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Faces of Christmas Past

Author : Bill Holm

Publisher : Afton Historical Society Press

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 43,57 MB

Release : 2020-12-10

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ISBN : 9781890434991

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FACES OF CHRISTMAS PAST is an engaging, middle-aged look at the perils of Christmas, our own self-imposed burdens of ritual duty (like the newsy Christmas Xerox), and the more unsettling fact that successive Christmases, more even than New Year's, mark the passing of our life from childhood to death. "Old Christmas card photos show us how we've aged," says author Bill Holm, "reminding us that, though time may curve in Einstein's physics, in our small life it is a straight line to white hair and bifocals."



The Public Face of Wilkie Collins

Author : Andrew Gasson

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 1775 pages

File Size : 23,63 MB

Release : 2024-07-31

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1040156088

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The editors have transcribed 2,500 of Wilkie Collins's letters, around 700 of them previously unidentified, and have given them all a full scholarly annotation and context. The letters shed light on the personal life and business activities of this creative Victorian personality.



I Love You, Stinky Face

Author : Lisa McCourt

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 42,47 MB

Release : 2004-02

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0439635721

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This award-winning book has delighted parents and children everywhere, and it now is available for the first time as a board book.



Faces of the Fallen

Author : Robert P. Clark

Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 31,24 MB

Release : 2018-11-30

Category : Veterans' families

ISBN : 9781721978717

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This book takes the reader back to a single day in Vietnam, December 25, 1967, to tell the stories of the twenty-five men who died that day, and to learn what their lives and deaths meant to their families, friends and comrades. The author, a Vietnam veteran, uses official documents, online archives, online posted messages, personal correspondence, diaries, interviews, news articles, televised reports, video clips, maps and photographs (some of which he took) to reconstruct for the reader many of the details of their lives and deaths. More than ten background chapters place these stories in the broader context of the war. Collectively, these stories are a "micro-history" of one day out of the nearly seven thousand days of the Vietnam War.





Inside Out & Back Again

Author : Thanhha Lai

Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press

Page : 227 pages

File Size : 35,41 MB

Release : 2013-03-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0702251178

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Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.



The Legend of the Christmas Witch

Author : Aubrey Plaza

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 57 pages

File Size : 30,59 MB

Release : 2021-11-16

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0593350804

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From Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza and creative partner Dan Murphy comes the long lost tale of the Christmas Witch, Santa Claus's much misunderstood twin sister. The perfect gift for the holiday season and beyond! Gather ‘round the fire to hear a Christmas legend that has never been told before...until now. Each year a mysterious figure sweeps into town, leaving behind strange gifts in the night. No, not Santa Claus, but his sister… The Christmas Witch. Her story begins many, many years ago when her brother was torn away from her as a child. Raised alone by a witch of the woods, Kristtörn's powers of magic grew, as did her temper. Determined to find her long lost twin, she set out on a perilous journey across oceans to find him. But what she found instead was a deep-seated fear of her powers and a confrontation that would leave the fate of Christmas hanging in the balance. From award-winning producer and actress Aubrey Plaza and her creative partner Dan Murphy comes a holiday story unlike any told before. With all the richness of classic folklore, they’ve woven a tale of bravery, love and magic. Whatever you thought you knew about Christmas…think again.



Game Face

Author : LR Penn

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 104 pages

File Size : 24,19 MB

Release : 2017-06-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1387009850

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In this one act farce, LR Penn, who specializes in dysfunctional suburban families, spices up the action with enough drugs, sex, and violence to keep the audience titillated during the occasional interval between the abundant laughs and the surprising plot twists. In keeping with the traditions of the genre there is a healthy dose of adultery, slapstick, and mistaken identity, although the identities are not so much mistaken as actively misrepresented by the characters themselves. This is a play in which none of the characters seems capable of telling the truth, being themselves, or divulging their actual intentions. But what goes on in the dark eventually comes to light, and what emerges is the story of a family's struggle to assume control of their own lives in the face of the nefarious manipulations of a bullying father, in a classic conflict between the quest for freedom, individuality, and fulfillment and an oppressive regime that is seeking to maintain the status quo.