Author: Vera B. Williams Publisher: Greenwillow Books ISBN: 9780061349737 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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A poignant, timely, and universal picture book about fear, adoption, family, and the joy of fatherhood, written by beloved and award-winning author Vera B. Williams and illustrated by the author in collaboration with two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka. After Lester is adopted by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he develops a big problem—he can't fall asleep. Night after night he creeps into his parents' room and attempts to crawl in between his two daddies, confident that if he's with them and their dog, Wincka, nothing bad will happen to him ever again. But every night, Lester's new dads walk him back to his own room, hoping that eventually Lester will get used to the new house and his new family and feel as though he belongs. They buy him a bike and take him for ice cream. They make cocoa and introduce him to his cousins. But no matter how happy Lester seems during the day, he still gets scared and worried at night! It's the sweet dog Wincka who finally solves the problem when she climbs into Lester's bed and promptly falls asleep, serving as both his pillow and his protector. Lester feels home at last. Vera B. Williams died on October 16, 2015, while still working on this book with her dear friend and fellow artist Chris Raschka. Chris Raschka's astonishing and glorious full-color paintings are based on sketches by Vera B. Williams and honor both her spirit and her intent. Home at Last is a universal, timely, and timeless book about the right of all children to belong someplace safe.
Author: Susan Middleton Elya Publisher: ISBN: 9781584302728 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Ana Patino is adjusting well to her new life in the United States, but her mother is having a difficult time because she doesn't speak English. When Ana's baby brother falls ill, Mama tries to get help, but no one can understand her. Now convinced of the need to learn the native language, Mama agrees to take English lessons. As her knowledge of the English language grows, so does her sense of confidence and belonging.
Author: Sarada Chiruvolu Publisher: ISBN: 9781935952763 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
Home at Last explains specific landmarks that we encounter during the journey toward enlightenment, based on the author's direct experience. The book also lets readers know what they can expect when confronting the mysterious, awakened inner force called kundalini. It explains how our outlook and goals change radically as kundalini directs our day-to-day life. Part spiritual memoir, part meditation handbook, Chiruvolu's writings are clear and accessible yet contain profound spiritual insights covering: * The nature of prana, or vital life force; how to increase its presence in our system; and the process of transmitting pranic energy from teacher to student. * Detailed information on the important roles of diet, exercise, and training the mind in preparation for the journey of realization. * The physical and psychological challenges one can expect during the extended process of awakening. * Possible impediments to raising the energy, and how to transcend them. * How to adapt to living and working with this powerful new energy in the context of everyday life.
Author: Hope Ramsay Publisher: Forever ISBN: 1455505803 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 226
Book Description
Dear Reader,You won't believe what's happened. My son Tulane has come back home! You remember Tulane? He'd set out to find fame and fortune in the big, wide world outside of Last Chance, and I'm mighty proud. But that's not the half of it-Tulane isn't only back, he's brought a young lady with him. Now Sarah-she does PR for Tulane's stock-car team-she's from Boston, but she's just about the sweetest girl you could meet. I think she's meant to keep Tulane out of trouble after that story in the papers, but he doesn't want to talk about it. Anyhow, the Ladies Auxiliary can't wait to start matchmaking and introduce Sarah to our Reverend Ellis. But mark my words, Sarah is tired of being a good girl. And no one is better at breaking the rules and raising Cain than my son . . . Listen to me going on and keeping customers waiting. I best get back to work, but you come round again. The Cut 'n' Curl's got hot rollers, free coffee, and the best gossip in town.See you real soon, Ruby Rhodes
Author: Gabrielle Charbonnet Publisher: ISBN: 9780590134019 Category : Languages : en Pages : 187
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Everything's gone wrong for Molly since her father died. Once she was made to feel like a princess at her boarding school, but now she is treated like a slave. Then something happens which gives Molly back hope. Who is the secret friend making her dreams come true? The final part of a trilogy.
Author: Michael Cunningham Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0374707596 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 356
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From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours, comes the acclaimed novel of two boyhood friends A Home at the End of the World, now a feature film starring Colin Farrell and Dallas Roberts Jonathan. There's Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, who is gay, to father Clare's child. Then, when Clare and Bobby have a baby, the three move to a small house upstate to raise "their" child together and, with an odd friend, Alice, create a new kind of family. A Home at the End of the World masterfully depicts the charged, fragile relationships of urban life today.
Author: DeWitt Smith Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc. ISBN: 1627874542 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 186
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"The left side of my brain knew I was shooting page one photos for next week’s edition of the paper, and the right side felt overwhelmed by the emotion of seeing my home about to go out to sea." Author Barbara DeWitt Smith had a colorful childhood -- outrageous costume and cocktail parties, a revolving door of nannies because the alcoholic stepmother couldn't keep help, and a household filled with the eccentricities unique to rich people. This was her normal. She and her four sisters grew up with social status, money, and privilege. However, hidden underneath it all was an invisible and disturbing reality -- emotional neglect and abuse. When Smith moves back to her family's summer home on Nantucket Island, a brutal three-day nor'easter washes away the million-dollar property, and her and her sisters' inheritance is lost at sea. So after a life spent with alcoholic and emotionally unavailable men -- most notably her father -- she suddenly finds herself starting over with nothing. Home at Last is a compelling and insightful memoir illustrating the unique challenges adult children of alcoholics face in trying to break out of the damaging patterns of denial, self-loathing, and destructive romantic relationships -- and shows how it is possible to successfully come out the other side through the wonders of therapy.
Author: Kurt Moses Publisher: Martell Publishing, Inc ISBN: 9781893181786 Category : Holocaust survivors Languages : en Pages : 140
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It is around midnight on November 11, 1942 when we were taken from our home in Sittard, Holland and to the railroad station. This happened fifty-six years ago, when I was seventeen years old, but I shall never forget. My parents, my sister and I, each carrying only a backpack and a piece of luggage, left our home and everything that was once dear to us, not knowing what our future would hold.
Author: Vera B. Williams
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