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Author: Laraine Denny Burrell Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1631522396 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 314
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Laraine Burrell gets the call to come back to England from the United States just in time to visit briefly with her father before he passes away. Following his death, she is overcome with grief, feeling that she has squandered the time she had with her father. Instead of staying close, she chose to travel the world and seek her own goals as a young woman, always thinking there would be time later on to tell her dad all the things she wanted to tell him—how much she loved him, and how he was her hero. Now, she realizes, it’s too late. Wanting to do something significant for her father to make up for her neglect, Burrell reflects on the fascinating life her father, a Royal Yachtsman, led—and decides that the one thing she can do for him is to tell his exceptional life story and make sure he is not forgotten. Our Grand Finale is the culmination of that effort—an exploration of both the author’s and her father’s unusual life experiences, and a reminder that “later” doesn’t always come.
Author: Laraine Denny Burrell Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1631522396 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 314
Book Description
Laraine Burrell gets the call to come back to England from the United States just in time to visit briefly with her father before he passes away. Following his death, she is overcome with grief, feeling that she has squandered the time she had with her father. Instead of staying close, she chose to travel the world and seek her own goals as a young woman, always thinking there would be time later on to tell her dad all the things she wanted to tell him—how much she loved him, and how he was her hero. Now, she realizes, it’s too late. Wanting to do something significant for her father to make up for her neglect, Burrell reflects on the fascinating life her father, a Royal Yachtsman, led—and decides that the one thing she can do for him is to tell his exceptional life story and make sure he is not forgotten. Our Grand Finale is the culmination of that effort—an exploration of both the author’s and her father’s unusual life experiences, and a reminder that “later” doesn’t always come.
Author: Daisy Sunshine Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1665900989 Category : JUVENILE FICTION Languages : en Pages : 96
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When her original plan goes up in smoke, Twilight must prove to herself--and her older sisters--that she can come up with another magical way to end the University's annual carnival.
Author: Hilton Sutton Publisher: ISBN: 9780892742981 Category : Bible Languages : en Pages : 262
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The author shares the thrilling and exciting message from the Book of Revelation and shares five important keys that God revealed to him, unlocking the Book of Revelation.
Author: Amanda Jayatissa Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593335090 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 401
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WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL “My Sweet Girl pushes the boundaries of what a thriller can do.”—The Washington Post “Fiendish [and] full of twists…. Sri Lankan author Amanda Jayatissa keeps us guessing and worrying until the very end.” —The New York Times “A thriller centered on the meaning of identity and all the layers it can have.”—NPR Paloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she’s about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past always catches up to you… Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything—schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them. Now at thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents’ funds, she decides to sublet the second bedroom of her overpriced San Francisco apartment to Arun, who recently moved from India. Paloma has to admit, it feels good helping someone find their way in America—that is until Arun discovers Paloma's darkest secret, one that could jeopardize her own fragile place in this country. Before Paloma can pay Arun off, she finds him face down in a pool of blood. She flees the apartment but by the time the police arrive, there's no body—and no evidence that Arun ever even existed in the first place. Paloma is terrified this is all somehow tangled up in the desperate actions she took to escape Sri Lanka so many years ago. Did Paloma’s secret die with Arun or is she now in greater danger than ever before?
Author: Stephen Jay Gould Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674061624 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 431
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Gould’s final essay collection is based on his remarkable series for Natural History magazine—exactly 300 consecutive essays, with never a month missed, published from 1974 to 2001. Both an intellectually thrilling journey into the nature of scientific discovery and the most personal book he ever published.
Author: Judith M. Bennett Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 0812200551 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
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Written for everyone interested in women's and gender history, History Matters reaffirms the importance to feminist theory and activism of long-term historical perspectives. Judith M. Bennett, who has been commenting on developments in women's and gender history since the 1980s, argues that the achievement of a more feminist future relies on a rich, plausible, and well-informed knowledge of the past, and she asks her readers to consider what sorts of feminist history can best advance the struggles of the twenty-first century. Bennett takes as her central problem the growing chasm between feminism and history. Closely allied in the 1970s, each has now moved away from the other. Seeking to narrow this gap, Bennett proposes that feminist historians turn their attention to the intellectual challenges posed by the persistence of patriarchy. She posits a "patriarchal equilibrium" whereby, despite many changes in women's experiences over past centuries, women's status vis-à-vis that of men has remained remarkably unchanged. Although, for example, women today find employment in occupations unimaginable to medieval women, medieval and modern women have both encountered the same wage gap, earning on average only three-fourths of the wages earned by men. Bennett argues that the theoretical challenge posed by this patriarchal equilibrium will be best met by long-term historical perspectives that reach back well before the modern era. In chapters focused on women's work and lesbian sexuality, Bennett demonstrates the contemporary relevance of the distant past to feminist theory and politics. She concludes with a chapter that adds a new twist—the challenges of textbooks and classrooms—to viewing women's history from a distance and with feminist intent. A new manifesto, History Matters engages forthrightly with the challenges faced by feminist historians today. It argues for the radical potential of a history that is focused on feminist issues, aware of the distant past, attentive to continuities over time, and alert to the workings of patriarchal power.
Author: Lydia Marie Williams Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1794899022 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 157
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Teenage El Wilson is facing one of the hardest chapters of her high school story. She has to focus on her schoolwork even when her heart rests on her first real crush, Conrad Ziegler. Find out how this awkward girl handles this obstacle. Will she keep her cool, or will she crack under pressure?
Author: Suzanna Danuta Walters Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 1479811939 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 356
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From Glee to gay marriage, from lesbian senators to out gay Marines, we have undoubtedly experienced a seismic shift in attitudes about gays in American politics and culture. Our reigning national story is that a new era of rainbow acceptance is at hand. But dig a bit deeper, and this seemingly brave new gay world is disappointing. For all of the undeniable changes, author Walters argues, the plea for tolerance has sabotaged the full integration of gays into American life. Same-sex marriage is unrecognized and unpopular in the vast majority of states, hate crimes proliferate, and even in the much vaunted "gay friendly" world of Hollywood and celebrity culture, precious few stars are openly gay. She maintains that we are not "almost there," but on the contrary have settled for a watered-down goal of tolerance rather than a robust claim to full civil rights. After all, one "tolerates" unpleasant realities: medicine with strong side effects, a long commute, an annoying relative. Tolerance is not the end goal, but a dead end;.--From publisher description.
Author: D.A. Koelbransen Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1452054010 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 316
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Debbi is an independent 51 year young mother of two grown sons whose lifestyle was a richly woven tapestry of creative interests and activities. She cherished her great array of friends and enjoyed the past six years of weekends with a man she adored. Life was perfect, until one day in a bizarre twist of fate, her boyfriend, her life partner very suddenly left her. While her devastation was earth shattering, her strength and fierce determination reset her compass to move forward. After a few months of mourning, then refocusing, and with support from her family, friends and an amazing therapist, Debbi found the courage to take a stab at internet dating again, but had no idea that one click of her mouse would have such far reaching karmic effects that would change her life forever. This is the true story of two 50-something souls who were trying to find their way, and on the way, found each other. Theirs is the kind of love we all dreamt of in our youth and would never expect it to grace our hearts after weve experienced mid-life crisis. Just when Debbi reached an age when she thought she figured it all out life, love and the workings of her entire universe, she meets someone who shakes up her life and the universe she thought she knew so well. If it happened to you, would you still believe in love at first sight, or that a love can transcend any obstacle including death? Can the depth of that love permeate your soul so deeply and completely, that against any and all odds you could live a lifetime together in seven weeks? Well this is Debbis story. It is possible, because it happened, its real and its all true.
Author: Laraine Denny Burrell
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