Author: Carissa Foo
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814984221
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Three Singaporean university students in London, as unalike as can be, become roommates and then fast friends. Over three winters in the mid-2010s, Gigi, Yi-En and Clare rely on each other in the face of trauma and big, scary life changes. When news comes of Clare’s disappearance, Gigi and En take a road trip to the countryside to retrace the path of her final days. What We Learned from Driving in Winter explores how we are able to live with tragedy with a little help from our friends.
What We Learned from Driving in Winter
Author: Carissa Foo
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814984221
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Three Singaporean university students in London, as unalike as can be, become roommates and then fast friends. Over three winters in the mid-2010s, Gigi, Yi-En and Clare rely on each other in the face of trauma and big, scary life changes. When news comes of Clare’s disappearance, Gigi and En take a road trip to the countryside to retrace the path of her final days. What We Learned from Driving in Winter explores how we are able to live with tragedy with a little help from our friends.
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814984221
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Three Singaporean university students in London, as unalike as can be, become roommates and then fast friends. Over three winters in the mid-2010s, Gigi, Yi-En and Clare rely on each other in the face of trauma and big, scary life changes. When news comes of Clare’s disappearance, Gigi and En take a road trip to the countryside to retrace the path of her final days. What We Learned from Driving in Winter explores how we are able to live with tragedy with a little help from our friends.
What We Learned from Driving in Winter
If It Were Up to Mrs Dada
Author: Carissa Foo
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814785997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Today is National Day. It is also Cheryl Dada’s birthday. As Elderflower Home prepares for the celebration, Cheryl Dada too gets ready for her party. Between the hours of noon and seven p.m., she encounters the cantankerous residents and caregivers, her mother and people of yesteryears. What unfolds is a story about a woman coming to terms with age, loss and love.
Publisher: Epigram Books
ISBN: 9814785997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Today is National Day. It is also Cheryl Dada’s birthday. As Elderflower Home prepares for the celebration, Cheryl Dada too gets ready for her party. Between the hours of noon and seven p.m., she encounters the cantankerous residents and caregivers, her mother and people of yesteryears. What unfolds is a story about a woman coming to terms with age, loss and love.
Oh, the Lessons We Learn
Author: Kristina Northrup
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662436165
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
This is a story about the journey we call life. It takes you down the unknown paths and explores the unexpected twists and turns along the way. It teaches you how the path can seem so serene one minute but also how quickly you can be forced to veer off the beaten path in the next minute. It is the testimony of one who has been knocked down, tripped, and fallen, and who has been lost countless times along the way. One that provides that little glimmer of light at the end of those long dark tunnels of defeat and discouragement, as well as the encouragement for those who have traveled these or similar rugged and ruthless paths. It is a confirmation that there are no coincidences or mistakes in life and that everything happens for a reason. Life is essentially a never-ending lesson, and ultimately you choose how you proceed. Either you can choose to pay attention and learn the lesson so you can move forward, or you can continue to repeat the same lesson until you choose to get it. The choice is yours to make, and only you can decide where you go from here. I encourage you to take this journey with me and to allow me to shed a little light on the lessons that I learned along the way. You need to know that you can and you will rise again and also that it is never too late to begin again. Tie up those boots and let's get started on this journey, shall we?
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662436165
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
This is a story about the journey we call life. It takes you down the unknown paths and explores the unexpected twists and turns along the way. It teaches you how the path can seem so serene one minute but also how quickly you can be forced to veer off the beaten path in the next minute. It is the testimony of one who has been knocked down, tripped, and fallen, and who has been lost countless times along the way. One that provides that little glimmer of light at the end of those long dark tunnels of defeat and discouragement, as well as the encouragement for those who have traveled these or similar rugged and ruthless paths. It is a confirmation that there are no coincidences or mistakes in life and that everything happens for a reason. Life is essentially a never-ending lesson, and ultimately you choose how you proceed. Either you can choose to pay attention and learn the lesson so you can move forward, or you can continue to repeat the same lesson until you choose to get it. The choice is yours to make, and only you can decide where you go from here. I encourage you to take this journey with me and to allow me to shed a little light on the lessons that I learned along the way. You need to know that you can and you will rise again and also that it is never too late to begin again. Tie up those boots and let's get started on this journey, shall we?
Driver
Battles of Conscience
Author: Tobias Kelly
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473581834
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
A ground-breaking new study brings us a very different picture of the Second World War, asking fundamental questions about ethical commitments Accounts of the Second World War usually involve tales of bravery in battle, or stoicism on the home front, as the British public stood together against Fascism. However, the war looks very different when seen through the eyes of the 60,000 conscientious objectors who refused to take up arms and whose stories, unlike those of the First World War, have been almost entirely forgotten. Tobias Kelly invites us to spend the war five of these individuals: Roy Ridgway, a factory clerk from Liverpool; Tom Burns, a teacher from east London; Stella St John, who trained as a vet and ended up in jail; Ronald Duncan, who set up a collective farm; and Fred Urquhart, a working-class Scottish socialist and writer. We meet many more objectors along the way -- people both determined and torn -- and travel from Finland to Syria, India to rural England, Edinburgh to Trinidad. Although conscientious objectors were often criticised and scorned, figures such as Winston Churchill and the Archbishop of Canterbury supported their right to object, at least in principle, suggesting that liberty of conscience was one of the freedoms the nation was fighting for. And their rich cultural and moral legacy -- of humanitarianism and human rights, from Amnesty International and Oxfam to the US civil rights movement -- can still be felt all around us. The personal and political struggles carefully and vividly collected in this book tell us a great deal about personal and collective freedom, conviction and faith, war and peace, and pose questions just as relevant today: Does conscience make us free? Where does it take us? And what are the costs of going there? '[An] excellent book' - DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A moving tribute' - SPECTATOR
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473581834
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
A ground-breaking new study brings us a very different picture of the Second World War, asking fundamental questions about ethical commitments Accounts of the Second World War usually involve tales of bravery in battle, or stoicism on the home front, as the British public stood together against Fascism. However, the war looks very different when seen through the eyes of the 60,000 conscientious objectors who refused to take up arms and whose stories, unlike those of the First World War, have been almost entirely forgotten. Tobias Kelly invites us to spend the war five of these individuals: Roy Ridgway, a factory clerk from Liverpool; Tom Burns, a teacher from east London; Stella St John, who trained as a vet and ended up in jail; Ronald Duncan, who set up a collective farm; and Fred Urquhart, a working-class Scottish socialist and writer. We meet many more objectors along the way -- people both determined and torn -- and travel from Finland to Syria, India to rural England, Edinburgh to Trinidad. Although conscientious objectors were often criticised and scorned, figures such as Winston Churchill and the Archbishop of Canterbury supported their right to object, at least in principle, suggesting that liberty of conscience was one of the freedoms the nation was fighting for. And their rich cultural and moral legacy -- of humanitarianism and human rights, from Amnesty International and Oxfam to the US civil rights movement -- can still be felt all around us. The personal and political struggles carefully and vividly collected in this book tell us a great deal about personal and collective freedom, conviction and faith, war and peace, and pose questions just as relevant today: Does conscience make us free? Where does it take us? And what are the costs of going there? '[An] excellent book' - DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A moving tribute' - SPECTATOR
Skiing
Who's The Slow Learner?
Author: Sandra Assimotos McElwee
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478747374
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Sean McElwee has lived a rich extracurricular life. As a student, he played every sport offered, joined Cub Scouts, attended dances, and even dated a celebrity. Sean, who has Down syndrome, functions according to a combination of the “it’s easier to gain forgiveness than permission” principle and the Nike tag line, “Just Do It!” Who’s the Slow Learner? Adventures in Independence offers a series of poignant and often hilarious anecdotes about Sean and his parents as they support and facilitate Sean’s life skills education at home through extracurricular activities. Follow along as he learns housekeeping skills and money management and moves on through his transition program and community college classes. Sean’s antics will keep you smiling, while others may scare you as he exerts his independence—at times without his parents’ knowledge or permission. Riding the bus, creative spending sprees, dating, moving into a supported living apartment and back home, and obtaining his first paid job—these stories will both entertain and inspire. In this triumphant sequel to Who’s the Slow Learner? A Chronicle of Inclusion and Exclusion, we follow Sean’s journey to independent adulthood as his parents give him more freedom and responsibility while learning what he is truly capable of achieving.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478747374
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Sean McElwee has lived a rich extracurricular life. As a student, he played every sport offered, joined Cub Scouts, attended dances, and even dated a celebrity. Sean, who has Down syndrome, functions according to a combination of the “it’s easier to gain forgiveness than permission” principle and the Nike tag line, “Just Do It!” Who’s the Slow Learner? Adventures in Independence offers a series of poignant and often hilarious anecdotes about Sean and his parents as they support and facilitate Sean’s life skills education at home through extracurricular activities. Follow along as he learns housekeeping skills and money management and moves on through his transition program and community college classes. Sean’s antics will keep you smiling, while others may scare you as he exerts his independence—at times without his parents’ knowledge or permission. Riding the bus, creative spending sprees, dating, moving into a supported living apartment and back home, and obtaining his first paid job—these stories will both entertain and inspire. In this triumphant sequel to Who’s the Slow Learner? A Chronicle of Inclusion and Exclusion, we follow Sean’s journey to independent adulthood as his parents give him more freedom and responsibility while learning what he is truly capable of achieving.
Passing the GED: Reading / Apruebe El GED
Author: InterLingua.com, Incorporated
Publisher: InterLingua Publishing
ISBN: 1884730442
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
"Passing the GED: Reading / Apruebe el GED: Lectura" is a bilingual (English / Spanish) test prep book produced in pdf format for those who expect to take the exam in Spanish or who prefer to study in Spanish and take the exam in English.
Publisher: InterLingua Publishing
ISBN: 1884730442
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
"Passing the GED: Reading / Apruebe el GED: Lectura" is a bilingual (English / Spanish) test prep book produced in pdf format for those who expect to take the exam in Spanish or who prefer to study in Spanish and take the exam in English.
In the Details
Author: Stephanie Richey
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Do you ever wonder if God really cares about your life? I have learned over my life that He really is real, He really does care, and when I let Him, He is not just a part of my life but actually in the details of my life on a daily basis. By reading about my experience of His hand in the ordinary day-to-day parts of my life, I hope that you can start to recognize His hand in yours.
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Do you ever wonder if God really cares about your life? I have learned over my life that He really is real, He really does care, and when I let Him, He is not just a part of my life but actually in the details of my life on a daily basis. By reading about my experience of His hand in the ordinary day-to-day parts of my life, I hope that you can start to recognize His hand in yours.