Author : Lynne Granger
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 15,71 MB
Release : 2011-08-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1462896847
“FROM THE BIG CHAIR” Join in this off-the wall reflection of a rather unconventional life and its author’s adventures of many descriptions. At times hilarious (as in the chapters “Working in a Restaurant” and “Dating: Not Like It Used to Be”) but also introspective “Only the Good Die Young”, this book provides a unique literary experience.
Author : Ashton Applewhite
Publisher : Celadon Books
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,75 MB
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1250297249
Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their youthful appearance and vitality. Wrinkles are embarrassing. Gray hair should be colored and bald heads covered with implants. Older minds and bodies are too frail to keep up with the pace of the modern working world and olders should just step aside for the new generation. Ashton Applewhite once held these beliefs too until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. Explaining the roots of ageism in history and how it divides and debases, Applewhite examines how ageist stereotypes cripple the way our brains and bodies function, looks at ageism in the workplace and the bedroom, exposes the cost of the all-American myth of independence, critiques the portrayal of elders as burdens to society, describes what an all-age-friendly world would look like, and offers a rousing call to action. It’s time to create a world of age equality by making discrimination on the basis of age as unacceptable as any other kind of bias. Whether you’re older or hoping to get there, this book will shake you by the shoulders, cheer you up, make you mad, and change the way you see the rest of your life. Age pride! “Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower, but this book has empowered me.” —Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author
Author : Diane Dillon
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 25,15 MB
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338566393
Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon celebrate the love we feel for our children in this touching, multi-generational story about the lasting power of family. Simple words and colorful paintings tell the warm, engaging story of new parents who buy a rocking chair when they are expecting a baby. Bright, sunny illustrations show the precious intimacy between parents and their children; the new mother glows with affection, and the new father reads aloud to their young son. Time passes, and the boy grows up; the beloved rocker is moved to the attic and gathers dust. But when the boy becomes a man, the cycle begins anew. He and his wife have a baby girl, and the rocking chair is needed again. Legendary artists Leo and Diane Dillon are two of the greatest illustrators of our time. This is their final collaboration, inspired by their own rocking chair. It is a tender tribute to the enduring power of family love-passed from generation to generation. Here is a book for all ages to cherish. It serves as a loving reminder of those who have gone before us-and those who are still to come.
Author : L.C. Honore
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1683488563
The Enchanted Rocking Chair touches many hearts as it travels throughout many parts of the world. As you travel through the pages that give birth to this wonderful chair and as you meet the sweet and generous children that possess it for a limited time, it will touch your heart as well. The chair is born into a troubled world of war and pain, yet it manages to bring a measure of hope and happiness to all the families that come in contact with it, and they in turn affect the lives of the people they meet. It receives its enchantment from the cloak of a tiny man whose life is saved by a kind and generous grandfather who lives in a small village in France. In appreciation for the kindness of the old French gentleman, he leaves his bright red cloak to be used as the seat of the rocking chair, and that gift endows the chair with the gift of magic. Destined to stay only a short time with each child, it changes their lives and the lives they affect for all time. The love they show others is partly captured by the chair, and it becomes even stronger as it travels the world. But there is a dark side to the magic of the chair. Dark forces object to the use of magic by mortals and cause pain to humans as well as to the magic folk. You will laugh and perhaps cry as you read these stories to your children or to yourself. You and they will learn that you don't have to believe in magic to have it touch your heart. You will not put this book down, nor will your children allow you to do so until you read the last word of the last chapter, and even then, you will want to know where it will go from there. The Enchanted Rocking Chair will enchant your life.
Author : Matt McGee
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 2013-11-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781979183598
When you get to the end of your life, what will you care about the most? Relationships. Your relationship with God, your spouse, your children, and your close friends. We know these relationships make up what matters most in life. Yet we live in a fast-paced world where developing deep and meaningful relationships is harder that ever. Explore what it looks like to: Live the full life, instead of busy. Raise children who are godly, not just good. Build God's Kingdom together as a family, rather than chasing after the American Dream. This book is designed to help you and your family walk through life making thoughtful and intentional choices while focusing daily on what is most important. It is meant to keep you from experiencing regret at the end of your life and lead you instead to a place of gratitude and contentment. Includes a small group study plan and discussion questions.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1548 pages
File Size : 18,92 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Unitarianism
ISBN :
Author : Phebe Earle Gibbons
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 1882
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Elizabeth Kostova
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 35,94 MB
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 075951383X
The record-breaking phenomenon from Elizabeth Kostova is a celebrated masterpiece that "refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle). Breathtakingly suspenseful and beautifully written, The Historian is the story of a young woman plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her family’s past connect to an inconceivable evil: the dark fifteenth-century reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive through the ages. The search for the truth becomes an adventure of monumental proportions, taking us from monasteries and dusty libraries to the capitals of Eastern Europe—in a feat of storytelling so rich, so hypnotic, so exciting that it has enthralled readers around the world. “Part thriller, part history, part romance...Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous tale to tell.” —Baltimore Sun
Author : Pickard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,11 MB
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1451617615
A Jenny Cain mystery by award-winning author Nancy Pickard. As director of the Port Frederick Civic Foundation, Jenny Cain is privy to the charitable intentions of the town's wealthiest citizens. There's eccentric old Arnie Culverson, who's promised millions to the local art museum. Who's found there one bright winter morning, neatly tucked into a priceless antique Chinese bed. With pillow and blanket. Dead. Then another dearly beloved donor dies in the night. And the killer leaves behind a nasty rhyme suggesting rich and beautiful Jenny will be next!
Author : Enos A. Mills
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,76 MB
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Enos A. Mills shares his memories of the bears who had spent years observing them in the wild. He'd follow them not to track and kill them, but to observe and learn their habits. He also rarely, if ever, carried a gun. He was also never threatened by the animals. Excerpt: "One autumn day, while I was watching a little cony stacking hay for the winter, a clinking and rattling of slide rock caught my attention. On the mountain-side opposite me, perhaps a hundred yards away, a grizzly bear was digging in an enormous rock-slide. He worked energetically. Several slabs of rock were hurled out of the hole and tossed down the mountain-side. Stones were thrown right and left. I could not make out what he was after, but it is likely that he was digging for a woodchuck."
