholarship in an accessible writing style in order to model how these ancient stories continue to enrich life in the twenty-first century. Andrew Taylor-Troutman closely analyzes each parable with deep appreciation before applying these interpretations to his life, because he believes the genius of the parables offers a glimpse of the kingdom of heaven in our everyday experience. By interpreting from the author's head and heart, Parables of Parenthood gives new luster to well-known, narrative gems about sowing seeds and lost sheep through personal insights about anxiety and hope. Lessons about wise builders and wicked tenants are illustrated with anecdotes about a baby's food and a grandmother's rocking chair. Through interpretations of other parables, moments as diverse as a beach trip and an ultrasound appointment invite movement from fear to faith. Through the combination of his informed Bible study and practical life experience, Taylor-Troutman empowers readers to connect the teachings of Jesus to our world in comforting and challenging ways.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1625644876
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Jesus told simple stories about common items; yet his parables profoundly address our hearts and minds. We offer an interpretation, not only about what we read, but also what we think and feel. Parables of Parenthood presents modern biblical scholarship in an accessible writing style in order to model how these ancient stories continue to enrich life in the twenty-first century. Andrew Taylor-Troutman closely analyzes each parable with deep appreciation before applying these interpretations to his life, because he believes the genius of the parables offers a glimpse of the kingdom of heaven in our everyday experience. By interpreting from the author's head and heart, Parables of Parenthood gives new luster to well-known, narrative gems about sowing seeds and lost sheep through personal insights about anxiety and hope. Lessons about wise builders and wicked tenants are illustrated with anecdotes about a baby's food and a grandmother's rocking chair. Through interpretations of other parables, moments as diverse as a beach trip and an ultrasound appointment invite movement from fear to faith. Through the combination of his informed Bible study and practical life experience, Taylor-Troutman empowers readers to connect the teachings of Jesus to our world in comforting and challenging ways.
Black Clover
Author: C. Lee Ryder
Publisher: Sunbury Press
ISBN: 9781620065426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Carl Wade Ryder-brother, son, and all-around good person-was murdered on August 5, 2006.Blood was found at his home in Franklin County, PA.All evidence pointed to one suspect: Scott North, a former employee of Carl's, a regular attendee of Franklin County courts, and the son of a Chambersburg, PA cop. After burglarizing a tavern, a judge granted him work release, and then another dismissed a recent gun charge. Days later, he ran from his unsupervised worksite and began a crime spree that may have ended with the murder of Carl Wade Ryder.The evidence was all there, but the police ignored most of it.With nowhere else to turn, the family scoured the byways and hillsides of Amberson, Path Valley, and other areas in adjoining counties in search of Carl's body. And finally, they found him in Huntingdon County, PA, 27 minutes away from his home.When his body was found, the police revisited the investigation-but only by expanding the murder case to Huntingdon County, despite the blood in Carl's home. For a year and a half, the case was passed off between the counties. With no help from officials, how could the Ryder family bring their beloved son & brother justice?Black Clover is the true story of the heart-wrenching small town murder of the author's brother and the lengths at which the legal system can be manipulated, if the family doesn't fight back.
Publisher: Sunbury Press
ISBN: 9781620065426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Carl Wade Ryder-brother, son, and all-around good person-was murdered on August 5, 2006.Blood was found at his home in Franklin County, PA.All evidence pointed to one suspect: Scott North, a former employee of Carl's, a regular attendee of Franklin County courts, and the son of a Chambersburg, PA cop. After burglarizing a tavern, a judge granted him work release, and then another dismissed a recent gun charge. Days later, he ran from his unsupervised worksite and began a crime spree that may have ended with the murder of Carl Wade Ryder.The evidence was all there, but the police ignored most of it.With nowhere else to turn, the family scoured the byways and hillsides of Amberson, Path Valley, and other areas in adjoining counties in search of Carl's body. And finally, they found him in Huntingdon County, PA, 27 minutes away from his home.When his body was found, the police revisited the investigation-but only by expanding the murder case to Huntingdon County, despite the blood in Carl's home. For a year and a half, the case was passed off between the counties. With no help from officials, how could the Ryder family bring their beloved son & brother justice?Black Clover is the true story of the heart-wrenching small town murder of the author's brother and the lengths at which the legal system can be manipulated, if the family doesn't fight back.
Something I Am Not
Author: Cher Gatto
Publisher: Illuminate YA
ISBN: 9781946016690
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
A father who never loved him... A woman who stole his worth... And a brother he couldn't protect. Where does someone run in the face of his deepest shame? Billy McQueen works hard to keep his life together ... and concealed. At seventeen, he dreams of an escape from the barroom, his father's manipulation, and the advances of his father's girlfriend. However, on his eighteenth birthday, Billy is introduced to a younger brother he never knew he had. An eight-year-old who is barely capable of navigating the corrupt world of his father's boxing club. In order to secure his freedom, Billy must fight for it. To save his little brother who is next in line for the slave trade ... he must die for it. SOMETHING I AM NOT is for anyone who has ever questioned who he is, why he is here, and whether the world would be a better place without him.
Publisher: Illuminate YA
ISBN: 9781946016690
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
A father who never loved him... A woman who stole his worth... And a brother he couldn't protect. Where does someone run in the face of his deepest shame? Billy McQueen works hard to keep his life together ... and concealed. At seventeen, he dreams of an escape from the barroom, his father's manipulation, and the advances of his father's girlfriend. However, on his eighteenth birthday, Billy is introduced to a younger brother he never knew he had. An eight-year-old who is barely capable of navigating the corrupt world of his father's boxing club. In order to secure his freedom, Billy must fight for it. To save his little brother who is next in line for the slave trade ... he must die for it. SOMETHING I AM NOT is for anyone who has ever questioned who he is, why he is here, and whether the world would be a better place without him.
The Bootleg Coal Rebellion
Author: Mitch Troutman
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1629639478
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Told with great intimacy and compassion, The Bootleg Coal Rebellion uncovers a long-buried history of resistance and resilience among depression-era miners in Pennsylvania, who sunk their own mines on company grounds and fought police, bankers, coal companies and courts to form a union that would safeguard not just their livelihoods, but protect their collective autonomy as citizens and workers for decades. Community and Labor organizer Mitch Troutman brings this explosive and accessible American tale to life through the bootleggers’ own words. Scholars, historians, organizers and activists will celebrate this story of the people who literally seized mountains and stood their ground to create the Equalization movement, the miners’ union democracy movement, and the Communist-led Unemployed Councils of the anthracite region. This epic story of work, love and community stands as a testament to the power of collective action; a story that is sorely needed as communities today rise to confront neoliberal policies ravaging our planet.
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1629639478
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Told with great intimacy and compassion, The Bootleg Coal Rebellion uncovers a long-buried history of resistance and resilience among depression-era miners in Pennsylvania, who sunk their own mines on company grounds and fought police, bankers, coal companies and courts to form a union that would safeguard not just their livelihoods, but protect their collective autonomy as citizens and workers for decades. Community and Labor organizer Mitch Troutman brings this explosive and accessible American tale to life through the bootleggers’ own words. Scholars, historians, organizers and activists will celebrate this story of the people who literally seized mountains and stood their ground to create the Equalization movement, the miners’ union democracy movement, and the Communist-led Unemployed Councils of the anthracite region. This epic story of work, love and community stands as a testament to the power of collective action; a story that is sorely needed as communities today rise to confront neoliberal policies ravaging our planet.
Ernie the Elf and the Special Gift
Author: Russell Troutman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781730838811
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Ernie the Elf is working late on Christmas Eve on a very special Christmas gift. As Ernie works feverishly to finish, Santa is gearing up for his last run to deliver Christmas toys to girls and boys. Our story begins when Ernie the Elf discovers that Santa has already left on his final run and Ernie must figure out how to get this gift to a very special girl for Christmas. With help from old and new friends, Ernie faces challenges and with some luck he just might get to Santa in time.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781730838811
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Ernie the Elf is working late on Christmas Eve on a very special Christmas gift. As Ernie works feverishly to finish, Santa is gearing up for his last run to deliver Christmas toys to girls and boys. Our story begins when Ernie the Elf discovers that Santa has already left on his final run and Ernie must figure out how to get this gift to a very special girl for Christmas. With help from old and new friends, Ernie faces challenges and with some luck he just might get to Santa in time.
Trautmann's Journey
Author: Catrine Clay
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0224082892
Category : Nazis
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR How did one man go from Nazi Youth indoctrination to English footballing icon? Bert Trautmann is a football legend. He is famed as the Manchester City goalkeeper who broke his neck in the 1956 FA Cup final and played on. But his early life was no less extraordinary. He grew up in Nazi Germany, where first he was indoctrinated by the Hitler Youth, before fighting in World War Two in France and on the Eastern Front. In 1945 he was captured and sent to a British POW camp where, for the first time, he understood that there could be a better way of life. He embraced England as his new home and before long became an English football hero. This is his story. 'A gripping story of an unlikely redemption through football' Sunday Times 'He was the best goalkeeper I ever played against. We always said, don't look into the goal when you're trying to score against Bert. Because if you do, he'll see your eyes and read your thoughts.' Bobby Charlton
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0224082892
Category : Nazis
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR How did one man go from Nazi Youth indoctrination to English footballing icon? Bert Trautmann is a football legend. He is famed as the Manchester City goalkeeper who broke his neck in the 1956 FA Cup final and played on. But his early life was no less extraordinary. He grew up in Nazi Germany, where first he was indoctrinated by the Hitler Youth, before fighting in World War Two in France and on the Eastern Front. In 1945 he was captured and sent to a British POW camp where, for the first time, he understood that there could be a better way of life. He embraced England as his new home and before long became an English football hero. This is his story. 'A gripping story of an unlikely redemption through football' Sunday Times 'He was the best goalkeeper I ever played against. We always said, don't look into the goal when you're trying to score against Bert. Because if you do, he'll see your eyes and read your thoughts.' Bobby Charlton
At the Hands of Persons Unknown
Author: Philip Dray
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307430669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
WINNER OF THE SOUTHERN BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION • “A landmark work of unflinching scholarship.”—The New York Times This extraordinary account of lynching in America, by acclaimed civil rights historian Philip Dray, shines a clear, bright light on American history’s darkest stain—illuminating its causes, perpetrators, apologists, and victims. Philip Dray also tells the story of the men and women who led the long and difficult fight to expose and eradicate lynching, including Ida B. Wells, James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and W.E.B. Du Bois. If lynching is emblematic of what is worst about America, their fight may stand for what is best: the commitment to justice and fairness and the conviction that one individual’s sense of right can suffice to defy the gravest of wrongs. This landmark book follows the trajectory of both forces over American history—and makes lynching’s legacy belong to us all. Praise for At the Hands of Persons Unknown “In this history of lynching in the post-Reconstruction South—the most comprehensive of its kind—the author has written what amounts to a Black Book of American race relations.”—The New Yorker “A powerfully written, admirably perceptive synthesis of the vast literature on lynching. It is the most comprehensive social history of this shameful subject in almost seventy years and should be recognized as a major addition to the bibliography of American race relations.”—David Levering Lewis “An important and courageous book, well written, meticulously researched, and carefully argued.”—The Boston Globe “You don’t really know what lynching was until you read Dray’s ghastly accounts of public butchery and official complicity.”—Time
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307430669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
WINNER OF THE SOUTHERN BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION • “A landmark work of unflinching scholarship.”—The New York Times This extraordinary account of lynching in America, by acclaimed civil rights historian Philip Dray, shines a clear, bright light on American history’s darkest stain—illuminating its causes, perpetrators, apologists, and victims. Philip Dray also tells the story of the men and women who led the long and difficult fight to expose and eradicate lynching, including Ida B. Wells, James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and W.E.B. Du Bois. If lynching is emblematic of what is worst about America, their fight may stand for what is best: the commitment to justice and fairness and the conviction that one individual’s sense of right can suffice to defy the gravest of wrongs. This landmark book follows the trajectory of both forces over American history—and makes lynching’s legacy belong to us all. Praise for At the Hands of Persons Unknown “In this history of lynching in the post-Reconstruction South—the most comprehensive of its kind—the author has written what amounts to a Black Book of American race relations.”—The New Yorker “A powerfully written, admirably perceptive synthesis of the vast literature on lynching. It is the most comprehensive social history of this shameful subject in almost seventy years and should be recognized as a major addition to the bibliography of American race relations.”—David Levering Lewis “An important and courageous book, well written, meticulously researched, and carefully argued.”—The Boston Globe “You don’t really know what lynching was until you read Dray’s ghastly accounts of public butchery and official complicity.”—Time
After All ...
Author: Mrs Maria de Lourdes Trautman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A Story of tragedy, triumph and the strength of one woman's spirit in the face of adversity. A haunting memoir of one woman's survival of childhood abuse and neglect. After All ... is an inspiring story of how faith and a grandmother's unconditional love gave young Maria the strength to survive a loveless home and, incredibly, showed her the path to forgiveness. The memoir traces her journey from poverty in rural Portugal to a full and happy life in Canada. After All ... is an inspiration of perseverance, courage and forgiveness.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A Story of tragedy, triumph and the strength of one woman's spirit in the face of adversity. A haunting memoir of one woman's survival of childhood abuse and neglect. After All ... is an inspiring story of how faith and a grandmother's unconditional love gave young Maria the strength to survive a loveless home and, incredibly, showed her the path to forgiveness. The memoir traces her journey from poverty in rural Portugal to a full and happy life in Canada. After All ... is an inspiration of perseverance, courage and forgiveness.