Book Description
Collection of several fiction short stories of humor, irony, history, and nostalgia.
Author : Jerry W. Engler
Publisher : 6-Mile Roots Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 2006-10
Category : Kansas
ISBN : 9780977125500
Collection of several fiction short stories of humor, irony, history, and nostalgia.
Author : Edgar Albert Guest
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 35,82 MB
Release : 1917
Category : American poetry
ISBN :
Author : Edgar A. Guest
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
This is an incredible book full of delightful poetry about everyday things. Edgar Albert Guest was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet because his poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life.
Author : Faye Robinson Owens
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1639616527
Faye originally wrote her memoirs as a legacy to her descendants. Friends who heard the story, and her family who lived it, have encouraged Faye to publish the narrative as an inspiration to a larger audience. She grew up in a small Alabama farm town. At age nineteen, Faye married Doug, her high school sweetheart. Knowing each other since age four, both shared the same values and pursued similar goals. With persistence and faith, they remained focused on their common aspirations undeterred by setbacks. Faye has uniquely interwoven historical milestones to construct the timeline of her story. Readers will be encouraged as Faye shares how her tears became laughter, stumbling blocks became stepping stones, and disappointments became blessings when circumstances and just folks were providentially placed throughout her life’s journey. And what a journey she and Doug have experienced! Come along for the inspirational ride on the shoulders of just folks, Faye’s surrogate giants.
Author : Edgar Albert Guest
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 25,2 MB
Release : 1917
Category : American poetry
ISBN :
Author : Colin R. Johnson
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 2013-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1439909997
Most studies of lesbian and gay history focus on urban environments. Yet gender and sexual diversity were anything but rare in nonmetropolitan areas in the first half of the twentieth century. Just Queer Folks explores the seldom-discussed history of same-sex intimacy and gender nonconformity in rural and small-town America during a period when the now familiar concepts of heterosexuality and homosexuality were just beginning to take shape. Eschewing the notion that identity is always the best measure of what can be known about gender and sexuality, Colin R. Johnson argues instead for a queer historicist approach. In so doing, he uncovers a startlingly unruly rural past in which small-town eccentrics, "mannish" farm women, and cross-dressing Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees were often just queer folks so far as their neighbors were concerned. Written with wit and verve, Just Queer Folks upsets a whole host of contemporary commonplaces, including the notion that queer history is always urban history.
Author : Philip Roth
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 10,25 MB
Release : 2004-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0547345313
Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history—the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president—is soon to be an HBO limited series. In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial “understanding” with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism. For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh’s election is the first in a series of ruptures that threaten to destroy his small, safe corner of America–and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother. "A terrific political novel . . . Sinister, vivid, dreamlike . . . creepily plausible. . . You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.” — The New York Times Book Review
Author : Clara Elizabeth Laughlin
Publisher :
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 1910
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Beck Feiner
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,66 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1460710134
TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO THE ERA NO-ONE HAS EVER FORGOTTEN - THE 80s - BECAUSE THOSE OUTFITS WERE SO RAD YOU HAD TO WEAR SHADES. Welcome to the 1980s. Mum and dad have described it to me, and it was totally whack. It was a time when crimped hair and perms were cool, kids listened to cassette tapes, thought dancing on your head was the ultimate, and synth pop ruled the school. It makes no sense to me of course, but it looked kinda fun, don't you think? My Folks Grew Up in the '80s is a stroll down memory lane for the kidz who grew up then, and a hilarious chance to share the decade's downright weirdness with a whole new generation.
Author : Joel Salatin
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 25,5 MB
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1455505684
From farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL, he discusses how far removed we are from the simple, sustainable joy that comes from living close to the land and the people we love. Salatin has many thoughts on what normal is and shares practical and philosophical ideas for changing our lives in small ways that have big impact. Salatin, hailed by the New York Times as "Virginia's most multifaceted agrarian since Thomas Jefferson [and] the high priest of the pasture" and profiled in the Academy Award nominated documentary Food, Inc. and the bestselling book The Omnivore's Dilemma, understands what food should be: Wholesome, seasonal, raised naturally, procured locally, prepared lovingly, and eaten with a profound reverence for the circle of life. And his message doesn't stop there. From child-rearing, to creating quality family time, to respecting the environment, Salatin writes with a wicked sense of humor and true storyteller's knack for the revealing anecdote. Salatin's crucial message and distinctive voice--practical, provocative, scientific, and down-home philosophical in equal measure--make FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL a must-read book.