Author : Buchi Emecheta
Publisher : Heinemann International Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780435909932
Buchi Emecheta's autobiography spans the transition from a tribal childhood in the African bush to life in North London as an internationally acclaimed writer.
Author : Dave Stone
Publisher : Flagship Church Resources
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,45 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780764423574
Using a water-skiing metaphor, experienced pastor and humorist Dave Stone offers learning leaders key truths to strengthen their leadership and enjoy it like never before. This book features a stream of opportunities for leaders to assess their own ministry setting and capitalize on their personal style to develop a thriving, growing ministry. Great for individual study or church leadership training.
Author : Ce Ricci
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 2021-09-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781960818027
That's the thing about hearts- Like waves, they break too. Grief. I've never battled with the raw, debilitating pain that comes with it. Then a twist of fate hits me out of nowhere, and I can barely keep from drowning. It's like weights tied to my ankles in the middle of a raging ocean. I'm helpless, with no way to swim back to the surface. But fate is crueler still, bringing my stepbrother back for the first time in years. Cannon never wanted this family. Especially me. Still, he's always been my greatest desire. And my biggest weakness. He's unattainable. Straight, engaged, and with a seemingly perfect life on the other side of the country. It's something I'd do well to remember, yet when he stays, it's so easy to forget. In finding solace together, we mend what once was broken. This loss bonds us. Changes us. He's become more than a brother or a lover. He's my anchor. So how am I supposed to keep my head above water when I'll eventually lose him too? *Head Above Water is a STANDALONE full length MM enemies-to-lovers stepbrother romance novel.*
Author : Tom Hansen
Publisher : BOA Editions, Ltd.
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781929918751
A bemused, stoop-shouldered figure who is more than a mere speaker--let's call him a protagonist--stalks the poems of Falling to Earth. With candor and an almost grandiose simplicity, Hansen describes the limitations of his middle-aged body and, in so doing, the limitations of his enterprise in mid-life: the gracelessness of survival. Falling to Earth is the journey of a vibrant soul refreshing itself poem by poem.--Molly Peacock, from her foreword Tom Hansen taught writing and literature for 35 years before retiring to the Black Hills of South Dakota. His credits include Paris Review, The Iowa Review, and The American Scholar.
Author : Benjamin Jones
Publisher : Benjamin Jones
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2012-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1470058367
A self described adult fairy tale, Head Above Water is the tale of a man named Darryl and a girl named Leena who both work at the same company but work in two different offices a thousand miles apart. A chance meeting sparks a fire in the both of them but circumstances prevent them from being together. Through the course of their lives they find it hard to remain apart and, though they are fated to be apart, they remain determined to be together. Head Above Water asks the question - how much would you sacrifice for love? What people are saying about Head Above Water: "I have to tell you, I'm an avid reader and book clubber and I have never read a book like this. There's so much detail and imagination! I can appreciate that it was a love story sprinkled with a little science fiction. I'm not really into romance novels honestly, but this book worked for me; mostly because I could relate to the characters and bits and pieces of Darryl and Leena's relationship. Who hasn't been crazy in love at least once in their life?" - Kim Bailey "I recommend this book, even if you're not a regular romance genre reader. It has something for everyone." - Julie Harris "...Wow, well, I don't really know where to begin with this review, except to say that this book is very original and it definitely surprised me in terms of how the story progressed and in terms of the almost experimental styling of the book. This is not your everyday romance novel. Yes, it contains romance and is written well; the dialogue between the characters is fluid and realistic. All the characters are believable, and one thing this author suceeds in doing where many others fail, is in reminding us that we are all human and all capable of making wrong choices and hurting others inadvertently by our actions." - Maria Savva
Author : Colin Towell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,77 MB
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0744024064
Take on the toughest challenges that nature can throw at you with the ultimate visual guide to camping, wilderness, and outdoor survival skills. Written by Colin Towell, an ex-SAS Combat Survival Instructor, The Survival Handbook is bursting with survival tips, manual skills, camping essentials, and advice on how to improvise, survive, and get found - on land or at sea. Combining proven, no-nonsense military survival skills with ingenious bushcraft techniques, specially commissioned illustrations, and accessible step-by-step instructions show you how to survive in the wild. Learn how to plan your expedition, how to make a fire, and how to build a shelter and everything you need to know about wild food and natural dangers. Revel in inspirational real-life survival stories and be prepared for every outdoor situation. From survival basics, such as finding water and catching fish, to extreme survival situations including being adrift at sea or lost in the jungle, The Survival Handbook will steer you through life's toughest adventures in the world's harshest climates. Whether you are preparing for a camping trip or going further afield, The Survival Handbook is a perfect guide to the great outdoors in a handy size to pack.
Author : Hugh Shankland
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 25,9 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1788034406
‘I’m not normally stuck for words, but I do know now what they mean by tongue-tied.. And when you have to contend with an encumbrance like that, what could actually be a knot in your tongue, and at the same time you’re struggling to do all you can to keep your head above water enough to attend to how you’re coming across to someone waiting so intently on what you’re next going to say that suddenly you feel you’re expected to justify you’re entire existence, it’s not exactly a simple proposition.’
Author : Alice Fothergill
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791484726
Heads above Water tells the stories of women and their families who survived the Grand Forks, North Dakota, flood of 1997, one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. This book describes the challenges women faced and explores the importance of class, race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability in their disaster recovery. The women found themselves face-to-face with social and familial upheaval, emotional and physical trauma, precarious economic and social status, and feelings of loss and violation. By exploring the experiences of these women, author Alice Fothergill contributes to broader sociological discussions about women's changing roles, the stigma of needing and receiving assistance, family relationships under stress, domestic violence, downward mobility, and the importance of "home" to one's identity and sense of self. Heads above Water offers poignant insight into women's everyday lives in an extraordinary time.
Author : Sura College of Competition
Publisher : Sura Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,85 MB
Release : 2004-08
Category :
ISBN : 9788172541552
Author : David Foster Wallace
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 43,80 MB
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0316071005
In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.
